I could not get a single word published. My student loans still had to be paid, but a degree in Journalism leaves its recipients with few choices. I could be an editor for someone else's work, but no one goes that route unless they have to.
Then I got a break. I made a cold call to the Editor of Harper's Ferry News and he finally offered me $300 for each article I wrote on the performance of health care products. It could be anything, from diet pills to fad exercise equipment. He was ready to run a series over the next 6 months to a year, and if it took off, he would increase the rate accordingly.
He called the series.....
Buyer Beware
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I was early for my appointment, but I wanted to see what it was like to work for a magazine. Mostly it was quiet. A few beeps and whistles could be heard, as various phones sounded off their odd tones. Finally, Mr. Kingston waved me in.
"I read your four pieces last night, Christine, and I have a check for you."
True to his words, he handed me an envelope.
"They were a good start, but I want you to cover some of the more risque products next," Mr. Kingston explained my next assignment as I thought about the bills that I would get to pay.
"I had them give you an extra 200 for the merchandise that you have to buy, but you have to keep the receipts or the money will be deducted from further payments."
So far, I had tested products that I found around our apartment, but now I would have to buy something from an actual sex shop. I called my boyfriend, and suggested that he meet me at Jolly Lolly's, our local emporium for sex toys.
The owners were local legends in the sex club scene. They were both from Manchester, England, so Lolly would make you a cup-o, while Leo would show your masculine partner the new power toys. They had everything; from battery powered Ben Wa Balls to full power thrusters and vibrator combos, with a built-in bench and soft leather security straps.
Our initial budget only covered a fraction of the available toys, so we settled on a cock sleeve and vibrator combo, that was meant as a Valentine's gift that a couple might purchase. Lolly suggested that it was a big seller, though she warned us that it was not a custom made product, like a small cocked man might want.
I suppose we went about our lovemaking differently that night. I mean, we are usually passionate and spontaneous, but I insisted that we make this academic, for my report. We did strip completely, but I did not let him peel my clothes off, as he usually does, while kissing the parts that he exposes, and running his hands all over my body. Usually by the time we are fully engaged in coitus, we are both well on the way to our first orgasms.
The instructions were printed on a 2x3 inch folded booklet that acted like a strip of condoms, as it unfolded to a 4 foot ribbon of operating instructions in multiple languages. We sat close, to read the English foot.
"Do you think that our KY is okay, or do we have to get this 'love cream' that they recommend?" I mumbled.
Marcos fired off a text to Lolly.
"She says that KY is good, but she recommends the tongue," Marco read from his phone.
I smiled, remembering how she had asked me about Marco's 'tongue talent', while we drank our tea. She also mentioned his broad shoulders and what she called 'strong hands'.
"I don't want to write about your tongue, tiger. I will keep that to myself," I told him as I tousled his hair. Then I applied the jell to the inside and outside of the cock sleeve and I plugged in the vibrator.
"Okay, put the cock extender on your cock, Marco," I instructed my partner.
He wasn't fully erect yet, so I watched as he masturbated his six inches, first with his own hand, then he used the sleeve like a vagina until he was hard and big enough that it didn't fall off.
"How does it feel?" I asked, in a voice that might have expressed my mixed feelings of lust and revulsion.
"Nice,... Um, ya, but we better get on with it, or I will lose it."
I thought he meant that he would cum, so I lay back to give him the chance to penetrate me with his now ten inch cock.
When it fell off, it was sooo funny.
Rule number one: do not laugh at your partner's cock.
There is a lot of literature on good relationship building, but none of it starts with the basics of: Never laugh at his cock!
I am a professional writer, so we did manage to get back into the documentation of the performance and evaluation of the product.
This time I helped. I could see that keeping him hard was going to be the secret, so I put on my invisible 'whore hat', and I started to talk dirty as I used my own hand to do the work of keeping the sleeve in place while he fucked me. It was almost like I was hand fucking both of us. Marco's eyes eventually went back in their sockets and he had a pleasant release, but I could not have mine until he stopped trying to fuck, and he pressed the vibrator harder into my mound, pressing my clit hard into the empty silicone toy. His softening dick fell from the cock sleeve, but the toy remained embedded in my pussy as he leaned in and suckled one of my nipples, vibrating me to a nice climax.
"Good work on the 'The Valentine's Special that was not so Special' article," Mr. Kingston offered as I again sat in his visitor's chair.
"We got a lot of feedback about that one," he explained. "But don't worry about complaints," he went on, "Getting their attention is what sells our magazines."
The office of Harper's Ferry News was just a part of Newport News Inc. so I found myself writing for a variety of magazines. I was making more money, and though the articles had to be longer, I still felt very lucky to have the chance to get my name in print.
Another trip to the sex shop was in order.
"You need to purchase the power plunger, dear. We could rent you the rest of it, but you have to buy the part that goes inside you." Lolly explained the lease agreement for the 'Power Plunger 5000'. "Are you sure that you don't want to buy one outright, dear. Everyone does, eventually," she added.
"I'm on a budget, Lolly." I explained my limits to our new friend.
I confessed to her how I was doing a product review segment for Men's Health, so it had to fit their budget.
Lolly smiled at that news, and showed her business sense by getting me to include the name of her emporium within the story, then she called my Editor, and before she was done, she had a nice spot on our advertising, right next to any article that I wrote.
"You won't have to pay for any rentals now, but that's just for you and Marco." She gave me a wink and an air kiss, then continued. "You pocket that hun. It'll be between you and me."
I never thought of Lolly in a sexual way, prior to that. Now, I had to chuckle and say to myself, maybe...
"So what do you think of Lolly?" I casually mused as we drove back to our apartment.
"Oh, Lolly, uh, yeah she's super," Marco responded.
It was not really the answer I was looking for, so I had to rephrase the question.
"But would you fuck her?" I asked, as I had done hundreds of times over the two years that we had been together. He said 'no' only three times, and one was a goat, so I guess he has his limits. Grandma and Caitlyn Jenner are also safe.
"Oh yeah!" He shocked me with his enthusiastic answer. "She may have 40 pounds and 20 years on you, babe, but 10 of those are in her tits, and you just know she's going to be good with those fun bags!"
My girls are nothing to sneeze at, and I've never had a lover that didn't pay them their due, but still, I had to accept his answer as true, and I could judge him, or not. That was the way we handled our relationship, and I loved it.
"So, what about Leo?" Marco challenged me. "He has a giant package showing through those tight jeans."
"Oh, I hadn't noticed," I lied. "...but I imagine he knows how to use it, with all the parties that they have hosted over the years." I trailed on in a soundless afterthought. We had never been to one of those parties, but word travels far, when it involves sex.