"D'ya think he's gay?"
"No, I'm pretty sure that's not it." Lynne shook her head.
"And you asked him to have sex, right?"
"I offered to join him in his bed. I think that was pretty clear."
"Maybe he's just slow. You should spell it out for him, you know, say something like 'I want you to fuck my brains out.' He couldn't miss that." Rebecca grinned at Lynne.
"He's not slow. He's the smartest guy in the department."
"I don't know. I hope you're not offended but I made a play for him too and it seemed to go right over his head," Rebecca said.
"You made a play for him?" Lynne was shocked. She had guessed that Rebecca was a lesbian. She was always hanging with that cute brunette, often holding hands.
"Sure, he's pretty cute, in an innocent sort of way."
"But I thought you were. . ." Lynne caught herself before she finished the thought.
"Oh. I'm bisexual. I like guys too."
Lynne was no prude. She'd even slept with a girl in college once and enjoyed it. Nevertheless, she was fairly sure she was straight. Still, as open as she was to guy-on-girl sex, the girl-on-girl kind still left her a bit uncomfortable. She filled the awkward silence with, "Yeah. Sometimes you just need a hard, abrasive fuck."
"Exactly!" Rebecca seemed pleased that Lynne appeared to understand.
"Well, I invited myself into his bed. What did you do?"
"Whenever we meet, I bring up something sex-related."
"Like?"
"Oh, the first time, I discussed my campaign against female circumcision." Rebecca was a passionate opponent of this barbaric practice and raised funds to help young women who wished to escape such mutilation. "I finished by saying that a working clitoris was absolutely essential to a woman. I mentioned how much I like mine."
"How'd he react?"
"As though the discussion was just about stopping the mutilation of young women. He said he agreed and even offered to make a donation. But if he recognized the opening, I couldn't tell it. Are you sure he's as smart as you say?"
"Smarter," Lynne averred. She paused to think and Rebecca continued.
"Another time I told him how anal I was."
Lynne seemed not to hear. "I think it's his wife."
"He's married?"
"Yeah. I think he really loves her too."
"That's usually why people get married."
"But he's just hung-up on fidelity" Lynne stopped for a moment, clearly frustrated. "You can love somebody and still have sex with other people." She insisted. She certainly enjoyed having had many different lovers, some much older than she was.
"Tell me about it!" Satisfying her strong bisexuality precluded an exclusive relationship with just one person, though she felt fully committed to Paula, her brunette lover. For some reason, though she needed men, she didn't imagine making a life with one. Women were easier to live with. At least to her.
"So. You think he's just being faithful. That would explain it."
"I can't think of another reason he'd turn me down. Or you, for that matter," Lynne added. Then she realized what else she'd just heard. "Explain what?"
"I all but offered to let him fuck me in the ass," Rebecca said matte-of-factly. "I have never had a guy turn down a shot at this baby." She patted her firm butt for emphasis.
Lynne admitted to herself that Rebecca's ass was nice too. It looked a little firmer than hers and her hips were just a touch too narrow, but it was an alluring ass all the same.
"Do you really like him," Rebecca inquired, "or is it just that he won't sleep with you? It can't be you're not getting enough!" She winked at her new-found confidante.
In truth, just about every guy in the department trailed after Lynne, even some of the older faculty. At times, Rebecca was reminded of watching a bitch in heat. Something about Lynne suggested easy, steamy sex and her tall, lithe form had just the right curves. Well, her ass and legs, anyway.
Lynne was self-conscious about her boyish breasts.
She needn't have been.
After seeing her walk by in a pair of designer jeans, not one guy in 20 gave a thought to breasts, hers or anyone else's.
Rebecca agreed with all those guys. "No, anyone would be a fool to turn down the chance to have sex with you. He must be religious or something."
"Yeah. At first, I though from things he said that he was an atheist but then he mentioned going to church one time. I guess that must be it."
"You still want to fuck him?"
"Uh-huh. You bet I do." Lynne was unused to having anyone turn her down and she had grown obsessed with this guy. "How's 'bout you?"
"Oh, I could still go for him." Rebecca too didn't get turned down very often and almost never by guys. Her curvy, athletic form was just too good to pass up. Unlike Lynne, Rebecca had fairly large breasts for a small woman. Nothing out-of-proportion, just ample, shapely tits. She needed her sports bra when she worked out, even when she wasn't running. Lynne, of course almost never wore bras of any sort.
Lynne was also jealous of Rebecca's lovely light blonde hair. It was straight and long, reaching the tops of her thighs. And her eyes were a beautiful dark amber, the color of tiger's eye, whereas her own were blue-grey.
"Ya know, I think he really wants to sleep with me. Sometimes he follows me around like a lost puppy." In truth, those were the times when she found him least attractive. "And I think he tried to kiss me once."
"You think?" Rebecca couldn't imagine how anyone could be unclear about this.
"Well, it ended as sort of a friendly hug. It was after I'd finished a really tough assignment. Afterwards, he seemed kinda embarrassed."
"Why. Did he have an erection?" For some reason, a lot of guys found their erections embarrassing anywhere but the bedroom. There, they were often overly-pleased with them. Rebecca never minded seeing that someone was aroused, male or female. Hell. She went around wet most of the time as it was. Sex was never far from her thoughts.
"I don't think so." Lynne wondered why she hadn't checked that out. She had no inhibitions about that but their attempted-kiss-turned-hug felt so awkward that it put her off her stride. Like Rebecca, she too was often aroused by inconsequential stimuli. When she though he was trying to kiss her, she experienced an incredible desire to fuck. She was puzzled by her hesitation to reveal that to him. She wasn't shy, as a rule, about sex or about asking for what she wanted.
Lynne thought out loud, "People should just say what they want and not beat around the bush." She didn't mind playing games but only as long as she won.
"You think so?" Rebecca perked up at Lynne's assertion.
"Yes!" she answered emphatically.
"Then I'll start." Rebecca put her palms on either side of Lynne's face and made sure she had her complete attention. She looked up into those pretty blue eyes and announced "We should fuck."
Lynne was startled. They didn't really know each other more than to say 'Hi' in the hallway or at the gym. In fact, she was surprised after her early morning workout when Rebecca asked her about her relationship with Ted. Lynne was sitting on the bench in front of her locker, toweling her hair dry when Rebecca sat down next to her, likewise fresh from drying off. Lynne considered that. A few minutes ago, they hardly knew one another and now their conversation had gone from guys to having sex with one another just like that. Lynne reflected that Rebecca may have planned it that way.
Rebecca continued, "I know you're experienced but I can teach you a few things, even so." Her gaze was intense and Lynne was sure that Rebecca was correct.
"I. . . I, uh. . . I don't know what to say."
Rebecca touched her finger lightly to the tip of Lynne's broad nose. "Say 'yes,'" she commanded.
Lynne thought about it. Rebecca was certainly attractive, especially in the black spandex shorts she wore to work out. In fact, she wore them most of the time. Now, however, the towel draped around her smaller frame de-emphasized her curves.