She wasn't the first woman to catch Toni's eye and she wouldn't be the last, but at the time she captured Toni's heart and body in way's that Toni had never before imagined possible. It was a forbidden, secret relationship, but that was nothing new. Eventually it would end with heart breaking finality, but that too was hardly anything new for Toni. Not that any of it mattered at the time. It wasn't about the past and it wasn't about the future. It was all about those perfect moments that could only be shared by two women, those perfect moments that had been all too rare and fleeting for Toni before her first love come on the scene and showed her how good it could truly be. Her name was Janet, but most of the girls at school didn't know that even though several of them knew her. They just weren't exactly on a first name basis with her because she wasn't a fellow student. Well, she was a student and she was going to their school for a class, but it wasn't quite the same thing. Janet, better known as Miss Jackson, was studying to be a teacher and was currently assigned as a student teacher in Toni's AP English course. She was also an ace tutor who had volunteered to help Toni up her grades in calculus for absolute nothing when, through a casual conversation after class, she learned that that one little class was the only thing keeping Toni off of the "A" honor roll. At least, that was the cover story. It had never really been true. Well, it was almost true. At the time, thanks to a quiz Toni missed due to illness that her jerk of a calculus teacher refused to let her retake, Toni was technically just below an A- in the class. Of course, Toni, a veritable math whiz, knew that while it would prevent her from achieving her fourth straight perfect 4.0 grade point average it was hardly going to kill her chance of getting an A in the class. Not that she saw any reason to mention that when Janet made her offer that fateful day after class. The chance to spend time with Janet away from the restrictive school environment was something she had no intention of passing up. Toni had had a crush on Janet from the very first time she saw her in class. In fact, it was more than just a crush. Toni was absolutely in love with Janet and simply couldn't hide it. She felt like she was just a little, giggly girl whenever Janet talked to her. She even blushed when Janet complimented her on her essays and the poems she wrote or when Janet decided to emphasize her point by touching her in even the most innocent fashion. It was actually something that Janet did quite a lot.
If Toni had ever dared to dream that it was even possible that someone as beautiful and mature as Janet would even think of her in 'that way" she might have found it all fairly obvious, but until their first evening alone at Janet's apartment she really had no idea how aware of Toni's crush Janet really was. All Toni knew was that when Janet offered to tutor her during their usual post class conversation she couldn't help but answer with a somewhat overly enthusiastic yes.
"Well, good," Janet had said as she allowed her hand that had previously been resting on Toni's shoulder to slide gently down the soft, bare skin of the girls arm. Toni actually shivered a little at that and found herself speechless even as Janet asked
"Well, when's a good time? Is tomorrow good?"
"Um... uh... yeah, but... m...my parents will be home... um, not that matters, but..." Toni managed to sputter out before she realized how silly it sounded, like she was setting up a date. Why it would matter if her parents were home if it was just a tutoring session? Toni silently chastised herself for sounding like a moron before Janet saved her from having to explain herself any further.
"Oh, well that's okay. We can always go to my apartment. We'll have plenty of privacy there just, uh... keep it under your hat. I'm not technically a teacher or anything, but it might not look too good if it got out that I was having cute, teenage girls over on weekends," Janet said with a smile that revealed just the slightest hint of wickedness. Toni was sure imagining it. Still, she couldn't help but smile a little abashedly in return and hope against hope that it wasn't just her mind playing tricks on her.
"My lips are sealed," Toni said barely pausing as she filed away those thoughts for later.
"I knew I could trust you and don't worry, it'll be fun. I'm sure we'll get you all caught up in no time and maybe, if we finish early we can listen to those CD's I keep forgetting to let you borrow," Janet said as she once again reached out to touch Toni in that familiar way that simply drove Toni crazy. After that the conversation seemed to be drawing to a close, but not before Toni found herself saying something she was amazed to hear coming out of her own mouth.
"You know... actually, I'm totally not doing anything tonight, so..." Toni said still feeling uncharacteristically nervous even as she was amazed at her forwardness as she openly lied to Janet. She, in fact, already had plans for the night. It was a Friday after all and she was hardly a recluse. In fact, she was actually supposed to spend the night at Kelli's, a very, very close friend, with all that usually entailed. A small part of her was actually screaming its disapproval as she made her seemingly innocent overture to the twenty two year old goddess before her. Was she really willing to give up certain sex for just the chance to hang out with Janet? Yes, yes she was.
"Hmm, well if you're really that anxious to... catch up on your studies," Janet said complete with the odd little pause that definitely set off a few flares in the depths of Toni's brain,
"I'm sure we can do that. I was just going to waste a night being bored at a frat party anyway, so sure. Seven good?"
"Oh, if... if you had plans...," Toni tried to back track only to feel those gentle fingers on her arm again.
"Oh, no. Trust me. I'd much rather hang out with you and your calculus book than fend off drunken frat boys all night. Seriously, when you go to college you'll understand," Janet said with a light, knowing laugh as she stroked Toni's arm subtly in a way invisible to any prying eyes that might be about in the quickly emptying hallway.
"Okay, well seven it is then," Toni said with a bright smile.
"Good, then it's a date," Janet said with a shining smile of her own before getting out a pen and writing down directions to her apartment for Toni who was simply glowing at that point as she played back the words "it's a date" in her head over and over again. After that they said their parting words and Toni almost floated down the hallway while Janet smirked to herself watching the deliciously cute little elfin beauty as she walked away. If only Toni had seen she would've died right there on the spot.
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