James's eyes widened as he realized what she said. He hardly had time to register everything before she was on him, hungry for every bit of him. Jessie pressed her whole body into James as she kissed him deeply, hands in his lavender hair. James reciprocated by pulling her waist in close to him and gently holding the back of her neck. His heart raced as his mind tried to fathom that this was actually shook himself out of his shock and hungrily returned Jessie's fervent kisses, rolling her over and trailing them down her neck and shoulder. Jessie shuddered with pleasure as she murmured a sultry "James" in his ear as he continued to place delicate kisses down her body. She closed her deep blue eyes and laid her head back on the musty pillows of the bed. James came up for air just in time to see Jessie relaxed on the pillows. He paused to take her in: Completely relaxed, completely vulnerable. He realized that he had never seen her like this before. The biggest smile slowly spread across his face. She was even more beautiful than he could have imagined. "Wow," he whispered as Jessie's eyes fluttered open to see him looking down on her. She matched his smile but averted her eyes when she realized how exposed she felt. James reached down and tucked a stray strand of red hair behind her ear. "Jess…I love you so much," James gushed as tears threatened to fall from his eyes. Jessie's eyes burned too, but she wasn't about to let him see that. She smiled and roughly pulled him down on top of her with a devilish grin and whispered "then get down here and show me."
The next few minutes were a ticking time bomb. James straddled Jessie and pulled his shirt off. Jessie let out an audible gasp at his impeccable physique. She had seen him shirtless before, but never close enough to see all those abs! Jessie ran her fingers down his torso as he pushed her shoulders down onto the pillow. James was about to pull Jessie's bra off when a sudden loud "BANG" and the sound of voices in the room shocked him back to reality. "THERE THEY ARE!" Giovanni and his henchmen were on them faster than they could realize what was happening. They pulled the two off of each other and out of the bed, restraining them under the arms. Jessie did her best to shake the men off, but there was no use. She looked across the bed to James's terrified face. They knew this was not going to end well.
"Now," Giovanni growled, "if you don't mind, I would like to get my lab rat back where he belongs." "NO!" Jessie screamed, forcing her right shoulder free and trying to lunge for Giovanni. The henchman regained his footing and smacked her across the face before restraining her arm back behind her. Hot tears fell down Jessie's cheek as the pain of the smack blinded her for a moment. "Take care of this," she heard Giovanni spit as he left the room. The men opposite Jessie immediately punched James in the stomach and stuck a needle in his neck. "JAMES NO!" Jessie screamed hysterically. James shrieked with pain as the medicine infiltrated his bloodstream. "Jess…I'm sorry" he croaked out as the henchmen began to drag him to the door. "JAMES NO! JAMES!" Jessie was fighting her restraint with all she had. "JAMES! I'LL FIND YOU AGAIN. I'LL FIND YOU!" Jessie managed one final scream before she too felt a long needle in her neck. She writhed in pain as he vision became blotchy, and soon faded to black.
"Dr. Walker? Hello? Dr. Walker? Are you ok?" A graduate student gently poked her faculty advisor. "Huh…wha," a groggy voice answered her. "Sorry to bother you Dr. Walker…but we were supposed to have a meeting this afternoon. You were pretty unconscious, and I just wanted to make sure you were ok." Dr. Walker carefully lifted her head as her office came back into view. Her eyes darted to the large clock on her wall. "Oh my goodness Candace…I am so terribly sorry! I was working on my research late into the night. Yes yes…we can discuss your dissertation. Just please let me get a cup of coffee." "Of course Dr. I will get my paperwork out while you get your coffee."
A grand espresso machine whirred to life as a delicious warm smell filled the small lounge down the hall from Dr. Walker's office. She stretched and yawned before taking a huge gulp of her drink. She stood in front of the small mirror on the wall and checked her appearance. Disheveled hair, tired eyes with bags under them…she was quite a sight. A quick fluff of red hair and a quick swipe under her blue eyes and she was ready to head back to her office.
Coffee in hand and heels clicking down the hallowed halls of Harvard University, she took a breath before turning the knob on the great oak door that bore a golden plaque reading:
Dr. Jessica Walker, PhD.
