My hands rested by my sides. The wooden bench had a rough untreated feel to it. I leaned forward to smell the air better: the sweet smell of pineapple weed and stink of common tansy twisted together. The typical summer smell of a Minnesota farm was a nice change from the city. The sun gently crawled across my bare forearms and made the skin tingle. I waited, listening to the gentle swoosh through the leaves of trees. A creek must be nearby to nourish them.
The tap of shoes crushing small pebbles grew louder. The pebbles must have been those rough small stones, not the smooth ones. They weren't just rubbing against each other. They were breaking chips off of each other. The farm must have been nicely tended to in order to be so manicured. The soft sound suggested a 100 lb person. The gait was small and gentle like a female.
"Hi Derrick, I'm Susie. Your uncle just left you here, huh." There was a giggle in her voice. She stood farther away than normal. People always treated me cautiously. I rose to reach out my hand with a straight elbow like an arrow.
"Yes, my uncle had to tend to business. And he felt bad leaving me alone. I am grateful for your offer of company."
"Phew, we don't have to be so formal."
The next moment, a set of two big boobs were thrust onto my chest. They were easily the size of a cantaloupe. The flesh was still firm, apparently untouched by age. She was probably in her early twenties like me. They were so big that they must touch each other in the center. They were so big that bumping her chest above them was impossible. It was a full warm embrace for two seconds. She was almost a foot shorter than me. Curly hair brushed my cheek and a smell of fresh apricot shampoo. She giggled again as she stepped back.
"Should I offer you my arm? I saw that on TV (more giggles). A lot of things on TV are pretty silly."
I felt her fingers lifting my hand. They were soft and warm. We hooked our arms, and she walked me toward the farm house, I assumed. From the sound of plates touching a table and utensils being shaken together, I assumed that an outdoor picnic on a back porch was being set up. She walked a little slowly. I could tell that she was probably a bit chubby.
"I'd have come earlier, but I was in church."
"Not a problem. It was very nice to experience the country summer with its smells, sounds, and feeling the warm sun. If my uncle has his way, I'll be soon studying in a college up North, where the summers are short."
"I've started college last year in Los Angeles. It's a wild city. There are so many people, that all my friends visiting get overwhelmed with anxiety. But I found a good church with a good social program for the whole week."
"Well, I've grown up in the Big Easy. A rural setting for someone like me can be anxiety providing as well. There aren't the services around everywhere that make life easy. We are probably a mile away from the next neighbor here. Getting a home delivery of pizza is probably out of the question."
"Yeah, we only have a small convenience store down by the highway." She giggled again.
She led me to a chair. I could feel the table cloth brush against my thigh as I sat down. Various people greeted me. The table became busy. The voices blended into sounds with occasional words piercing loud above everything else: "lord", "cow", and "had it coming."
I was addressed with a question about my major that quieted the table for a moment. "Mathematics, sir," I said firmly, being sure to turn my head to face everyone at the table rather than only the source of the voice. I heard a whisper of "Oh, he is a smart boy" and "Polly's boy has a doctor in mathematics." The voices swelled again to follow conversation threads being stirred by my comment.
Susie leaned close to me to tell me the dishes were on the table. Her warm, moist breath touched my cheek. Then, it entered my nostrils and smelled a little sour from milk and a little pronounced from perhaps a sausage. Dear reader, while this may seem odd, the way those two things blended was in a very girlish and young way. It was kind of sweet and endearing. I inhaled deeply and held onto her breath. Her fingers were softly resting on my bare forearm. There was a certain fluttering in my stomach that I could never admit to, especially not to her parents.
She offered that the best dish was to make a sandwich of the farm-fresh raw cheese, tender greens, and Greek olive spread among other things. I am usually very self-sufficient and hate the suggestion that I need help in any aspect. However, I fancied the tenderness of having a sandwich made by her hands to get a little essence of her. I sat quietly listening to her movements reaching across the table to collect all the fixings.
My teeth bit into the sandwich. My tongue felt the big holes in the rustic bread. A rich aroma of fresh cheese and tender herbs filled me with joy. I had not realized how hungry I had been. With every bite, I could sense a little bit of Susie dissolving in my mouth. I felt the love that went into preparing the food for me. I must admit that I was getting enamored by her.
When she offered to excuse us early from the table for a stroll down to the creek, my heart pounded with excitement. When I heard her mother say, "you young people go ahead," I was thrilled that I would be alone with a young female at a creek.
Rough fields, rock, grass, weed, and dirt were getting crushed by my steps. With my arm twisted around her arm, Susie led me across the ranch land. As soon as we were out of ear shot, she asked me, "Do you have a girlfriend?" "No, I don't." "You are pretty handsome." "Well, with my condition, it's not so easy to meet girls and be considered seriously. What about you?" "No, I don't have a boyfriend. I've tried online dating." "How did that go?" "Let's talk about something else."
We walked quietly. I could hear the wind drifting from far over the open range. Yet, ahead of us was a more energetic whistling of the wind through trees. There was a rolling twitter among the sounds. "Is that a whimbrel?" She paused for a moment. I used the break to become aware of my arm hooked with hers brushing against the side of her body. She was wearing a cotton t-shirt. I could feel her ribs. I wondered what holding her whole naked body in my arms would feel like.
A half stiffened penis formed in my pants. Those are the most awkward. When they are stiff, they stand up flat against the belly easily. It's merely a little bulge. However, the half-mast has the troubling property that it doesn't want to stay down and doesn't want to stay up. So, it kind of pokes ahead, making a real tent. And adjusting it draws more attention. So, I tried to shift my weight on my legs to make it slip to the side. However, as we were standing, I couldn't grind my hips around to make it slip into a less pokey and more streamlined position.
"Oh my gosh, you are very perceptive. That is a little whimbrel," she said and continued walking. I used the opportunity to make steps to shuffle the half erection sideways. It was very tantalizing to know that I could not try to make a move. She was obviously very Christian. And if she should run and leave me alone middle of a Wisconsin field, I'd be in big trouble finding my way back.
A soft whip-like branch with lush leaves brushed across my shoulder. We must have entered the refuge of trees that lined every creek here. She pointed out high tree roots for me to step over. I could feel the ground under my feet was compacted, no longer as soft as out on the ranch. A healthy gurgle of a creek welcomed us. The air felt cool and heavy from the water in the air.
When she guided me to sit down on a dry spot at the creek's edge, she got close to make sure that I did not sit on anything sharp. I let my left hand drop and brushed against her belly. Sure, she was a bit chubby. However, there was also a smallness about her frame that was very girly, very feminine, very sensual.
She told me to undo my shoes and stretch out my toes into the stream ahead. It would feel so delicious. She was right. The coolness was refreshing. The cleanliness from the water was a respite from the dust and sweat sticking to the rest of my body. I reclined back to rest on my arms and smiled into the air enjoying the girl next to me and the wonderful medley of sounds from the trees creaking, an occasional fish snapping for a fly, her soft breath coming in and out, and a squirrel starting and stopping its climb up a tree.
"Do you want to feel my face?"
"Come again?"
"I know that you can't see me. I heard that blind people feel the face to see people."
"We actually don't usually do that, because it is awkward for seeing people to have their face touched."
"I don't mind," she said and gently lifted up my fingers. I felt her soft fingers, slightly moist. It felt very intimate for her to touch me. I let her move my hand freely. Quickly, the tips of my fingers touched her cheek. It was a little sticky in the way that makeup foundation feels. Her cheeks were a little chubby. It hid her cheekbones a little. Yet the skin was very firm from being young.
I gently felt my way up her temples to her forehead. Her eyebrows were dense. Her forehead was clear and smooth. She was quiet. I could sense the trance that people get when they are touched. I guessed that she was enjoying the gentle touch from a boy, having the details of her face investigated like no one else had touched her.
"Your fingers are all independent. It's like they all have their own mind." Her voice was soft. It had a hint of bedroom in it, as she must have surrendered to my every touch with her closed eyes, relying only on a sense of touch to feel our communication.