1. Library Girl


    Date: 11/9/2023, Categories: Occupations, Author: Bisamrattan 

    ... picked up the pace even more, pushing faster and harder, and Lila responded with louder and sharper breathing, until finally, with one particularly sharp exhalation, she moaned - very short and soft - tensed and shivered in my arms, and relaxed, catching her breath.

I finished immediately after that.

"Thank you... Thank you so much..." I whispered, kissing her shoulders and caressing her all over.

"Thank you too," she smiled, looking distracted and content.

I started to get dressed.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Of course. Anything."

"How did it come to be that you are so damn easy to have sex with a man you are seeing for the first time in your life?"

She shrugged.

"I'm very bad at recognizing people, you know. Unlike books. So whether it's the first or the hundredth time doesn't matter much to me. And as for sex..." she shrugged again. "Sex is the simplest thing. Even mice and stupid hamsters have no problems with it. So I just don't understand why we humans have to ...
    ... overcomplicate everything."

She tapped my cheek lightly with her fingertips and gave me the book.

"Be careful with her and bring her back in time. Let me take you to the reading room..."

***

I had a hard time concentrating on reading. The book smelled exactly like Lila and I could not get her picture out of my head. She's so strange and unusual... but strange in exactly the way I liked it best. I almost wanted to propose to her right away, but she would probably refuse... and, I thought, she would probably never agree to exchange hundreds of library readers for me alone.

But Burroughs always had a way of grabbing my attention, and soon I was immersed in the story until it was time to return the book and go home.

"Thank you! Come back again," the librarian said.

"Sure. I'll be your regular."

I bowed and left.

Needless to say, since then I asked for Lila's assistance every other day. I'm not sure if she recognized and remembered me, but she was always eager to offer whatever service she could.
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