I'm going to relate a story to you, about how I somehow managed to reinvent an ancient Eastern tradition for my modern world. I must stress clearly at the outset, that I never intended to accomplish this at first. It just seemed to grow out of a set of bizarre and lucky occurrences.
It started at a fast food joint, where I bumped into an old associate from school, school having just finished a couple of years before. Her name was Katrina, and she was lousy at hiding her feelings. I spotted her, looking down and out, so I went over to play the Good Samaritan.
"Hi Katrina," I said somewhat jovially.
"Hi. Haven't seen you in a while, how've you been?" She was definitely faking it, I could tell.
"I've been good. How about yourself?"
"Pretty good, yeah." A great big lie.
"Really? You don't look so good to me at the moment."
"Gee, thanks a lot," I didn't realise that she could take it two ways.
"Oh, Katrina, you know that you always look good, I just meant, you seem down about something." She smiled at me.
"You always were quick to apologise," she laughed a little.
"Still am," I quaffed proudly, with a very stupid grin on my face. But her smile faded fast. "You want to talk?" She nodded, and looked on the verge of breaking down so I quickly got her into a service line. "Come on, let's get our Greaseburgers and Fat Fries and we'll talk, okay?"
I'm glad that she laughed at that otherwise she would have broken into tears, right there. After being served and finding a table, I decided I'd be best suited sitting across from her. I just relaxed, let her eat and waited for her to talk. I started panicking when we finished our meal, not one word spoken.
Then she suddenly poured out with a flood of words and emotions. It was an amazing deluge; I had to halt her, calm her and slow her down.
"He left me," she sobbed.
"Who did?" I asked her.
"You know who."
"You and him were still together all this time?"
"Lasted longer than you thought we would, huh?"
"Katrina, that's not fair, I-,"
"What? You were always sitting back, watching, judging us all. Admit it, it was how you amused yourself!" I again had to calm her down. "I know that you hear high school relationships don't last, but we lasted nearly two years beyond school." I could feel another flood of sobs coming on. Frankly, I was still annoyed about her insult which, while true, she never apologised for.
"All of a sudden, he's done with me. Runs off, hasn't called for six weeks, and it's the first time I've been here since he left." I knew progress was being made, so I remained quiet. "I've been feeling sick at his absence, it's so fucking pathetic!" That shout brought the attention of most of the other customers.
"Katrina-," I began calmly.
"I fucking hate that son of a bitch!" she screamed. I stood, just as an employee came over and asked us to leave. I almost had to carry Katrina out; her legs were rather unsteady. "I'm sorry," she said. I just smiled and began walking her home, which was conveniently located not far from the restaurant.
When I got her home, she was feeling better, and looking ready for a good sleep, but it was still early in the evening.
"You live near here, don't you?" she asked me at her front door.
"Yeah, just a few streets away," I replied.
"Would you like to do something? Maybe get some videos out?" Eager to remain the hero I responded,
"Sure. Should I come get you?"
"Yeah. Come back in, say, an hour?"
"Sounds good," I affirmed. She smiled and gave me a hug. Now, this is where things started to turn. Katrina was tall, just a couple of inches shorter than I was. That meant that she didn't have to press against me while hugging. Fortunately for me this meant that she couldn't feel the embarrassing erection that sprung up when her head hit my shoulder.
As she turned into her house and closed the door, I was suddenly reminded of all the fantasies involving her. Apart from her height, everything about her was small. She had a fine bone structure, so she looked very thin, but she was not underweight. Her face was like a fine work of art; her features can only be described as elfin.
As I walked to my house - secretly glad I would have the place to myself for quite a while - images if Katrina continued to fill my mind. In her school uniform, sports uniform, various racy outfits that she wore when she could, all equally arousing. I was also secretly glad that I wouldn't feel guilty, because I would continue to be the nice guy, and Katrina wouldn't want me, surely.
I decided at home that I should change into something else before returning to Katrina. When I did return to her, she was wearing a grey sports bra with a small shirt, unbuttoned, and a pair of Lycra bike pants that hugged her sleek thighs tightly. I had never seen her dressed so minimally, so I didn't know quite what to say.