[TAM: Evening the Odds] Chapters 21 & 22. (Patreon)

Chapter 21: Guest in the debate club.

On Thursday, while Emily and Megan silently worked on the assignments I gave them (Identifying elements of the periodic table in everyday objects for Emily and identifying the key events of WW1 for Megan), I gave the document Ms. Owens sent me a quick look.

Friday’s debate was about whether or not voting age should be lowered to allow minors to have an impact on elections. It should be interesting, and I could already think of a few arguments and counter-arguments in favor and against that might pop up.

What I did not expect to see was two contestants glaring daggers at each other as soon as I entered the club room. When Ms. Owens told me that this debate would decide who would be the team captain, I began to understand. It seemed the two girls had something of a rivalry that, while it didn’t delve into hate, did cause a lot of friction between them.

I was one of the judges along with two other girls. Second years that apparently also did well in Ms. Owen’s English class. They didn’t seem very fond of me, if their looks of contempt were any indication, but I didn’t really expect them to be.

With one last piece of advice from Ms. Owens to “show no mercy”, the debate started with the girl who introduced herself as Katherine Brown. She was a gorgeous redhead with long hair, a slim, curvy body and slightly freckled face. Her chest looked small hidden in a thick sweater, and more so compared to her opponent’s. She spoke confidently and fluently, introducing the audience (The judges, other club members and the teacher) to the topic of debate, her side in the discussion, and defining key concepts. She did an excellent job.

Next came her big chested rival, Sophia Johnson. She had dark, shoulder-length wavy hair, full lips that remind me of Emma’s and hips only slightly wider than her waist accompanied by a plump bubble butt. She was overall an amazing beauty like Katherine, and apparently every bit as capable. She began exposing her arguments clearly and to the point without over explaining any of them or wasting her time. Everything she said had a purpose, with the only caveat that she sounded a bit… robotic or monotone. 

I listened carefully as Katherine exposed her arguments next, then Sophia gave her counter arguments, followed again by Katherine before both closed with their conclusions to the topic. The room applauded, as did I.

To prevent my opinion from being buried in the comments of my two seniors, Ms. Owens used a voting system where each judge would take turns giving their opinion on who won with their own arguments and feedback. Sadly, I went last, and with one vote for each girl, it was up to me to decide the winner.

Not a nice position to be in, really. Both girls glared at me with enough intensity to pierce a hole through me. 

I had given it some thought, but after watching everything, I had to give my vote to Sophia. The dark haired girl fist-pumped while I could practically feel Katherine’s affection score nosediving into what might as well be -50.

“What!? That can’t be right! Give me your reasons!” the redhead demanded immediately. Sophia’s smug smirk probably agitated her even more.

“I’m getting to that,” I said, trying to sound as rational as possible. “While you delivered your introduction flawlessly, some of your arguments lacked supporting evidence. Saying that ‘an increase in voters will lead to a longer and more difficult voting process’ could’ve been a valid point if it had had more evidence to back it up. Ms. Johnson’s counter argument to it, saying that you made it sound like ‘it’s more work to do, therefore it’s bad’ was accurate. I’d say your expository skills are equally good, yours are maybe even better and certainly at a level above what I've seen in actual competitions, but Ms. Johnson did a better job counter-arguing and backing up her arguments with sources.”

Katherine glanced from me to Ms. Owens. The teacher was nodding, apparently approving of my reasoning. I had to give Sophia’s presentation some feedback as well, telling her how improving her stage presence and argument delivery would help her improve.

“Leaving room for error is great for academic research, but it’s better in a debate if you sound 100% sure of what you’re saying. We could tell you were afraid Ms. Brown would find the holes in your arguments,” I told her.

Sophia’s smile faded, but she took my feedback seriously.

“…Dammit!” We could see the frustration in Katherine’s eyes as tears started forming. She left the room hastily and without another word. I couldn’t help but feel terrible. It seemed this meant a lot to her.

In a normal debate, outside of competitions, there’s rarely true winners and losers. The audience will decide who made the most sense. If this was that sort of debate, the two girls would’ve been equally matched. But since this was practice for a competition, someone had to win and someone had to lose.

Ms. Owens sighed and spoke to Sophia. “Well then, Ms. Johnson, congratulations. You’re the new captain of the debate team.”

The dark-haired girl looked at the teacher with a proud smile. “Thank you, Ms. Owens.”

Well that was stressful. The two upperclassmen left, saying goodbye to everyone but me. As I was about to go up to Ms. Owens to say goodbye as well, Sophia walked up to me.

“I’m sorry, I can’t remember your name,” she said. She seemed approachable enough, so I tried to be on my best behavior.

“David Walker. You’re Sophia Johnson, right?”

“Right. I just wanted to thank you for participating as a judge here,” she told me. I did see her thanking the other girls, so the fact that she approached me to do the same said a lot about her character. “You seem to know a lot about debating. Were you in a debate club in high school?”

“I was. I really liked it and I like to think I was good at it,” I admitted.

“Will you be joining this club? As the new captain, I’d welcome you.” Her smug smirk returned.

“I don’t think so. It wouldn’t be a good idea. I can feel the other members glaring daggers at me and I don’t think your red-headed friend is very fond of me right now.”

Sophia sighed heavily. “She’ll be over it soon. She’s always like this when she loses, but I can’t really blame her. I’d be the same if I had lost.” She gave me a meaningful look. “Thanks for your feedback. I’ll try to fix the issues you pointed out. If you ever change your mind about joining, talk to Ms. Owens. We’ll do our best to make you feel welcomed.”

“Thank you. I’ll think about it.”

[Johnson, Sophia - Affection Score: 27]

[Brown, Katherine - Affection Score: -24]

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Chapter 22: In the new room with Emma.

That same afternoon Emma gave me a call. An important call to tell me that my ‘dorm room’ was finally ready. She offered to help me carry everything from the hotel to the room in her car, and though I didn’t have much to take back, I still graciously accepted. 

She picked me up at the hotel and I loaded her car with my things. A couple of boxes and a backpack with clothes. I checked my phone out of curiosity while she was driving, or maybe it was becoming a bad habit but I wanted to see her scores.

[Campbell, Emma - Affection Score: 94 / Love Score: 75 / Lust Score: 73]

Lust score of 73!? Just a few days ago it was 55! I know it said this score was prone to going up or down, but still! It only took taking a step into my new home to find out what that 73 meant. The refurbishing was completely forgotten, I didn’t notice the new wooden panels on the walls, the brand new wooden floor, the red curtains hiding the new windows. I didn’t care about the brand new kitchenette, work desk, chair and shelves. This was because as soon as we closed the door behind us, Emma pulled me into a hungry embrace with one hand around my waist and the other behind my head, leading my mouth to hers. Our lips met and all my repressed desires kicked in in less than a second.

My hand instinctively reached down to fondle her delicious ass while the other fondled one of her boobs through her sweater. Our mouths opened and we fought for dominance as our tongues met in a wet embrace. Emma moaned loudly into my mouth, relishing and shivering at my touch. She trembled and giggled every time I squeezed her tits and her ass. I pulled away from the kiss to lick her exposed neck, making her sigh in pleasure.

“God, I missed you so much!” she said longingly. “How many times did I think of taking you to my office and having my way with you?” She ran her finger through my hair as I licked the length of her neck. Like always, she smelled incredible. This time it was a faint scent of vanilla, and I fucking love vanilla. Sue me.

“Time to make up for lost time,” I said and led her to the only new object in this room I took notice of: The bed. For some reason, it was a double bed. I don’t know who was in charge of buying this stuff, but I was eternally thankful to them.

Emma gasped between short kisses, whispering lustfully into my ear. “Fuck me, David! I miss having you inside me! Fuck me hard and deep!”

We were both desperate. We took each other’s clothes off, though I felt a bit of regret taking off Emma’s cute, sexy white lace bra and panties. She probably decided to wear them for today, but they got cast aside in a second as we were both lost in our lust.

I took a hand to Emma’s crotch and found it already soaked. Not surprising when my dick was also rock hard. She laid back on the bed, wrapping her arms around my neck as I teased her entrance, rubbing by dick against her pussy lips.

“Skip foreplay. Just give it to me now!” she demanded in a desperate, erotic voice.

I couldn’t really hold myself back, so I was happy to comply. My big cock slid inside her in the classic missionary position, entering inch by inch until it’s all inside her.

“Yes…! Finally!” Emma let out a mix between a moan and a groan of delight. “I’ve wanted this all week!”

I started pounding into Emma. Her tits shook with every thrust and she groaned and moaned passionately with flushed cheeks. “So good! Ah! Ah! It’s… even better than before!”

I wanted to say it was due to… um… Image training. Yes, let’s call it that. Emma wasn’t the only one eagerly hoping for this encounter.

I went back to licking her neck again, occasionally running my tongue along her cheek and nibbling her ear. I took her cute laughter as an indication she loved it. The bed rocked below us with the rhythm of our hungry love making, our combined moans of delight loud, but with no neighbors to worry about, we could be as loud as we wanted.

Her walls tightened around my length even more, and I knew I was getting real close. Fortunately, so was Emma.

“I’m almost there! Don’t stop! Don’t stop! Fuck! Fuck!”

I quickened my pace in one short burst of speed that sent both of us over the edge.

“Oh God Yes! YES! YES! YES! I’M GONNA CUM! I’M GONNA CUM!” Emma yelled her heart out, and her sexy, hungry voice is what finally does it.

“Emma! I…!!”

“Yes! Fill me up! Give it to me!”

I exploded inside her, filling her pussy with my sperm. Emma’s body tensed with a silent scream. She pulled me closer to her and I took the opportunity to run my tongue along her neck again.

I collapsed next to her, blissfully dizzy, and she looked at me with tired, yet still hungry eyes. I wanted to go at it again, too, but… I needed a minute. Maybe two, but not more.

“I’m sorry. I just REALLY needed that,” Emma said with a satisfied smile and a shy giggle.

“Don’t apologize. I needed it just as badly,” I told her.

“I bet. You’re surrounded by sexy girls no matter where you look. You poor thing,” she teased, laughing as she said it.

“It’d be nice if those sexy girls didn’t want me dead,” I said.

“Come on, no one wants you dead!” She tried to assure me with a frown.

“No, I can think of a couple of people.”

“Well, I want you alive,” she said, moving to position herself over me, straddling my hips and with her face very close to mine. She put her hands on my cheeks and continued. “I want you alive, healthy and ready to pound my pussy at a moment’s notice.” She laughed, giving me a quick kiss on the lips.

“Have you always been so naughty?” I asked her with a grin. Can’t say I expected this side of the prim-and-proper-looking Ms. Campbell.

“Sure, I just didn’t have anyone to show this side of me to. You’re the only one who gets to see it” She kissed me again. “You’re the only one who gets to have all of me.”

I pulled her into a deep kiss that lasted for at least five minutes. Her moans of pleasure told me I had to be getting better at this. When she pulled away to catch her breath, seeing her radiant, smiling face forced the words out of me.

“I love you so much.”

Her eyes slowly widened, her mouth opened and she froze in place, looking straight at me as her mind processed my words.

“What… did you say?” she asked, almost hesitantly.

I smiled shyly. “ I love you. I know, I know, but… I really do love you so, so much. I never thought I’d fall for anyone this hard, let alone my beautiful, sexy, naughty teacher.”

A smile slowly began to form on Emma’s face. She sat up on my lap, covering her mouth with her hands as tears started rolling down her face.

“I can’t believe you said that,” she said, chuckling despite the tears.

“S-Should I not have? I mean, I get it’s early but…”

“No, you idiot!” she said, laughing and hugging me tightly. “I… I’ve been worried because I thought my feelings for you were too serious. It IS early. We’ve been dating for a week, yet… I feel like I’ve loved you all my life. I can’t imagine life without you.” She swallowed nervously, looking at me. “Is that too much?”

“I don’t think so. I know it’s too soon to say, but… I want you at my side forever,” I said, caressing her back for reassurance.

She dove in, kissing me deeply as a torrent of emotions washed over her. She then took my already hard cock and led it to her entrance. Wordlessly, she lifted her hips and put it inside her pussy, moaning joyfully. She began bouncing on my dick, taking it in and out of her with a steady rhythm.

“Tell me you love me,” she asked me, staring deep into my eyes, never breaking contact.

“I love you.” I could feel her pussy tightening at the words. “I love you! I love you so much! I love you!” I kept repeating the words, and Emma steadily started to increase her pace until her hips were quickly slamming against mine, the sound of flesh on flesh accompanied by the sound of her ecstatic cries.

I came inside her as she also reached her second orgasm. Her pussy rippled along my length for a long, long moment, her body shaking violently on top of me. She stared lovingly at me as she came down from her high, gently running her fingers through my hair and whispers.

“I love you. You can have all of me. My heart, my body and my soul are yours. Just don’t play with them too roughly, okay?”

We shared plenty of short, tender kisses until she dozed off.

***

With Emma fast asleep on the new bed, I looked around my new room and saw it was okay. Okay, yes, it was leagues better than what it was before. The difference was night and day, but it was also pretty modest. The biggest improvement was the temperature. Even though I was naked, I didn’t feel the extreme cold I did before. The furniture was better too. Now that was a desk I could really work on. It was big enough to fit my laptop and some books. The chair had wheels and looked comfortable enough. The kitchenette was new as well. I could finally try to cook a decent meal.

This was all thanks to Emma. That I had a decent place to live now was all her doing. And… Her last words before falling asleep echoed in my mind, and I couldn’t help the urge to reach for my phone and check the AMA.

[Campbell, Emma - Affection Score: 100 / Love Score: 100 / Lust Score: 100]

HOLY FUCKING TYPEWRITING MONKEYS! ALL THREE PROGRESS BARS WERE COMPLETE!

I re-checked the glossary to confirm what this meant. Basically, Emma now thought of me as a life-long friend, was a completely devoted romantic partner and was, at that very moment at least, a complete nympho for me. We just did it twice, too. I better get some water.

I noticed a bright “!” icon in a corner of the app with a +4 beside it. I tapped it and it brought me to another screen.

[Congratulations! You’ve taken a person’s affection score to the max!]

[New feature unlocked: Traits – You can use the points you’ve earned by improving affection scores to buy different Traits that affect friendly relationships for either you or your friend. Think carefully of what you want!]

[Congratulations! You’ve taken a person’s love score to the max!]

[You can now use the points you’ve earned by improving love scores to buy Traits that affect romantic relationships for either you or your partner. Think carefully of what you want!]

[Congratulations! You’ve taken a person’s lust score to the max!]

[You can now use the points you’ve earned by improving lust scores to buy Traits that affect sexual relationships for either you or your lover. Think very carefully of what you want!]

[Congratulations! You’ve taken a single person’s 3 scores to the max!]

[You’ve earned a bonus 100 points to each category to spend buying Traits!]

I was speechless. My mind was running wild with ideas and I tried my best to stop them by looking further into the app. I needed to understand what this all meant, and I eventually found the Trait Catalog, where all available traits were listed.

[-Available points: 250 Friendship points / 200 Love points / 200 Lust points]

-Friendship Traits [EXPAND]-Romantic Traits [EXPAND]-Sexual Traits [EXPAND]

Holy shit. There was so much here. There was a whole list for every category. Still, I needed to know what I was doing before rushing anything. I went to the glossary again and read the new entries on points and Traits.

[-Friendship, Love and Lust Points: You will earn 50 points each time you reach a score of 50 in any progress bar with a different person for the first time. You will earn another 50 when reaching a score of 100.]

[-Traits: By buying Traits, you can artificially add qualities and characteristics to yourself or someone you know. These Traits do not completely alter the personality of a person, but are integrated in a seamless way to mix with their natural idiosyncrasy.]

[-Example: If you buy the Trait “Loves Dogs” for a person who hates dogs, this individual will not simply start loving dogs, but will slowly come to the realization that dogs are not so bad. As time passes, they will like them, then they will love them. The period of time for this change varies depending on the trait and the person it’s bought for.]

[-Friendship Traits: They’re bought using Friendship Points. They affect friendly relationships and social characteristics.]

[-Romantic Traits: They’re bought using Love Points. They affect romantic relationships and intimate interactions.]

[-Sexual Traits: They’re bought using Lust Points. They affect sexual relationships and fetishes.]

[You can cancel any trait’s effect at any time, but you won’t get a point refund. For more information, read each Trait’s description.]

Yeah, this thing was nuts.