THUMP!!! "What was that?" Deborah wondered and immediately stopped singing along with the radio. She watched as the RPMs dropped steadily on the dial. "Oh no," she thought. Deborah quickly put on her turn signal and drifted to the side of the road, making a note of the mile marker as she passed it. Mile marker 132.
As the car came to a stop, she looked out at the long, dark stretch of turnpike in front of her. A few cars passed, but at 2:00 AM there wasn't much traffic. Deborah laid her head on her hands, which were still gripping the steering wheel and thought to herself that this was the worst possible time for this to happen. She turned the key in the ignition, hoping that by some miracle the car would start again. The engine churned, but wouldn't start.
Deborah groaned as she leaned her head back against the seat, cursing the fact that she had let her AAA membership run out three months ago. "Stupid, stupid, stupid", she muttered to herself. Then sighed, and reached for her cell phone. She stared at it for a few moments wondering who she could call that could help her out. She was at least 100 miles from home.
Then she remembered a friend she had been talking to online for several months. He had sent her an instant message one night saying that her screenname had mysteriously appeared on his friends list. Even though Deborah had never spoken to him before, they had struck up a conversation that had lasted well into the early morning hours. Since then they had chatted online almost every night. They talked about everything... work, home, kids... and flirted outrageously too. They had even talked about meeting each other and seeing if there was more to the connection than just friendship. But neither had really pushed the issue, both figuring there was plenty of time to find out.
She knew that her friend, Brian, lived somewhere near the turnpike, but wasn't sure exactly where. He also owned a garage, hopefully with a tow truck. Brian had given her his cell phone number one night, joking that she should only use it if she was in dire need of a good fuck. Even though it was late, Deborah knew Brian would be awake. She also realized ruefully that no one was going to stop to help her. The few cars still on the turnpike at that hour had passed by without even slowing down.
The decision made, she flipped the phone open and scanned down through the list to his name and pressed the call button. Nervously, she held the phone to her ear. After the fourth ring she heard a deep male voice answer, "Hello?" "Brian?" she replied.
"Yes, this is Brian."
"Hi, Brian," she said, hearing her voice shake a little. "This is Deborah." Silence.
"You know... Deborah... from online... IronsMaiden," she said, feeling even more nervous by the silence.
"OH! Deborah!" he exclaimed finally. "Hey, sweetheart. How are you? Or maybe I should ask what's wrong?"
She smiled, realizing that out of all her friends, Brian would know something was wrong right away. They had only been friends a short time, but they seemed to almost read each other's thoughts sometimes.
"Well, Hon, I'm kind of in a jam," Deborah said.
"What's wrong?" Brian asked.
Deborah explained to him that her car had broken down on the turnpike while she was on her way home from a work function in Pittsburgh. "The engine turns over, but it won't catch," she sighed.
"Do you know where you are?" he asked, "What mile marker you passed?"
"Yes," she answered, "the last mile marker was 132. I know you may not be near here, but could you at least tell me where the nearest garage and tow service is?"
"Well," Brian laughed, "that would be mine. I'm less than 10 minutes away from that mile marker. Just sit tight, honey. I'll be right there, okay?"
Deborah sighed with relief, and laughed. "Okay, Brian, thank you so much" she said. "Oh, and by the way, since you're going to help me out... I think I might be using this number for the reason you suggested also. I'll be waiting for you." She flipped the phone shut before he could respond and giggled. She glanced down at herself, thankful that she was still wearing the dress from the function earlier. The skirt was a little shorter than most of the outfits she wore to work, but was still modest enough to meet clients in. And she didn't mind showing off her long legs when trying to sell a client on her ideas for their business.
As she sat there waiting for Brian, her mind drifted back over the conversations they'd had. Their chats were usually peppered with sexual comments and innuendos and occasionally Deborah would try to shock Brian by outright telling him exactly what she liked, even using crude terms. She recalled that one night he had actually turned the tables on her, and had relentlessly painted a picture with words that had made Deborah so hot, she'd had an orgasm. She had exploded right there on her computer chair, fingers gripping the edge of the keyboard tray, her back arched while juices poured out of her soaking her panties and the chair seat. It was the one and only orgasm she had ever had without being touched, or touching herself.
She could feel her pussy start to tingle and the first few drops of juice gather as she thought, if it was as powerful as that without being with him, what in the world would it be like in person? She groaned, dropping her head back against the headrest, then smiled. She couldn't wait to find out.
As she opened her eyes, she saw the yellow flashing lights of a tow truck approaching, pulling ahead of her car, then backing up slowly. She grinned as she saw the vanity license plate that read IRONMDN and saw the evil grin on Eddie's face, as the painted image of him mounted on the bumper of the rollback got closer. Brian was a huge Iron Maiden fan.
Deborah watched as two long jeans-clad legs appeared out of the open door of the truck. She swallowed nervously. She had seen a picture of him, but it just gave a vague image of a man with long hair, piercing eyes and long fingers as he was giving the person holding the camera the finger. She had spent many a night staring at that picture, wondering what color his eyes were... and just how long those fingers actually were.
She climbed out of her car as the tall shadowy figure of her friend walked toward her. When he stopped in front of her, she still couldn't see his face, but could sense his smile and nervously smiled back at him. Looking down at her, he made her 5'2" frame seem tiny.
"So, we finally meet," he drawled. His voice was low and melodic, which she knew from the short conversation on the phone, but it seemed like the vibrations from it went deep inside her, making her shiver lightly.
"Yes, finally," she replied. They both stood awkwardly in silence for a moment until Brian held out his hand.
"Want to give me the keys so I can get your car up on the rollback, then we can head back to my garage. I won't be able to look at it tonight, but I promise I will first thing in the morning," Brian said with a smile.
"Oh! Sure," Deborah dropped the keys into his hand.
"Go ahead, and climb into the front of the truck," he said. "This will just take a few minutes."
"Ok. Thank you so much for coming out and rescuing me," Deborah said, giggling nervously.
Brian reached out and brushed her hair back a little. "No problem," he said, letting his hand fall to her shoulder and turning her toward the truck.
Deborah walked over to the front of the rollback and climbed up in to the cab. The radio was on and tuned to a rock station blasting "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC. "Oh Lord, don't let that be a premonition," Deborah mumbled to herself. She grinned though as she let her neck muscles relax and laid her head on the back of the seat, closing her eyes. The smell of grease, rubber, vinyl and men's soap filled the cab of the truck. The rumble of the rollback shook the truck slightly as Brian loaded her car.
After a few minutes, the driver's side door opened and Brian climbed into the cab of the truck. He looked over at her and gave her a lopsided grin. "Ready to roll," he said and put the truck into gear. Blue, Deborah thought. His eyes were blue. And not just any blue, but the soft turquoise of the Caribbean. Oh boy, she thought, hopefully I won't drown.
The ride back to Brian's house and garage was mostly silent as the two friends adjusted to actually being next to each other rather than online. Their online conversations after a while had developed the same relaxed feeling. Talking when they wanted to, but not a constant stream all the time.
After about 10 minutes of driving, Brian pulled into the driveway of a two-story house with a garage that was almost twice the size as the house. It was dark, but Deborah had the impression of a nice, neat yard and a house with white siding. Nothing fancy, but comfortable.