"Have you heard the hot gossip?"
A silly question. Unless Marie told me what it was that she considered hot gossip how would I know if I'd heard it or not?
"I have no idea. Tell me what you've heard."
"Liz is complaining that Andy raped her last night."
I must have been looking rather dubious because Marie pounced.
"What? Don't you believe Andy would do something like that?"
"Yes and no," I admitted. "I believe that he's quite capable of being a little careless about getting permission before screwing someone but from what I've heard they've been no complaints from his victims. Some are supposed to have come back for more. I find it harder to believe that he would have raped Liz."
"Why? You've got to admit that she's stacked. All the boys want her."
"I know," I said cynically, "and from what I've heard a large number of them have had her. All Andy would have had to do was wave five dollars at her and she'd have been his."
"Maybe he didn't have five dollars," giggled Marie.
"Not a problem. She'd have taken an IOU."
(You may have guessed that I didn't have too high an opinion of Liz. She'd probably made the complaint because Andy didn't fuck her. I mean, even he has some standards.)
"Do you know if Andy has really raped some of his dates?" Marie probed.
"I don't know for sure but he does have a bit of a reputation for what he calls reluctant seduction. As to whether you can call it rape I guess it all depends on how reluctant the girl is. I've dated him a couple of times but I let him know right from the word go that a date was all he was getting and he was no trouble whatsoever. I suspect that if you lead him on and then try to back off then you might find he doesn't back off worth a damn."
"So you're saying that if you hint that he's in with a chance then he'll take the hint for approval?"
"Something like that," I agreed.
Marie looked very thoughtful for a moment and then changed the subject, having more dirt to dish out. It's amazing what that girl finds out and is willing to tell.
I ran into Marie again a couple of days later. Not really surprising as we lived in the same set of units.
"Ronnie, are you doing anything this Friday night?" she asked.
"Not really," I admitted. "I had a tentative date but it's now a bust. I found out the mongrel has a wife and I'm not into that sort of thing."
"That's good," she said. "Ah, I don't mean that it's good that he's a mongrel with a wife but that it's good that you're free, as I could use your assistance."
"Why? What have you got planned?"
"Well, you know how we mentioned Andy the other day and his predilection towards forced seduction?"
"More commonly known as rape. Yes."
"Well, I have a date with him on Friday and I've sort of taken a bet that I can lead him on without having any problems."
"You mean lead him around by the balls all night and then avoid following through at the last moment. How do you expect to avoid his forced seduction?"
"That's where you come in," Marie said. "The way I have it planned is that I'll set up a Skype link on my PC and have it running covering the couch. I've got a pretty good camera so everything will be in good detail. We'll set your PC up as the other end of the Skype link so you'll be able to see everything that's going on. I'll text you when I'm arriving home so you can be watching what happens. When I tell Andy that time's up because I'm expecting you to drop down and see me that will be your cue to come round to my place and walk in. I'll leave the front door unlocked so you can walk straight in."
"Thus chasing him off with a stiff cock and blue balls while you laugh. What if he decides not to go? Not much I could do if he decides to fuck you anyway. He's rather a big boy, you know."
"He wouldn't dare," scoffed Marie. "We'd both have our phones and all we need to do is call for help. He couldn't stop both of us and he wouldn't want to wait around for the cops to arrive. It'll be a case of the villain exits stage left, gnashing his teeth."
"How wonderfully melodramatic. Well, as I said, I'm not doing anything Friday night so I'll be available."
Friday night rolled around and I filled in my time catching up on housework. Eventually my phone beeped with a message from Marie saying she was on her way home, Andy in tow. I had earlier established the Skype session with Marie with one little variation to her plan. Instead of connecting to my PC I'd connected the session to my smart TV, giving me a much larger picture. I have to admit that Marie's camera was pretty good. I could see the individual fibres on the couch cover if I enlarged an area.