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If it's illegal/dangerous to read/possess pornography where you are, don't bother.) Disclaimer: Dancer - the authoress of this work - and Empath - its 'publisher' - take no responsibility due to any harm or misfortune that befalls someone from reading or possessing this work. Copyright: This work of prose is the intellectual property of Dancer, and is protected by the Berne Convention. *Unauthorized* publication or redistribution is prohibited. {Non-legalese translation: if you want to put this on a web site, just drop us an email; we'll probably say yes. :)} Bonus Question: Where is the quote in the 'Warning' from? :) _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail <1st attachment, "Dreamkr4e.txt" begin> Dream Maker (4/5) (no-sex, humor) Dancer 2002 (c) I woke up a while ago but I needed extra time in bed to get myself geared up. I didn't have that 'I don't know where I am' feeling. I knew I was in Oklahoma and staying at science fiction author, Maxwell Stone's house for two weeks to get the 'feel' of the Southern state for my latest manuscript. I stretched out my legs and wiggled my toes under the blanket, slitting my eyes open against the sun. Which should've been streaming through the window facing me but it wasn't. In fact, the window wasn't even there. Frowning, I rolled around. This was weird. The window was set next to me on the opposite wall from where it belonged. "Maaaax!" I yelled as I bolted upright. He came into the room as soon as I called, panting, "What?" "This window," I said, pointing at it. "Moved from there to here." "Amanda, relax," Max told me and perched himself beside my covered feet. "The window didn't move. You spent the night in my bed, not the guest one." "WHAT!?" I yelped and quickly scooted away from him. He held his hands up and explained, "No, no, nothing happened. We didn't do anything last night...okay, there was that thing in the hall but forget that for the moment. You fell asleep in my office and I carried you to the nearest bed which happened to be mine." "Oh, God," I cried and threw the covers over my head, remembering. He'd asked me to help him work out a scene in his book. We'd gotten hot and heavy against a wall outside the library and if he hadn't been fully clothed, this would be the 'morning after'. I suppose in a weird sense it was. I curled up into a ball, totally mortified. "I slept in the guest room, if that makes you feel any better," he said to the huge lump of me hiding under the blankets. He patted me lightly. "I didn't want to. Discretion is the better part of valor." I shifted the blankets down and peeked over the edge at him. "What does that have to do with anything?" I asked, narrowing my gaze to bring his blurry image into focus. "Nothing, I guess," he answered and laid next to me on his stomach. "Seemed like the appropriate thing to say." He smiled lazily as he looked down at me. "What?" I demanded. The smile broadened and he turned onto his left side so he could face me. "You look...very pretty right now," he replied, reaching a hand out to touch my hair. "I like how your hair is all tousled and staticky. And your eyes, mmmm. Don't get me started." His voice was all low and sexy sounding, giving my insides good reason to be mushy and my brain screamed for me to get him started. His fingers brushed back the hair from my face, then slowly trailed along my cheek to my gaping mouth. Stroking a fingertip across my lips, he said, "Don't look at me like that, Amanda." "Like what?" I breathed, wanting to shift myself closer but afraid he'd stop touching me. "You know," he answered huskily and cupped my jaw. "All women do." "I'm not 'all women'." "I know you aren't. That's what makes how you look even more dangerous." He licked his lips and moved his hand away, rolling to sit up on the edge of the mattress. "Why don't you clean up and dress? I'll be in the kitchen if you need anything." I sighed and watched him walk away. I kicked the covers back with my legs and sat up, feeling lethargic and achy. Yawning, I pushed myself onto my feet, scratched my itchy belly through my nightshirt and toddled to where my glasses lay on an end table between the two windows. I hooked the bows over my ears, blinking with exaggeration at being able to see clearly. I stumbled sleepily through Max's office, down the short corridor, around the corner and into my bedroom. I headed for the dresser and pulled out some clean undies, socks and a bra, then bumped my right hip and closed the drawer. My next stop was the closet where I removed a pair of loose fitting jeans and the saffron blouse. Dropping the fresh laundry onto the bed, I grabbed my toiletry bag and walked into the washroom next door. I threw down my bag, got out my toothpaste and brush and began brushing my teeth, thinking. Max was attractive but too old to fall into the cute category. Handsome, definitely handsome. And a gentleman. I wouldn't give up my bed to an almost complete stranger for nothing. Well, maybe some cold, hard, American cash but just as a nice gesture, no way! He was a decent kisser, too, not pushy or greedy but, well, gave as good as he got I guess. I wouldn't mind starting my day with one of his kisses like the one at the bar last night...or ending it, or as a midday snack about three-thirty. Leaning forward against the counter of the sink, I continued to clean my teeth and think about Max. He liked to banter and could laugh about himself. He jokingly called my four novels in his library his 'porn stash,' which didn't bother me. I knew a lot of romances contained soft-core love scenes, keeping out the slang terms and letting the reader use her or his imagination. They centered more on the emotions of the characters and less on the act itself, saying things like, 'made her his woman' or 'branded her with his sensuous touch'. I wrote like that sometimes. It depended on the mood of the story as to how down and dirty the sex would be. In my first novella, 'Catching the Rainbow', I cut away from writing actual intercourse, scared the editorial staff would have a heyday slashing and deleting with their blue pencils. But I learned that there was a market out there for wordy descriptions about love making and some people needed to read the details of how the man 'made her his'. Max was one of them. I spit out the glob of toothpaste into the bowl of the sink, turning on the cold-water spigot to wash it down the drain. I ran the bristles of my brush under the flow until it was clean, then shook it and placed it off to one side while I stuck my head in and rinsed out my mouth. I heard Max running around the house, calling my name in a loud, worried tone. "Amanda? Amanda, are you all right?" He burst into the washroom, breathing heavily. "Oh. My. God." he stated in shock. I glanced up at him in the mirror above the sink and noticed his gaze was directed at my butt. "What? What's wrong?" I asked, turning around to face him. He swallowed, his eyes staring at my bared legs. His face had paled and now I was really concerned. I glanced down and raised the hem of my shirt, finally seeing the smears of blood across my skin. "Well, fuck," I growled and threw my shirt down angrily. "That's it?" Max ground out passed his clenching jaw and began to gesticulate wildly. "It looks like the Manson family murdered Sharon Tate in -my- bed and all -you- have to say is, 'fuck'?!" I jammed my fisted hands hard along my hips and yelled in reply, "I got my period and I flow heavy for the first two days!" "You did?" he said, taken aback by my tone of voice. "YES!" My hands flew up to my hair and started tugging it while I growled. "And I didn't bother to pack any tampons! That's what the 'fuck' was for!" ======= "Oh," he said and ruffled his hair with his right hand. "Your period. Not a massacre." He sagged against the doorframe with relief and exhaled a long breath. "I went to change the sheets and saw this gigantic stain-" he held his hands out about two feet apart. "It wasn't -that- big," Amanda argued. Max shot her a look. "Who's telling the story here, you or me?" She rolled her eyes with a sigh and offered him the palm of her hand. "Anyway, I saw the blood and thought...maybe...you were injured or something." He cast her a boyish smile and tapped his fingertips together. "Do I get credit for coming to save you even though you didn't need saving?" That did it. She smiled back and combed her hair down. "Yeah, you do. I guess I'll have to shower now and wait to dress later." She tugged on her shirt, trying to hide the blood painting her thighs. "I don't suppose you have anything I could use...?" she asked shyly and turned her eyes toward the floor. "No," he answered, hating to say it. "The best I can do right now is a hand towel and a pair of my boxers. Will that work?" Nodding, she replied quietly, "Thanks...and sorry about messing your bed up." "It's okay. I understand. It comes with being a woman." He backed out of the doorway and kept his gaze above her shoulders. Anything lower than that brought the dark stain on her shirt into view and made him queasy. He'd been around other women when they were having their monthly, his two sisters included, and it didn't bother him, but jeez! None of them had bled so profusely that he thought they were -dying-. "You go ahead and hop in the shower. I'll get the stuff together and leave it on the toilet for when you're done." He snagged the doorknob and closed it quickly. His legs ate up the carpet as he strode away to his room, holding a hand over his mouth and nose to block out the coppery smell. Once in his room again, he kept his back to the bed while he dug through his underwear for a couple of ratty pairs of boxer shorts. The elastic was pretty stretched out and the leg holes were tattered as the seams were coming apart. He hoped they would do until he could drive into town for what she needed. One was a dark grey and the other was formerly white but tinged pink after getting mixed-up with a red flannel shirt. He sighed. Laundry day wasn't going to be as much fun as he wished. Last night all he could think about (after listing all the prime numbers he could remember) was Amanda's panties and brassieres swirling with his boxers in the washing machine, caressing and teasing them until they got thoroughly tangled up in each other. Then in the dryer, his would chase hers while the barrel tumbled for an hour and they'd fall in an exhausted heap when the timer buzzed. Max thumped his forehead lightly against the flat of his dresser. The scent of her period wasn't upsetting his stomach anymore. His rampant erection took his mind off that immediately. His cock had seized control of his thoughts briefly, turning them onto the fact he and Amanda could have sex and not worry about birth control. "Stop it," he groaned to himself. He inhaled several times until he felt more in control, then strolled back to the bathroom. He listened before knocking and didn't hear water running. Rapping his knuckles against the center panel, he called, "Amanda, I got two pairs of shorts for you. Is it alright if I come in?" "Yeah," she answered, her voice muffled. He turned the knob, started to push it open and heard, "No, wait." The door opened partway and he shot a glance into the mirror. His eyes widened. She was naked and leaned herself against the door to keep him out. A hand darted around the edge and through the crack. "Pass them to me," she said, wiggling her fingers. He raised a tawny brow in appreciation of the image in the mirror, wishing she'd placed her back to the door. She had a nice, rounded behind with a small mole dotting the indentation of her spine just above the cleft. "You have a cute little...freckle...on your back," he informed her and grinned at the mirror. "I do n-" she began, craning her neck around to look behind her and saw his reflection. "You cheater!" She slapped a hand over the mark. "Your bikini must be very low cut for the sun to hit you there," Max noted, harking back to the teasing last night. "Or do you tan in the buff?" She poked her head out the door, correcting him, "I wear a one-piece, not a bikini, and that's a mole, not a freckle!" "More news from your doctor?" She opened her mouth to say something, then snapped it shut and snatched the clothes from his hand. The door got slammed in his face and he heard the telltale click of the lock being turned. "There's towels under the sink!" he shouted through the closed portal. "THANK YOU!" she hollered back. "I'm going into town to the drugstore," he yelled over the shower. "Can you tell me what to get you?" The door unlocked and opened, Amanda poking her head out. "A box of tampons extra-absorbent, a box for light flow days and a package of maxi pads for overnight." She bit back a grin as she watched him repeat the list silently. "I'm sure one of the ladies will help you if you forget." "Shhh, I'm thinking," he told her and repeated the list. "Extra-absorbent and light flow tampons and overnight maxi pads. I got it. Take your shower." She closed the door and locked it again while he walked away. He went into the kitchen to get his grocery list, added Amanda's feminine hygiene products and tore the paper off the tablet, folding it into squares and slipping it inside his front hip pocket. He passed by the bathroom, knocked and yelled, "I'm leaving now! I'll be back in an hour or so!" He went through his office, turned right out the opposite doorway, grabbed his denim jacket from the closet and headed outside to the garage. His truck was parked out already, so he decided to take that vehicle. The wind blew and swirled his hair around, lifting up the hem of his coat as he climbed into the cab. The drive into Tulsa took fifteen minutes and wasn't much fun without Amanda riding shotgun. He wheeled his pickup into a parallel parking spot a few blocks down from the market. He hopped out, stuck two quarters into the meter and strolled up the street to the grocery. He needed just a few things here; a small bag of potatoes, a loaf of wheat bread, a gallon of milk and some frozen pizzas. He checked out, paid for his purchases and carried them out to his truck. As he walked along the sidewalk, he noticed the wind blowing harder and shoving him forward. It tossed grit in his face and he shielded his eyes with his forearm, glancing up at the darkening sky. Clouds gathered and rolled high above him, blocking out the sun. He knew the signs. A tornado was brewing and his inner voice pleaded with him to hurry, hurry, hurry home. He literally threw his bags on the floor of the cab, then raced down to the drugstore. He ran along the aisles toward the hygiene department, snatched what he needed and rushed up to the check-out counter. The clerk rang up his purchases. He paid, tapping the toe of his shoe on the floor as she took her sweet time bagging the three boxes. As she handed him the plastic sack, the shrill siren echoed through town, telling the citizens a tornado had been spotted and was coming. Even as Max wrapped his fingers around the handles, he realized he was too late. He prayed Amanda would be safe. ======= It felt great to be clean. I finished showering and blotted a towel carefully across my upper thighs, relief washing over me when I looked at the towel. No blood. I tossed it onto the floor and pulled open the double doors of the sink cabinet, spying the extra towels Max mentioned. I grabbed a light blue one, laid it on the counter and folded it into thirds. Moving quickly, I pressed it between my legs and held it there with my left hand while I reached for one of the boxer shorts. My knees locked together and I stepped my feet through the legs, working the soft material upward to my waist. After I got it up, I adjusted the makeshift sanitary napkin until it felt comfortable and I was sure it covered me from mound to halfway up my crack. "How did women do this before the invention of adhesive strips or those stupid, hooked belts?" I wondered out loud. I rolled my eyes. "They laid in bed for a week is what they did." Now I knew the reason behind eighteenth and nineteenth century women having so many babies. It wasn't for extra farm hands or the high infant death rate. Oh no. They hated having their periods and the only way to prevent it was to get pregnant. Mmm, promising, very promising...except I didn't want to get pregnant just to take a ten-month break from the rag. I'll come out and admit it. I want to be married (or at least in a stable relationship) to a man who adores me. I want the 'happily ever after', the loving romances I write about, the whole nine yards. But the only men in my life were my pet rock, Stuie, and Max Stone. "Although I don't know if Max considers himself 'in' my life right now." He was a great prospect, though, with his considerate and sweet personality, income and owned his own home. I kicked myself. Thinking like that will get me in trouble and guaranteed heartache. I reached inside my toiletry bag and withdrew my hairbrush. I leaned forward and started brushing out the tangles, snags and knots from the recent shampooing. A low rumble sounded and I halted my activity. I held my wet hair in one hand and cocked my ear, listening for the sound again. There it was. I set my brush next to the sink, grabbed another towel and wrapped it like a turban around my head. After opening the washroom door, I padded down to my room and threw on my blouse. The first thing I noticed was it had gotten dark while I showered. The sunlight wasn't streaming in the windows anymore. I walked over to the closest window, drew the curtain and shade aside and looked out. The sky overhead was black as night with purplish-grey storm clouds boiling across it. I gulped, sensing something big was coming and that I wasn't going to like it. "A thunderstorm maybe," I told myself in a hushed voice. I dropped my hand and headed for Max's office to unplug all the computer equipment. I found the surge protector outlet strip resting behind his desk and crouched down, working all the grey, pronged plugs free of the sockets. I placed the strip far away from the cords in case the storm caused an arc of electricity. The wind howled outside, circling the house and rattling the windows. Everything went quiet suddenly and the tiny ringlets of hair brushing the nape of my neck straightened. My skin itched. I touched my nape, feeling goose bumps around the hair roots. Shivering, I decided to follow the example of the good, old ostrich and hide where I couldn't see - the basement! It wouldn't have any windows! I dashed out of his office, down the short hallway and rounded the right corner. I jerked the basement door open, groped along the wall just inside, discovered a switch and flipped it up. Light flooded the stairwell and I stepped down, shutting the door behind me. I counted sixteen steps as I walked down to the concrete floor, and hopped on tiptoe due to the coldness seeping out of the floor. Other than that, it was okay temperature wise. There were two rooms to my right and I peeked in each, seeing they were used for storage by the stacks of boxes and rubber containers piled waist high against the walls. The washer and dryer were in a small room beside the stairs and a long table sat opposite them, presumably for folding the laundry. My feet were freezing cold, the table looked very inviting so I decided to climb on top and wait out the storm raging above ground. I sat down cross-legged on the scarred, brown top and scanned the area. The washer and dryer were across from me. I smiled as I spied a large, red, plastic jug of detergent and a yellow box of fabric softener sheets, both the same brands I used back home. It seemed Max and I had more in common that just writing books. Those two things were on a shelf above the machines along with some really ratty, holey towels and a cardboard box marked 'supplies'. Hmm, supplies. I hopped off the table, stretched my arms up and grabbed the box. It was heavier than I expected and I jiggled it around with my fingers to pull it closer to the edge of the shelf. With a quarter of it hanging over the edge, it dropped toward me and I managed to get both hands on it before it crashed into the dryer below. I carried it over to my seat, set it down and resumed my earlier position with the box next to me. Opening the folded flaps, I hissed, "Yes!" Obviously, these were disaster supplies. Inside was a silver, portable radio; a box of wet/dry matches; two dozen utility candles and three holders; sweatpants; socks; a cable-knit, green sweater; granola bars in a plastic baggie; a hammer; a gardening trowel; a hunting knife with sheath; and two quilted blankets. I'd hit the jackpot. I pulled the socks out first and put them on my feet. Next, I took out the radio and turned it on. It was tuned to an AM station and getting some reception, mostly static, but I could just make out a man's voice reporting the weather around the Tulsa area. His voice faded in and out as the static overwhelmed the broadcast but I did hear a tornado had been spotted touching down five miles east of the city limits. I chewed my bottom lip, trying to bring up a mental map of where Max's house was located. All I could 'see' was the geography of where Tulsa was in Oklahoma, like on a big atlas in my head, which wasn't any help. I'd never been good at directional finding. Now I wished I'd honed my internal compass more. Oh well. On the plus side, I wouldn't starve with twelve granola bars handy and I had some clothes and quilts to keep me warm. "What in the hell is that?" I whispered, cringing and hunkering down to escape the loud growling and whistling overhead. At first, I couldn't identify the sound, then I realized it was a train. And then, I wondered aloud, "What dumb-ass is running a train through a tornado??" My inner voice told me no one would and I whimpered like a kicked puppy. Yanking one of the quilts out of the box, I wrapped it around me and over my head and tucked my face between my crossed legs. My throat closed up with a lump a fear. I rocked back and forth, truly afraid. "Don't panic, don't panic," I whispered to myself, forcing the words passed the huge lump. "Remember 'Places in the Heart'? If hiding in a basement was good enough for Sally Field, then it's good enough for me." Then I realized she didn't hide in a basement - she hid in the root cellar away from the house. "Oh God, oh God," I mumbled and curled up in a tight bundle. Max was out there in this and I prayed he had enough sense to find a place to hang tight and wait this mother out. The floor under me caused the table to sway, I swear! The wind literally howled a keening moan through the house and I heard some stuff crash above me. My first and only thought was that the computer monitor had tipped over and got smashed against the floor. Then I blanked everything out except the fear washing over me in great tsunami waves. My face was wet with tears and my glasses coated with the salty liquid. I snuffled and wiped my nose with a piece of the quilt, knocking my glasses askew. I wanted Max and right fucking now! I wanted him to put his arms around me and tell me everything was going to be okay. Time ceased to exist for me. I was cocooned in my own little world where tornados weren't real and I could return to Toronto just by wishing. I don't know how long I sat on that table in the basement, crying into my fists and slowly rocking my body back and forth before I finally listened to the shouting upstairs. I poked my head out of the blanket cautiously. Nothing had changed. The washer and dryer still sat in front of me and the table was still standing. I gulped several times, my throat sore and scratchy from bawling. I blinked, not quite understanding the darkness shrouding me. The basement light had winked out, either on its own or because of a power outage. The door above me slammed into the wall as it was thrown open forcefully and I shrieked hoarsely, clinging to the protection of the blanket around my shoulders. "Amanda!" Thump, thump, thump. "Amanda! Are you down here!" "Max," I murmured softly, barely hearing my own voice. He heard though and whipped around the corner, finding me. My hero. When he opened his arms to me, I threw myself hard into them and buried my face against his right shoulder. "I was so scared," I whispered as I knelt on the table with my arms wrapped around him. He tore the towel covering my hair away, let it fall to the floor and started stroking my hair. "It's okay now," he soothed, running his hands over my back. "The storm's passed and I'm here, honey." He continued to tell me everything was okay and gradually I accepted his words as truth. "It's okay to be scared, honey, but the tornado's gone and the world is right again." I merely nodded, easing my head off his shoulder. I tugged off my glasses and pushed the quilt away from my body. He plucked my glasses from my limp fingers, saying, "Here. Let me clean those for you." He lifted the hem of his shirt and rubbed the material across the lenses, smearing the tear puddles around until they soaked into his shirt. He carefully slipped the bows over my ears, adjusting the bridge with a thumb. "Better now?" he asked, offering me a shy smile. "Yes, thank you," I answered. "I...I heard something break upstairs..." "The bookshelves got knocked over," he replied, then hoisted me up in the safe cradle of his arms and carried me upstairs. "And all the back windows got blown out. So no walking around back there for you." He patted his left hand against my bare calves, reminding me I wore no shoes. I snuggled closer into his chest and tucked my feet in against his ribs as he turned sideways to get through the basement door. Max carried me directly to his room, deposited me on the rumpled bedclothes and tucked me in. "Stay put. I'm going to see about cleaning up the broken glass and boarding up the windows." He dropped a brief kiss on my lips and started to leave me. I dug my fingers into the fabric of his shirt and refused to let go. "Max, don't go," I begged, knowing the fear I still felt showed on my face. "The last time you left me-" "Okay, okay," he said, shushing me softly. "I won't leave you but you have to let me go so I can take off my shoes." I sniffled and nodded, unclenching my hands from his shoulders. He moved away and sat beside me, untying his shoes and placing them on the floor along with his white socks. He crawled over me and settled on my left side, sliding his feet and legs beneath the covers. For a while, the two of us lay on our backs with our heads propped against the pillows and the blankets tucked midway up our chests, saying nothing. My body was surging with adrenalin from getting the crap scared outta me and I grew restless. I twisted toward him and he reached for me, both of us moving automatically. I lifted my head up. He slipped his right arm under it. I draped my right hand over his ribcage, rubbing my palm along his upper chest. He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me flush against his side. I saw him smile as he removed my glasses, asking, "You don't need these, do you?" "Only to see," I replied. "Close your eyes, Amanda. I'll see for both of us," he stated and rolled us over, bending his head down and brushing his lips across mine. ======= more to come... <<token speling error>> <1st attachment end> ----- ASSM Moderation System Notice------ Notice: This post has been modified from its original format. 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