As Gabrielle slipped through the throng of people at the airport, milling about waiting for their luggage to arrive, she could see Travis over in the corner patiently waiting for his luggage to bounce down the stainless steel slide and onto the noisy, rotating conveyor belt. It was not the first encounter she had really expected, but from his drawn out face, exhausted look and complete fatigue, she knew the long flight coast to coast had really taken its toll on him.
"Hi Travis," she said with a grin and gave him a huge hug. As they embraced, Gabrielle realized she had expected so much more; a deep probing kiss reserved entirely for lovers, or a pinch of her ass even in such a public place. Instead she got a half-hearted hug and a peck on the cheek.
Without question the hours in the air had forced him to reflect on his decision; a decision to leave behind his wife, his job, everything he had worked so hard to get, just to see if the woman he had met on Literotica, the woman he had fallen in love with...really was the woman he should spend the rest of his life with. Gabrielle could not help but be blown away, with committal men a continual problem in her life, having a man leave behind so much just to have her was the ultimate flattery. Granted she had expected their first real-time meeting to be passion filled, but now the reality of what they were doing really began to sink home. As much as she wanted to be his new lover, she knew at the moment she needed to be a friend first.
"You know I'm going to have to leach off you for awhile. I don't have a job Gabrielle, a job or even a car, until I can get established here in Roseburg, I'm going..."
"Travis...it's okay Honey. I know that, and everything is going to be fine," she in the quietest and most reassuring voice as she could. Perhaps it was the tone, or the fact that she was willing to share her home, her finances and even her bed with a man she had never truly met before, that he looked at her with a little smile. Just from that she knew deep in her heart, that for as much as they were sacrificing to be together, they would make it and defy the odds.
"You look nice Gabrielle," he said when they were finally in the big SUV and driving away from the airport. Considering the fact that he had never been to Oregon before he should have been looking out the window, trying to figure out the new labyrinth of roads he would have to quickly learn. Instead he looked at Gabrielle and the way she had dressed. He knew it was specifically for him. "I'm flattered, you said you hate wearing nylons and yet that's what you got on."
"I thought I would give you a little treat, and you know, they are not as bad as I remember. I think I could get used to wearing them, well for you anyway." It was hard for Gabrielle to keep her eyes on the road and yet look at Travis as she said it, still she was sure she detected a little grin and almost swooned with delight as he reached out and touched her. It was a light touch; a little back and forth pet as his hand slid up and down her thigh, just toying with the hemline of her sundress as his four fingers made a zipping sound as they ran across the rough texture of her beige nylons.
"That doesn't bother you does it," realizing suddenly that despite the many emails and chats on the phone, that they really did not know each other that well?
"Not at all," she said and meant every word, her own words surprising her. But Gabrielle was not upset at all, his hands were as gentle as she assumed they would be, and she had gotten dressed entirely for him. Her brightly painted red toes peeking out of black strappy heels, her beige nylon running out from under her pink and black sundress, and her bra that pushed up her rather heavy chest, were all put on for his benefit, and all stemmed from the steamy emails that had been sent back and forth across the country between the two of them. "I had an ankle bracelet for you too, but in my rush to head out the door, I forgot to put it on."
"That's alright," he said as the SUV veered onto an off-ramp and began to slow down as they navigated a few residential streets," I am sure I'll be able to see you with an ankle bracelet on at some point," he said, the street lights allowing enough light inside the car to let Gabrielle see that he was smiling. As it was, his hand never left her thigh, and Gabrielle had no intention of moving it either.
"Well this is my home," she said as she allowed Travis to drop his luggage in the foyer and gave him a quick tour of her rental home. "I don't own it, but the rent is cheap enough and I just love the place. Anyway, I'll let you get settle in as I make you a snack. I assume you're hungry after all that flying?"
As Gabrielle moved into the kitchen, she was almost weak with emotion. The day had been such a roller-coaster. While Travis had his own feelings to work out while on the plane, she waited patiently three time zones away from his flight to arrive in Oregon. There was the complete fear of sharing her home and life with someone she had merely met through two thousand, six hundred and fifteen miles of phone line and coaxial cable. But through that connection, they had made a true connection, and the thrill of having the man she had gown to love now walking through her own home in real time, was almost too much.
Still Gabrielle had enough time to formulate a plan and had slipped some clothes into a vacant cabinet before she rushed off to the airport to pick him up. Now with shaking hands, she carefully unfolded the clothing and began to change clothes.
Now going with the mantra that "some is better than nothing", Gabrielle left her strappy heels and nylons on, but removed her sundress and bra in quick order. Since there was never any panties to begin with, Gabrielle merely replaced the pink and black sundress with an all black lace teddy that in a stroke of fashion brilliance, revealed as much as it concealed...a mixture of black lacey fabric on tanned smooth skin. Never in her life had she ever felt so sexually excited, the feeling of seductress and home-maker all wrapped into one as she grabbed a slice of apple pie and caught Travis completely off guard. "Gabrielle, you didn't have to do that," he said as he could not help but turn from watching the television.
"I know Travis, and I know how hard it was for you to give up all that you did, and I want you to know that I'm not your wife, that I appreciate what you gave up to be with me, and that while she might have hated sex, I certainly like it."