The classroom buzzed with energy as Professor Ellis announced our next assignment: painting a semi-nude model.
I hadn’t thought much of it at first. Our class had done figure studies before, and I’d always managed to get through them without much fuss. But when Professor Ellis mentioned that the model would be a volunteer from the university, an unexpected twist had been set in motion.
“So, who should we choose?” asked Erica, one of the girls who sat near the front. She turned in her seat, her eyes already scanning the faces around the room with a mischievous gleam. “Someone with… let’s say… an inspiring physique.”
“Oh, I know just the person!” Rachel, a friend of Erica’s, chimed in, nudging her and whispering with a grin. And then, as if it were the most obvious choice in the world, s
