At the Stroke Of Midnight...Part 1

Shaun sat at his desk staring at the wall infront of him…his mind raced with a thousand random thoughts and suddenly he felt numb; as if his brain had gotten stuck in a time warp. He continued staring at the wall as if lost in a trance…not blinking even once…his eyes began to water and a silent tear rolled down his cheek. The wall clock ticked away providing an eerie background score to the otherwise silent dorm room. His watched beeped and suddenly Shaun realised – it was midnight…he stared blankly at the screen of his cell phone; expecting it to start ringing any moment. It did not. He got up slowly from his chair and looked around the room – as if seeing it for the first time. He never noticed how messed up his side of the room was. His roommate had gone back home for the long vacations leaving Shaun the whole room to himself. “Its been 2years”, he thought out loud. “2 fucking years and these bastards don’t even remember its my fucking birthday!”…He didn’t realise how loud he had said that till he heard a giggle by the door. It sounded like a girl – “you are delusional dude”, he said out loud to himself – he lived in an all boys hostel and the only female presence he had seen there had been that of the janitor lady.

Just as he was about to flop onto the bed and start listening to his deafening music collection on his old walkman he heard a faint knock at the door (which he had purposely left ajar). “Who is it?” he yelled out loud expecting his friends to come barging in and start pounding his ass. Shaun stared at the doorway and his jaw dropped as he gaped at the stunning figure standing infront of him. “Katrina!” he managed to splutter…His mind racing as he made a mental note…Name – Katrina Peterson…Age: 20…Occupation: Med Student…
“Stop it! Stop it! You aren’t doing a medical diagnosis for chrissake! Ask her why she’s here!” he thought (His brain would yell at him at times but he never felt this tongue tied before).
“What are you…?” He began...
“Hey you! It was your birthday and I figured you would have buried your pansy ass under a pile of books or you’d be all sad and philosophical and I wasn’t going to let that happen so I thought I would sneak over and…” Her voice trailed off as she scuttled about the room like a crab. Shaun just stood there, his senses were benumbed her presence. Almost acting out of instinct he shut the door and bolted it. When he turned around he saw Katrina staring at him with her characteristic eyebrow raised.
“And just what do you think you are doing mister?” she questioned in a teasing manner…
“I…I thought…I mean I didn’t think…I figured…if anyone saw you I’d get screwed so I…” Shaun was stuttering…he felt like a complete idiot.
What was she doing here in his dorm? How had she managed to get in? Questions plagued his mind, which just refused to think. All he did was stand and stare…stare at the female form, which moved about clumsily infront of him. He had never noticed it before but Katrina was a very beautiful girl; she wore a blue hooded sweatshirt with dirty denim shorts and her signature canvas shoes.
“Damn she has nice legs…if only she wasn’t such a tomboy” Shaun thought as he stared at her. “Shaun stop acting like you’ve just seen a ghost and go wait in the bathroom for 10minutes.” She commanded (Shaun hated the way Katrina pushed him around all the time).
“Huh? Wha…” Before Shaun could protest he was shoved into the bathroom that was attached to his room and the door bolted from outside.
“Hey! What the…! Let me out you crazy woman!” Shaun yelled as he banged on the bathroom door.
“Calm down pansy, this will only take a minute,” She yelled back.
“Great, what a way to spend my birthday…I get locked up in a loo by a girl…a psychotic girl…” Shaun thought gloomily as he sat on the pot – wondering what fate awaited him.After what seemed like an eternity the bathroom door opened and Katrina slipped inside. Shaun’s heart began to pound as he felt a bead of sweat roll down his temple. “What the hell is this stupid girl doing?” He thought to himself.
“Ok now don’t be afraid I’m going to blindfold you and take you outside ok…” She said in a re-assuring kind of way. Had it been any other chick Shaun would have been like – bring it on baby…lets get some BDSM going. But this was Katrina – she would probably blindfold him and feed him to a pack of hungry street dogs. Shaun felt his heart race as he nodded his head and almost whispered affirmation. She tied a silk bandana over his eyes and held his hand to guide him out of the room. Shaun didn’t realise how ice cold his hands had become until he felt the soft warm skin of Katrina’s hand over his.
“Hey don’t be afraid…you’re as cold as a corpse…I won’t kill you you know,” she teased.Shaun expected the worst as he walked out of the room being guided like a blind man. He sniffed the air…it smelt peculiar…he couldn’t put his finger on it but his room smelt nice – it smelt like a girl! Slowly, Katrina undid the bandana and whispered Happy Birthday and slowly kissed his ear. Current ran through Shaun’s entire body – the touch of her lips on his ear did something to him…he began to feel turned on. “Control yourself you idiot!” He thought to himself. Before he knew it Katrina pranced about infront of him, taking him on a mindless “guided tour” of his room. Her voice seemed like it was coming from afar. Shaun looked around his room and flew into a trance. There were about 50 candles in the room…all lit up…the lights were off…Katrina seemed to glow like an angel in the candle light. Her soft brown eyes glistened as her skin radiated a glow.
“Hey what if my bed catches fire?” Shaun blurted out without thinking. There was a short pause followed by a non-stop Katrina giggle-a-thon.
“Nice one smart ass! What if my bed catches fire!?!?! DO YOU GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR BED??? You’re really an expert at blowing up all your chances!” Shaun thought angrily to himself. His train of thought was interrupted by a tug at his hand. Katrina sat cross-legged on the bed sheet she had laid on the floor.
“Sit down dumbo, lets cut the cake!” Shaun sat down absent mindedly…he had no clue what was going on but whatever it was – he was loving it. It was way better than getting his ass pounded to pulp by his rowdy friends.
“Ok now make a birthday wish and blow out the candles” She chirped. Shaun didn’t realise how long he had been staring at her – not taking his eyes off her face…She looked like an angel. “Helloooooo…Earth to Pansy…Earth to Pansy…Do you read us?” She was waving her hand infront of his face. Suddenly he broke out of the spell and looked at the cake. Feeling visibly embarrassed for the nth time now. Katrina sang as happy birthday and handed him a plastic knife to proceed with the dissection. He cut the cake clumsily; she fed him a large piece and smothered all the chocolate icing on his face.
“There! Now you have a cake-pack!” She chuckled. Shaun was tempted to lick her fingers to rid them of the icing but he knew he would probably get kicked in the balls if he tried that… She bounced over to the dilapidated stereo and turned on some music…MLTR…Shaun couldn’t recognise the song but the words seemed meaningful.
“Ok now lets sip Champaign and then we can dance,” She said merrily.
“Champaign?” Shaun blurted (trying very hard to recall any sentence he had spoken clearly since the time she walked into the room)
“Well not exactly…” She smirked as she pulled out two Champaign flutes from her sweatshirt pockets and rolled out a bottle of cider from her bag.
“It’s a dry day today you idiot where was I supposed to get alcohol from?”
Shaun sipped at the cider slowly, all the while staring at Katrina. She was a full-bodied girl; she seemed strong – he wasn’t going to find out by testing her strength.
“God you’re beautiful,” He said in a mesmerized tone as he stared into her beautiful eyes. He wanted to say so many things to her – he had a conundrum of emotions flowing through his head but that was the best he could do. She continued to stare at him – not saying a word. Slowly she held his hand and began caressing it. Shaun felt himself tingle as her warm skin touched his hard cold hand.
“Why are you so cold?” She asked.
That question caught Shaun completely off guard and he began to babble – “Because I think you’re so cute but I know you think I’m a geek and I never think of girls but I do and I really like you and I had never noticed how hot you are till now and I have no clue why you are doing this for me but I’m really enjoying it and I have no clue how to thank you for this because I don’t think I ever could and…”
Her giggles suddenly interrupted his train of thought. Shaun felt flushed. He had succeeded in making a complete fool out of himself yet again. She poured him some more cider and started talking. Shaun wasn’t listening to a word she was saying – he was in a state of delusion.
“Come on let’s dance!” She heaved Shaun off his feet and held him close to her body. He almost shivered as he stood holding her waist as she buried her face into his shoulder. Shaun caught a whiff of her shampoo and before he knew it he had buried his nose into her hair. She didn’t seem to notice. Time flew by…the clock ticked on…song after song they danced. “I could do this all day,” Shaun thought to himself...

At the Stroke of Midnight...Part 2

Suddenly, Katrina jolted as if struck by lightening.
“Hey lets go to the park!” She said almost jumping, with a glint of naughtiness in her eyes.
“Uh…But…” Before Shaun could protest he had his shoes on and was walking towards the local park behind his hostel. It was a deserted place where lovers flocked during the evening to make out and canoodle. Shaun hated public display of affection. He kept his eye open for any sign of life around – it was almost 1am and not a soul was in sight. Katrina plopped herself down on a patch of grass which was wet with dew and pulled Shaun down next to her. Holding his hand she began to talk…she told him about how much she enjoyed painting but never got a chance to paint. Amidst her chattering Shaun kept thinking how much he was in love with her…when suddenly, out of the blue she asked about his girlfriends - catching him off guard again.
Shaun shyly admitted that he never had any; he was always interested in fulfilling his parents dreams of staying focused and becoming a good doctor…Suddenly he wasn’t too certain that was the only thing he wanted anymore. Katrina giggled and leaned over and kissed his cheek. Shaun let his hands glide over her back as he gently stroked her hair. She shivered as he ran his fingers down her back. He whispered in her ear, asking if she was alright. She responded by grabbing Shaun’s tshirt and tumbling them both over, down the slope into a fresh patch of grass. She pinned Shaun down with both her hands and chuckled wickedly.
“I’ve got you now. What shall I do to you!”Shaun was utterly shocked by this sudden burst of energy, he felt himself getting hard. “No! No! No!” He panicked and broke into a sweat.
Still ontop of him Katrina began to laugh loudly as she released her prisoner and lay next to him in the grass. By this time the moon was now lower than usual and the stars twinkled in the sky; Katrina snuggled close and buried her face into Shaun’s chest – listening to his heartbeat. Shaun put his arm around her, as if protecting her from the cool breeze that brushed past her and brought whiffs of her sweet smelling skin to him.
He wanted to make love to her so bad but he was afraid of how she might react. From what he knew – Katrina was a very sensitive girl – a kind of female peter pan; the girl who never grew up. The last thing he wanted to do was freak her out, she had been so good to him. Suddenly a faint sniffle broke his chain of thought – “Oh no! She’s crying,” he thought to himself. He looked down to see tears rolling down her cheek and drenching his tshirt.
“Hey are you alright?” he asked ever so gently. Praying that she hadn’t noticed him stiffening up and gotten upset.
“I love you Shaun,” she managed to murmur in between her sobs. Shaun tilted her head up and gently kissed her forehead.
“I love you too Katrina, I always have. But I could never admit it because…” She cut him short by kissing his lips. Her soft tender lips felt like velvet against his skin. She was an angel he thought to himself – I will never hurt her. He gently slipped his hand inside her sweatshirt and felt beads of sweat on her back.
“Are you alright sweetheart?” He asked as he gently caressed her back, trying to avoid going near her bra strap for fear of frightening his little deer.
“I’m fine…Just be gentle” At that Shaun’s hand froze. He felt as though something was amiss. He quickly retrieved his senses and took his hand out of her sweatshirt. She looked at him with puzzled eyes…looking even more mesmerising in the moonlight.
“What happened? Why did you stop?” She asked quizzically.
“Look Kat, you’re an amazing girl and I really love you. I don’t want to do anything to hurt you. You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to…”
Before he could complete his sentence, Katrina had taken off her sweatshirt and had snuggled back into his embrace. Wearing nothing but a black sports bra and her shorts. Shaun was shocked…pleasantly surprised. He couldn’t think…he didn’t want to. He was going to enjoy this moment. Her nipples felt hard against his chest. He felt goose bumps form on her smooth skin as he stroked her exposed arm. They kissed again. She suddenly turned over and lay on her back and stared at the stars. Shaun stopped in his tracks, watching every move so he wouldn’t screw up. He turned onto his side and drew circles around her bellybutton. She turned her head and rubbed her nose against his. They kissed again. Slowly she began working his shirt off as she rolled him onto his back and climbed up ontop. She kissed Shaun all over his body ever so gently. Shaun could feel really hard and horny now. He didn’t know what to do. He was unsure how far he wanted to go with this beautiful damsel. Katrina’s body shivered as Shaun ran his fingers down her waist. He gently unhooked her bra strap, exposing her glorious chest. The sight of her round full breasts made him break into a cold sweat. He lay her down and held her in his arms – covering her from the world. Gently he began to caress her nipples with his hands as she unbuttoned his jeans. Before they knew it, both of them were lying naked in each other’s arms. Holding each other close for warmth. Shaun kissed the back of her ear and her neck as her naked body quivered in his arms.

“Be gentle,” She said quietly…staring into his eyes with eyes full of love and expectation.Shaun was no expert but he had watched enough porn to know what he was doing. He gently worked with her body. Kissing, caressing, licking…as she arched her back and let out a slight moan. Once he had assured him self that she was ready he gently entered her, being careful not to apply too much pressure. Slowly he penetrated and made sweet love. She gasped and tightened her grip as she clamped down on her teeth to keep from yelling at the top of her voice – more out of pleasure than pain. After the lovemaking, Shaun held Katrina close in his arms and ran his fingers down her back and gently stroked her hair. They lay naked on the dew dripping grass, lost in each other’s arms like two lovers; unaware of the world. Katrina clung onto Shaun like a child holding a teddy bear. There was a tsunami of emotions setting off in Shaun’s head. He knew he had found his calling. His meaning of life was in his arms. He had found a driving force in his otherwise mundane life.
“Will you be with me forever Katrina?” He asked gently, while stroking her cheek.
“Forever and for always,” She replied with an innocent gleam on her face.