Chapter Seventeen: The Naughty Paper

Tamera's Apartment: 2:05PM

Teddy rushed to Tam's door worried that he would see his friend in a sorry state. He couldn't help but remember the last time she'd called him when she was upset. He cringed at the thought of her balled up in tears on her bathroom floor. He pounded on her front door. He refused to every see her that low again. Her mini anxiety attacks he could handle, but tears. He never wanted to see her in tears again. Tamera answered the door just as Ted was about to knock again. He was elated that she didn't seem to be stress out or sick but she did look pissed as hell. That was a rare look for Tamera to carry.

"Hey," he said slowly. He quickly reevaluated their last conversation to make sure he had done anything for her to be mad at him, because she was seriously looking like she wanted to kill somebody.

"Hey." She stormed away from with her hands on her hips and grabbed some papers off her coffee table and shoved them at him. He looked at the grade on the top a 77, his eye widened in mock horror. He knew this was a big deal to Tam she never really made less that a 90 on her assignments but this was no reason to alert the media by any means. "Can you believe that bitch gave me a C? I worked for a month on that damned paper it was flawless and she gives me a C!" Tam huffed and started pacing. Ted rolled his eyes and sunk down on her couch. It wasn't until then that he'd realized that his body had been physical wound tight worrying about her.

"You passed," he said he knew what he said would only serve to piss her off further.

"Shuddup! I don't do average Ted, you know that!" She whined. "It's not just the grade it's the reason she flunked me! Read the back of the assignment." I flipped to the last page and read the paragraph.

Ms. Black

You are such a pleasure to teach and I really do enjoy having you in my literature/rhetoric classes. Since you've taken two of my classes before and not had any problems I wanted to explain my reason for this grade. First I want to say that structurally it is perfect, but I feel you missed the real reason of the assignment. You were to create a romantic piece with hints of erotica. I felt that your paper was too … technical. Although you had a great scenario your characters were unbelievable and attempts at erotica fell flat. I felt like I was getting biology and an anatomy lesson. You really need to engulf yourself in romantic novels and have some "experiences" in love to be able to write a piece like I requested. My personal opinion is that you may need to consider dropping this course because it will only get worse from here.

Dr. Rosanne Adler

Ted couldn't help but laugh. The teacher pretty much told Tam that she was too much of prude to be successful in her class. Ted covered his face and tried to hide his amusement.

"Stop laughing it's not funny! It's the most horrible thing that a teacher has ever said about me!" She whined.

"What's funny is that she has you pegged. She right, you've never really had an experienced like what she's requested." Ted tried to be sympathetic but it was just too ridiculous. "I told you, you should have been in classes with me anyway, and now look at you. You're all pouty on your birthday because the teacher called you a prude."

"I should've just gotten you to write the damn thing if she wanted smut. I mean how many girls have you fucked anyway?" Tam spat out her statement and Ted was offended. Why was she getting mad at him? He wasn't the one that gave her the grade. "I'm sorry Ted. I don't mean to be this way. It's just this class was supposed to be easy and to help me learn more about romance and things of the like and now my suspicions are being proved correct. There's something fucked up about me." Ted turned to her and she was really sad. She ran her hand threw her curls and her eye threatened to water. Ted grabbed her free hand and held it.

"Fuck Dr. Adler and her grade. It's your birthday don't think about this shit right now." He tried to change her focus but she just shook her head.

"I have to worry about her Ted. I have to worry about this grade and see what it takes for me to make it up. I can't drop the class, I've never quit on anything in my life. I just don't know what to do … maybe I should just go online and read bunch of smut and try to imitate it." She shrugged and slid her hand out of his and grabbed the pillow from behind her and held it close for comfort while she thought.

"That probably won't work Tam; you really need to feel that kind of writing." Teddy chuckled and she shoved him.

"Would you like to feel my hand across your face?" She arched her eyebrow at him and rolled her neck. Ted moved closer to her and she was grinning from ear to ear.

"Oh I'd love for you to try Miss Black." Tam raised her hand and tried to hit him but he caught her hand and the play fight commenced. As usual Tam ended up pinned beneath him. He tickled her and he was relentless about it.

"Teddy!" She squealed with laughter.

"Beg for you freedom Tam Cake or I won't release you." She laughed harder and harder until she snorted.

"Dag nab bit don't make me snort!" She said breathlessly. Ted stopped his antics and watched Tam as she wiped her tears away. He watched as her chest rose and fell, and then looked back at her face. This was what he was good at. He had made her smile and forget her problems, only he could do that. "Oh God, you're crazy you know that."

"Yeah, that's what you always tell me." He was still lying on top of her; he moved one of her curls away from her face.

"So what am I going to do about this class Ted? I really don't want to drop it." She pouted and then squirmed underneath him. Her leg was still on the ground; she hitched leg over his hip and wrapped it around him. He shifted a lifted her other leg so it wrapped around him as well and she looked at him as if had lost his mind.

"So your leg won't fall asleep," he explained.

"Or this is just a thought … you could get off me," she said but made no attempts to move him. Personally she liked talking to him this way it was so personal and up close.

"Nah, you're comfy Short Stack. I could stay here all night."

"I can't allow that to happen, Grey. I have plans with the number one man in my life and he won't like it if I'm late." She giggled.

"I didn't think we had plans tonight." He popped her on her nose, rolled her eyes, and placed her arms behind her head.

"I knew you were going to say that," she said with an air of smugness about her.

"Shit I'm becoming predictable. I can't have that." He tickled her stomach again and she tried to stop his hands.

"Teddy! Teddy STOP!"

"Okay, okay," Ted pouted and even Tam could realize how adorable he looked. She ran her hand along the side of his face. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply and took in her perfume. God, she smelled amazing.

"You're so pretty Ted," she whispered. She took her other hand and now cradled his face in her hands.

"And you, you smell like heaven." He gave her a small smile. "And right now you look like an angel, a sweet innocent angel." He rubbed his nose against hers.

"Teddy," she whispered. Tam felt her face get flushed. "What are you doing?" Ted closed his eyes and calmed the passionate feeling but when he opened his eyes the feelings had only intensified. He shook his head and he chuckled.

"I have no fucking idea." He pulled away and sat upright. He decided to change the subject to something safer. "So do you have any idea what you're going to do to about you naughty paper?" Tam shook her head she was still laying on her back. "Well, you could always have an experience like the good doctor said." Ted suggested.

"I'm not just going to fuck somebody so I can get an A. I'm not that desperate for the grade." Tamera scoffed at Ted's idiotic idea. He pulled her feet into his lap.

"No, I mean there are ways to stimulate the sensation. You could play with yourself and have an experience so then at the very least you could explain the real feel of an orgasm. That might help a little. As far as creating believable characters base the female on you, and the leading man make him your prince charming. Everything you'd want in a man." Tamera mulled over his idea and had to admit that part of it was a brilliant idea.

"I could do that … the prince charming part, not that whole other thing." She hopped up and sat beside him and held the bridge of her nose. "Just the thought of that is crazy!"

"Why? Masturbation is healthy and it's a good way to get to know your body. Isn't what this whole thing was about anyway?" Ted asked and Tam again looked at her friend like he was an alien. "Don't look at me like that. At least I'm trying to help, you should really give it some thought Tam … and if you do make a video and send it to so I can make sure you're doing it right." Ted had nerve to say that with a straight face and Tam slap him for it.

"Oh my God … Ew! That's never going to happen!" She hopped up and went back to her room. "I gotta get ready for this dinner and I'm sure you have plans for the evening. See yourself out Grey!" She waved him off and he chuckled.

"Silly, silly Tam," he whispered before he went to leave her apartment, but before he left he placed the ring box on the table and the birthday card he filled out. "Happy Birthday Tamera."

Author's Note: Hello everyone I hope you liked the chapter! Now I will ask again do you think you know where I'm going with this. I can't wait to get to the good stuff and as indicated it will happen soon. As always please read review and no flames. Oh and check the blog I added my favorite part of this chapter to the meet Teddy baby exclusive