What Rain can Do - 8/14/2002
I've known him since a few months into my freshman year of college. I realized I had a crush on him at some point ... but we (he) came to the conclusion that we were better off as friends. So I dealt with that ... it since it wasn't the first time that sort of thing had happened to me.
My problem with this particular gentleman was that he had loose lips. This fella had a tendency to tell me things about his sex life that I didn't need to know. It was simply unfair how he told me about his fondness of thunderstorms and candle wax! That sort of thing makes a girl’s mind wander to places it shouldn't. And sometimes he didn't even have to say anything. (Like the time I saw him with a newly acquired pair of handcuffs attached to his book bag.) Despite all of that ... I tried to keep myself on the straight and narrow when it came to him ... until the night fate stepped in.
We went out to dinner. It wasn't technically a date, but he had promised me a good meal a long time ago. We ate at a nice little seafood restaurant near Inner Harbor. After clam chowder, a nice fillet of fish, and a decadent cheesecake dessert, we noticed that it was getting quite cloudy ... as if the heavens were going to open up any minute. We headed back to the bus stop. (Just 2 broke college students with no cars!) The rain started during the bus ride; not too bad at first. By the time we had gotten to our stop near campus however, the storm was in full effect ... pouring down big, hard, cool raindrops. We had a 10 minute walk back to my room. I thought about running ... but I was already soaked just waiting for the light to change so I could cross the street ... so what was the point of running a few blocks? I definitely couldn’t outrun the raindrops. Somewhere in the back of my mind I remembered what he had said about liking the rain as I put my jacket over my head and we walked at a leisurely pace in the downpour. It actually felt rather good to tell the truth!
We hadn't expected it the interlude from the heavens, so neither of us had an umbrella. I was thankful for the darkness because I was wearing a white sundress ... which I'm sure had become transparent in the rain. I could feel how the cool rain and the wet fabric against my flesh made my nipples harden ... It didn’t help that I was wondering if he was aroused by the rain. Suddenly there was a huge flash of lightning and I could have sworn I saw him staring at my protruding nipples ... I dunno if it was my imagination or not, but either way, I blushed crimson and pulled my jacket around me.
By this point we were near the apartment and I worried about the embarrassment of my transparent dress once inside with the lights on. I need not have been concerned though because once we got upstairs we found everything pitch black. We fumbled around for the light switch and I heard him bump into something and swear. Shortly thereafter, I realized that there would be no lights because the power was out. I grabbed his hand and pulled him into my room. I had a few candles around so after a few minutes we were sitting in soft, warm, flickering light.
Now ... what were we going to do about our wet clothes?
I didn't feel like leaving the candlelit room so I told him to avert his eyes if he didn't want to see anything ... I grabbed the first thing I could find, which was an oversized T shirt ... I stripped out of my wet things and put on the T shirt.
I saw him sitting there in his soaking wet clothes and I knew he was too stubborn to say anything so I grabbed my black bathrobe and threw it at him. It was pretty big, so I knew it would fit him, and it was basic black terrycloth so it wasn't like it was too feminine for him to wear ... except it might have smelled like my bodywash but he would just have to get over that now wouldn't he? I wasn't letting him go back out in that storm: it had gotten worse since we were in the house and he had another bus ride and a bit of a walk back to his place.
“You’re spending the night here whether you like it or not!” I told him matter of factly. He didn’t object.
I noticed when he was taking his shirt off that he had a big scratch on his arm. Now I knew why he had sworn as we fumbled around in the dark. I grabbed a candle and searched my room for the peroxide and a bandaid. I made him slide the robe off his shoulders some so I could clean the cut and bandage it. He whined about the stinging of the alcohol ... and I remembered him once saying something about only liking sensual pain. I think that thought got me in trouble because as soon as it crossed my mind I lost my grip on the candle I was holding and accidentally spilled some hot wax on his shoulder. He kind of gasped and his eyes shut in what might have been a wince of pain, but looked suspiciously like one of pleasure.
I honestly hadn't done it on purpose, so I apologized ... and since we didn't have anything better to do with no electricity, I told him to lie down and I would give him a massage.
I had him lay down on my bed and we pulled the robe off enough to expose his back ... I tried not to think too much about the fact that he was naked underneath. I wasn't any better clothed with nothing on under my t shirt.
"So ... did you enjoy the rain?" I asked him.
"I told you before I like a good storm"