The heat of the afternoon sun was building and the humidity of tropical air was causing our clothes to cling to our already sweating bodies. I stopped and turned to see Laura coming up the trail behind me, her raven tresses damp from the earlier downpour and swinging rhythmically as she walked. She possessed a dark compelling beauty made all the more alluring by the transformation that occurred when she smiled. Her dark silky hair fell just beyond her shoulders and framed her porcelain-skinned face perfectly.
“What are you staring at?” she asked through uplifted eyes and half-smirk.
“…oh, uh, nothing…” I stammered in response, feeling awkward at being caught admiring her yet again. She had opened another button on her blouse in a vain attempt to relieve herself of the heat of the climb. I reached out and stroked the skin at the base of her neck, my heart quickened, feeling the slick softness of her flesh. Laura looked up at me smiled, offered her full lips to me for a quick kiss, and then kept on going. I was treated to the graceful sway of her hips as she labored the last few hundred yards to the treehouse.
I had found the treehouse in my wanderings of these woods a few years ago. Several visits back had allowed me to clean it up and stock it for occasional retreats. I had wanted to bring Laura here since when I first met her in graduate school. The chemistry and electricity between us had never diminished, and now I looked forward to spending the next two weeks in her company.
“Wow, it’s beautiful”
“It’s a banyon tree, about 300 years old, I guess”
“Who built it?”
“I am not sure, but the original owners have been here in years”
A clap of thunder broke almost overhead. I glanced at my watch to see that it was nearly 4 in the afternoon, the thunderstorms would be starting any minute. We shuffled off our packs and slung them on the dumbwaiter to hoist into the house. I moved over to the pulley system and removed my shirt to begin the hoist. I was pulling hand over hand on the ropes when I felt Laura’s soft slender fingers tracing delicate lines across my shoulders and down my back. I shivered despite the heat. Her hands continued the play over the muscles in my back and her lips began planting soft kisses as well.
“You aren’t making this any easier!” I protested, mockingly.
“I love the feel of your skin under my fingers, and the way your muscles move in your back.” Laura replied between kisses.
The first huge dollops of rain began to come down through the canopy and thwack on the surrounding leaves. Then, the sky just exploded. The roar of the rain was all encompassing and it felt fantastic against my hot sweat soaked skin. I quickly lashed the hoist rope to the cleat and spun to pull Laura into my arms. Her blouse was now completely soaked and I could see her rosy nipples standing out against the transparent wet cloth. I reached down and pulled her blouse overhead breaking my kiss with her long enough to through the wet shirt atop mine. Her body was warm and supple and just the feel of it against me caused my heart to race and my cock to swell. The rain was running in rivulets over her beautiful features and I held her face in my hands staring into those gorgeous blue eyes and that incredibly full mouth. We searched each others mouths with our tongues and she would tease me by pulling her mouth away from mine at the last possible moment, staring up at me and biting her lip. Laura knows this drives me crazy and usually leads to the most passionate sex. I responded by reaching around her and scooping her lovely backside into my hands. I picked her up off the ground the she wrapped her legs about me with arms around my neck.
“Ready for the ride of your life?” I asked in a cavalier tone, eyebrow cocked.
“I am with you aren’t I?” She responded and covered my mouth with another kiss.
I turned and stepped onto the platform to my left, reached out and pulled the pin supporting the counterweights. We were swept skyward into the canopy overhead by the counterweights and brought to a smooth stop 50 feet up on the balcony of the treehouse.
“That was amazing!!” Laura cried.