Ch. 04 -- Talana and I forget the past and begin anew
By way of apology to you, my readers, I deserve your most severe criticism for the unforgivable manner in which I stopped writing this story. Therefore, I shall make every effort to re-earn your readership as well as your respect of me as a writer.
Please forgive my spelling and grammar errors. I have neither an editor no a proof reader. TwoSpot, my always loving and loyal companion is dog and she doesn't seem to mind when I make mistakes. ;-)
It is my most sincere wish for this chapter to be not only a second beginning for Talana and me but also an opportunity me to reestablish myself as a writer in your eyes.
A week after Talana had devastated my world, my cell phone rang. The number on the caller ID was one which I did not recognize. Ordinarily, I would have simply allowed it to go directly to my voice mail but for some unknown reason I took the call.
"Michael, It's Talana. Please don't hang up," The voice on the phone said so shakily I would not have recognized it.
I was too stunned even to disconnect the call.
"Please don't ask me to explain anything on the phone. I have to see you in person for this," The voice, calming enough to be recognized as that of Talana said.
"Will you be bringing your new lover, to further complete your annihilation of me?" I asked sarcastically.
"There was no lover. Please meet with me so I can explain everything to you," she pleaded.
Deciding not to make this too easy for her, I told her I would be willing to meet with but on my terms at the location of my choice. "Meet me at the Sheraton Commander in Cambridge, Massachusetts tomorrow night. I will have a room there."
"B-b-ut why do you want to meet there? Are in Boston?" she asked.
"No, I am here in town, but I like Cambridge and with the Commander being so close to both Harvard and Radcliffe I am sure we could each find someone else with whom to amuse ourselves should things between us become stifling," I said. "If you cannot book a flight directly to Boston, try New York or DC. There are frequent flights to Boston from either city," I added.
"Can't we just meet here in town?" She asked sounding dumbstruck by my instructions.
"You called me, Talana. You want to with meet me," I said without further comment.
"I'll be there," she said and hung up her phone.
OK, that might have been a classy way to handle the situation had I been 35 years old, but I was barely 18 so let's take a different tack. LOL
A week after Talana had devastated my world, my cell phone rang. The number on the caller ID was one which I did not recognize. Ordinarily, I would have simply allowed it to go directly to my voice mail but for some unknown reason I took the call.
"Michael, It's Talana. Please don't hang up," The voice on the phone said so shakily I would not have recognized it as being that of Talana.
Staring at the number on the display, I was too stunned even to disconnect the call.
"Please don't ask me to explain anything on the phone. I have to see you in person for this," she said, with her voice calming somewhat.
"Will you be bringing your new lover, to further complete your annihilation of me?" I asked sarcastically.
"There is no lover. Please meet with me so I can explain everything to you," she pleaded.
I was heartbroken but still very much in love with her so I told her I would meet her at 2:00 pm at the lake near the university. The day was sunny and the temperature was warm so I thought an open air meeting at a not too private location would be good for us both. I was somewhat anxious about the meeting but I needed something from Talana if there was to be final closure of our relationship.
I arrived at the lake a little early. Much to my surprise, I saw Talana was already there. As I got nearer to her car, she stepped out of it. Once again, I was stunned. She looked more radiant and beautiful than I imagined she would. She was wearing a white sundress with a bright yellow floral print which extended down to about three inches above her knees. The sundress had spaghetti straps and neckline scooped downward toward her magnificent breasts exposing a slight amount of cleavage. Her dainty feet were clad in a pair of brown leather pumps with heels of perhaps two inches in height. Her long auburn hair fell gracefully down over her lovely tan shoulders. What little makeup she wore was perfectly applied and was not smeared or running down her cheeks although I could tell by her eyes she had been crying.
She forced a smile as she walked up to me and asked, "Can we please walk for a few minutes, Michael?"
"That sounds like a good idea," I said. As I was still a little concerned about how things would go between us so I continued by asking, "How should I address you, as Talana or Aunt Madge?" I was not being facetious.
"I only want to be Talana to you, Michael. Now, may I please try to explain to you what happened?" She asked as she looked directly into my eyes.
"No. You may not, Talana," I replied as I pulled her into my arms.
So many things flashed through my mind as I held her tightly against me...the line from "Love Story," "Love means never having to say you're sorry." as well lyrics from the song by the Backstreet Boys "As Long As You Love Me"... "I don't care who you are... Where you're from... What you did... As long as you love me." I sang those softly into her ear as we held each other.
Love at any age can be a very beautiful, magical and forgiving thing when you really feel it.
"Will you please come back to OUR home with me, Michael?" Talana asked with a trembling voice as I felt her squeeze even more tightly against me.
"Yes, my love," I replied. I decided I neither wanted nor needed any explanation from her. I believed her when she said there was no other lover. When had she had time for another lover? We had been nearly inseparable from the beginning.
As we turned to go back to our cars, Talana said, "May I ride with you? We can come back later for my car or send a tow truck for it. Right now, I need to be with you."
Was my little sub trying to "top" me? Perhaps I was being naive but I really did not think she was attempting a role reversal. Only the passage of time would bear out the truth.
When we arrived back home, Talana stopped at the door waiting. I looked at her quizzically and she asked. "Aren't you going to unlock the door for us. I didn't have the locks changed."
"I didn't throw away my door key either," I replied with a chuckle.
I am a bit of a sentimentalist so after unlocking and opening the door, I scooped Talana up into my arms and carried her across the threshold.
"God! I am so much in love with you, Michael," he sighed before whispering to me. Then she nuzzled her face into my shoulder.
When I put her down so she could stand, she turned to me and said, "You will find nothing has changed except my love for you which has grown much deeper. What would you like to do?"
'Fuck your brains out,' the horny teenager inside me thought but I said, "Let's go sit by the pool."
"Sans clothes?" she asked teasingly.
"Not just yet but I would like to see you in one of your skimpiest bikinis. Go put one on." I replied with a gleam in my eye.
Without uttering a word, Talana bolted like an Olympic sprinter coming off the starting blocks and dashed to the bedroom presumably to change into a bikini.
I got a beer out of the refrigerator and went out to the patio to wait for Talana. In a few minutes she came out wearing a white bikini. At least, I think it was a bikini. I'm pretty sure two tiny band-aids and a fishing cork would have covered more of her satin smooth deeply tanned skin. I had not gotten hard through anything that had transpired earlier during the day but I was not prepared for this. Neither had I really given much thought to sex before now. I don't know if Talana had thought about sex either but the way my cock was throbbing inside my shorts and the look on her face as she stared at my crotch told me neither of us cared what we had or had not thought earlier. Talana belonged together.
It was absolutely clear to both of us that there would be very little if any foreplay needed when we went to the bedroom, if we actually made it that far. Even from five feet away, I could smell the aroma of her arousal which always reminded me of a fine Bordeaux. I felt like a stag during the rutting season and she smelled like a doe ready to "stand" and be bred.
Suddenly, I realized she was, once again, trying to "work" me. If I was to regain control of this relationship and I had to do it now.
"Talana!" I snapped at her.
Startled by my tone of voice, she replied, "Yes, Michael. What is it?"
"You were a very naughty girl last week and now I must punish you for it. Go to the bedroom and find a belt for me to use. Then get on the bed and wait for me. I will be there soon to administer your punishment," I told her.
As she started to speak, I arched my eyebrow and stared intently into her eyes and said, "Now, slut."
She turned silently toward the door leading into the house and walked slowly away from me. She did, however, gave her hips a slightly exaggerated sway as she walked away. 'The little pain slut wants to be punished,' I mused to myself.