By the way, I forgot to mention in the first chapter that this is the back story to Derek Small, one of the protagonists in my story "Betrayal". Sorry about that!
When I walked into the kitchen the next morning, it was as if nothing had happened the night before.
Laurel was seated at the table with a cup of coffee, a piece of toast and the
Sunday Times
. She barely glanced up at me as I walked in, and I have to say that I felt somewhat hurt, certainly confused, and maybe a little angry, too.
Grabbing a mug, I filled it with coffee and sat down opposite her. After a full five minutes, I got up to fix some cereal and a banana.
"Could you get me a banana, too, Derek?" Laurel asked from behind the paper.
I put it in front of her and got down to business with my breakfast. Pulling over the sports section, I opened it and tried to interest myself in the scores of the previous day's football games. A thousand things were going through my head that prevented anything from sinking in.
Was Laurel trying to show me who was boss? That I really meant nothing to her? That I was just a little "diversion" in her busy life?
By the time she put the paper down ten long minutes later, and looked across the table at me, I was thoroughly miserable.
"How are you feeling right now, Derek?" she asked, her tone neutral. "Speak honestly."
I took a deep breath. All right. She'd asked for it. "Honestly? A little bit used. Didn't last night mean anything to you?"
"Of course it did. But that was last night."
Her words were like a slap to my face, a very hard one. I flushed hard, but mostly due to anger. How dare she?
Laurel's expression didn't change. "Angry? Hurt?"
"You could say that."
"So you think I just used you for my own ends last night."
"That pretty obvious by the way you're treating me now."
"So it is. I want you to sear into your brain what you're feeling at this moment. I want this memory to be fresh for you twenty years from now."
I slouched back into my chair. "I think I'll be able to remember it, Laurel,
dear
," I answered, wondering whether I'd be able to get back into my old dorm room again.
"Derek! Look at me! And concentrate. Remember this moment in all its detail."
Her words again had the same impact as a hard slap. What the fuck was going on? I don't think I'd ever felt so low, so miniscule. How could she do this? How could she be so cruel?
We stayed like that for a good minute. I was trying hard not to start crying.
"Derek, please stand up."
For some reason, I did that without even thinking. Laurel also rose and came to me, wrapping her arms around me, and resting her head on my chest as she had the evening before. I didn't respond. Fuck her.
"Derek, honey, I'm not that cruel. It was easy to see how much my words and actions just hurt you. I did it for a reason, though, and I asked you to concentrate so you'd remember this lesson." She stepped back and looked at me. "I want you to remember just how awful this feels so you
never
do the same thing to someone. Just reverse the situation here today: you've seduced a girl or woman, made her think you cared for her at least superficially, and once you've taken your satisfaction on her, you just cast her aside. We females are most vulnerable just after we've been bedded the first time. Does he still respect me? Did I measure up? Does he even still
like
me?" Laurel's expression softened. "Now you know just how awful it feels when someone tramples on that. Never do it to a lover. Never! Will you promise me that?"
I took a deep breath before answering. "I promise."
"Good. Now kiss me, dear boy."
I bent my head to her, and after what we'd done the previous evening, you'll laugh to know that it was the first time we'd really kissed. Like everything else with this remarkable woman, it was a revelation, tender, warm, very passionate and erotically overwhelming. One part of my brain was trying to analyze just what she was doing to achieve this and copy it, giving as good as I was getting, but the more animal part of my brain was quickly responding. Talk about going from an extreme low to a rushing high at breakneck speed. All my previous anger just drained away.
The timeless moment ended when Laurel pulled back. Her expression was curiously mocking. "Oh you'll do
very
well -- and you're a quick learner. That was most satisfactory." She went back to her seat after pouring a bit more coffee for both of us. "What do you have on today?"
My heart rate kicked up a notch as I thought she might be ready to have some more fun. "I have a paper to finish for tomorrow and some studying for a quiz, a bit of reading for two classes. Not all that much. What did you have in mind?"
"I have some papers to grade and that will take most of the morning. Later this afternoon, I should go out to see my ponies at the stable." She paused for a long moment. "But in between, I thought we might continue your special lessons. Today I thought that we'd work on oral sex."
As she was speaking, she'd been peeling the banana in front of her. I watched as she held it at the bottom, opened her mouth and slipped the entire thing in, slowly and sensually, until only the bottom inch was visible. Seeing that eight inches of fruit disappear into her mouth nearly made my hair stand on end. It
did
make something else stand up. Her eyes were focused on me the entire time. Slowly, she withdrew it. Biting the end off, she passed the banana across the table as she rose to her feet.
"Now you make sure that homework is all done when I call you."
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