Elizabeth's Vacation Ch. 01: What Men Want, And What They Need
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This is a continuation on the previous series, Elizabeth Defrosted. It traces the vacation period between the end of Elizabeth's first year at College, when she became a disciple or chela to Sunitra, a tantra adept, and learnt about her own body and various sexual techniques.
Elizabeth spends the vacations as caretaker yoga teacher while Sunitra is away in the mountains, but is instructed to keep in touch with her two male instructors, Dr Bill Ogden, and John Willis, a retired engineer, both of them also tantra adepts to learn more about male sexuality.
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John answered her call on the second ring. His voice was a calm anchor in the uncertainty that she had been feeling, and she greeted him eagerly.
"Hi, John, I'm glad to hear your voice, I had been hoping you would call. How are you?"
His reply was calm, perhaps a little cool. "I'm fine, Elizabeth, and I hope you are too. How is the yoga going?"
"Oh, very well, I really enjoy it, also teaching it makes me feel great, but I realise how little I know. When can I come to see you?"
He took a few seconds to answer. "What do you want to see me about?"
She was a little confused. "Well, Sunitra said... I mean, I was supposed to keep in touch with you and... You would teach me?"
There was a touch of humour in his voice. "I'm aware of what Sunitra told you. You are welcome to continue your contact with me, I am here. What do you want from me?"
She wondered what to say. In the past she had great sex with him, and in a sense felt dependent on him. But he seemed to have a different idea of their relationship.
"Can I come and talk with you? Please?"
His voice was slightly amused. "Of course. You have a morning class tomorrow, right? Let's meet for sundowners at the bistro on the lake. Does that work for you?"
The bistro was a popular meeting place, also among students. A prime attraction was the number of quite discreet tables among the hedges. John had met her at the entrance, kissed her hand and admired her glowing countenance and the light dress she was wearing, and then steered her to a table commanding a view of several other tables.
Their orders came, and he looked at her. "You look lovely, my dear. I am honoured to have such a beauty at y table. Now, what did you want to hear from me?"
She stumbled over her words, unsure with him, and he watched her for a while, then put a hand on hers. "I am teasing you a little, Elizabeth. I know you want to ask if we are going to continue having sex. You want me to take the place of your teacher, your master, not so?"
She nodded, blushing, and he continued. "I am not your teacher, merely someone she asked to help instruct you. I am not your master, understand? That is why I did not call you. I understood that you seem to have realised that you had been too passive in your relationships, and I agree with that. So I am not going to tell you what to do and how to behave, I will respond to your requests. If you want us to have sex, and you can explain to me what you want out of that event, I will do my best to respond. Does that answer your unasked questions?"
She looked down, bit her lip, and answered: "Yes, I think so. I'm... Maybe... Well, yes, I did tell Sunitra I was at fault for allowing the men at that swinger party to use me, because I just allowed them, I did not take the lead. So now I see what you mean. You want me to be more independent?"
He smiled. "My dear, it is not what I want, it is what you want. I look forward to responding to all your requests, when you want to. I am a little tied up with commitments, and I may well ask you to assist me with some work-related issues, but more about that later. Now, what are your views about independence?"
She bit her lip again. "Afraid? Unsure? I must admit I have become dependent on Sunitra's guidance. I'm not sure if I will be doing the right things. Maybe I will make mistakes..."
He smiled reassuringly. "That is why I am here, my dear. You have but to ask for advice, but guidance, instructions? No, not from me. As for mistakes, we all make them, that is how we learn."
She took a deep breath. "Okay, you are right. I am a big girl now. What I hope you can tell me is, what do men want? You remember that little shit who practically raped me when I offered my virginity to him? All he wanted was to put his thing in me, ejaculate, and walk away, probably telling the world I was a slut or something. Is that really..."
He laughed, attracting the attention of the waiter. "You are almost poetic in your anger, Elizabeth, and may I add that you are beautiful when you are angry like that. Perhaps I should provoke you more often. Look, let us start at the beginning of our evolution. Male and female copulate to procreate, right? Did you know Adam and Eve were mathematicians? The angel told them to go forth and multiply..."
Her laughter pealed over the lawns. He grinned and whispered: "When I talk to young men about how to get somewhere with girls I tell them to get the girls laughing, then the panties come off far quicker."
She wiped her eyes and said: "You are incorrigible. Do you really teach young men how to seduce girls?"
"You will not believe what I hear. The other day one young man told me the way to get somewhere with a girl is, after a disco or a party, to approach her in the street and ask: "You want to fuck?" But back to your question: There is research to back this up. Most men go to prostitutes to get someone to listen to them. They want to be validated, have someone to talk to, to make them feel big and important. The sad part is that they have to pay someone to pretend they are listening, are impressed with the manliness of the client, and so on. Which probably leads us to the Madonna/whore complex. Men want to believe a woman is pure, untouchable, perfect, and they will continue to try to make love to her. When they succeed, because they see the flaws inside themselves, they will accuse her of being a slut and worse. We are weird, us men, aren't we?"
She shook her head. "I don't understand. So what are we supposed to do? Swear off men altogether?"
He laughed. "Yes, and let the human race go extinct. No, my dear. Have you heard the expression: 'a woman can make a man from a boy, and a boy from a man?' You have to teach them, train them, and one day when you have sons, teach them too."