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My New Love
by Alvin Leader (akinspal@aol.com)

***

Our hero finds his new love and then almost looses her 
to the briny deep before setting off on an adventure 
that will find the couple in the middle of a drug war. 
(MF, rom)

***

It was near winter when I docked the boat at the cove 
near the cabin. It was foolish to come up here so late 
in the season; there was no fishing to speak of and the 
cabin was built for summer use not for the winter 
weather that one could expect this time of year.

The cabin is located in a little cove near Gottard hot 
springs just about two hours by boat from Sitka Alaska. 
I had come up here to enjoy the scenery and to take one 
more plunge into the healing waters of the natural 
thermal springs in the area before winter really set 
in. 

The City of Sitka had erected two log shelters with 
large wooden tubs where one could enjoy the hot waters 
that flowed through.

After I secured the boat, I went to the cabin, lit the 
lantern and started the fire in the wood stove. I 
wanted to start the fire in the fireplace also but I 
also wanted go the springs before dark and the 
fireplace is too risky to leave unattended.

I started up the quarter-mile-winding path from the 
cabin to the springs. When I arrived, I checked the 
first tub enclosure to see if the tub was filled. It 
was empty. Everybody is supposed to open the drain 
valve when you are finished using the tub, to let the 
water run through and out so that alga does not form 
when the tubs were not in use. I was hoping that 
someone had forgotten to let the water out of one of 
the tubs, for it takes a while to fill.

I looked at the other shelter and I saw to my delight 
that the drain valve was still closed and hot steaming 
water was spilling out of the overflow. 

I went into the shelter to remove my clothes. I was 
there later than I should have been, the sun had gone 
down and inside the shelter was very dark. After 
hanging up my clothes I padded over to the tub that was 
barely visible in the dim light. 

I climbed up the ladder and started down the interior 
steps.

"Excuse me"! A feminine voice called out.

"Oh I'm so sorry." I said. "I didn't know anyone was 
here."

I started to leave.

"Please don't go." I heard the haunting voice again.

"But lady, I don't have anything on." I said.

"That's ok I don't have anything on either." She 
replied.

"My name is Alvin, Alfie everyone calls me." I said.

"My name is Toni." She replied.

"How did you get up here?" I asked.

"I have a canoe." She replied.

"A canoe this time of year?" I asked in amazement. "You 
could have gotten killed with the way the weather is 
up. Sudden storms can come up with absolutely no 
warning."

"Well to tell you the truth I didn't care if I ever got 
back." She lamented.

"What do you mean you wanted to do away with yourself?" 
I asked.

"I guess not, but I wanted to do something to get away 
and be alone." She said.

"Well you are certainly all alone out here." I said. 
"Well until I came around that is."

"I'm really glad that you showed up, I guess I didn't 
really want to be alone after all." She confessed.

The conversation suddenly stopped. Each of us was 
wondering what we might talk about next. I didn't want 
to pry into her troubles so I waited until she felt 
comfortable enough to continue the conversation. 

Finally, she broke the awkward silence.

"How did you get up here?" She asked.

"I have a boat docked at a cabin in the next cove." I 
replied.

"Where were you going to spend the night?" I asked.

"I have a tent." She replied.

As we were talking we could hear the wind picking up 
outside.

"Sounds like a storm brewing." I said.

"I think I'll be heading back to the cabin. If there is 
anything that you need, my cabin is right over the 
hill." I offered.

I climbed out of the tub dried myself and dressed; then 
I walked down to the shore to see what kind of shelter 
that the lady had. From what I could see, she was not 
prepared for the weather for this time of year. Her 
tent was made for summer use and she had yet to set it 
up. It was just rolled out on the ground. Her canoe was 
too close to the water and not tied up; the next tide 
would carry it out to sea. I pulled her boat higher up 
the beach well above high tide and returned to the 
shelter to offer her a stay at my cabin for the night.

When I arrived, Toni had a small lantern going and was 
drying herself with a large towel. She hadn't noticed 
me standing there. I was caught up with the sight of 
her nude body as she went about drying herself. After a 
few moments of watching her, I regained my gentlemanly 
good sense, and moved out of sight before calling her 
name.

"Toni." I called. "Maybe you had better come to the 
cabin tonight; the weather is really getting bad."

"I'll be alright." She said as she stepped out of the 
shelter.

She still had the lantern and I could see that she was 
wearing only the towel, as she passed me and walked 
down towards her camp.

"MY CANOE"! She yelled. "Why did you pull it way up 
here?"

I walked over to the pile of seaweed and flotsam that 
the last high tide had deposited. 

"I pulled it up because the tide comes way up to here." 
I said quite indignantly. Pointing out the line where 
the last tide had left its' debris.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know. I guess I'm not very 
good at this." She said.

Just then, it started to rain. A little at first then 
it started down in buckets.

Toni's tent and sleeping bag became soaked immediately. 
Toni was soaked and chilled as well.

"Come on, grab what you can carry and lets go" I 
insisted.

I grabbed the tent and used it as a makeshift umbrella. 
Toni grabbed her backpack and slung it over one 
shoulder. By this time everything was soaked. I tried 
to hold the tent over us as we ran up the trail. Toni 
tried to hold the towel around her in a futile attempt 
at modesty but modesty was of lesser concern. Keeping 
from freezing to death by running for shelter was her 
first concern.

By the time we reached the cabin, the wind had picked 
up and it had begun to snow.

We both burst through the door to be met with the 
warmth of the wood stove that was putting out its 
maximum heat. I brought Toni over to the stove and went 
to the bathroom to get some fresh towels. When I 
returned Toni was standing over the stove trying to 
absorb as much heat into her naked body as she could. I 
wrapped two large fluffy dry towels around her and went 
to start the fireplace to add its heat and light to the 
cabin.

 In a few minutes the fire was filling the room with 
added heat and a warm glow.

"Do you drink coffee? I asked.

"No" She said. "But I'll take tea if you have it."

"Good it's more of a hot tea night anyway." I said.

I brought out the teapot to heat on the stove. Toni was 
sitting between the stove and the fireplace staring at 
the fire. She had wrapped herself in the two towels and 
looked reasonably warm.

"You know, if you hadn't come along I might have died 
out there." She said.

"I don't know if you would have died, but you would 
have been very uncomfortable." I said.

I went up to the loft to change. I could see Toni down 
on the main floor as I changed and I wondered what 
could have caused her to almost throw her life away. 
She was attractive and smart; what could have hurt her 
so?

I returned to the living room with a large heavy robe a 
pair of heavy socks and a tee shirt for her. She 
thanked me, deftly dropped the towel and donned the tee 
shirt without waiting for me to turn my back or leave. 
She put the oversized robe around her and put on the 
socks.

"Thank you...... Alfie is it?"

"Alfie will do just fine." I said.

The water was boiling and I went to get our tea.

We sat on either ends of the long couch talking. I 
tried to get Toni to talk about what ever was bothering 
her enough to try to get away from people the way she 
did.

It took a while but I finally found out the reason.

It was a man.

Toni told of her ex-husband who left her unexpectedly. 
Toni had made a commitment for life and he had thrown 
that commitment and her life away. I tried to tell her 
things that I thought were true and that would help 
her, such as she was attractive and smart and she could 
start a new life with someone else, but she wasn't 
buying it.

The fire was dying out and I explained to Toni that I 
had to let the stove and the fireplace go out. It 
wasn't safe to let them burn while we were sleeping. 
The danger of smoke inhalation or carbon dioxide 
poisoning was too great.

"I'll sleep down here on the couch and you can have the 
bed in the loft." I told her.

"Are you sure you will be warm enough?" She asked.

"I'll be ok; I've slept down here plenty of times."

I lied. Who would want to sleep down here on this hard 
couch when there was a big soft feather mattress and a 
down comforter up in the loft?

I went to the closet and got out everything there was 
to cover myself; this was going to be one cold night. I 
thought.

The storm continued to howl outside. There was a lot of 
snow and the wind was blowing it around the cabin in 
large drifts.

I heard the rustling of the comforter as Toni crawled 
into bed. Oh how I envied her. That had to be the most 
comfortable bed in existence.

Soon the cabin was silent. 

'She sure went to sleep in a hurry' I thought to 
myself. I tried to hunker down under the pile of 
blankets that I had arranged. Sleep was not going to 
come easy for me tonight.

Then I heard her voice.

"Alfie." Toni whispered. "Alfie are you awake?"

"Yea Toni, what's wrong, are you alright?" I asked.

"Yes, I'm ok, I was worrying about you." She said.

"You could come up here if you wanted to, I don't want 
to do anything like, ----- you know, but I could use a 
warm body to cuddle if you are interested." She said.

"Are you sure that's what you want?" I asked.

"I can trust you can't I?" She said.

"Yes I think so." I replied.

I climbed the ladder to the loft.

I eased myself into the bed and settled down. Toni lay 
on the other side of the bed with her back to me. After 
I settled down I lay on my back and was just about to 
fall asleep when she abruptly rolled over and put her 
arm around me and laid her head on my chest.

"You don't mind do you, I need someone to hold 
tonight." 

Then she promptly fell asleep.

I lay there listening to her soft snores feeling her 
warm body partly on top of mine and then I finally 
drifted off to sleep.

I woke several times during the night, and I found Toni 
in the same place every time. Except for the fact that 
she was holding me even tighter. She had wrapped her 
body around me even more. I had to think about 
something else besides her near naked body doing crazy 
things to me. I didn't think that she needed my male 
libido putting stress on her right then. I forced my 
desires from my head.

She stirred again and gained more ground on my body. 
Her leg was between my legs and she had moved up so 
there was more of her on top of me then before. Then 
she resumed her gentle snoring that was not the least 
bit unpleasant.

I finally went back to sleep.

***

It was the bright rays of the sun streaming through the 
window that awakened us.

Toni looked up at me and smiled. I was taken by how 
pretty she was even in the morning. 

Toni made no move to disentangle her self from me.

"Thank you for last night." She said.

"Thanks for what, I didn't do anything." I said.

"That's what I am thanking you for." She said.

"Oh that." I said.

"Yes you were a perfect gentleman, and for that I thank 
you." She added. "I don't think that I could have 
refused you if you had wanted to make love to me last 
night.

"It wasn't easy." I said.

"I know it was hard for you, I could tell." She said 
laughing at her own pun.

"I'm going to have to get up and start the fires." I 
said.

"Oh don't go please." She asked. "I'm not cold and I 
don't want you to leave, we could never find this 
comfortable position ever again."

I didn't move, I didn't want to break the spell either, 
but there was a danger of me demonstrating vividly 
exactly how I was feeling about her if I didn't move 
soon.

Toni looked up and into my face and kissed me. I kissed 
her back. She then laid her head back on my chest and 
snuggled in tighter. There was again the evidence of 
how much I enjoyed her kiss but she seemed to ignore 
it.

We talked again about her life and problems and at the 
end of our conversation, she agreed that she did have 
something to live for and she was going back to her 
life in Anchorage with a renewed vigor. But for now she 
was just going to relax with me here in the cabin for 
as long as I would let her stay. I told her that she 
could stay as long as she needed. She soon drifted off 
to sleep again. I think that she had a renewed sense of 
well being and I had the idea that I had just met 
someone who excited me very much.

Soon after Toni went back to sleep, I gently slid out 
from underneath her and went down to stoke up the stove 
and fireplace; it must have been almost noon. The 
bright sun of early morning had turned into more storm 
clouds.

After both fires began to blaze, I went back up to 
crawl into bed. Toni had rolled into my spot and there 
was little room left on my side of the bed. I slid in 
to the space that was left. Toni reached for me in her 
sleep and was shocked to find a very cold Alfie. She 
woke up trying to decide what had happened to her warm 
bed partner. When she heard the stove crackling she 
understood and moved back to her original position. She 
was soon asleep again.

I must have gone to sleep for awhile, for the next 
thing that I remember is hearing the rattling of pots 
in the downstairs kitchen. I also smelled bacon frying.

As I came down the ladder I saw Toni in the kitchen 
fixing breakfast. She was at the wood stove holding a 
frying pan getting ready to flip some eggs.

"Did you finally decide to wake up?" She asked.

I answered her by putting my arms around her from 
behind and thanked her for the wonderful smells that 
she was putting into the cabin. Toni laid her head to 
one side as I hugged her and I accepted the invitation 
by gently kissing the nap of her neck. I think I did 
the right thing because she moaned and laid her hand 
along side my head to hold it there, so I continued 
kissing it until there was a danger of our breakfast 
burning.

After breakfast I cleaned up the kitchen while Toni 
tended to her gear.

"We should have hung your clothes up to dry last 
night." I commented as Toni moved around the cabin 
hanging up her things.

"Its ok they will dry quickly in here and I can wear 
your tee shirt until they do dry." Toni said.

"I hope you're going to keep that robe on." I said.

"It's getting much too hot in here to keep this heavy 
robe on." She said as she dropped it off her shoulders.

"You are making it har... I mean difficult for me, just 
wearing that shirt." I said.

"I'm sorry but I don't see the real harm, even if you 
couldn't control yourself, after all you saved my life 
in more ways than one; there should be something that I 
can offer you in return; unless, of course, you find me 
totally unattractive."

She had that playful look in her eye that made want to 
carry her up to the loft and collect my reward.

"I think you know that I find you more than attractive. 
I consider you someone that I would really like to get 
close to. And there, fair lady is the problem. If we 
were to jump into bed now, before we really got to know 
each other I fear that it would doom any chance for a 
lasting relationship." I reasoned.

"Ok, it's your call; I will remain ready for you when 
ever YOU think that we know each other well enough. I 
feel as if I owe you that much.

I guess you're right though; it might be too soon for 
us to get intimate.

Besides being around an iron man like you should be fun 
just to see how long you can hold out." She said with 
that same playful look.

She busied herself by moving around the cabin hanging 
her things over chairs and anything else that was 
available. Toni would stretch and bend and otherwise 
move in the most provocative ways around the room. Or 
was I just imagining it. No, she was a sexy woman 
moving in her natural way; it was just extremely 
unsettling for me.

The only solution to my problem was for me not to watch 
her, but I found that very difficult.

"Can we go to the hot tubs today?" Toni asked.

"I don't see why not, when would you like to go?" I 
replied.

"How about right after we finish up cleaning the 
kitchen." She said.

"It's a date." I said.

"Is this our first date?" She said with that same 
playful look.

"If you are counting, I guess it is." I said.

The weather was still uncertain outside. Although the 
wind had stopped there were snowdrifts that were three 
feet deep that we would have to wade through to get to 
the tubs.

I looked for something for Toni to wear. I found sweat 
pants and a flannel shirt of mine that were much too 
large for her, but all her clothes were still too wet. 
She would have to wear her wet hiking boots though I 
had nothing that would fit her feet. I brought the 
clothes down for her and laid them on the couch while I 
finished up in the kitchen.

Toni didn't seem to have any inhibitions in front of 
me. She lifted the tee shirt from her body and stood 
there in full view as she donned the shirt and pants.

"I guess I would have to say that we are getting to 
know each other pretty well." I commented as she 
dressed.

"I hope you don't mind. I didn't see any point in 
climbing way up to the loft for the sake of modesty, 
since we are sleeping together." She said as she pulled 
a brush through her hair.

"Are you ready?" I asked.

"I'm ready." She said.

I gave Toni my heavy parka, and she and I began the 
trek through the snow to the springs.

It was laborious work, plodding through deep snow is 
the most strenuous thing that a person can do. We were 
both winded by the time we reached the tubs. I was glad 
to see that I had not obeyed the rules and left the tub 
with out draining it.

Toni immediately began removing her clothes. I politely 
left the enclosure with the excuse that I was going to 
check on her canoe. I found it just where I had left 
it. I felt that I should tie it down better in case the 
wind came up any stronger, I lashed it to a tree.

When I returned to the tub I found Toni submerged to 
her neck with a very contented look on her face.

"This is wonderful." She said. "Hurry up and get in 
here."

I removed my clothes except for my jockey shorts and 
slowly lowered myself into the pool.

It wasn't long, as we talked about the places in Alaska 
that I have been, before I felt very hot. I got up and 
sat on the edge of the tub to cool off.

Toni felt too overheated also and she climbed up on the 
seat that encircled the rim of the tub. She sat across 
from me, and in the semi-dark shelter, I could gaze 
upon the body that I was slowly becoming infatuated 
with.

I told about an experience that I had in one of the 
villages that I traveled to.

"When I was in the village of Kavlina, the bunya or 
sauna was the only way that the villagers had to wash. 
They would sweat and wipe themselves down with wet 
towels; this method was extremely effective in getting 
clean. The plains Indians call them sweat lodges they 
were the same-thing. Anyway the villagers would get too 
hot in the Bunya and would run outside and roll around 
in the snow. I even tried it out myself a few times; it 
isn't as bad as it sounds.

"Let's try it." Toni said.

"I'm game, but I'm getting back in the tub to warm up a 
bit before I do." I said.

I slipped down into the tub and completely submerged 
myself. Toni jumped in from her side but she caught her 
foot on the underwater seat and fell across the tub 
straight into my arms. She ended up sitting on my lap 
facing me.

"Are you ok?" I asked.

"I think so." Toni replied. "But I think that I had 
better sit here a while until I am absolutely sure I 
didn't break anything."

She had her arms around my neck and I was staring into 
the most beautiful breasts that I had ever seen.

"Do you think that you are alright now?" I asked. I 
attempted to look into her face as I spoke but I don't 
think that I quite made it.

"I had better stay here for a while longer." She 
replied as she started to shift from side to side on my 
lap to the other.

"I think that I might have pulled something in my 
back." Toni said.

Toni was twisting in every direction possible on my lap 
as she tried to determine what the extent of her 
injuries might be. She arched her back and leaned 
forward which put an erect nipple in close proximity to 
my lips. I am only human. I could not resist. I 
captured the rigid morsel between my lips and fluttered 
my tongue across the surface. 

Suddenly I felt a not so strange a sensation between my 
legs; my friend had found his way out of his 
confinement and was about to enter Toni's aroused 
opening.

'It can't happen like this' my mind shouted. 'I've got 
to stop this before it's too late.

I jumped up, dumping Toni into the tub and she 
disappeared completely into the dark waters, before she 
came sputtering to the surface. As I stood up I 
realized that for the moment before Toni hit the water, 
we had actually been coupled.

"You have strange ways to seduce a girl." She said as 
she spit out water that she had swallowed.

"I'm sorry but I don't think that we should be doing 
that. Besides what ever happened to safe sex?" I 
reminded her.

"Well you are right about that part." She conceded. 
"Don't you have any protection with you?"

"Not with me." I lied. There was nothing at the cabin 
but I was almost sure that there were some condoms on 
the boat.

"Well I don't have anything either." Toni lamented. "I 
guess you were right we had better wait, until we get 
to a drug store anyway."

"Of course I was right." I boasted. Having hardly ever 
heard the words "You're right" spoken to me very often, 
I felt the need to be self-righteous.

I left Toni in the tub as I got out and ran out into 
the snow-covered meadow. Toni ran out soon after and 
found me making a snow angel in a deep drift.

She took a position next to me and flopped down to 
create her own angel.

We both lay in the snow stark naked, well I still had 
my jockeys on, and we were not the least bit 
uncomfortable.

"Since we can't have sex because of the protection 
thing, does that mean that I can't tease you any more?"

"To tell you the truth I like the teasing. The teasing 
will only make it better for us when we finally do it." 
I said.

"Oh good, can I go around naked then?" She asked. There 
was that playful sound in her voice again.

"You can do what ever makes you happy." I said.

"Will you be naked too?" She asked. There was that coy 
voice again.

"There are two things that I know for sure, and both of 
them are: Women naked very very good. Men naked very 
very bad." We both laughed.

We also started to feel the chill of the air and the 
snow. It was time to go back to the hot tub.

After an hour of enjoyable conversation we decided to 
return to the cabin. I started out barefoot with all my 
clothes bundled under my arm. Toni had the good sense 
to put her boots before starting back, however she 
remained naked feeling perfectly comfortable after the 
heat of the tub.

It wasn't long before I could not feel my feet and I 
stopped to put on my boots.

As Toni watched me don my shoes she got a thoughtful 
look on her face and then spoke.

"You know technically we did do it." She said. "I felt 
you inside me just before you tried to drown me."

"I know, I felt it too." I said.

"Does this mean that we can't have a relationship 
because we already did it?" Toni asked.

"I don't think that we can count that, it was an 
accident." I reasoned.

"It felt pretty good." Toni said. That playfulness in 
her voice again.

'She was really loving this.' I thought to myself.

We continued our way to the cabin.

By the time we arrived, the cabin felt extremely warm. 
We were almost chilled to the bone. I grabbed a blanket 
and put it around Toni. She folded into my arms and we 
hugged until the warmth returned to our bodies.

Someone should study the things that turn men on or 
maybe just what turns me on, for after spending the 
afternoon watching Toni naked, I got turned on by 
seeing her in her own clothes. The sight of her 
puttering around the cabin in a pair of her jeans and a 
buttoned blouse caused me the same effect as when I 
first saw her naked. Men, or better that I speak solely 
about myself are turned on by the most unusual things. 

I have seen a particular type of ankle that moved me, 
only because that type of ankle belonged to a woman 
that I had a most gratifying relationship with. I have 
never found slender women a tremendous turn on. Mainly 
because I prefer woman who are not too concerned about 
their looks but are concerned about how they react to 
other people. I consider kindness a better attribute 
for a woman then how her makeup looks. Women who remain 
busy in their lives I also find attractive. This woman 
seemed to have all these things working for her. Could 
it be that she is the one.

Toni did busy herself after she had arranged her dry 
gear back into her backpack she went about the cabin 
dusting and generally tidying up. I had completed the 
kitchen chores and had sat down on the couch in front 
of the fire.

"You don't have to earn your keep here you know." I 
said.

"I know, but I like to keep busy to keep my mind off 
things." She said.

"Why don't you sit down and read that's what I'm going 
to do." I said.

"We'll need some more light but first I have to start 
the generator, it's out back in the shed. I should 
start it anyway, there are batteries that operate the 
lights that need to be charged, and so we might as well 
enjoy the light and read and listen to some music."

I went out to the shed and started the small generator. 
When I returned the cabin was brightly lit with the 
lamps at either end of the couch.

Toni was lying outstretched on the couch with a book 
that she had found on the bookshelf along the cabin 
wall. She had selected "Petals on the River" by 
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss about a young lady during early 
American times who was falsely accused of theft in 
England and brought over to America in the chains of a 
debtor.

I was reading one of my old stand-bys a John D. 
Macdonald mystery "The Girl in the Plain Brown 
Wrapper", one that I had read a few times before. The 
couch was just long enough so that in order for Toni to 
get comfortable, she had to put her feet on my lap. 
This was not a problem until she started searching in 
my lap for "something." I held her feet away from 
trouble as I read. As long as I had to holding her feet 
anyway I started to rub them while I continued to read.

"Umm, that feels good." She said and she wiggled her 
toes in appreciation.

I concentrated my efforts by setting my book down and 
using both hands. Her occasional moans and whispered 
"Yes's" assured me that what ever I was doing, it felt 
good to her. She tried to remain deep into her book but 
with my attention to her feet, I invoked many moans of 
pleasure from her as she read. 

Soon she was quiet; she was lost in the novel and 
accepted the massage she was receiving as normal 
activity. I went back to reading and one-handed foot 
rubs. The cabin was peaceful; you could hear the sound 
of the generator faintly in the background. The wind 
was whistling around the windows and doors. The fire 
occasionally crackled or popped. My book was totally 
enjoyable.

I'm afraid that my hand had paused in the manipulation 
of Toni's feet because she suddenly moved them and 
said.

"Oh please don't stop."

I could tell that she had to travel a long way from 
where the book had taken her to encourage me to 
continue rubbing, and she was not happy that she had to 
make the trip.

"Do my legs." She said; it was almost a command.

I was happy to oblige. As I continued to read, my free 
hand kneaded her calf's first one then the other. I 
could feel some tense muscles when I started; soon she 
seemed to relax. Toni was very deep into the story, as 
she didn't move a muscle except for turning the pages.

I had done her calves as much as I thought needed to be 
done without starting to remove skin, so I stopped. 
When I did, Toni got up and went to the bathroom that 
was off the kitchen.

We used a chemical toilet during the winter months 
because the water system would freeze if we didn't. 
When she returned to the couch she laid her head on my 
lap facing away from me and picked up her book.

I started to massage her neck muscles with my free 
hand. Toni began to reward me with more moans of 
pleasure; she arched her neck and stopped reading for a 
few moments as I renewed my efforts to please her. I 
move both my hands down her back as I had stopped 
reading also.

When I had attended to all the areas of Toni's back, I 
stopped my massage, and picked up my book again. Toni 
grunted her disappointment and turned over.

When Toni rolled over to face me I lifted my arm away 
from where I had rubbing her back. She settled down in 
the couch her head on my thigh, and grabbed my arm to 
hug to her chest as she tried to drift off to sleep. 
The back of my hand was nestled between the soft 
swellings of her breasts. I tried to read but it was 
difficult to keep my mind on the book. Finally I put 
down the book, and laid my head back on the couch and 
drifted off to sleep.

I awoke to dark windows and the sound of wind around 
the cabin. I got up cursing my stupidity, it was 
important that I shovel the snow off the boat before 
the boat capsized from the weight of the wet heavy 
stuff that had been falling. I had planned to do it 
late in the afternoon while there was still light. In 
waiting so long, I would have to shovel in the dark, 
not a pleasant task even in the light of day.

I was not too gentle in repositioning Toni as I got up. 
I immediately turned and apologized to her for being so 
rough.

"That's ok." She responded. "I was almost awake anyway, 
what's the matter?" She saw the alarm on my face as I 
looked out the window.

"Oh nothing really, I just wanted to get the boat 
cleaned off before sunset that's all. Now I'll have to 
do it in the dark."

I started to get into my heavy clothes. Toni started to 
dress for outdoors also.

"Where do you think that you're going young lady"!

She glared at me as she spoke.

"I am not a child or a young lady, sometimes I'm not 
even a lady. I'm going with you to help if I can, but 
I'm going with you in any case."

I made her put on an old rain slicker that I had, over 
her jacket. I don't know how she expected to survive 
out here with the pitifully lightweight clothes that 
she had brought with her.

We started down to the dock through the deep snow. The 
wind was moderate and coming on shore from the cove, it 
brought heavy wet snow with it. The kind of snow that 
could spell death to a boat left unattended. The snow 
could pile high enough to roll a motor craft over at 
its moorings.

The boat was the "Alice B" named by the former owner 
for his x-wife. He took great pride in selling her well 
below market; he had to split the sale with his wife 
and did not pass up the opportunity to "Piss her off" 
was his words. I benefited from his vengeance.

She was a forty-eight foot motor sailor with a full 
above deck wheelhouse that ran for a good length of the 
boat. There was not going to be any cockpit sailboat 
for me in these waters. I wanted to be comfortable 
while I sailed. She held a single mast and more than 
adequate twin diesel engines. There were two staterooms 
a full head and a full galley. I had kept the Galley 
oil stove on low to keep the moisture from collecting 
on the hull, so it was just a bit warmer than the 
outdoor temperature when we arrived. 

I turned up the stove and turned on a few lights. 
Already I could feel the boat wallowing from the weight 
of the snow as we moved about. She had taken on a good 
deal of snow during the day. I checked the batteries 
and started number two engine. It usually started the 
easiest. Soon the reassuring sound of the deep-throated 
engine pulsed through the boat. Now that we had power I 
was able to put on more lights in the cabin. The dark 
teakwood paneling gave off a warm glow in the dim 
battery lights.

"Oh this is soo beautiful." Toni remarked as she walked 
around laying her hands on the woodwork.

"Make yourself comfortable." I told her as I turned to 
begin the snow removal.

"Can I help with the snow?" Toni Asked.

"You had better not, the deck will be icy and the snow 
is wet and heavy." I warned.

"Why don't you stay in here and make us some tea." I 
suggested.

I showed her where the tea was and I went out to shovel 
snow.

I started on the seaward side of the ship removing 
almost three feet of wet heavy snow from the deck. The 
boat started listing toward the dock at a greater and 
greater angle as I removed more snow from the opposite 
side.

I was about to start removing snow on the dockside of 
the boat, when Toni come out carrying a hot mug of tea. 
I went towards her as she tried to walk on the slanted 
deck towards me.

Suddenly; the huge snow pile that had been on the roof 
of the wheelhouse, slid off toward the dock. The 
increased heat in the cabin had caused the mass of snow 
and ice to break loose and smash down onto the 
starboard deck, and then on to the pier and then the 
water.

The result of the shift of weight, was that the boat 
first heeled hard to starboard towards the dock; then 
when the wet snow crashed down off the deck, the boat 
rolled violently to port. I grabbed for a deck rail to 
steady my self until the boat returned to normal.

"Toni." I yelled.

Toni was nowhere in sight; I rushed to the starboard 
rail and looked into the dark murky waters. The snow 
that was on the cabin roof was floating in the water 
next to the dock, giving me the idea that first one 
mass of snow was mistaken for Toni and then another. 
However she was not on the surface. I would have to go 
in after her. I tore off my boots and heavy parka and 
jumped in.

The shock of the cold water nearly caused me to loose 
consciousness.

I immediately shot to the surface; it was a natural 
reaction to the cold water. I had to force my self to 
go down into the murky water after the person who I 
suddenly realized, meant everything to me. I realized 
it when the sick dead feeling of dread rushed through 
me at the thought of loosing her.

I grabbed the pier's pilings to force myself deep into 
the cold sea hand over hand, feet first, trying to make 
contact with Toni's body. I thrashed my legs around the 
area, going ever deeper in my search. Finally my lungs 
cried for air, and I was forced to go to the surface. 
Two quick breaths and I was on my way down again. 

I noticed that my fingers were not obeying my commands 
to grip the pilings any more, I had to grasp the slimy 
wooden supports with numb arms in an attempt to propel 
myself deeper. Again the burning in my lungs signaled 
that I need another breath. I tried to kick my way to 
the surface, my arms were not responding at all.

Just before my head broached the surface for the second 
time, my foot struck something soft. I attempted to go 
after what I had felt before getting my air. My lungs 
were burning to the point that my body was going to 
take a deep breath in spite of the fact that I was 
still well under water. I had to make a decision, air 
and life or joining Toni in the deep. I struggled to 
the surface; I took two great lungs full of air and 
once again flailed my way down to find her. If I didn't 
find her this time I was going to join her, either way 
I was never going to be without her again.

I moved down feet first again, and again I touched a 
soft object under me. I felt around with my numbed 
legs, trying to feel what part of her I might be 
touching, or if I was in fact touching her at all. My 
foot caught on something, as I bent my knees I could 
barely feel that I had an additional weight attached to 
my toe. I thought that I must have my foot caught under 
her arm.

I clawed my way to the surface by clubbing at the 
cross-members with my deadened arms while holding the 
object between my feet. I broke the surface, breathed a 
short breath and dove under the surface in an attempt 
to bring Toni's head above the surface.

I had no grip, my legs were like stiff logs attached to 
my body; I got one arm under her arm and finally 
brought her head out of the water.

She was limp; there were no signs of life; I reached 
for the splash rail on the boat at water level. My 
hands thankfully had frozen in a half grip that allowed 
me to hook my stiffened fingers over the splash rail 
and work my way back to the swim platform at the stern. 
I was able to keep Toni's head above water until I 
arrived at the stern ledge just above the water line. I 
hooked one arm on the edge of the ledge and tried to 
lift her lifeless body onto the platform. Slowly I was 
able to lift more and more of her out of the water 
until she was free of the icy sea. Now I had the 
problem of getting myself out and onto the deck. I 
tried to get one of my deadened legs to rest on one of 
the out-drives. Having accomplished this, I tried for 
the other out-drive with the other leg. 

Now what? My legs were not going to support me enough 
to raise myself out of the water, or were they. I got 
both elbows on the swim step and with a cry of 
agonizing pain I launched myself up and onto the step. 
I lay there next to Toni, attempting to regain some 
strength for the next obstacle. I had to get us both 
inside the cabin. I stood up with great difficulty, my 
legs were like concrete. How was I ever going to get us 
both into the warmth of the cabin?

I bent down; my back seemed to be more pliable than any 
other joint in my body.

I worked my stiffened arms under Toni's body and inched 
her body up the transom until I held her, teetering on 
the rail, and then I lost her again, she fell with a 
sickening thud as her body hit the onboard deck. I 
threw my frozen body after her in a vain attempt to 
somehow save her from the impact.

We lay there side by side; our clothes were freezing to 
our bodies. I was just barely able to move on my hands 
and knees across the deck towards the galley door. I 
trapped Toni's body in-between my sluggish arms and my 
knees and shuffled us both toward the life-saving heat 
of the cabin.

The door had slammed closed during the violent rocking 
of the boat, thank god that the knob was a lever and 
not a round knob. I was able to unlatch it and open it 
with my elbow. There was a struggle, trying to align 
Toni's torso with the door opening, but once I had her 
head inside the door I braced my knee against her foot 
and shoved her inside.

The cabin's heat was almost too hot, the difference in 
temperatures almost caused me to pass out, but I must 
not, there was still the matter of getting my new love 
back to life if that were possible. I slid her to a 
place in front of the stove and began calling her name 
and rubbing her frozen body with my forearms. 

My fingers were still too stiff to be able to 
manipulate the buttons and zippers of her jacket and 
other clothes. I finally hooked my frozen fingers in 
the edge of her jacket and pulled open the garment as 
the buttons flew across the cabin. The violent tug 
caused Toni to roll unceremoniously across the Galley 
deck. I heard her groan as elbows and knees hit the 
deck as she rolled.

I went to where she had rolled and tried to rouse her 
to consciousness.

"TONI." I yelled. Can you hear me, are you OK?"

There was no answer. I dragged her back closer to the 
stove and began using the same rough method of 
undressing on her shirt that I used on her jacket. It 
had the same result, but without bouncing Toni across 
the deck as the first time. I rolled her on her stomach 
and clawed the wet garments from her body. When I 
rolled her over on her back, I heard the same groan 
that I had heard before.

'Does the sound of her groan mean that she is OK'? I 
thought to myself. "Please god let her live." I begged 
out-loud.

When I rolled Toni over she was naked, her beautiful 
breasts were pale and her nipples were hardened and 
stood erect. I paused to look at the wondrous sight 
before me.

'Dam you dummy this is not the time to admire the 
scenery get busy' I thought to myself.

I staggered to my feet and left Toni lying there next 
to the stove. She was lying on her side, almost on her 
stomach when I left the galley. I went to get all the 
blankets that I could lay my hands on.

When I returned Toni was sprawled out on the floor with 
her arms out-stretched wide, her bare breasts were 
heaving as she breathed. I began to get the feeling 
back in my fingers. I wrapped her in the blankets, 
vigorously rubbing her as my hands started to become 
more functional. I stopped long enough to remove my own 
wet clothing. I wrapped myself in one of the blankets 
and resumed rubbing and drying Toni off.

After a while I was feeling warmer to the point that I 
was getting too hot. I turned down the stove and filled 
the teapot with water.

When I returned to Toni, I found that she had thrown 
off the blankets again and was lying there outstretched 
and inviting. I knelt down beside her unconscious body 
and began to cover her up. I had to clutch my own 
blanket around me as I hovered over her.

Suddenly her arms came up and encircled my neck. She 
drew me down to her waiting lips. Our kiss was soft and 
long. I settled down upon her drawing my blanket over 
us as I was consumed with the feelings of our meshing 
together.

"Are you alright?" I asked when we finally separated.

"I'm fine now." She sighed. "What happened?"

I tried to explain the events that almost killed her 
and described how I got her back on board.

"My hero." She swooned.

"You do love me... a little... don't you?" She added.

"Yes I think I do." I replied.

I lifted her in my arms and carried her to the main 
cabin. I was able to hold her cradled in with her head 
on my shoulder while I pulled back the down comforter 
and gently deposited her on the soft bed and slipped in 
the bed behind her. Her body had warmed up somewhat, 
during the time in the galley and that warmth felt good 
as I slid in next to her.

I held her in my arms, so thankful that she had 
survived.

"You had better be prepared to receive your reward." 
She said. "That was the second time you have saved my 
life, and I won't take no for an answer this time."

She hugged me warmly and seductively as she pulled me 
on top of her.

Our lovemaking was at times gentle, slow, and at other 
times during the night, she demanded hard fast 
encounters that left us both out of breath and 
exhausted. At quiet times between lovemaking we would 
talk of our feelings, wishes and dreams, as we lay 
coupled, with Toni on her back and I on my side our 
legs intertwined.

***

For the next four days the weather was reasonably mild 
with only a few inches of fresh snow to keep things 
looking like a winter wonderland. Since we had to keep 
the snow off the boat anyway, we decided to stay on the 
boat so we moved our belongings including Toni's canoe 
onto the "Alice B." 

Our day's activities included hiking along the beach at 
low tide where we picked up some clams and a few land 
locked crabs that we were lucky to find. We would 
venture to our hot tub at least once a day to frolic in 
the hot water and run naked into the deep snow. 

Of course we tried to make love while we were deep in a 
soft snow drift but as we became one, the freezing snow 
would discourage our consummating the act and we would 
have to run back to the warmth of the tub vowing to 
complete the act next time. 

We would often start to walk back to the boat 
completely naked in a game of chicken, to see who could 
last the longest with out wrapping themselves in one of 
the blankets; the only thing that we would wear to the 
tub. 

I'm afraid I would have to prove my masculinity and won 
almost every time except the times when Toni would 
shake snow from the overhanging branches on my naked 
body. I didn't have the heart to do the same to her.

***

Finally after the fifth day and our combined provisions 
were running low, I made the decision to leave. We 
would leave early the next morning just a half-hour 
before high tide. We needed the high water under our 
keel to get us safely over the shoals out side of the 
cove. 

Our last evening meal on the boat consisted of the last 
of the crab and clams and the last potato in the 
larder.

That night we made love with the intensity of lovers 
that were parting forever. I think that were both 
thinking that this newly found relationship might 
change when we reached Sitka and the outside world. 

Early the next morning I slipped out of bed; trying not 
to disturb the new love in my life. I started a pot of 
coffee for me and put a pot of water on the stove in 
case Toni wanted tea. I had to maneuver out of the cove 
at the morning high tide to safely avoid the rocks that 
guarded the entrance. The throaty engines did not 
disturb Toni when I started them. After they were 
warmed up and running smoothly I untied the lines and 
hurried back to the wheelhouse before we drifted too 
close to the rocks. 

It was foggy, very foggy; I set the engines at dead 
slow while I checked every electronic gadget on board. 
I would be using them all to make sure I didn't hit any 
underwater obstructions. There was the Sonar, the 
Radar, and the GPS. 

As my eyes darted from one electronic screen to the 
other and then out of the windshield, I felt soft hands 
wrap themselves around my upper arm.

"Good morning my love where are we?" She asked.

"We're just getting underway." I answered. Then I felt 
the warmth of the hot coffee mug next to my hand. 
"Thank you." I said without looking at her.

Toni sensed that I was extremely busy with my 
navigation and was considerately quiet for sometime. 
Finally she became bored and began asking questions 
about the equipment. Answering her questions did 
nothing to distract my navigation of the boat; in fact 
it took the edge from the tension of avoiding 
underwater obstacles. I was amazed at how fast she 
caught on to the boat's controls and instruments. 
Before long she took over the wheel and began guiding 
the craft as we inched our way through the channels on 
our way through the mist to the open sea. 

As the water became deeper under the keel, I felt 
comfortable in leaving the wheelhouse and the controls 
in Toni's hands while I attended to other chores. 

While I was dressing lines on the deck, I heard a plane 
flying low somewhere near us. It was the unmistakable 
sound of a Dehaviland Beaver. I went to the wheelhouse 
and asked Toni if she had heard it. She thought that 
she had heard something but wasn't sure what it was. I 
told her that I thought that it was a plane and that I 
thought that it must be in trouble. I told her to keep 
looking for any signs of the plane from her vantage 
point at the wheelhouse while I go out and listen on 
deck. I throttled down the engines to be able to hear 
and went out on deck. 

Soon I could hear the plane again. It seemed to be 
coming in our direction. I wondered how he could see in 
this heavy fog. Toni stuck her head out of the window 
of the wheelhouse and indicated that she could hear the 
plane too. The sound came closer and closer, suddenly 
there were lights heading right for us; they were the 
landing lights of a beaver flying low and obviously in 
trouble. 

I turned towards the wheelhouse to warn Toni but she 
had already pulled her head in the cabin. Then as I 
turned back to see the massive radial engine bearing 
down directly at me, I heard the thunder of the Alice 
Bs diesels being jammed into full power. Then there was 
thrust of a hard turn to Port that swung the bow away 
from the on coming plane. As the wing passed by the 
mast I saw that it was a floatplane and that one float 
had been torn off. 

It looked like the pilot was being forced to set the 
plane down without the float. I didn't have to tell 
Toni to follow the plane; the Alice B was making full 
speed after the crippled aircraft. As I made my way to 
the cabin, I heard the plane hit the water; it was too 
far ahead of us to see it hit but we could hear it 
break up. 

Toni slowed the engines as we tried to find the plane 
through the soup. Then we saw the tail sticking high 
out of the water. I put my trust in Toni's ability to 
handle the boat while I went to the bow. I grabbed a 
gaff pole from the deck and made ready to grab on to 
the plane or any survivors. Toni brought the boat up to 
the tail of the plane and reversed the engines to a 
perfect stop. 

At first I could not see any sign of survivors, but 
then I heard a cry.

"Over here." I heard a man call. 

Then I saw two heads bobbing in the water near where 
the left wing. The wings were floating just on the 
surface of the water. I extended the pole toward the 
two people in the water and a man grabbed the pole and 
hung on. I pulled him back along the side to the swim 
step in the stern and after I saw that he had a hold of 
the ladder. I went back after the other man that was 
hanging on to the end of the wing. I also noticed that 
the first man had a duffel bag that he hung dearly onto 
that didn't seem to help him remain above water. 

. As soon as I got the pole near the second man, I 
noticed by the features of his face, that the remaining 
survivor was a woman. The icy cold water was sapping 
her strength and she was very close to slipping away 
from the wing and going under. The only thing that 
saved her was the floatation jacket that she wore. I 
hooked the gaff into her jacket and towed her to the 
swim step. 

As I approached the ladder I saw that the first man had 
not pulled himself aboard. He was struggling with the 
waterlogged duffel bag and it was about to take him 
down with it. I assumed that the girl was in worse 
shape so I grabbed her jacket and hauled her aboard. 
She was not very heavy even with her water logged 
clothes. 

Toni had come down from the wheelhouse and took the 
young girl from me and helped her toward the cabin 
while I turned back the man still in the water. 

He had accomplished lifting the duffel bag on to the 
swim step but he didn't have the strength to haul 
himself up the ladder. I tried to lift him but he was 
too heavy and too far-gone to help. I grabbed his 
collar and called to Toni.

"Toni, get me some rope!" I called.

Toni came out of the cabin and grabbed a line that was 
coiled on the deck. While holding on to the man's 
collar I worked the line around the man's chest under 
his arms. When I was sure that he was secure, I passed 
the line around a railing upright and began to haul him 
out an agonizing inch at a time. Toni helped pull on 
the line and between us we were able to haul him over 
the swim step at the same spot where I lifted Toni's 
lifeless body just a few days ago. 

He was a heavy man, a little over six feet tall and he 
wasn't slim. It took all that we had between us to lift 
him onto the deck. Once he was aboard Toni went to tend 
to his companion. As I dragged the unconscious man 
toward the cabin door I heard the girl inside raving 
incoherently.

"Thank you, thank you, oh god thank you." The girl kept 
saying.

"Was there anyone else aboard?" I heard Toni asked.

"Just Frank." She said. "You have to find Frank." She 
added insistently.

"We have a man aboard, I think that he is going to be 
alright." I assured her as I entered the cabin with the 
unconscious form dragging behind me.

"Thank god." She said.

I left Toni to care for the girl while I went to attend 
to Frank.

Toni had the girl stripped and wrapped in a blanket 
next to the stove as I closed the cabin door.

As I began getting the man's clothes off, he began to 
come around.

"Where's my bag?" He almost screamed. "I need my bag." 
He yelled again.

"I'll go get it; it's still on the stern step." I 
assured him.

I went out and retrieved the heavy water soaked bag.

When I appeared at the cabin door with the bag, the 
man's face lit up and he thanked me for saving it. 
After he thanking me he began to get his priorities 
lined up and then thanked us for saving him and his 
lady friend. After thanking us, he finally got around 
to asking what he should have asked first.

"Are you alright angel?" He mumbled through chattering 
teeth.

"Yes I'm okay." The girl answered. 

After wrapping them in heavy blankets, we sat them in 
the breakfast nook across from each other. After 
placing cups of hot tea in front of them Toni and I 
introduced ourselves.

"Hi my name is Alvin but you can call me Alf, and this 
is Toni." I said extending my hand. 

Toni extended her hand to the girl.

"My name is Frank and this is my wife Angel. We just 
got married yesterday and we were on our way to our 
honeymoon when I got low on gas." The man said.

"How did you loose your float?" I asked.

"Oh I tried to set her down where I thought there was 
water but there was a rock sticking out of the water 
and it took the float so I had to pull up and try to 
find a sandy beach to ditch onto." Frank explained.

"When I saw your boat I just set her down as fast as I 
could in the hopes that you could find us in time." 

"Well you were lucky." I assured him. "Honey, I'm going 
to get a fix on our position and set the auto pilot for 
Sitka." I said as I made my way to the wheelhouse. 

When I returned, Toni met me at the cabin door and me 
out on the deck to talk where our guests couldn't 
overhear us.

Toni found out that they were on their way to Kodiak 
Island to spend their honeymoon at a cannery over 
there.

"There's something strange about them, they are both 
very scared about something; something bigger than the 
loss of their plane. She is just petrified of him and 
something else. She hardly says a word and even if she 
does say something, she looks to him to see if it's 
okay." Toni said.

"I think that it has something to do with that bag." I 
said.

"What do you think is in it?" Toni asked.

"I'm not sure, but what ever it is, it soaked up a lot 
of water and I don't think that it is clothes." I said.

"We had better get back." She said.

We went back to the galley; our friends were just 
finishing their tea.

"Are you hungry, can I fix you something?" Toni asked.

"I'm starved." Honey blurted out. But then her eyes 
dropped and she looked furtively at Frank.

"Yea, me too." Frank said.

Honey heaved a sigh of relief that Frank was hungry as 
well.

"I'll make some soup and sandwiches." Toni said. 

I sat down to join them.

"Toni said that you were going to spend your honeymoon 
on Kodiak Island." I asked.

To be continued?

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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!
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