The following is the sequel to "A Little Friendly Advice", a story about two friends who come together and, through a desire to learn how to please members of the opposite sex, find each other. If you haven't already, please read the first installment. As always, thanks to all my readers and my editor. Please leave feedback to help me improve my next story.
Chapter 2: Turning Corners
"So, do you want my help or not?" she asked.
"Uh, Uh ..." I stammered, unsure of how to proceed.
Every fiber of my body said this was wrong, every thought I had immediately turned to worst case scenario.
I've seen it happen before. One minute two friends are hanging out. The next they're having sex. The next they never speak again.
The last thing I wanted to do was ruin one of the most important friendships I have by turning it into something more or turning it into something that wouldn't last. And I've always treasured my relationship with Amber. Was I doing something wrong? Should I just say no?
"Look, I know where you're going with this in that mind of yours," Amber said from the bedroom. "You think if we keep going down this path that one of us is going to get hurt, right?"
I gathered myself off the couch and walked towards the bedroom. As I turned to the door, I put my hands at the top of the frame, partly to balance myself and partly to prepare myself for what I was about to see.
There was Amber, sitting with a huge grin on her face, laying under the covers.
"Well, don't you?" I asked her earnestly.
"Not really, no," she said, tossing her panties into a pile of discarded clothes on my floor.
"And how can you be so sure?" I asked.
"Look, you're being an awfully big pussy for someone's who's about to get laid," she said, smirking. "Like I said before, this isn't about sex. Are we both gonna cum? Yeah. Well, I hope so anyway. But that's not what's important. I want to learn how to keep a guy interested, you want to learn how to know if what you're doing is right. What better way than to try your best moves with someone who's going to be completely honest with you?"
"I just don't want things to get weird,"
"And they won't," she assured me. "Besides, it's not people don't already assume we fuck."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," I replied. "Just don't tell your mother, OK? Lord knows she'll come to my house and beat the shit out of me with a bat."
"Oh, damn," Amber replied. "I was just going to call her. She sent me a text message asking what I was up to and I wanted to let her know I couldn't talk because your dick was in my mouth."
"Hardy Hardy Har," I replied.
"So are we going to do this or what?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, that's romantic."
"Just shut up and get naked," she said, laughing. "Would ya please?"
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Since I was still bottomless from the amazing blow job Amber had just given me, getting naked wasn't much of a problem.
Taking the next step forward? Well, that was another story.
I thought about all the good that could happen. I mean, Amber was hot as hell and it had really been a while since I'd gotten some. If she said it wasn't a big deal then why couldn't I just believe her?
But try as I may, I had this sneaking suspicion that all was not as it seemed. Sure, it's great now but who's to say that three months from now I won't find someone I want to have a relationship with or vice versa?
And how exactly do you tell someone 'Hey, thanks for all the sex while I was single but we need to keep things on a friends only level from now on?'
"Listen, Amber," I started, watching her pull the sheets to the side of the bed, exposing her naked body to me. "I'm not really comfortable with this."
"Ah, ha, continue," she said, opening her legs for me to see.
"It's just that ..." I stuttered, watching her touch herself gently, watching her caress her left hand over her beautiful mound. "I don't want our relationship to change."
With that, Amber put her index finger inside of her and I watched as her face contorted with pleasure.
"No, Tom, I get that. I really do," she said, pushing her finger inside to the knuckle, pulling it out and pushing it in again. "If you don't want to continue, I'm cool with that."
"I just don't want you to get the wrong idea," I said.
"Well, it's not the first time I've been turned down for sex, you know," she remarked, never breaking eye contact with me, picking up the pace of her fingers.
Watching her finger herself was a bit strange, I'll admit. Here she was, her words saying one thing, her actions saying another.
"That's not it at all," I replied, unable to take my eyes off her. "You know I think you're gorgeous. I'd do anything to have you. I just don't want us to do something we'll regret."
"Oh, baby, the only thing you're going to regret is saying no," she said.
Amber was right. If I turned her down, I'd never forget it. It would be something I thought about every day. Besides, who's to say turning her down wouldn't change things.
"Ok, let's say I do decide to go along with this," I remarked. "How is it going to work?"
"Well," she said, her eyebrows raising when I mentioned the possibility that it could happen. "I guess we could take turns doing things. I could show you what I like, you could show me what you like and we could give each other tips about how fast to go, what types of things to say."
"So like driver's Ed?" I asked, genuinely interested in the idea.
"Yeah, exactly," she said, taking her hands away from her now glistening pussy. "Think of this as a test drive before going to get your permit or your license. We work out the kinks together and, when we find someone special, we take what we've learned and apply it to them."
"Ok, so what's the catch?" I asked.
"What do you mean 'what's the catch'?" she responded.
"Well, there's got to be a catch right?" I replied, a little unsure of how to proceed. "You can't expect me to believe you'll do whatever I want you to do and when I find someone I like I can just say 'Thanks for all the sex, see ya later buddy'?"
"I guess you could send me a fruit basket or something," she joked. "Really though, we'll just treat this as we would anything else. Like, you remember before I was dating Mark and I asked you if I should wait for him to call me or just call him myself?"
"Yeah ..."
"Well, it would be like that," she said. "If one of us is seeing someone, we can ask for advice if the other is comfortable giving it. And worse case, we'll just go agree to not talk about sex stuff until the awkwardness passes."
"Awkwardness?" I asked, suddenly concerned. "What awkwardness? I don't want there to be an awkwardness."
"Face it, it's going to be a little awkward," she said. "Shit, it's awkward now. I just blew you. If I left right now, before we started talking about having sex, don't you think we'd be a little weird around each other the next time we saw each other? That's just what happens when you mess around with someone."
"Yeah, I guess so," I replied, feeling a little bit better.
"The trick is agreeing that we're not going to let it get too weird," she said.
"I agree,"
"Well then let's make a pact," she continued. "No matter what happens, we won't let this get weird. Agreed?"
"Agreed," I replied.