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Randal marveled at his good fortune as he watched her apply the vanilla brown sugar scented lotion to her long tan legs. Alison Prentice was their hometown's catch. She was the valedictorian of their class, the cheerleading squad's captain and had won two state championships as an all-state pitcher for her fast-pitch softball team. She always floated above the rest of the population, especially the kids in the trenchesβthose that drank, partied, and generally caused trouble for their small town parents. Alison was damn near perfect, and that didn't even account for her beauty. Randal accounted for it now.
Alison sat tall on their bed, wearing a matching silk bra and underwear with a bright orange and red flower pattern. Her blonde hair, straightened since graduation, hung forward over her collarbones. They seemed like arrows pointing down to her firm breasts which jiggled slightly as she raised her legs and rubbed the lotion into her tan skin. She stood, extending her 5'9" frame to full length, and then turned. Randal loved to look at her perfect ass. He imagined how the silk would feel while rubbing it. Alison always dressed sexier than normal when she was going to a shoot.
When accounting for his good fortune, Randal recognized it was a miracle he was even with Alison. Randal wasn't a jock. He excelled in academics and the arts. Considering he had arrived at their high school at the end of their junior year, he was hardly popular. He became very popular however, when he and Alison started dating when they both starred in the school's spring musical.
They quickly became the closest of friends as well as young lovers. Despite many academic opportunities, the two planned on moving to the coast together. Randal would write screenplays while Alison pursued her acting and modeling dreams. It seemed, though, that only Alison was getting any work. She had even appeared in a commercial that aired regionally.
It would be easy for Randal to be bitter about her early success, but he wasn't. The fact was he loved her. He loved her beauty, of course. He loved her intelligence and ability to raise the intellectual stakes of a conversation. Most of all, he loved that, despite her intelligence, she possessed an innocent naivetΓ© that reflected her small town upbringing.
Their move rocked the small town they were from, but it mostly hurt their parents who better understood the perils of a cruel world and the value of the opportunities they were giving up. In addition, the fact the unmarried couple would be living together suggested a scandalous future lifestyle. Much to Randal's chagrin, that lifestyle never materialized. The two had been virgins the summer night they consummated their agreement to leave town together. Randal expected their sexual experiments to evolve to match his teenage fantasies, but Alison never did. Sex was a chore she seemed to endure once a week, sometimes once every two weeks. Alison's body was built for speed; she just never broke the speed limit. Randal, only nineteen and a year into their west coast experiment, didn't want to push the good fortune that he often took account of. Alison was his trophy and he was happy to keep it on the proverbial mantle in fear that he might take it down and break it.
Now, his trophy was bending over to pull up the jeans she had just stepped into. Randal wanted to investigate. He caught Alison as she pulled the pair of tight-fitting jeans over her hips and fastened the button.
"Sexy! Where you heading?" he asked despite knowing the answer.
Alison's face grew flush and then she smiled brightly and answered, "Are you spying on me peeping tom? I'm going to a job uptown. Just a catalog shoot."
"Cool. Anybody I know?" he asked. He had met a few of the photographers that the agency used when he visited some of Alison's shoots.
"No. I don't even know him, but the agency says he's good." she replied.
"You going to be home for dinner?" he asked.
"Should just be a couple of hours. You never know though. Go ahead and eat if it gets late," she replied as she collected her keys and purse.
"Alright. It sucks though. I finally got a night off and you have to work. Sucks to be me I guess," he said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Alison seemed to slow down for a second. She melted him with a smile and said, "You know I want to be home too baby. Look, I'll make it up to you when I get home. Promise."
"Great. I can't wait," he responded with a smile. In his head he sarcastically thought, "Yay! Another night of kissing and cuddling!"
She kissed him goodbye and walked out of the apartment.
As the door closed, Randal made a decision. He knew that Alison had been working hard and had lost some weight recently. He didn't want her to miss a meal. He would surprise her by picking her up at the shoot location and then take her to their favorite restaurant. He seemed satisfied with his decision until he realized that he didn't know where the shoot was.
Randal rushed to the apartment window and watched as Alison climbed onto a bus. He noted its number and ran out of the apartment. He intended to follow the bus and find out where the shoot was and wait for it to end. He climbed into the car and in two minutes, found the bus and began following it.
After a short drive, the bus stopped outside a trendy area, with high end shops on both sides of the street. Alison got off the bus and walked down a narrow walkway between two buildings. Randal felt lucky when he found a nearby parking spot. He got out of his car and casually started in the direction she walked, ensuring he kept his distance to maintain the element of surprise.