Sam felt a delicious buzz of sexual anticipation tingling deep, deep between her thighs. Just looking out of her kitchen window at the house opposite was enough to get her motor running. In only a few short hours she would be going over to... ah, but that was part of the thrill. She had no idea what she would be doing but she knew for certain she was in for a gourmet feast of sexual delights.
She couldn't help but ponder on how much her life had changed in the five years since Celia Forbes had moved in next door. When they had first met Sam had been in awe of her new neighbour, in awe of her sophistication, her elegance, her poise, her self-confidence. It was therefore something of a surprise when, having been invited around for afternoon tea, Sam found Celia so easy to talk to. One thing led to another and it wasn't long before they became good friends.
Even to this day, Sam failed to understand quite what Celia had seen in her, a single mum, working all hours to make ends meet, struggling to put food on the table for herself and her son, the only worthwhile thing her dead loss of an ex had left her. However, right from the start, Celia had been patient and understanding and, as their relationship had grown, had gently but firmly teased Sam out of her shell.
Whilst never making fun of Sam's rather simple tastes, Celia had gently nudged her towards an appreciation of the finer things in life. Under Celia's tutelage she had first tried asparagus and artichoke, fillet Mignon and steak tartar. She had seen Shakespeare at the Globe, Turner at Tate Britain, Beethoven at the Proms and, for her birthday, Celia had taken her to Covent Garden to see Madam Butterfly where Sam had been enthralled by the music, washed away in the emotions.
But it wasn't just Sam's culinary and artistic interests that Celia had helped to broaden. After one particularly fine meal, and having had maybe a glass or two more wine than was wise, Sam had confided that she had not had sex ever since Ben had been born. "I'd got the baby blues, post-natal depression, the doctor called it," she explained, "and I wouldn't let his dad anywhere near me. He'd always complained that I was frigid and that was pretty much the last straw. Next thing I know he's out every evening, screwing some bitch he'd found down the pub and, with Ben little more than a couple of months old, he buggered off out of my life forever."
"No sex, not at all! All those years! But surely you've had boyfriends?"
"Not one, never found the time. Never been that interested, to be honest."
"What about girlfriends?"
"Girlfriends?"
"Well, if you're not interested in the boys, what about the girls. So very different in bed and so much better in so many ways. What's up, Samantha? Do I shock you?"
"No! No, not at all," Sam lied. "It's just that... well, I've never even thought... it's not that I think it's wrong or anything but, do you know, I don't think I've ever even met a lesbian and, if I did, I wouldn't know what to do."
"Never met a lesbian! You don't need to be a lesbian to enjoy sex with girls. All you need to do is open your mind, lose a few inhibitions and find the right person to play with. Someone like me, perhaps?"
"You! But I'm not sure..."
"Not sure? That's because you've never tried it. You start like this." Celia leant over and kissed Sam on the lips.
Sam's head was fuzzy from the wine and she didn't know how to refuse without appearing gauche and ignorant. What's more, she wasn't sure that she wanted to refuse so, taking the path of least resistance, she responded and let herself be seduced.
It felt a bit awkward at first but the kiss soon awoke over a decade of suppressed desire. Her body, so long neglected, sang out in joy as Celia skilfully teased out pleasures in ways she had barely dreamed of. No one, ever, had treated her this way before. No one, certainly not her ex, had taken the time, had had the patience or the skills to lift her up, higher and higher until, for the first time in her life, lost in ever more powerful waves of pleasure, Sam discovered the meaning of true sexual fulfilment.
Time and time again, as Celia played sweet music upon her body, she felt great waves of bliss coursing through her. She felt transported, floating away on white fluffy clouds. Nothing, nothing at all, had ever felt so good.
She wished it could go on forever, oh, how she wished it could go on forever but eventually she could take no more and, wrapped in Celia's loving arms, she slowly and reluctantly came back down to earth.