Chapter 12
"YOU MUST BE HOT AND TIRED," JUD SAID WHEN they got into his cabin.
They'd stopped at the bar and he and Cunningham had put away a couple drinks, then they'd gone over to reserve another cabin for Cunningham and Sally.
Desert Rose stepped up and kissed Jud on the cheek. "Can you cool me off and put me to sleep?" she challenged.
Jud began unbuttoning the denim shirt she'd worn for the hike down the mountain. Simultaneously, she began undoing his shirt. Then they removed their respective trousers and underpants, and both were naked.
They just stood for a moment and admired each other. "It's going to be fun, with a bed, for a change,"
Desert Rose said.
Jud nodded. "Let's see if there's room for two of us in that shower, first."
He walked toward the bathroom door and peered behind the shower curtain. "It'll be a tight fit," he reported, "but we can make it."
He reached in and turned the water on, adjusting the hot and cold to what he deemed the right temperature. She walked over to him, and he slid his arm around her, escorting her into the stall.
There was just enough room for them to soap and scrub each other until their skin glistened. Then for a long time they just stood under hot water, bodies pressed together. At last Jud reached up and turned off the spray, and they got out quickly and helped each other dry off.
They were both impatient, and wasted no time getting to the bed. Desert Rose tossed the covers away and sprawled naked on the sheet. The starched whiteness served to accent the coppery hue of her flesh, which Jud was seeing for the first time in the light.
She sucked ravenously on him, and began to roll her hips. Jud also began to move, alternately sucking and nibbling at her moist treasure, feeling a sharp craving surge in his loins as she increased the motions of her lips and tongue.
Suddenly he could stand no more of it. He raised his head from her, hearing her give out a short gasp of disappointment, feeling her tug at his shoulders to get him to reverse his position on the bed.
He did this, sprawling out on her, arching up his hips and holding himself poised for a last moment of anticipation before he thrust into her.
For a while he just lay there looking down at her, his hands running lightly over her body as she ran her hands over his.
"You make me very happy, Jud," she whispered. "And I'm very happy with you." He kissed her on the lips, then began a slow gyration of his hips, to which she responded perfectly.
She made little purring sounds and closed her eyes.