He traced the black lines of her tattoo with the tip of one finger. This was the only touch he was giving her and she had goose bumps up her back and arms.
“Are you cold baby?” Brian said with a smile in his voice.
“No. My skin is overly sensitive I guess. I want you to touch more of me.” Stephanie was so close to begging.
“What would you like for me to touch you with?” Brian was still tracing the lines of her ink.
“Your tongue, your fingers. Everything.” Stephanie was breathing faster.
Brian placed his hands on her hips and pulled her closer to the bed. He bent his head down and began the same tracing pattern but this time it was with his tongue. He began kissing his way around the small of her back. Brian turned her around so that he was in line with her tanned stomach. He began his kisses at her belly button. He reached his hands up to cup her full breasts. Taking both tight nipples in his fingers, he began rubbing her peaks until she was withering with need.
“I need you now!” Stephanie cried out.
Brian stood and began to undress. He peeled his shirt off and revealed his muscular chest and arms. His biceps flexed as he reached down and unfastened his jeans and pulled the denim and boxers down. Sliding his shoes off, he then stepped out of the jeans and was gloriously naked in front of her. Stephanie reached out and put her hands on his muscular chest.
“Sit down on the bed baby.” Brian pulled a condom from his wallet and set it on the edge of the bed.
Stephanie did as he said. She sat on the bed and leaned back on her hands.
Brian knelt down in front of her. He took her right foot in his hand and began kissing the top and moved around to her ankle. “Can you believe this is how we met not so long ago?” He was thinking of when he helped her get her heel out of the grates in front of the fire station.
Stephanie smiled. “Not a very graceful moment for me was it?”
“Well, I for one am so glad you got your shoe stuck in that grate.” Brian was now moving his hot lips and tongue up her calves, alternating between the right and left legs.
“That was the best misstep I’ve ever made” Stephanie laughed. She suddenly stopped as her desire deepened in her core. Brian made his way up past her knees and was now kissing the inside of her right thigh. He moved to her left thigh and inched his mouth further up to her wet opening.
He stopped and looked up at her. “I want you to show me what you were doing to yourself when we had phone sex the other night.”
Stephanie felt herself blush. “Is that what you want?”
“Yeah baby. It would be so hot to watch you touch yourself.” Brian gave her his sexy smile.
Stephanie moved further back on the bed and placed her head on the soft pillows. She began by slowly moving her hand to her breast. She found her rigid peak and rubbed it between her two fingers. The other hand traveled down to her stomach. She looked up to see Brian and noticed that he had moved as well. He was kneeling back on the bed with a direct view of her throbbing pussy.
“You are so hot baby. Keep going.” Brian was about to come undone watching her.
Stephanie’s hand traveled under the waistband of her thong. She slipped it down and Brian helped her take it completely off. Her fingers found her wet apex. She began stroking herself around her clitoris while still playing with her nipples.
“Put your fingers inside baby.” Brian slipped the condom on.
Stephanie eased her first finger inside her wet lips. She began moving in and out and arched her back as the pleasure increased.
“Don’t stop Stephanie.” Brian bent down and put his mouth on her wet opening. He placed his tongue on her sensitive clitoris and began to put pressure and move back and forth at the same time.
That was Stephanie’s undoing. She raised her hips up slightly as her release took her for wave after wave of convulsing pulses.
Brian eased her back down and kissed his way up her stomach and breasts. When he reached her mouth, Stephanie sucked on his still moist lips and moaned.
“You like the way you taste on me don’t you?” Brian put his throbbing shaft at her opening.
“Yes. It’s very sexy.” Stephanie flexed her hips up to meet him.
Brian pushed his hardened manhood into her still pulsing pussy. He filled her to her core. She wrapped her legs around his waist and Brian moved them off the bed. He carried her to the dresser and set her down on the cool wooden surface. She still had her legs around him as he began pumping. Stephanie met him thrust for thrust.
Brian greedily crushed his mouth to hers and kissed her hard as he fucked her hard. On his last thrust, they both climaxed and Stephanie cried out.
Brian rested his head on her shoulder as his breathing slowed down. Stephanie leaned back slightly on her hands and tilted her head back. “Wow.”
“Yeah, you can say that again.” Brian eased out of her and threw his condom in the trash.
“Wow” Stephanie said again. They both laughed. Stephanie hopped down from the dresser.
“Get to bed woman.” Brian swatted her rounded bottom and she squealed in amusement.
They both got into bed and Stephanie felt so happy. Brian wrapped his large arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. He kissed her head and gave her a slight squeeze.
“Good night baby” he said.
“Good night.” Stephanie smiled. I love you was on the tip of her tongue before she drifted off to sleep.
Chapter Ten
It was Monday and Stephanie and Brian made their way down the long drive that threaded its way through hundreds of grape vines. The vines were on either side of the drive and they seemed to go on and on.
This was their first time being out of Stephanie’s house since Saturday night. The day before, they spent a lazy Sunday inside all day. Eating, laughing, talking, and of course mind-blowing sex filled their day.
Brian turned into a parking space in front of the building that housed the tasting room, wine making cellar, and onsite restaurant. The building had gray slate stone siding and white trim around the windows and doors. The front portico extended the length of the building and was constructed of a pale maple wood.
The Windy Hill Vineyards and Bistro was the first vineyard to open in this county and the only one in the state to have an onsite restaurant. Stephanie had heard many good reviews of the bistro but had never eaten here.
“This place is impressive” Brian said as he reached for the massive white door with a frosted glass oval in the center.
“Yes it is. I love their grounds.” Stephanie walked into a large tasting room. It was a complete contrast to the exterior. The hard wood floors were a medium oak and the walls were paneled with dark cherry paneling. Beautiful frosted glass miniature pendants hung from the ceiling.
Along one complete wall was the bar and serving area. The back wall was mirrored and lined with wine bottle filled shelves. Several bottles had ribbons and medallions hanging from them. The woman behind the counter greeted them warmly.
“Hello and welcome to the Windy Hill” she said with a smile. “Are you interested in our wine tasting today?”
“Yes we are” said Brian.
“Great. Here is our selection of wines. Pick six you would like to try and mark them here” she said while handing them a double folded paper with a wine list and check boxes beside each wine.
Stephanie and Brian made their choices. Stephanie chose the sweeter wines and Brian chose mostly semi dry wines. They both handed their wine selections back to the woman. She brought out two wine glasses that had Windy Hill Vineyards engraved on the side. Looking at their selections, the lady poured each of their glasses with their first choice of wine.
They tasted their wine as she gave them a little information about what they were drinking. Brian and Stephanie repeated this process with their remaining five samples. When they decided on their favorites, she poured them a glass and they made their way to the back deck.
The deck overl
ooked another expansive vineyard. There were grapevines as far as they could see. They sat down in the patio chairs and sipped the wonderful wine.
“I didn’t think I would like wine but this is really good.” Brian gave her a half smile.
“I like mine too.” Stephanie took a sip of hers and put her glass on the small table.
They sat on the peaceful deck and enjoyed each other and the wine. When they were finished, they made their way to the onsite restaurant, where the waiter could pair the right wine with the right foods.
Brian and Stephanie ate and had an easy conversation. They talked about places they have traveled to, favorite books, movies, and foods.
When Brian was just about finished with his food, his cell phone rang. Taking it out, he looked at the caller id number and recognized it immediately. He suddenly had a knot in his stomach.
“Is everything ok?” Stephanie asked after seeing the worry etched on his face.
“I need to take this call. I’ll be right back.” Brian got up from the table as he was answering the phone. He knew what it was about. Brian told Aaron to not call him this week unless there was an emergency with the fire department.
“Talk to me” he said into his cell phone.
“Hey man. We’ve got a serious situation going on.” Aaron had to talk over the background noise of the sirens.
“What’s up?” Brian had a sense of dread envelop him.
“I wanted to tell you before the captain called. There’s a big warehouse fire down at the ship yards. He’s going to be calling you in a few. Sorry to ruin your week man but we need all the man power we can get.” Aaron was gathering his equipment as he spoke to Brian.
“It must be bad. That’s not even our district. I’ll be there in three hours tops. Keep safe.” Brian hung up the phone and then it rang again. His captain was calling this time. Brian answered it and heard the same information repeated.
Making his way back to their table, Brian was preparing himself to tell Stephanie that their week would be cut extremely short.
“Hi. Everything ok?” Stephanie could see that there was something wrong by the look on his face.
“No. It’s not ok. I’m so sorry but I have to go. That was Aaron and then my captain. There is a big fire out of our district and they need all the help they can get. I’ve got to go back to Savannah.” Brian watched the play of emotions on Stephanie’s face as he told her the sudden change of plans.
Stephanie felt so disappointed but knew there was nothing she could do but support him. “Ok. What do we need to do? Leave right now? “
“Yes. Do you want to take your remaining food with you?” Brian offered her his hand as she stood up.
“Sure.” She gave him a small smile.
Brian signaled for the waiter and he made his way to their table. Giving Brian the check and taking her plate, he scurried off.
They were both quiet on the short ride back to Stephanie’s house. When Brian pulled up in her drive, he turned to her. “Baby, I’ll make this up to you,” cupping her chin.
Stephanie felt tears prick her eyes but she blinked them away. “I know. I just want you to be safe.”
“I’m always safe. Let’s go.” Brian gave her his sexy half smile.
Getting out of the car at the same time, they both made their way quickly up to her door. Brian reached up and unlocked it for them. Brain went to the bedroom to pack his things. Stephanie sat down at the kitchen island and tried to absorb what was happening.
She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and repeated I can do this. I can do this to herself. Slowly opening her eyes, she still had a sense of dread in her stomach. Deciding to not sit and dwell on it, Stephanie got up and placed her left over food in the frig. She then grabbed the dish towel and began wiping down the countertops.
Brian came into the living room and sat his bag down on the sofa. He made his way into the kitchen and came up behind Stephanie. He pulled her hair back from her neck and leaned down to kiss the sensitive area behind her neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist and brought their bodies together.
“I’ll call as soon as I get to Savannah but I don’t know when I’ll be able to call after that. It depends on how fast we can get the fire out.” Brian placed a kiss just behind her left ear.
Stephanie turned in his arms to face him. She gave him a big hug and squeezed her eyes tight to keep from crying. “I know you will. Please be safe.”
“Don’t worry baby.” Leaning down to give her a searing kiss, his tongue explored her mouth with need and desire.
Pulling back, he gave her a sexy wink and turned to get his bag. Stephanie walked with him to the door and stopped in the doorway. Brian made his way to his car. Before getting in, he looked back at her once more. “I will call baby, I promise. Once this is over, we will pick back up where we left off.” Brian got into his Charger and drove south toward Savannah.
Chapter Ten
Brian arrived in Savannah and drove straight to the fire scene. Aaron said he would bring all of his equipment and it would be on the hook and ladder truck. He gave Stephanie a quick call while he parked his car out of the way and jogged to the hook and ladder truck to retrieve his things. He hurriedly put on his turnout gear and grabbed his oxygen tank and mask.
Running over to his captain to see what the status was on the fire and see what position he wanted him to take.
“About damn time you got here” his captain said in greeting.
“I came as soon as you called. What’s the situation?” Brian was anxious to help out his fellow firefighters.
“The building is consumed. No one was in the building when it started. We are trying to keep it from spreading to the building behind it. You can go to that side door and help out those guys from station 9.” His captain turned to talk into the radio to tell them they had one more man coming.
“Later Captain.” Brian began running to the side exit as he was putting on his oxygen tank and mask.
Three men from Station 9 were holding the water hose. There was a powerful stream of water going directly at the building that was on fire. Brian jogged to the first man on the hose and tapped him on the shoulder to let him know he was there. The first man put his fisted hand up and made a circling motion above his head to let Brian know to take over for him. Brian suspected that he was exhausted and willingly stepped up front and took the hose.
While Brian held onto the hose and controlled the direction of the water flow, he briefly thought about Aaron. He wished like hell he could ask someone where he was but Brian knew that was impossible at the moment.
After about ten minutes of them on the hose, working together and trying to put out the fire, a call came over the radio. It was an urgent call from his captain telling them to evacuate immediately. “Get out! Get away now! Get back to the fucking trucks!” His captain sounded frantic and that caused the tiny hairs on Brian’s neck to stand straight up.
After the water was turned off, Brian and the others ran away from the blazing building. Running in turnout gear is hard to do but Brian pumped his legs as hard as he could until they burned. Because he was running so hard, his helmet fell off his head. To lose more weight, Brian decided to get rid of the oxygen tank on his back and mask on his face. Now he could run a little faster. He could see his station’s fire trucks and he knew he was half way there. That’s when he heard it. There was a large explosion that vibrated in his chest. Brian knew by the sound that it was bad. All of the sudden, he had an excruciating pain in the back of his head. Then all was black.
Chapter Eleven
Stephanie was lying in bed reading a book and thinking about Brian. She put the book down in frustration because she couldn’t concentrate on the story line. She was worried about Brian. This was a reality check. It was one thing to see him in those sexy firefighter pants that hung low at the waist but a completely different thing to live this life close to a fire fighter and knowing the dangers they face.
When her phone r
ang, she jumped. Stephanie answered it on the second ring without looking at the caller id. “Hi, how are you?” She said a little breathless. She assumed it was Brian.
“Hello. Umm, we haven’t officially met, but my name is Aaron and I work with Brian at the fire station.” Aaron’s voice was strained.
Stephanie felt the pit of her stomach roll with nausea. “I really don’t want to ask you why you are calling me. Is Brian…?” Her voice broke in a sob. She couldn’t finish the sentence.
“There was an exposition and Brian is in the hospital. The doctors are staying he is stable right now but I thought you should know.” Aaron pinched the bridge of his nose and tried to control his emotions.
“What hospital? Can I come down?” Stephanie had jumped out of bed and began gathering some clothes.
“He’s at Cape Valley Hospital. Do you need the address?”
“No. I’ve put it into my IPhone and I’ll follow the GPS. Where do I need to go when I get there?”
“He is on the 4th floor. Room 406. You’ll recognize his room by all the firefighters in the hall.” There was a sense of pride in Aaron’s voice.
“Ok. I’ll be there as soon as I can. Thanks for calling me.” Stephanie hung up the phone without waiting for a response and began putting some clothes in an overnight bag. She quickly changed clothes and brushed her teeth. Within ten minutes, she was out the door and on her way to Savannah.
Chapter Twelve
Stephanie arrived at the hospital in Savannah and parked haphazardly in the 2nd row of the parking deck. Getting out of her car, she ran to the front entrance. To her right, there was a receptionist desk with an older woman sitting behind it reading a book. When Stephanie walked up to the desk, she placed the book face down and gave her a small smile.
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