His hand was poised to knock for the first time when the trailer door opened. Abby stood there smiling at him, her perky breasts pushed against the Grateful Dead T-shirt she wore.
"Come on in," Abby said. "Take a load off. I happened to see you getting out of the 'vette."
Warren entered the trailer, bending even though it wasn't necessary. His piercing brown eyes digested everything about her. He was trying to disguise the hunger within him, but it would have been evident to the most casual observer and there was nothing casual about Abby.
Abby was a stripper at Platinum Gold, a Gentleman's Club on the outskirts of the city. At the moment, she was wearing red running shorts and sandals along with the 'T'. Her hair was stacked in no particular order. Bobby pins mix and match.
Abby was holding a paperback and wearing a Walkman. He looked at her quizzically.
"I tune in between the stations, she said, "get some white noise and get into my hot read."
"What is it?" Warren asked with interest. Abby showed him the cover - 'Orgasms a Plenty' - her finger held her place halfway in.
"Dibs on the book," he grinned.
"Only if I can watch you read it," she said mischievously. A lewd glint flashed across her eyes and he caught it. "I'm half way through."
"I'd like to be half way there myself," he smiled, his eyes slowly devouring her body from head to toe. "And then some," he concluded.
He was fully aware some women detested this treatment. He didn't count Abby among them.
"Wouldn't you tho," she said, secretly pleased with him.
He studied her. From the razor line on her thigh where she'd stopped shaving, up to her neck and the wisps of dirty blonde hair clinging there; to the way she cocked her head when he spoke, as though giving careful consideration to each word he uttered.
She took him in. The extra large sized hands, chest hair curling out of his sport shirt, to the swimming pool deep eyes that drew her closer; and the warrior's nose. Abby reflected "He must've got that broken over a woman," and softly sighed.
They sat down in the kitchen. Silence reigned for about three minutes as they contemplated one another.
"I thought you'd call before dropping in," Abby said breaking the silence. She didn't mind his dropping in unannounced, didn't feel self-conscious about her appearance either.
Warren noted this and filed it away in his strategy book.
"Grab a chair Warren. Want a Bud?"
"That'd be nice, thank you," he said, glancing around the kitchen and noting that it was used frequently. The kitchen had a comfortable feeling about it.
Abby handed him a can of Budweiser, then reached back into the cooler and withdrew one for herself as well. His started to sweat immediately and he watched it puddle around the base of the can.
"Balmy, isn't it?" Warren said, breaking the silence. He was running his index finger along the condensation, looking at her with renewed interest. Then he looked around and found a pile of coasters in the center of the table alongside the salt and peppershakers. He took two, slid one to Abby and placed a Bud on his and turned his full attention back to Abby.
"Maybe," she countered, sipping her beer, and then placing it on her coaster. "But let's work up to it gradually."
"Oh?" Then he caught it, squinted at her and smiled. "You're pretty quick," he said, lifting the can to his mouth.
"So did you come over here just for a free beer, or what?" she said, and took a swig of her beer watching his face as she swallowed.
"I was hopin' for more than what this seems like."
"What's that?"
"Well, to me . . . umm, seems like I'm fillin' out a questionnaire."
"No doubt you are," she said smiling, her shoulders were pulled back to accentuate her small breasts and her nipples could be discerned through the light gray material. Abby took another swallow of her beer. She was obviously enjoying herself.
The Walkman now lay on the table with no apparent station tuned in; static fizzed away. Warren edged closer, and Abby felt a slight tingle within her body. The smile in her eyes said she knew this would happen.
"So what'cha been doing with yourself since that night at King Neptune's?" she asked as she curled her legs under her and licked her lips.
"Was that the night I taught you how to play that game?"
"Yeah, boy," she laughed loudly while her fingernails scratched the fabric of her red shorts. "You're a good teacher you are."
Abby cleared her throat and continued. "Only the regulars could make the damn thing land on the nail, but you showed me how in three tosses, and I was a regular champ at it after that."
Shyly Warren responded. "Well, once you know how . . ."
"Sure," she said interrupting him, "but showing someone that fast ain't easy. That's why I gave you my number and address. I wanted to see you again."
Gracefully, Abby got up from the table and glided to the cooler. "Wanna join me in another brew?"
"Sure, but aren't you worried about your figure? Most girls I ...."
"I'm a dancer. Didn't you know that?"
"No," he said, startled but pleased. "I didn't."
"At the Platinum Club," Abby said tentatively.
"That's interesting," Warren said, "I, err, don't usually go to those clubs." He put his hands up in a defensive posture and said, "It's not that I'm against them or anything like that - hell they're great, but I..." he paused, trying to determine if his next words would hurt her feelings, then went on. "The purpose of those clubs is to make horny guys feel a little better about themselves; and make some bread besides. I don't mind that, in fact it's a good thing really. It's just that I don't need it. I find my, err, relationships in other places."
"Like King Neptune's?" Abby asked, eyes sparkling.
"Yeah, like King Neptune's, teaching a sweet young thing how to play a silly game. But since you brought the subject up, I gotta tell you you've got a sensational body. It's evident you take good care of it. In fact, I'll bet those are the first beers you've had since the night at Neptune's."
The room was still and silent as Abby digested his words. "He was right about the beers," she thought, "he might be right for her too."
Waiting for Abby to break the silence, Warren glanced out the kitchen window as a beer-bellied neighbor wearing an undershirt and pajama bottoms came out of his house to sit down in a rocker on his front porch armed with a six-pack and Hustler magazine.
"Ah love," Warren thought, "it's everywhere." He took another sip of beer.
She put a finger to her lower lip and said, "Let's talk about, ummm... kissing."
"I'm game;" he said, his eyes locked on hers. I'd rather do than... but whatever...."
"Let's talk about G-spots," she said, feeling her body beginning to flush and discovering she'd finished another beer. Her mind on other things, she tossed the empty at the trash can, but missed and ignored it as it rolled across the kitchen floor, ending its journey at the table leg near her foot.
He sat still, watching her; inhaling her, and waited for her next move.
Abby didn't appear to be nervous, and eventually she looked him in the eye and said, "So, you want to begin or shall I?"
Begin what, he thought, thinking of all his past frustrations, but shrugged them off contemplating the new experience before him, and said, "Can't we move over to the couch and let things take care of themselves?"
"I don't know about that," Abby said with a feigned pout. "I was talkin' about talking."
"How 'bout a compromise?"