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 THE POND



   I sat there on the log right at the edge of the frozen over pond,
looking down at my feet, I can do this, I thought, After all, I was pretty
good with in-lines and tore up the rink with four wheels!  But apprehension
still played in the back of my mind as I looked at the two thin pieces of
steel now fastened to my feet.  She makes it look so easy, the way she
glides so effortlessly across the pond when I had sat and watched her from
afar.

   She sat in her jeep, motor running to keep warm, just far enough away so
that he could not see her.  A smile across her lips as she knew he had
little or no clue as to what he was doing.  She was at first annoyed when
she had pulled up, as she wanted to do some skating alone, but when she saw
whom it was, her annoyance faded away.  She had seen him watching her
before, both here and at the small lake where she did most of her skating.
Up to this point he had made no attempt to meet her and she wasn't going to
make the first move, though she thought him rather attractive.

   Well, better do something, least she show up and see me make a complete
fool of myself!  I put my hands on the log and gingerly started to stand.
My feet went out from under me and down I went on my rear end, hard.

   She quickly moved her hand to her mouth to stiffle a laugh as she
watched.  This is going to fun to watch, she thought, thinking back to when
she first started.

   "Geeezzz!" I yelled out loud, then reaching my hands behind me to grasp
the log and pull myself back up on it.  Sitting back down, I shifted from
side to side, rubbing my rear end.  I tried again, this time giving myself
just a little push as I stood up.  As I began to move forward, my knees and
ankles were going every which way.  I must have looked like every cartoon
scene you could think of at this moment, but I was moving forward and on my
skates!

   By now, her small, polite giggles had turned into full fledged laughter
as she watched him cross the pond, body bent forward from the waist, arms
stretched out to the sides, fairly steady but legs going just about every
where.  I hope he doesn't hurt himself too badly when he falls again she
thought.

   At about the halfway point, I chanced a look up to see where I was
headed.  There is a snow bank up ahead at the other end of the pond, Good,
I thought, I'll just fall there, turn over, get back up and try again.  By
now the wobbling in my legs had slowed down some, to were I had gained some
confidence.

   The smile on her face slowly faded as she realized that he was headed
for thin ice.  That end of the pond always has thin ice, she thought, and
he doesn't know it!  Swinging the door open and jumping out, she started
waving her arms as she yelled for him to stop heading that way.

   I thought I heard a voice, a woman's, coming from behind me.  As I
turned my head to see, I heard the un-mistakable sound of ice cracking. 
Before I could do anything, I felt the ice give way and I just closed my
eyes and waited for the worst.

   She watched as he broke thru the ice, and then ran to the back of the
Jeep, swinging the door open and grabbed a blanket and some rope.  Looking
back to where he had gone thru the ice, fearing he had dropped below the
surface, she breathes a slight sigh of relief when she saw that he was
still standing, about waist deep in the hole he had made.  Holding the
blanket and rope, she began running toward the pond.

   My eyes flew open at the shock of the ice cold water and the jarring
stop I made as my feet hit the bottom of the pond.  Relieved that I didn't
go all the way in, I put my hands gingerly on the ice and tried to move
forward towards the shoreline.  My right leg came free but the left one was
still stuck fast.  Dreading the thought but knowing I had to do it, I stuck
my hands in to the water and grab my left leg around the knee and tried to
pull it free.  It gave some but did not enough for me to get out.  By now
my hands were getting numb and my legs already were.

   She ran up close to the bank and looked for a solid tree.  Finding one
that was near the bank she dropped the blanket and wrapped the rope around
her waist, tying it into a knot.  Taking the free end she threw it out
towards him hoping to hit him with it and get his attention.  As the rope
landed beside him she yelled, "GRAB THE ROPE!"

   I heard something hit the ice beside me.  Looking, I saw the rope and at
the same time I heard a woman's voice telling me to grab the rope.  It had
been late afternoon when I started this little adventure, it was now dusk
and getting darker and colder, fast.  I looked towards the bank where I
thought the voice came and could barely make out someone standing near a
tree.

   "GRAB THE ROPE AND TIE IT AROUND YOU", I heard her yell again.

   With almost no feeling left in my hands and my body starting to shake
uncontrollably, I feebly picked up the rope and swung it around me but I
failed at trying to tie it.

   "I CAN"T TIE A KNOT, HANDS WON'T WORK," I yelled back.

   "YES YOU CAN!" I heard her yell again.  As cold and numb as I am, I
willed my hands to tie some semblance of a knot.

   "OK, I AM ALL SET!" I yelled back.

   She quickly moved around the tree, and I felt the slack being taken up
in the rope.

   "Hold the rope and push with your legs while I pull" I heard her say.

   I moved my right leg out as best I could, "Ready?" she asked.

   "Yes!" I replied, though rather weakly.

   "Here we go...  NOW!  She yelled.

   I pushed with my leg at the same time as she pulled.  My left leg came
free and I fell face first into the ice-cold water.  On hands and knees, I
crawled up the slope as she pulled.  Once out of the water, I collapsed on
the ground now shaking rather severely, but glad to be out of the water.

   I have got to get him warm she thought as she undid the rope around her,
picked up the blanket and ran over to where he lay, face down.  Kneeling
down next to him, she rolled him over, undid the rope and laid the blanket
over him.  He looked up at her and tried to speak, but his teeth were
chattering so hard, nothing could come out.  She leaned close to his ear
and said, in a voice laced with a combination of anger and worry,

   "Don't you die on me, you son of a bitch.  I have a bone to pick with
you!"

   He turned his head and looked at her with a surprised look at what she
had just said.  Again he tried to speak, but she put a finger over his lips
and said,

   "My Jeep is near-by and we have to get you out of those wet clothes and
into something warm."

   Helping him sit up, she undid his skates and pulled them off.  Then
grabbing his ice-cold hands, she pulled him to his feet.  Although wobbly,
he managed to stand and with her taking his arm a wrapping it around her
shoulder and moving her other arm around his waist, they began to move
towards the jeep.  Arriving at the jeep, she leaned him against the side
and opened the door and then she fairly pushed him in and slammed the door
behind him.  Getting behind the wheel and throwing it into gear, she made a
U-turn and headed to her cabin, a short distance away.

   As the cold induced fog began to lift from my brain with the warmth from
the jeeps heater and the shivering now down to a shake, I turned my head to
look at this woman who had just saved my life.  It was dark now and in the
soft glow of the dash lights, I could just barely make out her face.  She
had her hair pulled back into a ponytail.  Her skin seemed smooth and soft
to the touch, her lips full, Kissable types I thought, with the hint of a
smile.  She turned at that moment and looked at me with a funny look on her
face,

   "What are you grinning at?" she asked.

   "Oh, nothing", I replied as I pulled the blanket tighter around me and
leaned my head against the side window.  I felt her hand on my arm as she
said,

   "Don't you go to sleep, yet!" in a sharp tone, "not until we get you out
of those wet clothes."

   Then in a softer tone, "We are just about there." She said.

   I was amazed at the strength I could feel in her hand as she held and
shook my arm.

   "I won't," I managed to croak out.  I still had no idea who she was.

   With in a few minutes she pulled into the driveway of her cabin. 
Leaving the engine running, she climbed out, ran up to her cabin door and
opened it and flipped the light on the table by the door.  Walking back to
her Jeep, she noticed he still had his head against the window and his eyes
were closed.  She grinned as she swing the door open quickly, allowing him
to almost fall out on the ground, but catching him before he did.

   "HEY!" she heard him say.

   "I said, no sleeping!" she replied, as he was now wide-awake

   I suddenly realized, she was holding me against her, with my head
nestled against her chest.  She felt soft...  warm...  and...  and very
healthy.  My mind might have been numb from the cold, but not THAT numb!

   She helped him out of the Jeep and holding on to each other, they made
their way up to the cabin and thru the door.  Moving him to a chair next to
the lamp,

   "Sit here while I go and get the fire going again" she said, as she
closed the door.

   I looked up at her face as she spoke and my jaw dropped when I realized
whom she was.

   "Its YOU!" I said in an excited voice.

   The numbness from the cold was now almost completely gone as I felt my
face going red with embarrassment.  I also, had no idea of what to say to
her at this moment.  But her beauty was even more stunning up close than
from a distance.  She walked over to the fireplace and shifting the wood
around had the beginnings of a small fire started again.  She then threw
another log on the fire and within a few moments had warm fire going again.
She walked back over to me and placing her hand on my cheek, asked, "How
are you feeling?

   Looking into her deep blue eyes, "Well, my brain has thawed out and I
can feel my fingers but my legs are still numb." I said.

   Looking over her shoulder then back at me, "Fire will be going pretty
good in just a few minutes." she said, with that heart-melting smile of
hers, "Just so you know, red is not your color." She said, "I will be back
in just a moment."

   She turned and headed for a door at the back of the cabin, taking off
her jacket as she went thru it and pulling her hair out of the ponytail. 
He is rather handsome even with blue lips she thought to herself as she
hung up her jacket.  Moving over to the mirror, she picked up her brush and
ran it thru her hair a couple times just to smooth it out.  "You can get
those clothes off now", she called thru the door, "All of them, ok."

   All my clothes off!  I thought.  Well she is in the other room and if I
am quick enough...  I stood up, a bit shaky, and laying the blanket on the
chair took off my jacket and shirt, "Where do you want me to put them?" I
asked.  "Just pile them by the door," came her reply.  Dumping them on the
floor by the door, I turned and took off my socks, adding them to the pile.
My jeans would be the hardest, with my legs still not fully functional, I
turned and with one hand on the chair to help hold me up.  I had finally
gotten my pants off and was reaching for the blanket when I heard her
behind me.

   She had opened the door and was about to come back into the room when
she saw him standing, his back to her, trying to remove his pants.  She
leaned against the doorjamb and smiling as she watched him struggle.  Very
nice she thought Broad shoulders, small waist...  better looking than I
thought.  Not much of a fanny to speak of, but no matter.  As he got his
pants off and threw them over with his other clothes, he stood and reached
for the blanket, when she spoke in a stern voice, "I said ALL your clothes
off.

   I spun around at the sound of her voice to face her.  Oh My God I
thought, as I got the first chance to really see her.  She is stunning,
leaning against the doorjamb with her arm folded.  Her dark, almost black
hair falling softly around her face, big blue eyes shimmering in the
firelight and her smile, bright and warm surrounded by her full lips and a
body to die for.  I then notice her eyes were looking at me below the
waist; suddenly I remembered I only had underwear on.  I quickly grabbed
the blanket and held it in front of me, "I am getting there," I said, with
the hint of a smile.  "A bit shy, are we?" she asked, with a laugh. 
"Well..." I said, as I turned and wrapped the blanket around my shoulders.
"I am going to get you something from the kitchen," she said, moving
towards a door near the fireplace.  "Ok," I said, as I pulled my wet shorts
off under the blanket.  I had just turned back around when she came back
into the room with a mug in her hand.  "Here", she said, hold the mug out
for me, "Drink this, will help warm you up." "What is it?" I asked, taking
the mug from her, while holding the blanket closed with the other hand. 
"An old family recipe," she replied with that smile, "Trust me, it will
warm you to the bone." Holding up the drink in a cheers fashion, I took a
gulp of the warm liquid and cough a little when I was done.  Tasted like
Irish coffee but with a lot more punch to it.  She laughed at the look on
my face, "You sip it, silly," she said, as she turned and walked over to a
day bed in the corner near the fireplace.  Pulling the bed out and moving
it in front of the fireplace, she pulled the comforter back and said,
"You'll get warmer faster under here.  I will be right back."

   I watched her as she headed back in to the bathroom and closed the door.
Making sure it was closed; I moved over to the bed and climbed in, laid my
head down and pulled the comforter up.  The warmth of the fire along with
the warming effects of the drink and exhaustion began to take their toll as
my eyes started to get heavy.  I barely heard the door open and the last
things I remember before sleep won out was her standing between the
fireplace and me and seeing the outline of her body thru the long tee shirt
she had on and the warm touch of her hand as she ran it over the side of my
head.

   She had gone into the bathroom to change and to give him a chance to get
into the bed, un-noticed.  He looks even better with out the blue lips she
thought, as she brushed her hair after putting on the tee shirt.  Coming
back into the main room and over by the fireplace, a soft smile formed on
her lips as she watched his eyes close and the smile that came to his face
as she ran her hand thru his hair.  She sat on the edge of the bed,
listening to the sound of his slow steady breathing, letting her know he
was sound asleep.  She bent down and kissed him on the side of face then
got up and walked over to the window and peaked out.  A soft snow had begun
to fall...

   In the wee hours of the morning, I awoke with a start.  The slowly
fading fire now lighted the room with a soft, warm glow.  I felt the warmth
of her body against me, for she was without the nightshirt she had on
earlier.  Looking down, I saw her head resting on my chest facing the
fireplace, her arm lying across my stomach and one leg bent across my legs.
Reaching up with my hand, I gently brushed her hair away from her face, so
I could look at this beauty closely.  I took my finger and traced it down
her cheek to her full lips then across them, feeling their softness.  She
stirred a little and I stopped, not wanting to wake her from her sleep,
least not just yet.  Resting my one hand against her cheek, I began to
explore her back with my other hand.  I moved my fingers down the center of
her back until I reached the top of her butt, then back up her side, just
grazing the side of her breast.  I felt her move slightly again under the
motions of my hand.  Again I held my hand still, then once she stopped, I
closed my eyes and began to run my fingers thru her hair again while I held
her close with my other arm.  She then moved her hand to the side of my
face, resting it against my cheek.  I open my eyes, and looking down, saw
just how truly beautiful this woman is.  She looked at me with her deep
blue eyes, the firelight dancing in them just past the surface with a smile
that seemed to chase the darkness away.  She then turned her head and
without a word our lips met, in a slow, probing kiss that sent tingles thru
both of us.  We moved our arms around ourselves, holding each other tightly
as if to keep this kiss going forever.

   She shifted her body so that she lay atop me, her legs straddling one of
mine.  Pulling her lips from mine and began to places light kisses and
little nips down the side of my neck, raising goose bumps and sending
shudders thru me.  Reaching my chest, she stopped and looking up at me with
desire filled eyes and in a low, husky voice that sent blood rushing full
speed into my manhood making me hard before she even finished speaking, "I
have to check and make sure all the parts work." She said, a coy little
smile lining her luscious, full lips.  No wonder her kiss was so fulfilling
"You are the doctor, My Angel," I said, while laying my head back on the
pillow, "do with me as you please."

   I closed my eyes as the feelings of pleasure that I had not felt before
move thru me from the touch of her lips moving down my stomach, her hands
along the sides of my body and the skimming of her hardened nipples against
my flesh.  She stilled straddled my one leg as she moved down, every now
and then, brushing the now moist lips of her womanhood against my leg,
driving me even deeper into ecstasy.  She moved her head to one side as she
got close to my now throbbing erection and using just the tip of her
tongue, blazed a trail of liquid fire across my groin.  Taking her thumb
and a finger, she wrapped them around my hardness and pulled it towards her
so that I was now pointing straight up.  I open my eyes and shifted my head
so that I could watch what she was doing to me.  She then moved herself up
so that one of her luscious breast was right above my shaft, then leaning
down, placed her nipple right against the opening.  She began to slowly
rotate my hardness against her bud while moving her hand up, with her thumb
pressed against the underside, causing more of my precum to ooze from me,
spreading it around her nipple and the areola, the feeling was electric,
causing my hips jerk and my hands to grab the edges of the bed.  "OH GOD...
Angel!" I about screamed, "You are going to have me exploding all over you,
if you keep this up." "And I'll catch every drop of you, if you do, Baby" I
heard her say, "Don't worry..." "What, me worry..." I managed to get out
between gasps.

   Moving her hand back down to the base of me, she moved back until her
mouth was sitting right above me now.  Looking up at me with her eyes in
that seductively sexy half closed look, she parted her lips and pushing
just the tip of her tongue out, bent down and ran it thru the slit in the
tip of my hardness, then down and around the ridge.  "Ooooohhhhh, man!" I
moaned, as I moved my hips up, trying to get all of me into her mouth.  She
shifted her body to one side of me while reaching up with her other hand
and pulling her long black hair to one side so I could watch better, she
parted her lips and placed them on me.  Then slowly pushing her head down
on me, her lips giving just enough to so that I could feel the edges of her
teeth skimming the sides of my hardness, almost sending me almost thru the
roof.  Looking at me out of the corner of her eye, I could see the slight
smile on her lips as she moved her mouth down my shaft and then back up,
almost painfully slow.  Reaching the head again, she swirled her tongue
around head as if she was licking the tip of an ice cream cone, lapping up
each drop of precum that slipped past the slit in the head of my erection.

   I reached out with one hand; I wanted to feel her warm, silky skin under
my fingers.  She seemed to sense what I wanted, as she began to move the
lower part of her body towards me.  My hand found her as she moved her body
towards me, then began to move up the inside of her thigh, just the
fingertips playing against her warm skin, causing her mouth to pause for a
moment.  She then started to take me all the way into her, until I could
feel the tip of my manhood slide against the back of her throat, causing me
to grip her thigh before moving it up further until my fingertips pushed
against the outer folds of her womanhood.  I moved my fingers up over her
firm cheek then back down the other side, dragging my fingernails against
her skin, bring another pause in her tasting of my hardness, followed by a
shudder.  I turned my hand around and pressed it against her wet lips with
my fingers resting between her cheeks.  By now she had taken me out of her
mouth and was kissing and tonguing the tip of my shaft, taking in my pearly
fluid that was now coming non-stop.

   Moving my hand down so that my middle finger parted her lips just
slightly, coating it with her wetness before I slid it across her hardened
jewel, bringing a sharp moan and a lifting of her head.  Reaching her thigh
again, I gently pulled it toward my head and moved between them as she
lifted her leg over my head so that she now straddled my waiting mouth. 
She leaned her hips back as I kiss her full on her rose-petal soft lips,
letting the tip of my tongue slip between them.  By now she had taken me
out of her mouth and her head lay on my thigh with soft sighs floating to
my ears as I move the tip of my tongue around the edges of her womanhood.
My hands moved between us until I came to her full breasts, then cupping
each one in my hand, began to massage them as I now moved my tongue deeper
between her lips, taking my first taste of her nectar.  I moved my hands
from her breast and around her thighs to spread her neither-lips so I could
push my tongue even deeper into her.  Bring my tongue out, I slid it down
to find her hardened pleasure button.  Gently moving it around the edge of
her clit at first until I found where she moved the most and began to flick
my tongue there when she let me know, moving the top first, then smooth
underside across her 'special' spot.

   "YES...!  There...!" I heard her moan when I found the center of her
pleasure as her hips began to rock back and forth with the movement of my
tongue.  My hands moved from her lips and gripped the front of her thighs,
holding on as she rocked harder and harder.  Soon she reared her head back
off my thigh; her hands tighten on my legs as she pushed her hips down
against my mouth, "Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh....  Oh My God!" she screamed as I
felt the hot rush of her succulent fluid flow into my waiting mouth.  I
moved my tongue from her jewel to deep within her, taking all that I could,
my hands now moving along her back and sides, gently caressing her.  She
slowly lowered her body against me, the waves of pleasure having passed
thru her, as my hands moved about her, massaging where they touched.  She
went to move her leg over me, but stopped and looked back at me past her
arm when I moved my hand to her thigh, moving her leg back, kissing her
full on her still very wet lips.  My heart missed a few beats as I looked
at her, wicked smile, blue eyes burning and her hair hanging down around
her face.  She knelt on her elbows, causing my hardness to leave a slippery
trail as I shimmied from between her legs and knelt behind her.  I leaned
over her back, my hands moving down her sides before cupping her warm, full
breast within them again.  I felt her hand grasp my almost screaming
member, move me between her wet lips and slide the head up and down,
sending a hot shudder thru me as she did so.  She shifted her hips and
holding me at the opening of heaven, pushed herself back against me, taking
all of me within her, a moan coming from both of us as she did.  My hand
moved from her breasts and down to her hips which I gently grasp as we
began our erotic dance.

   She had moved to being on all fours as I easily moved in and out of her,
slowly at first, then faster and harder.  With no need of gripping her
sweet hip, as she was meeting each of my thrust just as hard, I leaned over
her back and moved one hand under her, finding her clit and began to tease
it, causing more of her nectar to flow.  As I moved closer to filling her
with my hot cream, my hands went to her swaying breasts and clasped each
one within them.  Soon the small cabin was filled with the moans and groans
of two lovers lost in the throes of hot passion, along with the slapping of
your bodies.

   "Uh....uh...Ah....aaaaaaaaa!  I cried out as my hot cream poured forth
deep within her with each final stroke.  My hands moved from her breast and
grabbed her hips as the last of my flowed into her, with she squeezing her
muscles to milk the last of me into her.  I bent over and kissed her back
as she collapsed on her forearms, her head resting on the bed.  My hands
moved along her sides while I kissed her back as we both floated down from
our pleasure high.  I backed out of her and laid down to the side of her,
bring her down with me, and with one hand stroking her head, I wrapped my
other arm around her pulling her tightly against me, as the lovers sleep
overtook us.

   The morning light shone brightly as two lone figures moved across the
lake, one behind the other, "You know," I said, with a slight grin, "you
are not holding me very tightly."

   She leaned forward, her hands still on my hips as we slowly move
forward, "That's so when you fall on your ass," she said laughing, "I
won't!"

   ...The sound of their laughter, filling the small valley.