Disclaimer: I do not own Perception or any of the characters. I'm just a writer taking them for a ride.
Kate and her roommate, Vanessa, had their first class of the first day together, so they were on the way to General Psychology. "I heard this class is amazing, Kate! And everyone says the teacher is hot! Like, H-A-W-T! He's not much older than us, maybe ten years or so."
Kate rolls her eyes. "You have a boyfriend, Nessa."
"So? Doesn't mean I can't check out the equipment on hot guys."
Kate blushes in embarrassment. She's known Vanessa for about a year when she moved to Kate's high school Senior year, but she's still surprised at how forward she is. "That didn't sound dirty, at all."
"Coming from Virgin Mary," Vanessa sing-songs as they walk into class and pick some seats in the middle section of the class. "Besides, we are in college now, Kate. Get used to hearing sex talk."
"Nes, my boyfriends in high school were Tim Dawson, Lance Storm, and Pete Russo. You've seen them- would you want your first time to be with someone like that?" Kate asks. That's not really why she hasn't had sex yet, though. It's not the people, it's the act. She's a Catholic and, though she will probably end up having sex before she's married, right now she's just not ready. And it doesn't help that she has a guilt complex.
Vanessa grimaces in mock disgust. "I understand your point, sweetie. Don't worry," she brightens, "I'll find somebody for you."
Their discussion- that Kate has no intention of finishing- is interrupted when the door closes and the room immediately silences.
Kate feels her jaw drop open when she gets her first peek at their professor. Vanessa is right, he's hot. Not in a I'm-hot-and-I-know-girls-drool-over-me way. No, he doesn't seem to notice that all of the women in the classroom are seductively eying him, already lusting for him after seeing the man for five seconds.
Luckily, Kate has always been a damn good compartmentalizer, so she was able to focus on taking notes on the most eye opening lecture she had ever heard instead of just fantasizing about her professor.
But as soon as she was in her bedroom, safely away from Vanessa, her mind wonders to the infamous Dr. Daniel Pierce. It's not just his looks that are appealing (though that doesn't hurt either). No, it's the way he dominates his class, keeping the focus of every student in there until it's time to go. The class always ends with groans of protests, begging for him to keep talking.
It's the mysterious aura that she feels as he walks around, glancing at the top of the row with a small smile on his face. It's the way that as soon as he ends the lecture, he's completely different. He's shy and a complete introvert, not trying to interact with his students as soon as he's done teaching.
After just one day in his class, Kate Moretti is already smitten. She has a crush on her college professor. Oh, really god. When did her life become such a cliche?
And the worse thing? Vanessa knows it. She's constantly teasing Kate about her little crush on their unusual professor. But, Kate doesn't really mind the teasing. She's too busy daydreaming about those mysterious brown eyes to care.
Okay. I said I was working on a large Perception story and I was. But as I was reading over it together, I realized that it didn't really make much sense combined. So I got the idea to take all the Flashback scenes I had written describing Daniel and Kate's interactions in the early days and post it as a separate fic.
I have to warn you. Some chapters will be short, others will be longer, but for the most part they are pretty short. Basically, this story is one-shots giving a glimpse into the lives of Daniel Pierce and Kate Moretti after they met. Still interested?
Review and tell me what you think, eh? Please?