Part II, The next evening:,/B>
I lay on my bed in the hotel room pondering the strange day I had experienced. The entire day was spent in an aura of unreality, feeling one half step out of time with the rest of the world. Everything was familiar, but somehow different. Unexpected anomalies jarred my senses. A mistaken telephone number, just one digit off from the number I was absolutely certain I knew; a street sign I never remembered seeing, having driven that intersection a hundred times or more over the years; a flag a different color than it was remembered yesterday; different stores with different names in unexpected locations; people greeting me by name, as an old acquaintance, although complete strangers to me. The details added up. Déjà vu chased jamais vu in a dizzying vortex. Was this the onset of psychosis or dementia? I wondered.
Suddenly consciousness divided. And, while I didn't dissociate from the reality of the room around me and the sounds of the world filtering through the window, with a hallucinatory vividness I saw
a darkened alley . . .
I lead her by the hand down the alley, stop suddenly and spin her back to the wall, my fingers reaching for the hem of her skirt. There is no resistance other than a feeble "Security . . . what about . . ." She gasps as I drop to my knee in front of her, lifting her skirt to her waist and burying my face between her thighs inhaling deeply. An involuntary little cry escapes her lips as my tongue laps at the wetness soaking through the black lace panties she is wearing. My hands slide between her thighs to cup her ass, spreading her open against my mouth as I suck the juice from her hot, wet core, my lips and teeth teasing her clit through the lace. She is eager. I've barely touched her and she's already so close to the edge. Her hands pull me to her as her hips begin a rhythm of their own. The breathy sounds escaping my mouth sound like "YES! PLEASE! YES!" Her free hand begins clawing the wall for support as she begins to tremble violently. My hands rip the soaked fabric aside. With my tongue now directly attacking her clit it's all she can do to remain upright. Her juices run down her legs and my face. When I slide two fingers into to her clenching cunt it propels her over the top and her body is wracked with spasms, her back arching away from the wall and then . . . . ."
My heart was pounding as I willed this unexpected vision to continue, the sense of déjà vu powerful, but the knock at the door chased it away and consciousness returned undivided to the room.
The knocking was at first timid. I was half paralyzed by the erotic charge of the vision and was slow to respond. The knock became more demanding and I stumbled to the door to open it. There stood a stranger, a woman. Average build, thick short brown hair, high cheekbones, deep brown eyes that looked at me as a knowing smile contoured her full lips.
"Do I know you?" A strong and urgent frisson of déjà vu hinted at an answer and evaporated as quickly as it came. She was a complete stranger.
"I can come in." It was a statement not a question. Was the stress on the word 'I' or 'can'? Before I could process the multiple levels of meaning possibly contained in those four words, and which was the correct interpretation, she pushed past me with a peremptory "close the door please."
I stood in astonishment by the door as it clicked shut
"Damn, it's not working" she mumbled to herself.
"I beg your pardon."
"You have something of mine. I need to get it back, the ripples are spreading and there's going to be a serious bifurcation or entanglement of the world-lines here if we don't put this right." I could make no sense of the words.
"Has your day been in any way unusual today, you MUST have felt it?" Her voice pleaded. I had to agree that it was. I'd been trying to make sense of it for the last hour.
"Well there you are. Damn it why isn't this working? She was almost in tears. She saw the iPod silent in its cradle. "That has to be it" she said hopefully. "Would you switch it on please."
"Be my guest."
"No," she said slowly and deliberately "I think this is ONLY going to work if YOU start it." Her conviction willed me to the table and I press play.
The 'Alice falling down the rabbit hole' feeling, being transported to who knows where or when was experience as familiar and expected and memories of that other time/place surged back into vivid memory.
"You" I gasped.
"Yes, me."
"But I thought I dreamt you."
"It's more complicated than that."
I stepped forward to embrace her but she stopped me. "No first things first. Where is the earring?" The forgotten earring had been in my case with me all day. "You took it out of the room didn't you?" I nodded, speechless.
"Well that explains it. The mere fact of taking that tiny amount of mass out of here disturbed our world lines. There were ripples. You felt them, I felt them. There may be serious consequence if I don't get the earring back. I'm certain that we are not supposed to be on the same world-line. Somehow our separate time-lines got tangled." Silently I rummaged through the case, found the ring and dropped it into her outstretched hand. The tension was instantly gone from her shoulder. "It is self-correcting you know, with this" indicating the earring " back on the right track the ripples should cease."
She paused and then stepped close into my arms, looking up to place a gentle kiss on my lips. "We still have time. We're in no danger here. This is no where and everywhere, never and eternal. The door is still open, or I wouldn't have been able to coming back in. I'm sure that there will be ample warning if the way out is about to close for ever."
She snuggled into my arms, looking slyly up at me, and said in a professorial tone of voice "one hypothesis is that such unusual space-time anomalies can be maintained by psychic energies." Her tone returned to normal. "We surely generated enough sexual psychic energy last night.' Her voice dropped to a whisper of desire. "Let's keep this place in existence a little while longer. "
A giggle "besides, I brought some toys. I thought we might play, that is if you're interested?" She opened her purse to show me her toys. Of course I was ready to play!
She undressed leisurely and provocatively, pantomiming a stripper. She hummed a melody to accompany the flash of a breast then the other, finally dropping her bra and baring those inviting curves. The tease: the hand groping suggestively outside then inside her panties, and thumbs then hooking into the waist to lower the sheer fabric for a glimpse of her shaven pussy lips then concealing. Her hips writhed in a pre-echo of what we both know would come. We were both
so, so
ready. But this moment was so uniquely precious; we tacitly agreed that it will not be spoiled by haste. It would be extended as long as we could maintain the dance.
Finally she stepped out from the abandoned clothes, as I watched with mounting anticipation. She settled herself on the bed and waited expectantly.
I considered the music that will accompany our next exploration of the bounds of sensual/tactile experience. A choice was made,
Nuevo Tango
it should be, a modern reinterpretation, a combination of driving candombe rhythms that echo the roots of the traditional music, and other pieces which are more languid, lyrical and contemplative. Already my mind leapt ahead to the interpretation of the instruments: my hands, mouth and lips which will play the bandoneon and violin on her flesh.
As the music started, I surveyed the toys she had brought. A black satiny piece of fabric served as a blindfold, which was quickly wrapped around her head. I tied it at the side of her head, so she should not be distracted by the discomfort of its knot. Four soft silken ropes bound her wrists and ankles securely, but with ample play for comfort. I carefully spread her limbs and the ends of the ropes were now tied to the four corners of the bed. Her trust in me was absolute. She was now spread eagled across the bed, open to me in her full beauty and femininity. I stopped admire. A final readjustment of her pillows, assurance that she was comfortable, and we were ready.
El Aire en Mis Manos,
from
Narcotango 2
, one of the slower, more lyrical, pieces began to play, and
my
play began. I would touch her, caress, lick, nibble, knead, suck, taste and fully enjoy every part of her during this coming interlude. I bent to her pleasure and mine, and began.
My lips and tongue explored a patch of skin, a hand defined the curve of another part of her body. I teased her naked pussy with an exhaled breath through pursed lips. A kiss to her neck, another delicately to her lips, drawing away as she reached to drive her tongue into my mouth and leaving her frustrated, wanting more. She knew not what to expect. My hands and mouth continued their exploration. I sucked on a nipple as one hand caressed a thigh, or the shape of her jaw. I retreated, and she didn't know where or with what I would touch her next. Her tactile awareness became more intensive, soft moans punctuated the music and she started in surprise at the chosen location for the next contact. The wordless female voice in the music became
her
voice, joining in our harmony. As we lost ourselves into the music and the choreography of touch against exquisitely sensitive bare skin; the caress of my hands and the lapping of my tongue interpreted the music, playing it out on her receptive form.
I could go on with this, but she was wet with desire and I knew she wanted more. The pace quickened as Tanghetto played,
El Boulevard
. The tempo was faster, but not yet urgent or demanding. I toyed with the idea of a circuitous route to our next destination on our journey of exploration, but no. No teasing approach this time, but slow and deliberate. I bent to her clit, exposed it fully, and gently drew my lips around it. She groaned again, shuddered and arched to meet the embrace of my tongue to her sweet spot.