Professor Emma Reed adjusted her tortoiseshell glasses and sighed. She shuffled papers around on her desk, hoping the letters of reference would write themselves tonight. She kicked her feet up on the leather ottoman, took a deep swill of her red wine, and leaned her head back into the cushions.
Two months ago, Ted stood in her driveway with a cardboard box, looking at her.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Go fuck yourself, asshole," she replied with a wave.
That cheating, lying bastard. Divorce was the right choice - wasn't it? Emma felt hollow and dry. She longed for someone to caress her breast, to kiss her ear, to unbutton her pants and slide their finger...
She flushed and sat up. Enough. She put down her wine glass and headed to bed.
The next morning, Emma yawned and rubbed her eyes, checking her watch.
"no no no no," Emma muttered. It was 7:30 am, and she taught an 8 am lecture on pre-colonial Africa. She blearily stumbled to her closet, realizing she didn't have any fresh laundry. She grabbed a too-tight red bra from the back of her dresser and buttoned a white blouse over it. She slid a black pencil skirt over her ass and turned to face the mirror. The skirt clung to her small waist and accentuated her large, round ass. Yep, still got it, she thought. She dug around in her drawer, searching for panties, but they were all in her hamper. 7:37 am. Whatever, I'll go without, she thought.
Emma raced across the quad in her stilettos, coffee cup in hand. She stumbled slightly and her coffee spilled, soaking through her white blouse. Her red bra peeked into view, exposing the tops of her 38C breasts. She could see the outline of her wet nipples.
"I should just go back to bed," she muttered to herself as she reached the door of the lecture hall. She stepped behind the podium, grabbed her clicker, and stared out across the crowded auditorium.
"Good morning, class," she said.
"Good morning, Prof!" yelled back one student in the front row.
Emma squinted across the stage to see a muscular boy with sandy brown hair grinning cheekily at her. Dressed in a gray hoodie and basketball short, he leaned back in his seat and met her gaze. Then, very slowly and deliberately, he slid his eyes down her body, lingering on her wet, too-tight red bra underneath her blouse and her suddenly too-tight black pencil skirt.
Oh my god, he is totally eye-fucking me! Professor Emma Reed thought. She felt exposed in front of this unbelievably attractive young man. Was he a freshman? Sophomore? she wondered. The nerve of this arrogant kid, she thought. She cleared her throat and shook her head.
"Yes, well. Here we go. Let's talk about the British Empire."
As Emma began to lecture, she lost herself in the sweeping history of nation-states, colonization, and economics. Her voice rang out, clear and firm. She stood straight, walking across the stage in her stilettos, exuding poise and confidence. As she spoke, the class scribbled down notes and stared at her bright, intelligent green eyes. Every student in the room was enthralled by the poetry and heartache of her words.
"Hey man, you want my notes later?" Jake whispered to Will, elbowing him.
"Shit," Will said, looking down at his empty laptop screen.