I awaken in Sarah's bed the next morning. I'm wearing a tee shirt of hers and my panties, I see my outfit from last night lying on the dresser in her room. She is fast asleep beside me so I use the quiet of the morning to reflect back on the events of last night, promising myself to try and be as analytical and detached from the overwhelming emotionality of it all.
I am, however, experiencing the last remnants of so many emotions: from terror to rage to relief. I know that the situation could have been much much worst, so I'm grateful for that. The little bit of Austin that is left in me is asleep - I can't feel his presence or hear his thoughts in my head right now, but I am feeling quite blessed that he was there last night. I'm not sure that my Liesl-self would have thought to turn to such... physicality.
While I'm not feeling outright terrified, as I had in the last few moments of my experience with that man (I won't ever say his name again), I do feel vulnerable in a way I'd never ever experienced as a man. I'd gotten a taste of vulnerability the night I walked to the club to go dancing with Sarah, but that had been nothing like what I experienced last night. I probably wasn't really less vulnerable as a guy, but I'd never been in a situation like last night, where the threat of harm was real and imminent. Last night's events made it so glaringly obvious that I could end up in a situation in which left me with no choice but to to fight or submit. I shudder despite my best efforts to remain detached. Had the situation gone beyond a knee to his groin I would have been very unlikely to escape - the new dent in the side of my poor little Honda a testament to his rage. One thing I really really miss about being a guy is feeling strong (whether or not I really was) - I've noticed how much heavier my camera bag feels.
I also ponder the rage I felt, and to a lesser degree still feel. Knowing a predator is out there, one who is seeking vulnerable people much like myself makes my cheeks burn; my father always told me I had an overdeveloped sense of justice. The first thing I will do on Monday morning is to contact Sadie, Dr. Finch, and Mr. Dante to let them know about what happened - 'that man' is out there hunting - he's dangerous and shouldn't be trusted. I have a feeling that Dr. Finch and Mr. Dante will ask me if I want to go to the police. I mull this over for awhile, but decide against it. I definitely don't want the attention that will likely come with a police report. I'm also guessing that because he only came close to forcing himself on me I he might not even get charged, let alone convicted and punished - it's easy to imagine the entire episode would quickly become a 'he-said, she-said'. The one thing that calms my rage is knowing that the knee I gave him probably hurt him a lot - despite the fact that I don't have testicles anymore, it isn't difficult to recall the intense, and overwhelming pain that I'd experienced on the few occasions when mine had been 'mishandled'.
I'll ask Sarah about a self-defense course and whether she's ever taken one. Perhaps I should carry some pepper spray too? I toy with the idea of getting a handgun, Arizona is the wild west when it comes to guns and I wouldn't be alone in having one. The thought of just being able to brandish a gun at 'the narcissist' makes me smile, I bet he'd have pissed himself! Ultimately, the associated dangers of having a gun worry me more than dealing with the likes of my personality-disordered date.
While stepping through the events of the evening I identify my two biggest mistakes: not trusting my intuition more when it so clearly was signaling danger, and then leaving the protection of the public space of the restaurant. Lesson one, trust my gut. Lesson two, don't make a bad situation worst! I could have easily made a scene in the lobby; if he didn't leave at that point I'm sure someone in the restaurant would have walked me to my car or called the police.
I resolve to make an appointment with the psychologist, Dr. Petterson as well, and not just to inform her of the predator in our small, odd clan. I know I need more support in my life - Sarah has been the most amazing friend to me and I think, no, I KNOW, that she'll keep doing whatever it takes to be there for me, but I don't want to burden her like that. A psychologist can deal with my issues, I'll let Sarah deal with my makeup and be my wingman when we go dancing.
I feel Sarah shift in the bed next to me. She turns on to her side and I see her breast slip out of the loose-fitting, satiny slip she's wearing. I realize that while she's seen me completely naked this is the first time I've ever seen more that what her bikinis reveal. Her breasts are bigger, proportionately than mine. She has a large pink nipple that sort of blends in with the pale skin of her breast. Her mousy blonde hair is really mussed and looks remarkably sexy as she dreams - I can see her eyes shifting rapidly under her closed lids. Her lips, her gorgeous lips are slightly parted. I vividly recall the combined guilt and desire I'd always felt when I'd daydream about what those lips would have felt like on my cock.
I roll onto my side so that I'm facing her and enjoy the way the diffused, soft light of the Sunday morning sun spills across the bed and illuminates her. I wonder if I was an idiot to have never tried to date her, realizing that I had squandered an opportunity to be with such an amazing person. In hindsight I'm now in a better place for not having dated her as I'm sure I'd have fucked it up somehow and I wouldn't have her as the friend I so desperately need now.
I doze off for a few moments, reopening my green eyes as she rouses and meets my gaze with her blue eyes. We don't say a word but communicate volumes, her eyes smiling more than her lips. I could look at her face in all its compassion and kindness for the rest of the morning. I can smell her scent in the sheets and in her hair - not perfume, not shampoo - the wonderful scent of a clean healthy body, subtle and alluring. I feel my nipples stiffen under the thin cotton of Sarah's 'Disney Magic' tee shirt that she put me in last night. I don't want to do anything to ruin things with her so I just lie there.
Sarah, her breast still visible, reaches out and I feel her gently stroke my cheek, brushing away the hair that is partially hiding my face. The gentle caress of her finger on my cheek chases away any remaining nastiness I'd been carrying since last night. I'm pretty sure she senses that as my lips curling gently into a smile. My heart beats faster in my chest.
She pulls herself closer to me, the length of her body just touching mine. Sarah looks deeply into my eyes and I feel myself swoon and grow dizzy as I get lost in her gaze. I'm not at all surprised when she presses her lips to mine, removing her hand from my cheek and dropping it to my arm. I return her kiss, my eyes close and I feel as though I'm weightless as the gentle kiss evolves, our lips sliding over one and other. Her scent fills my nose. She slides her free arm around me, pressing her body closer to mine.
I reach out and find her gorgeously rounded hip, letting my hand explore the curve of her hip and ass as the kiss evolves. The kiss evolves slowly from tender and innocent to a smoldering passion. I feel her tongue graze across my lips and I part them, wanting to feel her explore my mouth. She responds so perfectly as I feel her tongue press softly into my mouth, its touch so delicate and light that it almost tickles when our tongues meet.
I remember when I'd start making out with one of my girlfriends in the before-time, I always felt like I couldn't wait for the next step, wanting to feel her breasts a moment after the first kiss, wanting to slip a finger into her after I'd unhooked her bra, wanting to bury myself deep in her just moments after we'd started. I feel no such urgency now, feeling like we could go on just kissing and holding each other like this for as long as we desired and then finish or move on. The pressure I'd always felt as I grew harder and harder replaced by the intimate warmth of this smoldering passion.
Even as that thought flitters through my head I feel Sarah gently slide her body over mine, nudging me gently onto my back under her kisses. Her hair cascades around us creating an intimate, steamy canopy around our faces. I reach up and cup her soft face as we kiss, feeling her breasts on mine. My legs pressed together I feel a tingle deep in my sex and I know I'm growing slick with desire for Sarah. Her hand slides up my side, slowly cupping my breast, so gentle, so unlike the way I used to grope women. Her fingers find my nipple and I feel the tingle in my pussy connect to my nipple. So much more of my body feels like it's a sexual organ now; before sexual feelings came from my dick, my balls, and sometimes from my ass. Now I feel like so much of this new body is delivering sexual pleasure to me. She caresses me with expert passion as I feel my nipple harden even more, growing longer under her smooth petting.
We haven't said a word when Sarah pulls herself up and slides out of the satin night shirt, her rounded, full breasts flushed and her nipples now much darker than when I first glimpsed them. I sit up too, make quick work of my shirt and press my lips to her nipple. I'm smiling with delight as I lick across the hard, long nipple and feel her areola contract, thicken, and winkle when the wet traces my tongue leaves evaporate and cool her skin. I suckle one, then the other, looking up at her beautiful face. She's smiling, clearly enjoying this. My hands find her hips, I feel her move them, sliding her leg over mine and now straddling me as my best friend and I make love.