Then Connie came to see me to report mission accomplished with Tommy. She had manufactured a furious row out of nothing last night and after they had called each other every name under the sun she had said she never wanted to see him again and stormed out. She had spent the night at Fran's. "He was really upset," she added pensively. "I hadn't realised he was so sweet on me." Then she suddenly brightened up. "You are still coming round to Fran's after work, aren't you James?" I told her I was and she grinned with delight, poor Tommy completely forgotten.
I arranged with Fran and Connie that they would leave work before me so that I should not be seen going off with them. "You can get ready," I said, meaning strip and get in the bed. So when I arrived I was surprised that Fran opened the door still fully clothed and still more surprised when she pulled away from my attempted embrace. Her worried eyes looked urgently in the direction of the front room door, and I realised there were half-packed boxes around the place.
"Gabriella's here," she whispered. "She's moving her stuff out. We've been helping but it's still not finished."
At this moment the front room door opened and Gabriella appeared, struggling with a big box of clothes. I had never met her before. Fran had talked about her, of course, saying she was tall and slender, but "slender" does not really do it for me and I had not paid much attention. But I had to admit she was a striking young woman, maybe five foot ten or eleven with lovely olive skin, big brown eyes, and long black hair. I knew from Fran that she worked for a public relations firm but she could have been a fashion model, I thought, although at the moment she was dressed sensibly for packing in a shirt and shorts. I hastily took the box from her and put it with the others. She thanked me prettily and looked quizzically at Fran.
Fran introduced us and I offered to help pack. The sooner this was done, I reasoned, the sooner I could get down to business with Fran and Connie. With similar motivation they also set to with a will. Many hands make light work and in less than half an hour all Gabriella's stuff was piled in boxes in the hallway of the flat. She rang a taxi firm to send a big car to move it.
"Fifteen minutes," she announced as she rang off. She flopped into an easy chair with a swivel base, languorously draping one long leg over the side and rocking the chair very slightly from side to side. It was another warm, muggy day and she was hot and tired, the sweat shining on her olive face and never-ending legs. Languidly she reached for a magazine and gently fanned herself. Her hair moved slightly in the breeze from the magazine. She looked gloriously sexy.
Fran and Connie looked at each other, then at me. I think they both suspected what was happening. So did I, and I wanted it. "Er, James β¦" Fran began nervously, but I held up a hand to silence her.
I crossed the room to an upright electric fan that stood in the corner. Gabriella, her brown eyes half-closed, looked at me from under her long eyelashes. "Here, let me," I said. I stood behind the fan, directed it at her, and turned it on at a moderate setting. I was testing a theory. I had decided that FUCK must work by causing me to give off some special scent, not noticeable at any conscious level but irresistible in its effect on its chosen victim. I still had no idea how such a scent could affect only some people and leave others untouched, but I wanted to see what effect it would have on the delicious creature before me. I reasoned that if I stood directly behind the fan, in the area from which it was drawing its air supply, she would get a full dose.
She put down the magazine and relished the flow of air from the fan. It picked up long tresses of her hair and tossed them about. It also ruffled her shirt, and she undid another button to feel the cooling effect on her chest. "Oh, that's beautiful," she murmured. I increased the power a notch. As the breeze caressed her, she slid deeper into the chair and swung it on its swivel base so that she was facing me directly. By imperceptible degrees her movements became ever more suggestive and she began to move her hands sensuously about her body. She splayed her legs wide so that the breeze would play on her glistening inner thighs and moved her hands down so they focused attention on the open crotch that she was pointing straight at me, her modesty protected only by the flimsy shorts. By now her hips were gyrating in a blatantly sexual way and a throaty moan escaped her.
The doorbell rang. I grabbed the wallet from my pocket and flung it towards Fran and Connie. Fran was staring at Gabriella in amazement and failed to react, but Connie caught it deftly. "Get β rid β of β him," I silently mouthed at her and she nodded and ran out of the flat to the building entrance, where I could faintly hear her telling an irate cabbie that we were not ready and giving him money to go away.
Connie scampered back and stood next to me, agog to get a James's-eye view of the show. Fran still sat stupefied, her mouth hanging open and her eyes fixed on her flatmate, now writhing and moaning with brazen longing. Finally in a low hoarse voice full of passion and desire Gabriella twice called out my name: "James! James!" I judged that the treatment was complete and switched off the fan.
"Wow," said Connie as its whirring died away.
"Well, Fran," I said; "you were asking for a demonstration I think."
Fran was unable to respond but Connie whispered, "James, that was amazing. It's made me feel so
fucking horny
. What are you going to do with her?"
"I've narrowed it down to one option," I muttered back.
I walked over to Gabriella and leant over her. Those big brown eyes opened wider at my approach and she murmured, "James, James, I need you so much."
"I know," I said reassuringly and bent lower and tenderly kissed her. I slid one hand behind her back and the other under her knees and gently lifted her. She sighed contentedly and a long languid olive-coloured arm wrapped itself round me. I carried her towards Fran's bedroom. Connie saw where I was heading and rushed ahead to open the door; this sudden movement seemed to snap Fran out of it and she followed behind without a word, her eyes still popping.