THOSE DAYS OF SURPRISES
Chapter 51
Thoughts, Talk and Action
But even as we prepared to eat, something Barbara had said was nagging away inside my head, what she had said about me still having a small but special place for Sheila - and that she actually filled two such places, one as my first love, another as my first fuck. If that was true - and I felt quite sure it was - then, as Barbara had said, that was powerful stuff.
As I sorted through those thoughts, another hit me, right out of the blue. Sheila - Barbara, Barbara - Sheila.
The similarities were strong - Height. Colouring. Hair - different but not too different. Eyes - both blue and extremely expressive. Figure - Barbara's was definitely more voluptuous, her breasts bigger, fuller. Personality - both were take-charge kinds of ladies, with soft, very feminine centres. Sex - now that was where the two coincided almost identically. As I recalled some of the things Sheila and I had got up to with each other during that first year I was reminded over and over again of Barbara and her attitude to sex. Of course Sheila and I had been less experienced, both still finding our way, learning about things - but we, particularly she, were keen to try everything at least once - and if we liked it, whatever it was, again and again, until we found something we liked even more.
Just like Barbara!
So, was some of the reason why Barbara had made such an impact on me because she fitted so well into the special places I had created for Sheila?
'Powerful stuff isn't it?'
'Pardon, what did you say Barbara?' I asked as the sound of her voice broke into my thoughts.
'I said it's powerful stuff, dredging up memories from the past. You were obviously miles - or more accurately, years away.'
'Funnily enough I wasn't that far away at all. I was mainly thinking about you.' I answered, almost truthfully.
'Well, after all the competition I've heard about, that's very nice to hear.' she said as she finished laying the table and came round to stand behind me and slipped her arms around me. 'Exactly what were you thinking about me?' she asked softly. 'Sexy thoughts, I hope.'
'Very definitely sexy thoughts. You can't expect me to sit looking at you for over an hour without getting sexy thoughts, especially in that - 'I'm only just out of school but I've learned more than I need to know' - outfit.'
My description made her chuckle and as her arms tightened she pressed hard up against me, wriggling herself against my bottom.
'And you can't expect me to sit listening to all those delightful activities without getting turned-on too.'
'Don't blame me, it was you that wanted to hear about them.'
'Oh I'm not complaining - I want to hear a lot more yet - but I just want you to know that the system is working fine and is ready to go whenever you are. Unless you need me to go and take off these socks and put on some stockings instead.'
I chuckled at the thought of how she'd look in her little girl's get up - and stockings. Then, as I tried to picture it, although I found it less amusing, in fact, positively stimulating - I actually said what I had originally intended to.
'No need of that Barbara - especially while you're wearing that sweater.'
'You like this do you?' she asked as she finally let go of me and then did a quick spin around so I could see her from all angles. Apart from dropping briefly as the spin made her skirt lift, exposing even more of her smoothly rounded thighs, my eyes were glued to the shape of her breasts. The thin material clung to them like a second skin, sharply outlining their mouth-watering curves.
'I like what it does for what's filling it - let's put it that way.' I answered. 'But, to change the subject, I think we'd better eat before this food starts to get cold, don't you?'
'O.K. - I don't mind you perving on me - but then you know that, you know I like knowing I can turn you on that way.'
The smell of the food had made us both aware of our hunger and we ate and drank in comparative silence for some time, our remarks limited mainly to comments about the excellence of the various dishes. But as our stomachs filled, the wine bottle emptied and our eating was reduced to merely picking the occasional, particularly tasty piece that was still left, we began to talk again, initially about the house and the plans and hopes we had for it. But in time that led to the work Barbara had done on the attic area - and that in turn, to what I intended using that space for.
'Apart from that one false wall, I wanted to keep the area as open as possible, so you can create spaces within it with just the furniture - and that can be moved around as and when you fancy. I thought the wall necessary for two reasons. One is visual - it would be almost impossible to completely hide the folding stairs and the mechanism that operates them. The other is the noise aspect. When you are up there the trap-door will usually be open, so sound will be transmitted down through at least the next floor. If you have someone sleeping in one of the guest rooms and you are being particularly noisy, it could become, well let's say, embarrassing, for those below.'
'I think it's very practical, on both counts and well worth the bit of extra money it'll cost. But one thing has been bothering me.'
'What's that?'
'The sky-light you mentioned.'
'Oh that! I just thought it would be romantic - imagine it. A summer night, the air very still, a bright moon above. Wouldn't it be lovely with the room in darkness, illuminated by only the star and moon-light, lying there afterwards, looking up into the night sky together. I think that would be great. Don't you?'
I could certainly see the picture she was trying to create for me - and imagined how her pale body would look bathed in cool moon-light - and almost wished the room was available right then.
'Yes I see that - and it's a wonderful image, I'll look forward to trying it out. But that's not what's bothering me - you're putting in a false ceiling, below the actual roof. How will you handle that, the sky-light's in the roof, there's a false ceiling below it, between us and the sky-light.'
She smiled and chuckled. 'You obviously didn't look at the details of the plans. The really clever bit is to use the skylight to create an even larger glass section in the false ceiling, with some mirrors.'
'Mirrors?'
'Yes, let me show you, it's easier if I draw it for you.'
She grabbed a note pad and pencil from beside the phone and quickly sketched what she had in mind. It was certainly ingenious. A kind of funnel, the sky-light at the narrow end, a much larger panel of glass in the false ceiling and the connecting part lined with mirrors, angled to reflect the night sky down through the panel of glass.
'So we'll actually be getting even more light, because of the different angles of the mirrors?' I asked.
'We should, we'll have to play about with the setting of the mirrors. Maybe I need to fit them so they can be adjusted - yes that's an even better idea, I'll do that in the morning.' She responded with growing enthusiasm.
'More light - but no balmy night air.' I said a little sadly. But again she smiled and chuckled at my despondent look.
'You'll get your night air, whenever you want it. You can lie there in the pouring rain if you fancy that. Runners, runners set in the frame-work of the false ceiling. The whole panel can be slid back, leaving you lying there under the stars, well almost, just the distance between the ceiling and the roof - and because of the pitch of the roof that won't be very great near the outside wall.
And the whole thing electrically operated, from a control panel beside the bed, so you don't even have to get up.
Imagine it, you've had a lovely time, had your brains fucked out by Mum, or perhaps both of us, you lie back, light your usual cigarette, reach out and press a couple of buttons, swish - swish, there's the moon and the stars and your balmy breeze to cool off your over-heated body.
Sound nice?'
'It sounds fantastic - and I like the other bit too, the bit about having my brains fucked out - that's always nice!
But if I may, I have a thought for you, I don't know if it would work or whether it would actually be any good but, anyway. What about a few very small lights inside the funnel - you know, for when it's cloudy - or raining. That way, even if we can't have the real thing we could have the impression of it. Any good?'
'Yes Roger, yes, it sounds great! I don't why I didn't think of it myself. That would be easy - and I'm sure we could do it so that it's effective, without being garish, if you know what I mean.'
'One other thing though, won't it look a little odd in the day-time I mean, the glass panel in the ceiling. It'll stand out a bit, look rather like a mirror over the bed. I don't think your mother would go for that much.'
'No I don't think she would either. But I've come up with a way of handling that I think.
First of all there will be lots of mirrors in the room, some of them very discrete, indirect lighting and drapes making them look more like extensions to the room than actual mirrors. Some decorative, moulded frames, a vase of flowers or a nice ornament in front of them.
Then, for the glass panel itself we'll use non-reflective glass, that'll cut down a lot of the mirroring effect in the day-time. Then I'd planned on decorating the ceiling with something, I'm not sure just what yet, that is itself a bit reflective, maybe a high gloss lacquer, maybe I can find the right material, plastic with some kind of backing. I want the ceiling a darkish colour, a blue-grey, something like that.
By the time there's furniture, drapes, etc. around the place I'm sure it won't stand out too much. Anyway, you won't have everyone going up there.' she giggled as she added. 'Only very special friends.'