Chapter Four
Joe woke up most agreeably being sucked by Jenny, and she rolled on a condom as soon as she saw he'd awakened and settled onto her back, legs wide. Joe's mouth headed to her pussy.
"I'm horny enough," Jenny complained.
Joe made sure anyway, and continued to until she was near cumming, only then moving up and driving in.
By the time Joe came, Jenny had reached her third orgasm, the first arriving almost immediately upon his insertion.
"So good," she murmured, pulling him down for a kiss. They hadn't kissed until then, and lingered on it.
They shared a shower, dressed and went out for breakfast at the Pink Teacup, a favorite of Joe's. Afterwards they went shopping, to a couple record stores.
At the first, Jenny exclaimed, "They have my friend's single!"
"Cool," Joe laughed. "I'll buy it for you."
"Thanks."
He found a couple singles as well from bands he liked at Max's, and a bootleg tape of Suicide recorded there. He thought he might have been in the audience for that amazing show.
The second shop had more avant garde music, and Joe picked up a Derek Bailey album and one with a sax player who actually played accompanied by a creaky floor. They didn't linger since it really wasn't Jenny's cup of tea.
They rested in Washington Square Park near a busker singing his heart out for a small crowd, Joe dropping a five dollar bill in the guitar case before they left.
They headed to the East Village for some clothes shopping, Joe finding a cool Stetson that fit his big head and bought Jenny some black jeans and a t shirt featuring Johnny and his current band. Jenny wanted to see the shops Anne had turned her on to, and she found a cute skirt and even cuter baseball jerseys at one and a really nice and really inexpensive velvet dress at another. As usual they never had Joe's size.
After Joe purchased another couple of nickel bags of pot, they headed to Fifth Street for some Indian food, something new for Jenny and she very much enjoyed it. They walked back to Joe's apartment, Joe continuing to be the pack horse mostly and was relieved when they finally arrived.
His roommates were up, the couple getting ready to cop and looking like they needed it. "No thanks," said Joe. The bottle blonde came out of her room and handed the couple a twenty for her cocaine. Gail barely glanced at Joe, the glance with disdain.
"Fuck her," Joe thought, but chuckled to himself.
"What?" Jenny asked.
"You sure you don't want in?" asked his roommate, Greg.
"I'm sure," Joe replied, heading to his room, Jenny following.
"What was the chuckle?" Jenny asked, nestled against Joe on the bed where he basically collapsed.
"I was remembering you had that cocaine but didn't offer it."
"I guess I was kind of pissed. If Gail hadn't been there, I'd bet we could have hung out with Richard Hell."
"Except we wouldn't have been there," Joe pointed out.
"True," Jenny chuckled.
They kicked back for a while, Joe working at his long poem, beginning it's rewriting while Jenny sat up in bed reading Stranger in a Strange Land.
"We should probably go," Joe sighed.
His token dressing up was wearing a white button down shirt, a black Max's shirt beneath it, and a bolo tie with a turquoise slider. Otherwise his usual black jeans and white tennis shoes, with the leather jacket as his jacket. He did add his new hat.
Jenny put on the velvet dress Joe just bought her and just panties underneath it. A pair of black flats, her only other shoes, finished the look. "I should buy some more panties," she told him.
"You look great!" he said, hugging her. "We'll do some more shopping tomorrow."
"Maybe some make-up too," she pouted.
"You don't need it."
"Thanks," she smiled.
She'd had a makeup kit and some lipstick, but decided it was too teenager for her and left it.
"Could we go to Bloomingdale's tomorrow?" she asked, adjusting his bolo.
"Of course."
"You look so handsome."
"Thanks."
The gallery show was intense, and not just the nude, homoerotic, sado-masochistic images, but the people as well. Patti Smith was there as was Richard Hell, whom Jenny finally got to talk to, along with Tom Verlaine from Television and Alan Vega from Suicide, and several New York artists of renown whom Joe recognized. Joe talked to Alan, having known him from Max's, but mostly hung out with Carol and then Stella and Mark, and it was like Carol handed him off to them, a sort reverse cutting in. Joe actually enjoyed their conversation, and he found it easier to stick with them than meeting some of the heroes of his, both musicians and artists, which he'd never had been comfortable doing. Jenny though had no problems with it, bouncing from celebrity to celebrity and seeming to amuse them, charming them with her wide-eyed innocence.
"Ready to go?" Mark finally asked.
"Uhm, let me see if Jenny's ready."
"She doesn't..." Mark started before Jenny flung herself into Joe's presence. "This is so cool Joe!" she exclaimed.
"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself," he laughed. "Mark just invited us to leave with them."
"I didn't..." Mark started and got a piercing glare from Stella, stopping him.
Jenny contemplated the suggestion, looking around the room. "I guess I'm ready."
"What about Carol?" Joe asked, spotting her.
"She'll be fine," Stella said, which Joe didn't think answered his question.