It was a cooler morning than usual for the time of year, so Maria walked rather than drove to Susan's. She heard rather than saw her friend first, Susan was singing quietly to a recording. "Hi," Maria announced herself tapping on the open door, "You're very cheerful this morning, what are you listening to?"
"Oh it's just something I downloaded," replied Susan nonchalantly, "It's a singer called Harry Nilsson, a collection called
A little touch of Schmilsson in the night
"
"Well, it's nice to know that the Harry's of this world are keeping you happy," observed Maria amiably: then she stopped in her tracks... she had noticed, "Susan you just blushed. You did, not much, but you did..." she looked at her friend accusingly, "You have, haven't you?"
Susan nodded, and this time blushed vividly
"Wonderful, now you sit down and I'll get the coffee," she said busying herself. "I'm so glad I brought a chocolate cake."
"Why?" asked Susan lamely
"Chocolate cake and coffee are the perfect accompaniment to intimate, detailed confessions," said Maria."
"I suppose you're not going to let up until I tell you what happened."
"No chance at all."
"There's not really much to tell," Susan started cautiously. "I was having a lesson and it was going really well, for the first time I felt really confident, I was doing everything right. Then right at the end, there was a change in the music, it was much slower, not the same dance music at all. I don't know, but I suppose the mood changed, I held Harry a little closer... he did the same to me, and then I rested my head on his shoulder; at the end just before the music stopped I looked up and well...he kissed me, it just seemed the most natural thing in the world."
"Wow, how romantic," exclaimed Maria.
"Hmmm, well it didn't stay romantic for long," Susan gave a short laugh and bit her lip, more than slightly embarrassed, "In fact; it got pretty basic pretty quickly. I grabbed his hand and we practically ran to the bedroom... I wanted him so much; we didn't bother with any foreplay or anything, within two minutes we were at it like knives."
"Is that all?"
"Well it was for about twenty minutes, then we did it all over again."
Susan bit her lip again. "That was pretty much the pattern for the next two hours, Harry tried to make love, kissing caressing and things like that, but Maria, it's been so long, all I wanted was for us to have sex endlessly."
"Wow," said Maria again, and then lost for something to say, "Here, have some more cake."
"And you know," and again Susan laughed a little at herself, "I haven't felt the slightest bit guilty about it, I just didn't realise how much I needed sex...needed him... I just took what I wanted."
Susan took a healthy bite of the cake and Maria observed, "But I don't suppose Harry was complaining though."
At this Susan started to giggle, "He wasn't, he couldn't have, because altogether, he managed to do it five times before he was so worn out he couldn't manage again."
Maria whooped, "Five! Oh goodness you have been busy."
"That was only the first time, I've had two more lessons since then."
"So that's what you call it," hooted Maria, "Having lessons."
"You can laugh," responded Susan slightly more seriously, "And while I am still having the dance classes, lessons is probably an apt enough description for the après dance as well."
"What do you mean?"
"Well the next time Harry came over we had our usual dance lesson ...and you wouldn't believe it, he extended it by fifteen minutes, said I wasn't concentrating enough. Anyway, eventually he relented and we were off to the bedroom like a rocket. I thought of course that we would just carry on like we had before, but Harry was having none of it. He said, "No, I'm calling the shots tonight."
"What did that mean?"
"What he meant was that he wanted to make love, rather than just have sex, he kissed me on the lips my ears, my neck on my boobs and even my belly. He played with me, well you know what I mean, and then eventually he parted my legs and I thought, oh this is it...but it wasn't."
"Yes," interrupted Maria breathlessly, being fairly certain what was next, "What happened?"
"Maria," said Susan dreamily, "Harry made love to me but with his lips, his tongue; when his tongue first touched me I was so surprised, I went all tense, but it was magical, absolutely magical. He held me firmly at first but as I relaxed so did he, and Maria..." Susan stopped, lost in her memory for a moment. "I never felt anything so good in my life; it was wonderful."
Maria bit her lip too; Susan's description was stirring more than her memory.
"It seemed to go on for ages, "And eventually I came. Maria, it was huge, absolutely huge, I've never known anything like it, then when I settled down we cuddled and I started crying, I couldn't help it." Susan giggled again, "Harry thought I was upset, so I had to explain, I told him, 'Harry that was wonderful, no one has ever done that for me before,' I was so happy I could hardly bear it."
"Oh my goodness," Maria broke in "So no one, no one has ever...?"
Susan nodded, "It was the first time ever for me."
The two women were silent, each with their own thoughts for a few moments before Susan returned in more prosaic mood to her original point. "So you see what I mean, I am taking lessons but not just in dancing. It had never occurred to me before how naΓ―ve, how inexperienced I am, but," she added with determined anticipation, "It's time I learned."
"And now," announced Susan decisively "That's enough of that, I have something else I have to sort out and you may have some ideas."
"What is it?" asked Maria, as she cut herself a second slice of cake."
"A dress, more specifically a ball dress, this will be a very formal event and I don't have anything remotely suitable."
"Do you have any ideas?"