Anthony could tell that it was an exceptionally chilly morning in Talsbrook by the frost on the windows. He silently got ready for work in the quiet, dark hours of the morning. His ritual was the same every day of the school year; drink coffee, put on clothes, pack up paperwork, kiss sleeping wife on forehead, go to the school, use the on sit gym, shower and began the teaching day. This semester was different. This semester he had to be even quieter and also kiss his baby daughter on the forehead before leaving. Several mornings Anthony had botched this new routine, leading to a crying baby and a skipped work out. Anthony breathed a sigh of relief when he was able to kiss both the most special girls in his life without waking them.
Anthony worked at Talsbrook Life Education School. It was a new experimental school that operated like a high school, college, and trade school all in one. Some of the younger students were still high schoolers but the oldest students were around 22. Each student learned multiple subjects related to their major and many were involved in a trade or specialized program to simulate different jobs in the real world. There were restaurants ran almost entirely by culinary majors, local businesses that were run by economic majors, mechanic shops ran by shop majors, and so forth. Anthony was a history teacher but was also in charge of organizing the student government, which was comprised of political science majors and pre law majors. Obviously a lot of the more advanced and technical aspects of many of these jobs fell upon the shoulders of teachers and staff but the school had seen great success with its students entering the workforce so experienced.
Anthony liked getting to school early to work out. It meant that he was there before most of the teachers, even the ones who would take advantage of the gym like he would. He was just over six feet tall and took very good care of himself. Ever since the baby had arrived he had pushed himself even harder to try to avoid the classic "dad bod" that people joked about. It was because of this that he was so caught up in doing laps in the school's heated indoor pool that he didn't hear someone come into the pool area. His work out routine always ended with a dip in the pool.
"Mind if I join you?" A voice echoed in the nearly empty enclosure.
The sudden voice spooked Anthony so bad that he nearly jumped out of his skin. He flounder for a moment trying to steady himself before looking at the person who dare intrudes on his peaceful exercise. His jaw dropped when he saw her. She was on standing on the edge of the pool wearing a bright blue bikini that left little to the imagination. Her breasts must have been DDs and her hips were wide. Her waist was thin and she had a flat tummy. Her skin was pale white and freckled and her red curly hair bounced playfully at her shoulders. Anthony stammered for a moment before she spoke up again.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to surprise you!" She giggled, "For a moment there it looked like I'd need to jump in to save you."
Anthony shook his head. His mind finally righted itself and he was able to remember the girl's name. "Ashley! No, I'm sorry. I'm just not use to anyone else being here."
Ashley shyly dipped a toe in the water. "Yeah, I wasn't expecting anyone else to be here. Don't let me get in your way; I'm just here to soak in the warm water before my classes start."
Anthony could see she was cold. The fabric of her small bikini was already straining to hold in her massive breasts and Anthony could clearly see her hard nipples poking through. He tried not to stare.
"Come on in. I'm nearly done with my laps."
"I guess I'll have a show while I soak." She turned around the climb down the ladder into the pool, unknowingly giving Anthony a front row to seeing her juicy ass being lowered into the water. Or perhaps knowingly, Anthony couldn't be sure. Either she was taking her sweet time, or time mercifully slowed down to give him a longer look. Anthony turned away just in time not to get caught gawking and returned to his laps.
'Get ahold of yourself' he told himself, 'you're a happily married man with a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter at home.' He felt guilty for lusting after the teenager but he found himself pushing even harder to make faster laps. At first he told himself that it was because he was trying to make up for lost time, but deep down he knew it was his nearly naked student that he was unconsciously trying to impress. They didn't talk for the rest of the swim, but Anthony thought he could feel her eyes on him at all times, and, as guilty as it made him feel, he liked it. The whole situation had riled him up and he knew he was currently at half mast in his swim suit. Usually it was a huge positive that he was very well endowed, but this was one of those rare negative moments.
Ashley was sitting on the stairs at the shallow end and he'd either have to climb out at the ladder and walk past showing his bulge for the whole walk, or he'd have to walk up the stairs and potentially put his bulge at eye height for her right next to her. Anthony chose the stairs, hoping to slip by without her seeing. He made a slow approach to the stairs as they started saying goodbyes.
"I'll see you in class later today, Ashley."
"Same to you, sir. I'll try not to scare you in class." She said with a laugh.
Anthony tried to get out of the water facing slightly away but he was sure he hear her make a quite "oh" under her breath. He prayed that he was just imagining things.
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Later, in the locker room shower, while he was shampooing his hair, he was sure that he heard foot steps on the locker room tile, but, after he was able to rise off and look, he saw no one.
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The first couple of classes went by normally that day, except that he swore he could see groups of the girls in his class giggling and whispering. He thought it might just be his imagination, though. The only thing of note was that, in the period right before lunch break, one of his students approached the desk after the bell rang.
Anthony was still trying to reorganize his papers when he noticed Cari standing by the edge of his desk while all of the other students left. The school didn't have a specific uniform as much as it had a style that students all followed. School branded polo shirts, with a skirt or pants. The student government had fought hard to loosen the rules on skirt length, the option of shorts, the option for different colors of uniform, etc. and the faculty gave in to allow more freedom on expression. Cari definitely pushed that freedom of expression as far as she could. She had short dyed black hair, heavy eyeliner on, a nose stud, a black lace choker, black polo, and black plaid skirt. She was a thin girl, with slender legs and small breast. Despite all her scary dressings, she stood there shyly as if she was still deciding whether or not she wanted to be seen.
"What can I do you, Cari?" Anthony said without taking his attention from his paperwork.
She shifted uncomfortably. "I wanted to talk with you about my presentation for next week."
"What about it?" Each student was supposed to give a presentation about a historical figure and with the deadline approaching many students had started to realize that they had procrastinated for too long.
"I'm still trying to nail down who the paper should be about." She said sheepishly.
"If you haven't started yet then I'm afraid you've got a long road ahead of you"
"Oh, no, it's not that." She said. "It's easier if I just show you."
She pulled out a poster board and put it on Anthony's desk. It was black, obviously, and had four different sections. Each section was loaded with small pictures, diagrams, timelines, and quotes. The historical figures were Mary Shelly, Vlad the Impaler, Marie Curie, and Edward Teach. Anthony came around to the side of the desk that she was on and leaned over the display. He had to lean in close to read all of the small print writing on the board. Cari leaned in close too, to point at different things on the board and explain them. Anthony was surprised at her knowledge. She had great grades but she never had shown such an interest like this before.
