A few weeks had passed since we'd announced our engagement and I was still going through the process of meeting all of Will's friends. He was a somewhat solitary person, but the few friendships he did have were very close. The people who had gravitated towards him over the years were an interesting assortment of human beings, to say the least.
There was Astrid, the middle-aged lesbian herpetologist. She was in charge of the reptile house at the zoo and had an enthusiasm for venomous snakes which bordered on the disturbing. There was Jacob, a real-life bona fide circus clown/ pot dealer. Then there was Thomas.
Thomas was the soccer coach at the college where Will taught English. They had been friends since junior high. This was strange to me, because I couldn't imagine anyone less like Will. Thomas was black, to start with, whereas if Will were any whiter he'd be completely transparent. Thomas had the physique of a football player (I would later learn only a bad knee injury had kept him from going pro,) well over six feet tall and built like a major home appliance. Will was 5'5" and paunchy.
It wasn't just the obvious physical dissimilarities, either. Their personalities were polar opposites. Thomas was boisterous and gregarious. Will was shy and quiet. Still, I could see by watching them together that each had a balancing effect on the other. They had the easy rapport and comfort together that only comes from very old friendships. There were private jokes between them which I, an outsider, could never comprehend. Weird as it seems, they were as close as brothers.
Thomas was gorgeous, by the way, like Denzel Washington's older and much buffer brother. Skin the color of one of those $3 bars of imported dark chocolate you can only get at the health food store. Teeth so dazzlingly white that when he smiled you had to look away.
I had met him a few times. He'd come over to the house for dinner once and the three of us had been to a few movies together, but the night we went out to dinner was the first time I met his girlfriend, Li.
Li was Chinese. Very beautiful. Flawless, pale gold skin. Short black hair which shone in the light like obsidian, cut straight across the back of her neck. Eyes the shape and color of almonds. She wore a snug-fitting scarlet dress capable of making grown men weep, lips and nails painted to match. Low-cut and spaghetti-strapped, the dress clung to her modest but succulent breasts in a way that can only be described as mouth-watering. Walking to the table behind her, I had been helpless not to gaze upon how the back of the short dress had been cut to accentuate her perfect heart-shaped ass. If she was wearing panties, the lines were very cleverly concealed.
Every male eye, and most every female, was on her like a magnet when she walked into the room. Thomas, escorting her on his arm, seemed aware of this. The knowledge no doubt gave him a satisfying sense of power. This incredible vision of beauty was with him and for all the staring, none would touch her but him.
As with all inter-racial couples, I couldn't help but wonder what their children would look like. Any offspring of their union would be blessed with a genetic legacy of fantastic beauty.
Despite her intimidating looks, Li was remarkably easy to get along with. She had a loud but musical laughter, which she was not shy about. She laughed so hard at Thomas's obscene jokes that she actually got shushed by a woman sitting at a table near ours. Li just flipped the lady off and told an even filthier joke of her own.
On the drive home, things got really interesting. Will was driving; Thomas and Li were in the back seat. It was a long drive home and dark outside. We were all a bit sleepy and giddy from the wine, except for designated driver Will who sang along with his Frank Sinatra CD (for which he received a due amount of ribbing from Thomas.) I leaned my seat back a little, mindful of Li's knees behind me. I was about to doze off for the rest of the ride when I heard a rustling sound from the back seat.
I glanced up at the make-up mirror on my sun visor, and it happened to be angled so I could see into the back seat. The lights from the highway played over Thomas and Li. They were making out, hot and heavy. Mouths open like they wanted to devour one another; hands all over the place. Both made soft little moaning sounds, trying to keep quiet so Will and I wouldn't notice.
I felt a little guilty watching them, but of course I couldn't look away. I scooted down in my seat to get a better angle, and closed my eyes into little slits so I could pretend to be asleep if they should catch me looking.
Thomas's right arm was behind Li's shoulder, pulling aside the thin strap of her dress to give his left hand free access to her breast. In a flash of streetlight, I saw a brief teasing glimpse of Thomas pinching a fat nipple between two fingers. I gasped at the same time Li did. I imagined what it would be like to touch her nipple like that myself, or to take it into my mouth, and closed my eyes to enjoy this fantasy for a few moments.
When I looked again, Li's right shoulder was moving back and forth in a very suspicious manner. I just had time to wonder if she was really jerking him off when her head suddenly dropped from view, down onto Thomas's lap. Thomas leaned all the way back and closed his eyes, a beatific smile on his face.
Surely they weren't doing what I thought they were doing. I listened and heard, very quiet but undeniable, the tell-tale slurping and smacking. I also saw the back of Li's head, bobbing in and out of view. She was sucking Thomas's cock in our back seat. I couldn't believe it. I felt a little outrage, this had to be considered rude, but the indignation was far outweighed by titillation. I was desperate to see more. I wished I could just turn around and watch his cock going into her mouth, but I didn't dare.
I glanced over at Will, to see if he had any inkling of what was going on behind him. He was oblivious, of course. Singing along with "It Was a Very Good Year," having no idea that his best friend was getting sucked off just a few feet away.
I wanted to touch myself but, again, I didn't dare. Will would be so distracted he'd crash the car. If I had been wearing a skirt, I might have risked it anyway, but for some damn reason I'd worn pants that night. So I had to be content with listening to the backseat blowjob and feeling the dampness soak through my panties.
Thomas grunted, unable to conceal his ecstasy, and then from Li came a very un-ladylike gagging, gulping noise. I recognized it as the sound you make when a guy comes in your mouth either before you're ready for it, or with a load so big you can't swallow it all at once.
She sat up a few seconds later, wiping her mouth and giggling. I saw, or imagined I saw, a glistening bead of white at her lip before she brushed it away. Then she and Thomas kissed again, as deeply as before, and I couldn't help wondering if she'd saved a little for him.
We dropped Thomas and Li off at their place. By the time we got home, I was so jacked up I practically raped Will as soon as we were inside. I threw him down on the floor, tore open his pants and straddled him like a cowgirl. It lasted about thirty seconds.
Afterwards, Will just wanted to go to bed, but I was still wound up. He opened a book and read, while I put on a porno DVD. Will wasn't really into porn, but I had amassed a small collection. Most of it had been donated to me by Carrie, who possessed a veritable library. I was definitely in the mood for seeing some black cock, so I selected a classic bit of cinema entitled "Straight Pimpin'."
The first scene was a bout of black guy/ white chick action. The man was nowhere near as good-looking as Thomas, (I'm not sure why the men in porno movies are all so damn ugly) but he did have a huge cock. We're talking python proportions. Watching that monster thing get crammed first into the silicon blonde's mouth, then her pussy, and finally her ass, I couldn't help but to wonder about Thomas.
"Is it true what they say about black guys?" I asked Will. "I mean the size."
"I don't know," Will said. "I haven't seen many black men naked."
"Have you ever seen Thomas naked?" I asked, as coyly as I could. "I mean, like in the shower room."
"Sure," Will said. "Lots of times."
"Well, is he big?"
Will nodded. "Yeah, he's pretty big."
"As big as that?" I pointed at the screen, where the enormous black prick was plunging in and out of the white chick's back door.
Will squinted at the screen. "A little bigger, I think."
"He's bigger than that?" I gasped in disbelief.
"A little bit, yeah."
"Holy shit."
Will looked over at me. "You're attracted to him, aren't you?"
I knew Will wasn't the jealous type, quite the opposite, but I still felt a little guilty about coveting another man. I remembered my vow to go outside our relationship only to satisfy my new-found craving for women.
"Actually, I'm more into Li," I said. This was only a half-lie.
"Hmm," Will said. "She'd probably be into it. I know they've had three-ways."
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"Thomas told me," Will said. "He tells me everything."