Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:09:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tori <letoria69@yahoo.com>
Subject: Karen and Laci Chapter 5 Bunny Rabbits and Teddy Bears

Ff, rom, oral, squirt, mast

For Kaity and Melissa, who get it. Thanks for your enthusiastic
support. Love to You

Chapter 5

Teddy Bears and Bunny Rabbits

'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"
								Bob Dylan



The hands on the clock crawled ever so slowly toward five. Karen could not
concentrate on work. Her mind churned with thoughts of what she wanted to
do with Laci when she got the girl home tonight. The warm knot in her pussy
tightened and a trickle of nectar squeezed out. The vision of Laci lying
back with her legs spread, exposing her tiny, exquisite sex made Karen's
breath catch in an audible gasp. Sitting in her chair, she crossed her legs
and jiggled them, sending warm ripples through her mid-section. She saw
herself frantically kissing Laci's delectable mouth while the child eagerly
pushed her delicate fingers into Karen's sopping cunt. She...

"I'm sorry to drag you out of LaLaLand, but..."

Karen jumped, startled out of her heated reverie by the voice of Marcie,
the office's secretary. "Oh! Marcie! Sorry. I was daydreaming." Oh Christ!
I was about to come, I hope to God I didn't say anything out loud.

"Yeah I could tell. Friday afternoon's are good for that. Anything earth
shaking?"

Karen composed herself. "No, my life's pretty boring right now."

"You need a date, woman. Unfortunately, I don't know any eligible ladies or
I'd play Cupid."

Karen smiled wanly. "Thanks Marcie." Karen trembled slightly as Marcie laid
out her business, and she only half-heard what her faithful secretary
said. Did the woman have any idea how wet Karen's pussy was, or how close
she was to coming when Marcie entered the office? No, it didn't look like
Marcie had any suspicions.

After Marcie left, it was nearly impossible for Karen to concentrate. She
kept trying to push Laci out of her mind with little success. Karen knew
she had to do something to get out of the office, and soon. If she didn't,
then it was only a matter of time before Marcie caught her with her hand
stuck under her pants in the middle of an orgasm.

Suddenly, a fresh thought popped into her head, totally unexpected yet
instantly clear. Karen immediately felt a rush of excitement. She pawed
through her desk drawer until she found her old-fashioned Rolodex, flipping
it around to the card she wanted. She stabbed at the phone's touch
pad. Please be there, please, I don't want to wait 'til next week.

A young woman's voice answered, "Coastal Properties Limited, this is
Ashley, how may I help you."

"Hi Ashley, I'm Karen Nelson from the Perham Agency in Williamston. Could I
speak with Adele please?"

"She may be with a client now," Ashley dutifully stalled. "You said your
name is Karen Nelson?"

"Correct."

"I'll see if she's available. Hold please." A click followed by tinny
Muzak.  Karen smiled and swiveled her chair side to side. In less than a
minute, a firm, rich voice rolled out, "Karen! It's about time! I was
beginning to wonder if you were ever going to call me."


"Hi Adele. Yeah, well you know things have been a little... crazy on my
end."  "How have things been down there?"

"We had that damned blizzard, I was snowed in until day before yesterday."
"I heard you got it bad downstate. It wasn't so bad here. Are you seeing
anyone yet?"

Karen smirked. She'd fucked Adele enough to know the woman had a taste for
younger women. "I've started seeing someone," she said coyly.

"Is it serious?"

"Yeah, it's getting that way, it's the real thing."

"Good for you. Am I going to get to meet her?"

"I certainly hope so. What about you?"

"Oh, you know me, I like to... play. The lovely young lady answering the
phone isn't just a secretary."

Karen laughed. "I would have been surprised if she wasn't."

"So what's up today, sweetie? Business, or did you just miss my bright and
smiling voice?"

"Well, you've been after me to come up for a visit, and after that
blizzard, I really need to get away from here for a while, so..."

Adele chuckled. "I'd love to have you come up. But Karen, let's be honest,
it's almost February. People come up here for vacations in July, not
February. I sense a little more than a mid-winter getaway."

"As cynical and perceptive as ever, aren't you. Well there is, but I don't
want to get into it on the phone. I think you'll get it as soon as I walk
in the door."

"You've always been a tease, Karen. Fair enough. I assume you intend to
bring your new lady friend...what's her name?"

"Laci."

"Laci. What a lovely name."

"A lovely name for a lovely... girl. But yes, she'll be with me. I wouldn't
go without her." Karen hoped Adele would pick up on her use of the word
"girl".

"I'd love to meet the...girl who's captured your heart. So, when would you
like to come up?"

"Well, I need a couple of weeks to arrange my schedule. How about the week
of February school vacation?"

"Excellent. Is Amy still living at home? I assume not."

"Ummm...no," Karen said in a tone that did not encourage pursuit of the
question. "She's with her father."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Adele said, but her voice said she was anything
but sorry. "But that means no family commitments."

"I guess it does simplify things. Listen, I've got to get back to
work. I'll call you next week, and we'll figure out the details?"

"Sounds great girlie. Talk to you then."

* * *********** There was only a pinkish glimmer of light along the western
horizon when Laci left the library. She'd stayed there doing homework as
long as possible to avoid going to the apartment. She scurried precariously
along the uneven, icy sidewalks, school backpack hanging from her
shoulders, to the squalid tenement.

She climbed the flight of stairs and stood outside the door, listening. All
she heard was the faint murmur of the TV. She opened the door and stepped
in. Her heart sank, and a little squirt of fear trickled through her. Her
mother's boyfriend – what was his name? Gerry, Gary? – was sitting on
the couch taking a hit from a bong. She tried not to let her nervousness
show.

"Hey gorgeous," he said good-naturedly. "Wanna hit?"

He was gross, Laci thought. He was unwashed, lean and wiry, arms and bare
torso covered in tattoos. He was probably her mother's age, but who really
knew? His buzz-cut and cocky posture screamed Trouble. Laci knew from hard
experience that slim, pretty girls like her could manipulate most guys to a
point, but not this one. She knew he was very dangerous. At the very least,
she knew he had no problem slapping women around.

"No thanks," Laci said flatly, as she went to her room. To her dismay, he
got up and followed her. Her heart sped up, and a surge of adrenalin made
her edgy and shaky. "What the fuck do you want," she sneered.

"Your mother says you're a whore. Wanna make some money? Twenty bucks for a
blow job right now, 'fore your old lady gets back."

Laci's stomach heaved and her mouth went dry and sticky. "Fuck you," she
hissed. "Get the fuck away from me, scumbag." She tried not to let her fear
show, but her voice had a tremor.

"Wassa matter little princess," he leered. "Think you're too fuckin' good
for a real man? You like bangin' your little school buddies instead?"

Laci slid passed him, trying not to touch him. Her flared nostrils caught
the sour scent of his unwashed body. "Get outta my way," she cried.

Laci managed to scurry into her room, but the boyfriend stood at the
threshold, keeping her from shutting the door. "Yeah, you think you're a
hot little bitch, dontcha? Got all the little kiddy boys wanting to fuck
you, but they don't even have dicks yet – never will. You need a real
cock in ya, babe. How `bout it?" He looked her over, a nasty leer curling
his thin lips.

Laci set about quickly gathering clothes and stuffing them in her
backpack. "Will you get the fuck out of my face?" she yelled, trying not to
seem intimidated, but she instinctively knew bluff and bluster wouldn't
work with him like it did with her mother.

"You ain't just a hot little bitch, you're ornery, too," he grinned.  "Get
the fuck outta here," she shrieked.

"You give head? Your ol' lady says you do. Offer's there, twenty bucks,
don't even gotta take it on the face."

"Fuck you, you gross pig." Laci cried, grabbing her backpack. She felt
trapped. Barge right through, she thought hazily. "Now get the fuck out my
way, loser." She was mildly surprised when he let her pass without
resistance.

He reached out and let a strand of Laci's hair slide through his grimy
fingers. "I know just how deal with that kinda shitty attitude; I know how
to make you smarten up. You oughta hang out and party with us later."

"Fuck you, asshole, you make me wanna puke."

"I'll get a little taste of you soon enough, and then you'll smarten up,
then you'll come `round."

Laci was at the door. Emboldened, she glared at him and yelled, "You're an
ugly, scumbag loser, ain't a real woman who'd fuck you, so you have to take
my skanky bitch-mother, the shit off the bottom of the barrel." She stormed
out the door and hurried downstairs, not waiting to see what he'd do or say
next.

As she scampered out of the apartment, it occurred to her that at one time,
living life like this was perfectly normal to her. It also occurred to her
that she'd left without her teddy bear. Sadly, it would have to wait. She
wasn't giving the dirt-bag any fresh chances to touch her.

The timing was perfect. Laci had no sooner stepped out of the apartment and
reached the top of the stoop when her phone trilled. Laci's relieved
excitement spiked immediately. She fumbled clumsily with the phone. "Hi!"
She didn't hide the breathy excitement in her voice.

"Hi honey-muffin," Karen answered. "I'm just getting in the car. Are you
ready?"  "Oh God yes! I had to go to the apartment and get some stuff, and
that sucks."

Karen laughed. "Where should I pick you up?"

"Right here?"

"At the apartment? I don't know honey..." Karen hesitated. "Kinda risky,
don't you think?"

Laci giggled out of relief. "Okay, how about the store down to the corner?
Then you don't have to worry about me being safe."

Karen chuckled. "OK kitten, much better. Be waiting. Five minutes."

"I'll be there."

Laci noticed her mother half-staggering up the icy sidewalk, carrying a
plastic shopping bag in each hand. Laci saw they held a 12-pack of cheap
beer, and a half-gallon of low-end Coffee Brandy. Party time.

"Where the fuck you goin, whore?" Sandra growled, "Give head for money?"

"You make me sick. You just can't talk to me without being a shithead. I'm
goin' out, someplace a damn sight better than here. An' y'know what? I
fucking hate you as much as you hate me."

"Have fun, slut."

Laci stepped around her, and crossed the street, flinging a parting, "Fuck
you," at her.

She gingerly made her way down to the well-lit neighborhood store. Various
losers came and went, hauling their beer and smokes while unabashedly
ogling her. In the glow of the store's lights, Laci checked her backpack to
make sure she had her toothbrush and her small purse.

She hadn't been there a minute when Karen pulled up. Laci smiled excitedly,
jumped up and scampered to the car. She put her hands out to balance
herself as she gingerly navigated her way.

When Laci slid into the warm car, they both let out noises of relief at
being together again. Karen leaned over, took Laci's face in her hands, and
kissed her hard over and over. Her kisses were wet and urgent, and she made
growling noises in her throat. Laci whimpered and kissed back. Her tummy
was squirming as though kittens were in it playing with yarn.

"Oh God," Karen gasped. With effort, she got herself under control. The
rush she got from simply seeing her little lover again caught her by
surprise.

"Karen," Laci moaned. "I feel so...empty when I'm not with you." She looked
at her adult lover with pleading eyes.

"Yes baby, that's it exactly. Empty. But we're back together again."

"I feel better just being next to you. I wish we could, you know, kiss some
more, but I know..."

Karen slumped back and sighed, "We better get going before I do something
to you right here."

"Are we going anywhere, or straight home?" Laci asked.

"I thought we'd go out to eat before we head home. I'm famished."

Laci shrugged. "Sounds good to me. Where?"

"I was thinking of Dantonio's in the old mill building. You familiar with
it?"

"Yeah, I've heard of it but I've never been."

"It's a nice place. I think you'll like it there. So. Did you get all of
your homework done at the library?"

"Most of it, just some math I don't get. Oh!" she said, perking up. "I
almost forgot! I got an English test back – it's in my backpack – one
we took last week before the snow storm. Remember when I told you we were
learning how to break sentences apart into clauses and stuff? That's what
it was on. And I got an A!" The pride in her voice was genuine.

Karen brightened up. "Really baby? An A? That's not an easy subject. Oh
sweetie, I am so proud of you!"

Laci beamed with pride. "And you know what? She wrote a note on top that
said, 'Excellent job, and keep up the great work!' I'll show it to you
later."  "You better believe you're going to show me. I'm a lucky
woman. Not only is my lover gorgeously beautiful, she's extremely smart,
too."

Laci's heart swelled. She picked up Karen's hand and kissed her palm. "I
love you so much Karen," she murmured into her lover's palm.

Karen brushed the ball of her thumb over Laci's lips. "I love you Laci
kitten. And I am so proud of you. You are a wonderful, special girl."

Laci held Karen's palm to her cheek, closed her eyes, and rocked her
head. Karen's praise filled her with an exhilaration that was alien to her
and that much more powerful because it was genuine. Was it any wonder why
she adored Karen?

They arrived at the restaurant, and Karen found a parking spot close to the
entrance. She leaned over and kissed Laci firmly, once, twice, three times,
each one a little harder. They both felt themselves skittering up to a
line, but Karen stopped them. She sighed, their lips an inch apart,
forehead to forehead. She shook her head slowly, and then brushed a soft
kiss on her girl-lover's lips. "Come baby, let's go before someone sees us
making out, and I end up in jail."

"You couldn't go to jail for kissing me and stuff? Could you?"  Dammit, I
don't want to go down this road tonight, Karen thought. But I can't start
lying to her either. "It's certainly possible, but I don't really want to
find out. Let's not worry about things like that right now."

"Well, I think it's stupid."

"Stupid or not, that's the way the world turns. We don't get to make the
rules."

A new and unpleasant bubble of fear settled in Laci's mid-section. Nothing
seemed to make sense to her. Karen could be arrested and sent to jail for
loving her, yet her mother could hate her and have boyfriends who wanted to
rape her, and that was perfectly fine – the welfare check came in every
month, right on time. And yet Karen was still loving her in spite of the
risk. Other unpleasant thoughts threatened to escape, but she was
experienced in pushing those feelings back down. "I still think it's
stupid," she muttered.

The dashboard temperature display read seven above zero. God damn January,
Karen thought. An image of the two them walking on a deserted Caribbean
beach, holding hands, pausing to make love stirred in Karen's
mind. Someday, she thought.

There was something endearing about watching Laci awkwardly trying to
navigate the icy ground in her boots. With her wrists bent, arms splayed
out for balance, and her mincing steps, it was like watching a little girl
trying to play grown-up. "Don't fall," Karen teased.

"It's slippery! Help me so I don't."

Karen held her by the hand and had to resist the urge to pull her close and
kiss her.

An extremely pretty young hostess greeted them when they stepped
inside. "Good evening ladies. Two?"

"Yes, just the two of us," Karen said, smiling at Laci.

"Would you prefer a booth or a table?"

"It doesn't really matter. A table, if you have a place for us to hang our
coats."

"Yes ma'am, right there over by the entrance."

Karen and Laci shrugged off their coats and hung them up. Laci inhaled
deeply. The smell of garlic filled the air.

The hostess led them to a table just off the main floor. Laci was glowing
and on top of the world when they sat down, and it showed in her face and
her body language. She looked around taking everything in. The restaurant
was in an old textile mill. Enormous, imposing wood beams spanned the
ceiling, with floors worn smooth by a century of use. The lighting was soft
and intimate. It was a long way from McDonald's, Laci mused.

It seemed the hostess picked up on Laci's radiance. "Okay, good evening
ladies," she chirped, smiling brightly as she handed them menus. Laci
pushed her hair back and smiled back at the hostess. "It's good to have you
with us tonight," the hostess continued. "My name is Denise, and your
server will be Darcy. Can I have her bring you something to drink?"

"Sure," Karen said. "I'll have an Evian."

The hostess looked at Laci, and it occurred to her how beautiful the girl
was. It also struck her that the two of them seemed to be much more than
just friends and she found the thought oddly arousing.

Laci frowned. She didn't want to appear ignorant. At last, she looked shyly
at Karen and said, "Karen? What's 'Evian'?"

Her question made Karen smile with warm affection. "It's a kind of fizzy
water, honey. I don't think you'd like it. You probably ought to stick to
soda."

Laci was relieved when Karen didn't tease her. "I'll have a coke, I guess."

When the hostess left, Laci pushed her mane back from her face, still
smiling shyly. "I forgot to tell you something."

"What's that honey?" Karen said, resting her chin in her palm and smiling.
"You're beautiful. I love your hair like that, all curly and falling down
around your face. It makes you look so pretty."

"Oh sweetie, thank you," Karen said with honest delight. "That just about
makes my day. You wouldn't be trying to soften me up, would you?" she
playfully teased.

"I don't think I need to soften you up."

Karen laughed. "Touchι!" She just couldn't take her eyes off the girl.

"Seriously. I think you are so gorgeous and sexy. That outfit just fits
you."

"This?" Karen said looking down at herself. It was a simple, soft purple
cowl-neck sweater over a blouse and a snug matching skirt. "It's just a
business suit."

Laci shrugged. "I think it looks really sexy. It makes you look...strong. I
like that. A lot."

"God, I could eat you up!"

Laci laughed her sweet teenaged girl laugh. She cocked her head
coquettishly. "Promise?"

The hostess wasn't the only one who looked at them and thought they were
more than friends. One woman two tables over looked up and smiled at the
sound of Laci's trilling laugh.

"Speaking of eating, we'd better look at the menu instead of each
other. Any idea what you want?"

Laci looked at the menu, her face screwed up. "I'm not used to this kind of
food. The writing's all in Italian or something. About all I recognize is
pizza and chicken fingers."

"Ah, my innocent little love. I'm going to have to teach you the ways of
the culinary world. Everything here is good."

"I've seen some of those cooking shows on TV," Laci said, scrunching up her
nose as she studied the menu. "None of these words mean, like, stewed bunny
rabbits or anything like that, do they?"

Karen laughed heartily. "Oh, sweet baby girl," she smiled. "No, there
aren't any bunny rabbits on the menu, stewed or otherwise. How about we
stick with something familiar and split a pizza. It isn't like Domino's
pizza here, it's a more grown-up pizza, but it's awesome."

The waitress, as pretty as the hostess, might have drawn Karen's attention
another time. She gave them their drinks and a basket of warm
Parmesan-garlic bread knots. "Good evening ladies. My name is Darcy. Here
you go," she said, setting a basket on the table. "These rolls are fresh
out of the oven. Nice and warm for a cold night. Have you decided on what
you want, or do you need a few more minutes?"

Karen opened her bottle of Evian and carefully poured it into the tall
glass. "Let's split a large pizza," Karen said. She first looked at Darcy,
then at Laci. "By the way, honey," she said to Laci "What do you want on
it?"

Laci looked at the list of choices and shrugged. "Anything's okay with me,
as long as there's no anchovies ...or bunny rabbits," she said with a
wicked smile.  The server looked at her with a puzzled smile. Karen laughed
and said, "She's being bad. It's an inside joke. How about we keep it
simple and say we'll go with just pepperoni."

The server Darcy jotted it down. "Any appetizer? Soup? Salad?"

"No, I think we're all set," Karen said. "Oh, wait. Can we swap out the
garlic rolls for some without the garlic? They smell yummy, but I don't
want garlic breath tonight."

"Not a problem at all." Darcy murmured. "Hot date later tonight?"  "You
could say that," Karen smiled.

When the waitress left, Karen teased Laci. "She's very pretty. Bet she'd be
fun to play with."

It took Laci a second to realize Karen was needling her. Her small frown
melded into a naughty smile. "I wouldn't let you play with her,
though. Unless I could play, too."

"Hmmm, I don't know if I could handle two hot girls at once. I might break
into a million pieces. I'll be very happy making love to just you later
tonight. I've had all day to think of the naughty things I want to do with
you when we get home."

Laci giggled and, elbows on the table, hid behind her fists. "I thought of
things too, y'know. I was in the library thinking naughty things, and I
almost had to go to the bathroom."

"Now you're making me hot." Karen fanned her face with her hand, making
Laci giggle again. "Like what? What naughty, sexy things has that lovely
imagination conjured up?"

"I'm not telling," Laci chirped like a child playing
I've-Got-a-Secret. "You'll have to wait."

"Oh you bad girl!" Outside, she smiled playfully, but inside she smoldered
with growing, animal lust. "I am so going to make you keep that promise."

The waitress came to the table with their rolls and fresh dipping oil. Laci
giggled and hid her face again, like a child trying to hide a secret. Oh,
they were being sooo bad, sooo naughty in public. Karen was making her
blush and get all wet and squirmy in front of everyone and Laci loved it!

"There you go ladies," Darcy said. Laci looked at her and had to struggle
to keep from breaking out in fresh giggles. The waitress really was very
pretty, with a slim body and long, soft hair piled on top of her head. Was
Karen really attracted to her? She thought briefly it would be something
for three girls to do it together all at the same time.

Laci picked up a warm roll, but she wasn't sure what to do with it. She
looked from under her lashes at Karen to see what she did. Karen dipped a
warm roll in the bowl of olive oil. Laci hesitated, and then decided Karen
wouldn't make fun of her for not knowing. "Are we supposed to dip the buns
in oil?"

Karen suddenly smiled. "I'd dip your buns in oil any day."

It took a few seconds to grasp what Karen meant. When she got it, Laci
broke into more snickers. "Karen! Don't be bad! You're making me blush."

Laci felt on top of the world. She loved Karen's risquι teasing. In
fact, she loved simply being in a real restaurant with her. She couldn't
begin to imagine her mother taking her to a place like this, and if by some
miracle she did, Laci would be so self-conscious she'd be miserable. But
Karen ...with Karen, it all felt natural. She dipped a roll and nibbled it
uncertainly. Though olive oil was foreign to her, she liked it. She wiped
her mouth with the cloth napkin.

"Excellent...buns," Karen grinned. "Really good, aren't they?"

"I like them," Laci said with a touch of surprise. This was how normal
people lived.

The pretty server Darcy brought their pizza on a big, flat cutting
board. "Here we are, ladies. Just for you, fresh out of the oven." Karen
met Darcy's eyes and saw an uncertain but knowing glint in them.

Laci looked at the pizza – it had an irregular shape and some burnt
spots on the crust, but it smelled wonderful. She looked up at the waitress
and said, "Thank you, it smell's awesome."

"You're very welcome. I think you'll like your first real pizza." Her smile
was genuine.

When the waitress left, Karen took a slice and said, "I could see you
checking her out."

"No I wasn't."

"Silly girl, of course you were. And she was checking you out."

"I don't think so," Laci snorted, but she blushed. Was it true or was Karen
teasing her again?

"I know these things, I've been around the block a time or two."

"Well, she is really pretty. Seriously, I bet you'd go with her if you
didn't have me."

"I'll bet you're right. I'm a sucker for beautiful young ladies. What do
you think of the pizza?"

Laci slurped in a strand of cheese and bit the slice. "Mmmmmm, really good!
You're right. Not like Domino's at all!"

Karen took another slice, suddenly aware of how hungry she was. "So, how
did school go today?"

Laci gingerly nibbled a fresh bite of hot pizza. "Good. Really good. Well,
not everything. I hate math class. I never get it, it's so hard, and the
teacher doesn't explain it. We're learning variables and stuff." Laci
wrinkled her nose. "It sucks."

Karen laughed softly. "Short and to the point. Well kitten, some people
just aren't fans of math."

"Do you like math?"

Karen shrugged. "Not especially, but I have to use it at work all the
time. Not so much algebra, but business math. We'll spend some time later
this weekend going over your homework and I'll see if I can help you. What
else?"

A fresh tingle of warmth rippled over Laci. That's what mothers were
supposed to do, try to help with schoolwork. Laci had always liked school,
and in spite of her home environment, she'd always done well, even making
the honor role several times. But did her mother even care? No, she did
not. She even made fun of Laci, calling her a "smart-ass" more than once.

"Well," Laci said after munching a full bite. "In science, we've been
learning astronomy, which is really pretty cool. Today we started learning
how the moon causes tides at the ocean. I totally didn't know that, and
it's so cool. Did you know that?"

Laci's enthusiasm captivated Karen. She'd always known Laci did well in
school. Amy had commented frequently (and with a degree of surprise) at how
good a student her friend was. "Well, I knew it, but I have no idea
how. Maybe we can learn together."

"And I had art today. That's my favorite, I love art class, but we have it
only twice a week. Right now, we're learning how to draw people and animals
and shade them so they're realistic. The art teacher, Mr. Belden – he's
gay, you know – he told me that I have a talent for art, and I'm
probably one of his best students, and once I'm in high school, there's an
AP art class and I should take that, and he said I have an instinct for
using colors and shading and figuring out how stuff goes together just by
looking at it..."

Laci's unconscious soliloquy mesmerized Karen. She did not intend to
interrupt the girl. In fact, she could listen to Laci go on all night
long. It was a remarkable display of self-confidence and enthusiasm from a
girl who'd been, at best, ignored all her life by a mother who'd destroyed
her own life.  Laci continued on about her fascination with art, pausing
briefly now and then to take a bite of pizza, seemingly unaware of her
stream-of-consciousness monologue. Her expression and her eyes glowed, and
it seemed to bring out a new dimension of intense sensual beauty in the
girl. Karen felt her heart swell as she drank in Laci's enthusiasm.

At last, the pizza down to two slices, Laci seemed to realize she'd been
talking about her love of art for several minutes. She dabbed her mouth
with her napkin and blushed.

Karen, chin resting on the heel of her hand, simply beheld her lover,
quietly thrilled. "Well now," she offered with a loving smile. "I think
we've discovered where your natural talent lies. Do you have any idea how
happy it makes me to listen to you talk about something that you enjoy so
much? God Laci, you've been cheated out of so much. You have so much to
offer the world, and I'm going to make sure you have whatever you need to
be a real artist. Whatever it takes. Do you have any of the sketches you've
done for art class?"

Laci blushed even more. She put her napkin on her plate, having had her
fill of pizza. "Not in my backpack. I left them in my locker at school. I
didn't know you'd want to see it."

"Oh honey. I want to see all your homework, not just the art, but I didn't
mean right this minute."

Darcy the server came to their table. "How was the pizza, ladies?"
"Incredible," Laci said. "I only ever had Dominoes or Pizza Hut before,
this was like a million times better!"

"Awesome! I'll tell the pizza guy. Have you ladies thought about dessert?"
"I think a pizza is enough of a cheat for one night," Karen said.

"Are you ready for your bill?"

"Sure." The waitress brought the bill tucked into a leather book. Karen
glanced at it: $35. She pulled two $50 bills out. "Do you do pool tips?"

"We do."

"Well, one of the fiftys should go to you, the leftover to the pool."

Darci hesitated, looking at the bill. "Are you sure?"

Karen closed her purse. "Positive. Excellent service deserves an excellent
tip."

"Wow! Thank you so much. I really appreciate it." She left with an extra
spring in her step.

"So I've been thinking. How about tomorrow, if we're not too tired, we go
to the mall in the afternoon. You need some new clothes and whatnot."

"Really? Oh Karen! That would be so awesome!" Laci squealed, clapping the
heels of her hands together. She normally dreaded mall trips because she
never had any money. In days gone by when she took the girls to the Mall,
Karen would sneak a $50 bill into Laci's purse, and then secretly stuff
another in Amy's hand. "This is for Laci, not you. Make sure she uses it,
but don't embarrass her about it."  But things had changed, oh yes, things
had changed for Laci.

********************************

They tossed their coats on the entryway settee as soon as they were in the
house. The only light came from the under-counter fluorescents in the
kitchen, and a timer-controlled table lamp in the living room. Karen
gathered Laci in a deep embrace. Laci groped for Karen, urgently pushing
herself as close as she could to her older lover.

Karen rocked her and murmured, "Baby, my precious baby, oh my sweet,
precious baby." A wave of giddy warmth spread over Karen, making her almost
feel like fainting. She had her arms wrapped around the exquisite and
delicate body of the love of her life. Now the world was right again. "Do
you have any idea what you do to me? Any idea how you set me on fire!"

Laci melted against Karen. It felt a little like the tingly, fuzzy
sensation she got a few seconds after taking the first hit of a joint. Oh
God, she felt loved and desired and so good.

Karen took Laci's face in her trembling hands, paused just a second to
drink in the child's angelically beautiful face. Laci's eyes were dark and
lustrous in the soft light. Karen made a whimpering sound and
descended. She smothered Laci's face with hard, urgent kisses. Laci tossed
her head back and soaked in Karen's passion. At last, their mouths came
fully together. Karen's insides surged, and she let out a shuddery, moaning
sound. She sent her tongue in search of Laci's, and they snaked together
when found. Their heads moved in a primitive rhythm as their lips locked
and their tongues wrestled. Gasping, Karen pulled back, and immediately
dove back in search of her young lover's lush mouth. She sucked Laci's
lips, nibbled them, and Laci closed her eyes and moaned.  Laci quivered all
over. It was back in force, that pulsing, glowing ingot inside her tummy,
sending its corona of warmth spreading to every part of her body. She
surrendered herself to the woman she saw as a Goddess.

Karen brushed her lips against Laci's, and softly groaned into the girl's
mouth, "Baby, love, my darling love. I need to devour you!"

"Oh yes, Karen! Please! You make me crazy inside!"

Karen relaxed her embrace so she could take Laci's hand in hers. Trying to
regain her composure, Karen pushed her hair back from her face with her
free hand. "Oh my," she whispered hoarsely. The emotions and sensations
this amazing girl released in her were almost beyond her
comprehension. Just by being, Laci seemed to bring Karen to the edge of
losing control. It seemed as if nothing made sense any more.

Out loud, Karen whispered, "Come baby."

There was a large wet patch on Laci's jeans. She felt weak and shaky all
over. Karen led her to the living room and pushed her onto the
sofa. Karen's eyes glowed with an intensity that made Laci's breath
catch. She desperately wanted Karen to be firm, even rough with her.

Karen knelt over her trembling lover. She immediately began pawing at
Laci's clothes. "I'm going to fuck you until you scream!" Karen panted.

They tore at their clothes, twisting and writhing to get naked. Karen
pulled off her swater and ripped at her blouse, sending buttons clicking
across the floor. At last, their clothes were strewn over the living
room. Karen descended on her teen lover, and Laci responded by arching her
taut body up and urgently wrapping her arms around Karen's neck and
wailing.

Karen jammed her mouth against Laci's and thrust her tongue in deep and
hard. She found Laci's little breasts with her hands and rubbed and
squeezed them firmly. Laci's nipples immediately responded, swelling into
pliant peanuts. She squirmed and squealed into Karen's mouth and dug her
nails into Karen's back when Karen squeezed and tugged at the exquisitely
tender nubs.

Gasping, Karen pulled back. "Tell me what you need!" she demanded.

"Ooohhh," the girl cried. "Fuck me! Please Karen! I love you! Fuck me!"

Karen slid her hand between their bodies and grabbed Laci's sex,
immediately wriggling two fingers into the wonderfully tight, gooey
entrance to the insides of the girl's body. Laci stiffened and squealed and
Karen glared at her. Just touching the teen's intricate, exquisite sex was
enough to send Karen into orbit.

Karen firmly worked her fingers in and out, fucking Laci's honey
tunnel. The teen was so tight, it felt like Karen's fingers were held in a
clenched fist. Her pussy oozed nectar with every stroke. Laci writhed and
groped for something to grab onto. Karen slid her thumb up the trough of
Laci's labia to the girl's clit nub. She pressed and rolled her thumb until
Laci frantically cried out and squirmed, slapping the sofa. At last, she
tensed and released, and Karen could feel the girl's muscles quiver,
squeezing and relaxing. "Oh Karen! Oh Karen! I love you! Oooohhhhh! Jesus!"

"That's it my love, come for me. But I'm not done with you, oh no, I am not
done with you."

Karen pulled her fingers from Laci frothy sex and immediately smeared
nectar all over her lover's vulva. Still gasping from her orgasm, Laci
urgently lifted to Karen's firm strokes. "More Karen! There's more in me!
Please make me come some more! Please!"

"Oh you hot, hot little minx!" Karen dropped to her knees between Laci's
legs. The rich, tidal odor of Laci's overheated sex was
intoxicating. Trembling, Karen lightly slapped Laci's sex, making her
jump. "Open your legs, Laci baby," Karen demanded. "Wider! Wider! As wide
as you can."

Demonstrating the marvelous flexibility of a Thirteen-year-old girl, Laci
grabbed the backs of her legs above the knees and pulled back until she was
completely exposed. Karen groaned, her heart racing and head swirling at
the sight of Laci's naked sex. The raw, intricate beauty of her lover's
womanhood never failed to leave Karen awed. "Oh God," Karen
whispered. Shaking her head as if to clear it, Karen dove on her lover.

Karen used her hands to frame Laci's pussy and help keep her legs spread
wide. She slowly lapped up Laci's slit like a cat cleaning itself. Each lap
made Laci stiffen and yip. Karen finally adjusted her hands so her thumbs
rested on either side of Laci's clit before she nudged the tip of her
tongue up to Laci's opalescent nub. She suckled Laci's tender bud into her
mouth and massaged it with her tongue, while she used her thumbs to knead
and massage the base of her Laci's clit hood.

Laci cried out and stiffened at the overpowering sensations Karen brought
to her by both suckling and kneading her clit. She lost her grip on the
backs of her thighs, but her legs remained splayed out. Her hands fluttered
like startled birds before diving into Karen's hair.

Karen shook her head while she held Laci's button in her mouth. She pulled
her head back, letting Laci slip from her mouth with a slick plop. She
pushed down with her thumbs to make Laci's clit pop up. She gave Laci
another series of long, slow laps up the girl's slit, until she finally
stiffened her tongue and dove on Laci's nub. Karen circled Laci's jewel
with the tip of her tongue, before lashing it like a vibrator.

Laci squirmed and writhed, her hands gripping Karen's hair and her feet
kicking. Delectable waves of pleasure washed over her body from her
throbbing pussy. Karen's staccato tongue work was like someone
rat-a-tatting a drum. The pressure in her pelvis grew with each flick of
Karen's tongue. Laci struggled to hold it, but it was no use. She cried out
as her body spasmed and clamped down. She held her breath against the
enormous, delicious bubble stretching inside her.  Then it burst like a hot
water balloon hitting the ground. She shuddered and thrust her pussy up
against Karen's face, demanding more. "Karen! Karen! Karen!" she cried. "Oh
God Karen!"

Laci's pussy trickled a stream of nectar down her slit. Karen captured some
of it with her tongue. Still licking the child relentlessly and kneading
around her clit, she brought Laci to another intense orgasm.

Laci's body seized. She arched her back and it seemed every muscle fiber in
her body was as tight as a violin's strings. It felt like she was reaching
the top of a hill, and when she went over the crest, bright, flashing
lights filled the valley below. The water balloon burst again. The heat
washed over her in a great wave, followed by ripples that ebbed and flowed
over and over.

Karen gently eased off until she was lovingly kissing Laci's mound. The
girl's vulva was glistening wet and the fragrance of her heat was strong
and enticing. Karen knew Laci had more in her, but if she drew every orgasm
from the girl, she'd be unable to do anything but fall asleep.

Gasping, Laci collapsed against the sofa cushions. Her pounding pulse
rippled over the taut flesh of her abdomen. Her arms flopped loosely above
her head, and little groans escaped her with each panting breath. Smiling
hungrily, Karen quickly kissed her way up Laci's tummy, pausing to give the
girl's pert nipples a few flicks of her tongue. Laci jumped and yipped at
the electric shock it sent over her.

Karen hovered over Laci, and the child, her breathing eased, smiled up at
her. Laci threw her arms around Karen's neck. "Oh Karen!" she cried out.
Karen dipped down and pushed her tongue into Laci's waiting mouth. Their
tongues swirled together. "Taste yourself on me," Karen hummed, and Laci
sampled the remnants of her own pussy essence on Karen's face.

As they kissed with tongues tangled, Karen moved a hand between their
bodies and began rubbing and fingering her own pussy. As soon as Laci
became aware that Karen was masturbating, she worked her hand down, pushing
Karen's hand aside. Karen's vulva emanated heat like a stoked wood-stove,
and when Laci glided her hand over her lover's sex it was wet and
slippery. Laci nestled her finger into Karen's slit, and it delighted her
that her lover was dripping wet here. She rubbed her fingers up and down
the channel shaped by Karen's inner labia. Karen gasped into Laci's
mouth. "Yessss," she whispered. "You're making me so hot baby!"

Laci smiled before she lifted her head to give Karen her tongue. She
stroked and massaged Karen's pussy, rubbing the flats of her fingers over
the woman's clit until Karen let out a sharp yelp. Laci hooked two delicate
fingers into Karen's sugar pot, releasing a fresh trickle of honey.

Karen's burning eyes glared at her teen lover. She jumped and grimaced when
Laci's stroking, probing fingers hit a sensitive spot. "Fuck me," Karen
demanded before diving on Laci's face to suck the girl's tongue into her
mouth.  It was awkward, but Laci managed to push her fingers almost all the
way into Karen's tunnel. She wriggled them around, but it was too hard to
find Karen's magic spot. Instead, she slithered her fingers in and out,
firmly riding them over the top of Karen's vaginal entrance. They greedily
fucked each others mouths with their tongues, Karen groaning happily with
each breath and gyrating her hips in time with Laci's finger strokes.

Their position distracting for Karen. "Okay baby girl," she panted. "I want
you on the floor so you can fuck me with your mouth."

"Okay," Laci whispered with a touch of relief. Her wrist was beginning to
hurt. Laci slid to the floor and gave her hair a toss. Karen shifted so she
was half-laying against the back of the sofa, and her butt was at the edge
of the cushion. Laci's sparkling eyes flicked back and forth between
Karen's glistening sex and her urgently tense face. It thrilled her to
think no one else made Karen feel like this. The intensity of her adoration
for her adult lover made her feel like she'd explode.

Karen parted her legs as wide as comfortably possible, fully exposing her
pussy. She throbbed inside, and she involuntarily tensed up in
anticipation.  Laci kissed her way up Karen's sticky inner thighs, drawing
a shuddery moan from her lover. She drew the flat of her tongue over
Karen's skin, gathering her first taste of her lover's essence. Karen's
heat was palpable, her aroma rich and musky like a freshly turned
garden. Laci herself moaned in chorus with Karen. She spread Karen's
crevice even wider, so fresh beads of nectar ran down the channel from her
clit to her vagina. Laci slowly, deliberately drew the flat of her tongue
up the length of Karen's slit, her eyes turned up to gauge her lover's
reaction.

A jolt surged over Karen. "Oooohhh yes!" she whispered harshly. "Oh baby!
My sweet kitten! You make Mommy feel such wonderful things!"  Laci popped
Karen's tumescent jewel from its hood and curled the tip of her tongue
around it. Karen jumped sharply. Laci savored the feel of Karen's nub under
her tongue, and the music of her moans. She languidly worked her tongue
over and around Karen's clit, tracing circles, crosses and figure-8s. All
the while, she kept darting her gaze between Karen's face and her
pussy. She silently admonished herself to slow down. She moved her tongue
down Karen's slit to gather nectar when she sensed Karen was getting too
close.

Karen was seething inside. Every flick of Laci's tongue sent a sharp pulse
through her pelvis and tummy. Each stroke made the hot bubble inside her
grow larger and fuller. It amazed and delighted her how much Laci had
learned in a week. She now varied her pace to prolong Karen's pleasure. She
was sexually sophisticated enough now to both comfortably finger Karen's
pussy while kissing her clit.

Laci planted those wet kisses on Karen's clit, sucking it between her lips
and releasing with a smack. She poked and probed with her tongue, gave more
wet kisses, and wetting her face in the process. Almost giggling with sheer
delight, Laci rat-a-tatted her tongue in a burst that made Karen cry out
and grab Laci's hair in her fists. "Oooohhhh fuck!"

Staccato pulses of energy vibrated through Karen's innermost pelvis and
rippled up over her entire being. There was no resisting that kind of
tongue-lashing.  Laci lifted her mouth up for a moment and quickly used the
flat of her fingers to tap firmly on Karen's clit just as Karen had done to
her. She dipped her face back down, and she tried her best to rub Karen's
vagina and smear her flow of honey while she suckled her lover's clit. It
pushed Karen over the edge.  Karen's pelvic and abdominal muscles quivered
and hiccupped, sharp but intense little spasms. She drew in a breath and
whined as she held it. Finally, she cried out as everything let go
inside. Bursts of pleasure like silent explosions washed over her, from her
pussy to some primal nerve center deep inside her.  Karen bucked her hips,
pushing her mound against Laci's face. Laci didn't let up her tonguing and
suckling. She moaned hungrily as she kept furiously licking Karen. She kept
going until Karen was done, and to Karen's surprise on later reflection,
Laci knew exactly when that was.

They were both panting when Laci looked up. Her eyes were aglow and her
face glistened in the low light. "Oh baby," Karen groaned. She quickly
lifted her legs and lay out on the sofa so Laci could climb atop her. Laci
snuggled her body into Karen's embrace, wanting to be held and loved.

Karen's mind swam incoherently at first. An odd thought intruded from out
of nowhere. A thousand dollar sofa covered in come stains, and I don't give
a flying fuck! She wrapped her arms around her teen lover and rocked
her. "God Laci, I love you!" she groaned. She took Laci's face in both
hands so she could cover her with sloppy, wet kisses.

A warm glow enveloped Laci, and she basked in Karen's praise. Just over a
week ago, she didn't know the feelings she was experiencing now even
existed in real life. Love wasn't just some made up thing on TV and in
books. When she dwelled on it, the fervor of her feelings left her
breathless.

When Karen's head settled down, she became aware that it was cold. No
wonder, she thought. They were naked and sweaty and it was ten below zero
out. "Laci kitten. We need to go upstairs to bed. It's freezing."

Laci lifted her head and looked at Karen. The woman's hair was all a-tangle
and her cheeks flushed. It really was cold, she suddenly realized. "Okay,"
she sighed. She slid off Karen reluctantly and stood up.

Karen sat up. "Give me a minute kitten, I'm woozy."

Laci stood naked before Karen, smiling happily, and she reached out to take
Karen's hands in hers. Karen drank in her teen lover. In just a year or
two, she would be heart stopping beautiful. And she's all mine, Karen
thought with a possessive thrill.

Laci helped Karen stand, and she eagerly slid into Karen's loving
arms. Karen rocked her. "Laci," she murmured. "You are the most beautiful
girl I have ever seen."

Smiling delightedly, Laci looked up. "You're just saying that 'cause you
love me."

"I do love you, but I'm not just saying it. You really don't know how
heart-wrenchingly beautiful you are. It makes me wonder how I ever came to
deserve you."

Laci kissed Karen's neck. Didn't Karen understand, Laci wondered, that she
had it backwards? That it was Laci who should wonder how she deserved
Karen? Maybe she'd understand it someday, but right now... "As long as you
think I'm beautiful, nothing else matters."

Karen sighed. "Come, I'm freezing."

Once upstairs, Karen put on the soft recessed lights, snapped on the
electric blanket, and lit the gas fireplace. It was warmer up here then
down in the living room, which made it easier to resist the urge to dive
under the blankets. Karen pulled the covers back, and Laci flopped on the
bed and sprawled out. Her little sex was already beginning to tingle and
flush.

Karen climbed on the bed and straddled Laci on all fours. She pinned the
girl's arms to the bed and smiled down at her. Laci's insides were
beginning to churn. Her breathing grew shallow and her heart sped
up. Karen's hair spilled around her face, framing her deep brown eyes. She
quickly lifted her hand to tuck the hair on one side behind her ear,
exposing her gold teardrop earring to the soft light and making it
sparkle. Karen's sensual beauty made Laci draw in a shuddery breath.

"You're all mine," Karen purred. "You are my precious, beautiful princess,
no one else's."

"Yes Karen," Laci mewed. "I belong to you! Only you!" Oh, how it thrilled
Laci to be totally under Karen's control. The sensation of complete
surrender, with her arms pinned to the bed and Karen on top of her, was
exhilarating and oddly liberating.

Karen pressed her body against Laci's and lowered her face to kiss the
girl. Laci kissed back with urgency. Karen stroked her tongue in and out of
Laci's receptive mouth, drew it over her lips, tasting the girl's
succulence. Kissing Laci was almost as thrilling as making love with
her. There was always a sweet passion to her kisses, an intimacy that was
galvanizing. Karen's kisses grew ravenous, and she gyrated her body against
Laci's.

Karen released Laci's lips and her arms, and straightened up. She allowed
herself to wallow momentarily in Laci's breathtaking adolescent beauty. She
firmly squeezed and massaged Laci's firm little breasts, tugging on her
nipples and letting them snap free. Laci cried out with delight. Her
nipples instantly hardened, and Karen touched her palms to them and
caressed them with a circular motion. She smiled at Laci when she rolled
the balls of her thumbs over the girl's nubs and made her gasp.

"Karen," Laci whispered.

Karen leaned over, brushing her lips against Laci's ear. "Laci. Baby," she
answered. She kissed her way over to Laci's other ear, drew her tongue up
and down the girl's neck, making her whimper and shudder. She toyed with
Laci's simple earring with the tip of her tongue, before nipping the rim of
her ear. "I want to take you a very special place," Karen said softly. She
pressed her mound against Laci's, sending a warm surge snaking through both
of their bodies. "Very, very special. The same place you took me last
week."

Shivers and thrills coursed over Laci. Her head swirled as if she were
stoned. It was more the heat and hunger in Karen's voice, rather than the
words, that registered in Laci's mind. Karen undulated her hips, grinding
her pussy against Laci's. Their slits opened and kissed, and Karen firmly
wriggled her vulva against Laci's until they both squawked at the thrill.

Hard as it was, Karen stopped before going too far. She straightened up,
and Laci gasped at being left hanging. "I have better things planned for
you, my Laci princess," Karen smiled. She scooted further down the
bed. "Open your legs, honey girl, wide. I want to see every bit of your
sweet, sexy treasure."  "OK," Laci breathed, and she drew her bent knees
back and spread them wide, opening and lifting her sex in offering at the
same time. Oh, that most exquisite, delectable part of her girl-lover was a
thing of sublime beauty. It was like seeing the Holy Grail. She lowered
herself, and brought her tongue to Laci's labia. She touched the girl's
pussy lips ever so lightly with her tongue, as feathery a touch as she
could manage, and she brought it up. Laci squealed at the sensation. The
trail of Karen's tongue grew firmer with each stroke, until she firmly
rasped the flat of her tongue up the crevice of her lover's pussy. She
carefully flicked her tongue over Laci's clit hood before straightening
back up.

Karen knew she was walking a fine line. Laci was squirming and whimpering,
and her sweet pussy was drooling nectar freely, but she didn't want her
teen-lover to come yet. She wanted Laci simmering hot, but not boiling
over. She carefully inserted her middle finger into Laci's fully open,
sopping wet, receptive vagina. Inside the tight confines, it felt like
she'd buried her finger in a narrow container of warm pudding. Laci arched
her back and whimpered, "Karen!"  "Let Mummy Karen take you to a magic
place," Karen cooed. When her finger was in as deep as she could get it,
she began to draw it out while pressing up against the roof of Laci's
vagina, rubbing, searching. She watched Laci closely as she explored. At
last, her finger found a discrete, marble-sized bump, and Laci cried out
sharply when Karen rubbed it.

Laci was unprepared for the sensation it caused when Karen found that spot
inside her. It was more of a powerful jolt than a shock, but it jabbed deep
inside her. She was already roiling inside, and the new sensation only
added to the blaze burning in her body. Karen quickly changed position so
she was coming at Laci from the side, up over her hip bone, with one arm
wrapped around the girl's thigh. Panting, Laci raised up on her elbows to
see what Karen's was doing. Karen turned her head and smiled impishly at
Laci.

Karen pushed two fingers into Laci's vagina and immediately returned to the
magic spot. Just as she did, she dipped down and drove her tongue into the
intricate, converging folds making up Laci's clit nest. From that moment
on, Laci lost her connection with the external world. Some dormant
auto-pilot rose up and took over, and Laci just...was.

The position was a bit awkward for Karen, but it would have to do. She
sucked Laci's nubbin into her mouth just as her fingers found the spot
again. Laci stiffened and let out a strangled yelp. Karen massaged the spot
firmly, relentlessly, as she sucked and licked Laci's throbbing clit. Laci
let out incoherent, guttural sounds, and she writhed frantically on the
bed, her arms flailing, her body jiggling. Karen whined as she slurped and
fucked her baby lover.

Laci stiffened and went rigid, straining, holding her breath, and
grunting. "Yes baby!" Karen cried. She stroked Laci's engorged spot as fast
and firmly as she could. Inside, Laci was aware that something broke,
something snapped, and with the most amazing sensation she'd ever
experienced, it felt like
 her entire self went spewing out of her pussy in a white hot stream of
lava.  Laci's tensed, quivering body released in an instant. Her breath
exploded in a loud, incoherent cry. And her already overflowing pussy
boiled over, releasing a gush of hot fluid. Karen slurped it in, drank it,
ambrosial nectar that was tart yet sweet and pure Laci. Laci arched again
in another seizure, and spewed forth another gush of her heavenly potion,
wetting Karen's face and hand, and dripping onto the bed. Karen brought her
up, up, up to one more, and the girl cried out, "Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh
Karrrrrrrrennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn," as her body collapsed yet again like an
imploding building.

Karen greedily slurped up Laci's essence. She thoroughly cleaned Laci with
her tongue, gathering in the girl's sweetness, savoring her, glorying in
her. Laci was as limp as a rag doll, her eyes glazed and distant, when
Karen kissed her way up Laci's body. Yes, the girl was utterly spent. It
would be a while before she came out of her fugue. She instinctively curled
into Karen's embrace and let herself float.

Laci was only vaguely aware of her surroundings. She was warm and relaxed,
not sure whether she was awake or asleep, yet aware of the nearness of
Karen's body. Once when she was six or so, she'd fallen down some stairs
and broken her wrist (she still wasn't sure whether she had genuinely
stumbled and fallen, or her mother had done something to make her fall). It
hurt badly, and her hand hung at an unnatural angle. Once she got to the
hospital, a nurse put a needle in her arm and gave her some pain
medicine. The nurse told her it would make her feel sleepy and dizzy, but
it would make the pain go away so the doctor could fix her boo-boo. After
getting the medicine, she was only dimly aware of what was going on around
her. It was a wonderful sensation, like being wrapped in a fuzzy cloud and
floating in the sky. That's how she felt right now, caught in a warm,
relaxed Twilight zone, safe in Karen's arms. Karen, her mother goddess,
Karen, who made her feel the most astonishing things, Karen, her
protector. She only vaguely realized it when Karen sat up and said
something to her, something about "be right back". Laci rolled onto her
back and stared blankly at the ceiling.  Karen only got up because the wet
spot on the bed was becoming uncomfortable. She grabbed a cigarette and lit
it before padding off to the bathroom. She peed quickly, and then got a
big, fluffy towel from the linen closet. She set the cigarette on the
ashtray and kneeled on the bed. "Laci honey," Karen said gently.

Laci, her eyes only now showing animation, looked at Karen.

"Move over a little, princess. I need to cover the wet spot."

Laci's brow furrowed but she moved, and Karen quickly spread the towel over
the large wet spot. It was almost if she'd peed the bed. Satisfied, Karen
sat on the edge of the bed and picked up her cigarette. One leg tucked
under her, she smiled and stroked Laci's hair with her free hand. Laci
turned her head and looked at Karen, distantly at first, but at last with
focus. She smiled wanly.  "You with me, my precious kitten?" Karen
murmured.

Laci nodded and whispered, "Yes."

Karen finished her cigarette and rolled onto the bed. She turned off all
the lights except a single, dim row, and pulled the covers up over
them. She pulled Laci close, and their bodies melded together. Laci nuzzled
her nose in the notch formed by Karen's breastbone and collar bones. Karen
stroked her hair as though she was petting a cat. "Did you like where I
took you?"

Laci chuckled very softly. "Did I pee on you? I didn't mean to, I couldn't
help it."

"No kitten, you didn't pee on me," Karen smiled. "It was the same thing
that you did to me last weekend. I'll bet you're sleepy right now."

Laci nodded. "Yes, I am. I'm sorry."

"My precious Laci. Please don't apologize. You've made me very happy
tonight. Very happy."

"Really?"

"Really. Are you okay if I turn off the lights?"

"Yes. Can we cuddle?"

"Absolutely." Karen reached up and turned off the lights. She gathered in
the warm, silky soft body of her lover. She hoped Laci would drift off to
sleep before her anxieties had time to rear their ugly heads. Laci was an
achingly beautiful girl, both outside and inside, but she had been hurt so
badly by her troubled mother, it was going to take time for her to
heal. All Karen could do was hold Laci and love her when the bad feelings
came.

Karen let herself drift. The fragrance of their earlier loving, strong and
musky, tickled her nostrils when she adjusted the covers, and Karen
smiled. There wasn't much that could top that smell. She sighed contentedly
and relaxed.  There was nothing so ethereal, Karen mused, than a silent,
snow-encased house, in the middle of a bitterly cold January night.

The lines from a half-remembered song wafted through Karen's head. The lamp
is burnin' low upon my tabletop, the snow is softly fallin'. The air is
still within the silence of my room, I hear your voice softly callin' A
haunting song of unrequited love. However, this love – her love, Laci's
love – was not unrequited. It was deeply, achingly shared. Holding this
mere child in her arms, in the silence of the room on a cold winter's
night, after sharing their blazing inner passion, left her warm and at
peace in way she never experienced. It was beyond description except
perhaps by a poet.

As in the song, she heard Laci softly calling. "Karen?" the child said in a
gossamer-like voice.

"Yes kitten."

Laci shifted and snuggled closer. "I love you."

Karen chuckled softly. "You never get tired of telling me that, do you baby
girl?"

"No. Do you mind?"

"Of course I don't mind. It makes me very happy. I love you too."

"I-I want to say something, but I don't want you to get mad at me or
anything."

"Laci, my precious love, have I ever gotten mad at you for saying something
to me?"

There a slight pout in Laci's voice. "No."

Karen threw her leg over Laci's and used it to pull them closer
together. "When two people are in love, like we are, they can share
anything inside their hearts with each other. What do you want to tell me,
kitten?"

There was a pause. Then, her voice still diaphanous, "When we were making
love earlier tonight, I thought how now I'm glad Amy left you to live with
her Dad." She hurried on before Karen could offer some imagined rebuke. "I
used to be sad and mad at her for leaving, 'cause I thought it meant I'd
never see you again, an' I couldn't stand that. I just w-wanted to be able
to see you, and then I could at least dream, but I thought when she left I
w-wouldn't even have that."  Karen felt the child quiver in her arms, and
she knew Laci was crying. She pulled her lover even closer, but she didn't
say anything.

"But now, if Amy had stayed, we wouldn't be together ...like this." She
sniffled and shifted. "You'd still just be in my dreams. Now I don't want
her to come back... ever! If she came back, we couldn't be together any
more, and I don't think I could go on if we couldn't be together." A small
sob escaped the lovely child.

Karen squeezed her and moved her hand to stroke Laci's hair
again. "Ssshhhh, baby, it's okay. Don't worry about things like that,"
Karen soothed. "Nothing – I mean nothing – is going to keep us from
being together. I promise. Okay?"  Laci let out a shuddery breath. She
hated it when her fears rose. It usually happened after making love when
she was relaxed and unguarded. Laci adored Karen so much that she gave
herself to Karen. Now she had to trust that Karen wouldn't throw her
aside. That thought was unbearable. That would mean... darkness.

"OK," Laci sniffled.

Karen shifted, raised up on one elbow to strip tissues from the box on the
nightstand. She brought them to Laci's nose. "Blow," she said, and Laci
snuffed into the bundle of soft paper. Karen wiped her nose clean and
tossed the wad onto the nightstand.

Karen lifted Laci's chin in her hand. Their eyes met, dark orbs in the cold
light cast by the moon. "Now Laci, baby. I love you! I am not ever going to
let you go. Ever! No matter what. Neither one of us does ourselves any good
worrying about what might happen. Okay?" Karen leaned in and kissed the
child deeply but gently.

When Karen released Laci's lips, she lifted her breast. "Would you feel
better if you nursed on me like a baby again?" she said tenderly.

Laci sniffled one more time and nodded. "Yes," she whispered.

Karen lowered from her propped position and gathered Laci in. As if in
response to some primal instinct, Karen's nipples hardened and grew
erect. Laci nuzzled, seeking the comfort of Karen's breast. Before she drew
Karen's pliant jewel into her mouth, she said hesitantly, "Will you sing me
the Teddy Bear song?"

Karen chuckled. "Of course I will sweet baby."

Releasing her anxieties, Laci drew Karen's nipple into her mouth and nursed
from her lover.