Elena loved to have her feet rubbed, especially with cream to make them soft and silky. Marie smiled so big her face was nothing but eyes and teeth. She folded her legs and sat on the floor. She pulled one of Elena's feet up into her lap. She put a nice sized dollop of cream on her hands and warmed it up before starting to rub it into her foot. She smoothed it into Elena's skin and gently massaged the cream into her heel and between her toes. When she started to rub it into her arches, elena moaned and almost fell out of the chair."Why don't we move this to the bed, that way when you feel the need to collapse you won't hurt yourself?"Marie was smiling at the fact that she could get Elena that relaxed just by rubbing her feet. Elena grinned sheepishly and nodded. She had to lay down crosswise because of the massive footboard and posters holding up the canopy. Marie sat on the floor again and this time she had Elena's feet almost in her face, which is where she liked them. She contin
She didn't want to be the rebound girl this time. If it was going to be hot, heavy sex, fine; but not this. She didn't think she could take that kind of jolt, or heartache if elena went back to her former lover.Elena saw the look and knew it for what it was. Marie was feeling more than just lust and friendship towards her. Uh, oh. How do I feel about that? Do I want that? Damien has only been gone for two days now and I haven't been home for one. However, she liked marie. She liked marie a lot. She was even comfortable with the touching and the kissing.She really wasn't ready to go further, if she could even go further. She wasn't sure yet. She definitely didn't want to hurt marie. I'd better tell her about how I'm feeling before we end up going too far too fast.Marie was also debating with herself about whether to tell Elena her feelings. She needed to explain a few things and she wasn't sure if Elena was ready to hear them. She didn't want to frighten off her new friend, especia
Marie watched as Elena stood up slowly and began to pace back and forth in front of the bed. She made a few passes before she stopped and looked into Marie's eyes. She held that gaze for a few seconds."In the past week; I met my lover camping, and saved his life; I've been attacked by a grizzly, which my lover killed by the way; was almost kidnapped at gunpoint, again because of my lover; had the best sex I've ever had in my life, or hope to have, no offense meant Marie: a crazy park ranger has decided that he needs to assassinate my lover and put a bullet through my window trying to succeed, but he didn't; and to top it all off, he asked me to marry him secretly, just for us and that's when it all went to hell.""I took too much time thinking about all things I'd miss because I was with him and started crying and he thought that I was going to say no, so he bugged out, left without another word and I have no idea where he went, or if he'll ever come back and forgive me."She was alm
"You mean that you really get it? The werewolf; and the sex part? You aren't disgusted with me about that?"She needed to make sure. Marie looked at elena and guessed at what was running through her mind. I accepted the facts as she presented them and she thinks I don't get it yet. Oh, Elena, you have no idea how perverted us genius types can be."What? That you like your dick to be on all fours? So you're a pervert. I am too, so there. Even?"Marie met Elena's gaze straight on, no smile just all business. This is what is going to make it sink in that I do get it and don't care. Other than he might come back and reclaim her. Now that's the scary part. Marie wasn't quite prepared for Elena's reaction to the blunt truth. She suspected Elena might have a violent streak, but hadn't planned on what she did.Elena was speechless at Lena's comeback. She got it, accepted it and went on without much more than a few exclamations and that was it. She isn't disgusted with me! She thinks I'm a per
"It's gorgeous, marie. So full, almost frilly. Wow! I never thought I'd say that to another woman either. But it's true, marie, it fits you perfectly."Marie was crying now, but not with tears of sadness, of happiness."Oh, Elena. The other girls used to torment me and tease me about my 'floppy bits'. I lost so many girlfriends because they said I was a freak and disgusting. The others just tolerated it long enough to get their own jollies and then left. You are the first woman to look at me and say that. You don't know what that means to me. What you mean to me. This day you have given me the most profound compliments and you meant every one of them. You don't know how special that makes you to me."Elena looked up at marie while she said this and she got a tear in her eye. Well, maybe I didn't before, but I know now. She looked at Marie's nether region again and that sudden urge hit her again. She wanted to kiss it. How bizarre, she thought. I've never had the urge to do that befor
Marie blushed and nodded,"I swear, those words were never uttered in this room. It was a fragment of my delusion; I mean a figment of my imagination. That's my story and I'm sticking to it."Marie giggled and hugged her."Honestly, if, and I stress that part, if, he ever comes back, we will face him together and he'll have to accept it, that I have found another person to love."Elena looked into Marie's eye when she said it. Marie shuddered."God! Elena, after what you told me about him, I'm not sure I would want to face him. You said that he spoke to you in your mind, does that mean he can manipulate you as well?""Damn you're smart!"Elena kissed the end of Marie's nose. Marie beamed."Yeah, you're right, he can. He did it to me once. I really tore into him for it and he swore he'd never do it again. I believe him, but that promise doesn't extend to you. So, maybe that would be a bad idea, seeing him together.""Hey, I don't want to break the mood, but I need to get up. I put th
Then to top it off I took your shoes off and got a look at your feet, and now you know how I get over those. So, yeah, I was pretty worked up over you when I crawled into bed and I just, well, to be honest, I had a pretty good orgasm thinking about you.""Now who's giving out super compliments? Okay, so we've firmly established that even though I've never been with a woman, I am fairly comfortable around you and have no problems with us touching and smelling each other. Oh, and let's not forget the kissing. I really do like kissing you. That's a good solid fact."Elena grinned mischievously at Marie."Point taken."Mariw leaned over and kissed elena, just a quick kiss, and then leaned back. Elena pouted."What was that? That wasn't a kiss. This is a kiss!"Elena slid her arm behind Marie's head, pushing her fingers up through her hair and cupping the back of her head, she pulled mariw to her and really kissed her firmly. Elena rubbed her lips back and forth gently over Marie's and the
She tilted her head and kissed Elena's ear. Her voice thick with emotion,"Oh, my elena! You've just made me the happiest girl in the world just now!"Elena whispered back, her voice just as thick,"Make that two of us."They kissed to seal their mutual feelings for each other. They hugged for a few minutes and then leaned back to look at each other. Elena spoke first."I guess we'd better get a move on if we're going to go get my truck. But no stopping for boilermakers! I don't think I could handle even smelling one of those things after last night. Okay?"Mariw gave her a lopsided grin,"And so it begins. Yes, dear. No boilermakers."Elena's jaw dropped at Marie's remark, the she snapped her mouth shut and gave her an irritated frown."I can't believe you just said that! No, wait, yes I can."Elena took a quick guess at the best spot and then zipped her hands to Marie's hipbones and tickled her. Marie let loose a whoop and shot her legs out, launching herself off of Elena's lap and
"I forgot to eat dinner last night and camping always gives me a huge appetite. I'll burn it all off before the day is over. Well, maybe. You have brought some horses but when I go camping, I'm always on foot. So I normally hike ten miles in one day when I go out.""Oh, okay. Yeah, I'd eat that much too if I was going to hike ten miles."Gab just sat there and grinned as he sipped his coffee. Marcy and Elena finished their breakfasts almost simultaneously. They washed their plates and cleaned out the skillets. Gab doused the fire while Elena and Marcy drank their coffee. She watched Gab as he saddled the horses. She was still nervous about this exercise. She didn't know if the horse they would try to get her on would stand still enough for her to do so. She went through her calming exercises in her head, trying to still her nervousness. She figured that if she didn't feel nervous, the horse would be calm as well.They finished their coffee and went over to where Gab was waiting for th
This was the truth, so she knew her voice wouldn't detract from her excuse. They both stared at her a few seconds; and then at each other, they shared a look together before they turned back to her. Marcy was the first to break the silence."I'm sorry to hear that. Again, I didn't mean to embarrass you."Gab was looking at her, and she could see that he was mulling something over in his mind; finally he shrugged and grinned."Well, I guess if you're willing to forgive our lapse in manners, then I'm willing to forget about it and just enjoy the weekend with a new friend."Elena smiled and let out a big sigh of relief."Thank you. I'm sorry too, I should have warned you, but it slipped my mind in all the excitement and rush to get out here."They all smiled their relief at the averted social faux paux. They started chatting about the next day's plans and Gab reassured Elena that she would be just fine around the horses. Eventually they all yawned, Marcy first and then the other two in s
Elena blushed again and she saw Marcy shoot a look at Gab that was a mixture of surprise and annoyance. Goob just grinned and shook his head. He had wanted to surprise his wife with his new friend, and it had worked."I surprise a lot of people, Marcy. So don't feel embarrassed about it, you should have seen Goob's face when I shot that rifle for the first time and just grinned at him like a kid at Christmas. He didn't know what to say or do for a minute there."Marcy laughed and nodded, immediately taking to Elena's easy-going personality and humor."Yeah, I've managed to do that to him a couple times myself. Let me just get the rest of the food into the cooler and then we can hit the road."Marcy went back into her kitchen and Elena waited with Goob."Okay, Elena, we're heading for a friend's ranch and the roads are almost non-existent once we get into the higher elevations. Here's a radio for you to use so we can stay in contact if we get separated. It's got a 12-mile range out on
Damn, but at least with this one I can clean the outer shell of any accidental blood stains and re-proof it with a can of repellant. Hopefully it will pay off in the long run. If I go out every month and ruin a cheaper bag, I'd be spending more than this in four months time.The next morning she was happy when she went to work. Yes, I'm leaving but Rhoda won't be there to ruin my mood anymore. Charlenne proved herself to be as smart as Elena thought she could be. She had no trouble getting her acquainted with the software, but she needed to find some inspiration with the graphics layout. That's where natural talent comes in, you are either inspired or you are not. It's an artist part of the job, and this was where Charlenne had the most difficulty."Honestly, Elena, I've never thought about art or graphics. Can I take a class or something?""Well, yeah, you can. However, this is where you need to let your imagination flow and try to feel for the client. Find out what they are looking
"It's got a custom ladder sight and the wood has been reworked and reinforced to take the recoil of that brutal cartridge, they hand rubbed five coats of Tung oil into it."She really didn't know about the wood finish, but the ladder sight was neat."Okay, sold."He smiled and nodded. He got out the paperwork for her to fill out and he called in her ID and information and the NCIC check came back clear. He put the sling kit on the rifle and slipped it into the carry case and handed it to her."I do have one more favor to ask, if you don't mind?""Miss Brandt, anything for the lady who can shoot a Rossi .454 Casull and smile."Elena laughed."I need to find somebody who can teach me how to hunt and skin the animals. I want to go hunting so I can fill my freezer with good meat. I want to be able to do that myself.""Miss. you just went up three notches on my respect scale. I would gladly teach you how to do that. My wife goes hunting with me and I know she would love to have another wom
He smiled at her confident response. Well, what the hell? Why not?"Okay, so you won't need a scope or at least a big one.""No, no scope. My eyesight is perfect.""Okay. Any preference on caliber or action?""Nope, that's where I need your expertise. I've never hunted before, but I really want to learn.""Okay, great. Well, in that case, um, have you ever shot a rifle before?""No, but I'm an expert with a H&K Tactical .45 ACP."His eyes widened again and he started laughing."Okay, I had that coming, sorry. Well, if you don't have any preference on action or caliber, I'm not sure where to start. How about I show you a couple of standard hunting rigs and you tell me if it's something you might be comfortable with, okay?""Yeah, that'd be great."He reached back on the rack behind him and pulled off a bolt-action rifle with standard iron sights. He handed it to her with the bolt open. She hefted it and put it to her shoulder. She looked at the bolt and then slid it forward and down, l
"There you go mark, all your troubles are answered. It's my resignation. I quit."Elena turned, went to her desk and gathered up her things before heading for the door. Rhoda had just heard her announcement and she was pissed. She had wanted to get Elena into trouble and here she was walking out before that could happen. She had hoped to get her fired, but by quitting, Elena still held the high ground."Elena, wait a minute. Why?""Well, mark, I have had it with that little bitch over there. I was in a perfectly happy mood when I came to work today. But when she jumped me three seconds after walking in and implied that I was trying to get her fired because I wouldn't let her finish the interview, which by the way, lasted over two hours yesterday. Then she had the gall to grab me physically, which I told her was a really bad idea and to not ever do it again. Since I was planning on it anyway, that just put the icing on the cake and instead of in two weeks, I'm out of here today.""She
"Me moving in with you, silly. I still want to keep this house. It's paid for, thanks to dad's life insurance policy. So all I have to pay for is the taxes and homeowners insurance. I will need it for the down time after my monthly trip into the woods.""Heh, the way you keep saying it like that, you make it sound like you have a bad case of the monthly cramps, not, well, you know.""See, even you can't say it out loud. It's like if we don't say it, it won't be true. Yes, Marie, once a month my PMS goes all to hell and I turn into a werewolf.""Yeah, okay. I guess maybe because I haven't seen you like that, it really hasn't sunk in.""Trust me,. Until Damien teaches me to control the shift, to become aware inside myself when I've shifted, you don't want to be anywhere near me. I killed and ate someone who was near me last time.""I'm sorry, Elena, I didn't mean to bring that up.""No, that's okay. If I keep these thoughts inside, it'll make it worse. I do know how you can make it up t
Elena nodded that she had and took it out of the fridge for her. She finished cooking her bacon and eggs. She then smothered honey-butter on her toast. Marie watched her in awe and still wondered how she could eat so much. When she wiped up the last of the egg yolk with her toast she popped it into her mouth and hummed contentedly. She sipped her coffee and felt the rush of caffeine hit her system. Marie sipped hers and smiled, Elena had been right, it was very dark and very rich but it wasn't bitter at all."Well, now that I don't have the raving urge to fill my mouth with eggs and bacon, we can talk. I saw that look, and I'll eat that for dessert, now hush. I want to run an idea past you, but I don't want you to feel pressured in any way. I'm thinking of quitting at the Acantha and trying to find something in Helena."Marie beamed and snickered."You're trying to see if I want you to move in with me, aren't you? Well, the answer is YES! I would love it if you would move in with me."