"I'm not going to nail you to the wall and screw you, you know."
~~~
You're not? I looked up at him and blinked innocently. I was lying, sprawled across his lap, with my legs spread somewhat suggestively and my head cocked to the side.
This was my friend . . . and my mentor. He was Ivy League smart, handsome in a Clark Kent / Superman kind of way, and kind, but also edgy, ambitious, and very human. And me? I was the cute, funny, clever girl who thought the world of him. I had an unimpeachable reputation and a dark secret.
He brushed my hair back from my face and cradled me closer to him.
"What if I want you to?" The words were a bare whisper, but I could tell he heard them; I felt his breath catch.
"I care about you . . . I don't want to hurt you." I could feel the slight shaking of his hands as he sighed. "I can't commit to anyone right now." I knew he was thinking of the future: hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans and the job waiting for him in another city, far away from me. I had two more years of school. And we'd only known each other six months. I didn't care.
"I want you." I pulled my head back and looked at him, watched his eyes darken with lust.
He pushed me back onto the couch and pinned my arms above my head, gently circling my wrists with his hands. He started to kiss me and then, right before his lips touched mine, asked, "how much?"
"Where is the wall?" I felt him laugh, softly and darkly, as his lips captured mine and he swept me up into his arms and stood. He must have understood then . . . how badly I wanted it. I'd been horny for so long I couldn't honestly remember when I'd started wanting sex, much less how I'd managed to deny myself for over two decades.