"It's not that I'm loose, you know. He always says that, but it's not true!"
"Shhh - quiet down, Lauren. We're not exactly in private," Andrea said as a few eyebrows were raised in the small patio café.
"Sorry. It just frustrates me, that's all. Plus, it's not like I'm a slut or anything, and fucked a ton of guys before we got married..." Lauren insisted. Seeing the half smile form on Andrea's lips, she hurriedly clarified. "Look, maybe I had some fun, but it's no worse than any guy has done. And I don't think a couple dozen is that bad by 26, really. It's like three different guys a year since I was 18. The point is," she continued, lighting a cigarette, "Nobody 'stretched' me out."
"Well, you said yourself that you're not happy. I mean, you told me Mike is pretty average, like what - 6 inches or so?" Lauren nodded. "Well, I have to tell you, most women would call that just fine, as long as he knows what to do with it. I mean, with the different guys you've been with, you have to know that's pretty standard equipment down there," rationalized Andrea.
"I know, I know. It's just not enough for me, I guess."
Andrea paused to light a cigarette of her own. "OK then," she exhaled. "What did the doctor say?"
Lauren looked distraught, as if she was going to burst into tears. "He said that my vagina is just a bit larger than normal. But not unusually so. I asked him why I don't feel really turned on during sex and told him that Mike thinks I'm too loose. The doctor said that I appear to be less sensitive vaginally than some women and that I may just prefer the feeling of something larger than normal to get real pleasure. He suggested that we see a sex therapist, and maybe consider including toys in our lovemaking." Andrea smiled. "Lauren, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Either of them, actually. Look, we don't have anything else going on for an hour or so. There's a place I got a vibrator from not far from here. Why don't we go take a look and see if we can find something to cheer you up?"
"Andrea, this is Brooklyn. There's probably a sex shop every 20 feet," Lauren groused. She took a final drag from her cigarette and extinguished it in the ashtray. "Fine. I guess we can give it a shot. I can tell you right now that Mike isn't going to go for the therapist idea, so maybe this will work better."
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Most adult toy/bookstores tend to be a little on the seedy side, and this one was no exception. While not especially dirty, it was a touch run down, and the neon tinted lighting and racks of pornography lining the entrance instantly made the women feel a little tainted. However, instead of the greasy old man Lauren half expected to be sitting at the counter, a well-built, reasonably attractive college age boy was running the shop.
"Hi ladies," he said in a casual, friendly voice. "Come on in. Let me know if you need any help finding anything."
Lauren immediately felt a little better. She leaned over to Andrea and whispered in her ear, "I thought this place was going to be icky, with peep show booths and toothless men!"
Andrea looked at her friend: stylish but slightly conservative with an Ann Taylor sweater set and 2.5" heels, medium length chestnut hair pulled into a ponytail, inconspicuous makeup. Attractive, but a little uptown. "If I thought it would offend your Upper West Side sensitivities, I wouldn't have brought you here," she teased. Lauren slapped her on the arm playfully.
"Look, just because my husband has a condo there doesn't mean I've forgotten where I'm from," she retorted. "I just grew up a little," she said, looking at her outfit. Still, she had to admit privately that her husband had been exerting some pressure on her taste in clothing lately, and she wasn't quite as adventurous as she used to be. "Let's look around," she suggested to change the subject.
The ladies made their way through the shop, giggling at some of the sights. Lauren picked up a leather-and-metal corset. Holding it up to her body, she called, "Hey Andrea - what do you think? Is it me?" Andrea shook her head an emphatic 'no'.
They flipped through the videos and magazines, commenting on attractive actors and actresses. "Lauren, what do you think about this one," Andrea teased, holding up a girl on girl film.
"Um, I don't think so... Would you ever do that?" Lauren replied.
"Only with you, lover." Andrea winked and blew her a kiss.
Eventually they made their way to the rear of the store. The entire back wall was covered in a dazzling array of vibrators, dildos, butt plugs, and similar implements. Lauren slowly let her gaze travel across the selection.
"How about this one?" asked Andrea, holding up a pink vibrator.
"No, I already have a vibrator. I'm thinking something, well..." Lauren blushed and lowered her voice, "bigger."
Andrea selected another, a 7" jelly dildo and held it up. Lauren shook her head. Andrea moved up to a 9" lifelike dong. Again, Lauren indicated no. As Andrea went to grab the next size up, a thick 11" dildo, she saw Lauren's gaze fixed on a toy on the bottom shelf.
"No Lauren," she said firmly.
Lauren reached down and picked it up. The dildo was very big; some might even call it huge. It was around 14" long, but what intrigued Lauren was the girth. It had to be about as thick as her forearm, with a head the size of her fist. She felt a trickle of wetness in her panties as he held the dildo. It was heavy, and firm, yet flexible.
"Lauren, are you fucking kidding me?" Andrea gasped. "That thing is huge! You're going to hurt yourself. No fucking way," she insisted, taking the dildo.
The college boy cleared his throat softly from a few feet away. He looked carefully at the dildo and then Andrea. "I just wanted to check and make sure you're finding things okay here. The bottom shelf there is mainly for novelty events, just so you know. Bachelorette parties, etc..."
Andrea blushed fiercely and put down the dildo. "We'll have to think about it," she said and grabbed Lauren's hand, leading her out of the shop. "Look," she said once they were outside, "I have to get going to work. We'll find you something, I promise. And get that damned husband of yours to go talk to someone with you, okay?" She glanced at the large diamond on Lauren's finger, more than double the size of her own wedding ring. "It's not like he can't afford it." She kissed Lauren on the cheek and walked away, crossing the street and entering a subway station half a block down.
Lauren stood quietly in the doorway of the shop for a couple of minutes, thinking. Unconsciously, she went back into the store. The employee gave her a friendly smile as she entered. "Back already?" She grinned weakly and moved into the video section. Browsing for a few minutes, she found a section that interested her. The films were all oriented around two or three well hung guys with one woman. She looked at the box covers until she found a long one with several different scenes and picked it up. Then, ignoring the wobble in her knees, she marched to the back of the store and picked up the novelty dildo. Once again, she felt her cunt twitch and moisten just feeling the thick, veined latex in her hand. She walked up to the register with her selections.
"I think this will make a great gag gift," the young man said with a knowing smile. Lauren was relieved that he didn't embarrass her about it. "You know," he continued with a serious glance at her figure, "To make the joke even more realistic, you should probably consider giving her a good lubricant with this." He added a bottle of Astroglide Plus to the pile. "Tell you what, free of charge - I don't think you should leave without it." He rang up her video next, feeling himself getting turned on by this sexy woman's choices. From the looks of it, she was getting ready to fuck the hell out of herself.
"$78.50 is the total," he told her finally.
Lauren reached into her purse and started to take out a credit card. Then she thought better of it and pulled out several twenties. Why let Mike know what she had been doing, she thought to herself. Suddenly a flush of wickedness rushed through her. As long as she was being secretive, she reasoned, she might as well see if she still had "it". It wasn't like she was coming back here, and she had seen the growing erection that tented the young man's pants.
She intentionally touched his hand as she gave him the cash. "You know that this stuff is for me, don't you?" she asked softly.
He stumbled a bit trying to count out her change. "Uh, I don't really ask about that...I guess it's none of my business..."
"Well," Lauren teased, pulling back her shoulders subtly to make her chest stand out, "In your professional experience, is there any advice you'd give me for this purchase?"
He handed her the change and the bag, staring at the outline of her breasts stretching the cotton sweater. "Yeah," he mumbled, "Have fun."