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“Ah, come in Michael. Yes, now. How are you?”
“Hello Bishop, I mean Your Grace” the bishop waved a hand, such niceties were immaterial. “I’m, well I’m not that good I suppose.”
“No, no. Understandable. A sorry business. What are we to do? It does seem a shame, but I fear we must move you somewhere less ... less scandalous shall we say?”
“Yes, I did offer to resign”
“Pish!” does anybody say pish these days? “Pish and tosh, you are a good priest; the church cannot lose you”
Michael Tobay was the Reverend Michael Tobay, DDL MDiv. Around forty, maybe slightly less, he had had an interesting career as a priest. Before that he had spent five years in business, and been rather good at it. Officially he was still married, they used the fact of her job working away a lot as the excuse for the lack of an harmonious, wee wifey helping with the teas. In his, so far, brief career he had been propositioned by the vicar when he was a curate, propositioned by the choir mistress at St Judes, been accused of propositioning a choir boy (who was later found guilty of blackmailing two teachers and a scout master – Michael Tobay stood against the wrongful accusations and the boy’s money-making scam collapsed around him) and been offered drugs by an undercover policeman in a sting. They had targeted the wrong vicar in the town, it was Rev. Smythe, a geriatric who, it turned out, had been making substantial extra-curricular income from drug supply. Rev. Smythe had realised they were onto him (once they picked the wrong vicar) and legged it to Columbia where he now offered unction to errant drug lords. In all this Rev. Tobay had sailed through with reputation unblemished; until the DaD – Drink and Drive – conviction. It happened like this:
Attending St. Maximus and St Sloan for morning communion, the usual congregation was there of 30 or so, the suitable amount of wine was poured into the chalice and blessed. In a wholly unexpected event, young Richard Dwyer had rushed in just after and whispered to his Nan that his Mum and Dad were having another barney. This happened about every two weeks. People kept score of who won, Mrs Dwyer was no shrinking violet, she could knock seven bells out of her husband if she landed the first punch, but then Mr Dwyer was not some weed either. So their marital tiffs were more WW3 than simple arguments. Nan Tosker left with Richard, followed by her second husband Bill Tosker, followed by Aunt Marjie (Dwyer), followed by Edie and Eddie Brown (nosey bastards), followed by the off-duty PC Sharon Tatler and her husband-to-be (Sharon thought she might help and Pete wanted to be the protective boyfriend), followed by Dr Terry and Nurse Adelaide (not married, at least not to each other), known to be having an affair by everybody, including Dr Harriet – Terry’s wife (who was a Methodist and so not attending) – and Jim Callaghan (Adelaide’s estranged husband). The two medical people thought they might be needed. So the congregation had dropped by a third.
Then, when communion was being given, it transpired that half of the remainder went for a blessing or didn’t go up at all! Michael was left with a lot of wine. It is well known that church law forbids leaving blessed wine lying around. It might get used in Devil worship or something. And you can’t just put it in the fridge for next week. The rules say the minister has to finish it off. So he did.
When he left the church, he went for a pint with his parishioners. Just the one, it was one of the traditions he had introduced to be seen as part of the community. And the police crackdown that weekend was targeting The Brown Pig – the local pub being used for post-church service libations. They picked on a different pub each week as part of their “Zero Tolerance for Drink Drive Year”
One pint would have been fine, but one pint plus a load of communion wine meant he was over, and ‘bish bash bosh’ as a very annoying TV chef would say, he was up before the beak and pleaded guilty. There was no option really, he was over the limit. No question. The magistrate heard the mitigating circumstances and said he was sorry but the allowable mitigations were “didn’t know I had drunk alcohol” - he did, “worked in a life saving profession” - not a soul-saving one, or “knew the chief constable” - he didn’t. Driving licence gone, Daily Telegraph headline (7th page) “Vicar accidentally drunk”, Sun headline (3rd page, under semi nude eighteen year old) “You’re Nicked Vic”, Daily Mail headline (page 1) “Mail campaigns against Alcoholic Clerics”.
Too much publicity, he had to be moved.
“How about this? Lower Comptney? We’ve had trouble filling the post, three vicars have retired after a year; I don’t know why. It’s on the coast, lovely spot. Yes? Okay, Nice to see you. Stay in touch.” And he was ushered out. The bishop had a lot on his plate. There was the Round Table dinner (‘Five courses, we do hope you can come, rather a nice claret from Mount Servoi to try’), the boys’ school prize giving (‘thank you so much for agreeing to attend, we hope you can attend lunch; we have a good cellar’), the sermon on avoiding excess to write.
By Wednesday, Michael Tobay had packed his things, kissed the housekeeper goodbye on the cheek and watched the pantechnicon take his furniture and worldly goods. Then he cycled to the station, got on the train, travelled to Munchester, the nearest station to Lower Comptney since Beeching did his rape and pillage, and cycled along the old railway track to the parish that was to be his home. He noticed the three pubs “Good, I do like a good pub, sadly centre of the village now, not the church”, he noted the closed Methodist church (a sign told people the nearest Wesleyan chapel was now Upper Comptney, five miles away), he had admired the Norman entrance of the (locked) parish church there. And then he asked for directions to the rectory.
“OOo, I’m not sure. The last vicar stayed down Lowes Lane I think.” He cycled down Lowes Lane, mentally kicking himself (again) for not having checked, not having GPS, being in a virtual 19th century in fact. Lowes Lane had a long high wall, and a door in the middle ‘Lady Longborough School for Girls, Tradesman’s Entrance’. He cycled back to the centre of the village and asked someone else.
“Sorry, don’t live here mate”
The policecar drifted past, clearly in no hurry to catch anything. He flagged it down, they called HQ, who checked with someone who knew the area, who said “Lowes Lane, can’t miss it. There’s only one door and then fields at the end”
“But the only door I saw said Lady something school”
“Aye”
“Eh?”
“What?”
“Yes”
“I don’t understand.”
The voice at the end of the phone repeated the instructions, slower. “Just knock” it finished.
He went back down Lowes Lane and pressed a doorbell, waited, pressed again and again. Then he knocked. The door opened a crack “Hello? I’ve been told to ring but there was no answer”
“There wouldn’t be”
“I’m sorry?”
“S’alright, it didn’t disturb us”
“Oh dear, I’m finding this confusing”
“Bell don’t work. You should have been told to knock”
“Oh, I see, I was told to knock”
“Well then...”
“I’m the new vicar, I was told -”
“Name!”
“Pardon?”
“Name!”
“Michael Tobay”
“Ah, yes, come in, come in. We have to be a little careful who we let in you know. I’ll let the Head know” An old bent man staggered off.
Michael was feeling less than charitable ‘Looks like you’ll be my first funeral here’ he thought, and then mentally apologised to the man and to God. ‘I’ll try harder’
“Rev-er-end To-bay? How ... nice ... to ... meet ... you” An old women of at least a hundred and fifty was looking up at him. He did a double take and realised she was probably ninety, then lowered that to seventy and settled there. She spoke slowly and deliberately. “We ... exp-pec-ted you ear-li-er with your fur-ni-ture” This was the Headmistress – they still called her that – Miss Samphire. She was a relative of the founder, perhaps a niece, no one was sure. She stayed remarkably on top of what was happening in her little realm, even though all the administration was now done by others.
“Ah, yes, I caught the train and then cycled. My cycle is outside, may I bring it in?”
“Of ... course. Of ... course. Young ... Mike ... will ... get ... it” Young Mike, it transpired, was the doddery old gent who was security at the back entrance. He had been at the school for fifty years, Michael heard, and was called Young Mike because his father, who passed away three years ago, had also worked there until he was eighty-two and retired.
“Oh, when did he retired?”
“As ... I ... say ... three ... years ... ago”
“Oh, I see”
“Well ... here ... is ... the ... house ... Shall ... we ... see ... you ... at ... prayers? Miss ... Dainty ... will ... be ... along ... to ... welcome ... you” She hobbled away and Michael Dobay had his second uncharitable thought. He believed he was patient, but now had met the limit of his patience.
“I suppose Miss Dainty will also be nine hundred years old” He said out loud
“Would you be the Reverend Today?”
“Tobay!” he responded sharply as he turned, then he found himself facing an attractive young woman of thirty or so. “I’m sorry, it’s been a trying day; and please, call me Michael”
“I shall, thank you. My name is Dorothy Dainty. Technically Dr Dorothy Dainty, but I hope you’ll call me Dot. Everybody does; everybody over eighteen that is. The sixth form are allowed Dorothy, the rest call me Doctor Dainty. And make fun of me behind my back. Each intake invents a new nickname. Occasionally someone comes up with a new one. Clod, I thought original.”
“Clod?”
“Opposite of Dainty being Clod-Hopper, that was too long, so it became Clod. Other less inventive ones are Fairy, Deirdre, Dotty, Any-Dots, and ... oh never mind”
“What?”
“No, I can’t, you’re the new vicar; maybe, if I get to know you well enough, but not yet.” she whispered “It’s rather rude”
“I’m intrigued”
“Well, you’ll have to stay that way for a while” She could see he was trying to think what it might be. That was a mark in his favour, the last vicar but one was lacking in any humour, imagination or tolerance. That was his downfall.
“I took the precaution of leaving a list of the services in the village and in the school for you ... you look confused”
“Good, that’s how I feel. Tell me, why am I staying in this school”
She sighed, as if she was used to regurgitating the history “In 1535 the monastery here was finally closed. The parish church had shared services with the monastery and, when the land and buildings were sold to Sir Roger Savery, he opted to build a small church in Lower Comptney” he was about to ask a question but she held up a finger “That church was in Sea Street, which would be located approximately 30 yards out to sea now. The Savery family did not provide a parsonage, instead they provided a second son to be the local vicar. This unusual relationship continued through several generations, sometimes a daughter was married to a parson and he became vicar of Lower Comptney. The Great Storm of 1789 accelerated what had been happening – the coastline erosion. The church was by this time on the edge of the low cliff. Sea Street had already been washed away, with many of the graves, and the church had to be entered through the choir as the main doors had warped in subsidence. 1789 and the church vanished into the waves.
The whole village had moved inland and deliberately left a space for a new church. New graves were already being dug there. The Saverys provided some money and then lost the rest in speculation. You can still see, to this day, where the church building was stopped, - in Church Street, there is a ruin. It always has been a ruin since it never finished being built. Meanwhile the manor had its own chapel, like Brideshead? No? Oh you should read it, very good book. By this time the Mourney family owned the manor and had no intention of providing either a vicar or accommodation in their house, nor finishing the church when their chapel was big enough for the village. There were labourers houses on the land and two of these were knocked together for the vicar. In 1920 the Mourney family ran out of male heirs. Miss Harriet was a spinster of fifty when she inherited a tumbledown house and lots of debt. She turned it into a school and it turned into a successful school. Building work has steadily connected all the old buildings together into the complex you see today. We are raising funds for the new Science Block.
That last is the appeal for funds which parents have to listen to if they want their girls to attend. And many do. We are well on the way towards out half-million appeal.”
“I see, I thought I detected a well-rehearsed speech there. But still, it explains a lot. Thank you. And the services in the school?”
“A hang over from the Saverys, they insisted on the private chapel, which is now the de-facto parish church; the Mourneys kept it up and the school foundation provides accommodation rent-free in exchange for some private services for the girls.
An interesting fact is that the ruin is still the official parish church”
“I see. I’ll study the information you have provided. I’ll be at prayers tonight”
“Yes, about the girls...”
“Yes?”
“They ... well they like to test new members of staff. And that includes you I’m afraid. We try to keep them under control, but girls are devious”
“Is that why three vicars have left?”
“Partly, well, one anyway. Reverend Eldridge certainly was tried to the extreme. He umm...”
“Yes? Please, forearmed is forewarned”
“Yes, Well he lacked circumspection.
He took some pupils to task for their dress. After that the girls made his life hell. Oops, can I say that?”
“I don’t know, what do you mean?”
“Well, he objected to the shortness of their skirts. After that they would bend over to tie their laces as he walked down the corridor, revealing -”
“Yes, yes I see”
“That’s not all. They would deliberately walk passed him in their gym kit. No? Very short pleated skirts, or even just gym knickers. We tried to stop it, but if they are legitimately going to or from gym it isn’t as though we could punish them for walking in the school. And if your lace unties then you must tie it and ... well you see?”
“So he couldn’t take the strain. It sounds like his complaint was the result of his desire, not his desire to see them more demurely dressed.”
“Yes, I’m afraid so.
I’m not stupid, I don’t expect vicars to be made from sugar and spice and not blood; unless of course you are -”
“Gay? No, sorry. That would be easier wouldn’t it? But no, I’m not. Rest assured, I’ll be on my guard”
He was left to unpack and consider his position. The house looked out onto a grass lawn on which a couple of girls sat in the evening sunshine. They were only eleven and not a problem, but he could imagine that older girls lying out there could be a distraction. Going upstairs he found a bedroom that looked out over the outside wall. This would be his study.
As he came down again, there was a knock at the partially open door. “Hello?”
“Ah, yes, hello. Can I help you?”
She was also young, perhaps twenty. She wore a smock. “I’m the cleaner, is now a good time?”
“Ah, I don’t know. Good time to... ?”
“Well, to clean. I usually give the house a quick once over Fridays, and a proper do on Mondays, will that suit? I come in each evening to wash up, though often the vicars eat in the refectory of an evening. Will you be doing that?”
“It’s Wednesday isn’t it?”
“Yes, I’m not here this Friday, me and my friend are going to DullEdge. I’m so looking forward to it!”
“Dull edge is a... ?”
“Not Dull edge, DullEdge. Grunge Heavy Metal with a hint of Country. They are so wicked! So washing up?” she talked quickly, and jumped subjects easily.
“I hadn’t thought; well, I didn’t know. We’ll have to see. I do quite like cooking, so I might prepare some meals myself. But then if I do I’ll clear up after.”
“Oh, no need sir. That’s my job, ‘Appy to do it.” She started her ‘quick clean’; he went upstairs, looking out of the stair window he saw three sixteen or seventeen year olds walking across the lawn in games slips and airtex shirts. Yes, he could see how that kind of view might unhinge some men. He was made of sterner stuff.
“By the way, what’s your name?”
“Oh, sorry, I’m Jackie.”
“Pleased to meet you Jackie, I’m Michael.”
“I know, Reverend Tobay” Jackie was careful to keep to the required standards, a cleaner is addressed by her first name; a ‘cleanee’ is given their title and surname.
Prayers was at six and he left the house before realising he didn’t know where the chapel was. He stopped a girl and asked, she stared blankly at him. “The chapel, surely you know where it is?”
“You mean St B’s” said a voice behind him he found himself looking down slightly onto a girl with a tight blouse stretched over her well-developed bust.
“Do I?”
“Yes, it’s called St B’s in school. I’ve been sent to take you, Clod realised you’d be a bit lost”
“I think you should refer to her as Doctor Dainty to me”
The girl looked taken aback; she had thought he’d be confused and wouldn’t ask. Instead he was ahead of the game. One up to him.
The chapel was packed. He learnt later this was partly down to him. Midweek prayers were optional for seniors, those in the fifth and two sixth forms, sixteen to eighteen year olds broadly. The rationale was that they needed extra time for work, but really most of the time they would sit around and chat. This night though there was curiosity at play. The news that he wasn’t an eighty year old codger had already gone round the school. That he was a Pierce Brosnan look-alike was discounted by most girls as likely to be exaggeration, but they were all still keen to catch a glimpse. He was ushered in to the seat reserved for the vicar, and the head read a, thankfully short, prayer; which still took her ages. They had an uplifting reading, prayers for sick, dead, poor and unfortunate people. He wondered what unfortunate meant. Really a kind of catch all; why not just say “God, do your best, amen”. The consensus was that he was late 30-ish, good looking, and smiled. He passed their first test, but to some that meant they had to test him further. He didn’t know the Pandora’s box he was looking into. He was asked to give the closing prayer. Instead he asked them all to join them in the blessing “I always think we should all be blessing each other, not asking for a blessing from ‘the religious guy at the front’” he explained. Some joined in, some did not. He would work on this.
The next couple of days, he settled in, having little to do, them not being Sunday or Wednesday – the service days - he decided to have a look round the rest of the parish on his trusty bicycle. The immediate village had an unusual layout because if its position and history. What should obviously have been the village square, the centre and focus of the village, overlooked the beach. A pub was situated at the landward edge, a dip indicated where there used to be a pond, a patch of ground at the end of a row of cottages showed where that particular house had collapsed as its foundations slipped the 20 feet down to the beach. Erosion had been stopped, or delayed, by various protection methods. West Gate led, appropriately, west from the square, down it where many of the shops were situated: a butcher, a baker, a (candlestick maker? Wondered Michael, no, a grocer) grocer selling the usual higher priced essentials that people ran out of and could not be bothered to drive to the town to the supermarket.
Much of the village economy relied on the school. The farms, locally, provided some work, but most of it low paid. People commuted, but few people moved to the village if they weren’t working locally, due to the danger of losing land/property to the sea. In short, the village was in decline. It had been a regional centre of commerce a few hundred years ago but had lost the protected estuary behind a bank of sand dunes in the great storm of 1670 – probably that was what allowed the storm of 1789 to be so devastating - and the decline had begun; accentuated by erosion until the current village was an odd-shaped artefact of a past that had long vanished. Down the ‘hill’ (really a ridge, so arrival along the road hid the fact that the village and manor were on a low rise), the river flowed into the sea over shallow and unnavigable sands. These sands were walkable at low tide and dangerous as the tide returned, turning them into soft sands that could trap the unwary. The Sucking Sands had been the subject of three legendary stories and had featured in an unpublished Sherlock Holmes story “The Curse of the Sucking Sands”. Nevertheless they claimed victims with surprising regularity – most were rescued these days, the last fatality was four years before when a drunken man went for a walk in the dark and was found up to his waist in sand when the tide receded.
Michael’s forward-thinking mentor at theological college had said there were two centres to a village: the church and the pub. He opted to visit his competition, or was it collaborator? He wasn’t sure. “Good morning, what do you recommend?”
“For what? Gout? Growing potatoes? The next government?” The bar man was either surly or a wag.
“Well, we can talk about those three if you like, but let’s start with the beer here. Are they local?”
“Aye. You could try the Skirt Lifter, but that’s more one for the ladies, or the Brown Bear. Athorn is off at the moment.”
“Well, I’m not sure I should be asking for Skirt Lifter anyway, people might get the wrong impression of their new vicar. I’ll try the Brown Bear.”
“Ah, new vicar? I thought you might be. Seems the school gets through vicars like some of us have breakfast. What happened to the last one? Get caught in bed with a pupil did he?” He was definitely pushing, seeing how far he could go.
“No, he never got caught!” Michael laughed and then added “I’m joking, don’t start any rumours”
“S’alright, I know he couldn’t stand the strain. He came in quite regular towards the end.”
“Hrmph” seemed a suitable non-committal response. The beer was good. And he was starting to warm to the man behind the bar, he was gruff, cynical, straight-faced, and humorous.
“ ... and the other nun said -”
“‘yes it does wear the soap’. I’ve heard it, and you shouldn’t be trying to shock me with jokes like that” he laughed despite himself and repeated the one about the vicar, the policeman and the prostitute.
“Why, vicar! I’m shocked!” laughed the barman
“I used that at a Men’s Meeting, it broke the ice and demonstrated that we should not judge people by their appearance. Tell me about the village.”
“What’s to tell? We get tourists in the summer, come to see the disappearing village; some claim to hear the ghostly bells from the church out to sea. Thing is, I know for a fact that the church only had one bell. There’s an old engraving in St Poll’s Next Sea, in the museum. It shows the church tower, clearly a one-bell tower.”
“And why would a village have more than one bell anyway”
“Precisely. Butcher sells good meat, Baker sells good bread. Mrs Gob – sorry, Mrs Turnova, she’s just a terrible gossip, so I calls her Gob – well, she’s not known for clearing the shelves of out of date stock, if you catch my drift. My pub [which was called The Kings Head] sells good beer. The Manky Duck – the Brown Swan to you – it sells awful beer.”
“‘Course it does”
“The other pub – the Black Boy - sells Girtles, and gets very rowdy on a darts night; if you like darts then fine, otherwise, you’ve come to the right place for refreshment.”
“I can see that, hive of social interaction” Michael replied, surveying the empty pub with a smile. “Which pub do the girls sneak out to? Oh come on! I’m not stupid”
“They come here, but they use the Saloon.”
“I’ll stick to the Public Bar then.”
“Your opposition – Methodists – closed up three years ago and merged with the one at Upper Comptney; Catholics meet in Samphire Meadows, there’s a couple from here that go. So, you have the village to yourself, all the other God-Botherers have given up”
“Sam.” This being the name of the bar man, the pub landlord was his wife, Lucy, “You are an old cynic. I shall have to work on you”
“I’ve had too many years of practice vicar, you stand no chance. So tell me vicar, you always ride a bike? No car?”
“Ah, well, funny story about that ... but it will have to wait for another day. I have to go I’m afraid” Actually he wasn’t sure making it known he was banned for drinking too much communion wine was a good idea. Funny, but not a good way of starting a new job.
Off he went and explored further, then a little further and then further still. Before he knew it, it was evening and he was cycling narrow lanes in the dark whilst people drove at dangerously high speeds and narrowly avoided him. He would mention that in his sermon somehow.
He made his way back and let himself in. A silhouette in a ground floor window caught his eye. The rooms were the common room for the sixth forms, he knew. He had been given a quick tour the day before. There was something ... He couldn’t put a finger on it. He walked across the quad, aware that to an observer he might seem to be a Peeping Tom, creeping around at night, and hoped no-one saw him. When he peeked through a narrow gap in the curtains he was even more sure he could be mistaken for a voyeur. Now he knew what struck him about the silhouette, the upper body was sharp, not fuzzy. Five girls were playing some kind of drinking game, a chair had been wedged against the door to avoid surprises. Two girls were naked from the waist up. As he watched a third failed to answer a question (which he could not hear) satisfactorily and raised a bottled to her lips, swigged and then removed her shirt. One of the topless girls was next and again failed the test, she took a gulp of red wine and dropped her skirt. He was transfixed. He knew he should not be, he should rap on the glass but... “You should give them a fright and rap on the glass” a voice said
“I know I sh- oh! Shit! I mean. Bugger. No! I mean -”
“Shh! They’ll hear you. I want to see how far they go”
“But Miss Dainty, I mean Doctor Dainty ... I mean Dot, I mean is it appropriate?”
“Look, they started it, you just happen to be in the right place at the right time, or the wrong time. I’m not sure which. I can see you weren’t too keen to stop the game too early. Oh look!” A girl dropped her bra to the floor. Three were now topless. Michael was grateful for the dark. He tried to appear not to be watching their young bodies too fervently. But a man is a man, with or without a dog collar. As they continued to watch, a girl finally was evidently the loser, and a pair of panties dropped to the floor. She raised her arms and turned 360 degrees. Dot said “right, I suppose that will do. Goodnight Michael, off you go.” As he sped across the lawn, she knocked vigorously on the window. In 2 minutes, five girls found themselves standing half-covered being given an urgently whispered dressing down.
At the next prayers. The same five girls ‘volunteered’ to hand out and collect the hymn books. They would do this for the rest of term, or the Head, and their parents, would learn why. The girls trooping in all smirked, it seemed the bush telegraph had told them what had spawned this sudden spirit of religiosity. The girls would have been mortified to know it wasn’t just Clod who had seen them from the window.
Michael prayed for strength to resist all temptation; or not to be put into temptation he could not resist. He was a man of God, but also a man of flesh, and the recent escapade kept recurring to him; both in his dreams and his waking hours. When he saw Sadie – the girl who had lost the competition that night – one morning a few days later, he could not help contemplating what a fine, firm young body nestled under her school uniform. He prayed harder.
“Good ... Morning ... Reverend ... How ... are ... you ... sett-l-ing ... in” said a voice behind him, the small ancient figure looked up at him in what he assumed was a smile.
“Oh yes. Very well thank you Miss Samphire”
“I’m making sure nothing is hidden from him” Doctor Dainty had appeared “We are laying bare all our little foibles” She smiled innocently, he spluttered slightly
“Good ... good ... good ... yes ... good” the old lady toddled off. Michael looked at Dot.
“That was naughty. I’m a vicar! You mustn’t put me in difficult positions like that”
“Sorry, just my bit of fun. Anyway, you have a group of willing volunteers. I thought you’d be pleased.”
“Except that I’ve seen one naked and several topless. It isn’t the best thing to remember in church” He was starting to think he might not last long either. “Do things like this happen a lot?”
“Not a lot, just in waves. The girls get bored and then do things like you saw, or midnight skinny dipping. I’d rather they go for the drinking competitions to be honest. Less dangerous. But I’d appreciate it if you kept an eye out for late night escapes, especially to the beach”
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Be a Girl By Jennifer White I was walking down the street, on the way back to work after lunch. It was a nice day, warm with sunshine. There were many people out walking, and I was eyeing some of the lovely ladies who were starting to wear more revealing clothes, now that it was late spring. They were also wearing brighter colors, a sure sign of summer's approach. Without their heavy sweaters, you could now get to see some cleavage, and their jiggly parts. One particularly...
It is such a quiet night. The sky is gorgeous as the storm rolls in. The soft echoes of thunder roll across my skin as we watch the lightning burst in the clouds. The wind picks up bringing all the smells of the country, reminding us why we love our childhood town so much. It has been too long since we have been back, and it is nights like these we miss the most. We sit on the steps of the porch not saying a word just enjoying the simple pleasures of a quiet storm. I nuzzle my face into the...
"Tell Tami I'll be there in a few minutes." Robbie followed my gaze up into the stands. "You'll never change," she accused. I grinned. "Do you really want me too?" She cocked her head to the side. "Not sure." I walked to the end of the bleachers, all the way to the top, over to the middle and started back down again. "You don't look happy," I said as I came up behind her. "Huh?" She'd been staring at the field, which, since practice had ended fifteen minutes ago, meant...
HALLOWEEN SURPRISE by Throne Charlie took the bus to Helena's neighborhood and walked the final six blocks to her small suburban house. He was so thrilled that she had invited him to accompany her to a Halloween party, even saying that she had an extra costume he could wear. He hurried along, trying to regulate his gait, which often slipped over into a distinctly feminine swish. Charlie sighed mentally. He was very aware of is less than manly body language and the accents he added...
One day a friend of mine by the name of Rohit came over. He is a very old and dear friend. Unfortunately recently he was going through certain problems with his wife. He was genuinely unhappy and I decided to invite him over for dinner. Rohit is about one or two inches taller than me at 6 feet 2 inches and has a muscular build. That he was having problems with his wife was indeed a surprise because during our university days he had a way with girls and was one of the more envied people.My wife...
Here is a true story, of a girl I had in high school. In the city I grew up in there were many parks, at the park we and my friends palyed in had a canyon next to with trees that came almost all the way to the ground, so in other words a great place to hide out. Me and my friends built this bad ass club house that had everything a teen would want. We had a toilet we found that we conected to a pipe that went into a storm drain, nobody could do #2 in there that was the only rule. so early one...
ALL CHARACTERS ARE ADULTS. Abner Spinks murdered Carissa Browne, at Palmetto County, Florida on February 14th, 1899, Valentine’s Day. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to die by Judge Rollo Sanders of the circuit court. So said the local newspaper. Spinks ambushed Carissa on her way to a neighbor’s house. He waited for her, concealed within a heavy thicket of palmettos, adjacent to a stretch of road that was deep sand, forcing the young woman to dismount her bicycle and...
As they approached the sauna, Gretchen moved to a table stacked with towels. Without putting Nina down, she said, "Grab a bunch of towels, because you don't want to sit on the bare benches." Nina reached out and filled her arms with towels, and then Gretchen turned to the sauna room door. Nina said, "You can put me down, you know. I'm pretty sure that I've learned to stand, and even walk." "Good, cause you're getting heavy," laughed Gretchen. She lowered the arm under Nina's...
Character physical descriptionColt: a twenty-one-year-old who looks like Ashton Kutcher from that seventies show. He is 6’3, 178 pounds, dark shaggy hair that curls in the back. Caroline: a fifty-two-year-old woman who favors Marisa Tomei. Beautiful legs with a gorgeous face. Sporting brunette hair, icy blue eyes and a captivating smile.Colt: It was the summer I turned twenty-one. I was tired of college and decided I was done with stressful deadlines and studying. The only reason I was in...
MILFYou keep your word, though it has only been to yourself.The next morning, after dressing and feeding me, you sit me on the big chair, hand me my tablet to play with, and go and shave and dress. Today, you wear a business suit, it is going to be “take your daddy to work” day.When you walk back into the room, I let out a deep sigh.Except for that night when we went to dinner and you made your proposition to me, I have not seen you dressed like this.You look so powerful. I grasp what is going to...
Fetish"Those are the last boxes," said Kyle. Moving into my brother's old apartment is already pathetic enough, but moving in with my brother's old roomate, Hunter, is worse. Ever since Kyle got married it has been awkward living with the newlyweds. Kyle thinks that he can keep an eye on me when I'm living with Hunter and he trusts Hunter because they've been living together for three years. Kyle thinks I am not responsible enough to be living in an apartment of my own. I guess I better make the best...
Straight SexI hardly recognized her voice when I answered the telephone in my hotel room. " Ohh... Bob, I am so glad you are still up, can you come over and help me." Jennifer was a summer intern assigned to Nottingham Engineering Development Group. We were attending a New Products Conference where she was assigned to help me with an important presentation in the morning. Actually, I was helping her as the consultant with the gray beard who could answer all the legal questions. It was her obvious...
Dark-haired stunner Brooklyn Gray spreads her toned legs widely and rubs her clit on a white leather couch. She wraps her fingers around Mark Wood’s thick cock to give him a spit-sopping blowjob. Brooklyn climbs on top and bounces her tight cunt on his meat. Mark gives her a rim job and then stuffs his prick up her pulsing butthole for an authoritative ass reaming. Brooklyn moans through a spasmodic anal orgasm! When Mark pulls his cock out, Brooklyn spreads her cheeks to show off her...
xmoviesforyouIt was night in the mansion, peaceful, not a noise to be heard. There was, however, movement. With the covers pulled over her head, Cho’s hand was busy between her legs, her fingers swirling around inside her juicy slit, trying to coax an orgasm. Her mind was replaying all of her old sexual fantasies, her best memories, only to find that none of them stimulated her. This was not an act of pleasure or a need for stimulation, it was an act of desperation, a search for some glimmer of purity...
From the clinic Sarah's Clan, which now included Maeve and Aoife, wandered around the ship, showing Maeve the different areas. They spent a long time on the observation deck, looking at the stars and the planets. With the small telescope, they took a closer look at Earth and its moon. A good part of the time was spent talking, and getting to know the crew members and their guests. Many of their guests made it a point to stop them and express their thanks for being rescued. When they neared...
Julia, Susanna and the guys arrived at Walter's Steakhouse that is in the 800 block of Union Street, just a few doors up and across from Union City Grille. They immediately saw the police activity underway across the street and assumed it was an accident or a medical emergency. After several minutes of banter on how big they wanted their steaks to be, Julia and Susanna decided on the smaller six-ounce filet mignons while Cliff went for the 14-ounce prime rib and Charles ordered the 22-ounce...
Claire opened her eyes. Recognition dawned on her face, she smiled. I couldn't resist that smile, but before I melted I had a mission. "Happy anniversary." Reaching over my side of the bed, I picked up the card and handed it to her. "Oh." She opened the card, it was a simple card, with a simple message on the front in big block letters. "My life did suck without you." Originally, it had said 'would', not 'did', I'd crossed out the 'would' and written in 'did'...
She met me at her front door, a tall long legged blonde with a well shaped figure. She wore the shortest mini that allowed her pink panties to peek out of her nicely rounded bum as she led me into her massage room. All this left me speechless. I could barely greet her so took a deep breath instead. Once I’d regained composure I timidly smiled as I certainly did not want to be part of a sleazy massage parlor. However an air of professionalism was evident. A proper massage table, a variety of...
I must say, darling, Little Thomas isn’t giving it up the way he used to.” And although there was a smile on her lips when she spoke, the sparkle in her sky blue eyes that had accompanied true mirth for the last twenty years was absent. He sighed a little and shrugged his shoulders as he tried to seem as concerned about the situation as she was.She held his mostly flaccid penis tightly in her fingers as she stroked it back and forth, willing it to stiffen in her grip. It wasn’t happening. It...
IncestI originally created this audio for a pet who lived far away, so she could lie in bed, hear my voice and imagine that I was there with her. In it I guided her through an interactive fantasy of touching and being touched and of being told what to do and say. She loved it and listened to it many, many times. I ran across it again recently and thought that maybe other submissive (or even non-submissive) women might enjoy it as well. Your feedback is welcome.
BDSM“Your father and I recognize that, but we’ll be gone for almost a week and you wouldn’t be able to take care of yourself that long” “Well maybe if I had a goddamn license I could.” “Well you don’t which is why we’re getting an able bodied baby sitter to take care of you those five days we’ll be gone. This wouldn’t have been a problem if you had decided to come along, but you said no. So this is the alternative.” “Please don’t tell me it’s a guy.” “We would never be so mean. It’s a...
A few days had passed since Connie had surprised Mary in her bedroom before dinner, but both of the girls had been doing a lot of thinking since that afternoon. Connie had been surprised at how ripe a body her sister had, and had even jerked off to it once. She had tried to see her naked again, but now when Mary took her afternoon nap, the door got locked. That had disappointed Connie but she figured sometime she would get a chance to explore Mary sexually. Mary in her own way had some of...
I’ve had a crush on my gay friend, Luke, for a while now. I’ve known him for a year now, and we instantly became close friends. It wasn’t hard to tell that he preferred the opposite sex. With some people you just know. I met him at the hair salon I used to frequent. He was the hair stylist, and did my hair! We talked as he did my hair the two hours I was there. I wanted it colored. I’ve grown up a red head, and finally wanted my hair dyed black. Luke comes over to visit every now and again, and...
The music was loud, bodies sweating, champagne flowing ... All four had taken another little blue pill and cut the last strings to reality. Yesterday and tomorrow no longer mattered. All was left were feelings, emotions, sensations wrapped in a sexually charged atmosphere. Toro had taken off his useless button less shirt, showing off his tight muscular body while sensuously dancing to Latin rhythms. This was pure eye candy to the girls who made no effort to hide their stares, rising the level...
Dear all please read the previous episodes of this series first. To get into the mood of the story. I don’t like to write ‘We met, we stripped, we cummed’ kind of stories. So please be patient. And please do share your valuable thoughts which will encourage me to go on. Rithika got thrilled and excited about what I am going to teach her. We both went to the kitchen and she prepared a tomato, lettuce, cheese sandwich for both of us. We ate it and finished our dinner with a glass of buttermilk...
LesbianHi all, thank you for your feedbacks and thank u to its. After long time back I am writing my new experience which I had after my Goa trip with a lady on this new year. That was great experience had for three days. Any female or couple like to meet me or contact me means mail me on Coming to my new experience is about a lady her age was 37 she is North Indian stay here her name is Neha(name changed). Her husband is working and always busy with office works. They had one kid going to...
I hear a car approach, stopping right in front of my apartment. Oh. It is him. It has to be. I hope it is. What would someone think if they saw me like this? I have to giggle a bit at the thought. “Is something funny?” A male voice, one that doesn’t ring any bells as someone I might know. I jump a bit at the unexpected voice. “I, I… Um… I was just thinking how awkward it would be if someone saw me like this. A random person who had no idea what was going on,” I blush deeply as I speak, not...
Don’t know gets a coupon in the mail for a free massage and decides to cash it in. He walks into the parlor and requests an older woman. Escorted to the massage room, he’s excited for his free NURU massage. When he turns around he’s just as shocked as his stepmom, Nina Elle, who happens to work there, and is the only older woman available. Trying to keep it professional, Nina says they should just get on with it. They enter the shower together and she lathers him with body...
xmoviesforyouDespite losing her virginity at an early age cass never seemed to experience the magical sex that her friends would talk about , the earth shattering orgasms the sexual memories and she had put it down to just that her body wasnt designed for that type of sex , she evjoyed the sex she had , it was 'nice' and 'enjoyable' but she had already at 22 resigned herself to the fact she would not have the other magical sex .cass's sex life and indeed outlook on life changed when at 22 she had an...
Tony saw the dark clouds ahead. At a stoplight in a little northeastern Texas town he checked his phone radar. Yup, a big rainstorm with heavy downpours wasn’t far. He’d keep going though. In his 72 years he’d driven through all kinds of weather. His hotel for the night was waiting, halfway between his home in rural southwest Missouri and Houston where a periodic cancer visit would start tomorrow. Less than two miles out of town he saw a figure trudging on his side, small and with a backpack....
Me aap ko ek asi kahani sunane ja raha hoon jo ki puri tarah se sachchi hai kahani mere aur dost ki hai main aur meradost ek hi claas me padte hain ye ghatna aaj se teen saal purani hai wese meri ramu se bahut patati hai hum dono sex ki baante bhi karte the aur sexy kitab aur film bhi dekha kar te the ye baat tab ki hai jab me ramu ke bhai ki saadi me gaon gaya tha main aur ramu gaon me sadi par gaye. Hum dono saam ko 5 baje gaon pahunche 2 k m chal kar uska ghar tha hun pedal chal kar hi ghar...
I first met Brenda when she worked for one of my customers. She was an accountant and was often present when I visited with my contact in the purchasing department. In my first memory of her she was leaning against a filing cabinet listening in on a conversation I was having with one of the buyers. She was wearing pair of blue jeans tight enough to show her perfectly shaped hips. Her butt was pushed against the cabinet and I was impressed that it was nice and soft I wanted grab it. It was then...
The parking lot is dark, little light revealing our location. I step out of my car and approach the mysterious van that just parked three spots to my left. The windows are tinted; I am unable to see inside at all. A sticker with the University Of Alabama is on the rear window, just as she said it would be. This is the van I've been waiting for.I approach the right sliding door and grab hold of the handle. Carefully opening the door, I am greeted by a curvy, mid-forties brunette in the back...
CuckoldIt was a lovely lazy morning, except for the anticipation. I was apprehensive, but he was ecstatic.He nibbled my nipples and ran his fingers between my legs until I was wet. He licked my clit and inside me – he never could resist – but this morning he was a tease. When the first little noise of pleasure escaped my lips, he left me hanging with one last caress as he stood up. He started putting his clothes on. I'd put on panties, pants and bra before he wandered back around to my side of the...
ExhibitionismBobbie's Story Part 4 The giant slip-n-slide was something that all the kids and most adults loved. It was set up on a hill with a slight incline, so when you went down it you would gain a little speed. People would slide down and go back for hours, it was simple but huge fun. My brother came running back to the camper and almost ran over my mother. My mother said, "Hey watch it young man, where are you going?" "I'm getting my swim shorts on so I can go down the...
Hi friends this is sexy boy again…. And i m back with a new story of your choice……. Aapne meri pichli story ko bahut like kiya aur mujhe mails bheje….Bahut saari ladkiyo ne to mujhse chudne ki bhi iccha jahir ki aur maine bhi puri ki.. Meri mail id Aap mujhe yahoo messanger par bhi add kar sakte hai aur facebook par bhi. Meri facebook id hai Jo log mujhe nahi jante unke liye bata doo ki mera naam hai sameer sharma, age 24 years, height 5 ft. 8 inches and 7″ long and thick dick…..To ab story...
This is another fictional/fantasy story based on my true experiences that i have shared previously as blog posts when i took some tights from females washing lines that i knew who they had belonged to so i thought i would write a fantasy based on those experiences. This is based on the tights i took from a female who lived in a block opposite me when i was in my earlier twenties. I used to have to pass the block of flats where she lived every day on my way to the local shops or bus stop each...
Anastasia Brokelyn and Tiffany Tatum have decided to put on a sexy show for Raul Costa. He gets to man the spinner while the two girls contort themselves into increasingly sexy positions. When Anastasia finds herself crawling over Tiffany, she gives in to her carnal urge and captures Tiffany’s lips in a kiss that makes it clear that it’s game over. Raul continues to watch as the girls roll around kissing each other on the floor. Eventually, they recall that Raul is there. Turning as...
xmoviesforyouThere had been a party and everyone had gone, but my coworker couldn't due to work. His gf ended up going without him, and he ended up seeing her post a few pictures of her in a room full of guys, all drinking and having a good time. He was definitely the jealous type and after talking to her, they both ended up not seeing eye to eye as she thought it wasn't a big deal which infuriated him. I kind of played neutral but talked to them both and was eventually called to go to his house as he was...
I recently had my first gay experience and wanted to share it... It was Halloween night, and my longtime friend John and I had decided to go out and hit some clubs. His girlfriend was out of town, and I was recently split up from mine, so we thought about going out and having some fun. We got out to the club, and everyone was in their Halloween costumes. We grabbed a few drinks and headed out onto the dance floor. We danced for a while, and decided to go grab some more drinks. After some time,...
GayA Dream Comes True. Ch14. By Julian Irwin. "Would you like to help Mummy get dressed this morning Jessica?" I was asked as we headed upstairs, still wearing our nighties and gowns. "Oh yes I'd really love to help you. Can we dress each other?" I asked with much enthusiasm. An answer wasn't needed; the glowing smile and the pulling of my hand towards her said it all. I felt so much more at ease now. I helped take off her nighty, seeing this attractive woman standing naked before...
I left the police station furious of what that cop did to me. I was so pissed off, I could feel my blood heating up. I vowed I was going to take revenge on the fucker. I’ll sue the Southern City Police Department if I have to. He hasn’t heard the last of me. My mind was spinning out of control and I needed something to soothe my brain, among other things. So, I stop at the liquor store and get some “spirits”. I present my phony ID to the store clerk and he nods when he reads it and makes the...
My Masters Lactation Slave I sat in front of the PC and stared in awed disbelief at the message on the screen, I had placed the ad on the adult web site less than twenty-four hours ago and already I had almost a dozen responses. I was admittedly surprised because the details of the ad specified a certain type of woman I was looking for and usually I found it a challenge to locate a woman either willing or even eager to fill my needs. I...
I was enjoying some peace and quiet in the living room after another long day at the office. Things were winding down around the house and it was the time of evening I love. I could sit for a few minutes and think without the baby attached to my hip or my boss in my ear. I could hear my son, Scott, on the phone in the next room, more than likely with his new girlfriend for the moment. My thoughts turned to Scott. He is 18, a senior this year, and he wants to do well, get some scholarships, and...
"So, when are you going to tell me the rest of the story, Pap?" I asked. I looked over at Mom and she was smiling. "Well, Jase, me and your Mom ain't able to take on four kids at our age. We don't have enough food to feed them for the winter, and we don't have enough room in our wickiup for them to sleep. We were wondering if you all could take them in." I looked over at Millie and she was nodding just as Tess said, "Of course we'll take them in, Pap." It was almost time for...
I Was A Teenage Vampire By Paul G Jutras It was early fall and Reggie Shack sat with a glum face at his desk in his maroon turtleneck and blue jeans. He brushed his long blonde hair off his shoulders and took his glasses off to clean the lens. Glancing out the window, he saw multicolor leaves falling gently to a ground starting to be covered with frost. "Reggie Shack!" Mrs. Starch asked with her white hair done up in a bun. Her painted nails curled around a wooden ruler and...
This story was inspired by the following voyeur clip by mobhobbes111 and comments by foncard1https://xhamster.com/videos/teen-voyeur-grey-leggings-stunner-12421430#comment-761159Her teenage ass looks fucking great in tight leggings. She likes to walk around downtown; boys just follow her around for blocks. She looks around and their eyes are glued to her ass and legs. When she wears leggings, she can basically do whatever she wants to whatever guy she wants. And leggings make her feel horny,...
It started by accident as a nessity.I was playing with a friend of mine by the drainage ditch. We dared each other to do acrobatic stunts. There were two pipes what went across the ditch, one was over three foot round and the other was less then one foot. I dared Tom to cross the largest one. He crossed it, then dared me. I went over it easily. Then he dared me to cross the smaller one. I was nervous about it but I didn't want to be called a chicken. I was half way across when I lost my footing...
Hot Russian number Sasha Rose stars in another Hands On Hardcore shaft stiffening performance when she’s getting down and dirty with her bosses after business hours. Once the office closes on Friday it’s time to get freaky and Miss Rose loves nothing more than being bent over the copy machine and railed doggystyle. David Perry and Mugur tag team the glamour model, pummeling her shaved pussy and ass fucking the multidick sucking addict until an orgasmic ending is had by all when the...
xmoviesforyouNicole and I had been together for five years, today. I couldn't believe it, it certainly felt shorter than that. It seemed like yesterday we were in High School and I was trying to win her off of the jerk boyfriend she had. Finally Tom dumped her and I swooped in the first chance I got. We stayed together since then, madly in love. I was planning to propose soon. I finally had a career on track and it was time to commit. That is, if I can find an anniversary gift for her today so she...
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IncestHi friends, I’m Karthik and I’m going to tell my personal experience with my college lecturer. I am a well built guy of 21 with a athletic body as I play for my college football team with a 8” dick. I am a fan of ISS but this is my first story. Please bear with any mistakes. To tell about her she was the most beautiful staff in all of my college her name was Madhavi name changed and she was only 23. She had joined as lecturer at an early age as her family was struggling to make ends meet. She...