For a laugh I gave a new colleague of mine, Hannah (blond, with a long braid) a couple of funny stories I'd written years ago for kids. I thought she might enjoy them. Afterwards I realized that this wasn't merely an offhand gift, but actually a gift of love. I hadn't shown these stories to anyone in years. She was 25 and I was twice her age. I had to be careful not to overstate my silent affection for her.
But she liked them! She wanted more!
-I have more stories for kids, but what you just read were actually my best. The only things I have that are still any good are a couple of adult erotic stories I've written recently.
Oops, the cat was out of the bag. I was back to shyly manipulating her, this time with erotica.
She looked at me, silent, tight-lipped.
-I don't loan them out, I said. I don't want them to be copied. If you want to read a few, I want to be there, too, either at my place or at yours.
I'd pushed her into a corner, She could have refused, but she accepted and chose for her place.
-How about this Saturday? she suggested.
-Sounds good. After I'm finished working in my garden. Mid afternoon?
I showed up at her place and offered her five of my stories. She stopped at two.
-God, this is heavy. This is a lot different than reading stories for kids.
We looked at each other silently.
-Where do you come up with all this? You've either got a great imagination or a great memory.
I didn't answer. But that's when I kissed her. She hadn't been asking for it, but she didn't refuse, either. It was a short kiss, returned by a long one.
-Wanna get naked? I asked.
-Oh God, it's been a while.
-Well, for me, too.
Her family had been a member of a conservative religious sect for a few years and that was probably why it had been a while.
We stripped in the full light of the late afternoon and laid next to each other on her bed. We cuddled and kissed for a while.
-You know, I'm not so crazy about sex, she said.
-What? Then what are we doing here in bed?!
-No, what I mean is I don't like fucking. I don't like having a dick sticking up my cunt. It's aggressive and it hurts.
I looked at her long and hard. Then I started singing:
-Now that we found love what are we gonna do with it?