This is the first long story I wrote, being well over twice the size of my previous biggest story. I published it on 4/29/15. The final sex scene to me is the hottest sex scene I've written. People left a lot of negative comments on this story, but it almost always had a higher rating than all my stories published before it. Caitlin is one of my favorite female characters. She's a bad ass, suffers no fools, goes after what she wants, and gets things done. This is one of the few stories that I tempted to write a sequel for, just because of her.
I took this and all my other stories down in January 2023. I'm republishing it now as it was originally published with the exception of this intro.
A Saturday in April, Miami
"Caitlin!"
My sister waved to me then made her way through the crowded atrium of the cruise ship to where my girlfriend and I had been waiting for her and her boyfriend. I hugged her.
"This is Rebecca," I said proudly.
Rebecca and Caitlin hugged.
"Thomas had sent me pictures of you. You're even prettier in person."
Rebecca blushed. She was pretty, easily the prettiest girl I had ever dated, with wholesome cheerleader/girl next door looks - blond hair down to her waist, deep blue eyes, full lips and a radiant smile.
Caitlin was the first member of my family to meet Rebecca. I felt the urge to put my arm around Rebecca's shoulders to show Caitlin how proud I was to have her as my girlfriend, but Rebecca was uncomfortable with any public displays of affection beyond holding hands.
"So you two work together?" Caitlin asked.
"We're on the same floor," I said. "But we have never done any work together."
"How long have you been dating?"
Rebecca and I looked at each other.
"Well, we've never dated," said Rebecca. "We were friends for a long time then went to boyfriend-girlfriend."
"How long have you been boyfriend-girlfriend?"
Rebecca and I looked at each other again.
"What, a month now?" Rebecca said with a laugh. She had a bubbly, contagious laugh.
"You called me your boyfriend for the first time a couple of days after I called Caitlin about the cruise, so less than a month."
Caitlin had a confused look on her face. Rebecca laughed lightly.
"We haven't had a straightforward romance," Rebecca said. "When we met, neither of us wanted to date the other. I was looking for a devout Christian..."
"And I didn't want to date someone so short." As I'm 6'3" and Rebecca is 5'1", I tower over her and we frequently draw stares.
"We met when Thomas was chasing the other new Marketing hires."
"The single guys in the company look forward to when the new college hires show up in Marketing. They seem to hire only pretty women."
"People paired up quickly and Thomas missed out. I wasn't interested in any of the guys who flirted with me. Thomas saw that I was lonely. I'm from a small town in Texas near Amarillo and didn't know a soul in Boston. Thomas offered to do some things with me as friends. So we did things as friends, and did some more things, and here we are!" Rebecca finished with a big smile.
"Where's your boyfriend?" I asked.
"He misplaced his passport and was searching for it. I know he has it. He should be here any...there he is!" She waved and a guy moved in our direction. He was very good looking, something like a young Tom Cruise with a dark, thick mustache. He looked a little taller than Caitlin, who's 5'8".
"Oh my God!" Rebecca cried as he approached. "Jacob!"
"Rebecca!"
They gave each other a big hug.
"Well, you two obviously know each other," said Caitlin.
"This is incredible!" said Rebecca to Jacob. "I thought I'd never see you again!"
They hugged again, then Jacob hugged Caitlin while Rebecca moved to my side and took my hand.
"We dated our junior and senior years at OU", said Rebecca. Rebecca had gone to the University of Oklahoma. "We split when we graduated and we haven't kept in touch. This is amazing!"
Rebecca had mentioned Jacob a few times, but I never would have guessed her boyfriend at OU was Caitlin's boyfriend in Wichita.
"I told you God would bring us back together," said Jacob.
"Jacob, this is my brother Thomas," said Caitlin. She sounded a little pissed.
Jacob and I shook hands.
"We might as well explore the ship," said Caitlin. "Our luggage won't be in our cabins for a while and just before we depart, we'll have to muster on deck to make up the lifeboat teams and get safety instructions."
As we headed off, Rebecca asked Caitlin, "Have you been on a cruise before?"
"A year ago during spring break with three of my girlfriends from college. We all came down with norovirus."