We settled in.
My Air Force tech school and general status as a veteran, veterans were popular those days, were accepted for 87 credits so my official status was as a "Junior." I enrolled in the education curriculum, wanting to be a teacher, and started school. I didn't try to pledge any fraternity. I figured that after basic training and barracks life, I wasn't about to put up with a bunch of bullshit from some high school hero that I could break in half. I did join the Vets Corps, kind of a fraternity for veterans although it was mostly a big old farmhouse with a big yard that served as headquarters for some truly epic parties and a place to crash for a while for guys, well, and a few girls, fresh home from wherever they had been while they got settled in.
Not everyone had an Aunt Ann.
And speaking of Aun Ann, she was the best bed partner anyone could ask for. She didn't just enjoy, she actively welcomed the little things my Japanese hooker-turned-live-in lover had taught me. Machiko was good at her profession, the Oldest Profession, and specialized in the art of spicing pleasure with pain.
Spice is a good word here.
My first lesson for Aunt Ann took place a couple of weeks after I moved in, but before classes started.
We stayed home that night, watching television companionably. She's a deeply committed Elvis Presley fan, especially the early movies, and we watched
King Creole
, singing along with many of the songs. Pot had become legal while I was away and I was still reveling in the idea that I didn't have to find a dealer, that I could just walk into the store, what they called the "dispensary," and buy what I wanted. I quickly discovered gummies, and tonight we were working on a half gummy, a five-milligram dose, of my favorite
Sativa
strain.
I wasn't "stoned," but I was pleasantly "high."
We turned off the television and went to bed, giggling a little as I did a vocal version of the riff that accompanied the song - - bum bumm bububum - - and she sang, "If you're looking for trouble."
In the bedroom, I peeled off the oversized T-shirt and flannel shorts she wore in place of pajamas for lounging around, and she pushed the long floppy shorts past my hips and let them pool on the floor at my feet.
We necked and kissed. We knew each other well enough that there was no urgency now. We took our time.
"Ready for one of the lessons I learned in the exotic Far East?" I asked.
"Mmmmmmmmm," she said in a husky voice, "always ready for your lessons honey.
"Hold that thought," I said, rolling out of bed before she could grab me.