Before reading this story it is important that you read 'Surviving in the Old West' parts 1 and 2 to fully understand the characters. For the more observant amongst you, you will notice a small name change between the stories. I always meant for the character to be called Clara a name more in keeping with the times in which the story is set. I have no idea how the name became Carla in story 2 maybe a spell checker changed it somehow. There are a couple of other inconsistencies between the two stories, but hey it's only fiction when all said and done. Sorry for the lack of continuity.
As always comments are welcomed so I know how my stories are being received.
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Mat and Martha Payton (as she now called herself) had settled in the new town with Clara and Ethan Bartlett. The older couple ran the hotel and had converted a few ground floor rooms into a store. In the thriving and growing town there had been a desperate need for a store, which by now was doing a booming trade and the Bartlett's had come to rely on the Payton's for their help.
The new arrangement had come to pass due to Ethan being shot one day.
As the town grew so did its prosperity, which unfortunately in times such as these, meant that the crime rate also rose. One day whilst he was working in the store, a gunman entered and attempted to rob Ethan. His pride not allowing him to simply cave in to this man's demands, Ethan had refused to hand over the money and had been shot in his side as a consequence. This shot happened just as Mat came downstairs and he reacted the only way that he knew how.
He drew on the thief and sent him to hell.
Ethan's injuries were not life-threatening but they did mean that he would be laid up for a considerable time. After long discussions at his bedside with the beautiful Clara, it was decided to offer Mat and Martha a place with them. Clara and Martha could look after the two sides to the business and Mat could be the hired hand, the security and the muscle (not to mention the gun) of the business.
This arrangement suited the Payton's as it gave them a secure place, the now free accommodation, the income (which would preserve their 'nest egg' taken from the outlaws on the journey here) and it would also provide the ideal opportunity to give Martha what she wanted more than anything else.
She could become pregnant.
At first, as she was too impatient for a baby, Martha's ignorance of such matters caused her worries as they tried to conceive. Her lack of even the most rudimentary education in such matters, caused her to worry that something was wrong with her. That preoccupation was caused by her misunderstanding when Mat's semen ran from between her legs. Martha believed that as his fluid ran from her, then so did the intended baby. Through her ignorance, borne of having no sex education or guidance whatsoever, Martha believed that the semen that Mat deposited inside her was what formed into a baby and grew inside her. Consequently as Mat's semen ran from her, she thought that there was something wrong with her that prevented her from retaining his fluid.
One day after waking early and making love, Mat went to work leaving Martha in bed. She lay with her knees up, desperately trying to keep his semen inside her for as long as possible. She heard Clara running her morning bath and decided to confide her hopes and fears to her.
She knocked lightly on the bathroom door and entered when invited in by Clara.
"Can I talk to you please Clara?" begged Martha, obviously a little upset.
"Of course my dear come in. Now sit there and tell me what is wrong," said a kindly Clara.
Martha explained all her 'theory' and confided in her new 'mother figure' all her fears. Clara, not entirely sure of the exact details herself, (the knowledge of biology and anatomy not exactly common in these times) explained about a thing (cervix) at the top of her 'thing' which trapped some 'stuff' and what came back out was only the excess.
It was a pathetic explanation of the conception process but it was enough in the circumstances to allay all Martha's fears.
When Clara had explained things to Martha, she couldn't help but laugh (kindly) at the embarrassed girl, who slowly recovered her poise and began to laugh at herself and her ignorance too. In a genuine and artless manner, Martha, the very opposite of self-consciousness, said that she felt silly for her ignorance, then in a nonchalant and innocent way, said that she felt dirty and indicated that there was a 'bit of a mess' between her legs.
Clara suddenly realised that Martha was actually stood before her running with semen and told her to get in the bath.
"You need it more than me you silly girl, lets get you cleaned up and then we can put an end to this nonsense you have in your head child."
Martha climbed into the bath and simply took off her robe. Standing proud, with her stunning body, her hard, high and pointed breasts, slim figure and the pure blonde covering of her young vagina, Martha was stunning.
Clara Bartlett had felt strange around Martha for some time and was unsure why she felt so uneasy with the young girl. She knew that there was definitely an unusual feeling present when she was around Martha.
Martha's nudity in such close proximity, made everything suddenly become clear to her.
The absolute shock and horror that she felt, when these feelings suddenly emerged into her conscious as a concrete fact and not some abstract feeling, stunned her. In this age a man lay on a woman and took his pleasure and procreated. That was how it was and people like Clara had never even heard of, or even considered the concept, of what she was thinking.
"How could a woman want another? Clara thought. It was sick, twisted and perverted and an abomination against the Lord."