"Ooh!" crooned Stephanie in the most irritating way. "I'm going to love this! My big sister actually may have a pussy!"
I almost felt the explosion inside of my wife shake the sofa. Susan whirled on Stephanie and flames of red flared in both her cheeks. "You want a punch in the mouth, Stephe? Is it as simple as that? 'Cause I can oblige you!"
"So hang me from the ropes," said Stephanie, jerking her head toward the apparatus left over from my Big 30 yesterday. "I told you to hang me up and lash my tits right off my chest."
"Fuck!" said Susan miserably, closing her eyes and shaking her head. "What went wrong with you, Stephe?"
"Girls!" said Sandra, her voice the crack of a whip. "Lorraine women! I thought we had a cease fire, here? Stephanie, why are you disparaging your sister? Are you threatened because you might find out you aren't the only hottie in this family?"
"I hate that word, 'hottie'!"
"Answer!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm threatened," said Stephanie. "Susan's married, has a nice husband, a home, a good job, and I'm still..." Her voice actually broke. My God! Stephanie! She looked straight ahead, face frozen, throat working hard. We looked at her in—well, I speak for myself—fear. What would happen to Stephe when she wasn't Super Bitch anymore?
"All right," said Sandra, hastily. "All right, Stephe. Let's get back on track. I assure you, I'm not..."
"I don't remember your being this upset for a long time, Stephanie," said Sandra evenly.
"I'm not upset!" said Stephanie hoarsely. "I'm not sexually competitive with my own sister—or my mother!"
"Okay, go ahead, Susan," I said, "rip off my fig leaf of respectability."
"Actually, it doesn't deserve any of this build-up," said Susan, managing a little laugh.
My wife... I'm going to interject a little editorial comment, here...is 20 years younger than her mom, Sandra, and if you think Sandra's boobs are a miracle of levitation, given their size, then think of Susan as holding hers out to the world, as though one hand were under each—except no need for the hands. Susan is very proud of her breasts, very aware—and I seriously do not mean because of their size. She simply loves breasts; she is so happy she has them, and she's so happy every other women has them. And she's gaga that just by walking around town to buy fish, or pay our real-estate tax, or pick up a bottle of wine she gives guys a jolt. In fact, I truly believe my wife would love to show them to every guy who grins at her—and stop to give his dick a few fond tugs.
What am I saying? Susan is what is called a 'sexual positive'—anything sexual, to her, unless proved otherwise, is good. Yeah, I'd be worried as hell if we lived in some big city. But we don't. We live in high-rent suburbia USA. Guys here are into just looking.
Okay. Sorry for the interruption. I'll just add that she never would shave it. No bikini line, no nothing. If it has to do with sex, and if it's her body, then it's good. Let a thousand flowers bloom.
I'm aware that what I'm saying is that Susan is a lot like Stephanie, but Susan wears a bra of respectability, bursting though that bra may be, while Stephanie goes braless.
"Let's make sure everyone's drink is fresh," said Sandra, supremely practical. "Tommy, can you fill us up?"
"I'm not making this into a feature-length film," said Susan. "But this is how I gave up my virginity and met Tommy.
"You know, Mom, I listened to you. I really did. I never had sex in high school. Not even giving guys my tits. Yeah, I kissed, but no hands. My own hands had exclusive access, but Stephanie already told you about spying on me. I discovered my clit all by myself, just by feeling around where it felt good; I like to say that I invented masturbation. God, how I pinched and slapped myself. I beat up that little-girl dick! I grabbed my tits and pulled them out two inches. Crazed. Was that really so healthy, Mom?"
"I was aware you were satisfying yourself, yes," said Sandra primly.
"And that I was out on the porch roof every night watching her?" asked Stephanie.
"That, too," replied Sandra. "Marines are trained to be aware of their surroundings."
"And that was good?" Susan demanded.
"I knew you would discover the male organ. I was in no rush for you to do so."
"Well, I did discover it, Mom!
"Two years at State U. and busting out all over the place, and I was still only kissing! Can you imagine what guys thought? And the girls?"
"You didn't even shag your roommates?" asked Stephanie.
"For Christ's sake, no! Girls?" Susan suddenly braked. "Well..." she said, "I was in love with my roommate, Karla, but that was Platonic. Well, Platonic in deed..."
"Gets intriguing," said Stephanie encouragingly.
"She had a world-class body. I mean, she could have stepped out of Vogue, or anywhere... A perfect little body! What a dream!"
"And so much not like you," suggested Sandra.
"So much!"
"Did you mind?" asked Stephanie.
"Oh, not so much, I guess," said Susan. "I specialized in tight black sweaters and form-fitting pants. I thought it had a slimming effect. I mean, Jeez, I was like bait being trolled through a lake full of bass... Heads turning.
"The thing is," she continued, frowning, "Tommy, here, was Karla's boyfriend. And I was jealous. Except I had no idea that I was. Not then. I told myself I was so happy for them!
"But I couldn't think about any other guy! It was like, Karla has the only guy! Finis! I was having fantasies and, yeah, I was scrubbing my cunt like a wash board when I was alone in the room. I kept sneaking looks at Karla, nude, asking myself: Well, what has she got?"
I had my eyes shut, shaking my head. I murmured, "I can't believe where you're going, with this, Susan."
"Well, I thought Tommy must be jealous, too, I mean just holding onto Karla with both arms... I wanted so bad to see what Tommy had! I just dreamed about it! I kept stealing glances at his fly when he came to pick up Karla. I was trying to see some shape!"