Every so often it's a good idea for a man to have a frank conversation with his penis. So much of our lives are governed by the floppy, greedy, one-eyed worm hanging between our legs that an honest discussion about pressing issues can be beneficial for all concerned. I had such a cock-talk early on the morning after I witnessed my mother and Bridget having sex together and I then screwed Bridget's mom Julia as payback. I woke up around 5AM with an erection I could have scored marble with.
"About time you woke up," my dick said. "I've been awake for hours. Suck me."
I sighed. "No."
"You know you want to. Come on, get into that crazy position and put me in your mouth."
"No."
"I promise it won't take long. I'll be spitting the white stuff in you mouth in thirty seconds flat."
"Knock it off, you're making me sick."
My cock throbbed with frustration. "At least jack off, will ya? You can't expect me to stay locked and loaded all day."
"Look," I said. "I've been very good to you, haven't I? I've gotten you in places that most teenage penises can only dream about. Inside Elaine, inside Julia, inside Bridget."
"Wrong, buddy-boy. I got you into those places, ME. If you had a normal, workaday five-incher you'd still be a virgin right now. You might have a nice smile and a winning personality, but don't forget what makes the ladies go weak in the knees and gooey in the good parts. ME."
"Don't flatter yourself," I retorted. "They don't go weak in the knees, YOU do. Bridget crosses her legs and you pop up like a jack-in-the-box. You see Elaine's tits and nearly pop my zipper. So don't get a big head." I paused. "No pun intended."
"Buddy, pal, no need for us to argue," my penis soothed. "Remember, I'm your biggest fan! And we both want the same thing, don't we? We both want Bridget Landau to like us, right?"
"Right."
"We just favor different tactics. You think you can win her heart with looks, brains and charm. I think a big, nasty hot beef injection is the way to go."
I rolled over as far as I could before the stave between my legs blocked me. "Good night," I said.
"Come on, please, give me head."
"Forget it."
"You know I'll win in the end," my penis said. "You won't be able to control yourself if Bridget makes a move."
I laughed. "Well see, my Cyclopean friend. I have few tricks up my sleeve."
"Your best trick is still sucking me off. So how about it, right now? Buddy? Pal? Chum?"
But I was already asleep.
*****
When I woke my penis still slumbered, and that gave me some clarity of thought. As I showered I thought of the past few months, all the way back to my mother discovering me blowing myself and turning me over to Elaine's tender care. Throughout these momentous days I'd been a passive participant in the goings-on that had so complicated my life. Mom sent me to Elaine, who fucked me every which way and then showed me off to her friends. Julia took my cherry and then fucked me up the ass while I reluctantly deflowered her daughter. Bridget decided we would go to the prom together, and then she and Mom conspired behind my back for control of my very soul.
Well, enough of that bullshit. No more would I sit back and let the women in my life move me about like a very well-hung pawn. It was time for me to step up to the plate, take the bull by the horns, and some other macho clichΓ© I can't think of. It was time I seized the initiative.
My first objective was sorting things out with Mom. When I went to bed the night before tensions were running high between us, and I knew that she would feel horrible about it, but not so horrible as to apologize. Not yet, anyway. So I took the first step. I entered the kitchen and found Dad eating cereal and Mom waiting on the toaster. "Good morning," I told my father, and then I moved behind my mother and kissed her on the cheek. "Good morning."
She looked surprised. Dad mumbled, "I didn't get a kiss,"
Mom's toast popped and she took it to the table. She kissed Dad on the temple and he said distractedly, "Thank you." Mom looked at me and said, "Sleep well?"
"Like a champ." I composed my cereal bowl and started chomping away. Dad got up, kissed Mom, and said, "Maybe we could go to dinner tonight. My treat."
"Can't," I mumbled around my mouthful of cereal. "Gotta get my tux."
"Your loss," he said, and when he walked out the door Mom's eyes burned into mine. "So, you haven't changed your mind," she said, meaning I hadn't taken her advice and decided against going to the prom with Bridget.
"No, I haven't. I'm not backing down."
"You're making a mistake."
"Maybe. But I've turned over a new leaf. I won't be a sitting duck for Ms. Landau."
"Don't get so cocky." Mom said. "You don't know what that girl is capable of."
I lifted the bowl to my lips and drank the leftover milk. "I know her better than you think."
She looked pissed, and I decided to play with her a bit. "You and Bridget have this thing going, I think it's best not to talk about her."
"What do you mean, we have a 'thing' going?" Mom asked. Her face flushed bright red, and I knew I had her reeling.
"You two don't like each other," I explained, innocent as a lamb. "You can't stand her, she can't stand you. You've both made that quite clear to me." Of course, yesterday while hiding under the bed I heard my mother and Bridget licking and sucking each other with gusto, but it wasn't the time or place to let on that I knew about that encounter. Still, it felt good to put Mom on her heels, and the blush didn't fade from her cheeks until just before I left for school.
*****
School. The usual stuff. Quizzes, homework, death threats. The latter came from Michael Panucci, the gentleman who, after getting the cold shoulder from Bridget, had decided to console himself by making an omelet out of my face. I'd connected with only one punch, a blow that broke Panucci's nose like a cheese puff. His face was bloated, his eyes were black, and he when he talked he sounded like a congested seal.
"I'm gonna fuckin' kill you," he barked.
We were in the hallway, lots of people walking past, so I wasn't too worried. Plus he'd said he was "going" to kill me, so my demise wasn't imminent. "What did you say?" I asked, cocking an ear.
His voice was pretty funny, more honk than snarl. "I'm gonna kill you. You're fucking dead."
"When, Mike, when?" I said. I made sure everyone could hear. "Every day you tell me you're going to kill me, and," I did a deep inhale and exhale, "I'm still here. Can you give me a time frame maybe? Is it worth my time to get my teeth cleaned at the dentist?"
Got a few laughs for that one. His face purpled and I thought he was going to come after me, but then he gingerly touched his bandaged nose and turned his back. "That's right, walk away," I taunted. "Bother me again and I'll break your other nose!" More laughs. I was rather enjoying this new popularity. I didn't know that in eight days these people who so enjoyed my jokes would refuse to make eye contact with me, that I would become the most ridiculed and loathed person in school. But for the moment, I had some fun.
At days end I walked out to my car and found Bridget, wearing a black miniskirt and an oversized white dress shirt, waiting for me by my car. She looked so lovely I almost tripped over my own feet. But I steeled myself and sauntered over. Keep the initiative, I told myself. Don't back down.
Bridget wasn't in a mood for sauntering. She checked her watch and scowled at me. "Come on," she said. "Your appointment is for 3:30."
"Which one?"
"The salon." She ran her fingers through my hair. "Hope they can work a miracle."
We drove to an upscale mall halfway across town and I was put into the care of woman with chic black clothes and chic black eyeglasses and chic black hair. She had me sit in an extremely well-padded leather chair and she said, "So, what are we doing today?"
Bridget answered for me. "Move him forward in time about 40 years."
My stylist, whose name I learned was Naomi, kept me turned around so I couldn't see what she was doing. I could see from the accumulating clippings on the floor that she was taking quite a bit off, but I had no idea what I was going to look like. "He has nice hair," Naomi said. "Very thick."
"And soft," Bridget said, surprising me by paying me what could be considered a compliment. Then she said, "That's not the only thing he has that's thick. And it's definitely not soft."
There was a woman holding scissors three inches from my ear, so I didn't jerk around violently when Bridget said this. But I sure wanted to. Naomi giggled and said, "Oh my God, this is the guy?"
Bridget sighed. "He's the one. You see now why I brought him to you? All that talent in his slacks and the rest of him looks a mess."
"You...you...you told her..." I spluttered.