”Shocked, Professor Bowlings stared at Peter. He asked, “You don’t want the job of being my research assistant?”Peter said, “You are an acad...mician. Supposedly, your career lives or dies based on publishing scholarly papers in well read journals. However, you are tenured and a full professor. You do not have to publish. You do not have to get ‘funding.’ You don’t have to sit on any committees. You do have to teach, but you don’t have to be a good teacher. The fact is, you can sit in your office. That was a bold move, and I hope that it doesn’t blow up in your face.’ ‘Can you keep a secret?’ ‘Yes, what is it?’ She had every right to be curious. ‘The reason that I have no problem with Oberon and Titania is that I have cast two other students in those roles. Even at this stage in rehearsals they are word perfect.’ ‘But how are you going to get around the fact that Henry wants Saskia as Titania?’ ‘This is where the secret comes in. The dress rehearsal is a week before the production’s. She wasn’t nervous. She hadn’t felt awkward or felt she didn’t belong there, which for her was so often the case. She smiled as she started undressing. When she had removed her bra and stood in front of her mirror in only her panties, she looked toward the living room and her computer saying, “I’ll be right there.” In only a few minutes she was sitting in front of her computer and loading her nightly bit of porn. When the video had been running a few minutes, her hand slipped inside her. ’ I said without looking at him. ‘I think you shouldn’t wear clothes so you don’t have to worry about such things around me.’ I fixed my glare on him. Seeing that it wasn’t having the desired effect of blasting off his annoying expression I turned my attention back to the dress. A few minutes later I accepted that my stare wasn’t helping much with the dress either, so I picked it up and carefully hung it up in my wardrobe. In the meanwhile Max had made himself comfortable on my bed, spreading.