The Test School Chapter 3 -- Ms Smith Helps the Headmaster
This is chapter 3 of 'The Test School' series, If you haven't already done so, you may wish to read the earlier chapters.
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She glanced at her watch; it was just past seven thirty in the evening.
"I've got time for a quickie if you're up for it," she offered casually, turning up the charming British accent in her voice as she spoke to make sure she got his attention.
It was amazing how sexy she could make those words sound, her companion reflected, stopping in his tracks.
The Headmaster and Ms Smith were walking down the corridor on their way to her office after a late staff meeting. Her arms were wrapped around one of his, as if she were being escorted, though the truth was the exact opposite.
The meeting had been unnecessary, but everyone attending it had known that well in advance. They'd only been running as an operational school for a day and a half, but that was beside the point. After almost two years of tireless work, their new school was finally open and the meeting, if that was really the best name for it, was more about catching up and celebrating.
The Headmaster had considered making his excuses, the last two days had taken a lot out of him, not that the previous two years had been any easier, but he was the boss and the boss must celebrate with his team. Despite his determination, he even brought a notepad in the unlikely event he did actually need to take any notes, he'd quickly found himself drifting. He'd fought the urge to sleep as best he could, though what was on his mind didn't exactly help him stay focused.
It hadn't taken his team long to notice, they'd all spent enough time working with him to notice when he wasn't at his best. No one blamed him, they'd all worked hard and none harder or longer than him. While they left him alone, Ms Smith had quickly stepped in to keep the party-like meeting going.
Ms Smith was slightly older than the Headmaster, gorgeous, with blonde hair, bronzed skin, a curvy body with large breasts, and a hint of a British accent she could play up whenever it suited her. She was also ruthlessly intelligent, a fact which caught most people meeting her for the first time completely off guard.
More than once on the long road to opening the Albert-03 Test School someone had taken one look at the large breasted blonde and dismissed her, letting their guard down only to find out their distracted babble had been carefully steered by a mind far sharper than theirs.
She was the school's second in command and, as far as anyone knew, the Headmaster's best friend on campus, so as the 'meeting' progressed absolutely everyone had whispered to her that he wasn't himself tonight.
She didn't mind, it was nice to be recognised by the team as someone they could speak to and besides, she did genuinely care about the man. They'd first met at university when she'd gotten lost and wandered into the wrong library. As fate would have it the young engineering and science student happened to have read the same book she'd been assigned for her English course. His views on the book weren't particularly nuanced, but he remembered it well and as he'd walked her over to her own library, they'd had a lively conversation where it quickly became apparent he could argue a point with the best of them.
They'd stayed in touch, becoming good friends, though they never got as far as dating in the few months they knew each other, something they'd both regretted later. She was in a relationship with another female student at the time, one that would not only nearly ruin her life, but come dangerously close to ending it.
As her relationship with her girlfriend, and her relationship with the alcohol that came with it, had become more destructive, she'd ended up pushing him away. They'd lost touch completely after she was forced to take a three-year absence from the university to get her life back on track.
Almost two years ago, out of rehab, dedicatedly single, and working hard to make up for lost time, she'd been surprised to find her old friend from university sitting in her office. He'd offered her a job at a new school he was building, a frankly amazing job for someone with her rocky background. He didn't ask about her past and when she'd hinted at some of the details, he seemed to already know enough.
She'd hesitated to take the job, unsure if she deserved it, unsure if she could handle the responsibility and most importantly, unsure if she was willing to risk letting him down. When she'd tried to decline over the phone, he'd simply waited without speaking as she made every excuse she could think of, then he'd simply replied that he still wanted her, baggage and all, on his team.
So she'd joined him, finding out that she was his first and only pick for the first few months as he got the project on the drawing board. His proposed school was unusual, to say the least, even more so that the government had approved it, but within a week she'd come around to his way of thinking. They worked well together, she was determined to justify the faith he put in her, working harder than she ever had before.
As the team expanded, the Headmaster had been quick to ask her to take on the role of deputy in the project, though he treated her far more like his partner. They'd also become friends again, spending their free time discussing old books and reminiscing about the brighter moments of their time at university, though neither pushed for their relationship to go beyond that.