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Thank you for your consideration. -------------------------------------------------------- Mujeres (MF, vanilla) by Gungadick (yataala@aol.com) *** A man finds that philandering is not always a male thing. A tongue in cheek story of grown people playing at kid's games. *** The Spanish have a saying (Forgive the spelling): "Sin Mujeres y sin vientos: tendriamos nos tormentos." Which loosely translates to: "If it wasn't for women and strong winds we would have fewer problems." (Apparently this is a Spanish male saying). I went to my favorite grocery store the other day. (Whenever a man say he has a favorite store its because there's some babe that works there that rings his bell. Just a word to the ladies.) I go there because there's this really hot woman that works the check outs. I always love to see her there. The first time I saw her, I hit on her so hard that she leaned over and quietly said, "I'm married." "Great, I love a challenge!" I replied and she turned as red as the hothouse tomatoes I was spending my inheritance on. The lady has an athletic bod; a nice ass; pale blue eyes; bee stung lips; thick platinum hair that she pulls back into a bend-me-over-and-fuck-me-silly ponytail; and a smile that Pacific Gas & Electric is trying to charge consumers a dollar an hour to look at. Whenever she sees me coming she looks down and I see a smile form on her lips. I tease her mercilessly. I tell her to leave her husband. I tell her I'll shower her with gifts and attention. I tell I'll just shower her period and she blushes. I tell her semi-naughty jokes and she covers her mouth to stifle the laughter. One of the pimple faced managers came over once and asked her if I was bothering her and she told him that I was a good friend. Oh well, I suppose that's all I'll ever be, but I'll never quit trying. Anyway, (that was one hell of a digression) I'm walking into my favorite store and ahead of me I see a great head-of-hair and a nice body. My mind goes "Damn!" and I speed up a little to see if the front is just as nice. I have to stop at the door to help a little old lady get her shopping cart over the hair high threshold and when I look up I see the head-of-hair turn down an aisle. Now, I have to tell you that if I have any fetish at all it's long, dark, thick, hair. (drool). I know it's an Oedipal thing. My mother had that long, thick, raven, American Indian hair and I probably held on to it as I nursed. But hey! I don't have a thing for my mom so the hair thing is cool. Right? I hesitate and think, "Probably wasn't worth the chase," and I grab a cart and proceed with selecting my comestibles. I'm cruising the meat aisle making eye contact with a juicy steak here and a luscious pork chop there trying to decide who I'm taking to dinner that night. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye I get a glimpse of the head-of-hair again and I whip around just as she turns the corner. I catch a glimpse of her face and I think, "Hispanic, hmmmm!" So I say good-by to the legs, breasts, and thighs and hurry after this lady because now my curiosity is gnawing at my insides. I come around the corner into the next aisle just as she goes around the far end. I backtrack and go to the next aisle, but she isn't there. Now I'm on a mission. I go down the main aisle and look up each food aisle as I go by. I hit the cookies and crackers aisle and bingo! There she is. She's bending down reading a label and her hair hangs long and heavy with highlights. Its crimped and comes down past her shoulders. At first I had thought she might have been African American. I slowly walk up the aisle and my mind is chanting, "look up! Look up!" I stop to look at some rye crisps like maybe I've never seen them before and am really interested. Finally, she straightens out and drops the cookies into her cart, but her head is twisted away from me and then she spins her cart around and she goes the other way. Out loud, I say, "Damn, woman!" And two other ladies in the aisle look over and glare at me. I look down sheepishly and move away before they start pelting me with graham crackers still in the box. I say the hell with it and go back to the meat and deli aisle. I morosely pick up a t-bone and half heartedly push my cart along. I turn the corner and run smack dab into another cart. I look up and there she is. Babeliscious. Smoky brown eyes, full eyebrows, deep red lips, high cheek bones, and a small cleft in her chin. I stare mouth agape until she says, "Excuse me!" And tries to get around me. I throw caution to the wind and say, "I'm sorry, but I'll have to ask for your driver's license." She blinks and says, "What?" I say, "Well ma'am, I'm afraid there's substantial damage to my cart here and I'll have to see your driver's license." She realizes that what she heard the first time is exactly what I'd said and she chuckles. "Nice try!" She says and moves away from me. I frown and wonder if I'm losing my touch. I mean, I gave her the cocked eyebrow and my best Tom Selleck like dimpled smile and she just walked away. I had at least hoped for a little conversation, but I guess it wasn't to be. I go back to doing my groceries, picking up essentials like guacamole, chips, dog and cat food, a quart of milk, four quarts of beer - imported, one large Idaho potato with a grown in Montana sticker, bananas from Chile, apples from Japan, and a U.N. charter. I'm squeezing a cantaloupe when a voice says: "You've got to smell the ends to see if their ripe!" I turn and am about to say, "you can usually tell I'm ripe by smelling my end too!" But, my mouth doesn't appear to want to work as I look into those smoldering eyes again. I bring the cantaloupe up to my nose and sniff. My eyes never leave hers and I have the sudden urge to stick my tongue out and lick the fruit, but I control myself. I hold it out to her and ask what she thinks. She says no and starts picking out melons and sniffing their ends. I watch as she bends over into the bin and admire the view as her pants stretch tight across her nice round ass. She's wearing nylon tear away pants that people wear to the gym and they really mold to her posterior. My heart starts beating a little faster and a little more blood reaches my dick. She looks over her shoulder and holds a melon out to me. In doing so she sees me admiring the view and she straightens up quickly. I thank her profusely and she mumbles a welcome and goes to move away. I figure I had better say something else if I'm to find anything out about this babe. "I love your hair," I blurt out. "Do you?" She looks back and smiles, making my heart melt a little. "I just had it done!" She adds. "And, I didn't know if I really liked it or not." "Well, it's got my vote," I blather on. She extends her hand and introduces herself as "Grace". I shake and tell her I'm Tom. She says, "Like Selleck." I frown and say yes. I know what's coming next and I tell myself I've got to get a new smile. "It's the dimples," she stage whispers, seeing my reaction. "I know!" We talk about her hair a little more, then we talk about fruit, then we talk about the weather, then we talk about jobs, then we talk about going to my place for dinner, but she smiles and says sorry she can't. I look at her hand and see a ring; usually one of the first things I look for, but I had been bedazzled by the hair. We chat a little more and find out we have a friend in common and she says, "so your that Tom!" I ask her what she means and she gives me an enigmatic smile and says, "Oh, nothing!" She says she has to go and turns to leave. I watch her walk away. She seems to have put a little something extra into her walk and that ass is begging me to follow. I let out a loud sigh and the produce manager does the same. I look at him and he grins back at me. "It's your fault you know!" I tell him and he chuckles. "I have a problem working in front of an audience!" I tell him. "Lady's married, bub!" "So's your wife, but I've been doing her for a while now!" I say to his smirking face and then move away quickly as the clouds move across his eyes. I grab a few more items I can't live without and head for the check out. I spot my favorite check out girl and queue up in her aisle. I realize that Grace is two people in front of me and we nod to each other. I watch as she moves up to the head of the line and she unloads her cart. "Damn, she's nice!" I say to myself as I watch the way she moves and tosses her hair. She engages Roxy, the check out girl, in conversation and I see them both look over at me. My brows go up in a silent question and they look back at each other and twitter a little. "God! They're making fun of me!" I say to myself and wonder if my days as a stud are numbered. Grace pays for her groceries and waves to me as she pushes her cart towards the exit. I watch her all the way to the door and see her turn at the last second to see if I'm watching. I am, and she smiles broadly before pushing her cart outside. I finally get my turn at the check out after the little old lady in front of me paid for her one onion and quart of milk by painstakingly counting out a hundred pennies and some silver. I check the date on my own milk to make sure it hasn't expired while I was waiting. Roxy asks what I'm doing and I tell her. She breaks out into laughter and I feel like everyone in the store is watching us. We engage in our usual banter and I ask her if she's left her husband yet. She says no, and I chastise her for keeping her wondrous bounty from mankind. She laughs and says I'm the biggest flirt she's ever known. I tell her I have eyes for her only and she says, "that's not what Grace said!" Now I know what they were giggling about. "You know Grace?" "Just met her." She replies with a smile at my interest. "I see." "I told her I liked her new hair style and she told me she had already been told so by the gentleman at the end of the line!" Roxy said with a cocked eyebrow. "She called me a gentleman, huhn?" "Yes she did. Poor confused woman!" Roxy lamped then added, "I thought you said you liked my hair the best." She gave her head a twist and her long white ponytail swung around to the front of her right shoulder. I resisted reaching out and touching it, but it was difficult. "If you ever lay that hair on one of my pillows, I'll adorn it with diamonds and gold!" I told her, raising both eyebrows. "Someday, I'm going to take you up on that offer and then you'll run away squealing like a frightened little boy!" She said, but we both new I wouldn't. I paid my bill and grabbed my cart. I started pushing it away and broke into song, "My day will come...." I looked back and Roxy was laughing. I winked at her and went on my way. I got home and put away my purchases and set about frying up my steak. I sliced up some mushrooms, added a dab of butter, and then fixed a salad. I had just sat down to enjoy my meal when the phone rang. I was alone in the house and I contemplated letting the machine pick it up, but for some reason I reached for the portable and hit the power button. I said hello and a soft voice said. "Hi! It's the melon girl!" I thought for a second, but didn't recognize the voice. "You'll have to do better than that," I told the voice. "All the girls I know have melons." "Have they ever let you sniff the ends?" She asked with a chuckle. "Grace!" I exclaimed. "Well, this is a surprise!" I paused for a second then asked, "How'd you get my number?" I have an unlisted number and guard it well. "I was speaking to Cheryl and she gave it to me. I hope that was all right?" She asked with a worried tone creeping into her voice. I told her it wasn't a problem and that I was glad to speak to her again. She told me she was interested in my writing and we got into a long conversation. Suddenly she said she had to go because her husband had just come home, but would I come over the next day for coffee and more conversation. I said sure and we set up a time that suited us both. I hung up and turned to my cold steak. Oh well! I told myself. I sliced it thin and threw it on top of the salad, added a little ranch dressing and settled for second best. *** I showed up at Grace's at one o'clock and she met me at the door wearing a man's shirt tied into a knot above her navel and a pair of tight jeans. The shirt was unbuttoned and held together by the knot only. I tried not to stare at her cleavage and wondered how I had missed those breasts the previous day. She lead me into the kitchen and I watched that round ass as closely as the pilot who's taxiing in and following the small truck with the blinking sign that says, "Follow Me, Follow Me." We sat on stools at the breakfast nook and she poured us both some really good coffee. I looked her over and liked what I saw. I figured her for about thirty-five give or take and she was in really good shape. The dusky skin that was exposed at her midriff showed definite signs of muscle tone. We talked about the writing process and she told me how she had always wanted to write a novel, but had never had the time. I encouraged her to try and the conversation moved onto some of my experiences with editors and publishers. I told her some funny stories and she laughed more than she should. I could feel the tension building between us. At one point her spoon fell off the table and as I got off my chair to retrieve it she slid off of hers and we wound up smacking our foreheads together. We both laughed and rubbed the tender spots. She reached up and rubbed my forehead and I reached up and did hers. I looked into her eyes and they seemed to be smoldering. The next thing I knew, her tongue was half way to my stomach and she was about to tell me what I had for breakfast. She'd had toast, jam, and orange juice. I jest, but my tonsils were getting a good cleaning that's for sure. I put my hands on her bare waist and pulled her into me. She groaned and tightened her grip around my neck. I picked her up and went through a door only to find the dinning room. I carried her through another door and wound up in a den. I started for another door and she mumbled, "Un-uhn!" Into my throat. I ransomed my tongue and said, "I give up!" She giggled and nodded towards door number two. I pushed through it and found myself at the bottom of a stairway. I contemplated putting her down, but that damn macho monster popped up and said no. I carried her up the stairs and went into the first door on the right only to find myself in a bathroom. "Maybe I should stop and ask for directions!" I said. She had been nibbling on my ear lobe and she stopped long enough to say, "two doors down." I walked down the hall way and decided that if this wasn't it I would become a priest. It was it, and I laid her down onto the bed. I reached down and slipped off her loafers. She reached for the zipper to her pants, but I pushed her hand away. I unbuttoned her pants and pulled the zipper down. I grabbed the cuffs and pulled. She raised her butt a little and the pants slid off. She had on flowered, bikini underwear. I could make out a small wet spot at the crotch and the smell of sex wafted up to me. Not the bad smell, but the pheromone smell. The smell that makes our nostrils flare and our cocks swell. I bent down and pressed my lips against her sex. I licked her through her panties and she groaned. I did that for a minute and then I reached up and pulled her wet panties off. Her pussy was bare and my mouth watered. Her labia was swollen and the lips puffed out. There was moisture seeping out of her cunt and it glistened. She sat up and pulled the shirt up and over her head. Her breasts appeared and I took in a breath. They were even bigger than I imagined. "Where'd you hide those?" I asked. She giggled and reached up to pinch and pull on both of her nipples. The aureoles and nipples were a chocolate brown. They weren't big and they didn't stick out inches; they were just nice. My mouth itched to get at them and I watched as she continued to pull and tweak her nipples. I looked up into her eyes and was greeted with pure animal lust. She let go of her breasts and reached for my belt. She quickly undid it and pulled my zipper down. I wasn't wearing underwear and my pubic hair came into view. She reached in and grabbed the base of my cock and tried to pull it out, but in its swollen condition it wouldn't cooperate. She pulled harder and I figured I had better help or learn the alto parts to my favorite opera. I pushed my pants down and my cock sprung out at her. "Ooooh!" She groaned and grabbed hold of it like she was drowning and I had just thrown her a line. She stroked me hard and her other hand sought out my balls. I was starting to wonder if I would come out of this intact. I struggled to get my shoes off without untying them. Then I stepped out of my pants. I pulled my shirt off without unbuttoning it and then we were both naked. She let go of my balls and ran her hand up my abs and grabbed one of my nipples between thumb and forefinger. She was gentler with my nipple as she slowly twirled it. I reached down and returned the favor. Her breasts were firm and I caressed them gently before grasping her nipples between my fingers and twirling them as she did mine. She opened her mouth and looking me in the eyes she bent forward and stuck her tongue out. Her tongue caressed my cock and my eyes fluttered. She smiled with her mouth open and suddenly popped the head of my cock into her mouth. She closed her eyes and slid her mouth down the shaft of my cock. She had done this before. I thought she would gag, but she took it all in and I felt her nose press against my pelvis. She pulled back and I watched my now glistening cock reappear. She dove back down quickly and then started bobbing up and down. I ran my fingers through her hair and enjoyed the sensation. She licked and sucked and fondled my balls. She reached behind me and grabbing both cheeks of my ass pulled me deep into her mouth. I knew I would cum if she kept it up, but I let her have her head. Or rather, let her have my head, or...well anyway, I didn't stop her. I reached down and placed a hand under her chin. She opened her eyes and looked up at me. I told her I was going to cum and she just kept on going. I felt my balls tighten and suddenly my cock swelled and I spewed into her mouth. She had me on the out stroke so I didn't worry about her drowning. I did worry about falling to my knees and her not letting go of my cock so I locked my knees and shuddered. She kept on swallowing and slurping until there was nothing left to swallow and my cock was too soft to slurp. She let it fall out of her mouth and she looked up at me with a grin like that of the cat who just ate all the cream. I smiled and pushed her back onto the bed. "My turn," I said, and dove into her shaven snatch. She was sopping wet and I could feel my chin get sticky as I drove my tongue deep into her. I lapped at her slit and moved up to her clit. I sucked the little guy into my mouth and gave him a good bath. She moaned loudly and shifted her legs around until they were on my shoulders. I was kneeling on the floor and had great access to her tender parts. I licked, and poked, and prodded. She moaned, and groaned, and shuddered. I focused on her clit and drew it between my lips. I assaulted it the best I knew how and it didn't fight back. Her breathing had become ragged and she was letting out loud moans as her head rocked back and forth. Suddenly her hands grabbed my hair and pulled me into her. I didn't think I could get closer, but was too busy to argue. Her thighs clamped around my neck and she let out a long sibilant moan. I kept on licking and every swipe brought a loud, "Uhn!" and a shudder out of her. She finally un-clamped her legs and un-clawed her hands. I checked to make sure my head was still attached to my body. I scrambled up onto the bed and she pulled me down for a kiss. We swapped bodily fluids and I could taste the tang of my cum and the musk of her juices. She must have thought my tongue worked better than hers because she grabbed hold of it and wouldn't give it back. I polished her teeth for a while and fondled one of her breasts. She suddenly felt my hard again cock pressing into her thigh and she pulled her mouth away and looked down between us. "Damn!" She said, eyes open wide. "Cheryl was right!" "Cheryl was right about what?" I asked. She reached down and grasped my hard cock and squeezed. "About this!" "Oh!" I said knowingly, but didn't really know what she meant. She pushed on my shoulder and I rolled onto my back. She straddled me and aimed my cock at her freshly washed cunt. She slid down onto me and I felt her silky warmth engulf my cock. She moved her hips slowly back and forth rubbing her clit against my pubic bone. I watched her cantaloupe sized breasts swaying above me. "Come here and let me sniff the ends!" I said to her and she giggled and bent forward. She had the type of nipples that look like they should taste like chocolate or maybe cinnamon. I wrapped my lips around her left nipple and swirled my tongue around. It tasted like cinnamon. I must have had a strange look on my face, because she smiled and asked: "Do you like it. It's nipple make up. It's supposed to taste like cinnamon!" My bubble burst. I thought I had finally found the one. The one with magical cinnamon breasts. I hid my disappointment and continued to suckle. I fondled her breasts and switched from one to the other. She enjoyed the stimulation and gently rocked her cunt against me. I reached around and ran my hands down her back and onto her ass cheeks. I grasped her cheeks and squeezed. I ran a finger into her crack and tickled her bud. She moaned and pressed her cunt down harder. "Hmmm!" I said to myself and slowly pushed my finger passed her sphincter. She groaned and pushed back against my finger. I slowly started to slide it in and out and her tempo increased. She stopped the back and forth motions and started pistoning up and down. My finger was deep enough to feel my cock as it slid by. I tried to keep up the finger action, but her motions made that impossible. I pulled it out and grabbed hold of her sides. She was playing with her own breasts, pulling and squeezing them in her hands. Her head was thrown back and she was moaning a mantra of "yesses." I brought my right hand around and laid it flat on her stomach with the thumb extended down. I rubbed the ball of my thumb on her clit and she mumbled, "Oh, Yeah!" I kept on fondling her clit as she pumped up and down on my cock. She put a little twist into her hip motion, which really felt good. She put out a lot of moisture and soon there was this loud squishing noise. It was slightly annoying and she must have felt the same way. But, no matter what she did, it wouldn't stop. She went slower, then faster. She twisted to the right, then to the left. She leaned forward, then she leaned back. The only thing that happened was that the sound changed pitch. "With a little practice," I told her, "you could probably do the star spangled banner." She broke into laughter and I watched her breasts jiggle. Her laughing actually felt pretty good. It caused her cunt muscles to contract around my cock. "Fuck it!" She said and went back to making music. I looked up at her and her hair was hanging down around her face. There's something about looking up at a woman who's ridding your dick and seeing her hair hanging down into her face. It's a real sensuous look. Her eyes were in shadow and her lips were open slightly. I watched her tongue play along her bottom lip and I groaned. She must have read my mind, because she smiled and shook her head tossing her hair about. I reached up and ran my fingers through her hair, pulled her face down to mine and we kissed deeply. Her curly hair tickled the sides of my face and neck. I felt a surge in my groin and told her I was close. She pushed herself up and renewed her fucking with vigor. She grabbed my hands and placed them on her breasts. I squeezed and pulled as I had seen her do and it apparently did the trick. Her lips pursed and her eyes clamped shut. I felt her cunt pulse around my cock and it pulled the cum right out of me. I pushed up into her and she pushed down onto me. We both groaned and surrendered to our pleasures. The quaking and shuddering came to an end and she collapsed onto me. I hugged her into me and ran my hand up and down her back. I was about to say something nice when a strange male voice said: "What the fuck...." I nearly threw her onto the floor as I pushed her off of me. I sat up and there was a short, fat, bald guy standing in the doorway. "Who are you?" I asked stupidly, knowing what he was going to say. "I'm her husband you cock-sucker!" He said and I watched his face go red and his fists clench. I was going to correct his apparent error as to who had been sucking what, but figured now wasn't the time for my wry sense of humor. I jumped off the bed and pulled my pants on, hoping this wouldn't be another one of those times when I had to go running naked out into the street. Damn that's embarrassing. I thought I might gain some time by looking at her and yelling: "You're married!" I looked over at him as I pulled on my shirt and saw that he wasn't buying it. He took a couple of angry steps towards me and I straightened up and gave him the "are you sure?" look. I was bigger, younger, and in a hell of a lot better shape than he was. I saw his eyes register and he veered towards his wife. I was trying to slip into my shoes as I saw him raise a hand as if to slap her. "Touch her and I'll kill you!" I said in my iciest tone. His hand wavered and then he turned and left the room. I heard his footsteps shamble down the stairs and then a door slam. I untied my shoelaces and sitting on the edge of the bed I finally slipped my shoes on. I retied my laces, stood up, and tucked in my shirt. I turned and confronted my lover. She was sitting, still naked, on the little stool in front of her vanity. She watched me expectantly. "You knew he would be coming home didn't you?" Her legs were crossed and she had an elbow resting on her knee. Her chin rested in the palm of her hand. "Um-hum!" She uttered. "Why?" I asked and she knew what I meant. "Because, I hate the bastard and he won't give me a divorce!" "Have you done this before?" I inquired. "Nope!" She answered glibly, "first time." "And you think this'll work?" "Oh yeah!" She answered raising her chin off her hand. "You could have just left him!" I told her. "This is my house!" She informed me. "You would have kept the house," I said, frowning, "the woman always gets the house!" "No! I mean this is my house. I bought it, paid for it, and I'll be damned if I'm the one that packs up and leaves!" I looked around me at the spacious room with its hard wood flooring and antique furniture. "I thought you were a waitress?" I asked, remembering our conversation of the previous day. "Oh! I wait tables sometimes, but in my restaurant!" "What's he do?" "He's a restaurant supplier. That's how we met." "Why'd you marry him?" I asked, remembering the short squat figure standing in the doorway. "He said he would give me my start up money. Like a dowry, you know?" I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "You don't approve?" "I don't know what I approve of anymore!" I told her. "I just slept with a married woman and I knew she was!" "Yes you did!" She said and smiled. "You know.... if you should want a rematch?" "Yeah!" I answered and rolled my eyes again. "Like, call me when the ink is dry!" "I will!" She said and leaned back against the vanity, her arms spread and resting on either side of her. The leg that crossed over the other started swinging back and forth. Damn, she was gorgeous. I knew that if she ever called, I would come running. "Would you come?" She asked as though reading my mind. I smiled and walked towards the door. "You going to be okay?" I asked, thinking about her husband and how he had intended to slap her. "Yeah." She smiled, "don't worry. The little weasel knows I'll beat the crap out of him if he touches me." "Fine," I said, "see you 'round the market." "Oh, I don't shop there!" She informed me and I came to a halt. "But..." I thought and shook my head. "It was Cheryl's idea." The light went on and my mouth dropped open. I had to close it to talk so I did. "You mean that whole thing yesterday was you setting me up for this?" I asked and nodded at the bed. "Yeah!" She nodded sadly, "but, if it'll help I thought your approach was good and if I hadn't known you I might still have been tempted." "Oh, thanks," I moaned. "Thanks a lot." I walked out of the room and down the stairs. I found the front door after opening a couple of closets and walked to my car. I checked the tires to make sure they weren't flat and then got in and drove away. I thought about going home, but then decided on driving the ten miles to Cheryl's house. Payback was a bitch and so was she. The End * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * It's okay to *READ* stories about unprotected sex with others outside a monogamous relationship. But it isn't okay to *HAVE* unprotected sex with people other than a trusted partner. You only have one body per lifetime, so take good care of it! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kristen's collection - Directory 23