Part 2
Dublin: present day
At dinner, Ida told Craig some about the meeting with Professor Sherridan, although not the discussion of her other idea. Throughout dinner and the evening, her mind kept returning to the sexuality of a Woman centered culture. She imagined that somehow the men would learn to be better lovers, but how? A class? Lessons. She giggled at that thought, imagining a hut full of young men being shown a crude drawing of a woman's vagina and a woman intoning, "You must put your tongue here and slowly...."
She giggled so loud at the thought that Craig asked, "What's so funny?"
Stammering a quick non-committal reply, she tried to hide her blush. As she continued to think about it, she realized that somehow the women must tell the men what they need. Whether there was some Top Woman who explained it all to the men, or whether each Woman was in charge of Her own man was not that important. And She wondered if She could take charge in bed and teach Craig what She needed. Imagining a society where this was the norm made Her feel powerful and strong. Maybe it was just that She was excited about Her career, or maybe this line of thought was empowering. She didn't know, but She decided She would take charge tonight.
They began to get ready for bed. Craig was in the bathroom, brushing his teeth. She grabbed the space heater and turned it up high, warming the cold room and then removed Her clothing and slipped into Her soft silk pajama top. Her bare bottom barely covered by the material, and Her breasts free inside it, She sat in the middle of the bed mentally preparing Her speech. Craig came out of the bathroom, stripping off his shirt. He tossed it into the hamper and turned, catching Her sitting on the bed. He could clearly see that she was dressed provocatively, and he smiled and growled as he moved toward the bed and Her. Ida giggled at his growl, She did sometimes like the "he-man" growl he used, but She put up Her hand and in Her best command voice said "We need to talk."
It didn't come out the way She wanted, and his reaction was certainly not what She had hoped as his face fell and his brow furrowed in puzzlement.
"You're not dressed like you want to talk," he said, with just enough of an edge that she knew he was already on the defensive and worried.
Crap, why was this so hard? Maybe there was no way men could just listen. She took a deep breath and with all Her love for him in Her voice She said, "Craig, I love you so much, and I like being intimate with you..."
He cut Her off and said, with some puzzlement, "Like?!? You only like it?"
Wow, She thought, he picked that up well; maybe there was hope. She realized though that communication was important. "That's right Craig, it's...well, it's kind of disappointing for me, but I don't think it should be. I think we can do better. I think you can do better. And I think I can show and tell you better what I need." The stunned look on his face was difficult to figure out.
He didn't seem mad, or at least not totally. Hurt certainly, She knew that no man liked his sexual prowess questioned. Craig slumped into a chair in the corner, and held his head in his hands for a moment. When he looked back up at Her the puzzled face had given way a combination of fear and sorrow. My God, she thought, this was not going well.
"I'm sorry," he croaked. "I...I guess I kind of know what you mean, but ... you usually cum right?"
While She didn't want to shatter the boyish hope in his voice, She had decided that She needed to be honest and then they could move forward. "Not often." His face fell so hard she thought she heard it hit the floor. He just stared at Her. He got up and went into the bathroom and then came out. He was confused and puzzled and clearly worried.
"Craig, look at me." Her voice was not commanding, yet it had a soft power She had never felt before, as though something deep inside Her had been triggered. Craig responded to Her in a way She had never seen. "Craig, we love each other, I want us to be better, to make love in ways that are Magical and Sacred." Sacred? Where had that come from? It had just slipped out. "I want us to experience all that sex has to offer and I need you to work with me, collaborate with me, to be my partner in our sex life." Wow, these words were powerful even to Her.
And then some kind of understanding began to dawn in Craig's face and he whispered two of the most beautiful words She had ever heard, "Teach me..."
Ida felt her heart pounding and Her sex tingled and swelled with excitement as Her mind played over all the things She wanted to teach Craig. She felt somehow in more control than ever. "Take off your clothes and come lie here beside me." Her voice was commanding, but with a softness and love that was reassuring to Craig. He slowly removed his clothes, his cock becoming hard even in the cool night air. She loved looking at him when he was hard. His cock stood out at an angle from his narrow hips and the head, purple with desire, throbbed just slightly under her gaze. Ida patted the bed next to her, further inviting him, and Craig crawled onto the bed. Ida gently maneuvered him until he was lying on his back, and then She leaned over him and began to kiss him, slowly, gently at first, but with growing passion. Perhaps automatically, his hands wrapped around Her waist and began to caress Her hips and ass.