Miss Reed and the Professor 21.12.21
The hour was getting late on a Friday afternoon, and he was getting progressively perturbed. The office floor was practically deserted, pleasantly so one should think. But of course, this one idiot of a professor had to cram in all the student feedback into one week, making it impossible to get a break or an ounce of clarity in his mind. "Okay, just one more and I can go home" he muttered to himself. He had let the students book their own appointments for these little feedback sessions, based on available timeslots in an online spreadsheet. He did not expect anyone to actually book the 18.30 slot on Friday, who would be antisocial enough to do that to themselves? Then he looked up the name... and instantly got a bad feeling about this.
It was
her
of course
,
that dazzling little piece of eye-candy that kept staring at him during lectures. "No, no, no, how could I have missed this?" She was supposed to be here in five minutes. "Shit, sure no problem, act professionally, give her some kick-ass feedback on her term paper and go home. She is just a student, she is not a piece of meat, she is just a student." He looked through the written notes he had for her paper and made a rough mental note of what he would say. As he was thinking he heard this faint clacking sound of heels approaching through the hallway. He had made a habit of keeping his office door open, maintaining an illusion of innocence, but as any of the
many
women who knew this idiot would tell you, he was anything but innocent. As the clacking of the heels got louder his mind lightly faded into this dreadful feeling of anticipation. Some would describe it as a premonition of a decisive moment, but of course he put no heed to this sort of nonsense, he was a rational man, naΓ―vely thinking he had any power in this case. The clacking suddenly stopped; it was followed by a moment of ominous silence before a brisk knock resonated through his door.
"Enter." He said as calmly as he managed, but in reality, his heart was already racing, just from the built up anticipation.
Nothing he could have imagined would have prepared him well enough for what came through the doorway however. He looked up from his papers facing towards the door, in time to see a pair of glossy red heeled boots clack in rhythmic motion into his office. The most iconic fishnet stockings encapsulated what might just have been the most perfect legs in human existence, well exposed by a ridiculously short skirt. The kind of tight skirts that would just barely hide underwear when the wearer sat down. The kind of skirts that would force a girl to always sit with her legs crossed, or make any sort of hasty bipedal activity futile. The kind of skirt that was really easy to pull up... if necessary of course. This ridiculous skirt was well complimented by a loosely worn shirt, that of course had to be unbuttoned just enough to show a hint of cleavage. Wavy blonde hair fell all around her cleavage and shoulders, the kind of wavy hair that just should not exist naturally, yet seems oddly pulled off naturally by this woman. Wearing just enough make-up to bring out her dazzling features. She was stunningly beautiful. She might just have noticed his jaw dropping slightly, because she smiled at him as she said; "evening professor."
"Miss Reed, please take a seat" he said, pointing casually towards a spare chair with his hand. She put her bag down and elegantly lowered herself into the chair, sitting slightly sideways at the edge, staring directly at him with her pale blue eyes. He looked away, hastily rummaging through papers to find his notes.
"I've read the draft for your midterm paper and made some notes about it. I Figured it is getting late and I shouldn't keep you long, so let's get to it!" He said smiling, trying to cover his anxiety. He was about to start, when she burst out; "did you enjoy reading it?" Almost as if hoping this was his new favorite piece of literature.
"I know you must read through very many student papers everyday professor, so I was hoping mine wasn't too dull." She said wryly, smiling cheerfully. He paused for moment, pondering those words, while looking thoughtfully at her.
"In all honesty miss Reed, your writing is very messy, in fact it is a bit all over the place. Luckily for you, this is a philosophy course in ethics and not an English course. Despite that, any good student should prioritize proper structure and form, in order to be clearly understood. That being said, you have some excellent points in here-"
"So I've been a bad student?" she asked mockingly, interrupting and giving him a mischievous smile that seemed very inappropriate. Taken aback he paused. When he continued, he had somewhat more serious tone, trying to shrug off her jest.
"Miss Reed, I think you misunderstood me. I was just about to say how your paper is genuinely insightful, but if you structure these arguments more clearly, they will improve your paper significantly." He said looking at her seriously while indicating towards some of his notes.
She leaned forwards trying to see what he was pointing at. Her neckline quickly became much more enticing. It was very distracting.
"So you are saying I could have done better? That it could have been more enjoyable if I had put in more effort?" She asked carefully with a more somber tone.
"This is a first draft to an OA miss Reed, neither of which are graded. I don't see why my liking of your draft is this important to you?" He asked somewhat surprised, sensing that something was off. She was definitely acting strange, almost too insecure.
"Of course it is important to me professor, I value your opinion of me and my academic work highly. I am very sorry that I have disappointed you with my poor writing." She said looking almost sad. He was sweating uncomfortably now.
"You have not disappointed me miss Reed, this is perfectly fine for a first-year student of your level.
"But, I did not intend for it to be