Note: This story was dynamically reformatted for online reading convenience. Keywords >M/F, coerced, preteen,< Cast of characters. Bettina's Mother, Elizabeth Schmidt. Twelve year old Bettina Schmidt. Shop Keeper, Helmut Schuster. Baron Maximillion von Langsdorf. Bettina's friend, Katarina Hausman. The salesman, Mr. Poppel. The village Priest, Father Jacob. Jan, Elizabeth's cousin. The Baron's maid. Bettina and the Picture Book. The following chapters will eventually be uploaded. Chapter One. Elizabeth's Fall From Grace. Chapter Two. The Gentle Prostitute. Chapter Three. Maximillion von Langsdorf. Chapter Four. Elizabeth's First Time. Chapter Five. Elizabeth Goes Shopping Chapter Six. Bettina and the Picture Book. This is a tale of ordinary counrty folk living in Germany in 1919. The War to End All Wars, The Great War, has finished. Twelve year old Bettina lives with her mother in a small village called Polheim just North of Frankfurt. Her Father is missing, presumed killed, on the western front. Times are hard in post war Germany. For the widows, it is especially difficult...... Chapter One. Elizabeth's Fall from Grace. The early morning spring sunshine lights up a pretty country scene. Whitewashed cottages line a neat and tidy village street. Elizabeth Schmidt is in the local shop to buy provisions, but times are very difficult, and even though she trims her shopping list to the bare minimum, she finds that she doesn't have enough money. Prices seem to be rising by the day and her account at the shop is already too much for her to pay. The shop keeper, Helmut Schuster, eyes his hesitant and slightly flustered customer with a frown. 'Is there a problem, Elizabeth?' 'I seem to be a little short of cash, Herr Schuster....' 'A frequent predicament, it seems, my dear.' She blushes deeply. Her embarrassment is accute. 'Would you be, er, open to a suggestion to, er, resolve the problem?' He asks her. His voice is quiet, She looks at him with interest in her eyes. He continues. 'Living alone, as I do, I, er, find the lack of female company, er, somewhat, er, shall we say.....frustrating?' Elizabeth still says nothing. The grocer smiles weakly. 'A few groceries would be gladly given in return for a little, er, physical....comfort...' She doesn't understand at first, but then it dawns on her he wants to have sex with her. He wants her to pay for her groceries with sex! 'Herr Schuster! I.... that is....' She begins to complain at his forwardness, but even as she speaks, she has a feeling, deep down inside, that unless Bettina and she want to go hungry, there is nothing she can do but agree to his request. She goes quiet and stares at the floor for a minute. Desperately she tries to think if there is another way to raise some cash. 'I suppose it's a reasonable offer, Herr Schuster. From your point of view, at least. Is a basket of groceries really the price of a womans honour these days?' A tear wells up and trickles down her cheek. 'My dear Elizabeth....' he is embarrassed himself now and in an attempt to lift the situation, says, 'of course not! Especially one so lovely and delightful as your good self! I would consider your debt to me to be paid in full!' He bites his lip. He had not meant to be so generous! 'If I agree, when would we....' she leaves the unutterable question unsaid! 'Any time you wish. Tonight would be most acceptable....' he says hopefully. Elizabeth studies the floor again. She feels trapped, but the offer solves one of her greatest problems! Anyway, she reasons, he's only a man. No different to Herman, her poor dead husband. How she misses him. His gentle touch in the darkness, the comforting feel of his body next to hers in the night. Even the weight of him as he lay on her breathing heavily and kissing her neck as he....she snaps back to the reality of the present. She had made up her mind. 'I'll be here just after dark. But I can't stay too long, Bettina will be on her own....' 'Er....of course....shall we say....an hour?' Elizabeth stares at him wide eyed. 'An hour!' She stops herself. How long did she expect it to take? 'Oh...er...yes...of course....whatever's necessary....' Elizabeth leaves the shop wishing she'd filled her basket up a little more! On her way home, her mind races over the conversation she has just had with the grocer. 'Oh my God! He'll want me naked....and what if I become pregnant!' She tries not to think about it. 'Just get on with things as normal, after all, its not as though I'm a little girl!' she consoles herself. A little after seven that evening, Elizabeth presented herself at Herr Schusters door. He ushered her quickly into the shop, locking the door behind her. 'Please, come into the house.' He leads her through the storeroom behind the shop, and up the flight of wooden stairs to the small apartment he has over the shop. Elizabeth casts a disapproving eye over the distinctly untidy living room. Despite her nervousness, she can't help but reprove him for his untidy house. 'A person would not have to know you were unmarried, Herr Schuster. This room speaks for itself. A womans hand is very obviously absent!' 'Alas, my dear Elizabeth, you are so right. A situation you may care to consider, perhaps....?' She looked at him, his words startling her! 'In what way, Herr Schuster?' His face had turned a deep red! Was he proposing she should clean for him....or....? 'Er, no matter....' He struggled to regain control of the situation. After all, she was here at his request....for his money....she was the one serving him this time! 'Would you like a cup of tea? Or should we just....er....get on with it?' This time he sounded more asertive, a little more confident. 'Perhaps a cup of tea would be a good thing, Herr Schuster. I feel just a little shaky, to be honest. Nerves, you understand.' Helmut Schuster smiled and nodded. This was more like it! He liked a shy, nervous woman! Much nicer than those brazen whores in Frankfurt! 'Now why don't you slip out of that dress, whilst I put the kettle on! 'Shan't be a minute!' He vanished through a door at the back of the room. Elizabeth chewed her bottom lip. It was now or never! But she couldn't go back! She'd already agreed, and she'd taken the groceries that afternoon as well! She was committed! With trembling fingers she began to unbutton her dress. The small whalebone buttons seemed so tiny now! From somewhere closeby came the sound of a whistling kettle, just as she undid the last one. The sound of clinking china accompanied the sound of her dress as it rustled to the floor. She stepped out of it just as Herr Schuster reappeared. He put the tea tray on the table and came over to her. She noticed small beads of sweat on his brow as his hands reached out towards her. He hauled her chemise over her head, and stared at her naked breasts. His hands trembled slightly as he fumbled with the silk cord that secured her knee length knickers. She noted the bulge in his trousers as she stepped into the centre of the room. She was completely naked, available for his eyes to finish their inspection of her body. 'My God, Elizabeth!' he breathed. 'You're as lovely a woman as ever walked this village!' She stood there, still as a statue as he stripped away his clothing. Her eyes took in his slightly bulging belly. His rigid penis sprang up as he pushed down his trousers. It settled, pointing straight out towards her. She noted with relief that he was circumcised. She had worried that an uncircumcised Helmut may be an unpleasant experience. Her cirmcumcised husband had been meticulous with his personal hygiene, and had explained to her the difference between cut and uncut men. He had outlined the problems that an infrequently washed, uncircumcised penis could pose! The grocer stepped nearer to her, his hands settling on her waist. She could smell him. Not unpleasant. Something akin to cloves and....was that lavender? The butterflies in her belly seemed to settle. She felt herself relax as he gently pulled her to him, his smell seemed to act as a narcotic, permeating her senses and soothing her fears. His hairless chest brushed her nipples, then pressed against her breasts. She could feel his penis pressing between her thighs, as though it was anxious to get access to her! 'Herr Schuster....I....' 'Quiet my dear, just relax and go along with me....' He manouvered her across the room, '....here....on the sofa....' He laid her down on the big velvet sofa under the window. Moonlight dappled her body, the shadow of the lace curtains criss-crossing her bare torso. Helmut knelt on the floor beside her, his hands running over her flesh. He bent his head to suckle on her nipples. She winced as forgotten feelings coursed through her. She was surprised how easily his hand slid between her thighs, his probing fingers looking for her sex, hidden amongst her dark pubic hair. She was also surprised how easily those probing fingers slid into her, how wet she was. Feelings that had lain dormant in her for many months, began to stir. She did not resist as he pushed her knees apart, opening her legs wide. Panic suddenly hit her as she realised his tongue was now playing along her slit. She drew her thighs together, but his hands firmly prised them apart again. 'Now now, Elizabeth, remember, just go along with me....relax and let me get on with it!' She tensed as his tongue resumed it's ministrations. He pushed her left leg off the sofa, placing her foot on the ground, her right one he rested on the back of the sofa. She felt extremely vulnerable, spreadeagled as she was. Pulses of feeling began to run up and down her body. His tongue was playing havoc with her composure! 'Please, don't do that....' He lifted his head and smiled. 'I was just about to stop, actually!' He hauled himself to his feet and straddled her. His cock bobbed in front of her face. Apparently her husband was not the only man who expected her to ply her lips for his pleasure! She closed her eyes and parted her lips. She felt the smooth fleshiness of his cock as he slid it into her waiting mouth. Obediently she ran her tongue around the head of it, tasting the slight drop of salty fluid that had eased its way from the depths of his balls. For a minute she sucked as her husband had taught her. Her hand gently massaging, her lips and tongue teasing and sucking. She did not open her eyes until he pulled away from her. He lifted her legs, his hands under her knees. She watched him position himself, one knee on the sofa, one foot on the floor. His penis, stiff as a poker, pointing up, his balls flopping against her bottom. Without thinking she took hold of his cock and positioned it at the entrance to her vagina. He grinned at her, then pushed. Elizabeth cried out as the grocer slid in. She had forgotten how it felt when a man entered her. Herr Schusters cock reminded her in full as with one easy movement he filled her with it. He bent over her, his hips beginning a relentless motion that could only end one way. She pushed against him, gripping his arms as he began to fuck her. Slightly embarrassed, but unable to control herself, she began to move against him, little cries of passion escaping her lips when their bodies clashed a little too hard! In seconds she gave up any pretense of reluctance and hooked her heels over his shoulders to gain a good purchase, then she began to fuck back in earnest. It had been a long time since her husband had left for the front. Almost three years, and now the grocer was driving into her, releasing all that supressed sexuality and hidden frustration. Fucking into her with animal ferocity that was met with an equal vigour as Elizabeth strove to reach her orgasm. Suddenly she felt his semen, warm and filling as it invaded her. She pushed hard against him, her clitoris grinding against his pubic bone. She exploded in a flash of noisy passion that wracked her body with spasms of ecstacy! Three long years of faithful abstinance and frustration washed away on a flood of the shopkeeper's semen. She fell back panting. The grocer was fighting for breath and clinging onto the back of the sofa. The look on his face told her that her grocery bill was well paid! 'I think our tea is going cold....' Elizabeth said, smiling for the first time. Helmut grinned back at her and struggled to his feet. She studied him as he made his way to the table to pour their refreshment. His buttocks were pleasantly firm, even if his belly was a little too big. His hair was thinning, and he generally had the air of a middleaged man. He turned to bring the two cups over to the sofa. Her eyes took in his now flaccid penis. It hung before two rather large (she thought) testicles. It was only now that she realised his penis was somewhat bigger than her husband's had been. She sat up, and cascading semen reminded her just how big Helmuts balls must be! 'Please, a towel, or the sofa will be ruined!' She pleaded. He laughed. 'Women, bless them, always got one eye to the house!' He brought the requested article from the kitchen and watched as she tidied herself and mopped up his semen. 'Thank you Elizabeth. You'll never know how good that was for me.' His face had settled into a soft and almost caring expression. 'I think I do, if what what you left me with was any measure!' They laughed together, the atmosphere now easy and comfortable between them. Having shared the embarrasment of the 'first time' and being witness to each others orgasms, an intimacy had taken over their previously formal relationship. 'Must you go home, Elizabeth?' 'Yes, Bettina is on her own.' She felt guilty as she realised she did not want to stay, that now they had coupled and she had satisfied both his and her own need for physical satisfaction. That she only wanted her own bed. That no matter how good the experience had been, she did not feel for this man in a way that invited her to stay with him. 'So be it. But you've only been here thirty minutes....I had hoped that we could do it again?' She nodded, somewhat reluctantly. He had, after all, asked for an hour of her time, and she had not objected. As she lifted her tea cup to her lips she noticed his penis was stiffening. Growing back to its former glory! A twinge of expectancy rippled out from her vagina. The prospect of coupling with him again was not unpleasant, but her legs however were still complaining at the treatment he had given them. Single for so long, she was unaccustomed to having her thighs spread so far and having her knees pressed so close to her ears! She put down her cup. 'I'm sure you'll excuse me.... but this would be far less stressful to my muscles!' She knelt on the floor, her elbows on the cushions of the sofa. He chuckled loudly as he moved behind her, grasping her hips, bending his knees, lowering himself so that his cock slid downwards between her buttocks until the head of it slipped easily into the hot wet orifice that was her vagina. A sigh escaped his lips as he settled into her once more, gently flowing in and out of her, taking time to savour his good fortune. For twenty mintues they fucked. Him behind her, her on top of him. With no though to modesty, no hint of embarrassment they took from each other what they wanted. Fondling, sucking, touching, watching. Tasting each others body fluids, stimulating each other until his orgasm once again echoed through the room. Totally sated, the grocer peeled himself off Elizabeth. 'My dear Elizabeth, if you ever want one, I would gladly be your second husband. Gladly and without reservation! You were born to be a man's mate, no woman ever more qualified!' 'You flatter me and I shall consider the offer. But I fear it was an offer made in the aftermath of pleasure! Your sense overwhelmed by your manhood!' 'What a turn of tongue you've got! And no pun intended either!' He lay naked on the floor watching her get dressed. She surveyed him with a distinct twinkle in her eyes, and a teasing smile about her mouth. 'Are you done with my poor body, you insatiable man?! May I go, or do you wish to ravish me some more?' 'I wish I had the strength to ravish you indefinately! And the opportunity! Will you come to me once a week?' She looked at him. He meant it. She had to admit to herself it had been a very pleasant interlude, apparently much needed, even for her! 'You want me to come here for this every week?' 'You'll never be short of anything my shop has if you do!' Elizabeth thought it over for a second or two. This would mean that the trouble and strain of finding their next meal was over. She could get almost all the benefits of having a husband, but none of the trouble! Feed her little girl and herself, and all she had to do was be pleasured by him! Immoral it may be, but a very appealing idea! 'Today is Tuesday, Herr Schuster....' she smiled at him, 'please expect me next Monday evening, at seven.' She grinned at him, 'I shall expect to be here for at least an hour!' He hugged her and kissed her on the mouth. 'Oh! Elizabeth! What a long week it will be! Unless of course you wish to call earlier? Just let me know!' She had never seen him look so happy! Men were truly strange creatures, driven by their libido and nothing else! 'I am relying on your promise....you did say....' he cut her short. 'Anytime you need something, just send Bettina or come yourself, I shall be as good as my word, I promise you!' It was a with a light step that Elizabeth Schmidt made her way home. And on Monday evenings she clung to her grocer as tight as she could as he grunted and humped his way happily to her orgasm! continued....Bettina and the Picture Book Ch 1. Elizabeth's Fall From Grace