Embarrassing
I was taking my evening walk recently, listening to Leonard Cohen on my iPhone when the song "Closing Time" reminded me of probably the most embarrassing incident ever. It was so embarrassing that I had locked it away as far from my conscious thoughts as possible. That is until the bloody song "Closing Time" brought back memories of that awful night in the early seventies.
My company had just moved a bunch of us up to the Manchester area and some commuters were spending about four nights a week flat sharing while house hunting.
We were all in our mid twenties with the work hard play hard ethic, and if you force a whole load of hormonal youngsters together, the result was likely to be pretty hot.
We didn't party every night, but sometimes it felt like it. On this particular night we were out at a club with a number of girls from work. We were all young, they were all attractive, and there was alcohol thrown into the mix. Leonard Cohen says it best!
Ah, we're drinking and we're dancing
And the band is really happening
And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
She's the Angel of Compassion
She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
The night drew to a close and the dancing had become more suggestive, not sexual, but suggestive, when Rosie invited us back to her flat for a night cap. Some of the girls make their excuses and head for their flats, but I and three other blokes head for Rosie's.
Rosie is about five foot six, a very self assured blond lady in her mid twenties with a fine figure, by that I mean nice tits, not huge but not tiny either and a pert bum. In other words very desirable. She also has some fine dance moves, something I do not.
Spoiler alert! This is 1970s, it is not going to end in a gang bang! I was very inexperienced sexually. I know, what about the 60s? Dunno must have missed that bit.
Rosie goes to the kitchen and the four of us make ourselves comfortable in her lounge. She returns with the coffee, yes coffee! The night had been long and there had been more than enough alcohol already. Leonard Cohen again.
Ah, we're lonely, we're romantic
And the cider's laced with acid
And the Holy Spirit's crying, 'Where's the beef?'
And the moon is swimming naked
And the summer night is fragrant
With a mighty expectation of relief
While Rosie is in the kitchen I learn a snippet from the others that she is something of a man eater. Good fun, shares a joke with the boys and occasionally her bed.
Rosie is now sat beside me and we are getting on really rather well. When she leaves the room the others stare at me.
"Shall we go?"
I couldn't very well say, just bugger off! I simply said that I was OK, pathetic really!
"Are you sure you're OK, if we go?"
"I'll be fine."
When Rosie returned, they got up and left, and I just sat there with my coffee cup in hand as if I hadn't finished. The front door closed and Rosie returned to sit beside me. I hoped I knew where this was going, as she lent in and we kissed. We kissed with passion and I slipped my hand inside her blouse to feel only the second breast of my life. I was getting seriously aroused. There was lots of kissing, lots of inexpert fumbling. At least I knew better than to grab her breasts, so I massaged them gently through her bra while our tongues danced the usual pre mating ritual, and my cock throbbed in my trousers, I was seriously turned on.
Leonard Cohen.
All the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's closing time