It was the night I was consumed by a world I did not know could exist in reality, a realm of such intense transcendent ecstasy, that I will never recover from its astonishing erotic wonder.
I was sharing a 2-bedroom apartment with Ryan, while we were looking to make a go of it in the city. Ryan and I were longtime friends, he was a great guy. Emily, his girlfriend, stayed over many nights in the apartment with him. She was alluring and I really enjoyed her fun-loving company. Any straight guy would be attracted by her physical magnetism and cheerfulness, but, even so, she was not the kind of woman I was looking for personally. I was seeking someone who would prefer to curl up and stay in together watching television than go out to a club. So even though I was on somewhat of a dry streak and didn't have a girlfriend at that point - and I felt the emptiness that all people have who have love to offer but no one to share it with - I was genuinely happy for Ryan and his solid relationship with Emily.
One night my business trip was unexpectedly cancelled last minute, and I made my way back from the airport to our apartment.
I unlocked our apartment door, but it was stopped after a few inches by the door chain lock. Ryan's face appeared in the narrow opening.
"Oh. Hey! I thought youβ"
"My trip was cancelled. Let me in, okay?"
Ryan paused and looked back inside. "We weren't expecting you. Give us a minute, Emily's not fully dressed."
"Let him in," I heard Emily say.
"Em. Don't you want toβ"
"I said let him in, knave," Emily's voice said from within, and I caught something reflective appear on Ryan's shoulder.
Ryan paused. "If you say so," he said. I heard the chain unbolt, and the door opened.
I couldn't speak or breath when I saw her. She was dressed in a sexy female pirate costume, with tall black boots going up above her knees, bare lustrous thighs that reached way up to a tiny white skirt, and was clearly braless under a very tight plunging top. She was holding a sword. Not a toy sword, a real sword, that I know was passed down generations in Ryan's family for centuries. Ryan was wearing a red button-down shirt. I looked at the table. There was a greeting card, a half empty opened bottle of wine, and a box of chocolate truffles. I remembered. It was Valentine's Day.
"Hey, I'm really sorry. I'll just grab a few quick things, and I'll be out of here in a minute."
"Sit," she said to me, pulling out a high back bar stool.
"I'm not sureβ"
"I said sit," she said, sternly, trying hard not to smile, and placed the flat side of the sword on my clavicle near my shoulder. The sharp end of the blade wasn't that near my neck, but the shocking cold and heaviness of the metal went right threw my dress shirt and sent a shiver.
"You sit too," she said to Ryan, pulling out another bar stool, several feet away.
She went over and sat on Ryan's lap, looking up at him, and said with faux innocence, "How sweet of you to bring me someone else to play with."
She then stood between our chairs and said, "This is my ship, I am in command. But I happen to believe in equality and freedom."
Her voice was in character, but her eyes smiled. Sitting on another tall bar stool between ours, she extended her shapely leg straight out to the side. She slowly peeled off one of her long black boots. Then she did the same with her other boot.
"I'm barefoot," she said. "So, you be barefoot too."
Ryan took off his shoes and socks, so I then did the same. I didn't know where this game was going. It seemed fun, but I was a little anxious since I didn't really know the game.