The next day, Isabel went on her tour of Columbia University. She heard the droning of the tour guide and watched the "normal" kids alongside her with fascination. None of them were thinking about the overwhelming instinct to fuck and make a baby. She took a long breath and followed the crowd ambling along the corridors of the university.
Whatever had gotten into her and her brother Mark's systems over the past two nights had longer effects. Isabel felt a powerful urge to create a safe space and to cling to Mark. She was no dummy, she knew this was a nesting instinct that expecting mothers felt. It was too soon for her to be biologically pregnant, that process, according to the textbooks in school, could take days after insemination.
Insemination, that clinical term sent a shiver through her loins. It was now a muscle memory the feel of all the times last night and this morning Mark had cum inside her. That's right, they'd fucked all night and started again this morning. They were young, but in the space of twelve hours he'd dropped his load in her fertile womb more than a half dozen times.
The lingering effect on Mark seemed different. Where she had shifted into a more serene, motherly mode, he was antsy and distracted. Except when they were fucking. Then he was focused and... wild. He nipped at her with his teeth and gripped her with his fingertips. It was feral and when they were done he seemed to have only a short respite before the need began to amp back up - though nowhere near as bad as the night before.
After a short time she realized she was getting nothing from this tour and silently exited, flowing back into the streets of Manhattan.
Were these instincts to be trusted? Or should she fight against them as artificial, as some kind of emotional invasion that she needed to shed, in order to protect herself. Even as her civilized mind considered the situation, she fantasized about getting pregnant and feeling her belly swell. It even made her horny.
Her phone buzzed and she saw a text from cousin Linda:
Need to come back to the apartment - just FYI.
Isabel's heart sank. Slowly she made her way back, her disappointment increasing the closer she got. With Linda (and presumably her husband Grant) back there would be no opportunity for her and Mark to continue exploring their situation.
Situation?
She thought,
I just want to fuck some more.
Isabel didn't even blush at the thought.
She texted Mark the bad news. Despite all he was experiencing, he'd insisted on going to work. Isabel didn't think that was the best call, but he'd seemed controlled enough this morning that she didn't think he'd be called into HR for harassment... she hoped.
He texted back:
But I need to be with you.
Then he texted:
What if I left now and met you at the apartment? Would we have time to
- and here he inserted the eggplant and peach emojis.
Isabel texted back:
I'm almost there. Can't wait ;
She got to the apartment and stripped down before jumping in the shower. Isabel wanted to be fresh for Mark when he arrived. She shaved and trimmed where needed, washed her hair and went about drying herself off. She thought long and hard about what to wear - or not wear when he came home. Ultimately she saw that Linda had a very short and sheer robe hanging on the back of the bathroom door. It was cream colored and only came to about her mid thigh.
Isabel decided to put on her skimpiest panties - though it was still pretty normal, she had not packed for any of this and honestly, she didn't own any sexy underwear. With a feeling of anticipation she heard the front door open and forced herself to slowly walk out to the living room.
Of course it was Linda.
"Oh!" The non-word just burst from Isabel's mouth upon seeing her cousin.
"Hey Isabel," Linda said, then did a double-take. "Is that my robe?"
"Um yeah. Sorry, just heard the door and wanted to throw something on. You know, make sure you weren't an intruder."
Linda dropped her bag and tossed her coat over a chair. She was tall for a woman, just a shade under six foot, with curves everywhere. Linda was what people meant when they said: statuesque blonde. "Sorry to break in on your city adventure," she said as she walked purposefully to the bathroom just off the kitchen.
She saw Linda's eyes were puffy and red from crying. Isabel said, "Lyn? Are... are you okay?"
Linda stepped back out from the bathroom with a tissue in her hand. You would not need enhanced horniness senses to read her distress. She said, "Grant and I are done."
"What?"
Linda marched about the room, her hands and arms gesticulating. "It was the fucking basket my mother sent here. You know with the champagne and strawberries.."
Uh yeah.
"How did that..." Isabel started to ask.
"Well I tell him about it, like you know, 'can you believe she did that' and he flies off the handle."
"Why?" Isabel said.
Linda flowed into the kitchen and opened the fridge, leaning in for something. "Well it turns out he doesn't want kids. Ever." She shut the door hard and stood back up with the champagne bottle in hand.
"Oh." Isabel sat down on the couch, thinking about the likelihood that she was already knocked up herself. It made her feel bad for Linda. Her cousin was in her late twenties, still young, but Isabel knew how women's "clock" could pressure them at that age.
"I'm cutting out a lot of back and forth bullshit," she said. "And I'm sorry to just vomit this out at you. God." Linda took down a wine glass and began undoing the wrapper on the champagne bottle. "How have the college tours been going?"
"Linda," Isabel waved away the change of subject. "I am so sorry that happened. You had no idea Grant felt that way?"
"Not only did I have no idea," she said, "But the prick told me the opposite when I asked him point blank."
"He said he wanted kids?"