Wanders

Author’s Note –

Since Kat and Neil have gone their separate ways, we will follow them separately for a while. This is an ongoing series. If you are new to the series, welcome. For those new travelers, reading the previous chapter will give an insight into the characters here. As always, everyone here is over 21, and all places exist only in my imagination, as this is a fictional character study. I hope that you’ll enjoy the unwinding saga of Neil, Kat, and the folks they meet along the way.

I’d like to ask, please help me to improve on future stories. Leave a note about how you reacted to the story. Your comments help to shape how this tale unwinds. Also, if you have an interest as a proofreader or a beta reader, please reach out to me; I’d like to hear from you.

Act 2

Chapter 5 – Hitting the roads

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Kat –

Not rejecting avenues; instead, I needed to find roads where I felt good about myself. I knew I had to define myself in positive terms, saying this who I am. I want to be a teacher, an art teacher. A teacher who will show my students how they can shape their world with art. Grad school will give me more tools to do this, but my mission is the same.

On a more personal side, I craved to be with that special woman who I could support and who would support me. Neil was only the second man I had been with. And yes, he is a wonderful man. But I’ve recognized that isn’t the way I’m wired; my desires are filled on the other team with my sisters.

When I decided to leave, the first person I reached out was my old roommate, Josie. Josie had introduced me to the joy to be found in a sapphic relationship. In school, we had shared our bed, and god, did we burn up the sheets as she took me along paths I never knew existed. While Josie was a great tour guide to this new world, I also knew she won’t be the one to walk along into stardust. Josie showed me what it is to be spontaneous. That unique quality of spontaneity carried into her life and her drawings.

In school, Josie would and did flit about from one to another boyfriend. While I stayed put in our bed. Since I left town at school, she settled in one guy I knew of from before. All the time Josie danced about left me in wonder as she freely danced about. Josie’s life was like her drawings, very approachable and fluid, filled with spontaneity.

It was no great surprise that Josie and Fred had gotten back together. In school, the two of them had an almost magnetic relationship. At times they were very close, and then suddenly, they would fly apart. Now they were together outside of the city, where they would be teaching in the fall. I parachuted onto their sofa as a safe place to be until school started for me in September. Being back with Josie and her old boyfriend, Fred, felt good. They both had such a positive outlook; they had learned how to work around the rocks and shoals that were ahead. Josie, as, usual was the instigator; it always amazed me how totally spontaneous she was. Damm, I so wish I had her style her sense of freedom.

For sure, I did fly out of the birdcage that I lived in Chicago to explore and find roads. But I always came back to the perch in my cage. While Josie, and now Fred too, would fly around freely. Landing here and there and chirp at each other. The sounds that rolled out of their bedroom were joyous as they both enjoyed each other. Damm right, I was jealous, as I never was that free. While sex with Neil was good, on the other hand, sex was almost choreographed. Yes, we figured out how to get part C into slot C very quickly, but I didn’t feel our sex life was unplanned. Our sex was like our life, very planned out. Our lives lacked that sense of spontaneity, a feeling of joie de vivre.

One morning after the three of us had breakfast, Fred went off to do whatever, and Josie played with her cat again while I slipped into the shower. The shower for me was often my retreat, my safe place. While standing in the shower, lost in the water running over me, Josie slipped in with me. And softly whispered in my ear, “hi, girlfriend,” as she pulled me into one of her amazing hugs. “Remember this?” Suddenly our tongues danced a very familiar old song as we began to explore each other again. Josie reached over and turned off the water, and pulled me out of the shower. Then, grabbing towels, we both hastily dried each other off. Josie started giggling as once again her eyes swept over my body, “damm, girl, those tits of yours still do look so fine. I can’t wait to get you in bed and play with them. OH!!! And that cute little landing strip you have going on looks so sweet. Come on, let’s go. Bed!!!”

Josie pulled me into the large bed in the bedroom she and Fred shared. Seeing her cute ass, I’d quite willingly follow her almost anywhere. We fell onto the bed, and at first, I lay there while I waited on Josie to make the first move towards me which I so desperately wanted. She sat up and lightly pushed the damp hair off my face, “little bitch, yes, you miss control freak, you’ll have no choice. You are going to be fucked hard, and you’ll love it. Know why? Cause you gave up control, and you didn’t plan anything. It simply happens, like life does. It happens.”

With that, Josie captured one of my breasts in her soft hand as she started nibbling and biting my ear lobe. The bitch damm well, knew that doing that would get me to surrender with no reservations. Damm her, I so loved how I was lost in the haze she created. Into this fog, I became aware of, of oh my god! Looking up, Fred is teasing my other breast. “Hi Kat, did you think I could let Josie have all the fun? We share everything, including who shares our bed.” I shuttered at the realization; I had no voice in what might happen. All I could do was simply go with the flow and discover new worlds together with my friends. Josie decided that she was going to concentrate her attention on my breasts. While Fred moved in between my open legs to explore what pleasures could be found with my sopping wet pussy.

I became lost in the haze these two created for me. Somewhere along the line, Josie pulled my head towards her as she looked deep into my eyes. “Bitch, yes, you Kat, you are bitch, and Fred and I are going fuck the bitchy out of you.” With that, Josie straddled my head and lowered her very wet pussy down onto my hungry lips to taste her honeypot again. Sweeping my tongue along her slit as I sought out that hidden little pleasure button of her clit while my hands grasped her ass. Reveling in all that my very vocal old friend was trying to say. I became aware that Fred was moving slowly into this fog as he moved my legs apart then up. Gradually he was moving into me, fucking my wet cunt; soon, I discovered sensations I had never known. Just let it be, let it happen, and surrender to the tide. I never knew I could have multiple climaxes. Discovering that was a fantastic experience. That was the start of my trusting myself and others around me. Maybe, I was a bitch after all and needed to open myself and trust.

After this, and being told that I was to share their bed from that moment on. An amazing thing began to develop; my drawings began to be less formal and structured. I had been rightfully criticized in the past for not being fluid or loose in my pictures. Since the change in where I slept, my sketches had become much more open and fluid. Coincidence, maybe. For sure, the sex was the best I’d ever enjoyed.

Aunt Flo and Uncle Herman knew of my decision to leave Neil. But they certainly didn’t understand what was going on in my world and in my head. I was having a hard time coming to grips with the new me, so how could I explain what I was feeling to them?

Thankfully Sally became my anchor; she would call every few days if nothing more than to say hello at first. Gradually she led me into the details of my new life as a grad student. I came to see that I was going to accomplish the things that she had only dreamed of. As our relationship became more profound, it was more than just a mentor or guide. Somehow we became almost like mother and daughter. We both came from the same place. Sally’s knowledge and life experiences allowed her to see the road ahead for me. I so greatly appreciated her gentle guiding hand as she pushed me along. As well as the occasional well-needed swift kicks in the ass too. One of Sally’s well-placed ass kicks was when she told me that I would do the master’s in education as well, if not the doctorate. All I could say was, yes, ma’am.

It turned out that Sally and Neil had a running conversation about what was going on with me. No, she didn’t know all the details and changes in my life. Then again, she didn’t need to know either. In some ways, the living arrangement, while nice, left me with a feeling of not exactly sure what. But, I didn’t feel complete. I guess the word was uneasy. My two guardian angles, which is how I came to see Sally and Niel, put their heads together and came up with a plan to get me set up for school. They found a small furnished studio apartment just off campus that was perfect. So thankfully, I wouldn’t have to live in the dorms, which had been my original plan. As if that wasn’t enough, they also open an account for me at the art supply store I had been in that had everything I could dream of and lots more. And, they had gotten a car too. Damm, I set to run the tables.

When September came around, and I got started, I never felt more on my game than at that moment.

Neil –

Wednesday night, when I got back from New York and found Kat’s note. I was in a fog. I did not understand why she left. We loved and supported each other, or so I thought.

Thursday morning, I called the office and talked with my partner to bring him up to speed on what had happened here and the trip to New York. Fred was very understanding and supportive. His only advice was to take the time you need to decide what’s next. Next was a hard call; I spoke to Cathy and Carl, telling them that everything was off. Sandy called in the middle of all this; yes, she knew that Kat had left. The two of them had several conversations, and she was witness to Kat’s unwinding. Yes, she was happy for Kat’s going to school in the fall and the scholarship. Kat certainly was deserving of that. Sandy hoped that Kat would pursue dual degrees, both the MFA and a graduate degree in education at the same time. Her thinking was that if Kat didn’t do both degrees now, she wouldn’t do the education degree in the future. Sandy became more than a mentor for Kat to what could be in the future; Sandy became her guide. The driver for Sandy was to get Kat to utilize her full potential as she recognized early on that Kat could move into leadership positions in art education. Next, I called Raul and asked him to come by the condo in the morning to pick up the ring and disassemble it. Then Ru and I went on one of our famous ten-mile walks along the lakefront.

Our ramblings along the lakefront were great times to sort things out. To stop and look out into the future and make plans for what would be the next steps. And hell, Ru loved to get out and walk as much as I did. While we were out, we would have fantastic conversations talking about whatever was out on the horizon. When we got home, the world was a better place, and I had a vision of what was next.

After Ru and I walked back into the house, I fired up the coffee pot again, and Ru went off to his spot, a large cedar bed in the corner of the living room where he could keep a watch on the world around him. After the coffee ran, I settled back down in my old chair with a cup. The second I sat down, Ru has beside me, demanding my attention. Chuckling as Ru nudged my hand, something things never change, old boy. I reached out to Fred again and explained that I wanted to step back as I had initially planned to do for the immediate future. I would, as I had planned to continue with my key clients even though I wasn’t in the office daily. Then I got the bus ready to ride out. My first objective was to go to Lubec, Maine. Lubec, where the sun was first seen each day in the US. Somehow, seeing that sunrise there was essential to me. The start of a new day and new life.

With that as an objective, Ru and I headed out together. I wanted to get to western Massachusetts and the Berkshire Mts. as quickly as possible and pass through the areas that Kat and I had visited. Western Massachusetts is still heavily forested and offers many small roads to go along, which we did. Eventually, we went up to Vermont and then slipped into New Hamshire. We spent those late summer days wandering along in no great rush, generally heading eastward towards the goal of Lubec.

I suppose Lubec’s biggest claim to fame is it doesn’t have a traffic light. At one time, the town was a fishing village, but now it was mostly a tourist destination that looked out toward the Bay of Fundy and the massive tidal flows. The two of us spent the night in the state park looking out towards the bay, at the lighthouse base that guarded the shore. All night the bell in the lighthouse tolled its warning to fishermen and others. The sunrise there was spectacular; it was everything I dreamed of.

Next, we turned the bus toward Baxter State Park, which is the home of Mt. Katahdin and the northern end of the Appalachian Trail (AT). The trail runs the length of the Appalachian mountains and ends some 2,200 miles later Springer Mt. GA. For sure, I was not about to consider hiking the AT from one end to the other. These old knees would not support the dream of being someone who hiked the whole trail and claimed the title of being through trekker. Through trekkers are a breed unto themselves, they can claim, rightfully, they own the AT.

I parked the camper in the parking lot there at the foot of the mountain late in the afternoon; Ru and I spent the night here. In the morning, we putzed around, not really doing anything. Noon found us on top of Katahdin. I kept telling Ru that we had summitted a mountain. The two of us were involved in a serious conversation when a woman walked up the trail and dropped her backpack, then screamed, “I did IT!!!” At this instant, Ru broke away from me and ran to the woman with his madly wagging his tail as he barked his congratulations. He sat down at her feet and offered his paw to shake. The gal leaned over and took his paw, and began petting his head. “Don’t do that!” I called out, “that dog is a horrible flirt. He sees a nice lady, and he wants to be her new best friend.”

“I just finished hiking the entire trail. Mister, let me tell you, your dog is a lot nicer than many of the folks that wanted to flirt with me out there.”

“Now I can claim the title of ‘through trekker!’ Yeah ME! The next thing is getting back to Boston. I suppose I can camp out here for a day or two until someone can get here and pick me up.”

“First of all, congratulations, hiking the AT was always a distant dream of mine. I know that walking up here to the top of Katahdin is about as close as I will ever get to becoming a through trekker. Anyway, I’m heading towards Boston, I have a camper, and you are more than welcome to ride along if you like.”

“Tell you what; I’ll take you up on your offer of a ride if you have a shower in that camper. Out on the trail, showers are few and far between. If you’re lucky, you can find a stream to rinse off in now and then.”

“Young lady, I can offer you a hot shower, in fact. And I can toss in a hot meal too, does that work for you?”

“Mister, you are a lifesaver, and your little puppy here is way too cute.” With that, we headed down the mountain, with Ru gleefully leading the way. “My God, mister, that thing isn’t a camper. It’s bigger than a damm bus.”

“Well? Yeah, it’s outfitted for me to live in it by myself full time on the road for as long as I want to. The shower is to the back, just past the galley. Oh, by the way, if you open the pocket door next to the shower, you’ll find a washer and dryer there.”

“Well, alrighty then. I’ll be back in a few. OH! I’m Amy Taylor.”

“Hi, Amy, I’m Neil Terrell, and my wingman here is Rufus, but all his friends just call him Ru.”

Fifteen minutes later, Amy reappeared, exclaiming, “OH MY GOD, that was the best shower ever. Wait, and you cook too?”

“Yes, actually cooking is a hobby of mine. I’ve taken classes at one or another school for the fun of it. I have a corned beef hash which is rather filling, which I guess you’d appreciate. How would you like your eggs? Overeasy work for you?” That question was greeted with a very appreciative nod and a smile.

Ru! Home! You know better than to dance under people’s feet trying to steal a bite of whatever they have. Go on, you mooch! Home! With that, he headed toward the front of the bus and slipped onto his cedar bed there. All the while, he whined so pitifully.

“That’s an amazing dog you have there.”

“Well, for sure, he is a funny pup. I’m an attorney, kind of semi-retired now, but I still have three clients I work with regularly. In the course of my practice, I managed to upset a few apple carts. Some of these individuals didn’t like having their apple carts dumped on the street, as they lost a large income stream. The word got back that these individuals might send a few of their friends to converse with me to get me to see the error of my ways. Well, Ru is a Malinois. He is very personable with those he sees as his family. By the way, Amy, he seems to have decided you’re family. Still, he is very protective of his family too. He’s my minder; for sure, he beats the hell out of having a bodyguard. In the distant past, I have had threats made against me, and for the most part, nothing ever came of them. I’ve had people want to talk with me that I really didn’t want to talk with; Ru convinced them to leave. So Ru will be around for the foreseeable future.”

“I can see that. I suspect Ru could make a very compelling argument for someone to leave. After Boston, where are you headed next?”

“Well, my plan is to wander about without any agenda or schedule. How big a rush are you in to get back to Boston? Seems to me you have a real reason to celebrate, finishing your walk in the woods, if you will.”

“Neil, unfortunately for me, there will be no big parties in Boston to toast my accomplishment. I went on this walk in the woods after I torched a lot of bridges there.”

“Amy, an old friend of mine told me about a place that is supposed to have the best lobster going on the Maine coast. It’s in a fishing village. The restaurant is located next to the pier where the lobster boats go out. They claim that the lobster on your plate tonight slept in the ocean last night. Would you like to try it?”

“Neil, I was born and raised in Boston. Lobster runs in my blood. Fresh lobster? Hell yes! Let’s go, now!”

“Done deal. But first, need to feed and water Betsy here. Otherwise, she’ll get real cranky. And to be honest, I don’t picture trying to push her down the road. So let’s feed her first. Have you ever been to a large truck stop? It’s a whole different world. Getting everything done, diesel, propane, filling the water tanks, emptying out waste tanks, and a flush takes a few hours. So my thought was to get dinner there and spend the night in the yard at the truck stop. Then in the morning, head out for the coast.”

In the morning, after coffee and letting Ru go out and run around for a few, we began heading toward the coast. Going along US 1. We had been on the road for an hour or two and decided that we needed to find someplace for lunch. It looked like every town we passed through had at least one place that advertised lobster rolls, which sounded like a most excellent idea for lunch. Lobster for lunch and then again for dinner. Yes, this is precisely what is needed. In the late afternoon, we finally found the place my friend suggested. The setting was ideal. There was a patio covered in crushed clamshells. Scattered around the area were wooden picnic tables that looked out towards the pier where the lobster boats tied up. At the base of the dock was a shed that processed and packed lobsters for shipment. On the side of the packing shed was a lean-to where they steamed lobsters, clams and corn. To make things perfect, they had on tap icy cold beer. The beer mugs were so cold the outside frosted over; life is good. The only thing on the menu here was a shore dinner; your choice was one or two lobsters? Needless to say, we had to have two lobsters, each. After we finished our dinner, we both leaned back and smiled. Yeah, those lobsters were precisely what we needed, but now we wanted just a little something to finish dinner with. Something like, but of course, another lobster! And another cold beer too. When we finally finished that off and sat there groaning, Ru looked up from where he camped out as if to say. You two deserve to be in pain.

In time Amy and I waddled back over to the bus and simply collapsed. We both fell asleep with our clothes on. Amy fell on the futon by the galley. While I had collapsed into my desk chair next to the galley. With morning’s arrival, I slowly got up. I wandered into the galley, putting together a pot of coffee, then on to the shower. I stood under the shower as I enjoying the water running over my head and soaking me down. To my surprise, I discovered Amy’s hands slipping around my waist as she gave me a hug. While murmuring a good morning into my back. “Hi, Neil; thank you for a wonderful day yesterday. I still don’t believe that all told yesterday we ate like four or maybe five lobsters each.” That revelation produced another hug as her breasts pressed into my back. Slowly her hands slipped over my stomach as her fingers found my cock that was fully awake now. “Mmmm, look what I found. Something I haven’t held in an awfully long time. And, seems that it is awfully long too.” That witty comment resulted in a series of giggles from my early morning attacker.

“And good morning to you; I do love how you go about exploring and finding new things. And now that you’ve found this new thing, what do you plan on doing with it?”

“Mmm? Don’t know I could have breakfast, maybe a breakfast sausage?” Holding on to my cock with one hand, Amy slipped around and stood in front of me. Looking up with a pair of incredibly bright eyes and a warm smile, she leaned forward, and we shared a slow warm kiss.

“I hate to be a buzzkill, but we are about to run out of hot water here. Around the corner from here is a bedroom that has a large comfortable bed; let’s go there.” After somewhat drying each other off, we discovered where the bed was located and fell into it.

Amy grabbed ahold of my cock again and sweetly murmured. “I’m not going to let go of this until it has filled and refilled me again and again. Yesterday you filled me with lobster; today, I want you to fill me with this magnificent cock of yours. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I want this cock to fill every hole of mine.” With that, she slowly moved around on the bed, and at first, she kissed the head of my cock. While I looked over and saw her magnificent full bush covering the swollen lips of leaking honeypot. Reaching over and slowly opening the lips with my fingers. Then I ran my tongue slowly across the damp lips, searching for her clit. While I was busy driving my tongue along her delicious slit, she was trying to take my cock and swallow it, her breakfast sausage. What stopped her was my discovery of her clit, which I just had to bite. This led to a long deep cry from her as she repeatedly said something like, take meeeee.

Somehow, I sat up and looked over at my bedmate. “So? Do you want breakfast in bed? How about a serving of breakfast sausage tucked into a warm honeypot?” The response to my question was a very bright smile and a vigorous nodding of her head. As I moved around on the bed. Amy pulled her legs up toward her, so her knees almost brushed over her tiny nipples. Slowly slipping into this amazing woman, feeding her breakfast for the first time in bed. We crashed into each other, taking and giving ourselves to the other. The both of us were loudly crying out to the other as we rushed into a passionate fast climax. As I plunged deep into her, Amy began milking my cock, seeking to fill her soul with my nectar. This led us to collapse together, with our arms and legs tangled closely in a pile. The both of us lay on the bed, exhausted.

Into this peaceful, warm heavenly place we found ourselves in came a loud banging on the door of the bus. This angry voice called out, “Ya, gotta move this thing now. Or I’ll call the cops and get your ass towed away! I gotta truck coming in here, and your ass is in the way.”

That caused me to groan as I slowly moved, finding a pair of shorts and a t-shirt; on the way to the driver’s seat, I hit the coffee pot to get it going. Sitting down and honking the horn, I fired up the bus and slowly pulled out. Edging out of the parking lot and along the road, Amy came up and handed me a cup of coffee. “Neil? You know, you were magnificent. Anytime you want a piece of me, you don’t have to ask. Just take me, please? I so needed that. Thank you.”

“Amy, usually I’m excellent words; after all, that’s what attorneys do. But you woman, you are more than I can begin to describe. You took me places I have never been.” Glancing over for damm sure, I enjoyed seeing this amazing woman sitting there next to me with her feet on the dashboard in the nude. This morning will be one I will carry with me for the rest of my days. “Miss Lady, there’s a little roadside park just up ahead here. We need to pull into, so we can let Ru out for his morning walkabout. And we can start to lay out what’s on the horizon for us. But, Amy? A suggestion before we pull this thing off the road and stop. You might want to put some clothes on.”

That comment resulting in Amy calling out, “bite, me!”

To which I responded, as I pulled off the road into the little park, “with great pleasure!” Which resulted in a chuckle as she went off to find some clothes.

As the bus came to a halt, Ru ran to the door and started barking, knowing what was next, his morning constitutional. Ru bolted from the bus, Amy and I found a small park bench and sat down. The two of us sat there enjoying watching Ru go about investigating this new place as he left his calling card here and there. While we watched Ru and enjoyed the morning, quite the both of us retreated into our own thoughts. Almost tentatively, I reached over and took Amy’s hand in mine and lightly smiled as I asked myself. Could she be it?

In time Ru came up to the both of us sitting there holding hands. And he barked sharply at us as if to say. Ok, you two lovebirds, the day is wasting away. Let’s move it. “Neil! That damm dog of yours has no sense of timing at all. None! I would have been quite content to sit here with you for at least an hour or two. But NO! Mister Rufus has to interject his comments, typical man.” With that, I found her arms wrapped me as once more I was looking into those bright eyes. I sat there. Amazed. Lost. Confused. Dazzled and bedeviled by this woman.

Ru, in the meantime, had gone to the door to the bus. Where he was sitting while he barked at us. “Amy, there will be no peace until he gets on the bus, a drink of water, and then plops his ass down on his bed.”

“That damm dog is a typical man! Gotta be his way. No sense of timing at all. All right, dammit, let’s go. Besides, I need some more coffee.” As we walked back toward the bus hand in hand, Ru stood up and began pawing the ground as he wagged his tail. As Ru bolted on the bus, Amy pulled on my hand. “Neil? Please, be careful.” Then she jumped on the bus too, “well? Are you going to stand there all day and admire my ass?”

Tossing my hands up in the air, “I surrender. Where are we going?”

“I have no idea you’re driving.”

“How much of a rush are you to get to Boston?”

“Honestly, Neil, I’m not. Boston is my family’s home. But, as Thomas Wolfe said, ‘You can’t go home again.’ I took my walk in the woods to help me clear my head. My partner of ten years and I had just split up before I went walking. We are both architects and had set up a successful and lucrative practice doing renovations and remodeling old homes here in New England. But I felt like we were getting stale, doing the same thing over and over. I wanted to reach out and go in a new direction professionally. My idea was, and still is, to find a piece of vacant land to develop into a cluster of new homes there like an old village. My dream for these new homes is they should be carbon neutral. This is doable, but the homes have to be purpose-built to maximize these efficiencies. What ended up happening was, I sold my half of the partnership to my partner, and I walked out with a pile of cash. That breakup set off tidal waves with my family, who all had this idea that we would be getting married sooner rather than later.”

“I can totally relate, in more ways than you can count. After I graduated from law school, I found another young attorney, and together we set up a new practice. We specialized in the area of the law that was just gaining attention, sports and entertainment law. I devoted all my time and energy to the new firm. That was my choice, and I have no regrets about having done so. Basically, I was married to my job and the firm. Shortly after I turned fifty, I decided to pull back; otherwise, I would have been crushed. I knew I was on the glide path for a heart attack. I needed time and space for me. My partner, Fred, and I had built the firm into quite a large and complex provider that is very profitable. I talked with Fred about my thoughts and desires to become semi-retired and why I felt that way. I have three clients that I am close to, and I will keep them, but the day-to-day routine I have passed on to my subordinates. So now, like you, Amy, I am out looking. Wandering, if you will, you mentioned Thomas Wolfe before. I’ll call on Tolkien, ‘All who wander are not lost.’ My plan is or was to go along the east coast and ultimately end up in Key West. Then make my way over to the Gulf Coast. Where I have a piece of property outside of a small town off the coast. I may want to build a house there. Amy? Are you interested in going along for a ride and looking at a piece of property? Who knows? It might be ripe for development?” Looking into her eyes, I could see the wheels spinning as she began to process this idea.

“How does this idea strike you?” I asked Amy. “Let’s go back and find US 1 and roll down the coast. A little south of here is Freeport which is the hometown of LL Bean. I seem to recall that they have their outlet store in there. That, and doesn’t Freeport have a lot of other good shops too? Anyway, I’ve always wanted to stop into the Bean store and maybe get some new clothes. Who knows, along the way, we just might find us another lobster roll or two, what ya think?”

“For damm sure, we can find a hundred lobster rolls between here and Freeport. So that’s not a problem at all. We could easily spend all day and hell tomorrow if you want to, going through all the stores in there. The following day we can go on down to Portland. Neil, I’m in no rush to get to Boston. I suppose a better way of saying it is, I’m in a hell of a slow. Besides, I do like spending time with you. And I would like to see that piece of property you mentioned. Where is it located?”

“It’s outside of fly spec on the Gulf Coast called Bird’s Nest. The property is a two hundred acre cow pasture that backs up to a small bayou. On the far side of the bayou is a forest preserve. I’ve had this crazy idea that I would build a house there someday. Who knows, this might be the day.”

“Amy? Here’s a couple of things for you to think about. In addition to my land, the old man I rent my place to has been talking about retiring. I have an option to buy his place, which is another eight hundred or so acres.”

“Neil! Are you saying you have a thousand acres of undeveloped land on the Gulf Coast?”

“Yes, but. Behind there is another piece of land that has never been divided and is also pasture. That’s around twenty thousand or so acres. That land is held by a trust that has multiple beneficiaries. So that could open all kinds of interesting options. Here’s the kicker on the trust land; it wraps around the back of the town.”

“Is this land developable?”

“Amy? That’s a question you might be able to answer. I can’t. Tell ya what. I’d still like to hit Freeport, and your idea of Portland sounds excellent, so let do that. Then do what you need in Boston. Go down to Front Royal, Va, and get on Skyline Drive there. That will lead us into the Blue Ridge Parkway. From there, go cross country to Bird’s Nest.”

“Are you serious?”

“Amy, you said you wanted something different. Well, hell, so do I. Just? Maybe, we could mingle our different needs and desires to make something new for both of us. You don’t sound like you have anything going in Boston, so why not take a ride and go see?”

“You’re a dreamer, aren’t you, Neil?”

“No, I look to see what is possible. What might be doable?”

“AMY??? What does that sign say? Lobster Rolls, 1 mile ahead. That’s for me, how bout you? How many lobster rolls do you think you can eat? I know I can eat at least two and maybe three.”

“Neil! You are fucking crazy! Do you know that?”

“Yeah, I’ve heard that before. My ex-fiancee told me that all the time. Why? You and I are a lot alike, aren’t we? Looks like one way or another, we both are recovering from an ex where things just didn’t quite work.”

Walking up to the window of the roadside shack, six lobster rolls, please, I told the young man working there. Sure, give me a few, and I’ll have your order out. When they’re ready, we’ll call ya.

We spent the afternoon going through Bean’s outlet store and a couple of other stores too. “Hey, Amy? You were right! I had no idea there was so much here. Thankfully there’s a campground outside of town here, where we can spend tonight and tomorrow night too if we want. Then hit Portland the following night and on to Boston. That work?”

“Yes, but I have two conditions. First of all, you share that big bed in the back of the bus. Second, that the bedroom back there has to be declared a no clothing zone. Is that a deal?”

“Hell, yes!!!” Reaching over and giving this crazy woman a big hug. “You know, I can’t wait to get you in the back of the bus cause you are going to get your little ass fucked off.”

That comment got her eyes all fire once more, “promise? I do hope you have plenty of lube so you can keep your promise. Or? Should we stop at a drugstore and pick some up?”

“Amy! You are a fucking slut!”

“Yes, I am, your fucking slut. So deal with it. Besides, you have a great cock that feels so good in me.”

The Uber dropped us off at the bus, and we dragged in all our packages from the afternoon shopping at the outlet stores. Looking up and seeing Amy standing there with this impish half-smile warming her face. “Woman, get your ass on the bed. Now or I will seriously spank your ass.”

“Oh??? You promise that too? I’d like that!”

Walking towards her, Amy dashed off to the bedroom, dropping a trail of clothes as she went. When I walked into the bedroom, she standing by the bed with a massive smile on her face. “How do you like what I’m wearing now?”

Shaking my head as I walked over to Amy. “Girl, you are amazing! Oh, by the way, I do like that full bush you have going down there. It makes you look like a woman, which you are, and not some little thing. Besides, I love to comb out my woman’s bush. While I play with those heavy swollen lips or maybe those cute little nipples.”

Holding her close in my arms as I slowly nibbled on her ears. Those soft bites ended in a long steady moan from Amy. Pressing downward on her shoulders, “kneel.” She looked into my eyes and smiled, then nodded her head in compliance. As she slowly slipped to her knees and took my cock in both of her hands. At first, slowly, her tongue was dragged along the shaft of my cock. Then she opened her mouth and slid my cock deep into her, so I was hitting the top of her throat.

Grabbing her longish hair and pulling her back so again, our eyes connected as l dropped a tube of Astroglide jell in her hand. “Know what this is for?” Amy nodded as she smiled while opening the Astroglide and coating my cock with the lube. “Now, get on your knees and elbows on the bed with her feet wide apart. You’re about to get your wish, getting that cute little ass fucked.” As Amy settled into her position, and I ran my fingers slowly along the dewy soft lips of her pussy. At the same time, my thumb pressed on the hidden rose of her ass. While I was busy exploring, Amy kept up a slow roll of soft mews and cries. I held the base of my cock, putting the tip up to the hidden rose and held still for a few moments, then slowly opened Amy to my cock. At first, just burying the head inside of her. Letting her adjust to the rush of new sensations running over her. All the time, the bedroom echoed from our impassioned calls to each other. Slowly, surely moving forward and filling this wild woman who keeps calling me to greater heights. Finally filling her ass totally, I reached out and began to pull on her hair, so her head was lifted up. As Amy’s head leaned back, she let loose with yet, even more, cries as she had that cute ass taken. Together, the music we were making sounded a new beginning for both of us. We moved together in unison into a rolling climax that swept us both away.

After the most incredible climax ever, we both collapsed together on the bed. Holding each other and connecting our spirits into one new being. With Amy’s head resting on my shoulder, she softly called my name out over and over again. While I purred like a contented old tomcat as I muttered her name too. We drifted off to sleep wrapped up.

Looking forward to whatever the coming days would give us. My delightful imp, Miss Amy, decided that she needed breakfast. The first thing she wanted for her breakfast was a bite of my ear lobe. Muttering, “woman, you are impossible!” I slowly moved towards being awake, which after the previous night’s romp, I didn’t want to be.

“But baby, I’m hungry, and you need to feed me.” After this, my ears were treated to a set of giggles and a soft purr. “Good morning, my loving man who seems determined to carry me off into some new world.” With that, Amy sat up on the bed, clutching the sheet to her. “Neil? Please be careful. I can break so easily. I thought I wasn’t prepared for someone else; I was damaged goods. Then you and damm dog of yours came along on top of the mountain and took me in. You know I felt lost, and you came along to show me a road forward into the future.”

“Amy? We are both the walking wounded. We both have been dumped by someone who we thought was the one. Hell, baby, that is a kick in the balls for me. Your reaction was to take on a challenge that would test you both physically but more mentally. And honey, you have my admiration for having accomplished your goal. My knee jerk to being kicked aside was to hop on this bus and wander along small back roads. Yes, absolutely, I was looking for something. What I was looking for, I had no idea until you walked the mountain and called out, ‘Yes, I did it.'”

“I think we are both asking the same question. ‘Can I trust?’ I suppose, first of all, can I trust myself? Then can I trust the person I see in front of me? Amy Taylor, I want to trust you.” With that, I reached out to take this amazing woman’s hand in mine. “Hi there, you.”

Had it not been for Ru’s whining, I believe that the both of us could have sat there on the bed until the next ice age arrived. “Dog!!! You need to die!!!” Slowly I got my feet under me as I snatched a t-shirt and tossed it over my head, then slipped into a pair of shorts as I jammed my feet into my sandals. On my toward the door, I hit the coffee pot, then released the beast, so he could go forth. I stumbled out and watched my crazy dog race about chasing who knows what. Maybe, he was following his instincts and herding some flock or perhaps a pile of leaves. Into this, Amy arrived with a cup of coffee for both of us. “Hi baby, and yes, my man, I do trust you as I hope and pray you trust me as well.” With that, I got an incredible kiss on the side of my face as I saw doors opening in front of us. The two of us stood there in silence as Ru ran around and around gleefully. I had to wonder, did he know somehow? Was this his way of celebrating?

“Neil? First things first, we need a shower. After that, I want to go to Boston now, today. I have a storage closet that I want to get a few things from, then lock that up and put that part of my life behind me. I know our future is together. Our future is not here in Boston or Chicago. We both need someplace new where we can soar together and build something new for the both of us.”

With that, Amy rounded up Ru, and we all got on the bus and headed out together. Two weeks later found the three of us sitting on the bus in a cow pasture on the gulf coast. Amy sat there quietly, looking about with a practiced eye envisioning what might or might not work. What would be needed, and what the first steps might be.

“Neil, we need to park this moving place of passion for the time being. Cause, trying to drive this thing around out here ain’t gunna happen. We will always jump back on the bus and go out looking for those lost roads we both crave.”

“Hun, I think this should be our next step. I have a couple of friends; hell, they are married and likely the most committed couple I know of. He is a civil engineer who has done work in urban planning; she is a landscape architect and an environmental engineer. The three of us had kicked this idea of doing a development around for ages. Our problem was always that while we had great ideas; however, we had no idea how to give our ideas wings. Neil, you can provide that missing element, organization. With that, this is totally doable.”

“I’ve looked at the plot maps you have. What I quickly envision is some twenty home sites backing on the bayou here. These homes would have to be raised due to the possibility of flooding. I’m guessing here, and I will defer to my friends who have expertise in this. My read of the maps is the area along the bayou is flood-prone. The flood maps show the rest of the land here as not being in a flood zone for insurance purposes, which for development purposes is a good thing.

“Amy, call your friends and see when they can get here. In talking with them, remember that the land behind here that wraps around the back of the town is available, I believe. I can structure the project; are you and your friends up to delivering on the project?”

“In a word, yes. Yes, we have the vision.”

In the next week, I spoke with the man I had been renting my land to. He was pleased that I would be that I’d be exercising my option to buy his land. But, he had a couple of concerns. He also rented the trust’s land behind here to run cattle on. How could he get that large a herd of cattle sold for a reasonable price?

I knew immediately I needed to talk with Charlie Willamson on this. Charlie was one of the biggest operators of feedlots and packing plants in the cattle business. I believed that his companies could easily absorb that herd as part of the routine flow business.

“Hey, Amy? Have you ever of something called the Willamson Foundation?”

“Kinda? Sorta? Don’t they do something in the area of supporting art museums and art education? Why?”

“Welcome to my world, sweetheart. Charlie and his wife Sandy have been clients and close personal friends of mine for ages. With my total support, Sandy pushed my ex, Kat, into the MFA program at UC. Hell, Sandy is my former fiancee’s mentor and guide. One of the issues here is the man who I’ll be buying his land from also rents the trust’s land for cattle. He has a fair size herd of cattle that he will need to sell. Well? Guess who buys cattle? Charlie. I need to talk to him about this. Your friends are going to be here, what? In the next couple of days. Baby, if I don’t my guess and I am rarely wrong, this bird could take flight quickly.”

We had gotten a pickup so getting around the property was now simple. Amy’s friends came in the next day, and we gave them the nickel tour of what I began to call phase one. I spoke to Charlie; he was interested in looking at the herd. And, he was interested in the property development side as well. His family used to come to Bird’s Nest to escape winter out on the plains and go fishing here. Hearing him talking about that, it was clear he was joyfully walking down memory lane. Somewhere along the line, Charlie let out that he wanted to find a way to retire and, hell, maybe even move to Bird’s Nest. That got me thinking, set up a development company separate from the property management side. Charlie and I and possibly Carl might be interested too; we could fund the development company to complete the construction on the original land. The trust wouldn’t have the income from renting their land. This could be a good time for them to sell out and take their profit.

Both of Amy’s friends were as excited as she was about the possibilities the land presented. Hearing the three of them talking, floating ideas out was fantastic.

In the meantime, I spoke with Carl and floated my idea out to him. Of course, Carl doesn’t do much anything without first talking with Cathy. But after the two of them chewed the concept over, they were on board. Hell, Carl was going to retire from Player’s Association after the next contract was negotiated. They had sold the place he had in the Carolinas, so they wanted someplace to move to. This would fit his idea spot on; besides, he could have his fishing boat close by.

Amy looked over at me; that’s Carl Johnson, right? The Heisman winner and also Superbowl MVP? Shit, Neil, I thought I knew some high flyers, but you, take the cake.”

“Lady? Do you want to hear the stories on how I know these two characters? By the way, first and foremost the both of them are simply real people. Both of them are highly focused on what they see as an objective. Their wives keep their feet on the ground. I have seen both of those ladies lead their respective husbands around by the nose at one time or another. In public, I’ve seen Sandy tell Charlie that he is a horse’s ass, to which he agreed. Then again, Cathy told Carl it was time for him to retire from being a ballplayer and be a full-time husband. A week later, he was doing a press conference announcing his retirement.”

“Amy? I pray that you have the will and strength to keep me grounded like those two women keep their respective husbands.”

“Neil, my old nickname was the ice maiden. Some would say I would freeze people with a single glance. I beg you, please, always talk with me. Be it about us and what you’re feeling or some project that’s going. Talk, we both need to know what the other is thinking. We need to respect each other’s ideas. I don’t say we will always agree; we won’t. But we always need to talk with each other. We come at issues from different points of view; there is always a middle ground. Neil, you have heard me say this before; I’ll repeat it, you are my man.”

“Amys, as I am your man, you are my woman. I trust you and your judgment. Lady, now I have a question for you. What are you planning on doing for the rest of your life?”

“Neil? Are you saying what I think you are saying”

“Amy? Will you marry me? Will you be my wife and partner until we pass on? That, my dearest, is what I am saying and asking.”

“OH MY GOD! Neil? Really? Is that what you desire, you want?”

“Amy, the most incredible thrill I’ve had since first meeting you is holding your hand as we sit together. Simply said, dearest, you complete me.”

Before I could draw my next breath, Amy had both her arms holding me in the warmest hug any man has gotten. “I don’t believe this. But yes, Neil Terrell, I will joyfully join on this crazy journey along these hidden back roads we both like to go on.”

“Tell you something, which now I see as funny but didn’t then. After Erin and Fred first met us, Erin took me to the side and told me that we would be getting married soon. I laughed and said to her that she was fucking crazy. Erin said, no, miss ice maiden, you two are making love with each other and not fucking. God Neil, I do so love being with you and being your woman as you are my man.”

We went to a jewelry store in the local mall to find straightforward rings they had. Our wedding rings were not designed to display anything; instead, they were a way of connecting with each other. Amy didn’t want her family here, and I didn’t have any family to speak of. We had Amy’s friends Erin and Ralph, who were now working with us on the development project, at the wedding. Sandy and Charlie came down, as well as Cathy and Carl. We had everyone in for dinner. In no time, the dinner became more of a business meeting than a wedding party. As we all tossed about different ideas on what might be done here.

Sandy took me aside and gave me an update on Kat’s life at UC. She enjoyed her part-time teaching gig as it allowed her to practice what she was learning. Also, Kat had transitioned over to the doctoral program. So when she graduated, she’d have two terminal degrees, the MFA as well as a Ph.D. in education.

My bride and I took the first house completed that backed onto the bayou. With that, moving trucks arrived from Boston and Chicago that disgorged all the stuff we had from our previous lives. I was damm thankful that we had built a large storage barn to hold all the various artifacts of our previous lives. After the moving trucks had left, I was standing outside and chuckling when Amy popped up, “ok, so what’s funny?”

“Amys, did you ever hear the George Carlin line about stuff? A house is where you keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff. Honey, we ain’t got no more room unless you build us another garage or a bigger house.”

“Baby, we have lived nicely, without all this stuff. We might bring a few things in the house, like your old quarter-sawn chair, and I have a table I’d like somewhere in the house. Most of the rest is going to consignment shops, maybe in New Orleans or maybe Atlanta. But for sure, it is going.”

The next four years were a whirlwind of constant activities. The development has now called the Meadows. One of the early concepts for the property was to create different communities. Each community would have its own flavor with small restaurants, bakeries, and offices set around a town square. There was land set aside for a school campus with spaces for an elementary and middle school and a high school for the development and the surrounding area.

Amy and I often enjoyed going to the Bird’s Nest town square to take in the nightly sunset. This allowed us to see our neighbors and friends here and enjoy a cold beer and a hamburger. When we went to the square in the evening, of course, Ru had to go with us. As Ru had important business to attend to at these nightly meetings. He had to go around and say hello to all of his friends that had gathered there.

As was often the case, after Ru had completed his rounds, he would come back to us and camp out at our feet, keeping an eye and ear on everything. One evening, after finishing his visits, Ru was peacefully camped at our feet when he jumped up. Almost as if he was on alert. That got my attention in a heartbeat. I watched him as he made his way through the folks toward one woman who was standing in the back by herself. Then Ru started barking as he stood by this woman with his tail going ninety miles an hour back and forth. “Oh my god, Amy. Do you see where Ru is? That’s Kat. Holy shit, what the hell is she doing here?”

In a few moments, Ru brought her back to our table. “Neil? Hi, it’s been an age. Sandy told me that you had gotten married, are you, Amy? I’m Kathleen.”

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Author’s closing note:

Hope you enjoyed this ride along the back roads here, and you come for chapter sex.