Dangerous Curves Ahead
Sarah leaned towards us
from across the booth, yelling to be heard over the loud country
music and the raucous crowd. "What? You've never had an orgasm?"
Cursing myself for letting the words escape my lips, I felt a rush
of heat flushing my face. Damn! Only two drinks in and I was already getting
tipsy.
"Shhh!" I quickly glanced
around the bar, making sure no one had overheard. After a moment of
anxiety, we all broke out into giggles. "I didn't say I never had an orgasm.
I've had plenty. I just have to take care of business
myself."
Jenna turned toward me with eyebrows raised,
a confused expression on her face. "But, you've had lots of
boyfriends! Are you telling me that not one of them could give you
an orgasm?"
I shrugged my shoulders
wanting badly to change the subject. "I've had three boyfriends
that lasted more than a month - Ricky in high school, Dave in
college, and Tom. Believe me, none of them were exactly skilled in
bed."
The girls nodded their heads in sympathy.
Sarah looked at me hopefully, "What about that guy you were dating
last year, uh… George, was it?"
"John. And, no." Swallowing down the bitter
feelings, I shook my head. John had been a disaster. I had hung
onto that relationship for far too long, despite our utter lack of
chemistry. I had enjoyed going on dates and having plans for the
weekend, but certainly hadn't enjoyed the awkward pawing and banal
humping in the bedroom. Shuddering with disgust, I shook off the
awful memories and pasted on a fake smile.
Jenna looked downright depressed. "When was
the last time you got laid, anyway?"
"Yeah. It's been a while." I didn't want to
admit it had been over a year ago - since the last time I had been
with John.
I picked up my drink and swallowed down the
rest of the contents in one gulp, regretting that my offhand remark
had killed all the fun we had been having, while gossiping and
catching up with each other. Sarah had been dropping juicy tidbits
about sex with her latest fling, a hunky firefighter, when I
mumbled my confession. Maybe I was just jealous of all the fabulous
sex that seemed to find her? Now, unfortunately, my two best
friends were focused on my non-existent sex life.
Jenna interrupted my contemplation, "You
know, Krista, you're always dating responsible men, you know - the
pasty-faced accountant types. No wonder they don't do anything for
you!"
Jenna had a point. In fact, John fit that
description fairly accurately. But it wasn't like I was turning
away a bunch of hunky bad-boys. I didn't exactly have my pick of
the entire male species. The sexy studs that I fantasized about
didn't date women like me. They dated drop-dead gorgeous girls like
Sarah, girls with size 2 figures, fashionable clothes, manicured
nails, and high maintenance attitudes. And that was the opposite
description of me.
No, I wasn't hideous. In
fact, I was rather cute. I was painstaking with my wardrobe to find
clothes that were flattering and complimentary to my figure. I
wasn't high maintenance, but I did keep up with my hair, makeup and
accessories to look stylish and, I liked to think, to look somewhat
sophisticated. But I was completely aware of how people saw me.
"Wow, Krista has such a pretty face. If
only she lost twenty pounds …"
I shook my head, trying to clear the
negative internal dialogue that always seemed to crowd in and ruin
a good time. Where was that waiter? I needed another drink -
especially with the direction I saw this conversation heading.
The sparkle that suddenly
lit Sarah's eyes had me inwardly groaning. "I know exactly what Krista
needs. She needs a real manly man to get her juices flowing. No
more boring bean-counters for her. What she needs is a hot
cowboy!"
I turned to Jenna, but as I saw her eyes
light up with mischief, I realized there would be no help from that
corner. Jenna replied, "You're right! I've seen a lot of hot guys
here tonight that I wouldn't mind getting naughty with
Natalie Barnes
Sarah Maine
T.L. Gray
Nina Croft
Rosemary Sutcliff
Donna Leon
Ron Burgundy
Atiq Rahimi
Candace Robb
Janet Gurtler