I dreamed about Nina last night. I still wonder whether my "real" visits with her are much more than dreams. But in my heart I believe them. And they have actual consequences in my everyday world. I look at the grass stain on the pants I wore yesterday. This is real. I sniff the stain. It still has the unique aroma of Miralea.
I decide to replace the pants rather than having them cleaned. I managed to bring back a trace of Miralea with them. If anything happens, I will retain that as more than just a memory. A proof to myself that something did happen, that Nina is real.
And I am going to be a father. I do not understand how, but Nina told me that I would be able to raise my son. With her. My heart is filled with joy as I consider the thought. And somehow I know she is right.
I have another tennis match with Eric after work today. I know he will laugh at me, but I have to tell someone Nina's news. My news. And no one else would even vaguely believe me. The work day is a blur.
Eric is a little late for our tennis and insists on starting the first game immediately when he arrives. My tennis is awful. I can't really stay focused. Finally, Eric says, "Are we going to play tennis, or are you just going to moon over your maiden? I take it you saw her again last night."
I nod.
"Well, I guess you need to tell me about it. Maybe that will let you get your mind here. It's too easy to even enjoy taking points off you like this. And I am certainly not getting a work out."
"She's pregnant."
"Yours? So soon?"
"It was more than two months later for her. And yes, it's mine. She says it's our son. And she says I will be able to raise him with her."
"So you are talking yourself into being there permanently."
"No, I don't think that is the plan. And this feels very planned. I just don't know by whom. But I asked her and Charles about staying, and they both strongly said no."
"Who is Charles?"
"The butler guy who lets us in."
"You know his name?"
"Yeah, I asked. I am getting to like him."
"So if you are not staying, how are you going to raise a kid there."
"I don't know. I don't think she knew either. But she said we would be together all the time. I don't understand, but I do believe that it is true."
"You certainly want to believe it, at least. Do you think you are ready to play tennis now or are you still dreaming about raising an imaginary child with an imaginary woman?"
"I think I can give you a little more of a game at least."
She is not imaginary, I think. I do not know what she is, but I did not imagine her. And I do give him a better game. Not my best, but I at least made him break a sweat.
I grab a light dinner on my way to Wisteria Lane. Momentarily, I wonder if Miralea would feed me immediately if I went there hungry. But I don't want to use up any of my favor on something so mundane, so I eat now.
"Good evening, sir," Charles says as the door opens for me. "If you will follow me."
We stop briefly to allow me to pay and then I head in what might have been the same door as yesterday.
I peer through the lone keyhole, seeing Nina sitting under the tree as usual. I notice the cherry tree is full of ripe fruit today. For the first time in my visits to Miralea, The sky is overcast. I quickly open the door, ignoring all signs of my world disappearing as soon as I step into hers.
I run to her and she gets up a little slowly, to hug me. If I did not know Nina so well, I would not have noticed her slight bulge. To me, knowing her body as intimately as I do, the pregnancy is starting to show. She takes my hand and places it on her belly.
"You can feel Alexander move if you hold your hand here," she says in her lyrical language that I can mysteriously understand.
I leave my hand long enough to feel our son move.
"So he is to be called Alexander?"
"Of course, because that is his name."
Her certainty of knowledge of things I would consider unknowable in the present always amazes me. And she almost never gives this awareness a second thought. I don't know whether she is born of magic or simply entwined with it, but her foresight and my magical access to her seem likely linked.
She now throws her arms around my neck and kisses me passionately. Her love for me is as unquestioned as her divined knowledge. I feel blessed to be the recipient. I do not question my passion for her, my desire for her. I do have questions about who she is. What she is. If she is. Whoever she is, even if this is all an illusion, I love her.
I return her kisses with equal passion.
She stops kissing me just long enough to say, "I need you inside of me."
"I want to watch you as we do."
I pull my arms from around her and pull up on her blouse. She releases my neck and holds her hands over her head as a pull it the rest of the way off. I kiss each nipple before turning my attention to her skirt, which I push down over her hips, allowing it to fall to the ground. She steps back out of the skirt and I admire the naked beauty before me.
Only now do I see the small adornment she is wearing, new since my last visit. A single thread drapes around her hips with a small white disk threaded over it, hanging between her belly button and her golden mane. I step forward and pull it closer to me. I immediately recognize the disk; it is the button I lost from my shirt on my last visit.
Her baby bulge is more obvious now and her breasts are somewhat larger than usual. Her condition only enflames my passions. And my heart soars with the understanding that I am going to be a father, that Alexander, my son, is in that bulge.
"I want to watch you take off your clothes. And you left me a gift last time you did!"
I take off my shirt first, but I do not lose any buttons this time to add to her jewelry. I crouch to untie my shoes and slide them off before pulling my socks off.
"Would you like to keep these as another gift?" I ask, offering her my socks. "Does it get cold here in the winter? These could help keep your feet warm."
"I have never felt cold, other than the water, but I will cherish them, Peter."
She drops them on her clothes.
I reach out and pull her towards me. The feel of her naked body pressed against me is divinity incarnate. We hold each other for a few minutes and kiss before she slides down and takes my semi-erect member into her mouth.
Her attentions soon has it at full mast and she pushes me over onto my back. She straddles my midsection and slowly impales herself on my pole. Her whimpers start almost immediately with my first penetration.
The other time we tried this position, she was still wearing her skirt, which impeded my visuals. Now I ogle the penetration keenly. This is probably my favorite position to watch; I enjoy watching her swallow my manhood time after time, only to be released once again.
I reach up and fondle her breasts while she rocks on and off my erection. Her whimpers slowly morph into moans as the speed of her rocking increases. The motion has become frenetic when the moans are erased by a loud shriek. I feel her muscles squeezing my cock, which now erupts, flooding her with my seed.
She leans down and kisses me, before saying, "Let's eat. Ever since I stopped getting sick every morning, I want to eat all the time. I think it is why I am getting fat."
She giggles and climbs off me. I stand up and we walk back to the tree where she picks up a slightly larger basket than usual. I guess she did say she is hungrier now.
We sit in our usual spot under the tree, naked, cross-legged, and facing each other as she pulls the bread and cheese out. I wonder what culinary delights still await us.
We feed each other pieces of bread and cheese until it is all gone. After our meal, we go down to the pool to take drinks from the creek. The water is sweet and refreshing.
As Nina is leaning over, drinking from the pool, I am watching her exposed privates. Entranced, I step up behind her and begin to finger her. She is soon moaning. She puts her hands on a large rock in the stream, supporting herself.
I shift from my fingers in her to my cock, newly resurrected during my explorations of her inner most treasures. I drive in and out of her aggressively. It does not take me long to find my second release.
Knowing that she has not had a similar opportunity, I wrap both arms around Nina and pull her upright in front of me. I am still inside her as I shift one hand up to a breast and the other down to find her pleasure point. Her moans are back with more need as I fulfill her wants. After a few minutes, my still mostly inflated cock feels her spasms squeezing me as she reaches her release.