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SIB&W: Part 1 -- Scheming
In shadows shying from the light,
I lived a life of black and white.
But venture out did I one day,
to chance the world in shades of gray.
Looking back, I felt good about it, almost smug, especially considering what could have gone wrong.
He could have been nasty, and I likely would have accepted it, but he was not. Instead, he was appealing, sweet, even—too much so. He could have been cruel, which I might have consented to, but he was not. He could have dumped me off somewhere afterward, but he had not done that either. Instead, he drove me to the station where he could have left me straightaway, but he did not. As if we were acquainted, he pointed to the correct platform, walked me to the barrier, even kissed me goodbye.
That was an hour ago. Now? Now, alone, I await the train, just another shivering woman in the crowd, as alone as the loneliness that brought me to chance all this in the first place.
I confess to the smugness; that is, I plead guilty. It is one of my imperfections; it surfaces whenever I succeed against the odds. Today I succeeded, pulled it off. I did this thing—and deserve a bit of joy. That notwithstanding, I might go back to him, to do it again—if he will have me.
My little happening was exciting, and the self-consciousness I drowned in three long years ago, the last time I fucked a stranger, does not haunt me this time, at least not yet. In fact, being a fucked woman feels kind of good. But whether to see him again is a decision I will make if he contacts me, although, given the way things ended, it is doubtful.
The cold evening numbs me, and I wish I had worn my heavier coat. This morning, donning the light jacket, now barely shielding my tired body, had been a decision of style and show, not warmth. The more delicate look was smarter, and as I dressed for him, looking smart mattered. That was then too. Now things are different; I crave warmth. However, the jacket will have to do as I am far from home, and warmth is a fantasy of the moment.
To occupy my mind, I browse the dozen or so beverage options offered at the station's vending machine. I think about Anya, my best friend. What will she say when I reveal all of this to her?
She will be pissed at me. Frankly, I am pissed at me, not for sneaking off to meet a stranger for sex, but for hiding it from her, mainly since she had unwittingly triggered my little experiment.
Setting aside the part about not telling her, a betrayal somehow, I am all right with the rest—about the sex, I mean. True, I had wanted more, but it had not gone badly.
The Anya concern, I, like a modern-day knockoff of Scarlett O'Hara, 'will think about tomorrow.' For now, I crave time for myself to wallow in the moment's questionable euphoria. Experience with euphoria has taught me it does not last. I know, before long, 'Mira,' the name I give my conscience, will nag me, propelling me to make sense out of something senseless.