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It's the Saturday morning after Michael and Amanda meet Consuelo Lobo-Rojo. Jonathan has awakened before Bertha and is watching her sleep and enjoying how peacefully happy she seems to be while she's asleep. Bertha awakens and sees him watching her and, after hearing his explanation as to why he's watching her, tells him why he's wrong. But, like any real guy, he tells her that her past is her past and it's her future he's interested in. After getting interrupted in their lovemaking by Bertha's daughter, Kaunis, Jonathan surprises Bertha by asking her to marry him.
Meanwhile, Wanda has awakened before Robert and is enjoying how Robert sleeps with his head beneath her left breast. After Robert awakens, Wanda asks if he wants to make love again which he happily agrees to. After they finish and catch their breath, Robert surprises Wanda with a marriage proposal as well.
Michelle awakens and snuggles against Albert's chest. Just as she gets comfortable, she jumps out of bed and races to the bathroom. A couple of minutes later, Janet walks in and asks if she's all right. After hearing of her sister's problem, Janet leaves and returns with a box of crackers. She also brings a pregnancy test and, confirms her belief. While they are discussing the potential pregnancy, Albert overhears and asks Michelle to marry him and she refuses. ",
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I’m 14 years older than you, I’ve been married and divorced, and I’ve got four cubs, one of whom has never met her father and probably never will. For about a year, until I got pregnant with Kaunis, my youngest, I spent my weekends at different bars and I’d sleep with any guy who showed any kind of interest in me. How can you even remotely think I’m beautiful?”\n\n“Because you are, Bertha. You are beautiful physically and beauty is more than physical. What you did before we met isn’t important to me; what’s important is how you treat me when we’re alone together. Of course, there’s also the fact that you’re a fantastic lover and I don’t regret one second of the times we’ve made love.” \n\nHe leaned over to kiss her but she pushed him back. He started to protest but she continued gently pushing him back until he was on his back. When she had him on his back, she started nuzzling his neck causing him to moan softly. While she was nuzzling him, she was softly caressing his chest and stomach fur and slowly wandering lower on his body. Naturally, her ministrations were being rewarded by the desired result. After a couple of minutes, Bertha worked herself on top of him and started gently moving her body in a way that brought pleasure to both of them. As Bertha’s movements remained gentle and loving, Jonathan thought about how one of the euphemisms for sexual relations was “making love” because he could feel the love that she felt for him with every movement of her hips.\n\nBertha and Jonathan made love like this for about 15 minutes before they both felt the release of their pent-up passions. After she finished, Bertha stretched out on top of Jonathan and started nuzzling his neck again. Jonathan wrapped his arms around her and pulled her as close to him as he could.\n\n“Thank you, Bertha.”\n\n“For what?”\n\n“Showing me once again how lucky I am to be your man and to have you to make love with.”\n\nBertha just smiled as she lay her head on his chest. Just about the time she got comfortable, someone knocked on her bedroom door. \n\nBertha raised her head and looked at Jonathan with a look that said, “I knew it” as she smiled, slid off him, and covered them. “Yes?” She called out as she sat up. She didn’t seem to notice that the bed covers had fallen off her exposing her naked breasts.\n\nA small feminine voice said, “Mama?”\n\n“Yes, Kaunis. What do you want?”\n\n“May I come in?”\n\n“Sure, Sweetie.”\n\nThe door opened and an 8-year-old bear/otter mix stepped into the room. She smiled as she saw her mother and Jonathan lying in bed. She walked over to Bertha’s side of the bed and climbed onto the bed next to her mother. 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Jonathan is nice to me and he loves me as if he really was my daddy. So, I’d be happy if he was my daddy. Why?”\n\n“Oh, I was just curious. Now, go fix your breakfast and Jonathan and I will be out in a few minutes.”\n\n“Yes ma’am.” Kaunis slid off the bed, smiled at Jonathan, and left the room.\n\nBertha turned and looked at Jonathan and said, “I’m sorry, Jonathan. I just wanted you to know how Kaunis feels about you. When you’re not here, she talks about you all the time. I wasn’t trying to pressure you.”\n\n“Pressure me? Well, what should I do about what you said?” \n\nHe thought for a few seconds, turned, and reached over the side of the bed. A few seconds later, Bertha’s curiosity thoroughly aroused, he turned back toward Bertha with something in his hand. He showed her a small square box. He opened it and she saw a beautiful ring inside. Tears started welling up in her eyes as he said, “Bertha, I was going to do this anyway but, I need to make it official. 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He was lying half on her with his head nestled just below her left breast. She smiled as she saw him like this because he slept like this every night that he stayed with her. When they first got together, it had bothered her slightly that she was 10 pounds heavier than him but it didn’t seem to bother him in the least. As a matter of fact, he had tried to pick her up to carry her to bed that night. Despite her protests, he had succeeded although he was breathing very heavily after he laid her down. \n\nAs she watched him sleeping, she thought about how she had never felt about anybody the way she felt about him. He was the most loving man she’d ever been with and that included her first husband. As she watched him, she smiled as he moved his head and frowned slightly when his movements were impeded by her breast. Every morning after he the first time he spent the night with her, he awoke in this same manner. She didn’t know why this happened every time but, she enjoyed it all the same.\n\nFinally, after a few seconds, Robert moved his head around Wanda’s breast and looked sleepily at her. “Good morning, sleepy head.” Wanda said.\n\nRobert looked over at the clock on the bedside table, smiled, and said, “Sleepy head? It isn’t even 0030 yet.”\n\n“Well, I’ve been awake watching you sleep for at least 5 minutes.”\n\n“Ooh. That makes me a sleepy head. Yep.” He laughed.\n\nWanda, who had her arms around him, pulled Robert close to her and said, “Wanna make love again?”\n\nRobert smiled as he said, “Wanda, we made love 3 times last night. Aren’t you tired?”\n\n“Nope. Whenever I’m with a good lover, I can’t get enough of him, or her.”\n\nRobert moved on top of her and said, “So, you think I’m a good lover?”\n\n“Oh, yes. You are the best lover I’ve ever had and that includes Bertha.”\n\n“Well, if you insist, I guess I can make love with you again this morning.”\n\n“If I insist,” Wanda said. “I don’t recall ever insisting that we make love, even once.”\n\nRobert’s smile grew as he said, “No, sweetheart, you’ve never insisted. So . . .” \n\nRobert started making love with Wanda and she reciprocated. As they made love their passions grew and grew. Wanda, who was used to being rather vocal during her past lovemaking sessions, was a vocal as ever. The first time that they had made love Robert had been a bit nervous about Wanda’s sons hearing them. However, afterward, when he expressed his concerns, Wanda had said, “Robert, Ronald has heard me making love his whole life as has Philip. They’re used to it. 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Wanda always thought it was odd how Robert would stare at the top of her head after she removed her wig. “Robert, what do you find so fascinating about my head when we make love? Every time we do it, you just stare and run your hands along the top of my head.”\n\n“Wanda, why do you wear a wig?”\n\n“Robert, you’ve known me since we were 6 years old. You’ve been my best friend for the last 28 years. You know why I wear those wigs.”\n\n“Do you trust me, Wanda?”\n\n“I don’t know if I’m liking the direction this conversation is taking, Robert.”\n\n“Do you?”\n\n“Yes. Implicitly. Why?”\n\n“Would you do me a favor and stop wearing wigs?”\n\nWanda hemmed and hawed a bit before saying, “Robert, I’ve worn wigs for almost 28 years. It’ll be hard for me to just up and stop wearing them. Why do you want me to stop?”\n\n“Because I love the way you look when you aren’t wearing a wig.”\n\nWanda thought for a few seconds before saying, “All right. For you, I’ll stop. But, if someone makes fun of me, I’m going to start wearing them again. Is that acceptable?”\n\n“I can’t ask for anything more than that.”\n\n\n**********\n\n\nAfter taking their shower and drying off, they returned to Wanda’s bedroom and started getting dressed. As they dressed, Robert said, “Wanda, do you really love me?”\n\nShe looked at him with curiosity as she said, “Robert, you know I love you. I love you more than anything else in the world. Why do you ask?”\n\nShe had noticed a small box on the nightstand on his side of the bed before they made love last night but she didn’t ask about it. She figured she’d find out what it was whenever Robert was ready to let her know. As she watched, Robert reached over and picked it up. He showed it to her and opened it. Wanda stopped breathing for a few seconds as she looked at the most beautiful ring she’d ever seen. The setting was a medium-sized ruby in the middle surrounded by small alternating diamonds emeralds, and sapphires. \n\nHe took the ring out of the box, held her hand, and started to put it on her ring finger. As he held it there, he said, “Wanda, I’ve loved you for almost 30 years. I’ve fantasized on more than one occasion how it would feel to spend the night in bed with you. I’ve realized that fantasy and I’ve enjoyed every second of every time we’ve slept together. I want to enjoy that feeling for the rest of our lives. Wanda Anaguma, will you make me the happiest man in the world and be my wife?”\n\nWanda was so shocked she couldn’t even think straight. She took his wrist and slid the ring completely onto her finger as she nodded her head and held him in a hug. Finally, she managed to find her voice as she said, “Robert, you silly chipmunk, you should have asked me to marry you when we were 17. I would have married you so quickly, you wouldn’t have realized you were married until our first wedding anniversary.”\n\nShe kissed him more passionately than she’d ever kissed anybody before.\n\n\n**********\n\n\nMeanwhile at Michelle’s apartment, she was lying in bed with the arms of her lover wrapped around her. She woke up, felt Albert’s arms holding her protectively, smiled, and snuggled closer to his chest. As she lay there, she felt her stomach start to turn sour. She tried to ignore the feeling but, it became too strong. It became so strong, in fact, that she had to fling the covers off of her body and disengage Albert’s arms. As soon as she accomplished this, she bounded out of the bed and raced to the bathroom. She arrived just in time to lift the lid on her commode and try to vomit. However, all she could do was dry heave.\n\nAfter a couple of minutes of dry heaves, Michelle felt an hand on her upper back rubbing in a circle. She turned to look into the concerned face of her sister, Janet. “What’s wrong, sis?” Janet asked.\n\n“I don’t know, Janet. I’ve been waking up sick on my stomach for the last couple of days.”\n\nJanet smiled knowingly and left. A couple of minutes later, she returned with a box of unsalted crackers. “Here, eat a few of these. They should help your stomach.”\n\nMichelle looked at Janet with a “what do you know” look. However, she took several crackers and ate them. Almost immediately, her upset stomach eased enough for Michelle to sit on the floor and look at her sister. “What do you think is wrong with me?”\n\n“I’ll tell you in a few minutes.” Janet got up and started to leave the bathroom. She stopped and said, “Don’t use the bathroom before I return.”\n\n“O-o-okay.” Michelle replied dubiously.\n\nJanet returned and handed Michelle a small cup. “Here pee into this cup.”\n\nMichelle stared at the cup for a few seconds before saying, “You’re kidding.”\n\n“No. Trust me, Michelle, you need to do this so I can prove whether or not something I believe is true.”\n\nMichelle turned, sat on the commode, placed the, to her, too small cup underneath her, and peed into it. After a couple of seconds, Michelle removed the cup and handed it to Janet.\n\nJanet laughed and said, “You didn’t have to fill it to the top.”\n\n“You didn’t tell me that, sis.”\n\nJanet placed a probe-like instrument into the urine and they waited for several seconds. After about half-a-minute, Janet pulled the probe out of the urine and looked at it. She smiled dubiously and said, “Just as I thought.” She cut her eyes toward Michelle and announced, “You’re pregnant, Michelle.”\n\nJust then, an male voice said, “Really!? You’re pregnant, Michelle?”\n\n“How long have you been there, Albert?” Janet asked.\n\n“I just got here. I woke up a little while ago and Michelle wasn’t there as she usually is. I went looking for her. Is it true? Is Michelle pregnant?”\n\n“These pregnancy tests have a 99% accuracy rate. So, it’s a 99% chance she is. Why?”\n\nAlbert stepped into the bathroom and said, “Michelle, I know this isn’t the most romantic place to hear this but, will you marry me?”\n\nMichelle glared at him and said, “No!”\n\nAlbert was stunned. “No?”\n\n“No, Albert!”\n\n“But, I love you Michelle. Why?”\n\n“Because I don’t know if you are asking me to marry you because I’m pregnant or if it’s because you really love me.”\n\n“Michelle, for the last 3 months, I’ve been trying to think of a good time and place to ask you to marry me. It never came up.”\n\nMichelle was crying now as she said, “Albert, I’m confused right now. I love you. I really do but, I don’t know whether or not if I want to marry you. So, will you get out of here? Just go home while I deal with this. PLEASE!”\n\nAlbert looked at her with his shoulders slumped before he left. After the door to the apartment closed, Michelle put her arms around Janet and cried on her shoulder. “I can’t believe this, Janet! I wasn’t supposed to get pregnant! Not yet!”\n\n“I had warned you, Michelle. I had told you that you had best be using protection.”\n\n“I know. I know. I just thought I wouldn’t get caught.” Michelle continued to cry.\n\nJanet smiled and said, “Nobody ever does, Michelle. Are you going to accept Albert’s proposal?”\n\nMichelle looked at Janet pointedly and said, “No.”\n\n“That’s going to hurt him.”\n\n“I know, Janet. I don’t want to hurt him but, I need to think about it.”\n\nMichelle didn’t contact Albert the rest of the weekend. In fact, after he left Saturday morning, she didn’t intend to speak with him until she sorted out her feelings about what had happened.\n\n\n**********\n\n\nWanda and Robert arrived at SoGa Industries Monday morning. Wanda wasn’t wearing her customary wig and she was obviously nervous about it. Everyone that saw her stopped and stared at her in shock. In fact, Mrs. Lagomorph almost didn’t let her into the building until Robert vouched for her. The more people stared at her, the closer she stood to Robert. But, she stayed in step with him as they walked through the foyer to the hall where, normally, they parted ways. Today, however, Robert accompanied her to the elevator, gave her a few words of encouragement, gave her a quick kiss, and walked away after the elevator doors opened.\n\nWhen the elevator doors opened on the 12th floor, Wanda exited the elevator and stood there for several seconds. Everyone was busy with one of their tasks so Wanda walked to her desk. Just as she arrived, Amanda looked up, gasped, and said, “Oh my God, Wanda!” Her gasp and statement stopped everyone else from working. All eyes turned toward Wanda and everyone gasped. They walked over to Wanda’s desk and stared at her.\n\n“What are you staring at!?” Wanda said, indignantly.\n\nNobody could say anything until Bertha said, “Wanda, your wig.”\n\n“I know, Bertha. I’m not wearing a wig today.”\n\nAmanda said, “Why?”\n\n“Robert asked to stop wearing them. He said that he liked the way I look when I’m not wearing it. Okay?” Wanda was about to start crying when Amanda and Bertha gave her a hug.\n\nWanda looked at Bertha and said, “Why are you surprised, Bertha? You’ve seen me like this before.”\n\n“I know Wanda, but we were in bed making love. I’ve never seen you without a wig away from home.”\n\nAmanda asked, “Wanda, you don’t have hair on your head.”\n\nWanda gave Amanda a look of, “Thanks for stating the obvious, Amanda.” However, she said, “I know, Amanda. I have a heritage trait of feral fur instead of human hair on my head. I’ve been like this my whole life. My parents took me to doctors when I was a cub and they said that this heritage trait is one of the more common ones. They said there was nothing that could be done about it and I should just either accept it or wear wigs. I accepted it until I started school and everyone made fun of me. Robert is one of very few people who’ve known about my head and never made fun of me.”\n\nAmanda looked at Wanda’s head for a few seconds before saying, “I think it looks nice, Wanda. I’m glad you decided to show us how you really look.”\n\nWanda smiled and said, “Thank you, Amanda. I should have known that you would accept it.” She gave Amanda a small impish smile as she said, “After all, you accepted Michael despite what I said about him.\n\n“Oh! I almost forgot. Saturday morning, Robert asked me to marry him and I agreed!” Wanda smiled broadly showing her impressive canines.\n\nA look of shock crossed Bertha’s face. She said, “Jonathan asked me to marry him Saturday morning, too.”\n\nWanda and Bertha stared at each other. Then, at the same time, Amanda said, “I wonder if they planned that.”\n\n“I guess we’ll know when Michelle gets here. By the way, she’s running late, isn’t she?”\n\n\n**********\n\n\nMichelle arrived at work Monday later than her normal 0230. In fact, she arrived at 0255, five minutes before her scheduled time to start. When she arrived, Bertha, Wanda, and Amanda were talking excitedly. She walked to her desk and put her purse on it and slowly walked to Amanda’s desk where the other three had gathered. When she saw Wanda’s head, she gasped audibly causing everyone to turn to look at her.\n\n“Michelle!” Bertha said, “You never get here this late in the morning. What’s going on?”\n\nA sad look crossed her face as she said, “Albert and I had a fight Saturday morning.”\n\nThe other three of their clique looked at her in shock. Wanda said, “What about?”\n\nThe look got sadder as Michelle said, “I think I’m pregnant. When Albert heard, he asked me to marry him.”\n\nIncredulously, Amanda asked, “And you fought about that?”\n\n“No.” Michelle said, “We fought about the timing of his asking. I was naked sitting on my toilet when he asked me. Why couldn’t he have asked at a more appropriate time?”\n\n\n**********\n\n\nMichael arrived at work at his normal time of 0230. At 0240, he was sitting at his desk when he heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Albert’s face looking at him. He saw a sad look on Albert’s face so, he waved Albert to come in. “Good morning, Albert. How are you doing today?”\n\n“Not so good, Michael.”\n\n“What’s wrong?”\n\n“Michelle’s pregnant.”\n\n“Ooh. Is that good or bad?”\n\n“I really don’t know, Michael. I’m happy because I’ve always wanted to be a father but, I’m sad because I got Michelle pregnant sooner than I had hoped.”\n\n“And?”\n\n“Well, when I heard she was pregnant, I asked her to marry me.”\n\n“Really!?” Michael said, happily.\n\nAlbert replied, “Yeah. Unfortunately, I think I picked to wrong time to ask her.”\n\nMichael got a dubious look on his face as he said, “Wrong time?”\n\nAlbert rolled his eyes in embarrassment and said, “She was naked and sitting on her commode when I asked.”\n\n“Ouch! Da-yum Albert, even I know better than that and I’m nowhere near as experienced with women as you are.\n\n“Let me ask you this, Albert. Did you ask her only because she’s pregnant or were you thinking about it before she got pregnant?”\n\n“I’ve been trying to screw up the courage to ask her for the last three months. Why?”\n\nMichael sat there for several seconds before picking up his telephone, dialing 5 numbers, and speaking quietly for a few seconds. After he hung up his telephone, he stood saying, “Come with me, Albert.” He got up and caught Albert’s arm, lifting him from his seat.\n\n“Where are we going, Michael?”\n\n“To get you a fiancee.”\n\n\n**********\n\n\nMichael led Albert to the special elevator to the officer’s floor. Albert balked when they arrived, saying, “Michael, I’m not allowed to use this elevator.”\n\n“You can use it if you’re accompanied by someone who is. I’m allowed to use it. Now, get your butt in that elevator.”\n\nAs the elevator doors closed, Michael said, “Albert, you had best be serious about this. I’m not going to be happy if you get me into trouble for trying to help you.”\n\n“I’m dead serious, Michael. I love Michelle more than I’ve ever loved anybody else.”\n\n“All right.”\n\nThey arrived on the 12th floor and, as the elevator doors opened, Michael told Albert to hide himself while he talked to Michelle. He saw the crowd surrounding Michelle’s desk as he approached. His curiosity was piqued by this. By the time that Michael had arrived, Michelle was telling about her fight with Albert.\n\nMichael said, “What’s going on?”\n\nWanda turned suspiciously and said, “What are you doing here, Michael? Your meeting with Mr. Blaidd isn’t for another hour.”\n\n“I thought I’d get an jump on the meeting.”\n\nWanda and Bertha looked at him suspiciously. Bertha said, “Really? Are you sure you’re not here to talk to Amanda?”\n\n“I swear that I’m not here to talk to Amanda, Bertha. I’m here to talk to her.” He pointed to Michelle.\n\n“To me? Why?”\n\n“A little bird told me that you’re in the family way, Michelle. Is this true?”\n\n“I bet that little bird was a 6-foot-tall 28-year-old caracal.”\n\n“I won’t deny it, Michelle. So, is it true?”\n\n“Janet gave me a pregnancy test Saturday morning. It came back positive. She also said the accuracy of that particular pregnancy test is about 99%. So, I’m 99% sure I’m pregnant.”\n\n“So, what are you going to do about it?”\n\n“What do you mean?”\n\n“That little caracal bird said that you told him no when he asked you to marry him. Is that true?”\n\n“Yes.”\n\n“Why?”\n\n“Michael, did he tell you where I was and how I was dressed when he asked me?”\n\n“Yes.”\n\n“And you’re asking me why I turned him down?”\n\n“So, suppose he had asked you here, would you have turned him down?” \n\nAs he asked Michelle this question, he pointed his finger toward Amanda who touched a button on her intercom. While Michael kept everyone occupied, office doors opened and all of the vice-presidents walked over to Michelle’s desk. He also pointed another finger toward the elevator where Albert was hiding. Albert left his hiding place and walked over to Michelle’s desk.\n\nMichelle answered Michael’s question, “I don’t know, Michael. I do love him and I would enjoy having him in my life forever but, well, first of all, he can’t come up here and, second of all, I doubt he’d ask me here even if he could.”\n\nJust then, Albert pushed his way through the crowd causing Michelle to gasp. “Michelle,” he said, “I know my timing was terrible Saturday.” He looked at the crowd and continued, “And I won’t remind you of the situation. But Michelle, I do love you and I do want to spend the rest of my life with you. Maybe I should have asked you sooner or at a more appropriate time and, for that, I’m heartily sorry. But, I want to ask you again here in front of your friends and co-workers. Michelle Tierboskat, will you please make me the happiest caracal on Earth and agree to be my wife?”\n\nMichelle looked around at the crowd finally settling on Michael’s face. “Michael, what should I say?”\n\n“Say what’s in your heart, Michelle. Other than that, I have no idea what to tell you.”\n\nShe looked at Bertha and Amanda both of whom said basically the same thing. Wanda, however, did say, “Michelle, I won’t tell you what to say but I will say this. I know that this guy loves you with his whole heart and, I’m sure he regrets the timing of his proposal Saturday. I know you love him and I believe you’d be happy as his wife. Plus, I think a quadruple wedding would be fantastic.”\n\n“I’m afraid my wedding would have to be the first one, Wanda. I don’t want to risk my kit being born before I’m a married woman. But,” she turned to Albert and continued, “since Albert was brave enough to set this up, I guess he’s serious about marrying me.” She stood, pulled Albert into a hug and said, “Yes Albert. I’ll marry you.” She kissed him as passionately as she’d ever kissed him.\n\nMrs. Gatopardos said, “Well, now that we’ve got all that sorted out, I think we need to get back to work. Right, Edward?”\n\nMr. Blaidd said, “Albert, even though you’re not supposed to be on this floor, I can overlook it since it was for such a worthy cause. However, it’s also past 0300 so I think you need to get to work.” \n\nMr. Blaidd looked at Albert pointedly causing Albert to flinch and practically run to the elevator. When the elevator doors opened, he stepped inside and the doors closed. Mr. Blaidd looked at Michael and nodded toward the elevator. Michael looked at him curiously until he realized what he had to do. He arrived at the elevator just as the doors opened again. He stepped inside, entered his code, and escorted Albert to the first floor.\n\nAs they rode down, Albert said, “Thank you, Michael. You helped me to become the happiest man on Earth.”\n\n“You’re welcome, Albert. I knew how much you love her and how much she loves you. Now, get your butt to work.”\n\nAlbert smiled and said, “Yes, sir.”",
"writing_bbcode_parsed": "Chapter 40
A Plethora of Engagements
The morning after Michael and Amanda met Consuelo, Jonathan woke up enjoying the warmth of a nude female body lying next to him. He opened his eyes and looked at the brown-and-white swirl colored bear sleeping so peacefully. He rolled onto his side, propped himself up on his left elbow, and just watched her. As he watched Bertha sleeping, he thought about giving her a quick kiss to see if he could awaken her. Unfortunately, before he could follow through with this idea, Bertha’s eye fluttered open. She stretched languidly and turned her head toward him.
“What are you doing?” She asked with a smile.
“Watching the most beautiful woman I know sleeping.”
“Really? I thought you were looking at me.” Jonathan raised his eyebrows in answer to her statement. “Really, Jonathan. Why do you say I’m beautiful. I’m 14 years older than you, I’ve been married and divorced, and I’ve got four cubs, one of whom has never met her father and probably never will. For about a year, until I got pregnant with Kaunis, my youngest, I spent my weekends at different bars and I’d sleep with any guy who showed any kind of interest in me. How can you even remotely think I’m beautiful?”
“Because you are, Bertha. You are beautiful physically and beauty is more than physical. What you did before we met isn’t important to me; what’s important is how you treat me when we’re alone together. Of course, there’s also the fact that you’re a fantastic lover and I don’t regret one second of the times we’ve made love.”
He leaned over to kiss her but she pushed him back. He started to protest but she continued gently pushing him back until he was on his back. When she had him on his back, she started nuzzling his neck causing him to moan softly. While she was nuzzling him, she was softly caressing his chest and stomach fur and slowly wandering lower on his body. Naturally, her ministrations were being rewarded by the desired result. After a couple of minutes, Bertha worked herself on top of him and started gently moving her body in a way that brought pleasure to both of them. As Bertha’s movements remained gentle and loving, Jonathan thought about how one of the euphemisms for sexual relations was “making love” because he could feel the love that she felt for him with every movement of her hips.
Bertha and Jonathan made love like this for about 15 minutes before they both felt the release of their pent-up passions. After she finished, Bertha stretched out on top of Jonathan and started nuzzling his neck again. Jonathan wrapped his arms around her and pulled her as close to him as he could.
“Thank you, Bertha.”
“For what?”
“Showing me once again how lucky I am to be your man and to have you to make love with.”
Bertha just smiled as she lay her head on his chest. Just about the time she got comfortable, someone knocked on her bedroom door.
Bertha raised her head and looked at Jonathan with a look that said, “I knew it” as she smiled, slid off him, and covered them. “Yes?” She called out as she sat up. She didn’t seem to notice that the bed covers had fallen off her exposing her naked breasts.
A small feminine voice said, “Mama?”
“Yes, Kaunis. What do you want?”
“May I come in?”
“Sure, Sweetie.”
The door opened and an 8-year-old bear/otter mix stepped into the room. She smiled as she saw her mother and Jonathan lying in bed. She walked over to Bertha’s side of the bed and climbed onto the bed next to her mother. Bertha said, “What do you want, Kaunis?”
“Were you and Jonathan having sex?”
Jonathan was embarrassed but, Bertha said, “What do you know about that?”
“Mom! I’m 8 years old. They teach sex education in school. Remember?”
“Yes, but how do you know about having sex?”
“I know that that’s how you make babies. Are you and Jonathan trying to make a baby?”
Bertha looked at Jonathan and grinned broadly at his discomfiture. She returned her attention to Kaunis and said, “Let’s just say we were practicing.”
“Oh.”
Bertha asked Kaunis, “Do you like Jonathan?”
Kaunis looked at Jonathan and answered happily, “Yes, ma’am!”
“Would you be happy if he was your daddy?”
Kaunis’ smile grew as she said, “Yes, ma’am!”
“Even though he isn’t your real daddy?”
“Mama, I know that you met my real daddy one night and you and he had sex and made me. I know he doesn’t know about me. I haven’t had a daddy since before I was born. Jonathan is nice to me and he loves me as if he really was my daddy. So, I’d be happy if he was my daddy. Why?”
“Oh, I was just curious. Now, go fix your breakfast and Jonathan and I will be out in a few minutes.”
“Yes ma’am.” Kaunis slid off the bed, smiled at Jonathan, and left the room.
Bertha turned and looked at Jonathan and said, “I’m sorry, Jonathan. I just wanted you to know how Kaunis feels about you. When you’re not here, she talks about you all the time. I wasn’t trying to pressure you.”
“Pressure me? Well, what should I do about what you said?”
He thought for a few seconds, turned, and reached over the side of the bed. A few seconds later, Bertha’s curiosity thoroughly aroused, he turned back toward Bertha with something in his hand. He showed her a small square box. He opened it and she saw a beautiful ring inside. Tears started welling up in her eyes as he said, “Bertha, I was going to do this anyway but, I need to make it official. Bertha, ever since the day we met at SoGa Industries four years ago, I’ve found myself strongly attracted to you. We flirted with each other for those four years and I tried to figure out a way to take our flirting to the next level. Thanks to Michael, I was finally able to enjoy a night in your arms and I want to enjoy that feeling again and again. So, Bertha Karhu, will you do me the honor of being the last person I see every night and the first person I see every morning for the rest of my life?”
Bertha was dumbstruck. Her only response was a big, passionate kiss. When, she pulled away from him, Jonathan said, “Is that a yes?”
Bertha feigned being upset as she said, “You’ve been hanging around Michael too much. You know that?”
“Yes, I do. But, I doubt very seriously I could have asked you to marry me if I hadn’t.”
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Meanwhile, at Wanda’s home, Wanda was watching Robert as he slept. He was lying half on her with his head nestled just below her left breast. She smiled as she saw him like this because he slept like this every night that he stayed with her. When they first got together, it had bothered her slightly that she was 10 pounds heavier than him but it didn’t seem to bother him in the least. As a matter of fact, he had tried to pick her up to carry her to bed that night. Despite her protests, he had succeeded although he was breathing very heavily after he laid her down.
As she watched him sleeping, she thought about how she had never felt about anybody the way she felt about him. He was the most loving man she’d ever been with and that included her first husband. As she watched him, she smiled as he moved his head and frowned slightly when his movements were impeded by her breast. Every morning after he the first time he spent the night with her, he awoke in this same manner. She didn’t know why this happened every time but, she enjoyed it all the same.
Finally, after a few seconds, Robert moved his head around Wanda’s breast and looked sleepily at her. “Good morning, sleepy head.” Wanda said.
Robert looked over at the clock on the bedside table, smiled, and said, “Sleepy head? It isn’t even 0030 yet.”
“Well, I’ve been awake watching you sleep for at least 5 minutes.”
“Ooh. That makes me a sleepy head. Yep.” He laughed.
Wanda, who had her arms around him, pulled Robert close to her and said, “Wanna make love again?”
Robert smiled as he said, “Wanda, we made love 3 times last night. Aren’t you tired?”
“Nope. Whenever I’m with a good lover, I can’t get enough of him, or her.”
Robert moved on top of her and said, “So, you think I’m a good lover?”
“Oh, yes. You are the best lover I’ve ever had and that includes Bertha.”
“Well, if you insist, I guess I can make love with you again this morning.”
“If I insist,” Wanda said. “I don’t recall ever insisting that we make love, even once.”
Robert’s smile grew as he said, “No, sweetheart, you’ve never insisted. So . . .”
Robert started making love with Wanda and she reciprocated. As they made love their passions grew and grew. Wanda, who was used to being rather vocal during her past lovemaking sessions, was a vocal as ever. The first time that they had made love Robert had been a bit nervous about Wanda’s sons hearing them. However, afterward, when he expressed his concerns, Wanda had said, “Robert, Ronald has heard me making love his whole life as has Philip. They’re used to it. In fact, I bet that, if you asked them about it, they’ll probably say they didn’t hear anything.” Robert didn’t doubt her but, he did ask her sons and they both said that they heard what went on but it didn’t bother them. All they wanted was for their mother to be happy and they thought that Robert was doing a more than adequate job at making her happy.
After they finished making love, Robert rolled off of Wanda and lay there panting. Wanda, who was also panting, held him in an embrace that told him how much she loved having him with her. It took them a few minutes but their breathing finally returned to normal. Robert said, “You know. We should take a shower after that.”
Wanda threw the covers off of her and said, “Yes, we should. Come on.”
Robert followed suit and, naked, they both went into Wanda’s personal bathroom. As was her tradition, Wanda had taken her wig off last night before she and Robert made love the first time. Wanda always thought it was odd how Robert would stare at the top of her head after she removed her wig. “Robert, what do you find so fascinating about my head when we make love? Every time we do it, you just stare and run your hands along the top of my head.”
“Wanda, why do you wear a wig?”
“Robert, you’ve known me since we were 6 years old. You’ve been my best friend for the last 28 years. You know why I wear those wigs.”
“Do you trust me, Wanda?”
“I don’t know if I’m liking the direction this conversation is taking, Robert.”
“Do you?”
“Yes. Implicitly. Why?”
“Would you do me a favor and stop wearing wigs?”
Wanda hemmed and hawed a bit before saying, “Robert, I’ve worn wigs for almost 28 years. It’ll be hard for me to just up and stop wearing them. Why do you want me to stop?”
“Because I love the way you look when you aren’t wearing a wig.”
Wanda thought for a few seconds before saying, “All right. For you, I’ll stop. But, if someone makes fun of me, I’m going to start wearing them again. Is that acceptable?”
“I can’t ask for anything more than that.”
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After taking their shower and drying off, they returned to Wanda’s bedroom and started getting dressed. As they dressed, Robert said, “Wanda, do you really love me?”
She looked at him with curiosity as she said, “Robert, you know I love you. I love you more than anything else in the world. Why do you ask?”
She had noticed a small box on the nightstand on his side of the bed before they made love last night but she didn’t ask about it. She figured she’d find out what it was whenever Robert was ready to let her know. As she watched, Robert reached over and picked it up. He showed it to her and opened it. Wanda stopped breathing for a few seconds as she looked at the most beautiful ring she’d ever seen. The setting was a medium-sized ruby in the middle surrounded by small alternating diamonds emeralds, and sapphires.
He took the ring out of the box, held her hand, and started to put it on her ring finger. As he held it there, he said, “Wanda, I’ve loved you for almost 30 years. I’ve fantasized on more than one occasion how it would feel to spend the night in bed with you. I’ve realized that fantasy and I’ve enjoyed every second of every time we’ve slept together. I want to enjoy that feeling for the rest of our lives. Wanda Anaguma, will you make me the happiest man in the world and be my wife?”
Wanda was so shocked she couldn’t even think straight. She took his wrist and slid the ring completely onto her finger as she nodded her head and held him in a hug. Finally, she managed to find her voice as she said, “Robert, you silly chipmunk, you should have asked me to marry you when we were 17. I would have married you so quickly, you wouldn’t have realized you were married until our first wedding anniversary.”
She kissed him more passionately than she’d ever kissed anybody before.
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Meanwhile at Michelle’s apartment, she was lying in bed with the arms of her lover wrapped around her. She woke up, felt Albert’s arms holding her protectively, smiled, and snuggled closer to his chest. As she lay there, she felt her stomach start to turn sour. She tried to ignore the feeling but, it became too strong. It became so strong, in fact, that she had to fling the covers off of her body and disengage Albert’s arms. As soon as she accomplished this, she bounded out of the bed and raced to the bathroom. She arrived just in time to lift the lid on her commode and try to vomit. However, all she could do was dry heave.
After a couple of minutes of dry heaves, Michelle felt an hand on her upper back rubbing in a circle. She turned to look into the concerned face of her sister, Janet. “What’s wrong, sis?” Janet asked.
“I don’t know, Janet. I’ve been waking up sick on my stomach for the last couple of days.”
Janet smiled knowingly and left. A couple of minutes later, she returned with a box of unsalted crackers. “Here, eat a few of these. They should help your stomach.”
Michelle looked at Janet with a “what do you know” look. However, she took several crackers and ate them. Almost immediately, her upset stomach eased enough for Michelle to sit on the floor and look at her sister. “What do you think is wrong with me?”
“I’ll tell you in a few minutes.” Janet got up and started to leave the bathroom. She stopped and said, “Don’t use the bathroom before I return.”
“O-o-okay.” Michelle replied dubiously.
Janet returned and handed Michelle a small cup. “Here pee into this cup.”
Michelle stared at the cup for a few seconds before saying, “You’re kidding.”
“No. Trust me, Michelle, you need to do this so I can prove whether or not something I believe is true.”
Michelle turned, sat on the commode, placed the, to her, too small cup underneath her, and peed into it. After a couple of seconds, Michelle removed the cup and handed it to Janet.
Janet laughed and said, “You didn’t have to fill it to the top.”
“You didn’t tell me that, sis.”
Janet placed a probe-like instrument into the urine and they waited for several seconds. After about half-a-minute, Janet pulled the probe out of the urine and looked at it. She smiled dubiously and said, “Just as I thought.” She cut her eyes toward Michelle and announced, “You’re pregnant, Michelle.”
Just then, an male voice said, “Really!? You’re pregnant, Michelle?”
“How long have you been there, Albert?” Janet asked.
“I just got here. I woke up a little while ago and Michelle wasn’t there as she usually is. I went looking for her. Is it true? Is Michelle pregnant?”
“These pregnancy tests have a 99% accuracy rate. So, it’s a 99% chance she is. Why?”
Albert stepped into the bathroom and said, “Michelle, I know this isn’t the most romantic place to hear this but, will you marry me?”
Michelle glared at him and said, “No!”
Albert was stunned. “No?”
“No, Albert!”
“But, I love you Michelle. Why?”
“Because I don’t know if you are asking me to marry you because I’m pregnant or if it’s because you really love me.”
“Michelle, for the last 3 months, I’ve been trying to think of a good time and place to ask you to marry me. It never came up.”
Michelle was crying now as she said, “Albert, I’m confused right now. I love you. I really do but, I don’t know whether or not if I want to marry you. So, will you get out of here? Just go home while I deal with this. PLEASE!”
Albert looked at her with his shoulders slumped before he left. After the door to the apartment closed, Michelle put her arms around Janet and cried on her shoulder. “I can’t believe this, Janet! I wasn’t supposed to get pregnant! Not yet!”
“I had warned you, Michelle. I had told you that you had best be using protection.”
“I know. I know. I just thought I wouldn’t get caught.” Michelle continued to cry.
Janet smiled and said, “Nobody ever does, Michelle. Are you going to accept Albert’s proposal?”
Michelle looked at Janet pointedly and said, “No.”
“That’s going to hurt him.”
“I know, Janet. I don’t want to hurt him but, I need to think about it.”
Michelle didn’t contact Albert the rest of the weekend. In fact, after he left Saturday morning, she didn’t intend to speak with him until she sorted out her feelings about what had happened.
**********
Wanda and Robert arrived at SoGa Industries Monday morning. Wanda wasn’t wearing her customary wig and she was obviously nervous about it. Everyone that saw her stopped and stared at her in shock. In fact, Mrs. Lagomorph almost didn’t let her into the building until Robert vouched for her. The more people stared at her, the closer she stood to Robert. But, she stayed in step with him as they walked through the foyer to the hall where, normally, they parted ways. Today, however, Robert accompanied her to the elevator, gave her a few words of encouragement, gave her a quick kiss, and walked away after the elevator doors opened.
When the elevator doors opened on the 12th floor, Wanda exited the elevator and stood there for several seconds. Everyone was busy with one of their tasks so Wanda walked to her desk. Just as she arrived, Amanda looked up, gasped, and said, “Oh my God, Wanda!” Her gasp and statement stopped everyone else from working. All eyes turned toward Wanda and everyone gasped. They walked over to Wanda’s desk and stared at her.
“What are you staring at!?” Wanda said, indignantly.
Nobody could say anything until Bertha said, “Wanda, your wig.”
“I know, Bertha. I’m not wearing a wig today.”
Amanda said, “Why?”
“Robert asked to stop wearing them. He said that he liked the way I look when I’m not wearing it. Okay?” Wanda was about to start crying when Amanda and Bertha gave her a hug.
Wanda looked at Bertha and said, “Why are you surprised, Bertha? You’ve seen me like this before.”
“I know Wanda, but we were in bed making love. I’ve never seen you without a wig away from home.”
Amanda asked, “Wanda, you don’t have hair on your head.”
Wanda gave Amanda a look of, “Thanks for stating the obvious, Amanda.” However, she said, “I know, Amanda. I have a heritage trait of feral fur instead of human hair on my head. I’ve been like this my whole life. My parents took me to doctors when I was a cub and they said that this heritage trait is one of the more common ones. They said there was nothing that could be done about it and I should just either accept it or wear wigs. I accepted it until I started school and everyone made fun of me. Robert is one of very few people who’ve known about my head and never made fun of me.”
Amanda looked at Wanda’s head for a few seconds before saying, “I think it looks nice, Wanda. I’m glad you decided to show us how you really look.”
Wanda smiled and said, “Thank you, Amanda. I should have known that you would accept it.” She gave Amanda a small impish smile as she said, “After all, you accepted Michael despite what I said about him.
“Oh! I almost forgot. Saturday morning, Robert asked me to marry him and I agreed!” Wanda smiled broadly showing her impressive canines.
A look of shock crossed Bertha’s face. She said, “Jonathan asked me to marry him Saturday morning, too.”
Wanda and Bertha stared at each other. Then, at the same time, Amanda said, “I wonder if they planned that.”
“I guess we’ll know when Michelle gets here. By the way, she’s running late, isn’t she?”
**********
Michelle arrived at work Monday later than her normal 0230. In fact, she arrived at 0255, five minutes before her scheduled time to start. When she arrived, Bertha, Wanda, and Amanda were talking excitedly. She walked to her desk and put her purse on it and slowly walked to Amanda’s desk where the other three had gathered. When she saw Wanda’s head, she gasped audibly causing everyone to turn to look at her.
“Michelle!” Bertha said, “You never get here this late in the morning. What’s going on?”
A sad look crossed her face as she said, “Albert and I had a fight Saturday morning.”
The other three of their clique looked at her in shock. Wanda said, “What about?”
The look got sadder as Michelle said, “I think I’m pregnant. When Albert heard, he asked me to marry him.”
Incredulously, Amanda asked, “And you fought about that?”
“No.” Michelle said, “We fought about the timing of his asking. I was naked sitting on my toilet when he asked me. Why couldn’t he have asked at a more appropriate time?”
**********
Michael arrived at work at his normal time of 0230. At 0240, he was sitting at his desk when he heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Albert’s face looking at him. He saw a sad look on Albert’s face so, he waved Albert to come in. “Good morning, Albert. How are you doing today?”
“Not so good, Michael.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Michelle’s pregnant.”
“Ooh. Is that good or bad?”
“I really don’t know, Michael. I’m happy because I’ve always wanted to be a father but, I’m sad because I got Michelle pregnant sooner than I had hoped.”
“And?”
“Well, when I heard she was pregnant, I asked her to marry me.”
“Really!?” Michael said, happily.
Albert replied, “Yeah. Unfortunately, I think I picked to wrong time to ask her.”
Michael got a dubious look on his face as he said, “Wrong time?”
Albert rolled his eyes in embarrassment and said, “She was naked and sitting on her commode when I asked.”
“Ouch! Da-yum Albert, even I know better than that and I’m nowhere near as experienced with women as you are.
“Let me ask you this, Albert. Did you ask her only because she’s pregnant or were you thinking about it before she got pregnant?”
“I’ve been trying to screw up the courage to ask her for the last three months. Why?”
Michael sat there for several seconds before picking up his telephone, dialing 5 numbers, and speaking quietly for a few seconds. After he hung up his telephone, he stood saying, “Come with me, Albert.” He got up and caught Albert’s arm, lifting him from his seat.
“Where are we going, Michael?”
“To get you a fiancee.”
**********
Michael led Albert to the special elevator to the officer’s floor. Albert balked when they arrived, saying, “Michael, I’m not allowed to use this elevator.”
“You can use it if you’re accompanied by someone who is. I’m allowed to use it. Now, get your butt in that elevator.”
As the elevator doors closed, Michael said, “Albert, you had best be serious about this. I’m not going to be happy if you get me into trouble for trying to help you.”
“I’m dead serious, Michael. I love Michelle more than I’ve ever loved anybody else.”
“All right.”
They arrived on the 12th floor and, as the elevator doors opened, Michael told Albert to hide himself while he talked to Michelle. He saw the crowd surrounding Michelle’s desk as he approached. His curiosity was piqued by this. By the time that Michael had arrived, Michelle was telling about her fight with Albert.
Michael said, “What’s going on?”
Wanda turned suspiciously and said, “What are you doing here, Michael? Your meeting with Mr. Blaidd isn’t for another hour.”
“I thought I’d get an jump on the meeting.”
Wanda and Bertha looked at him suspiciously. Bertha said, “Really? Are you sure you’re not here to talk to Amanda?”
“I swear that I’m not here to talk to Amanda, Bertha. I’m here to talk to her.” He pointed to Michelle.
“To me? Why?”
“A little bird told me that you’re in the family way, Michelle. Is this true?”
“I bet that little bird was a 6-foot-tall 28-year-old caracal.”
“I won’t deny it, Michelle. So, is it true?”
“Janet gave me a pregnancy test Saturday morning. It came back positive. She also said the accuracy of that particular pregnancy test is about 99%. So, I’m 99% sure I’m pregnant.”
“So, what are you going to do about it?”
“What do you mean?”
“That little caracal bird said that you told him no when he asked you to marry him. Is that true?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Michael, did he tell you where I was and how I was dressed when he asked me?”
“Yes.”
“And you’re asking me why I turned him down?”
“So, suppose he had asked you here, would you have turned him down?”
As he asked Michelle this question, he pointed his finger toward Amanda who touched a button on her intercom. While Michael kept everyone occupied, office doors opened and all of the vice-presidents walked over to Michelle’s desk. He also pointed another finger toward the elevator where Albert was hiding. Albert left his hiding place and walked over to Michelle’s desk.
Michelle answered Michael’s question, “I don’t know, Michael. I do love him and I would enjoy having him in my life forever but, well, first of all, he can’t come up here and, second of all, I doubt he’d ask me here even if he could.”
Just then, Albert pushed his way through the crowd causing Michelle to gasp. “Michelle,” he said, “I know my timing was terrible Saturday.” He looked at the crowd and continued, “And I won’t remind you of the situation. But Michelle, I do love you and I do want to spend the rest of my life with you. Maybe I should have asked you sooner or at a more appropriate time and, for that, I’m heartily sorry. But, I want to ask you again here in front of your friends and co-workers. Michelle Tierboskat, will you please make me the happiest caracal on Earth and agree to be my wife?”
Michelle looked around at the crowd finally settling on Michael’s face. “Michael, what should I say?”
“Say what’s in your heart, Michelle. Other than that, I have no idea what to tell you.”
She looked at Bertha and Amanda both of whom said basically the same thing. Wanda, however, did say, “Michelle, I won’t tell you what to say but I will say this. I know that this guy loves you with his whole heart and, I’m sure he regrets the timing of his proposal Saturday. I know you love him and I believe you’d be happy as his wife. Plus, I think a quadruple wedding would be fantastic.”
“I’m afraid my wedding would have to be the first one, Wanda. I don’t want to risk my kit being born before I’m a married woman. But,” she turned to Albert and continued, “since Albert was brave enough to set this up, I guess he’s serious about marrying me.” She stood, pulled Albert into a hug and said, “Yes Albert. I’ll marry you.” She kissed him as passionately as she’d ever kissed him.
Mrs. Gatopardos said, “Well, now that we’ve got all that sorted out, I think we need to get back to work. Right, Edward?”
Mr. Blaidd said, “Albert, even though you’re not supposed to be on this floor, I can overlook it since it was for such a worthy cause. However, it’s also past 0300 so I think you need to get to work.”
Mr. Blaidd looked at Albert pointedly causing Albert to flinch and practically run to the elevator. When the elevator doors opened, he stepped inside and the doors closed. Mr. Blaidd looked at Michael and nodded toward the elevator. Michael looked at him curiously until he realized what he had to do. He arrived at the elevator just as the doors opened again. He stepped inside, entered his code, and escorted Albert to the first floor.
As they rode down, Albert said, “Thank you, Michael. You helped me to become the happiest man on Earth.”
“You’re welcome, Albert. I knew how much you love her and how much she loves you. Now, get your butt to work.”
Albert smiled and said, “Yes, sir.”",
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