Author's Note:
This is purely a work of fiction except for the parts that describe the writing process.
He pulled up to a parking space at his three-year-old son's pre-school. Traffic had been light, and they were twenty minutes early so he let the child watch a kid video on his cell phone. He took out his iPad to finish reading a story he had started before leaving home.
A few minutes later, a minivan pulled up beside him, but he did not pay attention to it until the side door automatically slid open, and a woman walked around. A quick glance to his left revealed the woman's back to him as she attended to her child. The blue dress was short and form-fitting, suggesting a shapely feminine figure and the backs of nice legs.
He shrugged and returned to reading, noting that it was nearly time to walk his son in.
The woman accidentally bumped into his car door. She turned, and with a radiant smile, mouthed something.
Rolling his window down, she repeated aloud, "Sorry."
Returning the facial gesture, he said, "No worries." He saw her glance at his iPad, and he quickly turned it away, not wanting her to see what he was reading.
Too late.
"Are you reading
Literotica?"
she asked.
Somewhat embarrassed, he mumbled, "Uh, uh--"
"Sorry. I didn't mean to... I
love
Literotica," she admitted.
He wasn't sure that made him feel any better.
"Who
are you reading?" she persisted. "I mean, what author?"
What the hell? "Ron Cabo."
"Oh, I
love
him! He has quite the imagination."
"Yes, he does." Time to get out. He pulled the latch to open the door. Hearing it, she stepped out of the way.
Looking him up and down, she introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Tina." She held out her hand to shake.
Taking it, he said, "Ron."
Tina grinned. "What a coincidence. Unless... nah."
"Unless
what?"
he felt obligated to ask.
She giggled as though it was silly and shook her head. But then, she said, "I was going to say, unless you
are
Ron Cabo."
Their kids went to the same school. Could he deny it? "Actually, I am."
Her face lit up, her smile even bigger than before. "I have a thousand questions."
Again, he merely returned the smile, not knowing what to say. "I should get my son to class."
"Oh, sure. I should, also."
It didn't take more than ten minutes to bring his son to class and return to his vehicle. Tina was there waiting, standing beside her van. Ron got a better look at her. The summer dress was low-cut in the front and displayed prominent, well-rounded breasts. At mid-thigh, her legs were shapely. She offered another alluring smile.
It would have been rude to ignore her. "Are you new here? I would have remembered seeing you before."
Now, she was beaming. "As charming as your writing. If I'm not being too forward, could I buy you a cup of coffee and chat?"
Of course, he'd written such things, but never actually had it happen. Could he pass this up? Checking his watch, he had the time, she was attractive, why not? "Okay." He tried not to sound eager.
"Except I don't know where a coffee shop is."
With a chuckle, he said, "Actually, there's one just down the street, if you want to follow me."
"Could I just
ride
with you?"
Ron wondered if that was a bit too forward, but again, it was the type of thing he wrote about. "Sure."
Once in his car, her dress showing considerable leg, Tina said, "Yes, I
am
new here. Recently divorced. Had to get away, so I moved here." She smirked. "My ex is a big attorney, but he didn't do divorces. He had a good friend who was a top-notch divorce lawyer to whom he referred clients. So, that's who I hired to represent me. He got me a great settlement. He's not my ex's friend anymore."
Wondering why she had told him all that, Ron had to laugh at it. "That's priceless. I could use that in a story."
"Feel free. How
did
you start writing...
adult stories?"
"Well, that's not
all
I write. I've written six novels, none published, none in what you would call the adult genre. I used to be an avid reader." Using finger quotes, he added, "Best sellers. And I thought, I could tell a story on paper every bit as well. So, I started writing. But there were novels I read where the man and woman had sex and the author had to, you know--"
"Keep it clean?"
"Yeah. Then I thought, some of these stories would be so much better with more descriptive sex. And then I discovered Literotica, started reading, and then tried my hand at writing those kinds of stories."
They arrived at the coffee shop and ordered. Ron gentlemanly attempted to pay, but Tina insisted, reminding that she had invited him. Once seated, they resumed their discussion.
"How do you come up with ideas?" Tina wanted to know.
Ron shrugged. "However, I can, really. Come across a situation and invent a story to go with it."
"Like turning Hallmark movies into adult stories," she said.
"Yes. Some of those movies would not happen like that in real life."
"And
you've been criticized."
"I have. But everyone is entitled to an opinion. I'm just looking for stories to write. It's easy to come up with a premise, but not easy to do a complete story."
"A
premise?"
Tina questioned.