Chapter 1 - The Collision
"Oh my God!" she screamed as the bicycles whipped by on all sides of her. All except mine. I was hemmed in. I couldn't dodge and I was going too fast to stop. I could smell burning rubber from my tires as I clamped down hard on the brakes but I knew it wasn't enough.
As she turned to face me. I saw beautiful amber eyes, wide in surprise, soft silky brunette hair whipping around her face and her soft looking lips opened in an 'O'. She was wearing a summer print skirt with a floral pattern, a thin light tan belt. An unbuttoned, pale pink sweater, over a white blouse. The sweater did nothing to hide the soft enticing curves of her body. A gold butterfly on a thin gold chain graced her neck. There were no rings on her slender fingers and no watch on her wrist. She was wearing light tan sandals on her feet and a thin gold ankle chain. The polish on her fingernails and toenails matched the pale pink of her sweater. Every split second was engraved on my memory. She was incredibly cute. Then we hit.
She must have jumped at the last instant because she came over the handlebars and into my arms ripping my hands off the bike and knocking me backward. She landed on top of me skinning her knees. I, on the other hand, ripped out the whole back of my riding shorts and skinned someplace much more private. I had a real problem. When I got up my ass was going to be bare and bleeding.
She started to push away and groaned as she put pressure on her knees. She collapsed back onto my chest pushing me onto my back. It was my turn to groan from the pressure on my ass and the movement on the pavement.
She looked up at me like she was seeing me for the first time. "Are you hurt?"
I answered while looking into her large amber eyes, "Only a little now." I joked. "I'll be dying of embarrassment when I get up... How are you?"
She smiled or grimaced, I couldn't tell which and moaned. "Well it feels like someone went after my knees with an industrial cheese grater. Other than that I'm fine." She focused on me and asked, "Why will you be embarrassed when you get up?"
I tried to grin and shrug it off. "You know your knees?... Well my behind is in the same shape. I can stand the pain but my riding shorts are totally shredded. I'll be butt naked when I stand up."
She raised her head a little more and looked into my eyes and started giggling. Then she put her head down on my shoulder and started laughing. "I...I'm...sorry. I shouldn't be laughing but it is sort of funny. The two of us laying here in the middle of the road and neither of us can move."
I lay my head back on the pavement and started to laugh right along with her. After a minute I regained control of myself and said, "Well maybe I can help you. For me there is no hope."
She said, "How can you help me?"
I smiled at her, "Well, if you roll off me you won't hurt your knees. I can put you on my bike and push you to somewhere safer. Maybe we can find a clinic to clean our wounds."
She looked soberly at me and said, "That sounds really good." Instead of rolling off me like I thought she would, she put her arms behind her and stripped off her sweater. This resulted in intense full body contact between us. I had a major hard-on by the time she laid the sweater on my chest and said, "Maybe you can use this to cover your... your injuries."
She rolled off of me and I was only briefly embarrassed as I tied her sweater around my waist. She giggled quietly as she watched me. I helped her to her feet and sat her on the seat of my bike. As we started down the sidewalk. She gave me directions to a nearby walk-in clinic.
We struck up a conversation as I pushed her. "I'm sorry about running you down. I'm Ian by the way." I was extremely aware of the soft hand she kept on my shoulder to maintain her balance.
She dropped her eyes and gave a half smile. "I thought I was going to die. Then I thought everyone was going to get past me. I was so surprised when I turned around and there you were... I'm Kathy. Pleased to meet you."
I smiled back. "I usually don't pick up girls this way..."
"Oh," she said. "How do you usually pick up girls?" She flashed me another smile.
I blushed and smiled again. "Usually I don't. I'm a bit shy but you are so cute I just had to find a way to run into you."
It was her turn to blush but she was smiling and giggling as she softly said, "I'm usually not such a pushover but I think you're kinda cute too. I couldn't really tell until you took your helmet off."