Music room

I listened to her words and finally looked her in the eyes again. "No, never think that Catherine. I...just" The look in her face was drawing me to her again, I wanted to feel her lips against mine again and so much more. I walked over and shut the door. "There's something about you, I can't describe. You make me speechless." I pulled her close to me, gazed at her just for a moment, and kissed her with full passion.

I was relieved to hear him say that, and when he shut the door, there was a sort of finality in the gesture, a shutting out of all other people and the rest of the world so it became just us. I felt a shudder as he walked back to me, and as he pulled me close my heart raced. Our kiss was more passionate this time, and I felt a tingling sensation in the core of my womanhood. My body molded to his wanting to feel every part of him. I gave a low moan, surprising myself.

As I kissed her I heard her moan, it enticed me. I pushed my tongue into her mouth, and let circle around with hers. All the while I moved my body as close as I could to her, feeling her body heat next to mine. I was easily aroused.

His tongue in my mouth only served to heighten my arousal, it was a new feeling to me. I wanted him to continue touching me, to get even closer to him even though I knew what would come next would probably be the loss of my maidenhead. Somehow that didn't matter; but I knew I must stop myself, if I could. I wrapped my arms tightly around him.

I craved her, her pure body. I continued to kiss her and sat her on the piano keys. I opened her legs and stood between them as I pulled up her gown and her skirts, moving my hand along her leg. By this time, I could feel myself very aroused though my trousers. I then moved my kisses to her soft neck down to her collarbone.

He sat me down on the piano keys and it made a discordant sound. I giggled, trying to muffle the sound by kissing his neck. My skirts were hiked up and his hands touching my legs made me gasp with desire. There were so many sensations at once as he kissed my neck. I felt his hardness within his trousers and I knew I was on the edge of something new and dangerous. "Henry," I breathed, "I don't know if we should.. but I don't want you to stop.."

I continued to kiss her neck, I reached behind her and stared to unlace her gown. I then moved my hand up her leg when I heard her speak. I stopped and looked at her, "My lady, I assure I will do nothing without your consent." I then looked down at her supple breasts that I wanted to place my lips upon. "If you wish to stop we can and a word of this will never go beyond these doors. Is that what you wish?

In truth I wanted nothing more than for him to continue. But I feared the duchess and what she might do if she found us out.
"I know you will do only what I consent to. And I love how you make me feel.. I am yet a maid, what would I do if I were ruined?" I smiled wryly.

I finally caught my breath, "Catherine, I would never want to ruin you." I kissed her cheek and sat on the bench. "However, I can make you feel more of those things. We could go to a more private place where just you and I know about" I took her hand desiring her more and more.

With the promise of more pleasure my interest was piqued. And the added mention of privacy made my desire for him shoot through my veins so it became a part of every piece of me. Gazing into his eyes as he took my hand, I was made aware once more of what dangerous territory we were treading. "I know you would never do anything to compromise me. More than anything I want to keep feeling this." I moved my hands to his shoulders, running them down his arms then down the sides of his body, feeling the muscled smoothness even through his clothes. "Tell me, what is this secret place you talk of?" The soft imprint of his kiss on my cheek still tingled.

I felt her hand graze my arm, I looked at her "I have not had the chance to browse the grounds, however, you know this place and the duchess more than I." I said picking up her hands and kissing them.

I smiled, biting my lip and glancing away as I thought of a private place we could call our own. "There is a small abandoned cottage I've seen in the forest a few times. Or...the duchess never keeps an eye on what goes on in the girls dormitory, she would never know if you slipped into my room.." I gazed at him as I put my arms around his neck.

When she placed her arms around my neck, I became a bit distracted. I smiled at her ideas and wrapped my arms around her waist. "Well both those places sound wonderful, however, I think we should seek out the cottage first." I said looking at her wanting to leave at that very moment.

I felt a strange excitement run through my body as we made plans for being alone, "Then we shall go to the cottage. It's a very out of the way place. And we will be totally alone there." I ran a finger on the front of his shirt, unbuttoning it just a little so I could touch his bare skin underneath. "No one will see us if we leave now," I whispered as I led him quietly out of the room.

After some cleaning up, I re-organized my classroom and prepared for my next student. I read 'Joan Bulmer' I recalled Catherine had mentioned a Joan. I shuffled through some papers as I waited for her.

It was Joan's turn for her lesson with Master Manox. Before she entered the room she took a deep breath and walked in. She saw his back side and couldn't help but think of everything Kitty told her. He hadn't even looked at her, much less spoke to her and she was already blushing as red as a tomato. She swallowed hard, since he obviously hadn't heard her come in. "Excuse me, i'm Joan Bulmer, am I to early?" she asked in a hushed tone.

I turned around when I heard a sweet voice. "No, not at all. Please come in have a seat." I pointed to a chair I set out. "Now tell me miss Bulmer, which of these instruments would you like to learn?" I pointed to the piano, the lute, the violin, and the flute.

Joan sat down and couldn't help but smile and giggle a little bit. All her thoughts went to the conversation that she and Kitty had. She looked at the instruments he pointed to. "Uhm how about that one with the titled head?" She said as she pointed to the lute and tried not to giggle.

I looked at her seriously "Is something amusing you miss Bulmer?" I asked sternly and picked up the lute. "Now this is called the lute, and this is called a neck not a head." I replied as I sat next to her and held the instrument.

Joan stopped giggling "No, forgive me master Manox" she said got serious. "What are those?" She asked pointing to the strings. She wondered why he was not showing interest in her, did she look like monster? What was she doing wrong?

The young lady was most alluring although, I knew girls as much as women gossiped and I didn't want to gain a reputation for taking maiden heads. Nonetheless, I couldn't get Catherine's face out of my mind.
I placed my head down, "That's enough for today miss Bulmer, i'm not not feeling well" I said and walked her to the door.

Joan felt confused, she thought she was doing a good job at seducing him. She got up with and towards the door. "I do hope you feel better master Manox. Until our next session then?" she said hoping he wasn't too ill.

After my last lesson of the day, I began to put away the instruments away and gather the sheet music. I was very tired and was going to retire to my chambers early.

After some long thought I decided perhaps it was better if Henry knew about our situation. My stomach was in knots as I entered the music room and saw Henry finishing up for the day. I gently knocked on the doorframe. "Henry.. um Master Manox? May I have a word with you?"

I heard a knock at the door, I sighed and hoped it wasn't a student; cause I really didn't feel like dealing with anymore children today.
I opened the door and was pleased to see Catherine. "Catherine, what are you doing here, I thought we planned on meeting at the cottage later?" I asked looking at her anguished face.