Under the Mistletoe

Under The Mistletoe

by Ann Douglas

(ann_douglas@hotmail.com)

The sounds of traditional Christmas music, intermixed with more conventional party fare, filled the air as the employee Christmas party at Hanson Brothers Auto Mall entered its fourth and final hour. As company parties went, this one was better than most, despite the fact that it was taking place in the temporarily emptied showroom, as opposed to one of the restaurants or rental halls that most other companies in town booked for the occasion.

Hanson Brothers was a fairly good-sized business, consisting at one time of four different dealerships. It had been in operation in one form or another since just after the Second World War, having been founded by the father and uncle of the current owner. With the changes in the economy over the last few years, Hanson Brothers had to downsize a little, closing one of its franchises. Still, George Hanson was determined that the fifty-nine people that worked for him would still feel appreciated at Christmas.

If anyone minded the change of locale, no one was heard to complain about it. After all, the food was great, the drinks free and plentiful, and for the most part, the companionship quite enjoyable. All these things passed through Tracy Smith's thoughts as she stood in a far corner, next to an already depleted buffet table, and nursed the eggnog she had been drinking. After almost two hours of non-stop dancing, the twenty-four year old redhead was content to watch others fill the makeshift dance floor.

Originally, since she had only been with the company for a few months, Tracy had planned to skip the year-end celebration. The receptionist had changed her mind at the last minute, partially due to some old fashion begging and pleading from a few of her male co-workers. Since the male to female ratio at Hanson Brothers was over two to one, they needed every girl they could get at the party. In the end, she was glad they convinced her since she had done more bonding with her fellows in the last three hours than in the last three months.

Some of that had been due, understandably, to the not inconsiderable amounts of free booze that had been indulged in by the partygoers. Libations on that scale tended to break down most barriers. Some of them, perhaps a little too much, she thought as she reminded herself of the three cases of roving hands that she'd encountered on the dance floor. In two of those, a simple relocation of the wandering hand had proved sufficient.

Why was it, she asked herself as she brushed back her short hair, did some guys just assume that being willing to dance with them also entitled them to other liberties as well. Still, it had been a distinct minority of the number she'd been with so maybe it was best to just chalk it up to the overly festive atmosphere.

It wasn't that she was a prude, far from it. Tracy thoroughly enjoyed the touch of a man in many an intimate place. She just liked to be able to control the who and the when.

In keeping with her desire to stay in control of things, the woman in the green party dress had stopped drinking alcoholic beverages halfway through the party in order to give her body plenty of time to burn away any detrimental effects. Back in her college days, she had learned the hard way that she didn't make great decisions under the influence. Thankfully, it had been a very long time since she'd woken up in a strange bed and she wanted to keep it that way.

"Merry Christmas, Tracy," the obviously inebriated man in the Santa Claus suit said to the younger redhead as he suddenly appeared in front of her and moved to give her an affectionate hug.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Hanson," Tracy said as she returned his hug in such a way as to restrict the movement of his hands. She had heard from one of the saleswomen that while a nice man when sober, the sixty-something store owner wasn't above copping a feel when he was in his cups. Three times in one night had already been quite enough.

"Please, how many times have I asked you young people to call me, George," the white haired man said with a smile. "You make me sound so old with that Mister Hanson nonsense."

"Merry Christmas, George."

"Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" George said as he pulled his hands back and gave her an even friendlier smile.

It seemed that the information that had been imparted to her earlier had been in error. Santa was quite satisfied with a kind word, a brief embrace and a chaste kiss on the cheek before he moved on to the next partygoer. Tracy was glad he hadn't copped a feel because she really liked the auto mall owner. When she had lost her job at Datatech when the company folded, he had been only too glad to hire her as a receptionist even though she was vastly overqualified for the position and would undoubtedly leave the moment something better came along. What was more, he came right out and told that to her, saying that if she found something better he expected her to grab it. After all, she'd be foolish to waste all that education she worked so had to get.

Turning back to her view of the dwindling crowd of dancers, Tracy almost wished someone had made a serious pass at her tonight. Not Mr. Hanson of course, but there were a number of cute, unattached guys that worked in various departments. Unfortunately, most of those that weren't married seemed to have brought dates of their own or else were already matched up with other women from the dealerships.

Up until a little over two weeks ago, Tracy imagined she would be going to the party with Tom Jackson, her boyfriend of the last nine and a half months. That was of course before her former associate at Datatech had proven himself what her little sister, Karen, liked to call a VC boyfriend. The sort that you meet just after Valentine's Day and breaks it off just before Christmas, thereby avoiding the two biggest gift days of the year. Tracy really didn't think that was the case with Tom, but it did seem awfully coincidental. Especially since she had spent the night before his coming to the revelation that they just weren't right for each other by screwing what little brains he obviously had out.

But that was the past, and if there was one thing she had learned for sure in her short life, it was that there was nothing that you could do about things that had already happened. If she had to spend the holidays alone, well there was always her little battery-powered friend that she kept in a locked drawer of her night table. It was a wonderful age to live in, she told herself, when you could replace a lousy boyfriend with a simple piece of technology.

"Oh Jesus, just what I need!" Tracy suddenly thought as her focus shifted from modern wonders to Neanderthals when she spotted Michael "Monk" Webber coming toward her with a smug look on his face.

The office rumor mill hadn't gotten wind of her break up with Tommy more than a few hours before Monk had first tried to hit on her. She'd lost track of how many times she tried to make it perfectly clear to the former high school jock that she just wasn't interested. Monk had been an all county fullback who had several colleges' offering scholarships until an injury during senior year had ended his running days. He had taken a job at Hansons, arranged in part by his father who had once worked there while he went to the local college, in the hope that the former athlete would follow in his footsteps.

Instead, the six foot one blond had tossed aside any idea of higher education and demonstrated an inborn talent as an auto mechanic. In that at least he had succeeded, now holding a position as one of two assistant mechanics. Unfortunately, in other areas of his life, specifically his relationships with women, old number thirty-one still saw himself as the star around which cheerleaders and other adoring fans just swooned. Which was not a bad way to see yourself at seventeen, but not at twenty-nine when your glory days were a decade behind you.

It had been Monk, who after cutting in on her dance with another employee, that Tracy had earlier had to use more than a suggestion to avoid an unwanted touch. Even then, he didn't take the hint and she wondered if his head was as thick as the muscles he still cultivated three nights a week at the local gym. The song ended right after that and she quickly put distance between them.

"Hey Tracy, baby," Monk grinned as he moved up to her, "I was hoping that I'd find you here."

His comment didn't make sense to the smaller woman in the little thought she gave to it. Tracy's more immediate concern was how to finally drum into his thick skull that she just wasn't interested. She wondered if a swift kick in the balls would really be out of place in this season of peace on earth and goodwill towards men.

Thankfully it never came to that as a woman dressed in black slacks a white top and a matching black jacket stepped in-between Tracy and her tormentor. Despite being a full head shorter than the former football player, as well as less than half his weight, the thirty-one year old Hispanic woman stopped him literally in his tracks.

"I was here first, big boy," she said in a strong, but still feminine tone. "You'll just have to wait your turn."

The new arrival was Nina Castro, who was without question, the top saleswoman in any of the dealerships. Like Monk, she had been a local star during her high school days, in her case, winning several state track competitions. Also like Monk, an injury had prevented her from getting the scholarship she deserved. Unlike the mechanic, she had still managed to finish college and get her degree, even if it took her twice the normal time since she was also holding down a full time job. She had her sights set on nothing less than taking over as general manager when Mr. Hanson retired.

"Or maybe you and I could ... well you know," she added, totally confusing Tracy who had no idea what was going on. "After all, it is a tradition."

Monk never said a word in response, but the look on his face was one Tracy would long remember. It was one that she had never seem him exhibit before. He was actually afraid of Nina. In one quick motion, he turned and went back the way he came.

"Would somebody tell me what the hell that was all about?" Tracy said after a moments pause.

"You don't know where you're standing, do you?" Nina laughed.

Before Tracy could reply, Nina pointed to a spot over the younger woman's head. Tilting her head back, the redhead saw what was hanging there and now understood.

"Oh shit!" she said as she recognized the large twig of mistletoe.

"Well I don't think he'll be bothering you for at least the rest of the party," Nina said.

"I guess I owe you one."

"Think nothing of it," Nina replied.

"No, I really mean it," Tracy repeated, "I was thinking that I was going to have to kick him where it would hurt the most to get my message across."

"Well that certainly would've reached the head he usually thinks with," Nina laughed.

Tracy laughed as well, thinking it funny. At the same time, she remembered Monk's reaction to Nina and wondered what that had been all about.

"Why was he so afraid of you?" she asked, thinking that maybe Nina might actually tell her.

"It's been a great night, let's not ruin it by going there," Nina said.

"Please, I'd really like to know," Tracy went on. "Who knows, maybe I could use it to keep him away from me for good."

"I don't think so," the olive skinned woman said with a smile.

"Oh come on, tell me," Tracy implored, her curiosity now fully piqued.

"He's afraid that I might be contagious," Nina finally said.

"I don't understand."

"Monk is a first class homophobe, and I'm a first class homosexual."

"You're gay?"

"You've been here four months and no one told you?" Nina said in surprise. "That's got to be a new record. I thought for sure that some narrow minded biddy or other would've warned you by now about staying away from the butch dyke saleslady."

Tracy was about to say no, but then remembered something Carol Gates had told her about Nina after she had been there a month. It hadn't made much sense at the time, seeing as the fifty-two year old beat around the bush rather than coming right out and saying what she meant. It hadn't taken long for Tracy to decide that Carol was the local gossip queen and to disregard most of what she said about people. In fact, it had been Carol who had warned her about Mr. Hanson's traveling hands after he'd had a few.

"If they did, I don't really remember it," Tracy said instead.

"And here I've gone and outed myself for nothing," Nina said in mock exasperation. "What a dummy I am. Here I have you under the mistletoe and I blow my chance on trying to get a Christmas kiss out of you."

"You'd want to kiss me?" Tracy said, trying to ask the question light heartedly.

"That's a silly question," Nina laughed as a broad smile filled her face. "Who wouldn't want to kiss a beautiful girl like you. I'll give Monk credit for one thing, asshole that he might be, he does have good taste."

Tracy was sure that, if she could see herself through Nina's eyes at that moment, she would see herself blushing. If the woman in front of her had referred to her as pretty, she could've accepted that with no problem. People had said that to her most of her life. Beautiful, however, was not a term she often heard.

Looking at the taller woman through her own eyes, Tracy felt hard pressed to come up with a single word to describe her. If she was a man, handsome might apply, but somehow it didn't really seem right. Nina had dark, curly black hair that was cut even shorter than Tracy's. A well defined athletic build was clearly evident beneath her outfit, but no one was going to mistake her for a man, at least not once they got a look at the more than impressive bust straining against her blouse. The receptionist felt a twinge of envy when she thought of her small mounds.

"Have I shocked or scared you?" Nina asked.

"Not at all," Tracy replied, realizing that she had zoned out for a moment, "why would you think that?"

"Well, some people feel a little uncomfortable around gay women," Nina explained, "and the way you looked for a second, I thought that maybe you were trying to think of a way to graciously end this conversation."

"Not at all," Tracy insisted, thinking that Carol Gates and a few of the other female employees would undoubtedly fall into the category Nina mentioned. "In fact, I was thinking pretty much the opposite. That a kiss might be interesting at that, seeing that it is a holiday tradition and all."

"Oh really," Nina grinned. "Is that what I am to you now, interesting?"

"I didn't mean it like that," Tracy quickly interjected. "I just thought that ..."

The redhead didn't have the chance to finish her sentence as Nina, after taking a quick glance over her shoulder to make sure that no one else was nearby, learned forward and took her Christmas kiss.

The press of the older woman's lips against her own certainly took Tracy by surprise, but it was a very pleasant encounter nonetheless. Over the years, she had shared kisses with a few girlfriends, but they had always been the sort of quick pecks that you'd share with a relative. This was the first time she had ever had another woman kiss her back.

Brief as it was, the warmth and softness of Nina's touch stayed with the twenty-four year old after their lips parted. Tracy couldn't really be sure, but for just a heartbeat, she thought she felt the other woman's tongue brushing against her own.

"Curiosity satisfied?" Nina asked as she took a long step backward, putting a respectable distance between the two of them should anyone now glance in their direction.

"I don't really know what to say," Tracy said, her lips still tingling.

"Well you could say it didn't suck," Nina smiled.

"It definitely didn't suck," she said. "In fact, I think it was really nice, you're a great kisser."

"I'd be careful how you toss those compliments around, little girl," Nina replied, reverting now to mock seriousness. "Otherwise I might be tempted to take advantage of all the alcohol you've undoubtedly been consuming all night and take even more advantage of you."

"I'll have you know that I haven't had a drink in over two hours, and am in full command of my facilities," Tracy replied, her tone projecting the thought that she didn't feel taken advantage of in the least.

"Was that the first time you've ever kissed another woman?" Nina now asked, wondering if this was just idle banter between them or perhaps something more.

"If you're talking about a real kiss, yes."

"Not even when you where in high school with your girlfriends, or in college?"

"Not a one," Tracy grinned. "You're my first."

"Then I guess I should feel honored."

"You certainly should."

Both of them were now smiling at their playful exchange. Nina was impressed that Tracy could give as good as she got. So few women seemed to be able to do that around here. Most just gave her a wide berth, not wanting to socialize with the dyke, but at the same time, not wanting to piss off the top money earner Hanson had.

"But you have had boyfriends?" Nina asked.

"Yes I have," Tracy replied, "how about you?"

"No boyfriends, at least not since I was seventeen."

"No," Tracy clarified, "I meant do you have a girlfriend?"

"We sort of went our separate ways over the summer," Nina said, "then again, I understand that you and your boyfriend split up a few weeks back too."

"How did you know that?" Tracy started to ask, then answered her own question. "Oh yeah, interoffice mail has nothing on the rumor mill."

"That and the fact that you have the look of a woman who hasn't been laid in awhile." Nina added.

Tracy paused for a second, wondering if there really was such a look or was Nina just playing with her.

"You know, I only live about ten minutes from here," Nina unexpectedly said, again changing the subject.

"Your point being?"

"Well, seeing as being direct as worked pretty well so far, I might as well go right ahead and see where it leads," the dark haired woman said as she took a half step closer and lowered her voice. "As I see it, you have two choices right now, no make that probably three."

"And what might those be?" Tracy asked, curious about what Nina thought those choices were.

"Well, first of all, you could go back to the party," Nina began. "It's beginning to wind down but there are still a few not too bad prospects that haven't passed out or been snatched up by someone else. I'm sure you might be able to find someone to take care of the deficiency that I mentioned a minute ago."

"Go on," Tracy said, not wanting to comment further until Nina was finished.

"Or you could go home and take out that little plastic vibrator that you have hidden somewhere in your bedroom and take care of some of your needs yourself."

"What makes you think that I own anything like that?" Tracy asked, unable to keep to the decision she'd made a moment before.

"Honey, I haven't met a woman yet who doesn't own at least one toy for those empty nights," Nina chuckled. "I myself have three. I think the only women who don't have one are either in an old age home or a convent, and I sometimes wonder about those Nuns."

"You said there were three possibilities," Tracy reminded Nina after the Hispanic woman paused for a few seconds.

"Oh yes, so I did," she smiled as she moved even closer and lowered her voice again. "Well, if you're really feeling a little adventurous, you can come back to my place where I can practically guarantee you that before you could even find someone out there to pick up, I'd have given you the first of what could be a night full of orgasms, each of them better than the last."

There, it was now out in the open, Tracy thought. She had just been propositioned by another woman, and rather blatantly at that. What had started as just a little sexual interplay had quickly progressed to an invitation to engage in what the redhead was sure most of her friends would view as an immoral act. The respectable thing to do, keeping with the idea that she really didn't want to alienate Nina who seemed a nice person in all other aspects, was to simply say thank you, but no thanks. Instead, Tracy answered in a way that would no doubt have shocked her friends and coworkers had they heard it.

"Let me get my coat and I'll meet you outside," she simply said.

-=-=-=-

Picking up her heavy winter coat and scarf from the break room were they had been stored, Tracy quickly made what good-byes needed to be made. A sense of excitement filled her heart as she graciously turned down a few offers of a drive home, assuring those who asked that she already had one. Thankfully, no one thought to ask with whom.

Stepping out into the employee parking lot, she quickly located the large SUV that she knew Nina drove. It was one of the perks of being top salesperson that the black haired woman was able to lease the expensive vehicle at cost.

"I hope Nina doesn't take too long," Tracy said to herself as she bundled up against the cold night air.

About five minutes passed, during which the receptionist said goodnight to a few more partygoers who passed her on the way to their own cars. With a smile, she turned down another offer of a ride home.

Finally Nina came out the glass doors, but to Tracy's surprise, she wasn't alone. With her were Danny Logan and Jim Banks, both of which had made the most of the open bar and were walking a little unsteady.

"I hope you don't mind if we drop off these two first before I drop you off," Nina said as she pulled out her keychain and disengaged the alarm on her truck.

"No, not at all," Tracy replied, not sure what else to say.

Those where the last words they exchanged as all four climbed into the SUV, Tracy and Nina in the front and the two men in the back.

"Anyone who feels ill had better let me know beforehand," Nina said over her shoulder before putting the truck in gear, "otherwise they're going to be paying to have the entire inside of my baby cleaned and detailed."

Both men promised that they would and settled back into the comfortable seats. It took fifteen minutes to reach Danny's house and then ten more for Jim's apartment. It wasn't until the latter disappeared into his lobby that Tracy turned to Nina with a quizzical look on her face.

"It occurred to me that no matter how we did it, someone was sure to see the two of us leave together, especially since so many people were beginning to leave," Nina explained as they pulled away. "It doesn't take much to have the gossip queen's tongues a wagging and I assume you'd rather not have to deal with that."

Tracy nodded her head, thinking she hadn't considered that.

"This way," Nina went on, "if anyone saw us, you were just one of several co-workers that I was giving a lift to. I've done it before at the Christmas parties since I don't drink."

"For a minute I really thought you were actually taking me home," Tracy laughed, "after all, I only live a few blocks from here."

"That was the beauty of picking those two," Nina concluded. "It makes sense to have dropped you off last."

"Something tells me you've done this before," Tracy grinned.

"A lady never tells," Nina grinned back, "but then again, I've never really been accused of being a lady."

"Oh you're awful."

"Changing your mind?" Nina asked as they stopped at a light.

"Not at all."

"Well in that case."

This time, Tracy saw the kiss coming and was ready for it, at least she thought she was.

Nina pulled Tracy's face toward hers, covering her mouth with her own. Her tongue darted into the redhead's mouth as she kissed her long and hard, as if to draw out Tracy's own passions. The younger woman responded with a low moan as she felt a warm hand slip between the folds of her coat and cup her breast, the fingers of which pressed against her nipple causing it to grow hard.

The electric sensations that rushed through Tracy as they continued to kiss seemed to concentrate between her legs, bringing forth a warmth and wetness in that most sensitive of areas. Nina brought her free hand down to it and, after pulling up the green dress, placed it against the damp panties.

"Oh yessss!" Tracy gasped at her touch, not being able to remember the last time she had such an almost instant arousal.

Nina slipped her fingers under the waistband of Tracy's underwear and rubbed the tips of them against her clit. Whatever the fires that had filled Tracy, that simple caress was almost enough to double them. The small part of her mind that wasn't being consumed with lust had to consider the idea that Nina intended to finger-fuck her right there in the middle of the deserted intersection.

Then, just as suddenly, the traffic light above turned green and Nina returned both her hands to the wheel. She smiled at Tracy and gave her a little shrug of her shoulders.

"I just wanted to give you a little taste, that's all," she said as she stepped on the gas and headed down the boulevard.

"A little taste," Tracy thought as she regained her composure and straightened out her dress. "God almighty, the last three guys I slept with couldn't even kiss like that."

From that moment on, the streets between where they were and Nina's apartment couldn't pass by fast enough in her opinion.

-=-=-=-

It was just past midnight when they reached their destination, which turned out to be the converted basement of a two family house. A small flight of stairs in the driveway led down to a side entrance and the older woman opened the door and let Tracy enter first.

"It's not much, but it's home," Nina said as she followed the redhead inside, "and I've never really needed all that much to begin with."

The apartment consisted of one large room that doubled as both a living room and bedroom, with a small kitchenette along the wall. A single door on the far side led to a small bathroom and shower. There were more than a few unopened cardboard boxes, with magic marker identifications, scattered around the room. Evidently, Nina hadn't lived here long and Tracy could only assume that the move to here had come after the break up she had earlier mentioned.

"It's nice," Tracy said as she took off her coat and looked for a place to hang it.

"Liar," Nina laughed as she took Tracy's coat and hung it, along with hers on a small wall hook.

"No, I mean it," the shorter woman said, thinking that anything was better than having to move back into your parent's house as she had.

After hanging the coats, Nina moved to a small bookcase stereo on a nearby shelf and turned it on, filling the air with soft music. She explained that her landlord, who lived above, was away for the week so that didn't have to worry about any noise.

"Would you like to dance?" Nina asked as she moved back across the room and reached out her hand to her guest.

"I'd love to," Tracy replied as if she hadn't spent most of the night doing just that.

The press of Nina's body against hers as the Hispanic woman drew her close was enough to once more send Tracy's heart racing. Of course it wasn't the first time she had danced with another girl, she'd been doing that since grade school. But never before has she done so and felt what she now did. To look into another woman's eyes and feel desire was a totally new experience, to say nothing of glancing down her blouse and feeling a sense of wanting.

Yet at the same time, Tracy felt a unusual sensation of inconsistency as well. The arms wrapped around her felt as strong as any man's, yet at the same time, soft as any woman's. In those times that she had considered the idea of sex with another girl, she always thought there would be some kind of clearly defined difference between that and sex with a man. Now she wasn't so sure. She wasn't thinking of Nina as another woman, someone who shared the same biological characteristics. The labels lesbian or bisexual as might be applied to the two of them didn't even seem to have the meaning they might once have had. All that was real was that they were two people who made each other feel good.

"Can I ask you a question?" Nina said as they moved slowly across the clear center of her apartment.

"Sure," Tracy answered, enjoying the warmth of her body.

"Why did you say yes when I invited you here?"

"Is it important?" Tracy asked in turn.

"Not really, I was just curious, that's all."

"Why do you think I said yes?"

"I'm not really sure," Nina answered as she held the woman in her arms even tighter. "If I wanted to hazard a guess, I would say it was just curiosity or maybe a long held fantasy."

"If that was the case," Tracy said as she pressed her head against Nina's breasts, "would it be a problem?"

"No, not really," the dark haired woman replied, running her hand across the exposed flesh of Tracy's back. "I'm not one of those women who has to be in love with someone in order to sleep with them, or else needs to make something into more than it really is. Like I said, I was just curious, that's all."

"Well let's just say that I'm here and leave it at that," Tracy said as she tilted her head upward to kiss her would be lover again.

"It works for me," Nina said in the moment before their lips met. After that, no more words were needed.

-=-=-=-

Their kiss this time was gentle at first, with an enticing sweetness between them. Nina opened her mouth and felt Tracy's tongue sliding against her own, letting the inexperienced lover take the lead for a moment. A deep moan issued from the dark woman's lips as she felt both of Tracy's hands groping her fabric-covered mounds. The touch was awkward, like that of a teenage boy, but also nice in a way. All in all, she didn't mind, there was plenty of time to show her how to do it right.

They shared a second kiss, longer and deeper than the first and in the midst of it, control shifted to Nina. Her hands ran up Tracy's bare arms and across her shoulders. The titillating touch caused the pale skinned redhead to shiver in excitement.

Nina continued onward, running her fingers through the short mop of red hair and down her back. Their eyes met for a moment as they exchanged a silent look. Tracy leaned forward and their lips brushed against each other once more. More a graze than a kiss, it was a acknowledgment that she wanted Nina to take her totally.

Tracy pulled back from the caress, only to be stopped by Nina as she pulled her back to her waiting lips. This time the kiss was fiery, filled with passion. Their tongues passed back and forth, sharing the reservoirs of desire building within each of their bodies. Moans and quiet whimpers echoed against the soft music around them as their bodies pressed so hard against each other as to be almost one.

Through the thin green dress, Nina could feel Tracy's hardened nipples as the slim girl hadn't bothered to wear a bra under her outfit. Nina brought one hand up along the redhead's right side, stroking the soft curve of her small rounded breast, then slid it across her chest to cup it in its entirety.

"Oh yesss!" Tracy whispered with eager breath.

"Feels good baby, doesn't it?" Nina whispered into Tracy's ear as she licked the outer edge of it. "Just remember what it felt like when you do the same for me."

The lesson taught, Nina glided her hand back across Tracy's bust and around to the zipper on the back of her dress. With an infinite slowness, she pulled it down, exposing the light skinned flesh beneath it, one inch at a time.

Finally, she reached a point where the once tight dress lost all cohesion and it collapsed of its own accord, falling to the floor around Tracy's ankles, leaving her in only the simple white panties she had wore beneath it. Nina's eyes dropped to the bright pink nipples standing at attention in the center of the younger woman's mounds, her look that of unabashed appreciation.

"You are beautiful!" Nina said, repeating her earlier assessment, taking in all of the younger woman's petite form.

"No I'm not," Tracy protested. "I'm too skinny and my breasts are too small."

"Honey, you've got to stop seeing yourself through other people's eyes," Nina said, "and appreciate the beauty that nature's given you."

As if to underscore her words, Nina lowered her mouth to one of those pink circles and closed her lips around it. An action that once more sent a moan from Tracy. Sliding her hand under the breast in her mouth, Nina cupped it gently while her other hand caressed its twin.

Tracy's moans grew ever louder, coming from deep within her, as Nina moved to her other breast, bringing to it the same delights. The dark haired woman dropped to her knees as she sucked first gently, and then harder at her prize, using her other hand to tweak the second nipple at the same time. Then she reversed her attentions once more.

After having her fill of Tracy's sweet globes, Nina moved on to the main course. She released her hold and moved her hands down to the top of those simple white panties. A broad smile filled her face as she saw that they were no longer exactly white, seeing as there was a large damp stain on the lower part of them.

Nina's fingers moved just as slowly as before as she moved the panties down Tracy's legs, unveiling the tightly trimmed red bush beneath. Impulsively, she leaned forward and kissed the center of it, savoring the tangy taste now on her lips.

Nina kissed her sex again, only this time the older woman reached out with both hands and spread her legs apart. Then she brought back one hand and parted the folds of her sex as well, rubbing two fingers lightly over it until Tracy's excited clitoris came into view.

Tracy let out a deep breath as she felt Nina take her in her mouth, her tongue caressing the center of her being. Her hands closed around the top of Nina's head, leaning against her for support. She closed her eyes as Nina reached out with her tongue, penetrating deep inside her, brushing against her sugar walls. The dark haired woman set a fast and furious pace, even as her thumb moved to rub Tracy's clit in concert. Soft movements that were quickly translated to waves of rapture that washed across her body.

"Mother of God!" Tracy called out as a particularly powerful surge ripped through her.

A rush that was repeated more and more with each tick of the clock on the wall as Nina continued her thrusts. Each of which was met by a verbal and physical reaction from Tracy.

The twenty-four year old's moans and exclamations were like the sweetest symphony to Nina's ears, prompting her to put even more effort into her task.

An effort that proved to be unnecessary as Nina felt Tracy's body grow stiff a few moments later, just as she took her tiny nub between her lips one last time.

"Ooooooo..." was all the redhead managed to gasp as her body began to spasm, cutting off any attempt at coherent speech.

Not that either woman looking for creative conversation at that moment. Nina pressed her hands hard against the cheeks of Tracy's ass, pressing her womanhood tight against her face. At the same time, she reached in as far as she could with her tongue, savoring the explosion between the receptionist's legs.

"Mmmmmmm," Nina managed to add to the resonance of Tracy's orgasm, drinking deep of the honeyed nectar that filled her mouth.

"Ooooooo," Tracy said in a much softer tone as she felt the last of her release pass, leaving both a warm afterglow and a wobbly feeling in her legs.

Nina lifted herself from between Tracy's legs, rising back to her full height. She took the redhead in her arms and kissed her gently, sharing the fruits of her climax as she gently stroked her hair.

"That was ... really ... something ..." Tracy managed to say once she regained her balance.

Nina smiled her agreement, then glanced past Tracy at the clock on the wall.

"And only an hour later than I promised," she said with a grin, her voice filled with the promise of more to come.

It was a promise that was not lost on Tracy.

-=-=-=-

"Now it's my turn," Nina said as she took Tracy's hand and led her toward the bed.

She sat Tracy down on the edge of the small captain's bed and took a step back. She slid off her jacket and tossed it off to the side, coming to rest on a nearby chair. Her hands went to the bottom of her white blouse and with began to work the buttons from bottom to top. Tracy's eyes opened wide as more and more olive hued flesh became visible, a reaction that surprised her greatly. After all, this would hardly be the first woman she'd seen naked in her life.

She drew a deep breath as the blouse followed Nina's jacket, revealing two large mounds held in check by a transparent bra that looked much too fragile to hold such bounty in check.

Nina reached for the metal clasp between her cups, slipping it free and then releasing it. The effect was instantaneous as her breasts burst free, bouncing in the air only a dozen inches from Tracy's face. Large dark areola the size of the palm of the smaller woman's hand dominated the globes, in the center of which stood erect nipples the size of her pinkie tip.

Tracy's mouth opened wide in astonishment as well as she took a second look. She had never seen anything like Nina's body. Neither totally feminine or masculine, it seems to combine the best of both. It was the most beautiful form the redhead had ever seen and she wished she could just sit there and admire it.

But that was time that Nina wasn't about to give her. Taking advantage of her stunned reaction, Nina closed the small distance between them and slipped the tip of her right breast between the younger woman's lips.

"Mmmmm," Nina purred as she felt Tracy's lips instinctively close around her nipple, her tongue already massaging the rigid stub.

Next to wondering what it might be like to kiss another woman, Tracy's biggest curiosity had been how it would feel to suck on her breasts. She had played with the nipples of male lovers, caressing them with her tongue, but it really wasn't the same. Her hands came up and she squeezed the soft flesh in front of her, rubbing her fingers across it, marveling at their warmth.

"Oh yeah, baby," Nina said as she ran her finger through Tracy's hair, applying pressure to the back of her head and pressing her nipple deeper into her willing mouth. "Suck those tits, show me how much you love them."

And love them Tracy certainly did. Drawing Nina's nipple as far inside her mouth as she could, she tickled it over and over with her wet tongue, alternating gentle strokes with tiny bites. A rotation that greatly pleased the endowed woman in her arms.

After a while, she extended her ministrations to Nina's other mound, giving it the same loving care. Now she understood why men loved women with large breasts so much. Playing with them was such a rush.

Tracy bounced from one mound to the other, as if trying to decide which she liked the best, but at the same time making sure neither breast was denied attention. She would nibble on one and grope the other, keeping up a constant level of pleasure in both.

Nina gave her new lover all the time she wanted to play with her mounds, remembering her own excitement the first time she had touched another woman in that way. It was a memory that added to her enjoyment.

Still using one hand and her mouth to play with Nina's mounds, Tracy moved her other hand down to the older woman's waist, trying to undo the belt that held up her slacks. It was hard for her to work it with one hand so Nina reached down and undid it for her. Freed of that obstacle, the redhead quickly went to work on the zipper, pulling it all the way down in one quick stroke.

Finding it impossible to go any further and still play with Nina's breasts, Tracy reluctantly let them fall free. She was sure, however, that she would have another chance at them before the night was over.

Now with both hands to work with, she gripped the edges of Nina's slacks and pulled them down, pausing only long enough for Nina to step out of them and her slip off shoes. A equally quick motion pulled down Nina's panties as well and a quick kick sent them in the same direction as the pants.

Nina's mound was covered with a thick mat of black, curly hair. It was more hair than Tracy had ever seen on another woman, not that she'd really had the opportunity to take a close look at that many women. Spread out across her pelvic region in a wild and natural state, she found it strangely erotic.

Tracy reached out with her fingers and lightly brushed the wiry hair, surprised at how wet it was. She was close enough to be filled with the scent of Nina's arousal. A pleasant, musky smell that made her want to taste the older woman even more.

With an excited, yet hesitant touch, Tracy moved her fingers along the deep furrow between Nina's legs, then slid two of them inside. A motion that caused Nina to give a satisfying groan in response.

"Yes . . . yes," Nina groaned. "Touch me right there."

Tracy did just that, walking her fingers up and down Nina's wet flesh until Nina was even wetter with anticipation. Then she slid first one, then two fingers into her depths, moving them back and forth in quick succession, playing with Nina like she knew she herself liked to be played with.

"Yes, just like that," Nina panted in way of encouragement, words mixed with deep, resounding moans.

Tracy's pace soon became frantic, pumping in and out of Nina with determined intensity. As she did, she could feel the walls of Nina's womanhood pressing against her fingers, the number of which had grown to four.

Along with those fingers buried deep, Tracy moved her thumb to caress the hard center of Nina's sex, causing Nina to buck wildly with the added pleasure. The unspoken message was that she wanted more, and the neophyte lover was only too willing to give it. She pressed her hand even deeper, until Nina began to shudder from the intensity of her touch. And still, it wasn't enough.

"Suck me!" Nina cried out, "I want you to fuck me with your tongue!"

Tracy had been thinking exactly the same thought. She couldn't wait to taste the juices that covered her hand. She pulled back her fingers and was about to replace them with her mouth, but was stopped by Nina.

"No, not like that," Nina said as she stopped her with out outstretched hand, "lay on the bed, I'll get on top of you."

Giving in to the voice of experience, Tracy did as she was told. No sooner was she on her back than Nina climbed onto the bed and swung a muscular leg over her body. Just as quickly, she moved up towards the headboard until her moist sex was only inches above Tracy's face.

"Tell me how much you want me," Nina said as she held herself just out of Tracy's reach.

"I want you," Tracy said in a desperate voice, "I want you so bad it hurts."

Satisfied with the answer, Nina braced herself against the headboard with her hands and lowered herself onto Tracy. The younger woman wasted no time in assaulting the sex pressed against her mouth with all of her enthusiasm. Her tongue moved back and forth, covering every inch of exposed pinkness.

Her heart was racing yet again as the overwhelming taste of Nina's womanhood filled her. Her lips found the exposed clit, kissing it at first, then closing around it with determination. Every touch, every caress, sent joyous spikes into Nina and Tracy's tongue continued to burrow deep within.

And still, despite Tracy's resolve, Nina knew it wasn't going to be enough. Pleasing as her efforts were, and there was nothing wrong in what she was doing, she was just too inexperienced to close that last hurdle between the plateau they had reached and that on which lay much sought after bliss. At least not without a little help.

"I have an idea that I think you'll like," Nina said as she lifted herself off of the woman beneath her, her tone giving no clue that her efforts had been anything but satisfactory.

Before Tracy could agree or raise an objection, Nina had rolled over to the side of the bed and pulled open one of the drawers below. She reached inside it and pulled out something that Tracy couldn't quite see at first. In wasn't until she heard a soft buzzing in the air that she realized what the older woman now held.

"Oh my," Tracy said as she looked at the long, at least eighteen inch, black wand. As long as a Policeman's baton, it put the little six-inch toy she kept so well hidden at home to shame.

"Just lay back and relax," Nina said, "you're going to love this."

Intrigued, Tracy stretched out on the bed and Nina reached out with the tip of the huge vibrator and placed it between the prone woman's small breasts. She could immediately feel the gentle vibrations passing through her flesh and thought that aside from its size, it really wasn't much different than hers after all.

"It has three power settings," Nina said, almost as if she was a saleswoman for the product, moving the wand back and forth across Tracy's breasts, stopping at her pink nipples and massaging each of them for a few seconds. "Low, which is what it's on now, medium which is what most people tend to use, plus high, which I personally like to refer to as Oh My God!"

As Tracy digested that description, Nina pushed the switch to the middle setting. A louder hum filled the air as the Hispanic woman guided the tip across Tracy's stomach and down between her legs.

"Ooooo," Tracy gasped as the vibrating head came to rest against her sex.

Nina let it rest there for a while, moving it up and down ever so slowly while she leaned forward and kissed Tracy, first on her lips, then on each breast. Then she placed her body on top of Tracy's, their breasts rubbing against each other, nipple to nipple. The wand was now wedged between both of their legs, held in place by her weight.

"Now, isn't this better," she said as nuzzled her cheek against Tracy's and kissed her neck.

"Oh yes," Tracy replied, "this is wonderful."

Both of them began to rock and grind their bodies against the other, keeping time to both the music and each new cascading wave erupting from between their legs. Flesh rubbed against flesh, covered in sweaty desire as it neared a fevered pitch. Billows tore though them until they teetered on the edge.

Sensations that continued to increase with each passing heartbeat, until they were almost one in their passions. More beads of sweat covered their backs and breaths shortened. Already they were in a warm, comfortable place that both would've been happy to remain. Well at least one of them.

Not saying a word, Nina surreptitiously slipped her hand back down between them and flipped the wand to its highest setting. Then she grabbed Tracy and held her even tighter.

It didn't take a handful of breaths for Tracy to realize what had happened, or why Nina had referred to level three as she had. Like a match to a pool of gasoline, both of their clits exploded in orgasmic fury, sending them hurdling over the cliff and into the abyss.

It was a climax that seemed to travel back and forth between each of their bodies, increasing in intensity with each passage. It lasted both forever and only a few seconds, finally reducing in scope until only the memory remained. A memory that would not be quick in fading. Even after Nina had shut the vibrator totally off, Tracy was sure she could still feel its resonance deep inside her.

-=-=-=-

The clock on the wall now stood at half past two. They had been at it for nearly two hours, something Tracy found incredible. No lovemaking session with a guy had lasted half this long. She couldn't remember the last time she'd felt so wonderfully tired. Holding Nina tight against her, she closed her eyes and relived the memories of their journey, wanting to hold onto them as long as she could.

"Ready for round three, love?" Nina asked as she kissed the redhead's hand, slipping her fingers into her mouth and licking off the dried orgasmic residue that had covered them earlier.

"Round three?" Tracy said in disbelief.

"Did you think I was kidding before at the party?'

"No, but I ... "

"Of course if you're too tired we could..."

"No, I'm not too tired," Tracy quickly answered, wondering where this woman, who was almost ten years older than her, found the strength.

"Great!" Nina called out as she hopped up out of the bed in a burst of energy.

Dropping down beside the bed, Nina again opened the drawer in the base of the bed. Tracy was almost afraid what she would produce from it next. Afraid, yet intrigued at the same time.

"Since you also like guys," Nina said as she started standing up again, "I thought you might like to give this a go. I'm not much for being on the receiving end, but I do like wearing it."

As soon as she heard Nina's words, Tracy had a good idea of what she was talking about. She had never actually seen one before, except maybe in pictures on a few websites she had explored out of curiosity. Yet, if the baton they had just used gave her pause, the large rubber toy in Nina's hand almost made her head for the door.

It had to be at least ten inches long, and thicker than any man Tracy had known in the biblical sense. She could almost close her eyes and imagine it was the real thing, seeing that it was so lifelike, right down to the veins along the shaft and the balls hanging below. Around the base was a leather harness, complete with long straps that you could tie around your legs and waist.

"What do you think?" Nina asked, holding the artificial cock up higher so that Tracy could get a better view.

"What do I think?" Tracy thought, "I think I went to the party tonight with the idea that maybe I'd dance a little and have a good time. That I might even wind up blowing one of the guys, if not letting him get between my legs, if it really felt right. Instead I've gone to bed with a woman, had two of the best orgasms of my life, and now she wants to fuck me. What do I think?"

"Tracy?" Nina asked after a few moments, reminding her lover for the night that she was still waiting for an answer.

Five seconds passed, then ten, and still no words came from her mouth.

"Tracy???"

-=-=-=-

"Fuck me, fuck me harder," Tracy cried out as the woman behind her slammed her strap on cock deep into her once again. "God in heaven, I need it so bad and it feels so, so good!"

Nina had been fucking Tracy for almost a half hour now, bringing her to the brink of a climax and then backing off. Only to then start over once more from the beginning. It was a pattern that was driving the younger woman mad with lust - and she was loving it.

Nina moved her hands up and down Tracy's body as she continued to fuck her with increasing ferocity. Her fingers closed tight against the redhead's small breasts, squeezing them and playing with the nipples. Nina always got off being in control, and there was no time she was more in control than when she was fucking another woman.

Totally drenched in the combined sweat of their third bout of lovemaking, Tracy moaned like an animal as she clutched the sheet beneath even harder in her tightly balled hands. Never in the seven years she'd been sexually active had she ever experienced anything like what she was feeling now. If this was her last night on Earth, she would only have one wish - that she reached orgasm before she died.

Already, Nina had taken her further than she had imagined possible, and if she would just go on a little longer, Tracy knew heaven was hers. She was so close she could taste it.

Nina pushed Tracy's head and shoulders down against the mattress, giving her even greater leverage. The friction of her strap on against her own sex was enough to drive her into pre-orgasmic fits as well. Pulling out of her lover at the verge of orgasm grew harder each time, but still she knew she had to do it at least once more.

"Noooo!" Tarcy's mind screamed as she felt the pressure within her fade as Nina withdrew again. How could she do it when she was so nearly there.

It was a complaint that she dared not give voice to, for fear that Nina might stop for good, not just long enough for her to cool down and have to start up that steep hill to nirvana again.

This time however, the pause only lasted seconds. Just long enough for Nina to turn Tracy over onto her back and press deep inside her once more. The realization that they were going to reach that mountaintop this time brought an almost indescribable joy to the young redhead.

Tracy screamed in ecstasy as Nina drove her inorganic manhood deep within her, burying its full length. Their bodies became once again one, their burning flesh glowing with passion.

Face to face, their lips met, their tongues intertwined even as their bodies quaked in anticipation of a heart-stopping explosion.

With her last vestiges of strength, fueled by the blind desires of lust, Nina continued to pump away. She knew she couldn't keep it going much longer, but also knew she didn't need much more.

Tracy sensed the same thing as she wrapped her legs around Nina's waist, as if she feared she would play a cruel joke on her and once again take her joy away at the last moment. This was not to be, because not even Nina had the strength to deny herself what she knew was about to come.

"Fuck me!" Tracy screamed at the top of her lungs, loud enough to have awaken the people on the first floor had they been home. Even if she had been in her own basement room, in her parent's house, she wouldn't have cared.

One deep, final thrust and they were there. The violent eruption that had been building was unleashed and nothing could contain it. Their bodies shook uncontrollably as the fires consumed them.

They had no words to describe what they felt, not even to each other. All they knew was that it was good. So very good.

They also knew, there would be no fourth attempt. Like a forest fire that had all the air sucked out of it by an explosion, all of their passions had been extinguished in one soul shattering moment.

-=-=-=-

Tracy slept the sleep of the dead all day Sunday. When she finally crawled out of bed around dinnertime, she didn't even remember how she got home or what state she had been when she got there. Hopefully, it was in a respectable enough state that her parents didn't ask too many questions about where she had been.

Wrapping herself in her robe, she headed upstairs where her family was just finishing dinner.

"Well look who finally decided to join us," Karen Smith said as she noticed her older sister appear in the doorway that led up from the basement .

"You must've had a really good time last night," her father said, causing Tracy to carefully listen to his tone for signs of disapproval.

Hearing none, the twenty-four breathed a silent sigh of relief. Evidently, she had made it home in a presentable form.

"Would you like me to make you something to eat, dear?" her mother, Donna asked.

"No thank you, Mom," Tracy said, "I think what I'd really like to do is just go back to bed. I'm still pretty beat."

"Okay, dear," her mother replied with an understanding grin.

"Oh Tracy," Brian Smith said as she began to turn, causing her to stop in mid-motion and turn back around.

"Yes, Dad?"

"I understand that last night was a special occasion, so I'm not going to say anything about your staying out all night," he said, this time a seriousness in his voice. "But I don't expect you to be making a habit of it. Not while you're still living under my roof."

"Don't worry, Dad," I don't think I could ever have another night like last night if I tried."

With that, she headed back up to her room, to still much needed sleep and thoughts filled with the magic of mistletoe, and a night when she'd had her Christmas stocking truly stuffed.

END

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