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- The Forest
-
- I wondered again, as I had every ten minutes for the last two hours, why
- you had led me on this walk. The forest trail was beautiful, certainly, but
- you hadn't explained any further. Let's go for a walk, was all you
- said. I was a little surprised because you hadn't spoken much to me since
- you started dating Tim, and you hadn't shown any interest in spending time
- with me in a year or more. That was a very confusing year. when your
- best friend for the last twelve years stops visiting, you have to wonder
- what you did to drive them away. You never would speak to me about it,
- though.
-
- The forest was dark and quiet, crowded with thick trees that shaded the
- forest floor. Spears of sunlight shone through here and there. I could
- almost FEEL the green of the forest. the slow growth that had been growing
- for centuries. The musty scent of moss permeated the air, competing with the
- clean healthy smell of the natural surroundings. The trail wound around a
- grove of trees, and the subliminal little gurglings that had pestered the
- edge of my hearing became a little louder, and I finally realized that the
- sound I had unconsciously been trying to place was rush of a shallow stream
- over half-submerged rocks. I still couldn't see it, but I knew that stream
- had something to do with our trek. As the path led over a small hill, the
- sound became abruptly louder, and I saw the stream, a lovely little brook
- that wandered this way and that, as aimless as that silent walk we had been
- sharing. You turned to me, your chest-length blonde hair shining radiantly
- from the small patches of afternoon sunlight that poked through the leaves
- above, and said Not much further. Maybe only ten minutes. Those were the
- first words you had said to me in almost an hour, but what was so wonderful
- was merely the sound of your voice, not the content of your words.
-
- I began to drift backwards in time again, thinking of all the years we
- had spent together, since that first summer when your family moved in three
- houses down from ours, since that lazy summer when we were 7 years old. I
- had never known any friend who understood me so completely, who comprehended
- the feelings and emotions I endured while we grew up together. When I broke
- up with a girlfriend, you were always there to hold me as I sobbed, and I
- was there to do the same for you when you lost your boyfriends. I always
- wondered why we never dated, but somehow I think we both knew that if WE
- were to break up, there would be no-one there to console us, which would be
- far worse than the transitory pain of losing yet another lover.
-
- The trail followed the brook pretty closely, venturing no more than a
- few feet away at any time. We were forced to go single-file because it was
- so thin. I didn't mind when you took the lead. We never did compete at
- anything, I reminisced. I also didn't mind the view. You were always one
- of the prettiest girls in school, although I was convinced that none of your
- boyfriends appreciated you properly. They only saw the clean, well-defined
- features of your face, the slender but enticing lips and your lovely pale
- blue eyes. They saw your fair skin and your feminine arms and hands (always
- with perfectly trimmed, long nails, unpainted except for special occasions)
- and your slim waist as objects of their desire, to be coveted for personal
- satisfaction. They never knew you as I did, the shy romantic girl who was
- secretly very saddened to have such an attractive body that these men
- never slowed down long enough to love you with their minds and hearts
- instead of their loins. I can remember the pain you suffered as each of
- them turned out to want exactly what all the others wanted, and no more.
-
- As you walked in front of me, I had to admire your courage, wearing that
- lovely light cotton sun-dress on this walk. the forest towered over us like
- some threatening but slumbering demon, and the ground below us was uneven
- and dirty. You always used to be practical about these sorts of things! I
- guess I didn't mind all that much, though, because it showed off your figure
- like no hiking shorts ever could. Even though your legs were hidden
- beneath the flowing cotton.
-
- You turned your head slightly to face me as we walked, and said It's
- just ahead. Another few yards. Around that hill off to the right. As we
- neared the hill, the path led away from the stream, which made me a little
- wistful. Its constant muttering was very consoling in the absence of any
- conversation from you. I watched the stream recede into the distance, and
- before I knew it, you were slowing down, turning to me silently, and
- pointing. I followed your arm to see a quiet little pond, maybe 30 or 40
- feet across, fed at one end by a three-foot waterfall, and draining at
- another into the stream we had been following for the last ten minutes. A
- narrow beach surrounded the grotto, shaded everywhere by the same dense
- trees that had sheltered our walk all the way. Little glints of sunlight
- gave enough light to see your face. Something was wrong, but I didn't know
- what it was.
-
- I walked closer to you, to hold you so you could tell me what was
- troubling you, as I had done so many times before, but as I got within arms
- reach of you, you held up your right hand, placing it gently on my left
- shoulder, lightly tracing my bones and muscles. Then you slid it around my
- neck, and pulled me closer, and I found your other arm around me, and before
- I knew it, I was looking down into your eyes, as you turned your face up to
- mine. My heart was pounding so loud that the rustling of the trees was
- drowned. Our lips seemed drawn to each others without any will from us,
- and as they met, I knew what it was I had been missing for so long.
-
- Suddenly panic washed over me, and I pulled away from you, shamed that
- you could see the terror in my eyes, but I could not stop looking at you.
- You looked so hurt, as if you had gambled everything and lost. I stood
- rooted to my spot, unable to move closer or farther. You took a step to
- bridge the gap between us, and I still couldn't move as you reached out and
- took my right hand in yours. You pulled it up to your neck, and ran the
- back of my hand over the skin left exposed above the top of your dress, and
- then I felt an electric thrill run through me as you turned my hand over and
- ran it between your breasts, and then over one, pausing for a moment as the
- edge of my index finger dragged across your nipple. It was hard, and I saw
- you shudder gently when it sprang free from my finger. I had lost control
- of my body. My hands were slaves to yours, and I watched with silent
- detachment as you pulled my hand up to the strap on your right shoulder, and
- slipped my finger under it, pulling upward and to the side so that the strap
- fell, limp against your arm. The bare skin exposed on your shoulder
- screamed to me that there was nothing beneath the top of your dress, and my
- eyes were drawn to the shape of your full breasts as I realized that the
- mounds there were covered by nothing but light cotton.
-
- You repeated this on the left side, and I trembled with expectation, but
- your dress clung to you, glued to your skin by the many beads of
- perspiration that dotted your body. You reached out with your other hand
- and put both of my hands on your waist, and pushed in slightly, and
- downward, sliding your dress to the ground. As my hands passed over the
- curve of your hips, I felt only smooth skin, and I realized that there was
- NOTHING under your dress. My hands shook as if gripped in an earthquake as
- the last of your dress slithered away, revealing all of your body to my
- hungry eyes. It was everything I had imagined. The creamy white smoothness
- of your face covered you from head to toe, except for the two strawberry-red
- circles atop your breasts, and the tuft of light blond hair at the
- intersection of your legs.
-
- You stood there, unmoving, only a foot away from me, as I reached out,
- finally able to move, and I touched your nipples again. I saw you tremble a
- bit, as you reached up and pulled my right hand off of your breast, and
- pulled the left one to you a bit harder. I let you guide my right hand
- downward, still caressing your breast with my left. I felt the softness of
- your hair run past my right hand as you pushed my hand between your legs,
- and finally I took over, sliding my finger gently along the edges of your
- lips, feeling the wetness and the heat pouring from you. My desire grew and
- grew until I thought I would burst, but I contained it. I still could not
- believe we were doing this.
-
- Finally you turned away from me slowly, taking my hand from you gently,
- and you pulled me towards a larger patch of the beach, and downward to the
- soft mossy ground that awaited us. You laid down wordlessly, pulling me
- along. I laid down next to you, hovering over your body, not knowing where
- to start. I ran my hands over you from shoulder to thigh while you shivered
- beneath my touch, and my hand found its way to your womanhood again, and
- this time a finger slipped in, causing you to let out a short, low gasp. I
- leaned my face down to yours, and kissed you again. As my tongue slipped
- gently into your mouth, I tasted the sweetness that was your breath, and
- felt the soft candy that was your tongue. I gently slipped my finger out of
- you, but not all the way, and slipped it back in, and you surged under me,
- almost making our kiss break apart. As our lips lingered against each
- other, I pulled mine away from yours, and leaned farther down to kiss your
- breasts. I ran my tongue firmly around your nipple, and pressed my lips
- down against firmly, sucking gently and nibbling lightly, flicking my tongue
- over your nipple. I timed the efforts with my mouth so that they coincided
- with plunges of my finger, and soon I felt your hands grasping the back of
- my head, pulling me against you. I felt your body tense more and more with
- each stroke, until your back arched and you clutched me tightly to your
- chest, with a rush of air inward and a long, trembling hug.
-
- When you finally relaxed your grip on me, I propped myself up on my
- elbow, looking into your eyes and smiling. You looked at me with the love
- and desire I had always wanted to see in my lovers, but had always missed.
- I want you, was what I heard, unbelieving. This has always been a dream
- of mine, you said to me. Make it come true. I stood up slowly, and
- began to undress myself before you. I wanted to rip my clothes off, but the
- feeling of happiness and the elegance of what you had arranged made me do it
- slowly. Finally I was naked before you, and still not believing what was
- happening. I laid down again beside you, wanting to prolong the moment, but
- as soon as I was settled, you reached down, taking me into your hands,
- pulling me towards our union. I leaned over you, settling my weight onto my
- hands, as you positioned my loins to enter you. My arms shook so much that
- I almost fell. As I felt the way my tip brush against the warmth and wetness,
- you stopped me. Be gentle, you said. I've never done this before.
-
- I was shocked. All those boyfriends. Jack. Markus. Tim.
- you never. Was all I could manage. You looked deep into my eyes.
-
- I tried, you said, but even when it got this far, I couldn't go
- through with it. They still weren't you. That's what finally broke up Tim
- and me. We got to this point, and he was where you are now, but I had to
- stop him. He never forgave me for that. But I just couldn't go through
- with it.
-
- I don't know what to say.
-
- You don't need to say anything. I know how you feel about me. Your
- eyes were shining, almost filled with tears.
-
- You know this isn't my first time. I felt awful. I knew that was
- the wrong thing to say, but I had to be honest with you.
-
- You only nodded, and pulled me a little farther into you. I stopped,
- and pulled away a bit. This isn't safe. but you nodded your head, a
- tear rolling out of your eye. You managed a weak smile. Yes it is. I
- knew then how thorough your planning had been, and how much this meant to
- you. To me, I realized.
-
- Then you pulled again, and I slid forward, into you, almost
- effortlessly. I heard your gasp and felt your hands leave my waist and
- slide up to my shoulders. Your nails dug into me slightly as our hips
- touched, and I raised my head up enough to look into your eyes, as tears
- streamed from them in happiness. We kissed the light kiss of intimacy, our
- tongues playing on each others, and then plunged into a passionate lock.
-
- I felt joy as I never had with any other woman. I knew then that we
- belonged to each other, and always would, and that making love with you
- would always remind me of the stream and this pond. I knew that we would
- forever be lovers in the forest, not caring if we ever found our way out.
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