BETH … opens the door to leave the convenience store… At the same time a black man steps in front of her to enter… She backs off quickly;
> Sorry.
> It-s ok; ladies first he say-s.
……Beth hurries past him and heads to her apartment two blocks away. What a nice man she thinks… Beth is a quick walker… she takes no time to look at the summer colors as she heads home… Beth is a nervous woman. Beth is a shy woman.
……Beth works in a store…not up front in sales but in the back…counting stock. Her employer knows she is shy and accepts this… Beth is just very timid; is written on her evaluation.
……What she is to her boss is honest, hard working and capable… She is also cheap…, receiving the smallest salary of all those who work here, including part timers.
……Jakob, her superior has intervened on her behalf more than once as she is easily bullied. Beth likes Jakob even though he is a lot older than she is… Jakob is 44… Beth is 27…
……Beth completed her high school and a Business course at C.G.I… Because she is so shy she does not get the good jobs. Beth is happy working at Ames-s Hardware Store…, lots of inventory. She takes pride in knowing the location of all of the 253,417 items in the store. Of course there are multiple items so there are not actually 253,417 different locations.
……Beth gets Sunday-s and Monday-s off… However, she works allot of Sundays filling in for people who do not show up… Beth is on salary so she actually works those days for free…
…..Jakob does give her days off in lieu sometimes…Beth knows she is taken advantage of but she does not mind…she has nothing else to do anyways.
……Beth lives only six blocks from work, right next to a light industrial park… Obviously not one of your better neighbourhoods… because of the location the rent is cheap. Beth can afford the rent so she is ok with it…
…Beth is not bothered much by men…she lives alone…Beth is a tall gangly woman with her hair long enough to run past her shoulders… she is a natural ash-blonde with a few gray hairs; almost invisible; from early aging. Her hair is fine and nearly un-manageable…, often giving her a frizzy – fly-away look.
…She keeps promising herself she will cut her hair but just never seems to get around to it…
…Her legs a long, maybe even a little bony to a casual observer… Beth has no fat on her body…, is small breasted; and has an average sized rear… Her face is not ugly but not pretty… Her nose is big… she has blue-grey eyes. Her eye-brows can get a little thick if she does not keep them under control…Beth-s hands and feet are big for a woman…but not heavy like a man-s; quite attractive to the right observer.
…Beth has a nice mouth and teeth; average sized lips, and a beautiful personality.
…Beth was one of those girls who grew quickly and was considered sexy in high school. She had a few dates and eventually found a boyfriend…
…He wanted sex; she was shy about it… She thought what they had was real so eventually she gave in… They screwed a few times and Beth nearly had an orgasm once so she knew it could feel good…
…They broke up after high school and Beth never had a boyfriend since… she had a few dates though. Men these days want sex right away…she is way too shy for that… so she quit dating…
…Her last date was two years ago. His name was Bart… they had just gotten into the car and he was all over her… Beth struggled to get out of the car… He yelled at her making her cry… That was enough Beth told herself…
…She consoled herself by saying she did not have kids and a mean SOB for a husband…, so it was not all bad…, taking that route gave her solace…
…But she wished she could be in love, she missed that a lot…
……Beth was leaving the convenience store… A black man stepped in front of her as she was trying to get into the store. She backs off quickly;
> Sorry.
> It-s ok lady; you were first, he say-s.
Beth hurries past him heading for her apartment two blocks away…
>>> LOOK OUT !
……Tires screech and Beth jumps as a car leaving the gas pump roars past her… The black man swears at the driver …. He apologizes to Beth for his language…
> That-s ok, she say-s…, and hurries off towards home.
……The black man watches after her making sure she gets across the street safely… [ Beth never notices him watching her.]
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> Hello !
……….. Beth looks up;
> Oh hello she says, recognizing the black man from the convenience store…
> So this is where you work ?
> Yes! Beth suddenly feels intimidated… [ Her head bows slightly as she looks away from him.]
> My name is Rod…, see…, just like on the name tag…
…….Beth looks at his name tag. [.. ROD…] she smiles in acknowledgement, but does not speak. She is tongue tied.
……Rod can tell she is nervous, shy to the extreme;
> See ya… round pretty lady. [ Rod leaves.]
……Beth watches him leave the aisle she is in;
> God damn it Beth…, at least you could have said something…
……He called me pretty lady…
[ … PRETTY LADY… ] Beth hangs onto that all day.
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Rod was sitting at the bus stop sipping on his slush; it-s a scorcher of a day for this time of year… He looks up and sees the shy blonde lady walking towards him…, she was looking at him. Rod wondered what she would say, if anything. He smiled at her.
> Hello Beth said… I just wanted to apologise for my rude behaviour last week… I should have said something… I am kind of shy… Sometimes I get tongue tied…
> That-s ok Rod replied… You seem to be doing better today… [ Rod stands.] I will introduce myself again, I am Rod… Just like on the name tag…
……Beth smiles;
> Hello Rod, I am Beth…
> Beth… I like that name Beth… My favourite aunt was a Beth… She was not blonde though.
……Beth laughs;
> Probably not.
…..Rod and Beth carry on an amicable conversation. One of Beth-s better days…
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Over the next several months into the fall Rod and Beth ran into one another at the convenience store, the bus stop and twice at the store where she worked… Rod needed something so he made the effort to go to – Ame-s –
…It was just before thanksgiving, the weather was above normal. Rod was leaving the convenience store when he looked up and saw Beth turning up the street heading home. Rod took off running after her, he had not seen Beth for a couple of weeks and wanted to say hello, plus…
….. He was perhaps twenty feet behind her when he called to her…
>>> BETH !
…..Beth jumped…
> Sorry…, I tried not to startle you Beth…
> Oh, that is ok… I was day dreaming…. How are you Rod, I have not seen you for awhile.?
> Pretty good Beth, and you?
> Ok.
…Rod and Beth walked together up the street, talking as they went… Rod was happy to see Beth. He hoped she felt the same.
…They stopped in front of her place and chatted for several minutes more… Then Rod popped the question…
> Beth, would you like to go for a coffee some evening… ya know, get to know one another better…
> Yes ! … [ Beth was surprised at how fast she answered. ]
……Rod was pleased but noticed she seemed to regret answering yes.
> What-s up pretty lady, you seem concerned about something ?
Beth blushed;
> It is just that I do not go out any more… My last date I had to fight off… that was two years ago…
> You won-t have to fight me off Beth… When you are with me I will look after you… [Pause]… I am no Sir Lancelot Beth…
> I would not want you to be, she answered…, an unusual response from shy Beth..
> Plus; I have much nicer skin tone that he had.. Rod says.
…Beth looked at Rod…, she could not help herself; she burst out laughing… as did he…
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With that the date was set and Rod and Beth went out for a coffee…, which lasted a couple of hours… Beth felt very comfortable with Rod… black man or not, she like him allot. They discussed race during their coffee… Both dispelled some of the myths held in their society…
…Beth learned that Rod worked in the parts department of a car dealership. Rod learned of Beth-s background and why she stayed with -Ame-s- [Secretly he thought she should be treated better but said nothing].
…By the end of their coffee they had made an actual date… Beth had to go out on Sunday-s though, because of work… Rod was ok with that… They decided to take in a movie for their first date… Bussing it to and from the theatre…
…The following Sunday they went to an-other movie.
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Xmas came and both Rod and Beth went home to family… Beth traveled to L.A… Rod when back east to his family…
…Beth got into a fight with her father over Rod being a – nigger – … She left the house early Boxing day… Her father would not talk to her… Beth invited her mother to visit in the spring… to meet Rod… should he still be in the picture.
…Rod-s Xmas was better… his drug attic brother was in jail… his sister never came… so it was Rod and his mother, plus some cousins… Rod-s mom is not healthy enough travel but she hopes to meet Beth…
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All in all things tended to slide a little between Rod and Beth that winter…
Rod walked slowly up the sidewalk to where he lived… It was another hot summer day so he had his usual Slush… Even at 32 years of age Rod enjoyed those cold drinks in the heat…
Rod entered the apartment quietly. He took off his dirty work clothes and took a shower…After he showered Rod tip-toed into the bedroom…, Beth was sleeping… It was a Monday and her second of two days off… Rod worked on Mondays so they only had one day off together… they managed…
……Rod sat in the only chair in their bedroom and stared out the window… He looked at his beautiful wife… then looked outside again…
Who-d a thought he-d have gotten so lucky… He, Rod Brown…
>Huh! … Rod shakes his head…there must be a God.
…He had feelings for her right from the start… Her persona captured his interest before he thought of her physically… and yet; under those steel toed work boots and blue coveralls was a gorgeous woman…
…Rod looked at Beth-s naked body… she had fallen asleep on their bed. New shoes, an empty box, a pink nightie, dark coloured shirts for work…, her cell phone… Beth lay amongst these items sound asleep…
…………………Rod and Beth had been married two years plus. He had treated her to a new dress last week. Tonight he was taking his beloved Beth for supper with friends…, a belated anniversary outing paid for by their friends…
……Rod was very proud of Beth. She held her own despite her timid nature… Rod-s friends and work buddies just loved her…
……Rod looked over his bare naked lady… Her face pointed away from where he sat… Her blonde hair hiding her neck and head… A shoulder peeked out over the top of that blonde haystack of hers… Rod laughed quietly to himself… She had a hell of a time with her hair.
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……Her slender frame with its coat of white scattered light throughout the room. The gentle rise of her hip gave the sun a chance to show-case her waist and the small of her back…
……Beth-s hips and behind divided into those gorgeous long legs of hers…
……Rod leaned forward getting a better view of this ladies own personnel play station… With her legs curled up in a semi-fetal position she left herself open to her husband-s gaze… Rod looked again at the sun shining on her back and hip…
…..He moved to her…, caressing her bottom with a soft waft of warm air from his mouth… He watched the few hairs she had between her legs move under the influence of his breath…
> Are you going to do something nice to you wife?
> Yes, Rod answered. I did not know you were awake.
> I felt a cool breeze on my bottom and I knew it was not old man winter… He is not due here for a bit… Although he is cool for an old man.
…..Rod rolled his eyes:
> I-d better do something then, I do not want to lose you to a frost-bitten old man.
……He moved his face to her rear… kissing each cheek in a rhythmic fashion… Soon his tongue followed the crack of her bum… Licking every inch of Beth along the way… touching her bum with his tongue… parting those soft light pink lips of hers… sampling the flavours of his wife-s woman-hood.
BETH SIGHED…
…..Rod licked her for several minutes until she opened her legs while rolling onto her back… Exposing to her husband the woman that she is… and waiting for his tongue to bring a warm glow to her body…
…..Rod licked Beth… inserting his tongue into her vaginal opening… making circles with an in-out motion… emulating a horse on a Merry-Go-Round…
……Rod-s tongue left the Merry-Go-Round periodically to bump with her clitoris… slipping underneath it…to a place where Beth was very sensitive… Rod kept up this fanciful fair ground…. Electric cars bumping, a Merry-Go-Round spinning…
…..Beth raised her legs up… pulling her husband higher. She looked at his curly black hair briefly… Beth-s head dropped back to the pillow as wave after wave crashed upon her…
…..Rod loved the way Beth-s hips bucked during her orgasm-s… He glanced at her face, mostly hidden from view… yet there it is that reddish hue…
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They curled up in bed after…
>Do you want me to do something for you, Beth asked…
>Maybe later tonight… [Rod liked her to bask in the afterglow of lovemaking].
…Rod reached behind him and pulled something from the back of his head…, it was Beth-s cell phone case. He looked at Beth, she looked at him:
> Velcro. [The room reverberated with laughter].
……Rod thought about her for sometime… as he held her in her sleep. She is heaven sent he decided.
…… Rod and Beth sleep huddled together under the covers in their bed. The Sunlight slowly moving across the bed spread… A shadow briefly interrupts this glow… it had the appearance of a winged creature.
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Arlene stood looking out her window. She liked to look at the trees and flowers in the late afternoon sun. The apartment building across from her home glistened…. Arlene looked at the windows… their reflection of sunbeams… such beauty she found in those shinny reflective panes.
For the briefest instant a reflection in one of those panes came to life. A twisting, flexing, moving image of sorts… It had the appearance of wings she thought… Arlene smiled and closed her curtains. She checked the doors and went into the bedroom.
Her husband of 52 years was taking a late afternoon nap. Arlene adjusted the fan so the air would not hit them directly and crawled in beside her husband…
—- Your coming to lay with me honey, he asked.
—- Yes, she replied….
—- I like it when you lay with me. He kissed her.
—- I like it too … [Pause…] … I saw an Angel.