Part Two of Thorne & Bridges. Special thanks to Sherry Darling for Beta reading.
Will Bridges was a nerd. He wore thick glasses and liked to read, real books as well as superhero comics and online fan fiction. He played computer and video games. He had a two-year degree in computer programming. He worked in tech support. He was twenty and hadn't had as much as a kiss from a girl aside from one of his cousins. He could still feel his lips burn when he thought about that kiss! He'd love to have a girlfriend -- but girls scared him to death.
Melinda was a nerd with curves. She liked anime and comic books, video games and superhero movies. She'd been a girlie girl but when she reached high school she discovered there were lots of boys dying to just talk to a girl. She wore t-shirts and jeans and hung around with nerdy guys.
The summer after she turned eighteen and graduated from high school she acquired the curves, 34-24-34, 32B bra, 5'6", 125 pounds. She switched to contact lenses and paid more attention to her looks.
She got invited to a frat party the week before college started and got thoroughly drunk and gang-banged. She decided to go easy on the booze but not so easy on the sex.
She was cute enough to hook up with some pretty hot guys, but soon found all they wanted was to unload quickly and put another notch on their belts. She went back to her high school nerd friends, picked one of the nicer and better-looking guys and took him to bed.
Their first date was, if anything, unexciting, but the guy was smitten so she put him through some training and was rewarded with her first-ever orgasm when he paid proper attention to her nipples and clit.
His best friend had an obvious crush on her so she juggled two lovers for a few weeks until things blew up; she'd had enough of both and walked away from the wreckage.
That led her to finding more nerds on campus, which brought her within Will's orbit. Their first time in bed he startled her by moving his lips down from her tits to kiss her nether lips. He hadn't a clue what he was doing but she prompted him with "More tongue, please" and "A little further up" and "OH MY GOD WILL DON'T STOP!" resulting in her strongest climax ever.
They started going steady; she hooked up with a few others but, for the first time, found herself enjoying sex with the same guy week after week. When he asked about children she felt warm and fuzzy inside and told him she'd like to have a family. When he finished his two-year degree, landed a good job and proposed, she happily accepted.
Meantime she'd completed her own degree in office tech and her dad wrangled her a job as secretary in a real estate office. Will got an inheritance from a spinster great aunt and bought a four-bedroom house in a solid, middle class neighborhood. Their neighbors on one side were the widow Terri Thorne (now 27 years old) and her eight-year-old daughter Bess.
They came over on move-in day, Terri calling out "Howdy, new neighbors!" Will turned from the moving van and was dumbfounded -- the woman smiling at him had obviously just stepped out of a Playmate of the Year photo shoot -- she was simply stunning!
"Hello there, I'm Will, Will Bridges." Melinda returned from the house. "This is my wife Melinda."
"Terri Thorne, pleased to meet you, this is my daughter Bess."
The girl spoke up. "Do you have any kids, Mr. and Mrs. Bridges?"
"Not yet." He put his arm around Melinda, gave her a hug and a kiss on her hair.
"Well, when you do, maybe I can baby-sit!"
"Maybe when you're older, sweetie." Terri turned back to Will and Melinda. "She's always wanted a baby brother or sister but my husband unfortunately passed away before, well..." She choked up.
"I'm so sorry for your loss, Mrs. Thorne." He squeezed Melinda again as she rested her head against his shoulder. Terri and Bess retreated to their house while Will and Melinda continued to unload the van.
When they set the last of their boxes down in the new house Will gave Melinda a hungry kiss.
"I suppose I don't have to guess what prompted that! Should I be insanely jealous or eternally grateful for keeping you inspired?"
Will laughed. "She's totally out of my league! And I'm perfectly happy with my beautiful, sexy, wonderful wife!"
"Keep laying it on thick, lover boy!"
Melinda went off the pill. She deflected a few passes, at work and elsewhere, but the attention got her charged up and she did her best to keep Will hot and horny. He responded eagerly, and seeing Terri puttering around her garden or lounging by her pool didn't hurt at all.
Will loved to drive his wife over the edge with manual and oral sex, then plunge into her, fucking her hard and fast as her orgasm continued until he filled her love canal with his sperm. The thought that maybe this time, one of those little wrigglers would find its target added a special sauce to their love-making.
Melinda loved to try new things. Will went along with various positions but lacked enthusiasm for spanking, bondage or anal sex. Melinda didn't push him, he was still the best lover she'd ever had, as well as being sweet, kind, and devoted. She honestly trusted him despite the super babe living next door. Besides, Terri didn't seem to be the type to poach.
Several weeks after moving in Melinda stared at the lines on a home pregnancy test. They'd done it, she was pregnant! Excitement and fear warred within her -- was she ready to be a mom? Could she stand giving birth?
Will was ecstatic. Aside from a few bouts of nausea, Melinda felt fine and neither she nor Will showed any letup in their sex drive. At twenty weeks the reality of the coming baby began to set in. She'd put off picking a name or decorating the nursery or thinking about maternity or baby clothes. Now she switched into mommy-mode, she couldn't ignore her growing belly. They asked and were told she was carrying a boy, so they settled on Nicholas and decorated the nursery in pastel blue.
Nicholas was born five weeks early, with multiple problems, and did not survive a week. They spent evening after evening just sitting on the couch, her head cradled in his lap, not talking or playing video games or watching TV. Eventually they would move to the bed, where neither had any interest in sex.
After four weeks she returned to work. A few days later she coaxed him into the bedroom and they made love. The next day, however, she went back on the pill.
"That's fine, dear, let me know if you'd like to try again."
"I, I'm not sure I want to. But maybe I just need some time."
"I love you, Melinda, baby or no baby. Whatever you're comfortable with."
"Thanks, Will, I love you too."
Her realtor encouraged her to study for the real estate exam, which she passed; she continued with her office duties while trying to get established as an agent. One morning she took a call from out of state, a family moving to the area. It was her turn to take such a referral.
"I'll be happy to help you find the perfect place! Tell me what you have in mind."
"Well, it's Ralph and myself and the three kids, aged 3, 6 and 8, daughter in the middle; Ralph's job will be downtown but we were thinking about living in a suburb."
"Oh, I think I know just the sort of neighborhood for you! Now, three bedrooms?"
"Four or five, I think. We can always use the extra space."
"Any special amenities? A pool? Finished basement? Nearby parks?"
They talked awhile longer and Melinda promised to have some properties to show them when they arrived in three days. She was fired up. The phone rang again; she took a message, then set the phones for voice mail and knocked on her realtor's open door. "Mr. Braxton?"
"Yes, Melinda, come in."
"Can I get a break from the phones for the rest of the day? I've got a client!"
