The Second Night

Colleen and Dan meet for their second night together. Now engaged Dan travels to Kano to be with Colleen.

The Second Night

Naked, Colleen lay back on the mattress. She placed her hands on her thighs. “Come inside me, Dan.” Then she sighed. Silly she thought.  Dan was in Hadejia. One more day would pass before he would return.  Lying in the dark she thought of Simon.  He could have been here but, no, not without the prospect of losing Dan.

All that week she had been thinking of her two lovers, Simon and Dan.  At school she had paid scant attention as the girls in their light brown dresses and red scarves had greeted her with smiles and “Sannu Malama Colleen.”  She had taught them their English lessons, checked their assignments and graded their work. Simon and Dan would follow along never leaving her. 

In the staff room a large, ceiling fan turning slowly above her head, Elizabeth chewed her beef sandwich and watched Colleen sitting slumped in her chair.  Mooning after Daniel, Elizabeth thought, or was it after Simon?  “Something wrong?”

Colleen sat up. “I’m thinking of going up to Hadejia and see Dan.”

“You can’t.”

“Why not? It’s only a couple of hours.”

“Yes, to get there.  First you have to get to the lorry park.   Then you wait for the lorry to leave. It’s also a couple of hours getting back. Then you have to find a cab to get home.   By that time it will be dark. How much time would you have with him?  You’ve got classes tomorrow morning. Simon will be coming in the afternoon. You have to be there.”

Colleen pouted. “I want to be with Dan.”

“You spent months ignoring him.  It’s your turn now to wait for him.”

Above them the ceiling fan slowed and stopped.

Elizabeth looked up. “Oh damn.”

***

Two months before his stay in the Falaj Hotel with Colleen, Dan was spending the night in the teacher’s compound in the Sabon Gari at John Burke’s place, three houses down from Elizabeth and Colleen’s house. During the afternoon he had attended a gathering at their house. He watched John and Colleen play dominoes. Colleen sipped from a wine glass. Evening having settled he decided to walk back to his room.  Colleen joined him. They walked slowly, hand in hand, saying nothing. Perhaps, Dan thought, she might see him all the way to the house. Perhaps she would let him invite her in. Perhaps she might invite him to her house.  He should say something.

“Beautiful night.”

She nodded. A few yards from John’s house Colleen stopped him. She pressed herself against his chest and kissed him. Not a soft brush of the lips but a hard thrust, her tongue reaching for his.  They held each other for what Dan thought was an eternity.  Then releasing him, without saying a word, Colleen turned and walked away.

Say something he had shouted at himself. “Do you want to come with me” he asked her.  She continued walking off into the evening. Later he would lie in his lonely bed and see her walking away.  “A joke,” he thought, his anger surging; “just a stupid joke.”  That he should think that someone like her could see anything at all in him? What a fool he was.  The next morning he left for Hadejia.  He would not return to Kano for a month.

During their first night in the Falaj Hotel, Colleen would explain why she left him. “I wanted to go with you but too many people would have known.  Someone would have told Simon.  I didn’t want to lose him. Forgive me?”

“I . . .  I forgive you,” he murmured. 

Smiling Colleen mounted him.

***

Colleen straddled his waist, her reddened face glowing with pleasure. She could feel her pubic hair brushing against his.  Dan’s penis now lay at rest.  Gently she patted it. “Good boy.” Then she frowned. “Oh dear.” Swinging a leg over Dan she rose from the bed.  “Have to pee.” She trotted towards the bathroom.  Dan, eying her bare bottom, snuggled deeper under the sheet.

“Shower?” Colleen asked.

“Sounds good” Dan murmured.

 

***

On the Friday that Dan returned from Hadejia the ladies served him a spaghetti dinner.

“Colleen’s a good cook” said Elizabeth.”

“Yes, she is” said Dan.

Colleen had been responsible for boiling water but neither lady mentioned it.

As Colleen and Dan did the dishes Elizabeth went off to see the next door neighbours, the Greens.  Colleen scrubbed. Dan wiped and stacked.  Colleen was cleaning a plate when Dan touched her right shoulder.  She looked up at Dan.

 Dan placed his dish cloth on the counter. “I adore you. Kiss me.”

Dan leaned towards her. Colleen wrapped her arms around his neck, holding him as her tongue met his.  She then released him.  Turning she resumed washing the remaining dishes.

Before leaving Elizabeth had showed Dan the spare bedroom where he could stay the night, just across from Colleen’s room.  All three knew that apart from storing his shoulder bag the room would remain empty.

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 When he had mounted Colleen that first night, Dan had discovered that she was a shouter. The only other woman he had penetrated, Diana, had not made a sound during the entire time that he had been inside her, not even a faint smile, confirming his opinion of himself as a bad lover. Colleen, even before he entered was already moaning and perspiring in excitement.  As her pleasure grew so, did her moans, until they gave way to shouts.  How Elizabeth managed to sleep when Colleen had been with Simon he did not know.  Nor did he ask. Clutching, thrusting, groaning, and moaning from beginning to end. He asked her why this was so.  She shrugged. “Isn’t everyone?” Dan conceded that while unsettling, it added to his excitement so why complain.

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 Mike, Dan’s house mate, dropped Dan off at the lorry park in Hadejia on Friday afternoon. They had left the school at one, just after Friday classes ended. Puttering out the gate on Mike’s Vespa they had waved at the maiguardis (guards) and had turned down the road leading to the town. Past the low white buildings that made up the hospital they were soon at the gateway to the lorry park. The opening in the low gray concrete walls was barred by an iron chain.

“I’ll see you on Sunday then,” said Mike. “Enjoy yourself.”

 “You’re off to Mallam Maduri?”

“Yeah. Linda and I are going up to Nguru tomorrow. Should be interesting.”

Gunning his motor, he waved at Dan and was of in a cloud of fumes and dust. Waving at the guard unfastening the chain Dan stepped into the park.

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Colleen scrubbed. Dan wiped and stacked.  As Colleen and Dan did the dishes Elizabeth went off to see the next door neighbours, the Greens. She would not be back until late she told Colleen.

Colleen was cleaning a plate when Dan touched her right shoulder.  She looked up at Dan.  Dan placed his dish cloth on the counter. “I adore you. Kiss me.” Dan leaned towards her. Colleen wrapped her arms around his neck, holding him as her tongue met his.  She then released him.  Turning, she resumed washing the remaining dishes.

Dishes done Colleen stepped into the living from, followed by Dan.  She sat on the green couch.   Dan sat beside her.  “Something I have to give you. Have you got a pen?” Colleen glanced at the lamp stand next to the couch.  She also picked up a small notebook.

“My address. G.S.S. Hadejia, Hadejia.  In case you want to write.” “Then I should give you our address. Women’ Teachers College Kano.” 

She scribbled it down, tore out the page and handed it to him. He looked at it and then put it into his wallet. Colleen swung up her legs onto the couch and placed her head on his lap.

 “Colleen?”

 Colleen looked up.

 “There’s something I have to ask you,” said Dan.   “You’re from Hamilton?”

 “Yes.”

“What brought you to Nigeria?”

 She pressed an ankle against his right foot.  “Curiosity I suppose. I’ve never been to Africa. And you? What brought you here?”

 “Have you ever been to Thunder Bay in February? Bitter cold, dark, heavy skies. I figured there had to be something better.”

“Was there?”

 “Yes. There was.”

“Yes?”

 Leaning down he kissed her. Raising her head Colleen returned the kiss.  Dan’s tongue nuzzled her neck.  His fingers moved down her lower back. After a few minutes Colleen rose. “Come.  Let's go to bed."

Hand in hand they stepped into the hallway. “We have two rooms we can use. she said." “Which one do you prefer?”

“Mine.”

She opened the door and flicked on the ceiling light.  A typical Nigerian room, Dan thought, high ceiling with an overhead fan, white walls, and a small window to help keep out the heat. On the wall between the door and bed was a closet. Along the other side was a dressing table and chair.  A small stand topped by a lamp stood beside the bed. Next to the lamp was another feature typical of Nigerian rooms, a candle and a box of matches.

“I have to use the washroom” said Colleen. “Get into the bed and wait for me.” She kissed Dan and stepped back out into the hallway.

Dan undressed, folded his clothes and placed them on the chair. He had just settled under the sheet when Colleen returned. She was reaching for the light switch when Dan stopped her. “Wait.  I want to see you undress.”

“Turn on the table lamp then.” Dan did so.  Colleen stepped over to the bed. A piece at a time, Dan watching intently, she slowly removed her clothes dropping them onto the floor. Clad in her bra and panties she knelt beside Dan. He touched her breasts. Smiling she turned her back towards him.“Undo my bra.”

Dan fumbled with the strap feeling her bare back. A hand brushed against a bare breast. She dropped the bra onto the floor.  She then peeled off her panties and turned to turn off the lamp.

Dan stopped her. “Leave it on. I want to see what we’re doing.”

Colleen nodded. She lay down beside him, pulling the sheet up to their shoulders. “Hold me.”  He reached out to her.  Bundled in each other’s arms, they kissed their tongues exploring one another.  He ran his hands down her back feeling the firmness of her buttocks, the grace of her legs.

"Don't finish inside me," she whispered. "Do you understand?"

She felt his crotch hardening. Her vagina moistening she lay back. Time to begin. “Put it in me Dan.” Dan knelt in front of her.  Spreading her legs she guided his penis into her. Feeling it reaching deeper into her vagina she began playing with her swelling breasts. Dan leaned forward and licked her enlarged, red n*****s. Moaning, she placed her hands on his back, pressing him as waves of pleasure rippled through her. “Dan?”

“Uh?”

 “Roll over.”

 “What?”

“Come on love. Roll over.” Using his legs and waist muscles Dan rotated onto his back. Once on top Colleen raised herself. Now straddling Dan’s waist she began moving her vagina up and down. Sitting, Dan kissed her breasts. Colleen’s moaning gave way to squeals.

“F**k yes! Oh God!”

 The bedside lamp darkened. “Power’s off,” Dan whispered between moans.

Colleen ignored him. “Oh Jesus!” Pulling herself free of Dan she knelt.  “Do it from the back. Make it deep. Don’t . . .”

“I know. Don’t finish inside.” Groping in the dark Dan touched her buttocks. He placed his swollen penis between them.  Fondling her breasts he lowered his member until it touched her vagina. Placing the tip of his penis against her slit he pushed it forward. Moaning Colleen gripped the sheets.

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Guided by the light of her small flashlight Elizabeth walked back towards the house. The power failure, almost daily now, had not been unexpected so she had been prepared. She found the keys in her purse and unlocked the door.  Locking the door behind her she walked through the silent house. Passing Colleen’s door she paused. Softly turning the handle she pushed the door open a few inches and looked inside. By the moonlight she made out two bodies asleep in each other’s arms. They must be so tired she thought. She had been like that once, years before until a drunken driver took her husband’s life.  Stan had been a gentle, loving man. She had had a few lovers since. Good men, all but none had been Stan.  She sighed. Not until you lose love do you realize how precious it is. She closed the door and left them in the dark.