Batwoman meets Catwoman Part One
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April 1978
Saturday I worked. I was still missing Jennifer. And Melanie. I called Jennie when I got home. Fortunately, she was there. I told her about the dance and Bethany and she was quiet for a minute.
“You’re getting yourself into a situation that is really, really tough. You are going to have to be a perfect gentleman and expect nothing more than friendship for a long time. She’s really vulnerable and she’ll be really emotional. Just be prepared for that. Be her friend. Don’t even think about anything physical with her. She’ll let you know when, if ever, she’s ready for that.”
Good advice as always from Jennie. I told her I’d keep her posted. We chatted about life in general. Things were going OK with Kent. In fact, she was seeing him that night. I told her to have fun.
Sunday was dinner at Becky’s. Hiding things from her was eating at me. When she tried to lead me upstairs I told her we needed to talk. I saw tears form in her eyes as she walked with me into the great room. We sat on the sofa.
“Becky, why are you crying?”
“Because you’re breaking up with me. I can tell.”
“I’m doing no such thing. But I do have to talk to you.”
She sniffed, “OK.”
“You remember Michelle?”
She nodded.
“I saw her over Spring Break.”
“That’s why you couldn’t see me on Sunday?”
“Yes.”
“You slept with her,” she said evenly.
“Yes. On Saturday. But you knew that might happen. I talked to you about it before you and I made love the first time.”
“I know. I hoped it wouldn’t happen.”
“Yes, I know you did. And it only happened on Saturday. I don’t think it will ever happen again.”
“Good!”
I detected more than a hint of spite in that comment but let it drop.
“I did go out with her pretty much every day during Spring Break. But other than a hug and kiss when I picked her up and dropped her off, there was nothing physical. I think she needs a boyfriend, and that’s not me. But she wanted one more time with me. But what really bothers me was that Melanie won’t speak to me. She wanted something I couldn’t give her, something I wouldn’t give her. She told me she hated me and asked me to leave. I haven’t talked to her since.”
Becky got a smug look on her face. I let that go, too.
“I’m going to try to fix that relationship, Becky. Just like I’m going to try to fix the one with Jennifer.”
“Why?”
“Because they’re my friends. They’re important to me. I’m not about to give up my friends so easily, and I expect to have female friends for the rest of my life. It’s not something I will negotiate about, either.”
“Oh.”
“I have one more thing to tell you. I had sex with Kellie as well.”
“What? When?”
“A couple of weeks ago.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because I didn’t want to upset you. I told you I was going to do that eventually, too. It was one time, and it’ll never happen again. She wanted a good first time and for me to give it to her. I suspect some High School guy is really happy right about now with the knowledge she gained.”
“You should have told me!” Becky protested.
“Yes, I should have. I didn’t and I’m sorry.”
“Anyone else? Did you sleep with that girl you went to the dance with, too?” This was said spitefully.
I couldn’t let that pass. She didn’t know Bethany and it wasn’t likely that she would ever meet her. And I was angry enough to not care as much as I should have.
“You mean my new friend, the one who was raped and had an abortion when she got pregnant from the rape, and is scared to death to even go on a simple date to a dance? Are you nuts?” I growled.
She wilted and started tearing up again.
“I didn’t know,” she said quietly.
“No, you didn’t. But, she was an exception. Becky, I told you from the beginning that I would have sex with other girls. That I couldn’t be in a relationship like you wanted right now. But I am here. I see you every Sunday. I love you. When we make love I have the most amazing orgasms. I know you love me. But I’m not ready to get engaged, or whatever you want to call it.”
“I know,” she said. “But I want that. You know I do.”
“Yes, I do. And it will have to wait. I’m sorry, I can’t give you that right now. I can only be who I am. You have to decide if that’s enough.”
“It has to be,” she said resignedly.
I pulled her into an embrace and cuddled her on the couch.
“Becky, this is hard for both of us. I know it. If you want your dreams to come true you need to take things step by step. Let’s just keep working on it, OK?”
“Yes. Can I ask you a question?”
“Of course.”
“What about the dance the day before your birthday?”
“Joyce? We’ve seen each other a couple of times, mostly at Larry’s grandpa’s house. I’ve kissed her a couple of times, but that’s it. She seems to want to take it slow, like Anna.”
“Why do you need those other girls?”
“Well, with Bethany, you couldn’t go to the dance with me because the turn-about rules said the girl had to be from our school. With Joyce, she asked me to take her to her dance. You can’t go to that one, either. As for Anna, we went on double-dates with Pete and Melanie before they broke up. That was fun, too. I’m not even fifteen. I need to date. I do come to you every single Sunday. I’m not ignoring you or anything. Or hiding you. You are coming to my birthday party, right?”
“Are they going to be there?”
“No. Jennifer and Melanie were invited, but they turned me down as I expected they would. It’ll be you, Larry, and Mary. I didn’t invite Joyce or Anna.”
“Mary, the one you had sex all the time with?”
“Yes, Becky. That Mary. She has a boyfriend, so it’s over between us. The same reason I wouldn’t do what Melanie wanted.”
“She wanted you to have sex with her?”
“Yeah, I thought that was pretty clear.”
“And you turned her down?”
“I turned down a threesome with her and Michelle.”
“You?”
“You know me better than that! Do you think I would have sex with another guy’s girlfriend? Especially when that guy was a good friend?”
“No, I guess not. But you seem to have sex with lots of girls.”
“Yes. I do. But you know what, I haven’t made love to anyone other than you since that time with Jennifer when she told me to come here and make love to you.”
“Wait. You’ve had sex since then.”
“Sure. But I haven’t made love. You’re the only one I make love with right now.”
“Isn’t it the same thing?”
“Do you think me and Mary having sex was about love?”
“Well, no.”
“So there’s a difference then, right?”
“I guess. But I couldn’t have sex with someone I didn’t love.”
“And that’s fine. That’s you. It’s not me. But, before you get really upset, the day I commit to you, that’s the last day I even think about doing anything with anyone else. I’m not saying that day will come, or if it does that it will be soon, but if it does, then I’m yours exclusively.”
“I wish that were right now.”
“I know you do, Becky, I know you do.”
We just cuddled until dinner. We never made it upstairs.
The two weeks flew by. Nothing had changed with Jennifer or Melanie. I had talked to Bethany and she was going to set something up for May. I talked to Jennie again and she once again advised caution. I knew she was right.
Stephanie had been shocked by the journal entries. I told her she should learn the lesson from that and be very careful about who she was with and where they were. It wasn’t like every guy was a rapist, but there were some out there.
“You would kill a guy who did that to me, wouldn’t you?”
“No. I would torture him, then kill him.”
“I believe you would.”
“Stephanie, I have had more sex in the last year than ten average guys my age. The very idea that a guy could do that makes me sick. It’s just so wrong I can’t understand how a guy could do that.”
“That’s because you’re too nice, big bro.”
The usual Sunday dinner at Becky’s once again didn’t lead to sex. My rough calculation was that it was her period, but I didn’t ask. We did talk a lot, which was good. Things were better now that I had gotten the other girls out on the table. I should have done that from the beginning.
My dreams were mostly of Birgit. I missed her.
April 21, 1978
The day of the dance dragged. Every time I looked at the clock, it hadn’t moved. I tried to quit looking. It didn’t help. I was looking forward to the evening. And to my birthday party. I was just sad that Melanie and Jennifer wouldn’t be there.
The final bell finally rang. I flew to the bus. Fortunately, the ride home was normal. I ran into the house, tossed my books on the bed, and hopped in the shower. Once I finished, I grabbed my clothes from the closet. This dance wasn’t formal - it was a sock hop. I had borrowed a 50s suit and tie from Ralph. He had bought one for a similar dance at his girlfriend’s school and it fit well enough for me to wear.
Joyce arrived at about 4:30pm driving the used Plymouth Duster that her parents had helped her buy. It was light blue and in pretty good shape. She drove towards Loveland and we chatted. We were going to have dinner at her house, and then we’d leave for the dance. This was quite the change from the formality of the turnabout dance.
Dinner was steaks done on the grill, potatoes, and corn. Dessert was ice cream. Joyce’s sister, Connie, was clearly flirting with me the whole time, much to Joyce’s annoyance and her mom’s and dad’s amusement. I played along, watching Joyce to make sure she wasn’t upset.
When we finished, Connie had to help with dishes and Joyce took me into their living room and said, “She’s so jealous. And I love it. I have something she can’t have and it drives her nuts.”
“So I’m your possession now, is that it?” I asked with a smile.
“You wish!”
I kind of did. I liked her. She was pretty, fun, and unattached. But she was also taking things very slow. Which was fine. I didn’t need any more complications in my life right now, and having sex with one of Don Joseph’s granddaughters ran risks I had to carefully consider, especially if things were to go badly at some point.
We left for the dance. She was wearing a cute poodle skirt, blouse, bobby sox, and saddle shoes. She had her hair pulled back severely in a ponytail. She looked like she had just stepped off the set of Happy Days!
We got to the school and went to the gym. Of course, we both kicked off our shoes, as the Don McLean song said. Joyce didn’t waste any time. The first song was At the Hop and she had me out dancing. She knew how to dance and tried to teach me. I wasn’t all that coordinated, but I more or less got the hang of it.
When we went to sit down she said with an impish smirk, “I hope you’re more coordinated in bed than on the dance floor!”
“You can find out any time you like. All you have to do is ask.”
“Maybe someday. Don’t get your hopes up for tonight.”
“I have no expectations,” I said. “I never have. I’m just having fun being with you.”
She gave me a kiss.
“You ration those pretty heavily, don’t you?” I said with a grin.
“I do. I want to take it slow. I can tell you’re OK with it. If you weren’t, I wouldn’t have asked you.”
“But the comment?”
“Oh, just me being a smart ass. You know me.”
“I do. But remember, you stopped flirting with me once I asked you out. Now you started again?”
“I have to keep you off-balance,” she said with a smile.
“Story of my life. Every girl in my life, my little sister included, keeps me off balance. She says it’s easy because I’m a dumb boy.”
“You should listen to your little sister.”
“You’re not the first one to say that!”
We both were laughing.
We danced quite a bit. I noticed that Joyce seemed to be avoiding the slow songs. I was OK with that. It fit what I understood about her. Yes, I had hugged her a few times, including in the pool, and had several kisses, she was indeed, very careful with affection.
Finally, as the dance was winding down, they played the final song - Earth Angel. Joyce grabbed my hand and pulled me up to dance. She stepped into my arms, put her arms around me, and put her head on my shoulder in usual slow-dance fashion. Unlike with Bethany, I had a reaction. And it was obvious.
“I see you do like me,” she whispered.
“Sorry about that. I can’t help it with you pressed against me like this.”
“And that’s why I don’t do it too often. I may tease, but I don’t want to be a tease.”
“Thanks for being honest.”
“Thanks for not being upset that I mentioned that log pressing into my leg.”
“You can be really bad when you want to.”
“Yes. I can. But not tonight.”
“You don’t have to tell me over and over. I know the limits. And I won’t cross any lines.”
“Thanks. You’re a good guy, Steve.”
“And you are a sexy, beautiful girl who feels very good in my arms.”
She smiled and kissed my cheek.
We finished the dance and she asked if I wanted to get some ice cream. Of course I did! We went to United Dairy Farmers and each had a chocolate cone. We sat and chatted about the Summer. I asked her if she’d like to go out again and she agreed. I offered my house for swimming and pool at some point as well. She thought that would be fun.
She drove me home after the ice cream. When we arrived, she got out of the car and came up to me. She gave me a big hug which I gladly returned.
“You can have a kiss, if you would like.”
“I would.”
“Make it good!”
I started to gently kiss her, and felt her lips part slightly. I probed gently with my tongue and found hers. Just little light touches. Of course, I was having a reaction to this which she clearly felt.
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January 23, 1996, Chicago, Illinois “Father, bless!” I said, greeting Father Basil with upturned palms. “Bless you, Stephen,” he said as I kissed his hand. The waiter showed us to a quiet table along the wall of Roditys in Greektown. He took our drink orders and was back quickly. We placed our food orders right away and he left to put them in with the kitchen. “I’m not quite sure how to address this, so I’m just going to ask you bluntly. Are you the father of Michelle’s baby?” I shook my...
June 29, 1995, Chicago, Illinois On Thursday, I finally had lunch with Melissa again, something I hadn’t been looking forward to. Much like with Cèlia, Melissa and I had passed an inflection point and I was left with sub-optimal paths forward. I’d been struggling with the possible solutions, and all of them had pitfalls. When I walked into Takumi, I had something of a plan. Whether it was good or not would only be known once everything played out. “I spoke to my wives,” I said after we’d...
December 5, 2000, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota “I had a good time last night,” I said. “I was surprised you invited a friend!” Mary laughed as we walked into the exam room, “Naomi had a good time as well. You know what a Resident’s life is like.” I nodded, “No social life.” “Exactly. You guys seemed to hit it off pretty well.” “Yes, but I’m not here for that!” “You’re everywhere for that, and you know it!” I couldn’t help but laugh. “Let’s just say that you hit the sweet spot -...
November 4, 1995, Milford, Ohio “Good morning,” Doctor Mercer said when I arrived. “Morning, Doc. How are you?” “Good. And you?” “Pretty good. As I said, I just felt the need for a check-up.” “Well, have a seat.” “I always wondered about using the chair versus the couch,” I said. “It depends on the patient. You want to look me in the eyes and want me to be very direct. You don’t go for subtlety or carefully dancing around the issues. That annoys you as much as me being blunt would...
March 1980, Hovås/Göteborg, Sweden I woke early as usual, but just enjoyed being in bed with Katt. When she woke, she hopped out of bed and pulled a robe out of her closet and handed it to me. “There’s a spare toothbrush in the bathroom. Go have your shower, then we’ll have breakfast after I have my shower.” I quickly showered and brushed my teeth, and went back to Katt’s room. She went to shower and came back a few minutes later. She dressed, and I got a very good look at her sexy body...
April 5, 1997, Chicago, Illinois “You missed cuddles this morning!” Birgit said accusingly when I walked into the house about 9:30am. “I know, Pumpkin, but I had a work emergency and had to go see Aunt Joyce and Grandpa A.” “And now we have to get ready for karate!” “I know. We’ll have some family time this afternoon. I don’t have any plans.” “Good!” I hugged her and the rest of the kids, then went to find Kara. We hugged and kissed, and went straight upstairs to get ready for...
September 3, 1989, Chicago, Illinois “Good morning, Sensei,” I said, bowing to Sensei Jim. “Good morning!” he said waving me to a chair in his office. “How was your trip?” I asked. “Enlightening. I spent most of my time acting as a manservant to Sensei Robert and Sensei Hiro.” “He who will lead, must first serve,” I said. “Someday, I’m going to send you to Sensei Hiro, should he live long enough. You understand.” “Does that mean you are now 6th Dan?” I...
October 29, 2000, Chicago, Illinois Birgit followed me as far as the stairs, then scooted upstairs when I went to the front door and opened it. “Hi!” Sophie said. “Hi!” I replied and held the door open so she could come into the house. I closed the door behind her then led her to my study where I waited until she went in, and then walked in, closing the door behind me. I nodded to one of the wingback chairs, she sat down in one, and I sat down in the other. “Is something wrong?” she...
August, 1983, Chicago, Illinois I walked in the near 90°F heat to Carla’s place. I was grateful that the humidity of the morning had dropped significantly; otherwise the heat would have been unbearable. By the time I walked up the steps to the apartment over the photography studio and knocked on her door, I had broken into a light sweat. Carla answered almost immediately and invited me inside her studio apartment. The air was moderately cool, and the window air conditioner was running full...
July 1982, Milford, Ohio On Tuesday morning, I kissed Kara goodbye and headed to my parents’ house for my usual morning routine with my little sister. She was happy that I could spend the morning with her and asked to take a walk, so we weren’t in the house with my mom. “Let me guess — this walk will end in the clearing,” I said with a smile. “Yes,” she said, taking my hand as we walked down Overlook towards Klondyke. As usual, we turned around and walked back, taking the path to the...
March 13, 1994, Chicago, Illinois “Hi, Steve!” Ailea said when she opened the door. “Hi,” I replied, accepting the offered hug. There was no touching of lips, just of cheeks, and I wondered if I’d misread her intentions at her birthday lunch, or if, perhaps, she detected my reluctance to return the offered affection. “Lunch is ready, so go ahead and sit. I’ll bring it in from the kitchen.” I went to the low table, sat down, and a minute later, Ailea brought miso soup and sushi, our usual...
April 3, 1997, Dallas, Texas “Remember what I said about drinking too much,” I said, as I poured bourbon into three cups. We’d stopped at a liquor store, bought a bottle of Blanton’s, and then returned to the small suite I’d reserved at the Westin. Deborah’s room was down the hall, and Krissy’s was two floors below. Krissy’s comment had caught me a bit off guard, but I hadn’t reacted visibly. I didn’t know her quite well enough to know if she’d been teasing with Deborah, so I was being...
March 28, 1991, Chicago, Illinois “This day belongs to you, Kara!” I said when the three of us woke on Thursday morning. “Happy birthday!” Jessica said. “Thanks,” Kara replied happily. “I think I’d like an amazing birthday fuck from our husband, and then a nice loving shower with my wife!” Kara said. “Do we have enough time?” I asked. Jessica giggled, “I set the alarm for thirty minutes earlier!” “Then let’s not waste any of it!” I said pulling Kara to me. Kara’s squeals as I plunged...
September 4, 2000, Chicago, Illinois On Monday morning I went to my study to make a surreptitious call to ensure that the surprise I’d planned for Kara was still going to happen, and after confirming that it was, Jesse, Matthew, Michael, and I began preparing for the Labor Day party by getting beer and soda into coolers, getting the grill ready, setting up tables and chairs in the backyard, and ensuring the liquor cabinets were stocked while my wives and daughters worked on food prep in the...
September 1, 1987, Chicago, Illinois “I heard that you have some kind of plan to help Ed,” I said to Connie. “There’s no plan,” she replied. “A witness who saw the shopkeeper alive after Ed left came forward.” That sounded convenient, and I wondered if the witness was real or someone that Anthony had put forward to solve the problem. Certainly, the videotape was real, because I couldn’t imagine how Anthony could have faked that, but the witness? Who knew? “So is he being released? Or is...
August 17, 1997, Chicago, Illinois We finished lunch and Marissa and the younger kids went to play, but Natalie sat with the adults to talk, with coffee, tea, or soft drinks. The Sarcus were very comfortable, but the Heaths were still struggling. But, vitally, they hadn’t left and hadn’t insisted Natalie leave the group. “Can you explain how you developed this attitude and approach?” Chris asked. I nodded, “It started when I was just a bit younger than Natalie. My mom was a total control...
July 1979 — Falkenberg, Sweden On Friday, when I got back from my run, Pam was in her bra and panties again. I whistled at her, she giggled, then finished dressing. I showered, and we went to breakfast and finished up our last day. Once class was done, we were pretty much free. On Saturday, we’d have several optional activities and then on Sunday we’d head back to our host families. After dinner on Friday, I took Pam’s hand and we walked towards the river. It was quiet and peaceful, and...
July 1980, Over the North Atlantic We reached cruising altitude, and I settled back to read my book. Pam raised the armrest between us, snuggled close to me and read as well. The cabin crew offered drinks, and I had my first Coke in a year! Meal service began about an hour and a half into the flight. After the cabin crew picked up the trays and offered drinks again, they passed once more, offering headsets for the movie. Trevor and Maria took them, but Pam and I didn’t, instead we turned on...
June 10, 1996, Chicago, Illinois “What exactly am I looking at?” Deborah asked. We were sitting in her office with the door shut, because the conversation was one I couldn’t risk Penny overhearing. “A list of all the women who work for NIKA who I’ve been intimate with, either before they worked here or after they started. That’s the before/after/both note.” “You’re serious?!” “Deadly.” “Why show me this?” “Because you need to know the full story if you’re going to be my attorney. Jamie...
June 1981, Milford, Ohio On Wednesday morning, after Stephanie and I swam and ate breakfast, I made a phone call to Sofia. She was happy to hear from me and we chatted a bit to catch up. I told her all about Josh and asked that she be friends with him. She laughed and said that of course she would. I let her know that Josh had her phone number and that I would have him call her as soon as he was able to. I hung up and called Torbjörn and after we caught up, I let him know about Josh as...
September 30, 2000, Chicago, Illinois “Well, this ought to be interesting,” I grinned. “When will Cynthia’s parents be home?” “Tomorrow afternoon,” Jesse replied. “And I’m not sure ‘interesting’ is the right word, Dad.” “What exactly did her grandma see?” “Just us coming downstairs, dressed. And Cynthia pulled the duvet over the bed and closed the door.” “Her parents will be suspicious, but you weren’t caught red-handed. Mary and I had a similar situation when I was fourteen. Her dad...
July 8, 1997, Chicago, Illinois “Is it really that surprising?” Leah asked. “I suppose not,” I replied. “I just didn’t read too much into the kiss on the cheek.” “I didn’t think it was a good idea to kiss you on the lips with all those people around, because I had no idea who they were or what they would think. You were VERY careful with our dance, so I kind of followed your lead.” Which showed very mature thinking on her part. Both of these girls were exactly the kind of students I...
November 8, 1993, Chicago, Illinois A dark fog swirled before my eyes as I tried to take stock. My head hurt, badly. I felt something on my face and realized, dimly, it was an oxygen mask. My right hand was uncomfortable and I recognized the feeling of an IV and pulse-oximeter. My left arm ached fiercely. On my chest I felt the pads and wires of an EKG. I didn’t feel anything else wrong as I continued taking inventory. I tried to open my eyes, but the fog didn’t clear. I tried to speak, but...
August, 1983, Chicago, Illinois In the morning Anala and I ran as we had the previous time, then showered together, carefully washing each other’s bodies in an intimate but non-sexual way. After our shower we went to the kitchen and I made breakfast and we sat down to eat. “Steve, may I make a suggestion?” she asked. “Sure.” “Broaden your circle of friends. Other than me, all of you are white, nominally Christian, 20-year-old Americans. And you don’t invite me to your Sunday...