Being a houseguest was new to me, but the week seemed to be going well so far. Although our days were filled with meetings at the symposium, and the evenings were mostly occupied with preparation for the next day's presentations we found time the dinner preparation, consumption and cleanup to share backgrounds and to joke with each other. It seemed so natural to be with her. Her face was not extraordinarily pretty in the classical sense, but her regular features, ready smile and twinkling eyes showed an inner beauty that made her very attractive to me. She was bright with a quick wit that grinned intellectually occasionally. The way she lowered her voice and looked at me sometimes when we spoke showed me that she had found similar qualities in me.
Because we were both professional we ignored the attraction that was growing between us, and soon after dinner each night would retire to our respective bedrooms to prepare for the next day. However, on the fourth night at about eleven, I felt it best to empty the bladder before going to sleep, and started down the semidarkness of the hall. I truly had no intention at that time to do anything but go to the bathroom and return. What stopped me was a movement I saw through her bedroom door that she had left ajar to allow the evening breeze to circulate more freely on this hot summer night.
There should have really been no movement there that time of night, but as I studied the situation more closely, I determined that she had also left her closet door open and that the full-length mirror on the backside of that door was reflecting her image. I stood there a moment, embarrassed by my inability to take another step; riveted by what I was seeing. There, lit by the soft glow of a distant street light, she lay on her bed with only a sheer nightgown covering her body. I could see the curve of her breasts and her abdomen and the flow of the fabric over her thighs as it molded itself into the hollow between them. She had no idea I was there, or that I was looking at her for the first time not professionally, but as a woman.
Her eyes were closed, and the movement that had arrested me was her right hand slowly moving over her right breast. She was feeling the curve herself, and it dawned on me that had I been there with her I would have wanted to touch her in the same way. She was so sensual in her movements, and I could see her chest rise and fall as she breathed. In that moment, she became the embodiment of all women to me. Her caresses seemed almost random, as she touched one breast, then the other. Although I was only a few inches away from her on the other side of the wall, it was as if there was a huge gulf separating us that I wanted to close immediately, but couldn't. The mirror held me transfixed.
I noticed that the fabric over her chest was tenting slightly, as if she had placed a small gumdrop in the middle of each breast. She was not the only one erecting tents that night because as I looked at her now pinching these confections with both hands I could feel myself lengthening downward and thickening against my jockeys. I felt guilty for not moving down the hall and leaving her privacy intact, but my libido was now raging and was in full control.