The morning after Kim's return from Mexico, I wandered into the dining room, where brilliant sunshine blasted in from the desert. Two nymphs in football shirts had the coffee going and were setting the table. I fondled each behind in turn and declared my instant lust for them. I was handed a tall glass of orange juice and asked what exotic place I was taking them for ravishment.
I stood in the window and pondered my choices. There was much work today, and Sarah needed to get Karen and Marty together.
I gestured for them to approach and whispered, "What if Karen and Marty meet at noon in the study hall, and Karen has a sudden need to take the rest of the afternoon off. We could slip away to the mine for exploration?"
Their eyes were bright and smiling. "Ooh, he is going to do us on some rock in front of Karen and Marty!"
I nodded and reached up under the football shirts to find and pinch a nipple on their fronts. A sudden voice at my ear said, "He is up to no good, I can tell." Erica nibbled at my ear and said, "You sure run good therapy sessions. That one last night was first class."
I pulled her down for a warm, wet kiss. "Look who I got lessons from." I gave her a nice tight good morning hug and got a thank you kiss.
Soon the room was full of women in various states of dress, getting their breakfasts and putting plans together. Kim wanted thirty minutes with me to review priorities and I suggested staying behind at Keeler with an extra cup of coffee, because I needed to visit my neglected high school obligations and would not be going to the office today. When the others had gone off, I got Clemmie on the speakerphone, told her Kim was with me, and asked for an update.
"I've been keeping both of your calendars clear. Clara was by to see if Kim could meet with the sales staff to debrief the Mexico trip and her rumored purchases. Does that work for you morning or afternoon, Kim?"
"Yes, Clemmie. Let's do it at eleven before the gallery gets busy."
Clemmie also said, darn her, "Clara also wanted to know if you had picked a date for you know what."
"Ok, I hear you, will talk to her. Have to go over to school, may not make it there today. Give me a ring if anything comes up."
Kim was standing in back, pulling my ears. "Theo, don't tell me you are romancing my best salesperson."
"I swear, and I have a witness, that she hit on me. Hit hard. Rumor has it that she has shared your bed, so you know what a sexy thing she is. I turned her down, but she wouldn't take no for an answer and I agreed to have dinner with her."
Kim said, in a soothing tone, rubbing her front on me, "Poor Theo, all these horny women jumping him. You have my permission to bed her, but only if it is here and I can watch."
I stood and we boxed around for a minute, then hugged and kissed. I got an armlock on her and whispered, "I am not the same when you are gone. And it is not just the sex, either. I'd like to talk to you someday about Jeannie Simpson. Remember her?"
Kim jerked back and stared at me sharply. "What's that about? Have you been poking around in my past?"
I held her hands and stared back. "I have. It's part of my history too. You are slowly shedding some of the Parsons armor you carefully built up and it's making you a better, nicer person." We were walking back to her room so she could get office clothes on.
I pushed her up against the wall, "I know, you are going to tell me we are playing with fire. Yes, we are. I think it will be worth it."
She collapsed around me in sudden tears. "Oh Theo, this is hard. I promised you that night two weeks ago that there would be no more secrets, but this is hard."
I sat us down on the sofa in her room. She curled into me still sniffling. I said, "All those years ago, Jeannie had to become Kim to keep the nasty world at bay. Now you have me, you have your helpers and friends, you have a fine place here in Arizona. The Ice Queen can go in the closet for safekeeping.
She buried her head in my shoulder and closed her eyes for minutes. Finally her head came up and I got a long warm wet kiss that had a story with it. A story of the new Kim, bringing fresh joy into her life. A vulnerable Kim that I just pledged to protect and nourish with all my heart.
She jumped up. "Help me dress, I'm late."
I pulled down the boy shorts and shimmied her into black lace panties, and tucked those perfect breasts into the matching bra. I picked a bright flowery dress from the rack, saying, "You are giving a cheery, informal talk to the staff. This will be perfect."
I picked up her perfume bottle and dabbed some in the right places. She smiled and said, "You better wash that off your hand, unless you are going after yet another woman." I pinched her bottom and we went to the garage.
I parked far out in the high school lot and walked in to Karen's office. Her secretary smiled and said, "You are in luck, she just got back from a meeting."
I knocked and entered her office. "Hi, got a moment?"
She looked up and gave me a big smile. "Yes, of course. I've set a date with the Superintendent. Two weeks from Friday."
I went over to give her a congratulatory hug and got a kiss too. She sniffed and asked, "Isn't it a little early in the day to be bedding women with expensive perfume?" She patted the front of my jeans.
I stayed in the hug and said, "Kim asked me to help her dress. She has to give a talk to the staff and I decided a little scent would be the right touch."
"And you put your hand down her front to make sure just a dab got in her cleavage?"
I stepped behind her and let my hand find its way down her cleavage. "Stop that. I can't get caught with you feeling up the principal."