The Artist and the Model

Dan had arranged for a few essentials to be delivered to the apartment before they moved in -- a bed and bedclothes, a dresser, a table and a few chairs, a kettle and microwave, pots and pans, china and cutlery. On the morning after their first love-making, Dan came to Renny's apartment. She had a bag packed and ready, and they went the fifteen-minute walk to their new home. They walked hand in hand into the building and up the stairs, and Dan opened the door.

"Well, here it is," he said, "our new home. I hope it's all right for you."

"Anywhere with you is all right," said Renny. "Where's the bedroom? Let's make love now. I love it and I love you."

They went into the bedroom and took off their clothes, then got under the bedclothes side by side, facing each other. They kissed, and Dan ran his hands over her back, and down her sides to her bottom, which he squeezed gently. Renny followed his lead and did the same. Their tongues played in each other's mouths. Dan bent to kiss and suck her nipples, and she sighed in pleasure.

"Oh, Dan, that feels wonderful," she said. "It makes me feel I want, I want.. something. Oh, do that again," as he took her ear into his mouth. "It makes me tingle all the way down. Look, I'm getting wet between my legs. That's to lubricate your penis as it goes into me, according to the book I read."

She reached down and took his penis in her hand, and squeezed gently. "It's so big and hard, but it went in so well last night. Do it now."

"Not yet," said Dan. "I want to enjoy your body some more."

He started to cover her body with kisses, starting at her right shoulder, then kissing across to her left, then down a little, and back across her body. On the third pass he sucked on her nipples and bit gently on them. "Ooooh," she said as he did it. He continued down, and then parted her legs and licked along her pussy. Renny had seen this on a porn site so was not surprised; what surprised her was how good it felt. He continued to lick, suck on her clitoris, and thrust his tongue into her as far as it would go.

"Don't stop, Dan, don't stop," she said, "Oh, Dan, that feels so good. Don't stop. I'll do anything for you. Anything. You can come in my mouth, in my pussy, in my ass, on my face, just don't stop, don't stop, don't stop!" as her orgasm crashed over her and she shouted, "Yes!"

Dan let her get her breath back, and then kissed her deeply. He put on a condom, rubbed his penis up and down her pussy a few times, and then started to push into her. She was wet and relaxed, but still very tight, and she loved the feeling of him filling her. She was so much smaller than him that her face was in his chest, but he raised himself up on his elbows so she could breathe, and bent his back so he could look down on her.

"Oh, Renny, I love you so," he said.

"I love you too, Dan," she replied, moving her bottom back and forth to get some friction. "Oh Dan, ride me to heaven," she said, something she had read in one of Deepa's hot romance books.

Dan started to stroke in and out of her pussy, keeping up a steady rhythm until they both came almost simultaneously.

"That was lovely, Dan," Renny said. "Let's get something to eat, and then do it again. I've seen all kinds of things in porn videos. I want to try them all with you."

They went to a nearby café for brunch, and afterwards shopped for food and other things they needed, then went back to the apartment and made love again.

Then began the happiest time of their lives. They were young, and healthy, and in love, and were living in the most vibrant city in the world. Best of all, they had each other. Renny had no previous experience of sex, and Dan very little. But they found that they liked it more and more as they learned about it together.

Renny would come home first from her job in the cafeteria, and cook fiery hot South Indian dishes. Dan gradually got used to these, and he found that they had a certain aphrodisiac quality. Or perhaps it was Renny who kept him stimulated. Sex to her was like a wonderful new toy that she wanted to play with all the time, and Dan was delighted to oblige. She would go around the apartment naked in the hot New York summer, and the sight gave Dan an erection as soon as he came in the door. If the dinner could be left for a while in the oven, they would go to bed; otherwise he would take her standing up, or bent over a low stool. After dinner, they would go to bed, and try the things that Renny had seen in porn videos.

They found that reverse cowgirl wasn't much good for either of them with little skin-to-skin contact, and no eye contact at all. "It's just for porn, I guess," said Dan. "You get to see all of the woman while she is fucking. But it's not for us." Doggy-style they liked, but best of all was cowgirl, because Renny was so much smaller than Dan, and he tended to crush her in the missionary position. She could set her own pace, while Dan reached up to caress her breasts and tweak her nipples, and she could bend down to kiss him when she liked. Anal sex was painful for her, and unpleasant for Dan, so they only tried it once. Oral sex was a joy for both, whether giving or receiving.

If she had her period, she would suck his penis while bringing herself off with her hand. She said that an orgasm helped relieve her cramps; and Dan was only too willing to help her with his fingers, or a vibrator. He would have gone down on her during her period if she had asked, but she never did. He would do anything for her; he loved her so much it hurt.

Afterwards, they would cuddle each other and talk about everything under the sun, until they fell into the most profound and rewarding sleep. Their window faced East, and often when the early morning sun woke them, they would do it again.

They did lots of other things, of course. Weekends were spent exploring New York, and whatever was free was sure to get their custom. They went to a tattoo shop and had each other's names in their native tongues tattooed around their wrists.

After six months of this idyll Renny missed her period. She said nothing, but when she missed the next one she got a pregnancy text from the drugstore: it was positive. She told Dan, and he was ecstatic.

"That's wonderful, Renny! I'm going to be a father! Let's get married!" He immediately called his aunt in Queens and told her the news. She was somewhat taken aback, as Dan had not told her he was living with Renny. His cousin Kevin knew, but had not told his parents. They went for lunch the next Sunday. Dan's uncle did a double take when he saw Renny's colour, but recovered quickly and welcomed her in. At lunch, Dan found the corned beef and cabbage very bland compared to Renny's cooking, though he used to love it. Renny felt the same, but did not mention it, in fact she praised the food. She got on very well with the older couple. They were rather old-fashioned in their ideas about women, and Renny, who had been brought up in a culture of female deference, had what they thought was the right attitude. When Dan and Renny left, it was with his aunt and uncle's blessing on their union

Dan had no other relatives closer than second cousins in Ireland, and Renny had broken with her family, so they had a very small wedding; just the two of them, his aunt and uncle, two of their three children --Dan's cousins Kevin and Charlie--and a few friends. Kevin was Dan's best man, and Deepa was Renny's bridesmaid. Dan's eldest cousin, Patricia, who had taken his virginity, and had sex with him clandestinely on her visits back home, was married in Seattle and very close to the birth of her first child, so she did not come. Dan was glad of that because he was afraid that she might tell Renny about their relationship, and Renny might be jealous. Renny sent photos of the wedding to her family in Trivandrum, but received no reply.

The baby was born, and they decided to call her Anita, because it was a name well-known in both Ireland and India. Dan was ecstatic, and could not do enough for her, and for Renny.

About six months after Anita was born, Renny started to feel very tired all the time. Soon she could not work and was fired from her job in the canteen. Dan's employee medical insurance paid for some tests, which showed she had leukemia. She had a course of chemotherapy, which seemed to be successful. Shortly after, Dan's advertising agency went under, and Dan was unemployed. Renny's leukemia relapsed, and there followed a nightmare time for them, with Renny dying and very little money coming in. They began to fall behind on rent and bills, and were threatened with disconnection and eviction when Renny died. Dan managed to borrow the price of a very simple funeral, and a month later, went to California, where Kevin was working in a high-tech company and offered them a home until Dan got on his feet again.