I did my best to stay out of Jessica's way all day. Breakfast convinced me of that. I couldn't keep my thoughts off the body hidden beneath her jeans and sweater. I caught myself looking at her so often, and so hungrily that I was convinced my daughter Mary had noticed something was odd. I avoided speaking, as well. My mind was so full of Jessica's succulent 19-year-old body and the incredible sex we'd been having, that I was sure I'd sneak a totally inappropriate word into an otherwise innocent conversation.
The hours dragged by. I let myself snooze in front of my computer, doze on the couch with a game playing, and shuffle into another room whenever I heard the two friends coming. Mary, three months older than Jessica, shared many of the same tastes of her best friend, so they had plenty to occupy their time. But occasionally I experienced a thrill of fear.
"You're both so sleepy and quiet," Mary commented at the end of lunch. I had just yawned, apparently at the same time as Jessica.
"Huh?" My pulse leapt, and I fought to look casual as I played innocent. I refused to allow myself to look at Jessica.
"I haven't slept poorly," Jessica said with a shrug. "But then again I'm in an unusual house, an unusual bed, so it doesn't surprise me I'm not getting as much rest as usual."
"You're not even in a bed," Mary agreed. Jessica usually slept on the bean-bag chair in Mary's room when she came over. "I guess I can see that."
"I'm just not used to so much inactivity, I guess," I added. "I'm usually at work all day, it must keep me stimulated."
"That happens to my mom," Jessica said. "She works hard and then when she gets time off it's like she stored up all her need to sleep."
"Humph," Mary grunted, getting up. "C'mon Jess - I pre-loaded episode 102."
Not entirely sure what they were talking about, I stood as well and watched Jessica's legs walk out of the kitchen before cleaning up. -- "Mary's going to be even more suspicious tomorrow," Jessica giggled as she closed my door gently, at midnight.
"Why is that?" I asked, my heart rate already up again. Jessica turned, this time dressed in nothing but an oversized flannel shirt. I was still in my pajama pants, but had taken off my shirt before she showed up.
Jessica bit her bottom lip as she crossed to me, her eyes alight. She reached out, a pace away, and touched my chest with her fingertips, then slowly and smoothly stole her graceful fingers around to my back and stood on her bare toes to embrace me. I hugged her back, squeezing her luscious body against me to feel her breasts better.
"Why is Mary going to be more suspicious tomorrow?" I pressed.
"Mmmmmm," Jessica hummed, squeezing me back before looking up into my face. "I expect to get less sleep tonight."
"Oh yeah?" I grinned. Her tone and eagerness had my loins stirring. Of course, it could have nothing to do with her plastering her lithe curves against me.
"Yes!" she whispered with an answering grin. She let me go and took one step back. "Okay, here's what I want tonight."
I stood patiently (or at least imitating patience).
"Yesterday and the day before I was so nervous, and needed to explore so badly," she explained, her words coming out in a quiet rush as she continued to try to keep her voice down. "Well, today I want a sort of reverse exploration."
I frowned quizzically.
"What I mean by that," and her words were almost slurred with her rapid breathlessness. "Is that I wanted to learn about your body, about sex, and wanted to direct everything. But I know I'm still very inexperienced. I've got some obvious ideas about what to do, but it is very limited. I've had fun learning about your penis, and sex has completely exceeded my expectations, but I want to know what you can do to me - what kinds of touches, or acts, or whatever you can do like when I make you feel good with my fingers or my mouth."
This was all said in an incredible rush, her fingers twisting in and out of each other, shifting her weight from one foot to the other.
I laughed happily. "Oh my, okay. I think I can do that."
"Really?" she almost squeaked, looking somewhat fearful.
"Of course!" I stepped closer again and hugged her, and leaned down to kiss her gently. "There are lots of things I can do, we can do together."
"Okay," she said quickly. "Okay, I'll just... I'll..."
I kissed her again, insistently, squeezing her gently until she hugged me back and relaxed. I ran my hands up her back, over the collar of her shirt, and combed my fingers upward into her hair. Continuing my soft, insistent kiss, I massaged the back of her head, her shoulders, and played with her hair. I never let the kiss get old or stale, but continued to stimulate the touch of our lips until her hot breath came out in quick, deep breaths.
Her eyes had closed and her arms held me tightly. I left one hand playing in her hair, then with the other started to smooth the curves of her body I could reach, frequently under her shirt, occasionally trading hands.
Then, lips still locked together, I bent down just a little further, clasped her firmly, and lifted her off the ground. Her eyes snapped open and she went a little rigid, but she wrapped her legs around my hips. I turned and set her on top of the bed, and finally stopped our kiss.
"Nobody's kissed me like THAT," she said.
I rested one finger across her lips. "Shhhhh. Just feel. Talk later."
With long, smooth movements I caressed her legs, her hips, her sides, her breasts, then made my way back down her beautiful body. I repeated the caress, unbuttoning one button of her shirt every time until it lay completely open. With both hands I smoothed her skin up to her shoulder, then working my fingers around her arm, helped her pull herself out of one sleeve. I then rolled her over on her stomach, and pulled her shirt completely off.
She lay, long and straight, face-down on the bed with her arms tucked in close, shivering. I was sure it wasn't the temperature this time, for I'd warmed up the house nicely, setting the vents so my room was more comfortable. I climbed up onto the bed next to her, one knee on either side of her supply rounded buttocks, and placed my hands on the small of her back.
After a stolen glance at my clock, I began a modest pressure massage. I'd always been good at this, and though it had been six years since Catherine had died, I'd taken great pleasure and pride in gifting her with frequent, luxurious massages. I might have been out of practice, but things came back to me quickly. I used my knuckles whenever I could, kneading her muscles. I smoothed over any of the bonier parts of her back with my fingertips instead, and I paid particular attention to the back of Jessica's neck and her beautiful tangle of long, blond hair.
At fifteen minutes I shifted, spreading her legs a few inches apart and kneeling next to her. I ached to be chewing on her ass cheeks, or to be buried in her most heat, but kept myself in check. Instead I included the back of her legs now, occasionally returning to neck, shoulders, back. I worked my knuckles slightly harder into her thighs and calves, but really dug them into the arches of her feet. I pulled and stretched her toes, smoothed her skin up and down, and occasionally leaned into a tighter muscle.
I didn't slow the massage down until I'd given Jessica 31 minutes. By that time she had relaxed so much I doubted she could have lifted her foot on her own power. She felt like a rag-doll under my hands. She'd also begun moaning almost continually, loud enough that I was glad her face was half buried in my pillow.
Carefully returning her to her back, I helped arrange her arms away from her sides, her legs spread open, and returned to massaging her feet, her shins, her thighs. I had learned how strangely well Catherine had reacted to massaging her knees - so long as I didn't fiddle with her kneecaps, it seemed the meatier parts relished the attention.
Jessica's moans had given way to heavy breathing, aware that she shouldn't make enough noise to carry to Mary. I climbed back onto the bed, knelt between her feet, and pushed her legs slowly, but firmly, apart. I watched as her eyes snapped open again, staring with unfocused alarm at the ceiling. Her breathing sped up, but her arms remained limp, spread out to either side, palms up.