Sally and I met in a lab course with a bad reputation that was a pre-requisite in both of our majors. After discovering we could do the work and get A's on the midterms, we had a couple of more relaxed study dates. After walking her back to her dorm, I got a warm thank you kiss but nothing more.
I asked myself if I was chasing a forlorn hope. Maybe she didn't see in me what I saw in her.
Something had to change. I'm not a horn dog, and I'm not into platonic relationships either. But schoolwork and crew practice didn't give me a lot of time for obsessing on my love life.
The next Friday afternoon, as I was leaving the gym, a text from her arrived. "Can you meet me at Mirka's for a drink in an hour?"
I thought to myself it might be an opportunity to nip this relationship in the bud. "See you there," I sent back.
I was halfway thru a nonalcoholic beer when she walked in, fifteen minutes late. Perfect, I thought, we are history.
"Hi, sorry I'm late. Can I get you another one of those?"
"Depends on what you asked me here to talk about." I didn't smile.
"Ok," she said, "I'll be right back."
She returned with two large cocktail glasses, alarmingly full of pink fluid.
"I think you need some liquid therapy to prepare yourself for my extreme idea." She smiled a lot.
She held a glass up and I grudgingly matched mine with hers. "This better be good," I grunted, "Coach would kill me if he saw me drinking."
She sat down in the booth and slid over with her hip hard up against me. "Don't be such a grouch. It's not every day a girl buys you a double margarita to break training with." She took a very large gulp of the cocktail.
She was right. Mind your manners, I said to myself. I stretched my arm around her shoulders and bent down to kiss her cheek. Before I got there, she turned and met me halfway with her lips. Still nice soft warm lips, but this time there was a tongue finding its way into my mouth, and an arm around my neck holding me in.
After what seemed like a very long time, she pulled back. "Better? Am I forgiven?"
I stared at her, thinking of a good response.
"Let me put it this way. If we were a couple, and we'd just had a fight, I don't think I could stay mad after that."
She laughed and said, "Good, because our being a couple is on my list."
Trying to keep up, I took a good slug from my drink and asked, "Is this something really complicated? Something only a very beautiful, sexy, athletic, smart woman like you could cook up?"
She looked up at me, eyes wet, and said, "Another kiss, please?"
I could get used to this real quick. Now she had her arms around me and was melting her ample chest into mine. All of a sudden, we were definitely not history.
She whispered into my ear, "It is complicated, but I need more kisses and maybe we need a little more privacy?"
"Sure. We could go to my apartment. I promise I won't attack you, but there aren't any margarita makings."
"That's a better offer than having to deal with my roommates. Drink up and let's go."
My apartment was actually the third floor of a faculty couple's home, and the protocol of the situation required us to stick our faces into the living room and say hello. Professor Smithers' wife Emily is the nicest person around and made Sally feel welcome. "You go right upstairs with Brian, dear. If he gives you any trouble, I'll come up with my gardening trowel and take care of him."
Her husband and I laughed and Sally answered, "Good, we'll both subdue him!"
We got to the third floor and Sally wandered from room to room while I checked the booze supply.
"My god, Brian, this is a palace. I know a dozen women who would move in with you tomorrow just to share this apartment."
Wondering what else they would share with me, I grabbed her hand and walked into my small bedroom, in which a beautiful brass bed took center stage. "Go over and flop down on the bed."
She looked at me, but did as I asked. As her body landed, there was a symphony of squeaks and rattles. I sat down next to her. More squeaks and rattles. Her face dissolved in laughter.
I said, "This bed is for sleeping, not screwing."
Still laughing, she said, "So when, I mean, when someone is here, what do you do?"
I picked her up and walked back into the living room and dumped her into the down cushions of the sofa my mom had gotten me when she discovered the music of the brass bed. No sound at all.
She lay there, looking very provocative. I said, "There's beer and wine."
"Any open red?" she responded.
As I was fixing the drinks, she asked, "I didn't get to shower after practice. Do you let strange women into your bathroom?"
"Sure, there's even a clean towel on the shelf. I have some homemade soup Emily gave me, and some French bread. Would you like a bite to eat?"
By the time she finished, I had the soup warmed and the bread toasted. My mother's crimson silk robe looked very fetching on her.
"Which of your mistresses does this belong to?" she asked, eyes sparkling.
"You probably won't believe this, but in return for my mother buying furniture, she has sleep over privileges and leaves some clothes here."
Sally asked, "What does your mom do?"
"She's a research biologist with the Koenig Institute, and visits the department here about once a month."
We sat on the sofa with food and wine in front of us. I'm not used to breaking bread with beautiful women, freshly showered and smelling like heaven, with nothing on under a thin silk robe.
I said to her, "You know, I think there is a Clark Gable line that goes, 'You clean up beautifully, my dear.'"
She smiled, "Flattery will get you everywhere, Sir Galahad."
The food was good and we were both hungry, if still a little buzzed from the tequila. After a few minutes, I looked at her. She glanced up and said, in a low voice, "I suppose you want to know what this is all about."
"We could pretend it's a study date." I took her hand and kissed the fingers.
She gulped down the last of her wine and climbed into my lap, ignoring the fact that a lot of bare flesh was pressing into me in various places.
First I got one of her fabulous kisses. Then I got an "Oh shit, I've really screwed this up." She hunched down into me and cried.
I pulled the wool blanket from the foot of the sofa up around her. Gradually, the sobs stopped.
About the time I expected her to take up the conversation again, I realized she was asleep. This was not all bad. In fact, I'd never had a beautiful naked woman stretched out on top of me before. I was just about asleep myself in the sweet warmth of Sally and the blanket when she gave a jerk and popped her head up to find me gazing into her eyes.
A small voice said, "How come you're so nice to a dope like me?"
"If this is a date, it's pretty weird. Are you going to sleep over?"
"I already am."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously. I'm checked out of the dorm for the weekend, too." She giggled and ducked her head down under the blanket. Her tongue went to work on me. I had no idea what she was up to, but the foreplay was hot. Now it was my turn to fade. I reached up and turned out the light.
I snuggled in the down cushions and relaxed. She pulled her mouth off me, turned around and asked, "No blowjob?"
I smiled and pulled her in for the tenderest kiss I could manage. "Will you still be here in the morning?" I asked.
Wheels were turning in that head, but she relaxed and sleep took us.
I smelled coffee, but there was a warm body against me. I opened my eyes to see Emily coming into the room with a tray. She smiled and said, "The two of you look so nice on your mom's sofa. Did you sleep well?"
Sarah sat up and took the tray, not showing any worry about her gorgeous breasts exposed in the morning sun.
"Emily, you are an angel for thinking of us. And your apartment has the nicest shower. After I was all clean, it seemed like the only thing to do was snuggle with this warm body here." She punched my arm and kissed me lightly on the lips.