Northern Proposals (5 page)

I didn't respond, but then she shifted again. Her hand went to the back of my neck, and then I felt her breath against my lips from maybe an inch or two away. "Last chance to tell me to stop," she said.

I didn't tell her to stop, and then she was kissing me.

It was a firm kiss, but soft at the same time, and she meant business with it. At first it was just lips, but then she parted her mouth slightly and caressed my lips with her tongue. I opened for her. She hesitated just a moment,
then her tongue began to explore my mouth.

She made a noise, perhaps of hunger.
I made a similar noise.

She tasted amazing.

Then she withdrew her tongue and pulled away.

I sat there, stunned. Jessica shifted on the sofa,
then her hands were at my wrists, untying them.  I felt her reach up and remove the blindfold. She dropped both pieces of silk in my lap.

I opened my eyes and stared into hers, still too stunned to say anything.

"When you are able to think again, please put the scarves away, then hang my clothes up. It'll give you something to do for me while I work on these numbers."

She turned away from me, settling back onto the sofa, and picked up her laptop from the coffee table where she had set it before discovering me snooping through her things. I watched for a while as she worked on the numbers for me.

"Jessica?"

"Yes, Jade?"

"That's the first time a woman has kissed me like that."

She glanced over at me. "Did you enjoy it?"

"Yes."

Jessica turned back to her computer. "Good. So did I."

"Am I gay?"

She turned back to me and looked at me. I thought perhaps she was going to laugh, but then she said gently, "I doubt it. Being curious is natural. We're having a nice time, we've been flirting, and I'm kind of sexy."

"More than kind of."

She smiled. "I could pour a little more alcohol into you and probably talk you into letting me do more. But that doesn't mean you wouldn't regret it in the light of day. And even if you enjoyed every minute and we had a wild, amazing weekend, you still might prefer guys. It would just be a fling on the gay side, then back
to your prudish, straight life."

I thought about it.

"Are you going to do that again?"

"I don't know. I didn't know I was going to do it that time, but you just looked so amazingly tasty that even if you got mad afterwards, I wanted a taste." She paused. "You're giving out huge 'seduce me' vibes, and I suspect you would let me if I tried, but there's a problem. You're pretty much my dream woman, and on Sunday when you tell me it was fun, but it won't happen again, it would break my heart."

"So you aren't going to kiss me again?"

"Honestly?" I nodded.

"If you don't stop me, yes, I probably well. I've had one taste, and it wasn't remotely enough."

She turned back to the computer. "Go hang my clothes up, Jade."

Obediently I rose from the sofa and, still in a daze, began putting her clothes away.

I didn't know what was going on with me. I was straight. I knew I was straight. What was I doing? I was intentionally begging her to seduce me, and I didn't know why.

Furthermore, if what she said was true, it was cruel. I was playing with her. I had to stop, go out there and tell her,
"It was a nice kiss, but please don't do it again." Then I picked up her panties from the suitcase. They weren't any different from mine, but I caressed my cheek with them. Standing in the bedroom of this cute little cabin, I was caressing my cheek with another woman's underwear.

Maybe there were such things as gay germs after all, I
told myself in a moment of self-amusement.

I picked a drawer in the dresser and put her things away.

I put all the sex toys in the nightstand drawer. I hadn't gotten to the vibrator before, but I looked at it before I put it in the drawer. I began to blush just holding it, and I quickly stuffed it into the nightstand. I left the drawer open a little so she would notice where I put everything. I could just imagine us forgetting something and her sister-in-law finding it.

I put her toiletries in the bathroom near mine and put the empty suitcase in the closet next to mine. I hoped the two suitcases would breed and make a small purse or something.

I was definitely in a weird mood.

I decided I had stalled as long as I could. It was a small cabin, and there weren't a lot of places to
be alone and think. I walked back out to the living room and looked at her. "Did you want anything?"

She looked up at me and smile
d. "Oh, yes," she said. "I do."

"I meant. Um. To eat."

She leered, eyeing me up and down. "Definitely."

I immediately began blushing. "Food, Jessica. Do you want any food?"

"No thank you, Jade. I think I've had enough wine, too. Unless you want more, can you cork the bottle and leave it in the kitchen?" She bent her head back to her computer. I put the wine away and rinsed both our wine glasses, leaving them on the counter. I headed back to the living room and sat down, watching her work. Somehow she managed to ignore me.

Didn't she know how confused I was? How could she sit there and work instead of helping me work through my feelings?

I must have been fidgeting, or staring at her too hard, or something, because she looked up at me, and her expression softened. "I know you're confused. I am trying to finish this as quickly as I can, so it's not hanging over our heads." She leered at me. "It's refreshing to know the gay germs are working."

I laughed weakly. "I was thinking about that in the other room. But I know you're trying to distract me
from the truth. It's not the gay germs, it's something you put in the sandwiches."

She sighed. "You're onto me, and it takes three doses to become permanent. However am I going to get you to take the other two doses?"

It was disappointing: I couldn't come up with a smart-ass suggestion for her.

She looked down at her laptop and sighed again, then closed it and set it back on the coffee table. "
It's taking longer than I thought it would to finish, and I can't concentrate. Would you like to give me that back rub you owe me?"

I smiled. "Yes, I can do that."

"Go get ready for bed."

I got up, used the bathroom, and climbed into my granny
jammies. I was sitting on the bed with the covers pulled back when Jessica entered the bedroom after turning off the lights in the rest of the cabin. "Do you need a night light?"

"I'm not afraid of the dark."

She smiled. "I was thinking more about middle of the night trips to the bathroom."

I returned her smile. "I'll be fine."

Outside a loon howled. We both listened to it, cocking our heads to hear it better. The haunting sound served as counterpoint to my confusion.

After the sound faded, Jessica asked,
"Where did you put my clothes?"

"I hung up some. The rest are in the dresser, third drawer." I pointed.

Jessica walked to the dresser and pulled out her teddy, then headed to the bathroom. She was in there for several minutes. When she returned, she was wearing a black teddy and undies, and I could tell she had removed her makeup. She looked amazingly sleek and sexy. My hands twitched with the urge to reach out and run a finger down her leg. I watched as she hung her clothes up in the closet, then she turned to me.

"I can borrow a shirt of Jon's," she said.

I shook my head. She nodded before walking over to the bed. She was holding a small bottle and handed it to me. "Lotion," she said. "Please warm it in your hands before you use it."

"Of course."

"There is a clock on the night stand," she said, pointing.

"How long is my penance?"

She lay down on her stomach, pulling her hair out of the way before answering. "However long you feel guilty."

I laughed gently.

"You may massage anywhere you want," she said. "But I am going to feel free to touch you anywhere you have touched me. Please don't tickle."

"I won't."
My thoughts were in turmoil and my mouth was dry, but I focused on the task at hand, concentrating on how to best please her. I set the bottle of lotion on the nightstand then rotated on the bed so I could lean over her. I began by lightly caressing her back through the silky material of the teddy. I did that for just a moment or two, getting used to her contours. I'd never given a massage to a woman before. I wet my lips then said, "It's up to you, but this will be nicer for you if you take off the teddy."

"I know," she said. "But I didn't want to freak you out."

"I won't freak out."

So she rolled over and removed the teddy, dropping it on the bed next to her,
then rolled back onto her stomach. I adjusted her hair and admired her back and shoulders for a moment. Then I poured some of the lotion into my hands, warming it up, and began to massage her back in earnest.

It didn't take me long to have her moaning
with pleasure. The noises she made were actually turning me on. There was something primal about them that touched me to the core. She had such an amazing body. I massaged her shoulders and arms. Even relaxed her arms were sleek and toned, her skin smooth and supple.

From the moment I touched her, it was clear she carried her stress thr
ough her shoulders and back. She was very reactive to my touch, and as I worked, I could feel the tension ease out of her. "Harder?" I asked her.

"A little," she responded.

I was careful to avoid pinching, but slowly worked out all the knots. Listening to her moans of pleasure, I found myself getting wet. I paid particular attention to her lower back just as it dived into her buttocks. Those are large, strong muscles, and I knew from my own experience how nice it feels when they get attention.

I looked at the clock once I felt she
had become a pile of putty on the bed. I didn't feel I'd fully paid my penance though, so I shifted down the bed and began massaging her feet, using more lotion.

"
Ohhh," she said, whimpering a little in her pleasure. I gave each foot several minutes of attention, then worked her calves for a while, not sure how she might enjoy that. She was far less vocal, so I moved back up to her back. I was firm with her for a minute or two, then started dialing it back to more relaxing caresses instead of deep strokes. She continued to moan periodically, but then as I eased up on the pressure, I could tell she was relaxing with the hypnotic nature of what I was doing.

Finally, I leaned
close to her ear and whispered, "I shouldn't have snooped."

"I'm glad you did,"
she murmured.

I
lay down next to her, lying on my side and continuing to caress her back with one hand. "Did I miss anywhere?"

"
Mmmm," was all she said.

"Let me rephrase. Did I miss anywhere that the straight girl should have paid attention to?"

She chuckled just a little. "You were divine, Jade. Thank you."

"You're welcome, Jessica." I stopped caressing, pulling my hands to myself. I was willing to continue to caress
her, but I wanted her to put her teddy back on before she fell asleep. I told her that.

She moaned
with displeasure.

We
lay there quietly for a while. I continued to watch her. She did not move.

"Are you falling asleep?" I asked quietly.

"No." She rolled towards me so she was on her side, her back to me, then shifted away slightly, giving me more room. She lay there for a moment before sitting up, facing away from me, and slipped into her teddy. She lay back down, rolling over to face me.

"Thank you," she said. "T
hat was the best massage I have ever had."

For some reason her praise warmed me more than I would have expected. I smiled. "You are welcome. Too bad you're out of things to snoop
through, or my curiosity would get the better of me again, and you'd get another one tomorrow night."

She smiled, and I immediately wanted to touch her soft lips.

I rolled over to the nightstand and turned off the bedside lamp, then rolled back. We faced each other in the dark.

"Are you still nervous?" she asked.

"I was never nervous. Excited and unsure." I didn't tell her my panties were wet. I wasn't sure I wanted her to act on that information. Even worse, I wasn't sure how I would feel if she didn't.

"When I asked you to come, I was expecting an innocent weekend."

"I know."

"
Do you want to talk or sleep?"

"It's up to you," I replied.

She thought about it. "Unless you stop me, I am going to kiss you. Then I am going to roll over and try to sleep. If I look at you any more, I'm going to seduce you, and I think you're vulnerable enough you would let me."