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Chapter Nine
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2021-08-31 04:20:38Alison was both nervous and excited as she finished her breakfast cereal. She and Vanessa rose early so that they would have time to explore the house and still take a late afternoon nap to assure they were fresh for their date with Martin at the county fair. Both girls loved fun events such as fairs and carnivals. Even though they hadn’t actually agreed to go, they knew they wouldn’t have turned down the offer.
“Are you ready?” Vanessa asked as she entered the kitchen. “I’m so excited about exploring this place. I hope we can manage it all before I have to leave.”
“It isn’t that big,” Alison said.
Her friend looked at her and grinned, “It beats the heck out of our tiny two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta.”
Alison smiled. Anything would be larger than their little five-hundred square foot apartment that was divided into such small rooms that they were lucky
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The surprise on Alison’s face when Nick showed up to join them for the evening was a good camouflage for the hurt and rejection she also felt. She looked accusingly at Vanessa when Nick announced that she’d invited him to come along as Vanessa slipped her arm through his and snuggled up close. Nick didn’t seem to react to her gesture one way or another as he locked eyes with Alison. It was as if he was trying to send her a mental message, but she hadn’t a clue what it might be.She turned away and made a point of checking her image in the mirror near the door and collecting her things as Martin’s SUV came slowly up the drive. Without waiting for them or even looking back, she rushed out of the door to greet him.Martin hopped out of the vehicle and ran to the passenger’s side to open the door for her. She smiled brightly and thanked him as he helped her up into the vehicle. After the treatment she’d had from N
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Alison was at a loss for words as she lay beneath her sleeping lover. Nick surprised her by falling asleep almost immediately. He’d left his manhood inside her after he’d peaked, and she was concerned about the consequences. It didn’t seem very romantic to bring up this fact, but, since she was a virgin and not on birth control and he wasn’t wearing a condom, it was something she needed to concern herself with.She could easily see how women lost their senses and threw caution to the wind during love making. Hadn’t she done just that? Not once during their time together had she even broached the subject of using protection. Her only concern was putting out the fire in her loins that built up to a point of being almost unbearable. Maybe if he’d pulled out of her before he’d reached his heights of passion, she wouldn’t be so worried. Now, she lay with the heaviest man on earth sleeping sou
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When Alison awoke, Nick was still fast asleep next to her. Sometime during the night he’d managed to wrap his leg and arm over her in a possessive manner. Although confining, it felt nice.She slid from beneath his muscular limbs as gently as she could. She was still tender from their love making, but the bleeding stopped. A wave of relief swept over her as she remembered Vanessa’s fear that Nick might have torn her.Dressing as quickly and carefully as she could, she slipped out of the bedroom, taking one last look at the gorgeous man she left sleeping. With a satisfied smile on her face, she went to Vanessa’s room to see if she was awake.Vanessa’s face was buried in the pillow as she lay naked on top of the bed. “Did you come to ravage me?”“Are you talking to the pillow or me?” Alison teased. Vanessa rolled onto her back and stretched her sinewy body in a catlike manner, mindless of the
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“Do you think we’re lesbians now?” Alison asked as she positioned her Mini Cooper into a parking spot at the local drugstore.“I know a lot of girls in college who have experimented and they’re not lesbians. We did less than they did, so… no… I don’t believe this makes us lesbians,” Vanessa replied. She turned in the seat to look long and hard at her friend. “I thought we agreed not to talk about it again.”“We won’t,” Alison said as she pretended to lock her lip and throw away the key. “I just needed to get that question off my chest. No more need to talk or think about it.”Vanessa got a devilish look in her eye as she slyly undid her seatbelt while pretending to adjust the radio. When she was sure she could move freely and quickly, she twisted around and took Alison’s clothed breast in her mouth while slamming her hand into her
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Martin stood in the doorway of Alison’s bedroom with a scowl on his face. “That’s what he gets for trying to beat me through the gate.”Alison gave him a puzzled look, while Vanessa quietly scolded him that now wasn’t the time.He smiled meekly before going to Nick and inspecting his condition. “He’s too heavy for me to carry back to the guest house and he’s going to be like this for a few days,” Martin said with certainty. “I can, however, help make the room, bed, and him more presentable before Wilma returns. What excuse you give her for him being comatose in your bed is your business.”Martin rolled Nick back and forth so that Vanessa and Alison could pull the bedding off the bed and remake it. He slowly shook his head and closed his eyes at the sight of the blood and semen stained coverlet, but said nothing. Even so, Alison wanted to crawl underneath the bed and not come out.
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Alison put her ear against the door of the second-floor utility closet and listened for footsteps or other sounds that would clue them in on what was happening.All was quiet.“We need to get to Nick’s place to make sure they haven’t found his safe room,” Alison said as she carefully opened the door to peer out.“If they have? What do we do then?” Vanessa asked, bitterly.“Why are you so angry?” Alison asked with a sharp tone.“Maybe I’m a little pissed about Wilma getting killed and us next in line all because your man is not human?” Vanessa sneered.“Just a little reminder. I’m not either,” Alison said.Vanessa looked shocked as the realization of Alison’s statement hit home. “You’re not, are you. Shit.” She placed her fingers to her temples, took a deep breath, and added, “I’m sorry. I don&
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Alison couldn’t remember when she’d ever had a head that hurt as bad as hers did when she opened her eyes the following morning. She struggled to move, but found herself weighted down by something. Still disoriented, she stretched her hand out and felt Nick’s inert body next to her. Its coolness was enough to shock her into wakefulness.Memories of her lovemaking with Nick’s shadow self were fuzzy, but there. She reached up to touch his shadow body as he lay stretched across her in a possessive manner. “Nick, wake up. Are you alive? Please be alive.”Nick nuzzled his face into her neck. “Good morning, my love.”“My head feels like tiny firecrackers are being shot off inside of it and I have to pee,” she moaned.He rolled off her and said, “Go pee.” As she inched off the bed in a way that implicated her entire body was in pain he asked, “
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