This is an unusual story for me and it is a bit long. The first part is John's Story, and the second part is Sandy's story. The two parts recount the same story, but are told from the perspectives first of John and then of Sandy. I am perhaps better when recounting the woman's perspective, so if you prefer just to read Sandy's perspective, Sandy's story starts halfway down on page 3.
I would love any comments as to whether or not this is a good idea. I got the idea from reading an excellent story "He Said, She Said Ch. 01-02," by Wordy_1s.
One more caveat: I am not sure what category to put this story in. It could be group sex, it could be exhibitionism, or perhaps even romantic couplings. I chose Exhibitionism, and I hope that does not alienate anyone.
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John's story
I had a crush on her. It makes no sense, I'm too old to have schoolboy crushes, but nevertheless it seems to me that's what it was. Sandy was a sweetheart of a woman, with lovely skin, a pretty face, a nice body, and reddish blonde silken hair. But what I loved most of all was her smile, and her eyes.
Her eyes formed a kaleidoscope of colors. The overall effect was blue, but to say she had blue eyes would be such a vast understatement. And her smile: When she smiled it lit up a room. And she smiled easily, so usually people were happy when she was around.
Sandy lived in the same building in New York City as I did, so I would see her often, just by happenstance. Sometimes we would take the elevator together and talk, when we came home at the same time. Sometimes I would run into her on the street near our building. I did not want to ruin things by asking her out, or anything. I just enjoyed her company, whenever I would have it by luck and by chance.
Sometimes it was a little more. One time I was enjoying a coffee at a neighborhood coffee house, when in walked Sandy and she ordered one, too. There were no free tables, she saw me, and she came over and asked if she could join my table.
I closed my laptop and we just chatted. It was a lovely time, she has such a sparkling personality and broad interests. We ended up chatting for an hour, both having another coffee to keep things going. I did not want that time to stop. It was after the chance coffee house meeting that my superficial crush based mostly on appearance evolved into real affection. This woman had the potential to be a mate, as far as I was concerned.
It was the storm, and the power failure caused by the storm, that actually brought us together. We live in New York, and the Superstorm Sandy had cut the power below 37th Street. And yes, the storm had the same name as this pretty, sexy, wonderful woman.
We did not know there was power north of 37th Street because without electricity, we had no news. Our radios and TVs did not work unless we had batteries for the radio, which we both did not, and our computers and wifi and cell phones were out, too. Even my landline did not work, because it was cordless.
The power never fails in Manhattan, unlike the small towns I lived in before I moved to New York. Even though I knew how to deal with power failures, I was shockingly unprepared for this "superstorm," which was a hurricane if you ask me.
So we were in a news blackout and we had little idea what was going on. Plus it was cold, and we had no heat. And then there was the issue of coffee. Everyone is addicted to coffee in the morning, including me. I could still make drip coffee, because I buy ground coffee, and I had a gas stove, and I had a trickle of water coming out of my sink faucet. This made me a kind of local king.
Some people were in the habit of getting coffee to go from any of several places nearby every morning, but all those places were also out of power and hence closed. Sandy's predicament was that she used an electric coffee bean grinder. She had the beans, she had the gas stove, she had the water, and she had the paper filters with which to make drip coffee. She just could not grind the beans.
Sandy came knocking on my door in the morning, asking for coffee. I made some for her, and since neither of us could get to work (the subways were not running, either, due to the lack of power plus the flooded subway tunnels), we sat in my dark and cold apartment and drank our coffee and talked. It was nice. The room was cold but for me at least, her smile warmed it up.
"I was freezing last night," Sandy said. "It's times like this you need a dog to sleep with you and to keep you warm."
"I was cold, too. I thought about keeping the oven on, but then I remembered my stove is gas, but my oven is electric," I said.
"Maybe you should marry me," Sandy said. "Then we could sleep together and keep each other warm."
I knew she was joking of course, but I kept the joke going, and said, "It's the 21st century, Sandy. Two people can sleep together even before marriage. It's even legal in New York."
She laughed. "Well, you would know, you're a lawyer. But you know, I'm a Catholic girl," she said, pointing to the cross around her neck.
"I see," I said. "This may sound insensitive, or just ignorant, but can't you sleep with me and then confess and beg forgiveness?"
She laughed again. "I guess you're right," she said, "but that may involve a lot of begging. It's a serious sin. But in fact I'm a lapsed Catholic, anyway."
I love it when she laughs. "I felt as if I almost froze to death last night," Sandy continued.
"Well you see, there you are," I replied. " Surely it can't be a sin to sleep with a man to save your own life."
"I guess it depends on what 'sleep with a man' actually means," she said. "Somehow I think were I to spend the night here with you, I would be warm and not freeze to death, but I would definitely sin, you know?"
This was getting a bit sexy, and I was not sure where the conversation was going. But I continued to play along. "Tell you what, Sandy. Tonight I'll leave my door unlocked, and if you start to fear for your life, come on over and hop into bed with me. If I'm asleep you will not be in much danger."
Sandy laughed again. "Oh John," she said. "You're such a sweet, innocent man. You are not the danger of that arrangement. I'm the danger." Then she laughed again. I got a big smile.
Sandy changed the subject, and asked me about my work. I answered her questions and asked her about her work, too. She is an architect, and her work sounded truly interesting, at least to me. While we talked I made us another round of hot coffee.
She left to go home and dress, and I did the same. I was not looking forward to a cold shower (there was no hot water). I need not have worried however, because there was not enough water pressure to take a shower, anyway. I learned that the building uses an electric pump to get water above the third floor, and of course the power failure meant the pump was not working. I had water enough to make coffee, but not much else.