"Do you have everything you need?" Ann asked as she stood next to the open hatch of my car in the drizzle.
"Everything except you," I said in a melancholy tone that matched the dour weather.
It was a lousy day. The morning had dawned, barely. It was gray, cold and breezy, with a steady light rain falling. And that was looking like the best part of my day.
"Aw...it'll be okay, Neil. We won't be apart that long...I promise. I'll be out in just a few weeks, okay?" Ann said as she gently rubbed her hand against my cheek.
"Well, it would be a lot easier if I hadn't gone the last week without sex. That means it's going to be a month," I said with a pout.
"If you want, we can go down to Tina's shop on your way out of town. I finally finished my period late last night...and I'm sure she'd let us use her office again," Ann said, taking a hold of my hand.
Ann had come over to help me load up the car, and to see me off. I was heading out to West Virginia to start my new job that coming Monday. I decided to leave on Saturday, in case something happened along the way. I didn't like the idea of driving out on Sunday, and having some kind of unforeseen car trouble, or major detour, or whatever, that might make me late for my first day on the job. Besides, I figured I'd need a day to get settled and somewhat acclimated...I wanted to drive around and learn the area a little better so I'd know what was where in case I needed anything.
So, Ann helped me load up, carrying my bags out of the house through the garage to my car. Since I didn't park in the garage, we were outside in the rain. I suppose I could have moved one of my parent's cars, but that seemed like too much trouble. And it wasn't that big of a deal, since most of the time we were under the open hatch of the Nissan as I stuffed my things into the car.
I'd already said goodbye to my parents inside the house, knowing that I had everything I was taking with me. They'd stayed in the house, wanting Ann and me to be able to say goodbye in private, which was sweet of them. I'd said goodbye to Ann's parents the night before, at a celebratory cookout they'd had for Ann and me with some good friends...and they went so far as to invite my parents over, which was a wonderful gesture. But now, I was saying goodbye to Ann, and I was having a hard time with it.
I knew she was serious about going to the hair salon for a little fun, but it wasn't really practical. First of all, it was early on Saturday morning, and Tina's shop wouldn't open for another couple of hours. Secondly, it was early October, and the days were getting shorter as it was. Add to that the weather forecast I'd watched the night before, calling for the same rainy conditions all the way to the East Coast, and I was looking at a nine-hour drive that was going to be anything but fun. If I was going to have to do that, I at least wanted to do it when there was some semblance of light outside.
"I really wish you never would have brought that up," I said, thinking selfishly. "You know I need to get going soon."
Ann looked at me, her eyes showing their disappointment in how I was acting. Still, she didn't get pissed or angry with me. But she did let me know how she felt, and rightfully so. "You know, it's not like I'm not going to go without sex too, Neil."
"I know," I said as I stared at the cracks in the concrete of my parent's driveway, trying to hide a little of my shame for acting so selfish. Of course, it didn't help that I was also looking at Ann's sexy black stilettos. She was wearing a very cute tan raincoat that came down to mid-thigh, which covered her outfit, but showed off her beautiful tanned legs.
"And it's also not like I haven't taken care of you, baby," she said, almost scolding me. "I know I had a really hard menstrual cycle this time...like I told you all along, they usually only last 4 or 5 days, and this one was ridiculous. But...I do have one like this once a year or so. Even with that, I still gave you handjobs AND blowjobs."
"I know, babe. I know."
"And I want you to know that I loved doing that for you, baby...I honestly loved it as much as you enjoyed me doing it for you. But...I haven't cum since last Friday, Neil. And YOU have...a LOT!"
"I know, Ann. I'm sorry I'm acting like a jerk. I just don't want to go. Well...that's not true. I just want you to come with me. Look, it's not that I don't appreciate what you did for me this week. I love that you took care of me...and I know it was harder on you than it was on me because you didn't get to cum. But it's not just about the sex, Ann. It's more about connecting with you."
"It's not just about connecting, Neil. It's about the SEX, and you know it," she giggled.
"Okay...fine. It is about the sex...somewhat. I feel like every time that we get close to each other, we end up having to be apart again. I mean, we have our first week together, and then we're apart for three months. Then we have another amazing week driving home, and we spend the next week living apart and only being together one time. After that, you get your period, and it's another week...but instead being able to be together, I have to drive to West Virginia, and we'll spend three more weeks apart. It's just so..."
Ann put her finger over my lips, smiling sweetly at me, even though I was being an idiot at the moment. The way she was lovingly touching my arm as she looked into my eyes practically made me melt in the misty rain. She didn't care that I was being stupid. She saw through how I was acting, and knew that I loved her...and that was what I was really going to miss more than anything...that daily feeling of being with her in the moment.
"I know how you feel, Neil. I feel the same way. This is happening to both of us...not just you. But it's three weeks...not three months. We can do that...you know it, and I know it."
"It'll be four weeks, Ann," I said, reminding her of what she already knew, and fulfilling my overwhelming need to be ridiculously literal in the process.
Ann reached into the pocket of her raincoat and pulled out a little chain, letting it dangle from her fingers. On the end of it was a silver key, swaying back and forth. She smiled and said, "Not if you wouldn't be in such a hurry to leave town."
"Hurry...Ann, you know I have a lot of driving ahead of me, and it's going to be in bad weather. It's probably going to take me longer than nine hours as it is. And...w...what's that?" I said, finally focusing on the key moving in front of my face as she smiled sexily at me.
"It's the key to the back door of Sexy Styles," she said, referring to Tina's hair salon.
"W...why do you have the key to Tina's shop?"
Ann opened up the front of her raincoat, flashing me her sexy naked body, and said, "In case you happen to change your mind."
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Driving around the Northeast side of Columbus, Ohio on the I-270 beltway, I kept my eyes out for cops. I was following another one of my Father's many bits of advice, in this case, a warning cultivated from his years of traveling as part of sales for Beck Manufacturing. And the advice in question had to do with police and state troopers in Ohio, particularly around Columbus.
He'd said that Ohio in general had more police patrolling the highways, on the lookout for speeders. And they had a reputation for pulling over cars from out of state. Sure enough, I'd already passed two along the side of the multilane beltway, lights flashing as they wrote a ticket in the rain. And I'd passed two more police cruisers parked on the side of the road, running their radar. Not that I had anything to worry about...I'd been running over the speed limit, but only by 4 to 5 miles per hour the entire way. I was one of the slower cars on the road, not wanting to push it on the wet pavement. I was already over two hours behind where I thought I'd be when I'd gotten up, and there was no sense trying to make up that much time by speeding on wet roads.
