I had heard a rumor of its existence, but I had never expected to actually see it with my own eyes.
"It" was a necklace featuring a bejeweled white octopus. It was a large pendant, nearly as large as my hand, featuring two large blue crystals for eyes and countless little cloudy-white crystals to represent the many suction cups along its eight twisting tentacles. The pendant hung from a golden chain, and would definitely make the wearer the center of attention in any situation.
"Hey hon," I called out softly. "Come look at this."
The old antique store was the last place I would have expected to find something like this. Not only did my fiancée look in my direction when I called her, but so did the store owner. The old balding man approached me somewhat quickly, and I was almost certain that there was a glimmer of recognition in his eyes once he realized that I was looking at the octopus pendant. The old man's cane was loud with each impact on the aging wooden floor, which truly made him seem like one of the antiques being offered for sale and made the necklace's presence in such a place all the more unusual.
"There were supposedly only three of those ever made," the old man croaked, his voice carrying a slight tone of amusement as he approached me.
"I've heard a rumor of its existence," I assured him.
"Oh?" The shop owner's surprise was visible in his face, and suddenly he had a newfound respect for me despite my young age and my even younger fiancée.
"I've traveled a lot," I said, purely to simplify the explanation. "I've seen a lot of things and heard a lot of stories and rumors. But this is one rumor which I had believed was simply just that: a rumor."
"Ah! Smart young man..." Standing on the other side of the display case now, the old man fidgeted with a key ring attached to his belt, his hand slightly unsteady as he found the proper key and slid it home into the lock.
By this time, my fiancée had appeared at my side. "Oh my..." she whispered, and I knew that she instantly liked the necklace, especially the pendant.
"What do you think?" I asked her quietly.
"It's... it's weird," she answered, her tone one of surprise, "but it's strangely beautiful."
"I think it'd be perfect for you," I said, running a hand through her long amber mane.
Looking up at me, she pleaded with her eyes. Nothing more needed to be said. Although I had been considering buying it for her anyhow, the expression in her bright eyes was more than enough to convince me to part with some cash.
By this time, the old shop keeper had extracted the pendant and its necklace from the display case. He kept it on the display stand, presenting it to us for inspection. The octopus pendant had a noticeable scratch on it near the crown of the octopus, and noting that, I instantly began planning how to haggle for this item. "How much?" I asked.
The price, while hefty, was not nearly as high as I had expected, making haggling unnecessary. Either this truly was not what I thought it was and instead was simply a replica of a rumor, or the antique man had decided that I was the right person to buy it.
I also bought the small display stand, so that my fiancée would be able to display the unique pendant whenever she was not wearing it.
*****
"Let's take a drive," I suggested after dinner that evening.
"Sounds good. Where to?"
My eyes raked over my fiancée's body, and I loved the twinkle in her eye as she realized I was undressing her with my eyes. "How about Plateau Lake?"
"Long drive," she commented, "but that's fine with me."
She had been wearing the necklace since before we had left the antique store. The large white octopus pendant was indeed large – it was large enough that she had initially been a little uncomfortable about its size because it would further emphasize the smallish nature of her breasts, especially given that the pendant hung directly between her twin swells. But as the afternoon had turned into evening, she had become more accustomed to the pendant's presence and to its considerable weight. I had been openly admiring how it brushed across her chest as she moved, and had even once admitted my jealousy of the pendant and its location.
Nearly ninety minutes later, parked near the grassy shore of Plateau Lake, I stood against the car as my fiancée leaned with her back against me. This was a position we both enjoyed, for she has always had sensitive breasts and this position allowed me full and easy access to her chest. I fondled her openly, my nose in her hair, my nostrils filling with the remnants of her peach-scented shampoo. The mountain air was slightly cool, but for once she seemed impervious to its effects, her fingertips gently grazing my hips and my outer thighs as I kept fondling her chest.
"You're making me wet," she finally whispered between soft whimpers of delight. Her voice almost had a girlish quality to it, like a little girl begging her Daddy to buy her a Mickey Mouse balloon at a carnival.
"That's just fine with me," I assured her. "I like it when you're wet."