Chapter 25
Chapter 25
“ C arolyn, do you have a moment to discuss intercourse?” LaVeré and Carolyn looked up from playing with their two-year-old, Prince Iri.
“Whoa!” Gavin, Carolyn’s son and ZsaZsa’s nephew-by-marriage gave her a stunned look.
“You wish to discuss what?” Her brother Prince LaVeré questioned.
“Intercourse. The act of sexual contact between individuals.” ZsaZsa explained further.
“We know the meaning,” LaVeré explained. “I have to ask why?”
“You do not to need to ask or even know why,” Carolyn, her sister-in-law stated as she placed Iri in his father’s arms. “You take the boys. ZsaZsa and I are going for a walk.”
“I’m going with them,” high school freshman, Gavin stated.
“We’ve already had the sex talk,” LaVeré reminded him.
“Yeah, but I want to hear it from a female’s point of view,” Gavin grinned.
LaVeré ignored the teen then glanced at ZsaZsa. “Is James Jr. putting pressure on you to have sex?”
“Of course not. He would never do such a thing,” ZsaZsa declared. “I want him to. However, so far, he has refused.”
The look on LaVeré’s face was one of confusion, while Carolyn raised an eyebrow at the comment.
“James Jr. turned down sex?” Gavin questioned in surprise. “Why?”
“That is my quandary,” ZsaZsa stated. “I have pondered over that question. It muddles my mind.” She said to Gavin.
Gavin turned to LaVeré with a questioning look on his face.
“She’s confused about James Jr. not having sex with her.” He explained.
“Carolyn, can you help me become alluring?” ZsaZsa continued.
“James Jr. turned down sex?” Gavin repeated in disbelief.
“Yes,” Carolyn replied to ZsaZsa, then glared at Gavin. “You get out of the conversation. Here,” she took Iri from his father then handed him to Gavin. “Take Iri upstairs to the playroom and stay with him until we finish.”
“I can learn a lot more staying down here. Iri can’t understand what we are saying.” Gavin protested.
“Go upstairs,” LaVeré and Carolyn said in unison and pointed towards the back staircase.
“Man, you make me stay and listen to lectures about nothing, and just when an interesting topic comes up you send me out of the room,” Gavin mumbled as he took Iri’s hand. “I sure wish you had a little consistency in your parenting styles. Right Iri?”
“Right,” his little brother nodded in agreement.
LaVeré waited until Gavin was out of the room then turned to ZsaZsa. “You know what you are asking James Jr. to do is against our culture. As a woman of Emure you are to stay pure for the man you are to marry.”
ZsaZsa sighed. “I am going to marry James Jr. eventually. Right now, I need you to listen to my concern as a big brother, not as a member of the royal family.”
“And why does the woman have to stay pure?” Carolyn asked. “Are the men of Emure practicing celibacy while waiting for the woman they are to marry?”
“That is not the point,” LaVeré stared at Carolyn then turned to ZsaZsa. “Our laws prohibit premarital sex for women. You know this. Are you consciously dismissing our laws?”
“That is a contradiction of laws,” ZsaZsa stated. “In our country you encourage the men to experience sex prior to their wedding day. Yet you will punish the women who do the same. Who, pray tell, are the men having sex with prior to marriage…themselves?”
“Of course not. There are women in our country who handle such matters,” LaVeré stated. His wife and sister stared at him. “I am not saying it is fair, however that is the law of our land. If you, as a royal, go to your wedding bed not pure, your betrothed can call for your death.”
“Oh, that is ridiculous, LaVeré and you know it,” Carolyn huffed.
“I do,” he nodded. “If you think back, it was one of the reasons I came to America. Our ways and yes, some of our laws are unreasonable. However, until there is a change in the laws, it is what we have.”
“It is time for a change,” ZsaZsa stated. “And it will begin with me. I refuse to live in a society where there is one law for men and another for women. I did not choose my gender and should not be punished because of it.”
“Are you planning on becoming a citizen of the United States?” LaVeré raised an eyebrow. “Are you ready to turn your back on going home to Emure to implement these changes you believe in?”
“No, my goal is to bring freedom to the women of Emure. LaVeré, think about it. The women of Emure are not even allowed to seek an education. I am here because you are. I have been allowed to stay because you, a man, insisted I stay in the United States because Raheem, a man, put me in danger. Do you think our father would have allowed me to come here if you had not insisted?”
“It would not have been allowed. That is true.” He conceded. “However, he would not be thrilled with this path you are planning to take with James.”
“This conversation is way off base,” Carolyn interrupted. “The merits of your country’s laws are not what she asked for help with. She asked for help with figuring out the feelings she is having about sex. I need you to get out of your royal family mode and think like a big brother.”
“I am thinking like a brother.” LaVeré acknowledged. “I appreciate James Jr’s position. No to sex.”
“LaVeré,” she pointed to ZsaZsa. “Take a good look at your sister. She is gorgeous. It is amazing that she has remained a virgin this long. Especially, when she is dating a young man like James Jr.”
“What do you mean like James?” ZsaZsa questioned.
“Honey, James Jr. is one of the most eligible bachelors in the country. He has his father’s height and his mother’s good looks. Add in the last name of Brooks which comes with guaranteed wealth. Every young woman in the world is trying to put their little behinds in his face. He can have any one of them. It seems you are it for him. Why he has decided to wait to claim you as his own, I do not know.”
“He is an honorable man,” LaVeré smiled.
“He is a good man and I love him very much. And I know he loves me as well. I feel it every time we embrace. His caresses send sensations throughout my body. There are times when I can feel myself shaking with need. I have asked him not to stop, but he stops just as I’m reaching….” She hesitated to try to find the right word.
“Your peak,” Carolyn filled in for her.
“Yes,” ZsaZsa replied relieved for the help.
“This is too much for me to deal with,” LaVeré exhaled.
“That is why you should leave. Give ZsaZsa and me some time to talk through this.” Carolyn encouraged.
“This is my baby sister,” LaVeré said as she guided him out of the family room.
“This is my area of expertise. If anyone knows how to seduce a man, it’s me. I’ve had plenty of practice.”
“That’s what I’m afraid of.”
“I don’t remember hearing you complaining about our sex life.” Carolyn replied.
“That is because I am your man and the recipient of your vast years of experience.” He smiled.
“Get out and let me handle this. Or I will take James Jr. no sex stance.” Carolyn turned to ZsaZsa and held her hand out. “Let’s take a walk where we can talk without interruption.” She glared back at LaVeré.
“Yes, please.” ZsaZsa took her hand then walked out the back entrance. “I realize my filters need work. I speak what is on my mind.”
“You are an open, honest young woman with a passion for life and apparently James,” Carolyn chuckled.
“I love him so much and to be honest I am afraid that once I go home, he may forget me, and I don’t want to lose him.”
“If what you two have is true love and I believe that it is, you will not lose him. He will wait until you accomplish all that you have set out to do. But I have to ask, what is it that you want from James?”
“I want forever with him.”
“Well then, the way that you approach the issue about making love is different than just having sex. If you are looking to have forever with James, you both must be willing to communicate with each other about anything, including making love.”
“I have tried to, but for whatever reason James dismisses my request.”
“It should not be a request. It should be something that happens naturally,” Carolyn stated. “It seems things are at a point where you are forcing the issue. Believe me, I know from experience that forcing a man to do something he is not ready to do can be detrimental. I know what your body is going through. You are a vibrant young woman who is ready to experience passion with the man you are in love with and who loves you. However, you are not a normal everyday woman. Like it or not, you are a princess and there are consequences to your actions and those of any man who is involved with you. I believe James understands and that is the reason why he is delaying making love to you.”
ZsaZsa was not feeling the direction the conversation was going. She stopped walking, then groaned to show her frustration.
Carolyn laughed. “I understand your body wants what your body wants. Do you know that there are ways of satisfying those urges your body is calling for without penetration?”
“You are referring to oral sex,” ZsaZsa stated. “I have heard talk of it and have experienced it from James. However, when I speak of fellatio with him, he dismissed it.”
“I see,” Carolyn hesitated. “Would you mind telling me what you and James do when you are together?”
“You mean when we are alone?”
“Yes.”
“Well, we kiss, we hold each other, we kiss some more, then we cuddle, then we kiss some more and that’s when things start to get a little warm. Just as we are really getting into it, he begins to pull away. Carolyn,” she said with a sigh. “I can feel him growing against me. He is so long and hard. I feel bad because it seems like it literally pains him to pull away from me. He pulls away every time and I don’t want him to. I want him to go for what he’s feeling and what I’m feeling.”
“I see.” Carolyn nodded. “I would suggest that you have a conversation with James to let him know you need a little more from him. Let him know that you are ready for him to teach you how to satisfy his urges. Ask him to show you what you can do to ease his pain. I want you to listen to me very carefully on this. There are things that I can tell you to do that I have pulled in the past. I can dress you in a manner that will let James know you want to be with him intimately. It would be difficult for him to resist you. Or you can sit down and have an open, honest conversation with James about what you want and where you want to go with your sexual relationship with him. You have to be ready to accept whatever direction he wants to go. If he wants to continue to wait until you return home, then you wait.”
“Is it possible to do a combination of both. I could dress in an alluring way and have the conversation with him too.”
“You could,” Carolyn replied.
“Tell me Carolyn, what would you do?”
“If this had been back when I was your age, I would dive in one hundred percent to get what I want. I would have gotten what I needed to be satisfied and he would too. However, taking those actions brought a lot of hardship into my life. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret any of it because if I had not gone through those experiences, I would not have Gavin and I probably would not have gotten to know LaVeré because my life would have been on a different trajectory. Which means I would not have Iri, and I would not have met you.” She took ZsaZsa by the hands and faced her. “If I were you, I would continue to be who you are with James. You are not the seductive temptress. He would see right through that. Again, have an open, honest conversation with him about what it is that you’re feeling. Share with him, with words, that your body and your heart are yearning for him. Trust him to do what is best for you, him, and your future.”
“I was afraid that would be your suggestion,” ZsaZsa sighed. “I am really beginning to wonder what the purpose of conversations with women you admire is all about if you are not supporting me in my time of need. And allow me to be crystal clear on this…I am hot and in need, damnit!”