"Hey." I was eating lunch around the corner from my office. Unlikely anybody I worked with would be here in spite of its location. The food was too "ethnic" for most of my associates.
"Hi." She dragged it out with a small purr. I could imagine her standing nude in the middle of her apartment, between painting and vacuuming. My cock twitched.
"This an okay time to talk?"
A moment's hesitation. "Yeah. Sure! Everything okay?" Concern. Was I backing out?
"Everything's fucking fantastic. I'm imagining you standing naked in the middle of your apartment, the vacuum just next to you..."
She interrupted me by laughing. "Nice," she giggled. "But not close. I'm at the grocery store," and then in a whisper, "and perfectly dressed..."
"Too bad. I'll keep my image for now. But your reality definitely would be easier on my cock."
Another giggle and a shhhshh.
"Anyway, I've looked at my calendar. Tomorrow late afternoon I can make it, if that works for you."
A pause. "Hold on...I've got an appointment until 4. Any time after 4:15, 4:30. I'll be home."
"Perfect. I'll see you at 5."
"Yummm. I'll be ready ..You know, I've already got three good candidates from just the past couple of sessions. I've decided to do a symmetrical mirroring thing..."
She said a bunch more, but though I had an appreciation for art, I'd never had a lot of theory. She sounded like a critic, rattling off names and notions. I started laughing.
"You know," I interrupted her. "All of that sounded like English to me, but I couldn't tell you a single sentence you just said."
She stopped and laughed.
"All I know is you seem to have a strong direction in mind, and
that
is the important thing. " I paused. "I've been noodling on how I might help."
She inhaled. "Help?" She breathed. "You've been amazing. I couldn't have asked for anything more. You're my muse!"
"About that," I interrupted. "Let's talk about 'anything.'"
She stopped, even her breathing was inaudible.
"Fuck." She whispered, her public persona embarrassed again. I liked the dichotomy. She whispered, hesitating, "What do you mean? Shit." She was quietly hissing into the phone. "I can't talk about that here."
My cock twitched again. I had been thinking about all the ways in which she would make good on her promise. "Ahh...yeah. No. It's fuck-toy column, time. As I recall, that isn't your department. I have some ideas I'd like you to photograph."
She breathed heavily.
"I think it's time to start putting some deposits in that column tomorrow night, don't you?"
More breathing. "Maybe," she whispered.
"Hmmm...you said you can't separate your art from business, right?"
Nothing.
"You want to start doing 'anything,' tomorrow night. Is that what I'm hearing?" I was getting interested in pushing this particular envelope. It was
her
art. She was the director, producer and talent. Except for me and my particular contributions. I had been musing the whole weekend and an idea had begun to emerge like one of her charcoal images; just a hint here or there, but I was getting a sense of something. Something I needed to make happen.
Anything.
"Maybe," she said quietly.
"I think I'm getting it. I think you are ready to do anything to make your show a success...Right?"
"Yes," quietly like she had her hand over the phone. I could see her in the grocery store, terrified someone could hear her conversation even though it was completely innocent from her side. I smiled, a little wickedly.
Anything.
"So, here's what I'm thinking would be cool to do tomorrow when I get there at 5PM." I spoke quietly and slowly, painting my fantasy of what I wanted to happen. It wasn't terribly original, but I was pretty hard by the time I had finished offering her the details. "Where are you standing right now?"
"What?" The transition had caught her off guard. "Produce. I've been standing in the produce section listening to this. Everyone must think I'm insane!" Again a whisper.
"Can anyone hear me? Am I on speaker phone?" I laughed, taking a bite from my lunch.
"No. Idiot. Of course not!" She was annoyed at herself as much as at my laughing at her.
"Tell me exactly what you're going to do for tomorrow night."
"Shit." She barely said it. "No, Chris. I can't. Not here. I'll call you when I get back to my place." A little bit of a whine. "Please."
"Anything?"
"Fuck. Fuck. Fuck." She cursed exhaling softly. Over the next several minutes she repeated my instructions, redoing them when I corrected her. I imagined her standing in front of the carrots or cucumbers as if she was talking to them.
"Is this making you very very wet? Is there a distinct aroma of lavender near you?" I took a sip of water, feeling my hard on pressing uncomfortably against my slacks. Blue balls for me tonight if I didn't take care of it back at the office.
"Yes, goddamn it."
"Tell me exactly."
"Fuck you. Fuck you Chris." Venomous but only a whisper. "I'm soaking wet. My panties are soaking wet from leaking thinking about what you're asking me to do tomorrow night. There. Is that 'anything?'"
I smiled." Almost."
"I've got to get out of here, Chris. What?" I could see her looking around as if on a stage.
A thought had struck me as I imagined where she was standing. "Are the cucumbers nearby?"
A pause and an exhale. "Yes." A single word, but already I could tell she was connecting the dots.
"Go find the largest diameter and longest cucumber you can. Tell me when you have it in your hands."
Cursing and breathing as she moved to a different case. She set the phone into her cart and a few moments later picked it up. "Okay. I've got it. I know where you're heading with this, Chris. Just let me go home. Please."
"Tell me
exactly
what we're going to do with that tomorrow night." I sat back, finished with my meal, signaling the server.
Between cursing and calling me nasty names, she described a delicious scene involving her and the cucumber. Delicious, but different from my fantasy.
"That was nice," I commended her, laughing. "Not what's going to happen, by the way, at least tomorrow night. But I definitely want to see you do that another time. Promise?"
"I'm hanging up, Chris. You've had your fun. I think I've proven I'm open to 'anything.' I'll see you tomorrow." And she hung up.
Getting out of the restaurant was a challenge. I had deflated by the time I walked back to my building, but I knew I'd be in bad shape if I didn't take care of myself. I stopped in the lobby bathroom and jacked off before going upstairs. No way I was going to sit half the day imagining the scene she described with the cucumber, or the ones she was going to do, without getting some relief. No longer aroused, I was able to finish the day without thinking about Tuesday night more than a few times every five minutes.
* - * - * - *
At 2pm the next day I called her.
"Hey."
"Hi!" Bright, clear, excited. She must be at her studio.
"You home?"
"Yep. What's up?"
"About tonight."
A pause. Was I cancelling. Had she fucked up by hanging up? "What?" Neutral but cautious.
"When I get there. I want you sitting, facing the elevator, your legs spread open. Naked of course. And I want to walk in seeing you fucking yourself with that cucumber. Leave your door open from the moment you arrive home. Got it?"
"Fuck Chris!" No whispering now. In the safety of her home her private persona was out in force. "And you're the one worried about the neighborhood! Anyone could press my floor and see me! No. No fucking way."
She sounded pretty firm. I realized we needed a different dynamic. My insistence and her denial would only go so far. "You sound pretty convincing. The problem is, you said 'anything,' remember? So how do we know what that really means? I told you to be careful."
"Chris. Be serious. I'm happy to spread open, buck naked facing the elevator shoving that monster up my cunt for your arrival, but I won't leave the door open the moment I arrive home. When you ring up, I'll open it and be in any position you ask." Her tone was definite. Even as she promised the most graphic details, she didn't waver.
"Okay. Fair enough. For now. But we're going to need to figure out what 'anything' really means. You have a safeword?"
Quiet. "Yes."
Interesting. "And?"
"Flare-dodge."