The Paul & Jenny Stories Pt. 14a: Back to Egypt Part 01
Copyright 2000 by Paul. All rights reserved. All events and characters are fictitious.
* * * * *
Bristol, England, December 1971.
Chapter 1. (Paul).
The rain beat against the large, bay window, of the lounge bar of our local pub.
I pulled Jenny closer. She rested her head on my shoulder and looked up at me.
"Only two terms left," she said, picking up her glass of white wine and soda and taking a sip before continuing. "We must really make plans."
"Must we?" I asked. I was happy here. I could stay like this forever. "I don't want anything to change."
"Well." She'd been planning, I could tell. "It needn't. If I stay on for my Masters."
"But what will I do?"
"You could work for somebody. You could even work for yourself. Any number of small businesses would jump at the chance to have somebody like you doing their books."
I picked up my beer and took a sip.
"Are you sure you wouldn't rather be at one of the parties?"
She kissed my cheek.
"No. It's nice here."
I placed my beer glass on the table and she took my hand in hers and held it on her lap. I scratched, with a fingernail, at her pubic mound. She looked around, looked at me, then sighed.
I scratched again. I could feel my prick growing.
The last day, of our first term, in our senior year, at University. I thought of the parties that would be in full swing by now in the student quarter of the city. No, I wasn't missing them either.
I pushed my finger into the hollow at the top of her legs. She opened them slightly. She must have finished her period. I rubbed slowly up and down. Her skirt was too thick for me to feel her clit but I knew I was in the right area.
She shifted in her seat and crossed her legs, trapping my finger.
"Not here," she said, pulling my finger out. "Later."
I moved my hands to my own lap taking hers with it and lay them on my hard on.
She rubbed the fingers of one hand up and down its length. I moved the hand I had around her back from her hip to her ass cheek and squeezed.
"I think you had better make it go down," she said, giving my prick a squeeze.
"We'll have our own party when we get home."
That comment was hardly going to help. My prick jumped beneath her fingers.
"You really must learn to control it in public."
She ran her fingers up and down it again.
I closed my eyes and smiled. When I opened them again I saw Cheryl, the barmaid, staring at me from behind the bar. She looked towards my lap, fortunately hidden from view by the tabletop. I smiled at her. She glowered back. Perhaps I hould have taken up her offer. Still, I did fix her up with John and that seemed to still be working. There's no pleasing some people. (See the 'Summer Holes.'
We finished our drinks and I sent Jenny up to the bar to get two more pleading erection problems.
She nodded her understanding, probably not wanting a repeat of the last time I went to the bar in tight trousers with a hard on.
I watched her standing at the bar. Warm woollen kilt, blouse and cardigan. Her hair had grown in the four months since we had left Jamaica. She'd had it cut really short for Carole's wedding. I told her it was like sleeping with a boy.
She'd proved to me it wasn't.
We had intended to visit Michael de Vane on the way home but we'd had to remain in Jamaica for the police inquiry. (See Jamaican Fun. A Paul and Jenny Story).
When they had reached the Island after the hurricane there was no trace of the body in the storm drain or of the Yacht for that matter.
The Miami police had sent some divers to check the underside of any cruise ships in harbour and had found two with sacks of drugs secured to there hulls by means of magnetic mine cases. Martin was adamant he knew nothing of any drug running and there was no direct evidence against him. He also denied knowledge of the identities of the people we saw on the Island. Everybody knew he did but it could be dangerous crossing drug traffickers in the Caribbean. I, for one, didn't blame him.
Carole and the baby were doing fine last we had heard. She'd moved to the States with little Harvey the month before, Howie would have joined her by now. I had my doubts about how long Howie would have remained faithful. There were far too many temptations for him. As for Howie's father and Carole's mother they seemed to spend most of the time travelling. They seemed to spend most of the time travelling. She'd come back to England and sold up and as soon as her visa had come through had moved in with him in America.
Sarah and Rachael had flown back with us. They both lived in London and I doubted whether we would ever see them again. I liked Rachael. It was some kiss she gave me when we said our goodbyes at Heathrow airport. Hudson had picked us up in his car and we had spent the night in the London flat before driving back to Bristol in my Morgan.
Jenny was laughing at something one of the men at the bar had said to her. I recognised him. Mathew. He was on the same course as her, he also intended to be a teacher. He was following her back to our table. He was all right but I didn't want to share Jenny with anybody tonight.
"Hallo Paul," he said, pulling up a chair and sitting opposite me.
Jenny sat down by my side and pulled my hand back onto her lap beneath the table.
"Hallo Matt," I replied. "Not out partying tonight?"
"No." He looked from me to Jenny and back again. "I don't really like that sort of thing."
True. Come to think of it I had never seen him at any of our parties when we had shared a flat with Shirley and Linda.
"It's a filthy night outside." Jenny remarked.
And if I had my way it was going to be a filthy night in our house when we got back. I looked at the clock on the wall. It read ten fifteen.
"You'll miss the last bus into town." I said, hoping he'd take the hint.
I hadn't fucked Jenny in ten days. Although the couple of blow jobs she given me while she'd had her PMT's and period had been nice there was nothing like the real thing.
"He's already missed it." Jenny pressed my hand against her pubic mound, under the table. "You wouldn't mind if we put him up tonight. Would you?"
I looked at her. She smiled at me and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. I bloody well did mind a fucking lot.
Another squeeze of my hand.
"Of course not." I found myself saying. "We have a spare bed."
"If you're sure I'm not putting you out?" He asked in the way let you know that he knew he was but was going to stay anyway.
"That's settled then." Jenny said picking up her drink. "Come on, it looks like the rains easing a bit."
I looked out of the window. It didn't look any different to me.
I picked up my beer and took a deep swallow. Mathew had gone to get his coat from the hooks beside the door and Jenny had stood up to put on her coat from the chair beside her. I took another swallow. Why was it I always seemed to have to rush the last drink everytime we came in here?
I belched, loud.
"Paul!" Jenny admonished.
"Sorry, I hate rushing."
She sat down.
"You don't have to rush. We'll go on ahead and have a nice cup of tea waiting for you."
Mathew had returned. I looked at Jenny then I looked at him. He was a bit wet. Almost limp. She'd be safe with him.
"Ok." I was going to be the master here. "I won't be long."
She kissed me on the forehead.
"See you soon." She said and they made their way to the door.
I watched as they crossed the road and went behind the perspex screen of the bus stop. They must be checking on bus timings for the morning. It had started raining again. They had shelter until the squall passed. The bell rang and Cheryl called last orders. I looked at my glass. I could fit a half-pint in it before they closed.
Chapter 2. (Jenny).
I followed Matt behind the screen at the bus stop. He stopped and looked at the timetables on the rear wall. The rain started to hammer down on the roof of the shelter. I looked out. I could see the bright lights of the pub and the fish and chip shop next door but couldn't make out any detail inside either. I was suddenly aware of the closeness of Matt's body. To move away would have meant stepping out into the rain. I turned and looked at him.
He was not classically handsome but having worked closely on the same course as him I felt I knew the real him. So quiet to be almost shy. Yet he was so sensitive and caring. He was member of just about every socialist and conservationist group going. He continually tried to get me to join them. I couldn't. Paul was as conservative in outlook as they came. I couldn't blame him. He'd been brought up that way.
Matt and I shared so much in common. We both came from relatively poor families.
Both had achieved University places on scholarship. Both of us wanted to give something back as teachers. If I had thought about it, he was the partner I would have chosen for myself once. But now I had Paul.
He looked down at me.
"Jenny." He said.
"Yes Matt." I replied.
"It's raining." He said after a pause.
A taxi came up the hill towards us and turned into the road that passed our house and went on to the airport.
"I sometimes watch the taxi's late at night and wonder where they are going."
I realised he had placed his hand on my hip as he spoke.
I lifted my head to ask him to move it when he kissed me. Not hard. His lips just touched mine, holding contact with them. I closed my eyes. Not moving. His hand was inside my coat feeling, squeezing, my breast through my blouse and bra. It broke the spell. I pushed him away.
"No Matt," I said, holding his hands away from me. "It's not right."
He tried to pull me back towards him.
"No." I repeated.
"But Jenny," he reached out again. "You must know how I feel about you."
I hadn't. I didn't. I did now. All those looks he gave me. How he always managed to be in the same group for work or discussion as me. Yes, I did now. The poor thing. I wanted to reach out and hold him. To comfort him. But I knew he would take that the wrong way. No, I had to be strong. Finish it here and now.
I opened my handbag and, taking three one pound notes from my purse handed them to him.
"Here," I said as I handed them to him. "Take a taxi. I love Paul. Not you. Please find yourself another girl. There are plenty out there. Lots would love to have you as a boyfriend."
"You're joking." He looked out into the rain.
"There are," I wracked my brains. "There are two girls who live with Shirley. They're very nice. I'll speak to Shirley for you. Now I must go. I'll see you next term."
I stepped out into the rain and hurried up the hill towards our house. I seemed to take an age to walk the one hundred and so yards to the front gate. I strained my ears but couldn't hear him following me.