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Excuse Me Miss...

By: PaulStevens



This is a side story I wrote could be something more or just a one time coupling, I'll take your input once you've read it.

Edited by HJF

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It had been another typical Friday evening on the train for Jeremy and he was glad to see the week at last come to an end, not to mention he was looking forward to meeting with his buddies once this infernal train finally reached his stop. 

"Only six stops to go," he reminded himself as both time and the train seemed to crawl along. The train was better than driving from his far suburb to the city and back each day. He knew it was far faster too, but still some days that hour seemed so much longer, and this was one of them.

He looked longingly up at the full seats on the upper deck from the lower deck seat he had begrudgingly taken. He usually rode up there mostly because it, surprisingly to most he was sure, allowed him more space than the lower deck benches did. Jeremy was a very tall guy and cramming himself into a lower deck seat for an hour was not his idea of fun, nor was it adding to his mood.

He continued looking longingly up at those seats as the train slowed to a halt again, driving his knees into the bench in front of him. As he silently cursed it he saw commotion above as young woman scrambled to leave the train, her stop seemingly having snuck up on her. Jeremy smiled; he knew why she was in such a rush. He had noticed her napping a bit in her seat he suspected if not for the jolt of the train she would have missed her stop completely. 

The door opened and passengers filed out. Jeremy looked back at the upper row as it recovered from the commotion to see how many others had gotten off up there and whether he should ponder heading up. No luck, but it was then he spotted it; right where the young lady had been sitting was clipped a monthly pass. A pass he remembered seeing her put there. 

Having once lost one of those before he sprang to action and pulled it off the clip. He flipped it over hoping it had a name and number so the conductor could get it back to her. No luck, so, seeing the passengers still filing out, he made a flash decision and quickly made his way toward the exit. Pushing through the vestibule door and down the stairs to the platform he frantically searched for the woman.

Now ordinarily this would have been extremely reckless as finding one person in the crowd that got off at this stop would have been near on impossible except that, though he tried not to admit it, he had been admiring this particular passenger since the train had left Chicago. That was how he knew she had placed the pass on the clip and it was also why he was sure he could find her in this crowd.

The biggest thing working in his favor was height, both his, being nearly seven feet tall it made it easy to find people, and hers, as he was sure she had to be close to if not taller than six feet herself. It did not take long before he found the mane of light brown hair hovering above the crowd. He made his way towards her, hoping to reach her before she reached her car. 

His hopes of getting back onto the train were long gone after he had seen the crowd and had heard the chimes that signaled the doors were closing. As the crowd reached the parking lot it fanned out and Jeremy was able to speed up, but unfortunately so had his quarry. Both had long legs and he could tell she was in a hurry. Still, slowed by the crowd Jeremy watched her get farther away and just hoped he didn't lose her, otherwise this gesture would not only be incredibly stupid, but incredibly useless as well.

He was pleased to see that she walked past the parking lot and kept walking toward some nearby apartment buildings.

"A walker," he thought to himself. Fortune, it seemed, had smiled on him. She was still moving quickly, but knowing he had more time Jeremy waited to clear the crowd before putting on speed to catch up to her. As he quickened his pursuit of her a small part of his brain acknowledged that this might make the woman nervous if she were paying attention. After all he was a strange man, this certainly was not his stop, and now he seemed to be deliberately following her, which he was of course. Not for any sinister reason, but she had no way of knowing that. This was where being a big guy worked against him; in a lot of cases it kept him out of fights he didn't want, but it also made him unnecessarily scary to strangers. 

"You take the good with the bad," he thought. He reminded himself of every time his size put him in a bad spot, as it did with surprising frequency. However, his query was no five-foot-nothing-ninety-pound gymnast. She was definitely over six feet tall and was definitely not overly thin. She wasn't overweight either, but she had a happy medium working. She was a big girl and he could tell she could take care of herself. 

Still afraid of losing her he sped up, but tried not to look too creepy.

"Yeah, like I know how to not be creepy," he thought to himself and he was deep into an inner discussion of how he could not be creepy when the woman, to his extreme surprise, turned to face him.

"What do you want?!" she asked in frustration, as lost in his thoughts he had not noticed she had slowed and he had nearly caught up to her. "It's obviously not to rob or rape me or something or you would have done it already! And please don't tell me you live around here because you don't, I know my neighbors and you ain't one buddy. You've been following me since the train and don't think I didn't catch you looking at me on the train. I admit it was flattering, but this is getting creepy. I've had a hell of a day, an even worse week, and things don't look much better for the next few," she said, looking extremely irritated.

Jeremy digested the information and gathering his thoughts, held up her train pass and said, "You, ah, left this on the train. Sorry to bother you it looks like you've had a rough week. It's just I've misplaced one of those myself and I know what a hassle they can be to replace. So here," He handed her the pass and said, "I'll be heading back to the station now as, you're right, this wasn't my stop, I'm another five or six down the line depending on the train."

"Well that was mighty stupid of you," she said bluntly before he could finish and Jeremy just shrugged and went to make his way back to the station when she grabbed his hand, "I'm sorry," she said in a much kinder tone. "That was rude of me, thank you very much, that was really nice of you. It really has been a rough week. It's funny; you spend enough time getting dirt kicked in your face you almost forget what kindness is." She then seemed to take him in. Afterwards she seemed to get an idea and smiled. "You got any plans tonight?"

"Not really, and if I did, my now several hour commute wiped any hope of getting to them. Why do you ask?"

"Sorry about that," she said, very sincerely and looking a bit remorseful, before answering his question, "Well, because I'd like to take you to dinner, to say thanks I mean," she said, adding the last part a little too quickly, and held up the pass to show why. She then added, "There's this nice new place I've been dying to try, but I've never had the time or anyone to go with."

He smiled, "That'd be nice, thanks." He then asked, "This is going to sound odd but do you mind if we stop by your place first if it's nearby? I really don't want to take my work bag into a restaurant if I can help it, especially if it's a nice place," Jeremy said pointing to the bag he had somehow remembered to grab before sprinting off the train.

"Actually that sounds like a good idea. I want to change a bit too, if you don't mind."

"Not at all, but I think you look fine as you are," he said, commenting on the skirt and short sleeve top she wore.

She gave an eye roll that clearly said a sarcastic 'men' and said, "You're sweet but these are my work clothes. I need to get in something a bit more comfortable. They walked the short distance to her building but she stopped him at her door.

"Wait here, I wasn't expecting anyone. I just want to straighten up." Jeremy went to protest but the door had already closed.

He waited a few minutes before the door opened and she said, "Come on in, um...what was your name?" she asked bashfully, seemingly realizing she had just admitted a man whose name she did not know into her apartment

Jeremy smiled, "Jeremy, nice to meet you and you are?" he said, holding out his hand. 

"Alicia," she replied with a smile while shaking his hand. "Well, make yourself at home Jeremy. I'll only be a few minutes."

As Jeremy looked around the recently straightened apartment he was glad to find it not overly girly, there were several feminine touches for sure and it was clear a girl lived here, but not obviously so. He was really starting to like this girl, despite only just meeting her. Sure, their first exchange was rather tense, but that could hardly be helped given the circumstances, and he felt thus far their meeting had gone rather well. He certainly preferred having dinner with her than his usual Friday with his friends that usually involved going out for a movie or watching one at an apartment.

Thinking about his friends reminded him they still expected him to be out with them tonight. He sent them a quick message saying something came up and he couldn't make it and that he would explain later. He knew they would understand. Not that he expected anything other than dinner, but still dinner with what he at least considered a pretty girl was preferable to the usual, even if it only went that far. The way things were going though, even in his limited experience, he was ready for anything. He wondered if this would be a night to remember, all because of a forgotten train pass. 

He was smiling at that thought when Alicia at last emerged, wearing a causal light blue dress with her previously tied up hair hanging loose at her shoulders. The effect was magnificent 

"Wow," he said out loud before he could help himself. She smiled.

"Thanks, you ready to go?" she asked. He nodded and she led the way out of the apartment. 

When they were outside he asked, "So where to?"

"It's downtown, a block from the station, I figure we'd walk. It's a nice evening after all."

"Fine with me." They walked in silence for a bit before he asked her about work, which she was not prone to talking about, so he asked her how long she had lived in the area. 

It turned out she was new to the area entirely and had only been there a few months. She had uprooted for a job in the city earlier that year. She found she really liked the area she lived in, though. When they got to the restaurant, which was relatively upscale, not so much that they were under dressed, but enough that his usual Friday jeans and a polo shirt would have looked out of place. Fortunately he had needed to present something today so he had worn khakis and a dress shirt.

While they waited for a table she asked him about how long he had lived in the area and his job. He explained he had lived there his whole life, and explained his job in computers for a big company in the city. She seemed fairly impressed with at least the latter. 

When they were seated Alicia immediately ordered some wine and an appetizer.

He smiled and she must have noticed because she said, "What?"

"Nothing, just interesting is all."

"Oh and how is that," she asked suspiciously.

"Well, either it has been a really tough week or you're trying to get me drunk."

She giggled, "Well, a bit of both I admit, but mostly the former. I'm also trying to run up the tab as revenge." Jeremy looked at her confused and she added, "I'm going to use my boss's card, I'll explain later. That's why the appetizer, well that and word is this place is good, but painfully slow and I'm starving."

"Hey, I have no problems with it, it just says a lot about you, none of it negative in my book by the way."

"Like what?"

"You know what you want, you're confident, and a bit devious. All very sexy, plus I now know without a doubt you're not one of those women that eats like a bird, also very appealing as I hate people like that. I understand it, but I hate it at the same time, you know?"

"Oh I know," Alicia said relieved, "my boss that's treating us to this meal is so like that. Skinny as a rail and she won't eat a thing. I'm a big girl, always have been. I make no excuses for it, I don't go over board either mind you and I try to watch my weight, but I need to eat when it's time to eat."

"Yeah, I get that." Then after a pause he added ,"but now you have to tell me about work after taking a shot at your boss, the revenge dinner, and the wine."

Alicia begrudgingly launched into the story about how she had moved with promise of promotion in a few months, a promotion which had been pushed back. Then this week she had learned that she wasn't getting what she was promised and that a new guy, who Alicia had no doubt had earned his spot with his head under the boss's skirt, was getting it instead. So she had uprooted her whole life, moved away from her family, and spent six months being treated like an intern all for a position she would never get.

"And what's worse," she said several minutes, the appetizer, and a glass of wine later, "Is that my effing perfect cousin is marrying my ex-boyfriend and I have no date and now no promotion to wave in their faces. I mean, how am I supposed to show my face at that thing now?"

Jeremy suddenly understood why she was so upset when he had first met her.

"Well, you seem like a good person so I suspect things will work out. Right now just take solace in the fact that you're enjoying a nice dinner at a restaurant you've wanted to try, and that you're getting revenge by slapping your rich slut of a boss with the bill." 

She smiled, and reaching across the table to take his hand she said, "Not to mention I have very nice company to share all of that with. Thank you for being so understanding. I've been quite bitchy tonight and I'm sorry."

"Not at all, like you said you've had a few rough weeks. Now other than your so called perfect cousin, who's far from it in my book if she can date your ex like that."

"I know right? Thank you for saying that. No one in my family seems to understand why I'm so upset about it, but then again Jane has always gotten everything she wants, even my own parents sided with her," Alicia said interrupting, then apologizing.

Jeremy paused before saying, "That's okay. I, uh, was going to ask about your family, but now I'm not sure I want to."

"No that's okay, even if we're having a small disagreement right now I still love them. They'll come around eventually. Frankly Jane and Joe deserve each other. She is a self-centered bitch only concerned with status and money, and he's a rich pompous cheating asshole, they should get along just fine. I'm more angry that I fell for his lines is all. I just wish I had something to shove in their faces. I had hoped for a date, but that wasn't likely as I had no time so the promotion was my next best thing and now that's gone. Anyway, you asked about my family."

Alicia explained she was a middle child with a brother that was married with two kids and a younger sister who was also married with one child and pregnant with her second. Both her parents were alive and lived in Colorado with the rest of her family. She said they all thought she was crazy to move from the mountain air, but Alicia decided she loved it out here. When asked if she felt pressure because of her siblings she said yes, but noted she was always more career driven, but she did want kids. She also pointed out she was only 26 and still had time before she had to worry about kids and stuff.

When asked about his family he told her about his two younger siblings; one, a brother just married, the other, a sister still in college. He told her flat-out pressure for grandkids was heavy on all of them but especially him and his brother. He then noted that like her he had plenty of time and wanted the right girl first, which his parents understood, or at least seemed to.

The dinner was very nice as was the wine they had drunk. As dinner wrapped he and Alicia walked back to her place, both to enjoy the air and so he could retrieve his bag. This time though they walked hand in hand. As he heard the click of her heeled shoes on the sidewalk he said,

"You know, I was surprised when you said 'more comfortable' that it involved heeled shoes."

"True, but it was a nice place and let's face it, I don't get a lot of opportunity to wear them without feeling huge and unladylike. That's nice at work when I need the power and confidence, but on a date? It just ruins it for me. It's hard to feel sexy when you're staring over your date's head, no matter how sexy the shoes or your clothes. At least that's my opinion." 

He stopped her and pulled her to him in a light embrace and looking down into her light blue eyes that matched her dress he asked, "How about now Alicia, do you feel sexy and ladylike?"

"Absolutely," she purred and before he could think what he was doing he raised her chin, lowered his lips, and kissed her lightly.

"Good, because you are a very beautiful and sexy lady and you should feel that way as much as possible in my opinion."

She gave no response and just stood there dazed for a moment and he let her go. After that they silently walked the rest of the way to her door. They still held hands, though, which he took as a good sign. She was silent until he reached her apartment and he had grabbed his bag and was about to say goodbye when she asked for him to wait.

"You...you really think I'm beautiful?"

"Of course, you yourself said I was staring at you on the train, why else would I be doing that? Or chase after someone I barely know? I mean I'm a nice guy, and I'd like to think I would do that for anyone, but let's be honest that decision wasn't all made with my logical brain. Other brains were at work on that decision."

She giggled, knowing exactly what he was talking about. Then she smiled her devious smile and said, "In that case I need to ask you another favor and I think you'll like it."

"Okay, what is it?"

"Well as I've mentioned I have a wedding soon and I want to wow people with my dress, kind of my silent revenge to my ex you know..." Jeremy shook his head in disbelief marveling at things women, or people in general really, would do after a bad break-up to impress their ex. He then nodded his understanding. "So I asked several of my friends to help me pick out an outfit that's girl approved but I don't need girl sexy, I need guy sexy. I bought a few nice dresses to show off for the girls, but now I can't decide which is sexiest, I need a guy's opinion. Will you help?"

Jeremy smiled, "Of course it would be my honor to aid you in your quest, dear lady," he said in his most chivalrous tone. 

She laughed then clapped her hands in excitement and hugged him before awkwardly stepping back and saying, "Right, so take a seat on the couch. I'll be right out with the first option."

The parade of several dresses then started. She showed off several of them while the wine followed for both parties. However, in both of their opinions she saved the best for last. It was a dress the same color as the one she wore to dinner, but fancier, much more low cut, and very form-fitting. It displayed Alicia's ample tits and generous curves off in such a way there was no doubt that it was the best.

"But can I dance in it?" Alicia asked, turning on music and clearly under the influence of the wine, but then again so was Jeremy.

"I don't know, let's find out," he said standing up, "May I have this dance?" he asked.

She of course accepted and for the second time he felt her beautiful body pressed against his. It was also clear certain parts of him were pressed against her.


Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 02



Authors note: My apologies for the delay in this and the rest of the story, it has been a long time coming for sure so long a lot of you have probably given up hope of it ever coming. I actually wrote this and the next two chapter's right after it seemed popular that I continue the story, but I hit a wall trying to write the ending then walked away from writing for a while. I pondered posting the next few parts without the end, but I didn't want to be one of those authors that writes a bunch of a story but never posts the end. Better to leave it as a standalone short story than a longer story unfinished I figured. I was inspired to take up the tale once again recently though and now that I have a finished product to post I will post it now. Sorry for the delay, I hope you enjoy it. PS

Thanks HJF for editing.

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Jeremy awoke the next morning to someone talking on the phone. It took him a few seconds to remember where he was and why he was in a strange bed. As the events of the previous night came back to him he smiled. However, his joyful recollection was interrupted by a raised voice in the other room.

"Mother, would you back off about that damn card already! It's a fucking response card. I think they know I'm coming, and if I don't why should they notice? It's just poor Alicia the girl they used to get what they want." There was a paused, then, "Well, how else am I supposed to take it Mom? My boyfriend dumps me for my spoiled cousin and everyone looks at me like I have three heads for being upset about it! God forbid Jane not get what she wants." Alicia sighed and said in a resigned tone, "You know what, Mom, I'm not having this conversation again; if you choose to side with your niece over your own daughter, then maybe I'm better off not going at all." There was another pause and then Alicia sighed and said, exasperated, "Of course you promised Aunt Carrie I'd come, and no, I don't want to make you look bad. One question, though, Mother, if they already know I'm coming then why are they asking for the response card?" Alicia asked in a surprisingly calm tone. "A date, for me?" Alicia said then after a very long pause she said, "No mother, I don't have time to find a date because believe it or not I work for a bitch who is even more spoiled and self-centered than Jane is." There was another pause, "No Mom, no promotion, yes you're right I should change jobs, no I'm not moving back," she said seemingly flustered by the rush of questions for the other end. "Look Mom, I don't want to discuss this now, I have a lot of work I need to do. I'll send the card soon, I promise, and I'll see you at the wedding." She sighed and then said, "I love you too, Mom."

Jeremy heard the phone get turned off and Alicia let out a cry of frustration as she slammed it down, grumbling something he could not understand but he imagined referred to her mother, boss, cousin, or all three. Not wanting her to know he had overheard the conversation he slumped to the bed and pretended to be asleep, curious what Alicia's next move would be.

He was shaken awake and he opened his eyes to find her dressed in what he assumed were her workout clothes. He turned and went to pull her on the bed, but she resisted.

"Look, Jeremy was it?" she said and he could tell she was purposely acting as if she did not know his name, but he nodded. "I want to work out and then I have a lot of work to do today so if you could get dressed and go I would appreciate it."

Jeremy looked at her confused and said, "Just like that? After last night?"

She rolled her eyes and said, "Don't get all girly on me. Don't get me wrong last night was fun and I appreciate the help with the pass and with my dress, but I've got no time for anything serious right now. I work too much."

"For a woman whom you're stealing from," he thought, also recalling it was a Saturday and the fact that she had just last night told him how much she was going to enjoy vegging this week while the new guy struggled to do a job he was not qualified for. "Yeah realll busy," he thought to himself and smiled. She had to know he knew she was lying. Did she want him to call her on it? To call out her falsehood and demand she strip and spend the remainder of the morning in bed with him?

He gave it a shot, "Okay, but its Saturday, can't it wait a few more hours?" He then looked her in the eyes and said, "Come here and let's give you a workout of a different sort and then since you treated me to dinner I'll treat you to breakfast, or depending on how much of a workout we have, lunch." 

She turned her gaze away from his but not before he saw the hint of longing in her eyes. Deep down they both knew she wanted nothing more than to do what he had just said, but something stronger overrode that urge and she said in a feeble tone, "I can't, I have to work out...and I really have work to do." She then left and as she walked away her voice got stronger, "So please get dressed and leave."

Jeremy understood and knew that pushing her would do no good. This was the doing of Joe and Jane; they had hurt Alicia and bad, more than even Alicia would probably admit. She too had enjoyed last night and had felt the same connection he had, but unlike him she was afraid of it. Joe had ripped her heart out of her chest and stomped it to pieces, with the help of a family member no less. The betrayal and pain Alicia must be feeling were too immense. This would take care and time, neither of which, it seemed, he had. Pressing this one would only cause more harm.

He was all too familiar with this act she was pulling; he had done it himself using coldness and lame excuses to prevent himself from getting hurt. He always played it safe. He never took the crazy risk or let his emotions get the best of him, that is, until last night. He had let an impulse lead him to a sexy young woman and it had been the best night of his life. He definitely wanted to see her again, but he had a problem, she was about to shoo him out of her life for good.

It was then he remembered that he too had a bit of a social bind; he smiled to himself and rose from the bed. If openness and understanding would be met with coldness he would play cold too. He would make a deal that would benefit them both in the short term and hopefully buy him the time he needed to soften her defenses. He put on only his underwear and walked out of the bedroom to find Alicia waiting impatiently.

"Why aren't you dressed? I really need to go."

"Because if I get dressed you'll leave and I don't want that until you've heard me out Alicia."

"There's nothing to discuss as I said last night was..."

"I'm not talking about last night." He said cutting her off, "Which was amazing you're right. No, I'm talking about a deal that I think will help us both. You need a date for your cousin's wedding."

"I need no such thing!" Alicia interjected, but Jeremy waved her off.

"Oh, no, not at all," he said sarcastically, "Then that wasn't your mom I woke to you screaming into the phone at. Face it Alicia you rolled the dice on a promotion and failed, so now the best thing you can do to save face is get a date on short notice, and given your height and preference of not being taller than your date, that doesn't leave you with a lot of options. I think we proved last night you and I can certainly get along for an evening and wouldn't it be better to have someone else along that isn't on Jane's side? Face it Alicia, you need me." He then paused and said, "Besides we both know the reason that response card is not filled out is you were holding onto hope that you'd have someone to take with you. I've done it myself several times before finally breaking down and admitting I'm going to another wedding dateless." Alicia gave no objection and looked a little sorry for him to his surprise.

"Now that that is settled, I need something in return for going. I myself am in a social bind of sorts. You see I organized a guy's camping trip with two of my friends awhile back. After talking with another of my friends I decided to invite him, too, which my friend Sam then took as a license to invite his girlfriend along. I should explain that Sam and Beth, his girlfriend, both live at home so he's obviously doing this to get laid, but I digress. Anyway knowing I would object Sam told Tim, the other friend I originally invited, that Beth was coming so he should invite his wife Erin. They have a newborn and somehow got a sitter for the weekend so of course Erin is coming. Upon hearing that Beth and Erin were coming I had to tell Ryan, my third friend, that his fiancée Amber was invited and of course she is now also coming. 

"So now my guy's trip is suddenly me and three couples and I can't pull out because they need my car and gear for the trip, so without me Sam doesn't get a night alone with Beth, Tim and Erin are getting a sitter for nothing, and their weekend away from the baby is shot, which would be just cruel after we dangled it in front of them. So in other words I'm stuck."

Alicia took all this in and said, "Let me guess, a weekend with your friends camping for a weekend of wedding with my family?"

"Yep that's about it, and don't worry about not knowing anyone, Ryan's met Sam and Tim once and Amber knows no one but me so it won't be too odd. I plan for us to all get together next Wednesday to discuss food and other stuff before Friday when we leave."

Alicia stared at him, seemingly thinking, and said, "I'll think about it while you get dressed."

He got dressed and when he finished she said, "Look, I still need to think on it. My mind is in a hundred places right now." 

Jeremy sighed and seeing a pad of paper and a pen wrote his address, cell number, and the time everyone was meeting on it, ripped it off, and handed it to her. 

"Look, it's your call. I think it would work out great for both of us. Call me if you have any questions. If it helps you can have your own tent if you want, up to you."

He had hardly made it down the hall when his phone rang. Assuming it was one of his friends, he answered immediately without looking. To his surprise a relatively familiar female voice asked, "I have one question, chicken or beef?"

"Beef." Jeremy said smiling, knowing it was for the wedding response card.

"Okay, see you next Wednesday." Alicia replied, clearly pleased. 

A part of Jeremy might have been pleased with that, but another part, specifically the part that remembered their amazing night together, and the sex, wouldn't let him. So on Monday when it came time for the train ride home Jeremy abandoned his usual spot on the train to search for Alicia. He was unsurprised to find her in the same car he had on Friday. She sat by herself on the upper deck with her laptop open so she hadn't spotted him. He smiled and he made his way to the seat next to her.

Alicia was engrossed in her computer and he noticed as he got closer that she was a bit grumpy about something. For a second he thought better of the idea, but he remembered Friday. "No risk no reward" he thought.

"Excuse me miss, is this seat taken?" he asked and without looking up she said no and continued working for a second. However, as he sat her brain seemed to click and she quickly looked over and he was pleased to see the grumpiness fade, with even the slightest hint of a smile before she returned to normal.

"Jeremy," she said, trying to be cold.

"Ally," he said, not sure why, and she stared at him. He tried to decide if she was mad or not.

"Please don't call me that..." she said definitely fighting irritation. Jeremy had clearly struck a nerve.

"Sorry," he said back pedaling, "I only meant it in the sense that we're allies of sort, you know the agreement..." he said, desperately hoping he had not blown it.

He was pleased when she smiled and chuckled, "No, you didn't, but nice try. You are cute when you're flustered, I'll give you that." She then shook her head and closed the laptop. "You sure know how to ruin a perfectly good funk Jeremy, this is twice now. I sense a pattern forming."

"Is that good or bad?" he asked, teasing her.

"Good, but don't push your luck too much buddy, I happen to enjoy my occasional funks."

"Well, why don't we share this one together? They're more fun that way. Last time it was getting even with your boss. So who is the subject today?"

"Fred." Alicia said and Jeremy nodded. Fred was the guy her boss had picked over her and it was clear from her mood that Fred had not had a rough first day. 

Alicia spent the next half hour telling him about how her boss's golden boy managed to impress some important clients and silence more than a few of his critics. Which was all well and good, but it meant more work for Alicia to live up to some of the things Fred promised. Standard stuff mind you, it just annoyed her Fred had actually done well. She was hoping for a big screw up to put him on shaky ground right off the bat, no luck though.

"I'm not worried. He did well today I'll give him that, but he'll forget something and then boom, the heat will be on Fred and Holly both for this." Holly was her boss.

They discussed where she expected him to mess up first for a while before Alicia asked about his. He had done nothing of great importance, just a few data queries for the firm he was working with this week. He was surprised how interested she was in it. Before long it was time for her stop and as she rose to leave Jeremy asked.

"Same time and place tomorrow?"

Alicia smiled and said, "I'd like that.'

"Tomorrow then."

Tomorrow," she said with a wave.

Jeremy was in a daze the rest of the normally tortuous ride, which took barely any time at all as he went over his encounter with Alicia.

The torture came the next day as the hours and minutes crawled. There were a lot of days that seemed to crawl along, but rarely on a Tuesday and never for this reason. When the clock struck five he virtually flew to the station and arrived to find the seats above deserted. His heart sank. He checked that he had the right car, he did, and he checked the time. It was then he realized in his haste to meet his sexy friend he had arrived quite a few minutes earlier than normal. He took the bench seat at the end of the upper deck and waited, figuring if she stood him up he might as well be comfortable for the long ride.

His fears were needless though, it seemed, and as a few minutes later a beaming Alicia reached the top of the stairs and made straight for him. He rose to greet her and to his surprise when she reached him she kissed him on the lips. She then took the other half of the bench and he sat next to her.

"Hey you," she said, very cheerful indeed.

"Hello to you too; that was, ah, quite the greeting."

Alicia blushed, "Sorry, I guess I went a bit overboard..."

"No! Not at all," Jeremy said, wanting to make clear he had no issue with her kissing him.

Alicia smiled and said, "Good, I'm glad. I enjoyed kissing you too."

Jeremy got a bit uncomfortable at that last statement and said, "Ah, well, while I'd like to think I'm the reason you're rather happy I suspect this has something to do with a certain co-worker of yours."

She smiled, "Well, yes, but don't worry I'm glad to see you too. If for no other reason than I'm dying to tell someone, but also because you make the ride home much more enjoyable."

Jeremy smiled at this and Alicia launched into her story about how today went just like yesterday for the most part and was really going to be a drag. 

Just then she grabbed his hand and said, "I'm glad I had the ride home with you to look forward to, otherwise it would have been really horrid." Jeremy of course smiled at this and she continued to tell him about how just before the end of the day Fred got caught in a minor slip-up involving an important client that nearly cost them the account. If not for some fast talking from Alicia they would have.

"So not only did Fred mess up, you got to be the hero. That's great Alicia, really great."

She then asked him about his day and he told her a brief account, again amazed at the attention she paid to it. When he was done they still had a bit before her stop so they discussed the meeting at his house the next night, specifically how to get there and such. Alicia was a bit unsure whether she could get there in time when Jeremy had a better idea.

To Jeremy's pleasant surprise they became regular train buddies for the rest of the week riding home together sharing their day events. When Friday came he wondered what would happen whether she would want to hang out or not but unfortunately his suggestion was shot down leaving him a little confused, he was afraid he had taken it too far. His fears were unfounded though as on Monday she was back to sit with him. 

On Tuesday after they had finished discussing things he said a little wary after Friday's rejection, "Why don't you take a night bag with you to work tomorrow and stay at my place tomorrow night?" Between the meeting and the food shopping afterwards it'll be pretty late before everyone heads home. You're farther than the others so it makes more sense to stay the night with me. That way you won't have to worry about how to get there or being late. You'll get off the train in the morning with me and on Thursday you can board at my stop." 

To his pleasant surprise she smiled and replied, "That would be more convenient. You sure you don't mind?"

"I insist. I don't want to worry about you getting home safe tomorrow."

She smiled, seemingly genuinely touched to hear he worried about her safety. "You're sweet, and in that case how can I refuse?" she said as the train glided to a stop at her station. She kissed him and said, "I'll see you tomorrow with my bag."

Jeremy was in a daze again the whole ride home and he spent the majority of that night cleaning up his apartment. Not that he wouldn't have anyway with having his friends and their ladies over the next night, but now that Alicia was staying over he made an extra effort to clean the place up.

The next day's ride was similar to the others except Alicia had a bag with her; a bag Jeremy was glad to see was small. Upon seeing his smile she had asked and he had commented he was glad to see she was a light packer.

The ride was of course longer and Alicia was shocked at how long it took, although their being together made the time pass quicker than both expected. After the short walk to his place they arrived and he gave Alicia a brief tour of his apartment. It wasn't a big place, but he was comfortable. He was glad to hear she approved of it.

They had a bit of time to waste until his friends arrived so they spent it relaxing and watching TV, both having exhausted their usual topics on the longer train ride. However, Jeremy was pretty sure something was bothering Alicia as they sat watching TV until his friends arrived.

"Don't worry Alicia, they'll love you. You'll fit right in," he said taking a guess at her discomfort. She smiled. 

"Thanks for that. I really wasn't worried; from what you said they all seem nice. "

"Okay, I'm glad; just wanted to make sure you're alright," he said, not wanting to directly call attention to her tense nature at the moment, and also wondering if he was wrong.

"Okay..." she said confused, "Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why reassure me? I told you I was fine."

Jeremy decided to tell the truth. "Alicia you're tense as hell; I want to know why. I thought it might be nerves, but now I have no clue. It started on the train and has only gotten worse. I didn't want to say anything, but you're kind of freaking me out now. Is it me or something I've done?"

"No, of course not," Alicia said a little too quickly and with a smile that was a little forced.

"Alicia, what's wrong?" he asked, grabbing her hand. "Please tell me. I hate guessing; if it's me and I can help please tell me how," he said, trying to keep his voice calm despite his frustration.




Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 02



She seemed to want to tell him then thought better of it before she looked at him and noted the frustration he was trying to hide.

"It's this relationship," she said, suddenly standing. "Or partnership, whatever the fuck it is!"

"I see..." Jeremy said, looking at the floor a bit heartbroken. He had thought things were going so well. He had pushed her too far.

"No! No!" Alicia said clearly upset, seemingly realizing he had thought the worse. "Jeremy, I didn't mean it like that. I want more. I mean we can keep the deal in place as is your trip for my trip and so on. I just think we need to define things better."

"Like what?" Jeremy asked, confused.

"Like the train home. You have no idea how much I enjoy sharing my day with you on the train."

"Yes I do..." he thought, but did not interrupt. He simply nodded.

"But our deal leaves no room for that, at least I don't think it does. I'd like to continue that even after the deal is over. Can you agree to that, no matter what?"

"Fine, within reason. I mean if something drastic happens that we can't stand each other then we can dissolve that but sure.

"Naturally," Alicia said.

"Is that all?" Jeremy asked, a bit amused, "You got all worked up over whether we can be train buddies even after the deal is up?"

"Yes, well that and something else." Jeremy looked at her a bit confused and Alicia took a breath and said, "And sex."

"What?" Jeremy asked, shocked and a bit confused.

To her credit Alicia held strong and calmly said, "You heard me, sex. I think it's clear to both of us that in order to execute the deal properly you and I will have to share a bed, or tent in the case of this weekend, and if that's the case I don't see why we can't have a little fun during. To be honest we've already done it once so it won't be weird and I don't know about you but I quite enjoyed our time together. 

"So I propose that sex be allowed. My only condition is no feelings, just two friends helping each other out of a jam, sharing a laugh on the train, and having a little fun in bed every once in a while."

She waited to see what he thought and Jeremy saw no trouble in it. 'Well, sounds fine to me, but I have one condition as well. At the end of the deal we consider where to go from here." He held his hand to her reaction. "I know you're not ready for serious stuff and you say no feelings for these three weeks."

"Five." She interrupted.

"What?"

"The wedding is a month after the camping trip, so we have five weeks."

"Even better," he said, "A lot can happen in five weeks with us spending so much time together and having sex and such. So when I've fulfilled my end of the deal I want to talk about what happens to us. Whether we just stay friends, or whether we become a more serious 'us' or..." he paused, not wanting to give the last option. He recovered and said, "Agree to that and we have a deal."

She thought for a moment and smiling, said, "Deal."

"Great," he said as she joined him on the couch and kissed him. When the kiss ended he smiled and said, "This is going to be some three weeks." 

Alicia smiled her devious smile and said, "Buddy you have no idea." He suspected she would have tested the new rules right then had the door buzzer not sounded signaling his friends had arrived.

As everyone arrived Jeremy did his best to play host and introduce everyone. Once everyone was there he placed an order for pizza. When he got back from placing the order he was glad to see everyone was getting along. He was also glad to see that Alicia fit right in and seemed to be enjoying herself. They sat talking for bit and Jeremy let everyone get acquainted before he called the meeting of sorts to order.

For the next hour and a half they sat discussing the final details for the coming trip. Although most of that had been planned for by Jeremy already, in fact with the new rules of his agreement with Alicia in place the last major equipment issue, namely the number of tents needed, had been resolved.

The discussion center primarily on food: what people wanted to eat when, and the feasibility of certain meal. They spent that latter half of the night discussing this, only breaking slightly when the pizza arrived. When at last the menu had been agreed upon Tim and Erin excused themselves, saying that a neighbor was watching the baby for a few hours on short notice and they didn't want to abuse the offer.

Ryan and Amber looked anxious to leave as well, due to the fact that they lived relatively far, but they agreed to stay to help with that night's shopping trip. So, the remaining six headed for the local grocery store and after pausing briefly to divide the list set off to get their items. In no time the shopping was done and the food paid for. When they were finished Ryan and Amber went home. 

However, given that the meeting had started in the early evening to accommodate Tim and Erin, and the fact that it had not taken as long as expected, it was still relatively early. Since neither Sam nor Beth lived far and Alicia was staying with Jeremy the four decided to hang out at Jeremy's for a while.

A little while later all four sat watching a movie, Alicia and Jeremy on the couch and Sam and Beth sitting in the armchair with Beth on Sam's lap. As the movie went on Jeremy could not help but notice that Sam and Beth's attention waned a bit. This was not uncommon during their movie watching. Most times he would go to bed early and leave them to it telling them to lock up as they left. 

However, with Alicia with him he had no such option and was amazed Beth was allowing this. She usually wouldn't let Sam get far until Jeremy left the room. He knew Beth's guard dropped after he left because he often heard her moaning shortly after he left.

Jeremy looked at Alicia and found she too had noticed the actions of the other two. She winked at him and put her finger to her lips and pointed at the screen with her wicked smile, as if trying to shame him into looking back at the movie. From then on both he and Alicia tried not to acknowledge what was going on, but Beth it seemed couldn't hold her moans as well as she wanted and when she came it was clear to all four what Sam had been doing.

The movie ended not long after and Beth didn't look at either of them as she left clearly realizing she had moaned to loudly while cumming. Once they had left, and Jeremy could hear Beth's raised voice announcing her displeasure with being finger fucked with two others in the room, Jeremy and Alicia both broke out in laughter.

"God, I thought they'd never leave," Alicia said when they had stopped laughing.

"Are you kidding? Beth was horrified. She doesn't usually let him do that with me in the room, Sam must not have cared, though."

"I guess not, but that was strangely arousing."

"Really?" Jeremy said, realizing that hearing Beth cum had not only turned him on.

"Yep, hearing Beth get off made me want to cum myself. It took all my will power not to fuck you right there on the couch!"

"Wow, I was right Alicia. You really are a wild woman!"

"Yes, I am, think you can handle me?" Alicia said in a sex voice as she wrapped her arms around him. In answer he returned the embrace and kissed her deeply.

Clearly that answered her question satisfactorily because she immediately said, "Oh god I am so wet right now. Take me to your bed and fuck me hard you giant stud you!"

Jeremy didn't need to be told twice he practically dragged her to the bedroom and they nearly tore off each other's clothes in sexual hunger he pushed her onto the bed, and pausing only briefly to apply protection, he mounted her between her widely spread thighs.

The minute his hard shaft sunk into her warm wet pussy he felt as if he were descending back into a heavenly place, simply basking in the feeling off her warm depths wrapped around his. As he did he drank in her body. She was big, but in the right way. For if he was a giant she was his giantess and he admired her beautiful form with pure lust. He paused just a moment to taste her ample tits and her soft lips before he gripped her womanly hips and began thrusting.

Her cry of pleasure was like music to his ears and as she cried out for more he did not disappoint. He pounded her harder and faster until her firm tits flopped around from the force of it. This sight only spurred him on further. As with their last coupling this effort did not go unnoticed and Alicia screamed his name in absolute pleasure just seconds before a massive orgasm that put Beth's from earlier to shame silenced her for a few moments. Not long after Jeremy came hard and nearly collapsed on Alicia after the effort.

"Oh...my...god...that was... amazing!" Alicia said between breaths before kissing him several times. Her voice was a little hoarse from the screams of pleasure "If I wasn't sure about that sex clause before I am now. You may have me whenever you want, sir. My pussy will accept no substitutes now, not after that fucking."

Jeremy beamed with pride, "I'm glad you enjoyed it. I will gladly bring pleasure to that sexy body of yours whenever you wish it."

She smiled her devious smile, "You don't know what you're getting into with that statement."

"Probably not, but I'll take my chances," he said with a smile. Then, feeling sleep coming on he said, "Good night Alicia."

"Good night." She said trying to roll away but he caught her and rolled her to himself. She fought for a second but then accepted it and nestled her head on his shoulder. Jeremy smiled as he drifted off to sleep, his arm wrapped around his good friend and part-time lover Alicia and remembering their earlier talk he hoped five weeks' time was enough to heal her wonderful heart.



Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 03



The next day Alicia and Jeremy rode the train together both to and from work, Alicia again marveling at how Jeremy did that long ride twice a day every day. He could only respond that he liked where he lived and noted that most of his family and friends were close by with a few exceptions. 

That evening they both got off at Alicia's stop for a brief visit to her apartment to pack for the trip. During which she took time to change into causal clothes which Jeremy had not seen her wear yet, as all their encounters had either been after work or the restaurant. He had to admit it was a bit odd to see her like that, but a good odd. He had to admit seeing how she looked in shorts and a tee shirt only added to her appeal, especially since the shorts really showed off her long legs well. Not that the skirts and dresses he had seen her in didn't, but the shorts somehow gave a different effect.

Once she was finished packing they loaded her reasonably sized bag into her car and set out for Jeremy's. Everyone going on the trip had taken the day off due to the fact that they were camping downstate, so Alicia was spending the night at his place again to make things easier the next morning. The site had been selected so his other friend Henry could attend, but due to a conflict Henry couldn't make it, which had inspired inviting Ryan, which had led to Beth coming, then Erin, Amber, and finally Alicia. Jeremy chuckled at this realizing how sometimes the littlest things changed so much. He glanced at Alicia driving and smiled, now rather glad Henry had cancelled and started a chain of events he at the time found disastrous, but now found quite fortunate. Who knew a forgotten train pass and his friend canceling would lead to something so great for him.

After a brief stop for dinner at his favorite local restaurant, which he was pleased to find Alicia liked as well, they made for his place and she helped him gather and pack his car with most of the gear they would need. Originally they had planned to all go in his SUV, but adding four bodies to the trip made that impossible, so it was decided that he would still carry a bulk of the gear and another friend would take the additional passengers in their vehicle. Tim volunteered, figuring that if there was some emergency with the baby he and Erin needed a way back. Jeremy agreed and realized that if push came to shove with Tim and Erin gone and the food used, the other six could pile into Jeremy's car. Not preferable for near three hours, but doable in a pinch.

When the packing was finished he and Alicia relaxed a bit before heading to bed, not before fooling around a bit, though, of course. He was getting the idea that Alicia really liked sex, something he had no issue with whatsoever.

The next day everyone arrived and in a short amount of time everything was packed and the cars were set with Sam and Beth joining Tim and Erin while Ryan and Amber rode with Jeremy and Alicia.

The ride didn't take as long as expected and once they arrived there was a flurry of activity as the group worked to set up the tents. Before long everything was up and everyone settled. After a quick lunch they all set off on a short hike for the afternoon. When they got back Jeremy led the effort to start a fire for that night's dinner. 

Both during the lighting of the fire, of which Jeremy did the non-cheater way in part to show off, and the making of the dinner, Jeremy took ample opportunity to show his skills. He hoped it was not overly obvious to Alicia that he was showing off, and he felt a bit silly doing it. In his defense though, Sam seemed to be taking every opportunity to put out the fire or burn the food so if not for Jeremy's considerable skills, not to mention quality help from Tim and Ryan, things could have gone badly.

Nonetheless Sam was getting some nasty looks from all three of the guys from making promises there was no way he could back up. It was clear he was outright trying to impress Beth while having no idea what he was doing. It was he who implied that the men would start the fire 'boy scout style,' which was okay except he was the only one who had never been a boy scout. He had also volunteered the guys to cook back at the meeting on Wednesday, something Beth and Erin were all too happy to remind him of when dinnertime came, though Erin gave the other three a wink to let them know she was joking. So long story short Jeremy pulled Sam's ass out of the fire, strangely almost literally, that first night.

Dinner was steak, baked potatoes, and corn, which was certainly one of the better, and more complicated, meals Jeremy had ever cooked on a trip. Jeremy followed it up with a tasty cobbler for dessert. Needless to say everybody ate real well that first night. The best part of the night was when Sam in his usual manner tried to take credit.

"Well, you're welcome ladies for that delicious meal. I look forward to your effort tomorrow, though. I doubt it'll be as good," Sam said, smirking.

"Yes it will, and like tonight's dinner, it will be because you had no part in it Sam," Erin said, smiling. Sam scoffed and looked at Erin offended before looking at Beth, expecting her to give a kind word.

"Yeah, sorry babe, but I have to agree with Erin on this one. Tim, Ryan, and especially Jeremy bailed your ass out." Amber being new didn't say much but she nodded in agreement.

It was then that Alicia did something none, least of all Jeremy, expected. She leaned over and kissed him deeply on the lips. When the kiss broke there was muttering and a few shocked faces and Alicia smiled and said, "What? For a meal that good someone needed to kiss the cook and I was closest, it's not my fault you three are too slow." There was a pause and the whole clearing laughed, even Amber, who had been silent most of the night. 

"You know what Alicia, you're alright. I think you'll fit right in with this group," Erin said smiling. "But you're right, Jeremy does deserve a thank you. I'd kiss him too but he's taken and I'm married."

"You're welcome to him if Tim doesn't mind; I don't own him," Alicia said seriously. She looked at the other two. "What about you two, any takers? I know Sam owes him..."

"Now wait just a minute..." Jeremy said, wanting to stop that train of thought right there. "I like Sam, and I don't mind helping him out, but that is going too far."

The group got a big laugh at that and few more before the chill of a storm coming chased them to their tents. Jeremy stayed out just long enough to break down the fire and give Alicia time to change before he crawled into his tent. He made it just before the downpour started.

"So how much risk of getting soaked do we have?" Alicia asked as Jeremy crawled into his bag and removed his shorts, leaving on only his tee shirt and his boxers.

"We should be fine. I heard rain was expected so I put us on a high spot and took great care with the fly this time. Still this tent does have an edge leak issue on nights like this. I'd usually recommend getting to the middle as much has possible, but with two of us we'll have to risk it." 

Alicia took this in, thought a moment, and said, "Well that settles it then." She then got out of her bag revealing she only wore a long night shirt and probably some panties. She then gathered her sleeping bag and noticing he had not moved said, "You going to help or just lie there?"

"Sure, but what are you doing?"

Alicia rolled her eyes like it was obvious, "What you said, I'm centering us. If we both sleep in the center of the tent we'll be stay drier and probably warmer too. Now help me."

Jeremy was still puzzled but he got out of his bag and no sooner had he gotten up than Alicia overlapped the ground mats they were using to make a slightly wider center bed then laid her sleeping bag over them and Jeremy by now understanding what Alicia was working on unzipped his sleeping in order to create a blanket to use as covers for them.

By that time Alicia was lying on the new combined 'bed' and Jeremy joined her, covering them with his sleeping bag/blanket

"See," Alicia said, kissing him and cuddling up to him, "isn't this better?" Jeremy nodded. Then Alicia said, "but we have one problem."

"What's that?" Jeremy asked, concerned.

"You're little plan didn't completely keep everything dry; my panties are soaked. Or they would be if I was still wearing them, but something else is still very wet in this bag." She then took his hand and guided it to her pussy and it was indeed very wet. "See?" she asked.

"Well," Jeremy said, removing his boxers, "I guess we'll have to do something about that won't we?"

"Yes, we will my sexy outdoorsman."

Jeremy was about to enter her when he realized they had missed something. "What about..." 

"It's my safe time, and I 'm fairly sure we're both disease free. Just fuck me you stud, you."

Jeremy did not need to be told twice. As the rain pelted the nylon tent above their heads Jeremy shoved his hard cock into Alicia's well lubricated pussy. For the first few thrusts he kept the sleeping bag/blanket on him, but after a bit it got in the way and he gently pushed it aside, being careful not to place it where it might get soaked. 

As he did Alicia took the brief opportunity to remove her shirt and bare her large breasts to him. He smiled and in appreciation of this bent down and kissed each one even giving her right nipple a suck before he resumed fucking her 

After a while he became worried of hitting the tent roof so he pulled out of Alicia and laying her on her side he positioned himself behind her and lifting her right leg he entered her from behind. He held her tight to him as he slowly stroked his hard shaft in and out of her velvety depths, savoring the feel of her on each slow thrust.

As he fucked her his hands found the ample softness of her breasts and he took delight in teasing her hard nipples, taking in her moan of pleasure each time he pinched one. All the while his thrusts were slowly building both him and Alicia toward the ultimate summit.

Even after the rain had subsided the two lovers were still at it, getting closer and closer with each slow thrust. Finally, when he could stand it no longer Jeremy suddenly sped up each thrust little by little until Alicia was moaning in absolutely pleasure and softly begging him for release. A few thrusts later he granted her that request as he himself reached orgasm. The sensation of her clamping down on his shaft as he shot wave after wave of his cum into her was the most unbelievable feeling he had ever experienced.

After it was over they just lay there for a moment before they separated long enough to put their various clothes on, but then to his surprise Alicia immediately lay back on her side and seemed to await his cuddle from behind. He spooned her and was pleased to feel her sigh in contentment before he kissed her and wished her goodnight.

The next morning what transpired could best be described as chaos as it seemed that for one reason or the other the other three couples had not had an exactly enjoyable first night. Frankly Jeremy was surprised everyone was able to put aside their differences to eat that morning's pancakes. However, once breakfast was finished hostility again rose.

Beth was angry at Sam for trying to have sex with her the night before. Something Jeremy was surprised to learn they hadn't done yet despite months of dating. Amber and Ryan' tent had flooded and each blamed the other. Amber was more upset for being dragged along. Finally the normally rock-steady Tim and Erin were having a disagreement about calling home. Erin was clearly concerned about the baby and wanted to check in. Tim thought she was nuts and stated the phone wasn't working anyway. 

When he had had his fill of the bickering Jeremy called out, "ENOUGH!"

Everyone looked at him in shock, but he didn't care.

"Okay," he said in a much calmer tone. "Here's what we are going to do. Tim and Erin, would you two please take Ryan and Amber into town so they may dry out their clothes and sleeping bags? It's supposed to get chillier tonight and if they don't dry that stuff out we'll have serious trouble. I believe you will also find your phone works there. If not I'm sure there is a phone you can use to check in." He then approached Erin and Tim and said to them in a lower tone as the other two went to get their wet clothes and sleeping bags, "And please try to make those two feel like they belong, especially Amber. I think she's really feeling left out. They're both good people. I wouldn't have invited them if I didn't think they'd fit in." Tim and Erin nodded and helped the other load the wet stuff into the car and soon they were off.

Jeremy then turned to Sam and said, "As for Alicia and I, we are going to go for a hike to that canyon no one wanted to go to yesterday. I trust you two can handle cleanup? Sorry to stiff you with it, but as we cooked and the others are gone on more pressing matters it'll have to be you." The other pair begrudgingly nodded and signaling for Alicia to get in the car Jeremy also pulled out, headed for the nearest parking lot to the canyon in question. Ordinarily Illinois wouldn't be known for its canyons but this place was a rare spot where they formed in great number. They weren't huge by any measure, but sizable enough to be breathtaking.

"That was gutsy," Alicia said as they pulled away, 'You think we'll still have a camp when we get back? Beth is pretty pissed."

"They'll work it out, and given what their fighting about it's best they do it alone, plus we gave them pots to scrub to take out their frustration on. They'll be fine."

"And if not?"

"Well, then you and Sam will probably be switching tents, so let's hope they make up." He was pleased to see that Alicia nodded.

The hike was nice. They set out at a fast pace aided by the fact that both walked to and from the train each day as well as their long legs. There was a reason they were doing this hike alone, as they were pretty sure if they hadn't none of the others would keep up. It would have been an extremely pleasant morning hike except the clouds started getting darker. However, the pair was determined to reach their goal so even when a light rain started they pressed on, so close to the end.

When they finally reached the canyon it was raining rather hard and they were unable to stand admiring for long before heading for the canyon's sizable overhang behind its picturesque waterfall. They had no sooner made for the shelter than the sky opened and it absolutely down-poured on both, drenching them instantly.

They laughed as they looked at each other completely soaked as they sat on a rock in the overhang. Fortunately it was big enough for them to move around in as they figured they'd have to stay in there at least until the rain stopped, as getting back out on the slick rocks battling the rain was not a safe prospect.

"Looks like we're stuck," Jeremy said. Stating the obvious.

"Yes," Alicia said and after a pause added, "and in that case..." she trailed off and to his shock she pulled off her t-shirt. She then removed her shoes and socks and her shorts and set them all on the rocks in an attempt to dry them. He guessed. He looked at her in disbelief. "What?" she asked, sitting on the rock in her bra and panties, which the rain had soaked through as well, showing her nipples and pussy, "it's not like anyone is coming and they might dry better this way. It's also not like you haven't seen me naked either. Now your turn buddy; let's go down to your boxers." 

Jeremy hesitated before he complied, removing everything but his boxers before he joined her on the rock. She immediately cuddled up to him, he assumed for warmth, but he wanted to think it was for other reasons.

"It's beautiful from this angle," she said and he looked out and had to agree. The canyon had a strange beauty as it displayed the raw power of nature in the rain. "Thanks for coming out here with me to see this; I know you didn't really want to."

"Also, thanks for coming on this trip. I would have had fun either way, but sharing this stuff with you somehow makes it better, you know?"

"Mmmm," she said in agreement. He then noticed she was shivering a bit.

"Cold?" he asked, wrapping his arms around her more and pulling her closer while rubbing her arms. She nodded. "It's the wind from the canyon isn't it? We need to do something to keep warm.

"I got an idea," she said, her now famous smile of mischief forming on her lips as her hand found a very warm place on his body.

Jeremy knew immediately what she had in mind and said, "Oh no, not here in the middle of a state park, what if someone comes?"

"I certainly hope two people will be soon," Alicia said.

Jeremy groaned and said, "You know what I meant, what if we're discovered?"

"That'll only make it better. The danger of it... can you imagine baby?" She then pulled away and stood removing her remaining clothes and tossing them next to the rock and rejoining him.

She spread for him and said, "Well come on big boy, you going to sit there frozen or are you going to warm me up by fucking me with that magnificent cock?" He was still hesitant and she sighed and said in serious tone, "You said it yourself, Jeremy, only two idiots would hike out here in the rain. No one will see us, now please fuck me! You know you want to. Take a risk for once, for me? Please?"

Jeremy chuckled at the irony in that. It was a risk that got them together in the first place, further it was his gamble on a trade of camping for a wedding that had prolonged their relationship. Both of those had worked out thus far, so he figured why not? 

He did not remove his boxers, though first he bent down and buried his face in her wet crotch, which he quickly figured out was not entirely from the rain. Soon he had her howling in pleasure and he swore he heard it echoing off the canyon walls. He soon found out Alicia was right. It did excite him that someone might hear her cries of pleasure and it caused him to try even harder to make her cum loudly. When she at last came it did not disappoint. Her amplified screams turning him on so much his cock became painfully hard in his boxers.

Unable to take the pressure he rose and released it. To his surprise, Alicia hungrily lunged forward and took him in her mouth. It was the most amazing blow job he had ever received and he still would never know how he didn't fall backward and hit his head on the rocks behind him.

Once he had cum in her mouth, he found to neither party's surprise he was still hard. Smiling, he aimed the hard shaft at Alicia's waiting pussy and thrust in her in one smooth motion causing her to cry out in ecstasy. He let her adjust for a second before pounding her hard. However the hike had taken its toll had soon he had to join her on the rock. He had no sooner sat than Alicia jumped up and sat on his lap facing him, and he felt her pussy descend on his shaft. She kissed him deeply then hugged him close before she began rising up and down on his shaft. He loved the feel of her as she moved slowly, her ample tits and hard nipples rubbing against his chest making her moan even more with each thrust.

They fucked like that for a while, he knew not how long and he didn't care. The rain might have stopped, people could have discovered them and he wouldn't have cared. All that existed for him in that moment was Alicia, his beautiful sex goddess. He kissed her and their eyes met and for a split second he saw something more than just lust in her beautiful light blue eyes. It was just a flicker, but Jeremy was almost sure he had seen love in her eyes. Then they came together and all thought of what he had just seen was washed away by pure pleasure.

When they came down the rain had stopped, but neither cared. They just stared at each other in the afterglow, trying to hold each other closer than they had held anyone ever before. Then as sudden as it came the moment was gone. Jeremy could swear he saw Alicia's walls shoot up and he knew she had shown more than she wanted in the moment of passion. He had seen he truth and he would never forgot it. She dismounted him and quickly began dressing.




Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 03



"We should be getting back, the others will be worried." Jeremy nodded and started putting on his own clothes. 

Neither discussed what had occurred in the canyon the whole hike back. In fact they barely discussed anything, but by the time they reached camp Alicia was herself again. He was glad to see everyone getting along, but not so pleased to find Sam's gear sitting outside his tent.

"Sorry man, Beth and I talked. We're okay now, but Beth thinks it best if we don't spend the night together. Hope you and Alicia don't mind."

He said "Of course not," and looking at Alicia he knew deep down a part of her was glad Sam and Beth hadn't made up entirely. Sam and Alicia traded spots and the rest of the day went rather uneventfully. The girls made an excellent dinner, but this time on a stove which given that day's rain was wise. After dinner they played some cards by lantern light before everyone turned in for an early evening. They had to get an early start back the next morning.

The next day they packed up and left. It wasn't until she went to leave Jeremy's that Alicia talked about the thing they both clearly had on their minds.

"Look Jeremy, about what happened in the canyon..." She looked immensely guilty.

"It's fine," Jeremy said a little too quickly, and Alicia looked a bit hurt. "I understand. See you tomorrow on the train?"

She nodded then got in the car and drove off, leaving Jeremy wondering if she'd ever let her guard down like she had in the canyon again. He knew why she had been so guarded; he would need time and patience to her trust. He only wondered if he had enough of both. Time was not on his side and his own growing feelings for her made it hard to wait for her to let him in and return them. He then remembered that old saying: anything worth having is worth fighting for and worth waiting for. Alicia was definitely worth it.



Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 04



Unfortunately for Jeremy as she had done after their first night together Alicia pulled away from him in what he assumed was an attempt to protect herself. He was pleased to find she still wanted to ride the train with him in the evenings and although he saw her rarely that week, mostly because she had largely ignored her friends the previous week and wanted to see them, they still got together for a few wild nights together in the time between the camping trip and the wedding. Jeremy even met her for lunch one afternoon.

He was noting a pattern forming, however. Every week they would grow closer and gain a bit of ground and then without fail the next Monday Alicia would tighten up and barely speak to him. As the wedding approached he hoped to finally put an end to this, but the only way would be for her to face her fears there and that was tough to ask.

The weekend of the wedding Jeremy planned to take a half day on Friday and meet Alicia at the airport for the flight to Colorado. Unfortunately for him a customer discovered a major glitch in one of the software products he had helped in designing. The glitch had virtually shut down an important client so everyone involved with the devolvement was called in for emergency overtime until the problem was resolved. So, after apologizing several times to Alicia and promising he'd be on the first flight to Denver as soon as he was done, Jeremy stayed at work.

It turned out to be a very long night and it wasn't until after 2 am before the team had resolved the issue. Jeremy immediately headed for the airport and managed to catch a red eye to Denver. He slept the whole flight and figuring he was too tired to drive and had nowhere to stay once he got there, he checked in at the airport hotel. He left Alicia a short voicemail updating her on what had happened and where he was, set the alarm, and crashed. 

When he awoke the next morning the sun was up and a quick check of his watch revealed that he had slept through the alarm. In the next few minutes he was certain he set a speed record as he showered, shaved, dressed, and tore out of the airport rental car place. As he got close he began to get nervous calls from Alicia wondering where he was. He promised her he would be on time and kept driving.

Fortunately he made it. As she got in the car he muttered a quick apology about being late and missing the night before. She said nothing as he pulled out.

"You look great by the way," he said as he exited the hotel parking lot on his way to the church that was not too far away. She smiled.

"Thanks, so do you, and don't worry about yesterday. It happens and I certainly understand work emergencies. Did you guys get it fixed?" He explained briefly what had gone on and how long it had taken. "Wow, that really sounded bad. I'm glad you could make it. Thanks for going through the extra effort to get here; it means a lot."

Jeremy was glad she seemed in the mood to forgive him, not that yesterday had been his fault, but still. Truthfully he had only missed the rehearsal and he probably would have been intruding anyway. Still, he wished he could have been there for her. He asked her about it, and he could tell it had not gone well at all, though to try to ease his guilt she pretended it had not been that bad. Jeremy was not fooled though.

He dropped Alicia off at the front of the church and then parked the car. As he walked to the church he saw a group of guys huddled around something spread on a car hood. There was a lot of snickering and as he passed they all went quiet and proceeded to watch him closely as he walked by. He was not sure who they were, but he knew they were up to no good. He just hoped it involved the groom somehow.

When he raced up the front steps he saw Alicia talking to an older woman he figured was probably her mother. The older woman's back was turned but even so he could see they were of similar build, although Alicia was definitely taller by a few inches even without the heels she had on.

As Jeremy got closer he overheard what Alicia's mom was saying, "...and heels Alicia, how many times have I told you dear you can't wear those. It's not right to look down at your date, if you truly have one at all, which I'm starting to doubt. Work emergency indeed." Alicia smiled when she saw him and seeing this, her mother asked, "And what are you smiling at?"

"Mom, I'd like you to meet Jeremy, my date." She grinned a mile wide and Jeremy took that opportunity to move next to Alicia and put his arm around her, a move that made it very clear why Alicia had chosen to wear heels.

"My god you're tall, forget what I said Alicia. Jeremy, it's nice to meet you," she said moving away and clearly embarrassed.

"How much did you hear?" Alicia asked.

"Enough. It seems I was right on time."

The pair walked in together and once inside Alicia introduced Jeremy to most all of her family. By the time the ceremony started the only one he hadn't met was her brother. However, just before the ceremony was to start the group of guys from the parking lot came in and one made right for their row and sat between him and Alicia's sister, who glared at the new arrival.

"You with Alicia?" the man asked, which was something Jeremy thought would be fairly obvious, but he nodded anyway.

"Good to meet you. I'm Brad, her brother."

"I figured. I already met your wife; I'm Jeremy, nice to meet you." Then, just before the music for the processionals started, Brad leaned in and said, "Hey, find me after the ceremony. I got something I need to discuss with you."

Jeremy didn't like the sound of that, but nodded and the music soon started. The ceremony was unnecessarily fancy, and it was clear that the bride's family was trying to win approval from the groom's side, which from the little he'd seen of the two groups was obviously the richer of the two.. Not that Jeremy thought they needed to. Alicia's family was not loaded like Joe's was, but they were well enough off from what he had seen, and what's more they were a higher quality of people. 

Fortunately for all the ceremony was rather short and the guests had soon moved on to the reception. True to his word, though, Jeremy met with Brad while Alicia was talking to her mom, sister, and Brad's wife about the ceremony. It seemed after the previous night and the lavish ceremony they were strangely beginning to agree with Alicia that Jane and Alicia's Aunt Kim had clearly gone too far this time. Jeremy had heard the muttering and couldn't help noting the satisfied grin on Alicia's face as her family finally came around to how horrible the couple had been to her. 

Brad chuckled as he saw Jeremy watching Alicia, "She's enjoying herself a bit more about now eh?" Brad asked. "I'm glad. Poor Alicia; she got the wrong end of this deal and worse Aunt Kim convinced my wife, sister, and Mom that Alicia was overreacting, not sure how really. Not me, though. I saw the prick for what he was when he was dating Alicia. The day he dumped her was a huge sigh of relief for me. I just wish she hadn't gotten caught in the crosshairs. Best thing she did was take the job out east and get away from this mess. She took me too literally, though, working all the time. I wish I had a better connection for her. Alicia's a good worker and loyal too; shame she's stuck working for another selfish bitch that reminds me of my cousin, but she needed out fast so... "He paused, shaking his head, then continued, "My friend said she'd get the inside track on a promotion, and they were having real trouble getting anyone quality to work for her."

Brad paused, then looked at him, "I tell you, if it weren't for you Alicia might be in a real mess. She really cares for you, you know?" 

"I know," Jeremy said, "I just wish she would show that more. I see flashes, but little more."

Brad smiled, "You're a good guy Jeremy, hang in there- she's worth it. I suspect you'll tire of hearing this, but patience. It's not right that a guy like you has to pay for Joe's mistakes, but unfortunately that's the way it goes sometimes. She's getting there man, and you being here is really important to her."

"Yeah, just wish I hadn't missed last night."

"You're human. We all got jobs and if anyone understands work conflicts it's my sister. The number of things she's been late for because of work..."

Jeremy was just thinking to himself that work hardly ever got in the way of their meetings, quite the opposite in fact. Perhaps it was the fact that her job had lost its luster since she had been passed over, or just maybe it was something else. Jeremy tried not to reveal this and nodded in agreement to Brad's words.

Then Brad broke the silence, "Well, enough of that serious stuff. You clear care about my sister and all that, and I think you're aware I'm very protective. I'd say hurt her and I'll kill you, but you can't do a worse job than Joe, and for the love of god please don't try."

"I don't intend to," Jeremy interjected.

"Glad to hear it," Brad continued, slightly annoyed at being cut off. "Anyway Joe did that and he's still here, so you know it's an empty threat. Still, I think you know how special she is and what she's been through, so just be careful man." He paused then said, "Anyways, what I really needed to speak to you about was a plan me and a few of my cousins have."

Brad then explained that Joe had bought himself a brand new luxury car as a wedding present to himself the week before and as soon as Brad and his cousins saw it they had begun planning. Amongst them they had enough car experts and practical jokers to make the next time Joe drove the car, or rather tried to, a very interesting experience.

"We could always use a few extra hands and your height certainly would be an asset." Jeremy looked at Brad, who was only a few inches shorter than he was, quizzically and Brad said, "Well, an additional asset anyway." 

Jeremy made a quick decision and agreed. Brad said he'd come get him when the time came. The plan was to do it right after the cake had been cut when it was less likely they would be missed.

Jeremy collected Alicia and they headed to the reception which progressed as most do. Dinner was pleasant and Jeremy was glad the speeches were not too over the top. He was also very glad that Alicia's feeling of vindication carried through dinner so she laid off the wine which word was how she had gotten though the previous night. 

After dinner and the first dance and the tosses, neither of which Jeremy or Alicia caught despite their height advantage, things cooled down and Brad signaled Jeremy, who apologized to Alicia, quickly explaining. She was not happy, but she let him go, telling him to be back for some dancing.

A half hour later the crew arrived back successful and cracking up as they walked in. They had messed up the interior, removed key fuses and crossed a few wires, nothing a good detail guy and a mechanic couldn't fix easily, but enough to likely panic Joe when he tried to drive it. Jeremy might have felt sorry for him but after what he had done to Alicia, he felt Joe deserved a little suffering, and he could certainly afford fixing it.

However, their joy faded as they were met by an icy glare from Tracy, Brad's wife, as they walked back into the reception.

"Explain yourselves, and this better be good Bradley!"

Brad proceeded to nervously explain to his wife where he and the others, including Jeremy, had been. Jeremy tried to leave, but Tracy was having none of it. She shot him such an intense, 'Oh, no mister you stay right here, this concerns you too' glare that Jeremy remained rooted as Brad tried to explain their childish prank.

When he had finished Tracy said, "Well, while you two and the other boys were off having your little fun, hoping to go unnoticed, Joe and Jane made their rounds."

"Oh shit," Brad said, clearly having not thought this through fully, "The rounds Trace, I completely..."

"Forgot," she said, cutting him off in an icy tone, "yes that's obvious, because when the wonder couple came around to where Alicia was neither of you who promised she would not have to face the idiots alone were there for her, and why may I ask did you break your promise to Alicia? A childish fucking prank. Nice going guys."

Both he and Brad tried to speak at once, but Jeremy was quicker, "Is she..."

"Okay?" Tracy snorted, "of course, but that's hardly the point, is it."

"No, it's not." Jeremy said, "Now if you two will excuse me I have to try to fix this, if I can."

"Good luck," Brad said.

He ordered a drink for himself and Alicia. He then looked for her and when he was unable to find her he asked one of her cousins, "Excuse me, have you seen my date? She's the tall girl in the blue gown."

The cousin looked at him oddly; "She's outside and only the bride is wearing a gown, Alicia has on a dress." She rolled her eyes and walked away.

Jeremy found Alicia stewing alone on the balcony that overlooked a mountain valley below. Even at night it made for a breathtaking sight, as was the woman viewing it. Alicia heard the door close and turned. Seeing who it was she said, "Oh, it's you."

"I bring a peace offering," he said, indicating the drink for her, "I'm so sorry I didn't..."

"It's okay, just please don't ever do that again. Tracy said it was probably you just trying to get along with Brad."

Jeremy nodded then sat. He indicated for her to join him and to his surprise she did.

"You're absolutely right, that was wrong of me. The last thing I wanted for you was a repeat of last night." 

She nodded then looked at him expectantly and asked, "So?" He was confused and she rolled her eyes. "Spill! What did you do? If I had to put up with Joe and Jane myself you better have gotten him good."

He smiled and told her and to his relief she was laughing hysterically by the end. "Well, I guess it was worth dealing with those two for that."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Jeremy asked, 'What they said I mean?" She shook her head

"No, but thanks for asking."

He nodded and said, "Well, in that case let's dance. I may not have been great keeping promises tonight, but I believe I agreed to dance with you young lady and I intend to fulfill that one. Let me make my mistakes up to you by helping you forget the occasion. I know that being here can't be easy for you, and I hope my little decision didn't hurt you too much. It's just that I know the temptation to try to forget nights like this too well... in the wrong way I mean. Weddings are never easy for me either."

"Then why come?"

"Honestly, I wanted to see you again and you were hell-bent on kicking me out of your life. The fact that it would help you out, and in turn me, was a bonus. Now though? I care about you and I want to see you happy. Now I'm not asking for you to forgive, but maybe for tonight just forget. Forget why we're here and enjoy the evening. It seems to me you went to great effort and expense to select that dress. It'd be a shame to only remember sitting alone miserable in it. Especially when you have someone to dance with," he said rising and holding out his hand. She smiled and Jeremy continued, "So, what's it going to be? Are you going to sit here and mope or try to have some fun and show off just how sexy you look in that dress?"

Alicia took his hand and rose. Then she pulled herself close to him and kissed him deeply.

"I'll take that as a yes then," Jeremy said, dazed.

"After that offer, how can I refuse?" 

He led her back inside and for the remainder of the night the pair barely left the dance floor. They only stopped to rest every so often and to go to the bathroom, which during one trip Jeremy heard what distantly sounded like the groom fucking one of the female servers. 

Ordinarily Jeremy was not big on dancing, but its funny how having a sexy woman for a partner along helps get one in the mood. Most of all he was pleased that Alicia seemed to be having a blast the rest of the night.

At the end of the night as things wrapped up the DJ played one last slow song, and Jeremy, despite barely hearing the music, would never forget that dance. It was not wild and crazy, but soft and slow and the pair barely moved. They just enjoyed the feel of each other and when they looked in each other's eyes Jeremy could tell that in that moment they felt the same strong connection. One he hoped she would still feel tomorrow. As the song stopped they kissed one last time and it was the most amazing kiss he had ever felt in his life. If he could feel half as good as he did in that moment for the rest of his life he would die a happy man.

When the kiss broke neither said anything, but they found themselves alone on the floor. There was a slight spatter of applause which Jeremy was sure Brad had a hand in leading, but his focus was on his date and getting their stuff. When they reached the elevator she kissed him again, and this time love was not the emotion in her eyes. His sex goddess had returned and he could tell she was ready for action.

No sooner had the door to their room upstairs closed behind him than she jumped into his arms. They kissed as she wrapped her arms and legs around him and held tight. He leaned against the door for support before getting an idea. Suddenly he spun around so her back was against the door. Then pressing her against the door he let go long enough to release his belt and drop his pants and underwear. Several hours of grinding against Alicia's sexy body had warmed him up plenty and his cock was rock hard. He then began bunching up Alicia's dress to get access to her panties, which were so wet when he found them that he had no doubt she too was ready. He moved aside the fabric and dipped one finger in, drawing a longing moan, before he began the complex process of blindly lining up cock and pussy.

"Come on baby you can do it," Alicia whispered in his ear before giving his earlobe a brief suck, "Stick it in meeee mmmmm." Alicia's speech turned to moans as he at last lined up and lowered her onto his shaft. "Good boy, now fuck me you stud you!" she said.

"Your wish is my command miss!" he said and promptly began fucking her in earnest. 

For the next several minutes it was hard to tell what made more noise, the door as Jeremy slammed Alicia up against it with increasing force or Alicia's moans of pleasure in reaction to her lover's efforts. Whichever it was Jeremy eventually had to put her down. So he carried her over to the bed, barely losing a stroke and laying her down proceeded to finish the job. Not long after they both came together and collapsed to the bed Alicia said something about ruining the dress and then half-heartedly laughed.

When they had recovered they stripped off each other's clothes. Alicia, who was on the bed first, beckoned him to it and once he had joined her they kissed deeply. Then Alicia moved down his body, slowly teasing him before taking his momentarily soft cock in her mouth and slowly sucking it back to hardness. Jeremy moaned in pleasure as he felt her mouth and tongue giving his cock lavish attention. When he felt he could stand no more he felt her mouth leave him. He looked up to find her facing away from him looking at him over her shoulder and wiggling her hips in a very clear invitation with what to do with his now rock hard cock. He smiled and rose and positioned himself behind her, but paused to sensuously run his hands over her body and caress her favorite spots before bending down to kiss her.

"Do me baby," she whispered to him as the kiss broke and without hesitation he complied, lining up and gently burying himself in her love tunnel. He was fast and furious with his fucking and soon their combined moans filled the room as he struggled to hang on long enough for her to reach climax as he fought his with every stroke. At last when it seemed neither could hold it he came and as his shaft erupted, sending pulse after pulse through his body with each shot into her waiting pussy, he felt her walls clamp down as she too came.




Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 04



They collapsed to the bed and managed enough strength to move to together and cuddle against one another. No words were exchanged at first. They just lay there together, simply enjoying how that felt.

It was Alicia that spoke first, "You amaze me, you know that? I never thought anyone would have this much power to make me feel good, and not just in bed. Tonight when I faced Joe and Jane I wasn't afraid or even angry; I felt sorry for Jane. Sorry for my spoiled cousin Jane. Sorry that her life will always be with that chauvinistic pig, that she'll spend her life not thinking she's good enough, because he'll make her feel that way. As self-centered as she is, she'll feel it. It might not be today, next year, or ten years from now, but she'll feel it. She'll have to know what he did to me and know she can be next; she'll have to accept that Joe will probably have cheated on her if not already then soon. All these thing she has to accept that I never will, because I at last have one thing she doesn't...you." She kissed him and continued, "You, Jeremy, will never do any of those things, and even though you weren't by my side at that moment I knew that if you could have been you would have. The level of your remorse after the fact shows that. You have done so much for me these past few weeks I can't even begin to describe it. I just ask one thing from you, love me, love me like you did in the canyon that day, make me feel like I'm the only woman in the world. Please, I need to feel that one more time."

Jeremy smiled, deeply touched and said, "Of course."

He rose and she gently spread for him and this time there was no mistaking it. She had love in her eyes for him. He leaned down and kissed her deeply before setting to business. As he began the slow gentle thrusts his gaze never left her eyes and they made love together like that for what might have been forever, each enjoying the pleasure of the slow thrusts. When it at last came time to climax it was the most amazing feeling of Jeremy's life. He never remembered even coming down from it. Hours later he awoke to find her securely in his arms and he hugged her closer before falling back asleep, hoping to dream of his love some more.

The next morning, however, was not as peaceful or loving; that coldness had returned. She had said too much again and clamped up. After a tense flight he dropped her off and before she got out of the car he asked, "So where do we go from here?" Alicia was silent and couldn't bring herself to look at him, it was obvious to him that she herself could not figure out what she wanted. He knew that the battle between her feelings for him and her fear of being hurt had to be intense. His feelings on the matter were no less as he, was on one hand so certain they loved each other that he'd be willing to wait forever for her, but on the other how long should he wait? Would she ever be ready? Ever ready to move past what Joe had done to her? A few hours ago he thought she had, but now, he was not so sure that was ever possible.

Still, he did not yet want to lose her and was not yet ready to give her up as a lost cause so he decided to let her off the hook and extend a peace offering. "I can see from your silence that we are not on the same page for where to go from here. I think you know by now how I feel about you and what I want to do, but I can tell that you are not ready for that just yet." She did not say anything but a slight nod was all the sign he needed. He got out of the car and helped her bring her luggage inside her apartment. He kissed her briefly then said as he went to leave, "See you tomorrow on the train then?"

She seemed dazed for a second after the kiss then seemingly gathering herself as he turned to go she said very quietly, "I don't think that's a good idea Jeremy."

Never had so softly a spoken sentence caused him so much shock he turned around and as what she said sunk in, he quite lost his head.

"Excuse me?" he said a little angered.

She blushed and repeated, "I don't think seeing you again would be a good idea, for both of us."

"What is that supposed to mean?!" Jeremy asked incredulous. She paled in the face of his anger but held her ground.

"It means just what I said I think continuing is a bad idea, I won't say why and I don't have to. We said from the beginning if one party felt it absolutely could not work then we would go our separate ways." She said with a surprising amount of calm. "I can't explain and I won't," her voice began to quiver as she saw the signs of anger and exasperation that must have flooded his face at her stubborn refusal to explain what he had done to deserve this. She stopped and he began to see signs of tears and her tone became much more pleading, "Please Jeremy, just go and leave me be, I just need you to go. If you've ever cared about me as you say you do just please let me go. It's the best thing for both of us, nothing but pain can come from this, believe me."

Jeremy was flabbergasted and in of anger he was sure to regret later he replied, "So I see you feel it's easier to dismiss your feelings for me than take a risk at happiness, easier to not feel for me at all," She was taken aback, but he continued as if he had not noticed her pain, "I understand. I felt I've been more than patient with you Alicia, but if you can't date me because you might hurt me... If you don't know by now that's not possible, then I think it best we go our separate ways. At least until you figure out what you want, because it's clearly not me or you'd give me a chance. So good bye."

With that he slammed the door behind him and without giving her a chance to come after him headed out to his car and drove away, likely never to see her again.



Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 05



Jeremy regretted what he said to her before he even got home. He knew he had blown it, he had done the very thing he swore not to do and lost his temper with her just when she needed it most. Of course the fact that she had so determinedly slammed the door on any future for them he felt made his actions somewhat justified. Still, he regretted doing what he did.

The next day's train ride home was difficult. He didn't seek her out and she clearly meant to follow through as he saw no sign of her either. As the week passed it both became easier and more unbearable an absence if that was possible. He settled back into his life without her, but the more he did the more it only drove home the feelings he had had for her that had caused such a passionate reply to her rejection. When he could not stand it anymore he went seeking for her to apologize, but found her nowhere on the train. Realizing she must have switched trains to avoid seeing him, his heart sank. He of course knew where she worked and lived but if she was so determined to avoid him as to switch her train he figured it was best that he try to let her go.

That was all he thought about her until out of the blue he got a phone call from her. He was severely tempted to ignore it and move on but he knew he still loved her despite all she had done. So, against his better judgment, he answered the call, "Hello?" 

"Jeremy, thank god, please don't hang up," came the reply. It was frantic enough that he was immediately concerned for her well-being, and despite his promise to himself he would remain passive and listen he asked, 

"Alicia? What's wrong? Are you ok?" with a little more concern in his voice than he would have liked.

He heard a brief sigh of what could have been relief and swore he could hear a smile in her voice as her tone lightened, "Oh god nothing like that, I just wanted to make sure you weren't going to curse me out and hang up." She paused but before he could reply she quickly added, "I do need help, though, and I realize you have no reason to ever do anything for me again, but I'm in over my head and you're the only one I know that can help. I have all my friends coming over tomorrow afternoon for a party and I said I'd grill and I don't even know how or even own a grill. I can't ask my parents or brother because they live in Colorado and all the friends I know here are coming tomorrow and I assured them I had it handled. Please help me, I have no idea what I'm doing and you were so great cooking on the fire when we went camping I know you can bail me out, please?" 

Jeremy rolled his eyes and looked at his watch. Of course he was going to help her and she knew it. She knew he loved her and couldn't refuse a chance to be her white knight; a part of him wanted to say no and leave her to fix her own mess, but he couldn't

"Of course I'll help, but if you don't even have a grill yet we'd better get moving."

"Oh good, thank you so much Jeremy, I really owe you one."

"My pleasure, always glad to help a friend out of a jam." They then agreed upon a place to meet and look for a grill. He hung up, grabbed some tools, and headed straight for it, still not believing he was doing this.

When they got to the store she gave him an awkward hug and thanked him once again then they set off to the task at hand. Alicia's unit only had a small balcony and she clearly didn't use a grill too much so they settled on a small propane model. Jeremy made sure to recommend one large enough to handle enough volume that dinner the next day wouldn't take forever, but not so large that it would take up half the balcony and leave no room for anything else. They loaded the box into her car and, realizing she had forgotten the propane, she went back to get some and he, sighting a grocery store nearby, said he would meet her at her place; he had to make one stop first. He quickly stopped off at the store before making his way to her condo.

He arrived only a few minutes after her and together they unloaded the box and carried it to her unit, then he went back to his car to get his tools and his purchase. He placed the bag in the refrigerator and said, "you'll see what that is later" in response to her questioning look. She shrugged and they went to open up their some assembly required project. They then spent the better part of the next hour putting it together, which to his surprise was more pleasant a project than he expected, though still not without the usual frustrations that come with anything 'some assembly required' from a big box store.

When it was all put together, placed in its new home on the balcony, and working properly, Jeremy went to the fridge to retrieve his mystery bag. He produced a box of hamburger patties and American cheese.

"It's tradition that a new grill need to be christened with meat upon assembly," he said with a smile.

"Oh it is, is it?" she said with a slight chuckle.

He turned solemn, "Don't you laugh, Miss, this is serious business. The grill gods must be honored or they will put the hockey puck curse on your grill. Everything you make will be as black and as hard as a hockey puck for so long as you own that grill if proper homage is not given. I've seen it happen to even the best griller."

She turned equally solemn, "Oh well, then we best honor tradition, proceed good sir."

"Oh no Miss, the tradition states that the master or mistress of the grill must be the one to perform the rights or the gods will take offense. It's your grill good lady, so it is you that must cook the offering."

Alicia looked a little concerned and whispered, "Enough fun and games, Jeremy. I have no clue what I'm doing and I for one want no part of E coli." Then after a pause she added, "and nor do my friends tomorrow for that matter."

Jeremy smiled, "I know that and I'll help you of course, but you should be able to make something on your grill without me being here to help and this is pretty simple to do. Don't worry, I'm still coming tomorrow to cook. I just figured I'd teach you something tonight."

She smiled and said "I'd love that, thanks."

Jeremy then showed her what to do and assisted her as she tried. Not too long later they went inside with a plate full of their handiwork.

"I guess that wasn't so hard. I'm still glad you'll be here to help tomorrow, but it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Thank you again for showing me that."

"My pleasure. Shall we eat then?" She agreed and they sat down to taste their handiwork. Both found it delicious and once they were finished eating they had a brief discussion about what to make for the next day. Alicia said she had a recipe for chicken caesar salad she wanted to try and that this had all started with some steaks she had received as a gift so they could use those. Jeremy took stock of what she had of what she had in the fridge and agreed that that was a good plan, though they would need a few more due to the number of people coming. He agreed to get some more on his way over the next day. He offered to grab any sides she might need but she said those were all set between her and her friends.

When they were finished an awkward silence replaced the fun atmosphere that had previously been present. To end the discomfort he rose from the table and said, "Well, I'll be going then; it's getting late and we have lots to do tomorrow."

She nodded and saw him out, "Thanks for your help Jeremy, I really appreciate it." 

"Not a problem, as I said always glad to help a friend." 

Alicia looked as if he wanted to say more but only said in a quiet voice, "Good night Jeremy," and closed the door.

The next day he arrived early to help her set up a bit and after getting the grill area set to his satisfaction came in to give her a hand with some of the last minute items she had. When people arrived, though, he retired to his station to begin work on the chicken for the salad and spent most of the time outside avoiding the guests and trying to stay out of the way. 

When it came time for the steaks it was one of Alicia's friend's husbands that brought them out along with the orders of how each wanted their steak cooked. Jeremy thanked him and turned around to set to work and was surprised to find the man still there when he had closed the grill. He nearly ran into the man as he stepped back.

"So sorry, I didn't realize you were still out here."

"Not a problem. I'd rather stay out here for a bit if you don't mind; it's getting a little warm in there," the man said with a smile. "I'm Jake by the way," he said, holding out his hand.

"Jeremy," Jeremy said, shaking Jake's hand.

"Nice to meet you, you need any help by the way?"

"No, no I've got it, but thanks."

"So are you a friend of Alicia's, or something?" Jeff asked, clearly trying to be a little too casual for him to not know how Alicia and Jeremy knew each other.

"You could say that, yes. We sort of help each other out of jams now and again, I suppose you could say."

"Right!" he said, "That's where I've heard your name before! You were that guy she took to her cousin's wedding."

"That's me," Jeremy said with a forced smile as it was clear Jake knew exactly who he was and was playing dumb on purpose. Jeremy was only wondering how much he knew and how soon he would get to the point of coming out here. To cover his frustration he turned to the grill and checked the steaks a little longer than necessary.

"That's a nice grill. I expected Alicia to have a little charcoal kettle or something, looks pretty new, too."

Not appreciating the obvious dig at Alicia and the leading question Jeremy quickly replied, "Yes, well Alicia is a smart and capable woman who can fend for herself and what's it to you if she doesn't use her grill much? I can honestly say it's been used by her at least once before I used it."

Jake was obviously taken aback by this, "Whoa man, calm down. I didn't mean any offense. I love Alicia, but she just doesn't strike me as the grill expert is all, and between you being here and that new model you're cooking on I figured she had help is all. It's good to see she had good friends to look after her is all, we worry about her especially in light of her recent struggles with men."

Jeremy nodded at this and replied, a little embarrassed, "Sorry, I just don't like people thinking too little of her is all, she does enough of that already. That jackass Joe is to blame I suppose."

"Right, definitely. Of course word is she had another guy recently that did a number on her too, she never said anything to any of us, but my wife figures it was pretty serious and then it just ended."

"Yeah, well, shattered confidence is a tough thing to fight against. Her brother told me at the wedding any guy who wants to be with her long term is going to have to have the patience of a saint, and god knows I don't. Between you and me, though, she had a narrow escape with that Joe guy. That man, if you can even call him a man, snake is more fitting, is the biggest piece of work I've ever seen. Case in point I'm almost certain I heard him fucking one of the waitresses on my way back from the bathroom during the reception. Can you believe that a man would cheat on his wife with a random woman mere hours after taking his vows? That cousin of hers has a long road ahead of her married to that prick, that's for certain."

"Wow, that is something. Doesn't surprise me in the least though. I never met the man myself but the way my wife talks about him I'd believe him capable of anything." 

Just then the door opened and a woman stuck her head out and, looking at Jake, said, "There you are Jake, you're needed inside." 

He smiled, "and speaking of my wife, there she is. Jeremy this is my wife Hallie, Hallie this is Alicia's friend Jeremy." Jeremy exchanged greetings with Hallie then she and Jake went inside.

After that no one ventured out to speak with him and once the steaks were finished he brought them in and went back out to clean up. As he was doing so he saw Hallie approach with Alicia behind him in some sort of disagreement. The door opened and Hallie stepped out with Alicia in tow and said, "Jeremy, please come join us. Even if Alicia is going to be a rude hostess I won't be a rude guest." Jeremy looked at Alicia, whose face smiled a silent apology for her friend intruding.

He smiled, "No, that's ok, I was just leaving. I have somewhere to be in a little while and I don't..." 

"Surely not so soon that you can't eat with us quickly. There's so much food and it'd be a shame for you not to try your excellent cooking and we'd all like a chance to get to know you a bit. After all, Jake tells me you're a friend of Alicia's as well and that you went to the wedding. Alicia's hardly said anything about it. Please do come in and eat with us, I insist." He hesitated, looking at Alicia, who looked away. Hallie elbowed her friend and said, "as does Alicia, I'm sure, as there is just so much food." Alicia gave in at last.

"There really is Jeremy; unless you really have somewhere to be please do stay," Alicia said quietly. Jeremy nodded and set down the brush he had been using.

"In that case how can I refuse? Let me just wash up," he said.

"Great!" Hallie said and went inside followed by Alicia who mouthed an apology as she was pulled inside by her friend.

Jeremy went in and to no surprise the only seat left was next to Alicia. He sat down and despite the obvious setup by Hallie had a more pleasant meal than he expected. Though they asked him a lot of questions about himself and as promised asked for details about the wedding, all and all he found it a decently pleasant meal and found her friends to be a good group overall, the interrogation aside. To his complete surprise during one of the questions he felt Alicia's hand reach for his under the table. Pleasantly surprised, he accepted her hand in his. 

When the meal was finished the talk moved to playing games and Jeremy rose to leave.

"Well, this has been fun, but I'm afraid I really must be going. As I said, I have somewhere else to be tonight and I've intruded on your gathering long enough. I'll finish cleaning then I'll head out." Before anyone could object he went outside and set to work on the grill, not sure why he was so adamant about leaving, but just knowing he could not allow himself to hope Alicia had forgotten what had been said or that she had changed her mind. He had very little to finish and before long he was done and, gathering up what he had brought, he made his way to the door, steeling himself for one last goodbye.

As he went to say goodbye Hallie said, "Jeremy, you can't really be thinking of leaving us so soon, you're not intruding in the least. In fact we'll be short a player for the game we have in mind if you go. Please do stay." 

Jeremy looked to Alicia, but she would not look at him, and forcing calm into his voice he replied, "That's very generous of you, but as someone once told me in this very spot not too long ago I think it's best if I go. That's the best thing for everybody, I think." 

With that he walked out, and forcing himself to be calm, began to make his way to his car, realizing that he had probably walked out of his last chance with the woman he loved, but not being able to bear forcing his company on her any longer, not unless she was willing to say she felt the way he did. It was clear she would never be ready to do that. He knew that, and with amazing clarity he had made the decision to let her go. Heart-wrenching as he knew it would be, he knew it to be the right and noble thing to do in the end.

He was almost to his car when he heard a voice cry out, "Jeremy, Jeremy, please wait." He turned to see Alicia running down the street. His heart leapt in his chest, but he was resolved and it held. He would accept nothing less than he deserved and as she approached he said so.

"Alicia, stop. I'm sorry if I was rude, I'm sorry to leave like that, but I deserve more than to be your friend. I deserve more than to be the guy you call when you have an emergency. The guy you toy with when you're feeling up to loving someone and being loved. 

"My feelings for you have not changed one bit since we last said goodbye, but I won't wait for you forever. I deserve, no I demand to be loved. That is not so much to ask, you of all people should understand that after what that vile excuse for a human being did to you. I will not be treated like this, not by you. Not by anyone, but especially not by you, who I love with all my heart in spite of my attempt to forget you. I desire nothing more from you than your love. If I were to have only that I would be the happiest man on earth for the rest of my days. You've made it clear, though, that that is something you can never give me and it is something I cannot live without. So I'm sorry if I've been rude, and I apologize for what I said the last time we parted, I truly am, but I will not be treated like this. I deserve more. So, goodbye Alicia, I hope you find someone you find truly worthy of your love and I hope he knows how lucky he is and that he treasures it more than anything in the world."

He gave her one last kiss goodbye then turned to go to his car, but was stopped short by two quietly spoken words, "He does." Jeremy turned around to see her crying.

"Excuse me?" he asked, not ready to believe what he had just heard.

"I said, 'He does'," she replied, a smile forming as the tears flowed down her cheeks. "Because you're the man I love Jeremy, I love you so much it hurts sometimes. I love you so much I'm scared, but then one memory of your love wipes it all away. I never thought after what Joe did I could ever trust anyone this much, much less love them this much. I never thought anything could make me feel this happy or warm inside again, but your love for me does that. It scared me how much you meant to me, I could only see what I had to lose. You were right to say what you did when you left. I was a coward too afraid of being hurt to grasp the lifeline you had thrown me. Well, never again. You're right, you do deserve more than I have given you, and you shall have it. I'm yours for as long as you'll have me from this day forth. My heart is yours, my love is yours, and all I ask is that you take care of them and treasure them as I would your love and your heart. I love you so much Jeremy, and I'm so sorry it took so damn long to have the courage to admit it. Can you ever forgive me?"

He smiled, and wrapping her up, he kissed her long and deep and in that moment nothing else existed. She was his and he was hers and neither wished for it to end.

"Of course I forgive you Alicia. I love you too much to ever stay mad at you."

She smiled and kissed him, wiped the tears from her face and said, "Good, now will you please come inside and play. I'd like my friends to get to know my new boyfriend a little better."

"Boyfriend, now is it, eh?" he said smirking.

"Yeah. Got problem with that?" she asked, a big smile on her face, taking his hand as they walked back.

"Not at all, my darling Alicia. Not at all," he said, smiling, as they headed back into to her building and into whatever the future would bring them.

Epilogue

The next few months for the happy couple were a whirlwind. Not long after that memorable party they were engaged, to no one's surprise. It was clear that they both made each other so happy and that Jeremy had done the impossible in erasing any trace of what Joe had done from her memory, though Joe could of course not be completely forgotten.

Curiously, though, there was some silent delight from that part of the family as time went on. It turned out Jane had clearly been pregnant before the wedding, which is why Joe married her. It also became clear that Jeremy had heard Joe cheating on his wife at the reception with a waitress when said waitress came forward as also pregnant with Joe's child. However, Jane wouldn't divorce him despite his misdeeds, both for the sake of the child and because she had really only married him for his money.




Excuse Me Miss... Ch. 05



Alicia, to her credit, did not gloat as the news of the calamity broke, but she did have to smile a bit. Not that she had really wanted to see her cousin suffer misfortune, but more that it was sweet vindication and one more sign as if she needed any that she had made the right choice in not letting what Joe had done stand in the way of her happiness and trusting her heart to a far worthier man. When it came to be her and Jeremy's big day, there was no big spectacle or rumors, and the only thing people commented on was how perfect they were for each other and how happy they both were. 

The new married couple continued to ride the train to work together, at least until the kids came and Alicia switched to being part time and most working from home to spend time with the kids. Though she was not alone, as Jeremy worked plenty of days from home, too, to help with the kids. It was something the software company he worked for encouraged, the founder being a big family man himself, and Jeremy was glad to take advantage of it.

One weekend as they rode the train home from a day in the city with their kids staring out the window in wonder and a worn out Alicia relaxing on his shoulder, Jeremy smiled as the ticket collector came by on his usual round for new riders. He heard the conductor comment that someone had left a monthly pass and he couldn't help but look at his wife and smile. 

She grinned back and said to the kids on the seat across from them, "Kids, did I ever tell you about the time I forgot my pass on the train one night?"



Excuse Me Miss...



"Well I can tell this dress definitely passes the sexy test and the dance test too. This feels so wonderful Jeremy. When I dance with you like this I don't care that I'm tall. I feel perfect next to you. I feel weird saying this but I feel like the only girl in the world with you, even though I've just met you," she said before burying her head in his shoulder. When the song stopped Jeremy again made his move and kissed her. This time, though, she kissed back. Soon the small kiss turned into a full make out.

As he enjoyed the feel of her lips his hands began to roam, finding her breasts, hips and butt. She too roamed a bit, squeezing his butt and even making a move to reach his cock.

He stopped, much to her dismay, and said, "I'd be a shame to mess up that dress Alicia and the way this is headed you'll be sure to."

"You're right," she said, "What do you suggest?" she asked deviously.

"Take it off, you brunette goddess, you." She smiled at the compliment.

"For you, of course, I thought you'd never ask," She then turned and said, "Help unzip me."

He gave her a hand and in no time she stood in her bra and panties. To be fair he also removed his shirt and pants. They then resumed kissing and to his surprise she knelt in front of him and pulling down his boxers. She found that the big feet myth was true in his case.

Jeremy wasn't massive by any means, but he was certainly considered big, over 8 inches long and several inches thick. Alicia simply gasped and looking up at him smiled before taking the hard shaft in her mouth. Jeremy admired the blow job from above and basked in the feeling her mouth and tongue gave him. When she was at last finished he collapsed to the coach where she joined him, bathing him in kisses. She then rose and seductively stripped off her remaining clothes, first her bra revealing her big tits, and then her panties showing her neatly trimmed, dark-haired mound. 

He admired her body as she posed for him, his eyes traveling up her long legs that were nicely toned from her daily walk to and from work. His next admired the generous swell of her hips and as he did he could not help but notice the light reflect off her glistening wet pussy. She turned to give him a look at her ample, but not overly large butt before turning to face him again. His eyes continued up to her stomach which carried a bit of extra weight, but not grossly so, he was surprised to find this added to her appeal. His eyes next found her cantaloupe sized breasts that were capped with half dollar sized areolas and rock hard nipples that stood out proudly from the large mounds, showing her clear arousal. He tore his gaze away from her magnificent tits and past her shoulders to her face, admiring her cute nose and gorgeous light blue eyes.

Even though she had just sucked him off he felt himself instantly go hard after he had taken her body in. He was surprised to find her still standing nervously in front of him. 

He smiled and said, "come here you sexy thing you, it's my turn to give the gorgeous body of yours pleasure." She smiled and immediately joined him on the couch rewarding his kind words with deep kisses.

They made out naked on the couch for a while before he knelt in front of her and gave ample attention to her tits and pussy. He smiled as she came on his face thanks to his efforts. When she had recovered he led her to the bedroom and she giddily laid down and spread for him, but not before producing a condom from a bedside drawer.

No sooner was the condom on then Jeremy's cock was sliding into her inviting pussy. Due to their horniness he went at it hard and fast Alicia screaming for more and for once Jeremy did not hold back. Alicia was not some petite girl like some women he had fucked, she was a beautiful and very solid woman and she took everything he gave her and demanded more. Turned on by this Jeremy amazingly continued to find more energy as he fucked her.

"Oh fuck me you giant big dicked stud you! Oh god it feels so good! Fuck me harder baby! Fuck meeee!" She yelled the last part as she came hard and shook in absolute pleasure. The combination of her screams of ecstasy and the clenching of her pussy proved too much and he came hard into the condom.

"That...was...amazing," Alicia said minutes later while cuddled up to Jeremy and still obviously catching her breath.

"You too, you are a wild woman and I like it babe."

"Thanks, you ready for more? I'll drive this time if you want."

"Of course, but you sure you'll still feel like a woman, baby, even on top?' He joked.

"With your big cock in me I couldn't feel any other way baby, I'm all woman and I'm going to make the man that made me feel this way feel reallll good."

"Oh, I like the sound of that!" Jeremy said.

"Thought you would," Alicia said with a smile before mounting him.

She was mighty enthusiastic and fucked herself to a pair of orgasms before he finally came again. This time both were exhausted and as she collapsed he wrapped his arms around her and turned on his side and was pleased to feel her breathing shallow as sleep over took her. As sleep also overtook him he didn't wonder what the future held for once. He just was content to bask in the feeling of great sex with a beautiful woman and enjoy the feeling of her sleeping against his body.

*

Is this all for Jeremy and Alicia, or should there be more? You decide. PS