"A few months. I'm lecturing two classes for only part of the semester."

"Teaching assistant." he clarifies, "Though I don't yet know what I am going to have her do." Clay has never minded doing the whole job.

His nostrils flare and he stops moving, going dead silent, just before there is a knock on the door. A chirpy coed calls "Dr. Danvers?" her tone having all the intonation of a school girl with a crush.