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The Sexiest Part of a Woman Chapters 1-4 (MF rom)
By Lawrence David Jan. 2004
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The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person,
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There may be references to real people in a historical context but
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WARNING:
This story contains material with explicit and sexual content that
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Thank you and enjoy. LHD.
Chapter 1
I was taking an 'attitude adjustment' afternoon enjoying a Margarita by
the side of my pool. It had been a hectic couple of weeks with lots of
travelling and I needed the afternoon away from work to unwind. I
wasn't too concerned about missing a few hours of work for all the extra
hours I had put in recently. I was between projects so there shouldn't
be any 'disasters' that couldn't wait for tomorrow.
I was 28 at the time this story took place and was working for a small
software development company outside of Austin, Texas. I was living in
one of those developments where all the houses were made from the same
plan so the only variation would be whatever the owner's put into the
house. I'm not complaining - it was actually a great way to keep the
prices affordable for those of us starting out, those of us 'finishing
up', and those of us who were going nowhere but needed a roof over their
head. The houses in our neighborhood probably told a lot more about the
inhabitants than any wealthy development where everything was
professionally planned. In this respect each home took on and expressed
the personality of its owner.
You could tell who cared and who didn't - who wanted to improve their
lot (figuratively and literally) - who had the ability (or the money) to
make improvements. In my case I was the third owner of the house. I
don't know much about the first owner but it was the second owner who
put in the pool. Not too many people had pools around our neighborhood
- too expensive and there was a pool in the local park. My house also
had a moderate amount of landscaping - not too sophisticated but enough
to make a difference from those houses without landscaping. The
previous owner also did the landscaping. What did I do? Not too much
on the outside other than repaint the place to cover the God-awful neon
pink color someone in this house's past thought was attractive. I kept
the yard looking good but didn't do much to improve it. By 'keeping'
the yard I mean I hired someone to keep it for me. I didn't do yard
work - for two reasons: 1) I am away too often to do it reliably, 2) if
I'm home I'd rather do something else.
The only visible improvements were to the interior (other than the
exterior color). New shelves, restructured the living room for a
projection TV, wired for LAN and sound system. You know - all the stuff
a 28 year old bachelor would want to have. I've since added wireless
LAN so the wired LAN is somewhat redundant, but what the hey - progress
necessitates obsolescence.
Most of my peers lived in apartments closer to town but I was a gadget
guy and liked having the ability to move a wall if I wanted to. I have
a number of friends and they come over for parties or to chill on
occasion but, probably due to my crazy travel schedule, most
get-togethers are fairly limited ad hoc arrangements. So I like living
here even though some of my colleagues thumbed their nose at places like
this. They didn't like the idea of living in the same neighborhood as
lower income families, single parent families, etc. I didn't mind this
and actually got quite a kick out of the range of ethnic parties that I
got invited to. This wouldn't have happened cloistered in the young
professional computer communities that were in vogue.
Which brings us to my neighbor. She was a single parent who was
struggling to make ends meet. She was Hispanic, Mexican I think, and had
a 15 year old daughter. The daughter, Maria, took care of my dog and
kept an eye on my place when I travelled. We had a pretty good
arrangement. The daughter was almost always home so I could rely on her
to be available if I had to travel on a moment's notice. I had to buy
her an answering machine for her phone - her mother couldn't afford one
and I needed to have a way I could leave a message while running through
an airport. I didn't mind, I liked Maria because she was reliable and
trustworthy. I let her use my pool mostly because I appreciated her
help. I also made the offer to Maria's mother, Theressa, but had to
pass the message through Maria since I never saw Theressa. One of us
was working or Theressa was home and she stayed in her house. The only
way I'd know she was home was when the car was in her driveway - it was
a pretty sad looking Ford Escort that had to have well over 100,000
miles on it. Maria enjoyed the pool (when her mother wasn't home) but,
as far as I know, Theressa never took advantage of my offer. I didn't
care other than I liked Maria and would have liked to tell Theressa what
a nice kid she was raising.
The sense I got was that Theressa didn't like men and tried to pass this
on to Maria. I expect that, as a single parent, Theressa had every
reason to blame her currently hard life on her experiences with men. I
guess that was the other thing I found frustrating is that I wanted to
let Theressa and, especially Maria, know that there were some decent
guys around - we weren't all creeps. Oh well, I felt bad for Maria but
didn't think much about Theressa.
As I was enjoying the peace of the Wednesday afternoon I heard a noise
on the other side of the fence separating my yard from Maria's. It
sounded like Maria crying. I got up and walked over to the fence and
looked over and saw Maria hunched over in a chair in her backyard
sobbing. She must have been pretty upset because her sobs were making
her shake and she was talking to herself in between the sobs. I shouted
over "Maria, what's wrong?"
Maria jumped, I guess she didn't expect me home, and looked up and said
"Oh Hi." sob "Um, nothing." sob "I I didn't know" sob "you you were
home."
She got up and started back toward her house and I said "No, wait!
Maria, something is obviously wrong. Do you want to come over and talk
about it?"
She started bawling again and said "No, I'll be all right." and headed
for the door. As she opened the door I heard her phone ring and she
stopped, looked totally devastated by the ringing phone and started
bawling heavily again. "My God!" I thought to myself. Maybe she's
getting some obscene phone call or something. I ran through the gate in
the fence and came up to Maria and hugged her and said "Maria, tell me
what's wrong. Is it an obscene caller? I can get the police to take
care of it."
Maria just shook her head and was crying heavily into my shirt. I lead
her around to my pool and brought her into my house to get her a drink
of water to calm her down. I thought I had better get her to calm down
first and then we'll get to the bottom of this problem. When we got in
the house, Sammy, my dog, jumped up when he saw Maria and started
licking her. Maria turned and gave a weak smile at Sammy and settled
down a bit.
"Maria, please sit down and Sammy will keep an eye on you while I get
you a glass of water."
Maria petted Sammy and I got the water, gave it to her and then sat
across the table from her. She was wiping the tears from her eyes and I
handed her a tissue. When she seemed to calm down enough - Sammy was
doing wonders - I finally asked "Maria, please tell me what was
bothering you. I want to help you."
"Oh, it's just stupid! Nobody can help! At least Sammy cares." Hmmm,
sounds like Maria is feeling like no one likes her.
"Well, I care too Maria. I know I can't be as good a pal as Sammy but I
do care. Even if I can't wag my tail."
Maria laughed despite herself "Yes, you do treat me nicely. I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to say you didn't care."
"Hey, it's ok Maria. I'm pretty thick skinned so you can say anything
to me. I know you're a good kid so I won't overreact if you want to say
something mean - I'll know you're just blowing off steam - we all need
to do that every once in a while."
"Thanks. I was feeling pretty crappy but I didn't want to disturb your
peace. I'm fine now, I'll let you go back to your pool."
"Oh no you don't. I'm not going to let you off that easily. Maria, you
were pretty upset and I really would like to help you. Why don't you
stay for a bit and tell me what's wrong. You're very important to Sammy
and me and we wouldn't want you to be sad."
"Well, it's going to sound silly when I tell you. I really feel
embarrassed now."
"Maria. Aren't we friends? Have I ever treated you like you were
silly? I promise I will listen and won't think it's silly - anything
that could get you as upset as you were couldn't possibly be silly -
could it?"
"Well, I guess not. But..." I looked at her and I placed my hand on
one of her hands petting Sammy "It's ok Maria. I'm a good listener.
Try me."
"Ok, but remember you promised not to laugh." I held up my hand. She
continued "God, I feel so dumb. It's just that my good friend Connie,
um Consuela, sold me out today."
"What do you mean 'sold you out'?"
"Well, some of the bitches, oh sorry, the girls at school were making
fun of me and when I wanted to run away from them Connie wouldn't come
with me. She stayed with the other kids. Everybody laughed at me when
they saw me pleading with Connie and she didn't come." I saw tears
welling up in her eyes again. I got up with a new tissue and handed it
to her and then hugged her.
"Man, that was pretty cruel! I can understand why you were hurt. You
must feel awful."
Maria seemed to relax a bit and said "I don't know which I feel worse
about - the kids making fun of me or Connie abandoning me."
"I understand, friends are someone you should be able to count on no
matter what happens. How were the 'bitches' making fun of you?"
Maria seemed surprised I used the word 'bitches' but then she looked at
me like I was a fool and wailed "Well look at me! Why do you think they
were making fun of me? I'm just a fat pig!"
"Maria! You're not a fat pig! You're my buddy and Sammy's buddy! We
aren't buddies with fat pigs." I shouted back. This startled Maria.
I'm sure she thought what I said was bullshit but she was surprised by
the intensity of my response.
"Um, Jack, you're not going to try to tell me that you don't think I'm
fat?" she said incredulously.
Before I continue I should explain that Maria was overweight. I have no
idea how much overweight she was but she did not have a lithe figure -
she had a very definite 'womanly' figure. She barely had a waist and
her legs and butt were chunky, her face was fuller than it should have
been and she had more chins than she needed. Her breasts were large,
probably mostly fat. I had always thought that she made things worse by
wearing the clothes she wore. It seemed like she was trying to fit in
by wearing clothes designed for skinny super models. Today was no
exception - she wore tight jeans, high heels, and a tank top that showed
her ample midriff. It looked really bad. I was not surprised the nasty
kids at school made fun of her. It was like she put a big sign on her
that said "kick me".
"Maria, before I answer your question I want to know if we're friends."
"Um, what do you mean?"
"Well, as I said before, a friend sticks with you even when things are
rough right?"
"Sure, a good friend does - or should." she said getting teary eyed.
"Ok, so a good friend can tell a good friend the truth and a good friend
will listen to the truth - no matter what. That's what makes friends
special - they can talk to each other about good things AND bad things.
And they comfort each other when there are bad things. Got it?"
"Yeah." she said resignedly. "I get it. So now you tell me how fat I
am right?"
"No Maria, now I honestly answer any question you ask of me. I promise
I will be completely honest but I want something in return."
"What?"
"I want you to be my friend and understand that I am telling you
something because I care for you as a friend and I'm not going to lie to
you. You have to respect that I'm not going to lie to you. Ok?"
"Yes, I understand. So do you really think I'm a fat pig?"
"No, Maria. I think you are a wonderful girl that I can count on as my
friend to take care of my house and my best buddy Sammy." Sammy wagged
his tail when he heard his name.
"But you're not saying whether you think I'm fat or not."
"You haven't asked me that. You asked me if I thought you are a fat pig
which I do not."
"Ok, do you think I'm fat?"
"Maria, you know you are overweight. I see that you are overweight but
I do not think of you as fat."
"Overweight is the same thing!" she yelled and started to get up.
"No, 'fat' is a derogatory term, overweight is a measure of weight
relative to the normal distribution of weight in our population. You
weigh more than the average but I would never, ever, call you fat. A
friend wouldn't do that."
"But it's the same result. No one likes me." she got to the heart of
the matter.
"Maria, who do you want to like you? I like you, Sammy likes you, your
mother likes you, and I'll bet Connie likes you."
Maria reacted to that statement "Sure you like me 'cause I do things for
you. My mother doesn't like me and I now know that Consuela doesn't
like me either." she started to cry again.
"Maria, I'm not going to debate what I don't know for sure so let me
tell you what I do know. I know I like you for more than the fact that
you take care of my place. I let you take care of my place because I
like you and I can trust you. Do you think I would give anyone the
freedom to run in and out of my place like I give you?"
Maria stopped and thought about that. "No, I guess not. That would be
pretty risky in this neighborhood." she admitted.
"Ok, so can we, at least, agree that I like you." Maria nodded. "Ok,
Maria, do you think I'm stupid?"
"Huh, what do you mean? Of course I don't think you're stupid. In
fact, you might be the smartest person I know."
"Well thank you for that Maria. So if I'm not stupid and I like you
then I must like you for a reason right?"
Maria chuckled and said "I guess so."
"So Maria, if I can find some things to like about you don't you think
other smart people will find things to like about you?"
"Sure, if they're as smart as you." she tried to trap me.
"Ah, so the things that are most attractive about you are so well hidden
it only takes an incredibly brilliant person like me to see them?"
Maria laughed "Yes, I think that says it pretty well."
"Well, I think you give me too much credit but, let's just say for the
sake of argument you are right. Only a massively intelligent person
could like you." Maria cracked up and said "Yeah, a superman brain would
be required to like me."
"Well then. Isn't that something to look forward to?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Well, we've established that whoever is going to like you is going to
have a superman brain, like mine for instance, so isn't that better than
having a stupid person like you? Isn't that better than having the
'bitches' like you - I suspect they don't have superman brains do they?"
Maria was really laughing now "um no, they have B-B sized brains only
B-Bs are smarter."
"Well there you go then. We just need to find you a superman brain
person."
"Yeah, right! In my school? And if we did find such a person they
might like me but they'd like the 'bitches' better."
"Why do you say that?"
"They look sexy and I look like, well, you know..."
"Maria, do you know what is the sexiest part of a woman's body?"
Maria blushed. "Do you want me to answer that?"
"Sure, take a guess. I'll give you three guesses and I'll bet you don't
get it."
"What's the bet? I'm sure I can guess in three guesses." I thought
Maria was stalling because she was embarrassed to answer my question.
"I don't know, what do you want to bet?"
"Well, if I win I can bring this 'friend' over to your pool."
"Deal! and if I win?" I thought about it and said "If I win you have to
bring your mother over for a dinner and swim."
"Deal 'cause I know I'll guess."
"Ok, enough stalling. What are your three losing guesses? What IS the
sexiest part of a woman's body?"
"Um, her breasts - men like big breasts."
"Nope, some men like big breasts but that's not it."
"Great ass! Men talk about how a woman's ass looks when she walks."
"Nope, that's not it. Some men do like to look at a woman's ass but in
both of these cases it doesn't explain why men marry women with small
breasts or lousy asses."
"You mean 'fat' asses."
"Fat, lumpy, skinny, name the shape - Men marry women with all different
shaped asses so that's not what's sexiest. One guess remaining and then
I win!"
Maria was determined "You do not win! It's a women's pussy!" she
blushed when she said it but was sure it had to be the right answer.
"Ok, so how do you explain why some men marry women when they've never
seen they're pussy - it does still happen, even in the 21st century."
"I don't know. I guess they marry thinking that's how they'll get to
see the pussy." she said tentatively.
"Well, nice try but it not right. Men fall in love with women and, very
often, it is before they see or do anything else with the women's
pussy."
"So what's the right answer? I'm not sure there is one."
"The right answer, my dear Maria, is the advantage 'you' have over the
'bitches'."
"What? I don't have any advantage over them. They have good looks,
they have the boys, and they now have my friends." Maria started to
choke up.
"Well, let's see if we can change that shall we?" I said
conspiratorially. "The advantage you have is that you have more of what
makes a women truely sexy than they do - or, at least, you could have."
"What, more fat?"
"No dear, you have a very beautiful smile and that, my dear Maria, is
the sexiest part of a women. I might add, although I only have this on
second hand information, that might also be the sexiest part of the man
as well."
"Smile? I don't think so. I smile and boys don't come pawing me. The
'bitches' smile and they have boys all over them."
"But, do the boys paw them because of their smiles or because of their
breasts, asses, or pussies?"
"Well that's my point! They get pawed because they have better breasts,
asses, and, um, pussies than I do."
"But that's because the boys haven't seen your smile."
"Sure they have!"
"Oh yeah? So when the bitches were making fun of you today did they see
a smile then?"
"Of course not! I was pissed, and then I was hurt, and, and..."
"and you ran away with tears in your eyes and a frown on your face.
Suppose you smiled instead? What would happen then?"
"The bitches would pick on me even more!"
"Are you sure? So if you cry they don't pick on you anymore?"
"Well, no, they still pick on me." she said sheepishly.
"Ok, so if you smiled what effect would their teasing have? They
wouldn't seem to be affecting you because you're smiling. The people
watching would either think you're mental or they'd see that the bitches
are just powerless little twerps that are just mean but without any
purpose."
"Well they would think I was mental."
"But what about your superman brain person? What would he - or might it
be a she?" I asked realizing this was a possibility.
Maria answered sheepishly "HE might not think I was mental but he'd
still think I was fat."
"Ok, Maria, let's get this out of the way. Sure. If there were two of
you and one of you lost 30 lbs and you both smiled at your superman
brain 'man' he probably would go to the thinner you. Ok, but there
aren't two of you. There's only one. And that 'one' looks pretty damn
nice when she smiles - all too rarely I might add."
Maria paused for a long time and looked at me. She finally said "Jack
are you really telling me the truth? Do you think I look nice when I
smile?"
"Yes Maria, you look a thousand times better when you smile. Think
about when you are attracted to someone. In fact, think about your
friend Connie." Maria groaned. "You've seen her happy and sad. When
does she look more appealing? Think about the kind of smile she has
when you think you really want to be with her. Also think about when
she wants to be with you or not be with you. Does she prefer to be with
you when you're smiling? So maybe she doesn't want to be with you when
you're feeling sorry for yourself? Think the same thing when you think
about boys. Do you want them frowning or concerned or snickering or
with a mean smile or do you want to see him look at you with a loving
smile - a smile that says 'I am glad to be with you'."
Maria thought for a long time. I finally said "How about a dip in the
pool? You've had a tough day and I feel like getting wet."
Maria smiled and said "Sure, I'll go change."
"Ten thousand times better Maria!"
Maria looked confused and then blushed and smiled again. I said "Yup,
ten thousand times."
Chapter 2
Maria went home and I was trying to figure out how to get Maria out of
this rut. Clearly she needed some help and the discussion we had seemed
to help but as long as she dressed the way she did she was always going
to invite ridicule. I couldn't figure out why her mother didn't give
her some sensible advice but then I realized what 15 year old girl is
going to listen to her mother? Theressa was hardly ever around and
probably didn't see half of the outfits Maria wore anyway. Hmmm, maybe
if I could get my friend Tina to help. Tina works in an upscale
department store as a buyer. She always dressed attractively and would
have a pretty good idea of what would work for practically any
demographic. I called her cellphone.
"Jack! Well aren't I surprised to hear from you! Where are you? The
other side of the world today?"
"No Tina, I'm catching some rays by the pool. Want to join me?"
"I'd love to but us mortals need to work. You didn't lose your job did
you?" she sounded concerned.
"No, everything's going fine. I'm just coming off a lot of travelling
and I'm between projects so I'm taking a break today. How have you
been?"
"Pretty well thanks. With the economy the way it is we're always
walking on egg shells hoping the company keeps us around but so far so
good. The good news is that I haven't had to travel as much this year."
"So you're in town?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Well, I wanted to ask you for a favor and thought I could entice you
with one of my world famous gourmet home cooked meals."
"YOUR world famous 'gourmet' home cooked meals? Hmmm, it seems I may
have missed out on the previous ones so this may be interesting just for
the experience." she said with a laugh. "What's your favor? I can't
imagine what help I could ever provide to you."
"I need some fashion advice."
"HA! That's a good one! Let's see, tee shirt, torn jeans, and grungy
sneakers. How's that?" she said laughing heartily - I love her laugh
and pictured her laughing and smiled.
"Tina! I thought you liked the way I look! No, the advice isn't for
me. It's a long story but there is a neighbor, a fifteen year old girl
who comes from a single parent family and doesn't have any guideance or
role model. She's pretty chubby and definitely wears the WRONG clothes.
I thought you might be able to help her find something that helps her
look better."
"Hmmm, helping a damsel in distress? I'm curious now. She must be a
really bad dresser if you recognized it! When did you have in mind?"
"Tina, I'm really hurt now! Even though I may not dress the part
doesn't mean I don't recognize good taste when I see it. I knew enough
to call the expert. Any time, the sooner the better I'd say."
"Sorry Jack, thanks for the nice compliment. I may have to kiss you
when I see you. I'm sort of tied up this weekend. Tonight would be
best - you'd give me a good excuse not to do laundry."
"Wow, that would be great Tina. I'd really appreciate it. I'll fill
you in on the details when you get here. I'll be here so come over any
time it's convenient for you - even if you have to do your laundry
first. And I'm expecting that kiss." I said teasingly.
"Oh no, Jack. I'm going to take every advantage of this to blame you
for my undone laundry. I'll probably see you around 6PM. I'll leave
earlier if I can sneak out - I wouldn't mind a dip in your pool before
dinner."
"By all means. Bring your suit - or not if you prefer." I said slyly.
"Well now Jack! Offers like that don't come every day from you. Maybe
I should take you up on that." she said teasing back. Tina and I dated
a couple of times but then we realized that we wanted to be friends more
than lovers and moved into a very comfortable relationship every since.
We always seem to have time for a little tease every once in a while,
however, to keep the relationship spicy.
I went out to the pool and Maria came out soon afterward. Ouch! She
had put on a bikini and it did absolutely nothing to improve her appeal.
She was smiling broadly but everything below her neck was too
distracting to notice. I definitely had to talk to her about this. I
decided to let her relax a bit before I broached the subject.
We swam for a while and I asked Maria why she had cried when the phone
rang earlier.
"Oh, I was pretty sure it was Connie calling and I didn't want to talk
to her."
"I see, but from our conversation earlier do you think maybe Connie was
just trying to avoid feeling your pain - but she still might be a
friend?"
"Yeah, I thought that when we spoke so I called her when I went home to
change. You were right, Connie felt really bad and apologized for
leaving me on my own. I told her I didn't blame her - I had made it
difficult for her to avoid the same ridicule. We're getting together
before school tomorrow."
"That's great! I'm glad you patched things up with Connie. Maybe this
day will be a good turn-around day for you."
"I hope so. You've made me feel better and I'm going to try your
advice."
"Um, Maria, as a friend can I give you some more advice?"
"Yes please. You've already made me feel better. What is it?"
"Ok, this might hurt your feelings and I do not want to do that but I
really want to help you. Ok?"
"Um, I guess so. Are you going to tell me to lose weight? I've tried
that and nothing seems to work."
"No Maria, I think you're the weight you are for several reasons and you
can't change your weight unless you change those reasons. Dieting alone
isn't going to help unless we understand the reasons. Make sense?"
"Sure, I guess so. So what do you want to tell me. I'll try not to be
hurt." Maria was part concerned and part hopeful. Concerned that I might
hurt her feelings but hopeful that I'll have some advice that will help.
"Ok, so why did the mean old 'bitches' make fun of you?"
Maria laughed at my characterization of her adversaries and said "Well,
they called me a fat pig."
"That wasn't nice but if you put yourself in their shoes and look
through their eyes what do you see?"
"You mean looking at me?"
"Yes, but specifically looking at you as you looked today."
She thought about it and then she blushed. "Well, I did have on the
tank top that probably showed off my fat belly a little too much."
"Do you think those clothes help people see your smile?"
"I guess not. But what can I do? Everybody wears those styles. Should
I look like a nun?"
I laughed "No Maria, I don't think you want to attract someone who would
be attracted to a nun. But I do think if you stop trying to be like the
skinny bitches you might have more success trying to be yourself."
Maria was sort of stunned by this comment and I was afraid she was going
to turn off and be upset. She thought about it for a while and said
"Maybe you're right. I guess I got caught up in what people were
wearing I kept worrying about figuring out how to make those clothes
look good on me. Maybe I should try to figure out what looks good on me
- I can't imagine what would though." she said dejectedly.
"Maria, I have a friend coming over tonight and she knows a lot about
fashion. She might be able to give you some tips."
"Is she fat like me?" I glared at her. "Ok, sorry. I mean is she
'overweight' like me?"
"No, she isn't but she knows what looks good on different people and
knows the way to mix styles to compliment whatever figure you have.
She's a good friend of mine and I'm sure she'll be able to help you."
"Well, I would be surprised but I'll talk to her. Thanks. It won't do
much good though, I couldn't afford to get new clothes anyway, I'm
broke."
"Maria, don't worry about that. If you're willing to do some work
around here I think I can come up with some projects that would earn you
some extra money for clothes. What do you think?"
She looked at me and smiled and said "Really?" and she jumped over to me
and hugged me. I was surprised and just as she was letting go Tina came
around the corner.
"Ahem! Sorry Jack, I didn't mean to interrupt. You did say drop by any
time."
"Tina! Great to see you. You're not interrupting, I'm glad you're here.
Tina McDaniels, this is Maria Gonzales, Maria this is my friend Tina,
the one I just told you about."
Tina and Maria said hi to each other warily.
I looked at Tina and said "I'm surprised you got here so fast. I didn't
expect you until this evening."
"Well, I guess I jumped the gun." she said coolly. "Maybe I should have
waited. Should I come back later?"
"No, this is great timing. I just told Maria about your offer to help.
Do you want to see what clothes Maria currently has and then you could
advise her on some changes and then we could swim? Is that ok with you
Maria?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
Tina said "Well, ok, let's do that and then maybe I'll go do my
laundry."
I thought this was curious since Tina seemed really interested earlier.
I wonder why she's cooled down. Maybe I should talk to her first. "Um,
Maria, why don't you go home and change and Tina will be over shortly to
see your clothes and help you."
"Oh, ok." Maria got out of the pool and I saw Tina wince when she saw
what Maria was wearing. We waited until Maria had dried off and gone
over to her house and then Tina asked me point blank "What's going on
Jack?"
"What do you mean Tina? I thought I told you I wanted to help Maria."
"Yes you did but you didn't say why and when I came around the corner
and saw you two hugging I was stunned. I thought I knew you but I'm
confused about what's going on."
Whoops, now I understood. "It didn't even occur to me to think what you
are suggesting Tina but, I guess from your perspective I can see why you
might be confused. Let me try to explain what's happening."
Fortunately Tina was objective enough to sit a listen while I explained
the day's events. When she understood how I was trying to help Maria
and what lead to the hug that Tina had 'caught' she finally seemed to
relax and smiled.
"Jack, you're such a sap. You're going to get yourself in trouble one
of these days but I'll come bail you out when you do." she leaned over
and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "I can see why you feel sorry for
Maria and I now understand you're motives are honorable but the thing I
don't understand is why you're bothering. Sure Maria is a nice kid and
is having some problems but why are you going out of your way like
this?"
I looked at her, took a deep breath and said "You're not going to
believe this Tina but I used to be a lost chubby kid like Maria when I
was about her age."
Tina was surprised. "You're kidding! You? Cool Jack Parker? I don't
believe it. I can't imagine you ever being a lost dumpy kid."
"Believe it. I used to get the crap beat out of me when I was a
teenager because I was slow, ugly, and did really stupid things to get
kids to like me. This only fueled the intensity of the beatings I got.
I was really miserable until I met a really nice girl who was in the
same boat I was. I guess we consoled each other and rather than
wallowing in our self-pity were, somehow, able to get ourselves out of
our rut. We helped each other when we were down but didn't get caught
up in being different - we just built our self-confidence through our
mutual support and eventually were no longer outcasts. I will be
forever grateful to my friend and maybe that's why I want to help
Maria."
"Wow. I would have never imagined it. Are you still friends with this
person who helped you?"
I paused. "No, Sally was killed in an automobile crash when she was in
college. She was coming home for break and simply fell asleep at the
wheel and drove off the road. She should have stopped on the way but I
think she was trying to get home sooner so she could see me." I was
quiet for a bit not wanting to let Tina see the tears in my eyes.
"Jesus Jack. I'm sorry. That must have really hurt you." Tina said
quietly. "Please come to me." she stood up and pulled me up to hug her.
She held me tightly and rocked me even though I was soaking wet. I let
her hold me. I needed to be held for a little while.
I regained my strength and asked "So will you help Maria for me?"
"Of course Jack. I am glad you thought of me." she said sincerely.
"You wait here and I'll go see what I can do for her. I know you said
you'd find her work so she could get some new clothes. Did you have any
budget in mind?"
"No, it doesn't matter Tina. What ever it takes." I said sadly.
"I understand. I could kiss you but then Maria would never get any
fashion advice." she winked at me and headed over to Maria's.
I sat by the pool trying hard not to remember the pain but wasn't too
successful. I decided to freshen my Margarita.
Tina was gone for about a hour when she finally came back. I had had
two Margaritas while she was gone and was feeling a bit tipsy. Tina saw
me and asked "Um, any more of that left? Don't get up I'll fix it." and
she went to my kitchen to make her own drink. Some fucking host I am I
thought to myself.
Tina came back and said "Ahh, this is just what I needed. You make a
mean Margarita Jack!" I just looked at her.
She sat next to me sipping her drink and I finally asked "So what do you
think about Maria's wardrobe?"
Tina laughed "I'm glad you called in the rescue squad. That is one
confused chick! God, she had the worst possible clothes for her figure.
No wonder the kids made fun of her. I talked her into going shopping
tomorrow. Is that ok with you? I know she hasn't done any work yet but
I thought I should to get her going as soon as possible."
"Sure, the work is only an excuse. I knew she would be too proud to
accept clothes as a gift. I really appreciate you taking the time to do
this. Do you want me to write you a check?"
"No, I'll be fine Jack. I'll float you on this until we know how much
it is. I'm not worried about getting repaid - I know where you live."
she said with a wink. "I might even have some odd 'jobs' for her as
well." I looked at Tina with my eyebrows raised - she smiled at me. I
knew there was a reason I liked Tina.
Tina then looked at me curiously and said "Maria told me that you
thought a woman's smile was the sexiest part of her body. Do you really
think that Jack?"
"Absolutely Tina."
"So you mean you would rather have me fully clothed with a smile than if
I stood completely naked in front of you with a frown?"
"Especially in your case Tina." I said without my usual reserve.
"So you don't like my body?" Tina teased.
"I love your body Tina but I REALLY love your smile." I said with
complete honestly.
Tina looked surprised at first but then looked at me for the longest
time. I didn't feel like hiding my feelings by going into our usual
give and take routine. Finally she stood up and said "Do you want to go
for a swim Jack?"
"Sure Tina." and I started to stand. Tina held up her hand and said "I
think I'll take you up on your offer."
"What offer?"
"I think I'll only be wearing my smile into the pool. Is that ok with
you?" WHAT!? My jaw must have dropped to my feet.
"Um, sure Tina." I said in a stupor.
As I sat on the chaise lounge Tina slowly undressed in front of me. It
wasn't a strip tease, Tina simply got undressed. When she was
completely naked she smiled at me, held out her hand, and walked me to
the pool. I simply followed her like a little puppy dog - I was
completely unable to do anything but stare at her - my mind was
completely boggled. When we were in the pool and the water was about
chest high Tina turned me to face her and she held my face in her hands
and she gave me a long gentle kiss on the lips. Then she put her arms
around me and pulled me tight against her. I felt her tits rub against
my chest and then felt my hard prick push against her through the fabric
of my bathing suit. Tina held me for a while and sort of rocked me
relying on the buoyancy of the water to hold us both up. She pulled
back and looked at me and said "You're the nicest guy I've ever known
Jack." She had tears in her eyes but she was smiling. God she was
beautiful.
I think the adrenaline must have burnt off the alcohol in my bloodstream
because I was starting to come out of my daze. Tina saw this and asked
"Do you want to take off your suit Jack?"
"Are you sure you want this Tina?"
"Oh yes Jack. I've wanted you before but never like this. Please make
love to me."
She let go of me a little bit so I could pull off my suit and then she
pulled me back to her. I felt my rigid cock slip between her legs.
With the pool water I couldn't feel how wet she was but, from her eyes,
I could tell. Her eyes rolled back when my cock touched her pussy and I
felt her spread her legs wide so she was floating in my arms ready for
me to enter her. My cock was so hard it didn't need much more than this
and I soon felt the warmth of her pussy around me. I moved a little
shallower so I could enter her completely and still keep her face above
water. I looked deep into her eyes and felt an incredible sensation of
oneness as we physically became one. She moaned as I reached her
depths. I wanted to stay like this forever. Tina on the other hand had
other things in mind and I started to feel her cunt muscles squeezing my
cock. She rolled her hips so I would slip in and our of her. With her
position she couldn't get me fully in and out of her but her motions
caused my loins to begin their instinctive behavior despite my desire to
just hold her. With the escalating feeling as Tina's tight pussy
reached further and further along the length of my shaft I was no longer
in control and our passion took over. My cock felt like it was larger
than ever with my veins forming rigid ripples on the sides of my cock
and with her hard muscles squeezing I could feel the ridges ripple
against her as I entered yet again. I was hungry now! I wanted all of
her! I thrust deeply and pulled her down onto my cock. I felt myself
bottom out in her but still I wanted more. I pushed hard against her
and I heard Tina shouting "JESUS CHRIST JACCKKKKK!! GOD I LOVE YOU!!!!"
I felt her muscles strangle my cock with amazing force but I wanted more
and I pulled almost all the way out and then violently thrust deeply
back into her. I wanted more! I couldn't have enough now as I
continued my assault on her cunt. I was screaming but not ready for
this to end until I heard Tina screaming again and I exploded! I think
the sun in the sky went out and then flashed at double intensity as I
knew the world had come to an end. A strange peace came over the pool
as the only sound we now heard was the two of us panting and gasping for
breath. I didn't have the strength to hold her but fortunately Tina
held on to me. I didn't want to leave her yet.
When my senses returned I looked at Tina's face. She had had her eyes
closed but sensed I was looking at her and she smiled weakly. She said
"Do you still think a woman's smile is the sexiest part of her body?"
"More than ever Tina, more than ever." Tina pulled me to her and kissed
me. Not passion this time but a long, loving, bittersweet kind of kiss
that seemed to say "I missed you."
I finally got the nerve to ask "Tina? Did you do this because I lost my
friend?"
Tina smiled and said "No, Jack, I did it because I just found one."
We swam around for a while. I enjoyed the freedom of swimming naked
with Tina. I liked looking at her smooth body as she effortlessly moved
through the water. I enjoyed taking liberties of patting her bottom
every once in a while as she swam by. I had wanted to do that in the
past, even with her swim suit on, but felt it was inappropriate. Now it
seemed so right. Tina must have thought so too as she swam near me very
often.
I was floating on my back enjoying the feeling of my flaccid prick being
swirled by the currents and waves of water that broke over me. At one
point Tina was standing and walked over to me as I floated with my eyes
closed. She surprised me when she grabbed my cock with her hand. She
laughed that hearty laugh of hers and said "I may want to use this
again. Do you think it would be 'up' to it?"
"Hmmm, Tina, if you give me one of those great smiles again I'm sure of
it."
We played in the water a bit until we were finally hungry and we got out
and grilled a steak for dinner. We ate dinner on the pool deck wrapped
in towels as the sun went down.
After we finished the steak and we were enjoying the nice wine I had
opened I looked at Tina and said "Tina, we had dated a couple of times
but never made love. Instead we shifted into a nice relationship of
being really good friends. We've dated other people since but I never
felt any jealousy toward your friends or felt that you were jealous of
mine. Now, I feel different. When you looked at me the way you did I
felt, I don't know, like I belonged. It's hard to describe but I feel
like we needed to be friends before we could be lovers but now that we
are friends I've never had such deep feelings for a lover before."
"Oh Jack! You really know how to melt a woman! At least this woman!"
she leaned over and kissed me. She continued "I think you also are
having an effect on your friend."
"My friend? You mean Maria? What do you mean?"
"Well, I think she could easily develop a crush on you. She did nothing
but talk about how smart and handsome you were when we were trying on
clothes. I think it's wonderful you want to help her but I think you
should be careful that Maria doesn't get the wrong idea. You could end
up hurting her more than helping."
"Oh wow. I didn't think of that. Thanks for telling me."
"My pleasure. I have my own selfish interests however - I don't want
another woman stealing you from me." she laughed.
"Well now! So I guess you'll have to make sure I'm fully satisfied." I
snickered.
"I plan on doing just that Jack." she leaned over again to kiss me and
this time let her towel drop. She lifted her head, looked down at her
naked body and said "Whoops!" and then she opened my towel. As she
leaned to kiss me I ran my hand down her back and felt the lovely ass of
hers. She kissed my neck, then my chest, and then kept moving her mouth
lower. I wasn't prepared for that and inhaled deeply when her lips ran
across my belly. She ran her hand up my leg and lightly brushed my balls
which sent excited shivers through my body and completed the effect on
my hardening cock. She moved her open hand over the shaft and as she
was about halfway up the shaft closed her hand tightly around my cock
and grabbed it hard. I almost came on the spot! She held it tightly
and then, very, very, slowly, started moving her hand up and down the
shaft. She lifted her head and I took a deep breath as I felt her
tongue touch the tip of my cock. She swirled her tongue around the tip
and then in one sucking motion took me into her mouth. Christ that felt
good. Tina moved one hand down to my belly to control my thrusting and
the other was still wrapped around my member. She sucked and swirled
her tongue with my cock in her hard mouth and let her teeth touch me
gently. I was sweating now as my excitement rose. She bobbed her head
a couple of times and I wanted more. I wanted to touch her. With my
hand still on her ass I moved my hand around and followed her crack down
between her legs to her love nest. I felt the wetness and used my
fingers to spread her lips. I took two fingers and worked them inside
her tight hole and used my fourth finger to twiddle her clit. I felt
Tina push her ass against my hand and she took a deep breath, she paused
in her bobbing and then in one motion I felt her suck me deep into her
throat "GOD TINA! THAT FEELS SO FUCKING GOOD!"
Driven wild by her now long deep slurps of my cock I was driving
hungrily into her cunt. She was now moving her ass savagely pressing
hard against my hand trying to take more and more of me while she took
more and more of me into her mouth. I was reaching my limit panting
heavily trying to hold off so I could enjoy the feeling longer but there
was no holding back and I reluctantly said through my teeth "TINA, I'M
GOING TO COME!" Tina took more of me! "TINA, NO, GOD NO! I CAN'T HOLD
BACK ANY LONGER!" Still she bobbed harder and longer and was now making
animal grunting sounds while flailing her ass taking me deeper into her
on both ends. I could no longer stop as I exploded with more force than
I can remember and screamed "TINA, NO! I CAN'T HELP IT! FUCK ME GOD!"
Tina continued to suck on me as I erupted stream after stream of semen
into her mouth. Tina then let out a scream as she practically sat on my
hand jamming my fingers deep into her cunt. I couldn't believe the
feeling I had at that point - besides being exhausted from the sex I
felt this unbelievable feeling of happiness flow over me. I looked up
and saw the bright stars and felt whole. I looked down at Tina who was
now slumped onto my belly and felt even more whole. I gently rubbed Tina
hair with my free hand. Tina shifted and I was able to draw her up to
lie next to me. "That was exquisite Tina."
She leaned up and smiled at me and said "So you'll keep me for a while?"
I pulled her toward me and kissed her, I kissed her deeply and lovingly.
I held her tight against me with my arm wrapped around her to keep her
warm in the rapidly cooling night. We lay like that for a long time,
naked under the stars, until it was finally too cold to stay out. We
got up and went inside.
I asked Tina if she would stay the night but she said no. She had to
get up early for work and would need to change clothes. I was
disappointed but understood. She said "But I'll be by tomorrow to pick
up Maria for shopping. I'm picking her up around 5, it will probably
take us a while but when I drop Maria off can I stop by afterward?"
"I'll be very upset if you don't Tina."
"Umm, can I bring a change of clothes with me?" she asked meekly.
"I'll be very upset if you don't Tina." I said smiling. We kissed
goodnight and as I closed the door I thought what an amazing day!
Chapter 3
I saw Maria the next afternoon after school. She saw me by the pool and
came over. She smiled when she saw me and she had on some fairly
conservative clothes. She still needed some work but it was worlds
better than yesterday.
"Hello Maria! You look nice today. How did your day go?"
"Well, some of the 'bitches' said something but it wasn't as bad as
yesterday. I just ignored them and continued walking with Connie. I
tried real hard to keep a smile on my face and it mostly worked."
"It's going to be hard for a while but, trust me, it will improve over
time."
"Oh I 'do' trust you Jack!" Maria said with more enthusiasm than I had
expected.
"So how did it go with Connie?"
"That's really weird. Connie was all concerned that I was upset with
her so when we met she was nervous. I just gave her a big smile and a
hug and I told her I was glad to see her. She gave me a big hug back
and we were talking non-stop since. I think you were right, Connie just
didn't feel comfortable with my gloomy face. I have a lot to thank you
for Jack."
"Nonsense. I'm just a friend who's here to talk to you whenever you
need a pal."
"I can be a 'friend' for you too Jack." Maria said with a strange tone
in her voice.
I looked at her and said "What do you mean Maria?"
"Well, I shouldn't tell you this. I saw you yesterday."
"When? What do you mean?"
"You know, when you were in the pool with your friend and afterward. I
could see you from my bedroom window."
"Oh, geez, I'm sorry Maria. I didn't mean to embarrass you like that.
I'll try to be more careful in the future."
"No, that isn't what I mean. I didn't mind. I wanted to let you know
that anytime your friend isn't around I can, you know, take her place."
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! I couldn't breathe! What the fuck have a I done?
"Maria, could you please sit down? I really need to talk to you."
"Sure Jack." she sat down and I got the impression she was expecting me
to make a 'request'.
"Maria, I like you very much. I think you are a very nice girl and, if
I was 15 years old, I think we could be more than friends. Do you know
what I mean?"
I saw her frown and she looked down with a look of disappointment.
"Yes, I think so."
"This isn't a question of me not liking you or not appreciating your
suggestion. I am honored but you have to understand that there are
laws. Even the suggestion of such a thing could get me thrown in jail
for years. You don't want that do you?"
"No, Jack, I'm sorry." and she started to cry.
"Maria, please don't cry. I'm not upset with you. You were very sweet
to offer and I know it was because you wanted to be my friend but we
can't even think about that. There is a really good reason we have laws
like that - A man of my experience could really take advantage of a
young girl like you and that's not right. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I feel like a fool."
"Maria, remember when I pointed out to you yesterday that I wasn't a
dummy for liking you?"
Maria looked up and whimpered but said "Yes?"
"Well this is the same thing. You shouldn't feel like a fool. You got
excited at the chance to 'be a woman' with me. That's kind of nice but
I want you to think about 'being a woman' with your 'superman brain guy'
ok? 'He' is the guy you really want - remember?"
She smiled and realized I was right "Yeah. I remember. I guess I just
thought about having a friend. Seeing you made me think about something
more but I didn't think about my 'man'." We both cracked up when she
said it.
"Well now! Isn't that a much better image. Think about that when
you're trying on clothes tonight with Tina. Think about what kind of
'man' you want and visualize dressing in your new clothes for him. Ok?"
"Yeah! Thanks Jack!"
"Hey, don't thank me. You're going to have to work for those new
clothes."
"Oh I haven't forgotten. I guess I got distracted on what 'kind' of
work I could do for you."
"Maria, don't ever think in those terms. Sex without love is rarely a
good idea. Sex isn't a payment. It is a reward for being in love,
promise me you'll always keep this in mind?"
"Yeah Jack, thanks. Um, you know my Mom doesn't want to talk about sex
- I guess her life has been pretty rough because of sex. She told me
about the stuff I had to know - you know, my period and stuff.." she
blushed "but she won't tell me the good stuff - er - I mean, you know
about boys and how things work. I was amazed when I saw you guys
yesterday."
It was my turn to blush. "Um, yes, well, I'm sorry about that. Do you
need someone to explain how things work? I think Tina or I can probably
explain the basics as long as you understand that we're only telling you
so that you don't make mistakes. Ok?"
"Really? You'd do that?"
"Sure. The first thing I want to tell you though is that you always
want to be safe. When I was your age life was a lot simpler. Now sex
can kill you. Your mother knows first hand about how it can change your
life but there is not substitute for death - you understand?"
"Yeah, they told us about that in school."
"Ok, when opportunities come along you should always be prepared to
protect yourself. The boy should always wear a condom. And you
shouldn't rely on the boy either. You should have a condom with you in
case your 'friend' conveniently forgets - better yet, have two. You
never know when things get too exciting." Maria was blushing deep red
now. "Can you get condoms at your school?"
"No, they used to but some parents complained so they stopped that."
"Stupid fucking idiots!" I said with vehemence. "Sorry, I shouldn't
have said that in front of you but I can't believe how stupid these
parents are sometimes. They would rather have their kid with AIDs or
pregnant than recognize that kids will experiment. Better to make the
experiment safe than deadly I say. Hold on, I'll be right back."
When I came back I handed Maria two packs of condoms. "Maria, please
don't tell anyone where you got these but please keep them with you. I
care about you too much to have you destroy your life over a little
passion."
Maria's eye went wide. Yesterday she was feeling like a fat pig and
today she's thinking about the possibility of sex - isn't life
wonderful. "Thank you Jack! I don't know how to thank you for what
you've done for me!"
"Hey, no problem. Let's talk about what kind of work you can do around
here."
Maria and I worked out a couple of chores like taking Sammy for walks,
cleaning the pool, and a few other odds and ends and then she went home
to do some homework before Tina picked her up to go shopping. As she
was leaving I said "and I'll be more careful about what I do in the pool
in the future."
Maria turned and smiled the sweetest smile I ever saw on her as she said
"Oh that's ok Jack. I think I might enjoy the education..." Jesus what
a minx!
Tina stopped by before she picked up Maria. "I glad you stopped Tina." I
said giving her a kiss.
"Mmmm, so am I."
"I wanted to warn you about something that Maria said earlier." I
explained what happened.
"God, remember I warned you about something like this. It sounds like
you handled it well though. Did she really say that when she was
leaving?" Tina asked incredulously.
"Yes, I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing." I said
frankly.
"Well, from what you've told me it sounds like it's more natural
curiosity at this point so it's probably a good thing." Tina smiled a
wicked smile "Shall we give her something to learn about right now?"
"Hmmm, you tempt me woman but I don't want to get her too educated too
quickly. Just be aware that she may ask you some pretty pointed
questions when you're out shopping."
"Any suggestinons on what I should say?"
"No, I think you can handle it. Probably much better than I. I trust
you to say the right things." I said honestly.
"Thanks Jack, your trust means a lot to me. I can't wait for the
educational session this evening." she winked to me and went over to
Maria's.
It was about 9PM when they got back. I was on the back deck doing some
email having a Gin and Tonic. Tina came around the corner and said
"There you are. I thought maybe you had abandoned me. I rang the
doorbell and knocked but you didn't answer."
"Oh, sorry, I was sort of lost in my thoughts and listening to the
music. I probably should wire an extra doorbell out here. Can I get
you a drink."
Tina leaned over, kissed me, flopped into a deck chair, and said "Yes!
I'm bushed! We went all over trying to find something that would work.
Maria was getting really upset thinking it was totally hopeless. I was
about to think that we were going to lose her and was almost ready to go
to a 'big size' shop. I wanted to avoid that because I felt Maria would
be stigmatized. Fortunately I remembered this cute little boutique on
the south side. Um, maybe you should get my drink before I tell you
about it."
I looked at her and smiled and got her a G&T as well. When I handed it
too her I asked "So am I bankrupt?"
"Well, let's just say we probably exceeded your budget. What was your
budget anyway?"
I winced when she asked but I said "Don't worry about it. I'll just
take it out of your hide."
"Hmmm, that sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Maybe I should have
run up a bigger bill!"
"Never mind, tell me about the trip. So you found something nice?"
"Yes, I couldn't believe our luck. After trying everywhere, as I said,
we found this boutique and it seemed like it was owned by some Hispanic
women who were, shall we say, healthy? They had a great selection of
clothes that worked really well for Maria. As soon as I brought Maria
into the store the women's eye lit up and they swarmed all over Maria
giving her the royal treatment. I got the sense that the women sold
these ethnic fashions to the skinny rich ladies of Austin but they had
the same fashions for real chicanos and they were more than happy to
pull out the stops to dress Maria up. I asked her to put something on
and come on over to give you a show."
"I can't wait. So Maria was ok after you found that store?"
"Was she ever! It was like she went from little miss wallflower to miss
yackety yak! She was going on and on about how beautiful the clothes
are, how good you are to her, how she can't wait to go to school
tomorrow, how wonderful you are, maybe you see a pattern here..." Tina
smiled. I love that smile.
"Sure, it's obvious! I am wonderful!" I said laughing.
"Well, I couldn't agree with her more Jack. I've got my overnight bag
in the car. Can I have a sleepover?" she asked in a little kid voice.
"Only if you're good Tina." I said teasingly.
"Oh I'll be 'good' all right." Tina said in a lusty voice that gave me
an immediate hard-on.
"Maybe we should begin our session now." I said impatiently.
"Well, THAT would be a real education with Maria coming over shortly!
We can wait my dear, you need to see the fashion show first."
"Ok, I'll be a 'good' boy." trying to imitate Tina's lusty voice but
thinking it was a poor substitute.
Tina must have thought it ok because she replied "Maybe I'm sorry I
didn't tell Maria to wait until tomorrow."
"Did Maria ask any questions about sex?"
"You mean besides whether you were a good lay?" Tina asked with a
straight face - I almost choked on my drink.
"She didn't?"
"Well, not in those words but she asked every question around that one
that only lead to one conclusion."
"Umm, should I ask?"
"I don't think you have to darling. I did ask to stay the night didn't
I?" again using her lusty voice. I had to shift to get comfortable with
my rigid cock. Tina smiled at my difficulty.
"Her more serious questions really made me realize how stupid we are not
to have a better sex education system. She was really confused about a
lot of things. I'm glad you gave her the condoms and pointed out how
important they were. I think she really got that message. I also think
she can't wait to try them." Tina laughed.
"Oh God!" I groaned. "I hope I don't end up regretting this."
"Well, I think you should be proud. You did the right thing. By the
way, for someone preaching the use of condoms I didn't notice you
stopping play last night to get one. If you had some why didn't you use
them?"
I blushed "Well, you did catch me off guard but I knew I was safe and I
trusted you to be safe."
"I appreciate your 'vote' of confidence. I assume you mean safe from
sexually transmitted diseases. Suppose I wasn't 'safe' from pregnancy?"
Tina didn't have an accusatory tone, she just sounded curious.
"Well, it may have crossed my mind but last night it really didn't matter."
Tina looked stunned "What do you mean 'it didnt matter'?"
"I mean that if you were to get pregnant with my child it would have
been all right with me." I said with complete candor.
"Oh! Wow! Now I'm really stunned!" Tina sat back and sipped her drink
deep in thought. I was about to say something when I heard Maria's
voice from behind the fence.
"Are you guys decent?" I laughed despite my feeling that I needed to
talk more with Tina.
I said "Yes Maria, thank you for asking but we did 'know' you were
coming. What did you expect?"
As Maria came around the fence she said "Well I figured you lovebirds
might get out of control with passion." she was such a romantic.
As I saw her I was floored. "Wow! Maria you look great!" She had on a
full skirt that was modest but did reveal some leg and a white top with
a ruffly fringe around the collar. The breast portion was embroidered
with a pretty daisy pattern. It really looked pretty and seemed a
perfect dress to go with Maria's Hispanic features. Tina did a
marvelous job. The skirt was long enough to be respectable but showed
Maria's lower legs and ankles which were surprisingly thin for someone
as chubby as Maria. The fullness of the skirt and blouse hid her tummy
fat while the fullness gave her a definite appearance of a classic
hourglass shape. The blouse, while modest, allowed her ample breasts to
be shown as a positive feature with just a hint of cleavage and a very
promising fullness. I think she'll have an impact on the 15 year old
boys...
Maria was beaming and did a little twirl showing off the back and maybe
a little too much leg as she twirled but she was clearly excited. She
was radiant!
"Do you really like it?"
"Like it! I love it! Now I can't wait to see the rest of them. Can
you come over to show me each day you have a new combination?"
"YES! Can I? Oh I want to wear a new outfit every day just to show
you!" Maria sort of danced around the perimeter of the pool as if she
was attending a ball. A far cry from a fat pig I thought to myself.
When Maria finished her tour of the pool she came over to me and kissed
me on my cheek and said "Thank you Jack. This is the most wonderful
thing that has ever happened to me." She then went over to Tina and
thanked her and then whispered into her ear and then went skipping off
to her own house waving to me with a huge smile as she went past.
I was still looking after her when I finally turned and saw Tina looking
at me. She had a really funny look on her face so I asked "What?
What's the matter?"
"Nothing Jack, you are just the most amazing guy I know."
"Huh? Why do you say that? You did as much to make Maria happy as I
did."
"But somehow you knew to ask her to show you every combination each new
day she wore it. How could you know how important that would be to
her?"
"Umm, I didn't. I really wanted to see how she looked."
Tina's eyes welled up and she started to cry as she said "But THAT is
what was so important to her! That you WANTED and CARED to see how she
looked. God Jack, I think I'm falling for you!" she came over to me and
hugged me but was balling her eyes out. Man I was confused! Was she
happy or sad? I didn't know what to do. I just held her and rocked
her. When she finally slowed to a sniffle I went to get her a tissue
and when I handed it to her I timidly asked "Did I hurt you Tina?"
"No Jack, you make me feel so good!" and she started balling again. This
is feeling good?
"But Tina, it isn't that big a deal that we both made Maria happy. Sure
it's good but... I'm confused."
"Jack. It wasn't just what you said to Maria. It was also what you
said to me." Huh? When? What did I say? I tried to replay the
conversations we had. I didn't get it.
"What did I say Tina."
"That it would have been all right with you if I was pregnant with your
baby!" and Tina started balling again.
Jesus! Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I don't know and was
afraid to say something.
I held Tina some more and she wiped her nose and eyes and just hung on
to me. I finally took the plunge and said "I didn't know you wanted to
have a baby Tina."
She looked at me and said in barely a whisper as if she didn't have the
air to say the words "I didn't either until you said it. The moment you
said it the image flashed in my head - me pregnant with YOUR baby. I
never even thought about it. Never crossed my mind. Until you said it.
All of a sudden the image was perfect! The image was clear. What you've
done with yourself, with Maria, for me. The good person you are. Of
course I want to have your baby! Of course I want to be the mother of
your children! In one moment you have changed my whole life. Whether
we do anything about it or not is immaterial. I now have that perfect
image in my head and I don't think it will ever go away. I'm sorry
Jack. I just meant to be a comforting friend. Now I want so much more
and have no reason to expect it." She started sobbing again.
Wow! That's all I could think - Wow! I didn't have words to even come
close to the impact of what Tina just said. I could only hold her and
desperately try to think of something to say. I finally said "Let's go
in Tina. I'll get your bag."
That night we went to bed and just held each other all night long. I
kissed her gently but wasn't sure if I should touch her. It was as if
something sacred has occurred and now it wasn't just fun stuff. This
was real. How did I feel about it? How did Tina feel about it? I
felt a longing for her but it wasn't for sex, it was for something more.
It was a longing I never felt before.
In the morning Tina got up early and when she was ready to go I was up
wanting to say something to her but still not knowing what. As she was
leaving I said "Can we get together tonight?"
"No, I don't think so Jack. I think I need to think by myself. I'll
call you." and she left.
My heart sank. Why couldn't I say anything? What was holding me back?
I shook my head and got ready for work.
Chapter 4
At work I was useless. I was worse than useless. I was grumping around
and really had nothing to do so I was making everybody lives miserable.
Finally a good friend of mine, Joe, said "What's buggin' you man. If
you were a woman I'd accuse you of PMS! Jesus you're a grump today!
What's up?"
"Oh I don't know. Yes I do! I had a fight with Tina last night."
"Tina McDaniels? I didn't think you were seeing her any more. Are you
back together?"
"No, Yes, I don't know."
"Hmmm, I think you may need a little therapy tonight. Want to tie a few
on at the 'Station'?" The Station was a local watering hole where we
both spent more money and time than we should have.
"No, I think I'll just go home."
"Shit man you're too depressed to be by yourself. I think I'll crash
your pad and bring some relief with me. Ok if I bring a change of
clothes in case you get too morbid?"
"Huh, yeah sure. Whatever." I picked up my stuff and left.
As I was driving home I was thinking I should have been nicer to Joe.
Joe was a great guy and always willing to help out in a pinch. He's the
guy who hired me. He was about 30 years old, had a great job, super
sense of humor and didn't have a mean bone in his body. He was also a
great dancer. I was always envious when we went out to clubs. He had
the girls lining up for dancing and always wondered how often he scored
because of it. He never kissed and told. It was usually the next
morning hangover that gave him away.
Oh well. I'll take a swim in my pool, cool off, and I'll be able to
stop dwelling on Tina.
I got home around 3:30 and had just jumped into the pool when I heard
Maria holler around the fence. "You're home early again? You're not
going to lose your job are you?"
I looked up expecting a new outfit but was surprised when I saw she had
jeans and a grubby shirt on.
"I thought you'd wear something new today."
"Oh I did! I took it off so I could do some of your work. I didn't
want to ruin it. I guess I won't be doing the pool today."
"Oh sorry. I'll leave it free tomorrow, is that ok?"
"Sure, I'll take Sammy for a walk."
"So how was your day with your new clothes?"
Maria came running over to the pool and said "You wouldn't believe it!
I was really nervous but met Connie on the way so she could support me.
I walked up to her and I had to say something before Connie knew it was
even me! She screamed and jumped up and down saying she couldn't
believe it. She told me how pretty I was and how the 'bitches' would be
so jealous. I didn't want the bitches jealous." she said and then
lustily "I wanted the boys 'interested'." she finished with a devilish
smile.
"Wow, that's great!"
"Wait! I haven't gotten to the best part! Connie and I walked to
school and when we went across the school yard all these people turned
to stare at us. I went to my first class and everyone went quiet when I
walked in and sat down. I heard all these whispers but pretended I
didn't. I was so nervous I couldn't say anything anyway! Then Mr.
Reams, the first period teacher came into class. When he saw me he
started to say that the seat belonged to another student when he
realized it was me. He then said, are you ready for this? He said, 'Oh
hi Maria. You look very nice today.'" Maria was jumping up and down
excitedly! I thought she was going to pee her pants.
I was about to say something but Maria had just stopped to take a breath
and was off again. "That happened all day long and you know what
happened at lunch?" I tried to say no but couldn't even get this out
before Maria continued "Connie came running up to me in the lunch line
and asked me 'Do you know Jose Martinez?' and I replied that I thought
so but hadn't really spoken to him. I thought he was one of the weirdos
in school who kept getting beat up by the bullies. Connie told me that
Jose had seen us walk in in the morning and then saw me in the hallways
and wondered if I was a new girl in school!"
"I saw him later in the day and remembered who he was. He's the kid who
did well in the math class but everyone was always picking on. I
remember feeling sorry for him one day when he was just walking do the
hallway and one of the seniors just jumped out when he wasn't looking
and just knocked him completely off his feet. He didn't even know what
hit him. Everyone in the hallway was laughing."
"I decided maybe he could help me with my math homework so I went up to
him to ask. I NEVER do that! I wouldn't dare talk to a boy until
today! So I walked toward him and when he saw me he hesitated and then
he smiled at me. I think I was already smiling at him. Anyway, I
introduced myself and said that I was struggling in math and would he be
willing to help me after school. He said yes! Do you believe it?"
"Wow Maria that is amazing progress in one day! Do you think Jose has a
superman brain like me?" I asked smiling.
"Well, he's not as handsome as you but you may be right about the smile
being sexy on a boy too. He had a very nice smile." I saw that she was
thinking about that smile and it was reflected in her face. I felt very
happy for her and then had an overwhelming sense of melancholy as I
remembered Sally, the friend who saved me and then I lost. I tried very
hard to keep it to myself but had to dunk under to hide my tears.
I regained control and came to the surface. I apologized to Maria
saying I needed to cool off - her story was making me too excited. She
laughed and said "Me too!"
She was about to go get Sammy when she turned and sheepishly asked
"Jack?"
"Yes, Maria?"
"Umm, if I, uh, we, I mean, if I use up those two condoms can I get more
from you?" she was really blushing.
I roared "Of course Maria! You can have as many as you can use!" Maria
was really embarrassed then and whispered thanks and walked away with a
big grin on her face.
Maria's interest in the condoms got me out of my funk and I was swimming
laps for a while when Maria came back from walking Sammy. Maria was out
of breath but still smiling. She gave Sammy a good petting and a cookie
reward and then came bounding out to the pool.
"Jack, can I show you what I wore to school today?"
"Oh yes please. I want to see it."
"Ok, don't go away! I'll be right back." she ran off to her house and
ran up the steps three at a time. I never saw her with so much energy.
A little while later I heard her come out of her house and she called
around the fence "Are you ready?"
"Yes, shall we have a drum roll?"
She jumped around the fence and said "Ta Da!" and did a pirouette. The
effect was as dramatic as yesterday's outfit. This was a full dress, not
a blouse and a skirt so was a bit more conservative than yesterday's
combination. I suspected she was nervous on this first day and probably
wore the most conservative outfit. I also suspect that she would wear
something more dramatic on Monday.
I whistled as she turned. She was absolutely beaming. The colors were
conservative but complimented Maria's coloring perfectly. Tina was a
marvel! My heart sank when I thought of Tina but I recovered when Maria
said "Do you like it?"
"Yes, Maria. I like it very much. You look very beautiful in it." She
did too. The dress did not hide the fact that she was 'full bodied' but
it did accentuate Maria's curves and seemed to actually amplify them in
just the right places and made Maria look quite voluptuous in a very
understated way. God, the tricks these women can play! She came to the
edge of the pool and showed me all sides of the dress. The dress made
her so appealing I had to restrain myself from taking advantage of the
view I had up her dress from my vantage point. My god, I thought to
myself. It is no wonder the fashion industry is such big business -
their product has such betwitching power on us mortal men.
She finally stopped turning and said sheepishly "I was hoping for a
lesson last night. You guys went inside though."
"Um, yeah, sorry Maria. Tina and I sort of hit the hay early last
night."
"Will Tina be coming over tonight or this weekend?" Maria said hopefully
and then added "I don't mean so I can spy on you, although I probably
would..." she admitted. "I would just like to see her and say hello and
thank her again." My heart panged. "I'd also like to tell her about my
day - maybe some of the stuff I wouldn't tell you. You know, girl
talk." She winked at me.
"I don't think so Maria. I think Tina had something going on this
weekend. We may not see her for a while." I choked on the words.
"Oh, that's too bad. Could you tell her I said hi when you talk to
her?"
"Um, yes Maria I will."
Maria turned to leave and ran right into Joe as he was coming in the
fence. Joe grabbed Maria to keep her from falling and they both
apologized to each other. I laughed despite myself and yelled over
"Since you both know each other intimately now I should introduce you.
Joe, this lovely young lady is Maria Gonzales. Maria, this is Joe
Turner. Don't believe a thing he says and keep your eyes on his hands
at all times."
Maria laughed and put out her hand and said "I don't think he's painting
a very good picture of you."
Joe, rather than shaking Maria's hand took a very deep bow, kissed
Maria's hand, and said "Nonsense, my dear, you should believe everything
he says. He is certainly right about you." he finished with his award
winning smile. I would not be surprised if Maria wet her pants on the
spot. She sort of took in her breath and backed out the gate, bumping
into the door, and then slowly walked backward toward her house.
Joe came over and said "Cute kid."
"Yes she is Joe. I hope you brought lots of relief with you! I'm going
to tell you a story."
Joe sighed knowing it was going to be a long night and he was probably
glad he had brought a change of clothes.
I was pretty much drunk when I finished telling Joe about Maria and
Tina. When I was telling him about Tina and how she left I was crying.
Joe knew about Sally so could understand the emotional toll this week
had taken. He finally shook his head and said "Jack, Tina was right.
You are a nice guy. From what you've told me you've done a miracle with
Maria - she looked very pretty. I wouldn't have believed anyone would
have called her a fat pig this week if you hadn't told me the story."
"But it wasn't me! It was Tina who picked out the dresses! She did the
miracle! And now I've lost her!" silly sod crying again.
"Jack, you may be a nice guy but you're also a dumbshit. For a smart
guy you really are stupid. Tina wouldn't have been here or bothered to
shop for dresses or spent time with Maria if it hadn't been for you.
Maria wouldn't have bothered changing from her stupid way of dressing if
you hadn't been a friend and got her out of her rut. Jesus man! I hate
to see you so morbid when you've got everything!"
"Joe! I've lost Tina! I've got nothing." more fucking sobbing!
"Like I said - dumbshit. I'll make a bet with you. I say you haven't
lost Tina and I'll buy the first case of Champagne for your wedding if
I'm wrong."
"Wedding? What the fuck are you talking about? Don't you understand?
Tina's left me! I had her in a flash and knew she was the one and then
she's gone! Why am I so fucking stupid?" I sobbed and then said
"Besides, there wouldn't be a wedding if you lose."
"See, you're not so stupid after all!" Joe said laughing at me. "Come
on, let me get you to bed."
The next day I slept late. I finally got up when I heard the back door
slide shut. I went out and saw Maria getting Sammy ready for a walk. I
had to quickly pull my bathrobe closed to cover up my naked body.
Maria laughed and said "Geez Jack, you look like shit."
"Thanks Maria. I'm glad I have you as a friend. I'm not sure what
you'd say if we weren't friends."
Maria laughed loudly and I had to shush her because my head hurt. "Have
you seen Joe?"
"Yeah, he's out by the pool. He doesn't look as bad as you."
"Oh, that's only because he's younger than me." I quipped. Maria roared
again but then mouthed "sorry" when I grabbed my head.
I saw Joe had made coffee. I grabbed a cup and went outside. I was
immediately sorry I did. The sun was blinding and hurt my eyes all the
way to the back of my skull. I limped over to Joe and was really pissed
that he didn't look bad at all and he had a shit-eating grin on his
face.
He shouted out "How ya doing buddy!"
"Christ Joe you are the meanest friend a guy could have. and thanks for
listening to my whining last night. I heard on the news that I made a
complete fool of myself."
"As usual the news got it wrong. You already were a fool - you made a
complete ass of yourself last night." I laughed despite the pain. How
could I stay mad at a lunk like Joe?
"So what do I do now Joe?"
"Well you could try aspirin or tylenol."
"No you stupid shit! I mean about Tina?" I was desparate again.
"I think you call her and ask her to come over or go out on a date and
don't take no for an answer."
"Do you think she'd see me again?"
"Well I like Tina and I know she's not a fool. She'd have to be a fool
not to want to latch up with you. Therefor, quod erat demonstrandum,
q.e.d., I'm trying to figure the best date for your wedding."
I sank in a chair and drank my coffee. I wish I had Joe's optimism.
That afternoon, after Joe had left, I called Tina but only got her
answering machine. I left a message for her to call me and just sat in
the backyard waiting for the call that never came. In the afternoon I
watched Maria clean the pool. I was amazed at her energy level. She
kept talking about seeing Jose on Monday. I was trying to figure out
what to do about dinner when I realized I had won a bet with Maria.
"Hey Maria!"
"What Jack? Am I doing something wrong?"
"No, you're doing a great job. No, I just realized that I won the bet
you made. You need to pay up."
Maria's look of concern changed to fear and she said "Um, there must be
something else we can bet."
"Nope, that's what you bet. You need to pay up! Please arrange to have
your mother join us for dinner tonight or tomorrow. Let me know what
time works for you guys."
"Um, ok, I'll ask later."
"No, go ask now before she makes other plans. The pool can wait."
Maria was really concerned but reluctantly let go of the pool vacuum and
went home to talk to her mother. Or so I thought. I waited for a while
but Maria didn't come back. I finally decided to go over to the house
and knocked on the door.
Theressa came to the door "What do you want?" she asked sharply.
"Well, I had invited you and Maria over for dinner but I hadn't heard
anything back so I was wondering what time you wanted dinner?"
"Dinner? I don't know anything about dinner and we're already busy for
dinner." she went in the house and closed the door. I heard the
deadbolt snap closed. Geez. I didn't know if Maria had asked and
Theressa pretended she hadn't or Maria was too scared of her mother to
ask. In either case I came to the conclusion I was eating alone.
I went back to my place and tried Tina again. Answering machine. Damn!
The next day was morbidly quiet. No Joe, no Maria, no Tina. Even
Theressa would have been a welcome change. I was no longer hung over
but I felt like shit. Christ. Last week my life was perfect and now -
Now I didn't even know what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
I went to work on Monday but my colleagues continued to bitch about my
grumpiness. Joe finally stopped by and asked if I had heard from Tina.
I said no. Joe simply said "Keep trying." I called for the fifth time
and left another message.
I finally went home and moped around the pool. I heard Maria's door
open and heard Maria call around the fence "Do you want to see today's
outfit?"
I was down but didn't want Maria to know so I said "Sure! Let me have
it!"
She came around the corner and I actually gasped. God she looked good!
I don't mean that she looked ok in a nice dress. I mean She looked
fucking good! I couldn't help myself and said "Holy Shit!"
Maria laughed and said "I guess you like it?"
"Umm, Maria, I'm just glad we worked out our understanding about older
men being a hazard because you're definitely 'unsafe' now!"
Maria thought that was really funny. "Jose liked it too."
"Christ Maria, he'd have to be dead not to like it!" I realized that
might be insulting to her friend so said "Sorry, I shouldn't have said
that. Please forgive me."
"It's ok Jack."
"So tell me about Jose! Did you guys get together today? To, er, study
math."
"Yes Jack." she sounded embarrassed now and then said "and we 'did'
study math smarty pants."
"Oh yeah? So he didn't try to kiss you?"
"Welllll, YES! He did kiss me - I mean try to, oh what the hell! Yes he
kissed me and I kissed him back. We spent a lot of time talking about
how the some of the school kids were really mean but when I told him it
didn't matter to me any more he asked why. I just told him that they
weren't worth worrying about. We should spend time with the friends who
care about us rather than worrying about the mean people."
"Wow, what a great message. And what did he say?"
Maria looked at me strangely and said "He said 'what a great message'
just like you said it. That's amazing."
"Sounds like the superman brains are in agreement. On a couple of
matters."
Maria blushed.
"Do you like him Maria?"
"Yes I do." she said without hesitation. "At first I was drawn to him
just because he was interested in me and I thought that he would
understand my situation because people pick on him too. But then, the
more we talked, the more we talked about stuff we liked and how we feel.
And you know what?"
"What?" Maria was excited and I really wanted to hear why.
"He asked me about what I liked and I thought maybe I should make
something up, something more interesting than what I like, but then
thought, no, I should be completely honest with him and told him exactly
what I liked and that he may think it's boring but I had to be honest
with him. And then he smiled. Jack, when he smiled because I told him I
wanted to be honest with him my heart felt like it was melting. My
stomach felt really weird. That's when I kissed him."
God I felt so happy for Maria! It made me feel worse about Tina but I
was really happy about Maria.
"Are you going to see him again?"
"Yes, he's going to help me with math all week. I think I'm really
going to improve." I smirked.
Maria looked insulted and said "No really Jack, we really do study and
talk about math."
"And?"
Maria blushed and said "Well, yeah, and other stuff too. But we do
study math." not letting go.
The next two days were similar. I didn't hear from Tina, Joe kept
telling me to be patient, Maria was happier than I had ever expected.
On Thursday, when I saw Maria she was wearing a different combination
than I had seen before but I had seen the pieces in other combinations.
Tina had done a good job teaching Maria how to combine things to get
more mileage from her clothing. Shit! Tina still wasn't around. I was
thinking I needed to go beat down her door.
Anyway Maria was really excited when I got home. I barely got in the
door. Maria had been waiting for me in my kitchen, Sammy was with her.
I told her how nice she looked but it seemed like she wasn't interested
in that. She had something more important to talk about.
"What's up Maria?"
"Well, I'm kind of embarrassed to ask."
"Come on. Spit it out."
"Umm, could I have some more condoms?" she was beet red!
"Ho ho! You didn't lose them did you?" I asked with a wink.
"Jack! You're awful! NO! I didn't LOSE them. They came in quite
handy thank you! I could have used three of them!" she covered her
mouth when she let that slip out.
I looked at her and said "Hmmm, three huh? Wow, I guess you have more
than a super'brain' on your hands."
"Well, it wasn't like that. The first one, well, it sort of got ruined
when we were putting it on..." she said sheepishly.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that age. It's ok Maria. That happens. It
means you really got him excited. Are you ok?" I wanted to make sure
she wasn't traumatized in any way.
"Yes." Maria said dreamily - so much for trauma.
"And how is Jose. Is he ok?"
"Yes, he is really great!" and then covered her mouth again.
"That's good Maria. No more third degree. I'm not trying to pry. I'm
just trying to make sure you're ok. You'll let me know if you need
anything right?"
"Yes, but right now what I really need is..."
"I know, you need more condoms. Look, I'll give you what I have. It
seems I won't need them. I'll buy some more so I have some on hand if
you need more. You just let me know. In fact, I'll just show you where
I keep them and you don't have to be embarrassed by asking me. How does
that sound?"
"Jack, you really are a great guy. Tina is very lucky to have you."
"Um, yes, well, you need to let me know when the supply runs out so I
can buy more. Ok? How do you want to do that?"
"Gee, I guess I could leave a note on your refrigerator."
"Yes, but let's use a code word in case someone else sees it. I really
don't want to explain who I'm buying these for. What code word should
we use?"
"Gee, I don't know."
"How about 'bandaids'? Dear Jack, please buy a gross of bandaids when
you're out. This should last a week. Thank you, Maria."
Maria was laughing so hard she fell off the chair.
I gave Maria my remaining 'bandaids' and put them on my shopping list.
I didn't see Maria or anybody on Friday. I was getting really depressed
and thought I would go to the Station but as I grabbed my car keys I
just slumped on to my sofa - I didn't want to go anywhere. I was
sitting there thinking how I've ruined my life when the phone rang. I
looked at my watch and thought damn telemarketers! I should just let it
ring. On the third ring I decided I didn't want to listen to their crap
on my answering machine so I picked it up to chew them out.
"Jack! Jack is that you?"
"Tina? Tina I've been calling and calling." I felt tears well up in my
eyes.
"I know, you filled up my answering machine! I told you I would be
away. I hadn't planned to be away as long as I was but we landed a huge
deal and I had to close it. I didn't know you had called and, while I
was away, I was trying to figure out how big a fool I should make of
myself."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I thought you didn't want me after I talked about having a baby
but I couldn't give up on you and I was torn between driving you further
away from me or letting you slip away because I did nothing. When I
heard your messages on the machine I realized what a stupid idiot I've
been. Can I come over Jack? I really need to hold you!"
"Oh God Tina! God please come over. And Tina?"
"Yes, Jack?"
"Tina please drive very very carefully. I can be patient for you."
Tina took a deep breath when she realized what I was saying and said "Of
course, Jack. I will be very careful."
I hung up and sat down. I was so totally drained I didn't want to move
until Tina arrived. It seemed like forever when the doorbell finally
rang. I got up and opened the door. Tina was there! I couldn't believe
it! I guess I had just expected that something would happen and I would
never see Tina again. I cried out and grabbed her and hugged her and
couldn't let her go. I kissed her for the longest time and she finally
said "So Jack? Are you glad to see me?"
"Yes Tina, and I don't want to ever let you go."
"Well, I think I can handle that. Let me come in and let's just hold
each other for a while?"
We did just that. It was like our last night only different. We went
to bed early and mostly held each other. We made love but it started
out as a peaceful, kind of love, not a violent animal love. I just
slipped inside her and we just held each other for the longest time
looking into each other's eyes. We were together for the longest time
when I said "Tina I love you." Tina smiled. It was the smile that said
she understood me, the kind of smile that said she was incredibly happy
that I loved her, it was the smile that turned our easy, almost
motionless, love making into a wild passionate, screaming, thrusting,
hungry, you-can't-get-enough-of-it kind of love making. It was
wonderful and we blissfully fell asleep like that with my shrinking
penis still inside her.
I felt a stir and woke up to see Tina looking at my face. She kissed me
and asked "Jack? What do you think is the sexiest part of my body?"
I looked at her and smiled, loving her like I've never loved before.
Tina's eyes widened and I felt her pussy grab my cock and we were soon
back in the throws of passion. Once again I couldn't get enough of her
and she couldn't get enough of me. Once again we rumbled the walls with
our screams of each other's names.
We woke late in the morning, it was almost noon. We kissed but were
still satiated from the night before to do anything but hug and kiss.
Tina stretched her arms and legs wide and said "Hmmm, I could stay naked
with you all day long."
"Sounds good to me. Let's go get some sunshine." and I lifted her up
and carried her to the pool.
As I carried her into the pool Tina said "Hmmm, returning to the scene
of the crime?"
"I'd call it the awakening."
Tina's eyes misted and hugged me and put her hand down to grab my cock
when we heard "Ho Ho! I guess I win the bet."
We both dropped lower into the water and turned to see Joe standing at
the fence gate with a big shit-eating grin on his face.
"Joe! Don't you ever knock?" I yelled at him.
"Hey, don't blame me! I did knock and ring the doorbell but there was
no answer." Damn! I need to fix that!
"Well, as you can see we are, um, indisposed at the moment."
"Oh so that's what you call it! Don't worry about me. I'll just relax
in the chair enjoying the scenery. You guys just continue, I'll be
fine." Joe said wickedly and sat in one of the deck chairs watching us
intently.
"Joe! Hey, come on, at least give us some privacy to get out of the
pool."
"Hey, you can get out. Don't mind me. You aren't bothering me - too
much anyway." he smiled.
"Geez Joe, at least you can get us some towels."
"Ho Ho! No towels huh? Gee this is getting really interesting! I
think I will hang around for a while."
I knew then we were defeated so I told Tina that I would go get some
towels and a bathrobe for her. I was just about to climb out of the
pool when I heard "Hey Jack! Oh Hey Tina! I'm glad you're back! Hey
Joe."
I quickly dropped back into the water and Joe roared. "Hey Maria,
welcome. Pull up a chair. We were just about to have a nice little
visit with Jack and Tina here."
I groaned and Maria realized the condition we were in and she laughed
and pulled up a chair and said "Gee, thanks! I don't mind if I do."
Tina and I looked at each other. Now what do we do?
Maria said "Tina, why don't you come out. I would like to tell you all
about this week."
Joe added "Yeah, Tina, you can sit right next to me." and Maria laughed.
"Oh shit" I thought.
Finally I said "Maria, as your employer I'm asking you to go get a
couple of towels for Tina and me."
Maria looked around and roared "Gee, you guys don't even have towels out
here?" She looked at Joe and said "Joe, they don't even have towels out
here. That doesn't seem like very good planning does it?" Maria was
clearly having a good time with Joe over this.
Joe replied "I don't know Maria. It depends on what they were planning.
If, for example, they were planning to entertain us then I'd say it was
excellent planning!" Maria cracked up heartily agreeing with Joe's
assessment.
Maria added "Jack, I think you're not being a very good host. Joe is
sitting here and you haven't offered him a drink."
Joe cracked up "Yeah Jack. I think you should bring a round for all of
us."
Maria and Joe were laughing their asses off and slapping each other.
High fiving on each jab they gave us and having a grand old time at our
expense. I looked at Tina and Tina shrugged but didn't have any ideas.
I couldn't stand the humiliation any longer and decided it was time to
go and get the towels anyway.
I was walking toward the shallow end to get out of the pool past the
point of caring if Maria saw me naked since I knew she already had
anyway. Joe and Maria quieted down when they saw what I was doing. I
was about belly depth in the water and I was sure Maria was completely
focused on the still submerged part of my anatomy when I heard the Fence
Gate slam. I dropped down again and we all turned and saw Theressa
standing at the entrance to the pool.
"OH CHRIST!" I thought to myself. Maria saw her mother and immediately
jumped up and ran into my house. Momentarily at a loss for words I
finally said "Hi Theressa! How are you?"
She glared at me and said very pointedly "I want to talk to you!" and
then she added "Now, and in private!" she looked around assessing the
situation and finished with "I'll be in my backyard!". She turned and
slammed the fence gate on her way out.
"Oh shit!" A deathly still fell over the pool. Joe jumped up and said
"I'll get your towels and bathrobes." He ran into the house and came
out right away with the towels and robes. He placed them on the side of
the pool and then said "I'll wait inside with Maria." and went back into
the house.
I looked at Tina and said "What's up?"
Tina shrugged her shoulders and said "I don't know. She probably wasn't
too happy to see us naked in front of Maria. Do you want me to go with
you and explain?"
"No, I can explain what happened I guess. She did say 'alone'."
We both got out and dried off and wrapped our robes around us. I peeked
over the fence and Theressa was pacing back and forth and it was clear
she was really angry. She was clenching and shaking her fists and
talking to herself. "Oh God! This is going to take some explaining." I
thought as I went through the gate.
Theressa saw me approach and backed up a little bit but then seemed to
build some resolve and stood her ground. I meekly said "What's up?"
Theressa's eyes flared but I saw she was fighting to stay in control of
herself. She looked at me and said in a tremulous voice "Tell me what's
going on!"
"Well, Tina and I had just gotten in the pool and..."
"NOT THAT GOD DAMN IT!" and she blessed herself for having sworn. "TELL
ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MARIA!"
"Huh? Well like I said we were in the pool not expecting anyone..."
"STOP! YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN! STOP TORTURING ME! I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE!
WHY MARIA?" she started to cry.
"Um, well Maria is a nice kid and..." Theressa came at me hitting me as
if she wanted to kill me. I tried to hold her off without hurting her
and took a bunch of blows before I finally was able to grab her hands.
She kicked me a few times but she was short enough I could hold her away
from me while we struggled. I had no idea what the hell got her so mad.
"Theressa! Stop! What are you doing? Why are you so mad?" I shouted
at her.
She finally stopped struggling and collapsed to the ground bawling and
saying through her gasps "Maria was such a nice kid! Why couldn't you
leave her alone? Why did you have to pick on her? She's fat for God's
sake! Couldn't you find some skinny bitch who didn't care? Why did you
have to pick on my Maria?" she was sobbing uncontrollably.
"Theressa. I have no idea what you're talking about! What do you mean
'pick on Maria'? I haven't done anything to hurt her." I was
completely confused.
"The new clothes, she's changed, she... she's a woman now!" and she
started bawling again.
The light finally came on! Theressa was thinking I was having my way
with Maria.
"You're wrong Theressa! You don't know how wrong you are! I wouldn't
hurt Maria for anything. Maria is paying for those new clothes by
taking care of Sammy and other odd jobs."
"YEAH RIGHT. WHAT KIND OF FUCKING ODD JOBS?" Theressa screamed back.
"Um, like cleaning my pool. Taking care of the yard. Theressa, please
believe me. I've been helping Maria because she was really sad about
being made fun of at school."
Theressa looked at me. She was a mess and was still sniffing but said
"What do you mean?"
"Last week I heard Maria crying in your back yard. She told me how kids
at school were calling her a 'fat pig'. I tried to get her to calm down
but saw the clothes she was wearing was only inviting ridicule. I asked
Tina to help me find some more complimentary clothes."
I could see Theressa at least believed part of the story as she said "I
tried to tell her about her clothes. She wouldn't listen to me. Why
would she listen to you?" she asked suspiciously.
"Theressa. What 15 year old girl listens to her mother?" I immediately
regretted saying this because I saw it strike a very raw nerve.
Theressa gasped and then bent over and was sobbing heavily. I didn't
know what to say so I just put my arm around her and tried to comfort
her while she sobbed it out of her system.
She slowed and then said sobbingly "I wanted to protect her from doing
the same thing I did. I love her, don't get me wrong, but I didn't want
her to go through what I did. I was her age when..."
I really regretted my statement then and felt like a complete heel.
"Theressa I am really sorry I said what I said. I didn't know and I
didn't mean to hurt you."
Theressa looked at me still sniffing. I could see she didn't trust me
but was trying to figure everything out. She simply said "Why?"
"Why did I help Maria? Let's just say she struck an empathetic cord."
I then told Theressa the story from start to finish leaving out the
parts about the condoms. That's between Maria and her mom.
"Maria's seeing a boy? A boy wants to go out with Maria?" I could see
that she was dubious and suspicious that the boy had only one ulterior
motive.
"Theressa, I know what you're thinking but it's not like that. The boy
wants to go out with Maria because he likes her. She's changed just in
the last week. Have you seen her in her new clothes?" Theressa shook
her head no. I said "Oh Theressa you would be amazed! Maria looks so
pretty and confident now. You know what she looked like before."
Theressa cringed and nodded. "You know what kind of boy, if any, she was
going to attract looking like that."
Theressa's eyes widened as realization struck. She looked horrified and
tears welled up again. "I wanted to be a good mother. I've let her
down. I was never there for her. I could have lost her forever."
"Theressa you are a wonderful mother! Maria is a great kid. Why do you
think I wanted to help her? I wanted Maria to invite you over so I
could tell you what a wonderful job you're doing raising her."
Theressa was confused "You did? Maria never said anything about that."
"Well, I think she was afraid you might get upset and not permit her to
come over. I didn't think she had told you." I conceded.
"I don't know. I'm still confused. I don't trust men and I still don't
know why you did this."
"Look, I understand why you don't trust men, me. Talk to Tina. She
spent a lot of time helping Maria shop for clothes. Tina can tell you
what a wonderful child Maria is."
"I don't know Tina."
"Tina is my fiance." WOW! I didn't think about this until just now but
that is what I want. I had a feeling of warmth flow through me when I
thought about this. "She is a wonderful person and she loves Maria.
Please talk to her. I want you to know how wonderful Maria really is
and how excited and happy she is with her new life."
Theressa nodded and I helped her stand up. We walked over to my yard
and I saw Tina, Joe, and Maria all huddled concerned about our
conversation. I called Tina over and said "Tina, would you be willing
to talk to Theressa about Maria?"
"Sure Jack, I'd love to." she said with a concerned smile. She searched
my face for clues as to what she should say but I purposefully kept a
poker face. I didn't want Theressa to have any doubts about Tina's
comments. Tina and Theressa went back into Theressa's yard and I joined
Joe and Maria.
I saw Maria was completely pertified and was shaking. Joe was holding
her and gently rubbing her back to comfort her. I decided to leave them
as they were. But they both looked at me expectantly. I shrugged and
try to explain as vaguely as I could get away with that it was just a
misunderstanding. I didn't want Maria to know what Theressa had accused
me of. I was afraid Maria would go off the deep end and do something
destructive. Joe looked at me and he understood my reluctance to
discuss it in front of Maria so didn't press it. Maria was too scared
to press it.
We waited for a long time and finally Joe hugged Maria and said to her
"Have you had breakfast?" Maria meekly shook her head no and Joe said
"Well I make a mean flapjack. Would you like some?"
I could see Maria wasn't sure what a flapjack was but agreed to go
probably just to do something. Joe looked at me and I shook my head no.
They went inside and I went over to the fence to see what was happening.
I could see Tina and Theressa talking animatedly and decided they
probably didn't want to see me spying on them. I started pacing by the
pool.
A little while later Maria came out and handed me a drink. She looked a
lot better and she said "Joe thought you might need this." "It's a
Bloody Mary" she added as an afterthtought. I thanked her and took a
sip "Christ almighty! That's spicy and potent." I looked at Maria who
had a sly smile on her face and I said "Um, sorry Maria. Please tell
Joe that I thank him for removing all of my taste buds in a single sip."
Maria cracked up and said "I like your friend Joe. He's a good guy."
and she skipped back to the house to have flapjacks with Joe.
I sipped my drink and was surprised that it was actually quite tasty
once I got past the sweat pouring off my brow. I went to sit down in a
deck chair but had just sat down when I heard the fence gate creak. I
jumped up and there was Theressa and Tina. Tina had her arm around
Theressa's shoulder and Theressa's arm was around Tina's waist. They
came up to me and Theressa said "I owe you a great apology and an even
greater thank you for saving my baby." She put her arms around me and
hugged me. It was tentative at first, as if she wasn't practiced at
hugging, but then she hugged me hard and I could feel her gently
sobbing. I put my arm around her and said "Theressa, you are the one
who did the great job raising your wonderful daughter. I only helped
her out a bit." Theressa continued to hold me and was sobbing harder
now and I looked to Tina for guidance. She just smiled. God I loved
that smile!
Theressa settled down and I suggested we go inside. Before we got to
the door we heard roars of laughter coming from the house. When we went
in both Tina and Theressa cracked up and I saw the reason. Joe was
showing Maria how to flip the flapjack and there were several marks on
my ceiling where they had flipped a little too hard. Maria was just
flipping one and it came percariously close to the ceiling but turned
over gracefully and fell, correct side down into the pan. Joe applauded
and then congratulated Maria on her successful flip. It was only then
that they both realized we were watching. I saw Maria quickly look up
at the ceiling hoping the damage wasn't too bad. I saw Joe lean over
and whisper into Maria's ear and she had a look of surprise and said
"Really?" and Joe nodded yes. Maria smiled and said "That's nice." and
continued to make flapjacks with Joe.
We all decided to have one of my world famous gourmet backyard cookouts
that evening and I'm sure the neighbors had wished we would all stop
laughing. At one point I asked Maria what Joe had told her about the
ceiling and she smiled and said "Joe said not to worry because you would
have to be redecorating soon for the new baby. Why didn't you guys tell
me you're having a baby?" I looked at Joe and he winked at me. I
looked at Tina, she hadn't heard our conversation and she looked curious
but smiled. God I loved that smile. I turned back to Tina and said
"Well, it's still a ways off but Joe is right."
I heard Theressa roar with laughter at something Joe had said. He
seemed to pause and then he said "Theressa, you have such a sexy smile."
LHD
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