Surrender

[icu1978]

sitting on her seat behind cassi jenny lifted david out of his make shift cradle and undoing her blouse guided him to her breast where he sucled contentedly.
her breasts where begining to become sore from feeding him. and she gave a little wince as he latched on.

."Jenny, how do you like the new accomodationsss............(Pause)........Sorry Jenny, I'll talk with you when I return."

jenny couldn't help but give a little jump as alex jumped onto the wagon with out waiting for her to reply to his qeustion he jumped down and walked over to cassi who was waiting with is lunch. jenny went back to feeding the baby as alex spoke to cassi for a few moments and then took off on his horse.

"it shore was somethin ta see Miz Julia. She seems ta foun her a man ta watch over her." jenny smiled and layed david in his craddle next to her as he took the jerky that was offered. " yes its always nice to have someone you can depend on in life. someone that you can love is even better."

cassi said nothign more but instead let her eyes follow the path that alex had taken a few minutes ago and then her eyes travled over the surounding area.
jenny to looked around. it was a lovely day the birds where singing in the tree's and the sun was shining.

with a sigh jenny took a bite of her jerky and waited for alex to return.
they didn't have to wait very long before he returned ."Hello Ladies, How is everything?" I dismounted and walked to the rear of the wagon and tied off my horse and returned to the front and climbed up to the drivers seat and sat down.

"Hi Cassi," as I gave her leg a gentle squeeze with a smile.

"HI Jenny, everything ok? How is David."

" he's fine we both are."

"The road ahead is clear and so we should continue, OK Cassi, let's Roll" he released the break and called out to the horses and the wagon started to slowly move forward.

jenny sat in silence as they moved ahead at a slow pace. feeling that the two in the front where in a world of their own making jenny watched as the scenery went by. she adjusted herself severl times on teh hard bench of the wagon feeling every bump in the road.

a few hours later alex had cassi stop the wagon and he turned to jenny. " would you like to walk for a bit jenny?" feeling that this was a god send she jumped at the chance. smiling she lifted david from his cradle adn with the help of alex and cassi who took the baby for her she climbed down from the wagon. taking david in her arms she lifted him to her shoulder and covered his tiny head with his little blanket. walking beside the wagon for a little while she soon felt the kinks and knots in her back and shoulders loosen. it felt wonderful to stretch her legs for a while.

alex walked ahead of cassia nd jenny. carring his sharps and leading his horse.
jenny knew that when they set camp for the night it would be for the best if she made her and david scares for a few hours. and to be honest a little time alone was a nice thought. if she where lucky they would find a spot near a stream or some body of water. and she could take david down and soak in the water for awhile. and thus alex and cassi could be alone as well. she knew that they must be desperate for some time to themselves. especialy after she had ruined their night togethor last night. she felt bad about that. but she really had no idea that he would see her going to the church and follow her there. with a sigh she lifted her face to the sun and kept walking.

 

[macmillian]

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I helped Jenny down off the wagon and we walked while Cassi continued to drive the wagon. I droped back next to Jenny and again I apolgized for interuping her when she was feeding David. I guess that I was taking my role of husband and father more seriously then I should be.

I also asked her about her feelings on my relationship with Miss Cassi. I explained that after almost five years of war and death and misery, Cassi was a most welcomed relief. In the beginning it was her tenderness and companionship that first attracted me to her. Our relationship had developed from there over the last four weeks. I also told Jenny that had I not met Cassi and became involved, I would have been very lucky indeed to have met Her and David. I was sorry for her lost, but considered myself as fortunate to have with me both her and Cassi.

"You take care of the young one, Jenny, He is going to grow up to be fine man because of you. He is very lucky to have you as his mother and always remember who his father was. I am going to walk ahead for awhile." I picked up my pace and streched out my long legs as I resumed my position ahead of the wagon.

Jenny Kept walking with the sun on her with David asleep on her shoulder. She cut a very striking figure and I was a very lucky to have met these two women. I looked up at Cassi and smiled and I swear I saw something in her eyes. A recognition, a realization, something, I would have to talk with her later. we moved slowly along, the distance ever widening between us and the town.

 

[macmillian]

surrender

OOC

Knock, Knock, .......

 

[landiek]

"Hello Ladies, How is everything?" Alex's voice sent shivers along Cassi's spine and his new closeness made her shake in her skin to want to take from him, but there were other things that she had to consider.

"Hi Cassi," as I gave her leg a gentle squeeze with a smile. "HI Jenny, everything ok? How is David."

Cassi almost purred from the tender caress as she remained still listening to the loud thunderous pounding of her heart.

"he's fine we both are."

"The road ahead is clear and so we should continue, OK Cassi, let's Roll" he released the break and called out to the horses and the wagon started to slowly move forward.

The ride was ever constantly pressing Cassi into a state of nervousness as her mind was trying to focus on the road but her body kept sending signals that she was receptive to Alex's movement. Her nipples pressed against the fabric of her dress unti the rubbing made them feel raw and aching to be free.

"We will contine on for about three hours or til we find a good camp site for the night. Near running water if that was possible."

Cassi was still silent as her leg touched his hip. Her mind wandered to feeling his hips covered with her thighs as his body loomed over her body, the savage need of release that filled her with such extasy. Each jarrinf bump only added to the images that were flashing in Cassi's mind. Had she not needed both hands on hte reins sshe surely would have grabbed his cock and rubbed it openly.

"Cassi, You are doing a great job handling the team and wagon. I am very proud of you."

"Thank you Masser Alex." Cassi replied between shakes from Alex's new advances. Lordie, he was making it ever so harder to keep her mind on driving the team.

When Alex requested a slower pace Cassie welcomed the thought so she could give him some attention too but that changed as Alex spoke to Miz Jenny.

"Would you like to walk for a bit jenny?" Cassi loved the timber of his voice then blinked as he spoke again

"We will walk the horses and give them a short respite and then pick up the pace again until we stopped for the night. "

Cassi merely nodded as the wagon cae to a stop. Since Alex was not beside her she was able to concentrate on other matters such as what she would fix for dinner. Making the stop gave her the chance to take notice of her surroundings. especially the animals that were in the nearby brush.

Cassi also noticed that Alex was talking to Miz Jenny. She gave new thoughts to the future. Masser Alex said they were headed for the west. She had heard that the west was where savages lived and run around with nary a stictch on thir bodies. She heard tales of how they skin folks like she would skin a rabbit for an eveening supper which made her shiver once more.

Cassi happened to notice when Alex moved on ahead once more. She watched how Jenny walked, kind of freely. That made her smile, seh was free now too. Then as the walking woman turned to smile in the sunshine it gave Cassi a feeling of peacefulness, that motherly bond. It was then that she wondered about her children and hteir lives. Did any of them marry and have children of their own? Did they survive the wars and raids? Cassi shook her head quickly chasing away those thoughts. But lordie that Masser Alex set her heart fluttering when he gets close.

Cassi gave Alex a half smile as she took up a shank of rope and walked into the brush. If he was curious, she didn't know as she moved some sprags of green about looking for signs of fowl. The she found it.. small trails of three toes.. she twisted the rope a few times over and hunkered down.

It didn't take too long for the bird to appear. Cassi caught sight of it before it moved within sight of the rope. Then a quick tug and she caught the leg, startling the bird into flight but the rope was too heavy for the small bird.

It was the quick shrill of the bird that first gave Alex cause to investigate but when the pheasant flew out with a rope on it's leg that was a bigger surprise then he was expecting in one day.

 

[icu1978]

jenny noticed that Alex was coming back to her as they walked for a few moments jenny looked to Alex when he spoke.he apolgized for interuping her when she was feeding David.

smiling jenny looked at Alex." its ok. i suppose i am lucky i only have one man interupting. there are many wemon that feed their babes while in the fields and other open places." he nodded his understanding and they continued walking


he also asked her about her feelings on his and cassi's relationship. he went on to discribe his life before cassi and what had first drawn him to her.
" after almost five years of war and death and misery, Cassi was a most welcomed relief." Jenny knodded her head at this feeling that she could understand that. the war had caused much hurt and pain and not just for the family's that where left with just memories of their loved ones but also for the men that fuaght it as well.

alex continued speaking and jenny did not want to interupt him.
" In the beginning it was her tenderness and companionship that first attracted me to her. Our relationship had developed from there over the last four weeks."

jenny took a deep breath and stoped to look at alex. " alex it would seem to me that after such a hard time to suddenly be confronted with a woman like cassi would indeed be a god send. she is an amazing woman be she white or dark."

looking into his eyes her pain was visable. " Alex i know you care for her deeply and she you. and it is my beleif that your feelings run deeper than eithor of you have admited to. i can see it in the way your body's lean into each other and the way your eyes search for each other when your not togethor.?" taking a deep breath and looking down at the baby in her arms jenny kissed the top of his head.
" if you love her tell her. and then hold on to her for all your worth alex. becuase life has a way of going all wrong at times but your love will keep you strong. and dont take even one day for grantid because that may just be the last day you have."

it was obvouse that she was speaking from her heart and she meant every word she was saying. Alex kept pace with her as she started walking again. he was silent for so long she thought she had lost him to his own thoughts. men tended to do that from time to time she had noticed over the years. suddenly Alex looked at her with a glint in his eyes.

"jenny had i not met cassi and become involved, i would have been very lucky indeed to have met you and david. im sorry for your loss, but i consider myself fortunate to have both you and cassi with me."
jenny smiled not sure what to say finally she just smiled " thank you alex."

"ou take care of the young one, Jenny, He is going to grow up to be fine man because of you. He is very lucky to have you as his mother and always remember who his father was. I am going to walk ahead for awhile."

he half ran in the wagons direction. or more to the point to Cassi. jenny watched as he apraoched the wagon. she smiled to herself and could not help but hope that everything worked out for Alex and cassi. she had strong emotions for both of them and wanted them to be happy. and she knew in her heart they would never be trully happy unless they could spend the rest of their days with each other. in a safe and peafull place.

when the wagon stoped ahead jenny walked slowly towards it. climbing in to sit on her little seat she couldn't help but think of her in laws. she did not even know these people . did she really want to go live with them? she couldn't help but wonder if their was a way she could talk alex and cassi into letting her and david join them in the west for awhile. she also had something else she wanted to ask them but she would wait a little longer before asking something so important of them.

suddenly cassi burst through the bushes with a bird on a rope. jenny smiled brightly seeing the little creature trying to escapse and the look of happiness on cassi's face. jenny smiled brightly to cassi as she layed david in his little basket beside her. covering it with a blanket to keep the sun and wind from his little face.

 

[macmillian]

surrender

We were resting the horses for a bit, before driving them on towards a point to make camp. I spoke with jenny and she was alright with that particular arrangement. If it was what we wanted, well go ahead and not worry what others think.

When we finished talking I was heading back towards the wagon when I heard a comotion in the underbrush and the a pheasant trying flying ou with a large rope on it's legs. I barely had time to duck and grab at the rope, when Cassi came charging out of the brush and almost runs over me.

Her I am Laying on the ground, with a pheasant flopping around in the middle of the road and Cassi standing there laughing so hard that tears are rolling down her cheek. Cassi is trying not to laugh when she informs me that we will have fresh meat for dinner. She still had that big happy grin on her face as she tied the bird on the side of the wagon.

"OK,Evertbody set to rool? OK cassi let's head them out on the last leg of the the day. Soon as I find clear running water and a place to camp, we will stop for the night. If Julia and Mr o'Shien are coming, we should see them tonight or the next night at our next camp.

I took the lead, riding a hendred or so yards in front and when the road curved I slow up, keeping the wagon in sight at all times.

At around five o'clock in the evening we came upon a small meadow and a brook running along the back edge near the treeline. I led the horses around and put the wagon near the stream and away from the road. There was a stand of Small Georgia Pine and so I ran thr wagon in there. It afforded us protection and would set up nicley as our camp.

OK ladies, everbody out last stop..........We all have work to do. I take care of the horses while it is still light and then I'll build the fireplace. Jenny set David uner the wagon and was listening to what Cassi was Saying. I began to unhitch the horses. Evening chores has just begun...............

 

[landiek]

The last leg of the traveling kept Cassi in a jolly mood as she chuckled every so often about the capture of the pheasant.

Setting up camp would be simple for that was one of Cassi's many unique talents. Cassi wandered about gathering wood to start a fire and even took a kettle to the water to gather water to cook in. While she was gathering wood she had already bled the bird. Cassi estimated that it would be ready for roasting in no time.

"we's got some spare canvas ta make a lean to like I's did last time" Cassi remrked when she brought in her first load of kindling.

 

[macmillian]

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"We got some spare canvas ta make a lean to like I's did last time"

"Sounds good to me, set it off a bit too. We don't want to disturb Jenny, now do we." I answered. "I'll set up something near the wagon for Jenny and the boy"

I led the last of the horses out into the small meadow where I hobbled them and they could browse untill dark. I set a picket line where I would bring them to for the night. I would grain and water them at that time. They would have cooled down by then from there hard treck today.

I grabbed two buckets and went to the stream for water to fill the water barrel on the wagon. I wanted it filled tonight so it could soak overnight and swell and not leak. Topping it off in the morning if it needed.

Cassi and Jenny were over near the fire Cassi was making and so I set about setting up a place for Miss Jenny. It was an odd looking tent, but it would keep the them warm and dry. I set a ground tarp and laid out some blankets. Jennny could set it up the way she wanted.

The delightful aroma of coooking food was begining to fill our campsite as once again Cassi was working her magic at preparing a meal on trhe road. I am so glad that I had stopped to help her that day.

I stood there off to the side and watched as she glided around the fire. She was enjoying what she was doing, you could tell by her movement. She put her whole self into eveything thing she did. With a whole lot more in her lovemaking. Maybe tonight........."Ummmmmmmm, Yes tonight, I would get to hold her once agin." She turned and caught me looking. All I could do was smile!

 

[landiek]

Cassi glanced up and noticed Masser Alex looking at her and smiled.

It wasn't much longer that she had the birf well roasted and serving up hunks to the pair that was with her. Cassi did save herself a portion and even had some left as she watched the road for signs of company.

Cassi handed Alex a cup of well brewed coffee with a second smile. "I's reckon we's gonna find rain in the mornin.. I's can feel it in meh bones."

Cassi wandered back by the fire and started making some pan biscuits for the trip using as little honey as possible so they had something to used to soften the bread on the trail.

 

[icu1978]

jenny sat across from alex and cassi as she ate her meal. she watched as cassi started making pan biscuits she noticed the looks she passed over alex every few moments and it was not hard to figure out the woman was just bding her time until they where alone.

smiling jenny picked at her meat before offering it to alex. " im not hungry tonight. you take it." taking the plate absent minded as if his mind where on other things. jenny gathered the baby in her arms and called goodnight to the others.

entering her small little tent she sat david down next to the opening and layed out her blankets and removed her dress so that she was sleeping in her shift. she had learned that when you where caring for a baby that desired to be fed at all hours during the night and the wee hours of the morning that it was just easier not to be incombered by so many clothes.

holding david she let him feed until he was fast asleep. his little mouth still making sucking motions in his sleep. she couldn't help it she laughed... " you little piggy you. you even dream that your eating."

laying down with the baby she cuddled with him and pulled the blankets over them. making sure to keep his blanket wraped around him to keep him warm during the night. laying her head down she watched the shadow the fire cast over her tent . she soon found herself dozing off and was sleeping soundly.

she was in her own house. her husband come through the door with a warm smile and cold hands. she laughed as he chased her around their kitchen trying to warm his hands. thenshe was in the field where they had taken a basket lunch one after noon in april. his arms around her. his warm breath brushing against ehr cheek and ear as he softly spoke to her of their future.

then they where in the wagon. moving so fast. gunshot echoing around them. her husband yelling and her baby crying and her own screams filling her mind as the wagon tiped and rolled.

she woke up in a panic. her heart pounding, feeling as if she couldn't get enough air in her lungs. she looked around in a panic before slowly she began to remember where she was. laying back down on her little pallet jenny tryed to slow her breathing and calm down. still seh could feel her heart pounding in her chest. she lay there for the rest of the night listening to the sounds of the night. the scurring of little feet, the hoots of an owl. water running in a stream a few feet from their camp.

 

[macmillian]

surrender

I finished my supper and I was on my second cup of coffee when Jenny excused herself and retired to her tent for the night. I looked at Cassi and she smiled at me. She took the dirty dishes and went off to clean them in the stream. I went and brought the horses to the stream and let them drink from the cool fresh water. I took them one at a time to the picket line and gave them their ration of grain.

When I finished with the horses, I did a quick turn around the area and found that we were quite alone. The road was empty and I didn't see or hear any other people camping. I felt that we and our camp would be secure for the night.

Upon my return to the campsite and found Cassi sitting buy the dying flames of the fire, her chores done for the night. I placed a large heavy log on top of the hot embers in the fire pit. I banked most of the hot coals agains the log. It should keep until morning. We had put dry kindling and light er pieces of wood under the wagon to keep them dry if it rained like Cassi said it would. We sat there for awhile, litening to the night sounds and happy to be with each other.

We were holding hands and then I squeezed her had slightly and she turned to look at me.

"Cassi! Why don't you go and get comfortable and I'll join you a little. I need to think a few things through. I will not be long. I promise." I gave her a hug and a light kiss and sent her off.

 

[landiek]

"Cassi! Why don't you go and get comfortable and I'll join you a little. I need to think a few things through. I will not be long. I promise." I gave her a hug and a light kiss and sent her off.

Cassi shook her head but went into the tent that she fashioned for herself with room for a man. She removed every inch of clothing that covered her form.

Silently she prayed her thankfulness for what was coming as she touched herself in soft strokes so that she was hot and ready for Masser Alex when he returned.

 

[macmillian]

surrender

I watched as Cassi left and walked to our lean to and then I turned, picked up my Sharps and checked the Horses and the area around our camp. Nothing, everything was quiet, I went out to the road and it to was quiet, no traelers or riders that I could see or hear. The wind was staring to pick up and when i returned to camp, i got our ponchos out of the wagon and then went to the lean to.

Cassi had put my saddle and saddle bags inside the lean to and when i slipped inside I placed my Sharps with my new Henry Repeater along with my pistols.

I sat and pulled off my boots and slid my jeans down and off too. Next my vest and then my shirt and then my longs. (Long-johns-underware)With my pistol in hand, I crept up to my place beside Cassi. When I approached, Cassi could see the pistol! "It's to protect me in case I get attacked in the middle of night by a sex crazed black woman. I think her name is Cassi!"

I had folded my clothes as neatly as I could in the dar and I layed the pistol there. Close by and easy to reach if I needed it.

I layed next to Cassi and rose up on my arms and then i moved slightly over you and then lowered my lips to hers in a hard passionate kiss. That was all it took ti ignite our smoldering passion. we kissed each other and two pair of hands desperately searching out each other. A few minutes of this quick hot passion, we slowed down and became mor deliberate with our actions.

Kisses were more tender and passionate and tongues dauled back and forth as each was trying to satisfy the other. I had thrown the covers off of her and laid down on top of her and the rolled putting her on top. She sat up and straddled me as she played with my chest and held my manhood with her other hand.

I was more than ready when we switched positions again. I hovered over her and she opened wide her legs and together we guided me to her waiting warm and moist love tunnel. I slowly lowered myself as I pushed deeply up inside her. Her arms went around my neck and pulled me down on top of her and pressed her lips forcefully as I was now fully inside. We held each other and kissed. We didn't move, I don't no why, and them something wispered inside my head and I started a slow easy motion moving within her.

Good God! It was like heaven on earth, Her soft and yet firm body pressed against mine. Our movements were like one, like we had been doing this for ever and maybe these last four weeks were!

 

[landiek]

"It's to protect me in case I get attacked in the middle of night by a sex crazed black woman. I think her name is Cassi!"

"That sounds bout right." Cassi agreed softly as she waited for his touch.

Foreplay was devoured into kisses that burned deeper then just her lips. Her fingers exploring his body with each stroke of lightness. Cassi's heart pounding faster as the passion created a whirlpool of quim just trickling at the edge of her cunt lips waiting for the cockhead to plunge into the pool of carnality.

She hardly noticed the rolling which switched her from bottom to top, only that she was in his caress and grasp, his warmth, his fire, that possessed her willingly. As his body loomed over her heaving chest her eyes glanced into his pools of beauty. He beheld her as a woman, not some nigga to use for his pleasure.

"Uhhhh" Cassi murmurred as Alex's weight shifted and she was inbraced by the fullness of his cock. The mere girth made her shudder with a tingling which she could only compare to a bone chilling rake along her back. The kisses empowering her senses to a point that she merely yearened for more. The renzied lust grew harder to resist then Alex slowed and Cassi felt the tightness in her lungs ease as he changed gait.

Cassi ground into his body, pressing herself into each thrust, feeling him in her body and loving the sensations that followed as her muscles contracted to encompass the flesh that throbbed inside.

The kiss broke and Cassi sucked in a gulp of air as her arms braced to his and her nails raked along his shoulders as her body lunged into his as the head reached the treasure of her womb. All the velvety warmth became a furnace now as her body quivered with each orgasmic spasm.

"ohhhhhh Masser Alex...." Cassi whimpered into his left ear as she thrust her chest to his and clamped down on his pulsating cock.

 

[CollegeRomantic]

Here she is!

Ava trembled as she tried match after match to light her meager campfire. She had seen what looked like a small encampment of a few tents a ways back and wanted to be sure she had light enough to see, should anyone attack her. It was a terrible idea to strike out west on her own, but she was on her way now and would never be going back. The kindling suddenly took light and her fire, at last, began to blaze.

"YES! Oh Hallelujah!" she cried loudly, unmindful of the possibly presence of others nearby. She went to the tent she had pitched earlier and fetched some bread to toast for supper and some feed for the horse which she had secured to a large iron spike she had driven into the ground. It was hard work, but in the end she felt good about herself. She felt as though she had accomplished something real. She sat eating the toasted bread (nothing had ever tasted so delicious) with her father's rifle on her lap. As she finished eathing, she took her diary out of her pack and began to write:

"Day 12, I arrived in Georgia a mere three weeks ago. It seems like a lifetime has passed between then and now. In four days alone I buried my father and my brother, and sold my family home. Of course, the graves are meaningless. There is nothing of either Daddy or Elijah at the Rosewood Cemetary. Try as I did, I could find nothing of their whereabouts. I shudder to think that they lie rotting in some forgotten battlefield, where I was unable to claim them, but wherever their spirits rest, they know I did all I could. I also refused the teaching position offered me at Oberlin. Dr. Charlesworth will be devastated when he reads my post, but I had no choice. The world, unfortunately, is not ready for a female professor of history. This brings me to my journey west. The west is another world entirely, perhaps there I will be able to realize my dreams, my school for former slaves and their children. I fear that only by giving everyone a solid education and fostering an open mind can we mend the wounds that have ravaged this land for too long. I hope that my attempts shall not be in vain.

Ava Beaumont"

Finishing her entry, she stared out into the fire and thought.

 

[macmillian]

surrender

My smoldering pasion was now a raging inferno and pressed my cock as deeply as I could into her body. She fit like a glove and I could feel her muscles working and squeezing my flesh.


"Ohhhhhh Masser Alex ...." Cassi wispered in my ear and that soft woman's voice was all that was needed to send me over the edge and soring to the heights. Our kissing stopped only long enough for us to breath. Drawing in lung fulls of air to keep the passion fires fueled.


I do not know why I was holding back, I was being controled and deliberate and I wanted so much to bring Cassi joy and love. when all the signals were all there i commenced to draw and thrust back in again and again and again. We were in complete harmony with each other and the fires now burned ever brighter and at the most precise moment, the world did not exist.

It was just Cassi and Me. Nothing else mattered at that moment as we became one. We did not need a preacher or holy man to tell us that we were man and wife. After It was all said and done, we were now one.

We were one in each other's eyes and in each others hearts and that is where it matters. It will be Cassi, always Cassi, An older black woman who brought peace and love into my life.

Our passion saited for the present, we laid in each other arms, Cassi with her head on my shoulder and one of her legs hook over mine. I was not going to get any sleep tonight, To noght, this night belonged to Cassi and I would anything to please her this night. MY CASSI, MINE.

 

[landiek]

The lull from the wild passion gave her comfort as she rested in his arms. The noises around them hardly mattered for the now. She had cried tears of joy as the mutual hunger possessed them. Yet in his possessive hold she found happiness.

"YES! Oh Hallelujah!" was garbled in the distance which only made Cassi think that she said it herself during their lovemaking.

Yet ever surprising Cassi squirmed from his hug and wriggled down to his waist, her fingers entwined to his pubic hair. The light brushing of her fingers along his balls only added to the wonder of what she was doing. Then her lips covered his cock head, sucking off the mixed juice and licking to thrill his shaft to a new erection

 

[CollegeRomantic]

Ava was staring into the fire, contemplating whether or not her decision to move west was the best. Dr. Charlesworth wouldn't understand her search for self worth, to him she was a scholar and that was her only possible path. To Ava though, things were not so clear. She was unsettled by the prospect of her future. She didn't know what to do, she couldn't return to Georgia, take up her place as the head of the Beaumont household. Holding parties, making lemonade and sitting on the front porch seemed frivolous to Ava. She had no use for coming out balls and debutantes. She had barely survived her own coming out party. Papa had probably sent her to school because of that, hoping she would catch herself a husband who was more like her. She almost had, but Finnegan was too busy being brilliant to realize how much Ava loved him.

She smirked at the idea. It was less than three months ago that she had left Oberlin, and Finn. At the time she had been nearly overcome with grief, but now she just looked back on it all with a fond but sad smile for what might have been.

She sighed as she stared out into the darkness, barely making out what could be another campfire down by the stream. She wondered what people were doing there, where they were going and what they were leaving behind. Deciding that it was their business and none of her own, she picked up her lamp, diary and rifle and retired to her tent, praying that she would remain undisturbed until morning.

 

[caela]

Isabelle grumbled to herself as she gathered wood for her fire. She was out in the middle of nowhere with just her horses and a broken wagon. The horses had been hobbled to graze for the night and she was now preparing to fix her own evening meal. She was frightened and alone and that made her angry. The day before the rear axle on her wagon had broken and after a vote the men in her wagon train had decided it was best to leave her behind then to take the time to fix her wagon.

A single woman who refused to leave her books (and vehemently refused the proposition of the leader of the wagon train) was nothing to them and easily dismissed. The women were kinder, leaving her generous provision and their well wishes that another wagon train would find her and be more accomodating before a tribe of savages found her and kidnapped her.

She was grateful for the provisions of course but without a man's help she simply wasn't going to be able to fix her wagon herself and she was stranded in the middle of nowhere. For now she was glad it was at least warm and she didn't have to worry about freezing to death when the sun went down.

Starting a small fire she fixed a meager supper before curling up in her wagon with her blankets wrapped tightly around her and a silent prayer that in the morning help would come.

It was the same prayer she'd prayed every night for the last week.

 

[DJ_Wordplay]

Kansas Jack Johnson

On a backwoods path, two men ride away from a small town on sleek horses. Both are distinctly armed and are dressed in the style of lawless men. Once they're a good 50 miles outside of town, their pace slows down and they begin to talk

"Sweet lord, Kansas, 100 fuckin' dollars!" The smaller of the two men exclaimed, his hand on his pocket "And it weren't even that tricky a job."

Kansas Jack Johnson nodded. It had been a big score for a reasonably easy job. They'd found their man only a couple hours ride outside of town and he'd been poorly hidden. It had been simple enough to sneak into his cabin after dark and slit his throat.

"Wonder why it was fer so much, huh? And why it paid more for him dead?" the smaller man wondered aloud

"Way I heard it" Kansas Jack spoke in his smooth drawl "Was that the boy had done somethin' to some local magistrate's daughter"

"Huh" The smaller man said with indifference "Well, fuck him then"

Jack nodded as he turned back. There was nobody following the two of them. THere also weren't nobody ahead of them. Kansas looked over towards the man on his left. He and Tom Ford had been working as a team for close on 6 months, tracking down whoever needed tracking and either delivering them alive or dead, depending on which paid more. It had been a successful partnership and, with the bounties in the south dryin' up since the end of the war, the two had been cleaning up.

"So what are you going to do with you half of the cas-" Tom had been asking when the sound of a single gunshot ran out. Tom's question had been interrupted by Kansas Jack drawing on his Walker Colt six shooters and putting a bullet in Tom's head. Tom's head burst a red mist and he slumped off his horse, dead before he hit the ground. Jack jumped from his ride, which had been barely spooked, and walked over to the body of his dead partner.

"Figger I'd be taking the whole thing, actually" Jack said as he began dragging the body towards the woods. "Hunnerd bucks goes a sight further'n 50 and I've been contemplatin' a move westward."

Jack walked back towards his horse and grabbed a shovel from his pack. He walked back to where he'd stashed the body and, upon once again checking that it was the middle of nowhere, began digging

"What's that Tom?" Jack jokingly asked the corpse as he began digging the makeshift grave "Well, there's a lot of money to be made out west, from what I hear. Especially if you're the kind of man who don't mind slitting a few throats, scalping a few injuns or, say, shootin' your best friend in the world, cold-blooded, for fifty dollars"

Jack chuckled at this last bit as he looked back towards the corpse. Tom's face was frozen in shock, his eyes wide open. Jack turned back and kept digging.

"Oh don't look so suhprised, Tom. Back when we rode for the Yankees you did much worse. Christ, you remember that farm we found just outside of Lexington? How old was that girl there? 14? I mean, granted, I put one twixt her eyes but after what you and the other sick sons of bitches were doin' to her that was an act of godlovin' mercy." Jack said with another little chuckle.

Satisfied with Tom Ford's final resting place, Jack began rooting through his pockets. He found the fifty dollars as well as some letters from the sweetheart Tom had back home. Jack tucked both into his own pockets and dragged the body inside. Jack started whistling as he began filling the grave. Once the dirt was full and even, Jack went back to his horse. He saddled up and continued riding along the dark road, a whistle still on his lips.

 

[rvplymates]

Julia sat on a log in front of her campfire. She was on her own again. She had lost O'Shien a few weeks back in a gun fight. Of course the one that had killed him was dead also. She had put a bullet between his eyes when she saw O'Shien drop to the ground dead.

She wiped at her eyes, tears both of sorrow and of fatigue seemed to be in them all the time now. She hardly ate and when she did she would feel sick to her stomach. He had been her first and only love and now he was gone and part of her had went with him.

She was fine during the day when she would have to keep a steady eye out for trouble but at night when she was alone the memories would flood her mind and the pain would come once more. How she wished the gun slinger had been fast enough to put a bullet in her head but of course he was busy with O'Shien.

She felt a failure as she had failed in her job to cover his back.

 

[macmillian]

surrender

I was speechless! I had heard about what Cassi was doing around the Campfires when the other soldiers was talking about sex. I just didn't know.
Well Cassi knew what she was doing and it did feel soooooo good, I just laid there and enjoyed what she was doing to me.

Cassi loved me and I her and I knew she wouldn't do anything to hurt me. I trusted the woman very much and had come accustomed to leaning on her for strength when needed, understanding and kindness. I in my few years had never met anyone like her at all.

She has gotten me so hard again and my desire to take her again was building deep within me. I pullled myself away from her lips, or aleast I tried as she held me firmly.

"Cassi! Come up here please?" I asked looking down at her. "Come here my love! I need you! Cassi!"

 

[CollegeRomantic]

Ava lay on her sleeping bag, writing once again. The next town she got to, she would be sure to find a post office. She also had to find a general store and try to secure a wagon from somewhere. She also had to get different boots. She sighed, knowing she would not sleep well tonight. A light sleeper by nature, every sound and every shadow woke Ava to full alertness. Her restless mind and restless spirit were no help either. She sighed, leaning back against her pillow, her letter to Finn laying unfinished. She reflected back on their relationship, if it could be called that, and wondered if it was even worth it to write to him, if he had even noticed her absence.

 

[macmillian]

surrender

At about two am in the moring, Just as Cassi had predicted at dinner time. It started of as a light rain and stedally got harder. By morning, verything was going to be soaked, except for what was covered and out of the rain.

Morning was still four hours away.

 

[CollegeRomantic]

The sound of the rain jerked Ava out of her sleep. She had drifted off while trying to write to Finn. She swore loudly and ripely, as she watched the glow from her fire slowly diminish. Ava wanted to cry, to scream and probably break something. Instead, she took her saddle blanket out and covered her horse as much as possible. She stared out into the night, the rain slowly soaking through her clothes. Sighing heavily, she went back into her tent and attempted sleep.