Siren lessons at Watersong (for Lara)

[bachjones]

 In less than two days Bach had finished the music and text of three different songs. Of course, it was annoying that he had to visit the lair of the beast to make it so, but it was better than the discomfort of not finding what you needed. 

He only wished that he had told Lara that he couldn't do more than one hour a week. Or one hour every two weeks. He wasn't looking forward to two hours of threats, offenses and rudeness, no matter how hot the woman was, how sweet the memory or the sex they had. 

"Time for class!", Bach yelled from the basement. "Ready when you are!"

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[asharpertongue]

Lara heard the yell from her office and sighed. She made her way down the stairs, dressed casually in jeans and a tank top because if she was going to do something stressful, she's at least going to be comfortable.

"You know there is an intercom." She pointed at the little unit.

[bachjones]

"Now I do." He puts his guitar aside and walks over to her. "What next? Do I need to sit down somewhere, get undressed, do a little dance to praise the gods?"

[asharpertongue]

She laughed. "We're sirens, Bach, not religious zealots. Being siren is what you are...what you do and don't do in you spiritual life is your choice."

[bachjones]

"Okay."

He looked at her. "So what are we going to do?"

[asharpertongue]

She smiles. "We're going to see how much siren you actually have in you. I suspect it's the more dominant side of your biology." She walked over and pulled up a chair. "Since you've had the charm, how have you felt?"

[bachjones]

"Cranky. Itchy. Like a head cold whenever I'm not here."

[asharpertongue]

She nodded. "Being disconnected from that part of you must be uncomfortable but at least you survived. I take it your ability to persuade and convince people was also diminished?"

[bachjones]

"I don't know, I haven't tried that. But to be completely honest with you, I still got two coffees and a pastry at the coffee place. While only asking for one. Maybe the woman just likes me for me, without hoodoo voodoo."

[asharpertongue]

"Entirely possible." She smiled and shrugged. "You clean up nicely when you want to. But that hoodoo voodoo as you call it isn't magic at all. It's natural." She held out a hand and let her skin change. "It's not hard to find it if you've been doing it all your life but it'll be harder for you. You've never stretched the necessary muscles. I can show you, if you let me."

[bachjones]

"Of course."

He loosened his shoulders and looked back longingly at his instruments. This place even had a harp.

"Sure, whatever. Although I'm a bigger fan of the sitting and listening kind of lessons. Or lying down and taking kind of lessons."

[asharpertongue]

She huffed a laugh and shook her head. "There won't be any of those kinds of lessons without magical intervention. "

"I know you can do this. You've done it before. I've seen you do it without my help too." She turned her hand this way and that. "Granted we were in the middle of something at the time but the point stands. You just have to find the trigger." She smiled. "Close your eyes and try to feel it. It's a tug...or...a kind of shiver. You'll know when you find it."

[bachjones]

"And why do I want it to happen again?"

He closed his eyes. "Does that mean that I can invite you to my bed as soon as my chest is paint free?"

[asharpertongue]

Lara smiled. "You can invite me...whether I come or not is a different matter. Now concentrate."

[bachjones]

"And I guess you're not going to tell me how to change that.."
He felt himself get sleepy. "I'm concentrating. I can do several things at once."

[asharpertongue]

"Why would you want to change that?" She asked mildly. "And stop drifting. You're supposed to be focusing."

[bachjones]

"Maybe I liked the sex compatibility we shared. Body over mind, my mother always accused me off."

He opened one eye. "I'm not. Maybe I'm just a disappointing student."

[asharpertongue]

"You couldn't stand me last week. Physical compatibility isn't all I look for in a partner.2

Lara smiled and thwaped the back of his hand lightly. "Pay attention. You'll find it eventually. Try and think whatever you were thinking last time."

[bachjones]

"That's a shame. You seem smart enough to ignore such a thing in exchange of good sex."

"When again? I usually don't thinm about a lot of things."

[asharpertongue]

"It's not the be all and end all." She shrugged. "It happened when we fucked and I brought it out of you before that. Pick one."

[bachjones]

"Sex shouldn't be. That's why it's so good."

Bach opens his eyes. "Can't do it. We're going to need anger, alcohol or horniness."

[asharpertongue]

"Well what about example?" She gets up and crosses over to him, kneeling by his chair. "I can bring it out of you but you have to focus on the feeling it brings up so you can try it for yourself."

[bachjones]

He puts his hands in his pockets. "Rather not. Can't we skip to lesson two or something?"

[asharpertongue]

"This is lesson one. You can't get to lesson two without it."

[bachjones]

"Of course I can. You leave lesson 1 until you feel like it again and carry on. No-one can live if they're not allowed to move forward because they failed an early part."

[asharpertongue]

"Well lesson two is control your change and growing your talons and teeth. Are you more ready for that?"