Erotic Jealousy

She was always there - looking at me or taunting me. Sometimes she was with her gang of female friends and sometimes she was alone.

Today, as I threw my coat around my shoulders as I left home, she stood there.

"What is it with you, Tara?" I asked, suddenly finding Dutch courage. "Why do you dislike me so much?"

"Because you're stuck up, and because you're ugly!"

I turned to face her. "If I am so ugly, you seem to spend an awful lot of time looking at me!"

"Ugly things fascinate me," she responded, and then laughed.

Sometimes, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but one thing was for sure, I couldn't seem to shake her off.

I brushed past her.

"Hey what do you think you're doing?" she yelled, and ran after me. I suddenly felt her hand on my shoulder, and I swung round.

"Leave me alone!" I said wearily. "I am so tired of all this."

She was just about to say something else and then her face just seemed to crumple and the defiance had gone.

As I looked at her closely, I realised how pretty she actually was. Her skin was flawless and her eyes almost the colour of blue forget-me-nots. Without that sneer on her face, she was actually quite stunning.

"What is it with you Tara?" I asked "I wish I knew what was going on in your head sometimes!"

Suddenly, and unexpectedly, she extended her hand, and as I began to cower away, I realised that she really did intend me no harm. She touched my face with her fingertips and caressed the skin gently.

"Sorry ...... " she said

"Sorry for what?" I asked

"For saying those things."

"I don't understand you at all." I replied.

"I don't understand myself either - I seem to have a real problem when it comes to you!"

"What sort of a problem?" I asked.

My heart lurched as she ran her finger over my lower lip, and I became aware of an unidentifiable and yet strangely pleasant sensation, emanating in the pit of my stomach. I closed my eyes and allowed her to continue, letting the feeling wash over me.

"How does that feel?" she whispered.

"Nice" I replied.

"Have you ever been with a woman?" she whispered.

"No .... have you?"

She nodded. "A long, long time ago - and I had almost forgotten what it was like until I saw you!"