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The following piece of fiction contains strong sexual

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"Blood and Sand"

by DG

+++ Part One +++

Fabian Barnes eyed the last few green shoots poking up from

the top of the ornamental hedge. Three satisfying snicks from his

hedge clipper, and they joined their companions on the lawn. He

dropped the clipper and stepped back to admire his work. The top

of the hedge, which enclosed three sides of the large, lushly

landscaped back yard, was now as flat and green as a billiards

table. In this quiet neighborhood, where the use of gasoline-

powered trimmers and blowers was strictly regulated, nothing less

would do.

It was three in the afternoon, the southern California sun was

still high in the cloudless sky, and it had to be ninety-five

degrees in the shade. Sweat was trickling down his face, making

his eyes sting and his white t-shirt stick to his chest and back

like a second skin. He turned to give the swimming pool a longing

glance, and noticed a flash of movement behind the large picture

window overlooking the yard. With a little smile, he peeled off

his white t-shirt and used it to mop the sweat from his face and

neck. Fabian was a big man in his late twenties, over six feet

tall and well muscled, with shoulder-length blond hair pulled back

into a ponytail with a rubber band. From a distance his face

looked smooth and chiseled, but up close the scars around his

eyebrows and the somewhat misshapen cartilage of his nose gave it

more character. Either way, he was a good looking man.

He raked up the hedge clippings and put them into a big

plastic bin, and then he walked up to the back door and knocked,

still shirtless.

The woman who answered the door was attractive, in a thin

overly-groomed sort of way. Fabian knew the type well: in her

mid-thirties, she was bored and restless in her suburban castle.

She smiled at him, flipping her shiny brown hair back with a

practiced gesture. "All done?"

"Yes, ma'am. Do you want to come out and take a look?"

Deliciously cool gusts of air from the house swirled past him,

evaporating the sweat from his chest and face and making his

nipples tighten.

"Oh, no, I've been... I happened to glance out and see what

you were doing a little while ago, and it looks great. Real nice

job." She was staring at his bare chest, and he saw the tip of

her pink tongue moisten the corner of her mouth.

"Thanks."

"Jesus, it's hot out there. Why don't you come inside and

have something to drink while I get my purse."

"Thanks, that would be great," he said, meaning it. He

followed her into the kitchen, eyeing her long tan legs and her

cute little ass, which was packed into a tight pair of snowy-white

shorts. He didn't see any possible way she could be wearing

panties.

She gestured towards the huge silver refrigerator. "There's

all sorts of stuff in there - help yourself. I'll be right back."

Fabian rooted around and found a six-pack of Budweiser long

necks lurking among the bottled water and fruit juice. He popped

the cap off one and took a long swig, emptying half the bottle.

Two more pulls and it was empty. He quickly stashed the bottle in

the garbage and opened another.

"Now, how much do I owe you?" the woman asked, coming back

with her purse. She came over and stood in front of him, a little

too close.

Fabian looked into her eyes, and said "Before we settle the

bill, are you sure there isn't anything else around here that

needs taking care of?"

A little smile played across her mouth. "Hmm...let's see, I

guess there might be something..."

"Something indoors, maybe? Sure is sticky out there."

She took the beer out of his hand and took a sip. Then she

wiped her mouth delicately with the back of her hand and said "Now

that you mention it, I think there might be something for you

upstairs."

"What sort of job, ma'am? Physical labor? Any heavy

lifting?"

She set the beer down on the counter and ran her hand up and

down his chest, tracing the well-defined plates and ridges. "I

think we've done enough dancing around the subject, don't you?"

"Yes ma'am," he said with a grin. He pulled her toward him,

and she came willingly, tilting her head up so that their mouths

met in a long, firm kiss.

"Is your name really Fabian?"

"I'm afraid so."

"No, I like it. You can call me Kathy, Fabian. Unless my

asshole of a husband is around, in which case you better stick to

ma'am." She stuck out her tongue and delicately licked his chest.

Her tongue felt warm and soft on his sweat-cooled skin, and he

twitched involuntarily when she flicked at his nipple. "What do

you say we go upstairs and put you to work...Fabian?"

He grabbed the beer off the counter and followed her through

the showplace home, which was filled with uncomfortable-looking

furniture and oddly-shaped objects too useless to be anything but

art. She led him up to the second floor, to a small room with a

full-sized bed; probably a guest bedroom. Or maybe it was the

designated room for fucking the help.

"You want me to grab a quick shower, Kathy? I'm kinda

sweaty..."

"No! I want you sweaty. You can shower after."

He shrugged and sat down next to her on the bed. They kissed

again, and she rubbed the bulge in the front of his faded jeans,

tracing the outine of his cock, making it bigger. He slid his

hand under her top and opened the front clasp of her bra with a

practiced twist, spilling out her small, soft breasts. Just from

their texture, he could tell that they weren't very sensitive, and

he treated them a little roughly, cupping one in his large hand

and squeezing it firmly, massaging the nipple between his callused

fingers.

Kathy moaned and broke the kiss. "Oh, that feels very good...

God, I love a man who knows what he's doing."

She pushed him back on the bed, straddled his chest, and took

off her top. He continued to squeeze and pinch her nipples, doing

it hard enough to hurt, and she gritted her teeth and twitched.

"Fuck yes," she said, her eyes starting to glaze with lust. "That

feels really, really fucking amazing."

As he continued working her breasts over, she reached behind

her back and unzipped his jeans. He lifted up his butt, and she

pushed them down past his hips. Then she closed her hand around

his stiffening cock and pulled it out of his shorts.

"Oh yeah... beautiful... I love a nice thick juicy cock more

than anything, you know that? More than any-fucking thing. I

haven't even seen this one yet, but I just I know I'm gonna love

it."

Fabian smiled to himself. These upper-income housewives

always liked to talk dirty and to be treated a little rough. He

supposed it was all part of the fantasy - the lady of the manor

slumming with the husky, sex-crazed yard boy. He wondered what

sex between this woman and her husband was like. Probably neither

one of them said a word the whole time.

She was jerking his cock with her hand behind her back, and he

was fully erect. "I'm making you hard, Fabian. You like that?

Do I make you hot, Fabian?"

"I want you to suck it," he said, deadpan. Might as well play

the part.

"You want me to suck this sweaty old cock of yours?"

"Yep."

"Not much of a talker, are you?"

"Nope."

She swung her leg off his chest and kneeled next to him, and

he reached down and finished taking off his jeans, his erection

bobbing back and forth, and then lay back down.

"You have a beautiful fucking cock, you know that?"

Whatever. She gripped the base in her right hand and licked

his shaft with long fluid strokes, using her whole tongue.

Apparently she was into licking. "Mmm, tastes so good...I love a

big, hard, sweaty cock more than anything..."

She moved her attention up to the head, teasing him with

little flicks at the sensitive opening, pretending she was a porno

actress or something. He put his hand on the back of her neck and

gently pushed her head down. She got the hint and started sucking

him in earnest, slurping away greedily as she worked her mouth up

and down his thick shaft.

It wasn't the best head he had ever gotten, but it was pretty

decent, and she didn't show any signs of letting up. He hated it

when a woman gave him head for thirty seconds and then stopped,

like they had done their duty. But not Kathy, she seemed to be

genuinely enjoying herself. After a little while she started

fondling his balls with her left hand, and he realized he had

better start fucking her before he blew his load in her mouth.

"That feels awesome," he said. "How about we fuck now?"

"Mmm, lets," she said with a smile, wiping the excess saliva

off her chin.

He stood up and stroked his hard, slippery cock while she lay

on her back and peeled off her tight shorts. No panties. "Oh

God, I need to be fucked so bad," she said, somewhat

unnecessarily. He pulled her shorts off her ankles and dropped

them on the floor, and she spread her legs and writhed on the bed.

"Come and get it, Fabian."

He could see the moistness inside the dark tangle of her bush,

and her spicy scent was in his nostrils. He moved over her,

aiming his cock with his hand, and entered her warm depths with

one delicious plunge that left him lying on top of her, face to

face. Her pussy was loose and slippery.

"That feels so good," she purred.

"It most surely does, Kathy," he agreed. He raised up on his

elbows and started fucking her with short hard pumps of his hips,

grinding his groin against her pussy at the end of each stroke.

Her eyes opened wide, and she reached around and grabbed his

muscular buttocks, pulling him even deeper into her.

"Oh god... yes, fuck me... fuck me..." She continued to chant

into his ear as they fucked. It was sort of silly, all this dirty

talk, but he decided he could get used to it.

He kept up a steady rhythm, making a wet slapping sound with

every thrust, and her voice started getting ragged and uneven.

"Fuck me... oh god, don't stop..." Some heavy breathing, and

then she came, bucking her hips sharply up at him and moaning with

her eyes shut tight. If it was an act, it was a damn good one,

and he was rather pleased with himself.

"Oh Fabian," she said, running her hands through his hair.

"That was fucking amazing. Your turn now... I want you to come

inside me... fill me up."

"Roll over," he said, getting off her.

"Mmm, whatever you say." She rolled over and waggled her ass

in his face. Definitely her best feature. He pressed his cock

into her ripe, swollen pussy and pulled her ass back against him.

Holding her hips firmly in place with his big hands, he fucked her

with rapid, powerful thrusts that made her ass cheeks ripple like

waves.

"Oh Fabian, yeah, take me... give it to me..."

It didn't take long. He leaned his head back and stared

unseeing at the ceiling as the semen came flowing up his shaft.

Grunting through gritted teeth, he spurted his hot liquid into

her, and for a few seconds an ordinary, carnal encounter was

transformed into something magical. But only for a few seconds.

"I've got a feeling my hedge is going to need trimming again

real soon," said Kathy.

"You gotta stay right on top of 'em, they grow back pretty

quick," he agreed.

"Should we say a week from today, then?"

"Sounds about right."

She looked at the clock on the nightstand. "Shit - it's later

than I thought. My husband could be home any minute. You better

be running along, Fabian."

"Right."

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

An hour later, showered and changed, Fabian was sitting in a

folding chair watching a hard-fought beach volleyball game. A

blond girl named Lynn was stretched out on her stomach next to him

in a skimpy bikini, soaking up the last few rays of sunshine.

Fabian was sleeping with her, but they weren't really in a

relationship. In fact, he didn't even like her all that much.

Lynn was the manager of a local Wendy's. She had been his boss

before he quit to go into the landscaping business, trading in his

mop and paper hat for a mower and hedge clippers. But she still

treated him like she was his superior, as if managing a lousy

fast-food place gave her some sort of intellectual edge. Besides

that, she wasn't really that hot, although she did have a

mouthwatering set of tits.

He was pondering how he should go about disentangling himself

from Lynn, when someone called out "Fabian, my man! How's the

lawn mowing gig treating you?" A skinny black guy with a cheerful

smile and a cleanly-shaved head came up and slapped him on the

back.

"Hey Mickey," said Fabian, looking up with a smile. "I prefer

to call it a holistic landscaping maintenance service. So far

business is so-so, but I'm enjoying the perks. I see you're

managing to stay out of jail."

Mickey was a hustler, a small-time criminal who always had a

couple of scams going. Fabian knew that with his own rich history

of bad luck he'd be sure to end up in jail the first time he did

something illegal, so he never gave much serious thought to

Mickey's schemes. But he and Mickey went way back, and he enjoyed

hanging out with him.

"Jail? Jail is for chumps," said Mickey with a snort.

Fabian gestured towards an empty lawn chair and Mickey dragged it

over and sat down.

"So what's shaking?" asked Fabian. Mickey had plenty of

friends in low places, making him an excellent source of juicy

gossip.

"Something right up your alley." He leaned close, and in a

conspiratorial tone said, "Beach brawl tonight at eight, over at

Tigertail. Ten bucks a head. You interested?"

"What are you talking about?" asked Fabian, turning away from

the volleyball game.

"Latest thing, man - couple guys go at it on the sand, winner

takes all. Guy called Basher is fighting tonight, he's a real

trip. Gotta keep it under your hat, though, this shit's illegal."

"I don't need to pay ten bucks to see a fight. I want to see

a fight, I'll just start one myself."

"Whatever you say," said Mickey, holding up his hands.

"Thought you might be interested, that's all."

Lynn pushed herself up on her elbows, displaying a dangerous

amount of cleavage. "What are you guys talking about? What kind

of a fight?"

"Boxing," said Mickey, helping himself to an eyeful of her

tits. "Light gloves, no hitting below the waist, last man

standing wins. None of that chop-socky oriental shit, or anything

like that."

"Sounds pretty cool," said Lynn. "I like a good fight, you

know?"

"Sounds kinda lame to me," said Fabian dismissively.

Actually it sounded fairly interesting, but if he spent twenty

bucks tonight he wouldn't be eating tomorrow.

"I bet you're short on cash again, Mr. Holistic Landscape

Man," said Mickey. "Tell you what, I'll pay."

And that settled it, of course.

A little before eight they piled into Mickey's car and headed

up to Tigertail, one of the more remote beaches. There were a

couple hundred people on hand; lots of yelling and laughing, and

the air was filled with the sweet smell of pot. As they walked

into the milling crowd, a guy holding a paper shopping bag shook

them down for the ten bucks each. Mickey handed the guy a crisp

hundred-dollar bill and got change, and then led them toward the

action.

The fighters were easy to spot since they already had their

gloves on, and Fabian gave them each a close look. Basher turned

out to be a big white guy in his thirties with a bald head and a

goatee. He had "hard time" written all over him: crude tattoos

on his arms and neck, a cold sneer, and the lopsided muscular

physique that guys developed in the exercise yard: big chest and

bulging biceps, but skinny legs and no core. All for show, like a

peacock's tail.

His opponent was a fat black guy with a jiggling belly who

looked more like a sumo wrestler than a boxer. Fabian reserved

his judgment on him, but Mickey shook his head and said "That

poor, tubby brother's gonna get his ass kicked big time." He

didn't sound too broken up about it.

At eight pm sharp a middle-aged guy with a craggy face and

slicked-back gray hair walked into the open area and raised his

arms for quiet. The noise level dropped a notch or two, and the

guy had the crowd close in around a circle drawn in the sand,

forming a well-defined ring.

"That's Jimmy Vargas," said Mickey. "An acquaintance of mine.

This is his new gig. He sets up the fights, and splits the take

50-50 with the winner."

Fabian nodded. There was electricity in the air now, and it

was bringing back a flood of memories. He was getting a pretty

good idea why Mickey had dragged him out here.

Jimmy Vargas went over a short list of rules, and then

introduced the contestants.

"The challenger, fighting in his first bout, wearing the

purple trunks, from San Diego...Lonnie 'The Hammering Homeboy'

Edwards!"

The fat black guy raised his flabby arms, and there was a

smattering of applause and some laughter.

"Dude needs to work on his nickname," said Fabian.

"That's the least of his worries," said Mickey. "Besides, you

should talk."

"In the black trunks, from Los Angeles, the current beach

brawl champion, with a record of nine wins and no losses...Bob

'Basher' Lebrowski!"

The crowd cheered more loudly this time. Most of the

spectators looked like high-school and college kids, but there was

a contingent of older, tough-looking men who seemed to be Basher's

designated rooting section, and they were pointing at the

challenger and making thumbs-down signals. Basher didn't

acknowledge the introduction, he just glared fiercely at Lonnie.

Jimmy positioned the fighters face to face in the middle of

the ring and blew a referee's whistle to start the fight.

With the crowd urging them on, the fighters circled each other

at close range. Basher was still giving Lonnie a death-ray stare,

and Fabian got the impression it was working. The Hammering

Homeboy didn't exactly look scared, but he definitely looked like

he wished he was someplace else.

Then, as if on cue, the two fighters rushed at each other and

started flailing away wildly. Basher got up inside Lonnie's guard

and seemed to be getting the better of it, hammering away with

both hands. Fabian didn't see any solid blows landed, but Lonnie

suddenly dropped to one knee and covered up his head. Bad idea.

Basher just kept right on swinging, and after missing badly a few

times he caught Lonnie with a sweeping underhand blow that snapped

his head back with a thwack that could be heard above the crowd

noise. Lonnie fell back and lay motionless on the sand, and Jimmy

Vargas blew his whistle and grabbed Basher before he could

continue pummeling his unconscious opponent.

The fight had lasted thirty seconds at most, and except for

Basher's friends the crowd wasn't happy. Jimmy Vargas raised

Basher's arm in victory and tried to make an announcement, but it

was drowned out by boos and catcalls.

"Cripes," said Fabian. "Not much of a fight."

Mickey nodded. "Happens sometimes. Basher don't mess around

none, but usually it takes him at least a couple minutes. There

was supposed to be another fight, but somebody musta canceled."

Unhappy with the booing, Basher started screaming angrily at

the crowd. "Fuck you all! I'll kick anyone's ass here - who

wants some? Who wants some?"

"What a putz," said Fabian. "I bet he's never been inside a

real boxing ring in his life."

"I wouldn't think so," agreed Mickey.

"Why do you say that?" asked Lynn.

"He doesn't have any boxing skills," explained Fabian. "He's

just a brawler. Boxing is a sport, you know."

"That's right, you used to box, didn't you?"

"Yep."

"Maybe you oughta go teach ol' Basher a lesson then." Lynn

was using that mocking tone of voice that he hated, reminding him

why he was getting tired of her.

Mickey grinned at him. "Yeah Fabes, why don't you go tell

Jimmy you want a shot at the champ? There's a decent pile of cash

in that shopping bag - you win, you can buy yourself a new power

mulcher or something."

Fabian stared at Mickey. "This is why you brought me here,

isn't it?"

He shrugged. "Hey - like I said before, I thought this might

be right up your alley."

Fabian took another look at Basher. He was working the crowd

like a pro wrestler, flexing until veins popped in his arms and

chest and screaming so violently that spittle was flying out of

his mouth. But what Fabian noticed was his skinny legs and his

soft stomach.

"All right, why not. If it'll make you two happy, I'll take

him on."

"Attaboy," said Mickey. "I'll go get you some gloves."

"Are you nuts?" said Lynn, her smile disappearing.

"Seriously, Fabian, have you lost your fucking mind?"

Ignoring her, he pushed his way into the open area and walked

over to Jimmy Vargas, who was arguing with a couple of drunk

spectators trying to get their money back. Jimmy seemed happy at

the distraction, pointedly turning his back on them when Fabian

tapped him on the shoulder.

"If you want, I'll fight Basher right now. You interested?"

Jimmy looked him up and down. "You know what you're doing?"

"I used to fight for Simon Girardi, up in Anaheim."

The promoter raised his eyebrows. "A pro,

huh?...Heavyweight?"

"Cruiserweight. Got my ass kicked by Aaron Pryor some years

back, when he was on his way up."

A smile spread over Jimmy's face. "You don't say. This might

be fun. I'm getting a little sick of Basher, to tell you the

truth." He turned around and shouted: "Hey Basher, this guy wants

a piece of you!"

The crowd started to cheer. Mickey came over with the gloves

Lonnie had been wearing. "Brand new gloves, ain't hardly ever

been used," he said with a chuckle. "Hey Jimmy," Mickey

continued, "you'll be mighty relieved to hear that your boy

Lonnie's gonna pull through." Jimmy just snorted. Fabian took

off his shirt and held out his hands, and Mickey started lacing

the gloves on.

Basher came over and looked Fabian up and down with a sneer.

"Gonna kick your ass, pretty boy."

Fabian smiled at him and said "Be with you in a minute. Why

don't you go show off your biceps some more."

"Gonna show you a world of hurt, asshole," said Basher. "No

mercy, you hear me? No fucking mercy." He pounded his gloves

together for emphasis, then walked away.

"All right," said Mickey, pulling the last lace tight. "You

all set. I won't insult you by giving you no advice for this

chump."

"Thanks." He took a couple of deep breaths and walked out to

face Basher, who was waiting for him in the middle of the ring

with his scowl firmly in place. He jumped up and down a few times

and fired off a few combinations into the air, trying to get

warmed up a little.

"OK, let's get going," said Jimmy. "You got a nickname,

Fabian?"

He opened his mouth to say "Fabulous Fabian Barnes" and then

thought the better of it. New career, new nickname. "El Toro,"

he said, thinking of his lawn mower.

"Ladies and gentlemen...we have a new challenger! Fighting in

his first beach brawl bout, wearing the faded blue jeans, from

Anaheim...Fabian 'El Toro' Barnes!"

The crowd hooted and whistled, and out of habit he raised his

arms over his head and turned a full circle. Mickey caught his

eye and winked at him.

"And by now you all know the reigning beach brawl champion,

wearing the black trunks, now with a record of ten wins and no

losses...Basher!"

Jimmy blew a sharp blast on his whistle, and the crowd started

to scream for blood. Basher immediately rushed straight at him,

trying to end it quickly. It was a good strategy, in truth his

only chance to win, but Fabian was expecting it and he dodged out

of the way easily. When Basher started to come at him again, he

set his feet and fired three lightning-fast left jabs into his

face that stopped him in his tracks.

"Hot damn!" he shouted. His blood was singing; he felt more

alive than he had in years. "I still got it."

Surprised but still game, Basher shook his head and kept right

on coming. His big, gleaming head made an inviting target, and

Fabian was able to circle out of reach and rock him again and

again with his left hand, puffing up both of his eyes and

splitting his lip. Basher didn't connect with anything but the

outside of Fabian's arms.

"Get the picture yet?" he asked sweetly, when his opponent

stopped to catch his breath.

"Fuck you!" Basher stepped up and launched a wild overhand

right. Fabian ducked under it and threw his first right hand of

the fight, a vicious uppercut to the stomach that thudded home

like a sack of cement falling off a truck.

The champion's eyes opened wide and he fell to his knees,

unable to breathe. After a moment of shocked silence, the crowd

went crazy. Then Basher fell over on his side and curled up into

a fetal position, gasping weakly for air. After a minute or so it

became clear he wasn't going to get up, and Jimmy Vargas came out

and blew his whistle.

Fabian raised his arms and took a victory lap around the

ring, accepting the cheers with a good-natured smile on his face.

Jimmy Vargas caught up with him and slapped him on the back.

"Yep, you're a fighter all right. You got a future in this little

dog-and-pony show. We can make some money, you and me."

"Sounds good to me," said Fabian.

"Just let me know how to get a hold of you, I'll set you up

with another fight right away."

"Hold on!" said Mickey, shouldering his way through the crowd.

"I'm the one you need to get ahold of, I'm his manager. You want

to deal with Mr. Fabian Barnes, you talk to me." He handed Jimmy

his card.

Jimmy looked amused. "Mickey is your agent?" he asked Fabian.

Fabian shrugged. "Sure, why not."

Jimmy put the card in his pocket and handed Mickey a paper

bag. "OK then, here's your cut from the take. I'll be in touch."

It was getting dark out, and the crowd was starting to

disperse. They walked back to the parking lot and sat in Mickey's

car to count the money.

"By the way, your lady friend took off before the fight, said

she didn't want to see you make a fool out of yourself."

"Hah. That saves me some trouble."

"Lookie here," said Mickey. "We even got my hundred dollar

bill back." The total came to twelve hundred and seventy dollars.

"Not bad for two minutes of work," laughed Fabian. He was

still on a heart-pounding high.

There was a knock on the window. Two girls were standing

there, both wearing skimpy bikini tops. Fabian rolled down the

window.

"Omigod, like...congratulations!" said one.

"I totally can't believe you beat that guy," added the other.

"Thanks, I appreciate that," said Fabian. He looked back and

forth between them, like someone trying to select a chocolate from

a luscious assortment. The one on the right had stringy blonde

hair and small perky breasts. The one on the left had stringy

brown hair and heavy breasts. Too close to call.

"So are you both boxing fans?" he asked. He heard a snort

from Mickey, which he ignored. The girls shrugged. "Like, we are

now," said the brunette brightly.

"Hey, do you want a beer?" asked the blonde. "We got a whole

cooler full in our van."

"Sounds great," said Fabian. He looked at Mickey. "We can

settle up later, right? You hang onto the cash for now."

"No problem," said Mickey with a grin. He was leaning forward

in his seat, trying to get a better look at the girls.

Fabian opened the door and got out, and the girls eyed his

muscular chest and giggled.

"Pick a number between one and ten," said the brunette.

"Three," said Fabian. The brunette made a face, and the

blonde laughed and clenched her fist.

"Great choice," said the blonde, taking his hand. "Right this

way. See ya later, Kelli. Oh, I'm Janice, by the way."

"Nice to meet you, Janice. Fabian."

"El Toro," said Janice with a giggle.

As they walked away, Fabian heard Mickey say "How's it going,

Kelli - I'm Fabian's manager."

The van turned out to be a custom job big enough to stand up

in. They climbed in and Janice had him sit down in the back.

With a feeling of deja vu, he took the beer that she handed to him

and drained half of it in one long pull. "Thanks, that hits the

spot."

She finished pulling the curtains across the windows and sat

next to him. "You must work up quite a thirst, beating up guys

like that."

"That's for sure," he said agreeably. He looked at her

curiously, wondering how this was going to play out. She smiled

at him and slowly pulled the string holding the front of her top

together.

"It really turned me on seeing you hurt Basher like that.

He's such an asshole, you know?" The top fell away, revealing her

small, cone-shaped breasts. "Anyway, I'm just like a totally

incorrigable slut," she said with a giggle. "I hope that doesn't

bother you."

"If it doesn't bother you, it doesn't bother me," he said,

amused. He pulled her toward him, and she slithered into his lap

with a little squeal of pleasure. She smelled like suntan lotion

and beer. He kissed her and she opened her mouth under his and

tried to lick his tonsils. Sensing little need for foreplay, he

put his hand between her legs and rubbed her pussy through the

tight cotton fabric of her shorts, making her moan.

"So what do you want to do?" she asked breathlessly.

"Let's see - can I fuck you up the ass?" he asked, meaning it

as a joke.

"Um, I don't know... like how big are you?" She squeezed his

erection through his jeans. "Wow, I don't know. I guess we could

try, if that's what you're into."

"No, that's OK," he said gently. No more jokes with Janice.

He eased her down onto the carpeted floor of the van and helped

her slide off her shorts. Her pussy was shaved bare. He took off

his jeans and his sweat-soaked underwear and then lay down on top

her, suddenly feeling that this little escapade was sort of

distasteful, even for him. Janice reached down and guided him

inside her with practiced ease.

"Oh Fabian," she cooed. "You're so big."

And you're an airhead with no morals, he thought. Then he

felt guilty. Who was he to be judging her? He pistoned into her

mechanically, supporting his weight with his arms so he didn't

crush her narrow frame. She wrapped her legs around his waist and

ground her hips upward energetically to meet his. As he might

have expected, she was a good lay.

The male sexual response is not affected by silly moral

considerations, and it wasn't long before he felt his climax

approaching. He really didn't feel like prolonging things, so he

groaned loudly for effect and spilled his semen inside her.

"Mmmm, that was a blast," said Janice, as he rolled off her

and sat up. It was hot and stuffy in the van, and suddenly all he

wanted to do was get out of there. "Hey, let's have another beer

and then I'll roll us joint, ok?"

"Um, I'd like to, Janice, but I really can't. I'm in training

- my manager would kill me." He found his jeans and pulled them

on, not bothering with the underwear.

"OK, like...whatever." She watched in silence as he zipped up

his jeans and slipped on his sneakers. "So I'll see you around,

OK?"

"You bet, Janice." He opened the sliding door and stepped out

into the fresh air, leaving her lying there naked. There was just

enough light left to see that the back of Mickey's car was moving

up and down rhythmically. He sidled over to the back window and

and peeked in. Then he chuckled softly and walked back down the

path toward the beach to wait.



+++ Part Two +++

The transit bus ground to a stop at the curb, and Lissa Tilo

hoisted her book bag over her shoulder, pushed open the front door

of the District 7 Public Library, and walked out into the sticky

summer heat. Almost immediately, she could feel her polyester

school uniform start to stick to her skin. Lissa was a strikingly

beautiful girl with smooth skin the color of honey and sensual

features that reflected her Latina heritage. A little shorter

than average, she had a ripe, womanly body that made her look

older than her seventeen years. Although the school uniform was

designed to be conservative and proper, it clung to her curves in

a way that men couldn't help noticing.

She climbed onto the waiting bus, which was air conditioned

but still uncomfortably warm, and plopped down in an empty seat

near the front.

The female driver closed the door and pulled away from the

curb. "How you doin', today?" she asked Lissa, who was a regular

passenger.

"Only four weeks of school, and I'm already burned out. Don't

know if I can take another year of that place."

"I hear you," said the driver. "You hang in there, honey. At

least it's Friday, right?"

"Yeah, thank God for that."

Lissa was starting her senior year at Our Lady of Peace, a

strict all-girls high school run by nuns. Every day after school

she went to the library and spent a few hours doing homework

before going home, a grueling regimen enforced by her mother. All

she had to do was survive one more year, keeping her grades up and

staying out of trouble, and her mother's dream would finally come

true. Lissa, the youngest of five children, would be the first

person in her family to go to college.

There were nine stops between the library and the corner of

Idlewood Avenue and Cesar Chavez Drive, a little over five miles,

but in socioeconomic terms the distance was a lot farther. The

houses got smaller and shabbier, the businesses became less and

less prosperous, and the cars got older and rustier. By the time

Lissa got off the bus, deep in the barrio, most of the storefronts

were boarded up and the street corners were covered with spray-

painted graffiti - deceptively cheerful scribblings that carved up

the neighborhood into fiercely guarded enclaves.

To Lissa the neighborhood was neither good nor bad. It was

where she had grown up, where she belonged, and as she walked home

from the bus stop it never would have occurred to her to be

afraid.

At one point a shiny black car with custom, low-ride wheels

slowed down to match her pace, and the three grim young men inside

eyed her knowingly, their heads bobbing to the traditional Mexican

music of El Tigres del Norte. The song was one of Lissa's

favorites, a romantic ballad about a man who will fight any odds

to win the heart of the woman he loves. Without slowing down or

looking at them, she sang along with the chorus, tossing back her

long hair and letting her expressive face take on a harrowed,

soulful look. The boys laughed in appreciation, white teeth

flashing in their dark faces, and the driver gave her a thumbs-up.

Then the car sped up and out of sight.

Lissa went around to the back of her small stucco house. Her

mother was in the kitchen, standing over the stove in an apron,

and she opened the back door when Lissa rapped on the glass.

"Hi Mama." Lissa gave her a peck on the cheek.

"Hello my baby," said her mother in her heavily accented

English. "How was the school today?"

"Boring. I mean, it was OK, I guess. No tests at least."

She went upstairs to her bedroom, tossed her bookbag in the

corner with a thud, and then shut and locked the door. As usual,

the first thing she did was take off her uniform. The

uncomfortable black shoes, the white socks, the dowdy knee-length

plaid skirt, and the white button-down blouse with the stupid

little Peter Pan collar all ended up in a pile on the floor. Then

she took off her plain white bra, releasing her full, round

breasts, and stretched her arms up over head, enjoying the sudden

feeling of freedom. Wearing just her panties, she lay down on her

bed with a sigh.

Later tonight she was going out to the beach to see her half-

brother Chico fight, and she was planning to change into something

casual and sexy. But first she would take a nice, cool shower.

She smiled up at the ceiling. But before *that*...

She pushed down her panties and took them off, and spread her

legs, enjoying the feel of the cool slippery sheets against her

bare skin. Humming the romantic Tigres song to herself, she put

her hand between her legs and closed her eyes, thinking about the

three boys in the car.

Lissa had started masturbating a little over a year ago. At

first it was something she did once in a while in the shower, and

it always made her feel guilty and unclean. But the guilt faded

with time, and she started doing it more and more often. Now it

was a necessity - she couldn't stop doing it even if she wanted

to.

Rubbing the palm of her hand over her pussy in a circular

motion, she moved her hips up and down, pretending that one of the

boys from the car was making love to her. What would it feel like

to have a man's cock inside her? Would it feel better than this?

Probably. She wondered what a man's face would look like when he

was doing it to her...would he smile? Or would he grunt and

strain, like he was lifting weights?

She slid her middle finger into her pussy, feeling all the

slippery moisture down there. Sometimes she would daydream about

sex in class, and she would feel a warm tingling in her pussy, and

her panties would develop a damp spot from all the moisture - her

body preparing itself for something that never happened.

Rubbing her finger up and down her slit, she imagined the

driver of the shiny black car lying on top of her, making love to

her. He was smiling, his face a few inches from hers, and his

stiff cock felt so good as it moved in and out of her tight hole.

"Lissa, you're so beautiful," he said. "So sexy..." Then he

clenched his white teeth and wrinkled his handsome forehead and

pumped even harder, and she felt his hot semen coming out, way up

inside her belly.

Her expert finger found the magic spot at the top of her pussy

and rubbed around it with just the right pressure, and her orgasm

started to build - a tingling in her thighs and then a delicious

contraction in her pussy, like a sneeze that teases and teases and

then finally comes.

She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. Out of habit,

she put her fingers under her nose and sniffed. Not much smell.

Boys were always talking about fishy smells and tuna, but it

smelled more like a faint whiff of the ocean to Lissa. As she

stood up and reached for her robe, she made a decision. It was

time to lose her virginity.

She mulled it over while she stood in the shower, standing

there with her eyes closed letting the cool water hit her face and

stream down her body. She knew that by keeping her virginity

until the ripe old age of seventeen, she was an oddity. That,

combined with her beauty, meant that all the boys from her

neighborhood were gunning for her. Whoever succeeded would be

guaranteed to blab. Her mother would eventually find out, and that

was a scenario too horrible to contemplate. What she needed was

someone from outside her neighborhood.

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

Marcella Gomez picked up Lissa in front of her house at seven

thirty. Marcella was twenty, three years older than Lissa, but

Lissa had always been mature for her age and they had been best

friends since before high school. Last year Marcella had gotten

pregnant, and she had dropped out of high school and taken a job

at the big Coca-Cola bottling plant. Lissa's mother was fond of

Marcella and had taken the news pretty hard, even to the extent of

crying at Marcella's baby shower. Lissa wasn't sure what the big

deal was: Marcella had a cute baby girl, a decent job, and her own

car.

"Hi Marce," said Lissa, getting into the passenger side. "You

look great. How's little Rita?" Marcella was wearing a one-piece

pink spandex outfit that fit her body like a second skin.

"Hey Lissa. Never underestimate the squeezing power of

spandex." She patted her round tummy, which hadn't quite

recovered from the baby yet. "Rita is fine, just dropped her off

with my aunt." She accelerated down the street with a roar. "Is

that what you're wearing?" she asked, looking at Lissa's jeans and

loose t-shirt.

"What do you think?" said Lissa. She arched her back and

lifted up her shirt, revealing a black bra top that cupped her

breasts tightly, maximizing her cleavage. "My mom thinks this is

underwear, you know? I can't just walk out the front door wearing

this."

"Poor baby," laughed Marcella. "Still living with Mama."

Lissa took off the t-shirt and put it in the plastic bag she

had brought with her. "Yeah, for one more year. Don't drive next

to no trucks for a minute, OK?" She kicked off her sandals and

then unbuttoned her jeans and slid them off. Then she opened the

bag and took out a short black skirt.

"That's more like it," said Marcella as Lissa put the skirt

on, lifting her butt up off the seat to pull it up past her hips.

"If you got it, you should flaunt it. And girl, you got it.

You're fucking gorgeous, you know that?"

"Uhmmm," said Lissa, carefully applying dark red lipstick to

her generous mouth. People were telling her that a lot lately,

and she hadn't quite figured out how to respond.

They parked on the street and followed the crowd of people

along the path that led down to the beach. Most of them were

young Latinos, and there was as much Spanish being spoken as

English.

"So when are you going to introduce me to Chico?" asked

Marcella. "I think he'd make a perfect boyfriend for me," she

added, only half-joking. "Think how safe I'd feel."

"I told you, I hardly know him," said Lissa. "He's eleven

years older than me, and he don't live at my house." Chico

Hernandez was a feared and respected figure in her neighborhood,

something that was only marginally related to his fighting

ability. Chico was a high-ranking member of the Latin Kings, and

he was rumored to have killed three people.

"Come on Lissa, he's your brother, for God's sake."

"Half-brother. And you know my mother don't allow me to talk

to him." The truth was, Lissa wished she knew Chico better, but

he ignored Lissa almost completely, never giving her more than

just a nod when they passed in the street. Although it was

probably for the best, Lissa still felt vaguely hurt.

"I guess I'll just have to introduce myself," sighed Marcella.

There was a big crowd of people on the beach, bigger than

Lissa had ever seen for a fight. "Let's hurry," she said. "Looks

like they're about to start."

They paid their ten dollars each and pushed their way into the

crowd, and the predominantly male spectators cheerfully allowed

the two attractive, provocatively-dressed girls to reach the

front.

"There's Chico," said Marcella, pointing to the other side of

the open circle of sand. Chico Hernandez was a powerfully built

man of average height, with closely-cropped black hair and hard,

deeply-set eyes. Colorful tattoos on his arms and chest

proclaimed his gang status. The girls stared at him for a few

seconds in silence as he shuffled in place on the sand, throwing

punches and bobbing his head. "He's gonna win, you think?" asked

Marcella.

"The other guy is supposed to be good too," said Lissa.

"That's why there's so many people here. But Chico always wins."

She looked around for the other fighter, then realized he was

standing just a few feet away with his back to them. He was a

tall, well-proportioned white guy with blond hair pulled back in a

ponytail, and he was also throwing punches and weaving from side

to side. He was covered with a glistening sheen of sweat, and

Lissa could see the muscles in his broad back rippling smoothly as

he shadowboxed. A skinny black guy was standing behind him,

rubbing his shoulders.

"Remember, this guy knows how to fight," said the black guy.

"So don't get cocky, you hear me?"

"Have you ever seen me cocky, Mickey?" asked the blond guy.

Something about the way he said it, sort of amused and

exasperated, made Lissa smile.

"Always a first time," said Mickey. "Keep him off with the

jab, use your reach. Keep separated, don't start mixing it up

with him."

"Right," said the blond fighter. He turned around and gave

Mickey a playful jab in the chest, and Lissa noticed that he was

very handsome, with chiseled masculine features. His blue eyes

met hers for just a second, and he smiled at her. She smiled

back, then instantly felt guilty. The guy was fighting her

brother, after all.

An older guy Lissa recognized from other fights walked out

into the middle of the ring with a megaphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen..."

The crowd cheered, and people behind Chico started chanting

"Chico, Chico..." Lissa noticed that the crowd on the other side

of the ring was made up mostly of Latin Kings, and she was glad

she and Marcella had ended up on this side.

With a little smile on his face, Chico motioned them to quiet

down.

"Ladies and gentlemen...We have a special bout for you this

evening, between two undefeated fighters. In the red trunks with

the gold trim, from Anaheim, with a record of five wins and no

losses...Fabian 'El Toro' Barnes!"

Lissa wondered if maybe the blond guy was Latino after all,

with a nickname like "El Toro," although he sure looked white.

Fabian walked out to the middle of the ring and acknowledged the

cheers, which seemed to come mostly from the white college kids.

A blond girl standing next to Lissa was screaming like she was at

a rock concert, and a long-haired guy with a roach hanging from

his lip yelled "Kick his ass, Fabian, kick his ass!"

"In the blue trunks, from Los Angeles, with a record of six

wins and no losses...Carlos 'Chico' Hernandez."

The chant started up again as Chico walked out to face Fabian,

and it was clear that most of the crowd was on his side. The

fighters tapped their gloves together and nodded, and the

organizer blew his whistle and started the fight.

Nothing much happened for a while, the two fighters seemed to

just be feeling each other out. In his other fights Chico usually

just ran up to his opponent and started hammering away at close

range, so Lissa figured he must be worried about this Fabian guy.

Finally Chico started moving in and throwing more punches, but

Fabian just moved back out of the way. The skinny black guy,

Mickey, was yelling out a constant stream of encouragement and

instructions. Since Fabian's arms were longer, Lissa could see

that Chico was going to be at a disadvantage in this style of

fight, and she figured that Mickey had come up with the right

strategy.

The fighters were way over by the other side of the ring, and

the LKs over there started insulting Fabian, calling him a chicken

for running away.

"Chicken!" shouted Marcella, picking up on it. "Stay in one

place and fight like a man!"

Finally Fabian held his ground, and the fighters traded a wild

flurry of punches at close range, causing the crowd to go wild.

Suddenly Fabian staggered back and sat down in a heap.

"Yes!" screamed Marcella.

"Fuck!" screamed Mickey.

Lissa didn't say anything. She was a little bit sad that that

Fabian had lost - he seemed like a cool guy. Then she noticed

that he was getting to his feet and was nodding his head to the

promoter guy, who was holding up two fingers in his face.

"Look, it's not over yet," said Lissa.

"Hah!" said Marcella. "It will be soon."

The organizer motioned for the fighters to continue. Chico

came right back at Fabian, but this time Fabian circled and kept

his distance. Then a whistle blew and Fabian walked over toward

them.

"Are you OK?" asked Mickey.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Fabian was hanging his head, like a

dog that knows he's about to be yelled at.

"What the fuck did you think you were doing? What the fuck

did I tell you?"

"I know, I know." He took a drink of water while Mickey

toweled him off.

"Bring the fight this way, away from those gangsters over

there," said Mickey. Lissa got the impression Mickey had a lot

more he wanted to say, but the whistle blew again and the fighters

went back to the middle of the ring.

The fight started again, and sure enough, Fabian started

luring Chico to their side of the ring. He would throw a couple

of quick punches and then move back, never letting Chico get close

to him. When Lissa got a closer look at Chico, she was surprised

to see that his face was blotched and swollen and that he had a

cut over his right eye.

"Oh my God," said Marcella. "Look at Chico, he's all beat

up."

"I know," said Lissa. "And the other guy looks fine." In

more ways than one, she couldn't help thinking. Fabian threw a

quick jab that went home, and from the closer range Lissa and

Marcella saw Chico's head rock back with the force. Chico tried

to retaliate, but his roundhouse right found nothing but air.

"Damn," said Marcella.

The whistle blew again, and this time Lissa could see some LKs

yelling at Chico while they toweled him off. On their side,

things were calmer.

"Perfect round, Fabes, perfect," said Mickey. "Keep jabbing,

keep moving, work the left eye if you can, it looks like it might

open up."

Fabian just nodded. He was breathing heavily and sweat was

pouring down face. His blond hair was soaked like he'd been

swimming.

"Gonna have to see about getting you in condition," said

Mickey. "It's only round three and you look like you been running

wind sprints in the jungle."

"Ain't gonna be no round four," said Fabian.

"Don't get cocky on me, now."

The whistle blew, and now Chico became even more aggressive,

trying to move in quickly before Fabian could hit him with the

jab. At first it seemed to be working - Fabian kept having to

back up and protect his head with his gloves, and Chico was able

to pound away at his body. The LKs started chanting again.

"You right, blondie - there ain't gonna be no round four!"

shouted Marcella. "Cause you goin' down in three!" Lissa just

watched, feeling oddly ambivalent about the fight. She didn't

really want to see either one of them lose.

Suddenly there was a gasp, and a groan from the crowd on the

other side. After waiting patiently for Chico to lower his guard,

Fabian had thrown a sharp right hook. Expecting the left jab,

Chico had ducked right into it, and now blood was flowing freely

from a nasty gash over his left eye. He pawed at it ineffectively

with his glove, cursing in Spanish.

As Lissa and Marcella watched in horror, Fabian landed punch

after punch, staggering Chico and driving him backwards. Blood

continued to pour out of the cut, covering Chico's face and neck,

and every time a punch landed more blood sprayed out onto the

sand. Chico wasn't even fighting back, and Fabian stopped

punching and seemed to be asking him if he wanted to continue.

"He can't see!" shouted Mickey, jumping up and down. "Jimmy,

you gotta stop the fight, the Mex can't see shit!"

The promoter blew his whistle and ran over to Chico. He took

a close look at the cut and then shook his head.

"That's it!" he shouted, waving his arms. "Fight's over."

There was a collective groan from the crowd, and everyone

started to disperse. A couple of LKs started attending to Chico,

wiping the blood away and putting a piece of white tape over the

cut to staunch the bleeding.

Fabian walked over and said something, probably asking if

Chico was OK, but a couple of big enforcer types pushed him back

rudely. One of them took something out of his pocket, and Lissa

saw the ugly gleam of a knife blade. A circle of LKs started to

form around the blond fighter, and Lissa thought there was going

to be trouble. But Chico said something authoritative and waved

his arms, and the situation was quickly defused.

"Shit, you try to say something nice..." grumbled Fabian as

Mickey unlaced his gloves.

"Forget about it. Come on, let's get out of here, have a

little party," said Mickey. "We got us a nice haul out of this

one, let's hit the West Club."

"Sure, why not." said Fabian. As he walked by, Lissa made eye

contact again and smiled. Fabian smiled back and looked like he

was going to stop, but a bunch of people suddenly came between

them, trying to talk to the victorious fighter, and the moment

passed.

"I saw that," said Marcella. "Don't think I didn't see that.

And after he beat up your brother, too."

"Terrible," agreed Lissa. "But he is cute." She felt

deflated all of a sudden. "So what do you want to do? Go home?"

"No way! It's only nine. Let's go somewhere and dance or

something."

"OK. How about the West Club?"

They looked at each other and both started laughing. "Sounds

like the place where the action is tonight," agreed Marcella.

***********

Lissa took a sip of her dacquiri and wondered what on earth

she had been thinking. She and Marcella had found the West Club

and had gotten in, sweet-talking the guy at the door, and sure

enough, Fabian Barnes was here. In fact, she was looking at him

right now; he was sitting at a corner table with several other

people, including the black guy, Mickey. He was dressed casually

in a clean white t-shirt and black jeans, and he was slouched back

in his seat with that sexy smile on his face, sort of watching the

rest of them and not talking much. There were three women at the

table, all very pretty, and all obviously interested in Fabian.

One of them, a thin redhead wearing a low-cut gold top, was

sitting right next to him, practically in his lap, and staring up

at him like a faithful dog.

"Cheer up," said Marcella. "What did you expect, he'd be all

lonely, sitting in a booth by himself or something?"

Lissa managed a smile. "OK, this was a dumb idea. I'm

sorry."

"Hey, it's a pretty nice place, I'm not complaining. Besides,

we can still have fun - a couple of cute college guys over at the

bar are looking at us."

"They probably think we're cheap hookers."

Marcella laughed. "You gotta think more positive. Expensive

hookers, maybe. Hey - you still want to talk to blondie? Now's

your big chance."

Lissa looked over at the other table. Fabian wasn't there.

"He went to the bathroom. Just go wait by the door and run

into him when he comes out. Give him that sexy south-of-the-

border smile and tell him how much you enjoyed the fight."

Lissa shrugged. It wasn't much of a plan, but at least she

could say she tried. "OK, what the hell." She downed a big sip

of her dacquiri and walked toward the restrooms. Halfway there,

the door opened and Fabian came out. He was heading back to his

table, and Lissa saw she wasn't going to be able to intercept him.

But then he glanced over and saw her, and he stopped and smiled.

Lissa's heart flipped in her chest, and after a moment she managed

to smile back.

"Hey," said Fabian. "Weren't you at the fight?"

Lissa nodded. "Yeah, I was there. You was great." She

cringed at her barrio accent, which always came out when she was

nervous.

"Sure, I remember - you were standing behind Mickey, my

manager. But you and your friend were rooting for the other guy."

He tapped his ear and grinned. "I hear everything when I'm

fighting, it's like I get super senses or something."

Oh that was just terrific. She swallowed, and said "My friend

is a big fan of Chico's. But by the end of the fight I was

rooting for you."

"Really? Thanks, that's cool." His smile was infectious, and

she suddenly felt more at ease. She saw him glance uncertainly

over at his table. Then he said "Hey, do you want to dance? I

mean, if you're not here with your boyfriend or something."

Lissa finally managed to pull off her grade-A smile, and she

cocked her hip and raised her eyebrow. "Sure, as long as you're

not here with your girlfriend or something."

He seemed to understand what she was getting at. "Nope, no

girlfriend. I'm just popular tonight because I'm buying the

drinks, that's all."

He took her onto the crowded floor and they danced one dance.

It wasn't Lissa's favorite music, industrial stuff with a grinding

beat, and Fabian wasn't a great dancer, but it was still a lot of

fun. God, he was handsome. She could feel the jealous looks she

was getting from other women, and she got a discreet thumbs-up and

wink from Marcella, who hadn't wasted any time dragging one of the

college boys onto the dance floor. When the song was over, Fabian

put his hand on her back and said "Come on, let's have a drink.

I'm too beat to dance any more."

They sat down at his table, which was littered with bottles

and glasses. There was no sign of the redhead, and the other

people seemed friendly enough. Fabian said "This is..." and then

looked confused. "Shit, I never got your name, did I?"

Mickey laughed. "You the man, Fabes. Nobody smoother than

you."

"It's Lissa," she said, laughing along with everyone else.

She realized they were all a bit drunk.

"OK everyone, this is Lissa," said Fabian. "She needs to

catch up." He picked up a bottle of tequila and poured two shots.

"You like tequila, Lissa?"

"Um...sure." She watched him as he tossed back the shot, made

a face, and then bit into a lime wedge. She picked up the other

glass a little uncertainly. How bad could it be? She drank it

down, and thought it was the vilest stuff she had ever tasted.

The need for the lime was now obvious. She took the wedge out of

Fabian's hand and bit into it.

"That was disgusting," she said. "Makes me ashamed to be

Mexican."

They all all laughed again. "Show me someone who says they

like the taste of tequila, and I'll show you a liar," said Mickey.

"So why are we drinking it?" asked Fabian. He smiled at

Lissa, showing her he was on her side. "Let's stick to beer."

"Great idea," she said. He continued to look right at her,

and she dropped her eyes self-consciously.

"You're really beautiful, you know that?" he said softly.

"Thank you."

He put his hand on her knee under the table, and she moved her

leg closer to his, letting him know she didn't mind.

"So what do you do, Lissa?"

She blanked out for a second. Naturally Fabian assumed she

was at least twenty-one, and either had a job or was in college.

"I work at the Coca-cola bottling plant," she said.

He seemed pleased, for some reason. "I do landscaping," he

said. "I just started my own business. It's just me right now,

but I'm planning to eventually expand and hire some workers. I

can't beat people up for a living forever."

Lissa realized he was self-conscious about his job, and she

was glad she hadn't said she was in college. "Oh yeah? That's

great - how's the business going?"

He made a wry face. "So-so. I'm making a lot of money from

the beach fighting right now - makes it kinda hard to get

motivated for mowing lawns and trimming hedges. But I think it's

going to work out eventually."

A waitress came over with a tray of beers, and Fabian grabbed

two bottles and handed one to her. Lissa realized she was thirsty,

and after the tequila the beer tasted great. She and Fabian

continued to drink and talk, and the time went by quickly. After

a while the others drifted away, leaving them alone at the table.

There was a little lull in the conversation, and then Fabian

asked "Can I kiss you?"

She nodded, suddenly short of breath. He leaned forward and

kissed her gently and briefly on the lips. They looked at each

other for a second, and then they kissed again, a long delicious

exploring clinch. She opened her mouth a little and they touched

tongues, and licked each other's front teeth. His hand was on the

inside of her thigh now, and it felt warm and heavy as he stroked

her bare skin. She felt the moistness between her legs

developing, and she thought about the decision she had made this

afternoon, about losing her virginity.

Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Marcella hovering

nearby with an amused look on her face. "Um, can you hold on a

sec? I need to talk to my friend."

As she stood up, Fabian gave her ass a discreet squeeze, and

she giggled.

"Having fun?" asked Marcella. "I must say, I'm impressed."

Lissa blushed. "He's really sweet."

"Uh huh, I bet you can't wait to introduce him to your mother.

Listen, I told my aunt I'd pick up the baby by eleven. Do you

still need me to drive you home?"

Behind Marcella, Lissa could see the college boy leaning

against the wall, trying to look unobtrusive. "You're such a

liar, Marcella."

"He needs a ride home, his friend already left," she protested

weakly.

Lissa went back to the table. "That's my ride, and she's

gotta leave now," she told Fabian.

"Don't leave. I'll give you a ride home later."

"You sure?"

"Yep." He put his arm around her and pulled her down next to

him. Lissa waved to Marcella, signalling that she could go.

"I guess I'm in trouble, now," she said to Fabian.

"You sure are," he agreed. He brushed back her hair with the

back of his hand and kissed her neck, making her break out in

goosebumps. She turned to face him, pressing her breasts into his

chest, and kissed him boldly on the lips. She sensed that she had

crossed some sort of line now, and she felt daring and wild. They

kissed passionately for a few minutes, their hands wandering over

each other's bodies, and then Fabian pulled back. She could tell

that he was getting very turned on. For that matter, so was she.

"You want to get out of here now, before we get thrown out for

indecent behavior?" he asked her.

She smiled and nodded.

In the parking lot, Fabian held open the passenger door of a

rusty pickup for her. "Sorry about the wheels," he said. "Lexus

is in the shop."

"That's OK," she giggled. The inside smelled like grass

clippings.

It was a short drive to Fabian's place, and they made the trip

in relative silence. His apartment was small and shabbily

furnished, but clean and neat. Lissa used his bathroom, and when

she came out soft music was playing on a portable boom box and

Fabian was sprawled back on the couch. She sat down next to him,

feeling a little nervous.

"You look tired," she said. "Not surprising, I guess."

"Yeah, the thing about a fight is you use up a lot of nervous

energy before it even starts. I'm always dead beat afterwards."

He ran his hand through her hair and massaged the back of her

neck, and her skin tingled at his touch. She reached up and

traced her finger down his somewhat crooked nose.

"I guess some of your opponents had better luck than the guy

tonight," she teased with a smile. She thought about telling him

that Chico was her half-brother, then decided against it. Too

weird to explain it all now.

"That's for sure," he said. "I was too damn slow to be a pro

fighter. I did OK for a while, then I started fighting some guys

who were really good, and I turned into human punching bag."

She laughed - the boys she knew, with their macho posturing,

wouldn't say something like that in a million years.

"You have a great laugh," he said. He pulled her toward him

and kissed her. "And you're a great kisser. In fact, I bet

everything you do with that mouth is great."

They kissed again, playfully wrestling with their tongues, and

then she felt his hand cup her breast. It startled her a little,

but it felt good, and she said "mmm" through the kiss. He

continued to massage her breast through the tight top, finding her

nipple as it hardened and gently squeezing it between his thumb

and forefinger. Deciding she might as well make it easier for

him, she slid over into his lap, sitting crossways on the couch in

the little hollow between his spread legs.

Fabian placed his hand on the warm, bare skin of her upper

chest, and then he slid it downwards, slowly moving his palm over

the swelling curve of her bosom, sliding her top downward in the

process, until his big hand was covering her bare breast. She

closed her eyes and took a deep breath, concentrating on the

feeling.

"You are so hot," he whispered in her ear.

"You're good at this," she said, thinking of previous fumbling

attempts to get inside her top. She shifted position slightly and

suddenly noticed the jutting bulge of his erection pressing

against her hip. As he continued to fondle her breast, she

pressed herself more firmly against the bulge, grinding her hip

into it, and she heard him draw in his breath.

"Let's go into the bedroom," he said. Before she could

answer, he stood up, cradling her effortlessly in his arms. She

let out a little shriek and laughed, kicking her feet.

"You're so strong!" She felt like a little girl all of a

sudden, all clumsy and awkward, and her chest tightened as she

thought of what was to come. The bedroom was dark, and he laid

her down on the bed and stretched out next to her.

Their lips came together again, and she shuddered as he pressed

the length of his body against hers. His hand roamed down her

back and over her ass, rubbing and squeezing, and then moved

between her thighs.

She shifted slightly, opening her legs just a little, and as

his hand moved upward under her short skirt, she closed her eyes

in anticipation. When his fingers touched the warm mound of her

pussy through her panties, it felt like an electric shock, and she

let out a little moan.

He rubbed her gently, and kissed her again, and it started to

feel very good. Then he took his hand away and sat up and took

off his shirt. She lay there and watched him as he took off his

jeans and his underwear.

"Your turn," he said. He helped her sit up, and then he

reached behind her and unfastened her top, letting it fall off,

and then he unzipped her skirt and worked it down, taking her

panties with it. "You sure know how to take off a woman's

clothes," she said. She tried to sound lighthearted, but her

voice was cracked and raspy.

"Practice, practice," he said.

Her skirt and panties dropped to the floor, and she suddenly

realized she was naked in a strange bed with a man she didn't

really know. This is what I wanted, she thought. Then he pushed

her back on the bed, sprawling next to her, and she could feel the

ridges and planes of his solid body pressing into her. He kissed

her hard, and then his hand was between her legs again, and this

time one of his fingers went right to her hole and pushed its way

up inside her. She closed her eyes and tried to enjoy the

feeling, but her body was tense and it felt more like an

intrusion.

He pulled his finger back out and moved over her, positioning

himself between her legs. Peering down the narrow space between

their bodies, she saw the outline of his hard cock, an angular

shadow that seemed much too large to fit where it was supposed to

go. A twinge of panic formed in her chest as he rubbed the head

up and down her slit and then positioned it at her opening.

"Fabian..." she said.

"What is it baby? Get ready to take it...it's coming. " He

sounded distracted and distant, and the pressure increased as he

began to enter her.

"Just...nothing. Go ahead." She closed her eyes tight and

grunted in faint protest as her pussy was wrenched open wider then

she thought was possible. A burning, swelling pressure inside

her, and then he was lying on top of her, covering her with his

massive body, and she wasn't a virgin any more.

"Damn, you're tight," he said, smiling at her.

"You like?"

He moved his hips slightly, pushing himself in even deeper,

and the sensation made her gasp. "Yeah, I sure do," he told her.

He started really fucking her then, and everything seemed to

happen much too quickly. If he would slow down a little, not push

into her so fast, not so deep...but she didn't say anything, she

just clung to his chest and breathed in short tight gasps, waiting

for it to end. After what seemed like forever, but was in reality

only a few minutes, Fabian groaned in her ear and she sensed

rather than felt his orgasm as he spasmed deep inside her.

He rolled off to the side, and she clung to him, feeling a

desperate need to talk.

"Fabian...was that OK for you? I didn't tell you

before...maybe I should have said...that was like my first time."

No response - nothing but slow, even breathing. She felt a

warm trickling between her thighs as his seed oozed out of her,

and she suddenly felt dirty. And angry.

"Hey! What are you doing? You can't jus' go to sleep like

that, you bastard - wake up!" Fabian grunted and opened his eyes.

"Huh? What's the matter? I told you, I'm tired."

She found the light switch and flooded the room with a painful

burst of illumination. "You gotta give me a ride home. My moth-

... you promised."

He blinked at her like an idiot. "I will - first thing in the

morning. What's the matter with you, anyway?"

"No, not in the morning - I gotta go home tonight. Now."

Her voice was edged with hysteria, and Fabian came fully

awake.

"OK, OK, I'll call you a cab. He dialed a number on the bedside

phone and as she told him her address he repeated it to the

dispatcher.

"Taxi'll be here in five minutes. Did I do something wrong?

Something I said?"

He was looking at her with genuine concern now, his bloodshot

eyes partly hidden behind a tangle of blond hair. His cock lolled

limply between his muscular thighs, harmlessly soft now.

"No, it's not your fault," she said. "It's me."

He took his wallet off the nightstand. It was jammed so full

of bills it would hardly close. "Here, I'll pay for the ride. I

really shouldn't drive right now," he added lamely.

Lissa snorted a sudden laugh. "Yeah, I think maybe you got a

point there." She took the twenty he offered her. As she moved

to put it in her pocket, she remembered she was stark naked.

Suddenly self-conscious, she shut off the light again. "Go back

to sleep," she said. "I'll be fine."



+++ Part Three +++

Fabian and Mickey were sitting in a booth at the Last Resort,

watching the tireless younger generation thrashing and preening on

the dance floor. They'd been there for a few hours, drinking beer

and arguing good-naturedly about who was a better guitar player,

Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton, when Mickey elbowed Fabian in the

ribs and jerked his head toward the door.

"Ain't that the Mexican dude you cut up the other week? One

that saved your ass when his homeboys started acting up?"

Surrounded by three husky young men wearing sunglasses, Chico

Hernandez walked slowly through the crowded club. He was wearing

a shiny form-fitting green shirt and yellow slacks, and had a

small bandage over his left eye. The crowd parted to let them

through, and Chico nodded impassively at a few people who called

out his name.

"Yep, that's him," said Fabian. "Sharp dresser. Think I'd

look good in a shirt like that?"

Mickey shook his head and started laughing, and got that look

on his face like he was going to come up with a bad-ass put down,

and Fabian decided to change the subject. "Maybe I should send

him a drink or something. Let him know there's no hard feelings."

Two tables had opened up in the back of the club as if by

magic, and Chico sat down at one of them by himself. His friends

or bodyguards took the other table and started playing cards.

Mickey said "He knows you ain't got any hard feelings, cause

you won the damn fight."

"What if I run into him on the dance floor, or in the men's

room? Could be awkward. Maybe we should leave."

"Leave? Why the fuck should we leave?"

Fabian saw the waitress looking at them, and he motioned her

over. "I'd like to buy a drink for the guy in the green shirt

over there. You don't happen to know what he drinks, do you?"

"Chico? He drinks Bacardi and coke." She gave Fabian a

suspicious look. "What do you want to buy a drink for Chico for?

If you owe him money or something, you'd be better off just

leaving, you know what I mean?"

"Naw, nothing like that. Just a friendly gesture."

She shrugged. "OK, one Bacardi and coke for Chico."

They watched as the waitress brought it over and talked to

Chico. When he turned to look at them, Fabian raised his hand in

a little wave and grinned.

"You're a real cheeseball, you know that?" said Mickey under

his breath.

Chico nodded politely at Fabian and motioned for him to come

over to his table.

"Back in a minute," he said to Mickey. He walked over and sat

down across from Chico, uncomfortably aware of the stares from the

Mexican gangster's entourage.

"Thanks for the drink. Fabian, right?" Chico's face was

expressionless, neither friendly or unfriendly.

"Right. No problem. That was a good fight last week, real

even. Considering I got about twenty pounds on you, I'd say you

were the better fighter."

Chico flashed a quick smile. "The twenty pounds was no

problem. I think your reach is like a foot more than mine."

"Yeah, that came in handy too," agreed Fabian.

"You gonna fight again soon?"

"Yup - got one in three days. Some Jamaican guy, I guess.

Jimmy says he isn't too tough, gonna be an easy win for me, but

what else is Jimmy gonna say, right?"

Chico grinned, flashing a gold tooth. Mimicking Jimmy

Vargas's rapid New York delivery, he said "I got one lined up for

you Thursday - this guy gonna kick your ass so you better bring a

first aid kit." Fabian laughed appreciatively. Chico seemed

pretty OK.

"I gotta a wait awhile myself," said Chico, fingering the

bandage over his eye. "Couple more weeks for this to heal. You

open me up pretty good."

"Sorry about that."

He shrugged. "I always cut real easy. Pain in the ass."

"By the way, I wanted to thank you for helping me out after

the fight. Things were getting ugly."

Chico nodded solemnly. "No problem, man. My people come to

see me kick some ass, they get a little upset if I lose."

"I hope you didn't like, lose too much status in your gang or

whatever."

Chico's face turned hard and cold for a few seconds, then he

shook his head with a tight little smile. "Shit, no. My 'status'

as you call it don't depend on my winning fights."

Fabian decided it might be a bad idea to ask him just what his

gang status was based on. "So you're just in it for the chicks

and the money like me?"

Chico threw back his head and laughed, causing the goons at

the next table to look over from their card game.

"Chicks and money, man, that's exactly right. Especially the

chicks. You win a fight on Tigertail, you get to pick and choose,

am I right?"

"Amen," said Fabian with a grin. "Hell, even my manager gets

laid after I win a fight."

Chico leaned forward with the easy familiarity of men

everywhere when they start talking about women. "I bet you get a

lot of those skinny white college girls, the ones that smoke pot

and pretend they living in the sixties or whatever."

"Yeah, that's right," said Fabian, thinking Chico was pretty

perceptive.

"Me, I go for the Chicas - the Latina chicks. I like a woman

with a little meat on her bones, you know? I don't mean fat or

nothing, I just like to have something to hold onto. Most of the

white chicks, I just want to tell them to eat something, you know?

Get a decent meal once in a while."

Fabian thought about the Mexican girl he had taken home the

other week. She had been the whole package: nice smile, great

body, easy to talk to. He had a nagging feeling he had somehow

screwed up big time with that one.

"No offense, man," said Chico, misunderstanding Fabian's

silence. "Everybody got they own taste, right?"

"No, I think you got a good point there."

"Oh hey, I almost forgot," said Chico. "I want to get a

rematch when my cut heals. What do you say?"

Fabian was a little surprised. "You want another shot at the

champ, huh? You figure out a way to get a longer reach or

something?"

Chico smiled at the verbal jab, but Fabian could see he wasn't

amused. "I had the wrong strategy, fought a stupid fight. Be

different next time. I personally guarantee there won't be any

trouble from my friends."

"Because you'll win?"

Chico smiled. "Either way."

Fabian shrugged. "Sounds good to me. Me and Jimmy split five

thousand dollars last time. If you guarantee your friends will

behave, I'm sure Jimmy'll be happy to set it up. "

"Don't worry about Jimmy, I'll talk to him."

Back at his own table, Mickey said "What did you two buddies

chat about over there?"

"He wants a rematch."

Mickey nodded. "I thought that might be it. Well, you kicked

his ass once, you can kick it again."

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

Fabian jogged slowly along the winding beachfront path, his

breath rasping in his throat and his chest burning like he had

inhaled some sort of noxious acid. Mickey was right - he was out

of shape, at least by his previous high standards. It was all

coming back to him, why he had given up boxing. The pain and

humiliation of losing in the ring was bad, but the drawn-out

torture of keeping his body in perfect condition was even worse.

A girl on rollerblades skated by, swaying gracefully from side

to side, the muscles in her legs working smoothly under her golden

skin. He admired the generous curves of her hips and ass, and the

cascade of shiny dark hair down her back. She reminded him of the

girl he had picked up at the West Club last week, the one he

hadn't been able to get out of his head. Lissa something.

Then the girl cut in front of him and turned around to face

him, skating backwards, and he realized with a shock that it was

Lissa.

"Hey," she said. "Remember me?"

Fabian felt an instinctive surge of guilt. He wished he had a

nickle for every time a woman he hadn't called for a while came up

to him and said that. But this time it wasn't his fault.

"Yeah, absolutely. I remember you, Lissa. I wanted to call

you, but I didn't have your number or even your last name." She

was still gliding along backwards, smiling at him and letting him

get closer and closer. He had to resist the urge to push her along

by resting his hands on the inviting curves where her narrow waist

swelled into her hips. She was just as beautiful as he

remembered, which was a little surprising considering how much he

had drunk that night.

"I know," she said. "I had my reasons. And besides, after

what happened I didn't know if I wanted to see you again."

"I don't blame you. I wasn't exactly at my best that night.

I felt bad about the way things ended up, me falling asleep like

that."

She laughed. "It wasn't what I was hoping for. But not for

the reason you think. It wasn't your fault."

He thought about this for a second, puzzled, and said "Maybe

there's not enough blood flowing to my brain or something, but I

don't think I'm following you." He stopped jogging and started to

walk. Lissa rolled to a stop, still facing him, and he had to

stop or run into her.

"I've been looking for you, but I'm not exactly sure why," she

admitted. "I'm probably just annoying you."

"No you're not," he said, truthfully. "You know, for the past

week I haven't been able to stop thinking about you."

Lissa looked pleased. "Really? Me too. Hey, you think maybe

we can go someplace and talk? There's a couple things I should

tell you."

As it happened, they were next to a small beachfront park with

some shade trees and benches. They found an empty bench and sat

down, and Fabian looked at her expectantly.

"Well, the first thing I guess I should tell you...I'm only

eighteen."

He was surprised, but not stunned. Without the makeup, she

did look a bit younger than he had remembered. "So you don't work

at the bottling plant either, I bet."

"You remembered! Maybe I did make an impression on you after

all. No, I'm a senior in high school."

"High school, huh?" That didn't sound too good. "So I guess

the real reason you had to go home that night was to keep from

getting grounded."

"Killed is more like it," said Lissa. "I still caught a lot

of shit, getting home at one in the morning."

"So that's it?"

She shook her head. "No, I didn't tell you the big thing yet.

Except it's big for me, no big deal for you, I guess."

"What?"

She looked at him, then looked down. "It was my first time."

"Your first...? Oh, man. I'm sorry, Lissa."

"You got nothing to be sorry about. I was the one who threw

myself at you. I wanted it to happen."

"If you'd said something..." He thought back to the way it

had happened, and felt sick.

She shook her head. "It's kind of embarrassing. My friends,

male and female, all lost their virginity when they were thirteen

or fourteen, and I started feeling like a weirdo. That whole

thing about guys wanting to marry a virgin is bullshit, as far as

I can tell."

"Never saw the appeal, myself," he agreed.

"So finally I decided I just wanted to get the monkey off my

back."

"But why me?"

She laughed. "You was in the right place at the right time.

Don't worry about it, Fabian. I was a virgin, but I wasn't like

totally inexperienced. It didn't hurt or anything."

"That's good," he said, feeling a little better. She smiled

at him, and he smiled back. "Anything else you need to get off

your chest?"

She thought about it, chewing on her lower lip. She had about

the sexiest mouth he had ever seen, and he felt his cock twitch.

Then he felt guilty. He decided right then that he wanted to get

to know her a lot better.

"Well, no, that's about it. I guess it's best if we just

shake hands and walk away, no hard feelings, right?" she asked.

"I mean, you're a lot older than me, I'm Mexican and you're

white..."

"If that's what you want, then of course," he said carefully.

"But I don't know, it seems like we get along pretty well. I

mean, before we went back to my place we had a really good time

talking and hanging out, I thought. I talked more to you that

night than I can remember talking with anybody for a long time.

And I've been thinking about you since then more than I've thought

about anyone in a long time. So what I'm babbling about, I guess,

is no, I don't want to just shake hands and walk away."

"Oh." She didn't say anything for a few seconds. "In that

case, I'm actually seventeen."

"Shit." He buried his face in his hands.

"But if you can handle that, and if you're serious about

maybe...you know, going out or something..."

"If you're sixteen, now's the time to tell me," he said

through his hands.

She giggled. "I'll be eighteen in two months, I promise. I

got my driver's license and everything."

He looked up. "That's a relief."

There was a few moments of awkward silence. Fabian spotted a

little stand selling fast food on the other side of the park. He

nodded towards it and said "Would you like a soda or an ice cream

or something?"

She nodded, a happy smile growing on her face. "That would be

very nice."

As they walked across the park, he took her hand in his.

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

Fabian climbed the stairs to his apartment and unlocked the

door. His little place was looking a lot better these days, ever

since Lissa had started spending her afternoons here instead of at

the library. Colorful prints and hand-woven rugs decorated the

walls, and the rattiest furniture had been replaced with

inexpensive but tasteful new pieces. A woman's touch.

"Hola, Senorita," he called out in atrocious Spanish.

"Hola, Se–or," answered Lissa, sounding happy and amused.

"Como estas?"

She was in the bedroom, sitting Indian-style on the bed

surrounded by papers and textbooks, wearing only her bra and

panties. Her school uniform was folded neatly on a chair. Fabian

leaned against the doorway and stared her with an appreciative

smile. "Bien. Mucho bien, gracias."

"It's nice that you want to learn Spanish, Fabian, but I do

speak pretty good English. My native language and all..."

"That last one exhausted my vocabulary, so it's just as well.

How's the studying going?"

She closed the textbook in front of her with a crack.

"Chemistry, ick. Time for you to teach me something that's more

fun. Hit the showers, mister."

"Shower?" He brushed at the grass clippings stuck to his arm.

"Yeah, maybe you're right. Don't go anywhere."

When he padded back into the bedroom five minutes later with a

damp towel around his waist, the books were put away and she was

sitting against the headboard with the sheet draped loosely over

her body. She had loosened the knot in her hair, and it cascaded

down past her shoulders in thick, glossy waves. He sat down next

to her and gave her a long hard kiss. The sheet slid away,

exposing her full, soft breasts. He kissed his way down her face

and neck, inhaling the sweet aroma of her skin, and then took one

of her nipples into his mouth. He teased at the soft, warm flesh

with his lips and tongue, making it swell and pout.

"That feels so nice," she said, rubbing his neck. She put her

arms around his broad, muscular chest, holding him possesively

close.

He moved to her other breast, and soon he felt her hand slide

under the towel and move towards his groin. She took his

stiffening cock in her hand and just held it, keeping it company

as it came fully erect. Then she squeezed it gently and started

rubbing the underside of the head with her thumb, making him

groan.

"Did I teach you how to do that?" he asked. "I must be a damn

good teacher."

"Nah, I used the experimental method - we learned about that

in school. Tried all sorts of stuff, and watched to see which

ones made you squirm." Her thumb slid up over the little slit,

smearing out a drop of precome. Using it as a lubricant, she

started moving her thumb in slow circles. "See? You're

squirming."

"Yep. Bet I can make you squirm, too."

"I know you can," she giggled. "I love it when you make me

squirm, Fabian."

He pulled the sheet away from her legs and pushed her thighs

apart. Her sex was a symmetric ribbon of dark pink nestled in the

glossy curls of her pubic hair. He shifted position, bringing his

head down into her lap, and breathed in her faint, musky aroma as

he nibbled on her inner thigh. She trembled and stiffened,

anticipating the pleasure to follow. Finally he put his mouth

over her pussy and teased at her outer labia with his tongue,

letting his saliva mix with her juices as she opened up.

"Oh, yes..." she sighed. "Lick me."

"Are you sure?" he teased. "You don't think it's nasty any

more?"

"Of course it's nasty, but it feels sooo good," she said. She

lay back and spread her legs, inviting him to burrow in deeper.

Fabian lapped away contentedly, stimulating her with long

strokes of his tongue, until she was moving her hips in time with

his head and moaning. It had taken a lot of convincing before

Lissa had let him go down on her - some sort of cultural thing.

At first she had been stiff as a board, unwilling to spread her

legs and relax. But Fabian's unfeigned enjoyment and the

undeniably pleasurable sensations of a probing tongue in her pussy

had eventually changed her attitude. Now she was addicted to it,

and it was a regular part of their lovemaking.

When he sensed that she was ready, he moved his attention

upward, concentrating on the meaty little bump of her clit,

circling around it with the stiff tip of his tongue. She gasped

and lifted her hips up, and he slid his hands under her ass,

squeezing her buttocks.

For a few seconds there was only the sound of her ragged

breathing as she focused intently on the waves of sensation coming

from her pussy. Her orgasm was a teasing, lurking promise,

hovering just out of reach. She needed the stimulation just a

fraction of a millimeter higher, just a tad faster... she lifted

one knee, shifted her weight slightly, and Fabian's tongue

suddenly hit the right spot. Her orgasm blossomed quickly inside

her, like fireworks exploding in her stomach, and the pleasure was

so unbearably intense that she cried out without even realizing

it.

Fabian wiped her copious juices from his mouth and smiled up

at her. Her warm brown eyes were still hazy and unfocused, but

she smiled back at him lazily.

"Thank you," she said.

"You don't have to thank me," he replied automatically, and

they both smiled. "Didn't take as long this time, did it?"

"I don't know, I wasn't paying attention to the time," she

said. "It takes a lot of concentration to come that way. Not

like..."

"Not like what?" he asked, sitting up. His cock jutted up

into the air like a flagpole.

Lissa looked embarrassed. "Like when I do it to myself."

"Oh, so you masturbate?" he said. "You never told me. How

naughty. Jeez, here I was thinking you were a nice girl and

all..."

"Oh stop," she said, giggling and kicking him playfully. "I

*was* a nice girl until I met you."

"But you had these... urges," he said dramatically.

"Yeah, I had urges. Every day after school I had an urge."

"Every day, huh? Interesting. You'll have to show me some

time."

"Show you? No way!"

"Yes way. I want to see how you get yourself off. Maybe I'll

learn something."

"Hmm. Maybe someday. It's easier that way, but it doesn't

feel nearly as good."

He picked up one of her feet and moved it into his lap, and

rubbed his cock against the sole. She giggled. "That tickles!"

"Don't forget, I have urges too," he teased. "Not as strong

as yours, I'm sure, but pretty strong."

She sat up so that she was facing him and squeezed his firm

cock in her hand. "Poor Fabian. What would you like your Lissa

to do about those urges?"

"Maybe you could kiss it?"

She smiled. "Maybe I could." She leaned forward into his

lap, and her hair spilled forward in a dark curtain, shielding his

view. He felt her tongue touch the underside of his cock, a

little exploratory lick, and then her hot mouth closed over the

head. She didn't take him in any farther than that, and he had

to restrain himself from thrusting upward. He was dying to fuck

her lush, beautiful mouth, driving himself all the way to the back

of her throat, but he had decided to take it very slow and easy

when it came to sex with Lissa. As it was, he felt vaguely guilty

about corrupting a high-school girl. He closed his eyes and

sighed, his stomach muscles tensing and twitching as she licked

and nibbled tentatively at his cock. After a few minutes she

lifted her head and looked at him, her lips wet with saliva.

"I really don't know what I'm doing," she said with an

apologetic smile. "You've got to teach me."

"I will," he said. "But there's no rush. Besides, you're

doing great."

"No, I'm not," she laughed. She moved closer to him, pushing

him onto his back, and straddled his waist.

"Let's make love," she said. "I'm getting pretty good at

that, at least."

"That you are."

His erection still intimidated her slightly, seeming too large

to go into her pussy, but now she knew better. Now she knew how

it felt to have her insides filled up by a hot, rigid cock, and

she was as anxious as Fabian was.

As Fabian held his cock in place, Lissa positioned herself

carefully, getting the angle just right, and then slowly allowed

the rigid shaft to slide up inside her. When she finally sat

astride him, pinned in place and deliciously full, the feeling was

so wanton and yet so indescribably right that her body gave an

involuntary shudder of pure joy. As if of their own accord, her

hips began to make little sliding and twisting motions, grinding

her sex against his pubis, and her body greedily soaked up the

little spikes of pleasure.

When Fabian reached up and cupped her breasts, she put her

hands over his and pressed them more firmly in place. Her whole

body seemed to be giving off slow waves of pleasure now, and she

closed her eyes and just let herself drift along on the rhythm of

Fabian's long, smooth thrusts. After a while the steady buildup

of pleasure became overwhelming, and she found herself restlessly

pushing the pace, lifting herself up to lengthen the long,

pneumatic strokes, wordlessly urging Fabian to increase the tempo.

"Harder," she finally moaned. "Do it faster. Please..." Her

voice was whiny and selfish.

Fabian smiled and gripped her waist. He smoothly accelerated

the pace like a powerful luxury car, and Lissa started uttering a

strangled little "oh!" every time he arched up into her with a

smack. The orgasm snuck up on her, seeming to gather itself out

of thin air like a summer storm, and the climax was a long and

drawn-out pleasure ride that left her gasping for air and

momentarily dizzy.

She leaned forward, draping her limp honey-colored body over

his, and kissed his mouth tenderly. She smiled as she felt him

pull her thighs apart, making room for what he needed to do. Then

his big hands covered her round buttocks, gripping the muscles

underneath her warm skin, and he quickly sought out his long-

delayed pleasure, urgently driving himself into her.

Lissa felt incredibly womanly and somehow privileged to be the

object of his primitive exertions, and she was happy to give her

body over to him entirely. When he began to groan and lift his

head off the bed, she contracted herself around him, trying to

make herself even tighter, and then she felt the warm flooding

rush of his release.

"That was fun," she whispered, brushing a damp strand of hair

away from his eyes. They lay entwined on the bed for several

minutes, sleepy and comfortable in the warm, sunny room. When

Lissa finally pulled herself upright and padded off to the

bathroom, Fabian started to think about the future. It wasn't

something he did very often, but he had a feeling it was time to

start.

**********

The Ocean View Gym was a no-nonsense facility: a single hot,

smelly room filled to overflowing with free weights and Universal

machines. The clientele was overwhelmingly male, and they came

for one reason only - to lift weights. Like most boxers, Fabian

instinctively mistrusted any sort of amenities or frills in a

weight room, and Ocean View fit the bill perfectly.

He was working his legs this morning, doing a descending

series of squats with a huge black man in his forties who went by

the name Horse. His thighs were quivering like jelly and he felt

sick to his stomach, which meant that he was getting a good

workout. He was spotting for horse when he noticed Mickey

wandering through the room, looking decidedly out of place in

linen slacks and a white turtleneck.

He grinned, called out "Hey Mick! What's going on, you lost

or something?" Mickey had a well-known aversion to exercise.

"I'm looking for you," said Mickey, coming over. His face was

unusually serious. "We gotta talk, it's important."

"Sure, no problem." He helped his lifting partner guide the

bar back onto the shoulder-height brackets. "Gimme five, OK

Horse?"

He led Mickey into a quiet corner. "What's up?"

His friend looked uncomfortable. "Fraid I got some bad news,

Fabian. The Mexican dude, Chico? Word on the street is he's

gunning for you."

"Gunning for me?"

"Yeah, as in he wants to kill you. I asked around a little,

and this ain't a threat to take lightly. Wouldn't be the first

time this dude popped somebody."

"I'm giving the guy a rematch in a couple days just like he

wanted," said Fabian, completely mystified. "So what's his

problem? He trying to psyche me out or something?"

"Listen to me, you big white moron: he found out you're

screwing his little sister!"

"What!" It didn't take him long to figure it out. For once

in his life he was only screwing one woman, so there weren't many

options. "Lissa is Chico's sister?"

"That's what I been told, Fabes. Could be bullshit, but then

why would Chico be after you, right? Listen man, it gets worse."

Fabian stared at him, wondering what could possibly be worse.

Mickey actually looked embarrassed. "I shouldn't be the one

to be telling you this, but the rumor is, you knocked...she's

pregnant."

"Pregnant?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry man. I take it she hasn't said anything to

you?"

Fabian shook his head, looking stunned. "I gotta go talk to

her. Thanks for telling me, Mickey."

Mickey grabbed his friend's arm as he started to leave. "Whoa

there, cowboy. Isn't she in school right now? What are you going

to do, walk into her algebra class and confront her?"

Fabian shook off Mickey's hand. "I don't know, I'll think of

something."

"Listen up," said Mickey seriously. "I know it don't look

that way right now, but Lissa ain't your main problem. Chico is.

You gotta stay off the streets, or you're gonna get killed."

"What am I supposed to do, lock myself in my apartment?"

"I don't know what the fuck you should do! All I'm saying is

that you gotta think before you act."

They stared at each other for a few seconds in silence. Then

Fabian sat down on a weight bench with a sigh. "You know where

Chico lives?"

Mickey sat down next to him. "Nope. Why? You gonna go kill

him before he kills you?"

Fabian shook his head. "I was think more along the lines of

talking him out of it. But first I need to talk to Lissa, find

out what's going on."

"Might just be a bullshit, about her being pregnant. A

gangster like Chico, he might be pissed enough that you're messing

around with his sister to put out a hit."

"Maybe." But he had a sinking feeling it was true. The first

time they'd had sex, after he brought her home from the West Club,

like an idiot he hadn't used a condom. And Lissa had seemed very

quiet and preoccupied the last couple days. Combine all that with

the famous Fabian Barnes Losing Streak, and there wasn't much

point in being optimistic.

"How can I get her out of school so I can talk to her?" he

asked.

Mickey smiled. "Gotta be a hundred different ways. Come on,

we'll think of something in my car. You don't want to be driving

your ugly-ass landscaping truck right now - they might be looking

for it."

Fabian nodded. "Thanks Mick."

Mickey slapped him on the shoulder. "Managing 'El Toro' has

been a sweet gig. You get whacked, it's gonna put a real dent in

my cash flow."

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

The side door to Our Lady of Peace opened, and Lissa stepped

out and scanned the parking lot. Fabian was standing next to a

shiny silver El Camino, dressed in his workout clothes. He raised

his hand, and she hurried over.

"What's going on?" she asked. Fabian looked so serious and

worried, it was giving her a sick feeling in her stomach.

He looked around, and saw that there was no one within

earshot. "I heard you were pregnant. Is that true?"

She stared at him silently. For Fabian, it was answer enough.

"Why? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I thought...I just found out a couple days ago..." Her eyes

filled with tears. "I was going to tell you this week, Fabian.

I'm sorry." The stress of the last three days suddenly

overwhelmed her, and she started crying.

"Hey...it's going to be OK, Lissa." He pulled her close, and

she threw her arms around him. They clung to each other

wordlessly for a few moments.

"How did you find out?" asked Lissa, lifting her face up to

look at him.

"From your brother. That's why we're here actually." He

suddenly remembered the death threat, and his heart sank.

"My brother? You mean Chico?"

"That's the fellow," said Fabian dryly. "He didn't take the

news very well, apparently."

"I hardly even know Chico, how the hell did he find out?"

Fabian looked confused. "You didn't tell him?"

Mickey said "Folks, we best be moving along now. Fabian don't

look much like Lissa's daddy, and the sisters are getting a mite

suspicious." A pair of nuns were standing in the doorway, staring

at them.

Fabian and Lissa climbed into the back seat, and Mickey pulled

out of the lot.

"So who did you tell?" asked Fabian. "You must've told

someone."

"I told my friend Marcella. Same thing happened to her last

year. I made her promise not to tell anyone, but... " She shook

her head angrily. "She's been wanting Chico to notice her for

years. So Chico told you?"

"Not exactly." There was a few seconds of silence.

"According to Mickey, he's threatening to kill me."

Lissa eyes got wide. "Oh my God!"

"Right," said Fabian. "You know where he lives?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I can tell you how to get there. But are

you sure that's the right thing to do?" She looked at Mickey.

"What do you think?"

Mickey shrugged, his eyes on the traffic. "Can't hurt, might

help. Chico ain't likely to start blasting away at somebody in

his own front yard."

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

When Chico Hernandez walked into his untidy bedroom, shirtless

and barefoot, Fabian was standing in the corner, holding a small,

ugly-looking gun down against his thigh.

Chico was startled, but he covered it well. He took in the

gun and the open window with one glance, and his face hardened

into a mask.

"You," he said. "What the fuck do you want?"

"I heard you were going to kill me."

Chico didn't say anything for a few seconds, but Fabian was

determined to wait him out. Mickey's gun felt awkward and

slippery in his hand. He wanted to wipe the sweat off his palm,

but he didn't dare set the gun down.

Finally Chico said "You've been fucking around with my sister.

Got her pregnant."

"I happen to like Lissa a lot."

Chico sneered. "You do, huh? Nice young piece of Mexican ass

for you to play around with."

"It's not like that."

Chico sat down on the bed, pushing a tangled pile of clothes

out of the way. He had a big tattoo of a snarling panther on his

chest, and Fabian had to force himself to not stare at it. Chico

said "You shoot me, I guarantee you won't get out of this house

alive."

"I don't want to shoot you. I just want to talk."

Another long silence. "You got cojones coming here, sneaking

into my room, I'll give you that. Tell you what I'm gonna do -

you promise me you'll never go anywhere near my sister again, and

I'll let it go."

"No way."

"Why the fuck not?" His voice was still flat, but Fabian

sensed that he was genuinely puzzled.

"I'm in love with Lissa. She's going to have my baby, and I'm

not going to just disappear."

"No, she's *not * gonna have your baby, asshole." said Chico.

"You better get that straight right now. You off the hook on

that, so just walk away."

"Why the fuck are you so damn interested? Lissa says she

hardly even knows you. You're the one that should stay out of

it."

Chico stared at him. "You wouldn't understand, white boy."

"Try me. And cut the racial crap. What was it they called it

in the OJ trial? The race card. Don't play that stupid race card

with me." He realized he was waving the gun at Chico, and

returned it to his leg.

"Lissa is a special girl. She's smart, she's a good person.

She's gonna go to college, be a doctor or something like that.

Have a good life."

Some of the things that Lissa had told him went through his

head. About Lissa's mother, and her single-minded plans for

Lissa's future. Chico's mother.

"This isn't really about Lissa, is it? It's about you and

your mother."

"Fuck you. Don't you talk to me about my -"

"You fucked up your life completely, and fucked up your

brother's lives too. One big, happy family of gangbangers. You

felt guilty about that, and now you're trying to make it up to

your mother by protecting Lissa."

Chico chuckled, spreading his hands apart as if to say 'you

got me.' Fabian queasily wondered what made this guy tick. He

makes a little comment, the guy takes it personally. Now when he

accuses him of destroying his family, he shrugs it off.

Chico was still smiling, seeming to sense his discomfort.

"Back when Lissa was a little girl I promised my mother that I

would protect her. Everybody in the neighborhood knows she's my

little sister, and they know they better treat her right. I pay

tuition for her private high school. I'm gonna pay for her

college. And when some asshole starts hassling her, I take care

of it."

"And then your momma forgives you and you all live happily

ever after?"

"You think that's bullshit?" Chico leaned forward and rubbed

his face reflectively. "Go ahead and think that. But if it

wasn't for me, Lissa would just be another fucked-up barrio chick.

Probably be a hooker or an addict or both."

Fabian tried to imagine Lissa like that, and then quickly

pushed the image out of his mind. "You think this is what your

mother would want? For you to kill me and arrange for an abortion

for Lissa?"

"I've done plenty of things my mama wouldn't like," said

Chico. "I've killed people before, I've done all sorts of bad

shit. All my mama knows is that Lissa is a good girl who's gonna

be somebody, and that it's partly because of me. Except now you

come along and fuck it all up. You say you love Lissa, but all

you've done is fuck up her life."

"I can't change what's happened, and I'm not going to stop

seeing Lissa," said Fabian carefully. "If she wants to have the

baby, which I hope she does, I'm going to support her decision

and be a father to the kid. Either way, I want her to go to

college too. I don't see how that interferes with your promise to

your mother."

"You don't, huh?" Chico scratched under his arm, looked at

Fabian thoughtfully. "We're goin' at it day after tomorrow. Big

rematch."

Once again Fabian was caught off guard. What the hell did the

fight matter, compared to this? "Yeah, well, I might have to

cancel. Seeing as I got a death threat, and all."

"No way, man. The fight stays on. But we gonna make it

interesting. You win, I let you date Lissa. You lose, you never

go near her again. What do you say - pretty fair, eh? Specially

seeing as you got that big reach advantage and all."

"You're crazy, you know that? You want to settle my future,

your sister's future, with a fistfight?"

Chico grinned. "People's lives been fucked up for stupider

shit than that. I seen it happen all the time."

After a long moment, Fabian nodded. "OK, I guess that's how

it's gotta be."

"That's right. That's the way it's gotta be."

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

Tigertail beach was buzzing with the electric hum of

adrenaline and blood-lust. Mickey pushed his way through the

restless throng of people and found Jimmy Vargas.

"Where the fuck you guys been?" asked Jimmy. "Fight was

supposed to start twenty minutes ago."

Mickey shook his head. "Just got a call from Fabian. Ain't

gonna be no fight. He just retired."

Jimmy turned pale. "He pussied out, you mean. Didn't want to

face Chico again."

Mickey nodded. "Between you and me, that's about right. I

ain't happy about it either. Wish he'd at least had the guts to

tell me before the last minute."

Jimmy glared at him, his teeth gritted. "These people came to

see blood. What the fuck am I supposed to tell them?"

Mickey slapped him on the shoulder. "Ask for a volunteer from

the crowd, Jimmy. Wave that paper bag fulla dough around a

little. There's bound to be some sucker out there who thinks he's

got the right stuff."

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

The Nevada desert was slowly cooling down from the white-hot

intensity of midday, and the setting sun was transforming the pale

blue sky into a delicately shaded canvas of pink and orange. The

highway stretched out endlessly in front of them, an arrow-

straight strip of blacktop bisecting the flat, dry landscape.

Fabian shifted his eyes from the shimmering horizon to the

warm figure nestled against his right side. Lissa was staring

quietly at her outstretched left hand. The diamond on her ring

finger absorbed the dim sunlight and returned it as flashes of

pure fire.

He smiled, and said "Still think it's too big?"

She looked up with a start, closing her hand reflexively, and

then laughed. "Maybe not. I'm getting used to it."

"They'll be missing me on Tigertail right about now. I told

Mickey to wait until the fight was about to start, make it look

like I chickened out. I bet Jimmy is going nuts, calling me all

sorts of bad names."

She rubbed the inside of his bare thigh reassuringly. "You

regretting it?"

"Nope. Not a bit. Chico's going to come out looking like a

hero, and that's exactly what I want. What we want."

They rode along in companionable silence for a few minutes.

"My mother liked you, I think," said Lissa.

"She's a nice lady. I think she knew we were going to get

married whether she said it was OK or not."

A glowing green road sign appeared in the distance, and slowly

grew in size.

"Las Vegas, a hundred and twenty miles," read Lissa. "I

really don't believe we're doing this."

"You still got about two hours to change your mind."

She leaned her head against his shoulder, her thick hair

tickling his neck.

"Nope. Never, ever."



+++++ The End, "Blood and Sand" +++++

© 1998 by DG (dionysian1@hotmail.com)

Author's notes

1) Thanks to The Bear for proofing this story and for

helpful plot advice.

2) This story was somewhat inspired by the song "Santeria"

by the band Sublime. I'm sad to say that Sublime is no

more, due to the death of their lead singer in 1997.



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