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Jane Urquhart

WARNINGS:  This story includes explicit descriptions of sexual acts.  If reading this
might involve you or another  person in an illegal act, or you are offended by the
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Copyright 1999 by Jane Urquhart.

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NOTE:  In olden times, a little story like this was called a "fancy,"  which meant a tale
not subject to all the strictures of reality.  I am aware of the controversy over the starting
date of the new millennium, and I know that it will begin somewhere in the Pacific and
not in Times Square.  But this is a fancy.
 

Y2K   (FM rom, strange)

by Jane Urquhart
 

      "Martha, what's bugging you?"

      Should I tell him?  I thought not, but I knew I would.  I've never liked New Year's Eve
much.  It's like a birthday.  What's to celebrate?  You're glad you're getting older?  That's
when you're a kid, not when you can feel the bad back and the sore knees and have to
wear reading glasses.  But even when I was a kid I thought New Year's was scary. All
these people partying, drinking, having fun.  What are they celebrating?  That they've
survived another year?  They certainly can't be celebrating what's coming, because they
don't know.

        "I'm scared, that's all," I said.  "Haven't you noticed?  I'm always that way on New
Year's Eve.  And Y2K is worse.  I don't know why, but it's worse this year."

       I smiled at him.  He certainly wasn't one of my problems.  Well, maybe he was,
because he's getting older, too,and he's older than I am.  I'm forty-two.  He's fifty.  Or will
be next month.  So, yes, he was a problem.  Works too hard, plays too little, getting
around to heart attack time.  But he's cheerful, and fun, and he still says I'm beautiful.  I
love him.

       "Dear old Martha,"  he said, smiling that "I care about you" smile he has.  I know that one, just as I know all the others.  That one is the best, I think.  "I wish I could kiss it and make it better."

      "You could," I said.  I smiled again.

      So he did.  It wasn't time, yet, for the regulation New Year's kiss, but he set his
champagne glass down on a lamp table, took mine out of my hand and put it down, too,
and put his arms around me.

      "It's early," he said, looking into my eyes, still smiling."Fifteen minutes to go.  But I
believe in starting early."

      He pulled me hard up against him.  My breasts pushed against his chest.  I could feel
his thighs against mine. He leaned down and put his lips on mine, gently, at first, then
harder.  I could feel his heartbeat.  He tasted sweet, of champagne.  I opened my mouth
and took his tongue inside, and he squeezed me harder.  I didn't know it would be like
that, there at our own party, with all those people around.  But he was in charge, not me,
and I was more than willing to go along.

        He didn't pull away, he kept on fondling me with his tongue.  I was smiling to
myself.  "Hoo-Ha!" I thought. "This is getting interesting!"  And the kiss went on and on.  He pulled back just a little and brought a hand around to put it between us on my breast.  Right there in front of all those people!  It did feel good!  And the kiss went on and on. And then he pulled away, bowed, and kissed my hand.  My goodness!  I was smiling, then, I'll tell you!  People were looking at us and they smiled, too.  Floor show!

      "We could just leave and go to the bedroom,"  he said, quietly.

      "And miss seeing the ball come down and all the people yelling?"  I was still smiling,
and my pulse was getting stronger and faster.  "And leave them all to wonder why the
hostess wasn't there?"

      "We could do that, yes,"  he said, smiling the way he does when he's daring me to do
something.  I know that one,too.

      He was still holding my hand, so I gave him a little tug and turned toward the door.  I
looked over my shoulder at him, smiling.  He came willingly, and we almost ran up the
stairs.

      In the bedroom somebody had left the TV on.  As I entered I could see it showing a
small crowd of people in what looked like a park.  They were carrying signs that said,
"Repent!" and "This is the End!" and things like that.  Poor things.  Then it was back to
Times Square and people yelling and milling around and a man going on and on about
the NewYear.  I went over and pushed the mute button.

      We didn't have to talk.  I had only to glance at him to see this wasn't one of those
nights when he'd tease me by taking my clothes off one thing at a time and kissing me all
over and saying dumb things about how beautiful I was.  This was one of those times we
just stood on opposite sides of the bed and zipped and pulled and got undressed as fast as
we could.  This time he had that little smile that said,  "Get ready!  I'mgoing to squeeze
you and push you around and kiss you and make you scream with joy!"  I was ready, oh,
yes!  So was he.

       Then we were in the bed and I was holding him tight and he pushed his leg between
mine and pushed me over on my back and that was fine because I wanted him and he
wanted me and what could be better?  So I reached down and put his penis right where it
belonged and he began to suck at a nipple and I put a hand on his head and he pushed and
pulled and I met his every thrust with one of my own and he put his mouth on mine and
yes, I screamed with joy, but not very loud.  I was feeling so intoxicated by all this that I
didn't think about anything at all and then I began to feel the great shock wave building
and it hit the top and crashed, leaving me ready for more, and he kept right on going and
then he stiffened and started moaning and I could feel his warmth filling me and then he
collapsed on top of me and I held him gently for a moment or two until he raised his head
and kissed me, sweetly, and I held him tight and then I let him go.

      He lay next to me so our hips could press together and he looked at me and smiled
the one that only comes at times like that and tells me he feels so good because he loves
me and he can give me pleasure and I can do the same for him and of course it's a
miracle.  And I smiled, too, of course, because it *is* a miracle and I love him.

        Then he propped himself up on an elbow and looked across me at the TV and I
looked at it, too.

        "The ball is coming down, "  he said, which made it official even though I could see
it, too, and I smiled.

        "Happy New Year!"  I said.

        "New century!" he said.

        "New millennium!" I said.

        And then the ball hit the bottom.

        The TV blanked out; the lights went off.

        "I guess they missed a chip somewhere," I said.  But I was scared again.  He'd taken that away for a while and I was grateful.

        We couldn't hear any traffic.  It was deathly quiet.  I rose and went to the window.
There was a little ice in one corner of it, but I could see outside.  It was a clear night.
Then I saw a star go out.  And another.

        "The stars are going out," I said.  I was scared.

        He came over behind me and put both arms around me and looked out the window
himself.

        "I didn't believe you," he said.  "But they are."

        Then the big tree out by the road disappeared.  Just like that. Then the house across
the way.  Just gone.  Nothing.  Oh, my!  Those people on the TV, they were right.  But he
was holding me.  I trembled, but I wasn't really scared.  He was holding me.

        "I love you," he said.

        "I love you," I replied.

        Then the walls of the room began somehow to shimmer. They gave off a low,
strange light.  Then they disappeared, too.

                                            -----THE END----

NOTE:  My thanks to Miles Naismith, who always helps me; and to Spline Duck
             and Old Rotorhead, who are very good critics.  Faults are all mine.
 

Copyright 1999 by Jane Urquhart.
 

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