Chapter 9 - The Mission

Joshua was a gentleman not to give in to her request. As he gave her the duvet, Richclar hurriedly covered her whole body. When Joshua was already sure that Richclar could no longer see him, he tip toed dashingly out of her bedroom and went directly to the bathroom in his bedroom. There he soaked in a bath tub with a very cold water.

In the bedroom of Richclar, she remained quiet and motionless under the duvet. It was because, without knowing that Joshua was no longer in her bedroom, she was able to return to sleep once again. While asleep, she dreamt of Joshua. In her dream she saw him naked and was able to stare at his towering thick and long stretchable body part between his legs. Instead of removing her eyes away from it, she was ogling at it drooling. This is the part of her dream when she woke up with her body soaked in her perspiration.

"How shameless that man in her dream trying to be an exhibitionist!" She berated Joshua behind his back. "Oh, my gosh! Why would he be in my dream?"

Then she remembered that Joshua told him he slept in her bed. If so, then they slept together in one bed and both of them were naked.

She was speechless once again. After a while, she screamed when she remembered her dream that Joshua and her were making love. "Was it only a dream or real?" and she was doubtful again that the love making was real as she saw his dick like a rooster ready for cock fighting. "God, how shameless I was." She continued thinking...

Did she take her virginity? She touch her treasure between her legs. There was no pain. No smudge.. No blemish. Discontented of her sensibility, she stood up and inspected her bed sheet. No stain of blood could be seen.

"Thanks God, my virginity is still intact. I was not raped. Next time I would be more careful. No drinking session with the boys... Promise to myself.. Drinking with girls only."

Relieved of her still intact virgin status, she took a bath, dressed up and went to a mall. There she ate her lunch alone while browsing to a social media for an update. It so happened that the sound for notification rang in her ear. It was a video clip sent to her by Joshua in her messenger application. She frowned but was intrigued to open and watched it. There and then, she saw what happened last night when she was heavily drunk. She was so embarrassed with herself.

"How could I face him, now?"

She was unaware that she was in dazed when another notification sound got her eardrum to pay attention by opening a message from an unregistered number in her phone. When she opened it..

From Joshua to Richclar:

Where are you? Have you watched the video clip I have just sent you?

Should she send him a reply? She was unsure what to do so she decided to go back home to her parents. There she had to stay overnight so in the morning she could attend the regular session in the municipal session hall done every Monday. It was very timely for she had already done writing the proposal for the municipal's youth sake. She was thankful that the session distracted her from her resentment of what she did last Saturday night. Knowing that she had to attend her classes in the afternoon, she left for the city from her hometown.

Much as she wanted to avoid Joshua, she couldn't for he was her professor on her four o'clock afternoon class. It was her class that trained them to solve an assigned mission. It is this day that the task would be given to them accordingly... individually. The task given to her was to identify the troublemakers who broke the electric bulb lights in the park. This caused her plan to go home to her mother and father be set aside.

After her classes, she immediately go home to Joshua's house to get her clothes she would be using as disguise to capture the troublemakers. She knew she was going to enjoy it as she was going to act like a real detective. She had to be in a camouflage. With her excitement, she never forget the embarrassment she did during her drinking session with her Professor Joshua de la Cruz. Her onion skinned face drove her to eat her evening meal in a restaurant near the designated park she would have watched. At the midst of her enjoyment in savouring the palatable meal, Joshua knocked his right knuckle on the table she was occupying.

"Can I sit here? " He asked and sat down putting the tray of food he paid from the cashier.

"You're already seated so it is useless for me to say 'No', she jested shrugging off her shoulder.

" Are you avoiding me? " His query for her almost choked her.

" Why should I" I am just overexcited to ensnare those who are fond to get into mischief." She explained.

" Okay, your alibi seems valid and acceptable." His innuendo for being sensible regarding her meal in this restaurant was quite a face slapping.

"Early bird catches early worm, sir" She couldn't be outwitted by him despite the age gap and professor status.

"Come to think of it. If you were the culprit, would you do the destruction when there are still lots of strollers?" He challenged her.

Sir, I am just making my chances great. So, whether it is still early or late, provided that I could identify them, then.. Mission accomplished!"

That same evening Joshua accompanied her in the park despite her refusal. Eventually, she was unable to be in her camouflage. That same evening was fruitless as she failed to catch the culprits.

They went home by brisk walking from the park to Joshua's residential place.

"Good night!" Richclar said and elusively went inside her bedroom to have her night shower before sleeping. As her back touched the soft bed, she fell into a deep slumber. This time no malicious dream visited her subconscious mind.

It was during the fifth evening when she witnessed with her own eyes the culprit. He was really using a small but long post covered with a rubber in hitting the light bulb at the park. Composed and alert, she hurriedly snapped a picture and told him to stop. She was expecting more than one destroyer but there was only one. Alerted by her instruction to stop he ran going toward the Dock. The chasing stopped when the culprit tricked her by hiding and pushed her into the sea water that almost drowned her as she was not really a pro swimmer had it not for the alertness of Joshua to rescue her. She was laid down along the Dock unconscious. Joshua had to conduct CPR and mouth to mouth resuscitation. As he did it, his body reacted as it felt the high voltage of electricity again. But his mind refused to what his body wanted so much. The rescue is no longer for Richclar only but also to rescue him from disgrace as there is already a tent between his legs that pushed his pants upward.

"What a shame on my part." he thought while he continued resuscitating her. It was so good that he was saved from embarrassment when Richclar breathe and opened her eyes widely. A towelette he used to clean the face of Richclar was used by him to pretend wiping his pants but the real thing was to cover the tent pushing his pants upward.

With the help of the picture she snapped from her cell phone the culprit was nabbed by the officer. As she accomplished her mission at once, she was already free from any requirement as it was the last one. To be sure, she went to the evaluator to evaluate whether she would be among those who are going to graduate or should still spend an additional semester. After two days of waiting the evaluator congratulated her as she was about to graduate. In four school years with eight semesters, she was able to complete the number of units required to a Criminology student to be able to graduate

Free of all burdens in school requirements, she was able to stroll in the city. There is a night when she would mall hopping, KTV singing, and even playing table tennis and basket ball. As a nineteen years old, it was not yet too late for her age to enjoy such activity in life while waiting for the big event in her life.

That big event she was waiting for was her graduation day. To be able to graduate was also a mission to be accomplished, for her future depends on it. The only mission that she failed to do was to be a man.

Was it really to be a man? Or to have a man? It is confusing that she realized after another soul- searching that was conducted by her. "What was the meaning of her throbbing heart whenever Joshua would stare at her?"

And whenever she caught his staring moments, he would give him a wink. Is this what my father said as flirting? Was my professor and land gentleman of my boarding house flirting with me? Just thinking of these, made her heart throbbed so fast.

"How could I stop him from flirting, if in case my guess was not a mere assumption? Will wearing my trousers and my shirts could have stopped him?"

So, even the assigned mission was already over and graded, still, she decided to be in a man's clothings. She felt as though she was a super hero like those in the Avengers like, Mr Strange.. The doctor, Iron man, Captain America and Thor.

"I was about to graduate, I 've done the most difficult task of a mock mission, I' m in a males' attire. So all these were my missions being accomplished.