We cleaned up, filled coffee mugs and grabbed some bagels for the road.
Being alone on the road with Kait was good. She was dreamy, close to me in the thoughts she shared but distant in the way it seemed as if she were explaining them to herself. She explained what she was going through as best she could. She felt awakened. She felt ready for the world and she expressed that she was slightly confused but only by her own feelings. She wanted to be good and wondered if she was bad for being the way she was being. Her upbringing convinced her that her feelings and pleasures were wrong but her pleasure in exploration convinced her they were right. She analyzed a big picture small picture comparison and wondered if this was 'growing up'. She knew that what she'd been doing and feeling was probably not normal behavior for an almost 20 year old. She asked me if she was hurting anybody and I reassured her that she wasn't. She acknowledged that she had a growing affection for me and explained her certainty that it wasn't a passing infatuation. She was very real and as ever open and honest, not least in the way her contradictions confirmed the thought that she was on a journey and not yet at any destination. Soon enough though we had reached ours.
We'd made good time in to the City. The schools were closed. Folks were on vacation. If only it could always be this way.
The doorman buzzed up to Jerry. He was still in his robe when he greeted us. Hugging Kait and saying how much she'd grown. "Yes Uncle Jerry, that's what happens, were you a kid once?
"I vaguely remember being smaller many years ago Kait but the girls didn't dress like you in my day. Hey Buddy." We shook hands "coffee?"
"Please Jer."
"Let me help" offered Kait.
They went off into the kitchen. I walked to the living room window and looked out across the roof tops to my own apartment windows. It might be time to sell that too. I'd show Kait later. I sat down in the living room, flicking through the magazines in Jerry's rack only because I knew I'd find an interesting and somehow amusing selection of fodder and intellectual material. The usual but updated mixture of news, science and pornography. I didn't know how he kept up with it all.
Jerry returned alone "She doesn't need any help, she's making eggs, want some?"
"No thanks Jer, I've eaten."
"I can't believe it, she's all woman. Are you fucking her?"
I looked back at him and smiled. "Jerry, yes, but it's honestly more than that."
He scratched his head "Okay, look after her, I don't need any shit from the family. Shit, you lucky bastard, I wish I was fucking her. I can't believe how she's grown up."
"It's nice of you to be so concerned about her."
He looked at me with a quizzical expression. All Jerry was concerned about was Jerry.
Finally he cottoned on and broke a smile "Ben, seriously, if you're both happy, I'm happy, fuck, I couldn't give a shit if the rest of the world is miserable, I'm happy. She's in bed still, Liz is her name. Fucking gorgeous, and she's rude Ben, I mean really fucking rude. Loves it up the ass, loud too, sucks all day, can't get enough. Doesn't talk much and doesn't want anything. Fuck, she's almost perfect"
I made some of the comparisons with Kait but didn't mention them. "Hey, good for you, how long?"
"Oh, it'll be about 4 months."
"Is that a new personal best?"
He laughed "Something like that. She's wild, crazy wild, up for anything. She fucked Caroline and Jennifer about three weeks ago, straight into it, just a few words from Carrie and she was all hot, they went at it like fucking animals. I taped it all, blue box on the TV, take it with you."
"Thanks, I will." I leaned over and picked up the tape.
He smiled back at me as Kait meandered in with a tray of mugs. She set ours down and walked towards the window with her own. "Wow, Jerry, I don't even remember the view, it's amazing."
Our view was pretty amazing too. Kait's rear is gorgeous and her short skirt left nothing hidden of her lean, tanned legs. I chuckled to myself at the tan lines that started at the level of her gardening boots.
"Yep, it's a long time since you were here Kait. Have you been to Ben's place, has she been over?" He looked from Kait's rear towards me.
"Not yet" we replied simultaneously and chuckled about it.
"His view is better. Same floor, corner windows" he walked towards Kait and started pointing "that's Ben's apartment, those 4 windows on this side and more round the corner. I often thought I'd see him fucking in that window but I never did" (he lied). "That terrace is Ben's. Ben, I think your flowers are dead over there. You need a gardener in the City too." He laughed too himself as Kait and I exchanged smiles.
As Jerry stood at Kait's side, with his hand around her shoulders, and explained exactly which windows were mine I looked up to see the aforementioned Liz walk in to the room. Indeed she was a stunner. Wrapped in a short light blue silk robe, her nipples entered first, her just got out of bed look said 'let's go back to bed.' Blue eyed, mousy blonde, long legs and a great smile that she flashed as Jerry made the introductions.
A brief discussion confirmed our plans. Jerry was heading out soon but planning on meeting up with us for lunch at noon. Liz offered to entertain Kait until then. Small talk followed before I excused myself. Kait followed me to the door. We turned to each other and exchanged a brief kiss.
"Liz seems nice." She offered.
"Yes, she does, hope you have fun with her."
"Do you? She looks sexy don't you think?"
