Note: This story is set between 2003 and 2004 in rural Tennessee if that sort of thing matters to you. Michelle is barely past her 21st birthday and Brian is 25.
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I paced nervously in front of the phone. My fingers restlessly fluffed my long chestnut hair and plucked and pulled my clothes to lay in a more flattering way. A short loud burst of laughter escaped my lips when I realized I was preening as if this were a real date instead of an arranged date for phone sex.
I'd been chatting with Brian online for weeks and he'd been begging to call since night one. I'd never so much as chatted about sex before him and here I was letting him call me to listen to each other masturbate. Jesus I didn't think I could go through with it but I wanted to, badly.
I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. It was stupid to deny myself the things I wanted because of cowardice I reminded myself. My hand pressed to my stomach as if that could still the butterflies there. The ring of the phone startled me so my hand first leap away then flew back to press harder. I nervously burst into laughter again.
The next ring I was calmer and slowly I picked up the cordless and stared at it as it rang again. I stood straighter and hit the talk button.
"Hello," I said a bit to loud and winced at my own awkwardness.
"Hey. Michelle?" His voice was deep and husky with a soft southern accent that was mellow instead of the nasal twang of Tennessee I was used to.
"Hey," I said more softly almost dreamily before all but snapping out, "yeah, um its me." I swallowed more nervous laughter and bit my lip so prevent any further word vomit.
"It's wonderful to finally hear your voice. I'm really glad you let me call you."
"It's nice to hear yours too. I love your accent." I could feel a warm melting in my stomach soft and slow under the flutter of butterflies.
"Mine?" he laughed and I felt a tug in my chest at the raspy chuckle. "Yours is better. Very sexy."
"Oh thank you. I'm glad you like it cause I don't. I sound like a total hillbilly." I was glad of the hundreds of miles between us as I felt my cheeks flush scarlet. Fucking virgin face I seethed. I hated how easily I blushed. I was not a virgin but my face never seemed to register my level of experience in the face of a compliment.
"I like it. I even like how you say hillbilly. So..." His voice trailed off suggestively. "I'd love to hear that sexy accent tell me about were you are right now and what you're wearing."
"Ok well I'm standing in my living room. I'm just wearing jeans and a button down shirt," I was speaking to fast trying to keep my breathlessness to myself.
"Just that huh? So what kind of furniture do you have? Is you living room big or small?" His voice was slow and even.
"Oh, well I have an okay sized living room with large overstuffed furniture. It's like blue denim fabric. It's deep furniture, you know." I turned in a circle searching for something better to say. "I got side tables and a TV stand, same old stuff everyone has. What about you? Where are you?"
"I'm laying down in my bed. The walls are blue and my bedspread is another shade of blue and I'm wearing blue jeans and boxer briefs that aren't blue." I laughed. "There it is, I knew your laugh would be amazing. Now how about you lay down with me on your blue couch."
"Alright," I lay down propped up in one corner. "So what color are they?" I blurted.
He chuckled softly. "Grey. If I could've guessed we'd be matching I'd have worn my blue boxers. Wait a minute, what color is your shirt? And did you call it a button down?"
"Yeah I start at the top. Don't you? And it's like a green plaid so if anyone ruined the blue thing I guess I did."
"Okay fair enough I see what you're saying there. I do button from the top as well. You could always take it off." His voice turned teasing, "do you unbutton shirts from the top or bottom?"
I bit my lip from blurting out anything I'd regret. "I unbutton from the top same as I put it on. How important is matching anyway?" I tried for a teasing tone myself. I was enjoying his voice but unable to convince myself that taking off my shirt or lying about it would be as enjoyable.
"It's not at all," he said soft and serious. "I can tell you're nervous but you don't have to be. We don't have to talk about anything you don't want to talk about. Just please talk to me with that sexy voice."
My face was aflame with a blush and my grin felt foolish. "I can do that but only as long as you talk half the time cause I like your voice too. I can feel it, it's lovely."
There was a pause before he asked, "How does my voice feel?"
"Warm in my chest like the warmth spreads after a swallow of whiskey. You think I'm nuts now right?"
"No, I think that's the oddest sweet thing I've ever heard. I like it."
"Anyways," I said.
"Anyways what?"
Anyways I'm really hoping my saying anyways will change the conversation or you'll just start talking about something else," I laughed.
"Okay we can do that right after we slip back to something you said before because if I don't ask I'll never forgive myself." He cleared his throat. "Are you wearing underwear? Cause I have been distracted since you said it wondering how serious you were about just jeans and a shirt."
"I am," I giggled a little. "They're blue lace, string bikini briefs." I smiled secretly to myself pleased I'd managed this bit of boldness. "They're my lucky underwear."
"They are not blue!"