Friday Rituals: Part XI
Rick, in the cubicle to my left, was in his fifties, and had the shoulders of a man beaten down many years ago by his wife. He was a sweet man, but on occasion I wondered if he had the urge to go to a gender checkpoint, just for verification of his status.
Lois, to my right, was in her forties, overweight and hardly spoke to anyone. Living the double personality I was living, I wondered why. Maybe she had a secret of her own. Or, maybe she was just disappointed with life, and had given up.
Wednesday and Thursday passed, and I was no closer to deciding what my future held for me. For once, I could define what I wanted, and I didn’t know. Go figure. Talk about living up to the stereotype of women.
Friday arrived, and as I went through my stack of claims, my brain was pondering how to approach my decision. As the clock drew nearer to 4:30, I decided I needed a night out. Not just a night out to drink alone. I needed to go pick someone up, to have the power, to see if I could use the power within me to control what happened. Perhaps then I could decide if being a submissive on a more permanent basis was really what I wanted.
4:30 came, and I clocked out. I said goodnight to Rick and Lois, and left, anxious to get the drive home and prepare for the evening.
* * *
Finally I got home. Traffic was worse than ever, of course. I entered my apartment, and didn’t even bother with eating. Something about living alone doesn’t appeal to my sense of hunger. I eat the bare minimum. I guess it works out in the end, because I stay pretty slender.
I went to my closet, not sure what to wear. I didn’t know yet where I was going. Of course, this causes a problem, because different places have different dress requirements. I stood there, drumming my fingers on the mirrored door, trying to decide.
I could go to Max’s. It wasn’t too dressy. But, it was a young crowd. I didn’t feel like picking up a young pup. But the music was primarily the 70’s and 80’s, which I love.
I could go to the Purple Orchid, a lesbian bar I heard about. But part of me chickened out immediately. I didn’t have a friend I felt trustworthy enough to include into such an adventure, especially if it turned sour. Plus, I just didn’t feel ready to walk into a lesbian bar. Butch women don’t particularly turn me on.
Then there was Fletcher’s. That was a pretty cool bar, if you liked loud rock n’ roll bands and really young people.
Nope. Max’s appeared to be my choice. Maybe someone my age or a little older would decide to come out as well.
I looked in my closet. I decided simple was best. I grabbed my black low-riders, a black turtleneck, my black four-inch heeled boots, and laid them out. Satisfied, I opened my lingerie drawer, and pulled out a black and pink bra and thong set reminiscent of Betty Page. My attire selected for the evening, I jumped in the shower.
The shower felt wonderful. I let the water rain down on me, as if to clear my head and body of all negative feeling. My plan was simple. I just wanted to pick up someone, not necessarily a man, and fuck for satisfaction. I wanted to see if I needed to feel dominated over to get my satisfaction, or my obsession with being submissive was a temporary escape from the realities of my failed relationships.
I shaved my pussy again. I liked it shaved. I liked it being open and ready for stimulation. Whoever was my victim would be pleasantly surprised indeed.
I finally got out of the shower, and dried off. The ritual of getting dressed began. I kept my hair simple. I merely blow-dried it, and put it in a very neat ponytail, with only my bangs and a few tendrils pulled loose around my ears. My make-up was simple as well. A smudge of gold eyeliner, some mascara, and copper-colored lipstick, almost the color of my areolas.
When I got dressed, I grabbed an earring and necklace set made of sterling silver and turquoise. Against the black, with my blonde hair, it was striking.
I looked in the mirror. Ok, you look like you mean business. No giggly, frilly stupid bimbo. Serious shit here.
I grabbed my keys, and headed down to my car. Max’s was calling me.
* * *
Twenty minutes later, I was in Max’s. It had a couple of pool tables at one end, and at the other were booths and tables that surrounded a dance floor. The place had a Roman coliseum theme, complete with columns and Roman faux architecture. Of course, it wasn’t well lit so you could take your newest friend home with less of a twinge of guilt. What are condoms for, I thought.
It was early yet…I never was one for waiting until late at night to go out…I always get too tired. But, the happy hour crowd was still hanging around, which actually meant a better type of crowd. They weren’t focused on getting absolutely trashed and laid. It might be possible to actually start a conversation with someone.
I walked up to the bar, and grabbed one of the few remaining empty stools. A blonde bartender with a set of tits that I could imagine myself kissing and sucking on asked me for my order.
“I’ll have a Sierra Nevada, thanks.” She grabbed a glass and began filling it from the tap. I looked around me to assess who was at the bar. There were a few groups of people whom I could easily classify the “happy hour” crowd. They were gossiping about work and laughing, still in their Friday business casual clothes. There were some couples sitting at the bar, quietly talking to each other. I wondered if this was a first date for any of them. And…there were a few men just sitting and nursing beers while staring aimlessly at ESPN on the television. I was sitting in between two such patrons.
The bartender brought my beer. “Are you running a tab, or do you want to pay as you go?”
“Tab, please.”
“Sure thing.” She touched a few buttons on the screen, and walked to the other end to take orders from a couple of men.
I took a swallow of my beer. Inside, I was wondering if I knew what I was doing. Setting the glass on the bar, I surveyed the bar again, this time evaluating my potential lover for the evening.
Too sloppy…too old…he’s married…he has dirt under his fingernails…
“Come here often?”
The voice jolted me out of my assessment. It was the man to my left. I looked at him. He appeared to be in his 30’s, and was dressed in a golf shirt and khakis. He was balding, but not a nice balding, and looked like in a few years he’d be a prime heart attack candidate.
I smiled benevolently. It wouldn’t pay to be seen as a bitch right off the bat. “Mmm…on occasion. Not very often. I just needed to get out of the apartment for a bit.”
He raised his scotch on the rocks at me. “I gotcha. Cabin fever. I get it myself.” I took another sip of my beer. This man was lonelier than I was, and I didn’t want a desperate soul. One desperate soul cannot save another. Together they’ll drown. I wasn’t in the mood to drown.
I took my cell phone out of my purse and called my home voicemail, as a ploy to temporarily interrupt any conversation. My ploy worked, Mr. Lonely went back to staring at the t.v.
The music was the typical 80’s, and for a moment I focused on it. It took me back to my high school years. Flashes of boyfriends, hurried immature sex, lying out in the sun with my girlfriends…life was definitely simple then.
I felt someone standing behind me, and I turned to look. Much better, I thought. He was about 45, but seemed to take care of himself. He smiled at me, but didn’t say anything. He was waiting patiently for the bartender to service him. I smiled back, and thought, he’s the one. He didn’t look desperate, or lonely. He just looked like a man out for a beer, and that’s all. I glanced at his left hand. No ring, good. I took a chance.
“Hi”, I said.
He gazed at me with intense brown eyes. “Hello, how are you?” His hair was dark brown with silver interspersed. It was wavy, and he kept it combed back.
“I’m well, thank you.” He was staring at me, and words suddenly failed me.
His eyes flitted to the bartender who was now at our spot on the bar. “I’ll have a Sierra Nevada,” he ordered. I turned around, feeling foolish inside. What made me think I could come here and just pick up an absolute stranger to answer my own internal struggles?
A light touch on my shoulder made me turn around. “A woman as attractive as you shouldn’t sit at the bar alone, “ he said.
The bartender placed his beer on the bar, and as he reached for the glass he said, “Excuse me.” His arm brushed my right arm and breast. The touch was not unpleasant.
“My name is Sarah.” I extended my hand to shake his.
“My name is Dave. I’m sitting over at one of the booths by the pool tables. If you get tired of the lonely souls at the bar, you’re welcome to join me.”
I turned around, and pretended to stare at the television. Inside, I was working up my nerve. He could be a creep, he could be married, this could end in a complete failure…or I could have fantastic sex tonight, and maybe find an answer within myself…the battle raged within my head.
Fuck it, I thought. As the blonde bartender came by, I asked for the tab. She laid the bill on the bar. I left a five, and got up.
Now or never.
* * *
I walked toward the end of Max’s where the pool tables were. Dave was sitting in a booth, watching a couple of guys play pool, drinking his beer. I walked up, and smiled. “So, is the offer still valid?”
He looked up at me, and smiled. “Sure…are you taking it?”
“Why not? I have nothing else to do.” I sat down in the booth, opposite Dave.
“Surely someone is waiting at home for you, wanting to find a way to take up your time tonight.”
“No. Just an empty apartment.”
“What a shame.” He looked at me, and I wondered what to say next.
“So Sarah, what do you do? Lemme guess. VP of a Fortune 500 company.”
I laughed. “No. I’m an insurance claims adjustor. Nothing glamorous. What about you?”
“I’m a computer programmer. It pays the bills, but my true love is pottery. I have a small studio set up in my condo. It’s my stress release.”
“I don’t really have a stress release. Sometimes I read, but I mainly veg out in front of the tv.”
Sounds of a new pool game starting filled the momentary silence. Dave stared at me. “You don’t sound like you’re a social butterfly. Why are you here tonight?”
His bluntness caught me by surprise. “Why do you ask?”
He chuckled. “I’m too old to play games. I’m 45, and I don’t need to do the watussy to get what I want. Why are you here?”
I took a deep breath. “I’m here, basically looking for a one-night stand. Simple as that. It’s not something I do normally, but I’m actually looking to answer a question I have within myself.”
“And you expect to find it in a one-night stand?”
“It’s a bit more complicated than you think. For my own personal reasons, I want to test my own reactions about something I’m questioning within myself. I don’t know you at all, so I don’t want to really talk about it.”
“Well, that’s pretty up front, I suppose. And how do you intend to select your partner in this one-night stand?”
The fact that my intent was out in the open made me relax. I didn’t have to hide anything, at least for the moment.
“Some people were already eliminated based on appearance, some based on mannerisms. So far you’re the only candidate of interest.”
“Why?”
I looked steadily at him. “It’s how you carry yourself. You don’t seem desperate. You don’t seem creepy. You’re a fairly handsome guy. You aren’t afraid to carry on a real conversation, without using sickly pick-up lines.”
He stared at me, his left hand rubbing his five o’clock shadow, the other hand playing absentmindedly with his beer bottle.
“So. When do you let me know?”
I stared at him. Perhaps this was my cue to take the plunge.
“Now. We can go to my apartment. I have beer, a bed, and condoms.”
He smiled.
“And I have time.”
* * *
He followed me to my apartment in his car. On the way home, I played no music in my car. I needed the absolute silence to fill my head, and calm my nerves. We parked out cars, and I got out, waiting for him to follow me inside. He got out, and came up to me, putting his arm around me. We took the three flights of steps up together, in silence. When we reached the door, before I could unlock it, Dave stopped me.
“Wait. Before I go in, I have my own test.”
He gingerly held my face in his hands, and kissed me on the mouth. It wasn’t a porno kiss, but a timid one, as if to test the waters before entering my apartment. I kissed him back, but there was something amiss. I couldn’t put my finger on it.
I unlocked the door, and opened it. I turned on a lamp beside the door. Dave followed me in, and took my coat off, laying it on my couch. He lay his own on top of it.
I decided a good icebreaker was to have another beer. I got two out of the fridge, and gave him one. I pointed to the couch. “Wanna sit for spell?”
He shrugged his shoulders. “Sure. This is your plan. I’m along for the ride.”
I turned on my stereo, and kept the music low. It was just a local station that played a mix of music. I didn’t feel like going through the charade of playing just the right mood music.
I looked at Dave, and in momentary shame, I said, “Dave, I don’t do this as a habit…”
“I know. I can tell. I don’t know what demons are eating at you. I’m not sure that I want to know. But I also don’t get very much female attention, and I’m no dummy. So, no more explanations or excuses.”
He took my beer, and set the bottles on the trunk that served as my coffee table. He leaned over, and began kissing me. I pulled my hair out of its ponytail, and his hands found their way into my hair, gently pulling and tugging. As he kissed me, I slowly fell back on the couch, the coats beneath me. His hands made their way down my side, and pulled my sweater out of my pants. He shoved the sweater up, and a low animalistic growl emitted when he saw my black bra. He pushed that above my tits, making them more pronounced and my nipples stood erectly in the chill of the apartment. He began sucking and licking them. I lay there, my eyes closed. I tried to enjoy the simplicity of the moment, but somehow, there was a missing element. His hands caressed and squeezed my tits. I pictured Lysistrata biting them. The thought of my nipples between her teeth pleased me.
“Let’s go to your room, and get comfortable. This couch is limiting,” Dave whispered. I sat up, inwardly annoyed. I pulled my bra and my sweater down, feeling the need to cover myself for the moment.
He followed me into my bedroom. I flipped a switch to turn on the lamp by my bed. He began taking off his shirt. His chest was thick, and he had the beginning paunch of a man who was aging. I didn’t mind. The hair on his chest was graying, and somehow was endearing in a sterile way. I took off my sweater and bra. He looked at my tits, and smiled. “Lovely. I can’t wait to get back to those.”
I smiled, taking off my boots and my pants. “Leave your panties on,” he said.
At least he’ll take charge of that, I thought to myself. He took off his shoes, socks and pants. He was wearing boxers, which only gave a hint of his semi-erect cock.
He walked over to me, and guided me to the bed. He began kissing me, and slowly pushing me to lay back. I put my arms around his neck, and could faintly smell his Obsession cologne. He slowly began kissing my neck, and made his way back down to my tits. I closed my eyes once again.
I could hear him noisily suckling my nipples. It felt ok, but there was a spark missing.
He doesn’t have command of me.
I need someone to have command of, to control and manipulate me physically.
Give him a chance. Every lover is different.
He began making his way down my stomach, making light circles with his tongue. My stomach quivered in a ticklish reaction to his light touch. He took my panties and gently slid them off.
I wish he’d just rip them off. But something instinctual told me he wasn’t that kind of lover.
“Mmmm…what a beautiful pussy. A man could get lost in this forever.” He parted my legs, and lightly flicked his tongue around my pussy lips and teased my clit. His touch was pleasant, but it wasn’t exciting.
I was beginning to realize the answer was making itself clear. I knew Dave was a good man, a gentle man. But I needed someone who could control me, take me on a roller coaster. I needed that element of the unknown. Dave was predictable, safe.
I decided I wasn’t going to cheat Dave, but I also needed to get this show on the road. I sat up, watching him lick and eat my pussy. He looked up at me. I ran my fingers through his wavy hair, wondering about the women in his life before me, if they’d run their fingers through his hair.
“Let’s take off your boxers.” He kneeled up and sat back. I gently pulled his boxers off. As I did, there was a pleasant surprise. His cock, now fully erect, was not long, but it was thick in girth. That could be such a commanding cock. I leaned over, and took his thick shaft in my mouth. I swirled my tongue around the huge head, and imagined it spewing its juice on my lips as I sucked it in servitude. Pity. Dave moaned and grabbed my hair. I grabbed his dick with one hand and ran my tongue up and down the shaft. His balls were engorged and hard with excitement. I took them and licked them, finally sucking on them.
“Fuck me…” Dave moaned. I knew I had him in my power. I knelt full on my knees, making sure my ass was arched enticingly in the air. I wondered which way he’d want to have me. I kept sucking and licking his thick cock.
Looking up at him, I said, “Fuck me now.”
“Baby, this is your deal. I’ll do what you want.”
Reaching over to my nightstand, I grabbed one of the few remaining condoms I had left, took it out of its wrapper, and slipped it on Dave’s dick. I lay back, and opened my legs for him. He leaned over me, and slid his thick cock inside of me. He looked down to watch his shaft sliding in and out of my pussy. I spread my legs as wide as possible to accommodate his view, to give him another element of pleasure. “Aaw, baby, this is so sweet!”
He lay closer on top of me and began making slow strokes. I could barely breathe, and focused on his dick sliding in and out of me. He pushed harder, as if to push his cock up to my throat. He was so big around, his dick filled me, and as he pushed harder and deeper, he was rubbing me raw. I closed my eyes, hoping he’d cum soon.
Dave stopped midstroke, and raised up. He took my left leg, and put it over his shoulder. He went back to fucking me royally. “Feel my cock, honey. Is this what you wanted?” He was pumping hard, as if every stroke would be the answer I was looking for.
“Yeah baby, c’mon, give it to me.”
I didn’t think he could fuck any harder, but somehow he did. My tits were bouncing, and I felt like a porno star.
“Here you go baby…”
“C’mon…give me that cum…”
“Ooohhh, goooddddammmnnn!!!” And with that, Dave was done. I moved my leg off his shoulder, and he lay on top of me, sweaty, breathing hard, and just barely supporting his weight.
Underneath him, my thoughts were beyond his exit out of my apartment, ahead to the next week, when I would give Lady Madonna my answer.
* * *

