Extra Credit (closed for pipper)

[jonny1878]

Jonny Carter
29
Psychology Professor at Brown
6'5, attractive, athletic build, short dark brown hair, light brown eyes

Jonny had never expected to get where he was. He had never had any plans to study psychology, yet he had gotten a degree from brown at the age of 23. He had definitely not expected that he would end up being a professor of psychology back at his old university. Yet at the age of 29 he had been offered the job, replacing his old professor from years before. He had agreed provisionally to taking the job, expecting himself to change his mind and give up the role. But it had gotten around to september and today was his first day.

It was 9am and he had just gotten to the classroom where he was to take his classes from now on. His first class was to be with first year students. Their first class was his as well, he was glad about that, no expectations from an old professor. He had gotten to his office at around 8, finding himself feeling more nervous that he thought he would be. He got into the classroom and set up his laptop, put aside some papers and sat down, trying to put aside his nerves. He wanted the class to be here now, the expectation was killing him

 

[pipper]

Miranda Ryko
20
First Year Student
5’7”, attractive, slim build, shoulder length blonde hair, blue eyes

Miranda knew that much was expected of her to successfully complete the psychology course. Her father was a psychologist by profession, and had a successful practice by helping patients overcome such things as smoking, and stress through hypnosis.

She found the classroom and entered to find that the only person in the room was a man in his late twenty’s or early thirty’s upon the platform sitting behind a large desk, on which was a laptop, who she presumed to be the class professor. Feeling that he was looking at her, she nervously walked to the front row desk that was to the right beside the wall with the windows. There was no way she would sit right in front of him.

After sitting, she heard other students entering and taking their seats, and soon the classroom was filled with eager students, except for the desk that was right in front of the professor.

 

[jonny1878]

He watched as the class slowly filed into the class. Lots of them looked very much like psychology students, a little boring looking but at least looking interested. He hoped that he could live up to their expectations. One student in particular caught his eye as she walked in. Her blonde hair framing her face perfectly and though not provocatively dressed, her figure was clear to see and it was good.

As he noticed all but one seat fill up, he noted that the only empty seat was right in front of him. He had been warned that it would probably happen yet it still annoyed him slightly. He thought about asking someone at the back to move and fill the seat but he decided against it. He turned to the big board behind him and scribbled down 'Professor Jonny Carter'.

He took a deep breath and started to talk "As you can see on the board, My name is Professor Carter, but you can call me Jonny" He took another breath "I'm not looking to be a strict professor and I hope we can all get on" He watched as all the students looked on expectantly "I'll do a quick register to check who is here and help me to learn some names, so have we got Carl Anderson?" He started

 

[pipper]

Miranda looked on as the professor stood up to write something on the board behind him. She was taken in by how tall he was. Must be close to 6’6” or thereabouts, she thought.

“As you can see on the board, my name is Professor Carter, but you can call me Jonny. I’m not looking to be a strict professor and I hope we can all get on."

Miranda was captivated by his smooth sounding voice, the same type of voice her father used, to keep his patients relaxed.

"I'll do a quick register to check who is here and help me to learn some names, so have we got Carl Anderson?"

“Here!” came a reply from somewhere near the back of the class.

As Jonny continued to do the register, Miranda studied him more closely. She wondered if he had ever played basketball due to his height, but it was his brown eyes that stood out most of all. They were the same color as her grandmother’s.

Suddenly she heard, “Mandy Ryko?”

He's got my name wrong, she thought. “Don’t you mean Miranda Ryko, Professor?” she asked.

Jonny looked at her. “It has Mandy down on here,” he said, pointing to the register.

“I have no idea where they got that name from, Professor. ‘Miranda’ is my name.”

“In that case, I’ll correct that right now,” he said, as he fixed the error with a ball pen.

It wasn’t long before the all the students had confirmed their attendance. “Now that is done, we can now move on to the matter at hand,” said Jonny, as he took another quick look at Miranda.

 

[jonny1878]

As Miranda informed him that her name was incorrect on the register, he couldn't help but think 'oh great what a start'. He quickly changed the name and then realised that Miranda was the girl who had caught his eye as she walked in and he stole another quick glance at her after he had changed her name.

“Now that is done, we can now move on to the matter at hand” He said, his eyes scanning the entire class now "as you all should know, you are here for the introduction to psychology part of the course, we will not be doing anything too in depth at first, simply making sure that we all start from a good stand point"

He made a few clicks on his laptop and brought up a projection of a powerpoint presentation on the basics of psychology. He started speaking "so psychology is the study of the mind and its behaviour"

 

[pipper]

Miranda listened intently as Jonny began to teach the basics of psychology.

"So psychology is the study of the mind and its behaviour. One of the most common questions asked by students new to the study of psychology is ‘What is psychology?’

“Misconceptions created by popular media as well as the diverse careers paths of those holding psychology degrees have contributed this confusion.

“Psychology is both, an applied and academic field that studies, and as I have just said, the human mind and its behaviour. Research in psychology seeks to understand and explain thought, emotion and behaviour. Applications of psychology include mental health treatment, performance enhancement, self-help, ergonomics and many other areas affecting health and daily life.

“Psychology evolved out of both philosophy and biology. Discussions of these two subjects date as far back as the early Greek thinkers including Aristotle and Socrates. The word psychology is derived from the Greek word psyche, meaning 'soul' or 'mind.'

“The field and study of psychology was truly born when Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany in 1879.

“Wundt's work was focused on describing the structures that compose the mind. This perspective relied heavily on the analysis of sensations and feelings through the use of introspection, a highly subjective process. Wundt believed that properly trained individuals would be able to accurately identify the mental processes that accompanied feelings, sensations and thoughts.”

What Jonny was saying, was nothing new to Miranda, as her father always made sure, that she knew the history and basics of psychology.

 

[jonny1878]

As jonny spoke, he felt as if he was just going through the motions. He had promised himself that he wouldn't be one of those professors who just spoke through the lectures, filling in the history and giving the students nothing which they couldn't have gotten in an hours research on wikipedia.

"okay, let's forget this stuff, you can all find out the history for yourself and it's not why I'm here" He walked in front of the desk, switched off the laptop and and sat on the edge of the desk "what we're going to do is, you are going to ask me questions about psychology and I will do my best to answer" he looked around the class, waiting for a hand to go up "who wants to go first?"

 

[pipper]

Miranda was hesitant to ask him the question that was upmost on her mind. Though her father had used hypnosis in his psychology practice, she noticed that Jonny didn't even mention it in his introduction.

She just sat there, as other students asked, what she considered, trivial questions, which she could have answered herself. Miranda also noticed, by his body language, that Jonny was getting bored by the questions, though he was putting on a brave face.

She decided that now was the time to ask her question. She raised her hand. “Yes, Miranda,” he said with a smile on his face.

“Professor, how important is hypnosis to psychology?”

 

[jonny1878]

"well firstly miranda, call me Jonny, I'm not yet used to being called professor" He watched as some of the students even scribbled this down, writing down his every word as if it were gospel

"as for the applications of hypnosis, it depends on the psychologist, how much they believe in it" He looked around, more writing, except for miranda, her bright blue eyes burning a hole in him "as an experimental psychologist, I'm all for it and it is one of the things which I am definitely looking forward to demonstrating with you" He made sure to look to the whole class as he said you

"possibly even as soon as the next time I see you" He glanced at his watch, noticing that their time was nearly up

 

[pipper]

Miranda was happy that Jonny had at last mentioned hypnosis, and might even demonstrate it in the next class. Though her father had used it on some of his patients, she never asked what methods he used, as that was private.

With Jonny looking at his watch, she knew that this session was about to be brought to an end, which was confirmed when he said, "That's it for now, I'll see you next time, and don't forget to do some web searches on the history and facts of psychology.

Miranda slowly gathered up what notes she had written, before standing and saying, "Thank you, prof...I mean, Jonny."

Jonny watched as she walked away in that dress of hers. Oh, how he wished he could keep her in the classroom for a little longer.

 

[jonny1878]

Jonny went through the rest of his day trance, almost hypnotic as he couldn't get his mind off miranda and how she had looked in that lecture. He wasn't sure what it had been but there was something absolutely transfixing about the way she had looked.

He headed home and dug through his old stuff looking for all his old notes on hypnosis and in particular for his focus. Eventually he found out, an old fob watch on a long gold chain. He knew it was a little stereotypical and stereotyped but he didn't care. He put it into his bag to take into class the next day, ready to hypnotise someone

 

[pipper]

As her parents wouldn't be home until the evening, Miranda spent the rest of the afternoon, visiting websites that showed how women dressed in the pioneer days. She was surprised by the amount of clothing they wore.

As Miranda took in the information, she looked at the dress she had worn to class. Though the hemline was just above her knees, Miranda knew it showed off her curves, which was confirmed when she was on the receiving end of a couple of wolf whistles, as she walked to her car in the college car park.

The following morning, she wondered what to wear for class, when she thought about the pioneer women. Miranda quickly selected a burgundy short sleeve blouse, and a long grey skirt whose hemline was just above the ankles. That should do for starters, she thought.

Once dressed, she set off to college, eager to see if Jonny was going to try hypnosis.

 

[jonny1878]

Jonny slowly made his way into work that day, still thinking about whether or not to go ahead with his plan of showing the class some hypnosis. He wanted to but he knew it was risky ground. Not everybody agreed with hypnosis as a method and many would think he would be betraying a position of power by doing so.

He still hadn't decided when he got into the class and as the students started to file in. The same as yesterday, the students filed into the class one by one, all avoiding the seat directly in front of him. He noticed as they filed in that miranda hadn't arrived, she was late.

 

[pipper]

Miranda cursed herself for stopping to buy a drink of coffee, as she was now running late due to a two car accident that occured right in front of her.

As she ran to the classroom, the hemline of her skirt swung side to side. On entering the classroom, Miranda saw that all the other students were there, and to make matters worse, there was someone occupying her seat. Damn!

She desperately looked for the seat that particular person had previously occupied, but with the class about to begin, and not wanting to look bad by delaying the class, she reluctantly walked to the 'dreaded' seat, right in front of Jonny.

 

[jonny1878]

"thanks for joining us miranda" Jonny said with a serious look on his face before breaking into a laugh "don't worry about being late, we are just about to start, you are right on time". He noticed how she'd dressed as she came in. No matter what she seemed to wear, she still looked great

He turned back to his desk and pulled out a small leather box, holding it in front of him as he looked out around the class. "yesterday we spoke about the method of hypnosis, and so today I've decided I am going to demonstrate it to you" He turned his view directly onto miranda now "and I think we have ourselves a late-coming volunteer"

 

[pipper]

Miranda was stunned. He had chosen her to be the one who he would hypnotise. She knew that the rest of the students were looking at her.

"You better get up there." said the student next to her. "After all, you were the one who brought up the subject of hypnosis yesterday."

Miranda knew she had no way out, and accepted the fate that had befallen on her. As she stepped up onto raised platform, she wondered what Jonny had in store for her.

 

[jonny1878]

He looked at her with what he hoped was a reassuring smile. He didn't want her to be scared at all, in fact he thought she would probably would have been glad to have been chosen, she had brought up the topic of hypnosis after all

"Just sit down here miranda" He said, and she quietly obeyed, almost as if she was already hypnotised. The only sign that she wasn't was the look of fear on her face. He went into the box and pulled out his gold fob watch and held it up to show the class

"a little stereotypical I know" He said as he realised he was stood in front of the class about to hypnotise someone with a watch, he felt like a cheap cruise ship act "so are you ready miranda?"

 

[pipper]

Miranda didn't know if she was really ready.

She knew that all eyes were on her. Could Jonny really hypnotise her?

Maybe if she could hold out from 'going under', Jonny may give up, and put it down as proof that some people couldn't be hynotised.

But she knew that she couldn't delay this any more, and said, "I'm ready."

With that, Jonny approached her, with the fob hanging from his hand.

 

[jonny1878]

He looked into miranda's eyes as he started to slowly swing the fob rhythmically in front of her face. He watched her eyes start to follow it. He started to speak in a low monotone voice, the class barely able to hear him.

"you are slowly going in to a deep sleep miranda" He said quietly, he could see that she was trying to fight going under but he knew she wouldnt be able to "whenever I click my fingers from this moment on, you will fall into a deep sleep" He swung the watch for a few seconds more before clicking his fingers in front of her face. He instantly saw the glazed look come over her face that he recognised so well and he knew she was under

 

[pipper]

"You are slowly going in to a deep sleep Miranda," he told her softly.

Miranda kept her eyes on the swinging fob, trying to fight from going under. She knew that she was getting light-headed.

Jonny continued swinging the fob, and Miranda knew that her fight was over, which meant that Jonny was gaining control over her. "When I click my fingers, you will fall into a deep sleep," he whispered to her.

The fob kept on swinging from side to side. Suddenly, Jonny clicked his fingers, and Miranda's eyes glazed over.

 

[jonny1878]

He saw her going under and he turned to the rest of the class

"miranda is now under a trance, she can hear but she is not acknowledging our presence" He said to them as they all craned their necks to get a better look "now we could do whatever now, and if we were to use this in a psychological sense we could now find out what it was that troubled the patient"

He turned back to miranda now "however, in this case, I think we'll make her do something slightly embarrassing, though it is usually the territory of cheap magicians"

He looked back into her eyes, whispering again he said "when I click my fingers you will think you are a dog, until I click my fingers again when you will go back to sleep" he waited a few seconds and then clicked his fingers *click*

 

[pipper]

Miranda heard Jonny's soft voice telling her, "When I click my fingers you will think you are a dog, until I click my fingers again when you will go back to sleep."

Click.

With Miranda still in the seat, she started barking, and then stuck her tongue out and started panting, while lifting her arms up, as if she was begging.

Click

Then she stopped as her eyes glazed over again.

Unknown to Miranda, her fellow students were laughing their heads off.

 

[jonny1878]

Jonny tried to resist laughing as he saw this beautiful girl barking at his word. This was the part of hypnosis that he always enjoyed. He got a massive power trip from the fact that she was completely under his control.

He stopped the class' laughter and brought them back to silence before he looked back towards miranda, looking into her eyes. He warned the class that they were not to tell miranda what she had been doing when under hypnosis. He then clicked his fingers again and saw the consciousness return to her eyes. He shot a warning glance at the rest of the class as he told miranda she could go and sit back down. Just as she sat down he remembered to tell her

"miranda, at the end of the session, I would like to talk to you about this, thanks"

 

[pipper]

"Miranda, at the end of the session, I would like to talk to you about this, thanks."

She had no idea what had happened these last few minutes. She was still a little light-headed, but was able to comprehend what Jonny taught for the remainder of the class.

As the other students exited the classroom, Miranda wanted to leave, but something held her back. Then she saw Jonny smiling at her.

 

[jonny1878]

He smiled at her warmly as she stood over from him, she looked absolutely terrified now but he wanted to reassure her so that she didnt feel awkward. He beckoned her over and watched as she slowly walked over to him.

"so miranda, have you got any idea what you did in that 5 minutes?" He asked her