Janet snuggled into me, her arm draped over my chest. I turned my head and looked into her beautiful blue eyes, she smiled.
"Fuck Damian, that was hot."
I smiled back at her. She propped her head up on my chest.
"Don't worry honey."
"About what?"
"When are you going to learn that I know what's going on in your head?"
"Ummm?"
"You can still have your lunch dates with that little slut. Don't deny it, you were worried I would get upset about it."
I just nodded but inside I felt relieved. I liked Amber and wanted to remain friends with her. I had also been worried Janet would be upset after all the dirty talk about Amber from last night.
"She really isn't like that baby."
"Like what?"
I heard an edge in Janet's voice and she started to sit up a little more.
"A little slut.... she is.... in a bad place with her boyfriend. I think she just wants attention from some place else."
Janet rolled her eyes and sighed, making her sound that means, i'll talk slowly so maybe you will understand.
"You are clueless Damian, remind me again how you ended up wooing me? Oh that's right you didn't, I had to do all the work...."
I laughed and she playfully punched me on the arm.
"You're just lucky you're hot, otherwise you wouldn't get any pussy at all!"
She laughed away mocking me, I couldn't help laughing with her at first but then answered her.
"That's a bit rough, I can chat up girls."
Now Janet was really laughing hard, then she stopped, looked at me, blew air from her cheeks and started again.
"Oh yeah, you can chat them up alright, you just can't tell who is wet for you!"
"I'm not that bad!"
"OK then. Which one of my friend's want's to fuck you the most?"
"What the fuck Janet?"
"Answer the question."
"Ahhhh I never thought about it, I don't know."
"See.... you're clueless."
"Alright, hang on.... um.... Jenny."
"Wrong!"
"Liz."
"Wrong!"
"Fucks sake, Simone?"
"Wrong!"
She climbed on top of me laughing.
"Haven't you ever noticed the way Jess is around you?"
"Jess! No?"
"Jess wants you so bad, she made me promise not to tell you, but that was years ago. Honestly, I thought you knew hahahahah. You're even worse than I thought!"
"But she hasn't ever.... done anything."
"Damian, not all girls want to flirt and give themselves to you.... some like to be taken. Jess is like that and so is Amber."
"What? How do you know that?"
"Because im not dumb like you hahahahah."
I picked her up and dumped her on the mattress.
"Aw, don't be sad. You think they are both nice, good girls don't you?"
"Well, yeah."
"Well they are, but they want a guy to take them, control them and fuck them like bad girls."
"What!?"
"I feel like that sometimes, I just want you to take control and fuck the shit out of me."
"I never knew.... why haven't you told me?"
"Asking you to do it isn't the same, think about it! The whole point is that YOU take control!"
"OK, that makes sense I guess."
"It's not about romance. There's a freedom to being fucked like that, you don't have to worry about if the guy is enjoying it, or anything, you just take it, enjoy it."
Janet was turning me on again but at the same time I realised there was a whole part of her sexual life that I was not fulfilling. I felt horny and inadequate, that's a bad combination. Janet interrupted my thoughts.
"I feel like that sometimes, other times I want to be in control, or a mix. But girls like Jess, they always want to be controlled."
"I see..."
"That's why your little lunch date was gushing so hard when you had a go at those guys in the restaurant."
"Fuck, I am clueless."
Janet leaned in and kissed me.
"Lucky you've got a big cock."
Janet fell asleep quickly, I on the other hand was stuck staring at the ceiling again. I lay thinking about all the things Janet had said. Some of it made sense but the most shocking thing was realising how naive I had been. I had always made love to my girlfriends, sex could be dirty but it was equal. I had never considered my partners might want me to control and use them.
I planned to try harder to read signals from Janet and give her what she wanted when she wanted it. The thought of it excited me. The next morning I woke up late, Janet like usual for the weekend, was out surfing. After a shower and a coffee I settled in for a lazy day. At around 2 my phone rang, I expected it to be Janet checking in but it was Amber.
"Hey Amber."
There was no answer but I could hear the mic on the other end crackling and distorting.
"Are you there?"
I heard a deep breath.
"Damian...."
She sounded terrible.
"Amber, are you OK?"
After a long pause she managed to speak.
"No."
Then I could hear her sobbing. I managed to calm her down enough to find out where she was, in a cinema carpark about a 20 minute drive away.
"Stay there, I'm leaving now and will be there soon."
I grabbed my keys and jumped in the car. I pulled up 15 minutes later. Amber was sitting on a curb in her hockey uniform. She was a mess, her face was flushed, eyes and lips puffy. I jumped out, helped her up and hugged her. She melted into me, as I comforted her and brushed her hair from her face. She looked up at me for a second and then pushed back into me again. Holding her head against me, I rubbed her back.
After a while we jumped in my car and headed to a cafe nearby. I went in and got her favourite, a hot ginger tea with lemongrass, a bottle of water and a strawberry macaron. When I got back to my car Amber was staring blankly at her feet. I handed her the tea and she whispered a thank you while accepting it in two trembling hands. After a few sips she lent back into the seat and turned towards me.
"He.... Darren...."
"It's OK Amber, we don't have to talk about it right now."
"No, I want to tell you. He doesn't want me anymore. I came home after hockey and he kicked me out of the apartment. He said horrible things...."
She started sobbing again, it struck home how much I cared for her, it hurt me seeing her distraught. I took her tea and put it in the drink holder, then leaned across and hugged her, she turned into me and cried openly. It was an uncomfortable position and when I tried to straighten up she came with me and shuffled over the centre console, straddling me. I just held her until she stopped crying.
"Amber, you deserve so much more than that chump can give you. You're gorgeous, sweet, intelligent, you can have any man you want."
She squeezed me tighter.
"I know it must hurt now, but it might be a blessing to be rid of that lame fuck."
She released me and sat back a bit. Her little green hockey shorts had ridden up showing her tanned thighs. The black lycra singlet twisted so I could see the straps of her sports bra. Her ponytail was loose, letting her hair hang to the side. She wiped her face and slowly talked.
"I know things haven't been good for a long time, I don't love him anymore. I don't even think I like him. But it hurts...."
She started sobbing again and I pulled her into another hug. She wriggled into me again and it felt so good to be there for her, to comfort her. She came up on her knees, dragging her body against mine as she went. Her breasts rubbing against my chest, resting just under my chin. Her face finishing above mine, my hands on her waist. I felt her warm tears falling onto my cheeks and running over my lips.
To me it was like time slowed down, I could feel her breasts pushing into me as she breathed, my heart beating loudly in my ears. My brain was working overtime telling me not to kiss her, this is wrong, don't take advantage of her, don't cheat on Janet. I leaned a little closer and softly kissed her top lip.
I stopped myself going any further but then looked up into her eyes. I lent in again and kissed her bottom lip longer than before, sucking gently as I pulled away. She tilted her head slightly to the side and kissed me back slowly. My left hand came up her back and gently held the back of her head. Our tongues met and she pushed her body against me harder, my right hand sliding down to her hip. I gently pulled her head back from mine, I wanted to see her eyes again. Her mouth opened, then her eyes.
At that moment all the voices in my head telling me to stop vanished. Pulling her back in we kissed again until I pulled her closer and held her, feeling her squeeze me back. After a while I slowly broke away.
"Lets go and get your things from the apartment."
She shook her head.
"It's OK, I'll come with you."
"I've got nowhere to go.... my parents are on the other side of the country...."
"You can stay with me and Janet for as long as you want."
I should have heard a thousand alarm bells going off inside my head, but nothing, silence. She looked unsure.
"It's OK, really it is. I'll call Janet now, let her know."