She smiles. “Bad things. But very good things.” Her voice is suggestive, and my crotch tightens in response. I can’t help but wonder if she was dreaming memories, or if she was dreaming wishes.
“I’m good at making dreams come true,” I offer, and she giggles.
“I bet.”
“Seriously, I am.”
She rolls her eyes, and picks up a stone, skipping it across the tiny pool of water.
I taught her to do that.
“You were licking me. In my dream.” She says, and she darts a glance at me, and her cheeks flush.
Sweet Jesus. I swallow.
“Licking you?”
She nods, her cheeks bright red. “Yeah. Down…there.”
“That’s the only place to be,” I offer. She flushes even more. “Like I said. I’m good at making dreams come true.”
She pauses. “People really do that?”
“Of course they do,” I assure her. “It’s very normal.”
“I’ve heard of it, obviously,” she says primly. “I just have never done it.”
Yes, you have. But I don’t say it.
“Well, I’m a very good teacher.” That’s what I actually say.
“There’s on outing on Friday,” she says, changing the subject. “They’re taking us to a little craft festival. Are you going?”
“I am now,” I tell her.
She smiles.
Six
I’m the one dreaming tonight.
I toss and turn, and dream my memories.
Calla and I are on the boat, tossing on the ocean swells. She’s wearing a sundress and a floppy hat, and my head is in her lap.
“Do you love me?” she asks, and she smiles because she knows the answer.
“More than there are stars,” I tell her, like I always do.
She’s satisfied with that, and because the sun is setting, she pulls off her hat and tosses it down. “Have you ever heard the story of Perseus and Andromeda?”
Of course I have. I’m the one who first told her. But I humor her, and let her tell me.
“They were lovers,” she says in a hushed voice. “But Andromeda’s mother insulted Poseidon, so she was condemned to die by sea monster.”
“That hardly seems fair,” I say, nibbling at Calla’s fingers.
“I know,” she nods. “But don’t worry. Perseus saved her, and then he married her. They live in the constellations in the sky now, their love is immortal.”