It was about two weeks later when I started getting full-time hours again at the toy store where I worked. I had had some of the hottest sex of my life with the two ex-boyfriends I had run into at the mall. I really hadnât meant for it to happen like it didâŠwell, not at first anyway. Iâd been with a lot of guys but Iâd never done anything even remotely as kinky as a threesome before! I was just so really, really desperate for the rent money that when the idea hit me I took the risk and it worked. Of course, I took other risks that night, too, as neither of the boys had used protection. Like I said, it was now two weeks later. They both said theyâd call but I hadnât heard from either of them againâŠand I was starting to worry that I might be pregnant.
I was 10 days late when I called my best friend Woody for advice. I had already explained the circumstances to him but as soon as I told him what I was afraid of, I began sobbing into the phone . âIâŠIâŠknow I shouldnât have done it andâŠwell, IâmâŠI donâtâŠâ
âShhhh. Itâs okay, sweetheart.â He said very calmly. Woody was older than me and we had been friends since we worked together at the Mall last year. He always had this way of being quietly understanding of me and putting a positive spin on things. âWeâve already talked about what happened that night. Whatâs done is done. Thereâs no point in either of us kicking you over it now. Youâre my friend and I know the person you are in your heart. Iâm not here to judge your choices or your actionsâ
âThank you,â I whispered very softly. âButâŠWoody, do you think I am?â
âI donât know, honey. Iâll be honest, Iâd have to say thereâs a real possibility of it. You need to take a test. You wonât sleep well until you know for sure. The tests are more accurate if you wait a little longer than this but I think you can get them in packs of two. Take one now and one next week to be sure.â
âOh my gosh! I canât yet! Thatâll make it all seem more real, yâknow? Whatâll I do? I canât possiblyâŠ!â
âOkay, okay. First of all, I need you to calm your cute but spastic ass down, babe. Iâll go to the library and pick up some books on how to tell if youâre pregnant and Iâll meet you at your apartment after I get off work tonight. I should be there by 10. Okay?â
âAll right.â I said, still wiping away tears.
âNow, you, young lady, are going to have a good day in spite of this, understand? If it turns out you are, then itâs meant to be and weâll deal. If you arenât, then great. Bullet dodged. Lesson learned. Now, get to work or youâll be late.â
âThank you.â
I really loved Woody. Since I met him, he had become my friend, my confidante, my advisor and a lot moreâŠbut never my lover. It was a complicated relationship. Clearly there was something there. I mean, everyone saw it. We laughed a lot when we were together but we could also argue like an old married couple. He was sort of a father, a brother and even a girlfriend all rolled into one but for some reason, the thought of the two of us getting together sexually had always, sometimes literally, given me the shivers. We both just accepted that and sort of agreed without saying anything never to bring up that one little subject.
Somehow, I got through the day. I called Woody at his office three times just to hear his voice. He kept insisting that I take a pregnancy test but I just couldnâtâŠyet. I know it sounds ridiculous but I had to have some kind of reassurance of the outcome before Iâd feel comfortable doing that. Finally, ten oâclock arrived. I had been home from the store about half an hour, nervously cleaning before Woody arrived. On time as always, he knocked our secret knock, then used the key I had given him in case I ever misplaced mine to come on in.
âHey!â I said nervously. I had never been so happy to see him in my life. I had spent the day feeling bloated and gassy and hungry. I was convincing myself I was pregnant. I needed him to convince me I wasnât.
âHey. I got books!â He held up a bag with what appeared to be three or four books on pregnancy. Oh my gosh! It was kind of like a bizarre dream that I even needed these. I had always been so careful in the past. We both got comfortable on the floor and Woody spread the books out. There was SECRETS OF EARLY PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WITHOUT FEARS , YOUR BEST FRIEND TALKS ABOUT PREGNANCY and SO YOU THINK YOUâRE EXPECTING.
I offered to get us each a glass of wine but he yelled at me. âAre you crazy? Donât answer that! If youâre pregnant, you are going to have to stop drinking immediately along with any other little self-indulgences you have.â I was shocked and normally I would have yelled back at Woody but, under the circumstances, I knew he was right and I just started crying. The tears welled up slowly as the potential of reality hit me hard. He was staring into my teary eyes when the floodgates broke open.
âIâm sorry,â he cooed. âI am so sorry.â He reached out and put his arms around me. Even though I normally refrained from getting too physical with Woody, I put my arms around him, too, and began sobbing uncontrollably into his shoulder. As if on another plane, somewhere, I could feel his left hand rubbing up and down my back slowly. He was trying to comfort me but I felt odd little electric tingles. I broke the hug quickly and pulled away with a look of confusion on my face. âWhat is it?â he asked.
âIâŠ.JustâŠOh, nothing.â I fibbed. âIâm just scared, dammit!â
âI know, baby. OhâŠstrike that. Bad choice of words.â
I started laughing at that and wiped the tears away. Woody had the uncanny ability to be able to make me laugh at the most serious moments just by saying something stupid. If he had gotten the same strange vibes that I did when we hugged he wasnât letting on.
âOkay, girl, letâs get down to business.â With that we each grabbed one of the books and started going through it looking for tips. I found one first.
âIt says here that one of the surest early signs is extra-sensitive nipples. Dammit! My nipples are always sensitive. How the hell does that tell me anything!?â
âHow many times do I have to tell you? Calm is a good thing! Hmmm. Well, lie down and take off your shirt.â
âWhat the fuck?â
âJust once, will you listen to me? Iâm trying to help here. Look, if it eases your mind any, Iâm not a breast man, remember?â He stood and walked quickly into my kitchen.
âLie down and take off your shirt!â he yelled back.
We were very close but this still seemed weird. I pulled a pillow off the couch onto the floor and got as comfortable as I could. I tentatively pulled my shirt up over my breasts. My apple-sized breasts were kind of flattened and the air-condtioning made my nipples hard already.
âAll right. Here we go.â
âWhat are youâŠ? Ice? Oh, no, you donât.â I pulled down my top and started to get up but he gently but firmly pushed me back. I lifted the shirt again.
âMmmm. Not bad!â he leered jokinglyâŠI think.
âStop that! Go ahead and letâs get this over with.â
He took a dripping ice cube he had gotten from my freezer and held it between two fingers. Then he began running it slowly over my upper body, oddly avoiding the nipples. âWhat are you doing?â
âShhhh. Iâm desensitizing your body to the cold so we can tell just how sensitive your nipples really are.â
âYeah, right!â
âHush!â
His eyes were on my body, lying exposed in front of him in a way I could have never imagined. Was he really not noticing me? I watched his face and he seemed oblivious to the topless woman lying on the floor. The ice was cold in an already cold room. My entire chest and stomach were getting wet. Strangely, it felt as though other parts of my body were, too. Finally, Woody got to the point, rubbing the melting ice cube across my left nipple. My nipples were pretty large and, as I said, always sensitive. There had been times that I felt as though I could almost come just from having my nipples rubbed. He was going very slowly, looking into my eyes now as he asked, âFeel anything?â
âNot much of an ice cube left, dumbass. Our body heat melted it.â He looked at what was left of the cube, popped it into his mouth and wiped his hands on his pants.
âSorry. Guess weâll have to use the old-fashioned way. Hold still, nowâŠâ I was really nervous about this. I felt soâŠnaked in front of my best friend but he seemed almost clinical about it, like he was a doctor or something. His finger was shaking visibly, though, as he moved it toward my nipple. He touched it tentatively, brushing lightly across it. It felt like a fire burning in his touch.Then he took two fingers and kind of manipulated it back and forth. âAnything?â he asked.
âNothing, â I lied, stifling a moan. I could feel both nipples straining to get even harder than they already were and, more surprisingly, my head started feeling a bit dizzy. I didnât think these were the reactions he was looking for, however, so I kept them to myself. âI mean, obviously theyâre sensitive but, like I said, mine usually are.â âHmmmm.â He reached down and stroked the other one. A shiver went through me and a little gasp escaped my mouth. âYou okay?â he asked.
I sat up quickly, pulling down my shirt and brushing my hair back. âFine. There was no difference. I think Iâm ready to take the test now.â I was actually very confused. Woody was my friend, not my lover, yet I felt my juices flowing. I felt my skin feeling hotter in the cold living room and I felt my head spinning when he touched meâŠand he didnât seem to notice any of this shit! Were my nipples sensitive because I was pregnant? Who the hell could think about that at a time like this? I was going crazy!