Rough - Part 3 - A Very Secret Assignment
It was a glorious afternoon in the desert, hiking down from the modest summit they had climbed. He stilled his overactive brain cells, saying to himself there would be time for that later.
"Do I need to go to town for provisions?"
"We can check at the shack and text a note to Julia to see if she can grab things in Lee Vining."
They were just at the Jeep, and he pulled her into himself, fingers digging into the fine tough muscles of her rear. She smashed her lips into his, muttering, "Yes, you are a grabber, too."
As it turned out, Julia was well along to Highway 6, east of Lee Vining, when their text arrived. Her response was welcome. "Have better deal. Fresh this am in SF market."
They were holding hands and sipping tall gin and tonics when the red spot appeared in the distance to the southwest. Disappearing now and then in the dips, it drew closer and closer, pulling up next to the Jeep. The dynamite body with a red scarf matching the Miata dashed for their arms. At the last minute, she swerved into Angie's embrace, saying to him, "I know you already!"
When his arms gripped her from the back, she felt like a different woman. The business reserve from the flight was gone. The muscled legs danced. The lips smashed his.
"There! I am so happy to be here. Imagine finding you and Angie in the middle of nowhere."
She stepped back. "I hope that wasn't too enthusiastic?"
"We like tough women out here. Enthusiasm is needed." He reached to pinch her bottom and she jumped, smiling. "So soon? Angie can't control you?"
After bringing in her things and a grocery sack, she asked, "Is there any chance of a little run? I need exercise after that car ride."
Arnie told them, "Go together. Angie will show you one of our trails."
He worked on salad preparation as they vanished in the sagebrush, thinking about harnessing all that energy and wondering how to handle the instant lust she had released. It was bad yesterday, and worse just now. There were more complications. He had to keep her alive through the new mission, and he had to deal with the boss and sex issue.
He left the roast in the freezer and thawed pork chops for the barbeque grill, soaking them in marinade. By the time he finished dinner prep, the women were in sight, walking along the sandy trail with hips and shoulders touching, engaged in rapid conversation. He took towels to the corner of the deck, dropping his clothes and taking the first shower.
They were very careful with water use. The shower head had a chain and lever that released water only when pulled. After wetting down, you were expected to soap up and then use only enough rinse to get clean.
"Where is the guest shower? I'm not expected to be naked out here, am I?"
There was going to be trouble, he was sure. The two of them already had everything off and the water sluicing down. He didn't know about the kindred spirits idea, but they looked good together. Almost twin-like, except Angie had her darker desert tan.
They were toweling as he brought two of his special fruity drinks to the table. Angie looked at him, "She's a good catch. Tough enough to put you in your place."
Not bothering with clothes in the warm desert air, they sipped the drinks and eyed him. False bravado, he thought. A quick rush would carry the three of them to the one bed. He watched their eyes narrow as brains worked together to outwit him.
"No sex before dinner."
"Flirting will get you fucked."
Clutching each other, tits mashed flat, they exclaimed, "Have you no decency? We are proper women!"
He did rush them, but only to extract hot kisses and pinch tough bottoms. "Get your hairbrushes. I will fix your mess while we talk."
He worked back and forth, clearing tangles one at a time. The failing sunlight fell across tight bodies, creating delicious shadows of their charms. This is hard, he thought, talking about murder and mayhem when he should be celebrating their company.
Angie's voice was soft. "I talked to her about loving you. About how inevitable it is. She is worried you won't give her a job if she is in your bed too."
He spoke to Julia, "I knew there was something special about you when we first met. Your direct eyes. Your command of your job. Your quick smile..."
"Stop that. I am a vulnerable female under your spell. When you and Jason made me sit and drink with you, I could tell something was going on. My antenna said it wasn't an ordinary hit job."
She turned around and buried her head in his chest, shaking.
Angie frowned, "Take it easy Arnie, she just got here."
Julia wrapped her hands in his hair, pulling their lips together. He felt her take a deep breath before she said, "I am not having sex with you until we make a deal about the job."
Angie went inside to work on dinner as he turned Julia around again and went back at the hair.
"I'm just a horny guy impressed by a beautiful smart woman. Help me with this."
She stiffened, "No bullshit, please. I asked Jason about you. Your resume in secret ops is as long as my arm. You've handled women a lot tougher than me."
He kept brushing. Her hair was long and thick. It turned him on just to work with it.
After a minute of silence, he said, "We have to be able to turn it on and off. Hard to do. Are we up to that?"
She stayed his hand and leaned back. He kissed her neck and they shared warm contact, looking out at lengthening shadows across the desert rocks. She brought the hand to her lips and kissed it softly.
"I didn't know what would happen, coming out here, but the two of you have pulled me into your special cocoon, where there is a solution to every problem. If you say I can be a hot, passionate babe one moment, and a cold, calculating agent the next, I guess I will have to give it a try, won't I?"
Angie was leaning over them with kisses. "The two of you are special, that's what. Come to dinner."
The meal was very quiet, mostly pregnant silences filled with half smiling, half frowning looks at each other.
Finally, Julia said, "I don't understand how two people can be so quietly comfortable with each other. In the City, I am used to noisy parties with constant chatter. Out here, there doesn't seem to be any need to talk at all..."
"It's her artist personality. The very first night we met, in the City by the way, I was taken back to her apartment, my brain still scrambled by working for NSA."
"Don't believe a word he says. It wasn't even a date, just one of your standard boozy City parties. There was this tall silent guy with dark eyes that went through you. Something said I needed to check him out..."
Julia stood to clear, "Stay there, tell me more. I get excited about love stories."