“And your name?” Charles asked of me.I started blushing, “Umm, Jessie. Jessie is my name.”“So nice to meet a beautiful lady such as you. D...o you care to get a cup of coffee?”I looked at my phone and figured I had enough time before my next class. “Sounds nice.”Charles took my hand and we walked to the campus coffee shop. While there, time seemed to stand still. It only seemed like minutes, but two hours had passed. I had looked at my phone to see the time.“Oh no! I’m late for my. ’ Derek smiledand said goodnight. Penny leaned against the door for a while thinking about the evening. It had been far more than pleasant. It had been wonderful. Derek had actually made her laugh and that kiss! Just like the other night, that kiss had sent tingles all through her. She wondered if he would be her lover. Her lover … she hadn’t thought about taking another lover since Chris. Tears welled up in her eyes when she thought about us … about what an ass I had been. She knew then that. They hadn't washed him or even oiled his wheels for a very long time. He remembered when the yardmen Oscar and Pete would always start the day with giving him a nice wash with the long green water hoses that washed away all the dirt from a hard day's work.He liked it a lot better when he was bringing up the rear to a passenger train instead of one of those really dirty freight trains that left him covered with soot and dust after a long trip.Lately, it seemed like the passenger trains were. ” That was three days prior. Jonathan Johnson wanted this job. To be a departmental head in a school like this would raise his salary enormously. He knew he’d get it. He was called back in to re-interview with a new group of people, including the headmaster’s wife for some reason too. He was introduced to them all. The headmaster’s wife, a very quiet unassuming yet somewhat pretty looking woman sat back away from them all and listened as the interview went on. She took notes. That was her job..