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    Greetings, and first may I say that your tireless (and vastly 
underappreciated) efforts truly make the alt.sex.stories.* heirarchy 
worth reading in a mountain of spam?  (Also note that this applies to 
BOTH recipients.:)

    This is, as stated, my first submission to ASSM.  If I am doing 
anything wrong, (like this is SUPPOSED to be 'just the story') please 
inform me and I will correct my methods.

    I won't say 'be gentle':), in fact, be very critical; this story 
started out as an eight-part love letter to my fiancee (yes, 'Mikel' and 
'Nadine' are real people) and despite the assistance of one of Celeste's 
kindly and thoughtful proofreaders, I still wonder if this has enough 
appeal to the *rest* of the net...  I've got plenty of other ideas, so 
if you think my time would be better served not pursuing this story-line 
further, feel free to tell me (yes, Nadine knows and approves...she's 
just annoyed I'm using aliases:)

     Thank you in advance for your consideration, assistance, attention, 
whatever.

I remain,

'Empath'

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer someone else up." 
- Mark Twain

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{empath} "A Birthday Wish Come True" ( M/F oral rom ) [1/4]

Copyright 1997, by Empath

WARNING:  
	This narrative contains subject matter that has been deemed 
unfit for the perusal of those under the age of majority.  A 
good rule of thumb to follow is if you are unable to vote where 
you live, don't take the risk of getting caught reading this.  
(That also covers the less.'enlightened' of the world's 
governments.)

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	He entered the lobby, nervous at what he was planning, but 
also eager to complete it successfully and see how she handled 
it.  He ran a gloved hand over the frosted intercom panel, 
stopping and pressing one labeled "9 - Sanders" and cleared his 
throat.

	"Yes?"  It was the sound he'd fallen in love with - the 
voice of this woman he'd never met, but knew as intimately as he 
knew himself.

	He immediately assumed the lazy Southern drawl he'd been 
practicing, covering his normally flat voice. "Phone company, 
miss.  You a 'Ms. Sanders' who wants a second line installed?"
"Oh, yes; you're early - the person at the office said this 
afternoon-" the disembodied voice replied.

	"Well, yer lucky; my first call was supposed to be a repair 
job that'd take all morning, but they cancelled."  He was having 
trouble not adding small things like "darling" or "my lovely 
lap-dancer".

	"Good; the sooner I get the line installed, the sooner I 
can log-on and-"  The rest of her plans were drowned out by a 
harsh metallic buzz.  He grabbed his toolbox and reached to open 
the door, unable to suppress a grin at the irony of her 
statement.  He breathed deeply as he mounted the half-flight of 
stairs, shaking his head to rid himself of any stage fright.  
He'd always worried about the wrong things before - surely this 
meant that all would go well?  The hard part was getting his 
body to believe it.

	He concentrated on projecting the image of an American 
phone technician on his first job of the day.  A coil of cable 
was over his left shoulder, a large tool-case in his right hand 
and blue, insulated coveralls obscuring his body from neck to 
ankle.  A hard hat covered his dark hair - 'she'd spot that 
right away after what she said upon getting my picture' he 
thought - and to complete the facade a worn, weathered clipboard 
in his left hand.

	He stepped to the correct door, stuck his gloves in a 
pocket, placed his toolbox on the floor, and rapped on the door.  
To add to the illusion, he stood on his toes - adding to his 
apparent height.  He also grabbed a pen from his chest pocket 
and started 'writing' on the clipboard held *just* in between 
the fish-eye and his face - right-handed to further lull his 
prey from detecting her "Grammar-Checker".

	He was rewarded with a series of clicks and the door 
opened.  "I'd like the plug near the table over there-" she said 
as she pointed back into the apartment, and gasped as the 'phone 
technician' dropped his things and hugged her, surprising her 
with a deep, passionate kiss.  She felt the bristle of his 
moustache, myopically saw the small scar on his cheek, and 
stopped resisting.  When they ran out of breath, they separated 
and she cried out his name with a child-like look of delight on 
her face.  "What ARE you doing here?"

	"Gee, what do you THINK, lover?  We've both been champing 
at the bit to meet finally." 

	"How'd you do all this?"

	"Simple - you mentioned that you were finally getting an 
ISP and extra phone line.   I stayed at that motel just outside 
Geneva and waited to see a phone company van to go by - handy 
thing, you living in a small town.  I was lucky enough for it to 
pull into a gas station on the way.  When the driver went in to 
pay, I slipped up and took a peek at the work orders."

	"But what if I'd have been the first client of the day, or 
if he hadn't stopped?"

	"Just lucky I guess - there's only so much planning you can 
do.  Anyway, happy birthday."

	They kissed again.  "Thank you; it's not 'til Wednesday, 
but I think this is a wonderful gift.  One question remains - 
how could you even afford a plane ticket?  You never got that 
work term in Kansas City!"  

	"Well, there's an interesting story that will explain my 
ability to be with the one I love...but that will wait for 
lunch; right now we've got some things to attend to."  His mouth 
curled into a salacious, wolf-like grin - showing her what he'd 
meant every time he added "<sg>" to an email comment.  He turned 
to grab his things in the hall and was rewarded with a slap on 
the buttocks.  

	"Hello?" 

	"Hmmm, looks better in person," she replied.

	"Well, it's had some exercise since my last batch of photos 
- I was hoping to surprise you when you picked me up at the 
airport."

	"But you called and said your school could only get work 
terms for six students with the government," the woman pressed.

	"Yes, that was true, BUT this will wait 'til we're eating a 
meal."  He dropped his tools and pulled her into his embrace.  
He kissed her again, his tongue lancing between her lips and 
sliding across her teeth to brush lightly against hers.  She 
moaned, and massaged his shoulder blades, stroking up and down 
his back.  He broke off, stood back to behold her in her comfy 
clothes of a sweat suit, and growled like a great cat.  "You 
look even more beautiful than I'd hoped!"

	"Liar; even you've gotta admit that my choice of clothing 
leaves something to be desired."

	"On the contrary, your apparel is loose enough to let the 
imagination work away, yet tight enough to show off your lovely 
curves.  You are inarguably the most gorgeous woman I've ever 
beheld," he spoke with absolute sincerity.

	"Even?" she asked, worried of his response. 

	"Yes, even Angela.  She was only a girl - she never lived 
long enough to mature into a woman.  I admired her lithe, 
athletic form, and she had a cute face, but even my rose-tinted 
memories of her pale when gaze upon your lovely body."

	"And you're okay?" she pressed, concerned.

	His features softened from lust to appreciation.  "Yes, and 
thank you for caring to ask.  I still regret her death - the 
world became just slightly colder and impersonal when she passed 
away, but I don't feel pain when I think of our time together.  
I *certainly* don't blame myself anymore - just remember that 
you're doing all the driving when we're together!" he exclaimed 
with a grin creasing his features, dimples just barely forming 
beyond the ends of his moustache.

	She smiled, relieved at his happiness.  "Good, and now..." 
she let the last word linger seductively.  He responded to this 
with a throaty bark, shot forward and gathered her up in his 
arms.  He then proceeded to glance around in comical confusion.  

	"Um, this seemed like a good idea at the time - which way to 
your 'place d'amour'?"

	She glanced pointedly in the correct direction and wrapped 
her arms around his neck.  He whipped his head back, dislodging 
his hard hat. They proceeded swiftly into her boudoir.  He 
dumped her unceremoniously onto the bed, looking up to admire 
the furnishing.  "A genuine four-poster..." He stroked one of 
the ornate posts supporting the canopy above them.

	"I found it at a rummage sale - it wasn't too expensive, 
and has been quite useful in the past," she purred, loosening 
her clothing and kicking off her slippers.  He glanced back to 
her, his eyes raking possessively over her body as he shrugged 
out of his coveralls, clad only in a pair of tented jockey 
shorts.

	"My, grandma what a big-" she intoned in a 'little girl 
voice', not much different from her normal mode of speech.  "All 
the better to *love* you with, dearie," he retorted in the 
breaking half-screech of an elderly woman.  He ripped off his 
boots and kicked free of his jump suit, and walked up to the 
bed.  She started to pull off her top, but he stopped her.  "Let 
me," he commanded, and started to stroke her belly, sliding his 
hands underneath the sweatshirt.   	"Mmmmmm," she purred.  
"You sure you haven't studied massage?"

	"Nothing specific, but I've learned what feels good.  Oh, 
and remember - it's been seven years; I'm out of practice."  He 
started to push the top upwards gradually as he continued 
kneading her flesh. "I'm sure you've got preferences, so feel 
free to let me know if I could do anything better."

	"Ohhhh, I can't think of anything yet..."

	He took another couple of minutes to bring the sweater up 
to her shoulders, avoiding her breasts the whole time.  He then 
snapped her arms up, whipped off the article of clothing, and 
extricated her glasses from it, replacing them over her eyes.  
She held her breath, expectantly.

	"Ahhhh - Beautiful," he breathed as his fingertips traced 
delicate patterns around the two globes in front of him.

	"You're sure they're not too small for my body?" was the 
concerned question.

	"Hardly, they're fantastic - remember the line from _Weird 
Science_?  'Anything more than a handful is wasted.'"  His 
attentions were evoking some response from her body.  He leaned 
down and ran the point of his outstretched tongue around the rim 
of her areola.  She shivered and the nipple stiffened.  He 
flicked across it, and proceeded to do the same with her other 
breast.  His hands stroked their soft undersides, running up the 
sides to rest on them, thumbs over her now hard nubbins.  His 
mouth slid down to kiss the valley between them and his digits 
started to rub circles over the tips of her breasts.  She 
moaned, took his head in her hands, and pulled him up to her 
face.  

	Their lips met quickly, hungrily sucking each other's taste 
into their own mouths, their tongues attempting to fuse 
together. She withdrew to breathe, and he nibbled on her lower 
lip.  He then eased up, and playfully licked the underside of 
her nose, between her nostrils.  She cooed, and started to knead 
his chest in reply to his hands' ministrations.  His nose nudged 
her glasses up onto her forehead and he kissed each closed eye.  
He lay on his side next to her and whispered in her ear, his hot 
breath distracting her from his meaningless words.

	She rolled to face him, kissed his cheek and announced "You 
keep that up and I'm gonna have to get out the restraints!"  He 
chuckled in reply to her standing joke of "two fun-filled weeks 
of being tied to my bed" that he had won.  She slid down his 
body, kissing and massaging as she went, and eliciting contented 
sighs from her visitor.  Eventually she reached the only 
clothing he was still wearing.  She glanced up and asked, 
grinning "May I see the fruit of your loom?"

	"What-" he stopped as he realized the gist of her request.  
He smiled and shrugged good-naturedly.  She returned her 
attention to the task at hand, hooking her index fingers into 
his waistband and inching the shorts down.  He was stimulated by 
the friction of the elastic on his member as it was slowly 
revealed, and gritted his teeth in anticipation.  She tugged the 
underwear past the tip, and his cock sprang out, fully erect.

	"Well, I guess you ARE happy to see me!"  She gasped.

	"Gee - I'm offended you even thought otherwise," he chided.

	"Careful, man - you *are* in a compromising position!"  She 
playfully tapped his head, and he flinched with excitement.

	"Mental note: never upset a woman who has you by the short 
and curlies," he breathed as she began to inspect her new toy.  
He squirmed as she stroked his length and then ran a finger over 
his circumcised head.  He gasped a warning to her "Careful with 
that thing - it's loaded and hasn't been 'fired in anger' in a 
long time!"

	"Well, there's only one way of 'clearing the barrel', you 
know," she replied and continued to stroke him.  He moaned and 
clenched the sheets in his hands.  She massaged his balls with 
her free hand, evoking a shiver in his body.
"I can't -" he hissed and came; his semen flying from his prick 
to land on his groin and her bare breasts and abdomen.  
"I...I'm...sorry," he gasped, visibly shaken.

	"Don't worry, it was a long time coming, and I'm sure your 
gentlemanly nature won't leave a lady unsatisfied," she teased, 
twirling a finger in one pool of his cum on her chest.  "Hmm, 
now what *can* we do in the meantime..."  Her smile was 
suggestive and faintly cat-like.

	He inhaled, turning it into a predatory snarl as he raised 
himself up and stalked across to her, lapping his jism from her 
breasts.  She glanced down in surprise.  His gaze met hers as he 
began to massage her nipples.  "No, I've never done that before 
- it's a little bitter, but if it gives me a chance to suckle 
these lovely orbs..."

	He stopped talking as he ran his tongue around her tit, 
decreasing the circles he made and stopped at the areola, 
clasping its tip between his lips.
"Mmmmmmmmm" she groaned, and leaned back against the bedpost as 
his tongue tickled her entrapped nipple.

	He cleaned her other breast, and then began to work down 
her belly, stroking her scar with his mouth - pausing only to 
murmur "beautiful".  He shifted his weight back onto his knees, 
provoking a pair of loud clicks.
Her eyes shot open. "Your knees-" she began.

	He chuckled and silenced her with a kiss.  "Relax - it 
sounds a LOT worse than it is - it doesn't hurt at all, in fact.  
It's just a very unsettling thing to hear, as I'm sure you'll 
agree!"  She acquiesced, but her face still showed signs of 
concern.

	"God, you really do care for me that much, don't you?" he 
asked with a look of admiration and wonderment.

	"But of course, 'I'm offended you even thought otherwise'," 
she mimicked.

	His arms encircled her and he hugged her tightly.  "I love you, 
darling," he whispered in her ear.  "And just to show you how 
much..."  He resumed his ministrations to her lower torso, 
untying the cord of the sweatpants she began to loosen ten 
minutes and half a year ago.  His hands massaged her hips, 
pushing the waistband of the pants slowly down.  She grabbed the 
post behind her and raised her buttocks, permitting him to 
remove her last article of clothing.  He paused and regarded her 
mound, entranced.

	"You're not put-off by my c-section scar?" she asked with 
concern. 

	"Are you offended by my paunch?"  He leaned back and puffed 
out his chest and belly.  "It's not as bad as when I took my 
photo - gotten a lot of exercise - but it's FAR from a physique 
I used to have. Even so, I haven't heard any complaints..." he 
finished, as sly grin taking possession of his features.

	"Well, now that you mention it -" she began.  He laughed, 
and pulled her back towards him, kissing her deeply and 
passionately to quell any criticism.

	"<gasp> No - I don't find it at all unattractive, love.  It 
is part of what makes you YOU.  How could I not love it?" he 
said, brushing a lock of hair from her forehead.  "Besides," he 
continued, holding her as he lay back and rolled their bodies 
over on the bed, "it gives me a landmark to follow in the dark!"  
He demonstrated what he meant by running his tongue down the 
ridge to her bush, sliding off the bed.  He paused and inhaled 
her musky scent, nuzzling her mound.  

	Grabbing a pillow, he raised her hips and adjusted the 
angle of her pelvis, resting her legs on his shoulders.  He 
kissed the insides of her thighs, his lips a butterfly that 
alighted on her sensitive flesh every inch or so.

	"You gonna mess around down there all morning or are you 
gonna DO something, lover?  I got the Phone Company coming by 
this afternoon," she called in frustration.

	"Just for that, I think I'll do a little more sight-
seeing!"  He felt fingers entwine themselves in his curls and 
pull his head into the vertex of her legs.  He ran his tongue 
roughly across the length of her labia; it had the effect he 
sought.

	"Ooohhhhhhhhh."

	His lingual muscle traced around her labia, sampling the 
traces of moisture already there.  After some coaxing by his 
mouth, her lower lips opened like the petals of a flower as they 
were engorged in blood, becoming warm to the touch.  As his 
hands locked with hers, he plunged into her slit and stroked the 
silky insides with his taste buds.  His efforts were awarded 
with a seeping of honey-like fluid, which he lapped up eagerly.  
Satiated, he shifted his attention to the apex of her cunt.  Her 
'third nipple' swelled as he flicked it with his tongue, causing 
her to shiver and squeeze his hands.  Then he returned to her 
love nest, lancing his tongue deep within her depths.  He began 
to fuck her orally, the bristles of his moustache brushing her 
clitoris with every stroke. 

	"Oooo...nnnn...nnnnggggggghhhhh" was his partner's only 
utterance. Taking this as encouragement, the man increased his 
pace, only to have his eyes bug out as he felt fingernails dig 
into the backs of his hands.  Her hips lifted from the cushion, 
her back bridging - supported by her shoulders and her thighs on 
his shoulders.  Her moans took a more urgent tone, and the flow 
of her honey increased.  He continued his assault on her nether 
regions, and was rewarded with a cry of "NnnnnaaaaaAA-AA-AA-AA!" 
and a trickle of pearly essences over his mouth and chin.  

	He gradually eased his pace but did not stop as the woman 
above him shook and spasmed.  As she came down from the plateau 
of her orgasm, he ceased his thrusting and started to clean her 
genitalia, carefully avoiding her clit.  As he slid up alongside 
her, she panted and gasped to him "Thank...you...that...was..."

	"As enjoyable for me as it obviously was for you," he 
interrupted, placing a finger on her lips to silence her.  "You 
just relax and catch your breath."  He cuddled in close to her, 
kissing her lightly.  She kissed back and sucked her juices from 
his facial hair.  "See, I *told* you I'd find sexual uses for 
that caterpillar of yours."

	"YOU? Gee, so how did you plant the idea in my head - 
telepathy, or was I just too enraptured by your beauty to 
remember hearing you suggest things?" he asked jovially.

	"Whatever," she replied, turning her back to him. "Hold 
me."

	"Gladly."  He slipped one arm underneath her biceps, and 
wrapped his other over her body to meet its mate on her chest.  
He tugged her tightly to him, luxuriating in her warmth.  He 
tilted his head and kissed the nape of her neck, his hands 
slowly caressing her upper arms.

	After a short pause, her breathing slowed and she 
apparently noticed his dick pressing insistently into the crack 
of her ass. "So, is your little friend ready for another round?"

	"Oh, you could say he's up for the challenge!" he smiled as 
she playfully swatted his arm.  She reached down behind her and 
shifted his penis down between her legs.

	"Hold on, dear - Stubby's not dressed for the party yet."

	"Didn't you hear?  It's come as you are."

	"Be that as it may, I know you've only been back on the 
Pill for a couple of weeks at most, and that's not long enough.  
So..."  He rolled away from her, reached down to the floor, 
opened his tool box, and took a little foil wrapper from within.  
"I'd be a poor technician if I didn't bring appropriate safety 
gear with me!"

	"Oh, yes, and do I get to see the rest of your tools?" she 
asked suggestively, propping herself up on her elbow. 

	"All in due course, my impetuous little lap-dancer," he 
answered, grinning at her curiosity.  

	"I seem to recall we were about to do something else..."

	"Oh, all right," she complained insincerely, a smile 
creeping onto her face as he opened the package.  "So, who gets 
to dress him up?"

	"Flip you for it?"

	"Sure; do you want to be flipped on your head or your 
tail?" she teased, laughing as he playfully punished her for the 
bad joke.  "Enough - enough!  I surrender - how about this?  We 
both do it."

	"Fair enough," he assented and drew the condom from the 
foil.  He steadied himself, and with his free hand grasped the 
opposite end of the 'ring' as she placed it at the tip of his 
manhood.  Together they rolled it down his length, with him 
shivering at every touch of her hand.

	"Hmmm, it's a little tight on you."

	"Yes, I would notice something like that, darling," he 
teased, "I'll confess that it's not 'as big around as a tuna 
can', but it IS 'longer than three inches'!"

	"Yes, I can finally confirm that," she replied, encircling 
him with her hand.  They stopped talking as he rolled her onto 
her back, replacing the pillow under her hips, taking the 
opportunity of stroking her buttocks as he did so.  He kneeled 
between her thighs, cracking his joints again.  She flinched.  

	"Sorry, but then it's better than farting, isn't it?" he 
exclaimed, trying to disarm the tension. 

	"Enough talk," she commanded and resumed her grip on his 
sheathed sword.  She pulled him to the entrance of her cunt, and 
he leaned down, placing his hands on the bed at her sides.  He 
shifted forward slightly and his head pressed its way into her.  

	"Ahhhhh...I'd almost forgotten how good that feels."
"Oh, I hope you remember that it gets better," she hissed 
as she thrust her hips up to take him deeper inside her.  He 
reciprocated, and their groins met as they both exhaled loudly.  
He began a slow, steady stroke, but was coaxed into a faster, 
harder rhythm.

	"My!  Don't we heat up quickly?" he commented.  

	"Remember that it's been a while for me as well - I've been 
saving myself for you."

	"Tsk...tsk...tsk," he replied in time with his thrusts, 
"we'll...have...to...remedy...that...won't...we?"  He moistened 
his thumb and reached down to massage her rosebud.  She sighed 
and pulled him down to her, their mouths locking in an embrace 
as carnal as that of their lower bodies.  

	She stopped kissing and sucked his lower lip between her teeth, 
pressing harder and harder as she approached her climax.  He 
managed to pull free of her painful grasp as she opened her 
mouth to gasp as the orgasm rolled over her.  When she relaxed, 
he stopped stroking, rolled them over with her on top, and 
started to buck her body up as he resumed his activity.

	She sat up on his hips, taking his lead and riding his 
prick.  After a while, he withdrew from her vaginal embrace and 
slid out from under her.  He shifted around behind her, raising 
her up onto her knees, and entered her pussy from the rear.  She 
braced her shoulders into the bed, and grasped the headboard as 
she met his every thrust.  She raised her head and asked, 
"You're still not ready...to..."

	"I guess it's my gentlemanly restraint coming back to me!"  
He growled, voice belying his words. 

	"Ahhhhhhh-but don't you mean 'NOT coming'?"

	"Keep that up love, and I'll leave right now!"  Again 
contradictory to his speech, his hand started to massage her 
mound, the pinkie finger running over her clit.

	"Oh, don't leave!  Keep doing that!  Mmmmmmmm..."

	"Whatever...you...ask..." he rejoined, his breath coming in 
gulps as his arousal increased.  Their gentle shifting 
accelerated into a heavy pace and they fucked with abandon as 
they felt their passions rise to that pleasurable summit.  A 
sheen of perspiration glazed his face as he grabbed her hips in 
an attempt to drive his cock even deeper into her cunt.  Her 
hands gripped the rungs of the antique headboard so tightly they 
squeaked as she shifted to fuck him back as strongly as he was 
doing her.  Her face and breasts flushed, and she stiffened with 
rapture, her vaginal muscles clasping his cock and pushing him 
past the brink.  He continued to pump into her as he came, 
roaring with pleasure.  As their orgasms faded, they collapsed 
onto the bed.  He rolled off of her back and lay gasping his 
eyes squeezed shut.  She shifted, sat up and took him in her 
hand.

	"Thank you, sweet prince," she breathed and kissed the 
latex-clad head of his cock.  His entire body flinched, and his 
hand grasped her wrist. "*Please* don't do that - I'm really too 
sensitive right now, even the contact of the condom is nearly 
painful."

	"Well, let's get your little man out of his confining suit 
then," she replied and slipped the rubber from his manhood, 
making him shake on the bed.  "There, all done!" she exclaimed 
proudly as she lay down to kiss him on the cheek.  "Thank you - 
that was wonderful."

	"Oh, the pleasure wasn't solely yours and I'm sure the 
credit doesn't rest on my shoulders alone, my darling beauty," 
he responded and kissed her hair.  He appeared to remember 
something and shifted slightly toward the edge of the bed.  

	"Um, miss - I don't think we've been formally introduced."  
He raised his hand up to shake hers palm-up as its mate 
disappeared off the bed.  "Mikel Torsson, my dear lady." She 
grasped his hand and answered "Nadine Sanders," and sighed with 
amusement as he leaned down and kissed the back of her hand.  
Her sigh became a gasp as his left hand returned to sight and 
placed the crimson flower in her captured hand.  "I always said 
I'd felt bad about that 'email rose' being so insubstantial, 
so..." 

	"Oh, Mikel - I LOVE you!" she cried out as she hugged him.

	"Ow!  Yep, should've taken those thorns out," he exclaimed 
as his arms resumed their comfortable embrace of her warm body.  

	"I love you too, Nadine - as much as it is humanly possible, and 
possibly even a little more.  I will happily be whatever you 
wish - a friend, a lover, a servant, anything - I'll be it.  I 
AM YOURS FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT...I can only hope that it will 
be a long, long time," he finished, tears welling up in his 
eyes.  She kissed his chest, and pulled his body into hers even 
more tightly, sniffing slightly.

	They lay like that for a time, naked as the dawn, and held 
each other as the afterglow of their passion made them drowsy.  
He recognized it for what it was, pulled her head back, and 
kissed a trail from her forehead, down her nose and onto her 
lips.  "Darling, as much as I would be the happiest man it the 
world just to lie here and hold you for the rest of time, we 
have a lunch date and I don't think we'll pass the dress code 
like this.  Does your plumbing give you enough hot water for two 
showers, or must we share...feel free to lie if you can't bear 
to be away from my body from that long."  His mouth curled up 
into an immoral grin.  He fully expected the slap when it came, 
but not where it was aimed. 

	"Ooo - aren't we prideful all-of-a-sudden; you make a girl 
come a few times an already you're puffed up like a peacock!  
But sadly, I've got plenty of hot water.  To make matters worse, 
the stall is a little small..."

	"Oh, well - I guess my ego will have to take the 
separation," he said, releasing her and sitting up.  "I gotta 
dash down to the car anyway and grab some proper clothes - you 
go first.  Can I at least wash your back for you?"

	"Done, and I'll hold you to that."

	"Aw, I'd rather be held to your front," he joked as he 
stood to pull the jumpsuit over his naked form.

	"Ugh, I hope you catch some hairs in the zipper!"

	"Ooo, thanks for the reminder!"  Mikel exclaimed as he 
shrugged his shoulders into the coveralls.  He moved one hand 
over his patch of brown hair at the juncture of his legs before 
the other hand pulled the zipper up.  He bent down to kiss 
Nadine again and whisper "Better get up and get in there - if 
you're not in the shower when I return, I won't be able to help 
you..."

	"Mmmmmm, do I have to?"

	"YES.  Now, up!"  He grasped her arms and tugged her to a 
sitting position.  He snaked his tongue over the side of her 
neck.  She kissed his cheek and moved her arms to encircle him.  
He removed himself from her embrace and said, "I'm sorry for 
kissing-and-running, but it looks like I'll have to tease you 
into the shower.  I promise that you'll get more when I get 
back, if..." and grinned as he stepped back.  He was rewarded 
with his lover stretching and sliding off the bed.  When he 
turned to leave the bedroom, he stopped.  "Um, Nadine darling?  
Something just occurred to me - how will I get back into the 
apartment?"

	Mikel heard her moving around behind him - and she slipped 
a key over his shoulder, which he easily caught.  She then 
pressed into his back and hugged him.  "Hurry back, my man."

	"I promise, and you've seen that I keep my word."  Nadine 
hands slipped away with a sigh, and she stepped towards the 
bathroom. 

	He returned to the front door, and a shock jolted through 
his gut - the door was ajar!  He quickly scanned the room, and 
saw no one.  He'd only been through here once, though, and had 
been too distracted to take an inventory of the items here; he 
had no way of knowing if someone had burglarized the place while 
Nadine and he were 'busy'...

	He pulled the door open and heaved it shut behind him - 
breathing a sigh of relief as he heard a click.  He was about to 
start off for the outside and the parking lot, but something on 
the floor attracted his attention.

	The coil of wire and clipboard he'd used as props to 
complete his surprise were sitting next to Nadine's door, piled 
neatly.  Mikel thought back, and remembered dropping the 
clipboard and spilling the coil off his left shoulder when he 
hugged and kissed his beloved, so the wire should be in a messy 
pile ON TOP of the board.  Someone must've been here, and 
cleaned up behind him!  As he grabbed these things to return 
them to the car, he noticed his benefactor had written something 
on the blank sheet of paper he'd stuck under the clip - "Good 
luck Pal!" Mikel carried his props out with a broad grin on his 
face - there'd be nothing missing from Nadine's apartment.

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End of Chapter One
{empath} "A Birthday Wish Come True" ( M/F oral rom ) [2/4]

Copyright 1997, by Empath

WARNING:  
	This narrative contains subject matter that has been deemed 
unfit for the perusal of those under the age of majority.  A 
good rule of thumb to follow is if you are unable to vote where 
you live, don't take the risk of getting caught reading this.  
(That also covers the less 'enlightened' of the world's 
governments.)

-------------

	She stood in the doorway of the bathroom, listening 
carefully.  Mikel had pulled the door up behind him, but he was 
still just outside the door.  Maybe he'd forgotten something and 
was going to come back?  She waited, not daring to breathe.  
Then Nadine sighed as the 'clump-clump' of his work boots 
receded to the outer door.  She grabbed a face cloth from the 
sink, rinsed it under the hot tap, and briefly scrubbed her 
face.  She regarded herself in the mirror.  'He's here!' she 
thought, a smile beaming on her reflection's face.  'Well, he's 
not quite a Ben Chaplin, but plenty close enough, and HE'S 
MINE!'  She hugged herself at that thought.  

	Nadine pulled the shower curtain back, and was about to 
turn the water on when she noticed the end of his red toolbox 
poking out past the end of the bed.  'I wonder what other tricks 
he's got up his sleeve?'  She stepped back into the bedroom, 
sliding over the bed to gaze into the tool-case he'd left 
behind.  The lid was open, and she saw the clear plastic 
wrapping with "FTD, Hastings" and the distinctive logo of 
Mercury holding a bouquet of flowers on it.  Underneath this was 
a half-dozen small foil wrappers, unmistakable circles bulging 
in them.  Nadine smirked at the possibilities of his plans.  
This was just what was in the upper tray, and she grasped the 
bar-handle of it to see what was underneath it. 

	Her jaw dropped at what was waiting there; a pair - no, TWO 
pairs of padded leather cuffs, attached with chain; a black 
leather face mask; a studded collar with a chain leash attached; 
a rubber ball with a long Velcro strap on it...and IT.  It was a 
whip, but Nadine had never seen one this cruel-looking.  The 
handle was wooden, and about a foot long, ending in a phallic-
looking bulb and ridged, though whether that was to improve the 
user's grip, or... She shuddered.  Past the handle, the whip 
itself was three long leather thongs, pierced every few inches 
with sharp-looking spikes.  

	She heard the scratch of key in lock and bolted to action.  
Nadine quickly shoved the upper tray back into the toolbox, and 
raced quietly to the shower, turning the water on hurriedly, 
ignoring the shock of cold water hitting her naked form.

	The front door opened, and she heard Mikel exclaim in a 
faux-Hispanic accent "Lucy, I'm HOMMMMMME!"  She grabbed the 
soap, and quickly started to lather her chest as the water 
warmed to a comfortable temperature.  The squeak of an object 
dropped on the bed announced this man's progress.  "So, Nadine, 
are you ready for me to do your back?" he called.  She tensed as 
his footsteps neared the bathroom.  He slid back the curtain, 
and she heard the zipper of his jump suit opening. "Why, I think 
we could both squeeze into here, but we wouldn't get much 
bathing done," he declared huskily, kissing her on the shoulder.  
When he began to stroke her back, he remarked "Hmmm, you're 
rather tense - the water's not too hot or cold, so why would..."

	He paused, and she felt his hands grasp her upper arms 
firmly.  "Oh.  I know what it is - you've been snooping around, 
despite what I told you."  The voice took a sinister note.  "You 
must've taken a look at my 'tools-of-the-trade'...well, since 
you've been such a *naughty* little girl, you'll have to be 
PUNISHED."  Nadine nearly gasped at the strange relish with 
which he said that last word.  He let her go.  She waited, and 
tensed even more.  She heard him sit on the toilet and drop his 
boots on the floor.  She began to shiver in fear at the thought 
of what that whip of his would do to her back.  Nadine felt his 
approach, and prepared to whirl around and bite, scratch, kick, 
ANYTHING to escape what he planned to do to her.  

	He grasped her shoulders again, and nearly jumped out of 
her skin when she felt his tongue run between her earlobe and 
head.  Then he breathed into her ear "Gotcha." and began to 
chuckle, hugging her firmly and warmly.  "I knew you'd be 
curious what I had in that case when I was putting my disguise 
together, so I popped over to a 'specialty shop' in downtown 
Hastings, and just grabbed the most unsettling stuff I saw - it 
really gave you a fright though, didn't it?"

	"YES!" she growled and reached back to slap him harshly. 
"That was positively terrifying!  How could you, after we worked 
out those ground rules?"

	Mikel continued to hold her to him. "I'm really sorry, 
honey.  I didn't think you be so scared by the stuff, but you're 
right - I went too far with the prank, and I apologize for it."  
He kissed her cheek. "Am I forgiven, at least enough to fulfill 
my outstanding promise?"

	She turned her head to look into his face, seeing his mouth 
curled down at the corners and his lower lip protrude in a 
miserable pout, his brown eyes big and his eyebrows arching 
sadly.  She tried to suppress a smile at this 'puppy-dog' look 
he gave her, and assented.  

	He grabbed the soap, and started to run his hands over her 
back muscles, kneading the heat of the water into them.  He 
coated his lover's shoulder blades, and began to work his way 
down her spine.  "Lean forward a bit, dear."  She obeyed and the 
jet of water started to pound the base of her neck.  His hands 
quickly covered her sides with lather, and then gently brushed 
her lower cheeks.  

	One hand returned to her upper back as the other began to 
run the soap over her ass.  "Let the water massage its way down 
your back - just inch forward a bit at a time.  A small cloth 
found its way to his upper hand, washing off the lather wherever 
its warm wetness touched her.  

	The soap was forgotten, its task completed as his lower 
hand slipped down her crack, to gently tickle her nether lips.  
Nadine stiffened, and Mikel chuckled at her surprise.  He 
shifted his attentions solely to rinsing her back.  "Good, I was 
worried you might be considering another...well, delay," the 
woman sighed as he massaged her sides.  "I'm eager to find out 
where this lunch date is - you've seen Geneva and its food-
service industry!"

	"Oh, don't you worry - I think you'll find it rather 
interesting, love." was Mikel's reply, concluded with another 
kiss on the back of her now clean neck.  He grabbed the shampoo 
as he eased her head into the stream of water, and once her 
chestnut tresses were wet, he began to work the soapy fluid into 
her scalp.  She assisted him, and her hair was lathered and 
rinsed more quickly than if either one of them had done the task 
alone.  

	Mikel turned her around, and took the cloth to clean her 
face of shampoo.  A kiss on each eyelid, followed by one on each 
cheek, another to the tip of her nose, and a final press of lips 
to hers.  They kissed as the water soaked them, and broke off 
when they shifted and got the spray in their faces.  After 
recovering from the shock, he pushed her chin up to gaze into 
her eyes.  Neither seemed able of blinking for an era, and then 
they both tried to utter "I love you" at the same time.  They 
simply hugged again, each trying to pull the other into their 
body forever.

	"Anyway, you're done, Nadine - you'll find a towel on the 
sink; if you could put another there for me, I'll attend to the 
cleaning of this body you like so much!"  His grin reappeared, 
creasing his cheeks with dimples, and laugh lines around his 
eyes causing his second scar to appear.

	"Fine, but don't take too long - there can't be that much 
hot water left, and I don't want to show off a raisin to the 
neighbors!" They switched places, and he reached down to grab 
the soap and got his buttocks fondled briefly by his lover.  

	He quickly began to lather himself, his mind swimming with 
emotions.  'She LOVES me, she really loves *me*!' was 
predominant in them, and he just couldn't stop smiling, even 
when he wore out the silent screaming of 'Those Three Little 
Words'.  After a year-long 'email romance', it was still 
thrilling to have his feelings returned in kind now that they 
had met face to face. Mikel thought about his plans for the day, 
and his smile jacked up even higher; he had come to know Nadine 
as well as he knew himself, and she'd love the next surprise he 
had for her.  

	A call came from the bedroom: "How should I dress?"  Mikel 
stuck his head out of the shower and replied, "Well, it's a nice 
day, but not too cold, by your standards.  I suppose just 
something informal - not 'full battle-dress', but clean and 
presentable - a blouse or a sweater and slacks, maybe?  I'm sure 
you'll look gorgeous in whatever you pick out!"  He ducked back 
into the shower to avoid the towel she threw at him.

	When he had rinsed off and dried his hair and skin, Mikel 
strolled into the bedroom to see his belle sitting on the bed, 
already dressed in a fetching blouse and loose slacks; her hair 
pinned back from her face.  A long woolen coat was folded on her 
lap.  

	He sighed pleasantly, and approached her to hug.  Physics, 
however, let him down two steps into the room, when the towel 
wrapped around his waist slipped loose and was left behind 
before he was halfway to the bed.  She smiled at his accidental 
nakedness, and adjusted her glasses to better examine his 
crotch.  "Hmmm, feels bigger than it looks."

	"Oh, come ON; surely you know that cold water - which I was 
unable to avoid where we took so long to clean you - causes 'the 
tortoise to draw back into his shell'.  It's never a fair 
estimation of a man's, um, worth!  Besides, I was extremely 
aroused when you last saw Mister Happy here - more than ever 
before."  He had closed the remaining distance, and took her 
into his arms, luxuriating in the feel of her body on his.

	"Come on, come on; as much as I like this, I want to see 
what you've got planned!  Get some clothes on!" Nadine demanded 
as she extracted herself from his embrace.  He sighed  "Women 
are always telling me that!" and turned his attention to the 
suitcase he'd dropped on the bed before their showers.  Opening 
the bag, he remarked "Well, this one ain't been tampered with - 
did we learn our lesson about snooping around?"  He looked up 
into the sulky face of his sweetheart.  "Again, I'm sorry," he 
said and her pout softened.

	He dressed quickly in a pair of casual slacks and a short-
sleeved shirt.  He completed the outfit with a pair of dress 
boots taken from the bottom compartment of the suit-bag.  She 
regarded his color co-ordination and asked "So, Mr. Beige, where 
are we off to today?"

	"Well, first of all I ain't tellin', and secondly none of 
these articles is actually beige; the pants are taupe, the shirt 
is a shade called ecru, and the boots aren't even close..."

	"Bitch-bitch-bitch!"  Nadine joked as she interrupted his 
trademark nit picking.  He swooped onto her and kissed her 
passionately.  Mikel willingly broke off the lip-lock, and told 
her "You know?  It's weird but I feel so in love with you when 
you nag me like that. I look forward to spending a life being 
henpecked by you, beautiful.  C'mon; let's go out to lunch."  He 
grabbed a parka from the suitor, checked to ensure that his 
wallet was in it, and locked arms with her as they left the 
apartment.

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End of Chapter Two
{empath} "A Birthday Wish Come True" ( M/F oral rom ) [3/4]

Copyright 1997, by Empath

WARNING:  
	This narrative contains subject matter that has been deemed 
unfit for the perusal of those under the age of majority.  A 
good rule of thumb to follow is if you are unable to vote where 
you live, don't take the risk of getting caught reading this.  
(That also covers the less.'enlightened' of the world's 
governments.)

-------------

	The couple walked to the entrance arm-in-arm, her head 
resting against his shoulder and the side of his head leaning 
onto the top of hers.  Both squinted as the couple stepped into 
the bright Nebraska sunlight.

	It was a clear, sunny day with only a few small 'cotton-
ball' clouds spread across the pale cyan sky.  A chilly breeze 
blew across their faces.

	He guided her towards a particular car in the lot - an 
anonymous, burgundy two-door sedan.  She was lightly surprised 
at him separating from her and making his way to the right side 
of the car.

	"What, your vow that I'd do all the driving was sincere?" 

	"Well, partly that - it was in jest - but one: you know the 
roads and traffic patterns around here better than I," he 
declared, ticking off points on his fingers, "and two: I figure 
you should drive your car."

	"Huh?"

	"I mean it.  You complained that that old Citation didn't 
handle the winter too well - check the registration slip in the 
visor.  You wouldn't BELIEVE all the hassle a foreign national 
has to go through to buy and license a car for a third 
party...without their knowledge!"  His dimples deepened as his 
smile was increased.  Nadine stared at the piece of paper in her 
hands as the realization seeped into her consciousness.

	"You bought this NEW car for me!  How can you afford it?"  
Mikel opened his door and got into the passenger seat.  "Well, 
my love, I know you well enough that you won't do anything until 
I answer, so I'll tell you a little bit of it: remember what I 
said about work terms, how I didn't need to do one if I found a 
job?"

	"You got work already?  You just finished school!"  She 
lifted her legs into the car and closed the door.

	"Ah-ah; that must wait for polite dinner conversation; and 
DON'T bother threatening me, Nadine.  You know how much I love 
my little surprises - just humor me, please."  The man leaned 
across and pecked her softly on the cheek.  She grabbed his head 
and increased the intensity of their kiss by several grades.

	"So I just fucked a phone repairman who can somehow afford 
to take time off and give his girlfriend a new car."

	"Telecommunications technician, actually; but no - I'm 
working as a Cobol programmer like I trained and I'm well-paid 
for it.  Oh, and before you say I'm totally loopy, remember that 
I'm *supposed* to be in my line of work!"  His grin threatened 
to split his head in two.

	"FINE, fine, fine; I'm getting hungry so I guess I should 
just give up and drive us to the restaurant."  She deliberately 
looked around, her gaze finishing its journey on his face.  "How 
do I start my new automobile?"

	He reached into his pocket, eliciting a sly smirk from his 
paramour, and produced a single key with the manufacturer's logo 
on the base.  She started up, turned the heater on full and 
pulled up to the road.  "Which way?"

	"Get onto highway 41 and - to quote a famous pioneer of 
your people's - "Go west young woman, go west!"

	"But that leads out of town!"

	"So?"

	"The only thing on that road is Clay, and that's *miles* 
away."

	"So?"

	"All riiight," she consented, looking vaguely hurt at being 
kept out of the secret.  They sat in silence as the car tried to 
forge ahead of the weak noon sun, with Mikel keeping his hand on 
her near thigh and brushing her slightly every now and again, 
attempting to apologize to her in a non-verbal way.

	After a few minutes, he straightened up, and announced, the 
turning's not far now - on your left and you won't miss the 
track."

	She stared at him as if he'd just sprouted horns but 
returned her attention to the road as they started to mount a 
small ridge.

	Nadine found and easily took the turn-off from the road; there 
was no fence or sign, and the track was just two tracks in an 
otherwise featureless snowy field.

	"Now it's just over this rise..."

	She slowed to ease through the snow more safely, and when 
they got close enough the woman's eyes lit up like beacons.

	A picnic.  There was a second car just up ahead in this 
secluded river gully, and there was a man moving around the site 
Mikel must have chosen for them to eat their first meal together 
in the open air.  A windbreak had been erected around a large 
ground sheet, and there were a couple of coolers and a camp 
stove to one side.

	"Just pull next to the other car to let Mitchell out," he 
requested nonchalantly, trying to suppress a smile at her 
amazement.

	"This must've taken a lot of effort," she managed to say as 
she parked.

	"Not THAT much - I went over a topographic map of the area 
back home: since there's not enough trees to use for privacy, I 
decided to use the land itself - this small valley.  The added 
effect of the low hill between here and the road helps, too."

	"And our 'waiter'?  How does he figure on our solitude?"

	"Oh, he's just from the catering company in Hastings - I'd 
have done all this myself, but I needed someone to hang around 
and watch everything.  He'll be leaving now that we're here."

	And sure enough, the tall man started walking towards the 
couple as they exited the car.   "Thanks for all your help; you 
didn't have to do this!" Mikel declared as he shook hands rather 
pointedly with the caterer.  "All in the cause of romance, Mr. 
Torsson!" He then looked at his palm and started with surprise.  

	"I can't take this-"

	"You already have - and don't say you wouldn't have earned 
that much with your employers; I hope they don't get too mad." 

	"I'll plead car trouble; dead battery maybe.  Thank you and 
my best wishes to the both of you."

	"Right.  Drive carefully, Mitchell; and I'll drop off the 
windbreak and stuff after we're done."

	"Good-bye, miss."

	"Good...bye...."  She watched the man get into his car, 
pull it around and disappear over the rise.  "Who owns this 
land?"

	He stepped behind her and embraced her, resting his chin on 
her shoulder.  "That's rather up in the air, actually - I 
checked the title registry and the last record they had was the 
purchase by a 'Seth Donaldson' back nearly a century ago.  I 
tracked down his descendants living in Grand Island, and the 
lady didn't even realize she owned the property.  Married and 
with kids, the woman doesn't seem too interested in it either; 
she wanted to know what my offer was."

	Nadine turned her head to regard her lover.  "God, you 
didn't buy it, did you?"

	He laughed.  "No, I can't afford THAT!  When I explained I 
was just looking for permission to hold a picnic, she okayed my 
request immediately.  It is beautiful though - that semi-frozen 
river nearby."

	"Yes.  I love it, Mikel."

	They sat on the center of the blanket, and Mikel reached 
behind one cooler to pull out a small, multi-shaded blue knit 
afghan, and draped it over his lover's shoulders.

	"This is..."

	"What you knitted for me - I just had to bring it.  Now 
relax while I get us something to eat."  He cracked open one of 
the coolers, grabbing two bowls.

	"And what is on the menu, good sir?"

	"Well, I apologize for not providing a choice, but I figure 
you won't mind too much: chili.  We could use something warm in 
this weather."  He started to dish out food for her.

	"Fine by me, but WHAT'S YOUR STORY?  We're eating now; 
*tell* me!"

	"Oh, all right - uh, what would you like to drink?" Mikel 
asked, holding several bottles of different beverages.
She pointed to one, and he poured her a measure.  "My 
usual, of course, but don't change the subject!"

	"Right, right.  Now this story actually begins not long 
ago, on a miserable night...just after I called you.  I'm taking 
a long drive trying not to be...so frustrated about having to 
break my promise of being with you for Valentine's Day."

	"Awww," Nadine interrupted, pausing from her meal. 

	"Do you want me to tell this or not?" he joked, taking a 
moment to fill his glass.

	"Go on."

	Mikel told his story between mouthfuls of chili.  
"Well,...I'd driven north, past Bedford and Sackville and when 
I'm almost to the airport..., I notice a glow coming from 
somewhere across the divided road - down the far embankment, it 
looks like.  So...I turn around, and come back down the other 
side.  And sure enough,..there's a car that's gone off the road 
and into the chain-link fence at the bottom. I stop, hit my 
hazard lights...and make my way down to see if I can help.  

	"When I get there, I find an unconscious middle-aged 
man...in the driver's seat; the car doesn't seem too banged up, 
but the driver's hurt...he's breathing and got a steady pulse, 
but he's out cold and there's blood on the steering wheel..and 
his forehead.  So I dash back up to the road, and wave someone 
down to call an ambulance..then I go back down to the victim, 
doing a closer examination - no other injuries. ID says he's 
ironically a Nebraskan."

	"What?"  Nadine asked in surprise, wiping her mouth with a 
napkin.

	"God's truth.  Name's Peter Van Heyn.  After a few 
minutes...the ambulance arrives, I briefly confer with them and 
we move the driver out and up to their vehicle.  A few 
minutes...later, the police finally decide to come out and I 
spend a short time explaining what I knew of the accident...and 
then I make my way to the hospital to see how 'my' patient is 
doing.  They let me up to see him,...he's conscious now, and he 
thanks me for helping him out.  The doctor tells us that Mr. Van 
Heyn is in fair condition and they just want to keep him 
overnight for observation what with his head-injury.  You want 
any more?"  Mikel asked as he took their empty bowls.  Nadine 
just shook her head.

	"Now, you know what I'm like; I feel he could use some 
company, being in a strange town, in a *hospital* on his own, so 
I stay and chat with Mr. Van Heyn.  Of course, after a while I'm 
telling him about my problems: falling in love with a woman 
thousands of miles from me.  Lucking into an Information 
Technology training program that delays our being together.  And 
then - when it looks like I can get to you for a romantic 
meeting and go on to my work term just in the next state, that 
falls through and I'm stuck in Halifax.

	"Well, sure enough, visiting hours are over, and we wish 
each other well, and I go home to be despondent some more and 
get some sleep before my last week of classes.  Imagine my 
surprise on Monday morning when I walk into the training center 
and I see Mr. Van Heyn talking with the course administrator!"

	"No!"

	"Yes!  It turns out he works for Mutual of Omaha, and heard 
about our I.T. program and came looking for more programmers to 
help with their Year 2000 problem."

	"I'd have thought they would be well into it now."

	"Oh, yeah - they've been working on it for over a year now, 
but the number of programs they've got running is enormous!  
They don't so much need skilled programmers to deduce how to 
solve their problems, they just need people who know Cobol and 
can make the changes they've figured out, and they need *lots* 
of them!  Van Heyn came looking to get our entire class.  And 
Mutual of Omaha is fairly desperate - they're paying us 
handsomely for something that's only slightly more challenging 
than data-entry."

	"You're getting paid right out of school?  No probationary 
period?"  Nadine snuggled up next to him as they looked down on 
the frozen stream.

	"Well, I think I got slightly more than the rest for my 
good deed to Mr. Van Heyn, but they're paying me!  I got enough 
of a signing bonus to take a vacation and buy you a car.  
They'll accommodate all of us for free - the whole class jumped 
at the offer - provide each with a car for transportation, and a 
nice per diem for food and entertainment.  I won't even TOUCH my 
paychecks; they'll go straight into the bank!"

	"But you're Canadian, what about work visas?"

	"They've done all the paperwork; I'll have to renew myself 
after six months, but all the hassle has been taken care of."

	"Sounds great!"

	"Yes, and I start as soon as I can.  Here's the clincher: 
I'm working on contract - I work with them for the rest of 1998 
and we see what happens then."

	Nadine looked worried.  "So you could leave at the end of 
that."

	"No, so I could start my own consulting business wherever I 
wished...like maybe Geneva, Nebraska.  I signed the deal Friday 
and started packing.  I landed in Hastings last night."  He 
leaned over and kissed his lover on the lips, and the kiss 
lasted for as long as they could manage.  

	Nadine pulled him into her arms and replied, "You given me 
the best birthday present you could; thank you." Her eyes 
started to glisten under her glasses.

	"I honestly couldn't think of anything else I wanted to do.  
You are the most important thing in my life, honey."  Mikel's 
voice began to crack.

	They held each other for another few moments and then lay 
back onto the blanket.  They kissed again, and their mouths 
wandered; her lips massaged his cheek.  He started to whisper to 
her: "Iloveyou-Iloveyou-ohGODIloveyou..."  Mikel ran his hand 
down her arm, gloved fingertips massaging her muscles through 
the coat, reaching her hands.  Their hands locked together, and 
he rolled Nadine onto her back, spreading her legs with his 
knees.

	"No, Mikel - please."

	He shifted position without skipping a beat in nibbling her 
jawline, kneeling outside her legs.  "S'ok, honey," he whispered 
as his teeth neared an earlobe.

	"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that we're 
so...exposed.  It's daylight," she moaned, still holding him on 
top of her.

	"You didn't complain this morning," he pointed out 
sarcastically.

	"No, I mean we're in public-"

	"Hardly, this is private property, and we're not visible 
from the highway - heck, even overflying aircraft can't see us!"

	"Planes?"  She frowned and released his hands, hugging him 
to her.

	"Oof!  Yeah, Mitchell and I saw a couple contrails of high-
flying jets when we were setting up - probably commuters from 
Omaha to Denver or something...they wouldn't be able to pick us 
out even if we started waving flags."  He smiled at her, and 
kissed up the side of her nose to comb her eyebrows with his lips. 

	"Well, that may be, but I just don't feel comfortable," she 
replied, before sucking on the tip of his chin.

	"Fine, we'll just neck for a bit longer," he announced, 
shifting down her face to fulfill his prediction.  "<muh> We 
should be getting back to the apartment, anyway: what time was 
that phone guy supposed to show?"

	She placed a kiss on each of his closed eyes, and shifted 
them into a sitting position.  "I thought you knew exactly what 
was going on..."

	"Well, sadly my memory is as leaky as a colander - a lot of 
unforgettable stuff has happened to me in the last few hours, so 
the details just slid out of my head," he sighed, his lips 
curling into the grin she saw so often on his face.  

	The man pulled his lover tightly to his chest, as if he 
wanted to force their bodies into one complete being.  "I love 
you," he announced, "and meeting you and loving you, Nadine 
Sanders, has only strengthened that."

	"I can't find anything wrong with you - even your few scars 
are attractive to me; you are just so perfect," she gasped.
"Flatterer!  Anyone'd think you wanted something."

	"I do...I want you - but just not here."

	"Well, I've said my first priority is your happiness - 
where do you want to go?  Back home?  To a cheap motel, or to 
the most expensive hotel in Nebraska?"

	"NNNNNNgh, you KNOW I've got that appointment about the 
phone line, you *tease*," she laughed, reaching up and tousling 
his hair.

	"Fine then, let's get going so we can meet this cable 
monkey and get on to more serious things..."  He released her 
and stood, holding her hands to help her up.

	"Finally!"  She gave her man a quick hug, and looked around 
at all the gear of their picnic.  

	"Do we take this?"

	"Yep, we'll put everything else in the trunk and then come 
back to collapse the windbreak and pop that in the back seat.  
You can give me a lift to Hastings tomorrow and we drop it off.  
I check out of my hotel and we get down to business of a happy 
life together," he finished with a wicked, mischievous smile as 
he tossed the afghan onto a cooler and packed up the camp stove.  
"Of course, I'll have to find a place to sleep, but I hear 
there's a campground near Geneva - I just have to get a tent and 
a warm sleeping bag..."

	"Ha!  Like I'm gonna let you out of my sight for a SECOND," 
the woman retorted.

	"So you'll put me UP?"  Mikel inquired suggestively.

	"Heh-heh, I'll see what I can do," she replied, running her 
hand on his thigh.

	"<growl> - fine then, but grab that cooler and take it to 
the trunk; you've got the key!"  Nadine complied with his 
request, easily hefting the empty container.  She walked to the 
car and placed her load on the bumper.  She fumbled in her 
pocket, fished out her key, and opened the trunk.  About to heft 
the cooler into the car, she was confronted by a black case.  

	"Hey, what's this?" 

	"What's what?" Mikel replied, stepping up behind her and 
putting down his load.  "Oh, that. What does it look like?"

	"Duh; a briefcase!"

	"What's in it?" he asked, taking hold of her shoulders.

	"I don't know," Nadine replied, playing along.  "Let's 
see..." She reached down, flipped the catches, and lifted the 
lid to find a portable computer.  "Hmmm - a laptop.  Yours?"

	"Noooooooooo," he replied, his voice almost a purr.

	"Another gift?"

	"Well, I figure you could use something a little more 
flexible than that old thing you had on the table. 'All the 
better to read my posts'," he answered, embracing her. 

	"Love you, you extravagant man."

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End of Chapter Three
{empath} "A Birthday Wish Come True" ( M/F oral rom ) [4/4]

Copyright 1997, by Empath

WARNING:  
	This narrative contains subject matter that has been deemed 
unfit for the perusal of those under the age of majority.  A 
good rule of thumb to follow is if you are unable to vote where 
you live, don't take the risk of getting caught reading this.  
(That also covers the less.'enlightened' of the world's 
governments.)

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	They returned to town, with her insisting that he drive, 
and she kept him stimulated all the way back.  Despite these 
distractions, Mikel returned them to the parking lot safely and 
quickly.  Getting back into the apartment was a different story.

	"I thought YOU took the key back.  It's your apartment; 
surely you'd concern yourself with it."

	"I figured you would make an EFFORT to give it back to me 
and *don't* call me Shirley!" she replied.

	"Yuuuhhhhh; you're right - I should have either thought to 
keep the key with me, or consciously return it to you...I'm 
sorry.  But this doesn't get us inside - do those windows open?"

	Nadine sighed.  "No; I've got central air, remember?"

	"Well, we can get the super to let us in."

	"He doesn't live in the building, and isn't around on 
weekends."

	"But you have a number to call in an emergency like this?"

	"Oh, yeah...inside."

	Mikel said a bad word as he sat on the floor.

	"Well, maybe the phone repairman will have something," she 
posed as she sat beside him.  Mikel rested his head on her 
shoulder, and looked up at her.  He frowned for a second, then 
straightened up.  "Or maybe you've got something.  It's a good 
thing you have long hair, honey - gimme one of those hairpins!"

	"Oh, come ON - that's so cliche," she replied.  She did 
fulfil his request, though.  "You mean to tell me you can pick 
locks?"

	"No, this piece of metal is too thick, and I only know the 
basic theory behind that, but I am gonna try something."

	"What - you're MacGyver or something?" she joked.

	"Almost certainly not - this probably won't work!"  He 
straightened the curved strip of wire.

	"It's better than sitting in the hall here until Monday, 
though" Nadine said, standing up and pulling her boyfriend up 
after her.  He knelt in front of the handle and fiddled with it 
a bit.

	"What're you doing - I can't see!"

	"Good - this is a State Secret; if I told you, I'd have to 
kill you," he joked.

	"Whatever, I'll worm it out of you later."

	Before long he cried out with success and pushed the door 
open.  "Aprez-vous, Mademoiselle."

	"Merci, mon tres, tres cher amour!"  She gave him a kiss 
for his efforts and entered.  He smiled and stood with a click.  
She grabbed his hand and tugged him into the apartment.

	Once Mikel was sure the door was securely shut, they hugged 
and Nadine showed him around her small domicile.  When they were 
done, Mikel remarked, "I gotta get you a couch for Christmas, 
too."

	"Oh, you're so full of practical gift ideas."

	"Heh, you want to see just how *full* I am right now, 
love?" Mikel asked in a deep voice as he stroked her back and 
put on his 'salacious grin'.  His audience was prevented from 
saying anything by a sudden buzz.  "That'll be the Phone Company 
- keep that thought for another hour and I'll make it worth your 
while!"  She slipped out of his embrace and answered the 
intercom, allowing the real technician up.

	She glanced back to see him putting the notebook on the 
table before her other computer.  "Eager to try my laptop out, 
hon?" 

	"Yes, and I'm dying to show you the ins and outs of your 
new computer, too!" her beau replied, getting a throw pillow in 
the back of the head for his troubles.  

	They both made for the door when a knock was heard, the 
woman glancing through the peephole.  "Could you show me some ID 
or a work order, please?" she called.  There was a short pause, 
and she remarked "I *guess* that'll do," as she opened the door, 
frowning disapprovingly at her lover.

	The telephone repairman - or woman - stepped in, causing 
Mikel to raise his eyebrows.  The look on Nadine's face said: 
'there; that's one surprise I've given YOU' before she turned to 
the technician and asked "I'd like the plug over near the table 
with the computer - computerS on it."

	"Oh, you want a MODEM line; we can put in a dedicated line 
for that and get you a nice fast hookup.  It's not much more 
expensive than the second phone line, anyway."

	As his belle was mulling it over, Mikel stepped up.  "Well, 
I think she was planning to save the money, uh, Joanne, but now 
that her primary reason for email is HERE," he announced as he 
embraced Nadine from behind, "she MAY want to 'spurge' - 
especially considering that we can afford it."

	"Yeah, go ahead with the special line," the hugged woman 
decided.  

	"Okay," Joanne replied.  "But I'll need better cable, and 
you'll have to install a particular modem that we provide."

	"Ohhhh, this'll take long, won't it," Mikel asked, nearly 
whining.

	"Um, yes - I may even need to call in for some help-"

	"Oh, I can help!" he blurted out.  "I'm rather adept with 
electronics and computers; anything to save time - uh, well you 
must have other customers to see this afternoon," he added 
hastily, provoking a vague smile from the woman in his arms.

	"Okay; excuse me while I go down and get the gear from the 
truck," the technician replied.

	"My, aren't we gallant, Mikel; are we attracted to Joanne?" 
Nadine asked after the other woman had left.

	"Hardly, she's too tall for one thing.  Why do men prefer 
short women?" he asked.

	"Because they don't like to get sore necks from looking up 
all the time.  Yeah, you told me."

	"Well, the reason I offered to help is to get her done and 
out of here as fast as possible so you and I can-"

	>BZZZZZZZZT<

	They laughed at the timing of the interruption, and let 
Joanne back into the apartment.  "Okay, this is the cable I'll 
be stringing through the wall," she said, handing Mikel a coil 
of heavy wire.  "This is the modem you'll have to install - and 
here are the forms you'll have to sign, miss - this is a 
different job than what you asked us to do originally," and she 
handed Nadine two pieces of paper.

	"Right, thanks."

	"Well, I'd better pop downstairs to see where the phone 
switchbox is, could someone show me the way?"

	"Nadine, you had better; I've only been here...five hours," 
Mikel admitted, checking his watch.  He picked up the box with 
the modem and opened it.  "Mind if I use your tools, miss?"

	"Not at all; like you say - you'll save me time, and I only 
need a measuring tape."

	"And maybe a flashlight," Nadine added, "the lighting isn't 
very good - just the laundry area."

	"Right then," Joanne grabbed the two items from her toolkit 
and handed it to Mikel.  "Let's go."

	When they returned, Mikel had completed his task.  Joanne 
got to work and before long another plug was installed in the 
wall.

	"You're now ready, hardware-wise," Joanne declared, 
ignorant of the smirks that her customers failed to suppress.  

	"But we still have create an account for you."

	Nadine spoke up.  "So when all this is over, I can just..." 

	"When we have your account ready, you're ready for anything!"

	"How soon can you get the account ready?"

	A pained expression accumulated on her face, "Now that's 
not so great - we'd usually have an account ready for you in a 
matter of hours, but it's Saturday..."

	"And the guy who does that isn't in on the weekends." 
Nadine realized.

	"Sometimes," the other woman countered, "but only if he 
knows in advance he'll be needed, and I thought you just wanted 
a regular phone line."

	"Oh well, you'll have it for her on Monday then?"

	"But I've got to be at school on..." Nadine began, but was 
cut off by her lover.  "Remember, love - you don't HAVE to do 
anything anymore!  Do you *want* to keep at the classes?"

	She thought deeply for a moment, brow creased and a hand 
over her mouth.  "Yes," she finally decided. "I started it, and 
I'd like to finish it."

	"Good for you then," and he hugged her from behind, his 
chin on her shoulder.  "You can go on to classes on Monday, and 
I'll hang around here take care of this for you; the phone call 
won't take long, will it?"

	The technician looked surprised, "Oh, no - we'll have to 
drop off your information; we don't give out that sort of stuff 
get out over the phone!"

	"But you're the PHONE COMPANY," he exclaimed.

	"Yes, and they know just how vulnerable their system is; 
why almost ANYONE could - I don't know - maybe dress up like a 
repairman, and claim to work for them, couldn't they?" his lover 
asked him with an evil grin.

	He coloured, and gritted his teeth.  "Gee, well I *guess* 
that's possible...I've never heard of it happening, but you're 
right - it wouldn't take much to fool the average person..."

	Joanne sensed a shift in the mood, but decided not to 
follow it.  "Anyway, someone will just drop off a sealed 
envelope with your account name and starting password...uh, tell 
you what; do you two want TWO accounts, or are you lovebirds 
gonna be sharing this one?"

	"Gee, is it that obvious?" Mikel asked insincerely as he 
pulled Nadine even closer into his arms.  The two women just 
rolled their eyes.  "Well, what do you think, hon?  Are you 
going to use this account in and of itself, or just use it to 
piggyback to your HCC account or others you might get?  If you 
won't use it for anything personal, we may as well both use it - 
I'll even be able to access my old freenet account back in Nova 
Scotia."

	"That sounds fine - I've been using my college account all 
this time, and that's where people expect to find me - I'd hate 
to get them confused; we'll just take the one and share, 
thanks."

	"Okay then, good luck with your classes on Monday, and 
you'll get your account info sometime that morning."

	They gathered her gear together and Joanne exited quickly, 
noting the mood of those two changing yet again, and thought 
wistfully of her schedule for the afternoon.  'Two more calls, 
and then I can get back home - oh, I hope Geoff got Mom to take 
the kids!'  She grinned at the force with which the door was 
shut behind her. 'Huh!  I got outta there not a moment too soon 
for them!'

	In fact the door had been closed by the weight of two 
people leaning against it; Nadine, back against it and pressed 
by Mikel who was diligently attempting to draw her very soul 
from her through her open mouth.  They kissed quietly but 
passionately.  When they had exhausted themselves of air, he 
relinquished her lips and tilted his head down so that their 
foreheads rested together and the tips of their noses just 
touched.

	"FINALLY, I couldn't wait for her to leave!"

	"Oh, is that why you helped her out?"

	"Hey, I was just making sure you weren't getting 
screwed...that's MY job," he exclaimed with a wolf-like grin.

	"Mmmmm, time to get back to work then, lover," Nadine 
ordered as she locked her hands behind his neck and drew him 
back to her.  She trailed her lips up his cheek to breathe hotly 
in his ear, running the tip of her tongue around the ridges of 
his earlobe.  He was filled with desire and energy, and his arms 
snaked around her body and bundled her up into his arms again.  

	She was surprised as he tilted back taking her body's weight on 
his abdomen, their combined center of gravity securely over his 
hips and strong legs.  "Careful," she gasped, but he stepped 
back, not staggering, striding slowly but steadily toward the 
bedroom. They continued slowly and after what seemed to be an 
age, they fell onto the bed side-by-side. 

	"Well, I don't want to complain, but I got the impression 
that you could've got us here faster..."

	"S'good practice; if I keep at it, before long I'll have 
the build to easily carry you across the threshold..."

	"You mean-"

	Mikel took her head in his hands.  "I love you, Nadine; I 
want to spend the rest of my life with you.  You are the most 
important thing in the world to me - your happiness is foremost 
in mind.  And I've always skirted around this topic because I 
couldn't talk of it properly - say what you will, growing up in 
a relatively isolated culture has left a large part of me as 
old-fashioned: what I want to ask of you I can only do so in 
person..."

	She sat up cross-legged on the bed as he reached over to 
his suitcase and removed a small square jewelry box.  He slid 
off the bed and knelt before her, taking her hand in his.  "You 
know what I'm gonna ask, love, but there is a protocol that's to 
be followed in these sorts of things," he jokingly admonished 
her, waggling a finger in her smiling face.

	"Will you marry me?" she blurted out.

	"That's MY line!" he raged, grumbling as he eased up to the 
bed and pressed her back into the mattress.  "Yes, I will be 
your husband, gladly and willingly and for as long as you will 
have me, and you?"

	"Yes," Nadine whispered, gazing up into his glistening 
eyes, and pressed her lips to his.  

	Mikel's mouth opened and he sucked on her lips, coaxing her 
tongue to explore him.  It was met by its counterpart, and the 
two muscles stroked each other and pressed back and forth over 
teeth and lips.  They rolled around like a pair of lovers, 
mirroring the passions of their owners.  

	His hands unbuttoned her blouse, and hers did similarly to 
him.  She pushed him up and they stopped kissing to breathe.  He 
delicately removed her glasses, assuring her that "I don't think 
you'll be interested in looking at anything more than six inches 
from your face."  Each slipped their arms from their garments 
and he encircled her, nibbling on her neck with tiny, tickling 
bites.  He reached behind and, while one hand moved her adust 
mane clear, she felt a brief tightening in her brassiere strap, 
then a release. 

	"Told ya I knew how to handle a bra-catch," he announced to 
her, smugly smiling as he slipped the straps from her shoulders, 
revealing her breasts.  He bent down to attend to her nipples, 
warming the air surrounding these awakening rosebuds with his 
breath.  His fingers cradled her breasts gently squeezing and 
stroking them.  Her heavy breath was testament to his 
activities' success.  

	As Mikel's lips encircled one nubbin, Nadine's hands ran 
through and grasped his thick brown hair, guiding him to the 
intensity of his suckling.  Her chest flushed, blood rushing to 
her breasts, causing them to swell, and her breath came in gasps 
and moans.  

	With his mouth firmly attached to one breast, and one hand 
caressing the other, his free digits wended their way down her 
torso, tickling this patch of skin, pinching that, until they 
reached her only remaining articles of clothing.  His hand 
cupped her sex, grinding the fabric of her slacks against the 
pubic hair.  As his fingers began to stroke her labia through 
the material, she tensed and sat up.

	"No; while I can still think - let me do something."  
Nadine pushed him over onto his back and stroked his bare chest.  
Her hands moved from his well-defined shoulders, down past 
undeveloped pectorals and traced circles around the slight bulge 
of his abdomen.  

	Mikel noticed the focus of her attentions, and spoke.  
"Yeah, I know, it's not exactly the washboard abs of a 
'Baywatch' beefcake..."

	"Oo, hush," she replied, lightly slapping his belly.  
"What's important is that it's part of you, and - most of all - 
it's *here*."  She concluded her comment with a kiss on his 
navel.  "Now, there's other parts of you that I'd to take a 
closer look at."

	"Fine, fine - it's not like I can't guess what you're 
talking about," he replied, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

	"Hey, careful, bub," Nadine retorted, planting her hand 
over his crotch and gently squeezing.  Her lover's eyes widened 
with concern and he quickly blurted "Sorry, sorry - you're 
beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, witty, sexy, funny, you make people 
feel better just by being around..."

	She snorted derision at Mikel's attempt of flattery, and 
grasped his belt.  "Whatever!  I seem to notice that you're not 
quite so happy to see me..."

	"Oh?  Ah well, you have to remember that the poor little 
guy has had more exercise today than he's had in SEVEN YEARS; 
it's expected that he'd need a little more time to get 'pumped' 
for the next event!"

	She pulled the zipper of his khakis, and slid her hand 
under his jockeys to grasp the topic of their conversation.  
"I'd have thought he'd be raring to go whenever I was around - 
the available female?" 

	"Give him time - I'm sure he's willing...I know I am," the 
supine man replied, his voice dropping to a lustful growl at the 
end.  And sure enough, as her hand shifted to encircle him, she 
felt a twitch, and a slow warming of his manhood.

	"Fine then, let me give him a little encouragement," she 
said as she drew his shaft from his underwear.  "Aw, he looks so 
cute when he's little like that," Nadine exclaimed, enjoying the 
blush of Mikel's cheeks.  She lifted his prick with a finger and 
thumb, taking a close look at the appendage in front of her 
face.  She bent down and lightly touched her lips to his 
cockhead.  In response, the shaft twitched again and his knob 
swelled.  "Oooo - he moved for me!"

	"Yeahhhhhh," came a moaned reply.  Mikel's eyes were closed 
and his face a mask of pleasurable concentration.  He frowned 
and inhaled quickly as he felt his lover's tongue run down his 
prick.  She kissed her way back up to the tip, and then slipped 
him into her mouth.  A hiss escaped from his lips as he she 
licked the underside of his head, and her teeth grasped the 
ridge of his glans.  Nadine then plunged her head down an inch 
or two on his cock, sucking as she drew back and leaving a 
'high-water mark' of her saliva.  Several more strokes had his 
entire penis glistening and rigid.  She let it slip from her 
lips and said, "there - now he's ready for action!"

	With his eyes still shut, he heard the rasp of another 
zipper, sighed as he felt a hand grasp him and awaited the feel 
of the condom.  He was surprised to feel something rather 
different sliding over his cock.

	"Woah, love - are we forgetting something?" he asked, as 
his eyes opened.

	"No, and since you love quantifying everything, try this 
out," she replied grinding her mound into his pubic hair as she 
ticked off her fingers.  "One: I'm only a few days away from 
finishing my first prescription of birth-control, so there's not 
*that* much chance to start.  Two: as you've said, this is 
Little Willy's third time at bat, so whatever you give up is 
gonna be low on potency.  And three: we've already gotten 
engaged just a few minutes ago.  Unless you're a real two-timing 
prick," and her expression told Mikel that the pun was intended, 
"I think if you did manage to knock me up, I wouldn't be too 
worried about bearing the child of the man I love.  Just 
remember that I get the drugs at the start this time, and get to 
hold and crush your hand during delivery!"

	"Well," he gasped as she rode him, "I guess you're right - 
I've done a lot today, and I'll almost be shooting blanks.  And 
as for your conditions," he replied, pulling the woman down to 
kiss her quickly but warmly on the cheek.  "a) the thought of 
you suffering the pain of merely a hangnail fills me with dread, 
and b) I agree, it'd only be fair...but make it my right hand, 
love."

	"Glad you consent, man - now let's get going," she sighed 
as she lifted herself and slid down onto him again.  He 
responded by shifting his pants down to his knees, and thrusting 
his hips up to meet her.

	They caressed each other, and moved to meet at the apex of 
each stroke, starting slowly, and building in tempo as her 
pleasure increased.  Mikel adjusted their positioning so that 
his shaft brushed her engorged clitoris every time.  He was 
rewarded with Nadine flushing with ecstasy soon after, her hands 
tweaking her breasts, her voice a soft moan, her body shivering 
and her cunt clasping him inside her.  She collapsed onto him, 
taking his head in her hands and initiated a long, passionate 
kiss.  He encircled her shoulders, hugging her to him, and 
kissed her back with equal verve. 

	They broke off, her nuzzling into the crook of his neck, he 
kissing his way up her cheek to brush his lips across her 
temple. "Mmmmm, I have to thank you, honey; you had the right 
idea with leaving off the condom - it just feels...so...well, 
better unfettered."

	"I miped id doo," she mumbled indistinctly into his 
shoulder. 

	"So you're saying it was also an improvement for you?" he asked, 
stroking her eyebrow with his cheek.

	"Ef, I mean 'yes'," came the reply as she moved her face to 
speak clearly.  "If I wanted the feel of rubber inside of me, 
I'd grab my vibrator."  She ran a finger along his collarbone.  
"Thank you."

	"For what?"

 	"Everything: coming to see me, treating me the way you 
have, being so kind,"

	"...And making you come so often!" he finished, a familiar 
sly grin returning to his face.

	"Yeah, that too," she admitted, twirling some of his sparse 
chest hair.  "I mean here we are; I'm in the aftermath, and 
you're still inside me and hard as wood."

	"Heh, well since you've pointed out that I like lists, 
three things: A) I once heard or read some guy say 'if it feels 
so good, why let it end so quickly?' so I guess I like the 
feeling too much to rush things.  B) I'm not sure, but I think I 
must have some sort of 'chivalry' gene - every time I help 
someone out or do them a favor or even just make them feel a 
little happier for just a moment, that makes me feel really 
good.  And I'm talking like a hit of seratonin or something - I 
get a real high off of altruism."  He ran his hands over her 
back, enjoying the feel of her body shrouded in her long hair.  
"Oh, and take it from me I've felt better than I have...well 
ever, ever since I first made you laugh over the phone."

	"Ah-HA, so the real reason comes out why you said my 
happiness was the most important goal in your life!"  Nadine 
exclaimed, raising herself up to her elbows and smiling evilly 
at him.

	He broke comically into tears, pressing his hands to his 
face, and hamming it up.  "Yes, YES!  I confess: I've been 
making you feel good solely for selfish reasons; I was only 
interested in myself!  I admit it, I'm addicted to charitable 
behavior; I'm hooked on good deeds!"   "HELP ME," he wailed.  
Slowly his 'sobbing' petered out, and peeking one eye through 
his fingers, asked "So, did ya buy it?" and received a pillow 
for his troubles.

	"No I didn't buy it, you silly man," she giggled.  "So 
what's the third reason?"

	"Oh, well.  Anyway, C)..." His smile remained, but she 
noticed that Mikel seemed somewhat more serious.  "C is that 
ever since I grabbed hold of you in the hall, just a few hours 
and half a lifetime ago, the very feel of your body, your every 
touch, makes me feel just...so...agh, what's the word!" A frown 
took possession of his visage, indicating his struggle to 
express the feelings he now experienced. "Oh, it's happiness, 
and it's pride, and it's strength, and so many things I can't 
even identify them - if this is what being in love is like, 
don't let it EVER stop, I say.  I...<sigh>...I just feel so 
perfect when I'm with you; like something God designed is 
finally happening the way he wanted...every stupid little saying 
about love is true - I'm feeling them all the time now; I'm so 
awash with emotion I'm surprised I can even talk coherently!  I 
LOVE you, Nadine Sanders, and that you've consented to marry me 
makes me feel just so right!"

	"Mmmmm; you're right - I feel just like you do."  Nadine 
rested on his chest, listening to his heartbeat, and riding his 
lungs as they lifted her...up...and down...and up...and down.  
"I've said that my previous experiences haven't been quite so 
good.  And now, you're with me, and you're so nice, and you 
treat me like how I feel matters to you."

	"Ah, but it does, darling," he proclaimed, lightly tapping 
her nose with a finger.  "Everyone who's treated you badly or 
stepped on your feelings or just basically been less than civil 
has been, to put it simply, ignorant.  To not notice a lovely, 
funny, sexy woman, so full of the capacity to cheer others, and 
to be SO wonderful; it's just a crime..."

	"So you're gonna jail the asshole who cut me off in the 
supermarket yesterday?"

	"If I have to, yes.  Remember it won't be long before I'm 
rather wealthy, my wild rose, and with wealth comes influence; 
maybe the local police need the building renovated, or new cars 
or maybe a dental plan...pretty soon, that lout is being watched 
by the cops for the slightest infraction.  And since people who 
cut in lines tend to be equally thoughtless - on the road, for 
example - it wouldn't be long before the guy who slighted you 
winds up with a handful of traffic violations."

	"Mmmmm, you'd do that for me?"

	"Well, actually, the cops would do that for me, and I'd 
arrange it for you - just putting credit where credit is due, 
love" and he kissed the top of her head.

	"Oh no - I've created a nit-picking *monster*" Nadine 
murmured, running her nose across one of her lover's nipples.  
His body flinched pleasantly, reminding her of something.  "Oh!  
I can't believe we've been lying here talking all this time, and 
you're still in me."

	"Oooohhhh, I never forgot - it's been fantastic, feeling 
your every move on my dick."

	"But you got me off, so fair's fair..." and she shifted her 
hips and clenched her cunt muscles.

	"Oh...all right," Mikel replied, locking one leg around 
hers, clasping her to him, and he rolled them onto their side.  
He kissed her cheek and pushed himself into her, feeling his 
erection regain strength from the feel of her silky insides.

	She planted her hands on his shoulders, getting her entire 
body moving with their stroke for a while, enjoying the feel of 
his hardening member brush her clit.  Once he was fully erect 
again, she let him take over, thrusting into her with all the 
passion and love he mentioned during their pillow-talk.  

	She ran her fingers down his chest, and circled his tiny, 
vestigial nipples.   'Hmmmmmm.  Who was it that started talking 
about the redundancy of men's nips on the newsgroup - Jane?  
Heather?  Aw, who CARES!' she thought, as a wave of warm 
pleasure soaked through her.

	She glanced down to see Mikel teasing her tits with his 
moustache.  She brought her arms up around his head and pulled 
it into her chest.  He replied by latch his lips around one of 
her aroused nubs, rolling gently between his teeth.  She gasped 
as he flicked his tongue around her sensitive flesh, and a 
trickle of moisture seeped onto his prick as it slid into her 
with gorgeous repetition.  His head eased back and he groaned 
softly with the pleasure he was surely feeling.

	As he gave her other nipple the same treatment, her fingers 
worked into his hair and massaged his scalp.  Another shift in 
his posture caused multi-coloured stars to appear behind her 
eyelids as her clit was pressed back into her nether lips.  She 
pulled him up to her face, and sloppily kissed him, hugging him 
as if she wanted to pull his entire body into her.  She felt his 
hands pull her legs over his hips, and they rolled onto her 
back.  His cock was lower in her vagina as her legs encircled 
him, but a thumb pressed into her moist cavern attended to her 
clit.

	She pulled at his lower lip with her teeth and moaned, 
feeling his tongue caress the inside of her upper lip and gums.  
Nadine giggled as his moustache tickled her nose.  A twinkle in 
her man's brown eyes showed he was inwardly laughing with her.  
She released his lip and her tongue pushed his back into its 
home, stroking the roof of his mouth.  Mikel shivered in 
response and his thrumming of her engorged clit skipped a beat, 
causing a jolt of ecstasy to course through her veins.

	The man above her knitted his eyebrows in concentration, 
beginning to pant with lust and arousal.  He slid slightly 
higher on her body, and Nadine felt her nexus of so many 
pleasurable nerves dragged into her pussy.  She scratched his 
back with her fingernails, wordlessly encouraging him to greater 
and greater activity.  His pace increased, blurring the feelings 
that came from between her legs. She sighed with the feel of his 
hot breath on the side of her neck.  

	A few strokes more and she was in the throes of orgasm, her 
fingers digging into the muscles over his shoulder blades, her 
thighs squeezing his waist, and her inner labia clenching his 
swelling prick.  A high, quiet keening came from her mouth, 
accompanied by a roaring sigh from her lover's.  Even in the 
sensory overload of her climax, she felt his hot seed filling 
her cunt.

	Nadine's mind cleared, and she found herself lying across 
the bed with this man's recumbent body resting over her, limp.  
She kissed his nose and Mikel sighed, shifting slightly.  It 
took little effort for her to coax him to slide off of her and 
he curled up, his face smothering itself in her hair and his 
slick, slowly softening organ pressed into her leg.  His arm was 
still draped over her chest, a bar of warmth on her cooling 
skin.  After a few moments she felt him shiver, and his eyes 
slowly opened.

	"Ngggggg...mmmmmuuu.  Wwwwooooooowwwww," he indistinctly 
intoned, bringing a smile to her lips.  "Are you as chilly as 
me?"

	"Yeah, I'm sort of cold," she sighed, rolling to face him 
and stroking his arm with her free hand.

	"Is the heat working?"

	"It should be..."

	"And those windows aren't open, so...oh, wow - I can feel 
your heartbeat!"

	"So, we're pressed toget-"

	"No, you don't understand - I can feel it in your 
*fingertips*!"

	She grasped his wrist and draped his hand over her mouth; 
he was right, she could feel a faint but rhythmic throbbing on 
her lips.

	"Gee, did we heat up that much?"

	"I guess so; we're just so hot together even room 
temperature seems cold," Nadine mused as she shifted them to the 
head of the bed, pushing the suitcase onto the floor.  Mikel 
stopped suddenly, dozy but alert to something she didn't notice.  

	"You know something, beautiful?  We forgot to finish something." 
His arm reached behind him.

	She frowned and tried to recall the events on her bed.  
"Well, I came, we talked, and then both you and I came; I don't 
see anything missing with that."

	"Not that - that was perfect, love.  I'm talking about 
before that."

	"Oh gee, that's a little hazy-"

	"Flatterer!  Here, maybe this'll refresh your memory," and 
Mikel opened the small jewellery box in his hand a held it in 
front of her face.

	She regarded the small, hazy diamond in her vision, vaguely 
disappointed, until she realized her eyes were focusing properly 
- the central stone was nestled in a ring...no a *halo* of tiny 
diamond chips that stretched down one side of the gold band.  
She sighed and took the box in her hands.

	"It's a comet - you probably don't remember that I 
commented about Hale-Bopp early in our relationship, how we 
could look up at the sky and see the same thing at the same time 
despite the distance between us.  It's stuck in my mind ever 
since.  Now that I look back upon it, that errant lump of ice 
could've been a sign that we were meant for each other, and I 
wanted to remember that lucky coincidence."

	"It's...c'mere you!"  She kissed him and nestled her head 
under his.  Mikel sighed, half from happiness and half from 
exasperation. "Nadine, darling?  We're still not done with 
this."

	"What?  Oh, right.  Here."  She returned the ring to him, 
and pulled her left arm out from under his body.  He had the 
circle of gold in his fingers, and grasped her hand in his, 
kissing each knuckle softly.  "So, wanna get hitched, missus?" 
he asked smiling as she laughed at his affected Cockney accent.  
"Naah, let's try it like this," and his voice shifted up several 
classes.  "Dear, dear lady.  Would you grant me the endless 
pleasure of being my soulmate *officially*?  To be there both to 
console me and be consoled by me?  To share in my happiness and 
yours?  To love me and be forever loved in return?  Will you 
marry me?"

	"Yes.  I love you, Mikel, and everything you asked of me 
I'm only too happy to agree to; I found you, and I don't ever 
want to let you go."

	He slipped the ring onto her finger, fighting back tears of 
joy at her requiting his love.  He pulled her to him, and kissed 
her passionately, a salty wetness running down his nose and 
crossing onto hers.

	"God, you ARE a soft one, aren't you, man?"

	"Well, it's rather sappily romantic, isn't it?  Getting 
engaged a few days before your birthday!  But yeah, I'm a big 
marshmallow. <sniff>  Just imagine it - a wedding where the 
GROOM is crying!  It's just I've never been so happy in my 
life."

	"And how did you get the size right?"

	"Huh?  Oh...I didn't."

	"Yeah, right!"

	He smirked guiltily. "No, you're right - I can't lie to 
you.  Do you remember that letter you sent me?"

	"Which one?"

	"The one where you traced your hand on the page?  I got a 
jeweller to take a guess from that - looks like he was right!"  
Mikel shivered as their bodies cooled.

	"Oooo, let's get under the covers!"

	Her new fiance made no protest, his heavy-lidded eyes 
gazing possessively over her as she shifted their bodies and 
pulled the comforter over them.  "Thank you, fiancee," he 
sighed.  And kissing her on the forehead, he nestled into her 
shoulder and drifted off.

	She looked down his back to her left hand, watching the 
play of light on the symbol of their love.  She whispered into 
his ear, "Thank YOU, husband-to-be, for the best birthday 
present I could ever get," closed her eyes and dreamed of their 
happy future.

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End of Chapter Four and of "A Birthday Wish Come True"

Author's Note:

Right, first off this is my premier venture into global 
submission of erotica, so please bear with me as I learn the 
ropes...and whips and chains. ;)  If you found this story to your 
liking, please let me know by email. (empath@hotmail.com)  
Also bear in mind that I am not solely responsible for the 
better qualities of this story - I took advantage of Celeste's 
wonderful network of helpful proofreaders, and one charitable 
soul has given me much assistance.  

On the other hand, if you didn't like this story, you may 
find me fully responsible for deciding what was originally a 
love letter to the real 'Nadine' (yes, I am 'Mikel', but I'm not 
Norweigan, and 'Nadine' isn't in Nebraska) would be suitable for 
public comsumption.


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