It all started innocently enough. I was at my desk on a
bright, sunny afternoon in late September and just messing around with
Illustrator on the PC. Our Department had just finished a major project
and we were all waiting for the next "big one" to come in. A
women walked into our office, just in the periphery of my vision. I did
not turn to look, it was a big open plain office with about twenty people
working there. People walked in and out all the time, I paid no attention
to the women. She walked closer to our corner of the office, brushed
passed my chair and then stopped. My supervisor was not at his desk.
Then she spoke to me. "Excuse me but I'm looking
for Martin, is this where he sits?"
I swung the chair
around and looked at her fully, for the first time since she walked in. As
I replied I "checked her out", in the few split seconds I had to
look at her face.
"Ahh . . . yes, he is usually sat there, um . . . he must be about
somewhere. Can I help at all?"
I had seen her about the building before but had never
spoken to her. She was possibly in her late thirties but probably early
forties, she was of medium build and dressed well in a flowing dress. I
also immediately noticed her eyes, they shone out from her face, big,
smiling eyes that made her face look radiant.
She replied, "Well, I have just received this fax
detailing an invoice that has not been paid . . . it states that your
department bought a book with the title of "Advanced Radiography,"
and that you have not paid for it. Do you know if it was bought or
not?"
"Ah, I think we did and it arrived about three
months ago but it was the wrong book so we sent it back . . . I'm sorry I
can't help anymore."
"Oh good, yes, that's fine then, I can sort it
now, thank you."
She started to walk away as she did so I had an urge to
keep talking to her. Her voice was soft, lilting and very easy to listen
to. I also wanted to keep looking at her face and her beautiful eyes.
"Excuse me but what's your name?"
"Oh, Kerri . . . Kerri Shepton . . . and yours?"
"I'm Dave . . .Dave Robertson . . . I'll tell
Martin...."
"Yes . . . thanks . . . goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Kerri then turned quickly around and walked out of our
department. My gaze followed her all the way. She fleetingly looked back
at me as she went through the
swing doors and she smiled again. I felt uplifted and refreshed. Kerri had
done something for me and I did not even know what it was. She was at
least ten years
older than me, not exactly a woman with a fantastic figure or outstanding
beautiful looks but she had something that had captivated me.
I began to ponder the complications of sexual
attraction, the theories of beauty and the biological urge and the unknown
impulse that made me speak to Kerri. I had a drink of water and then got
on with the serious business of wasting the rest of my day on the
computer.
Life continued pretty much as before that September
afternoon. A new project came in and diverted my time wasting activities
into more constructive work related
enterprises. Work briefs came in, computers whirred, graphics were drawn
and designs flowed out of the department. I continued only to see Kerri
fleetingly and at a distance.
The latest project hit a hitch after a couple of weeks
and we waited while a major decision on it was taken by the powers that be
upstairs. Again the department fell into a lull, a few smaller projects
were still in progress but nothing pressing. During the lull I was at
lunch in the canteen with Alison, an old friend of mine from college, when
Kerri came and sat down on the opposite table. She said hello to Alison
and then made a point of greeting me very warmly. We both said hello back and carried on
eating. Other people joined Kerri at her table. I tried not to glance over
too often but I could not help it. We finished lunch and left the
canteen. I asked Alison about Kerri.
"Ali, who's the woman who spoke to us?"
"Oh, you mean Kerri . . . she works in accounts .
. . Kerri Shepton, why?"
"Err . . . she came up to our department the other
week, she seems really nice. I just wondered who she was."
"Yes, she is really friendly. Why?"
"I just wondered, that's all." I felt myself
get a little warm, my face flushed a little. Alison just smiled a
knowing smile and shook her head.
I left it there and changed the subject.
I continued to see Kerri about the building, even
managing to say hello now and again. She was very courteous every time and
even managed to chat about the weather once. It was not until after
Christmas and well into January that I actually managed to have any
meaningful exchange with Kerri.
It had been a very cold night, temperature down to
about minus six, my car was sheeted in thick, glassy ice. It took about
fifteen minutes to clear enough off the windows for me to drive safely.
Traffic was especially heavy and slow. The rush hour elongated into two
hours and made many people, including myself, late for work. I finally got
to work about an hour late. The car park was quite full, people obviously taking the car instead of walking or cycling in the freezing weather. I
couldn't park in my usual spot near the entrance to my department so I had
to circle around the large car park looking for a space that was not too
far from the building. I ended up at the other end of the building where I
had never parked before. By the time I had got to my desk I was another
five minutes late.
Because I had arrived late, that evening I made up some
of the time by working late. We had a tight deadline approaching and I
really needed to put some hours in. However by six o'clock I had had
enough. I would rather get in early than work late so I vowed to make the
other hour up the next morning. I got my coat and scarf on and made the
long journey to the car. As I neared it I realized that it was again iced
over.
The driver of the car next to mine had just got to their car ahead of me
and was trying to open the door. As I neared my car I recognized in the
poor light that it was Kerri under the large overcoat valiantly struggling
into her car. I was too late to talk as she had made it into her car by the time I got to mine. I eventually got in
and started her up. My old Mazda would start every time, rain, shine or
even on a freezing day. I left her ticking over with the heater full
and got out to scrape the ice. Kerri was still trying to get her Fiesta
going. By the sound of it, it just wasn't going to start. After a few
minutes the battery started to wane and soon just a click emanated from
under the bonnet. I could just see through the iced windows as Kerri
smacked the steering wheel with her hands. She got out and over the noise of my engine ticking nicely away
said
"Hi Dave, bit of a problem, I don't suppose you
have some jump leads?"
"Hello Kerri, err . . . actually I do but I don't
think your car is going to start . . . with or without jump leads."
"Oh, are you sure . . . only . . . ."
her voice trailed off.
For the next fifteen minutes I was hooking and
unhooking jump leads, revving my car and Kerri was attempting to start
hers. Still nothing. Finally we admitted defeat.
Looks like I'll have to catch a bus . . . could you
give me a lift to town, David?"
"Of course . . . no problem . . . I mean . . . er
where do you live, I'll take you home."
"No, no it's too far out of your way, just to town
will be fine."
So we began the gentle negotiating that always takes
place, Kerri finally relenting and agreeing but only if it was alright
with me. She lived in a little village about fifteen miles in the
opposite direction of my journey to my town. Not that I minded taking Kerri home. In the car we started to talk about the weather again. The
British and the obsession to talk about the weather. We use it as a filler
and as a guard against talking about things that we are not comfortable
with. So Kerri and myself started talking about the weather. Then about
work and then about our lives.
We neared the village up on the moor and Kerri gave me
directions to her house. She lived in an old farm cottage on the outskirts
of the village. She told me that the cottage had been a tied house for
years but since the farm had been modernized it was sold to the tenants
for a good price. That had been her auntie's family and her aunt had left
it to her about five years ago. I stopped the car at the grass verge in
front of her front garden wall.
She then asked me in for a hot drink before my long
journey home. "David, would you like to come in for a drink?
I'll get you a cup of tea . . . or coffee"
It was the way she spoke my name, I was enthralled. I probably
answered too quickly and too enthusiastically as well. "I'd love
to!"
"Great." She said and got out of the car.
She had said "great". I pondered if this had
any meaning. I followed her through the gate and up the path to the
front door. She took off her glove, pulled a key from her handbag and
opened the door. "Come in" she said flashing me those
beautiful eyes and smile as she walked through the door. I had no choice, I had to follow.
We sat at a big oak table in the warm kitchen and
waited for the tea to brew in the pot in the center of the big oak table.
Kerri retrieved biscuits from a cupboard and put some on a plate. It was a
very old fashioned house and the kitchen had a cozy, homely feel. The Labrador dog that had growled at me as I entered now lay supine
under the table. A word from Kerri had stopped the growling and as I
helped Kerri out of her coat and followed her into the kitchen the dog had
almost become friendly towards me.
"When the heating picks up we can go into the
lounge but it's always warmer in the kitchen when I first get home,"
Kerri explained.
While the kettle had boiled Kerri had gone and got
changed, saying that she liked to be out of her "work clothes"
as soon as possible. Kerri now wore a thin black wool sweater and a tan colored
pair of riding jodhpurs. Now that she was out of her flowing dress that
she wore at work I could see Kerri had a "classical" figure,
very shapely and I found it very attractive. Kerri poured the tea and
started to talk about her life in a bit more detail. Kerri had been
married and had got divorced eight years ago, her husband had not wanted
children and his selfishness had finally forced them apart after ten years
of marriage. Kerri explained that the farm cottage left by her aunt had
finally allowed her to create a "nice, comfortable" life of her
own. I then told her that I had also been married but for only five years
and that my wife had just grown apart from me and we split up almost as a
natural progression. I explained that my marriage had felt empty and that
something was missing, a void that I could not quite pin down. Kerri
nodded and smiled and suggested we move into the more comfortable lounge.
Kerri's lounge was a comfortable room with a beautiful
wooden floor, nice big easy chairs, lovely pictures and shelves packed
with hundreds of books. She then spoke about our first meeting.
"I remember the day I came down to see Martin
about that fax. You were so helpful and polite . . . a perfect gentleman
actually . . . that did impress me."
I started to blush a
little at her compliments. "It doesn't cost anything to be
polite, Kerri," I replied.
"And you asked me my name and I thought to myself
'there's a well brought up young man.'" I felt my face grow redder,
Kerri continued.
"I make no apologies but I am strictly old school
myself. 'MColletters maketh the man.' people demand respect immediately
these days, well people have to earn my respect first."
I agreed with her wholeheartedly, expressing that respect
for other people and being courteous and polite should be the cornerstones
of education. Kerri beamed her lovely smile and her eyes shined.
Encouraged by this I went on by saying that the schools today had a lot to
answer for in the breakdown of these values and that in my day we were
taught by example and by a strict discipline that was now sadly lacking.
Kerri murmured her approval of what I had said and almost wistfully cocked
her head to one side and seemed to slip into a daydream for a few seconds.
"Yes," she said, almost in a whisper.
"Yes, that's it David."
"I have trained horses and also my dogs and you
only get out what you put in. People are exactly the same. The trainer
needs to mould and shape, guide them with a loving hand but also a strict hand. Most importantly they should be
rewarded when they perform well and checked and punished when they
misbehave or are not up to my standards . . . BUT it should all be done
with love. Then they will reward you with service for the rest of their
lives."
As she finished speaking she patted her Labrador that was
obediently at her feet and the dog licked Kerri's hand. I saw the love and
respect that exited between the dog and this lovely lady.
"I almost envy that dogs life," I
replied with a small joke filled laugh at the end of my comment.
Kerri smiled her beaming smile. "Thank you."
she said. "That's a really nice thing to say."
I suddenly realized that I had a squash court booked
for 7:30. I asked if she would forgive me leaving suddenly but I thought I
might be late otherwise.
"Yes, please leave now, if you must . . . you
should never be late. I thoroughly disprove of lateness . . . I am a bit
of a stickler for punctuality." I also agreed that I hated
being late. Kerri got my coat and helped me put it on in order to brave
the elements. I then said my thanks for her hospitality and that I would
love to do it again sometime. She saw me to the door and then let me go
back out into the cold and shut the door on her comfortable world. The car fired up first time.
I smiled to myself and my good fortune and accelerated up the narrow lane
and through the village.
That night I played squash but just could not get into
the game. The concentration and co-ordination were well below my usual
game and after twenty minutes I feigned injury and packed it in. My
playing partner seemed somewhat relieved as the game was so one-sided.
Later on at home I was restless and went to bed early. I lay in bed
thinking about Kerri and her ample figure, the large breasts that jutted
out as she sat in the easy chair, the shapely thighs. I fell asleep.
I awoke at one thirty in the night, the digital display
on my radio clock alarm bathing the room in an eerie red glow. I put the
radio on and listened to talk radio, hoping the listener phone in would
send me to sleep. I remembered Kerri and the black jumper and riding
jodhpurs and the marvelous figure that gave those garments their shape. I
became aroused and my penis started to grow hard. I flicked the radio off
and then with my right hand I started to softly trace my fingertip from my
thigh across the top of my leg, slowly, slowly up the length of my stiff
penis. I was wet at the end and traced my finger across the wetness and
circled it around the end of my cock. My mind raced as my mind fantasized;
Kerri's breasts free from her clothes, her nipple hard in my mouth, Kerri
riding above me, the trunk of my body encased by her thighs, I was
masturbating hard now and as I reached a peak of ecstasy my stream of
consciousness flowed free. My brain boiled as I started to orgasm, my
right hand now in slow motion, pumping my throbbing cock as my left hand
held my balls. In my mind I was kneeling naked at Kerri's feet, masturbating for her pleasure, her hand caressing
my cheek as I licked and kissed her hand. I saw flashing lights in my
closed eyes as my cum oozed and spat out in ever smaller spurts over my
stomach and I lay quite still, almost exhausted and empty of any
meaningful thought. Moments later with the last thing I remember being the
digital readout of the clock showing one forty-seven, I fell into a
torpor.
I awoke late, the alarm on my radio failing to go off.
I must have flicked it off as I messed around with the radio in the night.
It was another freezing morning and I was already running thirty minutes
late. I moved to get out of bed and I remembered masturbating as I realized
the mess I had not cleaned up in the night. I jumped up and raced into the
bathroom for a shower. Twelve minutes later I rushed out the front door,
no breakfast and no sandwiches made. The car started first time, cleared
the ice and then joined the now horrendous rush hour traffic.
Late again I pulled into the car park to find all the
spaces at my end of the building full again. Spotting Kerri's car I drove
over and parked in the same spot. I wondered how Kerri had got to work and
what she would do with her car?
After arriving at my desk and starting my computer, I
opened my e-mail and there in my in-box was an e-mail from Kerri.
Quickly I opened it up and read her message:
"Hello David,
Many thanks for your act of kindness when you gave me a
lift home last night. I also enjoyed your company and I hope we can maybe
meet up again but under less inconvenient circumstances. I do hope you were not late for your squash
match.
Kerri"
I quickly composed a reply.
"Hello Kerri,
It was a real pleasure to be of assistance to you last
night and I only wish that I did not have to rush off to play squash as I
was also enjoying your splendid company. I would love to meet up again and
have a drink and a talk with such a charming and interesting lady as
yourself. If you need another lift home tonight then please do not
hesitate to ask me.
David"
After I sent the e-mail I thought about my masturbating
in the middle of the night. Kerri had turned me on. That was quite
shocking to me, of all the women that I could have thought of it was
Kerri's image I had conjured up and manipulated in my mind and had made me orgasm quite delightfully. I felt a slight guilt but I did not
know what for. I wondered about the powerful feeling I had felt well
through me as I had imagined myself kneeling naked at her feet, just as
the dog did, with her soft stroking hand, as I myself stroked my manhood. I wiped the thoughts from my head and started
to pick up my work from where I left off last night.
Just after lunch Kerri called me on the phone. She
said, "Hello David, it's Kerri. The garage just called and have said
that they will have the car ready by tomorrow so I am a bit inconvenienced
for getting home tonight. Would you mind taking me home again tonight?"
I eagerly said
"Yes, it is not a problem at all."
"That's wonderful,"
Kerri replied.
"I will be in
the same spot as last night, at six sharp," I added.
"Yes," she
said, "I know you will . . . see you then," and put the phone
down.
For the rest of the day I was clock watching. The small
hand slowly worked its way around until it was time to go. I got to my car
just before six and was sat warming it up when Kerri opened the door and
got in. Forty minutes later I was again sat in her lounge drinking tea and
this time eating a piece of ginger cake. Tonight Kerri had on a pair of
black jodhpurs and a deep red jumper. She also sat in the chair next to
me, which made things seem a little bit more intimate.
We talked about work, and the people that worked there,
swapping little pieces of gossip and the latest rumors that we had heard.
About an hour later I needed to go to the toilet and asked where it was,
Kerri quickly jumped up and showed me the stairs and pointed to the first
door at the top of the stairs. As I came out of the small toilet and
descended the stairs I noticed a stunning picture that was hanging over
the stairwell. It was an incredibly striking women, dressed in all
in black with a dark fur draped over her outstretched arm and continued
around her back. In her outstretched arm's hand she had a taught, thick
dog chain that went to a big collar on the neck of a black greyhound dog. This image stood out on a white background with
nothing else in the picture. I stood stock still and lingered over
such a startling composition. The woman wore a fancy head garment, with a
kind of plumage billowing out of the top. She was very thin and the dress
was drawn very tight and I noticed an outline drawn that indicated the top
of the legs, through the dress. Kerri's voice snapped me from the picture.
"Ah, do you like her?" I looked down the
stairs and Kerri was standing at the bottom, smiling up at me. "I
wondered where you had got to?"
"I think that is absolutely stunning" I
replied, "who's it by?"
"It's by an artist called Erte, it's only a print,
it's called Symphony in Black . . . I have some more of his work about the
house but that is one of my favorites. I'm glad you like it."
I slowly descended the stairs while still looking at
the picture, Kerri smiled and in a hushed tone said, "it's very
powerful, isn't it?" I just slowly nodded in agreement and went and
sat down.
We then started to talk about art and the artists we
both liked. Finally it was time I made a move and indicated that I had to
go. She smiled and said that it was lovely talking to me and that she
enjoyed my company. I felt myself blushing slightly as I stumbled out a
reply.
"I also enjoy your company . . . thank
you for your wonderful hospitality . . . err, are you fixed
for a lift tomorrow morning?"
"That's kind of you to offer but I am picking my
car up from the garage in the village before coming to work?"
"Oh," I replied trying to hide the
disappointment at not being able to be of assistance. "Well I'll best
be going then," I added. As I left Kerri's cottage I felt a sudden
emptiness, the broken car that had drawn us together was now repaired and
my delightful experience of her company was now at an end. Kerri then
spoke as I went out again into the cold night air.
"Thank you,
David, I'll be in touch" My face must have lit up as she spoke those
few words because she smiled and waved before shutting out the freezing
darkness.
That night I again could not sleep, I lay in a fitful
state between this world and my dreams. I dreamed of a women in a long
black flowing dress with loose black
greyhounds running in a field, then Kerri was speaking to me and I gazed
at her voluptuous form in a black jacket, white jodhpurs with riding boots
standing before me. As she stood in front of me, she smiled and slowly
lifted the heavy chain dog leash in her right hand that looped to a sturdy
collar that she held in the other. I fell on my knees as she approached
and bowed my head. She then slipped the collar around my neck and then
stroked my hair. I licked her hand as she put her fingers against my cheek
and I awoke in a start.
I lay in a state of shock at what had just happened. It
almost seemed real and I was fully aroused at the images that had run free
through my mind. I got up and went downstairs in the cold to make a
cup of tea. This woman Kerri was in my every thought and even now in my
sleep. I had to try and get back to reality and snap out of it. I
made the tea and took it back to bed with me. I lay in bed reading for
about twenty minutes before finally switching the light off and laying in
the dark trying to get to sleep.
The images kept returning, of the woman in the print,
tall, serene and proud. Kerri taking the woman's form and holding the lead
to the dog. Kerri patting the supine dog at her feet and the dog licking
her hand. Me licking her hand, me abasing myself at her feet and wanting
to be stroked and petted. The alarm went off, it was Friday morning, six
o'clock and I felt like I needed a good nights sleep. I went to the
bathroom and looked in the mirror. I looked haggard. I showered, hoping that it would
wake me up, had breakfast and changed and drove to work.
At work I tried to forget about the previous night and
got on with some work. I still felt tired and I got a few remarks from my
colleagues about partying too hard. I just smiled and got my head down on
the job. At eleven I needed caffeine, badly, so went to the little Kitchen
on the third floor to make some strong coffee. As the kettle boiled,
I looked out of the window across the car park and noted the new weather
system that was just starting to come over. The temperature was rising and
it looked like rain. I shook my head and thought about the last few days,
Kerri's voice came from behind me.
"Hi David, is something wrong?" I slowly
turned around and Kerri exclaimed, "gosh, you look tired, are you not
feeling well?"
I spoke in a low voice, "I'm just really tired, I
. . um . . . didn't sleep too good last night."
"Oh, any reason?"
"I don't know," I said and sat down on a
chair by the window.
"Oh, I was going to invite you over tomorrow
afternoon for tea but if your not well."
"That would be really nice," I said
"Good . . . and we can try and sort out what's
wrong with you . . . about three o'clock?"
"I'll be there," I said. Then Kerri smiled
and left the kitchen.
That night through sheer exhaustion I slept like a dead
man. Nothing woke me and nothing would have. The alarm was not set and I
slept blissfully on into the late part of Saturday morning. I got up,
showered and shaved and put on my smartest casual clothes. On my way over
to Kerri's cottage I stopped off and bought a bottle of Chardonnay and
some Belgium chocolates. I felt great again and good about myself. On
arriving Kerri met me at the door and was dressed in a long black dress
and also a black velvet choker. She looked great to me and seemed very
relaxed. She was charming and elegant as she invited me in and made me a
drink. I gave her the presents and she gracefully accepted them.
She had made pasta and we ate in the kitchen at the oak
table, Kerri explained that it was more relaxed and less formal than her
dining room. After tea we sat again in the lounge, sitting directly
opposite me and while looking me in the eyes she immediately asked me a
difficult question. "David, is there something bothering
you?"
I paused for a few seconds, my mind racing with many
thoughts before answering,
"I, err, I really like you Kerri, in fact I . . . err . . . I
feel very attracted to you." My heart beat loud and strong and I felt
a bit giddy and breathless. Was it the wine? I didn't care, I carried on,
picking my words with care, "I think you are a wonderful person,
someone I admire." I felt a weight press down on my chest, I waited
for Kerri to speak. A few moments passed before she replied.
"I think I already knew that," she slowly
replied. I was just about to speak again but she continued, "David,
you have many fine qualities that I like and I am pleased to observe in a
man, especially a younger man, it is a rare thing these days but I also
demand more than just those qualities." She paused to pick up
her glass and sip her wine, I was mesmerized. I watched her carefully put
her glass back down as she continued, "I think it is only fair to
tell you before we go on that in my relationships I am quite
demanding." She smiled and again took the glass and another sip.
"I look for a partner that is compatible to my life and my way of
thinking. I seek a relationship that is more dynamic than the type that a lot of other people prefer. I like to be
more in control of the situation, more centered to my life . . . I also
expect a lot of respect and courtesy."
This time Kerri almost finished the wine in her glass,
just leaving a thimbleful. She held the glass in her hand, looking at the
light through the glass. "I am a very hard woman to please some
of the time but I do like to be pleased and you will certainly know if you
displease me."
And she turned and looked at me with her beautiful eyes
that now gleamed with pride and also passion. I did not know what to say.
Kerri smiled and took the last nip from her wine glass, then she held it up to the light then
slowly, looking at me in the eye, held it by the stem towards me. I
quickly got up and poured her another glass of wine from the bottle
nestled in the cooler. As I finished pouring Kerri said,
"wonderful" I put the wine back in the cooler and sat down. As I
did Kerri said "I think you are showing some promise" and took a
sip from her replenished glass. I murmured a thank you for her compliment
and just sat there trying to remember everything that she had said.
The conversation then drifted for a while and we talked
about books and art. I then distinctly felt that it was time to go. I got
up and thanked her for a wonderful afternoon and evening. As I got to the
door, with my coat on, Kerri spoke again, "David, please go and think
carefully about what I have said to you. I will give you until next Friday but then I must have an answer. You will either say yes and I will let you
serve me or no and we will continue our lives separately."
I looked into her eyes, they seemed very mellow
now but I saw a hard passion that lurked there, I mumbled a goodbye,
turned and opened the door and fled down the path to my car.
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