Hall Pass Ch. 64 -- The Four of Us
By: LewdLuke
She said, "I am hungry. Let's have something and then you can take me to see the ducks." We dried and dressed. I retrieved Caroline's overnight bag and the dinner basket from my truck while Caroline dried her hair.
I heated some fried chicken, biscuits and blackberry cobbler in the microwave oven. We had German potato salad cold and I found some ice cream in the freezer to top off the cobbler. It hit the spot. I guess we were both hungry.
I enjoyed being with Caroline so much. We talked, laughed and giggled. I must have counted the freckles on her nose a dozen times.
I said, "We must hurry." I acquired a canteen full of ice water, a flashlight and a pair of binoculars. We set off on our walk just a few minutes before the sun touched the horizon. I could see one pair of the ducks before we left the house but I didn't tell her. I wanted her to think that she had seen them first.
Caroline's exuberance was evident in her bouncy step as she skipped out ahead of me by a few feet. She displayed the same excitement as a little girl would on her first trip to Disneyland. She looked back at me and urged me to keep up.
I didn't want to keep up. The view from the rear was exciting to me. The movement of her cute bottom in those tight jeans enthralled me. The monster moved.
I took a moment to think about the effect that she was having on me. I needed that moment to try to explain to myself why I got a belly full of fluttering butterflies every time I saw her and most of the time when I just thought about her. I recognized the butterflies for what they were. They were a manifestation of the adrenalin rush that she incited in me. I have been in combat with less adrenalin in my blood. Was I afraid of her?
That wasn't it. I went mystical with her during our first weekend together and one other time since then. My physical need to hold her, touch her and possess her was intense. My need to have sex with her was overwhelming. It was more than just sex. I wanted to make love with her. Maybe I was afraid after all. Maybe I was afraid that she wouldn't allow me those privileges.
I watched her. Her movements were dance-like as she moved down the pathway in front of me. The monster moved again. My thoughts went deeper. I remembered how she had all but begged me to take those liberties and enjoy her body. I had made her wait most of a year. That just didn't make sense. I thought, "There is something special about this one." Then I knew. I was in love with her. Had I been in fear of that all along? Then I thought, "You already knew you were in love, Luke. It's not such a bad thing." I wanted to be in love with her. It was time for me to fall in love again. I remembered the young girl that I fell in love with soon after Linda and I began to swing. Sandy was her name. That relationship had ended too soon. I could see her in my mind. I was still in love with her.
The raucous sounds of a hen Pekin duck scolding her mate drew me back from my thoughts. The sound had grabbed Caroline's attention too. She froze in her tracks and stared at the two large white ducks at the edge of the water about thirty yards in front of us. I caught up to her and put my arm around her.
She asked, "How close can we get to them?"
I reached into my pocket and brought out a leftover biscuit from our supper. I had brought it with us for this purpose. I said, "Linda has them spoiled. They will eat out of your hand but be careful. They are both aggressive and competitive. They will bite you by accident. It's better to throw the bread on the water."
Caroline giggled and took the biscuit from me. We approached the ducks slowly and talked loud enough for them to hear us. We didn't startle them. In fact, they swam toward us.
I enjoyed watching Caroline draw childlike pleasure from feeding them. The biscuit didn't last long enough. I had another one in my pocket but I held it in reserve. There was another pair of ducks on the lake somewhere.
We walked on. Caroline held my arm and walked quietly beside me. I looked down at her pretty face. She smiled and blushed.
I said, "You are blushing again."
She giggled and replied, "I was having thoughts of wild debauchery." I laughed with her. She held my arm tighter and we walked on.
The horizon covered half the sun by the time we reached the fifteen-foot cliff at the highest place on our path. I sat on the caprock with my feet dangling over the water and helped Caroline to sit beside me. Our swimming platform was below us. Sometimes we would dive off these rocks.
Caroline snuggled close and allowed me to hold her. The evening had turned pleasant and this was the perfect place to enjoy the end of the day.
I coyote howled for us and drew an East Texas giggle from Caroline. I glassed the low flat on the other side of the lake and the hillside that led up to High Point. I finally found a doe with a new fawn on the hillside. It was almost too dark to see them but my 7X50 Nikons gathered enough light and enhanced the image enough. I was successful in talking Caroline onto them and she got a look too.
She said, "I guess you want Athena to conjure an owl for us now."
I chuckled and squeezed her. I replied, "No, I don't. I don't want to play with her tonight. I want you to be Caroline at least until we sleep later." I paused before I continued, "I will spend some time with Athena tomorrow if you want and you can pretend to be Linda if you like. Tonight though, I want to hang out with Caroline." Then I said, "I'm having my own thoughts of wild debauchery."
She giggled and said, "You know, all three of us love you, Mr. Bowman." A moment later, she asked, "How can you tell which of us you are with."
I answered easily, "Well, Athena doesn't have any freckles on her nose and she does magic. Of course, I can recognize Linda's voice anywhere, even in the dark.
She said, "I am so jealous of both of them."
I inquired, "Why?"
She replied, "Athena is the sexiest bitch on the planet and Linda is the prettiest. I am especially jealous of Linda. She had your baby and she gets to live with you. How can a plain little East Texas country girl complete with that?"
I asked, "Why do you think you have to compete? I said, "You had Larry's baby and you live with him. Do you think Linda might be a bit jealous of you?" I continued, "I know that Larry has been jealous because you come to me when I call. Should I be jealous of Larry because Linda enjoys her time with him?" I paused and went on, "You are a raving beauty in your own right. There is certainly no need for you to be jealous of Linda's looks."
She thought for a moment and replied, "You are telling me to learn to enjoy my time with you and be happy with what we have when we are together." She paused and said, "I'm newer to this than you are but I think I understand." She giggled and said, "I get a tingling sensation in my stomach when I am near you, Luke. My dreams of you are always wildly erotic and those thoughts of debauchery that we tease each other about are very real in my mind." She giggled again and said, "They are in my head right now."
She pushed me down on my back and placed a knee on either side of me. She bent, laid her breasts on my chest and kissed me. My lower legs were still hanging over the edge. If I had sat up she would have slid off my lap and fell the fifteen feet to the water. I held her in place and returned her sweet kisses.
We moved into a more comfortable position farther from the edge and held each other while I sat and leaned against a boulder. We enjoyed the rest of the sunset. She was quiet and seemed deep in thought. I allowed her to have her time for private thoughts.
The sun sank out of sight and the brightest stars came out one by one at first. Then suddenly, there were thousands of them. The darkness enveloped us and the gentle breeze that we had enjoyed became still. The coyote howled. He seemed much closer.
Caroline snuggled close to me. I held her a bit tighter. We spent about an hour enjoying the spectacle of the night sky. I hoped for a meteor or two but it didn't happen.
At length, she asked, "Can we make it this dark back at the house?"
I said, "Sure, we can turn off all the lights."
She said, "I love the quality of this country darkness. It's a starry night with only a sliver of a crescent moon. It made your cabin special to me. I'm glad we can have it here too." After a moment she asked, "How far are we from the house?"
I answered, "A bit over half a mile." Then I added, "An easy fifteen-minute casual stroll or a ten-minute brisk walk."
She stated manner of factually, "My current thoughts of debauchery include a starry sky, a glass of Linda's wine and a hot tub." She smiled and continued, "And you, of course."
Our eyes had adjusted to the dark. There was enough starlight so that we didn't need the flashlight. We strolled along easily arm in arm. We talked.
Caroline asked, "What do you think Linda and Larry are doing right now?"
I replied, "I'm sure that they are still having dinner. Linda is enjoying it but she had rather be in bed at the hotel with Larry. She will go dancing with him and enjoy that too but she will bring that to an end as soon as she can. She wants to be in bed with him." I added, "Linda thinks of herself as a nymphomaniac. Her shrink friend says that she is just oversexed. I know her to be insatiable. She might hurt him later when they are naked together." I laughed.
Caroline laughed with me. She said, "It's better when you hurt me a little bit. That is especially true when I am Athena." After a moment, she said, "Remember that, Luke." She held my arm tighter and became quiet. Then she whispered, "I love being held with these big muscles. I love being held captive and manipulated. Do you remember when you raped me at the carriage house? It was a wonderful experience." She giggled and said, "I promised that I wouldn't snitch on you if you wanted to do it again sometime."
I replied, "I just force fucked you a little bit. You can't rape the willing."
She giggled and whispered, "You do remember."
Neil Diamond singing, "Sweet Caroline," popped into my head. I sang softly to her in the stillness of the starry-starry night,
"Sweet Caroline...