If you've just discovered this series, I'd urge you to read the Prologue to Chapter 1, and maybe even start there. This is a slowly-building series that I'm trying to keep as realistic as possible, the sexual awakening of a shy 18yo boy. But I hope there's enough erotica in each part to keep it interesting, even if you just start here.
Thursday, 10/20
What time are your classes today?
9:00, 10:00, then 1:00. Why?
Can I buy you lunch at the Student Union?
Sure! About 11:15?
Perfect, can't wait to see you!
;-)
So we met at 11:15 in the Student Union's café. The brisk air that morning had turned Nia's cheeks an attractive rosy red, and her long curly hair spilling out from under the red knit hat was more unruly than usual. If I haven't mentioned it before, Nia is pretty light-skinned, and her hair is more brown than black, especially when the sunlight is behind it.
She walked right up to me, grabbed me bodily, and kissed me on the lips in front of God and everybody.
"
Nia!
", I said in embarrassment.
"What?" Asked simply, but she knew my thoughts on public displays of "too much" affection. "You're not ashamed of being with me, are you?" Said playfully, mischievously, because she knew I wasn't.
"No, I...well you know how I am about some things.
Sorry?
" She accepted my apology by grabbing and kissing me again, this time adding some tongue.
What was I gonna do?
I was in love with her, and I was so proud of her.
Then we went to order, the young black girl behind the counter smiling at us a certain way I'd come to recognize from black women when they saw us together. I got a Reuben and fries, and Nia got some kind of chicken wrap thing. I led us back to the table I'd waited for Rita at on that momentous Sunday some weeks ago.
"This is where it all started, you and me." A quizzical look from Nia. "Rita and I met here three Sundays ago, at this very table. And that led directly to me meeting you. So this is kind of a special spot for me."
"
Awww
, you're so sweet! She grilled you pretty hard, didn't she? I've heard how she is with young male suitors... And I had an interview myself, though I kind of knew Rita already, so it probably wasn't as stressful as yours."
"Yeah, it was stressful, but I really wanted to see where it would lead, so I was just honest with her and....here we are!"
"Indeed, here we
are
...", as she grabbed a free hand and gave it a squeeze. "I probably shouldn't tell you this, but you were 'in' already. Candace had told her all about you and what a nice guy you were...."
"I
knew
it! The whole interview was a ruse!" I wasn't too angry, but I felt vindicated because I'd thought that was the case.
"Don't be mad, that's just how Rita is; she's very protective of us girls. And the young men like you, too."
I told her about getting busted the other night when Gabby snuck me out, but how she'd looked proud or bemused or something.
"Yeah, she talked to me about that. She wasn't mad at us either, but reminded us that we should never have unauthorized
overnight
guests. That 2AM is kind of the curfew for all non-residents to be out."
"Cool, I'm glad you weren't in trouble. Listen, was Gabby....
okay
with what happened that night?" I thought I'd been respectful and not pushed her boundaries, but I'd been feeling kind of guilty about the whole thing. Part of it was over being with another girl right there in front of Nia, but Nia had instigated the whole thing, so I guess I needn't have worried about that part.
"Oh she
loved
it! She said you touched her just right and that your getting into the roleplay and
talking
to her like you did really turned her on. In fact, she told me that I'd,
quote
, better recognize what an
interesting
young man you've found in him,
end quote
." I got all bashful, then she added, "And that I,
quote
, might want to step up my game if I wanted to hang onto him,
end quote
." Nia was giggling as she said all this, knowing what an ego boost it would be for me.
"She did
not
say those things about me! And your 'game' is 'on point,' no need for improvement there
at all
." Nia insisted that Gabby had said those things about me, then thanked me for the compliment with lips and tongue.
When she let my lips go I said, "Boy, Kyla and Trey really hit it off the other night, didn't they?"
"They
did
! She was stuck to him like white on rice.
No offense!"
I think she'd only used that euphemism to sneak race into it, but of course I didn't take offense. We'd begun working little things like that into our conversations.
"Do you like Kyla?"
A bit of an odd look at me, then, "Yes, well enough. She's quiet and we haven't talked much. A Junior majoring in Literature, I think."
"Are you doing anything Saturday night?"
"
Why
? Is Zack going home for the weekend again??!" (A callback to our first real date, which turned into a sleepover at my place.)
"No!," I said laughingly. "Besides: 1) I gave that DVD back to Miss Pullam, and 2) I don't think I could survive another night like that with you!" She giggled and hugged up on me, whispering naughty highlights of that night into my ear.
"So no, not that, but Trey told me that Kyla invited him to a party at Alpha Phi Alpha Saturday; that's your brother fraternity isn't? The same guys who were at ZP Saturday night?" She said it was. "Well, you know how I invited Trey to your party for like, moral support or whatever? He's wondering if you and I could go with them so he would know some people there. So....?"
Nia said she'd love to, and then said some things about how Trey was really different than he acted at Domino's.
"I know, it's like he's a totally different guy. I'm sad for him that he feels he has to act that way. But anyway, he talked to some of the frat guys Saturday night at your party and they told him that when he re-enrolls he should join their fraternity. He seems pretty excited about it, and I think that may be part of why Kyla suggested it, so they could get to know him better."
"That's great, it sounds like fun. Like a double date."
A silence while we each finished off our food. "Hey Nia, do you think I'll be out of place there as the only white guy?"
Her initial reaction had been to laugh and say, "No, silly!", but then I think she caught the worry on my face and really thought about it. "Oh, I can see why you might feel uncomfortable, going in there not knowing any of those guys,
and
being white,
and
being with a black girl..."
I told her she was spot on: that it wasn't so much that I was worried about being the only white guy there (even white
person
, maybe?), because I'd pretty much been that at her sorority's party. But being with a black girl might bring a different dimension with it. Like maybe they'd feel like I'd "taken" one of their women or something. Because I knew that white people sometimes felt a certain way when they saw a black man with a white woman.
"You're right, I've seen some of that from my side too:
'Why couldn't he have just found a nice
black
girl instead of going
white
,'
that kind of thing. I do think it's a little more accepted 'our way,' though. At least by black people."
"It's a shame it has to be that way, don't you think? I mean, you and I didn't go
looking
for someone of the other race, that's just how it turned out. And when I'm with you I don't think of you as a
black