Chapter 5 - The Fairy Place
They had not fully acted on their desires yet. Holly was the child of the land; therefore the sailor did not want to take her just like that in a cabin on the sea. Plus it gave them more time to think and plan and get to know spots on each other's bodies which made them moan and whimper. Even though they still kept their clothes on, there were several heavy make out sessions and moans of pleasure.
Once they docked in South Africa. The sailor pecked her mate's mouth quickly, asked her to wait for her and ran to the underdeck and then out and away from the port.
Since the vessel needed a proper fix, after securing the dock permit, the superintendent went to deal with the local repair master. She looked for her child to tag along and learn how to deal with ports, repairs and other officialises. "Where is my daughter?"
The physician shrugged and shook her head. "I don't know. She said she would be back later in the afternoon."
Much later, pleased with herself, the excited woman returned back to the port, her cerulean orbs looking for her spouse. Totally taken with her mission she forgot about the ship and fixing it until she stood at the dock having nowhere to return. Erm, what now?
"Gail Stewart-Peck," called her mother's stern voice and the youngster felt her shoulders slump. "Where have you been?" she scolded more than questioned. "How many times do I have to tell you that first you take care of business and then you are free to go?"
"I really had something important to deal with," the daughter tried to convince her parent of a valid reason of why she had ran away early.
"More important than taking care of your home and people?" doubted the captain with a strict glare.
"Depends on the point of view. I would say yes," her blue eyes looked anywhere but her mother's face.
"Oh, do tell. I am really curious what is more important than your ship and crew." Gail really did not want to speak up her thoughts as she felt heat rising to her cheeks which was quite a giveaway. "On the second thought, keep that in your head and pants," the older sailor deadpanned. "So next two sales duties are on you."
"Next two?" groaned the blonde woman in protest. "It's not even my turn until we reach Australia."
"Or you can take this week already as your punishment for bailing off too soon and avoiding duties," suggested the captain sarcastically but absolutely serious. If it was not for the healer, she would definitely make her offspring take upon the unpopular business part right away.
"Next two duties sound good," she agreed quickly. "By the way, where is Holly?"
"With the rest of the group at the tavern in Strand." The blonde nodded and was about to set off, when her mother called after her. "Gail, you should go to the East Market. The nice elder man at the north part always used to have beautiful flowers. Just so you know."
The sailor girl smiled broadly and finally ran away. She reached their usual inn and rushed in, searching for her wife. Indeed she found her with their comrades at a large table on which quite a feast was placed. She went behind her favourite brunette and leant in to whisper into her ear. "Take the main street to the north, there is a big old oak tree. Meet me there in about half an hour." She straightened up with a smile and quick kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Darling, come to join us finally," shouted Oliver waving at her, creating a space for extra chair already.
"Not hungry," she called back but stole a piece of meat from her partner's plate anyway and hurried to fulfil her parent's recommendation.
"What can make Gail Peck abandon her meal?" wonder the older male sailor.
"Sex?" offered Dov and was immediately smacked on his chest with the back of Holly's hand, who sat on his right side.
"With whom? Her lady is right here with us," frowned Oliver in doubt.
"For how long?" questioned the younger man alas there was no real wonder in his tone. Lord knew he had a crush on the blonde himself but there was no malice in his behaviour towards the land child. Actually just like Chris he considered the physician his sister. For an orphan he had quite a family by now.
"Dov, shut up." Not even the brunette's tanned face could hide her blush. Her hunger was replaced with bubbling nerves; hence she did not refill her plate. She tried to keep herself occupied with the conversation around the table alas without much success. Therefore a couple more moments were spent waiting, not really paying attention to anything particular before she excused herself.
"I told you," her comrade commented the departure knowingly.
The traveller found the said tree without troubles. Not seeing her favourite pirate anywhere, she started pacing and thinking. Could Dov be right? Was her wife planning something? Truth to be told the brunette had expected that day or night to come sometime soon. She was excited, trilled and nervous for sure.
"Hey," the newcomer greeted shyly when she approached the waiting woman on the arranged spot.
"Hi."
"Hey," responded the blonde again. The older woman just raised her eyebrow. "Ah, yeah, I said that already." She offered her arm for Holly to hang in. "Let's have a walk," she suggested. "The thing I like about the east part of Cape Town is that it is quiet here with lots of nature," admitted Gail leading her spouse away from the noise of the city. They walked some more before they reached stables and the fair haired sailor paid for two fresh horses. "Once when I was this moody petulant teenage self, I was wandering in the wilderness for hours and found this fairy place. But since you already taught me how to ride a horse, it will be faster this way than going on foot," she smiled and hopped on the mount just like her companion.
They had a ride for about ten miles, Gail not for the first time that day. The nature was indeed beautiful and rich and the physician felt like in a dream already. They arrived at a lake, more of a pond, and the blond woman led them around the west part of it for a little more. They reached a small waterfront when the sailor jumped off the horse and tied it loose to a nearby tree. Her partner followed her action then turned around and noticed the slightly shorter woman right behind her taking her hands in hers. Once their eyes met, the she spoke up, "Holly, I want you to enjoy tonight, and this week. I want to show you how much I appreciate you. If I say no expectation I would be totally lying, but I want you to have fun and whatever you feel up to or don't feel up to, it is in your regime. I would respect whatever decision you want to make." The pale cheeks were burning and the heart was pounding like she had just attended a race instead of easy pace of riding horses.
The healer smiled gently and pulled her into a sweet kiss. Suddenly she felt so calm and secure that it surprised her herself. "I trust you, Gail. With everything I am I trust you." The blonde smiled as sparks appeared in her bright blue orbs. "Are there any more surprises?"
"Oh, yeah," the sailor quickly took her hand and led her to a place not so far from the waterfall. She pulled away a few thick branches and revealed a small cave. Then she entered and lit a few candles and a campfire she had prepared before.
Holly's mouth was agape at the scene in front of her. The fire kept the place warm with enough light in the middle, the candles illuminated the back area just enough to give it a nice romantic atmosphere, the smell of lilies was decent and petals were fallen around a spot with a stack of blankets and a thick furry cover. Also near the left wall there were two baskets. "Wow."
"Do you like it?" asked the younger of them tentatively. She looked from her preparation to her wife and back. "I know it is not exactly a room in the Royal Palace, but I hope it is alright. I had limited resources and time but -"
The healer cut her off with her lips. "It is beautiful, Honey. I would even say you are trying to seduce me," she joked with her lop-sided grin.
Alas the cerulean eyes turned into panic. How was she supposed to proceed? Should she act on her feelings and desires now and see where the situation would go or should she wait, but then until when?
"Gail," the velvet voice called her from her inner ramble. "Why are you the one nervous? Shouldn't you be telling me everything would be alright?"
"I guess I never really cared about anything ever so much not to screw up. Alcohol for courage and nerves?" she offered pointing her thumb to the direction of the baskets. When she was about to move, the brunette stopped her and pulled her back to her.
"Slow down, Pirate," she said with a smile. "My head is pretty overwhelmed as well, so let's take it easy. Do you have some games in there?" she pointed at the cases aside.
The sailor nodded. "Dice, cards." As her mother taught her to be prepared for anything, luck and timing as the superintendent would say.
"Alright, good. So one shot after a round. I do not want you or me to get wasted," reasoned the brunette. It was funny how she was the one with nerves on hold and bright mind.
"What do you suggest exactly?"
"Let's play poker and see where it takes us." The physician looked around admiring the effort her wife put into the arrangement. She had to smile wide and appreciate the situation. For someone with such a cold exterior, Gail was quite romantic. Anyway, a game of cards was first on the list to relax before they would be able to put the atmosphere into good use. She sat down on the blankets facing her partner. "By the way, have I mentioned I meant strip poker?" she grinned with a wink.
"I thought you wanted to take it slowly. If we play strip, you would be dressed like the first day you were born within a few games," said the other woman surprised yet confident.
"We will see about that," the healer was definitely up for that challenge, plus she knew her strengths.
Truth to be told, first round the dark haired player really lost; therefore she took off her boots. They were followed with Gail's along with the shirt and trousers leaving her in only the underwear. The blonde frowned and was ready for several shots of the liquor; alas she agreed earlier that they would have only one per game. She wondered where Holly had learnt to play cards so well. Fortunately she won the next round and the companion's trousers were off and the shirt would be soon too as it was already being unbuttoned.
"Oh wait," the physician stopped herself and showed her cards. Spade ascent. "It is your turn," she said with a smug grin and sparkling eyes, yet she left her top opened.
"Damn," cursed the other woman. Unsure where to really look, she took of the bandage around her chest and stared into the candlelight. "You are a tease and a cheater. It's not possible you can beat me so easily," she murmured offended. Well, more like humiliated. There was no way that some hidden cards were not involved.
"Yes to tease, no to cheater. Dad taught me well. He loves card games." Gail pouted and her mate laughed. "Alright, one last game. Winner takes it all. If you win, I am losing all my clothes, if I win… well…" she trailed off looking at the pale beauty in front of her, running her teeth through her bottom lip.
The sailor put on her professional poker face. She knew she could win. She had to. She could not lose to a sage even though she was married to her. The cards were not in her favour; nonetheless she dragged the game along to make Holly give up.
"More cards?" asked the healer.
"Nope, I am good. Thanks," she decline decisively.
"You sure?" questioned the other player, there was a mischief spark in her eyes however she was not able to disconcert her companion.
"Oh yes," the blonde agreed confident in herself.
Holly grinned and revealed her cards. The sailor threw hers away and crossed her arms on her chest. "So not fair!" she yelped.
"Rules are rules. Off with that garment," the physician pointed at the breeches playfully yet with hidden curiosity.
"One more game?" requested the other woman in hope to save her face.
"Gail…"
With a loud sigh the defeated player took off the remaining piece of clothes. "Fuck," she cursed under her nose, nonetheless in the cave it was loud enough to hear.
"If you wish so," whispered the brunette leant forward and wrapped her arm around the porcelain skin on the waist pulling her on the top of her and then she rolled turning them around so she was on the top, kissing her mate deeply.
It took some time for Gail to catch up. One moment she was thinking about how to keep herself decent despite being all naked and the next moment she was pinned under her gorgeous wife being smooched like tomorrow should never come.
When the tongue grazed her lips asking for the entrance, the sailor felt her body temperature raised with every other kiss, with every touch of the fine fingers running through her body. She had longed for the healer's touch on her bare skin for way too long, yet with respect to her spouse, she needed to ask before she would be at a point of a very difficult return.
"Shut your brain," whispered Holly into her ear which only sent more shivers down her spine. Breathing heavily unable to speak up, the blonde only looked at the other woman and frowned a bit. "Your kissing changed," she explained with a gentle smile answering the silent question how she knew about what the younger of them was thinking. "Just let go."
Gail felt like a caught animal. She could not talk, she could not really move, yet she was aware of the closeness of their bodies, the heat emitting from both of them. She was desperate for more contact but stuck with the concern for the brunette.
The taller of the pair leant back in; this time not for a kiss but for the thin skin on the neck, placing butterfly kisses from the ear down to the collar bone, she continued to the other side and up to the other ear. "You are fairer than I have imagined in my wildest dreams," she whispered. The hot air and the images of what Holly's wild dreams might be about sent another shiver thought the pale body.
The sailor had extremely hard time to intake a proper breath. She had to wonder what tanker would hit her because that kind of reaction which the physician was able to create in the core of her whole being was unbelievable. They were messing with each other before, but the bare skin had totally different effect especially when the soft lips found their way down from her neck to the valley of her breasts and to those moulds themselves, smoothing, kissing, and sometimes lightly grazing with teeth. One breast attended with the tongue, while the other with surprisingly skilled fingers. The healer was so patient but with well-aimed strokes and licks which only prolonged the sweet torture and aroused her body to the depth of the Baikal Lake.
Giving her some time to get a proper amount of oxygen into her lungs, Holly moved her ministration to the toned abdomen while her fingers travelled south along the hips and legs to the knees and back through the inside part of the tights.
The lower the healer got with her mouth, the more the sailor lost her ability to breathe properly again. She found her world shaking as every nerve was awakening. She expected a tanker to hit her by now because of how high she was, instead she found herself in wild waves of pleasure and she was sure there would be no big vessel but quite a storm into which she was heading to collide. It was like her imagined boat was disappearing in the wild waves and she was caught in a sea cyclone as Holly used her tongue in places about which she only fantasied. A moan escaped her vocal cords as fingers set on a mission to explore the inner part of her sacred cave, increased the tornado of pleasure. Gail was never loud; nevertheless she could not stop herself as at least soft moans were escaping the throat. She was lost in the turmoil and she enjoyed every second of it until the world exploded and she suffocated gasping for air. Moments later she was able to take a few breaths in, her body relaxed and she felt like floating on the waves of now calm sea.
Slowly coming back to reality, she noticed soft kisses being placed on her stomach, up on the valley of her breast, through her neck to her mouth.
Leisure smooching increased its demand. The healer's hand and fingers never left their place; on the contrary, they started the exploration again, especially teasing a spot which made the blonde desire for more. The gentle sea waves were getting wild again and before Gail knew what was really happening, she found herself in another storm of pleasure. She was drowning in the emotions and did not care a bit.
Once her body could not take it any longer, she stretched like a bow releasing all the tension in her muscles.
Still trying to catch her breath back she dared open her eyes and looked at her spouse who had satisfied smug grin on her face. She was on her left side, her forearm supporting her head, watching her pirate girl attentively.
"Care to explain… how a virgin can do this to me… twice," wondered the sailor who had completely lost the navigation course, when she found her ability to speak again.
"Well, I guess I must have a bit of talent, some healer's knowledge and lots of girl talks with two married women," Holly replied satisfied with her performance and very relieved she was able to provide such satisfaction.
"And the twice part?"
"I was testing the waters and you were responding positively so I kept going," she shrugged like it was no big deal nevertheless she felt her chest puff as her smile was getting wider.
Still amazed with a silly grin on her face, Gail shook her head in disbelief. She closed her eyes and stretched arms and lags to figure out how functional they were. Well, she was still missing some strength. "You must be the daughter of Aphrodite herself." The physician laughed out loud and her voice was echoing in the room with a ring to which the blonde could listen all day and night. She looked up with tender eyes and all the love she harboured for her partner. "But you are also a sage, so you must be the descendent of Aphrodite and Athena. Do you think they could have children together?" she philosophised frowning at the silly thoughts.
"They were gods; they could have children with whomever they wanted. What attracts you to the Greek mythology, anyway?"
"Well, look at us. I was born on the sea, in Poseidon's kingdom and never once he let me be harmed. Ares fights with us when we are in a battle. My mother must have Hera's blessing, because even though she can be bitchy, she takes care of children. She was brave enough to keep me when she had nothing; she bought Andy from her drunken father and raised her as another daughter, just like Dov when he was found hiding on the ship. He is said to be an orphan and he wanted to get away from his land. My mother took him under her wings. We found Traci tied in chains on a ship of corrupted royal sailors already pregnant. You are incredibly smart like Athena and I have just experienced the touch of Aphrodite. I cannot fight their existence when I feel their presence," she explained her believes and looked up to face her mate. "Speaking of gods, what about yours? Aren't you living in a sin?"
Holly sighed and lied on her back. "I was wondering the same, but then it was Lord who sent you to me. I had never prayed for a gorgeous pirate girl to marry me," she joked winking at her spouse. "You see all my life I tried my best to be a good person, to live according to The Commandments. Then I was tested when my mother got sick and I agreed to marry Ross, still I prayed for him to change, to be a good man and a good husband. But all the time I prayed to the Lord, not Satan, the Lord, our God. Then you appeared and saved me from that marriage. When you returned me to my parents, I thought it was my punishment for falling for you. However you came for me again. And you love me back. So it cannot be bad if Lord keeps sending you my way.
"I think there may be inconsistency in church. The church is made of people, people are not perfect, no matter what they think and how chosen they believe they are. Lord is with us, He is in all of us. We have The Commandments to follow and the Holy Spirit to lead us. So yeah, I am good. And I am talking too much."
Gail turned on her side and smoothed the healer's cheek tenderly. "No, it's alright. I want you to be in peace with your God."
She looked into the fascinating cerulean eyes and smiled softly. "I really am."
The blonde leant in tentatively kissing those tempting lips more and more deeply. For the love of Cupid she was so enamoured of this woman.
"You are ready already?" the brunette smirked in awe but very pleased.
"Blame yourself," the sailor uttered above a whisper switching their position to be able to get rid of the remaining pieces of clothes on the fine tanned body and explore every inch of it with all her senses.
Gail woke up and slowly stretched her body to find out which muscles were ready to work. Without opening her eyes she snuggled closer to… an empty space beside her. She quickly looked around. "Holly?" Alas there was no reply. She noticed the entrance being half covered, so she stood up and went outside.
A gentle smile spread on her lips when she saw her wife in the pond as the waterfall was covering her beautiful body, her head bent backwards as the thick mane of chestnut hair straightened under the weight of the water. The sailor imprinted this sight in her brain.
As quietly as possible, she joined the other women under the falling water hugging her from behind, kissing her shoulder. "Hi."
"Hey, good morning," purred the dark haired lover.
"How do you feel?" she asked bashfully.
Holly tuned in her arms to face her. "Very well. Thank you."
"Did you…" the sailor looked down at the water surface shyly, "Did you enjoy the last night… and this morning?"
"Do you really have to ask?" Honestly the night was better than any first time she had ever imagined. Not that she had given it much thought as being engaged to a madman scared her enough. That was until she met her amazing pirate girl who showed her the greatest time and how pleasurable intimacy could be.
"Just want to make sure if it was worth it. If you are alright and if I -"
The healer stopped her by capturing her lips with her own. "It was awesome. Thank you. I could not imagine better night and follow-up."
Finally the blonde looked up with a toothy grin. "Repetition for the n-th time?" The hunger and want she felt for the lady of her heart was incredible. No matter how many times they professed their love, she still did not have enough and longed for more.
"Oh, I was afraid you wouldn't ask."
Fortunately the feeling was mutual and so without wasting another moment, their lips reconnected and hands got busy with each other's body all over again.
Thank you for reading and your comments, they really warm my heart (:
I am aware this chapter was full of fluff, next one will have some action (;