Looking in the mirror, Katie started getting ready for the day. She could barely believe that she had been at the institute for twelve years. More unbelievable was the fact that she would soon be turning 35. She took a moment to take stock of her appearance: dark auburn hair (she obsessively kept the grey at bay with a hair appointment every six weeks), still a size 6, boobs still perky and her ass still in decent shape. All in all, she really didn't have much cause for complaint but still - 35 was only a few days away.
Now, having a birthday on Valentine's Day is an interesting thing. Double cool if you have a significant other and double crappy if you don't. There would be no candy heart chocolates and roses this year. Katie had broken up with her long time boyfriend right before Thanksgiving. In hindsight, she realized that it was foolish to break up right before Christmas and to not wait until at least after her birthday because now she had to deal with all those "poor girl" sympathy driven people.
Leaving those thoughts behind, Katie finished getting ready for the day. While she enjoyed her class and the people that were in it, she was still happy that it was Friday. She didn't have specific weekend plans and doubted many of her coupled friends would want to get together with single Katie over the romantic weekend. Valentine's Day fell on Sunday, which meant the single people would be desperate to hook up and the coupled people would be engrossed in one another.
Walking into the classroom, Katie noticed that she had a new student. She smiled at him as he silently stared at her. He was interesting looking but not quite handsome: dark hair, dark eyes and square features; she couldn't tell how tall he was, as he was sitting, but she assumed he was at least 6'2" or so; she guessed he was around her age -- definitely doable.
Laughing as she set her supplies down on her desk, Katie realized that she simply must find a date soon. More and more, she had been checking out every man she came across and lumping them into "would do" or "wouldn't do" categories without even exchanging words. Granted, she would do such anyway, but now she was doing it with more intent even if she hadn't worked up the courage to act upon any of the thoughts she had been having.
"I see we have a new student. Would you please stand and introduce yourself?" Katie asked to start the class.
He continued to stare at her but didn't get up or acknowledge her question.
"Ms. Katie, I don't think that he understands you. We . . . a couple of us, have tried talking with him without him understanding." Maria, a fairly new student herself, said this.
"Thank you, Maria," Katie said with a smile, though inwardly she was rolling her eyes and making a mental reminder to talk to Lisa about letting Katie know when enrolling students that didn't even have a basic grasp of the language.
When the class ended, and everyone was leaving, Katie patted the new student on the back to get his attention. He paused and waited, looking at her. She smiled politely and asked, "Do you know any English? Do you understand what I'm saying?"
He narrowed his eyes and shook his head, negative. Katie had to look up at him, confirming her earlier assumption of height; she was certain he was close to a foot taller than her.
Moving to stand beside a chart with many different languages on it, Katie pointed to it and then pointed to him. He moved closer to examine the chart and pointed to one in the middle.
"Russian? Really? Crap, one that I'm completely unfamiliar with," Katie said while wrinkling her nose as she pondered whose class might be better for him. Off the cuff, she couldn't think of anyone at the institute that would be familiar enough with the language to pawn him off on. Pointing to herself, Katie said her name and waited to see if he would respond in kind.
"Alexei," he said in a warm baritone voice that gave Katie a small, undetectable shiver. Well hell, she thought it was undetectable but the way his eyes changed as he was looking at her made her wonder. Smiling confidently he continued, "Вы очень красивейши. Я насладился бы вылизать ваше тело от головки к пальцу ноги." (You are very beautiful. I would enjoy licking your body from head to toe.)
With each word his eyes made a journey down her body and back up again, so with the last word he was looking into her eyes awaiting a response. "Ah, well, hmm. I'm sure that I, er, we can accommodate you in your request." Katie said, hoping that she was on track with the conversation. Then smiling with the knowledge that he wouldn't understand she added mischievously, "Just between you, me and the wall I would be willing to accommodate you in many ways. I bet you look damned sexy without all of those clothes on."
When his smile turned wicked upon hearing the word "sexy" Katie could feel her skin getting hot and wondered if maybe there were a few words he did understand. Alexei moved closer, leaning toward her to run a solitary finger down the side of her face. "Да, sexy. Мы были бы очень sexy совместно." (Yes, sexy. We would be very sexy together.) Katie's breath caught and her pulse quickened,
oh he definitely understood the word sexy.
The bell rang signaling that the next class was soon to begin, breaking the tension between them. Alexei stepped back and moved to make way toward the door to exit. When he reached the door he turned back and smirked, "Я буду видеть вас снова скоро. Я хочу увидеть вас, наг и задыхающся." (I will see you again soon. I want to see all of you, naked and panting.)
The remainder of the day's classes went well, with no surprises. Walking home, Katie gazed at the colorful Valentine's Day decorations on display in store windows. While Valentine's Day is a suck-ass commercialized holiday, it sucks even more if you don't have anyone to share it with. Katie thought about stopping to buy herself a gift, however that would be a bit on the pathetic side so she decided against it.
It is funny how fast a weekend can go when you don't do anything; Katie spent most of the weekend lounging around in her pajamas. Being single, it didn't take much effort to keep her apartment clean and doing laundry for one doesn't take all that much time. Normally she enjoyed her quiet, homebody life; the ability to masturbate day or night, as well as walking about nude are wonderful things. An overabundance of sappy movies on cable was doing her in, and by Sunday afternoon she decided to get dressed and take a long walk in the park.
"Damn!" After an hour of walking around Katie decided it wasn't much better in the park than in her apartment. She sat on a park bench, leaned back and closed her eyes to enjoy the feel of the sun warming her skin as well as to block out all of the happy couples enjoying the day.
Fucking people. Couldn't they stay home and just bone each other all day? Lick chocolate off of each other and play that stupid game of 'Who loves whom the most'. No, I'm not bitter, just lonely and horny. It happens to the best of women. Right? RIGHT!?