On Monday I wore a crop top and a pair of short shorts to class. At least in shorts I didn't have to worry about keeping my legs crossed, and wearing cocktail dresses to class seemed way too formal. Unfortunately, Vivi thought that shorts should be even more abbreviated than skirts. I was aware of everyone looking at me, but that had been a thing for a while now. I was getting used to it.
"I can't believe she's wearing that," one of the girls in the back row of 17
th
century English Lit said.
"That's nothing," said a guy next to her. "She takes it all off every night at the Scarlet Inn."
Another guy laughed.
One time. It had been the one time, and it wasn't me, anyway, it was Vivi, but of course I couldn't explain that to anyone and stay out of a mental hospital.
And so my week went, when I didn't have my nose in a book. I got used to being ogled. It was flattering in a way. A part of me felt that they were just looking at my body, and not the real me. The hint of butt cheek in my tight shorts, or the hope of glimpsing more if one of my short skirts flounced up. The rounded globes of my breasts, their shape revealed by a too-tight sweater or the flesh by a low-cut dress. That was just the body I walked around in. But it was the only body I had or would ever have, and it was as inextricably me as what went on between my ears.
Except, of course, on Saturday.
Saturday morning Vivi rolled out of bed, and of course I rolled out with her, because that was the way it worked. Personally, I would have been for sleeping in until noon, but with only one day to use me a week, Vivi didn't like to wait.
She stripped off the t-shirt and panties I'd gone to sleep in, and walked to the window, throwing the curtains open.
"People will see," I objected.
"Excellent," she responded, leaning forward until her nipples grazed the window. The window was cold, and they hardened instantly.
I should have known better than to think she'd be worried about people seeing. Of course, the rest of the week they would think it was me they saw. I'd been propositioned a lot, by people who thought I was easy. It had been good practice in saying no, I suppose.
Vivi put on a bra, garter belt, and G-string, all in matching light blue, and covered it all up with a short dress that left a three-inch gap between hem and the tops of the blue fishnet stockings.
"It's tattoo day!" she said cheerily. "What do you think it should say?"
I was hoping she was kidding, but I feared she wasn't. I thought quickly. "Beauty is truth; truth, beauty."
"Right here?" she asked, pointing to the three-inch bared stretch of thigh.
"I can think of worse places," I said honestly. The things Vivi could do to me in a day.
"Me too," Vivi said, which wasn't exactly reassuring. "I was thinking of something more like 'Cumslut.' Maybe in a flowing, elegant script."
"Um, no. Please no."
Vivi laughed. "You know, I might be a little bit of a sadist."
Did that mean she was kidding, and enjoying making me squirm? Or did she mean that was exactly the sort of thing she might do?
"Maybe we should ask Marcie," Vivi said.
Well, Marcie wouldn't go in for the 'cumslut' bit, anyway. She'd probably like two little Venus symbols next to each other. Actually, maybe advertising that I was a lesbian would cut down on the guys propositioning me.
Was that what I wanted, or what I thought I was supposed to want? Before Vivi, I'd never worried too much about the difference.
Did I want a degree, and another degree, and a degree after that, so I could teach other people so they could get degrees by forcing them to read great works of literature? I mean, sure, who wouldn't want that? But I was immortal. I had a long time for that.
Did I want sex, sex, and more sex?
Well, who wouldn't want that, either, especially if it came without consequences. No, that wasn't right. There were always consequences, where human beings were concerned. Emotions got involved. My emotions got involved.
Did I love John? Or Marcie? It had all happened so fast. I'd gone from a celibate, bookish girl to one with a guy who thought I was a sex maniac and a woman who liked fisting. No, it was ridiculous to say I'd fallen in love so quickly, and with two very different people, too. But I felt
something
.
And I needed to focus, or I'd have something like 'cumslut' tattooed on my leg for eternity. Sure, I could probably get it removed on one of my days. And Vivi could put it back on, and we could stubbornly go back and forth. It sounded like a recipe for very bad skin.
"I would prefer not to have that word tattooed on my leg," I said.
"What word?" Vivi said.
"Cumslut." I couldn't even blush while I said it, but that didn't mean I wasn't embarrassed.
"Ah," Vivi replied. "Well, we have a few minutes to think about it, I mean, we can't get to the tattoo parlor instantly, and there might be a wait. I'm thinking we can get a discount if we give the artist a bj, what do you think?"
"I think we have plenty of money. What do you think about 'Carpe Diem' instead?"
"I think, personally, if guys are staring at my legs and lusting after me, that 'cumslut' would turn them on more. Or maybe 'Anal Whore.' So many choices!"
And with that she sauntered out, and we were on our way for the day's adventures.
It was the weirdest thing. I was freaking out. But my heart rate was steady, because it was Vivi's body, and she was calm about it all. In fact, my body was sending me signals that it was having a great time. My pussy was wet. My nipples were hard. My breathing was free and easy. I had a spring to my step.
Marcie spotted me in the hall. "Hi Vivienne."
"Hi Marcie," Vivi said for me, and gave her a big sloppy kiss that ended in a tight hug with a lot of groping.
"Uh, could you guys get a room? You have two to choose from," said Darla, who was one of the girls on our floor. She was wrapped in a towel and was headed back to her room from the shower, her normally just-so brown curls currently a wet tangled mess.
"You wanna cum with us?" Vivi asked. I could somehow hear that she was spelling it that way.
"No thanks," Darla said. "I'll leave the rug munching for the experts."
"You know that's not all lesbians do, right?" Marcie asked, "That is such a stereotype. Hands are very flexible, and not to mention toys."
"Thanks, no thanks!" Darla replied, and hurried past.
"So," Marcie asked. "Do you want to go to my place, or yours?"
"Actually, I have some errands to run," Vivi demurred.
Marcie looked me over. "An errand involving John?"
"Maybe," Vivi said.
Marcie sighed. "Passed up for a man. Really, what does he have that I don't have?"
Vivi just looked at her.
"Okay," Marcie said, "he's got a bio-one, but mine stays hard all night long."
"I love you both," Vivi said. "Why choose? As it turns out, my errand doesn't directly involve either of you. I'm headed to the tattoo parlor, and then to a salon." She pointed to the spot on my leg. "What do you think?"
"I think maybe two women symbols next to each other," Marcie said.
Did I have her pegged, or what? Actually, pegging Marcie sounded kind of fun.
"Not, 'rug muncher?'" Vivi said.