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a very uinique and interesting story man.. would love to read another...  :)


oke wrote:
> A Day on the Rail
> 
> By Oke
> 
> Chapter One - Friday Evening in Vancouver
> 
> 	I had just thrown myself down onto the seat of my sleeping berth, 
> trying to decide whether I wanted the top or bottom bunk, when the door 
> slid open.  The conductor, looking quite put out, stepped in and shut 
> the door behind him.  I reached into my jacket to hand him my ticket.  
> As he stamped it, I rubbed my eyes and glanced at the door.  Outside, 
> staring in at me was a young girl, her pony-tailed hair a shocking pink 
> colour with a streak of blonde hair at the bangs.  She had piercing blue 
> eyes and the most beautiful face I'd seen on a girl that age.  
> 	"Have a wonderful journey" said the conductor.  He nodded 
> slightly, then stepped outside.  After a few words with the girl, he 
> headed down the hallway and she entered.  She was wearing a black mesh 
> shirt over a pink tank top that was so tight it left little to the 
> imagination, and dark blue jeans that weren`t quite as tight as her top.  
> She smiled and said "hello" to me as she gently rested her well-rounded 
> bottom on the seat nearest the window.  She opened the small suitcase 
> she had been carrying and pulled out the new 'Harry Potter' book and 
> began reading.  Taking this as the cue that she wasn't up to 
> conversation, I left the berth and bought a Vancouver Sun from the 
> porter's booth in the next cab.  When I returned, a whistle blew and the 
> train began to lurch forward.
> 	I was half through an article on a new piece of legislation that 
> was being debated in Ottawa, and had almost forgotten about my gorgeous 
> berth mate when she said, "So, what's in the news?"  I just about jumped 
> out of my skin, although the sudden increase in my heart rate wasn't 
> entirely the fault of this minor scare.
> 	"Oh, just our wonderful Liberal government's latest foibles."  I 
> said after a quick recovery.  I put down the paper to see her leaning 
> back in her seat, smiling at me.
> 	"Oh.  You're not a Tory, are you?"  She asked, giving me a look 
> that seemed a mix of inquisitiveness and skepticism.
>   "I wouldn't even pretend to be a Tory.  How's your book?"  I asked.
> 	"Good.  I've read it once already, but I'm going through it again, 
> just to see if there were any clues I'd missed about -"  I held up my 
> hand to stop her.
> 	"You're not going to spoil it for me, are you?  I've only read up 
> to the end of book four."
> 	"Oh, you like 'Harry Potter', too?  I never would have guessed."  
> She seemed honestly surprised.
> 	"Well, don't tell anyone, but my daughter has all the books, and 
> I've been sneaking a read on the sly."  We both chuckled at the idea.
> 	"You have a daughter?  How old is she?"  
> 	"Well, you're age I guess.  She's going on to Grade 10 in 
> September."
> 	"Oh, so am I.  I'm turning 15 in a week, and I was visiting my 
> Grandparents out here as a birthday gift."	
> 	"So you are about the same age.  Did you enjoy your visit?"
> 	"I did.  My Grandparents took me around town and bought me this 
> outfit for my birthday."  She stood up, spun about slowly, and sat back 
> down.
> 	"It looks lovely on you, but if my parents had bought my child an 
> outfit like that, I'd have skinned them alive."  I gave her a quick 
> wink, and she let out a little squeak of a laugh.
> 	"Well, you said it looked good on me; where's the problem?"  She 
> returned the wink, and laughed again.
> 	"I don't see a problem, really, except that I'm 25 years your 
> elder.  If I were your age...."  I left that thought unsaid.  I was 
> ecstatic that this lovely young girl was being so flirtatious and 
> friendly, and didn't want to push my luck too far. 
> 	"Well, that might not be a problem; age is just a state of mind, 
> right?"  She said as she leaned back further in her seat, letting her 
> legs fall farther apart.  I'm sure that my heart stopped beating for a 
> moment from the shock, and horrible, wonderful pictures of her and I 
> began dancing through my imagination.
> 	"Uh...yeah, I guess."  She laughed again, much more strongly this 
> time, at my obvious discomfort.  Just as the pregnant pause lingered in 
> our conversation, the speaker in our room chimed, meaning an 
> announcement.
> 	"This is your conductor speaking.  Dinner is now being served in 
> the dining car.  The kitchen will remain open until 8 P.M. Vancouver 
> time, and the porter's booth will remain open until 11 P.M. Vancouver 
> time.  We at VIA Rail thank you for traveling with us, and hope you 
> enjoy your trip."  She looked over at me again, smiling.
> 	"So, old timer, are you going to buy me dinner?  I'm freakin' 
> starving."
> 	"Well," I said, "Dinner is included in our ticket prices, but I 
> would be honored if you were to accompany me tonight."
> 	"But of course!" She said, standing up.  She gave an exaggerated 
> curtsey as I stood, and placed her hand into mine.  I held the berth 
> door for her, bowing at the waist.  She giggled and stepped out, leading 
> me by the hand, her thumb gently stroking the length of mine.
> 
> Chapter Two - Dinner and a Show
> 
> 	"So."  She said as she ate her mushroom ravioli.
> 	"So?"  I asked.
> 	"What were you doing in Vancouver?"
> 	"Business trip.  Nothing exciting, just a seminar on Aortic 
> distension in East Asian immigrants.  I went mostly to see family out 
> there, too."
> 	"Aortic dis-something; I guess that makes you a doctor, right?"
> 	"Thoracic surgeon, actually.  I live in an Indian community in 
> Edmonton, and most of my patients are, in fact, East Asian immigrants.  
> I figured I'd give a little speech on trends in heart surgery by 
> ancestry, then go skip about town for a few days, but it didn't go like 
> I'd planned."  I carved a small piece from my duck breast and chewed it 
> slowly, unable to take my eyes off her.  The few times I had been able 
> to glance about the car, I noticed five or six other people staring in 
> my direction, some staring at her, some glaring at me, not that I cared.  
> She was wonderful to be with and talk to, and I was looking forward to 
> spending the night with her in our berth, even if it was separate bunks.
> 	
> 	"What happened?"  She asked, snapping me back to reality.
> 	"Oh...I ended up giving lecture for three days.  I didn't get 
> anything I wanted done, and I missed a lot of time with my family."  I 
> sighed heavily, remembering having to leave my daughter with my parents 
> for three days.  "But at least I get to spend a day with you, right?"  
> That put me back into a good mood as I said it, and she smiled broadly, 
> her lovely lips spreading into the most beautiful smile I'd ever seen.  
> A thought occurred to her suddenly, and her smile wavered momentarily.
> 	"You have a daughter my age, right?  Are you married?"  I just 
> nodded my head and held up my left hand; the wedding band on my ring 
> finger stood out against my pale skin.  "That's too bad."  She said, 
> then shook her head.  "Well, I guess I don't mean `bad,' but more like, 
> `unfortunate for me.'"
> 	"Why is that?"  I asked.
> 	"Well, you're taken."  She said, locking her eyes onto mine.  God, 
> she had the loveliest eyes I'd ever seen.  I couldn't help but be 
> aroused just staring into them.
> 	"Yes, I'm married, but my wife and I, we're quite open about our 
> relationship.  She feels that it's possible to feel very strongly about 
> more than one person, and I agree with her.  We don't actively go about 
> looking for another relationship, but if we happen across someone we 
> feel very strongly about,"  I reached across the table and held her hand 
> tightly, trying to muster up the courage to say what I wanted to tell 
> her, "Well, we've agreed to be alright with it.  And I feel very 
> strongly for you."  I gave her hand a tender squeeze, which she 
> returned.  We continued our dinner, our hands locked together, saying 
> nothing, but never losing sight of the other.
> 
> 	After dinner, we took our time walking back to our berth, my arm 
> around her waist, pulling her as close to me as possible.  We watched 
> the sky turn from blue to orange to red to black as the sun set, 
> illuminating the skyline car we were seated in.  When we finally made 
> our way back, she excused herself into the bathroom to change into 
> pajamas.  I was just about to pick up my newspaper again, when I noticed 
> the bathroom door wasn't shut entirely.  Leaning to my left just a bit, 
> I could see her reflection in the mirror, brushing her teeth.  She 
> glanced up and noticed me staring at her reflection.  I tried ducking 
> behind the front page, but she turned and stepped out of the bathroom, 
> her toothbrush still in her hand.
> 	"Were you watching me?"  She asked, half accusatory, half 
> mockingly.
> 	"Yes." I admitted sheepishly.  She paused for a moment, then said, 
> "Give me a moment." and stepped back onto the little bathroom, shutting 
> the door behind her.  
> 	When she stepped out, she was still wearing her clothes, her face 
> a bit red from being scrubbed clean.  She looked even younger without 
> any makeup on, and, in my opinion, much better.  She took a small radio 
> alarm clock out of her bag, plugged it in and turned it on.  After 
> dialing through a few stations, she found a song she seemed to like, a 
> catchy dance number with a semi-slow beat to it.  She turned to me, 
> smiling, and started moving her body back and forth with the beat.  She 
> loosened the tie holding her hair up, tossing it about her head and over 
> her shoulders.  I gasped, captivated by how she moved herself with the 
> music, her violent pink hair moving about her shoulders as she moved her 
> head.  She ran her hands through her hair, shaking it loose again, then 
> rested them on her hips.
> 	"You like?"  She asked.  I just nodded, stunned by the show she 
> was putting on for me.  She blew me a kiss, then lifted the mesh shirt 
> over her head, and tossed it in the corner.  She stepped forward and 
> knelt across my lap, the crotch of her jeans not even an inch from mine.  
> She continued moving her body to the music, which seemed to be 
> increasing in tempo, her breasts just inches from my face, straining in 
> the pink tank top she wore.  She reached a hand up to my face, stroking 
> my cheek softly.  I turned my face into her touch, almost instinctively.  
> I raised my hand to touch her face, but she grabbed hold of it and 
> placed it on the armrest.
> 	"No touching, just watch."  She said, arching her back so that the 
> hard nipples under the fabric barely brushed against the tip of my nose.  
> She ran both hands through her hair again, letting it fall slowly about 
> her face; she knew what I liked, apparently, and smiled as she did it 
> once more.  I couldn't get enough of the bright pink hue falling about 
> her.  She stepped back onto the floor, turned, and swayed her hips with 
> the ever quickening pace of the song.  Her bottom was a sight to behold; 
> perfectly rounded, a peek of light blue lace just visible over the hem 
> of her jeans.  She turned her head to look at me, near laughing, and 
> thrust her behind at my face, which must have been slack from sheer 
> amazement.  She did laugh now, stood up straight, unbuttoned her jeans 
> and unzipped her fly.  Turning to face me, I could see the lacy blue 
> underwear she was wearing in the opening of her pants.  The blue was 
> just as light a shade as her eyes, and had a small lace trim all along 
> the top hem.  Giggling at me as I stared, completely entranced by the 
> spectacle, she wiggled her hips quickly, causing the jeans to slip down 
> about her knees.  Carefully stepping out of them, she cast them in the 
> corner with the mesh top and sat down on my lap, wriggling her bottom 
> against my erection.  Nothing could feel this good, I thought as she 
> ground her ass against my crotch.  I wondered for a moment where she had 
> even learned about something like this, but that thought disappeared as 
> she pulled her tank top off, revealing a matching bra underneath.
> 	"Unsnap me, please."  She said, breathlessly.  Not hesitating in 
> the slightest, I unhooked her as fast as I could.  She stood up, holding 
> the bra against her breasts with one arm, peeling the straps off her 
> shoulders with the other.  The song had ended long ago, and now someone 
> was going on about the local Toyota dealership, but nothing could 
> distract me now, not even if the train went off a cliff.  She turned her 
> back to me, discarded her bra with the rest of her clothes, then turned 
> to face me, her breasts covered by her right arm.
> 	"Do you want to see me?"  She asked, her chest rising and falling 
> heavily with every rapid breath.
> 	"Oh, yes."  I said, my breathing just as fast and heavy as hers.  
> She smiled, leaned towards me, and reached for my face with both arms, 
> her supple breasts resting on my chest.  She blew softly in my left ear, 
> gave the lobe a tiny bite, then stood straight again.  She turned in 
> place, just as she had before in this berth three hours ago, lifting her 
> hair with her hands and letting it fall onto her smooth back.  She 
> hooked her thumbs under the hem of her panties, and pulled them down to 
> her ankles, her gorgeous rear pointed at me.  I held myself from placing 
> my hands on them only by sheer willpower.  She threw her panties in the 
> pile of her clothes, then sat on my lap.  I stared right into those 
> beautiful eyes of hers, which had become quite a darker blue since 
> dinner.  She ran her fingers through my hair, smiling at me.
> 	"Did you like my show?"
> 	"Uh, yeah!"  I said.  I couldn't remember seeing anything remotely 
> as erotic and captivating as that ever.
> 	"Good."  She said, standing up.  She vaulted herself onto the top 
> bunk, pulling the blankets over her.  "Pleasant dreams."
> 	"But... but...." I stammered.  She leaned over, and kissed me.  Our 
> lips remained locked in a passionate embrace for the longest time.  I 
> couldn't help but to run my fingers through her hair as we kissed.  
> After about a minute, she pulled away, smiling maliciously.
> 	"Never on a first date."  She said, lying back onto her mattress.  
> I couldn't resist laughing a little.  I just lied back onto my bottom 
> bunk, smiling and staring at the bottom of her bunk.
> 	"Hey,"  I said after a moment.  "I thought you were putting 
> pajamas on."
> 	"I did.  I sleep naked, goofball."  She said.  I just continued to 
> smile as I drifted to sleep.
> 
> Chapter Three - Saturday Morning Surprise
> 
> 	Daylight streaming into our berth woke me gently that morning, and 
> it was a moment before I realized that she had joined me in my bunk.  
> Sleeping naked next to me, she had her head resting on my shoulder, 
> cradled in my arms.  I gently slipped my arm out from under her, and 
> made my way to the showers down the hall.  After I had cleaned up and 
> packed away the clothes I had slept in, I walked into our berth, and 
> watched her sleep.  She had turned onto her back while I was gone, and I 
> couldn't help but watch as her fair-sized breasts lifted and fell slowly 
> with her shallow, sleeping breaths.  Her stomach was tight, the outlines 
> of her abdominal muscles faintly shaping her skin.  She was obviously in 
> great shape, having more of an athletic body than just being skin and 
> bones; it gave her a much better form, I thought.  Her blonde pubic hair 
> was neatly trimmed, slightly sparse as it was, and her legs had parted 
> enough to catch a glimpse of her young mound, which seemed to glisten in 
> the morning sunlight.
> 	"Like what you see?"  She asked, breaking the spell her young form 
> had set on me.
> 	"Yes, I do."  I leaned over and kissed her good morning, very 
> intensely.  "People are already coming back from breakfast; I guess we 
> overslept."
> 	"Can you blame us?"  She asked.  "What time is it anyway?"
> 	"I don't know.  You didn't set the time last night."  The alarm 
> clock continued to blink 9:23, although the sun was too low in the sly 
> for it to be that late.
> 	"Well, I did have my mind on other things at the time." 
> 	"Like what?" I asked, giving her a big smile.
> 	"Well, I have school starting in two weeks, and I was wondering 
> how my goldfish were at home...."  She broke into a laugh and fell back 
> down on the bed.  I jumped onto the mattress next to her, and began 
> tickling her under the ribs.  Her laugh turned into a high pitched 
> squeal as she struggled to get away from me, but I managed to hold her 
> tight and roll on top of her.  We both paused for a moment, aware of the 
> position we were in.  
> 	"I like it down here."  She said, breathlessly.
> 	"Hmm.  I like the girl on top myself."  I said.  She began 
> laughing again at this, then pushed me on my back and straddled my lap.  
> She began thrusting her naked crotch into my clothed one.
> 	"Mmm, yeah...harder, baby, yeah...."  She moaned, facetiously.  "I 
> love it up here, too.  Maybe we'll have to try this someday."  She 
> flopped off my hips and lied next to me on the bed.  "You'll just have 
> to play your cards right, buddy."  She kissed me lightly on the lips.  
> "I'm going to take a shower, then we can grab some breakfast, okay?"  
> She stood up, put on a bathrobe, and grabbed a shower kit from her 
> suitcase.  "Back in a few."
> 
> 	By the time she was finished her shower I had already bought 
> today's paper (which the train got from mailbags along the route), and 
> was reading about the Toronto plane crash investigation.  She was 
> wearing a tight white shirt and black jeans, and had her hair wrapped up 
> in a towel.  She looked so fresh and clean that my heart skipped a beat 
> when I saw her.
> 	"Hey, I have a surprise for you."  She said, pushing my newspaper 
> aside.  "Close your eyes."  I shut them for a moment, wondering exactly 
> what the surprise was.  After a few seconds, she said, "Open your 
> eyes!"  She was standing before me, just as when I had closed my eyes, 
> but her hair was now pale blonde, instead of pink.  "the pink was just 
> wash-out colour; this is my real shade."
> 	"Wow!"  I said.  I thought that her pink hair was lovely, but 
> seeing her naturally, I was overtaken by her beauty.  It was as though I 
> was seeing her for the first time again.  I reached for her hands, and 
> pulled her into me, kissing her deeply.  I could no longer resist 
> touching her, so I wrapped my arms around her, my hands moving slowly 
> from her shoulders to her bottom, which fit so perfectly into my palms, 
> it was as though they had been made to be held by me.  We continued 
> kissing and groping for a moment, then she gently pushed her self up.  
> 	"Let's go have some breakfast.  We'll need our energy."
> 
> 	We had a pleasant breakfast, and once again found ourselves 
> walking slowly to our berth, hand in hand.  At the door, she stopped me, 
> a troubled look on her face.
> 	"I want you to know that I want to, you know, have sex with you."  
> She blushed a little.  "But I've never done this before.  I just thought 
> you should know, and if you don't want to, I'll understand."
> 	"Katie, I couldn't imagine not wanting to be with you.  If you 
> really want this, then I'd be a fool to say no to you."  	
> 	"Thanks, Paul."  She smiled, then kissed me on the cheek.  Taking 
> me by the hand, she led me into the berth.
> 	Once the shades were drawn and the door locked, she slipped her 
> shirt off and slid her pants off.
> 	"No show tonight?"  I asked.
> 	"Shut up and get naked, buster."  She giggled.  I quickly removed 
> my shirt and jeans, standing only in my boxers.  She was completely nude 
> now, and standing with her hands on her hips, staring at me.  "What do 
> you think?"  At first, I couldn't see what she was talking about, until 
> my eyes moved down her sleek body.
> 	"Oh, my...."  I said, truly shocked for about the thousandth time 
> since she'd walked into the berth.
> 	"Smooth as a baby's butt!"  She exclaimed, running a finger over 
> her now bare mound.  "I did it in the shower this morning.  Surprise 
> number two!"  Grinning like a fool, I slipped off my boxers and pulled 
> her into my arms; her naked skin felt warm against mine.  I held her 
> against me for as long as I could stand to, before I had to have her.  
> Lifting her face to mine in my hands, I kissed her on the forehead, then 
> heatedly on the lips.  We stood there, together, locked in an embrace, 
> savouring each other.  Time stood still as my hands fell from her face 
> to her shoulders, down her arms and back up, then slowly and gently down 
> to the small of her back, where I pulled her even closer to me.  
> Finally, she pulled back from the kiss. 
> 	"Let's go to bed."  She took me by the hands and sat down on the 
> bed, her eyes as dark a blue as I had ever seen them.  She laid back, 
> her legs spread, her chest heaving with heavy breaths.  I fell into bed 
> next to her, brushing her skin with the tips of my fingers, all over her 
> face and neck.  I slowly moved my hands lower, brushing against the top 
> of her breasts and her shoulders.  As I moved my fingers lower still, 
> she began breathing more rapidly.  I leaned over and took one nipple 
> into my mouth, teasing the other with a finger.  She began moaning 
> softly as I gave a gentle suck, then she gasped as I bit her softly.  
> Moving my free hand along her smooth, taut stomach, I reached the very 
> beginning of her soft mound, which had already become damp to the touch.  
> I slowly moved one fingertip into her folds, feeling her clitoris swell 
> to meet my touch.  She gasped loudly as I made contact, then brought my 
> face up to hers and kissed me as hard as she could.  I began circling 
> her nipple and clitoris with my fingers, occasionally giving one or both 
> a sudden flicker.  
> 	"Faster...please...."  She said in between deep breaths, moving one 
> hand on top of mine on her mound.  I began stroking her clitoris in 
> earnest, picking up the pace with every stroke.  She arched her back and 
> let out a deep, slow moan, biting her bottom lip, and closing her eyes.  
> "Yes...yes...yes..." she cried as her toes began to curl, and her 
> breathing became panting.  Finally, she began thrashing on the bed, 
> gasping for breath, and twisting the sheets in her hands.  "Ohh, 
> yessss!" she cried, finally going limp after a moment.
> 	"Feel better?"  I asked as she caught her breath.
> 	"Give me a moment."  She said, smiling at me.  After a few deep 
> breaths, she pushed me onto my back, saying, "Moment's over.  Let's 
> fuck."  She straddled my hips, pressing her mound into my hips, kissing 
> me passionately.  I grabbed her ass, and lifted, pressing my erection 
> into her mound.  She began gyrating slowly, moving me deeper inside her 
> with every thrust.  Finally, I hit a barrier.  She grunted a bit as she 
> pressed down, breaking it easily.
> 	"Geez, I thought that was supposed to be painful or something.  It 
> just stung a bit."  She pushed herself farther and farther down onto me, 
> wrapping her arms around me, and pulling me as tight to her as she 
> could.  I began matching her thrusts as I penetrated as deep as 
> possible, holding her around the waist, and burying my face in the 
> sensitive spot where her neck became her shoulder.  We went slowly at 
> first, kissing and stroking and caressing, caught in the moment, but 
> soon things began to pick up, and we were glistening with sex and sweat, 
> slipping on each other, and both warm to the touch.  My hands found 
> every spot on her body that she wanted to be touched on by trial and 
> error, and as we hastened our pace, we found ourselves pulling the other 
> in tighter.  She began gasping again, her eyes screwed shut, and her 
> breathing choppy.  I felt myself growing harder and longer, already 
> squeezed tightly as it was, when she began squeezing me inside of her as 
> she came for the second time that day.  Burying her face in my chest, it 
> seemed that she was nearly screaming as she spasmed on my body.  A 
> tingling in my crotch told me that I was going to end soon, so with a 
> few last, hard thrusts, I emptied inside of her, holding her tightly to 
> my chest.  
> 
> 	The next thing I heard was the familiar chime of the conductor 
> announcing that we would be in Edmonton in 30 minutes.  We had fallen 
> asleep in each other's arms, naked, and dripping with perspiration.  I 
> shook her awake, and told her we had half an hour to get ready.  
> Fortunately, we managed to sneak into one of the showers without being 
> noticed.  As much as I longed to touch her, we had no time for anything 
> but cleaning ourselves.  Throwing our clothes into our suitcases, we 
> were finally ready to disembark just as the train slowed to a halt.  It 
> was outside on the platform, as we made our way to the taxi stands, that 
> I realized we were no longer alone on the train, but that we had to get 
> back to our real lives.  She seemed to be near tears as we hailed a cab, 
> and sat apart from each other.
> 	When we finally reached my apartment, I decided that what had 
> happened was no fluke; we were meant to be together, no matter the 
> consequences.  I offered her my hand, and asked, "Want to come up with 
> me?"  She smiled and took my hand, and as we stood in the elevator, we 
> held each other once again.
> 
> 	It was only a few hours later that we were watching a movie on 
> television together, her head resting on my lap as she slept.  I heard a 
> familiar jingle of keys in the hallway outside, and seconds later, my 
> wife stepped into the living room.
> 	"Hey, Rob.  How was the seminar?"  She asked, setting down her 
> suitcase.
> 	"Horrible.  How is your mother doing?"  I stood up gently, giving 
> her a peck on the cheek.
> 	"Better.  She only had a mild infection, so they sent her home 
> this morning.  I'm going to take a shower; I smell like an airplane.  
> When Karen wakes up, tell her I'm home, okay?"  She strode down the 
> hallway to the bathroom, finally locking the door behind her.  I turned 
> to the young girl on the couch, who was awake now.
> 	"I told you."  She said.  She gave me a quick, forceful kiss on 
> the lips.  "It was fun to pretend, wasn't it, Daddy?"
> 
    

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