[For my dear Lana]
Prologue
Rhonda Evans had been divorced for... who knows how long. Wow... a year and a half already. Still, by now well set up in a nice flat, a well- paying job and a positive view on her perspectives - finally. And now this! Her old friend from the academy, Mary Driscoll - seemingly happily married for more than ten years - knocking at her door and asking for refuge. Cheated on, disappointed and heartbroken. And still somehow kind of relieved. It didn't take Rhonda long to find out that relief actually turned out to be the most predominant part of her complex set of emotions.
"I'll never be with a man again, ever!"
"OK, OK. I believe you. I felt the same way too, although I'm not that hardheaded anymore."
They both had a late Saturday night together with two bottles of red wine almost empty. Being tipsy always made Mary melancholic, all the way down to almost pathetic, and the tears were never far away.
"But I miss the nearness. I miss sex. Goddammit I guess I'm plain horny! Constantly! Since John found someone else, I practically haven't had anything for months... years."
"Well don't tell me! You're a hot gal, for crying out loud. Why wouldn't you go out and get something for yourself?"
"Just like with some guy you mean? Never!"
Rhonda was quiet for a while. Then she decided to open up completely.
"So, if not with a guy, what about a girl?"
Mary looked at her with tear- stained eyes, almost like she had seen a ghost.
"A girl? Wow... You're a lesbian now, is that it?"
"Hell no. Never was, never will be."
Now Mary was the one needing a moment.
"So why are you talking about a girl then? I'm certainly not a lesbian. You should know that."
Rhonda laughed and then got up.
"Why don't we open one more bottle, and then you hear me out - and properly? I was actually thinking about this before you showed up here - for quite a while. You'd really be surprised."
Glasses were replenished and Rhonda cleared her throat.
"We're both straight as rulers, no question about it, so that's cool. But I know this girl, from our agency; a young intern probably in her early twenties. She's working as an aspiring press secretary; overly sweet, brunette, quite tall and very innocent looking. And," Rhonda cleared her throat once again, "she's been hitting on me for quite a while, in fact, after she found out I was divorced. And more and more openly as she noticed that she eventually got me thinking."
"Thinking of what? You just said you're straight, right?"
"Absolutely. She got me going when she started whispering things to me - about serving me."
"Serving?"
"Serving. To be blunt, she made me understand that she loves to give head; to give oral - to women, that is. She explicitly used the word serving, meaning I wouldn't need to worry about returning the favor. I'd be served and I'd just leave afterwards. Does that make sense?"
Mary was still just looking at her.
She even bragged about being trained by a teacher from her college, and from all that training she had an extraordinarily strong and flexible tongue. Can you believe that?"
Mary was stunned - to say the least - and completely forgot about her glass. Rhonda took a deep swig of hers before she continued.
"And the best thing of all - in fact
the
thing that got me thinking about it at all - was that she so heavily underscored the fact she will never want anything in return. If I could enjoy being served by her, it didn't matter if I were a lesbian or not, as her teacher hadn't been either. I only had to let her do me, just once, so she could convince me. You won't believe with what confidence she said those very words!"
"You must be joking. She really said that? Nothing in return?"
"I was thinking of actually giving it a try, but so far I haven't got the nerve, understandably. What if it all got awkward? Then I'd still have to see her every day at work afterwards. But on the other hand, if I'm not alone, when there's two of us... well..."
She took another sip, took a deep breath, and looked straight into Mary's eyes. "Since you're so horny, you say; why don't we try her out together? What have we got to lose? With you supporting me, I think I should be able to handle it. And we'll find out soon enough if it's something we like or not."