As Jane purred on the floor of Harry’s shower, many blocks uptown from Harry’s apartment Jim was sitting on Jane’s bed waiting for Connie to finish her shower. He liked Connie. He loved looking at her. She seemed to feel the opposite about him. It puzzled him and worried him. Besides lusting after her, he also knew he needed to be around Jane a lot over the next two months. Being unwanted by Jane’s roommate wouldn’t make for an environment of peace and comfort needed to be established for Jane to unwind and get fixed up.
He knew there was nothing he could do about it. Nothing was hidden from Connie. He looked into her intelligent and beautiful brown eyes, and he knew those eyes could look inside him and see him for who he truly was. From the first moment her eyes caught his, he knew he was naked before her. At least his soul. He would have loved to be actually naked beside her naked body.
When they both waved at Jane and Harry arriving in their canoe from their romantic paddling a few hours before, Jim realized the woman of his dreams was Connie, Jane’s roommate. He was pleased. He had noticed her while waiting for Jane and Harry to end their canoeing. Once he had sent the two new lovers off, he had searched for picnic supplies. It had taken him nearly an hour to get everything together and return, and was happy to see they were still canoeing. He sat on a bench and waited another half hour, the blanket and the bags of food surrounding him. He occupied himself people watching. The most pleasant subject turned out to be Connie.
Once he spotted her he couldn’t look away. He didn’t want to be rude, but she was so attractive. She had a cute body, no more than a couple inches over five feet. It was perfectly proportioned. Her pants were tight enough to reveal the curve of her thighs and the gentle taper of her legs. Her ass was round and firm, and he closed his eyes and imagined biting one of those firm cheeks. Her shirt was tailored to her torso so that he could see the roundness of her breasts which bounced high and proportionally large over her slightly plump and sexy tummy. And the way the waist curved from chest to hips was pure poetry.
But even with those astounding assets it was her face that blew him away. In many ways her body had reminded him, to the point of making him tingle and his cock to rise a bit, of Kathleen, the young woman who had taken away his virginity in high school. But while Kathleen was an incredibly cute blonde, Connie was raven black and her soft wavy hair framed an awesomely beautiful face. From her high smooth forehead to her deep brown eyes perfectly spaced and sized, to her slightly bobbed small nose, to her high cheekbones that dropped down to narrow cheeks, to her small bee-stung mouth, to her soft yet pronounced chin, everything about her face was proportioned to project beauty. He couldn’t help marveling at her, and when she noticed his stare, she stared back. It was a challenge, not a seduction. “Fuck off,” her face seemed to be saying. Finally realizing how rude he was being, he looked away.
She hadn’t walked away. Once she was there she remained within eyesight. He couldn’t help stealing glances, etching her face and body into his mind for some nasty future purpose. Inevitably, she would catch him.
Perhaps that’s why when they realized who they were and why they were where they were, Jim seemed the only happy one.
“Could you help me with the bag or the blanket,” he said shyly with a smile. She on the other hand gave him a testy grimace. After a moment, she resigned herself to helping, taking the blanket and draping it over her lovely shoulder, the ends nearly touching the ground. She appreciated it when the tall Harry took over the transport of the blanket. She didn’t appreciate it when Harry and Jane walked off swiftly. She was alone with Jim, walking beside him, seemingly stuck beside him. She actually didn’t know he was named Jim until…
“Hi, I’m Jim. You must be Connie,” he said. He felt nervous as a schoolboy trying to talk to some idolized rock star. The nerd façade had taken over.
“Guilty as charged,” she said. Despite the terseness of her comment, he liked the mellifluous sound of her voice. A Southern accent but not deep south. Middle south perhaps.
“Kentucky,” she said reading his mind. They had reached the blanket and sat opposite from Harry and Jane.
“I’m from Minnesota,” he said. He proceeded to pull the food and liquid from the bag.
“Yeah, I figured. Same as Jane. Same kind of accent. You related?” she said as everyone took plates, utensils and cups and began eating. They were all hungry.
“No. We’re… she’s…Jane was my girlfriend.”
“Ex-boyfriend,” she said and mulled it over as she chewed and drank and watched the two new lovers, Jane and Harry as they subtly moved towards each other. The sexual excitement of a new relationship was obvious. "Pretty weird.”
“Yeah,” he said with a laugh. “You could say that.” He and Connie continued watching the lovers as they closed in on each other.
“I’m heading over to Harry’s to listen to his music. Why don’t you spend some time with Connie,” said Jane to Jim, and to Connie, “if that’s okay?” Jim was more than glad to agree, but wasn’t sure how Connie would react. It was a relief when she nodded along with him.
“Weird,” said Connie, shaking her head. “How long were you…together.”
“A couple years, I guess. I haven’t seen her for a couple years. It was in high school.”
“Puppy love.”
“I wouldn’t say that. We were pretty mature for highschoolers. It was an intense relationship. Might have lasted if we hadn’t needed to pursue different paths in two very different parts of the country. We were very much in love.”
Connie shook her head. “Weirder and weirder,” she said in wonder as they watched the couple touch. “Don’t you want to grab her away from him?”
“Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy,” said Jim.
“Is that a crack against Jane?” she said defensively. “She’s not perfect, but she’s…pretty great.”
“No. I mean yes. She is great. I was serious. I wanted Harry and Jane to meet.”
“Shit,” Connie said. They watched Harry begin massaging Jane’s shoulders.
“That’s a good start,” Jim said to himself, but so Connie could hear. He looked over at her beautiful face for only the third time since they had introduced each other. He didn’t want to piss her off more than he already had. She was looking at him. He was happy to see curiosity in her expression. “It’s all about massage,” he explained. “I’m here to give her massages and to hopefully train Harry to continue when I leave. He seems to enjoy massaging her, and she seems to enjoy him doing it.”
“This is nuts. The more you tell me the weirder it gets.”