The snowflakes drifted down through the trees like tiny gifts from heaven. I held my face up to catch some on my tongue.
"Excuse me," a voice called out.
Immediately I crouched down, frozen in shock. Just a moment ago, the forest had seemed so deserted. It had that muffled, soundless quality that only a snowstorm can bring. But now, somehow, my sanctuary was being threatened. I squatted there, with my arms covering my breasts, feeling the chill of the new-fallen snow pressed against my naked ass. I thought briefly about going back for my clothes, but they were at least forty yards away, at the base of the oak where I'd left them. Too far to run, I thought, as my eyes swept the woods looking for the source of the voice.
"Excuse me," the man called again. That's when I saw him. He was standing on the road, near the point where the two dirt roads intersect, and he was looking straight at me through the trees. It was clear that he was talking to me, but I was too stunned to voice a reply. "I'm looking for my little sister," he yelled to me. "Did you see a girl come this way?"
"No, I didn't," I blurted out, just hoping he'd go away.
"Can you come out so I can talk to you?"
My heart was pounding -- particularly since I had no where to run. To my back was a fence that I couldn't possibly climb. "I ... I can't," I told him. "I'm not wearing any clothes." Even as I said it, I knew it sounded insane. It was hard for me to see the guy through the trees, but not that hard. He probably already knew that I was naked.
"It's okay. Come out so we can talk. I won't bite."
I was frightened and embarrassed, maybe a little terrified too, but I guess a part of me was also excited. I wouldn't admit it, not even to myself, but this had probably been one of the reasons for me getting naked in the first place. I'd been aroused by the possibility -- very remote I thought - that I might get caught.
Trying to quell my nerves, I stood up and slowly made my way through the trees wearing nothing but my boots. I had my arms covering my chest, and I was shivering slightly, but it wasn't from the cold. With almost no wind blowing, the temperature felt surprisingly warm.
"I haven't seen anyone since I got here," I told him, stopping while I was still a few yards from the road.
"Come on out and let me see you," he said, holding out his hand.
He was in his twenties, good looking and nicely dressed. He had a smile that was warm and engaging. I quickly judged that he probably wouldn't attack me. Feeling unbelievably embarrassed, I slowly closed some of the remaining distance between us.
"Come," he said, still holding out his hand.
I took the last few steps and allowed him to take my hand and help me up onto the road.
"Let's walk together,' he said as he locked his fingers in mine and started off down the road, taking me with him. "It's not often that I get to walk with a beautiful, naked stranger. So tell me, why is it that you decided to get naked?"
"Uh ... it was a nice night and ... and I thought it would be fun. I guess I like feeling the air on my skin," I told him, thinking I sounded totally lame. "I didn't think anyone would be here," I added.
"Well, I'm glad you decided to come out. Glad I did too. My little sister got in a fight with my mother. That's why I'm out here. My sister was supposed to have cleaned out the horse stall today and she didn't. She got into a shouting match with my mom. Then she walked out. I figured she's probably headed over to the stables, so I came out to try and find her. I thought it might not be safe for her to be out alone in the woods."
"That's a nice thing to do," I told him.
He introduced himself - his name was Carl - and he promptly started a running conversation. He asked me my name and where I went to school. He told me he was a sophomore at the local college. He had his own place, but was staying at his Mom's over the weekend. He talked about his school. He got me to tell him something about my life. Then he talked about the snow and how good the skiing would be. The whole time I felt like I was having some kind of surreal, out-of-body experience. Here I was, having this very normal conversation with a stranger. But I was holding his hand and walking along beside him without a stitch of clothing -- and he was acting very cool about it! I had long since stopped trying to hide my breasts. Instead I just listened to him talk. He had a deep, sexy voice that made me tremble inside.
It had crossed my mind that a car might come along and see me, but the odds of that were pretty slim. We were on a dirt road, seldom traveled even at the best of times. Right now, the snow on the road was almost a foot deep. It seemed unlikely that a car would try to navigate the road in these conditions. But with every step I took, I knew I was getting further from my clothes. I began to wonder if I shouldn't tell Carl that I needed to turn back. That's when he suddenly grew quiet and stopped walking.
My whole body froze as Carl looked me up and down. Then, in a sudden move, he pulled me towards him and wrapped me in his arms. It scared the hell out of me! I brought my hands up to try to push him away, but he held me tight. He had his face close to mine and was looking deeply, searchingly into my eyes. The look was so intense; I felt he must surely know my secrets. "Don't be afraid," he told me in a soft voice.
When Carl's lips met mine, my resistance started to fade. Before long, my hands had dropped to my sides. Despite the chill of his coat as it pressed against my naked skin, my body felt infused with heat. With a nearly crushing force, he drew me in tight pressing his body close to mine. His lips opened against me. His hands moved down to my ass, making my body melt into his. As his leg pressed between mine, lightning went off in my head. In an almost dreamlike state, I found myself moaning into his mouth.
"You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen," he said when he finally broke our kiss. My head had dropped back and his mouth was moving down my neck. He spoke to me in a deep, passionate voice, raw with emotion. "I need to taste your body."
His mouth sucked on my throat, like a vampire taking its prey. Holding me with one arm, he slipped off his coat and laid it on the snow behind me. Then he took my breast in his mouth and lowered me onto his coat. When he dropped to his knees between my open legs, I briefly thought that I should try to stop him. But it was way too late for that. Instead, I parted my legs to his gaze, letting him know that I was his to use.
Carl lowered his face to my pussy. With a teasing gentleness, he began kissing and licking my sensitive flesh. His touch brought moans to my lips. I felt the heat surge through my body. In desperation, I pulled his face hard into my wetness. I thrust up against him as his tongue found its way to my tunnel. Using all my remaining will power, I released my hold on his head. In a subtle show of surrender, I lay my hands back on the new fallen snow and allowed myself to be taken.
***
That time with Carl was my first. Not the first time I ever had sex with somebody, but the first time I was caught naked. Over the years since, I've been caught numerous times. Clearly, I've been trying to get caught. It's become an obsession. I dream about it when I'm at work. I think about it with every man I meet -- and with some of the women as well. Often I'll act on my fantasies - in patterns of behavior that repeat themselves over and over. But the fantasies never get boring. The variations seem to be endless. And the fear and excitement I feel when taking risks are forever driving me forward.
On that first twilit evening, Carl and I made love with a passion I'd never known. It was like living a dream that had somehow come true. Orgasms came to me in wave after wave of emotion. Our moans echoed through the trees. Afterwards, when we lay collapsed side-by-side, the snowflakes anointed our bodies. We laughed at our craziness, and laughed again when we saw the wet spot I'd left on his jacket. Finally, we kissed each other, said our goodbyes, and left, going our separate ways. He went in search of his sister, and I went in search of my clothes. I walked away from that place feeling a peace and joy that I've seldom experienced. I felt as light as air - open to the world around me - naked as the day I was born. It was the sort of feeling I'd spend a lifetime trying to recapture.
***
Less than a week later, at my apartment, I began leaving my window shades part way up at night. My apartment is on the ground floor of a sprawling two-story complex. The bedroom and living room windows face out towards the back of the building. At night, people walk their dogs out there. I had seen this one guy in particular who came by every night. He was young and good-looking. I guess I could have gone out there and found a way to introduce myself, but I wasn't interested in the whole dating, get-to-know-you type of thing. So instead, I just left my shades up and kept on watching.