It had been four years since Katie last visited the farm. Her grandmother Maggie and grandfather Tom owned a small farm in a rural area that the city people referred to as cow country. They grew feed corn, clover, and hay which they sold to the neighboring dairy farms. There were a few cows, pigs, and chickens that some of the farmers traded with them for the corn and hay. Katie had fond memories from her childhood of fresh milk and eggs, the sweet smell of newly mowed hay, and long runs through the tall rows of corn.
As she drove towards the farm, Katie reflected back over the past four years of college life. The past year was the most hectic, nerve wracking experience of Katie's life. The school she attended was in a congested area of downtown Boston. Her last semester's schedule was full, leaving her little time to relax. Katie also had to deal with a horrible bitch room mate who hung her wet underwear from a string that she stretched across their tiny dorm room. At the graduation ceremony, when Katie threw her cap in the air, she felt like a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders.
College wasn't that great a time for her. Her parents were strict and hadn't let her date in high school so she wasn't as experienced as the other students. She gave up her virginity in her first year to an upperclassman in her dorm room with her room mate sleeping in bed a few feet away. Needless to say it wasn't a memorable experience. The guy came in ten seconds and then had to leave. She saw him around but he never said hello to her again.
She dated a few other guys and of course they all wanted to fuck her but she decided after her first experience, that she wanted to wait until it meant something to both her and the guy. Most guys were just looking to get off fast and didn't care how they did it. Her first experience with giving a blow job was also a disaster. The guy pushed her head down and held it just as he was coming causing her to gag and then spit the mouthful of semen and saliva all over him.
After that she decided to play it safe. She liked the feel of a cock in her hand and she liked to slowly stroke the shaft up and down. She loved to watch the guys face, hear him moan as the hot, white fluid spurted from the head of his penis. Guys had to admit, she gave a great hand job. Afterwards she would replay the scene in her mind when she was alone in her dorm room or in the bathroom stall and bring herself to an incredible orgasm.
Snapping back to the present she saw the farm was just up ahead. She could see the big red barn and the white corn silos. The corn crop that was planted in the spring was already a few feet tall and the hay already had the first mowing. Maggie and Tom were waiting outside the farmhouse for her. There was another tall lean man with them. At first she didn't recognize him but then she realized who he was. "Oh my God it's Bill" she said out loud to herself.
Bill was the seasonal farmhand her grandparents hired to work around the farm. He had been with them for over 20 years. Every year he arrived in early spring pulling his little trailer behind his old Ford pickup truck and stayed until after the fall harvest. Katie felt sad as she remembered how Maggie had told her Bill's wife of thirty years had passed away over the winter. This was his first time on the farm without his wife.
Katie jumped from the car into Maggie's arms and received a huge hug followed by another huge hug from Grandpa Tom. Bill offered his hand but Katie would have none of that. She pulled him to her and hugged him. He looked at her and smiled and in his sweet drawl said "hello lil darling." That was what he always called her ever since she was a little girl. He was a handsome man even at fifty years old. His work clothes were clean and pressed and he was always clean shaven and smelled of Old Spice after shave.
Bill grabbed her bags from the car and they all went inside. Katie always stayed in the room at the top of the stairs that overlooked the barnyard. They spent the next few hours chatting, with Katie filling them in on her college years and Maggie and Tom getting her up to date with the farm and the neighbors. Bill excused himself and said he had work to do.
"How's Bill doing Maggie?" Katie always called her Maggie never grandma.
"Well honey he seems a bit distant. After all when you've been with someone every day for over thirty years it's not easy to adjust to being alone. He'll be alright, he's a strong man. It'll just take time."
After supper Katie helped Maggie with the dishes. She was yawning and Maggie took the dish towel from her and sent her off to bed. She slept like a log and woke up with the rooster crowing. Maggie was making breakfast and Grandpa Tom and Bill were delivering hay to a nearby farm. Katie decided to go exploring. She walked down to the barn where Bill parked his trailer. The trailer didn't have bathroom facilities so Bill had built an outhouse behind the barn and had rigged up a makeshift shower stall next to it.
She had never seen the inside of the trailer and was curious. It wasn't locked and she opened the door and peeked inside. It was tiny but neat and clean, with everything in its place. When Katie was younger, Maggie had asked her to respect Bill and his wife's privacy and stay away from the outhouse so she was curious about that too. She imagined it was dark and smelly and had all sorts of flies and bugs in it.
She opened the outhouse door and was surprised to see it was spotless. The only odor she could detect was the faint smell of pine disinfectant. There were two toilet seats next to each other over holes in the wooden bench. Why would they build these things with two seats she wondered? Did people actually use the toilets at the same time? Bill had run a wire for a small reading lamp that hung on the wall over the toilets. There was a stack of old Penthouse magazines in the corner. She closed the door and walked back to the house for breakfast.
After breakfast, Maggie asked her if she felt up to doing some chores. The barn needed a good sweeping out and cleaning. Katie told her she would be happy to help. Maggie got out a gallon jug and filled it with cold water. "Make sure you drink plenty of this while your working honey, its going to be a hot one today and you don't want to get dehydrated." She then handed her a small tube of hand lotion. "Make sure you wear gloves and put some of this lotion on your hands so they don't dry out." Katie took the lotion and placed it in the pocket of her flannel shirt.