Author's note:
This is a sequel of
"All for You"
. Read that first for backstory about Melissa and her boyfriend.
The story concludes in
"For All of Us"
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Melissa tugged at her clothes. "Look, can't we just get naked again? This shirt itches. And these pants are too tight."
"I'm not comfortable either," I said, "but your friend will be here soon. We can put up with it for one evening." Then I added, "And then I get to undress you. I hardly ever get to do that anymore. Taking off your clothes always feels like Christmas."
Melissa smiled and shook her head, then went back to tidying up her living room. I turned back to preparing dinner before her best friend arrived.
Hearing Melissa complain about wearing clothes was such a remarkable change from the shy, reluctant girl I'd met only three months before. When we first met, I discovered a girl inhibited by years of shame, guilt and fear about sex and men instilled by her extremely strict upbringing. Even at twenty-four, she had barely dated anyone, and had only had sex three times with the same inexperienced guy.
After our weekend of nude camping and sexual adventure, she became a changed woman. Melissa still felt some shame when we were together, but the fear was gone and she was rapidly releasing her pent up desires and curiosity about sex. Such a beautiful transformation to witness. I admired her courage and loved that I was the target of Melissa's blossoming sexual freedom.
Surprisingly, the nudity helped. It was new to us both, but whether she was at my place or hers, she insisted we shuck off our clothes the moment we closed the apartment door. Just doing normal things without clothes felt great, and somehow it helped us to be more open with each other. It was more difficult to keep secrets when all your intimate bits are on full display. We were so used to being naked that it wasn't sexual. It was just freeing.
Regardless, I still caught myself staring at her beauty. Melissa had modest boobs with an unusually narrow waist that flared out to womanly hips and an ass that was broad and toned. I could look at her all day and never grow tired.
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Melissa had invited her best friend Susan for dinner as a thank you, of sorts. I knew Susan a little through one of my close friends, and it was her who suggested Melissa and I should meet.
"You did actually talk to her before, right?" asked Melissa as she fussed, straightening up her apartment.
I was at her stove, cooking. I called back, "Only a few times. It's my friend Doug who really knows her. She was there many times when we went out drinking.."
"Did you ever ask her out?"
"C'mon, she would have told you that. She's your best friend. No, I never got to know her that well. I thought she was already attached."
"Oh, she's constantly attached. Then unattached. And attached again. She never keeps a guy for long."
"But she's gorgeous," I said. And she was. Susan was a classic Nordic beauty: tall with elegant features and prominent cheekbones, light blonde hair to her shoulders, a tight bum, and big boobs. To most guys she was a walking wet dream.
"You know," said Melissa, "you're not supposed to tell your girlfriend that another woman is gorgeous."
"Oh, right. Sorry. What I meant to say was that I could see how some guys might find her attractive, but she's a pestilent old hag compared to the radiant, heart stopping beauty of my lovely, funny and brilliant Melissa."
A couch cushion sailed from the living room and hit me in the back of the head.
"Hey!" I exclaimed. "No disturbing the chef or dinner will be ruined." I tossed the cushion back to Melissa.
"Since it's you cooking, dinner is probably already ruined."
"Oh, ouch. C'mon, you have to admit I do okay for a guy. Of course, I don't have your genetic advantage."
Melissa looked puzzled. "What?"
"You know... the cooking and cleaning genes that women possess. No guy can ever compete with that."
Melissa opened her mouth to say something but then looked at the can of furniture polish in her hand and at her homemade Hors d'oeuvres laid out on the coffee table.
We were still laughing and calling each other mean names when the door buzzer sounded.
Melissa let Susan in and she kissed her on the cheek. When I extended my hand to shake hers, Susan pulled me close and kissed my cheek too.
"So, you're the guy who saved Melissa."
"Nice to see you again, Susan," I said. "Save her? I prefer to think that I'll be the ruin of her. Bet her parents think that already."
Susan smiled. "They would if they knew what you two have been doing."
I went back to cooking and let the girls talk. When the food was ready, Susan helped us serve. We opened some cheap wine, then I proposed a toast.
"To Susan. Who insisted Melissa and I meet and is therefore the cause of her imminent ruin." The girls chuckled then we clinked glasses.
From the few brief times I had talked to Susan before, I knew she was brash and straightforward, so I was a little anxious. I needed to make a good impression since the pair had been best friends since high school. Susan studying me intensely at the start of dinner didn't help, but soon she was joking and telling embarrassing stories about Melissa as if all of us were old friends.
Susan said, "I never knew that getting your brains fucked out would have changed you so much, Melissa." She eyed me for a reaction.
Melissa gasped, "Oh my God, Susan! You're so crude."
"Well, it's true," said Susan. "You've changed so much since hooking up with this guy. I've tried so many times to draw you out of your shell. Guess that's what's made us such good friends, huh? Guy troubles."
I poured us all more wine and said, "Okay, Susan, that's what I don't get. You're beautiful and you seem to have your act together, yet Melissa says you have trouble finding good guys. But everyone must be tripping over themselves for you."
Susan paused, then said, "Yeah, that's the problem."
"Uh..."
Melissa said, "What she means is, Susan attracts every asshole in the universe. What is it you call your theory?"
"The Too Fucking Pretty Syndrome," said Susan.
"Yeah, that," said Melissa. "Arrogant assholes are always trying to get in her pants. And nice guys think they don't stand a chance so they stay away."
Susan said, "Guys have been hitting on me since I was like, eight."
"Well, that's disgusting," I said.
"Welcome to my world. Everywhere its cat-calls on the street and macho dipshits who want to claim me as their trophy."
I paused. "You know... to be honest, I think I'm guilty of that too. I never even considered approaching you when we hung out at the bars with Doug."
"See? Now if you had, maybe it'd be me telling Melissa how happy I am, instead of the other way around."
I didn't know how to process that bizarre comment, so I said "But you can approach guys too. And online it's easy."
Susan said, "Oh, it is. But guys see my pictures and think they're fake, or I'm trolling, or a hooker. But I shouldn't complain. I have found a few good guys."
I said, "Well, that's great."
"One guy moved away, another got tired of macho guys challenging him."