Of course, by this time I knew what was coming and having avoided thinking about it for a good fifteen minutes, my answer was out of my mouth as soon as the two of them revealed that Alicia wanted to find out what it was like to be with a man -- specifically, me.Of course, by this time I knew what was coming and having avoided thinking about it for a good fifteen minutes, my answer was out of my mouth as soon as the two of them revealed that Alicia wanted to find out what it was like to be with a man -- specifically, me. I looked them both up and down and shook my head. "No." Alicia stared, numb. Livinia's jaw sagged and her mouth hung open. "Want to know why?" Both nodded. I stepped into the living room. I took Alicia's cashmere clad shoulders in my hands. When she looked down, she was looking at the front of my robe. She realized it, looked up, looked away, looked around. "Look at me." She did, looked away, then looked at me. She had beautiful eyes. "If you had just met me -- at the airport, during the flight, walking around the museum or the neighborhood -- would you really have wanted to come home with me and stand here and ask me to fuck you?" The word seemed to slap her. She caught herself and frowned. "You are very nice, and polite, and smart, and good-looking and my sister says you are very good in bed -- " Alright! I thought. I felt like a million bucks. " -- and she says your penis isn't too big." Terrific. Brother, can you spare a dime? "You make me sound like a Boy Scout. With a cock. But you didn't answer my question." She took a deep breath -- which took my attention from her eyes for a moment -- and said, "Don't you think I'm sexy?" "Very. Answer my question." "Very well," she said, and the finishing school came out of her mouth then. "No, I would not have. Nothing personal, but every time I look at a man and think he might be interesting, I think of what men did to my sister and what my friends -- my girlfriends -- " Defiantly. " -- have told me about men. So I would not have come home with you and asked you to 'fuck me,' as you so charmingly put it." "I didn't think so. So I don't think this is a good idea." Livinia asserted herself. "Daveed," she said, pressing herself against me. "We will both be there, you know." Her hand slid into my robe. She found me hard, indeed. "Wouldn't you like that?" "You have to ask? I'd love it -- if both of you wanted to be alone with me. But that isn't so, is it?" I pulled Alicia toward me and kissed her lips quickly and urgently, half because I figured it was the only chance I'd get and half to reinforce my assertion. |