Page 53 of Good Vibes Only
“You’ve been in this game for a few years now, getting all these toys sent to you, trying them out, reviewing them,” I said. “How big is your toy collection, anyway?”
She stifled a laugh. “Oh, Brett. You don’t wanna know.”
“Yeah, I do! Do you keep all those toys? Only the good ones? Seriously, what’s up?”
She demurred. “Let’s just say … guys have been known to be intimidated.”
“What’s there to be intimidated about?” I leaned in, my voice a low rasp. “I think it’s hot.”
She smiled sweetly. “Really? Why? What’s hot?”
In my mind’s eye, I saw her lying in bed, her hair tossed and strewn and her cheeks flushed with pleasure. The hum of a vibrator remains steady, but her urgent moans begin to rise, and her body begins to buck and shake with her coming climax …
“The idea of you enjoying yourself,” I growled, a dry and pesky knot in my throat. “I like it. A lot.”
She smiled. She seemed unsure of what to say. “Well … thanks …”
“And I like the idea of you being able to share your enthusiasm with other women, too. You’re like a sexual healer or something, you know? You bring pleasure into the world. Think how many people have had their sex lives improved thanks to you.” I shrugged. “I dunno. I just think it’s really hot.”
“You’re cute,” she said softly. “I really hope you mean that. Because I’ve found a lot of men can feelreallyinsecure when a woman uses a toy for pleasure.”
I huffed. “God knows why. It’s a vibrator. Ofcourseit’s going to do things we can’t do, and make you feel things we can’t.”
“Well …” She pursed her lips. “It’s not just vibrators that make people insecure.”
“Oh, okay. You’re saying a man might feel insecure if a woman pulls out a big dildo?”
“Yeah.”
“I guess I can understand that a little bit more, especially if he’s insecure,” I said. With a shrug, I added, “But still, I don’t think it’d bother me.”
“Really? How can you be so sure?”
“Well, for one,I’ve got nothing to be insecure about.”
She rolled her eyes at me. “Ahh, the big dick humble brag? O~of course.”
“Hold up. I wasn’t bragging about having a big dick.”
“Then what were you saying?”
“No matter how big you are, there’salwaysgonna be someone out there bigger than you. So why get all insecure about what you don’t have? It always seemed kinda pointless to me. In the end, all we have to work with is what we were born with. So be proud of what you got and learn to work it as best you can.”
For a moment or two, she seemed at a loss for words.
“Wow. Brett. I am very pleasantly surprised,” she said at last, beaming. “Because I one hundred percent agree. And I really, really like that attitude. It’s very healthy.”
“Hey, thanks.” With a wink, I added, “Of course, it’s easy to have that attitude when you’re packing a huge hog like I am.”
“Ew!Hog?Really?!” Her laugh tapered off into a groan. “And you were doingsowell before that, Brett.”
“Sorry. I can’t help myself sometimes.”
“Oh, I’ve noticed.”
“Nah, but seriously, I meant what I said. I’m pretty short for a pro athlete, you know? So the idea of working with what you’ve got—thathadto be my attitude, or I never would’ve made it to where I am today.”
“That makes a lot of sense,” she said, and smiled at me. “You know, Brett, you were pumping up my tires a minute ago. But really, I want to get to your level. Because you reallyareliving your dream.”
