They walked out of the movie theater, an art-house type place in his neighborhood, onto the chilled night time streets of the city. The air was crisp and still, with no real wind, and the effect was of near silence. It was unusual for any city to be so quiet, much less this city. There were no car alarms, sirens, barking dogs, or car horns. It was weird, and Turner said so.
Jessica agreed.
"Let's walk around for a while," he suggested. "It's too strange to pass up, you know?"
"Sure," she said. "Sure."
They were going to back to his apartment and fuck, he knew. She would completely go for it.
Dark haired, pale, and cute, Jessica was a genuine sweetheart. He didn't love her or anything, but she was good company and easy to get along with. She also liked to hop into bed, or for that matter hop wherever. He liked her. A little on the skinny side, with small, pointed breasts and narrow hips, she wasn't a womanly figure. More like a girl. But she was fun, both to be around and to fuck. He was looking forward to heading back for a romp and roll, but right now, he knew it was a sure thing, so it didn't really matter if they walked around for a while.
Turner looked at her for a second, glancing at the light blue coat she claimed was her favorite, an old ratty thing she'd gotten from her grandmother's stuff when the lady died. It made Jessica look almost elderly, and she had a strange thing about wearing head wraps and covers that made her look like the Ukrainian ladies in the old neighborhood. Tonight she was wearing a pure white kerchief on her head, and it made her look like an old-time nurse or something. He shook his head and smiled, baffled by her habits, but it didn't matter.
She reached out for his hand, and held it for a second, but it seemed awkward, so she disengaged and swung her arms, ambling, and turned around a few times to walk backward in front of him. She was smiling.
"How'd you like the movie?" he asked.
She shrugged. "It was okay."
It had been an import, Spanish, and loaded with nudity and sex. It wasn't the kind of movie you took a first date to, but for Jessica it was fine. He laughed. "Yeah, it was just okay."
She twirled in front of him, then grabbed his sleeve and yanked him along. "Come on," she said.
Half stumbling on the sidewalk, they moved along in a sprawling, knockabout way, shuffling their feet and fooling around. Turner caught a gleam of something in his vision, and glanced over into a silver car parked along the main street. There was some nasty looking guy in the passenger seat, and he shot Turner a threatening eyeball. The guy had a cruel, brutal look, and Turner felt a short hit of adrenalin, but Jessica took his arm again and dragged him off.
Turner thought to himself, "What is it with people?"
At the next corner Jessica turned him onto a dimly lit side street, off the main drag, and if possible even quieter than the rest of the city. He looked around a little. His place wasn't in the greatest area, and there was a lot of gang shit. This night there was nobody around at all, not even the domino players, not even the usual smallish groups of young punks hanging. Just like he used to. He thought about saying something, about risk, but decided not to. "The odds are decent enough," he thought.
She dragged him down the sidewalk, swiveling her head from side to side, looking for something. He was about to ask what, when she pulled him into a dark doorway.
They stood, silent, for a second, and then she turned up her face and kissed him. He gave it right back, and they did that for a while, until he started feeling ready to head home and get it on. It was only a few more blocks. He was about to suggest they get going when she unzipped his pants and reached for his cock.
Turner couldn't help looking around, but there was nobody around at all. Jessica got her small hand in his trousers and stroked his cock gently, feeling the base and flicking the head with her thumb. When he was hard, which didn't take long, she pulled him completely out, guarding him from the air by wrapping her hand around the shaft. She put her free hand on her mouth and coated her palm with saliva.