Mary My Student

Episode 40

Though I meant it as a joke I didn’t really feel it but what if it happens? as it was I was the only male single teacher in the school and probably the youngest.

So most of the female teachers were and putting on their best and were trying to get my attention and the most obvious of it was Nancy. She had backed off a bit these days maybe because I was busy with the examinations. But I know it would come hotter and stronger after the exams. I wondered what I would tell her if she confronts me one day and asked me ” you seem to be avoiding me, why are you avoiding me?”

” What about Nancy?” I asked this time a bit serious.

Rita breathed a sigh. ” Please you need to ignore her for my sake too, just the same way I am going to do when I am at the university. I would have to shoo away the guys because I know you are there for me. I would have said you are free to have her but I know her, once she gets hold of you she won’t let go and I don’t want a situation in which I am through with my youth service and come back here and she is still there feeling contented and happy, I don’t want to be a marriage and home wrecker and I also don’t want any rivalry between me and her if she finds out that you are not planning to marry her but me after settling down in your house.”

I was quiet for a while, this was really food for thought for me as I imagined Nancy waiting patiently for me to come to my senses one day and walk up to her and tell her I like you. I wondered how she would react. I also wondered how she would feel if she discovers that she is waiting in vain that I was reciprocating her attraction to me. How would she feel? What would she do about it?
And besides if not for Rita I would have been in jail at the moment and I know Nancy would never have waited for me for 21 years or so I might have been in there. Rita brought the perfect plan and I executed it and it turned out good.

And again I liked Rita for her bravery and courage to walk up to me and let me know of her heart desire which wasn’t something selfish, and this is something Nancy hasn’t done. What if she shows up unexpectedly one day at my apartment and demands an answer to my hide and seek game.

Well as it was she was behind Rita in the pecking order.

Rita cleared her throat and brought me out of my reverie.

” You know as you can see right from that day I met you at the supermarket you got hold of my heart and ever since then you are still there and nobody can replace it, the heartbreak would be too much to bear if I see another person taking my place. You know you are the only one I love, I love you and no one else.”
“Hmmm!!” I groaned.

” So what is your response?” Rita asked me with soulful eyes.

” Hmm!!! That’s a lot to ask but I’ll try, the only thing now is that I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I run out of excuses.”
Rita breathed a sigh, which I felt was a sigh of assurance that she was safe.