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the ravings of a lunatic. copyright H20wader. Edited by techsan. I had added material after the edit, all errors are mine alone.
The top story was written when I first starting writing for the LIT site. I wanted to post it in the Lesbian Sex section just to see what comments it would bring. But it seemed to call for a response. I finally wrote a response and got it edited.
First Sandra then James
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I had known James all my life, but at a distance. We were both children of the founding fathers of the Great Lakes Bank and Trust. The first time I remembered meeting him, he pulled my hair. I cried. After that, he seemed to stay away for me. He lived in Birmingham. I lived in Grosse Point Shores. For those of you not familiar, let me say the difference was Old Money in the Points and new money out there in the west. There was a difference.
My high school was Dominican. His was Catholic Central. My college was Siena Heights, also Dominican. His college was the University of Michigan-Dearborn. His major was pre-law. Mine was art history. He attended the University of Michigan Law School. I found a position at the Detroit Institute of Arts, The DIA.
My life had always been rather easy. College was no different. I had found early in my life that boys were rude, crude and lewd. High school and college did not change that opinion. If anything, it just solidified it. As a classmate at Siena said, 'Boys and Men just want to get into a tight Catholic virgin pussy.' They did not get into mine. They did get into hers, quite often. She was on the pill but still had two abortions in her fours years at Siena.
My position at the DIA was to assist in the receiving of incoming art works, catalogue them, store then temporarily until they went on display. When the time came to close the exhibit, they were repacked for their next destination. It was good, almost clean, and fun work. The money was not that great, but I lived at home. My father had given me a car at graduation so I had all I needed. I had been there for six months when things in my life changed.
The exhibit was Old Dutch Masters. There was a formal party for the Opening Night for those sponsors who had given an ample amount of money to the DIA. I was dressed in a new evening gown. The color matched my eyes. I was in charge of insuring that all food on nine tables in three areas were replaced as needed and of course to chat with Patrons. Drinks were at a cash bar or if the Patron had given enough money and had the pass the drinks were free. Enough in this case was over $25,000 in the preceding year. Some checks were written that night to insure passes. Passes were the way to tell the people with real money.
I soon found that the caterers were professional and need no prodding or checking. I relaxed and chatted with the Patrons. Fun and easy, art is easy to talk about.
A very tall man in a tuxedo approached me. He had a very nice smile, and he looked familiar.
"Hello, Sandra." It took me several seconds.
"James McCleary. I have not seen you in years. How are you doing?"
"Just over three years, Sandra. And I have joined our fathers' bank."
"Yes, I do recall father mentioning that at the diner table. I am sure they were lucky to get you."
"I am lucky my dad could get me in," He had a nice laugh. "I actually came here tonight to invite you to the play at the Fisher Theater, and of course to see these wonderful old paintings again."
"I had planned on attending. Yes, James, it should be fun. I do so love My Fair Lady."
"I do have tickets for Wednesday night. Would you prefer dinner before or after?"
"After, please, I will have to go home to change and have a snack."
"Then I will pick you up at seven at your house, the curtain rises at eight."
"Excellent."
We spent the remainder of the night just chatting. We walked around discussing the Old Dutch Masters. I was pleasantly surprised that he was so well versed in art. He was intelligent, witty in a sensible way (nothing crude, no double meanings), and he was dressed well. The tuxedo was tailored for him. He was a perfect gentleman. The only time he touched me was when one of the several of the children at the opening ran into me. He held my arm and stabilized me.so that I did not fall.
We began to date. You know the usual; theaters, movies, trips to the casino in Windsor, Ontario, music and dance recitals of the children of friends of the families, dinners with my friends from the DIA, picnics with his friends from the Bank. He seemed to fit in everywhere. I was impressed with his social skills. I was not impressed with some of his friends. Bill Ramsey for one. At a indoor pool party for people he knew from the bank, this Bill Ramsey actually asked James if he was sleeping with me.
I Was Standing There!!
James told him very quickly and harshly that one did not speak that way in front of me. There did seem to be a certain friendliness between the two of the earlier in the day. That was why I rarely drank. I fear what I might become.
He had kissed me many times, he was very skilled in kissing, and he was very skilled in moving his hands when he was kissing me. Often to stop this behavior, I would have to stop the kissing. Once he got his hand in my bra. I was shocked. But he just laughed at me.
"What will you do when we are married?" Now I was very shocked. Where had this come from? Married? Me? Marry him?
"Are you asking me to marry you?"
"No, but I will as soon as I know the answer is yes."
"What if the answer is no?"
"Then I will not ask you. I will warn you that our families already have the wedding list prepared."
"They may be expecting things that may not occur. I am not sure I want to marry."
He just laughed again and slid his hand back into my bra. It was almost exciting. My nipples were firm. It did not feel bad and we continued to date. He was working his way up my thighs on our next date. It seemed that all the decisions were made; all he had to do was convince me to open my legs let him have a sample and then marry him.
Earlier that spring things changed again. The DIA had The Old Dutch Masters for a year and we had sent them on to San Diego. We were aware that another round of great paintings was expected from the Louvre in Paris, The Old Flemish Masters. I was asked to allow the traveling representative of the Louvre to stay with me. It seemed a good idea. She would be a young woman in a strange city. It would be easier for her if she had a ready home and a friend. I agreed and waited for the paintings and Nicole d' Oryes to arrive. She arrived first. On the 15th of May, she landed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. I picked her up in my car, a Dodge mini-van. I had a sign with Nicole written on it. She was one of the last off the plane. She was talking to a rather nondescript older man and seemed to be having a grand time. She saw the sign and after her luggage was loaded, by the skycaps, we were heading for my home .
"Was the trip tiring?" A safe start for conversation.
"Not at all." She was French, the accent was unmistakable. "I met the most darling man. Since I had no idea of the phone number where I would be staying, he gave me his."
"That should work well." Maybe she was better equipped to handle a strange city than I was led to believe.
"I will certainly call him. As soon as he sees his wife and settles down from the trip, he will get a call from me. Is there a quiet out of the way restaurant where we may have dinner?"
Dinner? Out of the way? Quiet? Wife?
"But he is married."
"And I am not. But I do have a man, Jacques, in Paris who wants to marry me and keep me in a townhouse. I want to wait a while for that, he will want babies and I want to play first."
I was driving, it was difficult to look at her, but look, I did. I already knew she was taller than I, about five six to my five foot even. I had a figure. She seemed painfully thin, almost boyish. Her hair was a violent red. She wore too much makeup. The eyes were not green, not brown, hazel? From the looks of the blouse, there was very little underneath it. She was not pretty. Yet, a married man was going to meet her in a quiet out of the way place for dinner. And she had just arrived in the country. Her chatter continued, she was very talkative about her past, her lovers (all married men, it seemed.) and her plans for the time she would be in the States. If she was to be believed, she was going to date a lot, have sex a lot and it would all be paid for by married men, plus various gifts.
I found this woman fascinating. She was living life as large as she could and enjoying it. Suddenly, I was jealous. I had been comfortable with my life. Now, very suddenly I was a mouse to this high-flying brightly colored bird. The suit I had so carefully chosen to meet her was now a rag. I was shocked at the way she talked, the way she lived. I felt like the stupid stepsister at the ball with Cinderella.
She talked constantly while we traveled to my home. I had the gardener help with the nine bags she had. Or as she said, "just enough to get by." I hoped it was enough, eight of the bags were huge.
She did request a bath. Very reasonable after the long trip. I showed her the bedroom. The gardener finally got all of the bags placed in the room. She striped in front of me, still talking.
"I will never have sex on a plane again. I should have learned that by now. It was no more comfortable than the other times. The bathrooms are too small."