Chapter 1: The Education of Carrie's Breasts
The Story Begins: From the outset, it was unclear which of them was seducing the other. When they met during an aerobics class at their health club, it had been Julie who suggested that they wind down at her apartment, and it had been Julie who introduced Carrie to the sensual pleasures which one woman can provide another.
On that first occasion, Julie had done no more than give Carrie an innocent massage. Upon their return to her apartment, Julie prepared them some tea while Carrie, still wearing the leotard in which she had exercised, relaxed in a chair. After finishing her own tea, Julie approached Carrie and positioned herself so that her stomach rested against the back of Carrie's chair. The tea having induced a pleasant state of lassitude in her well exercised body, Carrie closed her eyes and let her head fall back into the warmth of Julie's breasts. Enjoying the feel of the head nestled against her breasts, Julie placed her hands on either side of the head resting on her chest, gathered Carrie's hair so that it hung down the back of the chair, and then ran her fingers along the contours of Carrie's exposed ears. Although she was taken by surprise at the intimacy of Julie's attentions, Carrie raised no objections, even when Julie's hands drifted down from her ears and began to massage her neck and shoulders. On the contrary, she marveled at the skill with which Julie's hands soothed her tired body and at her body's gratitude for the sensual relaxation which it was experiencing. Thus, when, having completed her massage, Julie let her hands slip along Carrie's sides until they came to rest on her hips and leaned forward to place a chaste kiss on her upturned forehead, Carrie found this unexpectedly loving gesture entirely natural and welcome.
Welcome as Julie's kiss may have been, it broke the spell under which both women had been captive since their arrival at Julie's apartment. In fact, the instant that Julie's lips left her forehead, for the first time Carrie became disturbed by the peculiarity of the situation and roused herself from the semi-somnolent state into which she had fallen. Struggling with conflicting emotions about what had transpired, Carrie rose from the chair in which she had been sitting and, with some embarrassment, quickly prepared for her departure. Carrie bade Julie goodbye and, out of politeness more than an appreciation of its possible implications, promised to look for her during their next class at the health club.
Indeed, it was not until Carrie returned to her own apartment and had taken a shower that she fully realized that aspects of her visit to Julie's place warranted her further consideration. Specifically, she found herself examining the ease with which Julie had lulled her into acquiescence and questioning her own disinclination to resist. Never before had she had reason to wonder about her own sexual predilections, but now, remembering the veil of sensuality which Julie's hands had cast over her mind, she was forced to recognize that she had not only accepted what Julie had done but craved more of the same.
On the one hand, Carrie prided herself on her liberal attitude toward sex, but, on the other hand, this was the first time that she had to confront the possibility that her sexual makeup included a component which might be best satisfied by another woman. Standing naked before her bathroom mirror, Carrie stared at herself as she ran her hands over her body. She began by retracing the path which Julie's hands followed, but she did not stop where Julie had. Instead, she continued down her front, first cupping her breasts while teasing her nipples with her fingers and then running her palms along the pleasing contours of her belly.
As she watched her hands rub the muscles around and below her navel, Carrie wondered how she would have responded had Julie's hands made a similar exploration of her body. Surely it must be true that she, as distinguished from a man, would have, from her own experience, personal knowledge of a woman's anatomy and its responses. Not only would she know the pure sensuality of having ones breasts and stomach caressed, she would know first hand the ambiguity a woman experiences when she entrusts her body to another's care. Such knowledge would give her a special appreciation of the responses she was eliciting and an instinctive sense for those portions of the female body from which the greatest pleasure can be derived.
On the other hand, exciting as Carrie found all these considerations, she could not help being concerned about their implications. Was she really open to the possibility of having sexual relations with another woman? Liberated as she prided herself on being, she had not before given serious thought to engaging in lesbian activities. Indeed, she had never been sexually attracted to another woman, and, even now, she did not feel any sexual attraction to Julie's body. Instead, what fascinated her was Julie's attraction to her body and the as yet unexplored possibilities which might result from that attraction. Thus it was a rather perplexed state in which Carrie ended her narcissistic idyll before the mirror and completed her preparations for bed.
The Second Time: Throughout her next aerobics class, Carrie was acutely aware of Julie's presence, although neither she nor Julie gave any evidence of their nascent relationship. Nonetheless, at the end of the class when they were retrieving their coats, she was pleased when Julie approached her and invited her to again come for tea. As on her first occasion, the visit began in an entirely conventional mode, with Julie going to make the tea and Carrie seated in the same chair waiting for her. Moreover, just as before, when she had drunk her own tea, Julie again approached Carrie from the rear and cradled her head while using her hands to caress her neck and shoulders.