"David, I," but I cut her off with a kiss.
"Linda," I said, holding her face between my flat palms, "relax and enjoy. Take it from me, you are a knockout."
And there was that defiance I had noticed earlier, almost a perverse refusal to believe what I said.
"I have a mirror," she said, but at least she was meeting my eyes.
"Do you have a rubber band or a hair scrunchy or something like that?" I asked.
She looked blank for a few seconds, my
non sequitur
defeating her.
"Why?" she asked.
I flashed my Grin, the one I practice in the mirror, and said, "didn't the lovely Laura teach you not to answer a question with a question?"
She giggled at that, the first real sign of, well, pleasure? Gaiety? Joy?
Anyway, she giggled at that and said, "didn't yours?"
At which I laughed.
"Do you have a rubber band or a hair scrunchy or something like that?" I asked, bringing the conversation full circle.
"And," I said, catching her chin between my thumb and forefinger, "If you say 'why' you'll get your first spanking right here and right now."
Her eyes got big and then she giggled softly.
"You win," she said. She opened her purse and pulled out one of those little elastic hair ties, kind of like a heavy-duty rubber band encased in a very fine wrapping of braided cloth, maybe a tiny bungee cord.
I took the band, used my hands to pull her hair back, away from her face, and then bound it into a rough ponytail.
"Now," I said, "come here," and I laid my hand on her shoulders, not forcing or even pushing, more like guiding her to the mirror on the wall.
"David, I," and I cut her off again.
"Shhhhh," I breathed very softly, my hands still on her shoulders, my mouth almost touching her ear, "and just listen to what Dave is telling you."
She took a deep breath, almost a theatrical sigh, and said, "I'm listening," but I did see her roll her eyes.
"Just look and try to see what I see," I said, keeping my voice soft and low, almost like I would try to calm a nervous fawn or a dog I didn't quite trust.
"Thick, dark hair, framing a pretty face," I said, brushing a few stray hairs back from her face and then stroking, almost petting, where it was pulled back.
"Beautiful, sparkling brown eyes," I said, brushing my fingertips across her eyelids making her shut them, "that need some smile lines to make them truly spectacular.
She giggled a little at that.
"Straight nose," tracing the line of her nose with the tip of my forefinger, "something that might be found on an old Roman statue."
Finally, she smiled, a real smile.
"And," I said, nuzzling her neck a little, "a smile that brightens the room when she finally lets it out."
"God, I can almost believe you," she said.
"Believe me," I said, my fingers finding the top button of that shapeless blouse she wore, kind of a brownish, and it hit me it might be the color of the word you see but never really say, "dun-colored."
I felt her body tense as I unbuttoned that top button and then lightly brushed the skin of her throat that I exposed.
"A pretty face," I said, letting my fingers return to her cheeks, "almost a beautiful face if it would just smile more."
She giggled again.
I undid the next button, now exposing a little cleavage. The skin I exposed was so pale it gave a whole new meaning to the term "white people." She was truly white.
"Smooth, alabaster
(digging into my vocabulary here)
skin, begging for a caress," I went on and I felt just a little of the tension leave her body.
The third button put the top of her bra on display along with about a square foot of pale skin with a sexy tracery of pale blue veins showing. She was a very well-endowed young woman. Later peeked at her bra and found she wore a 42DD.
"Very nice breasts," I breathed into her ear, my lips almost touching the helix, the outer part of the shell of her ear and my tongue lightly tracing the antihelix, that tender part forming a cup, "begging for a man's touch."
And I touched them, my fingertips brushing the line where the bleached white, industrial-strength bra forced soft skin to bulge a little.
This got the first real reaction from her. She drew in a long breath and leaned her head a little, the first hint of offering.
"God, you are good," she breathed and I liked that her breath was a little hoarse, "I can almost believe you."
"Believe me," I said, nuzzling her neck now, kissing that soft area where her neck spread to her shoulders. She really was a big girl.
Another button and I could see it was some sort of a long-line bra and there were no hooks, but a zipper that ran up the front. I chuckled and said, "this is a new one on me."
She giggled softly. "It's called a 'shaper.'" she said.
"I'm more interested in
your
shape," I said, my hands undoing the final two buttons of her blouse and then laying flat on her belly, well, that wonderfully soft and warm muffin top between the "shaper" and the beltline of her skirt.
She shivered and her breath caught.
"Please," she started and her voice broke.
"What?" I asked, my hands lightly on her muffin top and my body in contact with hers as much as I could manage.
"Please don't hurt me," she said.
I chuckled at that.
"Not even like this?" I asked, nipping her earlobe hard enough to draw a little yelp followed by a giggle.
"You know what I mean," she said.
I turned her then, to face me.
"I know exactly what you mean," I said, and I kissed her, a serious, I'm-getting-into-your-pants kiss.
I held the kiss even when she started to pull away.
"Stop it," I said, my hand behind her head now, holding her, "let me show you what you do to me."
I felt the tension in her body and kissed her again. The tension held.
And held.
And held.
And broke.
She was in my arms then, her arms wrapped around my neck while mine reached as far around her as I could. Her kiss was hungry now, full of need and desperation.
This time I broke the kiss.
"You are beautiful," I said, my fingers getting a good grip on the zipper of her bra and starting to work it down.
"Say it again," she said, and the smile on her face made it true.