Welcome, dear gals and pals, to your next helping of Smokey goodness, sunshine, warmth and love. (
Technical note:
This story, Saga #94, follows #92 ("Numbers"). I wrote #93 in between (my next odd-numbered and thus BDSM-flavored story—which is not "Seductress," it's a different one), but have elected not to publish it. So on we go, and now that
that
is out of the way...)
Sequel time!!
March 2016 gave birth
to Saga #61,
"Special Deliveries."
You, faithful friends, are about to read
part 1
of "Special Deliveries
II
." It has turned out especially lengthy, and so I'm splitting it in two parts. Like each two-parter I write, I'll be submitting both at the same time, so part two should hopefully come shortly after. Cheers, happy reading.
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Kärlek och äktenskap (Love And Marriage)
Thursday, March 24th, 2016, 6:19 a.m.
Spring had officially arrived. Here in Minnesota, it had quite the time tidying up winter's disarray, but always persevered. Vernal clouds were easier for the sun to nudge out of the way. Budding leaflets materialized on branches. Birds sang cheerier and livelier. Pleasant gales caressed houses, cars and citizens. Plough-pushed mounds of snow remained the harsh winter's only evidence. And a fresh dose of daylight spilled up from the horizon, gently awakening the city of Juniper like so many dawns before.
1615 Branderville Street was a two-story Cape Cod-style home which had just recently doubled its number of inhabitants. It belonged to 28-year-old Riley Marla Hutchins, and now as well to 25-year-old Elsa Helena Jansson, both of whom had given and received the title of Mrs. Being the mail-order bride, Elsa didn't know whether to change, hyphenate or keep her name. Riley, who just wanted both to be happy, minded neither way. But these concerns and no others occupied their thoughts for the moment, as they lay in bed, divinely, contently nude, riding out their peaceful sleep. Elsa lay on her back, disheveled but beautiful blonde hair drizzling all about the pillows, soft pink nipples peeking out from the edge of the comforter. Riley lay on her side snuggling Elsa.
It was exactly one week ago, on Thursday the 17th, that Riley'd adopted Elsa and brought her home—"adopt" being the word they preferred. Something about the practice of obtaining a mail-order bride struck Riley a bit prehistoric, and went against the principles she was brought up with. And yet...this had been the
happiest
week of her life, bar none. The fact that Elsa was the foxiest, sexiest, most enchanting creature she'd ever seen just
may
have had something to do with it.
Elsa felt similarly towards Riley since having seen her picture. From minute one, somehow, she
knew
they were pure soulmates. As she kept to herself until Tuesday and then confessed to Riley, Elsa believed in soulmates, and also believed each person had one they were destined to meet. Not necessarily only one on the planet, but one they'd encounter. And their union was a charmed example of how two soulmates could come together even after living across the planet. (Riley thought, but did not voice the double entendre phrase "come together," little as Elsa would've minded. The girl, Riley'd find, was
highly
sexually active, and adventurous to boot.)
Riley had taken the entire week off work to spend and get to know her new betrothed. Elsa was from a city in southwestern Sweden called Gothenburg. (She pronounced it for her in her native tongue. "Göteborg." It was spelled similarly but sounded
nothing
the same to Riley's Anglophone ear.) She loved to be entertained. She'd hardly ever run across a book, movie, TV show or song she didn't like. She was an only child, and had been orphaned at 19. It wasn't the worst age, as she could now work. So she fumbled through a series of jobs before deciding to enlist in the marriage agencies. Maybe it wasn't very ambitious of her, she told Riley, but the truth was, something about her had always wanted to be..."oh, vhat's 'de vord..." domestic, she said. A bit of a homebody at heart. Not that she didn't like going out to do things and have fun. But especially since losing her parents, she'd wanted someone to take care of her.
She also shared a great deal with Riley about her beloved country's culture and traditions. Riley heard it all and appreciated each thing Elsa wanted to tell her, but at times had trouble concentrating. She frequently gazed into Elsa's incredible eyes and face and let her mind wander away with the thought,
...I am the luckiest damn chick on the...well, top of the world.
To think it had taken her this excruciatingly
long
to find love, slogging through so many dates and encounters that aspired to nowhere, all the anguish she put herself through to get her... Elsa was just such a breath of fresh air,
and
a huge relief.
Each day that first week, they shared autobiography snippets, then tried out different ways of making love. Sometimes they talked to each other about random topics
while
making love, which surprisingly did not deter from the passion. Things were still just too new and exciting. Riley wanted to bop, boff, boink, make love to, have sex with and fuck the living daylights out of Elsa as much as she could before the excitement started wearing off. And did Elsa certainly give her her mileage. She gave as good as she got. As Riley upped the ante day by day, Elsa rejoined in kind. The girl was amazing. She was like a machine. She could take everything Riley threw at her and then some. And came up with some imaginative sexual innovations on her own. Riley couldn't say if it was a cultural or geographical thing, but had to ask herself at least once why she'd never tried to meet a Nordic chick before.
Getting to know one another was almost just as pleasurable in its way. The new wives were of one mind, in that—maybe the bewitching beauty of each helped, but also—each new trait was more exciting than the last. Inevitably, differences cropped up among their similarities. Elsa was a social butterfly and had lots of friends growing up, where Riley was a bit of a loner and wallflower. By a somewhat parallel token, Riley tended to get on better with her parents and folks of their generation, and Elsa gelled more with her age peers. Distinctions of several sizes were unearthed. On the lighter side, Riley's favorite dessert was ice cream and Elsa preferred cookies. So they compromised the indulgent night of Wednesday the 23rd, with bowls of strawberry swirl and Oreos crushed on top.
Another difference surfaced as the cookies and cream were enjoyed. Riley was a bit more a dog person, Elsa a great deal more a cat person. As neither minded a little more cuddly company and as a pet meant more to Elsa, they agreed to make adoption two a young affectionate feline. A few back-to-back cat shelter visits later, they brought home a particularly friendly Abyssinian shorthair boy kitten. Though Riley could see herself grow attached to him, she'd really got him for Elsa. And so as Elsa's cat, Riley saddled her with the seemingly simple task of naming him. No problems, said Elsa.
And so Elsa thought. And she thought. And thought. Then she thought. After that, she thought. Following this, she thought. And
then
... she thought some more. At last, she decided. It came to her one evening over the supper table.
Gasp.
"Tiger heter han!"
Riley arched an amused eyebrow with a mouthful of grub.
"I'm...khawwy?"
"
'Dat
's his name!" exclaimed the beaming Elsa. "'De cat! Tiger!"
Riley swallowed. "'
Tee
-ger'?" she repeated.
"Of course!" Elsa spelled it for her.