Love is a Place Ch. 01: The Puzzle - Sex Stories

Love is a Place Ch. 01: The Puzzle

... large Chemistry lecture theatre. Samantha gathered her things to follow, waiting until most of the student body was inside.

The lecture, on the processes of cell mutation and contributing factors, was interesting. Samantha always appreciated Dr Summers' lectures and tutorials, and wished she gave more. There was an extensive reading list for the follow up lecture and tutorial, but as all of it was available on Blackboard and JSTOR, Samantha saw no need to go to the library. She reasoned that she could prepare a spicy lentil dish to slow cook for supper and make Sarah some muffins for tomorrow if she went home to do her reading.

When she arrived home at the tiny 4 bedroom flat she shared, and had set the stew to simmer, she was pleased to see a response from Dr Alison, who expressed her pleasure at hearing from Samantha. This was a common reaction that, although Sarah had tried to explain it to her, Samantha still struggled to understand (Puzzle Sub:Dr Alison 79). She didn't comprehend why Dr Alison should enjoy Samantha contacting her for help when she was no longer paid or required to help her, since Samantha no longer attended the school where Dr Alison worked. Sarah assured her that she cared about Samantha, which made no sense to her, because surely then Dr Alison would be unhappy to hear from Samantha as the fact she was emailing must indicate that Samantha was not fine. Sarah had told her to stop questioning it. This did not help.

In any case, Dr Alison had ...

... suggested Samantha call her at 4:30pm. She set an alarm for 4:30, then began reading an essay on the impact of UV radiation on cell mutation, sitting at the desk in the room she shared with Sarah.

When the alarm went off, she closed her laptop and dialled Dr Alison.

-Hello Samantha! How are you?

-Hello Dr Alison, I am fine, thank you for asking. How are you?

-I'm very well thank you, and it's lovely to speak to you.

-Thank you. How is school? Samatha was pleased with herself that she asked this pleasantry automatically. She felt that maybe she was getting the hang of small talk.

-It's fine thank you... busy day today. I told Ms Murrow I'd be speaking to you and she sends you her best wishes.

-Oh. Thank you. I liked Ms Murrow. Her classes were extremely helpful and informative.

-Would you like me to pass on your best wishes to her? Or you could email her to tell her that?

-Which would be best?

-Why not both?

-Okay Dr Alison. Please give Ms Murrow my best wishes and I shall also email her.

-Good idea Samantha. Now, let's get to why you called.

Although she had read the document, Dr Alison had Samantha go over the details of the Puzzle, asking further questions to extract more information. Samantha couldn't see the relevance of some of this information (what time she and Sarah usually went to sleep/got up; what they wore in bed; whether she and Sarah did things together outside of the flat; whether Samantha was still a virgin; whether Samantha ...