So, you use each other for sex, and nothing else? I thought only men can do that? Danielle said with one incredulous tilted eye brow.

‘Not all men!’ I started to protest but backed down realizing the fault in my logic. ‘She’s a scientist, she’s expert at clinical detachment.’

I had gotten a call from Shannon, my ‘release-valve,’ I’ll say. More to the point, we were each other’s relieve for primal needs. She’s busy in the lab, and I with my studies. But now my situation has changed a bit, to put it modestly. I’d made my mind to call off our ‘arrangement.’

‘Oh, I don’t mean you, sweetheart.’ Danielle pinched my cheek like an aunt would a child and quickly moved on.

She put her hands on her waist and walked to the end of her apartment without speaking, turned around, still not looking at me. Her heels clicked in time with her swaying butt. Looking at her red hair, her hour glass figure in that white sun dress and blue pumps is causing some stir down below.

‘So, you use each other for sex once a quarter for the past two years and, miraculously, you have no feelings for each other? She hasn’t fallen for you?’ She said with some interest with the other incredulous tilted eye brow. ‘How is that possible, I mean, come on, look at my man!’ She came over and pawed my pecs and abs.

‘She really is focused on her work, Danielle. Look, forget about her; I’ll drop you off at my place and I’ll her I’m done.’ I insisted; it’s the right thing to do.

‘Hmm,’ Danielle continued her pondering, ‘now I’m intrigued. I’d like to meet her, Liam. Your dad’s restaurant won’t mind if we were a party of three, would they?’ Now, I’m frowning.

Danielle moved in close, whispering while she smoothed my shirt. ‘You are not my first boy, but this Shannon could be my first girl.’ She smiled mischievously.

I swallowed hard. Oh hell, this is gonna get complicated…

Half hour later we were standing at the front door of Nighties-n-Naughties. I double checked the address; I was sure Shannon meant shopping for her lab, but it seemed she had other ideas.

Danielle and I exchanged looks. Hers was excitement, mine was uh-oh.

Someone waved to us from the back of the store; a blonde wearing a halter black dress and a huge smile. There was eager anticipation in her eyes and gestures, like someone finding a loved one at an airport arrival.

Danielle leaned over, ‘that is one confident woman wearing that tight top without a bra!’ I had also noted the protruding nipples.

Danielle took my hand and led the way in. She looked around and made comments about ‘later.’ I couldn’t hear much of it. I was putting the finishing touches on the introduction and my explanation why I had to stop our quarterly fuck meets. I took a deep breath unknowingly too loudly, I looked over at Danielle and gave her an apologetic smile.

‘Shannon? Shannon!’ I finally realized who the black dress was. My second thought was, wow, how did she get that size so quickly? She’s only, what, a size 4? 6,maybe? The only plus size about this hot blonde was her smile.

‘Hi, Liam! See anything different about me?’ Shannon and her huge grin skipped over to peck me on the cheek. She did a twirl on her heels that made her short skirt flutter, like Marilyn’s did when the train passed by. I now recall how I’d think about her mesmerizing smile and baritone voice, and the way she squirms and screams when she oozed her love lotion.

I snuck a guilty peek at Danielle, she gazed at Shannon; her eyes said she wanted more.

‘Shannon, you look great!’ I tried hard to keep my voice at Friendly. I held Danielle’s hand tight. I had a feeling Shannon was trying hard not to notice it.

‘Looks like all that time at the lab is paying off, Liam! You are looking at the next big thing. I stumbled onto a compound that dissolves cellulose and fats at a molecular level, oh listen to me ramble. My rats showed good results, but Dr. By-The-Book wouldn’t let me test it on volunteers, s..’

‘So you took the drug yourself?!’ Danielle burst out like a child who can’t wait to guess the ending of a story. My heart melted a little.

‘um…serum…you can’t call it a drug until you have completed petitions to the…um..Hi, I’m Shannon.’ Shannon said flatly. She was annoyed that she finally had to acknowledge Danielle.

‘Hi, Shannon, I’m Danielle.’ They shook hands; Shannon’s was a little limp.

OK, here we go.

‘Um, Shannon,’ I stammered,’ I need to talk to you.’ Shannon looked at our linked hands and lowered her eyes; they suddenly shined.

Before I can continue, Danielle said, ‘I think you look amazing, Shannon, you’d be totally hot in these.’ She handed her a small apple green strappy thing.

‘um, yes, you do, and, uh, you would.’ I chimed in on instinct.

I was completely caught off guard by Danielle’s interruption and wondered how to bring the conversation back on course.

Danielle shook my hand off and grabbed Shannon’s. Before she can refuse they were in an empty changing room. An older attendant with wavy brunette curls and great curves watched them then went back to her duties. She stole sultry looks at me adding to the awkwardness.

‘Shannon, Liam told me about your arrangement. You ought to know that I think it’s great that you found what you needed in each other.’ Danielle said matter-of-factly. She was untwining the green thing.

‘And you want me to stop, because he’s with you now.’ Shannon reciprocated the professional tone, wanted to finish Danielle’s thought.

Danielle looked in Shannon’s eye for a moment. Just enough to make both of them shake with excitement and anticipation. ‘Not exactly,’ Danielle stroked Shannon’s blonde hair, her glistening lips whispered, ‘I’m saying I want in.’ She leaned in and kissed Shannon ear and licked her lobe.

Shannon felt an uncomfortable erotic tingle, but the changing room was inconveniently small and Danielle’s hot cinnamony breath was so enticing that she gave up her resistance after only a limp attempt. She turned to meet Danielle’s lips with her own.

Shannon let out a breath as they gently kissed. Am I really kissing a girl?