Author's Note: I'm not sure how I wanted the story to end or if it should, so it's sat around a while. While I still feel it might be unfinished, I liked the sex bit quite a lot, so I am posting it regardless of completion state. Hope some can overlook the flaws. Enjoy! -- Will
Chapter 1 - Work Sucks
Straight out of college, armed with my Finance degree, I got a decent job, for a new grad at least, at Klein Advertising in New York City. I met Rick White my very first month at Klein. He was in Accounts and I was in Finance. I don't think I was even there 2 weeks before he noticed me. By the end of the month, we had gone on our first date. We hit it off immediately. Besides being more or less gorgeous, Rick was a sturdy 6'1" tall and couldn't be more than 3 or 4 years older than me and was the sort of nice guy mom would approve of. We both enjoyed the outdoors; in fact, our third date was an all day hiking trip.
Before I knew it, Rick and I moved in together, sharing the cost of a New York City apartment and working to get ahead in our careers. We started to take trips into the Adirondack Mountains for weekends away. We loved being away from the hustle and bustle of the city and the care free days of hiking, swimming, and camping. Plus, we had hours to do whatever we wanted, many of those hours spent fucking in our tent or skinny dipping in a secluded river or lake. I swear that my top three orgasms ever were on these hiking trips!
I figured Rick and I would get married some day, but apartments in New York City weren't cheap and houses in the suburbs were even less so. Therefore, we worked hard, trying to get ahead and cherished the time we could spend together in nature. In the blink of an eye, three years had gone by. I wasn't in too much of a hurry for the next stage of life because I was only 25 and I knew I could get pregnant easily. Wright women (yeah, my name is Ashley Wright so it won't even be much of a name change when I marry Rick, right?) were notoriously fertile. Something that Rick learned early on since I wouldn't let his cock come near my pussy unless it was suited up.
It was a cold December Wednesday night when I heard the front door of our apartment slam and then slam again accompanied by a loud "Fuck! Fuckity Fuck Fuck." Rick had to work late, which he seemed to be doing a lot lately and I'm guessing it didn't go well.
"Honey, are you okay?" I called out from the living room.
"It's this fucking job, Ashley. I don't know if I can take it anymore."
"Okay, okay. We'll talk about it. Have a beer and dinner should be here in 15 minutes. Let's eat and drink and chat. Okay?" I implored.
"Yeah, okay," Rick exasperatedly let out. "I'm going to jump in the shower first and take a ridiculously hot shower. Let me know when the food gets here."
While we ate, he unloaded on the work situation. Same old crap: someone wasn't do their job properly, which not only made Rick's job harder, but this person had the gall to try to blame it on Rick! We talked through it, but I could tell he was still on edge. I haven't quite seen him like this before. It was always more stressful in Accounts than in Finance, ever the pressure to make that next sale.
A meal and two beers later, Rick was more calm. "Sorry for freaking out, Ash, but I feel like this job is sucking the life out of me."
"I know honey, I know. Maybe we should take a vacation around Christmas," I suggested.
"Actually, I was thinking something similar, but bigger." He grabbed my hands into his and said, "Ashley, let's quit our jobs and go hike the Amazon Rainforest."
"What? We can't do that!" was my immediate answer.
"Why not? We already have a bunch of money stowed away and with the cost of things here, we actually will be saving money in a way. I've already thought about it. We drop the apartment or sublet it and move the little bit of stuff we care about to my parents house. We have plenty of life left to make more money and get that white picket fence and all those rug rats, but, I'm telling you, I need to do something, or I'll burst."
"Okay, wow. I get it. I mean, I love hiking with you and getting away from it all, but don't you think you're just overreacting?"
He countered, "Ash, I have to admit that I've been contemplating this for a while. I know that's not what 'responsible' adults do in America, but I feel the joy in my life being sucked out by the job and even this city. Think of it as an extra long vacation. When we get back, we can decide to just start back with our current careers or maybe we will want to make career and/or city changes. Who knows? But I know I want to do it with you."
I thought about it for a moment or two and then said, "Well, I guess now is the time in our lives to do this kind of thing, so, um, what the hell, let's do it."
"You mean it?" he said, jumping up.
"Hell yeah, I mean it!" and I jumped up and into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist and kissing him on the mouth. A few more kisses and Rick says, "Have I ever told you that I love you, Ashley Wright?"
"A few times, Rick White, a few times, but I could stand to hear it again."
"I love you." Two more kisses on my mouth. "I love you." A kiss on each side of my neck. "I love you." A trail of kisses down towards my cleavage. I could feel his cock growing in his boxers. He carried me over to the couch and swiftly pulled off my comfy after-work sweat pants, taking the panties with them. He could see I was already wet enough for him to enter me, so he whisked off his boxers, kneeled down and started to line up his cock to its goal.