The Teacher's Secret

Chapter 10

“Fran,” I said as we reclined on my bed, “I’ve been smiling so much of late – even with you-know-who in the house. I’m sure he has seen me smiling and wondering why but he has not gathered the courage to ask me anything. The poor thing looks so sad though. I almost feel sorry for him.”

“Maybe you should give him another chance, Al, since he wants to get back together,” Fran said while shrugging her shoulders. “I mean, you two have history - over ten years’ worth of it. I know he has hurt you but I would rather you try to work it out with him than throw yourself at that boy Jade because you and I both know that that is not gonna go anywhere. Furthermore, it may very well land you into trouble and you know that, Al.”

“I know all that but after everything you saw me go through for the past year or so you would really even think about me and Gary getting back together?” I asked incredulously.

“Girl, I thought you loved me,” I said as I threw a pillow in her direction.

Fran caught the pillow and then said, “I love you, Al and I do not want to see you throw away your life over something as fleeting as a fling with Jade. I know you are happy now but maybe you’re just in need of some male attention and Jade is giving that to you now. Why not let Gary satisfy that need? You guys know each other so well…”

“Say no more. Else I am going to really start to believe that you do not love me and I know you do. And thank you. But I’d rather mop the ocean than get back together with Gary. He has done enough and caused me enough pain to last a lifetime. I’m done with him and that’s that,” I said.

“Ok, ok,” Fran said as she held up her hand in defense. “Alright, Ms. Hot Number, tell me what’s been going on with you and Jade.”

“Oh don’t get me started,” I replied with a grin as wide as the sky.

“Just look at your face!” Francine laughed. “You would think you are a teenager.”

“Fran, Jade is so wonderful. I cannot believe that he is only eighteen, for he touches me like a well-experienced man. Oh God Fran, I can’t wait until we are together again. It’s all I can think about. As I told you, I went to his family dinner last week and I think his mother saw him sort of flirting with me. She didn’t say anything and Jade has not said she has said anything to him so I don’t know,” I explained.

“So when are you going to meet up with him again?” Fran asked.

“I don’t know and school will be opened soon which is going to make it even more difficult but I so want him to take me, I said dramatically as I sprawled out on the bed. “I want to feel him nestled deep inside of me.”

Fran laughed and came to lie beside me. ”Ok Miss Lady, I get the picture,” she said as she held my hand. “On a serious note though, you deserve all the happiness in the world and I’m here to support you with whatever you decide to do,” Fran said as she embraced me.

“Thank you Frannyboo,” I said with a soft chuckle. “I can always count on you to be there for me. I really appreciate your support.”

“Anytime, my friend. Anytime,” Fran said.

We spent hours chatting and chatting and chatting like there would not be another day to chat. I loved my time with Fran. It was like therapy and I had missed my best friend. If I could bottle up the laughter we shared in these moments I would. And then let it out when the times get hard.

Content like two kittens who had drunk their milk, we drifted off to sleep in the wee hours of the morning.

When I woke up the next morning, it was to an empty bed. Fran left a note saying there was an emergency and she had to head to the hospital. I stretched and rolled over in bed. The idea of staying in bed all day was very tempting but I knew if I gave in, my plans for the rest of the day would be ruined, so, reluctantly, I got up and made my way to the bathroom to make myself presentable.

That done, I went to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee – nothing like coffee to get my morning going. I was there sipping my coffee on the balcony when I felt Gary come beside me. I didn’t bother to look at him for I was a little peeved that he was still in the house.

“What do you want now?” I snapped, not even bothering to wait on him to say good morning.

I was pretty tired of him coming to me to ask for us to get back together and I was in no mood to hear him speak of it again. He was pulling out many stops but I was not moved by any of his gestures. If he wanted his marriage, he should have done what it took then to keep it.

He did not answer this time; however, out of the periphery of my eye I saw him hold out the key to the apartment that I had given to him.

“Here’s your key back,” Gary said. “Thanks for allowing me to stay here but I found an apartment.”

“Oh, ok,” was all I could mutter, feeling a little sheepish as Gary walked away to the guest bedroom to gather his luggage.

I could have done cartwheels but I kept the joy away from my face and my actions. Gary was leaving? Great. Now I can get on with building my life. Now I could get it on if I wanted to. At that thought, a small smile crept across my face. I would have to let Jade know that I was now back to living on my own.

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December 31 rolled around and I knew I was going to spend it alone and I braced myself for it. Certainly, Jade would be with Jessica and I could not blame him. I did not even bother to ask him if he wanted to ring in the new year with me so I planned to sit on my balcony and watch the fireworks over the Manda Bridge.  

I did not mind my own company, but I would have liked to share New Year’s Eve with someone. Francine, of course, would be with her beau so asking her was out of the picture. At 11:00 p.m., I gathered my stuff: a bucket of ice with a bottle of champagne; a wine goblet; two huge servings of coconut shrimp; a slice of mouthwatering german chocolate cake and a slice of decadent carrot cheese cake with whipped cream and cherries on top.

I sat and poured myself a glass of bubbly and took a sip. The shrimp was extra delicious with the champagne and I closed my eyes for a minute to savor the taste. Halfway into my shrimp, I heard my doorbell ring. My brow furrowed and I looked at my watch: 11:30. I was a bit perplexed and wondered who could be knocking at my door at this hour.

I went to the door and took a cautious curious peep through the peephole. I quickly opened the door and stared at the person standing there.

“Jade,” I said. “What are you doing here?”

“You sound as if you’re not happy to see me,” Jade answered. “Do you want me to leave?”

“No, no, of course not,” I replied. “I’m just surprised – very surprised - to see you here. I thought you would have been with your girl, not standing here looking all sexy and alluring.”

Jade grinned and I indicated for him to come inside. A whiff of his scent tickled my nostrils and I wanted to lean in then and there and put my nose to his neck and stay there forever. Instead, I just closed the door and we walked to the balcony.

“Looks like you’ve set up a party for one, Ally,” Jade teased.

I laughed: “Yes I have but now that you’re here, it can be a party for two.”

“That sounds very nice,” Jade said.

“I’ll go get another glass,” I offered and went to get another goblet from the kitchen.

“So really, Jade, how is it you’re here and not with Jessica?” I asked when I returned with the goblet.

Jade took the glass of champagne I offered him and then offered an explanation.

“Mom and my father are on a second honeymoon in the Caribbean and my sister is off with her boyfriend. I should have been with Jess but I told her that I wasn’t feeling well and I would stay home tonight. She wanted to come over and stay with me but I told her it was ok and she should go out and have a good time so she said ok and made plans to go to a party with her friends. And that’s why I am here with you now,” Jade said.

“Oh alright,” I said feeling pleased and displeased at the same time that he had lied to his girlfriend just to be with me. I knew in my heart that he belonged with me but at the same time, I wished no one would get hurt. Of course, if he was going to be with me, he would have to leave Jessica but I wanted it to be down a truthful street, not a lying alley.

“Well, dig in,” I said. “Let’s not allow this food to go to waste.”

“You don’t have to say that twice,” Jade responded with a huge grin.

At 11:45 p.m., the night sky over Manda Bridge lit up with scintillating fireworks. Both Jade and I stood up and went to stand together by the rail of the balcony, a glass of champagne in our hands. We sipped our champagne and watched the fireworks, commenting on the shapes that were created as the explosives burst in the sky.

Before we knew it, it was countdown time. Jade and I loudly counted backwards from ten to one with a celebratory vibe. If anyone were asleep in the reach of our voice, they would certainly be awake by now. At the utterance of ‘Happy New Year!, Jade pulled me in and kissed me. The champagne on both of our tongues added a bit of intoxication to the meeting of our lips.

When Jade pulled away, I was not ready to have his lips away from mine. As if reading my mind, he pulled me back in and his lips found mine in a crushing but erotic kiss. As I kissed him, it was as if I could not get enough of him. All this waiting for this very moment only increased my desire for him. I groped at his clothes wanting them to be off in a hurry. I lifted his tee-shirt up and over his head and threw it on the floor. His mouth found its way to my neck and left a trail of hot wet kisses in its wake. I held back my head, giving him more space to work his magic on me. He slipped my spaghetti strap from my shoulder and kissed me there too. I felt as if I were going to explode with need.

I knew mating on the balcony was very risky so I indicated for him to follow me inside. We literally ran to my bedroom, and once there, I pushed him onto the bed and straddled him. I bent my head to his chest and kissed him in a frenzy. His scent was so strong that I wanted to just release his fly and let his d**k slide into my famished womanhood.  I knew not why his scent could drive me crazy like that.

Jade wanted a change of command so he flipped us over so that he was now on top. His mouth was on my right breast, although my top was still on, while his hand kneaded the breast on the left. I truly wanted him to be done with the foreplay and just give it to me.

“Please Jade,” I said hoarsely. “I want to feel you inside of me now.”

“Just a little bit longer honey,” he said.

“Please, papi?” I literally begged and that softened him a bit.

He allowed me to sit up and my top was off in a flash. I would have removed my shorts too but Jade stopped me. I lay back down and Jade continued to throw fuel on the fire of my desire. His hands were all over my body and I was sure that there must be a pool of liquid on my bed below my buttocks. I wanted him to touch Lady Yum-Yum but he was yet to do so.

“Touch me there, Jade,” I said. “Please. Feel how wet I am for you.”

“I know you’re wet for me, Ally,” Jade said as he ran his hand over my stomach down to my pelvis and down my thigh.

His hand came up my thigh and I almost died of anticipation as he inched towards my feminine core. Just when I thought that I could take no more of this teasing, Jade used the heel of his hand to gently rub Lady Yum-Yum in a circular motion. I thrusted my hips up wanting him to do more. He then removed my shorts and used two of his perfectly long fingers to slide over my c******s and down into my inundated womanly core. This he did again and again and again til I was thrashing under his skilful treatment. I felt my orgasm radiating throughout my feet, creeping up my legs, climbing up my thighs, only to explode in my v****a like the fireworks that rang in the new year, and then fan out over my abdomen. Expletives that would make my mother cinge flew from my mouth. When I floated back down to earth Jade was smiling down at me.

“Such a dirty mouth you have Mrs. Clarke,” he reprimanded me playfully. “Let’s see if we can have a repeat of that.”

Jade pulled down his pants and his lovely –oh so lovely - phallus sprang out like a soldier at attention. When he indicated that I should turn around for doggy-style, I was more than happy to oblige. Jade ran his d**k up and down my dripping v****a before slowly putting in at the entrance to paradise. His thrusts were teasing but sweet and I longed to feel the full length of his c**k encased in my most intimate place.

I lowered my head and arched my back, my butt up in the air giving Jade full access all of me. This cause Jade to push all of his phallus into me and I groaned in pain and pleasure all at once. My s****l inactivity made me feel like a virgin but it brought me such joy to be pleasured by Jade, mi amor. Jade held and squeezed my hip as he pounded into me. I, to my surprise, felt another orgasm creeping up on me; however, I didn’t want to get there before Jade yet again so I shifted and bid Jade to come between my legs. I thought that by the end of this lovemaking I would have become a diabetic due to all the sweetness that this mating brought. Jade was hitting all the right places like a pro.

“Si, papi,” I muttered the little Spanish I knew. “Right there. Oh Jade, I lo…”

I did not get the chance to tell Jade that I loved him. He covered my mouth in a steamy kiss as he slid in and out of me, drawing out my orgasm.

“I’m gonna come, Jade. I’m gonna come,” I barely got out as intense sensations began to assail me.

“Me too baby, me too,” Jade said breathlessly.

Two more thrusts and Jade and I were singing the same guttural orgasmic song. We collapsed in a heaving heap of post-coital exhaustion, happy that this time, we were not rudely interrupted.

“Happy New Year, sweetie,” Jade said as he kissed me on the forehead, and I snuggled a little more in his arms, contentment washing over me like warm oil.