DunyainWolf
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Anna Bonville was a brand-new professor at the University of T-, well-liked by her students both for her humorous lecturing style, and - frankly - for her exceptionally good looks. Her resemblance to the actress Uma Thurman was often noted, and as one might expect, in a rather complimentary sense. She was generally understood as 'taken' by the faculty, because of a three-year relationship she had been engaging in, and naturally this was disappointing for her many would-be suitors. Nevertheless, her general likability, and undeniable charm, paired with considerable academic competence, made for a package that was generally regarded as a very pleasant addition to campus.
Dr. Bonville...she still shuddered to type that onto a document, so new was her doctorate...was just taking a bath, when her phone gave a ping. It always did this when she received an email. With only her head above the soapy bubbles, Anna hardly reacted for a moment, until she remembered that her mentor on campus had been intending to email her an important administrative document.
Raising herself from the water for a moment, she grabbed a small hand towel to dry her hand. With the bubbles concealing everything below her waist, she was quite a vision with nobody around to enjoy the sight. Her breasts were smallish, but like the sort seen on an Italian sculpture - perfectly rounded, marble-white with a faintly peachy glow that seemed to radiate from within, and expertly sculpted nipples. Bubbles streaked over her body in a glossy pattern. Her chest was slightly rouged by the warmth of the water, and her face was attractive - the sort most men called cute rather than 'beautiful', but almost the very definition of the cute archetype. Anna's hair was moderately long, and the sort of blonde that was the object of many poorly-conceived jokes. Anna failed to match the 'dumb blonde' profile - she was fairly witty, if inclined towards being quiet and reserved. The sort of woman who listened while a group of her friends got increasingly excited about some triviality, and then dropped a single line that showed she had been listening, and was one step ahead of everyone. But without the slightest look of superiority, as though the line was just hanging in the air, and she had reached out to pluck it.
http://www.thewallpapers.org/photo/6181/Uma_Thurman-026.jpg
When she saw what was on her phone's display, she stopped smiling.
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Two weeks ago, Anna had been bolting through her weekly schedule with nary a moment to spare. Young professors received a ridiculous workload, and one they were not usually prepared for - psychologically or physically. Anna was almost pulling her hair out in bunches by the end of the week. And Brad, her boyfriend, had suddenly wanted to meet for dinner Friday night.
Never the type to show her emotions, Anna quietly suppressed the scream that his sudden wish to meet up brought up in her. There was no time already, and now she had to work him into the mix? She had told him a thousand times that week, that she was going to have no free time. And now he had made reservations, and a whole fancy plan...
She had to cut something out of her lesson plan. Then she thought of something. An upcoming conference presentation was going to cover cytoarchitechtonics, basically the structure of cells themselves, and how different cells lead to functional changes in the brain. A very obscure topic. And since she was a new professor, it was for a reasonably low-key presentation for the psychology faculty - she was mostly covering it, because a grad student in her lab was studying this material himself. James Whitmore. He had gotten her interested in the subject, and here was a good opportunity to showcase what she knew.
Her presentation cited one paper. A lot of the one paper, by Golditz and Braun. It was a rush job that was just not very good, the way it was written out. Anna made a snap decision, and one that was very foolish. She decided to pretend that the latter half of the lecture contained her own ideas, so she did not seem to just be aping the same authors. However, these ideas were cribbed from one Professor Ovelstein. Instead, she would just say that the empirical findings were things she had explored a few years back, in an informal, unpublished way. Clean, neat, simple.
No one would ever know the difference. Ovelstein was an obscure academic who had written two books on cell structures, before dying in his fifties. No one ever cited him. Technically the books were at the school library, but nobody ever took them out. Anna only knew about him through James Whitmore, anyway. And she gave Ovelstein enough credit in the first part of the presentation. Besides, the remainder was even more obscure, from an appendix at the back of one of Ovelstein's books. She was only using it because it provided a great 'quick glance' at brain structure.
No one would ever know the difference.
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Anna had completed the presentation on the main lab computer, and emailed it to herself. Unbeknownst to her, she had also emailed it to Whitmore himself. There had been an automatic prompt that she had unthinkingly clicked in her haste, and the recommended contact WHITMORE J had been added as a CC. As per usual, Anna emptied her sent email (which had an annoying tendency to clog up with huge file attachments) and did not notice the difference.
If she had noticed, she would have been careful to de-select that name. James and Anna had beef.
Working together in the same lab that Anna was still engaged in until she could form her own, James had always been a problem case for Anna. A lot of misunderstandings had bred bad blood. Little ways that Anna phrased things, James seemed to take as an affront, and explaining always came across as condescending. At one point, James had made a pass at Anna for a date, and had taken her declining as a personal rejection. They did not speak after that for about a month, and the damage was permanent.
Later, James had to apply for a scholarship that would be a big part of his graduate funding. He needed to get his major partner - who happened to be Anna - to be his reference for this task. She had agreed, though reluctantly, and when the scholarship did not come through, James took it that Anna had not praised him very highly. After all, his other accomplishments were extraordinary. She was the one weak link in that scholarship application.
By now, the two rarely spoke at all, an uncomfortable balance at the best of times.
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In her bathtub at home, Anna stared at her cell-phone. "How could anyone know?" she muttered. Quickly, she texted back: "Who are you? What do you want?"
Dr. Bonville...she still shuddered to type that onto a document, so new was her doctorate...was just taking a bath, when her phone gave a ping. It always did this when she received an email. With only her head above the soapy bubbles, Anna hardly reacted for a moment, until she remembered that her mentor on campus had been intending to email her an important administrative document.
Raising herself from the water for a moment, she grabbed a small hand towel to dry her hand. With the bubbles concealing everything below her waist, she was quite a vision with nobody around to enjoy the sight. Her breasts were smallish, but like the sort seen on an Italian sculpture - perfectly rounded, marble-white with a faintly peachy glow that seemed to radiate from within, and expertly sculpted nipples. Bubbles streaked over her body in a glossy pattern. Her chest was slightly rouged by the warmth of the water, and her face was attractive - the sort most men called cute rather than 'beautiful', but almost the very definition of the cute archetype. Anna's hair was moderately long, and the sort of blonde that was the object of many poorly-conceived jokes. Anna failed to match the 'dumb blonde' profile - she was fairly witty, if inclined towards being quiet and reserved. The sort of woman who listened while a group of her friends got increasingly excited about some triviality, and then dropped a single line that showed she had been listening, and was one step ahead of everyone. But without the slightest look of superiority, as though the line was just hanging in the air, and she had reached out to pluck it.
http://www.thewallpapers.org/photo/6181/Uma_Thurman-026.jpg
When she saw what was on her phone's display, she stopped smiling.
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Two weeks ago, Anna had been bolting through her weekly schedule with nary a moment to spare. Young professors received a ridiculous workload, and one they were not usually prepared for - psychologically or physically. Anna was almost pulling her hair out in bunches by the end of the week. And Brad, her boyfriend, had suddenly wanted to meet for dinner Friday night.
Never the type to show her emotions, Anna quietly suppressed the scream that his sudden wish to meet up brought up in her. There was no time already, and now she had to work him into the mix? She had told him a thousand times that week, that she was going to have no free time. And now he had made reservations, and a whole fancy plan...
She had to cut something out of her lesson plan. Then she thought of something. An upcoming conference presentation was going to cover cytoarchitechtonics, basically the structure of cells themselves, and how different cells lead to functional changes in the brain. A very obscure topic. And since she was a new professor, it was for a reasonably low-key presentation for the psychology faculty - she was mostly covering it, because a grad student in her lab was studying this material himself. James Whitmore. He had gotten her interested in the subject, and here was a good opportunity to showcase what she knew.
Her presentation cited one paper. A lot of the one paper, by Golditz and Braun. It was a rush job that was just not very good, the way it was written out. Anna made a snap decision, and one that was very foolish. She decided to pretend that the latter half of the lecture contained her own ideas, so she did not seem to just be aping the same authors. However, these ideas were cribbed from one Professor Ovelstein. Instead, she would just say that the empirical findings were things she had explored a few years back, in an informal, unpublished way. Clean, neat, simple.
No one would ever know the difference. Ovelstein was an obscure academic who had written two books on cell structures, before dying in his fifties. No one ever cited him. Technically the books were at the school library, but nobody ever took them out. Anna only knew about him through James Whitmore, anyway. And she gave Ovelstein enough credit in the first part of the presentation. Besides, the remainder was even more obscure, from an appendix at the back of one of Ovelstein's books. She was only using it because it provided a great 'quick glance' at brain structure.
No one would ever know the difference.
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Anna had completed the presentation on the main lab computer, and emailed it to herself. Unbeknownst to her, she had also emailed it to Whitmore himself. There had been an automatic prompt that she had unthinkingly clicked in her haste, and the recommended contact WHITMORE J had been added as a CC. As per usual, Anna emptied her sent email (which had an annoying tendency to clog up with huge file attachments) and did not notice the difference.
If she had noticed, she would have been careful to de-select that name. James and Anna had beef.
Working together in the same lab that Anna was still engaged in until she could form her own, James had always been a problem case for Anna. A lot of misunderstandings had bred bad blood. Little ways that Anna phrased things, James seemed to take as an affront, and explaining always came across as condescending. At one point, James had made a pass at Anna for a date, and had taken her declining as a personal rejection. They did not speak after that for about a month, and the damage was permanent.
Later, James had to apply for a scholarship that would be a big part of his graduate funding. He needed to get his major partner - who happened to be Anna - to be his reference for this task. She had agreed, though reluctantly, and when the scholarship did not come through, James took it that Anna had not praised him very highly. After all, his other accomplishments were extraordinary. She was the one weak link in that scholarship application.
By now, the two rarely spoke at all, an uncomfortable balance at the best of times.
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In her bathtub at home, Anna stared at her cell-phone. "How could anyone know?" she muttered. Quickly, she texted back: "Who are you? What do you want?"
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