I've been thinking about how lucky I've been. I've had some really beautiful lovers! Denise was definitely among those at the top of that list and one of what I would call the great loves of my life.

I met her at a nightclub in Santa Monica. We both had friends in the band although our paths had never crossed. I saw Denise rocking out to the band by herself on the dance floor and knew I wanted to meet her. When I saw Jan, whom I'd come to the club with that night, walk up and give her a big hug, I knew that I would. When Jan came off the dance floor, I asked her to introduce us.

Denise was about 5'3" and athletic. Her skin, a beautiful natural tan color that I would have to work all summer to achieve. She wore her dark brown hair short - sort of like an anime characters. Her eyes were a deep, dark brown.

We spent the evening dancing and getting to know each other. At the end of the night I invited her to come back to our friend Jan's house and we spent the remainder of the night really getting to know each other... and despite an embarassing interruption from Jan walking in on us (we were on the living room floor) Denise became - and is still - the only person I ever had sex with on the same day we met.

The next day was a Saturday and the beginning of the Gay Pride Weekend in LA. My friends and I had all pitched in and gotten a couple of suites at a hotel that was just 1/2 a block from the parade route and walking distance to the festival. Denise didn't seem to want to go her own way and I was only too happy to have her with me.

That afternoon, Denise and I were sitting with some friends at the hotel, watching the movie "9 1/2 weeks." If you've never seen it, it is a 'must see' for any of you who are intrigued by the whole dominance and submission thing.

Guess what I learned about myself that day? It turns out that I am one of those people who find dominance and submission intriguing!

Denise was sitting next to me, her legs across my lap. We had a small throw blanket on top of us. While we were watching the movie, I very slowly, so no-one would notice, put my hand inside her shorts and slid my fingers between her legs. I let my nails very lightly graze back and forth across the satin of her panties. She started to squirm a bit until she wiggled right off of my lap so that she could work her way between my legs as well. This was the beginning of a new and exciting game! As we watched the movie, our level of arousal increasing by each others touch, we forced ourselves not to let our bodies react to our own desire. We concentrated on not letting our increasing heart rate affect the rate and the noise level of our breathing. Our friends were all around us but could not know what we were doing to each other underneath that blanket.

Over the next hour and a half, we watched without seeing the movie in front of us. Eyes straight ahead but unable to focus, we silently and stealthily drove each other right to the edge and then no further. That was as close to insanity as I'd ever been... so far.