“Megha says she’s in love,” Neha said. “So I would rather wait and watch.”
“How is life, honey?” I asked Megha when I ran into her in the college library on a muggy May afternoon. We were in the same aisle and there was no way she could dodge me.
Megha screwed her eyes as if she had seen a dirty beetle trying to crawl up her legs. “You want to know if I have fucked a male, right?” she hissed, her eyes blazing fury.
“Wrong,” I said. “I am just curious to know if you have found Mr. Right.”
“And how does that concern you? You want to lick my pussy, don’t you? You bloody lesbo.”
I was quite shocked by Megha’s candidness which, I assumed, was her shield against my barbs. Not to lose the war of words, I said: “I also want to kiss your mouth again, and say a few not-so-nice things about you and your sexual preferences.”
“Trying to seduce me, huh? Sorry, I am not interested. Look, baby, I am an out-and-out hetero, so stop chasing me. If I ever need a barber to get my pubic area shaved I will certainly give you a call. Now, leave me alone.”
“Better call your boyfriend for that dirty job,” I shot back, and left her.
The suspense over Megha’s painstakingly preserved virginity finally came to an end one morning when Neha confided to me: “She has done it with Amit, her boyfriend! She says it was an out of the world experience.” I had a hunch that Megha had asked her roommate to inform me about her plunge into hetero sex to give me a slap on the face.
“Good. Just tell her to practice safe sex,” I said.
Neha chuckled. “Don’t worry. She carries a packet of flavored KamaSutra condoms in her bag these days.”
“Congrats!” I said to Megha when I met her the next day in the corridor.
“So Neha has spilled the beans, huh?” Megha said, beaming. “Spread the word far and wide, if you must.”
“What for?” I countered, vexed. “Campus romances are often over with college semesters, so let’s talk after six months and we shall see who stands where.”
Megha frowned. “If you choose the right partner, romance does not die out in six months or even six years.” And with a disdainful smile, she strode away to her psychology class. I felt small and defeated. Maybe I was wrong about Megha. Taut nipples and dribbling pussy couldn’t always be the hallmark of lesbianism. Maybe, in the darkened auditorium, her inexperienced body was merely reacting to my clever manipulations. If she had really found love in a male, so be it. Rather than waiting indefinitely for Megha to summon me for some dirty work, I moved away from her path and soon found a contemplative, bespectacled senior girl in the physics department who responded to my advances with suppressed enthusiasm. After the other girls had left the physics lab, we stood behind a rack of optical lenses and smooched and explored each other’s bodies and talked about Stephen Hawking.
I had filed Megha as a minor fiasco when Neha, our trusted gazetteer, again brought her into my focus. “Something wrong with her sex life, I guess,” Neha confided to me one evening when I ran into her.
“But she looks so proud…and satiated,” I said.
“Proud, yes. Satiated, doubtful. She looks rather upset when she returns from that seedy hotel at Kashmiri Gate where Amit takes her every Saturday for sex.”
“Look, Neha, no one can satisfy a partner on each encounter,” I said. “I read somewhere that premature ejaculation afflicts every male sometimes.”
“But she says he stays firm for more than five minutes,” Neha reported faithfully.
“Then she’s frigid.” And I couldn’t help remembering the copious tears of joy her pussy had shed in my palm in the movie theater.
“You may be right, Priya,” Neha said. “At least on two occasions I have noticed that after she returned, she sneaked into the toilet to masturbate.”
“Tell her to see a shrink or a sexologist to improve her sex life,” I advised Neha glibly.
The last time I saw Megha before she vanished from the campus was in the college lawns, munching peanuts desolately. I didn’t want to talk to her, but she called out: “Hey, Priya, going to hump that morose zombie in the physics lab?”
“Right you are, babe,” I said cheerily. “At least we don’t come back to our rooms with dry vaginas and rush to the toilet to do some hard work with our fingers.”
“Sneaky bitch!” she growled. “I will throw Neha out of my room one day.”
“But that’s not going to help you to achieve what you are missing,” I teased.
“Fuck you, you bitch!” Megha hissed.
“Fuck you, my love,” I cooed.
And that was how we parted.
Two months later Megha dropped out of college to marry, not her athletic lover Amit, but a potbellied restaurateur who owned a chain of Indian eateries in the USA. “Money is very important for Megha’s folks, I reckon,” Neha told me. “And Megha went for it.”
“So, how is life, Priya?” said Megha, as we sat at a corner table of Flora. The restaurant was crowded on Saturday evening and we had to wait to get our table.
“I am fine,” I said. “You are on a vacation, I suppose?”
“No, I will be here for a while.”
“Ah.” I looked at her and she looked at me, perhaps both wondering how life had treated us in the last six years. Megha looked subdued and her dress was sober, if not shabby—frayed jeans and a beige top that didn’t flatter her curves. Her shoulder-length hair looked unkempt. I guessed that she was going through a bad patch. I also noted that she had no wedding ring. A divorcée? I wondered and the evil spirit that resided in me chuckled with glee. Denying one’s natural inclinations could lead to disastrous compromises. “How about a soft drink?” I asked.
“I would prefer a hard one—if you don’t mind,” Megha said, stealing a glance at the bar at the other end of the restaurant.
“A gin and tonic?”
“Scotch with soda and ice will be fine.”
So I beckoned a waiter and ordered single malt, large, for Megha and a Pepsi for myself.
“You don’t drink, I assume,” Megha said, watching me with some curiosity.
“I drink a cocktail or two when I attend business parties.” I wondered how long Megha would continue this small talk. Or was she here just to check out how I, her one-time bête noire, had fared in my life? Megha kept up the small talk till our drinks were served and she had taken a couple of sips of scotch.
“You look good, Priya,” she said scanning my face and the visible upper half of my body that included my much-ogled big tits.
“Thanks,” I said, with a wooden smile. “One has to dress up and put on a little makeup too to look good and professional in my line of business.”
“You must be wondering what I am doing here in Delhi in this muggy weather when I am supposed to be with my husband in New Jersey, changing nappies or reading bedtime stories to my kids,” she finally began.
“I guess you are separated or have divorced and have returned home to lick your wounds,” I said looking straight at her face.
Megha smiled wanly. “You have sharp eyes, Priya, and I appreciate that. You have always been a good observer, I remember.”
“Thanks, Megha, but I still don’t have any idea what prompted you to seek me out, particularly when we are not and have never been on the same wavelength.”
Megha sighed. “I thought now that I am back and…well most of my old mates have married and settled down with their own families, kids and whatnot, you could be the one with whom I may perhaps spend an evening or two without talking about my disastrous marriage.”
I felt a strong urge to tell Megha that I led a pretty busy life and had no time to spare for her. But I checked myself. Megha took a long sip of whisky and then did something for which I was not prepared at all: she grabbed my free right hand and pressed my fingers to her wet lips. That was the moment when I realized that even after all these years I still fancied this woman.
“I knew I was treading the wrong
path even as I courted Amit, that St. Stephens hunk,” said Megha, as she undressed in my bedroom. I sat regally on the sofa and watched her shedding her clothes, my nipples already hardening. Megha hadn’t gained weight, I noticed. She still had a supple body and firm breasts.
“I am not interested in your past, Megha,” I said, watching her unbuttoning her jeans.
“I must tell you why I spurned your advances in those days,” she continued. “Look, Priya, I came from a conservative family where men make all major decisions and marriage is just one of them. My dad is in politics; he is still a minister in the state government of Uttar Pradesh. I had to suppress my sexual urges because even a small family scandal could jeopardize my dad’s career. If I had tried to wriggle out of the closet, told him that I didn’t want to marry a guy, he wouldn’t have hesitated to kill his only daughter. That’s how our patriarchal society behaves in my part of the world.”
“I understand,” I said. “I guess you suffered a lot in your forced marriage with the rich hotelier.”
“It was terrible,” Megha said, wriggling out of her panties. She hadn’t clipped her pubic hair for a while, I noted. “Vineet turned out to be a pervert. A keen watcher of blue films, he subjected me to all sorts of kinky sex. It was disgusting. To avoid pregnancy, I took contraceptive pills on the sly. When he discovered this, he burnt my crotch with cigarette butts and then threw me out of his house.”
“I am really sorry for you, Megha,” I said. “You must try to forget your past and start life afresh.”
“And for that I need help from my old friends, particularly from you. I treated you so badly in those days that merely asking your forgiveness now…”
“…Won’t work,” I cut in. “You deserve punishment and you will have it. Come to me, bad girl.”
Megha smiled wanly, wiping the tears that had gathered in her eyes, and then approached me like a chastised schoolgirl, her tits jiggling and her bird’s-nest bush lightly brushing my shoulder. I drew her onto my lap, turned her over and then slapped her bum hard a couple of times. Having delivered the punishment, I pressed my mouth fiercely on hers, savoring those well-curved lips that she had denied me when we were at Miranda. I explored her mouth with my tongue and then nuzzled her breasts. As Megha started kneading my boobs, I stood up from the sofa, lifting her in my arms. It was pure, simple lust that gripped me. I hadn’t had sex for over a year now and here my elusive lover of yesteryear had turned up. I dumped her on my bed and then, tearing off my skirt and blouse, I spread her legs wide and ground my pussy vigorously against hers. She moaned with pleasure but her luxuriant bush denied me the pleasure of rubbing my wet pussy against her naked flesh. So, I finally dived between her legs to suck her labia, lick her clit and then finger-fuck her, making her groan, arch her back high and then shriek as the orgasm finally hit her.
We ended up kissing each other, our busy fingers exploring each other’s bodies. We hardly spoke for we were actually preparing ourselves for an encore.
Late in the evening, when an exhausted Megha took leave of me, she asked: “Seems you are still without a partner. Would you mind if I come to live with you on weekends?”
“You are welcome, hon,” I said. “But do come with a clean crotch or I will have to hire a barber to clean up the mess.”
POOL PARTY
Zoe Amos
It was one of those days when the heat slows you down and the humidity curls the wallpaper off the walls. There’s not much to do on a Sunday after church in a sleepy Southern town in the middle of August except try to stay cool.
Michelle envied her neighbors with backyard pools. She wiped her bandana across her forehead and rolled it up to make a headband. She knotted it in place behind her head where it got caught in the frizz of her hair. The thought of buying a Walmart kiddie pool was tempting, and she snickered at the idea of filling it up in the middle of her apartment. At least her feet would stay cool. Right now, the only thing she had was a rapidly warming can of beer propped between her legs as she sat on the balcony of her second-story apartment looking across the parking lot at the back of Jenkins’ Hardware. The aluminum can did little to temper the heat radiating from that part of her body. There was only one cure for that, and she hadn’t seen any action since LaTanya said good-bye.
LaTanya had a small above-ground pool at the house she rented and they’d used it a couple of times shortly after they met last September. That option was out of the question since they’d broken up in May. LaTanya told Michelle not to call until she developed the part of her brain that controlled common sense, which would probably not come this century judging by her lack of judgment and unacceptable behavior. It was over with a capital O and Michelle knew why. Her dalliance with the girl from Ole Miss who was home on Spring Break had cost her the relationship, a fair price to pay. When asked by her (ex) girlfriend to explain why she felt compelled to diddle around like that when she already had a perfectly good relationship going, Michelle didn’t have an answer. That was the end of that and there would be no more fun and splashing around in the long hot days of summer.
Through the grapevine, Michelle heard that LaTanya was taking a break from romance by putting her energy into her job at the cable company. Just what the world needed: another crabby customer service rep. The misadventure was three months ago, long enough for the anger to have settled and for her to try again. Yes, LaTanya could be full of attitude, a bitch some might even say. Not always. There were plenty of fun times, and a little fun in the pool with its sparkling water would be a great way to get reacquainted. The idea of cooling off and the prospect of a rekindled romance took over Michelle’s mind. She finished her beer, got in her pickup and drove to LaTanya’s without calling first.
Once she was past town, the dusty road was empty of cars. Traversing the long driveway to LaTanya’s house, she knew anyone home would spot a visitor long before they reached the front door. LaTanya’s SUV was parked by the side of the house not far from a silver Honda Civic. Michelle swung her pickup in a half circle and parked. Dust rose up beyond the window and stuck to the sweat on her forearm. She checked her appearance in the rearview. It wouldn’t have been a bad idea to spruce up a bit before arriving, but now it was too late. She walked up to the front porch. Buddy, a golden retriever, was sprawled in the shade next to a metal chair with no cushion. He flapped his tail against the floor without lifting his head.
“Hey, Buddy. Remember me? I think you do. Hot one, ain’t it? No, don’t get up.” She rapped her knuckles on the screen door and looked inside. It was likely LaTanya was in the pool with her housemate, Deni. She walked around to the backyard. The pool water sparkled in the sunlight, just as she remembered. The pool was empty save for a floating beach ball.
“Anybody home?” she called out. “LaTanya?”
The back door slammed shut. “Michelle. Hey, haven’t seen you in an age!” It was Savannah, LaTanya’s younger sister. Her hair was wet, as if she’d just gotten out of the pool and gotten dressed. Her shirt clung to her in a way that reminded Michelle of LaTanya when she’d first seen her at her own job, stocking cans at Winn-Dixie.
“Hey, yourself. Thought I’d pay a call. Is LaTanya home? Her car’s here.”
“No, I drove her to the bus this morning. She’s gone to Atlanta for a few days of training. I’m house-sitting and taking care of Buddy.”
“Where’s Deni?”
“She moved to Tallahassee. Didn’t you hear? She got a scholarship.”
“You don’t say. She was a smart one. Got out of here when she could.”
“I bought her Honda. Now I’ve got me some wheels.” Savannah smiled and raised her eyebrows in delight.
Savannah looked like a younger version of LaTanya, and Michelle caught herself staring at her. She shifted her gaze to where a mature pecan tree shaded part of the yard and the edge of the pool. Next to it was a lounge chair with a towel draped over the back and a small table holding a colorful tumbler.
“Would you like a gl
ass of tea?” asked Savannah. “I was about to get a refill.”
“Thanks. That’d be nice.”
Michelle watched as Savannah retrieved her empty glass. The long grass brushed against the girl’s ankles. Her movements were springy, and the combination reminded her of an antelope bounding through a glade. Her body exuded a freshness Michelle found attractive.
“If you don’t mind my saying,” Michelle said, “you’re awfully light on your feet for such a hot day.”
“I just got out of the pool. You should go in.”
“I’d love to!” Michelle grinned and stopped herself from touching Savannah’s bronzed arm. “I didn’t bring a suit. And I don’t have a towel.”
“Just go in. Haven’t you ever skinny-dipped?”
“No.”
Savannah put her hands on her hips. “Well, then it’s about time. Nothing feels better than being in the water nekkid. I only wear my swimsuit because LaTanya and Deni do, and they’re not here. Try it! You’ll never want to wear a suit again. I’ll go in with you.”
Savannah brought out their ice-filled drinks and a fresh towel for Michelle. They had a few sips of tea and made small talk. Savannah talked about her latest doings and classes coming up at the community college, but Michelle didn’t have much to add—she had the same job, same apartment, same life.
“You should take a class this coming semester,” said Savannah. “You’re good on the computer. You should go for your certificate.”
Michelle nodded. She was up for something new.
Savannah set down her drink and retied the rubber band holding her hair. “Ready?” she said, gesturing toward the pool. “Just go for it. Don’t worry. The nearest neighbor is a quarter mile off.” Savannah stood in front of Michelle and stripped off her top, followed by her shorts and underwear. She casually dropped her clothing on the lounge and stood “nekkid.”
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