Despite last nights several glasses of wine, Miranda actually didn’t feel too bad. She wondered if the dupe of her sister had anything to do with it. She probably wouldn’t be able to get away with it a second time though.
As she walked into the company building, she saw Sharon talking to the snooty receptionist Clara. She greeted both of them, although Sharon was far more cheerful about it.
“My ID card needs renewing. The lovely Clara here was just sorting it out for me.” Sharon nodded to the sour faced woman behind the desk.
Miranda bit her lip to stop herself from laughing.
“Ahh okay. I’ll wait with you.”
Shar
When she’d finished the talk, she felt a little embarrassed as the entire hall clapped. Professor Hammond dismissed them, but a few of the students came up individually to thank her for coming in. Miranda was buzzing from the whole experience. She was so pleased she’d agreed to do it.Professor Shaw had to rush off, but Professor Hammond lingered to help Miranda pack up her things. Not that there was a lot to pack up.Josh hoovered by his seat waiting for Miranda. Sharon knew she was dropping him at home tonight,so, they had the perfect excuse to spend a little time together.Miranda could see Professor Hammond watching him from the corner of his eye. Finally, the three of them exited the hall, and the Professor locked the door.“Hey Jos
This time it wasn’t Josh sat in the car. It was his mum. Miranda was driving them to the house for Thursday’s tutoring session. It had been a particularly busy day at work for both of them as the company was preparing for a new contract with a big drinks company. Miranda and Sharon had to make sure all their paperwork for the department was organised. They even had to take their lunch breaks at different times. As a consequence, they’d barely been able to talk all day.Sharon visibly sunk into the passenger seat. “So, now we’ve actually got a moment to breathe, tell me about how your talk went last night? Josh said you did very well.”“It was really good. I got a bit of a buzz from it actually…” Miranda paused. She wasn’t sure whether to tell S
Miranda’s mouth fell open. It was like she lost the ability to speak. The only thing she could hear was her hear hammering against her chest. Her hands instinctively gripped onto to the tops of her legs, as if to stop herself from shaking.“Don’t bother trying to deny it. I see the way you look at each other, I’m not stupid. All I say is if you’re a decent person, you’ll back off. Josh should be with someone his own age and you know it.” Her voice was low but venomous. “I’m sure Sharon wouldn’t be happy either.”Miranda’s mouth was dry. There was no way she could respond. Sharon’s arrival with the dinner jarred her from the situation, and Lucy changed her demeanour instantly.
Taking a moment to understand what Josh was saying, she sat up searching his eyes.“Are you sure?”He let his fingers graze the side of her face. “Yes. Miranda, I want you. All of you. I don’t want to wait any longer.” His expression was serious. Determined. Miranda found it incredibly sexy.As she took a moment to appreciate just how beautiful he was, her arousal began to build once more. All she wanted was to know what his cock was going to feel like when it was inside her. Knowing that hers would be the first pussy to encase his spectacular manhood made her even wetter.A smile crept onto her lips as she got up to pull off his boxers, allowing him to spring free. He watched her closely as she placed herself above him so she was kneeling with his body
Miranda’s foot was tapping against the tiled floor in anticipation, and she kept ringing her hands over and over again. The receptionist, a man who seemed far nicer that Cara, had asked her to wait in one of the student areas. It wasn’t far from the Professor’s offices. The space was filled with squishy chairs and beanbags, along with the normal computer desks. There was even a small kitchenet at the back wall where students could make a hot drink or microwave their food.Thursday evening was student night in this city. That basically meant that all the bars and clubs were open with promotions for its binge drinking patrons. As a result, a lot these university scholars would be back at their halls swigging their pres. Miranda wondered if they even still called them pres anymore. The students that were in this space, were eyeing her with interest. She clearly wasn’t a student. You only had to compare their casua
It was going to take about an hour or so to get to the cottage, so Miranda had created a playlist for the journey there. She knew from Josh’s posters that he liked similar music to her. Not saying anything, she plugged her phone into the car stereo, and pressed play. The first song was ‘Black Dog’ by Led Zeppelin. As Robert Plant sang the first few words, Josh turned his head towards Miranda with interest.“I’d forgotten that you like the same ‘noise’ as me.”Miranda grinned and tapped her fingers in time to the music against the steering wheel.“Don’t worry, there’s plenty more coming up on this playlist. It wasn’t classic rock I grew up on though. I got interested in pop punk when I saw Green Day on Top of the Pops.”
The next morning, she opened her eyes to find Josh lying next to her in bed. He was on his back with his right arm stretched above him. Sunlight was beaming through gaps in the curtains, caressing parts of his face and exposed chest. She couldn’t resist gently pushing a stray piece of hair from his forehead. As it didn’t cause him to stir, she decided to get out of bed and go outside. She was desperate to see the view from the cottage in the light. Wrapping her dressing gown around her and pulling on some thick socks, she walked out to the hallway where they’d left their shoes. She knew she would need their welly boots for this weekend, it could get very muddy here this time of year. She pulled them on and shut the front door gently behind her.Considering it was the end of February, it was actually a beautiful day. It was cold, but it was a cloudless sky, so the sun was shining bri
On the way back from Chatsworth, Miranda pulled into a dirt track she’d spotted from the main road on the way here.As she turned off the ignition, Josh have her a sideways glance. “We’re not going dogging now are we?” he joked, but there was the edge of a serious tone in his question.Miranda patted his knee. “No don’t worry. That’s next weeks lesson.” She winked at him and he laughed. “Actually, I want to see how you get on with a bit of driving. Fancy it?”He took a look at the track ahead. “Er…yeah. Okay then.”They swapped seats and reattached their belts.“Now, can you remember how to start it?”Josh looked nervously around the contr
Miranda felt as if she was in a beautiful dream. She couldn’t conceive how things had turned around so quickly. Just a few days ago she had felt so entirely lost, so completely consumed by despair that happiness had become a distant memory.Now, he was awake. He was getting better. His mum had accepted them. Miranda could not have wished for more.When Josh had woken up, he had been overjoyed to find that his mother and girlfriend were reunited. After all, they were the people he loved the most in the world. They were his family. Once he had regained some strength, Sharon had bought a pack of cards into the hospital, and they had all played cards together. Now Sharon understood their relationship, Miranda felt like she had her old friend back, except this time it was stronger. They bonded over their love for Josh, both knowing that
Miranda hurried as quickly as she could to the café, scared that if she took too long Sharon would change her mind. She had no idea what Sharon was going to say. There was every chance she would simply berate her further. Maybe she would warn her not to come back and to leave them alone. But Miranda knew she had to try. There could be a chance, however small, Sharon would at least tell her how Josh was.Following the signs on the beams that jutted out from the ceiling, she soon came upon the meeting place. Due to the time of day, it was busy, and she frantically searched over the many tables for Sharon. The smell of food that had been boiling or simmering all day reached her nose. It was not a pleasant one, and it did nothing but increase the feeling of sickness in her stomach.Then a figure got to their feet, her attention caught. It was her. She was at a table right at the back of the dining area.
“I cannot believe you have the audacity to show your face in here,” Sharon spat. She was trembling with rage.Miranda buckled under her gaze filled with pure hatred.Linda began to speak. “Perhaps I should wheel you back now Miranda?”She nodded. She couldn’t bear to be persecuted by Sharon right now. She felt too fragile.“Oh no. Now you’re here I want you to listen to what I have to say.”Miranda asked Linda to wait, and the nurse reluctantly obliged.“Are you aware of the catalogue of injuries my son is currently suffering from?”
Miranda tried to open her eyes. She was vaguely aware of a pain in her head. It also didn’t feel like her body was in the right place. But she couldn’t work that out right now. Where was she? Finally opening her eyes, she tried to bring them to focus. All she could make out was scraps of metal and glass. Then it started to come back to her. The lorry. Josh driving. The lorry swerving into Josh’s side…Frantically looking over to her right, she caught sight of him. Her heart broke as she took in the image before her. There were cuts all over his face, likely from the smashed windscreen and driver side window. His right arm was at an odd angle, and she thought that it must be broken. His eyes were shut, and his lips were parted ever so slightly.She tried to call out to him, but it came out as more of a croak. “Josh? Josh wake up! Josh!”&
The next morning, she knew if she didn’t insist on going out, Josh would be quite happy spending the entire day in bed having sex. It wasn’t that Miranda didn’t like the idea, but she fancied getting out into the sunshine. Now she had this new attitude of not caring what people thought, she wanted to go out with Josh. Tell the world, ‘he’s mine’.Now it was March, the first signs of spring were appearing. Roger had told Miranda of a bluebell wood a few miles out of the city, and she suggested her and Josh spend their Saturday morning there. Miranda loved nature, and there was nothing like spring flowers after a cold winter.As she picked up her car keys, she held them out to him. “Do you want to drive?”He hesitated a little, but
The next few days for Miranda passed by in a much happier haze. They went to the university together, and came home together. Miranda even let Josh drive a few times so he could start getting used to the traffic.It was a strange feeling, letting him be in control of something so important as her car, but she also kind of liked it too. There was something sexy about the look of concentration on his face, and his strong hand changing gears. He was going to start proper lessons next week, and when he passed, she would definitely be letting him take the controls more often.Miranda was also finding great pleasure in her work. All it took was to get her head into not giving a crap about what other people thought. After that, she could focus fully on what her role was going to be about.It was Friday lunch time, and her and Roger were taking advantage of a particularly sunny spring da
The next morning, Miranda was under no illusion that she was alone. The first thing she did was check her phone. But there was no message.She made herself go through the motions of the day, trying to block out any thoughts or feelings. It was easier that way.Dr Bainbridge took her into the archaeological room in the afternoon and despite her depression, she did enjoy looking at some of the recent Roman artifacts from the last dig. He left her to study a copper coin with the face of Emperor Nero embossed onto it. Under the microscope she could see all the intricate details of his profile. Miranda became aware of someone standing beside her. A short man in his early 40’s with thick rimmed spectacles had appeared to the left of her. He gave her a large grin and introduced himself.“Hi, Miranda isn’t it? I’m Roger.” M
Josh waited in the library until Miranda finished work so they could go back together. She partly wished he hadn’t, she wanted to be alone. His easy smile came into view as he walked towards her car. He got in and went to kiss her, but she moved her face a little so he got her cheek. He ignored this, and instead asked her eagerly about her first day.
The whole shop was silent. Natasha was holding her Champagne mid sip staring wide-eyed at Miranda. Her mum looked horrified, and Chloe…well. Miranda didn’t have to wait long to find out how she was feeling.“YOU FUCKING BITCH!” Within a fraction of a second, Chloe was launching herself at Miranda. Clear intent to use her stiletto shaped acrylics to gouge out her older sisters’ eyes. Miranda was unusually quick however, and dodged her sister's attack, the dress she was holding crashing to the ground.The sound of her mum’s voi