FRIEND'S FLAT 1969

A BOY AND POLISH GIRL STAY AT HIS FRIEND'S FLAT IN 1969

It was a friend's flat which
she had said I could stay in
for the weekend while she
was away in Scotland. Only

don't use my bed for anything;
there is the spare bedroom if
you need or want, she said, giving
me that stare. So, Sophia said in

her broken English, that unusual
she letting you stay while she
away; she know you going to
have a girl here? No, she just

guesses, not knows, I said. You
have other girls here to sleep?
No, no, this is the first time only;
she wanted the flat safeguarded

while she was away. Sophia gazed
at me then looked around the
flat. It look ok, she said, is the bed
good in other room? I guess so,

I said( I'd never slept there before,
only my friend's bed but that's
another story.) My parents worry
if I not home tonight, she said, but

daytime we can be doing things.
Sure, I said.(I'd not sleep there on
my own of course; where's the joy
in that?) Coffee or tea? She looked

at the bed and the furnishing. We
have sex first, coffee after, she said.
No build up; no foreplay; just right
down to it, and she undressed quicker

than I could imagine, and I was just
starting on my socks, and I  gazed at
her laying there stark naked, her b***s
like small piglets, her blondish pubic

welcoming. Don't you want any music?
I said. No music waste of ears, distracts
from business, she said. Ok,  so I then
undressed and lay beside her. She then

said, are you sure you not have sex
before? No not here, I said. Where then?
she asked, other room? Sometime ago,
long story. You and your friend? she asked.

Yes, I said. You here now with me and not
worry you? Both of you at once maybe, but
not you alone, I said. She moved to the side
of the bed and sat facing the window. You

still love her and want sex with her? No,
just you and I no one else, I said. She shrugged
her shoulders; her blonde hair was shining
there and I wanted to smooth it down, but

I just lay and stared at her back, imagining
her front. My parents worry if I'm not home
by 10pm, she said. Ok, no problem. So she
climbed back into bed and we went ahead.