That Moment (8 page)

Kurt told her to open the bigger envelope first. She did so, removing some papers and reading them. She looked at Kurt and said, "Mine?? This land is mine? Ohhh Kurt! Thank you so much, darling!" She was crying happy tears as she leapt up and hugged him tightly.

"Hey now, baby! No crying allowed until after you look in the other envelope and the little box that are sitting on the table!" he said as he handed her a tissue.

"Now I know why you had the tissues in there, baby." she said with a laugh as she took the offered tissue and sat back down in the chair, drying her eyes and cheeks of the salty tears.

Jessica picked up the other envelope and opened it. It was a birthday card from Kurt. "Thank you Kurt. It's a lovely card., and I will treasure it always." she said.

"Open the box now baby." he said to her as he sat on the other chair beside her. She untied the little ribbon that was tied around the small box. Her hands were shaking a lot, so Kurt took the box from her and opened it as he got down on one knee. Jessica burst into tears again when she saw the ring nestled in a pillow of black velvet. "Jessica, my true love, I have waited too many years to find a woman who is as kind, loving, beautiful, sexy and spontaneous as you are. I believe that I have found my soulmate in you, honey. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, baby. What I'm trying to say is: Jessica Marie Collins, would you do me the honor of becoming my beautiful bride in holy matrimony?" he asked her.

Jessica sniffed and wiped her eyes again, "Kurt, are you asking me to marry you?"

"Yes baby, I am." he replied.

Without even thinking about it, Jessica threw her arms around him, kissed him and said, "Yes Kurt, Yes! A million times, yes! I will marry you!" Kurt grinned a huge smile and slipped the diamond and amethyst ring onto her finger, then kissed her deeply, a passionate kiss full of desire and love. Jessica kissed him back with so much passion and love that she thought for sure that her heart would burst from sheer joy and happiness. She started tugging at his shirt and pulled it off of him, then she unbuckled his belt as she kissed his chest.

"Whoa now, baby! Slow down!" Kurt told her, "We have all weekend, baby! No need to hurry!" She stopped and looked up at him.

"All weekend, Kurt? But how? There's no shelter for the horses if it rains." she said, her face showing her concern for her horses.

Kurt chuckled and said, "Now honey, don't worry. They will be fine. There's a shelter by the corral for them now, baby. Andy helped me build it when I told him what I was planning to do up here." She ran to the door, which was still opened, ran down the steps and looked toward the corral. Sure enough, over behind the trees was a shelter with a corral rail chute leading from it to the main corral so the horses could go under it whenever they wanted.

Jessica and Kurt walked over to see the shelter. Jessica went into the corral and petted her horses when they nuzzled her tenderly. Jessica looked at the shelter, which was closed in on 3 sides and had a hayrack and water bucket on each end wall. She turned to Kurt and said, "It's wonderful Kurt, but where are the grooming supplies, pitchfork, shovel and wheelbarrow, and the grain bin?"

He took her hand and led her to the back side of the shelter, opened a small door for her to look inside. "They are all in here, baby." he said as he opened the door. She looked in and saw the grooming bucket sitting by the door, the shovel and pitchfork leaning against the wall beside the wheelbarrow, a barrel of grain in the corner beside a few bales of hay and straw, and the grain feeders on top of the barrel.

Jessica turned to Kurt, wrapped her arms around him and kissed him deeply. "Thank you Kurt, for all of this. It's wonderful!" she said happily.

He kissed her back and said huskily, "Baby, you are so welcome. I'm so happy that you like your surprise. And you know what, baby? I was thinking that maybe we could stay out here every weekend until the weather gets too cold, during the spring, summer and fall as long as the weather is decent. What do you think, honey?"

She thought for a moment, then said, "Yeah, that would be great, Kurt. We could rearrange our work schedules so we get weekends off. I could set Angel up at home in the barn with her food and water, or maybe bring her here with us, if that's ok with you dear. What do you think?"

Kurt said, "Well baby, you already have weekends off at the day care center, and I don't see any problem with changing my schedule to have weekends off from the lumber mill. And as for Angel, it's fine for her to come out here with us if you really want her to. You do have a pet carrier for her, don't you baby?" Jessica nodded and they walked back to the cabin by the pond. Kurt said, "We'll have to use a campfire for cooking for now, baby. So I'll go hunt up some firewood for tonight, then tomorrow I'll ask Andy to help me cut down some of those dead trees that are across the pond over there." Then Kurt took the ax from the box where the saddles were and went to gather some wood for the fire.

Jessica went inside after getting the picnic basket. She lit the lamp above the table and the candles on the dresser, since there were no windows yet. Jessica knew Kurt would cut windows into two of the walls soon. She placed the basket on the table, then put the picnic blanket on the shelf. She opened the basket and saw enough food in there to last them a couple of days, all that was missing was fresh meat. There was some dry beef jerky, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, some margarine and cheese, a few potatoes, some carrots, 4 bottles each of soda and beer, a bag each of potato chips and marshmallows, some chocolate bars and a box of graham crackers. Jessica decided to ask Kurt about the meat when he got back with the wood.

She closed up the basket and went over to the bed. She sat down and took off her boots, then laid down. She began thinking about Kurt and all that had happened today, then drifted into sleep with a smile on her face. It could have been minutes or hours, but when she woke up, Kurt was sitting on the bed watching her. She smiled at him as he bent down and placed a tender kiss upon her rosy lips. When he sat up again, Jessica looked at the table. There were two plates of food waiting there to be eaten. She looked at Kurt questioningly. He said, "When I came back with the wood, I came in to get some matches. I saw you sleeping here and decided to let you sleep while I started the fire outside and made dinner. I grabbed the fishing pole from the corner behind the door and went to the pond and caught a couple of fish, and cooked them up along with a couple of potatoes that I cut into cubes and fried with the fish. I put the dinner on the table then came over here to wake you, but you woke up on your own, baby."

"Oh Kurt! You are the sweetest man I've ever met! I love you so much, honey!" she said as she sat up and hugged him tightly. Kurt lifted her from the bed and carried her to the table, gently lowering her onto the chair she had sat on earlier.

"Your dinner, my lady." he said with an elegant bow like an English butler before seating himself in the other chair.

She laughed as he offered her a bottle of beer, but she said, "I'd rather have soda, baby. You can have the beer." He nodded and gave her a bottle of soda and he took the beer. She looked down at the plates. There was on each plate, a golden fried fish, a small pile of diced and fried potatoes, and some cooked carrots.

Jessica looked at Kurt and asked, "Can I help you clean up when we're done eating, Kurt?"

He shook his head and said, "No baby. I have it all under control. I already have a large pot of water heating up on the fire for washing the dishes. After we eat, you can go rest some more, or go for a swim if you want to. There are towels in the big trunk, honey."

She thought for a moment while she ate, then said, "I think we need more chairs and some windows here, babe. It's too dark in here and I'd hate to waste the candles and lamp oil."

He said, "I will cut some windows tomorrow, baby. I'll put one here by the table and the other window over by the bed if that's where you want it, ok?"

"Yeah, that would be fine, Kurt. I have some curtains at home that would be perfect for our little love nest here, and I think that there might be a couple of old window panes in the barn loft. We can check when we go home, then you can put them in here next weekend."

Kurt cocked his eyebrow and asked, "Next weekend, baby? Why not tomorrow?"

Jessica smiled wryly, winked and said, "Because I have better things in mind to do than cutting window holes, baby."

"You do, huh? Hmmmmmm......I wonder what those ideas might be." he replied.

"You'll find out as soon as you get the dishes done, baby." Jessica said with a little laugh and a wink. They laughed and finished eating. Kurt went outside and got the pot of water from the fire. He poured the hot water into the metal washtub, then added the dishes, some cold water and dish detergent. He washed and rinsed the dishes and pans, then dried and stacked them to take inside. When he went inside, he put the dishes and pans on the table. When he turned around, he got a very pleasant surprise.

Jessica was laying on the bed, completely naked except for the ring on her finger and a small necklace around her neck. Her hair was loosened from its braid and cascaded over her shoulders, covering her lush breasts. Her perky little nipples were temptingly peeking out from between strands of her chocolatey hair, like tan buttons on brown silk. His gaze slid down over her breasts, across her slightly curved belly and down to the delectable dark curls that hid her sweet tangy secret spot that he loved so much.

Kurt felt the blood rush to his loins as his desire grew more evident under Jessica's seductive gaze. She smiled as her eyes drifted over his lean muscular body, appreciating every line and bulge on his body. Her eyes lit up as her gaze rested on the bulge in the front of his jeans. She patted the bed beside her and he quickly shed his clothes and laid beside her. He kissed her deeply as his hands pushed her hair back over her shoulders, exposing her ripe, ample breasts and golden tanned nipples. He sat up slightly and gazed lovingly at her as the candlelight turned her tanned skin to silky bronze and brought out the red highlights in her hair.

Kurt said, "Baby, you are so beautiful. I love you, Jessica, my gorgeous golden angel." She smiled and reached her arm up, placing her hand on the back of his head and pulling his face close to hers.

She rubbed her nose against his and whispered huskily, "And you Kurt, my handsome prince, are the sexiest man I've ever had the pleasure of being with. No one will ever take your place, my love." Then she placed a kiss full of love and desire on his full sensuous lips, her tongue caressing his lips, then slipping between them to stroke against his teeth and his tongue in an imitation of what was going to happen with other parts of their bodies.

Kurt groaned and broke the kiss to move his mouth down her neck to her shoulders, kissing every little inch of her exposed skin. His hand slid up her side, caressing her tanned skin gently as he moved up to cup her breast, his thumb moving teasingly over her nipple. She moaned, arching her back and pressing her breast harder against his hand. His lips moved down her chest to her other breast and capturing the perky nipple in his mouth between his teeth, nipping gently. Jessica ran her fingers through his hair and pressed him closer to her breast. He sucked hungrily upon the sweet flesh of her nipple, giving equal attention to both of her luscious breasts.

Jessica moaned, then brought her leg up, rubbing her foot against the back of his calf. He slid his hand down over her stomach, feeling her muscles twitch at the contact. His hand paused at her navel and he dipped his finger inside and wiggled it, causing Jessica to gasp at the sensation. Then his hand moved down to lightly brush over the silken curls of her love nest. Kurt teased her, slipping his finger in between the swollen lips of her mound and pulling it back out when she lifted her hips trying to get deeper contact with his hand. He did this several times, and each time, he could feel more moisture gathering on the hairs between her legs. Kurt got up on the bed and lay between her legs. He looked up at Jessica, her eyes glazed with desire. The tip of her dainty pink tongue darted out and licked her lips and she smiled at him.

He looked back at her damp curls and gently spread the flesh with his fingers. He could see her swollen pleasure button peeking at him and couldn't resist giving it a kiss. He caressed it with his tongue, sending jolts of delight through Jessica's body. He licked her in long sweeping strokes, tasting the sweet muskiness of her mound. He slipped two fingers into her hot wetness, and began stroking her steadily in and out, in and out. Her hips tried moving in rhythm with his hand, but Kurt held her down, driving her higher and higher on that wave of sexual desire. He slipped a third finger into her and started stroking faster and deeper. Moments later, amid grunts and moans from Jessica, the muscles of her love canal tightened around his fingers as the orgasm crashed down on her and the juices flowed from her to cover his fingers and hand with sticky sweetness.

She moaned loudly, then went quiet. Kurt looked up at Jessica. Her eyes were closed, her breathing heavy. Kurt moved to sit by her on the bed, placed his hand on her arm and shook her gently. "Jessica, honey, are you alright?" he asked. No answer. "Jessica!! Honey, wake up!" he said louder this time, his voice full of concern for her. He was starting to worry. He patted her cheek and said her name several times, still without any response. He had heard of women passing out from hard orgasms, but didn't realize that Jessica would ever do that. He quickly stood and pulled on his pants and boots, grabbed the water bucket from the floor by the door and ran out to the pond. He scooped up some water and ran back to the cabin, grabbing a washcloth from the trunk by the wall.