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“He says we should see other people.”

“Well, Honey, you might as well find yourself another man then.”

“You think so? Maybe he just wants us to be sure about each other before we go any further.”

“How much further can you go than fucking him every night? Look, Janey…when one of the wimpy guys you keep hooking up with tells you that, it’s as close as he’s ever gonna get to saying he doesn’t want to see you anymore.”

Mandy sipped her drink, wrinkled her nose, then took another sip.

“Damned bartender shorted me on the vodka. Don’t suppose he’d fix it though. Anyway, they think we’ll cry or something. Lord knows I’ve heard it often enough.”

“But I don’t know anybody else. For the last two years it’s been just Jim and me. I’m forty-six with a teenage daughter. It’s not like guys are beating down my door.”

Mandy looked down the cigarette she held between her bright red lips and flicked the wheel on the lighter.

“You just need to change your life Honey.”

She touched the flame to the end of the cigarette and inhaled, then blew a stream of smoke over Jane’s head. She tossed the lighter on the table.

“Do something that’s new for you. You’ll feel like a new girl, and new girls find new guys. That’s what I do when I get dumped.”

“What do you do?”

“See my earrings? A new one for every asshole.”

Jane smiled. Mandy had six earrings on her left ear and three on her right.

“Does it work?”

Mandy took a deep drag on the cigarette and exhaled through her smile.

“I’ve only had to use BOB for a couple weeks in the last two years.”

“Bob? Who’s Bob.”

“God, Honey, you are so naive. He’s my battery operated boyfriend…you know…my toy…my vibrator…my dildo? Don’t look shocked. You do it too.”

“That’s different. I don’t use a…a…anything.”

“Doesn’t matter. We all pet the kitty, or whatever you call getting yourself off. Honey, you need to loosen up and have yourself some fun.”

“I don’t want any more earrings.”

Mandy sipped her drink again, then stubbed out the cigarette and lit another one.

“Well, do something else then. Get your hair cut. It’s half way to your ass now anyway, or get yourself a boob job. If you pump up those boobs like I did, guys’ll be knocking each other down to talk to you.”

**********

The apartment was above a business called the Green Dragon. It wasn’t much of an apartment really, but Jane’s client was looking for something cheap.

After he’d signed the contract and caught a cab, Jane started back to her car. The shop window had pictures in it, pictures of men and women with jewelry in places she would have never believed if she hadn’t seen them.

The lip, nose, tongue and eyebrow piercings looked weird. What looked really beautiful to her was the picture of a woman’s breasts with a jeweled ring through each nipple. The rings added mystery and sensuality to the woman. Maybe Mandy was right, and this would really be different for her. The shop seemed to be empty except for the muscular guy in a white T-shirt reading a magazine. Jane took a deep breath and walked in.

His smile was as captivating as his handshake was gentle.

Hi, I’m Tony. What can I help you with today?

“That picture in the window…the one of the girl with rings in her…in her nipples…does it hurt to get those?”

“Some say it does, some say not. Depends on you, I suppose.”

“If I decided to do it, when could you…I mean, do I have to make an appointment or something?

There was that smile again.

“There’s no time like now.”

Jane shook her head.

“I don’t know if I’m that kind of person. I’m fort-…I’m not a young girl anymore.”

“Piercings aren’t for the person you are. They’re for the person you want to be. That make any sense?”

“You sound like Mandy.”

“Well, Mandy knows what she’s talking about. Wanna see how they’d look?”

Jane was embarrassed to death, but still removed her blouse and bra. She was shaking when Tony squeezed her breast and slipped the fake nipple ring over her nipple.

“Take a look. I think you’d look great, but that’s just me.”

It surprised her, but he was right, and the ring did more than make her look good. It somehow made her feel …the feeling was confidence because she was deciding how her body looked rather than accepting it as is was.

“Can you do them both today?”

“If that’s what you want.”

“That’s what I want.”

Tony was very gentle when he washed her nipples. His soft touch and the feeling of his latex gloves caused them to swell. They stayed stiff and erect when he marked each side with a marker.

“Ok, stand up straight so I can make sure they’re both the same.”

She winced a little when Tony clamped on the forceps, and began to tremble when she saw him pick up the long lance and the cork.

“Ok …say, I didn’t get your name.”

“Jane.”

“Ok, Jane. Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. That’s right… just…like…“

Jane felt the hot pain as the lance went through and whimpered.

“That. Wasn’t too bad, was it?”

“No, I guess not.”

Tony slipped the end of the ring inside the lance and threaded them both back through Jane’s nipple, then used a pair of pliers to spread the ring for the ball.

“Ready for the other one?”

The second didn’t seem to hurt quite as much. Tony spent a few minutes blotting the drops of blood from around the rings.

“OK, you’re all done. See what you think.”

She left the shop with a page of care instructions and Tony’s requests that she call him if anything didn’t look right and come back in a week so he could check her.

***************

“Hi Jane. How’s your piercings doing?”

Jane smiled.

“Good I guess. They don’t hurt or anything.”

“Well, hop up on the table and let’s take a look just to be sure.”

His hands were just as gentle as he moved her right ring around and made sure it would slide easily through the hole. He’d started examining the left one when he chuckled.

“Jane, you’re blushing.”

“I’m sorry…it’s just that…they’re really sensitive now, and I’m getting…well, you know.”

“Sometimes it works that way. Pretty neat, huh?”

Jane sighed.

“It would be if I had someone to finish what you’ve started.”

“You do…right here in front of you.”

Jane’s mouth fell open and she quickly closed it again.

“You’d want to…with me?”

“Yes I would, a lot.”

“But we hardly know each other.”

Tony chuckled.

“I know a couple parts of you very well. I’d love to meet the rest.”

“I…I appreciate you for asking, but…well, I don’t think I’m ready for that…not yet. I just broke up with my boyfriend and –“

“Whoa, that’s more than I need to know. It’s OK, really it is. I just like you, that’s all, and thought…well, I thought it would be great.”

Jane was confused when she walked out of the shop. Tony couldn’t be more than thirty, yet he wanted her. As she put the key in the car door, Jane heard Mandy’s voice in her head.

“Do something that’s new for you.”

They made love on the same table in the same room of the shop. Jane was nervous at first, but his kisses swept all that away and filled the space with need. She felt safe in his arms and excited by his touch. Jim had always been careful with her, and never seemed to connect with her feelings. Tony made love with abandon and it felt as if he was inside her head.

When her breasts cried out to be fondled, Tony’s hands were there. When her nipples rose tight and high, Tony’s lips sent shocks racing deep inside her tummy. Just as Jane thought she would explode in his arms, he entered her and took her to heights of arousal she’d never before experienced. Their orgasms came almost together, hers with a quiet cry and quivering body, Tony’s a second later with a groan and the deepest penetration she’d ever felt.

**************

Mandy coughed a cloud of cigarette smoke in the air, gasped, and leaned forward.

“No shit? Tell me all about it.”

Jane sipped her daiquiri, then smiled.

“Remember when you told me to do something new for me? Well…I showed this apartment…”

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