Fantoccini’s Feline
By Paul Calhoun
A certain someone mentioned that I don't do sweet/sentimental/positive sex scenes. Simple answer to that: it's usually my clients who want the hardcore stuff and I like to go the discreet path in my more upbeat work. However, I figured Kelly and Reg getting together was a really special occasion, so enjoy some sex scenes in which everyone is happy, knows who the partner is and is having a blast.
Kelly gets the Blue Fairy Treatment and we have spoilers/foreshadowing for the Allie series.
“… and that’s why their fur changes color when it gets warmer.” Reg told the crowd of kids. “If you know someone with a Siamese cat, you can watch them closely and you’ll see the same thing.”
“You’re so good with kids,” Kelly said as the field trip moved on.
“Thanks. I hope that when — if…” He trailed off. “That is, if you want to.”
“Of course I do!” Kelly said. “Though I think we’d better wait until you’ve graduated “college. You haven’t even quite finished high school yet.”
“I’m sure you’ll make a great mom.” Reg told her, putting his hand around her waist. He had to get his intimacy with her in quick bursts since they showed off the cold weather animals every fifteen minutes.
“No I won’t!” She said teasingly. “They’ll be wild children just like me. I’ll dress them up as really scary monsters at Halloween and get them to scare all the other kids. Then I’ll teach them rude eighteenth century words that’ll make the teachers have to punish them after looking up what they said in the dictionary.”
Reg kissed her cheek. “Sounds like they’ll have a fun childhood.”
“You bet your ass!” Kelly self-consciously touched her cheek where Reg had kissed it. She hadn’t thought her gift to him all the way through. Volunteering in the arctic exhibits meant she had to be on the lookout to make sure that her skin didn’t start to loosen up.
Reg kissed her again. “Don’t worry. It’s as smooth as ever. Very kissable. Hey! There’s a boo-boo I can kiss better!”
Kelly tittered. “Very true, though there are some parts that might be more of a problem in a public setting than others.”
“Parts that you make a habit of leaving bare?” Reg asked innocently, leaning back and to the side to check her out.
“Stop that!” She laughed. “There’s another load of brats on the way.”
“I hope you don’t say that about our kid.”
“Oh, I hope she’s a brat. It means she’s got as healthy an ego as I do.”
“What if it’s a boy?”
“Then I’m sure he’ll be a perfect gentleman just like you. Even when you’re being a perv, you make me feel special.”
The next group also included a few interested adults including an older man and his wife with their daughter. Both the man and his wife wore glasses and listened politely. The daughter — a striking blonde who looked about the same age as Reg — seemed not to be very interested. For his part, the older man seemed to be looking at Kelly more than the animals and didn’t avert his gaze when Kelly looked back at him. The blonde girl tried to flirt with Reg, but her mother took her by the arm and led her away. “Come on, Alice.”
“I wish you wouldn’t call me that.”
Her father snorted. “I can think of something else we could call you that you really wouldn’t like.” He tipped his hat to Kelly and winked knowingly. “We wouldn’t want to waste these nice peoples’ time. They’re obviously a very loving couple. He dropped a slip of paper on the railing between them and followed his family.
“That was odd.” Reg said. He picked up the paper. “I don’t understand a word of it. Is he someone you used to work with?”
“If he is, I don’t recognize him.” Kelly said doubtfully. There was something oddly familiar about how he walked. She took the paper.
‘Love is worthy of great service and great sacrifice. If you ever need someone to make the dream of Fantoccini into a true life, contact me.’
The note was followed by an email address. “Fantoccini.” Kelly said. “I’ve heard the name. I think he made the Electric Grandmother.” Her eyes widened and she was shaking. “How did he know?”
“Do you think he did?” Reg asked.
“I’m sure of it. I think he was offering to make it permanent.”
“Is that possible?”
“I wouldn’t have believed it…” Kelly shook her head and smiled at Reg. “Do you want me to ask him that question?”
Reg kissed her. “Only if you really want.”
Kelly put the note in her pocket. “We can talk about it later. Right now we have to feed and clean out the penguins.”
While they were taking buckets of fish up the stairs, Reg said, “There was a police inspector at the house yesterday.”
Kelly’s mind went totally blank and she was unable to form a coherent thought as they made two more trips with the penguins’ food. “Oh.” She said finally. “When?”
“Yesterday,” Reg said patiently. “Late afternoon.”
“What did he want to know?”
“He asked if we’d seen anything unusual. Said there’d been tips that there might be a criminal living in the neighborhood.” They were speaking quietly, but Kelly took Reg aside and checked to see if anyone was watching. “Why didn’t you tell me this morning?” She shook her head. “Of course, they might have been listening. What did you tell them?”
“Nothing much.” Reg said. “They were asking mom and dad mainly. Did you do anything major lately?”
Kelly shook her head again and Reg pushed the hair that came free back behind her ear. “No, just the usual stuff. Really tame. I haven’t stolen anything that wasn’t supposed to be taken with me in two months.”
“Maybe they’re just sniffing around.” Reg said hopefully.
“Maybe.” Kelly bit her lip. “It hasn’t been that long. If they come to my house, then we’re in better shape.”
“How’s that?”
“It means they’re not afraid of spooking me. Or maybe that they’re trying to flush me out.” She made a grinding sound in the back of her throat. “They’ve never been this close before.”
“What do you want me to do?”
“Nothing. If they come back and ask about me, tell them — I should be more specific. If they ask about Ned you can be noncommittal. Family friend, nice guy, very respectable. If they ask about me, then — I don’t know. My first instinct is to confess right there and go for a deal. I don’t want to see you brought down if I go.” Any further plans melted away as Reg kissed her.
“No.” He said softly. “I’ll tell them the truth. That you’re my girlfriend, a wonderful person and the most important thing in my life.” He smiled. “I remember your backstory better than you do, though. That could be a problem.”
“This is what I get for having such an attentive boyfriend,” she said, chucking him on the arm. “I’ll remember enough.”
“How long has it been since I told you I loved you?”
“At least half an hour.”
“OK.”
“Aren’t you going to say it?”
“No, I thought I’d wait a little.”
Kelly kissed him on the cheek. “Derp.”
He grasped her hand in both of his. “Your derp.”
That night Kelly got out of the shower and stood in front of her mirror. A hot shower had relaxed her and returned her skin to taut smoothness. She rested one hand between her legs and the other over her chest. Absently playing with a nipple, Ned wondered how different it would feel if it were real. What it felt like to have Reg inside her rather than having him put his dick in a simulated vaginal opening and rub up against Ned’s penis pinned behind the vaginal wall. Kelly fell back onto the bed, fingering herself and rubbing her breast. Thinking of the first time she’d have with Reg; when he’d finally be ready. She wished she could give him the full experience, to have it for herself rather than provide a simulation no matter how realistic. It wouldn’t be exactly right. There would be something missing even if all the elements were there. Kelly was breathing hard when Ned’s ejaculation filled her false cavity. She got up before any could drip onto the sheets and got back into the shower to finish cleaning up.
She knew she looked perfect but for the first time since she started virtually living as herself, she didn’t feel perfect. “Damn that Michael Falkner.” Kelly whispered. He’d put the idea into her head. She might have thought about being incomplete later on, but now it was staring her in the face. A very sexy face, but one that she was now painfully aware of being a layer on top of the real thing. She went to sleep cuddling a pillow and pretending it was Reg as usual and tried to forget. Sardonically, she wondered what it said about her that this worried her so much more than the policeman who was sniffing around.
Kelly woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon. Reg had let himself in and was making them breakfast. She quickly put on some underwear and a robe, wondering when the feel of female garments had stopped being a guilty pleasure and just another part of everyday life. “You spoil me.” She said, sitting down. “I feel like I ought to be doing that for you.”
“You’d burn it.” Reg said.
“Would not!” Kelly stuck her tongue out. “I’m good at it because I’m the girlfriend.”
“You’re a terrible girl,” Reg replied playfully. “Look, your bra and panties don’t even match.”
Kelly huffily drew her robe tighter around herself. “Cheeky!”
Reg pecked her on each. “Yes I am.”
Kelly let go and leaned back, allowing her chest to push the front of her robe open. “Ah, much more comfortable.”
“Go ahead, let it all hang out. If it makes you more comfortable, I don’t mind.”
Kelly smiled softly. “That’s OK, Reg. We may accept the way things are, but I’d never traumatize you by letting you see me in anything less than a state of feminine perfection.” She leaned forward and giggled as Reg turned to look at her. “Careful, dear. You don’t want to burn it while you’re staring at me. Don’t worry; they’ll be here when you’re done.”
Reg smiled back at her. “I dearly hope so.” He put her share on her plate and sat down. “I love having mornings together.”
Kelly shook out her hair and ran a hand through it ruefully. “I need to brush my hair, I have no makeup on and I’m in mismatched underwear and a nightgown.”
“I never said I loved seeing you in the morning.”
Kelly pretended to throw a bun at him. “You realize that this is a horribly rude thing to do to someone you’re not even living with.”
“Are you proposing to me?”
Kelly kicked him under the table. “Oh no you don’t! I don’t care how untraditional we are; when you ask me to marry you, you’re going to make a big deal out of it.”
Reg’s eyes sparkled. “So does that mean you’re planning on saying yes?”
Kelly scowled. “You’re baiting me,” she muttered plaintively. “This is no fair. I’m supposed to be the one who annoys people with leading questions like that. It’s too early in the morning,” she pouted, crossing her arms.
“Aww, don’t do that, honey.” Reg said. Kelly smiled hesitantly. “It covers up your boobs.”
Kelly really did throw a bun at him for that. “So much for being so considerate and making breakfast.” She said. “Thanks, sweetie. You’re so good to me and I throw food at you.”
“I don’t even mind,” Reg said. “Of course, now I have both buns.”
“Give that back!”
“Uh-uh! You threw it at me, now it’s mine.”
Kelly darted forward and grabbed the bun that was still on Reg’s plate in a lightning swift motion. “Hah!”
“Now who’s being unfair?” Reg asked. “I’m not a renowned sneak thief. Then again, I just got a really nice view so I’m not going to complain too much.”
“Hmph!” Kelly put the bun in her mouth but didn’t bite down. “Mine,” she said around the mouthful of bread.
Reg got up and went around the table. He took a bite out of the exposed part. “Are you sure?”
“Mmmhmmm.” Kelly said, warming to the new game. She worked some of it further in as she bit down so that it stayed sticking out from between her lips.
“Really sure?” Reg took another bite and Kelly did the same. The last one had their lips touching and after taking a hard swallow so she wouldn’t spray Reg with bits, Kelly said, “That was different.”
Reg sat back down and licked the remaining pastry slowly before inserting it into his mouth. Kelly rose in a fluid motion and sat on Reg’s lap, her legs resting on either side of his and her arms around his shoulders. The bacon was room temperature by the time they got to it.
They were going to spend the morning in, so once Kelly had brushed her teeth — both sets — she threw on a pair of jeans and a Tshirt that felt nicely loose and comfortable, keeping her mismatched underwear as a secret protest against her boyfriend’s ever growing dress sense. Ned preferred slacks, but Kelly couldn’t help but love how jeans seemed to always show off her legs and butt. She didn’t remember buying anything this comfortable and found out why when she joined Reg in front of the TV. After kissing him hello, he looked her up and down and poked her. “Thief. That’s my outfit!”
Kelly looked down. “So that’s why they’re so loose. I was worried I was shrinking.”
Reg started tickling her. “This is for stealing from your big sis!”
“Hey, you’re bigger than I am but I’m still the big sister.” Kelly squirmed but didn’t try to run away. “Now … I think … about it, I was … wondering … why the neckline was so low. Slut.”
“Thief!”
“If I weren’t a thief, you wouldn’t have a girlfriend, these clothes or cuddly foxes. And I’m not sure if you’re allowed to accuse me of stealing your clothes when you aren’t even Andrea right now.”
“Well if I weren’t a slut — hey, you painted me into a corner.” As Kelly tittered and the began to laugh immoderately, Reg snapped his fingers. “Right! If I weren’t a slut, you wouldn’t be able to enjoy having a boyfriend and a sister who doesn’t mind standing in for him. And on the other topic, sure I can accuse you of stealing my clothes when I’m not Andrea. They’re still mine.”
“Nuh-uh, they’re hers.” Kelly said. “Just like this house belongs to dad and I just live in it.”
“All right, you win. I’ll just go and change and then we can continue this argument.”
Kelly grabbed him as he stood up and pulled him back down. “I want a boyfriend, not a naughty sister this morning!” She planted his lips on his and didn’t let him up until he promised he wasn’t going to go and put on the Andrea suit.
“You know,” Reg said, idly tracing Kelly’s curves with a forefinger, “maybe Andrea should steal some of your outfits next time you see her. I bet plenty of people would love to see her overflowing one of your blouses and immodestly showing off her midriff with a hem that doesn’t reach her waistband.”
“Down boy!” Kelly said. “No getting turned on by your feminine reflection while there’s a perfectly sexy girlfriend right here.”
Reg kissed her nose. “I was talking about you.”
“Maybe next week. Today we’re going to the theater. There’s a great satiric comedy out right now.”
“And a lot of wealthy people showing off their jewelry?”
“Honey, that’s the opera.” Kelly said. “Besides,” she sniffed when she thought about what he’d said, “I’m not a pickpocket. I’m a sneak thief and a catburglar but I do not steam from people personally. Unless they ask me to. I don’t have the reflexes for that.”
“I’m starting to become jealous of your clients.”
Kelly rubbed noses with him. “Is that a request?”
Reg grinned, “Can it be?”
“Since you know it’s me, I promise I won’t be jealous if you enjoy a night with her.”
Reg looked serious. “Is it safe?”
“I don’t know,” she purred, pushing him down and lying on top of him. “She might get a little rough. A lot of her marks need to be tied up.”
Reg put his arms around her. “That’s not what I meant. What if I’m being staked out?”
Kelly rested her head on his chest. “I don’t think that’s likely.” She closed her eyes as he rubbed her back. “I’ll make sure the coast is clear.”
“What night?”
“Like I’d give you advance warning.” The loose top was starting to bunch up and the jeans were falling off of her. “Be right back.” She dashed off and returned a moment later in a clingy sweater and stretchy yoga pants. Climbing back on top of Reg, she returned to her position partly curled up on him. “Much better for cuddling up with you. And I thought we’d be watching TV.”
“I could turn it on.” Reg said.
“No. I like this better. I can laze around the house any time, but I only get to cuddle and talk like this when you’re out of school.” She inched up so that their faces were almost touching. “How can anything on TV compare to being close to you?”
The weather was warming up, so Kelly could go out in a light long sleeved blouse and a knee length skirt. She met Reg coming out of his house after changing into something better for the theater. “Looking good.” She said.
“Not nearly as good as you,” Reg replied.
Kelly brushed her hair back. “I have an advantage.”
“No argument here,” Reg replied, opening the car door for her.
“You know, I never really felt comfortable asking.” Kelly said as they drove away. “But do you think they’re too big?” She grabbed her breasts in a double handful and hefted them. “I’ve wondered ever since I go them.”
“No.” Reg said. “They look great on you.”
“Too small?”
“Kelly, your boobs are absolutely fine.” Reg replied. “They fit you and I couldn’t imagine you any other way.”
“What about my butt-“
“Kelly, you’re perfect!” Reg said.
“No I’m not,” Kelly whispered. “I’m not real.”
Reg grabbed her hand and held it up in a tight clasp. “You’re real enough for me! Kelly, I love you for who you are and you couldn’t be that person without who you used to be. Do you think I’ll ever miss what someone with biological parts can give me? Of course not because I’ll never love anyone but you.”
Kelly let him brush the tears off her face though more welled up. “I love you so much. You’re everything I could have ever hoped for.”
“I’m glad you’re so satisfied,” Reg said.
Kelly was quieter than usual through the play, though she laughed in all the right parts. She clung close to Reg whenever they were out of the car and when they sat down to dinner, she kissed his hand before he could take off her chair. When he sat down, she played with the napkin for awhile, then looked up.
“Reg?”
“Yeah, Kelly?”
“I’m going to call that guy we saw at the zoo.”
“Are you sure you want this?” Reg asked.
Kelly took his hands. “I can’t think of anything I want more than this.” She replied. “If it’s possible — if I can be a real girl in every way for you — then I want it. I can’t imagine choosing to go through life with this,” she gestured at herself, “illusion if there’s a way for it to be real skin, real flesh.” She looked down and Reg knew that underneath the pristine layer of synthetic skin she was blushing. “A real body to give to you when you’re ready.”
“Kelly?” Reg asked.
“Yeah, Reg?”
“Let’s go home.”
Kelly’s eyes snapped up and she took in the expression of gentle love in Reg’s eyes. “Right now?” She breathed.
“As soon as we can.”
Reg actually picked her up out of her chair and carried her to the car. She rubbed his chest with her cheek. “Why now?”
“Do you have to ask?” Reg asked, lowering her down into the car seat. “What you’re telling me you’re doing for me — it’s not gratitude, it’s real love. I can’t let you tell me you’re willing to do that and have any doubts that you’re the one and this is the time for it. Also,” he said, a sly smile spreading across his face, “I want to know what it’s like with you as you are now. If you change — well, I’d like to be able to tell you that it was a good choice. I can’t say that and really mean it unless I find out, though I’m sure it’ll be true — that is — you know what I mean.”
“Yeah, I do.” Kelly said. “Even if this gives you a one hundred percent genuine experience, it’ll still be better when I know I’m a lady organs and mind.”
“Believe me, that’s a very distant second. I really do want to do this because I know we’re meant for each other.”
“I know.”
“Although if you don’t want to-“ He was silenced by Kelly’s finger on his lips.
“I’ve been ready for a long time. I just wanted to make it that much more special by letting you come to me.” She giggled. “Or have you forgotten the ‘I’m a fox in heat, mount me please!’ incident?”
“Oh no, I haven’t forgotten. Once we’re done tonight, next weekend you’re turning the AC all the way up in your house and we’re going to go at it like animals.”
“If you want.”
“Kelly, I have no question in my mind that once I’ve had sex with you, I’ll want to keep doing it as much as possible.”
Kelly stretched in her seat. “It’s good to be sexy and appreciated.”
Again Reg lifted her out of her seat and carried her inside. When he put her on her bed, she opened her purse and pulled out a box. “I still can’t believe your mother gave us animal print condoms.” She said. There was no need to prime Reg so she could get it on; he seemed to be biting back an orgasm even as she rolled the condom over his penis. ”I’m going to take that as a very big — ooh! isn’t this blue one with the monkeys on it just precious? - compliment,” she said as he panted. His pants were already down but she held his hand as it went to his shirt buttons. “Allow me. I’ve wanted to do this for a very long time.”
Before Reg could ask, she strutted around him and put her hands behind her head. Winking and presenting her back to him, she said, “Pull down the zipper, will you darlin’?” Reg did so and she gyrated her hips until the dress was on the floor, making sure that the reflection of her front was visible to Reg in the mirror. Let him see me at any angle he pleases, she thought. “Oh, I can’t quite reach my bra hook. Could you be a dear and undo it?” She asked in a little girl voice. When he stepped up to do so, she twisted and put her arms around him, practicing her circular breathing as she kissed him until he was done fumbling. “I’d have thought you’d be better at that,” she teased. She was as surprised as Reg to see that her nipples were hard and wondered what it would be like to have erogenous zones on her breasts rather than a conduit that tickled the also erect penis buried deep within her.
“Maybe I was taking my time to enjoy the process.”
“Naughty boy.” She played with the waistband of her panties, taking them down a tiny bit at a time until they were loose enough to hook with one heel and send sailing away. Naked but for her pumps, she approached him with a sexy sashay and undid the buttons on his shirt, kissing him after each one. When that had joined the rest of their clothing on the floor, she kicked off her shoes and leapt on him, knocking him back onto the bed. She still had her hose on, but she was sure he wouldn’t mind the feel of it on his skin. “Rawr,” she growled in the back of her throat. “I’m so ready.”
At first all they did was kiss and grind against each other, but soon he was at her nipples and she was stroking his scrotum. “Kelly,” he said, gasping for air.
“What, hon?”
“Do you need a condom too?”
“Dear, I would never whip mine out in the middle of sex. Yuck!” She laughed and nibbled at his ear, whispering, “I’d never be able to get it back in, sexy boy. Don’t worry; I think yours will be plenty of protection.” Kneeling with her knees on either side of him she said, “Speaking of which, I think it’s time we got to putting that where it belongs.”
“Right.” Reg said, blushing.
“Don’t worry, I know it’s your first time. You’ve been doing very well so far.” She lowered herself down on to him, allowing him to penetrate a fraction at a time.
“You’ve been doing most of the work.” He whispered, trying to control his hips as they tried to push him up and down inside her.
“I’m teaching you, dear. Trust me, I’ve learned a few things myself so far. This is my first time as me and don’t you forget it. Just put this here and that there and … ahhhh, yes that’s good. It really makes things better if we take it really slow and gentle like this. We can try sportier things when you’ve gotten the basics — whoo, you’re a quick study — aaahhhhhhh…” She moaned. Reg really was a quick study. “Keep that right there.” With Reg steadying her, she twisted and rode him as hard as she dared.
“I’m not sure I can hold it in much longer,” Reg gasped.
“That’s oooookay.” Kelly said. “Tell you a secret? Promise you won’t tell?”
“What?”
Kelly blew in his ear. “I came about thirty seconds ago and I’m going for my sec-AAAAAAAHHHH!” The first time had been a small one but this time they came together and it was glorious. They bucked and jerked and Kelly almost fell off. As his erection faded, Kelly reclined and lay on top of him with his arms around her for a few minutes, totally spent. “That was a really good first go, Reg!” She congratulated him. “I had multiple orgasms and I’m not even built for them.”
“Thanks. I think.” Reg stroked her back and she nuzzled his shoulder. “Shouldn’t we have started with something else, though?”
“Well, I mean it’s a little unusual to have the girl on top and I admit I probably went a little exotic there at the end when I switched from Hot Hula to Bucking Bronco, but I figured you’d gotten the feel of things enough to let you do some of the work.”
“I have no idea what you just said,” Reg replied. “I meant that there was no hand or oral stuff. We sort of went from foreplay to hardcore.”
“Oh.” Kelly blinked. “I got a little excited.”
“You? Never!” Reg exclaimed.
Kelly slapped his flank. “That’s a good point, though. If you’re ready to go for another ride, we can start sixty-nine and go from there.” She flipped around. “I believe that’s a yes,” she said as she almost got hit in the forehead by his erection. Her tongue flicked out and the result almost spilled her off the bed. “Whoa, boy!” She laughed. “Maybe I’d better start slower.” She ran one long nail slowly along the shaft and was rewarded by a vibration underneath her. “What are you waiting for?” She asked, wiggling her butt. “Let’s see what you’ve got. I can’t tell you from direct experience, but I do think you know what a clitoris looks like and a gentle finger or tongue would be appreciated. This is an equitable trade, yes?” Reg tentatively touched her clit and she took an involuntary breath. “I told you you knew. No reason to be shy now that it’s right up where you can see it. You didn’t have so much trouble when you were putting your parts near it or when you had one yourself. Hah! I didn’t know but I guessed. Naughty — little — boy,” she said, punctuating each word with a lick or a stroke.
When Reg was getting busy, Kelly decided to try to get the whole thing in her mouth. She remembered liking that and hoped Reg would too. “Careful how you go,” she said, taking it out of her mouth. “You really don’t want to rock me too much when I’m doing this.” Reg came first that time and Kelly lay happily playing with his semi-erect penis while he filled her with a warm glow trying to bring her to climax as well. When she was satisfied, she returned to her position lying flat out on top of him with their lips meeting. “You know, we never had dinner,” she said. She stretched languidly. “I’m sort of hungry, but I really don’t want to leave you.” She snuggled him. “I just want to lie here and go to sleep so we can go again in the morning.”
“Too bad the bed doesn’t roll around,” Reg said.
“Yeah,” Kelly yawned. “Too…bad.” She closed her eyes and Reg gently set her down beside him, putting his arm around her as she clung to him. He was hungry too, but after sex with Kelly, he was definitely more tired. It was a school day the next day, but he figured he could at least cook them breakfast. Or maybe he’d just put a toaster pastry in and they could use the time saved to get to know each other better. Reg fell asleep with a grin on his face and a tiny bit of wonder in his mind. If this was Kelly using technology to simulate a female body, her with a fully functioning real woman’s form could give him a heart attack!
When Reg woke up, Kelly had rolled over and was hugging a pillow, making tiny grunting sounds and little jerks with her hips. He stroked her shoulder and smoothed her hair back out of her face. “Huh?” She breathed, partly asleep.
“Honey, I’m up if you want to stop dry humping that pillow and start on me.”
“Uh!” Kelly hugged the pillow closer. “Love…Reg.” She muttered.
Reg quietly got up and cut up an orange. He put the slices and a roll on two plates and took them back to Kelly’s room. She was sitting up, the sheet tucked in behind her so that it covered her without needing to be held up. She took the plate, smiling up at him. “Good morning, sweetie.” She slid over to be close to him when he joined her on the bed. “Was I ignoring you in favor of a pillow this morning?”
Reg put his arm around her. “It’s OK.”
Kelly kissed his cheek, then picked up an orange wedge. “I’ll make it up to you when we’re done with this.”
“I have school this morning.”
Kelly fidgeted and let the sheet fall down to her waist. “I’m sure I can fit you in for a faster one.”
Reg looked down at the morning wood that was growing again at the sight of his half-naked girlfriend. “Kelly, do you mind if I ask you something really personal?”
“One of those questions,” Kelly smiled softly. “Go ahead.”
“Does it hurt? Waking up hard while wearing that?”
Kelly self-consciously rubbed a spot near her pubic bone. “I don’t notice it much anymore. It feels natural to be me, to be your girl. What I mean is … I’m Kelly. To be Kelly is to have this in me and put away where no one can see it and only I can feel it.” She put the plate aside and rested her head on Reg’s chest. “I’m afraid.” She said. “I want so badly not to feel it anymore. To feel only what your girl should feel when she wakes up in bed with you. But I’m still just a little bit who I was and that person … that man … he doesn’t want to lose the uncomfortably trapped stiffness hidden inside of me because that means he’s lost part of his identity. The last part that makes him who he is. If I do this, I kill Ned. I’ll have his memories and a lot of who I am came from him, but if I take away the man’s body that fills me, then there will be nothing left of him that is not me. That frightens me … him. Us. However you want to say it.” She drew her body in so that as much of her was in contact with Reg as possible.
Reg wiped her eyes and pushed her chin up so that she was looking at him. “I understand. I think. If it were me I’d be terrified. That’s why I knew it was time when you said you would. If you can give up Ned for me, then I’m going to be as supportive as I possibly can be. You’re making yourself mine and I want to show you that I’m yours as strongly as I possibly can because you’re affirming your commitment more than I could short of marrying you.” He squeezed Kelly’s side. “I hope all this vulnerability and sex won’t make you too restrained. I’d hate for this to stop all the surprises.”
“Are you kidding?” Kelly asked. “I’m so going to get you as often as I can no matter what I’ve got between my legs. You can count on that Reg. Trading in this suit for the real thing will have no effect on making sure you never take me, a walk in the park or anything else for granted. Now,” she said, taking Reg’s plate away and putting it on the side table. “I think before we got into all this mushy stuff I was going to show you how a loving, committed couple can reach nirvana in twenty seconds flat.”
It was one of the rare afternoons when Kelly visited Reg rather than him coming to her. Kelly liked Reg’s parents — they’d been friends for longer than the older couple knew — but there was something about their hospitality that always left Kelly flustered. Maybe it was their seemingly unquestioning approval of their son’s choice or how they had actually given the pair condoms for Christmas. Kelly couldn’t help but feel a little guilty at the thought that these very nice people were being so warm and friendly to someone who had started dating their son as an alibi and who still occasionally went out at night to be a burglargram, not to mention the fact that Kelly was their old family friend disguised as a young woman. The longer Kelly stayed Kelly, however, the less the last fact bothered her and since she’d pretty much given up on actually stealing things people didn’t want stolen, she was far more comfortable waiting for Reg and talking to his folks. It amused her to think of how there had been a period when Reg had been more comfortable being Kelly around Arthur and Miriam than Kelly was. She was wondering when she first started thinking of herself as the real Kelly when Miriam handed her a cup. “We haven’t seen your father around lately.”
“Thank you. No, he’s been very busy.” Kelly replied. “I don’t see him very much myself and rarely for long.” The exact truth. Ned exclusively appeared when Kelly’s insides needed cleaning. Sometimes she’d go for days or even a whole week without being taken off.
“That’s too bad. Still, we have you around and I know Reggie appreciates it.”
Arthur smiled. “Speaking of appreciation, we notice that he didn’t come home last night.”
“Arthur!” Reg’s mother smiled apologetically at Kelly. “We understand. You’ve been so good for Reg.”
“Thank you,” Kelly replied. “He’s been very good for me as well.” She sipped her drink. “I hope you don’t mind.”
“Not at all,” Arthur said. “He’s still doing well in school, so if he wants to sleep somewhere else and you let him actually get enough sleep, that’s fine.”
Kelly would have blushed if it had been possible. She was saved from further discussion of her sex life by Reg walking in. “Hi, mom, hi dad. Kelly! Is there a special occasion?”
“You know it.” Arthur muttered but was silenced from further commentary by a glare from Miriam.
“Nothing really special. I just felt like meeting you-“ Kelly was interrupted by a loud knock at the door.
“I’ll get it.” Miriam said. “Oh, it’s you.” She opened the door all the way.
“Ma’am,” the man in the dark suit said.
“How can we help you today?” She said, sounding strained.
“We wanted to check back and make sure you haven’t seen anything out of the ordinary.”
“Nothing at all,” Arthur said, going into the hallway.
Kelly stood up, smiling brightly as she passed Reg. “Hi. Who’s our visitor?”
“Henderson, FBI.” The man replied. “I’m here as part of an ongoing investigation into several high profile thefts.”
“I see. How exciting.” Kelly replied. “You’re investigating the Starling?”
“That’s the name the media have given the thief, yes.” Henderson said.
“This is Kelly. She’s dating our Reg.” Miriam said.
“Yes, ma’am. I’m afraid we’re aware of the young lady’s activities of late. Since you’re here, I must inform you that you are a suspect, ma’am.” He said to Kelly.
“Me?” Kelly put a splayed palm to her chest. “Oh. I wonder if I should be flattered. The Starling is a very glamorous person.”
“Glamorous but larcenous. I’d take this very seriously if I were you.”
Kelly nodded, looking serious. “Yes, I can see that. Well, Mr. Henderson, if you have any questions I’m sure you know where I live. I’m sure I or my father could clear any suspicions you have.”
“We may be taking you up on that.” Henderson replied. “Good afternoon.”
“That was odd,” Arthur said when they closed the door.
“Don’t worry about it,” Kelly said. “He wasn’t interested in you. If I’m a suspect, they’re watching me and this was intended to warn you off of me as well as informing me that they’re interested.”
“Oh my!” Miriam said. “Are you all right?”
Kelly smiled tightly. “It’s a little jarring, but I have nothing to hide. If they want to waste time watching me, that’s their business.” She winked at Reg. “I just hope they aren’t enjoying the view too much. I’ll have to make sure the shades are down when I get dressed.”
“That’s disgusting,” Miriam said.
“It’s our culture,” Kelly shrugged, sitting down next to Reg.
“I’m sure they won’t bother you,” Miriam said. “You’re far too young to be the Starling.”
“Thanks!”
“Besides, we know where you are at night,” Arthur added. Miriam threw a pillow at him.
As usual, Kelly helped Reg with his homework. A new wrinkle was that Reg could join Kelly when she left. While Kelly was still getting used to Reg’s parents, Reg was even more embarrassed at the thought of sleeping with Kelly and having his parents just down the hall. He admired Kelly’s curves under the tight jeans and her long clingy long sleeved top, but when he closed the door behind them, something else filled his mind. “You were so cool back there.”
Kelly smiled shyly. “Practice,” she said. “You have to be able to look as if it never even occurred to you that a vase could fit inside an electric wheelchair.” She touched Reg’s arm. “Not that I wasn’t scared. They’re closer than I’d like and now I know they’re watching. I’ll have to be very careful for awhile.”
“So no nocturnal visits from the Starling?” Reg asked.
“I never said that,” Kelly said, mischief dripping from her words. “I’ll just have to get from my house to yours all the more stealthily. I’m still not telling you when or whether I’ll actually do it. You’ll find out.” When he sat, she settled down on his lap, his arms around her belly. “I’m really tense, though.”
Reg massaged her neck. “So am I. When you got up and walked right up to that guy, I almost had a stroke.”
Kelly closed her eyes. “Too bad we can’t massage each other.”
“Well…”
Kelly smiled. “Before dinner? Are you really in the mood after all that?”
Reg moved on to her back. “I’m not sure.”
“Neither am I. I don’t want it to be mindless and just to relieve the stress. I’d rather it be an actual massage if that’s all we’re after. We can be intimate when we’re actually interested making love rather than loosening up.” She turned around and started rubbing Reg’s shoulders. “I have an idea that might get us ready after dinner.”
“What?”
“A nice hot bath.”
“We’ll need a bigger bath,” Reg said.
“I prefer to think of it as enforced togetherness.” Kelly said, kissing Reg. “Though I might install a whirlpool soon. I bet I can get you hotter wearing a bikini than I can stark naked.”
“No bets,” Reg replied. “I already know you can. You could get me hot while wearing anything.”
The after dinner bath left both of them in hysterical giggles. They’d been unable to fill the tub more than halfway since every awkward scramble involved in attempting to bathe together had threatened to slosh over and inundate the floor. They agreed that a larger tub was necessary if they wanted to try that again and switched to a shower. Kelly eyed Reg critically as they scrubbed each other. “You know, we might have had less trouble and we’ll definitely have more interesting sex if you could take some time out to join me in the basement.”
Reg was taking his time with her chest and tweaked a nipple. “Kelly, I don’t have that kind of time. Your training is a full time job all by itself.”
Kelly closed her eyes and almost stopped working on his belly as he massaged her boobs with the washcloth. Her warm reverie was broken when he rolled it up and whacked her on the behind. “Oh, sorry. I suppose you’re right. It’s a shame, though, since if we were both acrobatic, we could do all sorts of great things.”
“It’s only our second night together. Are you really bored?”
Kelly reached behind him to work on his back, pushing them into contact. “Not at all.”
Reg admired how cute Kelly looked while completely soaked. “I understand, though. You’re planning for the future. I guess if I don’t have much going on this summer I could start on something with you. I’ll never be as flexible as you are.”
“You’ll love it,” Kelly said. “Remember, it means you’ll be spending hours at a time watching me do stretches in a spandex bodysuit.” She laughed as she felt his erection growing between her legs. “I think you’re getting the picture.”
“So you’re in the mood?”
Kelly kissed Reg hard. “I’m totally relaxed and horny as hell.”
“Shower’s over!”
“Don’t slip.” Kelly giggled as Reg jumped out of the shower. “Here, let’s take our time with the towels. No sense in wasting a mundane task that can be put to much naughtier use.”
For the rest of the week Kelly’s lessons with Reg progressed to the point where she felt he was up to the task of being on top Friday night. She was very happy to let him fight gravity while she basked in the feeling of their bodies joining. His technique was still rough, but she was confident that with the time they’d have over the weekend, he’d be able to move on from classical positions to more strenuous ones by Sunday night. Saturday morning, however, they had a visitor.
“Hello,” the sandy haired gentleman said when Kelly answered the door in a light green sun dress. “Mike Falkner. I hope I’m not too early.”
“Not at all. Please come in,” Kelly said.
“This is Alice,” he said, gesturing to the leggy blonde teenager following him.
“Please call me Allie.” She said.
“Please don’t,” Mike replied firmly. “It reinforces a negative behavior pattern I allowed to continue for too long.”
The teenager’s expression was stormy. “Dad, it’s not like I —“
“You’ve been objectifying women by treating this as a convenience.” Mike said sharply. “Being female is not about spying on your girlfriend, playing out insane kinky scenarios with your hormone addled friends and it is certainly not about sneaking into locker rooms to watch real females undress. I’m sorry,” he said to Kelly as they joined Reg. “I caught absolute hell from her mother for this. I thought my son could work things out on his own. Imagine my shame when I found him shacked up with his girlfriend using his female form to pretend he wasn’t committing statutory rape.”
“Do we really need to go over this with strangers?” Alice whined.
“Did you need to go to a party with alcohol at the age of nine and have anonymous sex with people just to get them in trouble?” Mike replied. “At least your friends Alan and Bruce did it for love and Donald only wanted to recapture a youth he never had. Be very grateful I didn’t have Mark committed. He was getting dangerously close to needing more than straightening out.” To Reg and Kelly he said, “I’m taking her on my rounds to show her what the suits are really for. People who love each other and only want them to make their love stronger. Although I understand that love was not your original reason for purchasing one.”
Kelly shook her head. “No. It was for … something else.”
“Criminal activity. I know.” Mike said. “You’re the Starling. Don’t worry; it’s not my affair and I have no interest in condemning you or assisting you. You’ve found a better path and I’m happy for both of you. What concerns me is how you obtained your suit. I am deeply worried that the design and equipment has fallen into the hands of others. I had hoped that they would be satisfied with my competitors’ designs.”
“If it helps, I think the person I bought it from was very happy to see the use I put it to as well.” Kelly said.
“It does.” Mike replied. “It makes me feel better and I now believe I know who it is. Well well. It’s still odd, though. You’d think criminals would prefer an endoskeletal robot suit instead. They’re far easier to use and can provide a range of behavioral and physical augments. Or even my foreign friends who don’t ask so many questions. Ah well; I’ll catch up to your provider eventually.”
“Can you really help us?” Reg asked.
“Now that, young man, is the real rub.” Mike said. “Can I help you? Yes, a very interesting question.”
“Great-grandma could.” Alice said.
“I might revive Grandma Alice and discuss the situation if I were really stumped.” Mike said. “I believe, however, that I can take care of this myself. It’s amazing what the power of love can accomplish.”
“The power of love?” Kelly asked incredulously.
“Well, the power of nanite driven cellular level restructuring,” Mike shrugged. “To me, it’s the same. You see, you wouldn’t be willing to take such a drastic measure if you didn’t completely and totally love your young man. So to me it’s the power of love or as good as. To answer your previous question, I can help you. I am positive I can bond the suit to your body so that it becomes your skin and behaves exactly as if it weren’t a costume. Naturally, you wouldn’t be able to remove it, but you also would sweat out of it and the skin would flake off and regrow as normal. Complete integration. As for the rest… I’m close to sure that I can get the nanites to rebuild your organs to match so that you’ll be female in most physical ways. It’ll be touch and go with some of the nerve connections but luckily humans are largely modular and even if the parts aren’t in use, they’re often kept anyway so the nanites can just switch things around.”
“That’s wonderful!” Kelly said and Reg hugged her tightly.
“It’s really nice to see such a committed pair.” Mike said. “To continue, what I’m sure I am totally unable to do is build you a functional reproductive system. That is, you’ll be able to have sexual relations and it’ll feel totally genuine, but you can’t get pregnant. That is well beyond the nanites’ ability right now.”
Reg held Kelly, who looked down and sighed, “I was afraid of that.”
“Perhaps in future. I’ll let you know if I can. Oh, and there’s a fifty-fifty shot at rendering you the age you appear to be. In some places. Obviously rejuves don’t work on your brain and I wouldn’t give good odds on other hard to reach places like bone marrow, but you may find yourself stronger in a few parts afterwards. I also know a few people. If you take me up on this offer, I can make it so that the FBI aren’t interested in you anymore. If you continue illegal activities, I can’t protect you, but Kelly will have a clean slate and Ned will be deceased.”
“I’m very grateful,” Kelly said. “Whatever you want for it, I’ll pay.”
“I’m sure you will.” Mike replied. “I can see you’re both dedicated.”
“Are you sure we won’t be able to have children.”
Mike smiled. “I didn’t say that. Just that you can’t get pregnant and won’t have a menstrual cycle. I might be able to persuade the nanites to preserve a couple of small sections of your testicles and squirrel them away where your ovaries would otherwise be. If I can get it to work, you’ll have a pseudo period in which your testes will produce a small quantity of sperm which will leak out. Should you wish to have a child, I’m sure any qualified fertility expert could take that sperm and produce a functional egg cell. Of course you’ll need a surrogate mother and one quarter of your attempts will fail outright since you’ll be attempting to combine two Y chromosomes, but if you’re driven enough to do this, I’m sure you’ll have no difficulty producing a biological offspring when the time comes. That is, if you don’t want to adopt. I can vouch for that being a very satisfying solution.”
“When can you do it?”
“You’ll need to arrange for a private hospital room and a nutrient tank. The nanites can do the work in the tank — it’ll take somewhere between six and twenty-four hours depending on how much they’re able to do - and then you’ll have to convalesce for a week or two. I know that’s a long time, but it is a very invasive procedure and you’ll need time off your feet for your body to adjust to being radically changed. Before I set things up, are there any, any, alterations you would like to make to your appearance or are you totally satisfied with how you look now?”
Kelly looked at Reg, “Honey?”
“This is where I am really tempted to ask for giant boobs.”
“Nothing,” Kelly said to Mike. “That’s how he tells me I’m perfect.”
Mike smiled. “Yes. I remember when my wife used to say that to me. Have a nice day. I’ll be in touch. Things should be ready in a month. I’ll give you a definite date when I have one.” He left, his daughter/son following.
“She seemed very confused,” Kelly said.
“The girl Alice? Yeah.”
“Not much of a girl,” Kelly said. “She looks about the same age we are.”
“She didn’t act like it.”
“No.”
“You’re right about her seeming confused. Especially when we were talking about family planning. I hope her dad isn’t thinking of making it permanent for her.”
Kelly shook her head. “No. The way he talked, he would never consider turning someone into female as being a punishment. Reg?”
“Yeah, Kelly?”
“I know we were going to have a walk in the park and you’re the sweetest most sensitive man I could ever want, but … I feel like discussing this with another girl.”
“Do you want me to get Andrea?” Reg asked.
“You’re such a dear. Thank you.” Kelly said, brushing his hand.
“It’s fine.” Reg kissed her cheek. “Maybe Andrea could learn about lesbian sex tonight.”
“If she listens well and is really supportive, I might be willing to learn about that with her. If you don’t mind going without a lesson.”
Reg said, “It would give you a chance to use your real … uh … man part before it gets replaced.”
Kelly amazed Reg by blushing. Ned must have been beet red underneath the layer of polymer that made Kelly’s face. “Reg!” She said.
“What? If I’m Andrea tonight, then it’s totally fine if you get to take it out. Then I get to learn what it’s like to be on the other end.”
“Reg, go and change right now!” Kelly said. “I am not discussing this with you.”
“Will you discuss it with her?”
“Go on!”
“By the way, you ought to change too. That’s a nice dress but it’s really an indoor thing. It’s not that warm out just yet.”
“I’ll do it when Andrea’s getting dressed, now get going.”
Reg grinned as he went to Kelly’s room to get Andrea’s skin. It was the first time in a long time that he’d managed to so completely fluster Kelly. The offer had been genuine. He couldn’t really fault Kelly if she wanted to exercise her hidden penis if he was going to be dressed up as her sister. Reg really couldn’t imagine how Kelly could live with it stuck in there like that. He guessed she really did love him that much. He really hoped she’d take him up on it. He wanted to find out what it was like for her and he was also looking forward to sticking a leopard print condom on her.
