Absolute Beginners(39)

“I can feel you,” I gasped. “You’re coming!” I started thrusting frantically to reach my own orgasm before hers ended.

“Julia! Oh, Julia, I’m…I’m…”

Wave after wave of pleasure crashed over me before I collapsed on top of her, panting heavily. After a few moments of quiet bliss, the feel of her hands stroking my back brought me back to the surface. Lifting myself up, I cupped her face in my hands, giving her a kiss. And then another.

“That was amazing!” I told her, hardly able to contain my excitement. “It was the most…and I made you…I mean, you did the last time, too, but this time it was completely because of me, and that was just…thank you, thank you,” I babbled, kissing her again.

She laughed softly. “You shouldn’t thank me, Stephen. Have you never given a woman an orgasm before?”

I shook my head, not wanting to elaborate on my previous failures. Instead, I lifted myself off her and removed the condom, tying it in a knot, and almost dropped it on the floor next to the bed. But the neat freak in me protested at the idea, so I climbed off the bed and threw it into the trashcan. I lay down next to her again, closing my eyes.

“Mmm,” she said. “That was really great. Are you sure you’ve never done that before?”

“Positive,” I mumbled.

“Wow, you must have had some really lousy lays.”

I opened my eyes and turned my head to look at her. “What do you mean?”

“If you’ve never given a woman you’ve been with an orgasm, they mustn’t have been very sure of themselves.”

“But I was the one who couldn’t…um, do that to them,” I argued.

“Yeah, but if they weren’t willing to show you how, it’s entirely their fault that it wasn’t good. How the hell are you supposed to know what to do, if no one ever showed you? We’re a little more complicated than men in the orgasm department, you know,” she said, smiling.

I’ve never thought about it like that before. Maybe I’m not bad in bed, after all!

“Was it really, uh, good for you?” I asked her.

She turned her head and looked into my eyes. “Are you kidding me? I saw stars and planets.” She grinned. “Oh, and God—she says hello.”

I felt myself grinning like a madman. “Really?”

“Are you fishing for compliments on your performance, Professor?” she teased.

Maybe.

“Oh, I…I wasn’t, um, I mean, no,” I stuttered.

“You did great. I’d definitely give you a B+. It would have been an A if you’d said cock,” she added, flashing me her lopsided grin.

“Cut me some slack. I did say, um, clitoris, at least,” I said, wondering if this would go down in history as the strangest conversation ever.

“Yes, and that was very Anatomy 101 of you, Stephen,” she teased mercilessly. “Say clit and I’ll upgrade you to an A.”

I’ve always been an overachiever.

“Clit,” I whispered and proceeded to blush. She looked at me and pressed her lips together to keep from laughing.

“Once more, with feeling,” she prompted, raising an eyebrow.

“Clit!” I yelled.

Her eyes widened and then she started to laugh. I followed immediately after and soon we were both gasping for air.

“I knew you had it in you,” she chuckled.

“I sure didn’t,” I said, pulling her into my arms. She seemed to tense up for a second, but before I could figure out if I’d done something wrong, she exhaled and rested her head on my chest. I started playing with her long hair, which she didn’t seem to mind.

“You never answered my question before,” I reminded her.

“What question?” she mumbled.

“Why you never look like this at school,” I said, running my fingers through her hair. “So beautiful.”

“Hey.” She lifted her head and gave me a stern look. “I happen to like the way I look at school.”

She must be nearsighted.

“All right,” I said, wanting to change the subject immediately.

“But thank you for calling me beautiful,” she said in a softer tone. “You’re the only one, besides Megan and Sophia, who sees me like this.”

“I think it’s safe to say that you’re the only one who sees me like this,” I said.

“You mean naked?” she joked.

“That too, but also as a person who can yell out a dirty word.”

“Clit isn’t a dirty word, silly. I haven’t even started working on your vocabulary yet. You’ll see.” She grinned wickedly before she lowered her mouth to my nipple and gave it a gentle bite. I groaned and shifted my hips a little.