"She wasn't a serious student, so he made her into his slut."
"You're late.""Sooooooo-rrrryyyyyyyyy," she said in a playful tone while she strolled to her seat at the table. She dropped into her seat, unaware of the instructor's fierce gaze. "It's not okay," he said, his voice firm. "We were discussing Andrew's work....
"A workplace flirtation escalates to a... well... a climax."
Her name flashed across the tab in my browser window. Another G-chat. I made sure that the boss wasn't stalking up and down the floor before I checked the message and responded. Chatting with her was the thing that got...
"A restaurant guest decides to have some fun with a hard-working young woman."
There's that smile. The well-rehearsed one. The performance one. The type of grin I've seen in high school plays and on the faces of customer service reps from coast to coast. It's the smile you're supposed to wear when you greet...
"We were in a thrift store. We didn't buy anything. Something else happened instead."
"I don't even like Halloween."I was lying. I love Halloween. It's one of my favorite holidays. She should've known that. "It doesn't matter. My boss is throwing the party. I have to go. So that means you have to go with...
"A young woman fucks her mental health professional."
"I guess I feel like if I say too much, then everyone'll leave."She sat there, hunched over, staring at her dirty sneakers, waiting for him to respond. But he didn't say a word. He let the silence linger while her...
"A teenage girl's family hosts her long-distance boyfriend. I hope her dad reads this."
He used to say that she had anime eyes. These deep pools of brown and black that drew an entire room's attention. She was small, expressive, and would float through crowds of people like a delicate little hummingbird. She was...
"A kind college professor helps a shy student come out of her shell..."
"Hi... I'm Nicole... I'm from Indiana..."She was fidgeting while she spoke, unsure of what to do with her hands. She was standing, but was barely taller than the classmates sitting beside her. "...What was I supposed to say again?"She looked down...
"Before she heads off to college, she seduces one of the men from her mother's office..."
"We're so proud of you, honey," her mother's smile beamed down onto her, "and we know you're going to continue to make us proud when you go to Princeton in the fall!"The whole table spilled into applause. She smiled and...
"Long-distance friends connect after corresponding for a year after a chance meeting."
She was twisting her fingers, folding one hand over the other like she was trying to braid her knuckles. I couldn’t tell if she was shy or nervous, or maybe she was both. I hadn’t seen her in over a...