Ms. Ford and Nathan were putting on their clothes when Crystal barged in, and Nathan raised his eyebrow questioningly. Before he could say anything, though, Crystal looked him in the eye and demanded to know if he was attracted to her. “Nathan,” she shouted, “are you fascinated with me? If that’s the case, I’m afraid that someone will be jealous.” She eyed Ms. Ford and then turned back to Nathan. “So, I suggest you make it clear.”

“Make what clear?” Nathan asked.

Crystal gasped, and then she said, “That you have long been infatuated with me and that we are in love with each other.”

Ms. Ford looked at Crystal incredulously and said, “What a joke! You and Nathan? Come on! As I remember, you attend our school as an accelerated student. Have you ever come of age? Look at your tits! Have you even hit puberty? I don’t think you deserve Nathan!” Crystal puffed out her handful-sized breasts with pride and said, “Excuse me for a moment, but I am Nathan’s type! What would he want with an old crone like you?”

As Ms. Ford flinched away from Crystal’s harsh words, Crystal walked over to Nathan. She took his hand, and when she pressed it against her pubic mound, he gasped. This was a fatal temptation, she knew, and a cruel test for a man with normal physical needs, but it was even more tempting for a man with a penchant for younger adolescent girls. As Crystal applied more pressure to Nathan’s hand, she moaned gently, and he turned to Ms. Ford and said, “Tiffany, I’m really crazy about Crystal, and she is more my type. You should go.”

Nathan’s surprising words made Crystal palpitate. She felt butterflies flitting about in her stomach, and her face turned red as her mons pubis warmed to his touch. Ms. Ford frowned and stamped her feet, and then she barged out the door, slamming it behind her. And the moment she was gone, Crystal pushed Nathan’s hand away from her moist sex. I want him-she admitted to herself - but I will not let him know it!

“I did you a big favor,” Crystal laughed. “How are you going to thank me?”

Crystal turned to leave, but Nathan wouldn’t allow it. He grabbed her wrist, twisted it painfully behind her back, and pressed her against the wall. Crystal struggled to get away, but there was no hope of escape. “Please, don’t,” she whined. “If you let me go now, I will introduce you to other girls at another time, and they will be like me, except they will be eager!”

Nathan leaned around Crystal with his free hand and put it back where Crystal had put it, only this time he slid it into her jeans so that the only thing between it and her wet core was her thin damp panties. And as he applied pressure, now directly to her clitoris, he whispered in her ear: “Other girls, you say? For a threesome...?”

“No!” Crystal cried in pleasure and frustration. “I could be a matchmaker for you!

“I could befriend girls my age and send them your way!”

Nathan twisted Crystal’s arm a little harder, and at the same time, he began to move the fingers of his other hand in slow circles, mixing pleasure and pain in equal measure. And one voice in Crystal’s mind screamed for him to stop, while another voice begged him to - NEVER STOP!

And then, without warning, Nathan ceased his ministrations and whispered into her ear: “And what kind of girls do you think I would like?”

Rather than reply, Crystal threw her head backward, and there was an aggressive THUD as the back of her head connected with his forehead.

“Shit!” Nathan hissed. “You bitch!” But he didn’t let her go. And now I am really in for it! - Crystal realized, and she began to squirm harder than ever. Crystal wasn’t able to get away but to keep his hold on her, Nathan was forced to pull his hand out of her pants, and her senses were overwhelmed by the musky/sweet scent of her sex on his fingers as he used that hand to push her shoulder against the wall.

As she struggled, Nathan pressed his engorged member against her buttocks, and she could tell that the more she resisted, the more aroused he became, so she forced herself to go limp in his arms. Be still - she commanded her body - be passive.

Once Nathan realized what was going on, he released her shoulder and hooked his thumb into the waist of her jeans and the elastic in her panties so that he could push them down and force himself on her, but just as the jeans dropped past her ass and fell to the floor, the door opened, and someone gasped. And someone, a ghost-male, said, “Geez... You... You dirty man! And with a student!!!!!!”

Nathan frowned and turned his head. “Get out!” he shouted.

The door closed quickly then, without Crystal knowing who the intruder had been. And as soon as they were gone, Nathan began to laugh. “You would think that after being interrupted once,” he said, “I would have thought to lock the door!”

After a second, Crystal took a deep breath and said, “Would you please let me go?”

“Yeah, why not?” Nathan replied. He let her go, and once she’d pulled up her pants and panties, she turned around to face him.

Nathan looked at Crystal seriously and said, “Just don’t try to tell me that you didn’t like that!” He was wearing the same grin, now, that he’d had on when she’d walked in on him fucking Ms. Ford. It was half Cheshire cat, half-shark. He winked and added, “This is just one of the benefits of being under a Guardianship Order!”

Crystal’s mouth dropped open, and she was struck dumb. She wanted to deny his claim over her, but she could not. After all, if he could drive her to such a state of arousal once, he could certainly do it again.

Crystal looked at the clock suddenly and realized that she was running late for her next class. She told him that she needed to go and why, and this time he let her go. As she turned to leave, though, Crystal glanced at Nathan’s white shirt to wear a strand of hair hung stubbornly to an amber button. She reached for the hair, held it in the air, and let it fall. “See you tonight,” she whispered seductively, in a tone pregnant with implications.

As Crystal headed to her next class, she happened to run into her friend Serenity, who was sitting on the floor beside her locker. When Serenity saw that Crystal was in a hurry, she asked what her rush was all about. Before Crystal could reply, Serenity noticed that her face was red and that her clothes were disheveled. “Are you okay?” she asked. “Your lip is swollen.”

Crystal scrambles for an answer, and when she begins to stammer, Serenity knew with certainty that something was up with her, and she suspected that she knew what it was. “What is the matter with you?” she asked reproachfully. “Does it have something to do with You Know Who?”

“No!” Crystal replied argumentatively. She bit her lips nervously and said, “Maybe I got attacked by a cockroach! Did you think of that?”

“It’s Professor Davis, isn’t it?” Serenity said. After a moment, she lowered her voice and said, “It was! You kissed Professor Davis.” She giggled. “What a tramp!” Serenity didn’t mean this literally. It was just a joke between two friends.

“I didn’t KISS him!” Crystal said, and she touched her lips thoughtfully. I wonder what it would be like to kiss Nathan? - she wondered - and would I let him kiss me if he tried? Didn’t know... She didn’t know...

“Well, if you two didn’t KISS, what did you do?” Serenity squeaked, her voice rising several octaves. Just now, she was guessing that there had been some foreplay that maybe included heavy petting or under the shirt but over the bra action, but her imagination didn’t take her anywhere near what had actually happened. Crystal’s face turned red when she heard Serenity’s question, so Serenity knew she was on the right track, but she would have never guessed the full extent of the liberties her professor had taken with her friend. “Well,” she said, “if you can get him to be infatuated with you, you may find a chance to get your mother’s inheritance back.”

“Jesus, Serenity!” Crystal hissed. “Did you take the class for nothing?”

“No way,” Serenity replied. “I am listening very carefully. Look at yourself, though; you’re one to talk! You’ve been daydreaming all semester.”

Crystal laughed, and Serenity laughed along with her. “Fine,” she admitted. “I haven’t been concentrating, but you watch: I’ll concentrate next time.”

Serenity got up, and the two girls walked to their next class together, which was philosophy, and they took their seats as the teacher walked to the podium. Serenity opened her book while Crystal twirled her pen out of boredom. I didn’t even want to be here today - she told herself - so why should I bother paying attention!

Furthermore, although the teacher worked hard to make the lessons easy for the students to understand, Crystal remained absent-minded, and the fact that she was two years younger

than the other students was a constant disadvantage to her. Crystal managed to endure until class was over, though, and as she gathered up her books, she and Serenity discussed what to have for lunch.

Unfortunately, before they could make any headway, there was a sudden cry at the door: “Crystal, the president wants you to go to his office!”

Crystal’s mind went blank, and she had to ask Serenity, “What did he say?”

Serenity looked at her friend curiously and said, “Where is your mind today?!?!? He said that the president wants to see you. You’d better go quickly! Maybe it is about another scholarship.” If it were, it wouldn’t be the first time that Crystal had won a scholarship. She had never received one from the president before, though, so she didn’t think that that was what this was about.

“My mind was elsewhere, that’s all,” Crystal explained. She handed her books to Serenity and said, “Can you take these for me? I’ll meet you in the cafeteria after this meeting.”

Without waiting for a reply, Crystal left the room, and since she was in a hurry, she rushed down the hallway towards the office. And when she entered the office, the secretary looked up from her desk and said, “You can go right in, the president is waiting for you.”

When Crystal entered the office, she said hello to the president. He said hello back, and he told her to close the door, which she did. There were two seats in front of the president’s desk. One was empty, and the other was taken by Ms. Ford. The president pointed toward the empty chair and told Crystal to take a seat, which she did. And as she did, she noticed the name tag on the president’s desk and gasped. His name was Mr. Ford! He was Ms. Ford’s Father!

What the fuck is going on?- her thoughts began to spin out of control - This must have something to do with Nathan!

Am I in some kind of trouble? “Mr. Ford,” she said nervously. “What can I do for you?”

“You’re Crystal, aren’t you?” he said. It wasn’t a question, but she nodded her head as if it had been. “You are the first student to be recommended for admission to our school through the Advanced Program for High School Students, and your scholastic record is outstanding. Although there is not much schoolwork to do right now, it will increase, and I hope you will give full priority to your study. You are still young, and I hope you don’t ruin your future unnecessarily.”

Is that a threat? Crystal asked herself. His tone was flat, and his face lacked expression, so she had no way of knowing if this was anything more than friendly encouragement.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Ford, but could you be more specific?” What unnecessary things are you talking about? I don’t quite understand.”

Ms. Ford turned to Crystal and scowled. “What my Father - Um... What Mr. Ford said,” she hissed, “was about you and Professor Davis. I told him all about your little ‘relationship’ with him, and that is not the kind of thing a young student like yourself should have time for!”

Actually - Crystal wanted to say the RELATIONSHIP takes up very little time, thank you very much! - but she remained silent, obeying the more reasonable voice in her head that was saying - Let the adults talk, and then you can go on your way, living your life in whatever manner you please. After all, you aren’t beholden to this dysfunctional woman or her father in any way!

Mr. Ford stood up so that he was standing over Crystal. “Crystal,” he said, “our school does not object to students falling in love, but we try to encourage our teachers not to enter into sexual relationships with students, and if they must, then they should at least wait until the students are of legal age. Surely, you must understand that if this got out, it would tarnish the reputation of the school.”

Ms. Ford whined, “Dad... Mr. Ford, I mean... Her behavior has already been a bad influence on other students. Furthermore, although she keeps saying that she and Professor Davis are in love with each other, it is clear that she is the one who seduced Professor Davis, and not the other way around! Young girls have ways of mesmerizing men, as I am sure even you know, so how could he resist the provocation of this naughty vixen?!?!? I think that since this kind of thing has never happened in our school with a girl so young, it is necessary to make an example of her.”

Mr. Ford nodded approvingly and asked, “What do you think is an effective way to control something like this? Should we circulate a notice of criticism?”

Off with her head! - Crystal thought wildly, and she was barely able to contain her laughter.

“That’s too serious,” Ms. Ford replied. “I think it would be better to expel her.”

Mr. Ford looked at Crystal thoughtfully and said, “These are some heavy charges that have been made against you. But I know that you have been through a lot lately, what with your Mother’s death and your Father’s remarriage, so I don’t want to be too quick to give up on you, particularly because of your previous exemplary record. Do you have anything to say on your behalf before I pass judgment?”

Crystal looked first at Ms. Ford and then at Mr. Ford. “This is hard to talk about,” she admitted, “but my relationship with Professor Davis is not one that is comparable to that of the love that is sometimes made between a man and a woman, but -”

“Ugh, I knew you’d say that,” Tiffany interrupted cruelly. She rose and grabbed her laptop, plugged in her hard drive, and an image of her and Nathan appeared on the computer screen. He had her pressed up against the wall with her arm twisted behind her back, and his free hand was down the front of her pants. “What excuse do you have now, Miss Crystal? Isn’t this evidence of a relationship between a man and a woman or a man and a little GIRL, as is the case?”

Mr. Ford looked away in disgust and said, “Geez! You really are shameless. You will disgrace our school. I have made up my mind: for seducing a teacher, you are being expelled. You can empty your locker!”

Having nothing to say, Crystal stood up and left the office. On the way out, Ms. Ford yelled at her to” STOP!” but Crystal paid her no mind.

After all, now that she was no longer a student here, the staff no longer had any hold over her.

What a bad day - she thought to herself - my boyfriend cheated on me. My guardian sexually assaulted me. And now I’ve been expelled from school. Damn it! What is the point of even living...?

Crystal found Serenity in the cafeteria, and she ordered a large lunch for herself. Why despair when you can eat?!?!?! When Serenity saw how much food she’d purchased, she nearly choked. “Did Mr. Ford offer you a double scholarship?” she asked.

“No,” Crystal replied flatly, “he expelled me.

This isn’t a celebratory meal! It is a consolatory meal! Can’t you tell the difference?!?!!?

Serenity frowned, and tears welled up in her eyes, and Crystal felt bad for speaking to her friend in such a harsh manner. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I’m upset, but it wasn’t fair to take it out on you.”

“It’s okay,” Serenity replied. “I forgive you. We all have bad days, and yours sounds particularly bad. Why did the school expel you, though?”

“Because of Nathan,” Crystal replied.

Serenity: “So, your affair with Professor Davis was exposed?”

Crystal: “It isn’t an affair. I may have been a bit of a cock-tease, but he sexually assaulted me, and they’ve turned me into the villain!”

Serenity: “Why don’t you ask Professor Davis to explain it to them? Maybe they’ll let you stay in school.”

Crystal: “The evidence is conclusive. How could he explain it away? Let’s end this talk, shall we? I want to eat my lunch. When I’m full, then I will have the strength to think about what to do next.”

As they were eating, Crystal’s big brother, Evan Henry, came and sat with them. Crystal looked at him uncomfortably and asked him what he was doing.

“Surprised to see me?” he asked. He was wearing a light blue shirt and black pants.

“Shouldn’t I be?” Crystal replied.

“Not really,” Evan replied. “Who did you think Dad would send after he discovered that you were expelled? He cares about you. You know that, don’t you?”

“Cut the crap,” Crystal replied coldly.

“He does!” Evan insisted. “And he plans to contribute five million dollars to this institution to keep you enrolled, and I finally persuaded Mr. Ford to reduce your sentence from expulsion to probation.”

“How about if I accept the dismissal, and he can transfer the money to my account,” Crystal replied snarkily. “How does that sound? And why would a man that didn’t want to raise his own daughter set aside five million dollars to keep her in school? Can you answer that question for me?”

Serenity listened quietly, not daring to interrupt. She had heard Crystal’s story about their family and felt sorry for her.

Evan frowned and said, “Crystal, you can come to me if you need money. Don’t be angry at Dad. He has his reasons for abandoning you, and they are reasonable. Can you believe me?” Crystal rolled her eyes and said, “Of course… NOT.

Evan nodded as if he hadn’t expected any other answer from her, which he likely hadn’t... “Dad hasn’t been feeling well lately,” he said. “Go and see him whenever you can.”

Crystal was about to excuse herself by saying she wasn’t available, but Evan saw through her. He said, “Dad asked that you come and see him tomorrow. Your Mother left something at his place for you to have.”

Then, without saying goodbye, Evan rose and left.

“Is he your half-brother?” Serenity wondered.

“No,” Crystal replied. “He was adopted.”