Page 9 of Bad Girl's Club

Me: I don’t know what to say. You’re married and have a daughter. Star is your daughter!

Me: I tried to explain, but have a great day.

Dimitri: You too, Ms. Simms.

The last class of the day was even worse. Kevin, the other guy that was with Eric and Dimitri last night, was my other professor. Great! He was also at the bar where I announced my virginity. This was turning out to be the best year ever!

The best part was when I finally met with Dean Groveton to get my TA assignment changed because Tara and I took on the TA assignments together. I was given Mr. Billiot, and Mr. Billiot was assigned to me, while Mr. Boxley was assigned to her, it’s like they fated us to torture each other. I had Mr. Billiot on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Tara had Mr. Boxley on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Even though it was the perfect setup, we still had the weekends to do our own thing. We still were at risk of fucking up.

When I was in the hallway about to head to the TA assignment, I received a text from Josh.

Josh: I’m not sure what words I could say to remedy any of this. If I could be a genie and go back and change any specific moment in time, I would change the day and the moment I broke your heart. Please forgive me. You’re my best friend and we are supposed to be building empires.

I deleted the text and remembered that I was not going back into that nightmare again. I was blinded once; I would not be blinded again. I set a reminder in my phone to remember to pack all of his things from the apartment and have the movers deliver it to his office. I needed to have it done this weekend.

Once I reached Professor Dimitri’s office, I announced myself to the secretary and cringed. I hoped I would one day be able to look at secretaries as anything other than cumdumpsters, but thanks to Sarah, that would take a long time and possibly years of therapy.

The secretary’s name was Arika. She was beautiful, but she was also in her late thirties. She let Dimitri know that I arrived, and we went into his private office, which had no visibility to the outside world. I stood in front of his desk and looked down. “Mr. Billiot, sir. I’m here for my TA assignment.” He looked at me and nodded. “Yes, Chloe, I am aware. We will have a lot of 1; 1s and this is going to be fun and excruciating, I mean exciting time for both of us.”

We both laughed. There was something between us. As taboo as it might be, I looked at him as a demigod and I would worship at his very feet if I could. His voice brought my nerves to a new level and his eyes just saw right through me.

“Can I ask you a question, Dimitri?” I said confidently. I just wanted this answer.

“I know this is already awkward, but why did you run away? We crossed so many lines at that point. Why run at the end? Are you afraid I’m going to tell your daughter?”

“Because this is my brother’s first year as a professor. Kevin and Eric worked so hard to get where they are now. When Kevin heard you say you went to school here, he knew immediately that we messed up. I already mentioned I had a TA named Chloe. So, we knew.” Dimitri stood, walked over to me, forced me to look up, and rubbed his hands over my face. He was so gentle with me. “I didn’t think you would tell Star. Should I give you some shut-the-hell-up money to ensure that doesn’t happen?” He reached and grabbed a wad of cash and put it in my bra.

“I knew I could have taken you right then and there. Believe me, I really wanted to. However, I couldn’t ruin my job or marriage for you.” He turned his back to me.

“I only have eight months to go. Then I’m out of school for good.” I pleaded with him because we could keep it between us. Minus me announcing my virginity to the entire bar. I’m fantastic at keeping secrets. “We can keep everything between us, especially about last night.”

“Chloe, you’re a beautiful soul. We’re going to make a great team. Let’s get through these last two semesters, and then we can see what happens. Please, let’s stay professional.” He was good at hiding his authentic emotions, but the passion and lust in his eyes were almost comparable to the lust growing inside of me. I just wanted to hear him talk.

“Sounds good, boss. What’s on the agenda?” I took a deep breath and opened my agenda. We went over the assignments and projects. He loved some of my ideas, I loved some of his. He was dedicated, and I adored that bit about him. Our session was finally over, and I could run home.

“Ladies, I’m going home to sleep. We can reschedule everything else for Saturday. Today was overstimulating and I just need a day.”

That was code for, “Today really fucking sucked. I want to get drunk and have a solo pity party. Leave me alone. We can talk on Saturday.” They knew. I knew. This was going to be very hard on me.

Okay, life, bring it.

And I had to be coherent enough for when I met with Dean Groveton. I didn’t know what was going to take place. We hardly talked in the past, but I knew once I had this meeting, shit was going to change, and I didn’t know how.

Star

The next day, Chloe asked me to come over to her dorm. Her friends were free for the week, and invited Chloe along for the ride. So, it was a girl’s night in.

We all stayed up and talked. The girl proposed we go to another town and have some fun.. The more we ate and had fun, the more I finally felt a connection with Chloe. We had a lot in common, but I could tell something was bothering her. I didn’t know her that well, but I sensed something wasn’t right.

Our conversations were comforting, and I loved that we could talk about anything. It was refreshing to know I had someone on this level.

“So, you’re going to be getting a new roommate soon. Are you excited?” Celeste asked me. It slipped my mind that I mentioned it.

“Kind of. I’m used to doing what I want on my side of the room without worrying about anything.” I admitted.

“I can understand that. Are you going to be joining the Bad Girls’ Club? It was so outstanding while we were in charge. I’m sure Chloe is going to make it amazing this year.” Tara asked.

“I’m not really sure what Bad Girls’ Club is, but it sounds fascinating. I know Chloe and a few others have mentioned it, but my load is so heavy with the classes I’m taking. I’m not sure how much help I’d be with raising money and volunteering.” I said, trying to get out of yet another obligation.

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