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 socks pad their way into the kitchen, on the cool linoleum floor that was waxed by a cleaning service earlier this morning. The lemony scent still hangs in the still air. Refrigerator open, and pause to look at the contents.
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s. The cool air of the apartment begins to chill her skin as her hands move down to her neck, her shoulders, her breasts. She clasps her arms to her bosom for a moment, staring intently at herself.
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tes, anyway. She takes care of herself, but is not obsessive. But she does recognize herself, her image, her body, for what it is. An object of lust. Desire. Passion. Sexuality. The boys that ogle her at gym, the male teachers that stare at her chest, and
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\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kneeling down next to the bed, she reaches beneath the mattress, the silk sheets caressing her arms up to her elbows. Her arms pull back out, holding a small brown bag.
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. A slim black dildo falls into her hand, followed by another, smaller, plastic bag. There is a }{\f2\insrsid12523255\charrsid9859367 \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 soft sigh as the couch feels her weight upon it, the }{\f2\insrsid11802692\charrsid9859367 
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s kind. The dildo begins to tease her, gently moving along he\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 r\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  inner thighs, as she leans back, the socks resting on the edge of the coffee table.
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s own cries, as she drives the rubber toy deep within her, her body spasming in ecstasy as a powerful orgasm shudders through her slim frame. }{\f2\insrsid11802692\charrsid9859367 \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
She is covered in sweat, a tight sheen of moisture along her belly, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
her thighs, her forehead. Her juices have dampened the sofa cushions, a wet spot that leads from her warm sex, running down the black rubber, along her fingers and hands, down the front of the sofa.}{\f2\insrsid4070755\charrsid9859367 
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She keeps thrusting at herself with one hand, more violently and passionately, as she desperately rubs herself with the other, willing a second orgasm to come forth. And come forth it does, a second frenzy of rubbing as her back arches in }{
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creams in pleasure, tears streaming from her eyes and mixing with the sweat on her flushed face.
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s resting near her buttocks, and she begins to cry. Long, desperate, wracking sobs as she slowly curls into a ball, the waves of pleasure slowly receding before a deeper, darker force.
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to sleep, tears burning in her eyes, the smell of pineapple and coconut on her breath. She will stay in this position, nude on the couch, the television blaring sex, until she awakens, in the middle of the night, to shower and order a pizza. 
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