Melodic RedemptionChapter 5
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Still Johanna:
Semester's over. Christmas break. And this was new. Ever since I started school, Christmas break was with Mom and Dad, even in college. Well, this year, people, it's different. Little Johanna Elise Solheim is now Mrs. Randall Jackson and with that status comes a whole new life. Christmas dinner.
"Do you think we can manage something close to a Christmas dinner, Stoney?"
He smiled. "Yeah, I think we can do that, in a restrained fashion."
"Turkey. Little one. With dressing. Those mashed potatoes you do. I like 'em. Mom and Dad will. Something vegetably. Something saladish. And a pie or two. We both do it. I take the credit," I giggled.
"I'll let you," he said.
A tree. "Real tree," I said. "Did you do one last year?"
My Stoney shook his head in the negative. "No. Not just for me."
"It doesn't have to be a big tree, but can we?" Why is it that THIS guy makes me wanna go all Normal Rockwell or Currier and Ives?
My guy smiled. "Little Christmas tree it is..."
So here's my little home, complete with husband and Christmas tree and somebody donated a cookbook so the air one evening was filled with the sweet spicy aroma of gingerbread. Of course, the gingerbread was constructed by my husband as I serenaded him on my flute.
The counterpoint to that one day is me making cornbread while he played banjo. "Cornbread and banjo music go together," he told me.
"But we're having it with red beans and rice. That's a Louisiana thing. Shouldn't you be playing the accordion?"
"All I got's a banjo. You get a banjo."
Giggle. "No, I got a Stoney. He happens to have a banjo." While the cornbread was baking we played duets. That's life now. Duets. Sure, we're both perfectly capable of solos, but duets are where the real action is. I voiced that opinion to Stoney.
"Uh, redhead, somebody could take that very much wrong."
I smiled. "Those people can take it any way they want to take it. It's true in so many ways."
"Well, I don't mind solo banjo, and solo reading, and solo bathing, but there's one thing that I just don't think I'll ever resort to a solo again."
Okay, Jo. Put the flute down. Go attack Stoney.
Stoney likes being attacked. Attacks right back. The battle is epic. We both end up dead. But that wasn't while I had cornbread in the oven.
One of these days I'm gonna get off the Pill and I'll have something else in the oven. We've talked. We want at least one child, maybe two. Stoney wants one like me and I want one like him and Mom says she doesn't care, either or both would be just fine but the line of Solheim should go on, even if the name ends with me. In the meantime, Stoney and I have a lot of fun practicing.
Practicing? Oh, we're dead serious about it, lovemaking, I mean. It's like a lot of music: infinite variations on themes. I never imagined that I'm this interested in the male physique. I, after listening to my classmates, had determined that I could manage passable enthusiasm. I didn't count on being in love with Stoney and the fire that flew when we kissed and touched.
Now it's something I daydream about. And get all warm and sticky and then when I get home I sometimes wonder what Stoney thinks I'm doing when I grab his hand and pull him towards the bedroom. Or the living room. Or the kitchen. Or the laundry room.
He doesn't complain, though.
Phone call. Not a number I recognize. "Hi! This Johanna!"
Soft, young female voice. "I have this number for Rara Avis. Am I correct?"
"Yes, you are. What can I do for you?"
"Did I say it right?"
"You did."
"You're here in the city?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"How busy is your schedule? Would a one-week notice be too short?"
"Excuse me, but may I ask who you are?"
Little squeal. "Sorry. I don't do this. I saw you and Stoney at the last concert for the university orchestra. And somebody told me about Rara Avis. They did say you might have been just kidding." She took a deep breath. "I'm Kara Sevinsky. I study music. High school. A bunch of us are sort of serious about it."
"And what is it that you'd like to do? I mean, you called..."
"We'd like to know how much to get you to play for a couple of hours..."
"Wait a second," I said. "You're with a bunch of high school musicians and you want us to play for you. And you want to know what that costs?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Please don't call me 'ma'am', Kara. I'm your age, almost."
"Sorry if I bothered you. I thought it might be a stretch. Calling, I mean."
"You haven't bothered me, Kara. I'm sort of intrigued. You wanted me and Stoney to play?"
"Yes. I thought it was spectacular, the way you two interacted, that he could play Mozart on a banjo and that you just sort of melded with him. Our group is interested in what else you two may do with music."
"How many of your group were there?"
"Me and three others."
"Where would you be asking us to perform?"
"You'd have to tell us what size of a venue you require," Kara said. "We will provide it."
"You ... How were you planning on paying for this?"
"Dad and Mom owe me a Christmas present. I turned down a new car. They can afford it."
"Wow!" I squeaked.
"Dad's a pretty significant trial lawyer," Kara said. "You might've heard of him." She said a name.
Yes, I know the name. And there's a face to go with it, because he does TV and billboard advertisements. Stoney and I were watching TV one night when one of those commercials came on.
"You know why lawyers always wear ties?" Stoney asked me.
"No," I said. Sometimes I'm soooo innocent.
"To keep the foreskins from sliding up over their faces."
Snorted cocoa through my nose. "Stoney! Really!"
I'd feel a whole lot worse about making that joke if you weren't trying to stifle a giggle," he said.
Okay, so Kara is THAT lawyer's daughter. Sins of the father, and all that. She sounds nice, so we'll see where it goes.
"I've heard of him, Kara," I said. "But I wasn't thinking about charging for this. Why don't we just get together and play? Do you ... where do you and your friends meet?"
"My house or Linnie's house. She's, like, on the same block. We both have BIG rec rooms."
"I need to talk to Stoney." I paused. "Would you be interested in having an oboist, too?"
"That black girl? She was standing with you after the concert?"
"Yeah. Key! Keshia, actually. She might want to come along."
"Cool!" Kara said.
"Are you all serious musicians?" I questioned.
"We're in high school, but yes, I am and I think you could say the rest of us are. This is sort of exploration."
"Well, let me run it past Stoney, okay?"
"Okay. Can I call you back tomorrow? And if he's okay, we can talk about when and where."
"'Kay, Kara," I said.
"Oh, thank you, Johanna," she said. "Bye."
I was mulling this over as I puttered around the kitchen waiting for Stoney to get home. Kara. Daddy's a big-time attorney. I have a picture of how HE would be, but I know better than to prejudge. She, on the other hand, sounded almost fragile. It wouldn't be the first time that I worked with high school students. Occasionally the orchestra did community outreach but this was the first time that I was ever asked on my own to perform. Well actually they asked the two of us to perform.
I was thinking that we wouldn't just perform, that we would try and interact. After all if Kara and her friends were that into music then they probably wanted to play. I think it would be a lot of fun to work with them exploring what they knew and what we knew and we can see what we could synthesize out of all that.
Stoney called me as soon as he got out of the office and on the street headed home.
"Hi baby."
"Hello there, cute little redheaded girl."
"Something interesting happened today," I said.
"Good interesting. Or bad interesting?"
"I think it's good interesting. I got a phone call asking about Rara Avis."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really."
"Hollywood? Nashville? Austin? The New York Philharmonic?"
"That would be something, wouldn't it? But it was a high school kid. Wants to know if we will play for her and her friends."
"And they want to pay us?" he asked.
"I don't know if I'll want to get paid. I mean, it's high school kids. They are into music. I don't want take advantage of them."
"But they called with the intention of paying, didn't they? And did you get a name?"
"Of course! And you're gonna love it."
"Oh, boy," he laughed. "This is probably good!"
"Remember that lawyer you made the foreskin joke about?"
"Uh, yeahhhhh."
"His daughter."
"I'm in traffic," he said. "We'll talk when I get home."
"Luvya, Stoney," I said.
"Luvya, babe," he replied and the phone clicked.
I made a final check. A lasagna was in the oven, timed to be just right when he came in the door. I put a loaf of fresh bread on the table, a couple of green salads, two wine glasses, a bottle of wine was open, breathing. Some days I just want it to LOOK special.
When he came through the door, the first thing he did was wrap me up in his arms, kissed me through my squeals.
"Look! I've been all domestic an' stuff," I squealed when he finally released me.
"Wow! Better Homes & Gardens," he said. "What's the occasion?"
"I found myself married to this guy I want to impress."
"You've already impressed the daylights out of him," Stoney smiled.
"Go wash up. I'll put the plates on the table," I said.
It was all very genteel, sitting across the table from one another, talking.
About the phone call, of course.
"So what you're saying is that we get together and do a jam session."
"Sort of," I said. "Kara says she loved how we looked at the concert."
"I knew that getting on stage was gonna end up bad," he said. Of course he was smiling. "What makes you think this is a good idea?"
"First, she called and asked. Second, I dunno, Stoney. She sounded like she was trying to grasp at something."
Stoney smiled softly. "You're not looking for a kitten, are you?"
"Noooo," I said. "Let's just see what transpires. Maybe she and her friends will be a fun bunch to play music with."
"Like that bunch that we play with..."
"Maybe that's it. Lets see what there is to it. Worst happens, we find something we don't want to deal with. From there it goes uphill."
"Optimistic little thing, aren't you?"
"Only because I know what happens after the dishes and the practice session..."
The next day I was just out of my afternoon class when my phone rang. Looked. Kara Sevinsky. "Hi, Kara," I said.
"Hi, Johanna," she said. "Did you talk with your husband?"
"Sure did," I said. "He's okay with it."
Happy sound. "Great! Now when?"
"Mondays don't work for us. That's MY practice night with my gang. Other than that ... I guess Fridays aren't good for you."
"Why?" she asked.
"Isn't that that like a big date night?"
"For some people, maybe." She sounded a bit sad.
"Look, Kara, if YOU want to come over any night, I'll give you our address. Come visit. What instrument do you play?"
We walked toward the door of the restaurant. Now I was thinking that here I am, meeting her family for the first time, and public displays of affection might not be on the agenda. After we worked our way past the maître d' (yeah, I don't usually eat at restaurants with a 'maitre d'' even though I know they exist) and into the dining room, Jo's hand hooked the inside of my arm. Apparently she knows more about me than I give her credit for. "There they are," she said, smile broadening....
"You were in the hospital for a while, I imagine," Jo said. "The whole spectrum. Infection. Orthopedics. Recovery. Rehabilitation. I do okay now, but every now and then one thing or another talks to me." "Like that walk we took in Austin," she said. "Now I understand why. You should've said something." "And miss a chance to walk down the street with you? I'm not stupid." "Sit!" she commanded, patting the sofa beside her. "Lemme go put my other clothes back on," I...
The rest of Friday dragged but eventually four-thirty came around and I was out the door. At four-forty-five I was in traffic and my phone played me a flute solo. Jo. "Hello, princess," I said. "Hi, Stoney," she said. "Are we still on for tonight?" "I'm headed home right now. Whenever you want to show up." Giggle. "I'm on the way. I'll get there about the same time you do." "Okay," I said. "I was hoping to have time to clean up, though." "You work in an office, Stoney....
Okay. So Key worries about Jo. Can't fault her for that. I worry about Jo too. It's not hard. I close my eyes, let my mind drift, and there's Jo. So she was grocery shopping on a Saturday morning. I picked up my phone, pushed the button and said "Johanna". Siri replied, "Calling Johanna Solheim mobile". I held the phone to my ear. "Hi, Stoney," she said. "Hi, my baby," I replied. "Why didn't you call?" "Let you sleep late. I'm just getting some groceries for the week. The...
We were timing things and that's what kept us moving. At my apartment there was time for the washing of faces and brushing of teeth and then there was a flurry of kisses and I'm not sure who initiated that but we ended up in a knot on the sofa, hot, breathless and quite happily bothered. She was mostly on top of me, I was noticeably erect inside my jeans, and she knew it. I know she knew it. She smiled, cradled my face between her hands and kissed me, adding a wiggle to her snuggle that...
We came up with a plan pretty quick. After all, this wasn't Columbus looking for the Spice Islands. We planned a menu. Talked about what would happen if the weather cratered on us. "We can stay home." "No," she said. "I don't have a home. Key's, well ... there's this guy she's been seeing and I told her that she'd have the place to herself. Which likely means she won't be by herself. And I get very uncomfortable with the idea of a guy staying in my apartment." "Oh." "So...
The old boat had been, from the day I brought her home and made her mine, a refuge. Yes, there were days that I brought friends along, but mainly the boat was where I went when I wanted to get away from the world. Now I was on her, and I was clothed only in my boxers and before me, beckoning, was Jo, in my mind the epitome of red-headed perfection, herself clad only in hip-hugger panties and a dark blue sports bra. And she was beautiful. Absent any light from the skylight hatch, we had a...
Sunlight pushed through the tiny cabin portholes, brighter on the starboard side because the northerly wind had our bow pointed into it, swinging at anchor. Okay. One sensation. It was morning. Second sensation. I was on my boat. Third sensation. Wasn't my boat any more, it was OUR boat, because I had a soft, naked form beside me, breathing softly. Jo. Twenty-four hours ago, she was my girlfriend. After last night, she was my wife. Unless I was dreaming. I touched the smooth skinned flank...
Going to tell everybody. "I know. I think I'm gonna lease the Goodyear blimp," I said. "Can we get rings?" "Yes, we can get rings," I said. "What does your taste in wedding rings look like?" "I think I would like a simple band. Gold. Yours?" "I shall match yours. You sure though? No large rock?" "Oh, come on, Stoney. This is me and you. Married by the light of the full moon. I need to ask Mom what the appropriate Celtic take would be." "She collected a Viking..." Jo...
Mark it on your calendar. Today's a first for me. The first time I ever woke up to a work week with my partner. The alarm went off and I did not want to get out of bed because when the music started, Jo slid down and wrapped her arms around my waist, purring. "I really don't want to leave, sweetness," I said. "But I have work to go do." "Mmmm, I know, baby. I have a class at nine, too." "Let's just do what we have to do. At the end of the day, though, we come home...
Jo is ticklish on the bottoms of her feet. A lot of people are, I know, but finding that a fingertip dragged gently down the sole of her foot leaves her uncontrollably giggly and therefor perfect for scooping into one's arms for loving. Monday was the previously discussed informal practice session. Tuesday was the real thing at the music department. Still, Jo is a responsible sort and we missed nothing of her schedule. So am I. She's an accomplished musician, and that translates to...
I didn’t have to be psychic to read Jo’s mind. The touch of her hand in mine was usually a delicate thing. This time she was tugging. I couldn’t understand, so I did the one thing that husbands have been doing since the beginning of time. I said, “Yes, dear.” “Don’t be condescending, Randall Jackson,” she said. “We need to talk.” Less than twenty-four hours since she and I stood in front of friends and family and God and pledged marriage to each other. Now I was wondering exactly what I’d...
Stoney: She loves me. She REALLY loves me. We're married. I killed a guy. I'm supposed to feel remorse. I'm supposed to receive counseling by caring professionals who will help me grieve or some such crap. Therapy? I'll tell you what therapy is. It's having the woman you just protected put her arms around you and tell you that she loves you. And when the thought crossed my mind that this scum wanted to touch my Johanna, I tensed up. "Stoney?" a little voice said. "Yes,...
Johanna and I discussed the idea of taking off from our lives for a few days for an abbreviated honeymoon, but neither of us were really at points in life to do so. I mean, I could have just begged off, but I was in the middle of a project with a time limit, I'd already given my word on its completion, and Jo? "I really shouldn't take off in the middle of the semester. Academically it's not good. And musically, we have the Veterans' Day thing in two weeks, and then a couple of big...
"Somebody you know?" Jo asked. "I saw the 'USA Retired'." "My platoon sergeant in Iraq," I said. "Good guy." "I'll let you read it, baby," she said. She started to turn away. "Where are you going?" "Was giving you some room. Privacy." "I don't need privacy. I need Johanna. This is just part of the past. He's a good guy. Wonder what he's got to say." I opened the envelope. A single printed page was inside. I read: Dear Lieutenant Jackson- I haven't heard from you...
Johanna's turn: Glorious Saturday morning, drifting along with the light pushing its way through the little gap in the drapes. I hear soft, regular breathing next to me, calming, protecting. That would be my husband. He's sleeping. He's slept all night and I get the best feeling about that. We've been sleeping together two weeks. Married, that is, 'officially' with the public ceremony and a marriage license, for a week today. In that two weeks, he's wakened in the middle of the night...
Johanna: Yes, it's primal. The urge to mate. Sociologists talk about it. Religions talk about it. Poets talk about it. It gets couched in various cloaks: love, duty, morality. But it's never right until two people decide it's right for them. And I'm thinking this in the dim light of the sun streaming into the cabin through the portholes. I hear the sound of waves slapping the hull and the whistle of the wind on the mast and the rigging. And the breathing of this guy next to me. Sometime...
Lovely, languid, quiet Saturday morning. Waking up next to a soft form. I have to touch that sweetly curved hip, just to tell myself I am not dreaming. The touch elicits a purr and a movement, several movements, actually, one of which put an arm around me. The hand at the end of the arm started exploring, finding morning wood. "Mmmmm, Stoney, is that for me?" "Yes, but be careful. It's loaded." "I thought we emptied it last night," she said, twisting in the bed. Her head dipped for...
The week went by with nothing major going on to interrupt our lives. Waiting on Friday. Before Johanna, I wasn't one of those people who worshipped Fridays, but now it was not a matter of escaping FROM something, it had become a matter of escaping with somebody, TO something. The weather was warm in the afternoon, cooler enough at night to be comfortable, and a cold front was due through late Saturday. When I got home Friday, the weekend's provisions were stacked by the door. I walked...
Johanna's turn: Almost magical, waking up in the morning on the boat. Not sure exactly what time it is, reminding myself that it really doesn't matter, feeling the form of this MAN touching me, rolling to face him, snuggling in against him. The boat is rocking gently and there's the wind and the waves and the sound of our breathing. I know my guy is drifting along because he hugs me closer and resumes his even breathing. I know several things that would be very pleasant for both of us,...
Stoney's turn: Aside from the idea of leaving Jo behind, I was not feeling bad when I left for work. After all, I had her kiss still tingling on my lips when I got in my car. A push of the button and I had the classical music station on the stereo. Oh, yeah, I have the iPod plugged in, too, but I liked giving the radio station a shot at titillating my ears on the way to work. This technique insured that my tastes received some variety. I hated the commute. Traffic is aggravation. After a...
Johanna's turn: I brought my Stoney home. My poor, broken, battered Stoney. Well, actually, a medical transport brought him home and ceremoniously deposited him in bed. The bed is a rental hospital bed, at least for the time being. I have home health technicians setting up trapezes. One over this bed. One over our bed. One over Stoney's favorite recliner. He's got crutches. "But do NOT try using them for a week," the doctor said. "And not while under the influence, either. I just...
Back to Stoney: Wasn't bad enough that I got T-boned by an illegal alien a couple of weeks ago, but now my beloved wife has thrown me under a bus. Admittedly, it's a bus full of musicians. Doctor Bob, the conductor/instructor of the university's chamber orchestra is complicit. Early in the relationship with Jo, she'd intimated to me the desire to play Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp, an idea I'd mentioned to Bob. When Jo saw that I was somewhat adept at my banjo, she railroaded...
Stoney's turn: Okay, I do admit that meeting Dan Richards and his surprising wife Cindy left me thinking. I was serious. Cindy, barely fifteen, was a cutie. "Jo, drag out the baby pictures," I said. "Baby pictures?" "Yeah, I want to see what you looked like growing up." "I don't have 'em. Mom keeps those." "I wanna see 'em," I said. "You might've been a horribly ugly child. I want to prepare myself for our offspring." She slapped the back of my head. "I was a wildly...
Stoney's turn: I don't know exactly what I was expecting, but life with Johanna had turned me quite a bit more optimistic, even if some bozo broke my leg. Yeah, I can drive again. Insurance popped for a replacement of my SUV, mostly. By this stage of the game I could be mobile if I needed to be, on my own. Bumping around the apartment was not a problem. If I started getting messages from my leg, I just eased it straight on the sofa or in the recliner. Walking out to my parking spot,...
Johanna's Turn: According to the stories I heard at my Momma's knee when I was little, I should be looking for leprechauns. This stuff got surreal. First, there's Dan and Cindy. Cindy could be a pixie. Dan showed up to talk with Stoney about picking up where Stoney left off on an engineering project when he had his accident. So I figured 'another engineer? What could it hurt?' Except this engineer shows up with a fifteen year old redheaded pixie of a wife, and we had a delightful...
Stoney's turn: It actually WAS in Cindy's words, 'a riot'. I never did 'band camp' or anything like that when I was in high school. They didn't have 'science camp' and 'math camp' in my school district and I wasn't in band. Jo told me about her own experiences. "Wasn't anything like this," she said. Our trip home was as wondrous as the trip there. I can definitely see why Dan and Cindy (and everyone else in the bunch, apparently) would cling to personal aviation as a...
Johanna's Turn: I walked out of the classroom with a definite spring in my step. I had several reasons to bounce, you know. Let's see. That test paper I laid on the GA's desk was, to the best of my knowledge, close to perfect. Stoney was home waiting on me. The semester was almost over and for the first time in my life I was not packing up to go spend winter break with Mom and Dad. The test. How ironic that I was testing at the end of a class on the history of Europe since 1945. I smiled...
Stoney's Turn: That was a surprise. Of course, since last September I've had lots of surprises. That was pleasant. Same thing. Since I touched fingertips one day with this startling redhead, I've had lots of 'pleasant', too. I parsed Jo's comments, "A little girl with family issues." "I get the feeling..." I concurred. "She's quite comfortable when she's playing, though." My partner smiled. "I've seen the family issues. Us military brats get an introduction." She paused....
Stoney's turn: When I was walking out of the building, headed home, I called Jo. "Hello, sweetness," she said. "Hi, princess," I returned. "Did Kara come over?" "Oh, yes," she said. "We're cranking out the music. Come home and join us!" "I'm on the way. Pedaling as fast as I can." My wife giggled. "Just drive careful. You know how you are!" Ten minutes later I was parking. Locked the SUV, walked to the door. I could hear the music as I unlocked it. It stopped with the...
Johanna's turn: It's not about sex. We're cuddled together. The sex is over for the night. And I still love him. Of course, right now we're both glowing. I mean, if we tossed the covers back, the room would light up. The post-coital (coital? - Damn you, Sheldon Cooper!) tingles will subside in a bit, but that loving glow hasn't. Nope. Hasn't. Not since I first admitted to myself that this was the guy for my life. I trust him. He trusts me. Kara's turn: Kara Sevinsky. That's me. I...
Stoney's turn: I punched the button on my office phone. Rang twice. Sweet, happy voice. "Hi, my love." "Hi, my princess," I replied. "I'm getting ready to walk out the door. What's up for the evening?" "Me and you. Some deli roast beef. Muenster cheese. Artisan ciabatta rolls from the bakery up the street. A bottle of Reisling. And then ... I have designs on your body..." "No Kara this evening?" "Nope. We talked a bit ago. She's got a Skype session with the bunch in...
Kara's turn: I feel like Balboa. You remember him, don't you? And no, NOT Rocky. He's the guy who 'discovered' the Pacific Ocean, at least from the Eurocentric point of view. That's how I feel after meeting Jo and Stoney and subsequently the girls in that community in Alabama: like I walked out of the jungle and there's a whole ocean just waiting for me. I'm seventeen. It's time that I start taking some actions to control my own life. It hasn't been easy. I'm not a poor kid, at...
Stoney's turn: So let's see where we're at now. I have a rollicking good life. There were long, lonely nights in the not too far past that I despaired of finding the person who would fill the void in my soul. As I sit here, eyes closed to repair the strain from staring at the diagram on my monitor, there's a little metallic blue Japanese car leaving the campus of the university, headed to what used to be my apartment. It's not my apartment now. It's ours. The driver of that little...
Johanna's turn: Friday! I was never one of that 'TGIF' bunch who LIVES for Fridays before. Before Stoney. Now? Maybe. Just a little bit. We swapped vehicles this morning. He drove my little hatchback to work. I took his SUV to campus. And at three, after class, I was loading bags into it at the apartment. That way, when he got home, we'd be ready to head to the marina. I can't wait. Yes! I get excited. I know, really, we have as much privacy as two people could possibly ask for here...
Johanna's turn: Two more weeks. That's it. Two weeks! I will graduate college. Stoney says he's the first of his family to receive a college degree. For myself, both parents have degrees, Dad's masters includes four years from West Point, Mom's from Trinity College in Dublin. And now I'm getting ready to graduate here in Houston, Texas, US of A. Double major, too, music and business administration. I have that 'music' part nailed. I could take a position with the local symphony,...
Johanna's turn: Back from ten wonderful days in Norway. Spent some time living out of Great-uncle Jan's place. He's got a beautiful home up a mountainside above a fjord overlooking one of his shipyards in the distance. It's a little shipyard, and this is Norway where shipbuilding is part of the national psyche, so it counts as scenery, understand? We did the touristy things, visiting museums and churches, seeing sights, absorbing the culture like a sponge. Phone call. I looked at the...
Once the basics had been exchanged, I was not in the mood to talk; I was getting naughty and horney again. I started playing tootsie under the table with him and slowly my leg going higher on his leg. His first reaction was that of surprise and then, he relaxed and widened his legs so that I could have easy access. Slowly, my leg kept creeping up and it reached his upper thighs. We continued eating and now, were eating Cantonese spring rolls along with some dipping sauce. I had a naughty idea....
She lurched forward, playing up her level of drunkenness and stumbled into Sam as if trying to slip past him towards her room. He caught her by the hips and she leaned into him, looking up into his face as his eyes searched hers. She slung her arms around his neck and pulled him down to her, clinging to him like am amulet. She ran her hand up the back of his neck and roughly gripped his hair, pulling her lips close to his ear and whispered, the sound barely escaping her: “I want to regret...
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Introduction I’d like to apologize to Sir. Winston Churchill as I lifted the title of this story from the opening chapter of his multi-volume work on English history. Now, before you begin to read I have a few admonitions. First, don’t look for any graphic sex. This is not ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’. Second there are references to God, Christ in particular. Don’t get in an uproar about it. Third, it is rooted in history, but don’t get mad if I said something wrong or left something out. Last,...
I loved my family, well, most of them, but a week of my daughter, her husband, and my two grandchildren, cooped up in my house was plenty. Then add my mother-in-law and wife, we were a bit crowded. The kids left a couple of days after Christmas and my wife had to go out of town on business the day after that. My mother-in-law had been invited to a bingo tournament, in Mesquite, NV.Things were hectic, to say the least.I live in a tiny, high desert town. The nearest actual city is 25 miles away....
TrueHi ISS readers, this is Loki, coming back to share the second part of my previous experience. Thanks for your feedback and comments. If you have not gone through the previous story, don’t worry, I got your back. You’re just a click away from encountering one of the best experiences that I have had in my life. The link to my previous story is given on top. Now to start with our journey, I and my married colleague Ankitha had quite a relationship as long as we worked in the same organization. Now...
Hi friends, This is Vicky from Mumbai, Age-28, Good looking, 6 feet tall, handsome with big Lund. any female who is looking for fun & intimate relationship can contact me at I have been great fan of ISS and reading stories since long time. I too had lots of great experience and wanted to share with you all. This is my first story and this is about my girl friend and her mom. Both of them are extremely sexy and I was fortunate enough to fuck both of them. This is a true story. I met my girl...
Jim sat on the sofa, his head pounding, jaw throbbing from where Leon had struck him. It was with an insane desire to laugh that he realised the CD player was still on and he got up, turning it off, pulling his trousers and shirt back on. The door opened and Heidi came in, her face wet with tears. ‘He’s gone,’ she said in a choked voice, ‘Drove off.’ Jim shrugged, ‘So? What do you care, you’re better off without him.’ Heidi looked up at him in disgust. ‘Maybe you should go.’ she said. ‘There’s...
The Astro Van’s engine screams like a wounded animal as it drifts in a wide arc under the bright metallic rain of tracer rounds. Most of them miss, except the ones that don’t. They blast down through the passenger seat with the trailing scent of brimstone. My asshole clenches, waiting for the end. It doesn’t arrive. What does is a thunderous crack, followed by two loud, concussive explosions. The road in front of me disappears in a haze of vaporized concrete dust. I pull hard on the wheel and...
Fantasy & Sci-FiThe next day when Pam and Janice met Sharon on deck, they were surprised that she did not have her hair in the tightly wrapped bun that she normally wore. Instead her hair was hanging down her back and pulled back into a ponytail. Her reading glasses that normally were either perched on her nose or hanging around her neck were nowhere to be found. The one thing that the two ladies noticed most about Sharon was not only did she look prettier with her hair down but there was a smile on her lips...
Donk Party! Well, let's see what this "party" is all about! Porn stars take it too far with their fake moans and not to mention, the surgically remodelled sin slits. Sometimes you will need that authenticity to have a real hard on lest you get a fake one too. Times like these, a good dose of amateur content will do you good. What of watching a fresh-faced girl being fucked on camera for the first time or hot young wives cheating on their husbands with their out of shape neighbors? Who knows,...
Porn Link SitesDay 8 Amy woke up after a very restful sleep. She just laid there awhile and thought about what had happen to her and Dave over the past few days. She just couldn't believe at the things that she and Dave had while they were with Megan and Ken, going to the mall and shopping in the nude, skinny-dipping at a public beach, horseback riding naked and having oral sex with Kelly, Megan, Ken and Dave. She smiled when she thought about having oral sex. It really felt good giving and...
Introduction: Debra I left Donna in the sauna to soak away the exhaustion .. I planned to stay at the resort till the weekend…. I arrived and had a shower, and dressed for a late dinner. With an unaccustomed amount of cash in my wallet, I felt I deserved a steak dinner, which I had. I tipped heavily, and made my way to the bar in the next room. The young lady I had met earlier took my order.. Im Debra — Whacha having ? A double please, Black Jack over ice. I remember you.. Im Dano.. We met at...
FOREPLAY My wife and I have the same taste, in almost every respect. We love the same food, the same wine, the same outfit style, the same vacation resorts, the same people. In our hometown, the ‘Rider’ was our favorite hangout. It was there where we met Sue. That she was called Sue was written on her name badge. Only much later we learned about her last name – but who’ll care about the last name with a woman like her. With respect to Sue, my wife and I had the same opinion, too. The new...
After having a long time live-in girlfriend situation dissolve over religious and medical reasons I wasn't anxious to get back in the game. That was 5 years ago, and except for a few one night flings, a string of 3 and 4 date semi-commitments that didn't progress to interest me any further; I have been a single guy who has some interest in the natural urge to get laid from time to time, but pretty picky about who might stay beyond leaving a wet spot in the sheets. I've been to the Mustang...
Pink hair be damned, Jill thought. I am going to enjoy this. The bathroom was a marble creation cool to the touch. How it had survived the Sonic attack was unclear. It must just be tougher than glass. There was an open window covered by a green and white embroidered curtain. Jill turned on the water and felt the hot water flow over every inch of her body. She scrubbed herself with soap lathering and thoroughly enjoying every second. The pink dye bled out of her hair and down the drain,...
InterracialRyan Mclane is recently divorced, which means he’s living alone in a new bachelor pad. Ryan is far too busy to keep the place clean himself, so he has hired Alex Coal to do it for him. Alex has had a crush on Ryan for a while, but he doesn’t seem to know she exists. Alex manages to remind him that she’s a lovely (and available) young lady one day when he comes out of his office in search of his phone. Dropping to her knees in front of Ryan in a deliberately provocative move,...
xmoviesforyouLet me tell you, I'd had no idea just how boring life in Roman times could be! There was nothing for me to do but to train, and that descended into a routine after a while, just like anything else would. At least I had Fiona to liven up things a bit. She was happy because she was now pregnant. She had missed one period, but she was convinced that meant that she was carrying a child. Fiona had never missed a period and she was regular to within one or two days, so a single miss was enough to...
Excitement fills your heart as you venture into the jungle for today you become a real man. Today is the day you have been training,for your whole life. You dream of what you will do to the women that will fall prey to you as you walk forward confidently. You ignore the chill as wind stroke your naked bulging muscles, you are afterall only wearing a leopard skin loin cloth." Any kind of outside weapons are not allowed in the jungle. Make use of what you find. " was the only advise from the...
A long time ago there was a great Dwarven city, deep underground. The city was on the shores of a vast underground lake, teeming with fish. The dwarves living there were happy and productive, but they were messy. For some reason, they decided not to bother throwing away their garbage, and instead, just left it wherever it fell. If a stone carver's tool broke, he'd leave the pieces where they landed. If someone ate an apple, they dropped the core on the ground when they were finished....
Mark came downstairs and walked outside. He had the folder with all the papers from his lawyer's office tucked under his arm. He walked the two miles from his house to the large enclosed mall where in the past he had spent so many hours alone. The pizza by the slice stand smelled good as ever. The owner of the stand, a handicapped woman greeted him with her friendly, "Hey Mark." She gave him his usual order, two slices and a soft drink. "Hi, Lisa. Your new arms work okay?" More than...