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."
I did not need to see her face, for I could hear her smile.
The partly-cloudy sky turned to dark, the stars emerging as I slowly tantalized my fiancée. At last, the moon rose beyond the distant mountains, but was quickly hidden by the clouds.
It was time to test whether the octopus pendant was real or was just a replica of a rumor.
She gave a soft sound of disappointment as my hands slid down from her twin swells and moved over her stomach, but I was certain that my fiancée was smiling again as my hands reached for the base of her shirt. Instinctively, she stepped forward, giving me enough room between us to raise her shirt. Soon the shirt was in the grass beside the car, and she finally turned around to face me.
The kiss was warm and passionate. There was no doubt that all the time I had spent fondling her sweet swells had aroused her. The way she touched me, the way she kissed me, the way she pressed her body against mine all announced that she was horny.
I was horny as well, but thus far had been able to set aside my own arousal to focus on her pleasure. This was not intended to be one of those times when I dominated her and made her focus on my pleasure first and foremost. This was intended to be about her.
...and about testing the pendant trapped between us.
As the kiss deepened and became more intense, my large fingers fumbled at her back. Giggling at my stereotypical masculine ineptitude with a bra, she buried her face in my neck, hugging me tightly as I finally released the clasp of her bra. She rocked against my prominent length, once again forcing my mind to recognize that she was not the only person who was rather aroused at the moment.
I nudged her back slightly, and she complied, drawing the straps of the bra down her arms and standing topless before me. In the dim light, I admired her openly, my eyes drawn to her chest – not because of her breasts, not this time, but because of the great pendant hanging between her swells. Her pale skin seemed quite colorful compared to the pendant, and the large blue crystals marking the eyes of the octopus truly stood out like twin beacons.
"I'm more than just the pendant, you know!" she teased me, unable to hide her own grin.
Taking her hand, I guided my fiancée toward the lake itself, the scent of the water significant given the size of the lake. I had long been surprised that so few people ever came here, although the long bumpy dirt road may have created a significant psychological impediment for most people. As the creatures of the night went about their various activities and filled the air with sound, I finally stopped and knelt before the woman I adored, cupping her firm derrière as I placed a kiss to her covered mons.
She took the hint, and soon first her sandals and then her jeans had been discarded. She wore only a panty, and we both knew that she would soon be completely naked in The Great Outdoors once again. Perhaps she was thinking of the many times we had made love here alongside Plateau Lake. Perhaps she was thinking of the first time she had shared her body with me, which was on a cool autumn night as the clouds finally parted and allowed the stars to wink their approval as she rode me to the initial climax of our relationship.
"One more," I noted with a smile and a wink, and my fiancée selflessly bared her entire body to my appreciative gaze before stepping toward me again. She was indeed quite wet, my fingers gliding easily between and along her feminine folds, my touch making her shudder slightly at the intimate contact. The gentle breeze passing between her thighs almost certainly added to the moment for her, for one of the situations when her body seemed most responsive was when she was naked in Nature.
Behind her, I saw the distant trees brightening, and then noticed the grass lightening in a path approaching our position by the lake. A quick glance upward confirmed it: The clouds were moving, being pushed across the sky by the breeze and slowly allowing the light of the moon to befall the plateau. The moon was before me, behind her, so in this position, the test could not be fully completed, but there was time.