Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:31:31 +0100
From: Larry Ryder <larry.ryder@mail.com>
Subject: Celloist Chapter 1

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Jan-Marckus unbuttoned my shirt completely and having done that sped
hurriedly to my shorts where the belt was unbuckled and zip unfurled

"I am going to show you how to fuck the music," he whispered into my ear, "
and hopefully you will spew your music into and over me"

And with that brief kiss our lesson ended.

He turned to me as I left

"Do not wank!  I want you back and full up tomorrow. Go home and practise"

My sleep was troubled that night. On the one hand I was really having the
hottest turn on of my life, and on the other I couldn't do anything to
relieve it.

I slept with the best erection I have ever had. But was too frightened to
relieve it.

The morning came too quickly.  But I was ready to go.

After a quick breakfast, a couple of eggs and some toast and coffee.

I got to the `cello and practised for an hour and a half. Even that didn't
seem enough though it was more than I usually did. Seldom did I practise
before I went to gym; and it was an unusual day when I could do more than
an hour

But what ever J-M wanted I was not going to disappoint him.

I had been taken aback by his forthright approach at my first lesson. There
had been nothing to suggest sexual attraction, but clearly he had taken it
as a given.

It scared me a little, but I was also enthralled and very excited. I didn't
know what might happen but I felt open to the challenge.

My usual lesson began at 1 p.m.  Madame Extraud was always punctual and
didn't like it when I was late and I was there and ready every day.

It surprised when she said to me a couple of weeks ago,

"I think you need to have another teacher; someone who will give you
stronger discipline."

I wasn't sure what she meant, she had worked me hard and I had tried to
please her.

She had given me a couple of the Bach Cello Suites...the first one in G is
almost the hardest (I now discover). My friend Avi played it for me on the
mandolin. He was far better than I have ever been, but it was beautiful to
play with him and he was so precise in touch.

"No," said Mme Extraud, "I have heard you and Avi play and there is so much
more to be brought out of you. More than I can extract. (It was a weak joke
playing on her surname, and I didn't get it at the the time)

"You are a man," I knew I was even though I was only 17, "and you need a
man to bring out the strength that can match Avi. He, too, is a man. Very
strong! Very strong indeed!"

She was right. Avi was about 10 years older me, and played exquisitely. But
his music was strong. His reputation was growing around the world. There
weren't many mandolinists, and he was up there. Six foot two, a hundred and
eighty something. With the darkest eyes and roughest chin. Even in concert
he seemed rough-shaven.

I was in love with him, and so were a couple of hundred thousand other
people. I had been privileged to sit close and take in his scent, and to
feel his caress when we had done well. But nothing had transpired.

"So," Mme Extraud persisted, probably aware that I was totally lost in the
infatuation of Avi the mandolinist, "I think you need another teacher who
will bring out the man in you"

I wanted to protest, but she waved her hand which I took to mean not to
bother.

I smiled and our eyes avoided each other. She had been good for me, and I
didn't want to lose her.

She seemed to read my thoughts,

"I am not letting you go, I will always be the one who found you." A wry
smile crossed her face, "but you are also my butterfly and if I clasp you
in my hands I will crush you."

I sort of got what she was saying, and teared up a little,

"But,"

"But nothing," she echoed, "you know this has to happen"

"I have two teachers in mind, but I think only one will do."

I wondered who they were

"I think our friend Avi could extract from you the very depth of your
being,"

she looked into the distance,

"But I rather think you both need a little more distance, and a chance to
return"

"I don't get, " I offered.

"I think you will...he is too close and you are not smart enough to
understand that"

I obviously looked hurt.

"I don't mean that you are not smart, it is that you are young and need
stronger guidance. I don't think you will lose Avi. But now is not the
time"

"So who is this other `genius' you are suggesting"

"Oh, don't be flippant," she said, "he is indeed a genius. Unorthodox, but
a genius. He will extract from you the very depth of your holy musician"

"What do you mean?" I asked

"He will find the very depth of your spirit, and it will terrify you, but
it will thrill you and ultimately it will enable you to give yourself to
the whole world"

I did not know what to make of all this, and I began to sob

"I don't want to let you go,"

She held me tight.

"But you must! You must!"

Jan stroked my face as he welcomed me,

"Today will be a special day," he suggested, "lots of work, and we will get
close together."

He kissed my cheek and I shivered with expectation.

"Isabel has told me so much about you. She has told me you can be a man,
and that is what I specialise in.

...there is more to come...comments gratefully received at
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