This oneās for Ian⦠the originator of the infamous āice cream lickā⦠Happy graduation, sweetieā¦
But first, a little background. Weāve been friends a long time, Ian and I. At present day, weāve been exchanging IMs, emails, photos, phone calls, and fantasies for about nine years, give or take. Yet weāve never met one another, even when we were both single and lived close enough to do so. I blame him.
I am a road-trip kinda girl. Those who know me and know me well know that I am a gypsy at heart, and that when the restlessness takes its grip on my soul, thereās really nothing better than a road trip to cure what ails me. Sometimes these things can be planned, sometimes not so much.
A few years ago, I was planning a road trip from central Ohio, the place I currently call home, to the piney woods of east Texas where I grew up. While Mississippi is not usually on my route, I tend to take two or three weeks at a time so that I can take detours as desired, and for a chance to meet my long-time friend Ian, Mississippi was definitely a detour I was willing to take.
So we made plans. I would call when I hit Memphis and started heading south. My intentions were completely honorable. My husband was traveling with me (not Harold, but husband #2 who is much more open-minded) and totally willing to either camp out at the hotel for a bit while Ian and I enjoyed getting to know each other face to face over a meal or join us, along with Ianās fiancĆ©, if that would be more comfortable for him.
I called⦠and called⦠and called. Nothing. I found a hotel nearby to stay in over night and called again. Iād been stood up. Now, itās worth noting that Ian was somewhat newly engaged, and that his fiancĆ©/girl-friend of several years did not have (still doesnāt, for that matter) any notion of my existence. Personally, Iām all in favor of honesty when it comes to these things, but thatās just me, and in all fairness it took many, many years for me to come to that point. Ian is also a good Baptist boy, who has finally admitted to feeling a little conflicted about his secret and oh-so-naughty fantasies about me versus how his wife would react should he ever be caught meeting someone from the internet (gasp!), even for a totally innocent and public lunch.
Fast-forward a couple of years to present-day. Ian is actually the person who introduced me to literoticaās website. Like me (and you, Iām sure), he understands that the real key to sexual attraction is in the imagination. And oh, what imaginations we both have⦠So when I published my most recent story, even though we hadnāt really talked much since the non-meeting (other than for me to give him some good-natured harassment), I forwarded the link to him, knowing heād love it. And he did. So weāre chatting again, during the week, while heās at grad school, away from his family. I find his imagination as provocative as ever⦠and still an explosive spark to my own.
I donāt know about you, but for a fantasy to be truly enjoyable for me, it has to be real. By that, I mean that is has to be feasible⦠something that COULD happen as imagined, regardless of whether or not it ever would. I probably couldnāt get much satisfaction out of a fantasy about being abducted and used by aliens for sexual experiments (although Harold was convinced he was repeatedly abducted⦠but thatās another story) or making love with a werewolf or other mythological creature, or even something as commonly fantasized about as being approached by a complete stranger for a fuck. Could I write a story about one of those topics? Sure. Would I get turned on by it? Probably. But I wouldnāt obsess about it until it became a much loved and explored fantasy because my brain gets too wrapped up in the āwhyā and the āhowā of it all.
So in one of my recent conversations with Ian, I mention to him how desperately I am fighting the urge for a road trip, and he mentions to me how much he regrets his decision to chicken out (Ha, ha, ha⦠One last dig!) last time we had the opportunity to meet, and how if I ever took a road trip his direction again, he would definitely meet me. He also mentions how he would be tempted to eat more than lunch together. The wheels started turningā¦
Knowing what I know now about Ianās sensual nature as well as his convictions about what kind of behaviors are or are not acceptable in his marriage, my mind instantly starts searching for a loop hole⦠a way to make it possible for us to play together live-and-in-person without him having to break his vows⦠and I find one.
Itās simple⦠we donāt touch each other. As long as he can still truthfully say, āI have never touched another woman since the day we were married,ā we are free to do whatever comes to mind, right?
And thus, my fantasy of Ianā¦
We make plans⦠and meet. Whether I drive or fly from Ohio to Louisiana where he lives while heās at school is immaterial. The fact is that we are together, alone, in a town where no one knows our names or our faces. There is nothing guiding our actions save our own consciences⦠well, his conscience really, as my mores are based on different values.
The first meeting is⦠comfortable. As I said, weāve been friends a long time, and shared as many real-life trials as fantasies over the years. We greet one another with easy hugs and spend hours enjoying the novelty of watching one anotherās expressions change in ways weād never imagined during those long chats. It makes my heart smile to see the way his eyes crinkle when he laughs, and I do my best to keep him smiling and laughing throughout the evening.
We flirt. I also come to recognize the look in his eye when heās debating whether or not to filter something heās thinking of saying⦠something he would normally say to me in chat or on the phone, but something that might not be acceptable in āregularā conversation. I want no filters. Our time is too short already. I say as much, and our flirting becomes more and more outrageous, and ultimately turns into teasing.
I. Love. To tease. And I love to be teased equally as much. Ian knows this, and intent on teasing me, he leans toward me with a genuine smile and says, āMera, this has really been a lot of fun. I canāt tell you how happy I am that weāve finally met. But you know⦠as much fun as itās been to sit here talking to you, it doesnāt change the fact that I still want to make you cum over and over for me, until Iāve watched you make every sound Iāve ever heard come from your lips.ā
An involuntary gasp and a shiver run the length of my body. As though it werenāt stimulating enough to be sitting next to him, smelling his subtle scent and watching his lips form around the words of his lovely southern accent, my mind is now filled with images of him watching me have orgasm after orgasm. Inspiration strikes.
Without allowing myself to think on it too long I look him in the eye, suddenly serious, and respond āIāll let you watch.ā His eyes get bigger and he smiles a little, asking āWhat do you mean?ā āI mean⦠Iāll let you watch.ā Dead silence. āDo you look at naughty pictures online?ā Leary but curious, he admits he does sometimes. āAnd thatās okay because⦠youāre looking but not touching, right?ā I see the light turn on in his head as I repeat again, more deliberately, āIāll let you watch.ā
I can tell heās thinking about it⦠weighing the consequences in his head. I say, āIād love to watch you tooā and smile a devilish smile. He closes his eyes for a moment and groans. Itās obvious to me that heās now uncomfortably hard in his jeans and seriously considering the idea. Watching him think it through, I lean toward him and whisper how we could go back to my hotel, take all our clothes off for each other, and touch ourselves without doing anything heād have to be ashamed about later. I promise not to lay a hand on himā¦
He opens his eyes and tells me, āI donāt think I could resist touching you, Mera.ā I give him my straight-faced ācome onā look and say, āIan, please. I know you well enough by now to know that youāre a really good guy. If you donāt want to touch me, youāre not going to touch me. Itās as simple as that.ā
He laughs and jokes that I may have to tie him up across the room to keep him from touching me. I laughingly tell him, āThat can be arranged, too.ā
His smile fades as I watch him make his decision. The intensity of his gaze all but melts me in my chair. āLetās get out of hereā he says as he tosses enough down to cover the waiter for our selfish use of his table all evening. He stands and reaches for my hand and my entire arm tingles from his touch.
Walking in to the lobby of my hotel, we are both nervous. He, because he knows heās living as close to the edge as he ever will. I, because⦠well⦠for all my apparent boldness, what can I say? Iām actually very shy. The bravado is a faƧade⦠one Iāve more or less perfected, but then again itās never been put to the test quite like this before.
We reach the elevator, step inside⦠I press the button for my floor. He is making comments about the hotel⦠nervous chatter. I just smile and step off the elevator as the doors open.
I slide the keycard into my door. The light goes from red to green and the lock releases. I turn the handle just enough to disengage the latch. Then with one hand on the handle, I turn to him, standing behind me. I place the other hand on his chest, stopping him, and look up into his eyes.
I can feel his heart pounding under my palm.
I can feel my own pounding in my chest.
My eyes ask him, āAre you ok with this?ā In answer, he spreads his arms, gripping each side of the door jamb, trapping me between his body and the door as he presses closer⦠until I can feel the heat of his body through my clothing... closer still⦠I turn my head away, biting my lower lip. I canāt look at his face... his lips. Iām afraid Iāll kiss him. It would only take a small effort on my part to touch my lips to his, but if I do I know it will all be over.
I step back, pushing the door open behind me. He lets go of the door jamb and moves with me, brushing his body sideways against mine as he steps past me and into the room.
I stand dazed, uncertain, watching him. He sits on the foot of the bed, bends over, starts untying his shoes, and looks up at me, still leaning against the open door. Finally, kicking off both shoes, he sits up and very deliberately starts to unbutton his shirt⦠watching me.
I hear voices from the direction of the elevator and close the door, still leaning against the inside, watching him as he pulls the shirt free from his jeans to undo the last couple of buttons. He lies back on the bed with his hands behind his head, shirt now open and quietly says, āI thought I was supposed to be watching you.ā My heart skips a beat. This is the voice Iāve heard a thousand times in my ears⦠and my body starts to anticipate the pleasure it knows is coming.
I push away from the door and move to stand at the foot of the bed, pressing one jean-clad knee between yours. Crossing my arms in front of me, I grasp the bottom of my shirt and slowly start to lift it⦠watching you watch me⦠exposing my stomach⦠the white lace of my bra⦠the shade of my areolas behind the lace⦠the freckles on my chest and shoulders⦠until finally I lose eye contact, pulling the shirt over my head and letting it drop from my fingers to the floor.