Chocolate Malts-Weapons of Mass Seduction
A story by XXscribbler
It was a malted milk that triggered the adventure with Jenessa.
Chocolate, of course.
With double malt.
I was one of the senior academics on the international exchange excursion -- the visitors were all European graduate students and faculty. On that particular evening, as an exercise in exploring an unfamiliar urban environment, each person was to find dinner independently -- and we were in a town of about 450, Middle-of-Nowhere, USA, the entire suite of dining options being a drive-in burger joint and a god-awful (I'd been there!) Mexi/Chinese combo restaurant.
Jenessa was an advanced graduate student, about a year short of her doctorate. She was an extremely pretty woman, blond and blue-eyed in the best Nordic tradition, perhaps 112 pounds and about 5'2", a nicely-shaped solid butt tautly encased in snug-fitting lightweight khaki jeans that showed the bottom-creases of her buttocks as well as the seams of her undies. Fun to walk up the hills behind her -- a good view.
She spoke English well, was superficially shy -- but not too shy to have gotten my eye with one or two glances over the table earlier in the trip. Or to have made a point of talking with me extensively at social-hours.
When the "find it yourself" dinner plans were announced, Jenessa asked me for advice -- Chinese and Mexican she understood, but the "burger drive-in" was utterly foreign -- the 'eat-in-car' culture had never developed in Europe. She liked the idea of hamburgers, but was so obviously perplexed at the idea of figuring out an American drive-in that I volunteered to teach.
Such a gentleman I was!
We hopped out of the car at the burger palace -- an old-fashioned drive-up from the middle 1950s, outwards-tilted glass walls, gravel parking lot, handmade food, huge menu of mostly minor variations on the basic theme. I explained things, recommended a cheeseburger and a chocolate malt -- the concept of a malted was hard to get across but she acquiesced.
As always, since I was a kid, I ordered my malt with double malt, double chocolate. To simplify things, she copied the order.
We took a back-corner booth to be out of the way of traffic, a booth with tall old-fashioned seat-backs giving some small semblance -- fraudulent, really -- of privacy.
When the food arrived minutes later, the waitress was apologetic -- they'd had only enough ice cream to make one malt, which she had brought to the table. I declared the confection to be community property, got two spoons.
Janessa's eyes lit up instantly on the first taste -- it took no words to see that she was hooked before finishing the first spoonful. The effect was nothing short of magical. By half-way through the malt she was genuinely flirting with me, very subtly, just the corners of eyes, tilts of head. She didn't object at all when I returned fire.
Closely tΓͺte-Γ -tΓͺte over the paper malt-cup we excavated our way down to the very bottom. Shared food, especially in semi-privacy, works wonders. As we worked the last inch of malted, our heads tilted closer together over the cup.
I was absolutely giddy by that time, far out of character, deeply lost in heat and a teenage-intensity crush.
I spooned up one last dollop, offered it to her with my spoon. She looked surprised, then pleased. She flushed and accepted it -- as I held the handle, I could feel her tongue washing the ice cream off the steel, and it raised goose bumps on my chest. She held eye-contact through the exercise. Eventually she released the spoon, looked into the cup, and returned the favor.
When I finally finished and relinquished her spoon, I leaned forward slightly, brought my face closer, as if to kiss her, which I truly did intend to do. She didn't recoil -- one can always tell when a woman is genuinely ready for such an advance... but, overcome by a moment's rationality, I stopped just short, then backed off.
She looked surprised, then gently laid her hand atop mine, pressed it, said in a whisper "I think I understand. Perhaps later!"
Enroute back to the little private apartments we were staying in, I asked if she might like to go for an evening walk in some of the nearby old-growth woods. She lit up nicely with her exquisite smile, told me "Yes, of course, that would be a very nice thing. But first, I should go to the bathroom. Just for a minute!"
The parking lot was empty - nobody else had yet returned -- they had all headed for the little Chi/Mexi joint, where such a big crowd was undoubtedly getting slow service. I waited outside while she trotted into her apartment, then reappeared in under three minutes. She'd completely changed her outfit -- now it was shorts, traction-soled sandals and a sleeveless front-button blouse. The new shorts were significantly tighter than what they'd replaced. There was no trace of panty lines - and no bra.
We started down the trail: the early evening light was much dimmer amongst the trees, the woods were thick and the trail convoluted. Jenessa stayed body-warmth-distance from me for a few steps, then suddenly her hand was in mine. She looked at my startled face, smiled: "So -- is it okay that perhaps we should hold hands as we walk in here? I would like that if you would not mind it."
I didn't mind.
By a hundred meters into the forest we'd made several turns and were out of sight and hearing of anyone behind us. And there was no one there, anyhow.
Twenty more steps and she stopped, faced me. "Please tell me, why did you start to kiss me at the drive-in and then stop, not finish? I thought that such a kiss was a very romantic idea. Would have been, anyhow. And you turned such a pretty pink color! Tell me, please, did I displease you somehow?"
I shook my head. "No, of course not. You couldn't displease me if you tried! It was just that... well, I realized how public the place was. No privacy. Public displays of affection between professors and students are usually not a good idea, even when almost out of sight of civilization!"
"We have genuine privacy right here, don't you think? This seems like a really, truly private place, and therefore it is probably a good place for such things. Would you perhaps like to kiss now, in this privacy? This is an even more romantic place, actually, than that noisy drive-in with its bright lights. I would like that very much, if you would also. But only if you want -- I do not wish to force you!"
I had to grin at her, and replied "
Force
me into such a thing? The mind boggles at the incongruity of the very concept!" She laughed delightedly. We stood there blocking the path for perhaps two minutes: she was an amazingly fine kisser.
When finally we broke, she smiled and said gently "Superb! I was hoping that maybe you would be interested in kissing me. I think you are! You are very good -- I like how you kiss. Many years of practice, of course, no?"
"Of course I'm interested, Jenessa -- you are a beautiful and intelligent woman, and I really like you very much. I didn't expect to be treated so well! But we may have a little problem, don't you think?"
"Why?" she asked. "We can always move off the pathway and step a ways into the forest where it will be even more private! I think that would be a very good idea, in fact."
"No, Jenessa, I mean other things. I'm married, you know. I am a professor but you are still a student, even if very advanced. And I'm also about thirty years older than you!"
She shrugged, looked about, said "Let us go this way. It looks interesting and we can be farther away from the path."
I could not refuse. Fifty paces later, amidst a jack-straw tangle of old logs, we stopped, face to face. My hardon was already fully formed.