JC: William Redman Carter Noble Savage Chapter 61 By Lazlo Zalezac Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2005 “What happened?” Lucy asked within seconds of William entering the house. “I had sex with Donna,” William answered while making his way to the couch to sit beside Lucy. “I know that, but she sounded rather disappointed. What did you do?” “You know, the normal kind of things you do when you have sex. We mashed lips, I pawed her breasts, and banged her box,” William answered slipping an arm around Lucy. Lucy shrugged off his arm and turned to stare at him unable to believe how had answered her question. In disbelief, she said, “It was her first time! You were supposed to make it special for her.” “It wasn’t her first time,” William answered. He yawned and tried to put his arm around her. Lucy shrugged off his attempt to hug her and gave him a dirty look. “How do you know?” “Think about it,” William answered with a shrug of his shoulders. Frowning, Lucy thought about it for a minute and then shook her head. She said, “A woman can lose her hymen in a lot of ways.” “You don’t say,” William replied in an amused tone of voice. His attitude towards the evening with Donna really bothered Lucy. Starting to feel angry, Lucy asked, “Did you even try to make it special for her?” William looked up the ceiling for a couple of seconds as if he was seriously considering her question before he answered, “No.” “That’s horrible.” “Not really. I gave her what she needed,” William said thinking that there was a lot of difference between what some people need and what they want. Sometimes when a person is given what they want, they can never get what they need. Looking over at Lucy, he watched her eyes turn to fire with a grin. She was furious with him. He knew that he was going to enjoy it when she decided to quench that fire on him. The idea only increased the size of his grin. Dismayed at his answer and his lack of remorse, Lucy stood up and said, “You’re sleeping in the guest room tonight, buddy.” William watched her stomp out of the room understanding her anger. She viewed his making love with the other women as ensuring that he remained a loving human being. The news that he had sex with Donna rather than made love to her made the sacrifice a failure. He shrugged his shoulders and headed to the kitchen to get a glass of milk before going to bed. It had been a fun evening, but nothing exceptional. Grinning, he was looking forward to the next night. That would be filled with fireworks. *** Donna, Amanda, and Barbara were seated around the table waiting for Juanita to arrive now that Jack had left to attend his afternoon classes. Jack had made popcorn earlier in the microwave and the whole room smelled of it. The mood in the room reflected that off smell of microwave popcorn. Barbara looked tense while Amanda appeared confused. With a slight frown that the blind woman wouldn’t see, Donna asked, “Amanda, would you tell me about your evening with William again?” “Oh, it was wonderful. He was so kind and gentle,” Amanda said with a dreamy expression on her face. “What did he do?” “Well, we talked for a long time before we did anything. He wanted to make sure that I was relaxed before we started the intimate touching,” Amanda said remembering that evening. Other women might have wanted a candlelight dinner, but Amanda thought the candles would have been wasted on her and she often felt uncomfortable eating in front of people. William had proved her wrong. He had surprised her by bringing a couple of scented candles. The lit candles had filled the air with an exquisite scent. Soft music had played in the background. Having him feed her finger foods had eased the discomfort of eating in front of other people. The sensuousness of being feed, the scent of candles and soft music had created a romantic atmosphere. “Okay, we talked a bit,” Donna said. William had talked with her for a little while before they had done anything, but it was the kind of conversation a couple of friends would have over coffee in a public place. Juanita slipped into the room and listened to the conversation. It wasn’t hard to pick up the thread of what was being discussed. Donna’s lack of excitement about the previous evening was just as obvious. She was a little curious why it had turned out to be such a mundane experience for Donna. The young woman had been primed for an explosive evening. “We petted for what seemed like forever. We undressed each other. I have to say that I was really nervous about that, but he was so sensitive to my needs that it helped calm me down,” Amanda said. Undressing another person was a very unique experience for her. It might seem trite, but it was the first time that she had ever held a man’s underwear and the difference between his boxers and her panties had been a surprise. Donna nodded her head thinking they had done basically the same thing. There had been some kissing, but it just seemed to lack something. She wasn’t really panting for it when they had moved on to getting undressed. She said, “Yes. We kissed for a while. We undressed ourselves, though.” “Oh,” Barbara said noticing that Amanda’s voice had a dreamy quality to it when relating her experience while Donna was relaying facts. Amanda paused for a second considering Donna’s statement. It didn’t sound like she was with William. She said, “He let me spend forever exploring his body with my hands. Then he explored mine with his tongue. I discovered nerve endings that I never knew I had.” “We did much the same thing,” Donna said although the mutual exploration was rather limited. “When we finally got around to making love, it was like heaven opened up for me. I knew that I was the center of his universe,” Amanda said with a little shiver that ran through her body. “My experience was nice,” Donna said in a bored voice. Barbara said, “It sounds like you didn’t really enjoy it.” “Maybe it was me, but I didn’t feel all that close to him. I don’t know. I guess I just expected more,” Donna said letting the tone of her voice convey her disappointment. Surprised to hear that her time with William had seemed rather mundane, Juanita said, “It sounds to me like you and he didn’t connect.” “Yeah, it wasn’t like my first time,” Donna said. “Uh, your first time?” Barbara asked surprised by the sudden revelation of experience. This was the first that she had heard of it. She exchanged a glance with Juanita who looked just as surprised. “Yeah. When Doug and I made love, I thought the world had come to an end. I was screaming and moaning,” Donna answered. Her face had the dreamy expression on it as when Amanda described her experience with William. “You and Doug? When was that?” Amanda asked noticing the difference in Donna’s voice immediately. “Last weekend,” Donna answered. “What happened?” “We were on the couch kissing and, well, we just got a little carried away with the passion. It was kind of what I was expecting to have happen with William,” Donna answered looking a little embarrassed at the admission. “You don’t say,” Amanda said. She was still trying to figure out why things hadn’t been all that great between Donna and William. “I tell you one thing. I’ve been re-examining my feelings towards William ever since he left last night. I think maybe I’ve built him up into something that wasn’t quite human. I realized that I wasn’t being honest in my feelings about Doug. I kept putting him second in my life to William,” Donna said looking over at Juanita. Juanita covered her smile with a hand, but it didn’t hide the twinkle in her eye. She asked, “So what are your feelings towards Doug?” Looking around as if she was about to tell a major secret, Donna said, “I think I love him.” “You think you love him?” “I’m pretty sure that I love him,” Donna said still trying to understand her feelings. She had been hiding her feelings from herself using William as a reason not to commit to Doug. She had entertained visions of having amazing sex with William and loving him for the rest of her life. In a way, she had felt that she had cheated on him with Doug. That morning, she had woken up feeling like she had cheated on Doug with William. “So what are you going to do now?” Barbara asked. “I think I’m going to visit Doug this weekend,” Donna said, at that moment making up her mind that was she was going to visit him. Looking over at grinning Juanita, Barbara asked, “Why wait until this weekend? Why don’t you go now?” “Really?” “Yes, really,” Barbara said. She would call in a temporary to take Donna’s place for the next few days. Standing up, Donna said, “I’ll see you Monday.” “Have fun,” Juanita said. She waited until Donna had dashed out of the room before bursting out in laughter. Barbara had immediately joined in the laughter. Amanda asked, “What’s so funny?” Leaning forward, Juanita took Amanda’s hand and asked, “Don’t you think that William could have rocked her world last night?” “Yes. I’m surprised he didn’t,” Amanda said feeling confused by Donna’s impression of her night with William. Grinning, Barbara asked, “Do you think she’d be running out of here to see Doug if William had rocked her world?” “No,” Amanda answered. A few seconds later the coin dropped and she said, “Oh!” Juanita stroked Amanda’s hand and said, “That’s right. William showed her what having sex was like so that she’d know the difference between it and making love. It was a lesson she would understand since she had made love to Doug.” “I’m going to have to think about that for a while,” Barbara said feeling a little sad at the revelation that a man would actually do that for a woman. The idea that a guy would put in a less than stellar performance in bed because he cared that much about someone was a little difficult to wrap one’s head around. Armed with a map and driving instructions that she had downloaded from the Web, Donna stuck her head in the room and said, “Bye. I’ll see you Monday.” “Bye,” Amanda said. Grinning, she added, “Have fun with Doug.” “Will do,” Donna said before leaving. She had a long drive ahead of her and she couldn’t wait to hit the road. *** Naked, William was lying in bed waiting for Lucy to arrive home from the office. She had said that she was going into school, but he knew better. She stormed into the bedroom and proceeded to rip her clothes off. Glaring at him, she said, “You bastard.” “Who me?” he asked with a grin. “You let me think that you were an uncaring brute who took advantage of a young woman’s affections,” Lucy said with a growl while lowering her panties to the floor. “Well, maybe I did,” he said with a grin. She threw herself on the bed and crawled up to him like a tiger stalking a deer. Staring at him, she asked, “Why did you let me think that?” “What was the first thing you did when Juanita explained it to you?” Lucy paused in her advance and answered, “I called Donna and got all of the details about her relationship with Doug.” “She’d have never discovered her feelings for him if you had talked to her last night,” William said. The idea of what he had done for Donna had ignited a fire in Lucy. She thought it was one of the most loving things a man could have done for a woman. She launched herself at him. The next hour was crazy blur of passionate sex that left both of them breathless and exhausted. Recovering, Lucy asked, “How did you know about her and Doug?” “I just knew,” William answered with a shrug of his shoulders. “When Juanita told me that Donna hadn’t lost her virginity to you, I was shocked.” “They are going to get married, you know,” William said. He was sure that it was going to be the best thing to happen to both Doug and Donna. “You’re kidding,” Lucy said thinking that such a marriage was doomed to failure. The economic, social, and educational differences between the two of them were extreme. “No.” “He’s working on his doctorate. She’s a high school graduate,” Lucy said. She wondered what kinds of things they would talk about while sitting around the dinner table. Smiling at her comment, William said, “He doesn’t want a woman in his life that will put her career ahead of him. He wants a very conventional family life.” “She’s a very driven woman. She camped out in front of the Carter Home in Arizona to get her job,” Lucy said. “And she dropped everything to go to Doug,” William countered. *** Monday morning began with Donna walking into the office with her left hand held out in front of her. She walked over to Amanda’s desk and said, “You’ve got to feel this rock on my finger.” Amanda held out a hand so that Donna could show her the ring on her finger. Amanda’s fingers ran over the ring and the large diamond. Grinning, she said, “So he asked you to marry him.” “Yes, he did,” Donna said with a grin. Her visit with Doug had been the best ever. She had given herself to him totally and without reservation. He had returned that love with interest. From one of the chairs in the waiting area, came the sound of a person clapping their hands. Donna spun to find William seated there and clapping his hands. He said, “I’m so pleased to hear the good news. I’m sure that you are going to be very happy.” “I’m ecstatic,” Donna said looking down at her engagement ring. She had slept late one morning and woke to an empty apartment. After relaxing in bed for thirty minutes, Doug had returned to the apartment. They had made leisurely love and then he had proposed to her. While Donna had always dreamed of a public proposal with the man on bended knee, this proposal was far more intimate and emotional than would have been possible in public. Feeling loved in his warm embrace, the sudden appearance of the ring and proposal had been the perfect end to a long session of making love. She had wept tears of happiness. “I’m glad,” William said happy that his friend, Doug, had finally found someone to love. He asked, “When are you moving in with him?” “As soon as possible. I’m afraid that I won’t be moving to Arizona with you,” Donna answered feeling a little choked up about making the announcement. When she had left home to go work for Talks with Animals, she had never imagined that her job would end with marriage. Amanda felt happy for her friend and sad at the thought of missing her continued presence in her life. Donna had always been there for her from the very beginning. She said, “I’m going to miss you.” Tears welled up in Donna’s eyes as the woman made her way around the desk. She bent down and hugged Amanda. The emotional dam burst and both woman broke into tears. Donna said, “I’m going to miss you a lot Amanda.” William rose from his seat and went over to the pair. Once they had recovered, William hugged Donna. He kissed her cheek with tenderness. In a soft voice, he said, “Donna, you can go as soon as you are ready to leave. I want you to enjoy your life with Doug. He’s a great guy.” “I feel like I’m abandoning you,” Donna said feeling torn between her happiness and her loyalty to William. “You’re not abandoning me. You’re following your bliss and there is no way that I could possibly want to stand in your way,” William assured her. A light went off in Donna’s head. She stepped back and looked at him with a frown. Closing one eye, she said, “You knew this was going to happen.” “Yes,” William replied. “I’ll stay until you close down this office,” she said knowing that would be in about five weeks. “That would be fine,” William said, “Now go show off that rock on your hand and tell Barbara and Juanita that you’re getting married.” *** William returned home and found Lucy seated on the couch reading one of her mathematics journal. She looked up at him and asked, “So did Donna return from Doug’s house?” “Yes,” William said moving over to the couch. After taking a seat, he glanced at the article she was reading. Her name jumped off the page at him. Smiling, he said, “I see that someone is making reference to your thesis.” Jarred by the change in topic, Lucy glanced down at the journal. One of the people to whom she had sent a draft of her thesis had written a letter to the journal commenting on it. She had been shocked to learn that copies of it had been distributed around the country. The great surprise was seeing a letter in the journal describing her results and said, “Yes, I’m glad that I followed your advice and sent it out to everyone to comment upon. It’s hard to believe that the same month that I am to defend the thesis that I’m seeing references to it.” “It is good solid mathematics,” William said. “There was nothing original about it,” Lucy countered. She was feeling nervous about defending her work. There were only three days to go before her thesis defense. “The Master’s Degree is supposed to indicate mastery of the material. The doctorate represents a contribution to the knowledge of mankind,” William said to cut off the discussion. “I know,” Lucy said having had that discussion before with William. He kept telling her that it was significant, but she couldn’t help have her doubts. Of course, the fact that she had received a number of articles in the mail from researchers who were using the different solutions in their works had gone far to remove her concerns. “Do you want to hear the good news?” William asked. “News?” “Yes, Doug is getting married,” William said watching Lucy for her reaction. “To Donna?” Lucy asked surprised that the relationship between the couple had moved forward so quickly. She wondered if the marriage stood a chance. “Yes,” William answered. He could see her doubts written on her face and said, “It is going to be a good marriage.” Lucy was quiet for a moment while she considered what he had said. Her years of experience told her that he was never wrong about things like that. Accepting it, she asked, “So how does it feel?” “What do you mean?” William asked confused by the question. “This is the first woman of your harem you’ve lost,” Lucy answered closing the journal and setting it on the coffee table. “My harem? I never wanted a harem. I have all of the women I want sitting on the couch next to me,” William said putting an arm around Lucy. She snuggled into him and said, “You say the nicest things.”