I was running a little behind but gave a sigh of relief when I entered the room and saw the speaker was not yet at the podium. An usher found the seat that was George was saving for me. I gave a little smile as I apologized for being late. Our date was the prize we had won at a party, something I had won before but this was my first time out with George.
Rising up he took my hand as we sat down, "I'm glad to have your company Cindy. I hope this lecture doesn't bore you too much, should only last an hour then we'll get on to much more enjoyable things."
Most men didn't mind my presence. At 26 I was attractive, pretty face with a sweet smile, ready laugh, fit and trim body with pleasantly endowed breast that I like to show off in a peek-a-boo fashion.
George was a doctor and our date began, of all things, with one of those continuing education presentations.
"Have you heard this speaker before," I ask my George?
"No, but he's suppose to be pretty good, teaches at the University, an expert on addictions I'm told."
With still time to kill George began to quiz me, "And what about you Cindy, what do you do to keep busy?"
"I mainly work from home," I replied, "Use the computer to do my work and keep in touch. I'm in advertising, product promotion, that sort of thing -- it does keep me plenty busy."
"Ah, a work addict," George nodded, "hopefully you'll get some good suggestions here tonight on how to handle that. -- so is there any of your work that I might have seen?"
I brightened up at the question. "I had a really popular one not so long ago. You may have seen it; it ran in magazines like Vogue and Maxim. It was an ad for woman's panties -- I really like how it turned out. It had the caption 'So comfortable you seldom want to take 'em off.' In the picture is a pair of panties draped over the headboard of a bed while a nude woman leans forward, astride her lover."
"I don't think I did see it but it sounds very sexy," George nodded.
"Oh it was, and a good money maker for me too because not only did I design the ad I was the woman in the photo!"
"Really," George turned and smiled, "It's good of you to be so generous with your beauty."
"I have this need to share," I laughed as I leaned toward him, allowing him to catch a glimpse of my cleavage.
"The ad ran in Europe too but there we were able to make the couple a little sharper so you could actually see where the guy's penis meets the pussy but here in North America we had to fuzz that out."
"And what about you George, any issues you hope to cure with this evenings lecture?"
"Just the usual," George quipped in a voice that could be easily heard by those around us, "work and sex. -- you know, too much work not enough sex."
I don't know what I did but my body language betrayed me and I must have looked startled like my hidden self was being made public.
"It's OK," George quickly tried to reassure me. "Sex is good! Half the people in here will have some tonight and the other half will wish it were them." He gave my hand a little squeeze because that's exactly how we planned to finish off this evening!
The speaker was getting ready to start drawing George's attention forward but I continued to study him. I had a mysterious attraction to men but why?
"Are You One? ..." was the name of the talk and our speaker began with a simple introduction. "There are all kinds of addictions and they have a number of common traits. So for the sake of time tonight, let's me illustrate my points using one that's sure to hold you interest -- Sexual Addiction."
His talk was engaging, funny, informative, but also intrusive as he began to describe me. Like the song says, 'he was killing me softly with his words.' I sat frozen; I wanted to leave but felt compelled to stay.
"... The addict has a secret life which they find thrilling ..."
We had been married for four years when we moved into a big old house that had been converted into two apartments. My husband Steve and I lived upstairs and 3 young men lived on the main level. I worked from home, using my computer to create ads while my husband worked afternoon-evenings at a downtown hospital, often working overtime, which made a long day for him. I had everything a woman wants, a great husband, interesting work, a place to call home, enough money to buy what I needed but I began to feel bored and unhappy. Steve's schedule was work, eat, sleep - with quickie sex some nights, golf on Saturdays, sex Sunday morning, and watching sports Sunday afternoon. My work allowed me to be creative but something was missing in my life. I thought of myself as attractive but I was losing my sexual desire and started viewing intercourse as a wifely duty, something wives do to keep their husbands from cheating or leaving them.
On one of those long evenings alone I had made some cookies and decided to share them with our downstairs neighbors. Kevin was the only one home and expressed great appreciation for them.
"Say," Kevin motioned, "did you know we have a staircase between my bedroom closet and your bedroom closet?"
He took me to his room and showed me the door located behind his rack of clothes. "Apparently when they remodeled the house for apartments the stairs where just abandoned, not being needed anymore. If you ever want to come down without going outside feel free to use these stairs."
I began to use the stairs to bring baked goodies to the guys fairly often. Two of the guys had girlfriends who would often come over so I would stay and the six of us would play a game of cards or watch a movie. When it got late we would head to our bedrooms. Before going upstairs I'd stay a while longer in Kevin's room visiting while in the rooms on either side of his we could hear through the thin walls squeaking bedsprings, muffled voices then the excited cries of climax, as the sounds of lovers making love filter in. Kevin and I would exchange knowing looks before I headed upstairs. I derived a tremendous amount emotional energy from being with Kevin and his friends and started feeling better about myself.
Thoughts are a curious thing, and I let my mind toy with thoughts -- thoughts a married woman shouldn't think about. Hooking up with Kevin began to play in my mind. I rejected the idea with my rational mind, why would I want to fool around with another man? But just above my subconscious level I allowed the idea linger and take shape -- what would it be like to show myself to another man, to see what he looks like, feels like, sound like?
It was on a Saturday morning two weeks later that I found myself in a state of enchantment, creeping down those stairs. "I'll just give him a little tease by showing up," I thought after dabbing on a little perfume, "only stay a minute and be gone."