James walked Erica up to her front door and they stood, smiling and quietly looking at each other in the yellow light of the porch. The date had been perfect, a summer night with fun and laughter and great conversation. There had also been moments when James could sense romance building. Erica was so beautiful, tan and shapely, with a wonderful smile and an intoxicating smell.
"Well, I guess this is goodnight," she shrugged, leaning towards him just slightly.
He caught the cue, and nervously leaned in as well, and they meet softly at the lips and then ever so slowly, their bodies came together. He could feel her warmth up against him, seemingly enveloping him, and he felt his head spin as his arousal took over, and he held her tighter yet as their bodies became intertwined and their mouths opened into a long, passionate kiss. Time seemed to almost stand still as James felt his body becoming captivated by the moment. Suddenly, before he could even know it was coming, he felt his arousal overwhelming him and before he could stop himself, he had the strange mix of panic and pleasure as he unloaded an orgasm, prematurely and embarrassingly, into his jeans. He pulled back away from Erica to avoid her feeling his surging cock, mumbling an almost apologetic good night, and then leaving her on the front porch, watching him walk away and wondering why.
James clamored through the front door, staggered over to the couch and collapsed, without even a basic acknowledgment of his sister and roommate, Jessie, who sat across the den on a recliner working on her laptop. He closed his eyes and tried to quell his memories of the evening.
Jesse gave him a minute to collect himself before saying a word. She knew him too well. "So the date didn't go so well, bro?" she said.
"Well, the date wasn't bad, let's just say it just ended really poorly," he responded.
"What happened that was so terrible?" she asked. "Maybe you are over reacting."
James rubbed his face with his hands and looked over at his older sister. "Some things you just can't talk about," he said, and with that he went to his room and closed the door.
Jessie and James, named after the western legend by their late parents, were about as close as two siblings could be. Their parents had died in a car accident when they were young, and they had spent much of their youth being shuffled from one foster home to another. They always got along with each other, but seldom with the foster parents. Jessie had her bags packed the day she turned 18, which was the day after her most recent foster parents suggested an intervention in response to her revelation to them that she was a lesbian. James moved in with her a few years later when he turned 18. They had been living together now for a few months, both working and sharing expenses, getting along perfectly and for the most part, talking about everything. Sometimes it took Jessie some effort to get James to talk about personal matters, but she always found a way.
It took two days of James moping around, constant pressure from Jessie, and finally, a couple of ice cold margaritas to get James to finally open up about his date. In the back of his mind he knew he would eventually confide in Jessie, and she knew it too, it was just a matter of time, and of all the personal details he had shared with his sister, this was surely the most embarrassing.
"If I tell you this, you have to promise never to tell ANYONE," he begged. "In fact, you have to pinkie promise," he added, holding out his pinkie finger towards his sister.
It had been quite a few years since they had make a pinkie promise pact. The pinkie promise was a solemn oath to never give up certain secrets, and they had both been loyal to it. The first time they had made the promise was when James broke the neighbor's window with an errant golf shot when he was 10, the most recent when Jessie confided to James that their foster dad had suggested they get naked together...when she was 15.
She held out her pinkie and they shook pinkies and made the pact.
James took a deep breath and covered his face with his hands. "I've got a problem with premature ejaculation, I can't control myself," he stammered.
Jessie leaned back with a long sigh and tried to keep from laughing. "Jeez bro, I thought you had got somebody pregnant or killed somebody and left them in the woods!"
James couldn't help but smile and lower his hands. "Well those problems would be easy to fix," he said. "This one, I don't know what to do. Every time I get into a passionate situation with a girl I totally lose it."
"So you just don't last long when you have... intercourse?" she said, searching for an appropriate word.
"No, not exactly, not exactly that far along," he replied.
"So, when you get your clothes off, and start going, then you, you... happen to soon?" she asked.
James couldn't take dragging this out any longer. "I come in my pants, ok?" he said. "We start making out, and I lose it right away."
"Oh," said Jessie. "Well, I don't have a whole lot of experience with guys, but I do remember that was a pretty common thing. I think it's one of those things that happens with young men that you eventually get better at...with practice."
"Well I'm not going to get a lot of practice, because girls think I'm weird," said James. "Erica won't even call me back. I'm thinking of becoming a monk," he moaned.
Jessie looked carefully at her brother. All of his life, despite the difficulties they had faced, he had always been a happy, positive person. In her entire life, she had never seen her brother so down about anything. The worst part was she couldn't think of anything to say, other than to suggest that it really wasn't a big deal...and that didn't seem to go over well.
In fact, it took a sleepless night and a distracted day at work before Jessie could come up with any ideas to help. Fortunately for James, the idea she eventually came up with was a doozy. James came in from work around 5 to find a nervous and excited Jessie waiting to talk to him.
"I want to help you with your problem," she said quickly. "I've got an idea, and this is going to sound really weird at first, but I need you to think about it before you make a decision."
James was eyeing his sister suspiciously. What did she have in mind, he wondered. Surgery? Hypnosis? Those funny looking cock rings?
She didn't wait for him to respond. "I'm going to be your sex therapist," she said.
"Great, make jokes," said James, tossing his keys on the kitchen counter. "Besides my problem is in the little head, not the big head."
"Hear me out," Jessie said, trembling with anxiety. "I've read about some methods to...to...well, to train yourself to improve your...well, you know."
James was still thinking this might be a bad joke. "Methods?" he asked.
"Well maybe methods is the wrong word, but it's like therapy, sort of, it is, well, maybe hard to explain," she stammered. This was not going the way she planned.