I have wanted to tell the story of Trish for a long time, not so much to brag as to simply honour a great woman from whom I learned so much. Literotica seems like the best place to do it...so here goes
It was a scorching hot summer in London. I was permanently horny, which was tough because I had been living as a radical Christian - a Jesus Freak in modern parlance - and the whole "No sex outside marriage" thing was getting to me. Wanking was considered a sin, but many guys struggled... especially when surrounded by hot women in skimpy outfits... the final nail in the coffin had been a trip to Turkey with my Mum and her baby sis - my youngest Aunt. May 2002 I saw more beaver and uncovered cleavage in a week than in the entire previous twenty years put together...And in a Muslim country. "who'd-a-thunk?"
So here I was working nights and going through the motions pretending to be a good-lil-christian during the day. I became a chat addict, on my mobile phone, tapping the keys with my thumbs as fast as I could to message women in chatrooms.
At first it was her sense of humour that got my attention, but the thrill I got when she first said "Hi" to me and tried to PM me - I swear it was like winning the lottery. She was a "reg" and I was a "newbie" and our first phone conversation had me wired with adrenaline and sweaty palms... I rambled on, asked the usual dumb questions... she wasn't looking for a relationship and still was wondering if it was a mistake exchanging phone numbers with me as she liked to keep a safe distance from most blokes. I told her I respected that and asked her to tell me to get lost or back off if I said or did anything to make her uncomfortable.
We began talking every night. Clean stuff. Small talk. Something I had never been good at but somehow could do well with her. I remember going to a Stag night in Southampton and talking to her in detail about it and about my so-called mates from Church. The guy who was getting married had recently come back from Afghanistan still with full beard in case he needed to go out there again to discreetly evangelize. Oh, and he was wearing a purple dress, slightly sheer, showing off his effete body. I recounted my delight and loud laughter at the shock sight, and how he came out to all of us and confessed he had been a cross-dresser but was repenting through marriage. It had been a great night at a Curry house.
Trish seemed to enjoy hearing about my world as it was so alien from anything she had known in her atheistic Mancunian suburb where churches were being closed and turned into Nightclubs or Employment agencies.
Our conversations became more about sex and sexual preferences. She had worked as a receptionist in a brothel and as one of those dirty-talkers on the premium rate phone lines. She had her "regs" there and the pay had been good but was not the kind of thing a person could do for too long as some sickos would leave you slightly shaken. There was always the fear of someone learning where you worked and stalking you. It was bad enough that they got fan mail and gifts via their own PO box numbers. That was sometimes spooky. She also told me her stories of working in a care home, and an affair with a colleague that she had never been able to explain as she didn't even like the guy.
One morning, half asleep and at home, I vaguely remember replying to a text from her by saying "Sit on my face, I'll eat you for breakfast."
BANG. Like the Universe exploding into existence our relationship started there. July became August; became September. A lovely card from her for my birthday, and discussions of whether we would actually meet as we had exchanged snail mail addresses removing all barriers between us.
She had chosen to tell her daughter about me, something I took as a good sign and even asked me to say "Hello" to her down the phone. Her daughter was three, and this freaked me out as I figured this was not healthy for a small kid to know about "Mummy's friends," especially with her ex Hubby regularly coming round.
So I took a huge gamble. One night I was in a rotten mood and called her on my way to work to calm me down. The subject of letting me travel up to see her was not well received. She did not want to "meet" anyone. It was just harmless fun. It was just her and her daughter. That's all. Keeping life simple. "End of!" As they say in Manchester.
But I was not going to accept that. I told her it is all or nothing. I told her either we meet to explore the possibility of a relationship or we end it and stop speaking because (and I quote myself exactly here), "I have enough friends!"
I think we both cried that evening but eventually it was agreed for me to travel up to see her. We picked Hallowe'en. I booked time off.
We met at the Coach station. We walked around a bit. I had a rucksack that was stuffed and heavy. My ticket was a Day Return but the baggage gave me away as hoping for a sleepover. My embarrassment was matched by her own nervousness. We went to a pub for a drink and I pulled out some photos in an album of my family. Then another of friends, and of my second car which had burned out spectacularly on a main road with me still in it. We walked around some more, aimlessly.