I love spooning.
I woke early, enjoying the softness and warmth of Katie's lustrous body leaning close to me. She purred rather than snore with a light heaving of her bosom that felt like pillows of air on my arms wrapped around her.
Everything about my girlfriend was a varying degree and nature of perfection that drove me wild. I enjoyed her being in my life as a girlfriend and someone I could immerse entirely within.
She stirred, and I pretended not to be awake, but I played possum to the wrong person.
"Are you awake, Andrew?"
"I like to rise early to enjoy you more, Katie."
"But you need to sleep as well, sweetheart."
"It's 5 a.m. That's in the morning, by the way."
"Which is still nighttime."
"You sleep, baby. I can't."
Katie rolled around to face me, slipping off her sleep mask in one hand and tossing that aside. She blinked several times, and I watched her eyes grow accustomed to the earlier morning light caused by us being much further north than her jungle abode.
"Is it about Ella?"
"Yes."
"C'mon, Andrew. This feels emotionally draining for me. I keep telling you the same thing. If you fall in love with Ella tonight, you won't care about me being gone by the morning."
"I'm not worried about that problem any longer. My love for you outweighs anything Ella or any other woman could sway me with."
"Oh... Well, that's something new, then. Would you like to discuss?"
"I'm fairly sure that when you wake up tomorrow morning, you'll find me serving you breakfast and a Mimosa in one of the spare bedrooms."
"Hmm, okay... so, what's bothering you?"
"What if I don't perform well in bed?"
"Oh, fuck! You are joking, right, Andrew?"
"No, babe, I'm really worried about this."
"All you have to do is slide that immense, gorgeous cock inside any lady, and she'll cum on its end, sweetheart. It's like a love stick sent down from heaven. Surely other women have told you that?"
"I've had no complaints."
I grumbled a little, and Katie noticed that, suddenly taking me more seriously. She eyed me with some measure of concern written clearly on her face.
"Explain this to me, please, Andrew."
"I'm a great lover to all women because of my former problem, not in spite of it. These days, I'm only feeling love for you, sweetheart."
"You fucked the village girls just fine, honey. They loved it and are probably missing you right now."
"I'm not feeling any of that love right now, Katie. Aside from you, of course."
"Oh, fuck!"
"Yeah."
"Try how you feel being close to Celia at breakfast."
"Yeah, right. I'm not asking my friend, landlady, and business partner to fuck me as a test."
"No, I mean sit close to her, engage in a conversation, and see how you feel."
"Okay, let's try that and see how I feel. By the way... If you'd like, there is time to use the gym before Ella arrives today."
"Fuck no. You'll need all the testosterone you can fuel up with to care for Ella properly."
I knew Katie was a woman with some kinks around free love and an impressive sexual openness. Still, her ability to compartmentalize emotions from the act of sex frequently surprised me. I was somewhat bored discussing my problem, so she must be withered entirely by it.
I'd only be able to thoroughly test my love for Katie tonight, in our bed, while fucking a barely legal, rarely fucked eighteen-year-old princess while my girlfriend slept next door.
No, she'll hear us, and I can't have that.
I walked downstairs while Katie finished dressing. She thought it a good idea if I were exposed to Celia alone, at least to begin with.
"Good morning, Andrew, I've missed you."
"Hi Celia, it's good to be back, especially with Katie in tow."
"Where is she?"
"Upstairs, still getting ready."
"Ahh, I see."
"What do you mean by that?"
Celia slid two slices of toast, one boiled egg, and a black coffee over the dining table at me. I lifted a spoon and began carefully cracking open my egg.
"You're testing the love problem on me."
"Jesus Christ, Celia. Am I that obvious?"
"No, darling. I'm just that sharp."
"Like a razor blade."
"This tongue has been known to offer a close shave occasionally."
Katie joined us, lolling across my back, kissing both cheeks from behind while lovingly swinging her arms around my neck.
"It's nice to meet you finally, Celia."
"Likewise, Katie. I know your mother well."
"Oh, I know that."
She snapped my girlfriend a sharp look, then saw Katie smile, and she softened, giggling while pouring tea.
"She is a wonderful departure from reality, as I hope Andrew was."
"Yes... he was great value for money, but he's worried that maybe he won't perform for Ella."
Celia stared at me, examining every body language sign, wriggle, and cringe in my expression. She didn't show alarm, but I was sure she must have felt it.
"She's arriving early today, Andrew."
"How early?"
"In two hours. She wants the whole nine yards this time."
"It's ten inches, Celia. I can confirm that measurement, having felt it bouncing off my cervix all week."