Wild Desires: My Professor My Lover

Mia's POV There was talk about the new, sizzling, hot lecturer everywhere I turned. The girls closed their eyes when they described him and the guys shook their heads when they talked about him. I was not bothered to say the least, fawning over a man who was in nowhere mine was not one of the many things I did. I had a boyfriend, Fred, and he was enough for me. Everyone who knew about my relationship with Fred knew that my world revolved around him and I held him dear. The girls often teased me about him, but I never cared. Fred and I have been together since my freshman year, and we're still going on strong. We agreed to start living together after my third year of college and there could not have been anything more thrilling than that. There was no guy that could compare to him in my eyes, not even the new lecturer that everyone seemed to be gushing over. "Have you girls heard that there is some hot Doctor of mathematics coming soon?" Mag asked for the hundredth time in a day, easily bringing out from my train of thoughts. "I heard he is resuming work next week." Cassie replied, also for the hundredth time. They were not going to stop talking about the new mathematics lecturer who was to resume at our esteemed Manhattan college of Accountancy. "I'm glad they said he is handsome and fashionable. Some of the lecturers here make me sick to my tummy with their dress sense and lofty words." Mag continued. Cassie was already agreeing before she was done talking. I did not even blame them. "Someone who was not born too long ago, at last. I heard he is in his early thirties." She said, They laughed with obvious delight. "That is right. I can not wait to set eyes on this new man!" Their excitement was making me exasperated. "Don't you think too much has been said about him already?" I asked Cassie. She turned to Mag and they both laughed. "He is not nearly talked about enough," Mag started again, "They say he is one hell of an incredibly good-looking man. I'm sure so many of us want to see him and just live our lives crushing on him." She added. "That's dumb. What's the essence of having a crush on a man you would never have? That is insane." I said. Of course, they were not moved by my smart response. "He might show up, and then it would turn out you had too many expectations of him. Maybe you girls should just start using your brains." "He is nothing like you think!" Cassie snapped. "He is incredibly intelligent. He is a mathematics lecturer, and he would not be there if he was not good enough in the first place." "You are defending someone you don't even know, as if your life depends on it, Cas." I said, already getting fed up with their words. She only shook her head. "I am not. It is just hard trying to make you see that we are not just sugarcoating words to speak well of him." "So?" "So, I went online and read about him. Do you ever use Google?" She asked. I just rolled my eyes, not answering. "A lecturer interested you so much you had to go that far. That is unlike you, Cas." Mag was laughing now, and I could see Cassie's cheeks turn red. She was embarrassed, all right. "You don't even like men that much, Cas. You have not been with anyone else since you broke up with Joe. What's up?" I was teasing her. She snorted and stomped off. But she did not get any farther than five steps away when she returned to us. We roared in laughter. "That was pretty dramatic, don't you think?" Mag asked. She stared at Mag with eyes that threatened to kill, but Mag only smiled. "It must be hard for you to be single all these years." She teased. We went down to the school cafeteria, chatting away about our troubles and the stress from voluminous school work. The girls knew how to bring good gist and there was no such thing as boredom with them, which was why I settled quickly to listen when they started to talk about who was dating who in class and what had happened between the girls in the sophomore class. It made me laugh and shudder, smile and frown, shout and clasp my hand over my mouth, but I loved every bit of the gist they brought. My phone soon started to ring. I reached into my purse and pulled it out, it was Fred calling. "Sorry girls, I have to take this call." I excused myself, seeing the girls grinning from the corner of my eyes. "Your man's calling. What are you two going to do tonight?" Cassie teased as I accepted the call. "Fred. Howdy?" I called into the phone, only to be met with silence at his end. "Hello, Fred. Can you hear me?" I called desperately, his silence birthing a new form of panic in me. "What's wrong? Everything okay?" Cassie mouthed. Mag's eyes were filled with panic as she stared. "I don't know, Fred is not responding. I hope there is nothing wrong." I said, setting the phone away briefly. When his voice came flooding into my ears, it was with a new way of haste that he spoke. "Mia. Mia, can you hear me?" He asked. "Of course, baby. Anything the matter?" I asked. There was another silence and I thought I was going to lose my mind. "Why the f**k do you keep going mute? Is there anything wrong?" I called on the phone. Mag had come to sit next to me and a few heads had started to turn in our direction, but I did not care. Each second that passed without a word from him left me even more worried. Then he spoke again. "Mia, sorry, I had to check out something in the kitchen while we were talking." I breathed a sigh of relief that was quickly replaced with anger. "Why did you not say so? Why do you have to be this mischievous every time?" He sniffed. "Mia, I was going to tell you, I don't think you and I can work anymore." The words came so abruptly that they made no sense at all. "What are you saying?" I demanded. "Mia, I'm sorry, I know this is not the best time to break this to you, but I'm not sure if I can wait any longer to tell you. I don't want to be with you anymore." I waited for him to say something else, but he did not. I felt tears cling to my eyes as the phone started to slip down my hand. "Mia, I really am sorry, you did nothing wrong, I just don't think I want to be with you anymore." Those were the last words I heard. "Mia, there is a tear running down your cheek. What the f**k is wrong?" Cassie asked. "He dumped me…… Fred just broke up with me." I replied, looking blankly as the tears kept pouring down in torrents.