Introduction
Once upon a time, I spent evenings chatting with a few friends. One night, there was some joking about dreams and I don't recall exactly what I said but it ended that I would tell my 'dream' the next night. So I wrote the story (with some inside references that most people might not understand) to be sent through in pieces in chat (so a bit choppy). Since it started as my supposed dream it had to be written in the first person. Well a sequel, was requested and the story continued for a total of 5 parts. It just went from week to week with out any plan so has a rather far-fetched ending and probably many inconsistencies. It is a romantic fantasy and some may find parts ..... hmmmm .... embarrassing so consider yourselves warned! Well I guess that's all the warnings I need give. Here is my short story....
Part 1
My dream begins in a forest.......like the one around the Cabin.......
I'm just out walking amongst the trees.......when I hear the sounds of.....
someone chopping wood......I follow the sounds.......and find a small meadow and in the center a cute little cottage.........
behind the cottage is the source of the sounds.........there splitting wood is.........
a 6'4" beautiful specimen of manhood.......he's wearing no shirt and skin tight jeans..........
he is facing away from me and I watch his wonderful back as he splits the wood............
the sweat shines on his fabulous body...........he's done with his chore now and he.......
walks over to a rainbarrel filled with water nearer to the woods I stand in....... he takes a large scoop of water from the barrel and pours it.........
over his head to cool him as he has become warm from his exertions....
the water trickles down his muscular chest through the fine soft-looking hairs .....and down his flat stomach......
trickling down to the top of his jeans right by the button..........
he shakes his longish blonde hair and the water sprays everywhere .......I did not realize how close my vantage point was till......
startled by the cold water I let out a yelp and gave myself away.....
he looked at me with jewel-like eyes and I was frozen on the spot just as I had been about to run off........
I stood there totally mesmerized by this man........ unlike any man I had ever seen before............
he exuded a raw sensuality and sexuality that was rare and beautiful to behold......he walked toward me....
I could see his lips moving but heard not the words as I was spellbound........
I think he asked my name but I could not speak.......he may have said his ....... I do not know there he was ........ standing just inches from me and I could not get my brain to function.......
suddenly there was a wind, a strong, chill wind, and the sky darkened.......a streak of lightning, a clap of thunder and then the rain poured down...........
I was quickly drenched but still could not move, so strong was the spell...... I looked down and saw that the rain had made my white cotton top nearly transparent and the sudden chill had made my..........
he took my hand and led me to the cottage......inside it was just one big but cozy room .........
there was a small kitchen area at one end with a table and 2 chairs ..at the other end was a bed and there was a couch positioned by the fireplace in the center of the opposite wall..............
Seeing my..............goose bumps........he made a fire in the fireplace.......
his lips are moving again.... I still can not make out the words but he starts to.........
remove............. my wet clothes.......... and leads me to the bed.... where he.......
pulls the blankets back so I can get in .......and then.......he covers me with the warm blankets.......
Now he is removing his wet jeans that have been clinging so tightly to his muscular thighs and magnificent buns........
he stands there a moment in the glow from the firelight in his glorious naked maleness.......a truly awesome sight........
now he is climbing into the bed........I think he is saying that I must be in shock from the cold as I have not spoken..........
and that sharing body heat is the best way to warm up..........
he moves his fine warm body up next to mine.........no fabric to steal away the heat...........
Oh how wonderful the warmth I feel spreading through my body .........
He places his big warm hand on my chilled........
.......... And then I woke up!
Part 2
Once again I'm exploring the woods around the Cabin......... I come across a beautiful site....... a gentle waterfall........
then I notice.... near the stream at the bottom........ it can not be..... yet somehow it is.......
the man from my dream! ........That fabulous, tall, golden haired man who has haunted me in the days since then....... He's dressed once again in his marvelously tight jeans, no shirt........... perhaps he is an illusion...... caused by my wishing he were real.........
I will speak and surely he will vanish......... but I must.......
"Hello" I call out and he looks up........ those wondrous jewel-like eyes look back at me.........
"Ah, the mystery woman"....... his voice is as wonderfully rich as I had thought it would be........
"Excuse me, you know me?" I ask as I know I had only met him in my dream..........
"Last time you could not speak and this time you seem to have amnesia" he chuckles.......
"But I only met you in a dream" I blurt out before I can stop myself.....
"Then I too had the dream" he says........ "If you think it a dream I don't suppose you'll tell me why you left"........
"I left?" I mutter feeling very strange......
"I was warming you in my bed when you fell asleep...... I then fell asleep and when I awoke you were gone....... almost without a trace of your having been there..... as if YOU had been a dream."........
"Almost without a trace?" ........I am able to speak this time and am uttering echoes! I must seem so dim-witted.........
"Yes, almost. There had been a loose button on your blouse....... It fell off when I undressed you." .........He looks at me now as if seeing through the light dress that I wear.......
"Oh." Will my brain never function around this man?.......
"Now that we have established that we are both flesh and blood, would you care to join me in a swim?"........
"A swim?" My brain has taken a vacation! .........
"Yes. In the stream. Have you ever stood under a waterfall?"
"But I have no swimsuit with me."........
Ah, that chuckle again. "Neither do I but we don't need them.".......
"Oh!" ........."But.." I may be able to speak this time but obviously only in a limited way.
"But," he says, "We've already seen each other."......
"Here I'll get that zipper for you," he offers......... And I realize that he was in the act of undressing before I came upon him....... Perhaps that is why my tongue is still tied......... the sight of his broad shoulders and strong, muscular chest with the so soft hairs that had rubbed against my..............
Before I know it he is standing........... glorious once again in his nakedness but....... in bright sunlight as opposed to the firelight and I am even more in awe of his splendor.......
Without realizing what I am doing I too have disrobed........
He takes my hand and leads me to the stream..........
I walk into the shallow depths with him........
The cold water breaks the spell........ I look down at my naked body and turn to rush away, my head hanging with shame.........
But he is still holding my hand and stops my retreat...........
With his free hand he lifts my chin to look into those mesmerizing eyes of his.........
"What is wrong?" he asks with concern in his voice.....
"You are so beautiful; so perfect and I'm so.... so...." I'm blurting again but even so can not put into words my disgust with my body.
"You are beautiful" he says.........
The absurdity of that statement loosens my tongue. "How can you say that?...... There is nothing about this body that is even okay....... My face is ordinary...... and my hair just plain brown!"..... What is it about this man that either makes me near to speechless or careless in my speech?.....
"Ah, you see things much differently than I."...... He takes the hand from under my chin and gently lifts a strand of hair....... "'Just plain brown'? No it is a deep dark chocolate brown"..... He drops the strand of hair and gently caresses my cheek...... "An ordinary face? Well in that you have two eyes, a nose and a mouth perhaps..... But when you let yourself be free you have an impish twinkle in your eye and a wondrous smile."......
"But I have never smiled when I've been near you!" I exclaim......
"Over the last few weeks I have seen you many times....... Sometimes on your solitary walks in the woods...... and sometimes surrounded by people."........
"But I never saw you!" I protest........
"I know..... And as to your body...... you are right that no part of it is 'okay'........ as each part has it's own special qualities.... and the whole is beautiful."........
"I hope that you will let me show you........ how very special I consider each and every part of your body."..........
"I hope you will let me express all the ways....... in which I would pleasure you."......
"But for now please let me just hold you close for a moment." .....
He drew me into his arms.... and wrapped me in his warm embrace.... he laid a gentle kiss upon my forehead..... It felt so safe and so right.... somehow senuous more than sexual.....
"There" he said momentarily. "Shall we have that swim and shower in the waterfall now?"......
As the cooler air replaced his warm body I followed him into the stream...... and I was struck by a thought.... For all I knew of this man, I did not know his name.......
"What is your name?" I ask........ And throws back his blonde topped head and laughs..... a full rich laugh, this time not just a chuckle.......
And I awake to the music of birds chirping outside my window.
Part 3
What a beautiful summer day! The sun is shining and I will stop thinking about........... and moping about......... the golden dream man..........
A picnic out out under my favorite big old weeping willow with a good book should do it.........
Here I am .... in one of my favorite places........and there's the perfect spot to set out the blanket..........
"Hello" .......What?.....Who?...... That voice! ..........NO! Not again!...........If I ignore him he'll disappear like the figment of my imagination that he is..............
"Back to the silent treatment I see." .............He is not real! He is not real!...............
"I liked it better when you spoke to me."...........How long does it take for a figment to go away, I wonder......
"From the look on your face, I think you really do want to speak to me.".....................
I will not have a conversation with someone who does not exist!...................
"Well since you are not speaking to me, I'll have to assume you won't mind my joining you for your picnic."....... Oh no......He's coming over closer...........
"Don't look so frightened. I'll not harm you." ............."I'm not afraidof you!" I blurt from wounded pride...... destroying my intentions not to speak................
"Ah! At last my mysery woman speaks! Why would you not speak before?"............... "Because you're not real and.........
I'd really just be talking to myself anyways." I explain like the idiot that I am..........
"Hmmm. Do you really believe that?" he asks................ "Every time I think I've seen you, I've awoken and realized it was just a dream." I say.............
"Well, you vanish on me but I still believe you are real." ........"What are you talking about?" I exclaim. ..... "Well the first time you vanished from my bed and the next while I was laughing."...........
"Right! I just vanished into thin air! Sure, why not? That's just an ordinary, everdayday kind of thing!"....... "No that's not what I'm saying" He's chuckling again............."There is definitely something magical about our meetings............. I can accept that and be thankful for the experience."...........
"I am thankful too!" I'm blurting again!..............."But also afraid.".........
"Afraid? Why?" he asks............"Because I'm so terribly confused about what is real....... because I find myself thinking about you too much.......... especially since I don't know if we'll ever even really meet.......... if you really even exist somewhere........."
"But you aren't afraid of me?"..............
"I think I should be. You make me feel things I shouldn't because it isn't real..... will never be real for me......."
"What do you feel? And why can it not be real for you?"....................
"When you have held me..." .............. I can't tell him this! Even if he is just imaginary!......... I can feel the heat rushing to my face.......... as I remember being held.......... with our naked bodies touching............
"What did you feel as I held you?"......... He whispers so softly into my ear. ...........
and I realize he is holding me in his arms again......... I wonder when he got so close........... I really must make my brain work better around this man............. What was the question he asked?................... what did I feel? ............
"I felt ...........I felt.......... so many things......... safe......... precious.......... cared for........... and at the same time......." .............
"And at the same time........" he prompts............. Oh, this is so hard to put into words............
"And at the same time........ excited........ no that's not really the word........ I can't think of a word to describe it.......... It felt like nothing I've felt before........ something warm and wonderful rushing through my body...... but somehow like there's even more to feel ............ sorry......I'm just rambling nonsense."
"No it's not nonsense at all. But why can it not be real for you?" he asks so gently........
"Because........ because I'm not ........."......I can't say it again!............
"Ah, you still believe you aren't attractive...........I thought we'd settled that last time."..........
"Just because a man in a dream says differently.........doesn't make it so!"..............
"But I've returned and I still say you are beautiful."..........And with that his lips covered mine and created even more precious, beautiful feelings that ............made my whole body come alive as I'd never experienced before .............. as his tongue........ gently opened my lips........ to enter and explore my mouth and create..........the most wondrous of feelings......... I gave myself up to letting the warmth...... the excitement, ............the awakening ........ flow through me.................
And once again I awoke..... alone.
Part 4
I'm drawn back to the waterfall....... is it the beauty of the waterfall I wish to see? ......................or do I hope that my golden-haired dream man returns?............
Well the waterfall is undeniably beautiful ......... But I must be honest with myself............
I hope so much that he returns............if he is only a dream is irrelevant........... I realize that now............ I will just appreciate the moments..........
That kiss was like nothing I've ever known............. maybe...........
"Hello"............he has come here too!!..........
"Hello".................
"Am I disturbing you?"..........
"No, not at all. In fact I was hoping you'd appear."I admit............
"Well that is a definite change! I'm very glad but curious. Why?"he asks..............
"I've decided that this is my chance............ even if only a dream............. I want this experience........... I know it'll never happen for me in my real life............. but at least I can have this and I WANT it".............
"You don't KNOW it won't happen in reality." he says............
"Yes I do" I answer........ "Because the only men I attract in real life......" ..............
"What about them?"he asks so gently...............
"They've told me how lucky I was to have them......that I had to accept anything or........ they'd leave and I'd be alone" .........
"I'm sorry" he says..........
"What? Oh you mean for lying to me about my appearance.......... that's ok.......... I liked that."........ Even a dream man finally sees the truth! .........
He raises my chin so that I look him in the eye.............. I'm really getting fond of that gesture...........
"No, silly lady........ I'm sorry that the men you have encountered could not appreciate your beauty. .....And that you believed them." ..............
"Of course, I believed them!....... I always knew the truth....... I was the family ugly duckling ."...........
"I'm even sorrier that your family could make you believe that........ I'm not lying to you or flattering you .....
You are beautiful...... especially when you smile.........will you smile for me?"...........
"How can I refuse?" I say as I try to smile...........
"Better but I'm sure I can broaden that smile.".......
and with that he bent his head ..........to place his lips on mine........... for such a brief kiss........
"I'd like to kiss you longer but ........ I don't want you to vanish." he says with a smile
.........a very infectious smile which I can not help but return.............
"Ah, much better."..............
"Shall we have that swim we didn't get a chance for before?" he asks.............
"Yes! I'm no longer afraid to embrace this dream and take what it will give me!"...........
We quickly shed our clothes and enter the stream.......... oh how I like to look at his fabulous body.......... I'm so glad he's not shy............
"Oh my. This isn't very deep is it?"I mutter...........
"How deep would you like it?" he asks..........
"Oh ........ about neck high." .........there's that chuckle again!...............
"I think it's quite perfect." he says ....... staring at my breasts which are just above the water.................
so I quickly squat down ............ "Losing your courage?".........he laughs...........
"Um .........no ......it's just easier to get used to the water this way." I explain...........
"Of course it is" he says with a broad smile...........
I breath a sigh of relief as he swims away ...........
"Are you coming?" he looks back to ask .........
"Sure." I say and start to swim toward him ........... I really would have rather stayed there watching him ............. Wait a minute where'd he go? .........
I was sure he was right ahead of me............
"What.... where?" ...........
I stand to look around and turn right into him ...........standing so close behind me........ he pulls me into his arms ...........oh the feel of our wet bodies rubbing against each other............
He whispers in my ear " I need to hold you....... I want to kiss you but....... I'm not about to have your vanish again ..........so I'll try other places"
.......... and he gently sucks on my earlobe ................oh........he moves on to my neck .......and down..........his one hand has moved from my back.......... between our bodies.......... gently cupping my breast............ oh ..............this is even better than the kiss........ his path of kisses has progressed past my neck ......... to my chest..... to my........... oh the best of all kisses..........
And once again I awake but much later; alone but with a smile.
Part 5
Who could be phoning so early in the morning?............ oops the clock says 10 and I was supposed to meet Sandra, my dear sweet and hopefully forgiving friend, for coffee at 9......... those dreams are really making me lose track of time ........THOSE DREAMS ! ............
"Hello"..........
"Sorry Sandra. I slept in. I'll be right there.".................
Those wonderful dreams of the golden man in the woods........ All in summer settings when it's only April...... I have so hoped each night of the last week that he'll appear again even if ......waking is so disappointing......
Okay .......stop thinking about it......about him ........quick shower.........dressed and on my way ....... She sure sounded excited about something...........
"Hello Sandra. I'm really sorry about being late.".............
"Don't worry about it! You'll never guess what Hugh did!" .........
"Hugh? Oh that's your hubby Bob's cousin right?" ...........
"Yep! He found someone to rent his cottage for the summer." ..........
"What cottage? Sorry but I don't know it." .............
"It's on the other side of the forest from your cabin; about 10 miles if you stick to the roads but much less if you cut through."............
"Well you know I'm rather new to this area. I'm so grateful to you for helping me make a new start........... I've not really gone into the forest yet"..........
well except in my dreams but I'm not telling her that!..............Oh my sweet mystery man..........
"Wait till you meet him" Sandra's voice disturbs my reverie.............
"Him? Him who?" I ask..............
"Cecilia Horton! You have not been paying attention to a word I've said!"........
"I am sorry again Sandra. Who am I meeting and when?"..........
"You're meeting Hugh's new tenant and at lunch." .......
"Lunch today as in ...cripers it's almost noon.".......
"Yep Bob's been showing him around the area and is bringing him home for lunch. They should be here soon so help me set the table." ..............
"Lordy, you must need help to get this ready. What can I do?" ..........
"Just set the table. The casserole is just about done. Salad is in the fridge. I'll put the rolls in the oven when I take out the casserole." .............
"Okay. I'll get started on the table."..........
"Sandra, I hear a car. You ready?".............
" Need about 15 minutes. Why don't you go out and greet them?"............
"Fine."..........
I'm greeting Bob from his porch and look over to the passenger side of the car and ..........it can't be! ............
but it certainly appears to be ......... my golden-haired lover from my dreams..............
But there's always just the two of us............so I must be awake, mustn't I?.............
Bob is speaking to me.......... "Hi Cessy."
He turns to his companion........ "This is Cessy, Cecilia Horton. Sandra's college friend and your neighbor so to speak that I've been telling you about."...........
My tall dream man looks at me with those familiar sapphire eyes ....... "Pleased to meet you. Do you prefer Cessy or Cecilia?"..............
That is the voice I've grown to cherish!.......... but how?...............
Oh He's waiting for an answer! ................
"Either is fine. Pleased to meet you too......um?" .............
"Jon, Jonathon Scott."..............
"What's with you Cessy?" Bob is speaking "You look kind of dazed." .................
Of course I'm dazed!........ I've just met the man I have dreamt of for the past week! ...............
"Probably comes from living near that forest."Bob mutters ............
Both Jon and I look at Bob and he continues..........."Local legend has it that there's some sort of enchantment or something there. Now ain't that the funniest thing you've heard? You notice anything Jon? You've been camping out up there a week now fixing up the cottage." .............
"Interesting legend, Bob" he answers evasively.............
"Well, I'm going in to see if Sandra needs a hand. You two get aquainted and I'll call you when it's ready."...........
and we're alone on the porch................
"Jon, a name finally" I muse .........
"What do you mean by that?" he inquires..............
"Sorry I shouldn't have said that. You would never believe me." I say...............
"You were the one who had trouble believing, not me." ...............
"What?" I gasp...........
"Cecilia, shall I remind you of the rainstorm or the stream by the waterfall?"............
"How?"................
"Does it matter? We have shared something wonderful and rare already and now we are being given the opportunity to share it in our reality world. Does the how or why really matter?" .............
"But...... but..... you only found me beautiful and desirable because it was a dream."...........
"That's not true. I found you beautiful and desirable because you are beautiful and desirable."................
"You're kidding, right?"..........
"No, I'm not." he whispers in my ear...........
when did he get so close? ...........Oh his lips feel the same on my cheek and now on my mouth............... all the wonderful, now familiar feelings are exploding through me with his kiss..........
"Lunch is ready!" I hear Bob yell ..............
and I wasn't asleep...........and I'm not alone
.......... Jon is still here with me........
I don't know what we ate for lunch.......... I don't know what the conversation was about......... It's all rather fuzzy.........
and now I'm dropping Jon off at the cottage.............. the very familiar cottage.......
"Will you come in?" he asks............
"Okay"..............
"It gets a little cool in here after the sun goes down so I'll build a fire".........
"Okay"..........Why when I'm alone with him does my vocabulary shrink?...............
Oh the glow of the fire and the way he had looked standing there naked ........that was a dream........... but this cottage is the same!.........the bed over there.............where he held me so close warming me...............
"Those are fond memories for me too" he says and I realize that I'm staring at his bed!................
I look down......... and as he has done in my dreams he lifts my chin so that I look into those mesmerizing eyes.........
"Please don't be shy with me.........I know some would say we only met today ........... I feel I have known you much longer................ and loved you much longer............. I will not rush you .........but I hope you realize I speak the truth........... I love you Cecilia, my mystery woman"..............
oh the sweetness of his lips, his tongue......... oh that this kiss could last forever......... that he could hold me like this forever.........
"I love you Jon, my golden dream man"................. I whisper when his lips move from my mouth in a trail down my neck...........
"I want to be with you always".............
"Do you want to stay the night here......... please let me hold you through the night"............
"Oh Jon I want to see you again and marvel at your beautiful body".........
"Cecelia, my love, than at the very least, you must allow me......... to see you ...........although I long to do so much more than look."............
"Yes"............
"Yes?" ............
"Oh Jon I want to get to know all of you and have you know all of me."......................
And I awake to the sunlight ...............coming in the cottage window.......... and the warmth of my love's body snug up against my back,.............. his arms around me........... and his breathe soft on my neck....... as he speaks so softly below my ear "I love you my mystery woman, my Cecilia" and I know I'll never awake alone again.............. Dreams can come true.
The End
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