Chapter 7
I spent a week wallowing in my guilt and angst as I fought off depression. I'll spare you the dirty details - lots of reliving moments, feeling sorry for Amanda, anger, yada yada. But there were two important parts to that week that I should bring up.
The first is that
no one cared
. Well ok, that's not 100% accurate - they noticed I was depressed and going through a rough time, and my parents and even my sister asked me about it, and were solicitous. But normally, if someone suddenly changes like I had - gone from one extreme to another in a day - they would want to know
why
. The suddenness would be important - they would ask me what had happened, and they'd be more worried because of it. But that didn't happen. They treated my near suicidal depression as if it was just a slight mood swing, and it took me a few days to realize that my power was responsible. It didn't prevent them from noticing my depression, and they reacted accordingly. But it prevented them from viewing my depression as being unusual or exceptional, so they just took it in stride. And it was irrational, but it made me angry at them as well - couldn't they see or feel my pain? Even when I realized it wasn't their fault - that my power sometimes had downsides - I still felt disappointed and let down. It contributed to my bleak mood, making me feel completely isolated and alone.
The second important part of that week is that even though I knew it was wrong, none of my desires were dead. I would remember a scene with Amanda - pounding her from behind in front of her friends in the shower, making her blow me during a school assembly (oh, you know you would too - those things are incredibly boring), or even that day in the cafeteria that had brought it all crashing down. And of course I would feel the guilt, the anguish at my behavior, but I would also get horny. I wanted to do it all again, even after everything, to own her in every way and make her mine. And those thoughts would send me into a new cycle of guilt - it felt like an unending loop. I just had to hope that I would be able to control myself in the future.
I had a good relationship with my parents, and they'd taught me to be better than this. But I couldn't think of a way to fix it. If my dad hadn't been impacted by my power and I was able to explain things, I knew what he would tell me - apologize, make amends, take responsibility, and don't do it again.
But what was the point of apologizing to someone who literally can't understand that what you did was wrong? I could see Amanda's face in my mind as she tried to comprehend why I was apologizing for using her as my personal public fuck toy - she wouldn't be able to comprehend what I was talking about. And no one had cared about what I was doing - despite my actions I hadn't actually humiliated Amanda with public sex. Her friends, even her boyfriend, they all took it in stride. So how to make amends for something only I cared about? I had knocked her up, sure, but that was such a big event that I couldn't even begin to think of how I should handle it. Should I offer to marry Amanda? Should I quit school and get a job to help support her? Fatherhood (Motherhood? Hermahood? My life is weird) was so outside my expectations and experience that I didn't know where to start. And as for taking responsibility, at the least that would mean jail time. But could I even convince the police that I'd committed a crime? The only thing I had left was not doing it again, and I resolved to have the willpower to keep my appetites in check.
Unfortunately, one day back at school was enough to show me that wasn't going to happen.
* * *
It was that time of year where summer gave up and fall took hold with a vengeance, with colder weather and beautiful colors. I loathed it. Fall, to me, marks that time of year when all the bountiful, lovely, and most of all
exposed
cleavage of summer gets covered up in sweatshirts and jackets, hidden from my appreciative eyes. I know some people say that hiding things enhances the experience, but you'll never convince me of it - give me low cut, tight shirts any day. But this time I thought that maybe it would help - that less temptation would give me a chance to get better control. And I guess it helped a little.
But I'd gotten too used to constant sex, to near instant gratification of any of my desires. I couldn't concentrate in school - my eyes would constantly be looking at other girls. Mostly at their chests, of course, but sex with Amanda had increased my appreciation for the rest of a woman's body as well, and I found myself drawn to asses and legs, the clean line of a neck, the shapely curve of hips. And I could feel my lust building throughout the day. Masturbating offered temporary relief, and I used the bathroom three times, but it wasn't enough and I knew it.
I don't want to give you the impression that this is one of those stories where it just so happens that every single girl is an amazing looker, that every teacher and mom is a milf. I was (ok, still am) pretty shallow - I knew what I liked, and I had no reason not to be picky. Out of the hundred or so girls in my class, only about ten or so met my standards. And at that point none of my teachers were sexy enough that I'd be interested. But that was still enough that I had someone to stare at, to be tempted by, almost the entire day. And Amanda was the worst, and I had two classes with her. I know it was my imagination, but I swear I could see her glow from her pregnancy, and I wanted her so badly, to take her again and use that body that I knew so well.
I wouldn't be able to resist forever. It was too tempting, knowing that nothing would stop me, to not take advantage. I'd like to think that most other people, put in my position, would act the same, and maybe that's true. Sometimes it helps me sleep better at night.
I was going to have to compromise my decision to avoid sex.
* * *
I couldn't believe how good it felt to have Amanda in my arms again, naked, after a week apart. To penetrate her again, to cup her breasts, to have her milk my cock with her pussy and take my seed. And for the first time, to my surprise, I understood the term "making love".
Last night I had sat down and thought. I knew I couldn't resist forever, that I would start having sex again. And there was an obvious target - Amanda. Anyone else I had sex with, I'd have to worry about getting them pregnant. I'd have to be careful, and use protection. But Amanda was already knocked up, so I didn't have to worry about that. And it felt better to restrict my attentions to just her. But even with those reasons, it was a tough sell - I still felt horrible at what I had done to Amanda, and this would just add to it. But I convinced myself that she had enjoyed parts of it - that she liked the orgasms, the sex - and I would do better this time. I would make rules. No more public sex, no humiliation, even if she didn't care. I would make sure she was comfortable, and I would stop interfering with her classes.
I had pulled her back into the computer room that morning, and I was relieved that she didn't seem upset with me. She even asked about my week off, and I gave her a non answer, and was shocked when she hugged me and said she was glad I was ok. We stripped, and laid down on the floor - I pulled out some blankets, and I could immediately tell she was more comfortable on those then when I just fucked her on the floor or tables. And then we made love.
Up to that point, I don't think I'd understood the difference. Fucking, making love, sex - it all seemed like different words for the same act to me. But now I wanted Amanda to feel good because I wanted her to feel good, not just for my own pleasure (I know that's a subtle distinction, but it was an important one). And I could feel her respond to me more, to my attentions, and it made everything sweeter, more intimate. I've said before that Amanda liked it rough, but I found a difference that day between rough sex for my pleasure, and rough for hers, and the end result was better for both of us. For the first time, it felt like Amanda was actually into it, not just going through the motions, and that drove my passions to new heights.
I fucked her twice, slow and comfortable, and then helped her up. The surprise on her face when she realized we were finished before class made me feel guilty again - every time she'd acted surprise at me treating her well made me feel guilty - but I shoved that aside, as something I could deal with later. I gave her a kiss and sent her off, unmarked with my seed, to class and her boyfriend. And then I sat and thought.
Today had opened up new dimensions of sexuality to me. I'd loved sex with Amanda today as a mutual activity, not just me making her respond mechanically. It was new, it was good, and I'd loved that I could tell Amanda had enjoyed it more. But I could still feel that dark part of me stirring, and it was unsatisfied. I had spent almost two months feeding it with my possessive urges, reveling in my dominance of Amanda, and nothing I'd done today had helped that part. And I wondered how long I could hold it back.