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                       Re: Proof Reading Sex Stories
                              by Mat Twassel  
                             mmtwassel@aol.com

Part 1 
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Re: Proof Reading Sex Stories

Dear Celeste,

The other evening I noticed one of your reviews of internet 
sex stories: you offered a sex-story proof-reading service.  
How does that work?  I'm not sure I need proof-reading so 
much as I need advice on how to write a sex story.  Let me 
explain.

Laura is the prettiest girl in my Intro to Philosophy class. 
She's medium-short with long legs and breezy hair, and a 
figure pert and clean.  She sits way down in the front row 
of the lecture room, and I sit far in the back, but she's so 
special no one could help but notice her.  Of course I 
figured she's way out of my league, probably a sorority girl 
with tons of boyfriends or someone ultra-serious and special 
in her life; not the kind of person to give a second thought 
to someone like me, an ordinary freshman guy, the kind who 
went the whole of high school too timid to talk to girls 
much less ask one for a date.  So I was awfully surprised 
when Laura came up to me as I was walking out of that Intro 
to Philosophy class. 

"I liked what you said about Newcomb's problem," she said.  

"It was just a question, really," I stammered.  

"Well, it was a good question," she said, "The one I wanted 
to ask myself except I was too shy."  

"You don't seem like the shy type," I said.  That was about 
the boldest thing I'd ever said to a girl. 

"Well appearances can be devastating," she said, and we 
laughed and started walking together.  It turned out we both 
had free periods before next class, so we stopped in a 
little coffee place on the edge of campus and had a couple 
of cups of hot cocoa.  Over the next two weeks, the after-
class walk and the hot cocoa became a routine.  But routine 
is completely the wrong word for it. It was the best thing 
that ever happened to me.  

In the coffee-house, Laura and I would talk about all sorts 
of things: the material of that philosophy class, mostly: 
ethics and morals and whether angels painted their toenails; 
but also we discussed ordinary stuff--what kind of cookies 
our moms baked, for instance, or what it was like learning 
how to ride a bicycle, or how it felt to bury our pets when 
they died.  I studied the philosophy texts extra hard so I'd 
feel at least a little more comfortable talking with her--
she was certainly much smarter and more widely read than me.  
Sometimes she teased me when I hadn't heard of someone, 
Abelard or Camus or Kant--well, I'd heard of Kant but I 
didn't know the first thing about him... except his name.  
Emanuel, wasn't it?  Laura seemed to like teasing me.  But 
sometimes minutes would go by with us just sitting up on 
those coffee-house bar-stool type chairs around a tiny round 
table sipping our cocoa and letting our feet dangle and not 
saying much of anything. I'd watch Laura drink her cocoa, 
and she'd think her thoughts.  I loved the way she'd press 
her fingertip into the dollop of floating whipped cream, 
swirl it around a bit,  then transfer a taste of froth--
fingertip to tongue. Eventually she'd take a full sip, 
leaving a light fuzz of foam above her upper lip, and then 
after awhile, perhaps unconsciously, Laura would swipe off 
the milky fuzz with the side of her tongue,  or suck it off 
with her lower lip, or best of all just leave it there for 
awhile.  I wouldn't have minded tasting that cocoa-and-cream 
foam on her upper lip.  

As far as my own cocoa was concerned, that little mound of 
whipped cream got in the way. One day I thought maybe I 
should offer it to Laura, but I wasn't quite sure how to go 
about this. If she'd accepted, then what would I do: scoop 
it out with my bare hands and plop it in her cup?  No, I'd 
have to ask the waitress for a spoon, and I hate bothering 
waitresses.  I truly wouldn't mind Laura using her fingers 
in my cocoa, not that I'm all that fastidious about my food, 
but I do have some manners.  Anyway I couldn't figure out 
the right words. "Do you want my cream?" didn't seem quite 
proper, so rather than make a fool of myself, I said 
nothing.

I'm not sure where Laura would go after our coffee-house 
time.  I had a physical chemistry lecture, and Laura 
remained sitting at our table.  I'd have to hurry to get to 
the chem building in time; and then concentrating on the 
lecture was a chore. I'd catch myself thinking of Laura,  
wondering what she was doing, what she was thinking, whether 
there was any chance she was thinking of me.

After chem lecture I'd stroll slowly back to my dorm for 
lunch, and I'd promise myself that at the next philosophy 
class I'd gather enough courage to sit next to Laura. It was 
a promise I'd made and broken for the last three classes. 
I'd get there early, but invariably I'd settle into my usual 
place way in the back where I felt safe.   Initially I had 
hoped she'd choose to sit in the back with me, or even 
better that she'd ask if I didn't want to sit up front with 
her, but neither of those things happened.  Maybe the idea 
of us sitting together just didn't occur to her.  Or maybe 
she didn't want to sit next to me.  Or maybe she was waiting 
for me to make the move.  If I could be brave enough to sit 
next to her, I thought, why then maybe later in the coffee-
house I'd be brave enough to ask her to go out... to lunch 
or dinner or a movie or maybe just for a walk.  Something. 
Anything.  Still, I was overjoyed with what we had. The 
semester was barely underway.  I figured I still had some 
time.  I didn't want to be rash and ruin anything. 

You're probably wondering what all this has to do with sex-
stories.  Sorry to be so poky about getting to the point. 

Angels.  It started with angels. In the coffee-house this 
morning after class, Laura and I were talking about the 
expectations and preconceptions we'd had about philosophy.

"Is it what you'd thought it would be?" she'd asked me.

"I don't know," I said.  "I knew so little about philosophy.  
Only that it sounded grown-up.  What about you?  Are you 
disappointed?"

"A little," Laura admitted.  "I guess I was expecting 
something more meaningful, more relevant."

"Like what?" I said.  

"Existentialism and stuff," Laura said.  "You know: Rolling 
boulders up a hill. Making deals with the devil. 
Understanding the meaning or meaninglessness of life. 
Instead it's like we're trying to count angels dancing on 
the head of a pin." She swirled her forefinger through dark 
chocolate foam, took her finger out and brought it to her 
lips.  I noticed her fingernails were neatly trimmed and 
shiny smooth.

"I wonder what kind of dances those angels do," I said.

Laura rewarded me with a little laugh.

"I imagine they know some divine little steps," Laura said.  

It seemed to me Laura was pretending to me more cheerful 
than she felt.

"What kind of shoes do you suppose they wear," I said. 
"Ballet slippers?"

"Hot yellow Capezios," Laura said.

"What are those?" I asked.

"Or else they go barefoot," Laura continued.  "If I were an 
angel, I'd go barefoot. Why wear shoes when you can fly?"

"Would you paint your toenails?" I asked, "If you were an 
angel?"

She thought about it.  "Probably," she said.  "If you're not 
wearing shoes, painted toenails make a lot more sense.  And 
if you're an angel, what else are you going to do between 
dances and carols and cooking God's supper?"

She said this lightly, but I knew she was glum.  I should 
have asked what's wrong, but I was afraid. Maybe she was 
getting her period or something like that.

"Do you paint your toenails?" I asked.

"Not since I gave up angel-hood," she replied.  "How about 
you?"

She grinned at me, and I didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry," she said then, "I won't make you take off 
your shoes."

"Thanks," I said.  I was pleased with the way I said 
"thanks."  I thought it sounded sort of grown-up. 

"When I was a little girl once I used my mother's lipstick 
on my toenails," Laura said.  "That was serious fun."

"Was your mother mad?"

"Not mad enough to spank me."

"Did you get spanked much?"

"Sometimes, when I was bad."

I couldn't imagine Laura being bad.  Maybe mischievous, but 
not bad. I wanted to ask about the bad things she did.  
Instead I asked about the lipstick.  "What color was it?" I 
asked.

She thought for awhile.  "I don't think I could read back 
then," she said.  "Sunset-Peach, probably."

"Is that a real lipstick name: Sunset-Peach?"

"Sure," Laura said.  "Lipsticks have the weirdest names.  
Red Red Raven.  Ballpark Honey.  Ballistic Pink. All-The-Way 
Red.  Ruby Dooby Dew."

"You're making these up?"

"Not really." she said.   "Want to know my favorite?"

"What?"

"All-Day-Cinema Pink."

"That does sound neat."

"Yeah, I wouldn't mind trying that, but I don't think they 
make it any more.  I also like Hot-Apricot.  Skys-the-Limit. 
And Mumbo-Jumbo, which can also be used for barbecue sauce."

"You ARE making these up, aren't you?"

"No, honest."

"What lipstick do you use?" I asked.

"None, usually... Well, when I'm really really serious about 
my lips I'll smear on a little Philosopher's Puce," Laura 
said.  "And when I'm feeling a touch naughty,  Playing with 
Pussy Pink." 

I blushed.

She stared.

"It looks a little like that," she said.

I blushed deeper.

She smiled.

"You're not very experienced with this boy-girl stuff, are 
you?" she said.

Ah, Celeste, I suppose I should have mumbled "yes" or "no" 
or "I don't know," but her eyes were strangely hot, 
peculiarly beseeching. 

 "I know some stuff," I said hesitantly. 

In fact my sexual experience had been limited to self-
exploration and the words and pictures found in bookstores 
and on-line.   I didn't know what to say--What could I say? 
That I knew something about masturbation?  

"I've, um, written some stories," I said. 

"Stories?" she asked.

"Sex-stories?" I said.

Her eyes seemed to find this interesting.  Deep-down I felt 
certain she knew it was a lie.  I'm not a good liar.  Maybe 
that is why I'm not too good at concocting sex fantasies. 
Words or hands, either one, get in the way.  

"Have you had any stories published?" Laura asked.

Oh-oh, I thought.  "Um, just on the Internet," I said.

"Oh," she said.

I tried to remember what we'd been talking about.  Angels. I 
felt alone and lost, frail and uneasy, as if I were floating 
way off the ground in a haze of bright light, but with fog 
all around. Everybody could see me, and I couldn't see 
anything.

Laura looked at her watch.  "Shouldn't you be going?" she 
said.  "Else you'll miss your chemistry."

"I guess so," I said.  I stood up. I didn't want to leave 
her, but I felt she was willing me to go.  Or else she 
wanted me to stay.  I wasn't sure.  She stood up.

"You know what?" she said.

I didn't know.  She lifted her face, touched my bottom lip 
with both of hers.  Our lips touched for just an instant. 
There was a slippery hint of pressure.  And heat.  And 
everything, everything I ever wanted.  And then she was a 
few inches away again. 

"You're sweet," she said.  "You should put me in one of your 
stories sometime.  That might be fun."

I stood there.  I wanted to kiss her again.  I wanted to 
kiss her always and everywhere. But I didn't have the least 
idea how to go about it.  The last thing I wanted to do was 
leave.  But that's what I did. I said, "Bye, I guess," and 
then I turned and walked out of the coffee-house and down 
the street which led back to campus and chemistry.  As I 
walked, I thought about the heat of her lips, and I 
shivered.

So that's it. Now I have to put her in a sex story. And I'm 
afraid to go about it.  Laura needs to be in a poem, not a 
sex story.  But God, I have no hope there; none at all.  I 
need help, Celeste.  Help.

***

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End of part 1 of 3

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                       Re: Proof Reading Sex Stories
                              by Mat Twassel  
                                  Part 1
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