"I don't think that you CAN be a lesbian – at least, not as long as you're willing to have sex with men. Until or unless you ever have sex with another woman, I really don't think you can know if you like women; then you'll have to decide if you like women ONLY, or if you like them more or less than men. But whether you choose to try another woman or not, and what you decide if you do… that's up to you – not me, or anyone else."
"Have you ever…"
"Been with another guy, or tasted myself?"
She nodded, and I said "Like most kids, I had a couple of experiments with another guy, but it really didn't do anything for me. As for tasting myself – well, not in any quantity, but I've gotten enough at various times to know what it's like. It was mine to start with, so I really don't worry about it all that much."
"You… you said that the way I smell… that it made you want to taste me, too. You do that?"
Grinning, I answered "I sure do. I actually like the way most of the women I've done that to taste."
"You said 'most' of the women – why not all of them?"
"The ones that I didn't like, it turned out that they weren't as careful about their… grooming as they should have been."
Satisfied with my answers, she went back to what she'd been doing and soon had me as clean as I could be. She stood up, and after setting the washcloth aside, told me "If you want to go ahead and lie down, I'll be with you in just a bit."
I closed the door to the bathroom behind me, and after turning the covers down, made myself comfortable on the bed. I was lying there with my hands behind my head when Katherine made her reappearance. As she walked over to join me, her breasts swayed in a way that absolutely fascinated me; when she got close enough, she could see where I was looking, and teasingly asked "Bottle baby?"
I grinned and answered "Damned if I remember. Yours look good, so I looked – what else can I say?"
Once she'd gotten onto the bed, she moved to lie on her back next to me; I repositioned myself so that I was on my side, then propped myself up on my elbow so that we could see each other. Putting my hand on her stomach, I told her "I already know that it's going to take a little time, probably an hour or so, before we can get involved again. You want to look at guy workings, and that's fine – but our stuff just isn't all that complicated. So we have plenty of time to talk, or cuddle, or both, if you like. We can touch as much or as little as you're comfortable with, in whatever way makes you happy. If it helps any, I like cuddling; and just touching you the way I am now, or just caressing you. Okay?"
Seeing that she was both reassured and pleased by what I'd said, I slowly lowered my head and gave her a soft, chaste kiss on the lips. When I pulled back again, I could tell that she was a little surprised at what I'd done – and perhaps a little concerned about it, too. Looking into her eyes, I said "Something else you might be interested in knowing is that despite what happened earlier today, it really isn't my way to become intimate with a woman unless there's at least a little bit of care and affection involved. I'm not saying that I'm falling madly in love with you, or anything like that – just that I am interested in you as another human being, and that I'd like to be able to express that interest and affection."
Having said that, I lowered my head to kiss her again – and she kissed me in return.
When I was looking down at her again, she told me "I have to admit that there are parts of this that I've been a little concerned about; I didn't think that you were after my money, but I have to confess that after you kissed me just now, it did cross my mind that you might be feeling that there was more between us than there really is. But what you said about being interested in me, and having just some affection for me… I'm far less apprehensive than I was before. I'm perfectly fine with having you touch me, too – it's been entirely too long since I've had that kind of contact with a man. In fact, if you'd be kind enough to lie down again, I would like to just cuddle for a while."
I didn't bother saying anything in response; I just lowered myself back down to the bed and rolled over onto my back. Katherine readily rolled onto her side to rest against me before putting her leg across mine and her arm on my chest. Once she'd settled her head into the hollow of my shoulder, I put my arm around her, resting my hand on her hip.
Until or unless she indicated she wanted to talk, I was content to just lie there and hold her for as long as she wanted us to stay that way. After a few minutes, I started caressing her body – just from her hip to her waist, at first, but gradually expanding my touch until my hand was tracing slow, soft patterns from her shoulders all the way down to include her delightful ass. Her only response was to wriggle a little closer to me, and release a gentle sigh of content and happiness.
We must have stayed like that for the better part of an hour before she started doing anything herself. At first, she simply held her hand in place on my chest while slowly drawing her fingertips across my skin; but as the time passed, she began to increase and expand her efforts to touching my chest and belly much the same way I was doing to her. After she finally reached my pelvis, she seemed a trifle hesitant about actually touching my cock, and balls – but once I casually told her "You said that you've never really had a chance to learn about guys, so if you want to touch, or even look at me, that's fine", she didn't delay any longer in getting her hand on my equipment.
She was as careful as I could have wanted about not doing anything to cause me any pain or discomfort – but that doesn't mean that the manual examination she gave me was any less thorough, either. I couldn't help growing a little bit as a result of her manipulations, and that only seemed to prompt her to continue. Along the way, I calmly let her know what the common and slang terms were for things.
Once she was satisfied with the tactile part of the exam, she sat up and pivoted around so that she could have a closer and better view of me as she continued her lessons. The first couple of questions she had were asked a little hesitantly, but after I'd answered them as matter-of-factly as I could, the rest came much more easily. When she was done, she readily moved to lie down next to me and resume her previous position before telling me "Thank you, Jim."
"You're welcome, but what for?"
"For being as patient with me as you were while I was doing that, and for answering my questions the way you did. I'm still a bit embarrassed about being as ignorant as I've been, at my age."
I gave her a gentle hug before saying "It's okay, Kat. You told me why, and you decided to correct that ignorance; I'm glad I was able to help."
"Still, it means a lot to me. I think that I was very lucky to get you, today."
Not figuring that there was much I could say to that, I simply gave her another brief hug before starting to caress her again.
Several minutes had gone by when she surprised me by raising up enough to give me a kiss on the cheek and tell me "You're being such a dear, Jim."
Looking at her, I asked "How so?", a little confused.
Seeing that I didn't know what she was talking about, she smiled and answered "By just being who you are, I think. For being honest with me, but polite about it. For your willingness to help me, but not taking advantage of my ignorance. For your patience and understanding. For your gentleness, and your tolerance. For your caring about me, and interest IN me."
I raised an eyebrow in question, and she elaborated by saying "After we were together this afternoon, you helped me to understand why I did something that was so incredibly out of character for me. Then, later, having the courage to tell me something that you perceived that I really DID need to hear. Earlier this evening, you did just what I needed to get me to understand that it was okay to bring pleasure to myself, and helping me to to find it. And now that we're naked and in bed together, you're willing to give me the time to get used to our being together like this without rushing me, and patient with me while I learn things that I should have been exposed to long before now. I don't doubt that you would like for us to be intimate again, but you're not doing anything to try and make it happen before I decide that I'm ready for it – even when you're touching my ass, I know it's because you like it, and nothing more. You're a patient, generous, thoughtful, and above all considerate individual; and I'm letting you know that I appreciate those traits tremendously. Particularly under these circumstances!"