Product Placement 


   Steven had to smile before he replied.  It also gave him time to watch
her take another sip of the Robert Mondovi 2001 Estate-bottled Cabernet
Sauvignon.  "Do what?  And do you prefer this wine or the 1999 Napa Creek."


   "You use very proper naming.  Just then, instead of asking me it I liked
the first wine or the second, you used their full name.  It's almost like
you're doing a commercial or something.  Do you understand what I mean?"


   "Of course I do Stephanie.  It's called product placement.  Companies
get a kind of free advertising when their products are used in movies or TV
programs.  Don't you find it more comfortable it they are using a
recognized brand, rather then some phony or generic thing?"


   "I guess so.  I can't really say that I pay that much attention to it."
Stephanie watched Steven's lips move as he spoke.  He had nice lips, they
looked soft.  She wondered if he was a good kisser.


   "Oh, I'm not saying that you pay attention to it - you just notice it,
perhaps only sub-consciously." Steven focused on Stephanie with a casual
intensity.  She was pretty, very sexy, and clearly interested.  But
something was holding her back, maybe she's one of those "Rules" girls.


   "Okay, so the advertisers are trying to brainwash us all - what else is
new?" Stephanie looked down at his hands again, they were clean, the nails
cut short, no callouses, about average size.


   "It's a rare commercial that really boosts sales for a company's
product. In fact, most people actively ignore commercial when they come on;
so even a good commercial, a creative commercial is ignored.  However, if
you see that same product on a TV show that you watch, or in a movie,
especially a movie you really like or with a star you really respect, you
might be "more comfortable" the next time you have the opportunity to buy
that particular product.  That's the benefit of product placement." Steven
baited her just a little bit to see what kind of fight was in her, if any.


   "Okay, I get it.  So why are you doing it?  This isn't TV or a movie."


   Steven smiled again.  "Well Stephanie, I had a brilliant idea one day
and wrote one very simple proposal.  I sent it to...well, let's just say I
sent the proposal to the right people.  It's proved to be a very lucrative
venture."


   "Wait a second, you've lost me here."


   "I pitched the idea of product placement in stories on the Internet. 
Any kind of story, all kinds of stories - romance, science fiction,
mystery, erotica, everything.  If a story mentions one of the products that
I'm representing then I get a small fraction of a cent.  The great thing
about it is that it is so easy to track the number of times a site is
viewed.  If a story is downloaded I make even more." Steven sat back in his
chair.  He caught the waiter's eye.


   "And you're making a living doing this?" Stephanie was clearly in
evaluation mode now.  Steven watched her facial responses, for a blind date
things were moving along quite well, he decided that it was time to seal
the deal.


   "The car outside, that Porsche Boxster S is courtesy of product
placement.  I'm going to pay for this meal with my CapitalOne Miles Plus
Visa card.  I can sign the receipt with my Mount Blanc fountain pen. 
Product placement.  And do you know what is really great about this?"


   "No Steven." Stephanie was quickly reconsidering her plan for the
evening.  Her normal blind date protocol - not that she went on a lot of
them - was for a hand shake at the end of the date if they split costs.  A
single kiss was possible if the guy was polite and interesting.  If he was
cute and attentive and insisted on paying for everything then he might get
lucky and Steph would allow a little groping - maybe even some nipple
contact.


   "I write to the authors and tell them, as a fan, that their stories
would be more believable it they named products.  I usually send them a
list of my products and wait for the cha-ching to begin."


   "Really." Stephanie had already decided that Steven was cute enough and
attentive enough that she was going to let him kiss her.  If he took her
somewhere nice after dinner then she might just invite him in for a moment
and let him - well she would decide just how far when she came to that
point.  Certainly if he came through on a second date, she'd make sure he
did too.  Third date sex was just about guaranteed.


   The waiter arrived at their table.  "Stephanie, would you like dessert
or some coffee?  Or we could go some place else?" Steven saw the brief
darting of a pink tongue between her lips.  He handed his credit card to
the waiter.


   Stephanie was barely inside her door before Steven began to kiss her. 
He kissed her just right; soft enough to let her get used to his lips and
taste and hard enough to let her know he was definitely interested.  She
felt his hand close gently alongside her right breast.  He exhaled into his
mouth as she pulled back from the kiss.  She smiled before she spoke.  She
smiled in the knowledge that she would likely have to change the batteries
in her vibrator tonight.


   "I had a wonderful time tonight Steven.  Dinner was fantastic and that
club we went to was - wow!"


   "I had fun too Stephanie, you are a very sexy dancer.  I guess I'd
better get going.  Do you mind if I call you - would you consider going out
again?"


   "Yes, I would." Stephanie smiled her, "you're doing great, keep it up"
smile.


   "Great.  Yeah, that's great." Steven reached into his jacket pocket. 
His keys jingled as he pulled them free.


   "You dropped something Steven."


   "No got my keys right here." Steven held them up.


   "Not your keys." Stephanie knelt down and picked up the object.  As she
was standing she looked more closely at it.  "You dropped this..."
Stephanie brought it closer to her face.  "ooooh my."


   She wanted to look Steven in the eyes.  But she could not tear her eyes
away from the large square of foil with the large circle revealed beneath
it - a very large circle.  The lettering was in some Asian language.  She
didn't need a translation to know that she was holding a very large condom
that covered her hand.


   She didn't even notice Steven removing his jacket.


   She did notice when he kissed her again.  She noticed when his hand
kneaded her breast again.  And she really noticed when his other hand slid
up the back of her thighs to cup her ass.  When that hand slid slowly
around to the front and his finger slipped easily into her wetness she
accepted that her blind date policies was not written in stone anywhere. 
They were really more like guidelines anyway.


   Stephanie didn't help Steven undress her.  She was pretty sure that her
feigned resistance seemed real enough.  She certainly didn't fake her first
orgasm that Steven licked her to.  And Stephanie was truly appreciative
when Steven turned off her bedroom lights after laying her nude body on her
bed.  Stephanie quickly convinced herself that blind date sex wasn't really
that slutty if the lights were out.


   "I need you in me.  Now Steven - please." Stephanie couldn't hide the
frantic tone in her voice.  Steven had teased her mercilessly with his
fingers and his tongue.  All the while keeping his cock hidden from her
view.  "The condom.  Do you want me to help put it on you?"


   "Better let me put this on.  We wouldn't want to break it now would we?"
The sound of tearing foil sent shivers through Stephanie's ready cunt. 
"Okay, are you ready for me?"


   "Oh God.  Yes, I'm ready."


   "Ahhhhhh!"


   Steven rested heavily on his forearms.  He pulled his shrinking cock
slowly out of Stephanie.  He got off the bed and began to gather his
clothes.  He heard Stephanie get up and walk across the dark room.  The
lights flashed on.


   Steven looked at Stephanie and she looked back at him.  Her gaze
wandered down his body until it fixed on Steven's limp cock.  Her eyes
widened and then narrowed as she looked at the unopened packet on the
nightstand.


   Steven looked down at his average-size cock.  He looked back up at the
gloriously nude and fiercely pissed off Stephanie.  "Is there something
wrong?"


   "Product placement - huh?  Have you ever heard about truth in
packaging?"



   "What?  Oh Stephanie, that's for equestrian use - by vets.  Oh, you
didn't think that I was that...?"


   Stephanie walked up to Steven and pushed him onto the bed.  "I'm not
through with you yet." She picked up the equine condom and smiled.  "I'll
keep this as a reminder." She opened her nightstand drawer and dropped it
in.  She rummaged around for a minute or so and then piled a fistful of
condoms on the bed along with a tube of lubrication, and a rather
impressively sized dildo.


   She threw a condom at Steven.  "Trojan, lubed, ribbed for her pleasure."


   She unscrewed the top off of the lube.  "Astro-glide, if you want it
sliding you better be Astro-glidin'." She squeezed a dollop onto the head
of the dildo.


   "All About Eve, 12" deluxe dildo, with G-spot ridge bumps." She climbed
onto the bed and spread her legs.  Sit right there and when you're hard put
the condom on.


   She slowly worked the dildo inside her ready cunt.  Her primary motion
was in and out, with a slight wrist twist as the G-spot Ridge Bumps passed
over their spot.  Steven watched mesmerized as she worked the dildo deeper
and deeper inside.  She was sweating freely and a red flush covered her
neck and chest.


   Steven tore open the packet and rolled the condom on.  He smeared some
of the Astro-glide over the end as Stephanie nodded approvingly.  She held
out two fingers and encouraged Steven to load them up with lube.  She
lifted her knees to her chest and slathered her asshole with lube.

   "Now, you're going to learn what product placement is all about."