A chance encounter on a rooftop.
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Author's Note
There is a song by Green Day called Viva La Gloria. This story has nothing in common with that song, except for the name. It's a good song though, and worth a listen, in fact the whole album is good. I recommend you check it out.
But this is not a music review, it's a sex story.
This particular sex story is just a less than twenty-four hour slice-of-life centering around two young women, living in the big city, who find each other quite by accident and decide to get it on. It is a stark contrast to my usual long, slow-building MILF romance, but hopefully no less satisfying in the end.
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There are elements of drug use in this story. It's brief, but if it offends you, please find something else to read. All characters are over the age of eighteen.
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Viva La Gloria
"So, you gonna jump?" I ask the girl standing at the edge of the roof. I can't see her face, only her black leather jacket. The wind up here makes the clenched fist stenciled on the back of her jacket flutter like it's alive -- and angry.
"What? Fuck no," she says, turning her head to look at me. She's cute. A petite, brown-skinned mixture of a few different ethnicities. And judging by the cold look in her eyes, angry -- like the fist on her jacket.
"So why you up here?" I ask.
"I come up here whenever I wanna hit something. You volunteering?"
"Nope. Just came up here to get high." I pull the pipe out of my pocket and show it to her. "Care to join me?"
"Don't smoke." Her eyes narrow as she sizes me up. "Fuckin' stoner."
I shrug, spark up the bowl and inhale. "Right. You just punch people," I manage to croak while still holding in my hit. Finally, I let the pungent smoke escape in a single long exhale. "So you gonna jump now or what?"
"Told you, I ain't jumpin'."
"Shit." I let my shoulders slump. "I s'pose now you're gonna stay here and talk my ear off all day. Great."
"Fuck you." She steps off the ledge and stomps toward me, pea gravel crunching under her soles. I begin to wonder if she might take a swing at me, but then she breaks into a grin and holds her hand out. "Gimme that thing."
"Thought you didn't smoke." I stick my tongue out as I hand her my pipe and my lighter, and watch as she takes a hit. "Fuckin' stoner."
She tries to hold in her laugh, but ends up snorting instead, and little tendrils of smoke curl from her nose as she does.
"I'm Christine. You got a name, jumper?"
"Gloria." She exhales a cloud of her own. "You wanna go break some shit? I need to break something."
"What, and kill my buzz? Hell no. How about some Xbox?"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. Seriously. Let's cash this thing out first though." I pass her the pipe and lighter.
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"I like your hair," I say. We're standing side by side in the hallway as I fumble with my keys. Gloria's lost her balance and is now leaning on me for support. "What made you decide to shave the sides like that?" I touch my fingers to the short strands, enjoying the bristly feeling I get when I move against the grain.
"Dunno," she responds. "What made you decide to dye yours blue?"
"Beats me." I shrug. "Tired of blonde I guess."
Gloria smells nice -- like pot for sure, but something else -- sweet, like Christmas cookies. I try to comprehend how a girl could smell like Christmas cookies, but I'm too stoned to deal with it at the moment. I just lean in and inhale her instead.
Gloria giggles and pushes me away.
Finally, I get the key in the lock and open the door to the apartment. My mother is standing there waiting for me. "Christine, where've you been?"
I pull the pipe from my pocket and show it to her. "On the roof."
Mom smiles. "There's pizzas in the freezer, I'll put one in for you. Who's your friend?"
"This is Gloria, Mom. She's real angry. You'll love her."
Mom looks at Gloria and gives her a smile too. "Pepperoni OK with you, Gloria?"
"Um, sure," she says. "I guess." Gloria snorts and giggles again.
"Thanks Mom." I take Gloria's hand and lead her down the hall to my bedroom. I like holding her hand. Her skin is rough and calloused, but her fingers lace nicely with mine. And it feels a little tingly in my grasp, though that's probably because I'm stoned.
I push the door closed after we enter and let her fingers drop. "Halo or Call of Duty?" I say.
"I don't care. Whatever." I pat the edge of my bed and she sits down with me. "Your mom's so cool."
"Halo it is then." I toss her a controller and lean my back up against the wall. Gloria reclines too, and the sleeve of her jacket rubs against the skin of my arm. There's plenty of space, and I could easily solve this by scooching over to the right a bit. But I don't. I lean over and trace the seam of her jacket sleeve with my fingertip instead.
"My mom's a total bitch," she says.
I pause my wandering finger at her shoulder and start up the game. "So's that what makes you want to hit people?"
"I guess." Gloria's player gets killed almost immediately and she bangs her head against the wall. "Shit!" she says. "I suck."