Forbidden Fruit

Chapter One

~Arthur's P.O.V~

I sighed as I walked down the hallway leading to Mr Hirumaya's office. As I get there and sit down on the black leather couch outside his office, I notice that someone else is sitting on the couch as well. I glance over at the person, who was woman who looked around my age. She was beautiful.

Her colour hair was short and wavy and framed her face nicely. Her colour eyes were bright and sparkled beautifully. And while I am a gentleman and always will be, I couldn't help but notice how voluptuous she was, like Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor. She was dressed nicely too; wearing a white poet's shirt, a black waistcoat, dark blue jeans and dark blue flats with bows that looked like the Union Jack on the ends.

I began to wonder why such a beautiful woman was here. 'Maybe she's a new teacher.' I thought, 'She's probably nervous, I'll introduce myself and make her feel more at ease.'

I turned to her and smiled, "Hello, I'm Arthur Kirkland."

The woman seemed surprise by my forwardness but she smiled a stunning smile, "I'm Name Last Name. Nice to meet you, are you a teacher here?"

I smiled as well, "Yes, I'm an English teacher. And the head of the English Department."

Name smiled even more, "Wow! You're the head of an entire department! That's impressive!"

I felt very proud of myself, "It means a lot more work though."

She nodded sympathetically, "My older brother is the head of a law firm in London, he gets landed with tons of paperwork."

"Your brother works in London?" I asked.

She nodded, "Yeah."

"What I coincidence!" I said, "I'm from London!"

She giggled, "I could tell from your accent! You know, I lived in London for a few years from when I was seven to when I was about ten."

I felt happy that I found a connection with her, "Are you English?" I asked.

"Sort of." She said, "I'm a UK mutt on my father's side. I'm English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish." She pointed at the bows on her flats, "That's why I wear the Union Jack. To show how proud I am of my heritage." She sounded proud too.

I was about to say something else but then Mr Hirumaya's door opened.

"Ah! Arthur you and Miss Last Name are here. Please, come in." He gestured for us to enter his office.

I stood aside. "Ladies first."

Name smiled, "Thank you." And she entered with me right behind her. We both sat on separate black leather chairs in front of Mr Hirumaya's desk.

"Arthur, I'd like you to meet Miss Last Name." He said, "She's a new student from New Zealand. She's here on the academic scholarship and she's majoring in English, History and Philosophy."

I smiled, "We talked outside Mr Hirumaya." I said brightly. Then it hit me. Name, a woman I thought was my age and was incredibly beautiful, was a student. A student. As I was going over this information in my mind Mr Hirumaya smiled.

"That's good!" He said, "Since she's on the scholarship, she needs to have a grade average of B or over. If her average falls I want you to tell me Arthur. Can you do that?"

I nodded, still shocked at the information I had been given.

Mr Hirumaya turned to Name, "Do you think you'll be able to keep up that grade average Miss Last Name?"

Name smiled confidently, "Sure!"

Mr Hirumaya nodded and smiled, "Good. Arthur, you're dismissed. Miss Last Name, I want to talk to you for a little while longer."

As I stood to leave Name smiled at me. "See you in class sir!" She said happily.

I nodded and left.

As I walked back to my room on the campus one thought ran through my mind: 'You found a student beautiful. You were hitting on a student.'

I shook my head. "Student," I muttered, "she's a student…an incredibly beautiful and by the sounds of things intelligent student." I sighed. This was going to be a long year.