“OK, what went on up there?” Jim asked Brian as he handed him a large dark colored drink.
“What do you mean?” Brian replied, gaining a moment to think. What should he tell his best friend?
They had walked into the kitchen and now headed out into what his family had called ‘the library’ which was a small storage room his father had made into an office of sorts, private for the moment.
“You know what I mean. You were up there for an awfully long time, long enough to do almost anything.” Jim put emphasis on the last word and gave him a sharp look.
“What do you think we were doing? I haven’t seen Clare in two years. She was telling me a bit about her family and I was catching her up on what I’ve been doing.”
“Yeah, right! And what was that stuff on her neck?” Jim said with a slight sneer.
“Oh, come on! What do you think happened? After not seeing her for two years she took me upstairs and gave me a blowjob or something? Geeze, she went into the bathroom right before we came down, maybe she used some of my mom’s lotion, I don’t know!” Brian hoped he sounded convincing, it was so hard for him to believe it himself. It was beginning to seem like a dream anyway.
“Yeah, well. It sure did look like cum didn’t it? God! It gave me a boner just looking at it and imagining her doing you... much less me! Well, one can hope, eh?” Jim laughed and lightly punched Brian. “Come on, we’ve got a party to get going!”
The last thing Brian remembered was sitting down for a moment in his father’s favorite lounge chair. His guests had made sure he got plenty to drink after Clare left, and try as he might, he was unable to turn down enough drinks to keep him sober for her hoped return. So he had napped. No one was in the room with him when he awoke, but he could hear some rustling noises coming from the living room.
From the foyer Brian was able to look across into the living room. The first thing he noted was that most of his guests must have left. There were less than a dozen of his swim team buddies he could see and didn’t hear any other movement in the nearby rooms, and the ones in this room were totally silent but for some shuffling and hands-in-pocket key-jangling. The second thing he noticed was what everyone else was focused on...Clare.
His mom’s favorite chair was a high backed antique that had been re-upholstered to fit with the rest of the living room furniture. Clare was on her knees on the chair, facing the backrest. She had changed her clothes since he had seen her a few hours ago. She now wore a knee length denim skirt and white blouse. Being on her knees, the skirt had pulled tight across that wonderful ass and she was in the act of pulling it a little higher, looking over her shoulder at the crowd of young men when she caught his eye.
Clare straightened up, bringing a groan from the group, turned around looking straight at Brian. “Excuse me gentlemen, I have just noticed our host has returned from the dying and I want to make sure before we continue that the man of the house is OK with this. There were calls of “If it’s not, we can go to my house.” and “If not, we’ll throw him outside.” met with agreeing chuckles and laughs.
“Now men! Just give me a chance to talk. Stay right here.” Clare took Brian’s hand and led him back into the small room off the kitchen.
When they were alone she turned to him, “Well Bri glad to see you could join us. I got here a little over half an hour ago.” Clare glanced at the clock on the desk. “It looked like things were starting to wind down when I first walked in. There were only a couple of men still here that I recognized from school. I met the rest as we all talked. They have been very friendly, and very polite.” She looked him directly in the eye as she said this and stressed ‘polite.’
“I know we haven’t seen each other for a couple of years, but as you know, there is a lot of growing up that we all go through as soon as we are out of high school. I spent some time in Lake Tahoe and then moved to LA, and have seen a lot more of the world since I saw you last. One of the ways that I have grown is to realize my abilities as a woman. I have found I have a lot of strength in that area. And I see myself in a perspective of time that is commonly known as maiden, mother, and crone. Are you familiar with this?” she asked looking directly at him.
Oh geeze, those eyes!
“Ahh, yea, I’ve heard of it.” Brian stammered. His mind reeled.
What is going on? Why did I drink so much?
“Well,” Clare smiled and took his hand, gently rubbing the back. “I am near the end of the maiden stage in my life. The stage when my body is one of the best assets I have, and will not be at this peak for the rest of my life. I’m not an ignorant woman.” She held a finger to his lips as he began to protest. “I don’t think you feel that way, I’m just trying to explain upstairs earlier,” she slightly blushed, “and what is going on now, in there.” She nodded her head towards the room they had left.
“There is just something...that is exciting to me, when I see a man getting excited. I mean, when a man gets excited and I know it is because of me, it excites me too. A certain energy that is present, wild, primal, I don’t know... a power I have. And I know I won’t have it all my life. If I am to use this power, it is now. Some would say I am being objectified, but I guess I am using the men as objects too. If I am going to be exploited, I’ll exploit myself, at my choosing. Time, place, and peoples. Do you see what I’m trying to say Brian?” A look of pleading had come into her eyes. “Please don’t think bad of me.”
“I...I don’t know what to say Clare.” The young man stood, hands in hers and stared deeply into her blue eyes.
“You don’t need to say anything, silly!” she said smiling and lightening up the mood. She began to pull him towards the door to the other rooms. “Just enjoy yourself, and remember I’m having fun too. Maybe even more fun than you guys are!” she teased him.