Friday, September 5, 2014

FFF - Strange Bedfellows - 9/5/14

Key Words – Aftermath, Regrets
Word Limit – 250
Forbidden Words – BFF, Girlfriend
Bonus Words – Earn 25 for making them co-workers, 25 more if one reports to the other
Extra Credit – Tell us about your work-place indiscretions.


Ruth blinked in the strong light as she awoke, and rose up to see Amber dressing. “Where are you going, Baby?” she asked.

Amber continued buttoning her shirt and replied “I’ve got to get to the office.”

“It’s still early,” Ruth whined. “I wan-“

“What did I tell you about that?” Amber snapped, interrupting her. Ruth flinched at her anger.

“I’m sorry, mistress,” she muttered, eyes downcast.

“What was that?”

“I’m sorry, mistress,” Ruth said again, louder.

“That’s better.” Amber’s tone softened. “You, of all people, know what kind of day I have before me. I’ll be doing all the work, while that bitch of a boss of mine will take all the credit, as usual.” She glanced at Ruth, giving her a meaningful look. “As much as I’d like to spend the day in bed with you, I just can’t.”

Ruth pouted, but not too severely; she still had regrets from the last time she’d made Amber really angry, and had felt the aftermath for some time. She hadn’t been able to sit for a week!

“No,” Amber answered. “I have errands to run, and you know how it will look if we arrive together.”

“Yes, of course,” Ruth agreed. She rose and also started getting ready for work.

Amber arrived late, and hurried from the elevator to her office. She picked up the file she’d been working on all week and hurried to the conference room. She paused outside the door and caught her breath, then opened it quietly and entered. She made her way to her seat under scrutiny from the other meeting participants, especially her boss.

“Amber, you’re late,” her boss said icily.

“I’m sorry, ma’am,” she muttered, eyes downcast.

“What was that?”

Amber looked up into her eyes. “I’m sorry, Ruth,” she said again, louder.

300 words on the head; not exactly an original concept, but hopefully a little entertaining. The formatting this week is bad because I’m writing and posting this while at work on Wednesday before going on vacation, and I won’t have the time to get the picture embedded with the story. Well, I would if Blogspot worked better with my phone, but it doesn’t.

My work-place indiscretion: Amanda was a dispatcher/CSR at the cable company I worked at when I first got out of the Army. She was a few years older than me (easily in her 40s late while I was 28 or 29) but damned good looking. We’d talk a little each morning before I went out on my rounds, but I didn’t think anything of it. Why would she be interested in me, right?

But she was interested, and when the wife was on a long overdue trip to Germany we started a brief affair that lasted until the wife got back. Just about every day I’d meet her at her house for lunch and we’d fuck our brains out. We were mostly cool about it back in the office, but every now and then she’d make a comment that sounded innocent enough but really wasn’t, and I’d blush and get all flustered. Good times.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Y'all Be Good

I'm leaving tonight on vacation; the wife and I are going to Myrtle Beach tomorrow, but we're driving down to L's to stay the night and get a head start in the morning. We'll be returning next Monday, so it may be Tuesday before I can post anything else. I do have a FFF scheduled to post Friday, though, and I may post a quickie here and there as the mood strikes me and I have time.

Take care, all, and I'll be back next week.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Weekend Update - What Could Have Been

As suspected the rest of the weekend wasn’t very exciting or noteworthy. It wasn’t a bad weekend, though. The wife and I did some riding on the bike, and generally had an enjoyable time together. We didn’t have sex because she’s finishing up shark week (we hope to make up for that at the beach), so between that and the tension, on my part at least, Saturday at L’s, I’m pretty horned up! Let’s see if I can get you that way too, with the following imagining, pure fictional, of how things could have gone Saturday had B not stayed home.

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When I get to L’s, she’s out in the back yard doing busy work. I go back there with her and set down the bag I’d picked up from her friends; it’s a bra and a pair of panties she left at the lake the last time she and B went, staying at a friend of theirs cabin. The friend, who lives closer to me than to L, had picked them up for L and set them on her porch for me to get.

“Here are your things from Barbara,” I say.

“Oh, good! Thanks for picking those up for me.”

I grin mischievously at L and say “They smell clean and fresh, darn it.” L laughs and says that she probably hadn’t even worn them, that they were extras “just in case.”

I’m helping her set a plastic table cloth on the picnic table and enjoying the view whenever she bends forward. “I really like that shirt!” I say, pointedly staring at her cleavage.

“Thank you,” she says, laughing.

Once the table cloth is secured, we stand over by the Tiki bar and continue talking. B is inside sleeping as he does before going to work his late shift. L takes an appraising look at me and says “I really like that shirt; v-neck suits you. I’ve really got a cute brother!”

I blush and thank her, while considering what suggestive, risqué thing I can say back, and then decide against it. I don’t want to come off as pushing for something; it’s better to wait and just let things happen as they may.

“I told B that we’re going to the next town over and that you’re taking me out to eat. Oh, and I also want to go to Victoria’s Secret, which in that same mall area.”

“Okay, sounds good,” I say. I can think of some things that would be fun at VS, but again I don’t say anything out loud. We talk a little more, and I jokingly fondle her bra and panties while we talk and that gets a laugh from L. I love being able to make her laugh. Then we take everything inside, being quiet to not wake B up (he’s still got an hour to sleep before having to get ready for work) and leave for dinner.

We hold hands on the drive, as we often do, and continue to talk. Every now and then I’ll disengage my hand from hers when I need both hands for driving, then place it on her upper leg until she puts her hand back in mine. I’m encouraged that she doesn’t seem to mind, and move it just a little higher up her thigh; not too high, just a little to try to set a tone.

L notices my dashboard camera, which I got just a few weeks ago, and asks about how it works. I take it out of the stand and point it at her, still recording, and she mugs it up a bit as we laugh. I put the camera back in the case so it’s recording the traffic in front of me. After a few more minutes of talking, I see that we’re approaching some truck traffic on the highway we’re on.

I grin at her and say “I dare you to flash those truck drivers as we pass.” I’d told her about the wife flashing on our last trip, and she said she’d done that with B years ago. She turns towards the window, looking as if she’s thinking about it, then says she better not. “It would be my luck that I know them,” she laughs; she used to work as a dispatcher for a trucking company, so it’s not as farfetched as it sounds.

“Oh, well,” I admit, “it was just an excuse for me to see them anyway.”

She smiles and says “Oh, I don’t mind showing you.” We’ve passed the trucks and there are no other vehicles nearby, and she casually lifts her shirt and bra, pushing her shoulders together to make the best presentation. L doesn’t do quick flashes, and I have plenty of time to look at them as I keep glancing at the road; I’m a good multi-tasker.

I reach towards her, wondering if she’ll stop me. It thrills me that as my hand gets closer she leans towards me. I stroke her nipple and it hardens quickly, so I pinch it lightly while cupping her boob. After a few seconds I do the same to the other, which she has turned towards me to make it easier. We’re approaching other traffic now, so she leans back and puts herself back together while I take the wheel in both hands. We grin at each other but don’t say anything, and I’m hard as a rock.

A few minutes later we get near the mall area and I ask if she wants to eat first or go to VS. She says she’s starving, so I turn into P.F. Chang’s and go in. It’s a little early for dinner on a Saturday, so we get a good table as soon as we walk in. We both order a beer and after a few minutes looking at the menu make our food orders. Dinner is uneventful, and almost an hour later we’re done and on our way out.

VS isn’t very far, and it’s a nice evening without being too hot and muggy, so we decide to walk over there instead of driving. We hold hands on the way, and since I’d left my ring at home (accidentally; I took it off while mowing the lawn before heading down to L’s and forgot to put it back on) it would be easy to mistake us for a couple. I hold the door open for her when we get to the store and enter after her.

L has a lot of VS clothing already, and has her sizing chart memorized, so knows exactly what sizes she needs. I hope that she will announce that she needs to try something on so that I can offer to come with and help, but she picks out a few things and is ready to leave. We continue walking around the mall (it’s an outdoor mall, but with a lot of shops), still holding hands and talking and laughing together. From time to time we get closer together and put our arms around each other, and one time I put my hand on her ass to gauge her reaction; she snuggles a little closer, then we part a bit and go back to holding hands.

We talk about going to see a movie, and again I start getting ideas of what could happen in a dark theater, sitting close and snuggling. But there really isn’t a movie on that we want to watch, and we decide to head on back home. By this time, B has already sent a text to L saying he was leaving.

The drive back home is mostly the same, without the flashing episode. I consider asking for another show, but decide again not to push too hard. One notable difference is that when I put my hand on her thigh she simply covers my hand with hers, and it seems to me that she moves it slight upwards as we drive. By the time we get home, it’s up to about the mid-thigh area, just below the hemline of her shorts. I’m turning onto her street as I stretch out my pinky and get it just under the shorts, brushing lightly against her skin inches away from her lady bits, and then remove it.

We get inside and L sets her package down and says she’s going to pee. I walk into their bedroom with her, and sit on the edge of the bed looking into their bathroom as she makes her way to the toilet. She’s looking at me and we continue talking while she pulls her pants and panties down and sits. My heart is pounding even though I haven’t seen anything really. She finishes up and stands, taking her time about pulling everything back up; I’m looking pointedly at her legs and where they meet, grinning like a loon. She laughs and calls me a pervert, but shakes her hips a little as she does.

Everything is back in place as she leaves the bathroom and stands in front of me while I still sit on the edge of the bed. I hold out my hand to her, and she takes mine in hers and I tug her gently towards me until she’s standing just in front of me, between my legs. I put my hand on the small of her back, just above the swell of her ass, and lean up to kiss her. She leans towards me and our lips meet and I move my hand down to cup her ass. It’s not the hurried, lustful kisses that we’ve shared when we had little time and had to rush; this is tender and passionate, and we have all the time in the world (or so it seems.)

She places her hands first on my shoulders, and then moves them to cup my face as we continue kissing. My hands have gone from massaging her ass to under her shirt and moving up. I unsnap her bra and push my hands up and arms out, lifting her shirt in one easy motion up over her head, breaking our kiss momentarily. I pull her closer and nuzzle her breasts, licking, sucking and lightly biting her nipples as she writhes sexily against me. She reaches down and rubs my hard cock through my shorts, and I unbutton her shorts and push them down, leaving her panties on.

She steps out of her shorts then reaches down and pulls my t-shirt up and over my head, tossing it aside. She pulls me up and unbuttons my shorts and pushes them and my boxer-briefs down, letting my cock bounce free. We’re still kissing as she strokes me, and my fingers are under her panties playing with her wet pussy and rubbing her clit. She pushes me back onto the bed, where I sit watching as she removes her panties then leans down to take me into her mouth. I’m already producing a large amount of pre-cum, which she laps up hungrily. I scoot back slowly and swing my legs up onto the bed, lying back as she crawls up with me; she never breaks contact and continues sucking me and she swings around so that she is just above me.

I grab her around the hips with both arms and pull myself up, burying my face in her pussy and lapping up her juices. I run my tongue from her slit up to her asshole, where I probe gently before moving back to her lips and clit. I suck and lick as she does the same to me, but soon have to get her to stop before I cum. She turns towards me and rides my face, grinding her mound against my mouth and tongue while I reach up and grope her tits. Her legs are trembling, and soon she shudders to an orgasm and her juices really flow over me.

She lifts herself off my face when it gets to be too much, and scoots down my body. My cock is sticking up at just the right angle that as she comes face to face with me and we begin kissing again (she loves the taste of her juices on my face), with a quick wiggle of her ass the head of my cock slides into her pussy. She rocks back and forth gently, teasing me with her movements and not putting more than the first inch into her until I push upwards and bury myself in her cunt. Her gasp and moan of pleasure is almost enough to make me cum right then and there, but I’m able to hold off.

All teasing done, she sits down and starts riding me in earnest, grinding side to side on the down stroke and lifting up to drop down again. I slide my hands around her ass and stroke her hard, wet clit, then push my middle finger gently into her butthole. She’s squeezing my dick and my finger really hard now, and another orgasm rips through her which causes me to cum immediately. I can feel what seems to be a quart of cum spurting into her vagina and she moans and grinds against me. Finally spent, she lays down on top of me and I pull my finger out of her ass as she pulls forward. My cock slides out of her hole with a wet plop, and I feel my sperm drip onto my groin and stomach as it oozes out of her.

L nuzzles my neck and I turn towards her and we kiss again; we’re both sweating and panting hard, and we giggle into each other’s mouth in post-orgasmic bliss. “We shouldn’t have done that,” she mutters, still nuzzling me. “Maybe, but I’m glad we did,” I answer, grinning. We both start giggling again, and she rolls off me and gets up to get a towel. She wipes her pussy and ass, cleaning off the residue, then comes back to me and cleans the puddle of sperm off my stomach, dick and balls.

When she’s gotten the most of it up, she leans over a little further and sucks my cock back into her mouth, licking and cleaning the last of our combined juices. “Mmm,” she purrs, sending a delicious vibration through me. Whether she planned it or not, I quickly begin to grow in her mouth until I’m back at full mast.

I pull her up and lay her down on the bed, then hover over her between her legs. I slide my dick between her pussy lips, letting the head butt against her clit. She’s still soaking wet and the feeling is indescribably good as I slide into her again and her vagina walls grip my cock. I start slow, loving the feeling of her legs wrapped about my hips as I fuck her.

I sit up and put her heels on my shoulders and push forward, putting my hands on either side of her, until her ass rises up just a bit. I pull out slowly until just the tip is in, and then push forward hard, slamming back into her. Her eyes close and she groans in pleasure as I repeat that several times; pull out slow, then slam back into her. Finally she looks at me and pants “Fuck me, Rob!” I’m a good brother, and I comply willingly; I rock the bed as I pound her faster and harder, our bellies slapping together with a sharp smack.

I move one hand down between us and rub her clit as we fuck, and she spasms and moans through another orgasm. A few minutes later I’m still pounding her as she cums again, and by the time her third one hits her I’m ready to cum as well. At my moans she urges me on. “Come on, brother; cum on me! Cum on my face!”

Right at the edge, I pull out and scoot up, stroking my cock furiously. L raises up just as I start to cum, and my first shot lands on her nose and lips; she licks up what she can reach with her tongue as my next spurts leave a trail from her chin to her belly button. Spent, I lean down and kiss her, tasting my cum on her lips and in her mouth; I lower myself on her and smear my cum between our bodies, reveling in the messiness of it.

We clean up with the towel and lay together, holding each other and talking. It starts getting a bit chilly, and I consider pulling a sheet up over us, but decide against it when I realize how close we both are to dozing off. I still have hours before the wife will be getting home from her game, but I can’t take the chance that I won’t wake up too late to get to the pickup point on time. Besides, as unlikely as it is I’ll sleep that long, if B were to come home and find us snuggled in bed like this, naked, it would be very bad.

I ask L if I can take a quick shower, and she says of course I can. She gets me a towel and wash cloth, then gets in the shower with me. We wash each other, touching and playing while we kiss, but not really with any intent of another round of sex. We just enjoy the closeness and intimacy of being together.

We finish showering and get dried off, and I get dressed. L puts on her night shirt and panties that she normally sleeps in, and we go into the living room. There’s still time, so we sit and watch TV together, snuggling on the couch. After another hour or so, it’s time for me to leave. L gives me a Diet Coke for the ride, and we share one last tender kiss at her door before I leave.

“This really can’t happen again, Rob,” she says.

“I know,” I agree.

“But you never know,” she adds, grinning mischievously.

I smile back at her, and say “We’ll just have to play it by ear.”

“Exactly!” she says, and hugs me. “I love you, brother. Drive safe.”

“I love you too, sissy,” I reply. It’s a long drive back home, but I’m grinning the whole way.

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Weekend Update - Friday/Saturday

Saturday Morning

I'm starting on my weekend update this morning, and will continue to update it as necessary, then post the final product Monday evening or Tuesday morning. I'm doing it this way because it's a long weekend, and some interesting (though not really sexual) things happened Friday, and I don't want to lose the thread of that over the weekend.

Friday just before lunch, Craig (from the story Craig's List Finally Comes Through) texted me. I won't go into it word for word, but he asked where I'd gone, saying I just fell off the world. I could have mentioned that he didn't text me either, but the truth is that I just didn't really feel like maintaining contact with him. Not that there's anything wrong with him; under some circumstances I think we could maybe be friends without benefits. But he's just too... I don't know, eager?

But we talked, and at one point I made mention of my age, and how everyone under 40 looks like a 20 something to me. He came back with "but you're hot! Don't be so down on yourself!" What was I supposed to say to that? "You are too"? "Thanks"?

Oh, yea, I guess I could have said "Thanks". Well, I didn't say anything because at the time I was at lunch with some coworkers. Normally I'm not invited, but I'd asked one of that guys that morning if he could take a ride in my Trailblazer at lunch to see if he could tell what was wrong with it. I thought it was the transmission, but I don't know anything about cars and needed someone with auto knowledge to help out. He agreed, then told me later a group was going out to eat, so he rode with me and we met them out there. (Turns out it's not the transmission, but the water pump needs to be replaced. Goodbye $450!)

Anyway, I saw Craig's text about me being hot when he sent another text asking when he'd get to "have that mouth again?" Instead of just saying that I'm over that whole thing, at least for now, I wimped out and just said that baseball season is over now so it might be a while. He replied back with "Ok then" which made me feel kind of guilty, so I followed up explaining that as annoying as it is for the wife to go to so many games, it's a welcome respite from the normal tied-at-the-hip thing (h/t to James.) He answered "I hear ya" and that's the last of it.

In one way, I want him to get the message loud and clear that I'm not interested in any further shenanigans, and really not even contact. As I said, it's not that he's a bad guy, but just too eager and I suspect if we did try to hang out "just as friends" he'd want something more and I'd be adamantly opposed to it, and it would get awkward and uncomfortable.

Anyway, after lunch I got back to the office and finished up some paperwork, then left a little after 2 p.m. I had some errands to run that had to be done earlier than I would have gotten off normally, and that it helped start the 3-day weekend a little earlier was just gravy. One of those errands was to get a quote from a local mechanic on fixing the water pump, then I stopped by my old office to check in on Z and kill some time before getting the new stereo fixed (again!) (More on that later.)

I had a short visit with Z and one of the employees, and on my way out Z and I stood outside and continued the conversation while he smoked his pipe. I asked if he'd ever gotten around to reading the blog and he said he had, but not since the update involving T. He admitted that it had made him a little uncomfortable, and I reminded him that he was the one who said he wanted to keep up with it. He laughed and said "I know, I know," then he mumbled something else and said "...but you still have that facial hair, so..."

(This is in reference to a comment he posted saying that our long-time friendship would make anything happening between us very awkward, especially since my facial hair would likely cause him bad memories from being molested as a kid by his father.)

We both had a good laugh out of that, but it did make me wonder at the possibility of anything like that happening. Right now I'm not really feeling the urge to do anything, and who knows if it will come back at a later time. Still, it was an interesting comment on his part, though it's highly likely it meant nothing.

The other interesting thing that happened on Friday was that I told L about the wife going on a bus trip with some of the season ticket holders some 5 1/2 hours out of town to watch a baseball game. It's a free trip that our local team does for the season ticket holders each year, and this was the first time she'd have a chance to go. L suggested that we should hang out since B would be working that night, and we decided we'd go out to eat at a nice restaurant. Now I'd be lying if I said I didn't immediately start thinking of other things we could get up to, but I didn't say anything about it and neither did she.

Well, that is to say I don't know if she said anything about it or not. As we talked about where we'd go to eat, I said anyplace was fine with me, and she said the same. After a few "where do YOU want to go" back and forths, she finally said "Okay, well think of something you want to try or haven't had for a while..." I was tempted to make a sexually charged reply to this, but decided to take the high road and treat it as a perfectly innocent statement. However, given our history it's really hard to believe she didn't see the double entendre in the statement.

So that's the plan for today. After the wife gets on the bus, and I get some things done around the house, I'm heading down there. We'll see what we see!

Saturday Night

Well, the long of short of it is; B must have taken some lessons from the wife on how to fuck up plans to have a good time. Of all the days for him to decide to call in sick, he had to pick tonight! I still drove down, and we hung out (the three of us!) for a while. In fact, it wasn't a bad visit at all; it just wasn't what it could have been.

I don't know if anything would have happened if it had just been L and I or not, but I would have preferred it just be her and I. We were going to go to the restaurant, then a few shops she wanted to stop, before heading back home (to their place.) Even without shenanigans, it just would have been more fun if we could have focused on us instead of being guarded around B (or anyone else.)

And if nothing had happened, if after all that time alone together L had shut down any naughtiness, I certainly would have been disappointed. Back when we first got involved it would have been a dream come true to have this much time to explore and play and really get right down in it. But times are different now, and though I don't like it I respect her wishes in that regard. If we'd had this golden opportunity and she'd said "no", I would have driven home after an otherwise good visit and felt a little sad, but it would have been okay.

But now I'm disappointed and frustrated, because I have no idea what might have happened. B being there fucked the whole pooch. Based on some of the things L said after he decided not to go to work, I know she'd been looking forward to us having us to ourselves. There was no definitive declaration of what we would have done, nor was there any statements that we would not have done anything, but I think the idea had to at least have crossed her mind. On a scale of 1 ("keep your hands to yourself, buster") to 10 (ripping each others clothes off as soon as we were alone), I think we were looking at a 4 at least, maybe even a 5. So it goes.

After finishing the Friday and Saturday portion, I've decided to post it now because of it's length. I'll post the rest of the update for Sunday/Monday if anything interesting and blog worthy happens. 

Friday, August 29, 2014

Joke of the Week

It's been a while since I've posted one of these, but I thought this one was cute.

An 18 year old Italian girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for two months. Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit. The test result shows that the girl is pregnant. Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, "Who was the pig that did this to you? I want to know!" The girl picks up the phone and makes a call.

Half an hour later, a Ferrari stops in front of their house. A mature and distinguished man with gray hair and impeccably dressed in an Armani suit steps out of the of the Ferrari and enters the house.

He sits in the living room with the father, mother, and the girl and tells them: "Good morning, your daughter has informed me of the problem. I can't marry her because of my personal family situation but I'll take charge. I will pay all costs and provide for your daughter for the rest of her life." "Additionally, if a girl is born, I will bequeath a Ferrari, a beach house, two retail stores, a townhouse, a beachfront villa, and a $2,000,000 bank account. If a boy is born, my legacy will be a couple of factories and a $4,000,000 bank account. If twins, they will receive a factory and $2,000,000 each. However, if there is a miscarriage, what do you suggest I do?"

At this point, the father, who had remained silent, places a hand firmly on the man's shoulder and tells him, "You fuck her again."

Monday, August 25, 2014

Update

I haven’t had much to write about lately; in fact, it’s been some time since I’ve posted anything besides a flash fiction story. There’s been no real reason for this other than there just hasn’t been a lot happening worth posting about. But I thought I’d give a little update on how things are to date across several fronts, and talk about some things I’m happy/excited about.

My relationship with the wife has been… okay. We’re back in the same old rut as before, but it doesn’t bother me as much right now. I still get kind of pissed when she stays late at games on a work night, because we both have to get up early in the morning. But on those nights when she’s likely to be out late I stay in the spare room so she doesn’t wake me up when she gets in.

Otherwise, things really are okay with us. When she is around, we spend more time together, if that makes sense. She still gets on her computer and I still read a lot, but we try to pay attention to each other and take time to talk about things. We aren’t having a lot of sex, and when we do it’s the same old routine, but what are you going to do, right?

My relationship with L has been… okay. There haven’t been any spats, except the ones I act out in my head when I feel slighted (like finding out she and B were in town again checking out some local breweries but didn’t ask us to join them.) In contrast to this cold shoulder, there are other times when she’s really warm and sweet. There’s nothing overtly flirty, not enough that I could act on (even if it were to just call her out on it), but there are times it feels like there’s still a spark there for her. Or maybe it’s just wishful thinking on my part.

She and B are getting along well enough, and though she still thinks about S sometimes and gets sad, she’s slowly working through her feelings on that. She and B still have spats, but nothing like it was before (at least, not that she’s telling me.) They went to the beach a few weekends ago with L’s daughter and her girlfriend and apparently had a pretty good time.

Speaking of L’s daughter and her girlfriend, L confided to me that her daughter confirmed what we all pretty much knew anyway, that she’s a lesbian. It’s not surprising by any means, but L is having a hard time dealing with it. She loves her daughter and will stand behind her no matter what, but she does have a deep down feeling that same-sex relationships are wrong. I hope she gets over that, but as long as she’s there for her daughter I can’t really give her too much crap about it. Besides, L says her biggest issue with it right now is that she wishes her daughter would find someone, boy or girl, more suitable for her than her current girlfriend.

My relationship with everyone else is basically null. We tried to get together with several of our couples friends a while back, but they “weren’t available” whenever we’d ask. Then I’d see their post on Facebook about being out or hanging with so-and-so doing such-and-such. After a while I just stopped asking, or expecting them to ask us. shrug

For the past few weeks, we’ve been really strict about eating at home and not drinking during the week. We save money eating at home, and I don’t eat as much when I’m not drinking, which has a number of benefits (though significant weight loss is, to date, not one of them.) Plus, we’re not spending as much money replenishing the “bar”, and I wake up feeling better in the mornings.

I recently ordered a box of cigars online, which I don’t normally do. But when I have a chance to get a box of Partagas 1845 extra oscuro (dark wrapper) for less than $100, I’m going to jump on it. I got my favorite size, the 6” x 60 (gigante) and they are a really good smoke; a little peppery on the start but they mellow out after the first two inches. (I still prefer the Partagas Black Label, but they were just a bit out of my budget.) I’ve had three of them so far (out of 18) and they feel really consistent across the line.

The wife and I are going to Myrtle Beach in… let’s see, add the columns, carry the tens, subtract the mod of the square root of pi, 10 days. Going after the Labor Day weekend is so much less expensive, and we avoid a big part of the crowds. I can’t wait to get there and eat some real seafood! And sit on the beach in my camp chair, under my beach umbrella (sometimes) and smoking a cigar while the wife hunts for shark teeth. And I’m going to see if I can get her to flash truck drivers on the way down/back!

And we finally sprung to upgrade the stereo system in our main vehicle. The system that came with it is 10 years old (like the car), and though it gets XM/Sirius radio, that’s about all it does. The new one will be touch screen, and will connect to our phones via Bluetooth and the wife’s older iPod through an auxiliary jack. It should sound and work a heap better than the current one, especially considering how much it’s going to cost to get it put in!

I think that’s about all I’ve got for now. I won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by “promising to write more”; if I have something I feel inspired to write about, I will. I think I’ll be able to work with this week’s Flash Fiction Friday, so I should have a story up for that.

Friday, August 22, 2014

FFF - It Begins - 8/22/2014

Where did she come from?
Key Words: Wild, Found, Saved (use all three)
Word Limit: 300
Forbidden Words: Dirty
Bonus Words:  Let her speak, but it’s not going to be understood
Extra Credit:  When was the last time you played outside?
Sarah and Brian watched in stunned silence at the news report on television.

“John, officials say they have no idea how long the young woman, who appears to be in her teens, may have been living in the Jefferson National Forest. There is some speculation that she may have been abandoned there when quite young, perhaps even as a baby.”

“Why do they think that, Gary?”

“She hasn’t spoken, or attempted any form of real communication, meaning she most likely was never taught language. There are indications that she might have been saved and taken care of by… something, though, at least until she was old enough to survive on her own.”


“What the fuck, Brian! You told me you that… that thing was dead fifteen years ago!”

”What do you mean “something”, Gary?”

“The lair she is believed to have lived in contained some odd, um… figures, dolls maybe, made out of twigs and leaves and such. Also, the walls were covered in some strange markings resembling ancient runes.”


“I thought it was,” Brian answered. “It was stronger than we thought.”

“And it had help, apparently,” Sarah added.

”Gary, I guess the big question is how did she remain hidden for so long?”

“John, park officials tell me that the forest is huge, and large parts of it go unpatrolled because of how dense the vegetation is. If something, or someone, doesn’t want to be found, it won’t be. If she hadn’t stepped out on the ATV trail when a ranger was on patrol, they would have never found her.”

“Any idea why she came out now, Gary?”


“Because it’s time,” answered Brian.

“Can we stop it?” Sarah asked.

“Not anymore.”

There was a flurry of activity on the TV screen; the police were moving the wild woman from the wagon into the station, and the cameras were rushing forward to get a good look at her. Gary’s cameraman zoomed in tight on the thing’s face, and she looked up into, then through, the camera. Sarah and Brian shivered as her gaze fell directly on them.

”Azuk tak a’tul qar. Uer tak a’tul haqar. Murq tak a’tul akum!”

Translation wasn’t necessary; they both knew the words of the prophecy. First I will kill the man. Then I will kill mankind. Last I will kill you!”

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These things always sound so much better in my head. By the time I get them written, they lose much of what I wanted them to say.

I'm over the word limit, but not by too awful much. Get over to Advizor54's site and read the rest of this week's entries.