Rickie Estevez tracked down Cadet Karen Moss a few days after Brad and Barbie Seldon's wedding and reception when Jay Hanson told him that Karen's family lived somewhere in Pasadena. He looked up her driver's license information, found her address and rode his new Harley out to the valley to hunt her down. He just had to know if she'd felt the same thing he did when they'd first touched and, if so, why she had avoided him the rest of that day...
Her family owned a modest middle class home in a neighborhood not far from Eaton Canyon Park. Rickie pulled up in front of the house, stopped his bike and let it idle as he worked up his courage to go knock on the door and find out if she was even home. While he was looking toward the house, the front door opened and Karen came out with a smile on her face as she approached him.
His breath caught in his chest again as he watched her walking toward him... her long, well-toned legs bared by the workout shorts she was wearing. Her breasts were small, but perky, and it was obvious she was not wearing a bra, as her firm nipples were clearly visible under her tight tee shirt. And her emerald green eyes were alight with excitement... Did he dare to hope that she was glad to see him?
Her shoulder length hair was pulled back in a short ponytail. He had originally thought she was a brunette; her dark hair had been covered by her uniform hat at the wedding and reception most of the time, but he was surprised to discover it was actually a deep, rich auburn with the sun highlighting it. He continued to stare at her behind his sunglasses and it took him a moment to realize she was saying something but he couldn't hear her over the low rumble of his Harley, so he killed the engine...
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Karen Moss was in her bedroom doing part of her usual exercise workout routine when she heard the sound of a motorcycle coming down the road and her longtime fascination made her peek out the blinds on her window to watch as it rode past. Her eyes widened when she saw it come to a stop out front as the driver sat looking toward her house. She had no idea who the man was... maybe he was lost and she could get a better look at his bike as she gave him directions.
She bounded out of her room to the front door and went out to greet whoever it was and see if they needed her assistance. The driver was looking toward her, but she couldn't see his eyes for the mirrored shades he had on and she wondered if he was perusing her body they way she wished she could his... from what she could tell, he obviously had a great physique!
"Can I help you with something?" she asked when she stopped a few feet away. She noticed the man shake his head slightly and then cut the engine of his bike, killing the low rumble that had always given Karen tingles whenever she was close to one of those powerful machines. She almost frowned in disappointment when she no longer felt the heady vibrations from the Harley's engine until the driver returned her smile...
The tingles in her body roared to flames when she instantly recognized that dazzling smile... Rickie Estevez. Oh, hell... she was in serious danger. Why the hell did the guy have to be so damn gorgeous AND ride a motorcycle?!! When he took his sunglasses off and she saw the heat in his large, dark hazel eyes, she froze, unable to tear her gaze away from him. She struggled to keep her breathing smooth and even... though she wanted to pant with excitement!
Rickie watched the smile slowly disappear from Karen's face when he removed his sunglasses. Then he realized that she'd had no idea who he was until that moment... and she didn't look glad to see him. He took a deep breath and sighed heavily as he said, "Well... I guess it was a mistake to track you down. Look... I don't know what I did to give you such a bad first impression, but I was hoping you'd give me another chance. But it doesn't look as though that's going to happen, so I'll just leave..."
He went to put his shades back on and then stopped when she reached out and put her hand on his and he felt that same crackle of electricity tingle through his hand and up his arm. He also noticed that Karen's body jerked slightly, but she didn't take her hand away this time.
Instead, she moved closer, taking his sunglasses from him and replacing them with her other hand as if they were greeting each other again. Then she said softly, "I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I didn't like you when we first met, but you... intimidated me. I... I'd never had quite this reaction to a guy the first moment he smiled at me... and then you touched my hand. It scared me... I... wasn't sure what had happened between us..." she finished quietly and then swallowed nervously.
Rickie's dazzling smile slowly returned when he realized she was admitting that she'd felt the same thing as he. Then he said teasingly, "Karen... it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's happening between us. This is simple chemistry... very real chemistry... and I want to find out if there could be more to it than just chemistry. Don't you?"
Karen smiled back at him, shyly at first, and then chuckled when she realized he must've asked someone for more information about her and had learned that her double major at The Academy was in Systems Engineering and Astronautics with minors in Physics and Bioengineering. She could, quite literally, be considered a "rocket scientist!"
Then she smiled even wider when she further realized that he was in no way intimidated by her genius level IQ... in fact, he seemed genuinely intrigued with her as a person. Yes, there was the initial rush of a physical attraction between them, but he was looking into her eyes like he wanted to see beyond the flames of her desire for him... he was hoping for more than just desire...
Rickie felt Karen's hand tremble in his and he frowned questioningly at her, wondering why she was so nervous with him... why he intimidated her so. She was the one who was smart... what could she ever see in him other than his moderate good looks?
He wasn't quite as handsome as his dark skinned Latino father, though he did have his dark brown hair, his bright smile... and his thicker than average cock. His skin was fairer like his mother's and he'd also inherited her large hazel eyes, but his were a little deeper in color. He was also somewhat short for a man, only five feet, nine inches tall. So he was grateful to see that Karen seemed to be a little shorter than him... she appeared to be around five β seven or so... but she was looking down at him as he was still sitting on his bike.