The Place - Cooper's Room
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				Title: <strong>The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>02-06-2009, 21:52:56</strong>
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				"Dang but there are a lot of changes of sheets in here," Cooper mused as he rifled the armoire that stood against the wall that separated his room from the en suite bath. "No pressure or anything..."<br><br>The meager assortment of clothes he had brought with him didn't even fill two of the deep shelves. On the positive side, he reflected, that did leave plenty of room for him to lay out his other gear. Half of one was therefore given over to his ratchet set, left open for quicker access. The Super Tool he usually kept holstered on his belt, but considering what Mel had said, he wasn't sure he wouldn't just look foolish carrying it with him. Then again, you never knew when you might stumble across something that needed tinkering with; Cooper shrugged and reattached the holster.<br><br>"Now," he muttered, "Let's see if they get a sport that isn't soccer here." He scooped up the television remote from his nightstand and flipped on the small set. <br><br>"Formula One!" he beamed. "Now you're talking." He flopped down on the settee and put up his feet.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-06-2009, 18:24:19</strong>
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				<strong>From the Main Thread</strong><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=37189.msg1933685#msg1933685">Quote from: Avis habilis on 03-06-2009, 04:08:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Cooper took a few long strides ahead of Sarah to open the door for her, then followed her out onto the lawn.<br>"So. These are the grounds. Immaculately kept, still very much like they were when The Place was first built. It was a fortification, obviously, as you can see from the high walls and the complicated access path. Lots of places to, um, shoot arrows. From."<br>They strolled across the lawn and Cooper extemporized as fast as he could. He noted every feature of the grounds and buildings, taking his best guess as to their original function based on what little he still remembered from his military history classes, and spun what he hoped was a believable yarn about The Place's past - about which he knew exactly bupkes. After all, it wasn't like anybody had presented him with an employee handbook.<br>A number of wrought iron pergolas stood around a large granite bird bath, and Cooper took advantage of the symphony of song from the birds gathered there to stop nattering. This was getting ridiculous, he reflected. He had no idea what he was talking about, and it wouldn't be long before Sarah couldn't fail to notice. If she hadn't already.<br>It had occurred to him at some point that what Mel had actually been saying was "invite her up to your room, fool". Even if he had realized what she meant at the time, he knew it would have been just too weird to make that offer to a girl he had just met. But maybe he had found a plausible segues here - from where they stood, the small patio outside his room was visible. As they had chatted, he had definitely warmed to the girl. And having had the chance to surreptitiously observe her luscious form from every angle as they paused to sniff flowers, he was surely eager to see more of her.<br>"You know, Sarah," he said as offhandedly as he could manage, "That's my room up there overlooking the grounds. It's got a great view. Care to stop up?"<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div> <br>Sarah lifted a quizzical brow when he escorted her back outside, was her room located somewhere else on the property?&nbsp; Was his?&nbsp; Or did he just have a kink for having sex outdoors?&nbsp; All these thoughts entered her mind.&nbsp; If she was honest she wasn’t sure what to expect when she arrived, just being here was a big step for her.&nbsp; Heck, she was a total wild child just contemplating having sex with a stranger, paid or not, never mind following through with it.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>If she hadn’t been in such a rut, and her friend hadn’t told her all about her stay a couple of months back she doubted she’d be here at all, hell if her friend hadn’t stood over her while she made the reservation she knew she definitely wouldn’t be here.&nbsp; &nbsp; ‘Go for a week and try out something new and kinky, they are very discreet and it wont be in the paper the next day.’ Had been the exact words her friend had used as encouragement.&nbsp; &nbsp; Having sex outdoors could be considered kinky couldn’t it?<br><br>She was barely paying attention as he led her around the gardens, pointing things out and telling her silly little stories about the place, her mind too busy churning over the fact that she was here and she was going to have sex with him.&nbsp; &nbsp;Absently she trailed her fingers over the various blooms in passing, every so often the fragrance of one catching her attention which made her stop.&nbsp; <br><br>She was brought crashing back to reality when he said her name and asked here a question.&nbsp; “Huh?” what had he just asked?&nbsp; She felt the blush of embarrassment creep up her neck and face “That’s sounds nice.” She answered hoping it was the correct answer.&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-06-2009, 18:12:27</strong>
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				<em>Good lord,</em> Cooper thought, <em>she's blushing. That's so cute! She's actually as nervous about this as I am. Hell, maybe more.</em> So Sarah was as new to this as he was. The thought went a long way to calming him. Putting her at ease gave him something to focus on, and by taking his mind off his own discomfort dispelled it.<br><br>He led the way up the slope of the lawn to his room, opened the French door that let onto the patio, and ushered her inside. "Why don't you sit down," he said, gesturing to the long leather couch that was positioned to look out over the grounds. It really was a breathtaking view, broad expanse of lawn leading to the riot of color in The Place's gardens, then over the high white walls to the azure sea in the bay beyond. "I'll get you a glass of water. You must be parched after your flight. I know I always am."<br><br>A pitcher of water stood on the long banquette that supported the TV. Cooper picked a tumbler from the assortment of glasses that sat next to it - a pair for just about every cocktail you might want to mix, he noted - and rummaged in the small fridge for ice. The room was definitely well stocked, as well as stylishly furnished. That was a plus. That probably meant there wouldn't be an awkward pause at a critical moment as he hunted for crucial supplies.<br><br>He returned to Sarah and handed her the glass. <em>Okay,</em> he thought, <em>you know what she's here for, she knows what she's here for, but you still don't want to be tactless. So ease her into it.</em> He gulped mentally, then took her free hand and began massaging her palm with his strong, nimble fingers.<br><br>"And like I said before, anything I can do for you ... anything at all ... I'm ready and willing to oblige."
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>08-06-2009, 20:22:42</strong>
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				It wasn't until he ushered her inside did she realise what he had asked her.&nbsp; Looking around the room she walked over to the sofa he had indicated and sat down.&nbsp; The room was rather large and luxurious looking, with lots of cupboards....what was in them?&nbsp; <br><br>Instead of looking out at the view, she watched him as he poured her a glass of water, taking in the lithe movements.&nbsp; He looked like he was physically in shape and it just made her wonder about stamina and positions.&nbsp; She forced her eyes away from him and towards the garden.&nbsp; <br><br>"Thanks." she smiled accepting the glass of water, she had just taken a sip when he took her hand, she almost choked as a sizzling heat went up her arm from where he was massaging her hand.&nbsp; <br><br>She lifted her eyes to meet his and felt another blush creep over her, he was being so nice and gentle could he tell this was her first time?&nbsp; Probably, she realised.&nbsp; In his line of work he probably saw more confident woman than her, and his tender flirting was something he did with everyone.&nbsp; <br><br>She swallowed and continued to stare at him, trying to word what it was she wanted from him but finding it even more difficult than she thought it would be.&nbsp; How did she tell him she just wanted sex, plain and simple sex.&nbsp; Nothing outrageous, nothing too kinky...although later on in the week she might be tempted to be a little more adventurous.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;That's if he would be available to be adventurous with later on, for all she knew he would have other customers.&nbsp; <br><br>"Sorry." she gave a nervous chuckle, gulped down more of the water "I guess I didn't really think this through properly before coming here."&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-06-2009, 21:27:01</strong>
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				Cooper had to smile at that. If ever there had been a poster child for not thinking things through, he was it! <em>That makes us two of us,</em> he mused. Out loud, however, he said only, "Nothing to be sorry about. This is your time. We're on your schedule, on your route."<br><br>There was no longer any doubt in his mind that she had never done this sort of thing before. That meant expecting her to ask him to ... well, he wasn't sure what, though he was ready to do just about anything for the lovely blonde. Whatever it was, she wasn't going to be comfortable with saying it out loud like she was asking for extra pickles on her sandwich. So, at least for now, he was going to have to make a few exploratory moves and do his best to read how she responded. Nothing he didn't ordinarily do, he realized.<br><br>More confident now, he decided on an opening offer. Eyes still locked on Sarah's, he cupped the hand that he had been massaging and brought it up to press a long, hot kiss into her petal soft palm.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>08-06-2009, 21:44:25</strong>
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				Sarah couldn't help returning his reassuring smile.&nbsp; He was probably thinking what type of customer he had been landed with, she doubted if many of his other customers were this...reserved.&nbsp; <br><br>Her mouth opened to ask if she could have something stronger to drink, a little alcohol courage when he kissed her hand.&nbsp; The sizzle from before not only shot up her arm but to other places as well.&nbsp; Her fingers automatically flexed against the feel of lips against her skin.&nbsp; <br><br><em>Oh my god</em>, when was the last time she had felt something so innocent being so erotic, if ever.&nbsp; He was good, if he kept that up she'd soon forget he was a complete stranger and that he was paid to seduce her.&nbsp; <br><br>She found it hard to tear her eyes away from his, only managing to look at her hand he still held before her gaze returned to his.&nbsp; Maybe a little alcohol courage wasn't needed after all.&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>09-06-2009, 15:28:22</strong>
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				Cooper smiled at the involuntary caress of Sarah's fingertips against his cheek. A direct hit. He kissed again, more lightly this time, then drew her hand a little farther away from her and kissed her wrist. There was the catch in her breath he had been listening for, and a hint of a shiver. He turned her hand until the back was to him and closed his lips around one dainty knuckle.<br><br>So far so good; time to turn it up a bit. Cooper's thumbs kneaded Sarah's palm until her fingers splayed again. He paused, considered them, and then very slowly took her index finger in his mouth and gave it a gentle suck.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>10-06-2009, 18:56:27</strong>
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				Her eyes widened a little, if anyone had told her that having her hand kissed and her fingers sucked on was erotic, she would have laughed at them.&nbsp; But erotic it was and her breath caught her in throat.&nbsp; Delicious tingles zipped up her arm and aimed for other erogenous zones in her body.<br><br>Being a lingerie model, and a well endowed one at that, she had no need for padded bras.&nbsp; If Cooper glanced down he would find evidence of her reaction to what he was doing trying to poke out the lace bra and pink top she was wearing.&nbsp; &nbsp;Both nipples reacting as if they were being stimulated directly.&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-06-2009, 20:30:55</strong>
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				Now that they were over that first hump - he would have phrased that better if he had been speaking aloud, but Cooper let the mental innuendos fly - any reservations he had about looking at Sarah were gone. As he released her index and enveloped her middle finger, he let his gaze roam freely over her voluptuous curves. He was already imagining the feeling of her round, full hips in his hands, the arc of her waist, and those breasts ... good <em>god</em>, those breasts. Cooper feasted his eyes on what showed above the scooped neck of her light blouse, and smiled when he saw the twin points of her stiffening nipples.<br><br>All right then. He stood, Sarah's hand still lightly held in his own, and drew her to her feet. He didn't speak, and didn't expect her to. There were other sounds than words he wanted to draw from her anyway. He kissed her hand one more time, then released it and slowly - very slowly - began to draw her blouse up and off.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>10-06-2009, 23:01:39</strong>
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				She was literally trembling with lust by the time he tugged her to her feet, a tiny squeak slipped out as he reached for the hem of her blouse.&nbsp; She broke out into goosebumps as he drew her blouse over her head.&nbsp; <br><br>Once freed from her blouse, she stood there in her jeans and white silky bra with little pink flowers stitched on it.&nbsp; The removal of her blouse also freed her from her inhabitions and she reached out, tugging his own shirt free and skimmed her fingers along his tummy, feeling his muscles ripple in response.&nbsp; <br><br>It looked like she had been matched with the perfect partner, no one else had made her feel like this before.&nbsp; It might be the fact he was paid to make her feel as if she was the only woman for him but the way he kept looking at her almost had her believing.&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>11-06-2009, 01:31:41</strong>
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				Sarah's tiny peep of desire might very well have been the cutest thing he had ever heard. Cooper grinned broadly as she pulled his khaki T-shirt loose from his jeans and slipped it over his head and off. He wasn't cut to shreds - he couldn't be arsed to keep to the diet that would have demanded - but he was trim and defined, and her appreciation pleased him.<br><br>As for her ... Cooper practically growled at the sight of Sarah's ample breasts and hourglass lines. Was there one inch of this girl that wasn't perfect? Only one way to find out. He sank to one knee, laying a constellation of kisses over her stomach as his hands went to her waist and he began to unbutton her pants.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>12-06-2009, 23:14:48</strong>
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				She trailed her fingers along the muscle definition of his stomach and chest before he dropped to his knee in front of her.&nbsp; Her tummy quivered under each wisp of a kiss until her whole body was quivering in reaction.&nbsp; He sure knew how to excite a girl.&nbsp; <br><br>Her breath caught when his fingers joined in the teasing of her stomach as the backs of them brushed against her skin to pop her button undone, the zip slowly following.&nbsp; Her gaze locked with his as he lowered the material down over her hips to reveal the matching silky panties - a lingerie model always had to coordinate.&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-06-2009, 00:45:56</strong>
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				Cooper took his time gliding Sarah's pants down her long, shapely legs to the floor, letting the backs of his fingers caress her silky skin every inch of the way. Her jeans disposed of, he sat back on his haunches to admire her, fingertips trailing back up from her calves - and his eyes popped a little. Suddenly he knew where he had seen her before: eight feet tall and black and white, hanging in the window of a Victoria's Secret store in a mall in Baltimore! So the old joke about not recognizing a person with her clothes on was true after all...<br><br>He tamped down his reaction, hoping she would simply assume his fit of goggling had been provoked by admiration for her figure. In fact, for the most part it had been. She was obviously here to be incognito for a change, and he was determined that's what he was going to give her. Still silent, Cooper rose to his feet, took Sarah's hand in his once again, and stepped her out of the heap of denim at her feet and around the couch to the bed.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>13-06-2009, 22:25:16</strong>
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				She just stood there watching him a little mesmerised as he removed her jeans, the feel of his fingers along the back of her calves sent delicious shockwaves through her.&nbsp; If he could reduce her to mush with the simplest of touches she could only contemplate what would happen when he really started to touch her, she was probably going to go up in flames.&nbsp; <br><br>When his eyes bugged a little she wondered if he had finally figured out where he had seen her before as she knew it was probably still on his mind after he had attempted to ask her at reception before Mel had cut him off.&nbsp; However, since he didn't say anything she could only guess what it was.&nbsp; &nbsp;She watched him under hooded eyelids as he rose to tower over her a little again.&nbsp; She stepped out of her shoes as he led her over to the bed.<br><br>Stopping before it she turned him to face her as she worked on loosening his belt buckle and the button on his jeans.&nbsp; Her eyes still focused on his as she lowered the zip, was he a briefs or boxers guy?&nbsp; She was betting boxers.&nbsp; She pushed the material down over his hips still not lowering her eyes to see if she would win that little bet with herself, letting gravity take over to pool the denims at his knees.&nbsp; She then let her eyes lower.&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-06-2009, 02:56:40</strong>
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				Up until now Cooper had maintained the best gaze of smoky nonchalance he could manage. Sarah's turn for the assertive brushed all that aside, replacing his attempt at Euro suave with a broad grin. His hands settled on her magnificent hips, caressing them as she helped him drop trou.<br><br>The slightly baggy jeans plummeted under the weight of his heavy belt. It immediately became obvious Coop wasn't even secretly a fashionista: he sported the same plain white boxers he had been wearing since he had enlisted. With any luck, though, Sarah would be distracted by the fact that the touch of her under his hands already had him better than half hard, straining at the shorts' cotton.<br><br>Now, he thought, is there any slick to get out of these steel-toes?
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-06-2009, 17:57:12</strong>
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				Her lips tipped up in amusement, happy to have won the bet with herself.&nbsp; It was probably the first time she had ever won the silent bet, it was bound to happen eventually, but she still took some satisfaction from getting it right.&nbsp; Another blush rose along her cheek bones as she spotted the hint of what he was hiding under the cotton shorts.&nbsp; <br><br>Her fingers danced along his abs above the waistband of his shorts, enjoying the way his skin responded to her touch, wondering how much the bulge in his shorts had to do with her and how much of it was work.&nbsp; She gave herself a telling off for thinking about it.&nbsp; She was here to have fun and if he got off on being paid the exuberate rates she was paying for him who was she to complain as long as she had fun by the end of it.&nbsp; <br><br>Another thought popped into her head, if he had recognised her then she was going to have to pretend she was the sophisticated, confident, sexy model he would expect her to be, she glanced up at him a little shyly.&nbsp; &nbsp; She would have to do something other than skirting her fingers along his chest like some naive teenager.&nbsp; <em>How the hell was she going to pull this off</em>?&nbsp; <br>
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-06-2009, 21:34:24</strong>
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				Cooper's mind had gone a little blank as Sarah's fingers played over his stomach, her feathery touch easing him into a half-trance of tingling bliss. Maybe it was that emptiness that cleared the way for the flash of inspiration that struck him. <em>Wonder if that's what those Zen guys mean by clearing your mind</em>, he thought to himself as he dropped to one knee again. <em>Except they probably didn't have in mind getting so turned on you can't think. Whatever works, though.</em><br><br>Half-lidded eyes still holding Sarah's gaze, he unlaced the boot on the foot that remained flat on the floor, switched knees and undid the other. He shifted to settle on both knees, shucked his footgear and socks in one motion, and returned his hands to hips as if for support. Then without warning, he gave a gentle twirl and pirouetted her to face away from him. He had been wanting to do this from the moment he had laid eyes on her; thumbs looped under the waistband of her panties from beneath, tugging the hem of the leg openings slightly upward, he held her steady as he dipped forward and down to plant a smouldering kiss on each cheek.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-06-2009, 22:19:16</strong>
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				Just as she had sucked up the courage to be daring and thought about sliding her fingers below the waistband of his shorts, he dropped into that classic proposal pose again.&nbsp; She watched him amused as he worked on removing his shoes and socks.&nbsp; &nbsp;<em>Would a guy ever drop into that pose and hold a ring out to her</em>?&nbsp; Preferably one that wasn't after the prestige of having a model for a wife or interested in her bank account.&nbsp; <br><br>She squeaked as she was abruptly brought back to the present as he twirled her around.&nbsp; <em>What is he up to now?</em> Had barely registered in her mind when she felt him tugging the leg of her panties up and...<em>oh my god</em>...her eyes grew wide as his lips brushed against one bum cheek and then the other, reducing her legs to jelly and if he hadn't been holding onto her she very well would have crumbled to the floor.&nbsp; It was amazing how he could make her quake with the briefest of kisses.<br><br>If he looked closely enough he might find the little lady bug tattoo on the curve of her right cheek, a reminder of the one and only moment of rebellion in her teenage years.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>16-06-2009, 14:53:25</strong>
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				Well now, what was this? Just at the apogee of Sarah's right cheek, a tiny red ladybug was peeking out from beneath the fabric Cooper had dislodged. It was either new or a masterpiece; the lines were sharp and the colors pristine, with superb shading. He could tell from the way she had teetered in his hands that his attentions had nearly toppled her, but he couldn't resist acknowledging the little icon and gave it a kiss of appreciation.<br><br>Had that been a look of bemusement on her face? Hmm. She had been working up to doing some examining of her own and he had cut her off. That was easy enough to fix though.<br><br>Hands still supporting Sarah's hips, Cooper blazed a trail of kisses from just above the waistband of her panties, up her back and between her shoulderblades, clambering to his feet as he went. Standing at last he let her tilt just far enough back to rest her head on his pecs while keeping a bare handsbreadth of space between their lower bodies - just in case she wanted to go exploring again. Cooper knew where he was headed. He released Sarah's hips and ever so slowly filled his hands with the soft, cool weight of her breasts.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-06-2009, 19:45:28</strong>
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				Why had her right cheek garnered more attention than her left?&nbsp; Over the years she had forgotten about the little tattoo, out of sight out of mind.&nbsp; She glanced over her shoulder at him as he trailed kisses up her spine.&nbsp; Sighing as he leaned her back against him.&nbsp; <br><br>The feel of his hands hands closing over her breasts was heavenly.&nbsp; Sometimes she thought her breasts were a bit too big but in his hands they felt perfect.&nbsp; Enjoying him kneading her breasts she stood perfectly still for a little while before her hands moved to skim up the side of his legs and hips.&nbsp; Her hands then slowly slithered their way to his lower cheeks, pushing him forward so his hips came into contact with her rear, humming in admiration as she felt the bulge in his shorts pressing against her.&nbsp; She shuddered in reaction to his hands caressing her and the feel of him pressed against her.&nbsp; <br><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>16-06-2009, 20:46:47</strong>
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				Oh, they were definitely back on the right track. Cooper kept his cool the best he could, gently squeezing and caressing Sarah's voluminous breasts, fingers lightly playing over the hard points of her nipples where they stabbed against the fabric of her bra. Her head was right over his heart, though, and he was positive she would be able to hear it pounding faster by the moment. And god that was nice, the feeling of her soft little hands on his ass...<br><br>"Whoof!"<br><br>Cooper blushed crimson, but there was no helping the sound. The sensation of Sarah tipping him forward and into her had sent a shock through him that knocked the wind from his lungs. He had stiffened still more as her hands had settled on him, and the soft heat of her cheeks mashed against his erection sent him rock hard in an instant.<br><br>Too late to be embarrassed by noises now, so he didn't even try to hide his quivering sigh of desire. His right hand released the mound it had been cradling and dropped to nestle between Sarah's thighs. A little squirm, a little twist, and he had cupped her mound, damp heat radiating through the silk. He spread his feet just a bit wider - just enough to let him tip his hips up and down, keeping her pressed tightly to him as his hard shaft nestled against her.
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				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>17-06-2009, 19:24:20</strong>
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				Cooper’s heart wasn’t the only one pounding.&nbsp; Sarah was surprised he couldn’t hear hers racing with passion and desire, as it sounded loud to her ears.&nbsp; &nbsp; She would give him his dues, paid or not, he was good at this, knowing exactly which of her buttons to push to have her quivering with need.&nbsp; &nbsp;Seducing her like a long term lover might.<br><br>She chuckled at the little noise he made when she pulled him closer.&nbsp; She tipped her head slightly to look at him, seeing the blush on his face made her appreciate he hadn’t just done it to make her feel better about the little squeaks she had made earlier.&nbsp; Feeling the full ridge of what was hidden beneath his shorts made her breathless.&nbsp; Her fingers flexed against his cheeks, squeezing a little.&nbsp; <br><br>She gasped and then moaned as his hand slithered against her thigh, parting enough to allow him to slide his hand in snugly.&nbsp; If he hadn’t already figured it out he would know how much he was turning her on.&nbsp; A whimper escaped when he moved behind her, pressing tighter against her.&nbsp; The feel of him at her back and the heat coming off his hand between her thighs had her rocking her hips reflexively.&nbsp; <br><br>She twisted her head little more and pressed a light kiss against his Adam’s apple, another where his jaw and neck met, then another along his jaw and another on his chin.&nbsp; Her eyes drifting closed with the delight of it all.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>17-06-2009, 21:15:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The reciprocal motion of Sarah's hips was working wonders, tilting her bum in counterpoint to his own rocking so that even the slightest adjustment was magnified. Cooper held her closer yet, the hand on her breast drawing her torso to him as the one between her thighs pressed and twisted against her flower. His brain was growing fuzzier with lust by the moment, but he still had enough rationality to be glad of the open window that admitted the cool sea breeze. There wasn't the space of a sheet of paper between them, and without that breath of wind the heat they were generating would have had them both drenched with sweat by now.<br><br>Hmm now. That was a mental image he liked - Sarah shining with her own sweat, and maybe his too, glistening in the late morning sun through the curtains... The idea, combined with the touch of her skin against every inch of him from shoulders to knees, had him harder than he could ever remember being now, practically aching. Time to throttle back a bit, or things could get ugly. But how to make space gracefully?<br><br>Cooper sighed again as Sarah's lips brushed his jaw. There it was. He released her breast and guided her through a quarter turn with a little pressure against her thigh. Now that she was edge-on to him, they were free to kiss each other without Sarah having to crane her neck like a giraffe. He bowed his head and softly kissed her forehead, her nose, each closed eyelid. Meanwhile, his free hand had wandered to the back of her bra. His strong, nimble fingers dealt with the hooks with ease, and it took only the barest nudge to send a strap sliding off one shoulder.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>18-06-2009, 20:52:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She eased around when he urged her around, closing her eyes and sighing contentedly as he showered her in more kisses.&nbsp; &nbsp; She kept one hand on his ass, the other one trailed feather light up and down over his chest.&nbsp; The slow sensual build up was just what she liked; it seemed more natural, more real.&nbsp; <br><br>Feeling her bra loosen and the strap slip down her shoulder had her breaking out in a fresh set of goose bumps and she hummed quietly, letting it slip further as the curve of one breast was revealed more.&nbsp; Her skin seemed to be tingling in anticipation, waiting for the feel of his skin against hers, wanting him to touch her without the barrier of the thin material between them.&nbsp; <br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>18-06-2009, 22:04:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The strap slid, dropped - and stopped, draped across the bend of Sarah's elbow. <em>Dang!</em> Cooper thought. What was ... oh, man, the sheer volume of her, pressed against her own arm, was holding the material up. He shuddered in awe and reached a little farther around her to tug at the bottom of the cup. That did it. The bra slipped away to dangle from her one crooked arm, unveiling her breasts.<br><br>He hated the thought of removing the hand that rested between her thighs; could the other one reach? Cooper stretched, tilted, and darned if he couldn't, just. He slipped his free hand beneath her arm to once again knead and squeeze her bare breast, the nipple gently grasped between two fingers as he did.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>19-06-2009, 21:20:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She was surprised by his rough and callused hand, a hand that indicated physical labour.&nbsp; She hadn’t been expecting that considering what he did for a living.&nbsp; Feeling his little tussle trying to get her bra off she took pity on him and let him go long enough to let fall at their feet.&nbsp; Her back arched as she pressed her breast into his hand.&nbsp; <br><br>She nuzzled the side of his neck, her hips rocking against his hand as she circled a finger over his chest heading towards his nipple, when she reached it she caught it between thumb and finger and rolled it as it went as hard as her own.&nbsp; <br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>19-06-2009, 22:11:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper gasped at the bolt of pleasure that shot through him as Sarah's fingers closed on his nipple. None of his girlfriends had ever tried that on him and it had never crossed his mind to wonder about it. Stupid, now that he thought about it. If it felt good to a girl, why wouldn't it to a g... oh, hell yeah...<br><br>His train of thought wrecked as she continued to roll him in her fingers. More, was all he could think, more of that, more of her. Especially of her. He spread his fingers wide, palming as much of her breast as he could. The hand between her thighs slipped up and aside just enough for him to inch his fingertips under the fabric, then dove back down. Oh, there she was, all soft skin and curls and slick heat under his roaming fingers.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>21-06-2009, 12:34:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Whimpering as his fingers sneaked under the elastic of her panties, she twisted her hips slightly so she was facing him more than side on but unable to turn around completely without dislodging his hands from where she was quite happy to have them.&nbsp; Was his other hand as rough as the one on her breast?&nbsp; If she wriggled enough would his fingers slip through her folds and find her needy little bud that was demanding his attention?&nbsp; &nbsp;She hoped the answer was yes!&nbsp; <br><br>She continued to play with his nipple, her lips teasing at his adam's apple and her other hand, well he wasn't the only one who's fingers could sneak under fabric.&nbsp; She wiggled her fingers under the elastic of his waist and then soothed it down over his rear, delighting in the fact his ass tensed and jerked under her fingers.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>22-06-2009, 17:40:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper hoped this wasn't too uncomfortable for her, but damned if he was going to release Sarah's breast, let her turn or not. Her frame was small enough that he could still - just - reach without popping his shoulder, but there was only so far he could stretch without starting to pull the poor girl's boob to one side...<br><br>Suddenly his range of motion was the last thing on his mind. Coop gave a low growl of delight as Sarah's hand found its way under his skivvies and her hips canted and tipped in response to his own exploration. His cheeks tensed and his pelvis bucked against the curve of her hip. If he could just reach ... no, not without shredding her panties, and dollars to donuts a model's underwear cost more than a head gasket job. Nothing for it but to slip his fingers free and go back over the top.<br><br>But first - Cooper brought his damp fingers to his lips and slowly, theatrically, sucked them clean of the sheen of Sarah's musk. Then back down, to ease past the waistband of her panties, and farther down, until two fingers could glide along her slick lips, her bud nestled between them. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-06-2009, 19:02:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As he bumped against her hip, she got a better feel of what was hiding below the cotton of his shorts.&nbsp; <em>Oh my...</em><br><br>Her eyes widened when he withdrew his fingers, a protest on the tip of tongue when he...<em>he did not just do...he did</em>.&nbsp; She quivered watching him sucking on his fingers.&nbsp; Another first for her.&nbsp; She'd never had a guy do that after he'd had his hand down her pants.&nbsp; She'd never had a guy take this long on the foreplay either, by now she was usually naked and in bed.&nbsp; &nbsp;Coop was definitely making this a memorable time for her with all the firsts, and she just melted a little more.&nbsp; <br><br>A gasp of pleasure slipped passed her lips as his fingers eased back into her panties, at a different angle and...<em>Oh yes, just there!</em>&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>22-06-2009, 21:01:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper chuckled and kissed the top of Sarah's head as she flowed against him. The arm that circled her was half supporting her now as his other hand worked against her mound. She could obviously barely stay on her feet now, and he was eager to get her off them. But those frissons of pleasure, her quiet gasps and sighs... She might be approaching the brink already, and she surely didn't pay - well, whatever it was, it was probably a lot - to be brought nearly there and then left dangling.<br><br>So, maybe a little one just as an appetizer, before they moved on to the main course? Why not. Cooper reached a little farther, the tip of one finger slithering along Sarah's valley until it could slip inside her while his palm continued to delicately twirl her pearl.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-06-2009, 21:35:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh!" she squeaked as his hand shifted once again, a finger sliding inside her had her clenching those inner muscles around the digit.&nbsp; Rocking against his hand in an almost reflex movement, not really aware she was doing it.&nbsp; <br><br>The hand teasing his nipple paused and the one on his ass flexed, squeezing and pulling him closer at the same time.&nbsp; Her eyes grew heavy with the bliss weaving its way through her limbs, her legs felt rubbery and she was relaying on him to keep her upright, if he let her go she'd probably become a puddle of goo at his feet.&nbsp; <br><br>Tiny little guttural noises started at the back of her throat as the tension in her tummy coiled, tightening slowly until it snapped and her body jerked with the pleasure shooting through her.&nbsp; Talk about having your buttons pushed!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-06-2009, 01:59:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He let out a long, low hiss of lust as Sarah began to buck in the saddle of his hand, soft grip closing on his finger. Her mounting excitement was driving him on as well, pulse racing, breath coming faster and sharper.<br><br>It was looking like her climax might take the legs right out from under her, so Cooper inched one foot outward, creeping along until he could slip one leg behind hers for extra support. Not entirely coincidentally, it also plastered him square against one soft cheek, sending a new tide of fire rushing through his veins and answering any questions she might have had about his dimensions.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>23-06-2009, 18:11:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If he could make her this weak kneed with such simple foreplay what would she be like once they really got going?&nbsp; How she managed to stay upright was largely thanks to him, as her climax subsided.&nbsp; She just leaned against him trying to gather herself.&nbsp; The way she had reacted he'd probably think she'd never had an orgasm before.&nbsp; <br><br>As her senses returned she became aware of him pressed against her, ALL OF HIM.&nbsp; Her body instantly responded to him as if what had just happened hadn't occurred.&nbsp; She peaked up at him to see if she could figure out what he was thinking.&nbsp; &nbsp;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-06-2009, 21:42:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Oh, for cryin' out loud, don't smirk.</em> But it was hard not to smile as Sarah's weight, slight as it was, sagged in his arms as the last of her tremors passed. Her satisfaction was a rich reward, and he savored it.<br><br>Their eyes locked as she took that almost bashful glance at him from under her lashes, and he grinned again. Pulling herself together already, eh? Cooper bent and kissed her forehead warmly. No sense in delay then.<br><br>He withdrew his hand from her, licked his fingers clean again, and took the hand she was resting against his chest. Little by little, he eased her down to sit on the edge of the bed. Her other hand was still securely lodged in his shorts and half pulled them away as she sank. <em>Time to get rid of these anyway.</em> With a short nudge, he pushed them down until they fell to the floor on their own and he stood before her naked and stiff.<br><br>A light kiss on the back of her hand and he released it to step to the nightstand and open the drawer. Just as he had expected, it was stocked with a bewildering variety of condoms, lotions and who knew what else. He rummaged through the packages until he found a plain old Trojan, giving Sarah a minute to shed her panties and settle into whatever position she fancied.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>24-06-2009, 17:50:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Grateful that he had lowered her to the bed before she collapsed, she watched him as he shirked off his shorts.&nbsp; <em>Oh…hello!</em>&nbsp; She tried not to gawk like an inexperienced teenager, at the sight of him.&nbsp; The male anatomy wasn’t one of her favourite things to look at in general, she didn’t think it was all that pretty, but in his case she made an exception.&nbsp; &nbsp; She’d had a hint of what had been hiding under his shorts but seeing it was….<em>exciting</em>.&nbsp; <br><br>She lifted her eyes to meet with his as he kissed the back of her hand once more.&nbsp; He kissed the most unusual of places, hands, cheeks – top and bottom, and foreheads.&nbsp; Who’d have thought they could be erogenous zones!&nbsp; <br><br>She felt a wave of disappointment when he turned away from her to poke around in the night stand.&nbsp; What was she to do now, just sit here and wait?&nbsp; She really was feeling totally out of her depth at the moment.&nbsp; Her previous lovers she’d dated for a while before they finally tumbled into bed and even then they generally made all the moves.&nbsp; Cooper had pulled some amazing moves on her but then she’d made him breathless on a couple of occasions as well.&nbsp; &nbsp;Here, well here she wasn’t so sure, alright she was a paying customer but she wasn’t sure she could call the shots.&nbsp; <br><br>Taking a deep breath, to control her nerves and to give her some courage to do this – she really should have asked for something stronger than water – she skimmed her panties down over her legs and scooted back.&nbsp; Reclining against the pillows, she fell automatically into a pose she might have used on a shoot, sans underwear, obviously.&nbsp; Left leg straight, right leg slightly bent at the knee, her hips tilted towards him, right hand draped across her midriff and her left lying lightly on the bed beside her and a relaxed smile on her face, belying the nerves beneath the surface.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-06-2009, 19:27:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Eh? Was that a sigh of exasperation? Cooper fought down the urge to twirl around and check the look on Sarah's face; he was pretty sure he would be wearing one of dopey anxiety, and that sure hell wouldn't do anything for her mood. Maybe he shouldn't be waiting on her cues, maybe she was looking for him to set the pace. Fair enough; time to get a little more take-charge.<br><br>The Trojan unwrapped, he covered up and turned back to face her. And teetered. He honest-to-god teetered, mind reeling at the sight of her curvaceous form stretched out on the bed like a vision of an idealized painter's model made flesh. Had he gasped aloud? He had no idea, and didn't much care. In an instant he had slung himself above her, nudging her bent leg to the side with his hip to let him settle between her thighs.<br><br>Take charge, he thought again, and reached to position the tip of his shaft. With a long, quiet moan, he began to glide inside her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>24-06-2009, 20:13:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Had he just inhaled and forgotten to exhale?</em> She looked at him curiously as he seemed to weave a little as if he was unsure of himself.&nbsp; The next moment he was there.&nbsp; Looming over her and settling between her thighs as if he had done this thousands of times before.&nbsp; <br><br>She barely got to settle her legs either side of him when he...a sigh slipped past her lips.&nbsp; <em>That felt so good.</em>&nbsp; Any rigidness she had been holding in her posture dissolved and she sagged back into the pillows, enjoying the delightful feel of him sliding inside her.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Her legs instinctively entwined around his, adjusting the position ever so slightly so he could slide just that little bit further.&nbsp; Her hands slinked around his waist and up over his back.&nbsp; She lifted heavy eyeslids to peer up at him, the blissful thoughts clearly evident in them.&nbsp; <br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-06-2009, 21:31:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper gave a sigh of his own at the sensation of Sarah's legs wrapping around his like ivy twining its way along a trellis. That feeling of being hooked, not just welcomed but eagerly drawn in, was a thrill all on its own. With her knees tipped outward and hips canted, he sank deeper with each stroke until he had buried himself to the hilt inside her.<br><br>He stopped there for a second, luxuriating in the hot, tight grip of Sarah's walls. His eyes, which had clamped shut at first contact, slowly opened. His gaze met hers, and a slightly trippy smile of pleasure crept across his face. Each sign of pleasure she gave was a treat, and each only made him hungrier for another. Coop's fingers dug into the sheets as he settled into an easy rhythm, a little out and bump! back in, with just enough force to jiggle Sarah's fantastic, mesmerizing breasts.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>24-06-2009, 21:54:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If anything they had done prior to this moment had been knee trembling, Sarah was only glad they were lying down for the main event as this felt fantastic and there was no doubt she wouldn't have been able to stay upright for this.&nbsp; <br><br>His eyes locking with hers and the silly little smile on his face assured her that he was taking as much pleasure from this as she was and she relaxed further into it, arching her hips up to meet his each time he moved forward.&nbsp; Her core muscles tightening and clenching around him, holding onto him.&nbsp; Little pants and gasps worked their way out of her as her fingers curled and dug into his shoulders, giving herself freely to the desire he was evoking.&nbsp; &nbsp;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>25-06-2009, 15:57:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, that was so, so nice... Cooper sighed again as Sarah's arms snaked up and around him, drawing him down. She was flowing over him like Virginia creeper claiming a brick wall, pulling him into an embrace of silken skin and firm muscle. Little by little he eased himself down from his hands to his elbows, letting her wrap herself around him more tightly still.<br><br>His breath caught, then shuddered at the tiny needle stabs of her nails in his shoulders. More, the thought came again, more! Would she mind ... what with him being on hire and all ... ah hell, she would stop him if she did. Do it! He surged up and into her, force increasing with each stroke, and as he did, planted a long, strong kiss squarely on her lips.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-06-2009, 23:00:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Another "oh" groan, only this time louder than the others, as he increased the pace and then there was the kiss.&nbsp; It was a surprise, but more delightful than the little kisses he had already showered on her.&nbsp; Her lips parted without hesitation.&nbsp; <br><br>Her legs slid up over his, almost like a caress before the hooked over his waist, meeting his thrust with enthusiasm totally lost in the moment.&nbsp; The tiny little guttural noises she had made earlier as her climax grew started softly in the back of her throat.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>07-07-2009, 17:16:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He answered Sarah's moan with one of his own, sighing his arousal into her mouth as their tongues brushed and flicked across one another. Her lips were so unbelievably soft, the taste of her mouth so sweet ... <em>goddamn, I could live on your kisses</em>, he thought.<br><br>Then that long, slow stroke of her feet gliding up his legs, knees over his hips to clamp down on his waist. His thoughts were no longer words - just images, sensations, and drive. Quiet groans from Sarah as her excitement mounted. His own breath hoarse, growing ragged. The tight grasp of her arms and legs around him, fingers of one of his hands twining in her short blonde hair. And wet heat flowing over them both. He drove harder still, one hand gripping her shoulder to pull her against him, no longer withdrawing between thrusts but simply rising and falling into her like a tide against the shore.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-07-2009, 23:00:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If Sarah was able to think she would remember that it was his job to…well please a woman, make her feel like this magic between them was just that, magic created by them.&nbsp; &nbsp;However she couldn’t think.&nbsp; She was just one big pile of mush, only able to feel.&nbsp; <br><br>And feel she did, she could feel every inch of him pressing into her, against her, inducing the most amazing sensations she had experienced.&nbsp; It was like he knew exactly how to touch her, kiss her to make her gooey.&nbsp; She clung onto him tightly, letting herself be washed away.&nbsp; Her climax hitting her like a tidal wave that had her crying out, louder than she normally would have.&nbsp; Her body convulsing around him, squeezing him tight.&nbsp; <br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-07-2009, 16:31:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It was like being on the edge of an explosion. The sensation hit first, Sarah's body shivering and bucking, the country of her velvet flesh shaken by an earthquake. Then the sound, that wonderful sound of her high, bright cry of ecstacy. <em>Oh, that's the music ... ladies first and go ahead...</em><br><br>Cooper groaned long and loud, mostly voicing his own pleasure but a bit in relief at not having to fight back his own climax any longer. One hard thrust, another, and he was there, exploding inside her with an intensity that stunned him. The bursts kept coming one after another, trailing off little by little into gentle twitches of aftershock.<br><br>It left him nerveless, drained, dead weight like a sack of rice draped across her. He licked his lips, parched by panting, and tried to speak, but the only thing he could do was sigh in her ear, "Sarah." <em>Fantastic,</em> he finished the thought in his mind. <em>But man, I hope she doesn't expect me to be able to turn around and do that again right off the bat...</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>08-07-2009, 23:15:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His climax seemed to prolong her own making her whimper and moan along with him.&nbsp; She'd never had that happen over and she was unable to describe the sensations or how ecstatic it made her feel, she was so overwhelmed. <br><br>Her name whispered in her ear was like heaven, she tightened her arms and legs around him.&nbsp; Holding onto him tightly as she gasped for air.&nbsp; His weight pinning her to the bed instead of making her feel claustrophobic like it usually did just felt so right that she didn't want to let him go.&nbsp; Hoping her actions would be enough for him to understand how brilliant she thought he was as she wasn't sure she could say it verbally without it sounds patronising because it was anything but.&nbsp; The only word that came to mind that could come close to how this whole experience had been so far was WOW!&nbsp; <br><br>Slowly her breath became less raspy and her heart returned to a normal rhythm and still she wasn't ready to let him go.&nbsp; She wondered if she could book him for the rest of the week, to keep him to herself and not share him for the duration.&nbsp; She would have to speak to Mel once she recovered enough to make it down stairs.&nbsp; <br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>09-07-2009, 17:21:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The last of the tremors faded and Cooper settled back into himself as if returning from an out-of-body experience. <em>There they are</em>, he mused, legs idly stirring, then arms. And there Sarah was, every inch of her pressed and twined against him. He gave a contented chuckle, kissed her shoulder, then frowned. Wait a minute ... he outweighed her by fifty pounds at least. He must be pressing the poor girl flat! And doing anything to those fabulous curves would be a damn crime.<br><br>But she wasn't letting go, and he was in no hurry to pull away either. So he slipped a hand behind her shoulder and carefully rolled them over, putting himself on his back and Sarah atop him, his yet hard member still buried inside her. That was better. He stroked her hair and closed his eyes.<br><br><em>Holy crap. I just had sex for hire. And it was great, and she's satisfied.<br><br>Maybe this'll work out after all...</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>09-07-2009, 23:24:47</strong>
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				Hearing him chuckle she wondered what was so funny and then she felt him kiss her shoulder.&nbsp; So light, so tender the butterflies in her tummy fluttered their wings in response, indicating that they liked his kisses.&nbsp; <br><br><em>Oh where are you going?</em> She thought as he started to move, she hadn't expected him to roll over and take her with him so they were still joined together.&nbsp; But he did and she liked it, she nestled on top of him, her head resting on his shoulder.&nbsp; She could hear his heart pounding, slowing back down to normal like her own was.&nbsp; <br><br>The gentle stroking of her hair, the way they were seemed rather intimate considering they had only met a couple of hours ago.&nbsp; She circled her finger against his chest, drawing little indistinct patterns, not wanting to do anything to take away this moment.&nbsp; A perfect moment between two strangers.&nbsp; <br><br>"What else have you got in your reprotior?"&nbsp; <em>Oh my god did I just ask that out loud?</em>&nbsp; She cringed when she realised she had and instantly she felt the heat rising from her toes as her entire body blushed, it was meant to be a silent thought.&nbsp; She wasn't even ready to try anything else, her limbs still trembling with aftershocks of what they had already done.&nbsp; <em>Ground open up and swallow me now! </em>&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-07-2009, 18:57:06</strong>
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				Laughing out loud probably wasn't the best response to that. He could feel Sarah's entire body flash stiff with mortification, then turn limp furnace as she blushed from soles to hairline. <em>Blushing - still adorable,</em> Coop thought, and hugged her to him. In truth, her embarassment was a reprieve from having to come up with a really hot stunt off the top of his head.<br><br>"Hrmk. I'm sorry, Sarah, I shouldn't laugh. It's just ... It's really good to hear you enjoyed that. Call it performance anxiety." His hands were roaming at random over her back, and almost on its own volition one wandered down to settle atop one soft cheek. The one with the ladybug, Cooper thought, and absently started tracing the muscle's outlines with his fingers as it trying to find the tattoo by touch.<br><br>"But since you ask, when you're ready I've got a couple other tricks. Didn't want to go through them all right off the bat." He hiked an eyebrow and tilted his head to look into her eyes. Was she feeling a little freer now? He felt a little like some kind of weird therapist, working to help Sarah shed her inhibitions as his unexpected new career was forcing him to abandon his. If he could do that for her - help her feel able to ask for what she wanted, without embarassment, no matter how pretty she was flushed - this whole wack experience would have been for the good.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>10-07-2009, 23:06:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				What must he think of her, so much for being the sophisticated model she'd just made it glaringly obvious she wasn't all that confident.&nbsp; She was inches from pealing herself away from him and scurrying off to hide in the bathroom when he hugged her and apologised for laughing.&nbsp; <br><br><em>Performance anxiety?</em>&nbsp; What did he have to be anxious about, he was a pro.&nbsp; A host of butterflies ran through her bloodstream as his hand stroked over her bottom.&nbsp; Hmm, looked like she might recover quicker than she thought she would.&nbsp; Her blood was already starting to heat up with need at the tiny little caresses.&nbsp; <br><br>When he tilted his head to look at her she gave him an awkward and shy smile.&nbsp; A couple tricks?&nbsp; Was that a couple other positions to try or some toys?&nbsp; She trembled just thinking about such things.&nbsp; That was why she was here wasn't it to explore new things, find her inner wild child.&nbsp; She giggled silently to herself, <em>yeah right</em>!&nbsp; Her inner wild child had died of mortification as soon as she opened her mouth.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>12-07-2009, 03:27:32</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, whoa ... hello there. Sarah's smile might have been bashful, but that - <em>wha-hey!</em> Cooper closed his eyes and smiled as a tremor ran through Sarah's enveloping muscles and straight to his softening member. She was bouncing back quickly, and it revived him in some measure.<br><br>He gave a soft hum - the closest noise to a purr he had ever made in his life - and settled the other hand on her other cheek with a gentle squeeze. What a woman. It was going to be a pleasure to play with her, however long she might want to. And then it hit him.<br><br><em>My god - I'm her manic pixie dream girl. Except a guy. And not really manic. But still - the person with no history who appears, loosens you up, and then turns you free to go on your way again - criminy, that's me. Us! The Place. Heh. Cooper Golightly...</em> The thought made him smile. He cracked an eye and grinned down at Sarah, feeling light, whimsical, and suddenly more than a little naughty again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>12-07-2009, 17:47:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She saw the smile as he closed his eyes and the gentle noise that vibrated through his chest under her ear.&nbsp; She had never considered her butt as an erogenous zones but the way his hands stroked over both cheeks sent another thrill through her.&nbsp; <br><br>Then he peeked at her with one eye and she saw the change in his expression.&nbsp; A glint of naughtiness in his eye.&nbsp; <em>Oh boy what was going through his head now?</em>&nbsp; She shivered in response to it as more delicious tingles zapped through her system.&nbsp; <br><br>She shifted her head to press a gentle kiss at the side of his neck as she shifted her hips ever so slightly against him, almost rubbing against him.&nbsp; She felt a little braver a little more confident that he wasn't about to go rolling off the bed laughing at her inexperience or naivety.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-07-2009, 17:26:57</strong>
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				Cooper tiled his head back, mostly to allow Sarah unfettered access to his neck, but partly to get another look at the clock on the bedstand. Had it really only been ten minutes since he had logrolled them over? It had. But there was no question the soft touch of her lips on his throat and the slow pressure of her hips tipping into his were turning his thermostat up again. <em>Can't remember the last time I was ready again this fast...</em><br><br>One detail to attend to first, though. He had dwindled almost to total relaxation as they laid there, which meant he would have to be careful. He released one of Sarah's cheeks and slipped his hand between them to clamp down on the base of the safe. And if his thumb should happen to glide across her nub as it passed - well, so much the better.<br><br>"Lemme put on a new one. Uh, condom, I mean. Then round two?" He kissed her. "Don't go anywhere."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>13-07-2009, 22:12:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She felt him move beneath her, his head tilting backwards as she licked and nibbled against his neck, she was about to work her way to his earlobe having been told sucking on it was an erogenous zone for a guy as it gave them images of her lips pulling on other area of his body when he shifted again.<br><br>She was wondering what he was doing when his hand slipped between them, gasping pleasantly as his thumb rubbed against her button and heat sizzled through her veins.&nbsp; <em>Round two so soon? </em>&nbsp; Goosebumps broke all over her as she nodded, her lips preoccupied to reply but his little kiss.&nbsp; <br><br>She had to go somewhere so he could dispose of round ones condom.&nbsp; She neatly disengaged from him and settled down on the side of the bed, watching him through hooded eyelids and smiled at him.&nbsp; She was definitely feeling more relaxed with him and the situation than she had been earlier.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-07-2009, 22:54:59</strong>
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				Cooper rose from the bed and half turned. He smiled back at Sarah, eyes droopy with pleasure and pride. Then he remembered where his hand still was. Okay, not looking too suave while you're still holding yourself, are you chief? He slipped the expended rubber off and pinched the end closed. So...<br><br>He took a step one way, halted, stepped back the other, halted again. <em>Crap. I have no idea where the bathroom is.</em> He looked back toward the door that let into the hallway. Aha! There was another, smaller one beside it. Not a sliding door, so with any luck not a closet. He strode over as cooly as he could manage and opened it. Score! The spent condom was soon flushed and himself swabbed clean with a cloth. Now then...<br><br>Returning to the bed, he sat down on its edge to drink in the sight of the reclining Sarah. She really was a vision, all perfect curves and shades of rose and cream. Seized by a sudden impulse to show his appreciation, he leaned down and kissed her squarely on the stomach.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>14-07-2009, 19:29:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Watching his butt cheeks jigging as he did his little shuffle had her snickering with amusement.&nbsp; Her fingers itched to give him a playful swat but she refrained doing so, she was feeling more comfortable around him but not that comfortable that she could do something like that.&nbsp; She didn't know how he would react.&nbsp; <br><br>Once he disappeared into the bathroom she sighed and suddenly her insecurities returned and she contemplated slidding under the covers and hiding.&nbsp; She felt awkward sprawled naked like this, but that's as far as her thoughts got as Cooper returned.&nbsp; <br><br>She gasped and shuddered as he kissed her tummy.&nbsp; He had a knack for kissing in unexpected places that surprised and made her tingle in response.&nbsp; All thoughts of hiding evaporated under his steady stare.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>14-07-2009, 23:37:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper opened one eye a crack and shot as surreptitious a glance as he could manage at Sarah's face. The gasp and shudder could have meant anything, but her expression was definitely one of enjoyment. All right. Maybe another then. He kissed her stomach again, paused, and again, this time farther down.<br><br>Each little taste of her only made him hungry for another, and he continued working his way along her body. His hands, on which he had been partly supporting himself, moved to rest atop Sarah's thighs as his lips found the small ridges of her hip bones.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-07-2009, 19:35:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Tummy rippling with each kiss, Sarah felt her breath catching and coming out in little gasps of excitement as he worked his way to her hip.&nbsp; &nbsp;Was he a magician?&nbsp; It was the only logical explanation of how he could make her feel this deliciously mushy sensation so effortlessly.&nbsp; <br><br>Reclined against the pillows she watched him through lowered eyelashes.&nbsp; One hand curled into the bed covers, the other she stroked through his hair, playing with the strands.&nbsp; She couldn’t seem to keep her hands off of him now that the initial nervousness of being here had worn off, and he definitely had a lot to do with making her feel as if there was nothing tawdry about having to pay to be made to feel like this.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>16-07-2009, 21:35:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The sensation of Sarah's fingers trailing through his hair was magic, though not probably not entirely in the way she had meant. Cooper sighed and rested his cheek against her hip for a moment, lulled into a sort of dreamy stupor. Buzzing with desire though he was, there was something about fingers in his hair that never failed to put him into a trance - to the point where he had lost count of the number of times he had almost fallen asleep while getting a haircut.<br><br><em>No sleeping on duty, technician!</em> he mentally snapped at himself, and roused. Up and at 'em indeed. He was a little more than half up, and not about to let that subside. But while he was here, there was one other thing he had been dying to do. He slipped his farther hand to the inside of Sarah's thigh and gently nudged her legs a little farther apart. Eyes once again locked on hers, he slip-bumped just far enough down the bed to put him in position to lean in and drag a long, slow lick up her folds.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-07-2009, 23:14:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She felt his head rest against her hip and she was curious as to what he was up to now.&nbsp; Then he seemed to jerk back up, causing a frown to crease her foreheard, however it soon faded when his hand pressed against the inside of her thigh, parting her legs.&nbsp; <em>Oh god he wasn't about to......</em><br><br><em>Oh yes he was!</em>&nbsp; Her breath shuddered out of her.&nbsp; This was an act of intimacy she shied away from with most guys, not because she was prudish about it but because if she had a weakness this was it and she only shared this secret with someone she had been in a relationship for a long time.&nbsp; Her body reacted twice as hard as it would to other stimulants.&nbsp; That simple lick had her hips arching off the bed. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>16-07-2009, 23:51:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The sudden mouthful of Sarah was a complete surprise, but a pleasant one. Coop had just enough warning of her surge to avoid banging his teeth against her most sensitive bits. His lips he left right where they fell though - pursed around Sarah's, his tongue nestled in her damp cleft. His other hand slipped around and over her other thigh and he hugged her to him as he continued to twirl and slip around and inside.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>17-07-2009, 13:24:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The sensation and build up just got better and better.&nbsp; All thoughts of stopping him skittered away and her hips bucked under the onslaught, the squeaks of pleasure growing in intensity until she reached the peak and shrieked, thrashing beneath him.&nbsp; <br><br>The aftershocks rippled through her as realisation of what had just happened hit her and she went scarlet from head to toe.&nbsp; <em>Oh god what must he be thinking?</em>&nbsp; He’d barely touched her and she had gone up in flames.&nbsp; She refused to look at him to see what his expression would be like, her eyes firmly closed as she tried to get her breathing and heart rate under control before she made her daring escape from mortification. <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>17-07-2009, 21:59:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He held on, clutching her like a life preserver in pounding surf as her climax crashed over them both. When it finally subsided, he sighed contentedly and rested his head against one still quivering thigh. Could she really have enjoyed his attentions that much? No reason for her to feign enjoyment, he thought; their relative positions in this ... arrangement ... freed her from any pressure to be gentle with his ego. So that glow of pride he felt at Sarah's very vocal pleasure was, like as not, deserved.<br><br>He waited until Sarah had stilled, then disengaged himself from her legs and slithered up the mattress to stretch out alongside her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>18-07-2009, 16:56:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She felt him letting her go, and the bed moving but she couldn't tell if he had got off or moved up beside her as he was no longer touching her.&nbsp; She peeked out through her eyelashes to find him laying beside her just starting at her, a very smug smirk on his face.&nbsp; <br><br>She swallowed, was that smirk because he was about to tease her about how easy she had just gone over or did he think he was so good it was him that had pushed her over.&nbsp; In truth it was definitely both reasons, but she still felt a little embarrassed by her easy response.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Her eyes lowered and she took in his physic and squirmed at the sight of him.&nbsp; She really hadn't looked her full earlier, she'd had glimpses and felt him but she hadn't seen him in all his glory and she unconsciously licked her lips.&nbsp; She lifted her eyes to meet his, maybe she would stick around a little longer.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-07-2009, 18:34:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				As was usually the case when he gave oral, bringing Sarah to her climax had left Cooper feeling almost as wrung out as he had come himself. The peculiar sympathy fatigue had him foggy, but not too foggy to notice her abashed reaction as he nestled up to her. Her embarrassment puzzled him for a second, until the look on his own face registered.<br><br><em>Crap. I look like the cat who swallowed the canary. Really not suave, dude.</em> And not helping her relax any. Desperate times and all; as Sarah's gaze broke from his and wandered down his body, Cooper dealt his tongue a savage bite. Fortune smiled and she didn't look back before his eyes had stopped bugging, leaving his expression much less self-satisfied but still relaxed.<br><br>"Um," he began, and licked his own lips. "Delicious." He brushed a stray lock of hair from Sarah's forehead and smiled. "Can I, uh, get you a drink or something?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>20-07-2009, 19:29:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Delicious?</em>&nbsp; She assumed he meant her and she couldn't help but burst into a fit of mirth.&nbsp; It was nerves among other things that had her giggling.&nbsp; Would she ever be able to do this with sophistication, without feeling like an inexperienced school girl?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; <br><br>She shook her head "I'm alright, thanks.&nbsp; Sorry I don't mean..." she ended up with a sigh, telling herself to shut up before she dug a bigger hole for herself.&nbsp; <br><br>She liked the way he brushed her hair off her forehead and smiled at her, as if her crazy behaviour wasn't bothering him one bit.&nbsp; <em>Pull yourself together!</em> She shifted on the bed beside him, a little closer and felt compelled to reach out to tickle her fingers lightly against his arm.&nbsp; <br><br>"I'm still feeling a little nervous, sorry.&nbsp; I didn't really think it through properly."&nbsp; Realising what she had said might be construed as an insult she flushed guiltily and dug her grave a little deeper in an attempt to get out of it.&nbsp; "It's not you obviously, you've made me feel very comfortable and..." <em>Sarah just shut up before you make it even worse! </em>&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-07-2009, 21:02:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Involuntary or not, her laugh was infectious. Coop chuckled and slipped an arm beneath Sarah's head. A subtle shiver followed the track of her fingertips through the light scattering of hair on his other forearm.<br><br>"Nervous? Really?" He shook his head. "Um. First time here, huh? Well. I hope you're not having any buyer's remorse."<br><br>First time here, he thought. No surprise there. A girl like Sarah must have to chase men away with a stick. The real puzzle was why she had come at all. She could have anyone she wanted; were all the guys who met underwear models out there in the real world such colossal jerks she didn't want any of them? Cooper had to admit, for an average Joe like him, that idea was oddly comforting. He was on the verge of asking Sarah outright when he recalled Mel's sharp shake of the head. Right, right, no snooping into the customers' lives outside the Place. So he contented himself with resting his hand on Sarah's hip and smiling.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>21-07-2009, 18:44:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				His arm under her head seemed to be an opening for her to snuggle in a little closer.&nbsp; The hand over her hip electrified her skin once again.&nbsp; <em>Why couldn't this whole thing be normal?</em>&nbsp; Not that she knew him at all but the little while she had been with him, she was actually starting to like Cooper.&nbsp; Not that she hadn't liked him before but this was more on a personal level than a business one and…now her brain was rambling as well as her mouth!&nbsp; <br><br>Her wandering fingers moved from his forearm, to his upper arm, shoulder and then his chest.&nbsp; “Yes this is my first time here, or having to pay for anything like this.&nbsp; No buyer's remorse you're great!”&nbsp; Her face turned red again, or redder than it had already been as she watched the patterns her fingers were making on his chest.&nbsp; <br><br>“I have been working so much lately and I haven't dated in months.&nbsp; A friend who was here a few months back suggested this would be the ideal holiday destination to put the spring back in my step." He had definitely put the spring back in her step!&nbsp; "I just never thought I'd have to pay...pft" air rushed out her lungs as she realised what she was saying.&nbsp; "Bet your thinking they've given you the crazy person today."&nbsp; <br><br>Her fingers retreated as she scooted away from him, across the bed.&nbsp; <br><br><br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>21-07-2009, 21:20:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Hey, hey, not at all," Cooper said, and tipped himself up on one elbow to rest a reassuring hand on Sarah's shoulder. "Your first time doing this, I can understand how the whole thing would be a little weird. Maybe very weird." Definitely very weird, he reflected, and shook his head.<br><br>For a moment, he considered spilling the beans about his own mistaken arrival at The Place. Maybe she wouldn't feel so awkward - no, there was no stopping her feeling awkward, but maybe she wouldn't feel so out of her element if she knew that he was no super suave Euro-gigolo who had seen everything and done things that would make the vicomte de Valmont blush. Hrm. She was well aware he wasn't suave, anyway. And there was Mel in his mind's eye again, shooting him that precision guided stinkeye. No personal details!<br><br>So Coop bit his tongue, though only metaphorically this time, and instead began to lightly knead the tense muscles of Sarah's neck and shoulder.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-07-2009, 08:59:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The feel of his hand against her shoulder stopped her from scooting off the other side of the bed and making her embarrassed escape.&nbsp; She chewed on her bottom lip as his words sunk in.&nbsp; Yes this was very weird.&nbsp; "I guess it was weird for anyone the first time." she stated.&nbsp; <br><br>She could almost hear her friend telling her to suck it up, throw her inhibitions out the window and just go wild for a week, no one would know.&nbsp; Well Cooper would know but he wasn't allowed to tell.&nbsp; She sighed a little as his fingers started to work on relaxing her again.&nbsp; Being wild and crazy was easier said than done, but she had taken her first leap towards actually doing that.&nbsp; She'd slept with him already and had a great time and he was still a complete stranger.&nbsp; <br><br>Her eyes drifted closed under his magical fingers.&nbsp; Was there anything he couldn't do?&nbsp; Spine tingling kisses, amazing lover and now an expert at massage.&nbsp; Her previous question popped back into mind.&nbsp; <em>What else was in his bag of tricks?</em>&nbsp; And surprisingly, she really wanted to stick around and find out. <br><br>She turned her head to look at him and smiled gratefully for the way he seemed to know just what to do to put her at ease whenever her common sense took over.&nbsp; She was also amused to note her crazy rambling obviously hadn't dampened his spirits.&nbsp; She lifted her gaze above waist level, the amusement evident in her eyes when they connected with his.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>22-07-2009, 17:41:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Weird for everyone the first time. Huh. "You can say that again," Cooper nodded. His eyes half closed as he tried to mentally tune out everything but what his fingertips were telling him, letting them find their own way from knot to knot.<br><br>"But the way I see it, this is just sort of a more a ... comprehensive version of a host club." He chuckled at the thought. Then he sighed himself. The feeling of Sarah's exquisite skin and toned muscle under his hands had put him in his own meditative half-trance of mingled bliss and arousal. When she craned her neck to smile over her shoulder at him, he returned it with a degree of affection that surprised him a little. Sure, they had only known each other for a couple of hours, but he already felt like he would be glad to be this bashful beauty's friend.<br><br>Of course the fact that they had just had sex so hot it had nearly set him on fire might have been skewing his perception just a little. Cooper felt himself stiffening a little as memories of Sarah's sound and motion bubbled up, and he inched a bit closer as he continued to work at her shoulders. Comprehensive. Yep. He definitely wanted to be very comprehensive.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-07-2009, 18:20:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her head rolled forward as his fingers continued to work over her neck and shoulders "A host club?" she questioned "Afraid I'm going to show my naivety in all this, but what is a host club?"&nbsp; Although now that she thought about it, if he was comparing The Place to a host club he meant a less classier establishment for this sort of thing. <br><br>She could feel his heat radiate around her as the bed shifted and he moved closer to her. <em>Let go and go wild</em>.&nbsp; The words had sort of become a mantra in her head and she found herself scooting backwards to lean back against him, feeling his chest pressed against her back like they had been earlier.&nbsp; She shuddered in response to contact.&nbsp; <em>Let go and go wild</em>. <br><br>Quickly she turned around, pushed him so he toppled onto his back and moved over him to kiss him before she could think and analyse her actions, knowing if she did she'd chicken out of doing what she really wanted to do.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>22-07-2009, 20:50:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Um. Well, when I was stationed in Yokosuka, some buddies and I went to Tokyo on a weekend liberty one time, and ..." And even as the words were spilling out, his heart was sinking. <em>Oh, hell,</em> he thought, <em>Wrong, man. You have no backstory! It's all about her!</em> But he had already launched this idiotic little discourse, and damned if he could think of a way to back out gracefully.<br><br>My, though, that renewed contact with her was nice. He let his elbow cant out and drift atop Sarah's arm as her smooth, cool back came to rest against his chest. And when her cheeks brushed against his half-hard member, he surged awake with such speed there was an audible slap of him against her. Cooper flushed crimson. <em>Oh, Christ, that's just embar...</em><br><br>That's where the thought ended. In the next moment he was on his back and she was slung above him, all soft curves and heat. He returned the kiss with interest, tongue flicking along the line of her teeth, and wrapped his arms around her. Any notion of embarrassment had vanished, replaced with a burning desire to hear her wail out her release again.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-07-2009, 21:53:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				That was a couple of times now he had mentioned when he was in the military, she would have to get him to tell her some of his stories later, not the gory details but she was sure he had some funny antidotes about his time there.&nbsp; <br><br>A brief thought of how he'd gone from the military to this profession fluttered through her mind but soon scattered as his tongue flirted and danced with hers, and his arms wrapped around her.&nbsp; Oh yes going with the flow was way more fun than thinking about it.&nbsp; Although she liked the sound of his voice, his hard, firm lips were being put to better use at the moment against hers.&nbsp; <br><br>Unsure whether she moved or he repositioned her she soon found herself not only over him but her legs entangled with his, his entire front pressed intimately against her own.&nbsp; The friction building between them as they writhered and squirmed against each other.&nbsp; <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-07-2009, 16:45:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Their bodies had flowed together as if of their own accord, legs twining together like coiled strands of a DNA helix. There were so many places his hands wanted to be, yet each time they lit he never wanted to move them again. Sarah's full, firm breasts mashed against his chest as her silken thighs twisted between his own, and in a few moments he was agonizingly hard, aching to bury himself in her again.<br><br>With a supreme effort, he forced one hand to release Sarah's bum and reached to fumble blindly at the bedstand. He couldn't stand to stop kissing her, not even long enough to look where he was reaching, so it was took several clumsy swipes for him to knock the drawer open. Thanking his lucky stars for long fingers, Cooper scrabbled in the drawer until by touch alone he found a flat, square package.<br><br>"Oh, god," he husked against her lips. "I, uh ... lemme put this on. No, no, don't get off. Just make a little room..."<br><br>Still working blind, he tore open the wrapper.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>23-07-2009, 23:10:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She felt him fumbling about next to the bed but was unable to lift her head to see what he was trying to do, her lips seemed to be welded to his, her eyes locked with his.&nbsp; It wasn't until his mumbled words did she figure out what he was trying to do.&nbsp; <br><br>They were definitely big on protection here, but then they had to be.&nbsp; She knew where she had been and he knew where had been but ultimately they didn't know where the other had been.&nbsp; Tearing her mouth from his, she pushed up and took the package from him.&nbsp; "Let me."<br><br>There was two ways to do this, slowly and drive him crazy or fast and get it over with so they could get back to the fun stuff.&nbsp; Both options had their appeal.&nbsp; Her gaze lifted to meet his and she grinned at him.&nbsp; Within seconds she had him expertly sheathed and she was back to meld her lips against his.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-07-2009, 17:13:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It was at this point that Cooper started to hope there wasn't a damage clause in the contract, because he would have sworn he dug gouges in the headboard as Sarah slipped the safe onto him. He had never had someone else put it on him, and the sensation was mindblowing. As enjoyable as it was, it was probably just as well she finished quickly. He found himself gnawing his lip to keep control; any longer and he would have chewed it to hamburger.<br><br>That didn't make her renewed kisses any less delectable. As Sarah eased herself back down onto him, he subtly guided her motion with nudges of hips and hands. There she was, lined up perfectly. A little roll, a little push, and he slipped into her hot embrace.<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>24-07-2009, 19:27:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her senses zeored in on the feel of his lips against hers, the play of his tongue along hers that she didn't register his subtle little movements as she settled against him again.&nbsp; It was only when she felt him slidding inside her effortlessly that she realised what he had been doing.&nbsp; <em>How did he manage to make it all so graceful?&nbsp; </em> <br><br>Her sigh of delight feathered against his lips.&nbsp; She squirmed a little seating him a little deeper.&nbsp; Her fingers of one hand stroked his hair, while the other caressed the side of his face and jaw as they countinued to kiss and rock gently against each other.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-07-2009, 22:25:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her fingers were so soft, her touch so light, it was more like a cool breeze blowing across his face as his mouth sought hers. He slipped an arm around her waist and held her to him as he reached with the other hand to grasp her thigh, holding her close. There wasn't a single spot on Sarah it wasn't a delight to touch, and the longer they lay in contact the more achingly sensitive he grew.<br><br>His motion beneath her was a slow roll at first. Then as his excitement grew still greater, Cooper held her tighter, surged higher. Floating on a cloud of bliss, he moaned quietly into her mouth.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-07-2009, 01:18:26</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				There was nothing more delightful than the contradicting hardness and softness of him moving beneath her, the feel of his hands on her back and leg.&nbsp; She felt as if she was about to go up in flames.&nbsp; She gasped as he surged beneath her.&nbsp; <br><br>The intensity surprised her.&nbsp; The way he possessed her, his mouth moved over hers, the way she couldn't bring herself to close her eyes to stop staring into his.&nbsp; &nbsp;She barely knew him but she felt as if this was more intimate than anything she had shared with previous lovers, even the one she had been head over heels in love with.&nbsp; <br><br>Her body was quick to respond to the intimacy and it wasn't long before she started moaning and whithering, her peak slowly stalking upon her.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>27-07-2009, 20:44:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Now it was his turn to gasp aloud and blurt out a couplet of breathless gibberish. Pressed together skin to skin from collarbones to ankles, each movement of Sarah's arching, twisting body was a caress. Both of them had grown dewy with sweat, and the light film of their commingled perspiration intensified every sensation.<br><br>How was this even possible? If there were a more awkward way they could have made each others' acquaintance, Cooper sure hell couldn't imagine it. Yet here they were now, touching each other in a way that went far beyond what he had experienced with a lot - damn, maybe most - of the girls he had slept with before. It was as if their mutual embarassment had opened them up in a way a more confident meeting wouldn't have been able to.<br><br>Whatever the reason, he was grateful, and determined to show her just how much so. Little by little he drew his knees up until his feet were flat on the mattress. The extra leverage let him redouble his efforts and, hands gripping her shoulders to keep her pinned against him, he thrust up into her with even greater power.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 16:07:09</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Lips still locked, her gasp of delight from his sudden burst of power, was muffled against his.&nbsp; Her thought process had completely shut down now. She was just one big ball of vibrant sensations, sensations that were stimulated by and centred on Cooper. <br><br>Any reservations or embarrassment she had felt was abandoned and she went along for the wild ride.&nbsp; Her body bucked and thrashed as she surged into ecstasy.&nbsp; Her hold on him tightening sharply. Her cries loud enough that if the rooms weren’t sound proof she was sure to be heard down the hall.&nbsp; &nbsp;Her words were gabbled, only a tangible “Coop” might have been made out if he had been listening. <br><br>She never wanted the moment to end, but eventually all good things must end and slowly she came back to reality.&nbsp; Slumping further into him, exhausted, her eyes closing as she continued to tremble and convulse with the enormity of what had just happened.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 18:33:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, god, there it was again, that scalding hot rush soaking them both and the hard clenches of Sarah's inner muscles clamping down on him.&nbsp; He thought he held her closer - it was hard to tell where he ended and she began, awareness of the boundaries of his own skin gone, replaced with nothing but diffuse softness, heat, and sweet dampness.<br><br>It hit like a meteor, a sudden burning rush that was on him and through him before he even saw it coming. Sarah's siren call drew him over the edge and he came with a yell that was somewhere between astonishment and joy. When the aftershocks finally subsided, and he was confident that he hadn't actually been turned inside out, he sagged back against the pillow. "Sarah," he whispered in inarticulate amazement. "Wow. Y ... uhh. Wow. You."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 22:47:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She gave a tired giggle in response to his rambling.&nbsp; She had no energy to lift an eyelash, never mind think of anything to say in return.&nbsp; To tell him how amazing he was, or that a small part of her was starting to wish she had met him outside of this place.&nbsp; <br><br>No she couldn’t have those sorts of thoughts, she was living for the moment for the next week and if every moment included Cooper then that was fine, but she couldn’t get attached to him.&nbsp; &nbsp;She was just going to enjoy the experience and keep the memories for those lonely nights when she returned home.&nbsp; <br><br>Her breathing became shallower and her entire body relaxed as she dosed off snuggled against him.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 23:31:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He chuckled quietly as Sarah drifted off. There was another gift - he didn't have to worry about irritating her by falling asleep!<br><br>The sheer power of their combined climax had tapped him as well, and it was all he could do to turn his head to glance at the clock. Barely after noon, and he was teetering on the edge of a deep, dreamless sleep himself. He sighed. Hell of a thing, this meeting.<br><br>Hell of a girl, too. He settled his hands on her hips, kissed her forehead one more time, and sank back. "Sweet dreams. And thank you," he muttered, then snorted once, twice, and was out as cold as she.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 18:13:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				How long she slept for Sarah had no idea, but as she slowly surfaced from the deep depths of slumber she became aware of the warm masculine body pressed against hers, his steady breath fanning her hair, the gentle roll off the waves coming up from the beach.&nbsp; She tried fighting against waking up, content with the tranquil cosiness she found herself in, but she was abruptly forced into painful wakefulness.<br><br>With a quiet exclaim of “AH!” she shot off the bed and half hobbled, half hopped into the bathroom.&nbsp; She forced her right heel down onto the cool tiles of the bathroom floor and tried straightening her leg to ease the cramp that had the muscle seized up tight.&nbsp; She hadn’t had leg cramp in a while but it picked a great time to do it now!&nbsp; <br><br>Leaning forward to stretch the muscle further she reached down to try and massage the knot into loosening, at the same time peeking around the doorframe to make sure she hadn’t woken Cooper.&nbsp; She'd embarrassed herself more than enough times in front of him already, she didn't want to add another item to the list, and he had looked adorable sleeping, in the split seconds she had looked at him between opening her eyes and shooting off the bed.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 20:32:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"No spark plugs!" Cooper exclaimed, sitting up. And what had he meant by that? It was right there a second ago, he could have sworn it was. But whatever he had been dreaming about was gone, and he was as baffled as ... oh, crap, had he said that in front of her?<br><br>He looked around, blinked, looked around again. He was alone, in a strange room. Hotel room? Somewhere warm, with a sea-scented breeze ruffling the curtains of the open windows. His room. But where was Sarah? Had he dreamed the whole thing? Wouldn't have been the first time she showed up in his dreams.<br><br>He shifted on his elbows and looked down. Oh. No, not a dream. There was the sorry-looking expended condom, draped over his quiescent member like a handful of plastic wrap now. Cooper snorted and pulled the thing off, wrapping it up in a piece of Kleenex he yanked from the box by the bed. "Class," he muttered, and was about to pull another piece to clean himself up when out of the corner of his eye he glimpsed half a familiar face peering at him from around the corner.<br><br>"Um. Hi, beautiful. Hope I didn't wake you," he said, and waved sheepishly. Then he cocked his head and gave her a quizzical smile. "You shrink while we were sleeping? I remember you taller."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 21:59:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Spark plugs?</em> Sarah wasn't sure whether to laugh or be disappointed he had been dreaming about spark plugs.&nbsp; It was a really random thing to be dreaming about, but then she couldn't talk she had some weird dreams at time herself.&nbsp; <br><br>She watched him look around bewildered, as if he wasn't sure where he was, or was he looking for her?&nbsp; She bit the inside of her cheek to stop herself from giggling at the look on his face when he looked down at his body.&nbsp; She had never really wanted a guy 'disrobe' before but the on the two occasions she had seen Cooper do it had been a tad entertaining.&nbsp; <br><br>She blushed when she was spotted spying on him.&nbsp; "Hi." she answered shyly and was about to duck back behind the door frame when he asked her if she had shrunk.&nbsp; <em>Dam, so much for hiding the latest embarrassing moment</em>.&nbsp; "Uhm no..." she straightened up to her full height and flexed her foot, only for the muscle to bunch up again and she winced, shrinking back down to her original position "...leg cramp." she confessed.&nbsp; A really bad case of the leg cramps, normally stretching the muscle helped but there was the odd occasion where it took a little longer to straighten out and then her leg would ache for a few days afterwards.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>30-07-2009, 02:32:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper winced at that. He had had plenty of muscle cramps in his time, in situations that were equally embarrassing - or even dangerous. He chortled under his breath as he tried to decide which episode had stricken more terror into his heart: the time he had cramped up trying that new position with his ex Darlene, or when a Charley horse while swimming had nearly sent him to the bottom of the Caribbean.<br><br>He patted the mattress beside him, then grimaced. His hand had landed squarely in their wet spot. "C'mon over here. Let me try and work that out for you." He wiped his palm on his leg.<br><br>"Oh, you, uh ... you might want to bring a towel."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-07-2009, 18:26:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>A towel? </em> She ducked back behind the door frame and looked at the pile of white fluffy towels.&nbsp; How was a towel going to help ease her cramp?&nbsp; She grabbed one of the towels, trying not to whimper as the calf muscle seized up again. It had never been this bad before.&nbsp; &nbsp;Somewhere in the back of her mind she remembered someone telling her it could be a lack of potassium or was it salt?&nbsp; A salty banana however didn’t sound appetising!&nbsp; <br><br>Another dilemma hit her as she prepared to limp back into the bedroom.&nbsp; She would have to get across the room, naked.&nbsp; Alright, obviously Cooper had seen her naked up close and personal already but the act of walking around his room naked seemed a little…too intimate for their, err 'relationship'.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>There was a momentarily delay before she emerged from the bathroom, the towel draped from her arm in a way that hid her modesty without being too obvious about it.&nbsp; &nbsp;She did her half hop, half hobble routine over to the bed, using the arm with the towel across her breasts to stop them jiggling about.&nbsp; Her face inflamed with embarrassment once again but if his magic fingers could ease out the pain in her leg, she was willing to endure the embarrassment rather than the pain.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>30-07-2009, 20:31:43</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper winced again at the sight of Sarah's obvious distress and swung to his feet. "Hold on, wait," he said and hustled to slip an arm under her shoulder. "Okay, lean on me."<br><br>At the edge of the bed, his free hand slipped the towel off Sarah's crooked arm and slung it onto the mattress to cover the splotch of dampness their frenetic coupling had left behind. Taking her hands, he eased her down to sit on the bed while he settled himself cross-legged on the floor at her feet.<br><br>"Now," he said, "Which ... uff. Duh. This was the one you were limping on." His long, strong fingers closed around Sarah's calf and began exploring it with gentle presses and nudges.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-07-2009, 23:48:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He was such a sweetheart, she smiled disarmingly at him as he helped her over to the bed and placed the towel down.&nbsp; It was only then she realised what he wanted it for and she felt stupid.&nbsp; She sat down on the bed smiling at him again as he settled at her feet.&nbsp; <br><br>As his fingers moved over her leg, she remembered the feel of his fingers against her neck and shoulders earlier and how he had eased the knots out of her.&nbsp; Her thoughts then moved to other things those fingers had done to her.&nbsp; Magic fingers indeed.&nbsp; <br><br>"Thanks." she sighed as his probing seemed to work and the pain started to ease, or was that just the feel of his fingers moving across her skin distracting her from the pain.&nbsp; Her leg twitched as he hit a particularly tender spot but the knot was definitely easing.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>31-07-2009, 23:32:32</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper grimaced again as Sarah flinched. "Aie. Sorry. That's the spot?" He nodded and returned to work, a little more carefully this time.<br><br>As he rubbed and kneaded, he found himself starting to say something and halting repeatedly. How the hell was he supposed to make small talk if they weren't supposed to discuss personal details, he wondered. I mean, what am I gonna say to her? <em>So, how do you like the weather here? Sunny and warm again, huh, always the same thing, what a drag.</em> Probably a safe bet she's not a racing fan...<br><br>"So, um," he said finally, at a loss for anything else to say, "How was the flight?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>01-08-2009, 17:27:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yes and it's fine." she smiled at him, she knew he wasn't deliberately trying to hurt her.&nbsp; "It feels like its starting to ease off." <br><br>She too was trying to think of something to say other than a few words.&nbsp; Since their meeting he had done most of the talking because whenever she opened her mouth something stupid came out.&nbsp; "Pretty uneventful, I slept most of it." she answered.&nbsp; <br><br>"Have you been all over the world?&nbsp; You mentioned being in the military a few times so I'm guessing you have been to some interesting places."&nbsp; There she managed to keep it simple.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 20:20:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper started to open his mouth, then stopped, then started again. This was getting ridiculous. You'd even talk shop with your barber, for chrissakes. There was such a thing as comfortable anonymity, but this strained avoidance of anything personal was going to turn into a mood killer all on its own. Besides, he thought, he really did want to get to know Sarah at least a little.<br><br>And what were they gonna do, fire him? He chuckled. They had a contract, after all. Even if they did give him the boot, how bad would that be? Hey Coop, he imagined Shaky Joe asking, how was Spain? Oh, kind of a drag, stayed a couple days in a super-fancy suite, had hours of fantastic sex with the girl of my dreams, then got the ax.<br><br>He chortled quietly as he lifted Sarah's leg to rest her heel on his shoulder so he could ply her calf with his thumbs. "Heh. I've been in some of the finest engine rooms the U.S. Navy has to offer. They happened to be in some fascinating ports of call. Or so they tell me."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 21:00:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She watched him inquisitively as he seemed to be having an internal battle about answering.&nbsp; She hadn't asked him for any confidential details of what he did or if he had killed anyone, what was so hard about answering about the places he'd been?&nbsp; Maybe he didn't like talking about himself.&nbsp; That was going to make the small talk difficult, she was sure she would bore him to death if all she did was talk about herself.<br><br>She sighed as the pain continued to ease under the manipulations of his fingers.&nbsp; <em>Oh that felt good</em>.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She smiled when he did answer "Oh I'm sure you were allowed off the ship for some playtime.&nbsp; Sailors are renowned for having girls in all ports."&nbsp; Hmm maybe that's how he fell into this profession.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 22:56:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Heh. If only," he laughed. "The ladies may love sailors, but you seem to hate the smell of diesel and oil more. Occupational hazard of being a grease monkey."<br><br>He was thoughtful for a couple of seconds. One hand continued to knead Sarah's calf while the other settled on her ankle.<br><br>"On the other hand," he continued finally, "At least I didn't hooking up with a Singaporean girl who was only after a green card." He shook his head and sighed. "Poor ol' Reisman. Married all of ten months before she ran off with a dude who got rich flipping houses. Guess the joke was on her in the end though, huh?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 19:27:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She actually like the smell of diesel and oil, she might have something to say if he came near her covered in it from head to toe but the smell didn’t bother her, it was a sign of a hard working man.&nbsp; She didn’t voice this though as she didn’t want him thinking she was only saying it to please him.&nbsp; <br><br>The cramp had eased in her leg but she didn’t say anything about that either, even after everything that had happened between them over the last few hours she still found pleasure in the feel of him touching her and she was enjoying just talking to him.&nbsp; <br><br>“My occupational hazard is people thinking I’m a bit of a bimbo.” She smiled and shrugged as if to say she'd accepted it.&nbsp; “And to quote my grandmother <em>‘What’s wrong with a wholesome home grown American boy?’ </em>&nbsp; It’s her usual rant at my cousin who thinks Italians are the bee’s knees.&nbsp; I guess your friend learnt that lesson the hard way.”&nbsp; If he knew her grandmother he would have recognised her imitation of her grandmother raspy voice was spot on.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 00:19:06</strong>
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				He scowled at her resignation to disdain. "Yeah, well. That's ridiculous. If they ever took a minute to get to know you, that wouldn't last long." The last kinks of tension had disappeared from Sarah's calf, near as he could tell, but Cooper kept rolling and stroking the muscle just for the pleasure of feeling her under his hands.<br><br>"Your cousin's set on landing an Italian?" He quirked a crooked smile at her. "That's kind of an unusual ambition. What made her decide on that?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 18:06:00</strong>
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				“She’d just broken up with her boyfriend when I took her to a party with me to try and cheer her up.&nbsp; She spent the whole night flirting with this Italian guy and thought he was very romantic, I thought he was a bit smarmy, but hey ho each to their own.”&nbsp; She returned his smile “We’d be pretty boring if we all liked the same things or people.”<br><br>She withdrew her legs from his hands “Thanks, that’s feeling a lot better now.”&nbsp; She still gave it a tentative poke and flexed her foot a bit to make sure.&nbsp; &nbsp; “And I’m sure if you saw me on a billboard or poster, having never met me before, the first thing that would go through your head would not be ‘<em>That Sarah Cummings she’s pretty smart’</em> or anything along those lines.”&nbsp; &nbsp; It wasn’t said with any annoyance or anything, it was just one of those things she had accepted about her career choice. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 20:48:58</strong>
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				<em>Now that you mention it,</em> he thought, but at least this time managed to keep from fish-gaping as he did it. Sarah's brains were indeed just about the farthest thing from his mind when he had spotted that enormous display photo of her in the shop window. Bad enough he had stopped to gawk then without telling her all about it now.<br><br>"No," he said, leaning back on his hands. "Sorry to say, but I guess you're right. More something like 'man, a girl like her wouldn't give me the time of day'. Just goes to show, you never know how nice somebody is just from looking at her."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>06-08-2009, 20:08:52</strong>
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				She saw something flicker in his eyes, it was very brief but then he leaned back.&nbsp; Completely naked he was perfectly happy to recline on the floor and chat to her.&nbsp; If he could act as if their state of undress wasn't an issue then it should be for her either.&nbsp; She crossed her legs on the bed and propped her chin up with her hands, her elbows on her knees.&nbsp; <br><br>"You're only going to know if a 'girl like her' would give you the time of day if you speak to her.&nbsp; I'll admit I know quiet a few in my profession who are totally up themselves but you'd be surprised at just how many are normal."&nbsp; <br><br>Her lips turned up in a teasing smile "You knew who I was when I arrived didn't you?"&nbsp; she suspected that was what the flicker of something was, and she remembered his reaction in reception before hostess had given him 'the look'.&nbsp; &nbsp;"You've gawked at a spread or poster, go on tell me which one it was."&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>07-08-2009, 01:07:12</strong>
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				Her observation on his assumption about models was dead on, he had to admit. "Recognize," he nodded with a rueful chuckle. "Our own damn fault for not giving you credit, isn't it?"<br><br>At Sarah's gentle needling Cooper smiled and hung his head in only half-mock embarassment. That quickly turned to completely genuine embarassment as he realized he was sitting there cross-legged and butt naked. <em>No need to go showing it off like that, jackass.</em> He sat straighter, bringing his knees together and looping one arm around them for support.<br><br>"Um ... yeah. I did. There was a big display photo of you in the window of a Victoria's Secret in a mall I used to go to back in America. I mean, the mall I used to go to. Not the Victoria's Secret. Not that I wouldn't go there, you know, if I ... or if there had ..." Was that rattling scrape in the back of his mind the sound of him having dug himself as deep as he could? Lord, he hoped so. "Anyway. Poster, I guess."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-08-2009, 13:38:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She giggled at his flustered rambling then decided to tease him a little more.&nbsp; “Let me guess the red teddy?&nbsp; Did you know that dam thing was near enough see through?&nbsp; The photographer had to keep moving the lights about so it wasn’t so revealing.&nbsp; I just finished another shoot before coming here, so there should be a new poster for you to gawk at soon.” She winked at him.&nbsp; “Although you probably wont see it if you’re here.” <br><br>&nbsp;Her stomach gave an unladylike rumble, reminding her she hadn’t eaten since breakfast on the plane.&nbsp; She winced and gave him a bashful smile “I guess that’s my hint I need refuelled.” It was probably time she went to her room anyway although now that she had relaxed about the whole situation and was starting to enjoy his company, she felt a little reluctant to part ways, even if she could ask to see him again at any time.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>07-08-2009, 17:54:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Was it red? You couldn't tell. The poster was one of those monochromatic deals, tinted a little purple, I think. Your photographer did a good job, though, there was nothing on display that shouldn't have been." He laughed lightly at her mention of the new shoot. "They can't keep us penned in here all the time. I don't think ... Anyway, I'll keep an eye if I get down to the shopping street."<br><br>The low growl from Sarah's stomach had him on his feet and collecting their clothing. "Heh. Airlines, they'll fly you halfway around the world and throw you one packet of beer nuts. C'mon, I think there's a dining room by the pool. I'll show you the way."<br><br>Or at least he would try. There had been vague clattering noises that might have been silverware coming from the direction of the pool when he arrived. In any case, he needed to check in with Mel and see whether he would need some kind of key card to get in and out of The Place - or just have to climb over the wall every time!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-08-2009, 20:30:31</strong>
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				She quirked her head slightly at him as she quickly pulled her clothes back on.&nbsp; He thought the the dining room was near the pool?&nbsp; Shouldn't he already know where it was since he worked here?&nbsp; She dismissed it, it was probably a slip of the tongue.&nbsp; <br><br>"What do you recommend off the menu?" she asked wondering what delights she should try of the local cuisine.&nbsp; Although a nice big plate of pasta would probably hit the stop right now, she probably needed a healthy dose of carbs and she was on holiday after all.&nbsp; <br><br><br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>17-08-2009, 22:13:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Honestly," Cooper said as he pulled his T-shirt back over his head, "I haven't had a chance to eat here yet." Skivvies and pants back on, he once again regretted his choice of footgear. Half an hour of arguing just to get his freakin' steeltoes through security and getting his feet crushed turns out to be the very least of his worries. He sighed. These cockroach-crushers were definitely not the Euro-stylish clothes he was going to need here.<br><br>"Um. But for you," he said, focusing on Sarah once again, "Protein I think. For energy. Hey, it's Spain, right? They must have killer tapas." He crooked his elbow and offered her his arm. "Let's get you some bacalao or something."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>18-08-2009, 18:53:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She quirked her brow at him again, <em>so where did he eat then if not here?</em>&nbsp; Smiling she slipped her arm through his offered one and let him lead her out of the room and towards food "Protein?&nbsp; I was thinking more along the lines of a big unhealthy plateful of carbs, while on holiday might as well be naughty!" <br><br>Wait, being naughty, hadn't that been what she had been doing all morning and afternoon, although she had probably burnt off every calorie she was about to eat, since meeting him as well.&nbsp; Her cheeks flushed a little but she couldn't stop a body function that had been with her since adolescence even if she wasn't as embarrassed as it looked she was.&nbsp; "Never tried tapas before, could be interesting, bacalao that's some sort of fish right?"&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>19-08-2009, 19:47:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Bacalao's cod, it's like ... I guess it's like cod bruschetta. On bread with a tomato sauce. Fan-damn-tastic." He smiled a little at the rose-petal pink that flashed and vanished on Sarah's cheeks. No matter how many times he saw that, it never got old.<br><br>"On the other hand, if you've got your heart set on carbs there's patatas bravas. Potatoes with a spicy sauce. Also delicious." Cooper tipped Mel the best insouciant nod of acknowledgement he could manage as they passed the front desk. Sadly, the effect was ruined a moment later when he did a double take at the sight of her new dress. Jeez Louise, how long had he and Sarah been asleep, anyway?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>19-08-2009, 21:58:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Hmm, those both sound delicious, would I look like a glutton if I decided to try both?" she grinned at him.&nbsp; He was a regular fountain of knowledge, which attracted her to him more than what had transpired between them physically.&nbsp; She liked a man she could actually have scintillating conversation it was actually a bigger turn on than the physical aspect.&nbsp; <br><br>She watched him give the receptionist a double take, she wasn't sure if she should be amused or offended he was checking the other woman out while she was on his arm.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-08-2009, 21:12:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"The wh ... sorry, what was that?" Cooper said, snapping his full attention back to Sarah. "Right, glutton. Oh, jeez no, hell no!"<br><br>He gnawed his lip in chagrin. Holy hell, that was one elegant-looking gown on Mel. There was yet another thing he should have anticipated. Everyone who had been over here had told him that Europe was more formal. It only made sense that she would have gone dressier for evening. Odd, though, there was a cool edge to the air that wasn't quite what he had expected for late afternoon. And there was something strange about the light here in the foyer...<br><br>"I just, uh ... Mel's all dolled up, there, and I don't want embarass you." He plucked at his khaki T-shirt with his free hand. "Looks like they dress for dinner here. You're all stylish and everything, and I'm looking like a bit of a slob."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>20-08-2009, 21:44:14</strong>
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				"Stylish?" she giggled looking down at her jeans and blouse "I'm still wearing the clothes I wore on the plane." Never mind the fact that they had been scattered across his bedroom floor for hours on end or the fact she probably seriously needed a shower.&nbsp; "And I don't even want to think what my hair looks like, its more likely you who will be embarrassed seen with me."&nbsp; She grinned at him.&nbsp; <br><br>She looked over at the Mel, gave her a little smile and a wave before looking back up at Cooper "Will we be complete rebels and both break the 'dressing for dinner' rule, give everyone something to talk about?"&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>21-08-2009, 16:54:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"What the heck." Cooper grinned and squeezed Sarah's arm. "Let's shock the neighbors."<br><br>Half emboldened, half relieved, he decided to brazen it out and lead the two of them in the direction he had heard clattering on his arrival. The deck around the pool was deserted. He frowned slightly. There wasn't anything out on the few tables scattered around the swimming area. He had heard that they ate late in Europe. Maybe they were just too early?<br><br>He pulled out a chair for Sarah at one of the tables. "Have a seat," he said. "I'll see if I can scare up a waiter."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-08-2009, 10:02:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Thanks." she sat down on the held chair with a smile.&nbsp; She watched him as he disappeared back inside.&nbsp; Her eyes then took in the other sights.&nbsp; The pool looked very appealing right now, and she had bought a new swimsuite with her, hopefully she would get a chance to wear it and use the pool soon.&nbsp; <br><br>She could just see over the wall towards the beach as the sun started to set, the sky starting to shades of orange and purple, it was very beautiful.&nbsp; She glanced around again for Cooper, it was one of those moments that needed to be shared and as she had such a pleasurable afternoon with him she wanted to share the romance of the sunset with him.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-08-2009, 18:48:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, that had been a bust. A search up and down the colonnade that lined either side of the pool had produced nobody and nothing, not even a tray of beef goulash over a can of Sterno. Cooper grumbled inwardly, and not just from frustration. His own stomach was rumbling ominously. Far out of proportion to the length of time he had gone without eating, he thought, and pinched his soul tip. Oh, hell, he wasn't about to come down with some vile gastointestinal thing now, was he? That was just about the last thing Sarah needed at this point, for her companion to go down puking. And possibly take her with him...<br><br>Cooper gulped and headed back to the front desk. Time to break down and ask Mel for help with dinner. And possibly a doctor.<br><br>"Um," he said as he sauntered up to the desk as casually as he could manage. "Hiya Mel. Nice dress. Very swanky. Say, uh, I was just wondering, can we get some dinner here? Maybe a little tapas?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-08-2009, 21:52:56</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“Hello Sailor.” Mel smiled at Cooper and glanced around for Ms Cummings then looked back at Cooper at his request “Dinning rooms over there.” She pointed in the opposite side of the hall from where Cooper had led Ms Cummings a little while earlier.&nbsp; “If you want Tapas then you can have it.&nbsp; There is a wide selection on the menu, if it’s not on the menu just ask for it.”&nbsp; She cocked her head slightly and studied him “You’re looking a little green around the gills; I’d have thought you would have adapted to being on land by now, or was it a rocky ride this afternoon?”<br><br>Sarah looked around again and wondered where Cooper had disappeared too.&nbsp; Actually she was starting to wonder were anyone was, the whole place was so quiet.&nbsp; Surely the other guests weren’t all in their rooms, enjoying the delights that The Place offered.&nbsp; She had expected to see other milling around at least, just the way there had been earlier when she arrived.&nbsp; Sighing she slouched a little in her seat, Cooper was going to miss the sunset.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>26-08-2009, 19:48:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper sighed. Of course he had led Sarah in the completely wrong direction. "Ain't got me land legs yet," he muttered absently. "Also I'm jet lagged as hell. Guess I'm still used to crossing the ocean on a ship."<br><br>And then, crazily, there was an instant where he felt himself starting to say he wouldn't hear talk like that about Sarah. He caught himself before he had done more than draw breath. What did he have to say on the subject, after all? He barely knew her to be honest. And yet ...<br><br>He shook his head and gave Mel a somewhat sheepish nod. "Thanks. Poor thing's half starved." He set off resolutely back to the pool. Time to nail the lid shut on his last hope of not appearing a complete fool.<br><br>The sun was grazing the horizon as he rounded the pillars and came out onto the pool deck. The slow fade of a summer evening had muted the scene's colors until Sarah's shining golden hair was the only note that stood out in the sea of blues and grays. Coop smiled at the sight of her and, without thinking about it, strode up behind her, rested his hands on her shoulders and kissed the top of her head.<br><br>"So I was only off by 180 degrees," he chuckled. "Dining room's on the other side of the hallway. Duh." He lifted his gaze to the distant beach and smiled. "Pretty evening, isn't it?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>27-08-2009, 20:23:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She didn’t hear him returning but she did sense him before he laid his hands on her shoulders and kissed her head, which prevented her from jumping and possibly knocking his teeth out.&nbsp; Instead she tilted her head back against him and smiled.&nbsp; <br><br>“Sometimes a slight detour has advantages I wouldn’t have seen a spectacular sunset if you had led us to the right room.”&nbsp; She wasn’t saying that just to appease him, if he had led her to the dining room straight away she really would have missed the sunset.&nbsp; <br><br>Gracefully she stood and walked around the chair to stand beside him.&nbsp; “It’s a wonderful evening, but I think the company has much to do with it, as much as the view.” She said softly, her eyelashes lowering to hid her eyes, but thankfully she didn’t blush like some teenager attempting to flirt.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>28-08-2009, 17:59:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He had to grin at that, and at the way she dropped her gaze as she said it. Was she really that bashful, or just being coquettish? She wasn't turning that cute rose pink she had previously, so his money was on the latter.<br><br>"Well, thank you. You know," he said as they strolled across the hall, "You're right. It's been a week for lucky mistakes."<br><br>In the dining room, he pulled out Sarah's chair for her before settling himself. A nattily dressed waiter materialized soundlessly, as if he had been teleported to his post just over Coop's shoulder, and slipped a pair of leather-covered menus onto the table in front of them. Cooper tipped each open in turn, trying to make sure he got the one with the prices, but discovered that neither showed any numbers. <em>Must be one of those Club Med all inclusive deals</em>, he mused.<br><br>"Oh, hey, fideua! Uh, noodle paella, basically. There you go."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>28-08-2009, 20:13:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She settled herself in her chair, with a smile for Cooper.&nbsp; She accepted the menu from him, gave it a cursory look over, out of curiosity to see what was on it and then closed it again, folding her arms over it.&nbsp; She had already decided she was going to try the bruschette, potatoes and some paella.&nbsp; <br><br>“You’ve had a week of lucky mistakes?” she enquired curiously.&nbsp; <br><br>She’d never had any mistakes that had turned out for the best, and she was just being nosey trying to find out more about him.&nbsp; She still felt a little weird sleeping with him and not knowing him at all.&nbsp; A bit backwards but she was determined by the end of the week she would know him well enough to call him a friend at least.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>31-08-2009, 20:54:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He winced visibly at that. Damn fool, good thing they never did let you into the intelligence section. You'd have blathered about troop movements for a half hour over coffee with Mullah Omar before you thought to wonder who this dude with the one eye was...<br><br>"Um, it's ... well, see, there was this ..." He sighed, took a quick look around the dining room over the top of the menu. A couple of elegant men and women sat at another table - staffers or guests, it was hard to tell - but there was no sign of Mel at least. "Okay. It's like this. I kinda stumbled into The Place, you might say. It wasn't the, uh, job I had been looking for. But I did, and I met you, and that is one very good thing that came out of it."<br><br>He noted that Sarah had put down her menu, so he settled on a choice of his own and gestured to the waiter.<br><br>"So," he continued with a shrug. "Tell me about yourself. You know, however much you feel comfortable with."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>31-08-2009, 21:28:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She was momentarily distracted by the arrival of the waiter, giving her order along with a request for a glass of white wine, she turned back to look at Cooper as he spoke to the waiter.&nbsp; What had he meant by he had stumbled into The Place?&nbsp; How could you just stumble into a job like this without knowing what you were doing?&nbsp; And the way he had said it had been a week of mistakes she had thought he was talking about this particular week.&nbsp; <br><br>Waiting for the waiter to go, she crossed her arms on the table even with thoughts of her mother lecturing about elbows on tables.&nbsp; She wasn't about to let him off the hook that easily with diverting the attention away from him to her.&nbsp; She leaned closer to him and in a lowered voice as if she was sharing a secret, she asked "Coop just how long have you been doing this job?"&nbsp; <br><br>She watched him intently waiting for his response.&nbsp; She couldn't help it she was being nosey and this sounded like it might be something very interesting.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-09-2009, 20:27:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Man alive, couldn't she fix you with her stare when she wanted to? Cooper shuffled in his seat and fidgeted with one ear that was now burning to the touch as his whole face turned almost beetroot. But there was only so much time he could kill with tics, and the clock was running out. He sighed heavily and checked his watch.<br><br>"Well, I think I set the time right when I got to the airport, so that would make it about five ... holy smoke, is it Tuesday?" He looked up sharply at Sarah, the look of chagrin replaced by one of shock. "You know, I think we slept all day?"<br><br>She wasn't biting, and after another couple of beats under her conspiratorial but insistent gaze he had to fess up. "Hours. About five hours. Or maybe twenty-three. If it really is tomorrow." He gave a weak laugh that trailed off into vapor.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>02-09-2009, 17:46:32</strong>
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				She stared at him watching him fidget and blush and then fidget more.&nbsp; She quirked one eyebrow when he tried convincing her they had slept a whole day away until he finally told her.&nbsp; <em>Five hours</em>.&nbsp; She continued to stare at him as the words sunk in.&nbsp; <em>Five hours. </em>&nbsp; That was about half an hour before her arrival at The Place, which meant. …..She broke down into a fit of giggles.&nbsp; <br><br>Pulling herself together she took a deep breath “Sorry…” she lifted her gaze to his and promptly broke down again.&nbsp; The peals of mirth echoing around the restaurant, drawing the attention of the rest of the patrons, patrons who no doubt thought she had been dragged through a hedge backwards a few times before coming inside&nbsp; with some of the looks sent their way, but she didn’t care.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>Wiping at the tears starting to stream down her face she sat up straight and took another deep breath to try and gain some control “Sorry….that means&nbsp; we shared a first….either end of the payment spectrum….whole time worrying you were comparing me to other clients….and I was setting the bar.”&nbsp; She kept having to swallowing bubbles of laughter as she incoherently tried to explain what she was finding so funny.&nbsp; <br><br>Catching his gaze again she broke down for a third time, partially to do with nerves, partially to do with humiliation that she had mentioned she was paying for him to sleep with her.&nbsp; Mainly because she got an image in her head of his next client being a whip wielding dominatrix and all he had to compare her too was meek little Sarah.&nbsp; The kinkiest thing she had ever done was sleep with a stranger…him.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>02-09-2009, 21:45:19</strong>
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				He had half-composed a reasonable sounding explanation when Sarah's gigglefit erupted and shivered it to pieces. Then it was all Cooper could do to keep himself from snorting aloud as he joined in, clamping down on his laughter until his eyes were nearly welling up. With a mighty effort he pulled himself together enough to take a pull from his water glass without sputtering it back out over the table.<br><br>"Hrm," he said finally. "So, yeah. Still a probie."<br><br>Oh. Oh dear god, had he actually said that? The more persistently curious of the other diners looked back in a mixture of shock and bafflement at the rifle crack of Coop's palm meeting his forehead.<br><br>"Um. Lemme rephrase that..." He dragged his fingers through his close-cropped hair, then knit his fingers to get himself under some semblance of control. "It's been a new experience all the way around."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-09-2009, 19:30:53</strong>
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				She had just pulled herself back together again and the snickers were subsiding when his slip of the tongue had her in fits again.&nbsp; “Please stop.” She gasped reaching for her side “I now have a stitch.”&nbsp; With her free hand she wiped at the tears streaming down her face as her giggles turned into hiccups.&nbsp; &nbsp; She hadn’t laughed so hard or some much as she had today in a long time.&nbsp; This holiday was turning out better and better with each passing minute.&nbsp; &nbsp;She was also feeling less awkward about the whole thing the longer she was with him and he put her more and more at ease.&nbsp; This just felt like some strange backwards date than what it actually was.<br><br>She gulped in a lungful of air and held her breath silently counting to twenty until she slowly exhaled to stop the hiccups.&nbsp; “Ok, I think I’m cool and calm now.”&nbsp; She glanced around the room then back at him the mirth still etched on every inch of her face. “You have got to tell me the whole story now!&nbsp; &nbsp; I promise not to laugh again I think they might just throw us out if I do."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-09-2009, 21:46:34</strong>
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				"Hey, don't worry about it," Cooper said with a rueful smile and a nod. "It's a story that deserves to be laughed at. Here," he added, nudging Sarah's water goblet toward her. "Hold your nose and take a long drink. That always cures hiccups for me."<br><br>His tuna-stuffed olives were right at hand, right next to his glass of white rioja. He had heard neither being set down. Just like the servers themselves, the food seemed to materialize from nowhere. <em>Who staffs this place? Ninjas?</em><br><br>"Well." He scarfed down a pair of olives to fortify himself for the tale. "Flash back to eight weeks ago. I'm working not quite full time as a mechanic in Waverly, Indiana. Plus I've got a little business on the side, some ..." He paused there, just a tick. How to describe what he had done for Eleanor, exactly? "Small appliance repair." Yeah, that was close enough.<br><br>"Not making much money at either of those, and my social life was a bit dead at the time. So I'm hanging out at Shaky Joe's Java Hut one afternoon - the local coffee shop. I had just picked up some items to take back to the shop. This posh Euro-style guy sits down next to me at the counter and introduces himself. Joao do Baixoa. Hella smooth, you could spend a half hour just listening to him saying his name.<br><br>"After a minute I realize I had passed him at the store where I made the pickup. He had been waiting to talk to the owner. Tells me he's a representative for a new resort opening up in Ibiza. It took me a second to figure out what he meant, because I had never heard anybody pronounce it 'Eebeetha' before."<br><br>Cooper paused to take a pull of wine. His throat was getting parched. Plus this was the point where the story started to get really dumb.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>09-09-2009, 19:43:23</strong>
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				She hadn’t noticed the waiter placing her wine or her bruchetta at her elbow but she did glimpse his hand as he sat Cooper’s starter and glass on the table before he dissolved into the back ground.&nbsp; She lifted a piece of the bread, ignoring the use of cutlery, and taking a bite as Cooper started his tale.&nbsp; She had already proved she wasn’t very sophisticated with her nervous and dissolving into the giggles.&nbsp; She didn’t have the temperament to patiently cut the bread into little squares and stabbing them with her fork to eat it.&nbsp; <br><br>She was surprised to learn he hadn’t just left the navy, and stumbled into the resort looking for a job.&nbsp; The way he talked it sounded like he hadn’t been out the Navy long.&nbsp; She nodded in understanding “The Europeans are a one of those enigmas and their take on things can be very interesting.&nbsp; I have a friend who is French.&nbsp; Years later I still keep forgetting to kiss her on both cheeks in greeting and she has to remind me.”&nbsp; She smiled at him “But I’m sure they say the same things about us.” <br><br>She took another bite of her bruchetta, catching some of the tomato on the tip of her tongue as it clung to the side of her mouth.&nbsp; After swallowing she took a sip of wine and looked at him expectantly “And?&nbsp; You met this guy who told you about a new resort?”&nbsp; <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-09-2009, 16:17:45</strong>
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				"Right. He said they were hiring, looking for a few people to fill vacancies that had just come up. I asked why, you know, 'cause they tell you to make sure you find out why the position's available, right?" He sighed and took another slug of rioja.<br><br>"Oh, he says, contracts are expiring and some of the employees are going back to their home countries. Fair enough, I think, this is the EU after all. Free movement for workers, you know, roaming Polish plumbers and all. He happened to overhear me talking about work with Eleanor - she's the owner of the business where I was picking up the appliances, real nice lady - and he tells me they could use somebody with some mechanical skills.<br><br>"Well, that's music to my ears. We talk a little more about the grounds, the buildings and so on. Then he floats a number, and I just about pass out. And that ..." Cooper paused and lifted his palms to heaven as if shrugging off whatever powdering of dignity was still dusting his shoulders. "That was where I stopped paying real good attention. It should have been obvious, in retrospect. I mean, 'must provide a notarized clean STD test result'? But in my defense, I thought it might just be some crazy EU work visa regulation. And honestly, I was down to my last few hundred bucks and damn if all those euros didn't sound good ... So I left my car with Shaky Joe, found somebody to sublet my room, packed my bag and away I went."<br><br>He speared a patata brava with his fork to punctuate the tale of foolishness.<br><br>"And here I am."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>11-09-2009, 17:34:17</strong>
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				“Wait hold on a minute, not only did you arrive half an hour before I did but you didn’t know you were employed to be a….” She trailed off diplomatically, somehow calling him an escort didn’t seem right even if technically that’s what he was.&nbsp; “Surely it said in your contract and nothing about mechanical services?&nbsp; You did read the contract?” <br><br>She knew how she would have reacted arriving at a job only to find out it wasn’t what she had been told it was, especially if she found out it was in the escort field.&nbsp; She’d have walked straight back out the door again.&nbsp; <br><br>“There should be a get out clause in your contract, there normally is it’s just hidden and worded in such a way that it’s hard to see it unless you know what you’re looking for.&nbsp; That’s if you want out.”&nbsp; She wasn’t judging him if he decided not to, after all she couldn’t very well judge him since she was in fact a paying customer.&nbsp; <br><br>She knew the amount she was paying per hour for his company, so he had to be getting paid rather well.&nbsp; Paying for it was one thing, being paid, no matter how much, she knew she couldn’t do.&nbsp; &nbsp;When her friend had been trying to convince her why this little trip was a good idea she had told her not to think about as paying for sex but paying for a great holiday and having an adventurous holiday fling while doing it and that’s sort what she had going through her mind when she had booked, the flight and even walking up to reception.&nbsp; It wasn’t until she was actually with Cooper that reality had hit and well they both knew how her nerves had got the better of her at the beginning.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 17:10:35</strong>
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				"Oh, I went over it with a fine tooth comb. After I had signed it and given him his copy." Cooper sighed. Every time it seemed this story couldn't get any dumber, it did. "It's all coy about actual duties. I think that's to make sure it stands up in court in countries where this ... y'know, sort of thing isn't legal. 'Other duties as assigned', you know the deal. Legally I'm just another employee on the resort's payroll, like the waiters, or Mel at the front desk, or their accountant. Like an on-staff golf pro. Except not."<br><br>He poked disconsolately at his olives with the long, spindly fork that had been set out with them. It wasn't so much the foolishness of not paying better attention to the legalese that had put rocks in his stomach. It was trotting it out in front of Sarah. Being a dork, that just happens to a dude every so often, and ordinarily he wouldn't have cared. But looking like one to her - that was what stung.<br><br>"I read over it a few more times back in the room," he continued, voice dropping a few decibels. "Looking for exactly that, an early exit clause. Or something I could do that would get me fired right quick. And then Mel called, and there you were, and suddenly I wasn't in a such a big hurry." He gave Sarah his best aw-shucks smile and spread his hands.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 17:52:57</strong>
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				She nodded her head, she could only imagine what would happen if a place like this existed back home, but then again for all she knew it did.&nbsp; Anyone just walking in and looking around would believe that this was just an opulent hotel with many VIP’s staying here with the security and discretion.&nbsp; Unless they knew what went on behind the room doors they would be none the wiser.<br><br>“Oh dear, I’m not sure if I should be flattered or worried I’ve encouraged you onto the path of debauchery.” She laughed dabbing at her mouth with her napkin to make sure she didn’t have any tomato juice stuck at the side of her mouth.&nbsp; &nbsp;“You think your contract is coy you should see the confirmation pack.&nbsp; &nbsp;It refers to special services and exclusive packages.&nbsp; If my roommate hadn’t told me about the place while she was convincing me I should come, I’d have thought I’d booked myself into a spa.”&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Putting her napkin down and pushing her empty plate aside she rested her arms on the table “If you want, when I leave I’ll put in a complaint and suggest they get rid of you.” She winked at him.&nbsp; &nbsp; She couldn’t think of a reason why she would complain.&nbsp; He was cute, honest, fun, made her laugh, and they definitely had chemistry.&nbsp; What more could a girl ask for?&nbsp; &nbsp;Actually there was one thing but as after this week it wasn’t likely to happen so she didn’t dwell on it, but she did make a mental note to chat to Mel after they had eaten about that exclusive package.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 22:29:50</strong>
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				"Now that you mention it, I wonder what the advertising for this place looks like. If they advertise. I mean, have they got brochures they send out to travel agents or something? Jeez, can you imagine how those would read?" He snickered aloud at the thought. "They'd have a hell of a time sending it through the mail..."<br><br>Cooper drained the last of his wine and went to raise his arm to call over a waiter. Naturally, he had to stop in mid-gesture to avoid elbowing the one who had appeared just over his shoulder. Flummoxed again, Cooper twiddled an earlobe for a moment then asked for the dessert cart and the after-dinner drink list.<br><br>"Don't worry," he said, grinning at Sarah's wink. Damn, but didn't she have the prettiest eyes... "A little debauchery's good for the soul. Speaking of which." He glanced over at the almost architectural display of treats on the cart. "Go on. Be a devil."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>23-09-2009, 18:36:36</strong>
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				“I doubt there is any advertising.” She smiled at him trying to imagine a travel agent trying to sell clients on coming here for their vacation “They probably rely on word of mouth and returning customers or they advertise in other places related to the industry.”&nbsp; <br><br>Sarah barely glanced at the dessert cart but asked for the chocolate fudge cake with cream and another glass of wine.&nbsp; She didn’t look at the cart as it had all sort of delicious goodies on it and she didn’t want to spend the next half an hour trying to decide what she wanted, or trying to convince the waiter to bring her little samples of everything, like tapas.&nbsp; &nbsp; He didn’t look like the sort that would be willing to pander to anyone’s secret vice, even if she was a minor celebrity.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>It was the reason she was a plus sized model, she liked eating so couldn’t even comprehend starving herself like some of her colleagues did.&nbsp; She also had a sweet tooth, so giving up the yummies would be torture for her.&nbsp; She limited her treats and worked out like mad at the gym, but this week was all about wickedness which meant thoughts of limiting herself and the gym went right out the window.&nbsp; <br><br>“Any other tales of mischief you want to share?” she asked innocently, she sat back in her chair and shifted her legs only to bump them against his.&nbsp; She peered at him through lowered eyelashes before drawing them back a smidgen so she was wasn’t invading his space, even if the electric current from the contact that had just zapped through her had been nice.&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>25-09-2009, 21:33:16</strong>
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				Cooper picked out a couple of nicely shaped cannoli and asked for a cup of Turkish coffee. "Oh, there are a couple of incidents. Or so I hear." He contemplated the placemat for a moment as if searching for crib notes, then tilted a narrow, honestly devilish for a change smile up at Sarah. "There were a couple nights in Puerto Rico I only have reports from third parties for. My own memory is a little spotty. That Don Q rum sure is fine stuff, by the way."<br><br>His coffee had taken its place by the water glass and he lifted the cup to his lips, but before he had time to do more than breathe in its aroma a stronger jolt than any caffeine had ever given shot through him. Amazing - that gentle pressure of Sarah's leg against his had set his heart revving like a lead foot on the accelerator. <em>Oh, wow ... oh, this probably isn't smart ... but oh, yes ma'am, I'd like another...</em><br><br>Cooper took a bite of one of the cannoli, savored each slow chew. Then he pinched off the other end and held it out to Sarah with his fingers. "Luscious. Care to try?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>29-09-2009, 17:52:42</strong>
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				Sarah still couldn’t understand how anyone could drink so much that they couldn’t remember how much fun they had the next morning.&nbsp; She drank but she had never drank so much parts of the evening were a blur, and she did get the occasional hangover, although not often as she wasn’t a big drinker in the first place.&nbsp; &nbsp;Cooper smile however quickly distracted her from anything else but how sexy he was when he did that.&nbsp; <br><br>At his offer she leaned forward, parted her lips and took the offered pastry.&nbsp; Her lips brushed against his fingers ever so lightly but the jolt that rocked her nervous system had heat pooling at the juncture of her thighs – <em>oh my!</em>&nbsp; Some of that heat crept into her cheeks as she lowered her eye lashes shyly.&nbsp; She chewed and swallowed the cannoli.&nbsp; <br><br>“Lovely, I guess that means you want to try some of this sinfully delicious chocolate cake?” she tried to joke but her voice had got all husky.&nbsp; She delved the fork into the cake and held it out to him.&nbsp; This suddenly felt rather intimate, feeding each other. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>29-09-2009, 22:52:07</strong>
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				Cooper smiled again at the sight of that rosy tide washing over Sarah's face. He wasn't cunning by nature, to put it mildly, but every so often one of his cleverer ideas would pan out. And that little flutter of heat was exactly the effect he had been aiming to produce.<br><br>He shifted slightly in his seat as Sarah settled back. The touch of her lips against his fingertips had been enough to light a fire in him too, and he found himself staring at her mouth. <em>I think I'd rather have a taste of you,</em> he thought, but managed a more civilized reply. "Looks fantastic. I'd love some." He folded his arms on the table and leaned in to accept the offered pastry, his eyes on hers and half-hooded with a hunger for something else entirely.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 21:58:56</strong>
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				The blood sizzled through her veins as he started at her with those hooded eyes.&nbsp; Her hand trembled as he took the piece of cake off the spoon.&nbsp; All sorts of thoughts went through her head as to what that look could mean, heat infused her cheeks once again with some of the thoughts.&nbsp; &nbsp; Even after how they had spent the afternoon she wished they were in alone so this moment could take its natural course.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She lifted her glass of water and swallowed, her mouth felt so dry, her appetite for chocolate cake gone.&nbsp; It was extremely hard tearing her gaze from his, in the end she gave up the battle and continued to stare back at him.&nbsp; &nbsp;Would there be a sophisticated way of leaving the restaurant and making it back up to either room without looking like two horny teenagers?&nbsp; &nbsp;She had no recollection of feeling like this as a teenager.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-10-2009, 22:08:44</strong>
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				Sarah's smouldering gaze was the only reply Cooper needed. Even if she had spoken, he wouldn't have been able to hear her over the rush and pound of his own racing pulse. At length he managed to rouse himself enough to slowly push his dessert plate away. That done, he turned back to Sarah and once again leaned toward her.<br><br>"Yo ..." he creaked, and bit back a snort of laughter. His throat was suddenly parched, and he had to swallow before he could speak. Let's try that again: "You know, one of the advantages to an all-inclusive resort is that you don't have to wait for the bill when you're done."<br><br>A little closer now, and the sweet scent of her dissolved any clever turn of phrase he might have come up with. He could only whisper in her ear as his hand closed around hers, "Let's go back to bed."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>04-10-2009, 20:09:01</strong>
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				He wasn't the only one who's heart was pounding, she also felt her breathing become a little shallow as he continued to look at her with those heated eyes, and just like that she was swept off her feet.&nbsp; No fancy words, no sweet talk. Just five little whispered words and they had to be the sexiest five little words she had ever heard.&nbsp; <br><br>She turned her hand over to lace her fingers with his and nodded she wasn't sure if she would be able to speak.&nbsp; <em>Yes lets go back to bed</em>.&nbsp; &nbsp; Slowly she pushed her seat back and stood as he did the same, fingers still entwined they walked out of the restaurant oblivious to anything or anyone else but each other.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>05-10-2009, 18:21:19</strong>
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				It was probably gauche not to let Sarah precede him through the arch and into the hall, but Cooper was unwilling to let go of her soft, warm hand - no, not warm, hot and getting hotter - even that long. The first few steps they strolled, casual as you please. Then her bare arm brushed against his, and he licked his lips again, and they were walking a little faster.<br><br>Man alive, what was taking so long? They passed Mel's desk again, and this time he didn't even glance up at her. Their strides were longer, and then longer still, as if they had just realized they had to catch a train at the end of the hall. Past the desk and down the hall and why in hell weren't they at his room yet? Cooper fought down the urge to break into a trot as he searched the doors for a number. One, three ... no, his was ... four! There it was!<br><br>He thumped the door open and half tugged Sarah through after him. His self-control lasted just long enough for it to swing shut behind them. Then in a single movement he couldn't have explained afterward if his life depended on it, he had wrapped his arms around her, cradled her magnificent bum in his hands, and lifted her bodily off the floor. With Sarah hiked up and pinned against the wall, her throat was at just the right height for him to cover it with kisses.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>06-10-2009, 18:19:15</strong>
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				Sarah didn’t think anything of him walking out beside her, she was too busy remembering how wonderful it had been feeling his hands caress all over her, earlier.&nbsp; The images were that vivid she didn’t even notice Mel or the fact that their pace had increased.&nbsp; &nbsp;She had even forgotten she had planned on having a chat with Mel after dinner about a few things, she was that taken with this strange need that had overcome her.<br><br>She snapped back to the present as he tugged her into the room and in a blink of an eye she was in his arms and he was nuzzling at her neck.&nbsp; If he hadn’t already confessed to being a novice at this game she would have put the slick manoeuvring down to his profession, but knowing otherwise…the man had some smooth moves. <br><br>Her arms circled around his shoulders, her head tipping back against the wall to give him better access for the kisses that were making her shiver in glee.&nbsp; &nbsp;She lifted her legs to hook around his hips, supporting herself against him and the wall and allowing him to free up his hands if he wanted to, but they did feel terribly good where they were right now.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>“Coop…” she sighed, eyes closing as longing flowed through her blood stream, her fingers threading through his hair.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She was starting to realise her sex life had been pretty dull up to now.&nbsp; First the slow seduction and now being pinned and ravished up against the wall, very different from the usual missionary tumble in bed.&nbsp; This felt wild, crazy and <em>ooooh sooo good</em>. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>06-10-2009, 23:11:03</strong>
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				Short as his hair was, that sound of Sarah breathing out his name was enough to set it standing on end. Shivers ran through him as her fingertips meandered across his scalp. Nothing on earth was going to make him doze off now, not this time.<br><br>This was crazy. He barely knew this girl, she barely knew him! But here he was, burning with need for her - to have his hands on her, to feel her soft body crushed against his, to hear her sigh and moan. At this moment, in this place, he could imagine nothing more important or more rewarding than to please her. "Sarah," he husked between kisses up her throat and along the line of her jaw. "Hmm. Yum."<br><br>Space had opened beneath her as Sarah has locked her legs around his waist, and his knees tipped forward to rest against the wall. Her weight rested as much across his hips as in his hands now. The hot pressure of her groin against his added fuel to his fire. Reflexively, he began tipping his hips up and down, slowly grinding against her as one hand slipped away from her bottom and up under her shirt to caress the curve of her waist.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-10-2009, 18:10:18</strong>
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				His husky yum reminded her of the way he had looked at her as he had eaten that piece of chocolate cake.&nbsp; She wondered if she was covered in chocolate cake would he look and sound just as deliciously sinful.&nbsp; &nbsp; The thought of being covered in chocolate cake almost had her giggling but it quickly turned into a moan as he started to grind against her mound.&nbsp; The motion pushed her skirt up higher, the friction was suggestive, she was pretty sure she was going to go up in flames any second now she was so hot. <br>&nbsp;<br>Her skin tingled and rippled beneath his fingers as he caressed her waist.&nbsp; She arched against him.&nbsp; Moving her head brought her lips into contact with his, her eyes locked with his as her lips parted and she flicked a teasing tongue to stroke his lips.&nbsp; If anyone who really knew her could see her now they would be in shock by how wanton she was being.&nbsp; If she could think straight she would be shocked by how she she was behaving.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>07-10-2009, 23:20:20</strong>
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				Cooper half moaned, half chuckled at the scalding hot progress of Sarah's tongue. Quick as a cat, he pursed his lips around its tip and gave it a gentle suck before releasing it and twining his own alongside hers in a motion much like one she had already felt elsewhere. The wandering hand froze where it was as the focus of his mind grew narrower, until his whole world was Sarah's mouth against his.<br><br>Then there was that arch, and her heat rubbing more insistently against his, and oh, damn, he wanted her naked, now, this instant. That would mean moving his hands, though, and he didn't really want to do that. There might have been a clever solution, but Cooper's caveman brain had taken over. Still holding Sarah pressed tightly against him, he stepped back from the wall and carried her through the half-darkness to the bed. Knees met mattress and the upper hand released to let Sarah topple backward into the cushy mass of duvet and pillows. The other hand busied itself with scrabbling to remove her skirt and underthings all of a piece.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 20:51:47</strong>
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				His kisses were wicked and addictive, so addictive they probably should be made illegal.&nbsp; Wicked kisses that made her feel so needy that she slipped her hands down his back and started to gather his shirt so she could pull it off.&nbsp; She was barely aware of him walking across the room, other than the rubbing of their lower halves had taken on an alternative level of intensity.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She squeaked as she fell back onto the bed but just as hurriedly as he was working on her skirt and underwear she worked on removing her top and bra.&nbsp; It wasn’t until she was completely naked that insecurity hit her.&nbsp; She trembled as she felt his eyes trail over every inch of her in the semi darkness.&nbsp; Then she felt the heat in her toes, heat that crept up her into a full body blush.&nbsp; Wondering if he could see the extra ‘<em>padding</em>’ she knew&nbsp; was carrying lately, ‘<em>love handles</em>’ that no matter how hard she worked out in the gym just wouldn’t go away.&nbsp; &nbsp;The fact he had already seen her naked didn't lessen the anxiety.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-10-2009, 16:01:12</strong>
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				Cooper sent Sarah's lower garments skittering across the floor, then reached to his own bare waist and froze for a moment. What the ... where had his shirt gone? He blinked hard, looked down at himself - nope, nothing but pants now, and those obviously straining to contain him - then up at Sarah. Crafty girl, she had half-peeled him and he hadn't even realized it. There it was, in a wad beside her shirt and ... bra ...<br><br>His breath slipped away from him in a long, shuddering sigh. "Oh. My ... S ..." His jaw was hanging open, but he didn't care. The sight of her long, round limbs and ripe curves had stunned him, and he knew the beauty of her naked form would stun him over and over, no matter how many times he was lucky enough to see it.<br><br>"So beautiful," he finally managed to husk. He kept enough civilization about him to crawl slowly up the bed, fumbling his belt undone as he went, and plant one more gentle kiss on Sarah's lips. Then the need was too strong and he was squeezing and kneading her breasts, tongue and lips and teeth plying first one nipple, then the other.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 17:30:26</strong>
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				She managed a smile at his kind words moments before his lips touched hers.&nbsp; They way he looked at her and the huskiness in his voice were enough for her to let go of her insecurities and enjoy the moment. <br><br>Back arching slightly as his hands covered her breasts, her sigh of pleasure turned into a deep moan all thanks to his teeth grazing over her sensative nipples before his tongue swirled over them.&nbsp; The wild intense heat of moments early returned, amplified, as she arched further into him, pressing more of her breasts into his hands and mouth.&nbsp; This fierce licentiousness was so foreign to her that she was stunned but unable to resist its allure. <br><br>Fingers trailed through his short hair, flexing and massaging before they drifted southwards over his shoulders, back and rear before sneaking between them to unsnap the button on his pants.&nbsp; Wiggling her hand beneath the waistband, she tickled him, the back of her hand pushed the zip lower as she sought out his granite, but silky smooth, hardness.&nbsp; Her core clenching in yearning at his response to her touch.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 20:56:24</strong>
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				Not that he wasn't already deliriously happy to have a good mouthful of Sarah's breast, lips locked tight around her and tongue batting furiously against the stiffened nipple. He was additionally grateful, though, for the sound deadening qualities when her straying touch found that one sensitive spot. Instead of a sudden hoot of laughter, all that escaped was a coarse snort that could pass for a primal grunt of lust if you didn't examine it too closely.<br><br>Another, real groan of desire followed hard on its heels. Hard was the word, all right. Cooper gasped aloud as Sarah's delicate fingers coaxed him free from his pants and skivvies. He was throbbing, almost aching, and stiff as a fencepost. He rolled over to one side and tore away the last of his clothes, his member still resting in her hand. He watched, entranced, as Sarah's thighs drifted apart and open, beckoning...<br><br>Where the hell was that drawer? He stretched out his arm until he was half sure his shoulder would pop, unwilling to roll away from Sarah's magic touch. Aha! The tips of his fingers found the handle and he tugged it open, pawed inside until he found something flat, pulled it out - bingo. He gave the package a savage tear and covered himself as quickly as his fumbling fingers could manage.<br><br>The move was a blur; suddenly he had moved to kneel between Sarah's legs, his knees up alongside her hips, her legs thrown around his waist. Cooper's hands slipped down and around her bottom again, and he lifted her pelvis, just a little, and a little more ... that was the place, the tip of his manhood pressed against her lips. His fingers clenched and he pulled her against him, once, hard, driving himself into her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 18:28:04</strong>
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				Primal need.&nbsp; That was the only way Sarah could describe how she felt right this very moment as Cooper surprised her with another one of his smooth moves and positioned himself between her thighs. Her eyelashes lowered as she peered through them at him in anticipation.&nbsp; She shuddered as his tip pressed against her almost teasing and she thought he was going to draw this out to drive her even more crazy. <br><br>He surprised her by surging forward.&nbsp; Her "Aah..." wasn't one of pain but of pure pleasure as he stretched her, filling her completely.&nbsp; Her body arched to meet his thrusts, clamping her muscles around him to draw out the pleasure before he withdrew almost all the way and surging forward again.&nbsp; She never wanted the delirious sensations to end but at the same time knew she couldn't hold on much longer.&nbsp; <br><br>With a smooth move of her own, she sat up, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.&nbsp; He seemed to sink inside her even deeper, if that was even possible.&nbsp; She rocked in rhythm with him as she nipped and licked at his neck, working her way along his jaw until her lips found his, sealing their joining from top to bottom.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 21:14:47</strong>
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				Coop had faltered for an instant at Sarah's sharp gasp, worried that his sudden plunge had hurt her. That wasn't what the look on her face told him, though. That was the face of pure, unrestrained desire, and he knew it matched his own. His grip tightened again and he let his lip curl in a snarl of animal hunger as he pulled her against him over and over, flexing his glutes to add even more force to each pounding stroke.<br><br>The vicelike grip of her thighs around his waist stalled his movements briefly, and he paused, concentrating on the sensation of her scalding inner embrace. He was on the verge of asking if she had finished already when she rose like the Lady of the Lake and enfolded him. Oh, yes... He worked his own legs a shade farther apart, letting her body settle until she had engulfed his shaft to the base, and oh, holy hell, yes...<br><br>With her weight secure atop his thighs, one hand was free to go to the back of Sarah's neck and hold her to him as they kissed, teeth bumping and tongues twining. Cooper tipped and ground and rolled beneath her, and groaned into her mouth as he felt his heat rise with each surge.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 21:00:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah let herself go, losing herself in the sensations swarming through her.&nbsp; His hand seared a path up her back to her neck and she felt like she was on fire from the inside out.&nbsp; &nbsp;She matched his strokes with her own lusty, unsated needs.&nbsp; Passion pounded the blood through her heart, chest and head as she arched into him, throwing her head backwards and gasped in sweet agony.<br><br>She hit the peek harder than she had ever hit it before and went soaring.&nbsp; Her body quaked in his arms as wave after wave of bliss washed over her until she went limp, totally drained from the exquisite peaks of fervour.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 21:57:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				No words passed between them, only sighs and moans. Her body, though, said volumes to him, each clench and heave and shiver giving voice to desires unspoken until this moment. One hand clamped to Sarah's hip, the other at the base of her neck, Cooper pulled her to him and answered her with one strong, deep plunge after another.<br><br>And then that crash, that instant of steely tension he felt in her from head to toe, and he had one more thing to say. He buried his face between her breasts and groaned long and loud as he exploded inside her, a deep thrust punctuating every pulse. At last, wrung out, spent, he shuddered to rest.<br><br>"Wow," he breathed, and could say nothing more. Arms still wrapped around her, there they stayed for a time, entwined, neither wanting - or even able, for the first few moments - to disentangle.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-11-2009, 20:25:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Wow indeed!</em>&nbsp; Sarah felt like a limp noodle as she remained slumped against him, her chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath.&nbsp; She was content to remain where she was, although somewhere in the back of her mind she considered detangling herself from Cooper and settling back into bed but she couldn't bring herself to do it, not quite yet. <br><br>As her thought process returned, she wondered if she could take Cooper home with her.&nbsp; She wanted more time to explore this amazing chemistry that was igniting between them, a chemistry she knew had nothing to do with the situation they were in.&nbsp; She pushed the thoughts aside knowing it was fool hardy to even contemplate anything past this week.&nbsp; <br><br>This week was just a fun fling, kinky in a sense but Sarah doubted it would be in the sense her friend had experienced or thought Sarah needed.&nbsp; Already she had been taken to places she had never experienced before.&nbsp; Slowly she pulled away back far enough to look at him, her fingers lightly tracing along his jawline as she smiled at him.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>17-11-2009, 19:29:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper returned her an almost stoned smile. The world around them was still lost in a fog of heat, musk and ecstasy, and the only places he could be sure he ended and she began were those small circles of her fingertips wandering along his jaw. He sighed and twisted to kiss her wrist. Ah, there his lips were. He shifted his grip to cradle her hips - so there were his hands!<br><br>Little by little, as if the fury of their coupling had raised a cloud of steam that was just now dissipating, he found his bearings. It was funny, Cooper thought. Kneeling like this, looped and twined around one another, they should both have been cramped and burning by now. Instead, Sarah's shape fit exactly into his, her weight on him as comfortable as a heap of quilts. They fit one another perfectly, he thought, in motion, at rest, even just nattering away over snacks. Like they were made for each other.<br><br>He gave a minute shake of his head to clear it. That was crazy, of course. They were just both a little, what to call it - disinhibited by the unusual circumstances. Right?<br><br>A twinge shot through one ankle, bringing him back down to earth. Long enough in this position to start cutting off the blood, eh? "Hold on, sweetie," he said, and hugged Sarah closer as he lifted up just high enough to work his shins around and settle back down. The shuffle was clumsy, but it did the job. Now he was sitting cross-legged, Sarah still enveloping him and cradled in his lap.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>18-11-2009, 18:38:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She was distracted by the tender little kiss against her wrist and him calling her 'sweetie' that it wasn't until he had changed position that she realised he was in discomfort.&nbsp; "We can change positions." she said softly and promptly turned scarlet as what she had actually said registered.&nbsp; It could be construed two ways and didn't sound as innocent as she had meant it to mean.&nbsp; "I didn't mean..." she bit her tongue knowing if she tried to explain herself she would just dig herself into a deeper hole.&nbsp; <br><br>Yet again she had just proved she wasn't the sophisticated model everyone thought she was.&nbsp; She was just a normal girl who made normal bumbling mistakes around guys she liked.&nbsp; &nbsp;Now she probably sounded some like raving nympho who only had one thing on her mind, when really she had just been thinking about his comfort.&nbsp; She knew they would have to detangle themselves soon but she had been enjoying the intimacy they were sharing.&nbsp; &nbsp;She glanced at him through her eyelashes wondering if she should just move away or wait for him to break the hold they had on each other. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>19-11-2009, 21:54:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Didn't... oh. Oho!" Cooper snerked quietly as his language centers came back online and Sarah's accidental double entendre sank in. He tutted. "You naughty thing you! And you seemed so demure." The teasing reproof was punctuated with a gentle mock-spank on her bottom. Dim as the room was, Sarah's fair complexion made it obvious that she was blushing fire-engine red. Coop hugged her closer and chuckled against the hollow of her throat, drinking in her warmth.<br><br>"It's fine," he added. "This is nice." And it was. There was something about the way they had settled together, shoulders braced against one another almost like a tent, that felt like they could sit there for hours. "But I will keep that in mind for later..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-11-2009, 21:08:18</strong>
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				<em>Oww!</em>&nbsp; The gentle slap to her bottom surprised her.&nbsp; It was unexpected and something else she had never experienced before.&nbsp; She knew people had a kink for being spanked, she wasn't sure if it was Coopers teasing that went with it or what, but it didn't seem as tacky as she thought it would be although she was sure she wasn't into the extreme part of the kink.&nbsp; &nbsp;She just couldn't understand why anyone could get any pleasure out of pain.&nbsp; <br><br>Then he pulled her closer and his chuckle vibrated against her throat quickly shifting her attention elsewhere.&nbsp; <br><br>Her fingers trailed over his hair as she held him close, relaxing.&nbsp; She should have known he would have known what she really meant without her fumbled elaborations and his teasing nature had put her at ease almost immediately.&nbsp; She also had to agree with him.&nbsp; <em>This was nice</em>.&nbsp; Her fingers continued their little massage over his scalp as she felt a smidgen daring and brushed her lips against his temple, his nose, his cheek, along his jaw and then her lips brushed gently against his.&nbsp; Nothing earth shattering, just a little kiss that complemented the '<em>nice'</em> feeling.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-11-2009, 21:12:55</strong>
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				<em>Whoops...</em> Cooper made a mental note of Sarah's short start. Didn't enjoy that, but wasn't annoyed enough by it to tell him to cut it out. Fair enough. No more paddling from here on out.<br><br>The slow track of her fingers over his face allayed any concern that he might have seriously irritated her. Once again he had been teetering on the edge of a trance at her attention to his hair, but the warm silk touch of her lips on his face brought him around. He returned her kiss with a bit more vigor, but not forcefully. No doubt he would be hungry for her again before long - there was something about Sarah that he couldn't get enough of. But for now, they were basking in a feeling of peace, of rest.<br><br>And speaking of rest, she might be ready to disengage herself by now. "Comfortable?" he asked.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>24-11-2009, 21:47:52</strong>
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				Her lips tingled as he returned her kiss.&nbsp; She watched his eyes droop as she continued the little head massage, her lips curling upwards slightly.&nbsp; It would appear she had just discovered one of his weaknesses.&nbsp; &nbsp; She hummed in response to his question.&nbsp; Yes she was indeed comfortable but she guessed he couldn't be all that comfortable with her weight on top of him.&nbsp; <br><br>She planted a quick kiss on his lips, then wiggled herself out of his arms and off his lap.&nbsp; She found herself seated with her back against the pillows once again, but this time she felt a little less self conscious about being naked before him.&nbsp; She pulled her knees up, wrapped her arms around them and rested her chin on her knees.&nbsp; She looked around the room, giving him a moment of privacy to do what he had to do.&nbsp; "Are you allowed to decorate the room?&nbsp; It seems rather....hotely..." <em>was that even a word? </em>&nbsp; &nbsp;"...especially, if you have to live in here for the rest of the year and not make it your own."&nbsp; &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>25-11-2009, 17:50:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper slid sideways off the bed and padded to the bathroom to dispose and tidy up.<br><br>"You know, I never even thought to ask," he called once he was finished flushing and washing his hands. "I think you must, though. While we were wandering around the garden I glanced up at the windows of the other suites. There was the crazy-looking baroque chair - I think it was a chair, anyway - sitting in one of the living rooms. Like a throne or something, with gilding and damask upholstery and a built-in footstool and whatnot. Wild."<br><br>Hands dried, he ambled back out and settled back alongside Sarah, close enough to be companionable but with enough space that he wasn't right on top of her.<br><br>"Can't believe whoever manages this place put it there. On the other hand, it is practically a castle..." He crossed one ankle over the other and knit his fingers behind his head, relaxing. "Maybe I should go out in the morning and look for a pair of swords to hang on the wall." He snerked and gave Sarah a sidelong grin. "What do you say? Wanna go sword shopping with me?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-11-2009, 19:05:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Swords?" she asked giggling, she had been about to get up to go to the bathroom herself but now she turned her head to look at him lounging beside her.&nbsp; "Are you talking about Samurai swords or historical military swords?&nbsp; I was actually referring to changing the colour scheme since its rather..."&nbsp; her eyes roamed around the room again "beige and bland, but if you are going with Samurai swords you could brighten up the place with some colourful Japanese prints."&nbsp; <br><br>She slid off the bed and headed for the bathroom, "I was going to lounge at the pool topping up my tan but I suppose I could go with you to make sure you get something pretty." she threw a cheeky grin at him over her shoulder before she closed the bathroom door behind her.&nbsp; <br><br>Behind closed doors she shook her head, wondering what was wrong with her.&nbsp; Here she was discussing making his room more livable for his next client.&nbsp; On the other hand he obviously wanted to spend more time with her while she was here since he had asked if she wanted to tag along.&nbsp; She sighed.&nbsp; It was just another reminder not to get too drawn into anything other than a brief affair.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>30-11-2009, 17:20:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh, oh ... painting, huh?" Cooper squinted around the room. "I hadn't thought about that. Don't have much of an eye for decorating. And the last thing I painted I had to scrape barnacles off first, so it probably wouldn't turn out too pretty anyway."<br><br>He stretched, cracking his still interlaced knuckles above his head, and looked out the window toward the wall that encircled the Place and the ocean beyond. "Besides, painting's permanent. Ish. There ..." He trailed off, glanced over to the heap of clothing they had left on the floor, and sighed. "I might go over the wall yet."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-11-2009, 20:11:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She barely heard him in the bathroom, emerging a few minutes later she quickly walked back over to the bed and climbed in under the covers.&nbsp; "Over the wall?" she asked curiously snuggling down beside him.&nbsp; &nbsp;She studied him for a moment wondering if he was seriously regretting his new career choice, but then again she was pretty sure if she had been in his shoes she'd have been freaking out by now.&nbsp; &nbsp;"I'm pretty sure there is an easier escape route than jumping the wall."&nbsp; <br><br>She glanced around the room "Your right, no point decorating if you aren't planning on sticking around.&nbsp; I can look over your contract for you, see if there was something you missed." she offered.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>02-12-2009, 22:33:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper blinked.<br><br>"Hey, would you? I'd be grateful." He edged a little closer and let one arm fall to drape around Sarah's shoulder. "A model like you must see contracts all the time. Bet you'd know what it really means better than I would..."<br><br>He relaxed against the pillows and stared up at the ceiling, then shot Sarah a sidelong smile. "Although, shimmying down the cliff on a rope made of bedsheets does have a kinda James Bond appeal to it."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-12-2009, 18:12:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah half laughed, half snorted “Every boys fantasy, to be James Bond.&nbsp; You’d better use the sheets out of my room as well so you don’t get hurt.”&nbsp; &nbsp;She moved closer to him, even though she was under the covers and he was still above, she could feel his heat and was drawn to it.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She absentmindedly reached out and started to draw random patterns along his shoulder and chest.&nbsp; She glanced at him modestly, wondering if she should tell him her secret.&nbsp; Being a fan he might find it interesting to learn, and considering everything else she had shared with him today, her tattoo, her naivety, her clumsiness, what did one more thing matter?&nbsp; She knew he wasn’t allowed to do a kiss and tell story, even if he did do a James Bond escape, it was part of the contract between herself and The Place.&nbsp; &nbsp;More importantly, she knew she could tell him because she trusted him. <br><br>“Actually, I see more cattle contracts than modelling ones.&nbsp; Modelling was meant to be short term, to pay for college.” she smiled enigmatically at him “I have a master’s degree in business and corporate law.”&nbsp; <em>Surprise I’m not just a pretty face but smart too!</em>&nbsp; “As clichéd as this sounds, my parents own a cattle ranch on the Texas side of the border between there and New Mexico, when I’m not modelling I’m usually there helping out.” 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>04-12-2009, 19:26:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper had whistled his way through a couple bars of the James Bond theme before Sarah's revelation sank in. He spluttered to a halt and looked down at Sarah, one eyebrow leaping. <br><br>"Wait," Cooper said, "You what? How old were you when you started college, twelve?" It was no surprise Sarah had brains, but how had she had time? He had always been a terrible judge of ages, but Sarah's almost babyfaced appearance had given him the impression she was barely into her twenties.<br><br>"Well, well," he muttered, running his fingers through her hair. "Model, lawyer, cowgirl... Is there anything you can't do?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>06-12-2009, 18:02:46</strong>
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				She stifled a yawn, not that she was bored but because it had been a long flight and then a very <em>active</em> day.&nbsp; She was now feeling weary.&nbsp; &nbsp;"I went to college like everyone else, I just had to work doubly hard since I missed quite a few classes because of work.&nbsp; I have spent the last four years doing my masters via correspondence, it gets rather boring staying in hotels when I'm away on shoots, it was how I kept myself occupied.&nbsp; I only finished it a few weeks ago."&nbsp; <br><br>She snuggled even closer to him, her body going soft with sleep "As for what I'm not good at..." <em>finding a decent man</em>, she thought.&nbsp; "I'm not a very good cowgirl, I can ride a horse and all that but the rest of the manual duties I just can't get to grips with."&nbsp; She smiled ruefully at him, her eyelids heavy "Why my dad leaves me to deal with the paperwork.&nbsp; &nbsp; My degree is&nbsp; something to fall back on when my modelling days are over, which will be soon as I'm getting too old."&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>07-12-2009, 21:41:00</strong>
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				Oh, hell. Cooper dug his fingernails into his own palm, bit his tongue, but in the end he couldn't hold out. Sarah's yawn overpowered him and gave a long, creaking one himself. Embarassing, but at least it was helping him stifle the impulse to make a rude pun about manual duties.<br><br>"Too old hell." He kissed Sarah's forehead while his free hand reefed the duvet out from beneath him and slung it across his legs. The wine, the time difference and the exertion were catching up with him all of a sudden, and he felt himself sinking down with her into a grey fog of sleep. "On your worst day you'll be beautiful, and that day's not coming soon."<br><br>He chuckled and rested his cheek against the top of her head. "Okay. Let's say in the morning we'll put your new skills to the test..."<br><br>There was a rude pun lurking there too, he realized, but his eyelids were dropping and even such an easy target seemed like too much effort.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>08-12-2009, 18:17:29</strong>
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				Sarah was already drifting off to dreamland and any innuendos didn’t even register.&nbsp; Sighing she snuggled in closer to him, her head resting in his shoulder. <br><br>The next time her eyes opened the sun was streaming in through the windows.&nbsp; &nbsp;She found herself lying face to face with Cooper, her leg slung over his thigh and his arm around her waist.&nbsp; The change in position from the one she had gone to sleep in had the effect of a vague recollection of them making love during the night.&nbsp; Or had it been a dream?&nbsp; Either way it had been slow sleepy sex and thinking about it made her smile and she pressed a light kiss to the tip of his nose.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>Ever so gently, she lifted his arm so she could wiggle out of bed.&nbsp; Heading for the bathroom she gathered her clothes.&nbsp; &nbsp; She emerged a few minutes later fully dressed.&nbsp; She hesitated near the door not wanting to be rude and leaving him to wake up on his own wondering where she was, but then again it wasn’t as if she was going far.&nbsp; &nbsp; She quietly rummaged through the dresser draws, finding some interesting…toys, that she would have to investigate further later, before she found a pen and some hotel stationery so she could write him a note.&nbsp; A note she deliberated over for some time and in the end wrote: <br><div align="center"><em><br>I’m down at the pool topping up my tan.</em></div><br>Leaving the note on her pillow she left the room. <br><br>She went to her own room to shower and change into her one piece fifties style swimsuit, it might be old fashioned but she thought the black and white poka dot suit was cute.&nbsp; She pulled a little summer dress over it, just in case Coop decided he still wanted to go shopping later on.<br><br>On route to the swimming pool, she stopped to chat to Mel, requesting Coopers exclusive services for the rest of her stay.&nbsp; Any sign of Mel’s surprise by this request was a slight arching of her brow.&nbsp; While they were chatting Sarah sprang upon a thought.&nbsp; If there was a get out of clause in Coopers contract the one person who would know would be Mel.&nbsp; Pretending that she might be interested in becoming a member of staff when her modelling days were over, Sarah quizzed Mel on how one went about the process, subtly asking if she changed her mind mid contract what happened then. <br><br>Asking Mel a few more questions so she wouldn’t get suspicious, although the woman was pretty shrewd, Sarah thanked her and continued to the pool.&nbsp; &nbsp; Once there she discarded her dress and dove into the deep end, powering through the water she mulled over the answer to Coopers dilemma, which from what she had learnt from their talk yesterday wasn’t an option.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-12-2009, 21:51:35</strong>
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				It was the void beneath his arm that woke him, oddly enough. Cooper shifted and snorted, then dragged the back of a hand across his mouth. <em>Smooth, jack. You've been drooling all over the place, haven't you?</em> He hadn't, thankfully, so he could face Sarah without that embarassment. He slowly opened one eye.<br><br>Could have faced her, anyway. He levered himself up on one elbow and looked around the room.<br><br>"Sarah?"<br><br>Gone. He sighed and sank back. So that was that. He shouldn't have been surprised, really. She had just come here for a little no-strings-attached fun, right? No reason she should be there in the morning. Not like they were ... well, whatever they would have been. But still. <em>You'd be nice to wake up to</em>. He rested one palm on her pillow, searching for the last traces of her warmth, and was surprised to find a scrap of paper under his hand. He dug the sleep from his eyes with a thumbnail and squinted at it.<br><br>Lounging by the pool, huh? He smiled, spirit lifted. That sounded like a good way to start the day. He flung off the duvet and padded to the bathroom. Shower up, then toss the armoire for some suitable cabana boy wear. He had brought a pair of surf jams, hadn't he?
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>11-12-2009, 17:52:23</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She sliced through the water in steady, even strokes, her brain racing.&nbsp; She would wait until she had seen his contract, there was a slim possibility there was another get out clause.&nbsp; However she doubted it.&nbsp; &nbsp;She could of course try and find a library later on as she knew nothing about European law, surely there had to be something that she could do to help get him out of this. <br><br>She really didn’t want to tell him that even if he did his James Bond impersonation, he was screwed.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>The pun had her feet hitting the floor and she stood, pushing her hair out of her face, grateful it was still too early, that there was no one about to see the blush that had just come up from her toes.&nbsp; Or was she?
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>14-12-2009, 16:06:42</strong>
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				The breakfast service wasn't quite over, luckily. Cooper managed to snag some croissants and melon, along with a tray to carry them on. Now, drinks. Mimosa, or was Sarah not the breakfast booze type? Well, grab one and one glass of straight OJ, just to be on the safe side. A couple cups of black coffee, and he was ready to deliver. He sauntered across the arcade to the pool, tossing Mel a slightly friendlier nod - already at her post this morning, didn't the poor girl ever get a day off?<br><br>No one else was interested in a morning swim, it seemed. The place was empty, no sign of life but for Sarah's robe tossed over a chaise lounge. It reminded Cooper of something, an ad that had been on TV all the time when he was just a sprout - for perfume, maybe? There was a tune he remembered to this day... Only half aware he was doing it, he began to sing under his breath.<br><br>"My baby don't care for clothes ... my baby don't care for shows ... my baby just cares - ba-bap! - for me..."<br><br>Cooper had just set down the tray when Sarah surged out of the pool as if she were about to brandish Excalibur. He grinned and waved.<br><br>"Morning! In case you hadn't eaten yet." He gestured to the tray, then squinted at her. "You look a little red already. Forget your sunblock?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-12-2009, 19:53:31</strong>
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				A little surprised but delighted by Cooper’s appearance, Sarah stuck her tongue out at him “I think we have already ascertained that I am quite capable of turning this colour without the aid of the sun.”&nbsp; So she had just confessed that she might have been having naughty thoughts but she didn’t care, it was only Coop. <br><br>She walked out of the pool and around to where he was standing.&nbsp; Her eyes did a cursory glance at the tray before going straight back to him.&nbsp; “Morning.” She said softly and leaned in for a kiss.&nbsp; A kiss that quickly became an all consuming heat she was surprised there wasn’t steam coming from her as her skin dried.&nbsp; She pressed herself into him, her tongue sliding against his.&nbsp; <em>Why oh why didn’t I stay in bed?</em>&nbsp; She wondered as she thought of all the things they could be doing right now in said bed.&nbsp; The disadvantages of being a cowgirl, she still woke up at dawn.&nbsp; She was pretty sure that if anyone was watching them they were putting on quite a show.&nbsp; She’d never dreamed she would be an exhibitionist but she got a tiny thrill from the thought. <br><br>It was lungs burning for air that finally made her pull her lips from his but her body remained plastered against his.&nbsp; “Well…” she licked her lips as her breath heaved in and out “I spoke to Mel earlier…I told her I wanted you as my exclusive friend…for the remainder of my stay.”&nbsp; She gave him a rueful smile “I’m not very good at sharing.” 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>16-12-2009, 00:14:43</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper chuckled quietly and gave Sarah his best sly smile. "Why yes, yes we have," he said.<br><br>"How'd you mmf!" he added. Or started to add, rather, before Sarah's sudden, hard kiss stopped his words and his mind. A second ago there had been something he meant to ask her. Now there was nothing but the sweet taste of her lips and tongue, the hot circuit of their breath, and her soft curves in his arms. Cooper's lungs were powerful from who knew how many yards swum underwater, and when Sarah finally broke for air he was still diving. Rapture of the deep, he thought dazedly. "Sleep," he said. "Uh, how'd ... how'd you sleep?"<br><br>His embrace of her tightened a bit, partly to bring her closer and partly to make sure his instant, insistent reaction to her stayed hidden from anyone who happened to glance their way. Of course that meant it was pressed squarely against one of her thighs, but that was just fine by Cooper, you bet. He beamed down at her admission of covetousness.<br><br>"No?" he said, and brushed her with another kiss. "I'm glad."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-12-2009, 19:23:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She had slept very well and she was pretty sure it was all down to him.&nbsp; As he pulled her closer she chided herself once again for not staying in bed.&nbsp; She shifted her hips ever so slight so his reaction to her was nestled against her mound and she rocked ever so slightly against him. "I was dead to the world." she smiled at him "How about you?"<br><br>She couldn't believe she was subtly teasing him further, in public, and carrying on a conversation as if nothing was going on.&nbsp; What was it about him that made her feel so... sexually free.&nbsp; She had been with long term lovers where yes she had initiated sex but she had never felt like this, the constant need for more.&nbsp; &nbsp;All she had to do was look into Coopers eyes and she just wanted to get naked and do wild crazy things with him.&nbsp; &nbsp; Last night she would have let him take her over the dinner table, and now she would happily move to the chaise lounge if he wanted too.<br><br>She knew it wasn't being here that was making her feel this way.&nbsp; She had seen some of the other guys floating about and each time she tried to picture herself with any of them, Cooper pushed them out of her head and took their place.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; She wondered if she might becoming a raving nympho. <br><br>Her eyes flicked back to the breakfast tray but made no move towards it, her hips still moving against his "What you bring us?"&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>16-12-2009, 23:27:03</strong>
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				Cooper let out a low rumble somewhere between a purr and a growl, arms tightening around Sarah's waist. He leaned in until his lips brushed her earlobe, then gave one slow tip of his own hips, pushing himself more firmly against her. "Like a log," he whispered. "See?"<br><br><em>Oh, jeez, that was terrible.</em> However sophomoric the pun had been, Sarah didn't seem to mind. He tipped his head toward the tray, but kept his hands right where they were.<br><br>"A little of everything," he said. "Caffeine, alcohol, starch and fruit. All the vacation food groups." Breakfast was suddenly the last thing on his mind, though - or at least food was. He locked eyes with Sarah and trailed the fingers of one hand up and down her spine.<br><br>"Thing is, I seem to need a change of clothes all of a sudden. Or to get out of these, anyway." Cooper licked his lips and cast a furtive glance around the pool deck. Still no one in sight. A quick dash back down the hall and they could make a clean getaway. But then, maybe getting a little dirty wouldn't be such a bad idea either. Standing next to a couple of the tables were were huge parasols. More than big enough to hide, say, a chaise lounge from a casual glance...<br><br>"Why don't you sit down," he husked in Sarah's ear. "I'll drag us over some cover."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>19-12-2009, 20:39:36</strong>
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				She was rather distracted by his reference to a <em>'log'</em> that she barely heard him when he told her what was for breakfast or anything else for that matter.&nbsp; She gave an in-articulated "huh?" when he told her to have a seat.&nbsp; &nbsp;She looked at the chaise lounge, disappointment that their game of teasing each other was over.&nbsp; <br><br>She slipped from his arms and sat down, then frowned as she watched him walk over to one of the parasoles and start to pull it over to them.&nbsp; She knew it was sunny but it wasn't all that hot yet that they would burn unless they stayed in the shade.&nbsp; &nbsp;Then his words about getting out of his clothes registered and she frowned, wondering if he was going to sunbath nude.&nbsp; Not that she would mind all that much.<br><br>She glanced around, but they were still the only ones out here.&nbsp; She looked over at Cooper again as he continued to drag the parasole over and then it hit her.&nbsp; How had he known what she had been thinking?!&nbsp; Just because she had thought about it didn't necessarily mean she really wanted to.&nbsp; She felt panic but strangely enough she also felt incredibly turned on as well and shivers of apprehension ran up and down her spine just as Coopers fingers had done so moments earlier.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>02-01-2010, 00:47:02</strong>
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				Oh, he had seen that expression before. More often than he would have liked to admit, in fact. Eyes a little wide, head jerking back a millimeter like she had been flicked on the nose then halting as she caught herself doing it. The <em>whoa, hey, what did you think I meant</em> look, as he called it.<br><br>It was a stupid mistake, Cooper realized. Sarah might have been a little warmed up, but the girl was - well hell, the only word for it was demure. A makeout session right there by the pool was, if not the farthest thing from her mind, outdistanced only by the notion of swallowing a live frog.<br><br>Still, it wasn't impossible to recover from. He manhandled the heavy thing into position and dropped down beside her on the cushion, turned so that he was facing her. "The sun here's lethal, they say. Plus there's no reason for prying eyes to see, say, this." And so saying, he slipped a hand around her waist and gave her what he hoped was a just-firm-enough kiss. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>04-01-2010, 17:33:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah was about to give him a knowing look and a smile that said <em>‘Don’t think I don’t know what you are planning and getting sunburnt is the last thing on your mind’</em> but didn’t even get a muscle to twitch before his lips were against hers’ and all worries and thoughts went out the window, figuratively. <br><br>Her lips immediately parted beneath his and her tongue joined in dance with his, as she melted into her usual response when he touched her.&nbsp; Flames and heat.&nbsp; &nbsp;Burning need.&nbsp; It washed over her as she welded herself against him.&nbsp; Would there ever be a time when she didn’t react like this to his touch?&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>This was no big deal after all, they were merely kissing.&nbsp; Couples kissed in public all the time.&nbsp; &nbsp; They had been doing a whole lot more moments earlier when she had, to put it crudely, tried to dry hump him. <br><br>“Coop.” she murmured, unsure whether it was in protest of what they were doing or pleading for a whole lot more.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>04-01-2010, 22:56:26</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Suddenly Sarah's body was a soft flame in his arms, heat greater than any sun's engulfing him. Cooper clutched her to him, and damned if he didn't actually shiver with excitement at that low breath of a whisper in his ear. Carefully, now - he wasn't about to wreck this beyond repair.<br><br>"Sarah," he sighed against her throat, letting one hand trail down her side to cup the curve of her hip. "C'mon. Let's get out of here."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>05-01-2010, 17:44:59</strong>
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				She murmured or was it purred, in response to his breath against her neck, his hand sparking against her skin as it trailed down her side.&nbsp; She had no idea what he had just said, but whatever it was she was in agreement.&nbsp; &nbsp; Her mind focused on one thing and that was him and the heat they seemed to be generating. <br><br>She curved herself into him; her own hands no longer idle as they skimmed along his biceps, his chest.&nbsp; Gentle caresses to drive him dizzy with need.&nbsp; Being light headed and dizzy with desire was definitely how she felt right now.<br><br>Her mouth sought out his hungrily; her hand pressed flat against his stomach and inched lower.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>06-01-2010, 21:59:25</strong>
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				Cooper groaned softly into Sarah's mouth as her fingers trailed fire along his skin. His grasp on her hip grew tighter, both from mounting desire and to steady himself against the reeling of the chair beneath him. There he was again, drunk on the taste of her kiss, each making him more desperate for another.<br><br>He cracked open one eye and was a little surprised to find no steam rising from his damp shirt. Sarah's hand was hot as a torch and Cooper felt his own fire building as it crept toward his waistband. Nobody else in sight. With a great effort of will he broke from Sarah's lips ... only to plunge down and kiss that beautiful small crescent of breast that showed above the top of her bathing suit. Then he shook himself, hard, and stood, arms around Sarah's waist, pulling her to and nearly off her feet.<br><br>"I want you, Sarah, right now." He took a step back toward the hall to the rooms, drawing her after him as if they were locked in a particularly sultry tango.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-01-2010, 19:24:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her breath caught in her lungs as his lips skimmed over her breasts.&nbsp; She was all for arching into him, asking for more when she felt him retreating; a half protest escaped her lips before she was pulled to her own feet. <br><br>Her eyes fluttered open to meet his at the same time awareness of where they were returned.&nbsp; Embarrassed heat engulfed her cheeks as she realised she had totally forgotten they had been in public and if he hadn’t had the foresight to get them inside, she would have given herself to him right there on the chaise lounge. <br><br>She was pretty sure her actions had spoken volumes and she didn’t need to vocalise “I want you too.”, but she did as she wasn’t shy in letting him know how she was feeling. <br><br>Somehow she managed to snag her dress and bag from the chaise lounge, before looping her arms around his neck, her things dangling down his back, to join him in his sexy tango.&nbsp; &nbsp; By the time they got back to his room, not only was she incredibly hot and excited, she also had the giggles.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mel hadn’t even batted an eyelash as they had danced, hips welded together, past her desk. <br><br>“Do you think she sees this sort of thing all the time or are we so unique she’s too shocked to react?”&nbsp; She tittered as he opened the door and they tumbled over the threshold.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>11-01-2010, 20:30:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Darlin'", Cooper said, "I figure this place is like a New York City sidewalk. If we're the hinkiest thing she sees <em>today</em> that'll be a surprise."<br><br>Ordinarily Cooper fought hard to keep any trace of his native Floridian drawl out of his speech, but in this moment his whole brain was devoted to drinking in every sensation of Sarah. Lucky for the both of them that his feet knew the way to the bed by now. His hands wandering freely over her back, her waist, around and over her bottom and back up, his lips dotting her neck and ears with kisses, the pair inched across the floor until Cooper's calves met the mattress.<br><br>Now, then ... here was where the height difference would come in handy. Cooper sank lower, legs parting so that he sat on the edge of the bed with Sarah standing between his knees. The half-goofy, half-lascivious smile had made its way onto his face before he could stop it. He was now perfectly positioned to gently tug down one cup of Sarah's swimsuit top and begin flickering his tongue over and around her nipple.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>12-01-2010, 12:18:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The sudden drawl had her smiling.&nbsp; Dropping her dress and bag just in the door, she feathered her fingers through his hair as they continued their little dance across to the bed, arching her neck to give him better access for his kisses.&nbsp; She knew how much hard work it took to keep your native twang slipping out, she was fairly good at it unless she had been home for a long period.&nbsp; <br><br>Watching him closely as he sat down with that goofy smile on his face, she wondered what he was thinking to produce that look.&nbsp; <em>Oh, another smooth move</em> she thought, gasping as his tongue played with her nipple.&nbsp; She arched slightly towards him, her fingers curling into his shoulders.&nbsp; Eyes closing at the sensations running through her.&nbsp; <br><br>Slowly, she uncurled her fingers from his shoulders and stepped back out of his reach.&nbsp; Flashing him a sensual smile and shy look.&nbsp; She slipped her arms free from the suit.&nbsp; Instead of feeling seductive, she felt a little awkward as she pushed the suit over her hips and let it fall down the length of her legs.&nbsp; Lightly stepping towards him she pushed at his shoulders, tumbling him onto his back.&nbsp; Placing a first one knee, then the other on the bed she straddled his thighs.&nbsp; She then leaned over him, her hands resting either side of his head.&nbsp; Cringing inwardly, she hoped he didn't start laughing at her not so sexy tease.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-01-2010, 20:53:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper was most definitely not about to laugh. His marginal leer had turned into a grin of astonishment and delight at Sarah's little shimmy, eyes widening as she crept up the length of his body until it looked like one good snicker would tip them out of their sockets. "Oh, my," he whispered, gently caressing her arms, "My my my..."<br><br>What else was there to say? Nothing that could properly express his admiration for her beauty, and for her bravery. It must have taken a lot for Sarah to do something even this mildly seductive, and he was determined to show proper appreciation. Slipping one hand around to between Sarah's shoulders, Coop propped himself up a bit on one elbow and recaptured her breast in his mouth, sucking just hard enough to hold it as his tongue fluttered against her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>14-01-2010, 17:51:34</strong>
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				No laughing, that had to be a good sign.&nbsp; Staring into his eyes, she didn't see any humour.&nbsp; Surprise and appreciation was there and she relax a little.&nbsp; A gasped "Coop." slipped from her lips as his mouth pulled on her breast.&nbsp; She arched her back, pushing her breasts forward and her eyes closed, losing herself in the exquisite feelings.&nbsp; A few more minutes of this and she would lose all sense of self and let him do whatever he wanted with her, how and where.&nbsp; <br><br>"Coop." she repeated, her breath catching.&nbsp; <br><br>Somewhere along their dance route she had decided that she wanted to seduce him, the way he had seduced her yesterday.&nbsp; Delicately but reluctantly, she arched her back in the opposite direction.&nbsp; Disengaging from him once again.&nbsp; Before he could protest she kissed him.&nbsp; Even then before it got too heated she broke away from him.&nbsp; If she didn't watch what she was doing she would lose complete control to him.&nbsp; <br><br>With another shy smile and heat flooding her cheeks, she showered him in little nips and kisses as she worked her way down to his belly button.&nbsp; Pausing when she could go no further, she pushed backwards until she ended up kneeling on the floor before him and tugged on his shorts.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>14-01-2010, 22:30:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hold on there, where was she going? Cooper craned his neck, fishlipping after Sarah's retreating body, but she was just enough quicker than he that his mouth closed on nothing. And then there she was again, stifling his little sigh of regret with another sweet, scorching kiss. He groaned quietly, dipping the tip of his tongue against her lips ... and she was gone again?<br><br>Well, well. Coop smiled down at Sarah as she set to work on his long, wiry torso. So she had decided she wanted to be in the driver's seat this time, huh? All right! He let his head loll back and sighed contentedly, enjoying each nibble and lick and kiss more than the last.&nbsp; And damned if she hadn't done it again, peeling his shirt up into a tight wad just under his arms without his even noticing. He tore his attention from her for the moment it took to worm his way out of it altogether, and by the time he looked back she had settled on the floor. <em>Oh, hell yeah...</em> he thought, eyes locked on her luscious, ruby lips, but said nothing. He only lifted his butt just enough to let his shorts and skivvies slide away, then settled down again. The sensation of air on his naked skin and Sarah's tantalizing nearness was enough to send him from half-hard to fully erect, and his stiff member struck against his thigh with a quiet slap.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>17-01-2010, 21:45:32</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The view before her was exquisite, she had got little glances at him yesterday but now it was on full display.&nbsp; She reached out and lightly ran her fingers along his length, taking in every inch of him with her eyes.&nbsp; Heat pooled at the juncture of her thighs and she momentarily forgot what she was doing.&nbsp; Thoughts of what they had been doing the last twenty four hours replaying in her mind.&nbsp; Reminding her how wonderfully they joined together as if they were sculpted to fit perfectly.&nbsp; <br><br>Her fingers continued their light explorations, learning every ridge and crease.&nbsp; Learning from his reactions how best to pleasure him.&nbsp; Her fingers curled around him completely and stroked up and down a little more firmly.&nbsp; It was fascinating, but she soon moved onto her next seduction tactic.&nbsp; <br><br>She pressed her lips to each of his hip bones.&nbsp; The tip of her tongue then caught the dew drop that leaked from his head.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>21-01-2010, 21:30:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper sank back onto the bed with a long, quiet sigh as Sarah's fingers wandered up and around him. She was a magician with her hands, no two ways about that. Just the right grip there, and just the right slow stroke there ... he folded his own hands behind his head and relaxed, surrendering to her ministrations.<br><br>"Mmhmm," he smiled. "That's ni ..."<br><br>The rest of the word fell apart in his throat, dashed to pieces by a hard gasp that ran it down when Sarah's tongue met his head. Cooper's stomach tensed and he curled up in a tight crunch, thighs flexing hard as his heels dug into the floor. He propped himself up on his elbows again, unabashedly watching her work her magic.<br><br>"Ohmigod, Sarah ... you're so ... " Words failed. Teeth clamped down on his bottom lip, fingers dug furrows into the sheets, and he gazed rapt into her eyes.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>24-01-2010, 17:10:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When he jerked and tensed up, she was convinced she had done something to hurt him, but how?&nbsp; She had kept her teeth away from him.&nbsp; His stuttering wasn’t much help either.&nbsp; Her eyes not only locked with his, but she stared at him intently, reading what he was thinking there.&nbsp; <br><br>Relieved she wasn’t doing anything wrong, she continued.&nbsp; This time her tongue circled him, the ways it would circle an ice cream catching all the drips.&nbsp; Her tongue swirled and licked all around him, tasting ever inch of him.&nbsp; &nbsp;The tip of her tongue ran the underside of his length to the very top and then her lips closed over him.&nbsp; Little by little, a gentle suck, the flick of her tongue, retreating and then doing it again, she took him as far as she could into her mouth.&nbsp; <br><br>His enthralled gaze emboldened her, almost made her feel powerful and while she continued, there was no heat tinting her cheeks.<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>25-01-2010, 19:05:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Still waters ran deep all right. Shy Sarah had skills Cooper had never imagined, and if he had been capable of speech he would have been thanking whatever deity had sent her his way. As it was, all he could do was give one long, airy sigh after another. Every so often her tongue would make a particularly delicious movement and he would give a sharp hiss as a spike of ecstacy poked through the mist of bliss into which he had sunk.<br><br>As she engulfed him with her mouth, Coop reached down and gently brushed aside the hank of golden hair that had fallen across Sarah's face. What a vision she was, growing assertive, feeling her own strength now ... Cooper beamed, then closed his eyes and let his hand rest on the back of Sarah's neck, holding her hair clear but otherwise exerting no pressure. There were a thousand things he was burning to do, but this was her time to lead this dance. He sighed again, surrendering to her touch.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>26-01-2010, 17:59:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The sighs and hisses would have been encouraging noises, if she couldn’t see his pleasure in his eyes.&nbsp; She felt his fingers thread through her hair to her neck and she expected to feel pressure.&nbsp; To be pushed down to take him even further, but it didn’t come.&nbsp; <em>Thankfully.</em><br><br>He appeared to have lost all strength, as his other arm that had been supporting him, gave out and with eyes closed he laid back with more sighs.&nbsp; His other hand still resting on the back of her neck with her hair tangled through his fingers.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>Finger’s snaked up the inside of his thigh to tickle and tease his glands as her mouth and tongue worked over his entire length a little while longer.&nbsp; With a little pop, she pulled him from her mouth and carefully lifted her head, so his fingers wouldn’t pull her hair.&nbsp; A tiny little nervous nibble on her lower lips was the only hint that she was still a little apprehensive about what she was doing. <br><br>Reaching inside the bedside drawer, the one he had fumbled about in yesterday, she extracted a little foil package.&nbsp; Quickly and gently she sheathed him.&nbsp; Muscled tensed to push her up off the floor, she remember something.&nbsp; <em>Did she dare?&nbsp; This week was about experimenting wasn’t it?</em><br><br>Slowly she got up, but instead of joining him on the bed, she walked over to the bureau she had found the paper and other things, this morning.&nbsp; She could feel Coop’s eyes boring into her back as he tried to figure out what she was doing.&nbsp; Finding what she was looking for she walked back over to the bed, keeping what she had hidden in her hand. <br><br>Once again she placed a knee, either side of his hips.&nbsp; Not daring to look at him, knowing she would probably chicken out if she did.&nbsp; She slowly slid the ribbed plastic ring down over his length.&nbsp; She knew what a cockring was but she had never used one.&nbsp; It wasn’t a wild and kinky experiment, but it was enough for now. <br><br>She then positioned herself just so and guided him inside her, lowering her hips until she was fully seated and the little plastic nub settled against her clit.&nbsp; Taking a deep steadying breath, she leaned forward, bracing herself on her hands either side of his head and looked down at him. <br><br>“Hi.” <br><br>Had she just said that?&nbsp; She had felt compelled to say something at this pivotal moment, but <em>HI</em>!&nbsp; How cringe worthy was that?&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>26-01-2010, 23:44:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				So far had Cooper drifted that it took a moment for him to find Sarah when she finally released him. Down, boy, don't just tackle her now ... He steeled his nerves and stayed put, releasing his fervor with a few hotly whipsered endearments. It wasn't often he didn't apply the safe himself, and the sensation of Sarah's delicate fingers unrolling the latex over him sent a thrill right down to his toes. But where was she going now?<br><br>Oho! She really had decided to take a chance, hadn't she? And all at once, on top of being incredibly aroused he was profoundly flattered that she was this comfortable with him. He smiled as she slid the ring over him. He wasn't going to need it to stay hard, that was for damn sure, but maybe - ah, yes. He tipped and flexed a bit, pushing himself up against her scalding heat to feel the ring nudging her. A little change in the topography down there, something to change the terrain where they met.<br><br>He smiled up into her face, reached to stroke one blazing hot cheek, then settled his hands on those beautiful round hips of hers. "Welcome back, doll," he said, and began to roll beneath her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>27-01-2010, 18:14:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Again she was surprised and grateful he hadn’t laughed at her gawky seduction.&nbsp; &nbsp;He was such a sweetie and it endeared him to her further and made her comfortable enough to even trying it and the little experiment.<br><br>She sighed as he rolled his hips, not only from the delicious sensation of him sliding inside her, but from the new sensation of the ribbed plastic as well.&nbsp; She lowered her arms as if she was about to do a press up, and caught his lips for another one of those toe curling, heated kisses.&nbsp; Then gently she placed her hands on his chest and pushed herself up into a seated position.<br><br>She smiled shyly down at him and rocked her hips to meet his roll.&nbsp; She quickly established a steady rhythm, giving into the ecstasy as it started to pulse through her veins.&nbsp; Her fingers curled into his chest then relaxed as she started with the little sighs and hisses.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>28-01-2010, 22:24:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				And again she was there and gone. Cooper drank down one sizzling kiss, craned for another, and another - but Sarah had already settled back, out of reach. Not that there weren't definite attractions to her having her seated upright atop him; the view of her breasts was spectacular, and he unabashedly feasted his eyes as they swayed in time with the tilt of their hips.<br><br>The twin sensations of the ring squeezing the base of his shaft as Sarah's sweet, hot walls gripped his length were electrifying. Every tip and plunge into her was accompanied by a double pressure on the underside, the top, the underside again .... Cooper hissed out his lust through gritted teeth. <em>Oh, let's ride...</em> Bringing his knees up, he settled his feet flat on the mattress for extra leverage and began pushing up into Sarah a little more strongly, surging higher until he was nearly lifting them both off the bed with every thrust.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-01-2010, 17:50:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah had picked the ring to prolong his pleasure, to make this little seduction she had attempted memorable, for this part of it at least.&nbsp; What she hadn’t anticipated was that the little part on the ring made for her pleasure, would hit the right spot over and over again, each time she moved against him.&nbsp; <br><br>She felt his knees drawing up behind her, the angle changing ever so slightly as he surged higher.&nbsp; She threw her head back, arching her back, as she met him thrust for thrust.&nbsp; That little ribbed bit of plastic bumping against its target.&nbsp; Tiny little guttural noises starting quietly at the back of her throat and grew louder with each thrust, each clench of her muscles tightening around him.&nbsp; <br><br>She gave into the wild abandon that surged through her, pressing down harder to meet his surge upwards.&nbsp; &nbsp;She cried out as she soared upwards, her muscles clenching around him tightly.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>02-02-2010, 18:08:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Something had jarred loose, come unsprung up there in those higher brain regions. Cooper's language center had shut down for a mid-morning break, leaving him capable of nothing but huffs and groans and rattling growls of lust. Heat poured down on him from Sarah's body, sizzled up from his own. The room was a steam bath and their united flesh was a furnace. His member, buried in her to the base, was throbbing with impending release, pounding so hard he was sure she must be able to feel each beat of his pulse inside her.<br><br>He let out a breathless shout in response to Sarah's cry, freezing in place for a moment as she clamped down, hard, and again, harder, and again, harder still. "Awgh..." He fumbled to shape the words. "Sar ... feel you c-coming ... so goo - uhh..."<br><br>More, he thought. More of her, more of her skin, her scent, her taste. He let go one hand from her waist to wedge the elbow behind him, propping up his torso until he had shaped himself up into a saddle in which Sarah sat cradled. Oh, that was it, right there, his set lowered and tilted just right to keep the ring pressed against her clit while his shaft slipped back, bringing its head into the embrace of her inner muscles. It was there, right there, so tantalizingly close. A grind, and another, and one more, and the world exploded in streaks of white light as his own climax crashed through him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-02-2010, 19:47:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper’s words, sounded like they were coming from a great distance and didn’t really register, she was being swept away on a turbulent ocean of delight.&nbsp; Wave after wave continued to crash over her.&nbsp; If she had been able to think coherently she would have realised that mid way through her first climax, a second one struck, coinciding with Cooper’s change in position.&nbsp; <br><br>When the tremors did eventually subside she went limp, falling back against his knees.&nbsp; She felt totally drained, surprised she had any energy at all to suck in any air, but completely content.&nbsp; &nbsp; It wasn’t just the best sex in her life, but the best experience ever.&nbsp; <br><br>Whether it was minutes or hours later, she slowly became aware of little things.&nbsp; Like the heat still radiating off Cooper, the feel of his skin against her thighs, his breathing still as ragged as her own, and the plastic ridges still pressed intimately against her.&nbsp; Gradually, her eyes fluttered open and locked on the man who had been with her every step of the way on the amazing journey.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>04-02-2010, 18:37:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When next he was aware of his surroundings, Cooper discovered he was flat on his back. He blinked twice, hard, and rolled his shoulders slightly in an attempt to force in more air. That had been far more than the most intense orgasm he had ever had; it verged on the mind-altering.<br><br>He blew out a quiet breath through pursed lips and traced random curlicues around Sarah's calves with his fingertips. He knew that he was still in an endorphine fog, brain half drunk on hormones. Nobody could be thinking straight in the wake of this kind of Olympic-level sex. And yet there it was, separate from physical hunger for her body - plain old affection.<br><br>"Holy hell, Sarah," he said, settling his hands atop her thighs and giving them a gentle squeeze. He was still mostly hard inside her and adjusted the tilt of his hips just so, settling her down more securely around him, keeping himself buried deep. "That was amazing. You sure did show me a thing or two."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>05-02-2010, 17:43:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				All it took was for his words to reach her ears and <em>whoosh!</em>&nbsp; She went her usual shade of crimson.&nbsp; &nbsp;How could he talk?&nbsp; She was still having problems having a lucid thought.&nbsp; She smiled shyly at him all the same and said softly “I’m pretty sure you had something to do with it, it wasn’t all me.” <br><br>Now that it was over, she was surprised she’d actually had the nerve to perform the not so sexy seduction and experimented with a sex toy.&nbsp; &nbsp; A sex toy that had enhanced the experience way more than expected, for both of them.&nbsp; Or perhaps it was simply the chemistry between them, just bubbling over. <br><br>She sighed, feeling the muscles in her legs starting to cease up as she continued to recline against his knees.&nbsp; &nbsp; She really should move, but she just couldn’t bring herself to do it, not only because she still felt drained, but because as always it just felt sooo good having him still inside her.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-02-2010, 22:12:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Deep down he knew he should have bitten his tongue, but it was out before he had thought about it.<br><br>"Aw, look at how red!" Cooper beamed and stroked Sarah's burning cheek with the backs of his fingers. "That's ... ahem. Sorry, I shouldn't. But you're so cute when you do that."<br><br>His other hand, still resting on her thigh, picked up the faint echoes of the pangs that were starting to run through her. Twinge, tense, and twinge again, and not in a good way this time. Coop lifted his head enough to squint down at Sarah's leg.<br><br>"Oops. I felt that - starting to cramp up?" He tutted softly and pushed himself up to a sitting position beneath her. "Hold on," he said, guiding one of Sarah's arms around his neck. With her so secured, he eased them through a roll that left Sarah on her back with him above her, propped on his elbows. "Better?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>09-02-2010, 17:36:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Instead of being further embarrassed by Coop’s observation about her talent for changing colours, she felt flattered, but made a joke out of it.&nbsp; “There I was going for sexy seductress and all I get is cute.”&nbsp; She puffed a dramatic sigh. <br><br>After the change in position she stretched her legs out against his and nodded “Much better.”&nbsp; &nbsp;She tightened her pelvic muscles around him for a split second just to let him know she wasn’t just talking about her legs.&nbsp; Her fingers traced intricate patterns over his chest, shoulders and back, feeling the need to just touch him and continue the intimate little bubble they had encased themselves in.&nbsp; &nbsp; She couldn’t help wondering if they could be so intimate and comfortable with each other because there were no strings attached, or was there more to it?<br><br>“Although, shouldn’t you take that thing off?&nbsp; I really don’t want to go tell Mel the new guy is broken, due to lack of circulation.&nbsp; Unless that’s your new plan of escape, instead of James Bond style out the window, and they will have to ask you to leave.&nbsp; Personally, I prefer it when you’re …” she glanced down to where they were still joined and looked up again, thankfully her cheeks still tinged from her previous blush, so he wouldn’t notice she was doing it again “functional.”&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>09-02-2010, 23:26:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Whatever witty reply Cooper had meant to make dissolved into a shudder and groan at the sensation of Sarah's intimate grip. Instead, for a moment or two he could only rest his face against her neck and take long, deep breaths of her sugary scent. At length he had gathered up enough concentration to give one last nudge of his own, flexing himself upward inside her.<br><br>"Mmhmm," he said. "You're probably right. They might just take me out back and shoot me if I pull up lame."<br><br>He would take his sweet time about it, though. Little by little, as if he regretted every centimeter given up, he eased himself down and out of her. No need for that embarrassing clutch this time though, as the rubber appliance did the job of holding the spent safe itself. Cooper took advantage of that by pushing himself up just enough to kiss Sarah's lips again.<br><br>"And I do want to stay at peak performance for you," he added, before slithering off the foot of the bed and making his way to the bathroom.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>10-02-2010, 17:26:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She returned the kiss and savoured his reluctance to leave as it matched her own.&nbsp; She continued the conversation as he made his way to the bathroom.&nbsp; &nbsp; “There is a peak performance?&nbsp; I’d like to see that.” She said, tongue in cheek.&nbsp; After what they had just shared she doubted if anything would be any better, but there was no harm in teasing him.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>“And taking you out back to shoot you seems a bit barbaric for this establishment.&nbsp; I think they are more <em>swim with the fishes</em>” she said in a terrible mafia imitation “with a cement block on your feet.” <br><br>Although it was another warm day, the breeze that blew in the balcony doors chilled her cooling skin and without Coop close by to keep her warm, she shivered.&nbsp; She quickly climbed under the duvet and snuggled up.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>12-02-2010, 18:26:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oho," Cooper said as he flushed the toilet and washed up. "Is that some kind of a dare, there?" He stuck his head around the corner and shot her a comically defiant stare, one eyebrow hiked and waggling, before going back to drying his hands.<br><br>"All right, my lovely," he went on as he sauntered back to bed. "Gimme time to swallow a couple of raw eggs, run up a staircase, maybe meditate under a waterfall for a while. That garden's outrageous, there has to be one out there somewhere..."<br><br>He chortled quietly as he slipped under the duvet and spooned up against Sarah from behind, one arm draping around her waist. "Bet you're right about the cement overshoes. We're on the edge of a cliff, after all. Pour, flick, and that'd be that!"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-02-2010, 18:56:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah chuckled along with him as he reacted to her teasing as she expected him to.&nbsp; She was about to turn over when he slipped in behind her and moulded himself to her contours.&nbsp; She shivered not from being cold, but because the feel of him pressed so close made her tingle.&nbsp; &nbsp;She twisted her head and shoulders just enough to look at him and trail her fingers awkwardly, but lightly over the side of his face.&nbsp; “I’m pretty sure you’re safe from an untimely death while I’m still here.” <br><br>She turned back around and settled her arm over his, entwining their fingers, with a contented sigh.&nbsp; Her eyes closed for a moment, secretly wishing she could find this kind of ease and intimacy with someone on a permanent basis.&nbsp; She couldn’t believe she still had only three days left of her holiday, the time was flying in when she wanted it to slow down. <br><br>“I had a chat with Mel on my way down to the pool this morning.” She said quietly, almost a whisper.&nbsp; “I still want to look at your contract to double check, but I know what your get out of jail clause is.&nbsp; Don’t worry Mel doesn’t know you’re thinking about escaping.&nbsp; &nbsp;I made out I might be interested in joining their employment once my modelling career is over and asked her a few questions about the terms.” <br><br>She paused for a moment, knowing the conversation was going to become pretty serious now.&nbsp; She could have waited until the end of her time here before telling him what she had learned, but she felt obligated to tell him “I think you’re going to have to stick to your James Bond plan, because your only other option is to pay them the maximum amount you would make them in the length of what’s left of your contract.” <br><br>She rolled over to face him, staring into his eyes. “Knowing how much they are charging me per hour and guessing your maximum is every hour of the day for the three hundred and sixty five days of your contract.&nbsp; Coop, we’re talking well over a million dollars before you take your cut and I’m betting your share is a small percentage.”&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>18-02-2010, 21:55:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper gaped.<br><br>"A mil ... million? Dollars?"<br><br>A cold chill that not even Sarah's delicious warmth could ward off shot through him. A million bucks. Million! He had never seen that much money in his life. Come to think of it, it was a safe bet he wouldn't make that kind of money in the course of his entire life! No matter what he happened to be doing...<br><br>"Well. Crap."<br><br>He flopped onto his back, staring blankly at the ceiling. How could he have been so stupid? Sure, there had been a sort of illicit thrill to the idea of providing sex for a living at first. But then he had met Sarah, and liked her, and little by little it had become clear that he couldn't just do this for anybody. They couldn't all be Sarah. Well, nobody else could be.<br><br>Cooper shook himself out of his reverie and looked over to her. <em>Smile, fool. You played yourself. She should still be having a good time.</em> He laid a hand atop hers and gave it a squeeze.<br><br>"Hey, thanks though. Really. I know letting Mel think you might even have been considering this must have been embarrassing as hell." He quirked a smile at her. "Hey, who knows. There have to be casinos in this town, rich socialites. Maybe I can do a little cat burglary to buy myself out of hock."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>21-02-2010, 13:53:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She watched the mixture of emotions flickering across his face as he absorbed everything she said and tried to come to terms with it.&nbsp; She stroked her fingers down his arm, knowing the battle that was going on inside him, knowing in a way it was similar to one she was experiencing from the opposite side of the scale.&nbsp; <br><br>Cooper being Cooper he made a joke out of it that made her want to help him even more, knowing he was regretting his decision.&nbsp; <br><br>"It wasn't that embarrassing, I managed to to do it without blushing." she grinned proud of herself.&nbsp; Then she bounced out of bed and hassled him to get out as well "Come on, I'm sure there has to be laws here about prostitution."&nbsp; She dragged him into the bathroom.&nbsp; If it was just chlorine she had to deal with she would have dragged on her dress but she needed to shower and they might as well do it together.&nbsp; "And we could play on the angle that you seriously didn't know what the job entailed since you have made it clear you didn't." <br><br>She reached into the shower and turned the dials, putting her hand under the spray until it was at a comfortable temperature and stepped in, tugging Cooper behind her.&nbsp; "Once we're done here I'll look over your contract and then we can go find the local library so I can find out more about the law around here."&nbsp; &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-02-2010, 21:08:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Atta girl," Cooper chuckled. He ratcheted up and out of bed, trailing along behind Sarah at arm's length. "I told you a little debauchery's good for the soul."<br><br>He swung the thick glass door of the shower behind him. You had to give The Place points for opulence, that was for sure. The enclosure, tiled in pale grey marble and kitted out with chrome fixtures, all polished to a mirror-bright gleam, was nearly the size of the kitchen in his apartment back in Indiana. There was a series of built-in shelves in the corner, with an array of bottles set out.<br><br>"Lessee here," Coop mused. "Shampoo, conditioner, some kind of froo-froo lotion ... aha!" He picked up a bottle and snapped open the stopper. "Body wash."<br><br>He turned around to offer it to Sarah, then paused. She was already glossy with humidity in those close quarters, and rivulets of water were tracing their way along some of his favorite curves. <em>What a sight...</em> Rather than handing the bottle over, Cooper squeezed out a small handful of its contents and began to lather Sarah's shoulders and back.<br><br>"Don't mind if I do," he laughed softly. "Wash, I mean."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>27-02-2010, 18:58:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"That froo froo lotion would be perfect for you , it smells lovely." she grinned over her shoulder at him.&nbsp; She had sniffed at it earlier when she had had a quick shower in her own room.&nbsp; She had already oohed at the opulent shower hence the reason why she hadn't even give it a second glance when she had led Cooper in with her.&nbsp; <br><br>"I don't mind if you do either." Sarah laughed feeling Coopers hands on her shoulders, minus the wash cloth that had also been on the shelf.&nbsp; She was starting to become a bit of a hussy when it came to the sensual sensations his hands provoked as they caressed over her body.&nbsp; Wet or dry.&nbsp; &nbsp;As soon as he was done with her back, she was getting some of that body wash into her own hands so she could reciprocate, even if that meant they wash each other at the same time.&nbsp; <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-03-2010, 23:10:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Hmm." It wasn't clear at first whether Cooper was agreeing with Sarah or just expressing contentment at having her skin under his hands one more time. After a moment he added, "I was thinking I ought to broaden my scent, whaddya call it, repertoire. Coffee, gasoline and motor oil will only take you so far."<br><br>One more quick squirt of blue wash into his hand and he passed the bottle around Sarah's waist. His free hand was already making a very deliberate passage down the muscles on either side of her spine, fingers searching for any residual knots of tension as they went.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-03-2010, 17:57:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Laughing she took the bottle from him, eager to get her hands on him, but at the same time the feel of his fingers against her spine felt so good.&nbsp; &nbsp;She moaned surprised when he found a spot of tense muscles at the bottom of her back.&nbsp; She wouldn’t have thought there was any tension left in her since he made her feel like a lump of goo whenever he touched her. <br><br>“I don’t think froo froo lotion is going to blend in too well with coffee, gasoline and motor oil.&nbsp; Besides Eau de Coop doesn’t smell all that bad…” she turned around to face him, peeking demurely up at him through her eyelashes and added softly “I like it.”&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>05-03-2010, 22:09:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper kept his arms loosely curled around Sarah's waist as she turned, luxuriating in the sensation of her warm, soft flesh against his arms. And not just his arms - there was a little brush of her hip against his thigh, her bottom just barely grazing his ...<br><br>"Hrm." He met Sarah's gaze with a smile of his own. After all this, still shy? It was baffling. She was sweet, smart and brave, never mind her spectacular build. His arms tightened a little around her, drawing her close enough for him to press his lips to her forehead. "I'm glad. Wouldn't want to start clashing, perfume-wise, right?"<br><br>He paused to draw a long breath. The rising steam was carrying waves of Sarah's own luscious scent up to him, and he drank it in eagerly. "You jewel..." he murmured. And then realized what he had said - and let it pass. There was something between them now, and he wasn't going to dance around it any longer. "You jewel," he repeated, and kissed her forehead again.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>08-03-2010, 22:32:54</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah had a strange sense that ‘<em>you jewel</em>’ was some movie reference the first time he said it, but she couldn’t connect it to a movie.&nbsp; The second time he said it there was something different in the tone of his voice, something that made her feel all gooey.&nbsp; Smiling she slid her own arms around his waist and took that little step that closed the gap between them, her cheek resting against his shoulder. <br><br>She inhaled deeply, almost imprinting his scent into her senses.&nbsp; Although she couldn’t smell motor oil or petrol, she knew whenever she did smell any of those he would always come to mind.&nbsp; She was also acutely aware of other sensations.&nbsp; The feel of his arms wrapped around her, the slick press of her breasts against his chest and the gentle bump of his hips against her.&nbsp; This was a moment she would bring out on a future <em>‘rainy day</em>’.&nbsp; This was a moment she would never forget. <br><br>She turned her head slightly to press a kiss to his shoulder and then stepped back just enough to look up at him, without breaking out of his embrace.&nbsp; &nbsp;She lifted the little bottle of body wash into view with a teasing smile and waved it at him, her other hand she circled her finger to indicate he was to turn around.&nbsp; “My turn.” <br><br>Flipping the lid open, she poured a generous amount into her hand.&nbsp; Her plan to rescue him momentarily forgotten as more important fun things sprang to mind, that they could be doing in the luxurious shower.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-03-2010, 21:12:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper hitched an eyebrow and grinned. There was something about Sarah's outbursts of assertiveness that was especially exciting, so he was more than happy to take direction. "Whatever you say, sexy."<br><br>He released her from his grasp, hands sliding slowly over her soap slick hips until they stood separate again. He took a moment to let his eyes wander over her, toes to top of head and down again, before turning around to give her his back. "Assume the position?" he said, shooting her a wicked smile over his shoulder as he stretched out his arms to plant his palms against the walls of the shower.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>12-03-2010, 17:38:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Heat rose up from her toes along with Cooper’s gaze so that by the time he reached her face her cheeks had a rosy glow to them.&nbsp; After everything they had shared so far you would think she wouldn’t blush whenever he looked at her.&nbsp; She was starting to figure out no matter what she was always going to be a blusher. <br><br>“I’m going to guess from the ease in which you went into the position you’ve been asked to do it before.” She chuckled, putting the little bottle back on the shelf.&nbsp; She poured some of the wash from one hand into the other before placing both hands on his shoulders and started to lather his back.&nbsp; &nbsp;With small delicate circles, ensuring that she didn’t miss a single millimetre of skin, she worked her way down his back.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>“Although I think I might understand why.”&nbsp; She patted his rump, before sliding her hands up the length of his back and over his shoulders.&nbsp; Curving her body against him, her breasts glided against him causing her nipples to pebble even harder than they already were, her hips pressing against his rear, and her hands continued to caress over his arms.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-03-2010, 23:59:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Well, like I was sayin' before, when we got a liberty things could get a little ... oh, my..."<br><br>Half-suspended like that, he had started to relax into a hip-canted slouch under Sarah's ministrations. Her small hands, so delicate looking, were surprisingly strong. One by one the muscles in his back released into a more complete state of relaxation than he had known since ... well, hell, ever. He gave a quiet sigh of contentment. Sheer magic, this part-time cowgirl's touch was.<br><br>All at once it occured to him that she might have thought he meant he had been tied up before, and he chuckled lightly. He had meant it to be a joke about being patted down by the cops, and for an instant he wondered whether he should say something a little more definitive.<br><br>Any thoughts of plainer speaking - or of speaking at all - went out the window as he felt Sarah lay her hot, wet curves against him. His fingers flexed as if he would dig them into the tiles of the enclosure and he hissed, body tensing with sudden excitement. Instinctively his hips bucked forward, his stiffening member rising. <em>No, behind you</em>, he managed to think, and reversed the motion, as if kneading her with his butt.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-03-2010, 18:28:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				If his hiss wasn’t an indication of what she was doing to him, feeling him tense up beneath her did.&nbsp; Her hands slid back down his arms to his shoulders as he pushed back against her.&nbsp; Her eyelids fluttered closed and she responded by rubbing against him, imprinting this moment into her memory banks.<br><br>“You’ve just ruined all my hard work kneading those knots out.” She whispered. <br><br>Stretching up on her toes, she pressed her lips along the side of his neck before sliding back down. A quick step away and a duck under his arm, she slipped fluidly between him and the wall. <br><br>A single finger trailed along his collarbone and down over his chest, following the beads of water.&nbsp; The only contact between them, although she was pretty sure there were only a few scant millimetres between her tummy and his bulge, she could almost feel its pulse.<br><br>She peeked up at him through her eyelashes. This time there was no innocence but a disguise for the twinkle of laughter.&nbsp; &nbsp;“I think you have to make it up to me now.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 21:00:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper let out a long, slow breath. Though his hands stayed right where they were, his face dropped little by little until less than a finger's breadth separated the tip of his nose from Sarah's.<br><br>"Tsk. And you did such a good job, too ... You're right, I owe you one. Maybe two." And just then, just for an instant, he stopped concentrating on being polite, or reassuring, or even civilized. The look that flashed across his face revealed all the heat of his desire, the elemental hunger for the&nbsp; touch and taste of her body that was blazing within him.<br><br>But only for an instant. Then he set a precise peck on the tip of her nose and gave a crooked smile. "Best get to work." One hand remained against the shower wall, supporting him, while the back of the other stroked Sarah's cheek, and throat, and on down around the ripe curve of one breast and farther still.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>18-03-2010, 22:13:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The way he looked at her, had her convinced she was about to be ravished and she shivered in anticipation.&nbsp; She was rather surprised with the peck on the nose and the gentleness of his hand as it caressed down her length.&nbsp; A caress that had her breaking out in goosebumps.&nbsp; <br><br>Her breathing increased with excitement, her bodies response to his touch was almost as if he had ravished her.&nbsp; Her hand that was still suspended between them trembled as her finger continued its journey southwards to his hip.&nbsp; Her eyes locked with his, unable to tear them away.&nbsp; The intensity was surprising considering what they had been doing for the last twenty four hour or so.&nbsp; It had her wondering if it would be like this if the circumstances of their meeting had been different, if this was real life for both of them.&nbsp; &nbsp; The thought was swiftly pushed aside, there was no time for what ifs when it was now that mattered.&nbsp; <br><br>"I believe you mentioned something about a peak performance..." her lips quirked in a teasing smile.&nbsp; <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-03-2010, 18:04:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Absolutely," Cooper said. "Enough with the qualifying heats."<br><br>As he spoke he had been half crouching, knees bending to lower himself until he could glide his lips along Sarah's collarbone. Just at the hollow of her throat he paused to kiss her, lightly, and then ... Some signal had been given, as if that single soft thud of her pulse pounding in her throat had been a gunshot. Coop surged toward her like a roadster bursting away from the starting line of a drag race. Both hands were on her, each filled with as much breast as they could engulf, kneading and squeezing as he kissed her neck and shoulders over and over with almost savage energy.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-03-2010, 19:08:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her fingers skimmed lightly up his sides when his lips first made contact with her skin and she sighed, convinced the steam swirling around them was from the water evaporating off their heated bodies.&nbsp; &nbsp; The heat swiftly turned to a raging fire and she was sure she could actually hear sizzling.&nbsp; Her back arched pressing her breasts into his hands, at the same time her head tilted backwards against the tiles, allowing him more access.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It would appear her initial notions were correct and the beast had been hiding beneath the surface just waiting to pounce.<br><br>“Coop…” half a moan, half a gasp.&nbsp; Her nails raked over his back.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>29-03-2010, 18:02:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Something came out - not quite her name, not quite a hiss, but a jumble of sound that was neither. He leaned into the arc of Sarah's body, conforming his own shape to hers as if striving to touch every part of her at once. Hands filled with her breasts; arms folded along her torso; hips jutted forward to press his pelvis against her, trapping his now throbbing hard cock between his stomach and hers.<br><br>He was torn. There were so many other places he wanted to be touching her, and it felt so good to have his hands where they were. And then that rake, and that beautiful voice, and he had decided. He twined in her grasp, lifting one breast and dipping his head to capture her flesh in his mouth. His tongue beat the rhythm of his racing heart against her nipple as the free hand slipped down the length of her body and on down between her legs. His middle finger wound its way inside her, the palm of his hand rolling her bud as it did.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-03-2010, 17:34:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It was just as well her head was already resting heavily against the shower wall or she might have knocked herself out as she jerked.&nbsp; First her back arched when he drew her nipple into his mouth, then her hips bucked as his fingers snaked along her folds.&nbsp; She wasn’t flexible enough to bend both her back and hips at him as she stretched up on her toes to make it easier for him, but she couldn’t stop herself from trying.&nbsp; The exquisite pull of his mouth on her breast, the tap of his tongue making her groan, the lure of his hand working its magic.&nbsp; She wanted it all. <br><br>One hand slid up his back and curled into his shoulder, her nails creating little crescent moons on his skin, not hard enough to hurt him but enough to leave a little mark that would take a few minutes to clear once she let him go.&nbsp; &nbsp;The other moved down over his hip and slipped between them.&nbsp; Finding his hard length to caress first lightly and then a little more purposefully.&nbsp; It only seemed fair that they both could play this game of who could drive the other crazy wild with lust.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>05-04-2010, 21:45:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It didn't take more than a half dozen strokes of Sarah's magical fingers to destroy Cooper's coordination completely. Hand and tongue, which had been moving in unison, dropped into a ragged counterpoint. He struggled mightily to keep his cool, but technique was crumbling rapidly under the press of pure desire.<br><br><em>Kicking it up a notch.</em> The thought bubbled up from a great depth, swimming up through the haze of steam and lust. <em>Raising the ... bar ...</em> And for once he kept enough control of himself to muzzle the laugh entirely, the only outward sign of the involuntary pun a sudden lurch and clench in his stomach that could have passed for a spasm of excitement. So, it was a competition now, eh? Then he had best go for a higher difficulty. But he so wanted to stay within reach of Sarah's marvelously skillful hands.<br><br>Time to try adding another element then. The hand that had cradled Sarah's breast released it and slipped around her waist and on down, past those beautiful dimples on either side of the base of her spine. Coop took a second to compose himself, then set both hands to work at once, the front probing and twisting as before, the rear caressing and squeezing each cheek in turn.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-04-2010, 17:32:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah felt the faltering in his coordination and the ripple of his stomach as he seemed to stumble at her continuous stroking.&nbsp; A self satisfied smile appeared on her face.&nbsp; It was fun knowing she could get to him as much as he was affecting her. <br><br>She whimpered when his hand left her breast, even though his mouth hadn’t moved a millimetre, but it soon turned into a groan when his hand moved to its new destination.&nbsp; Her head sagged forward, her eyes squeezed closed as she trembled against the onslaught.&nbsp; He was deliberately teasing her.&nbsp; He was pressing all the right buttons, except for one.&nbsp; The one that would send her spiralling over the edge.&nbsp; Her g-spot.&nbsp; She knew he knew where it was, especially when he lightly grazed over it to make her quake and whine his name. <br><br>The competition was definitely on now.&nbsp; &nbsp;Most of the time she hated it when her friends went into the intimate details about their sex lives, she really didn’t want to know.&nbsp; However, on this occasion some of what she had heard could prove interesting to test out.&nbsp; She knew she could probably bring Cooper to his knees by finding his g-spot, but the process for doing so was just too icky to think about never mind doing.&nbsp; &nbsp;On the other hand she could try to make him weak at the knees.&nbsp; &nbsp;All she had to do was find the smooth little area of skin, between his scrotum and anus, and according to her friend if she stroked with a little pressure, it would increase stimulation.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Worst case scenario Cooper thought she was crazy and asked her what she was doing, which she could blush her way out of and distract him since he thought her blushing was cute.&nbsp; A few more strokes of her hand, and she let go, only to move her hand further between his legs, a gentle tickle of his glands and her hand moved further back still. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>09-04-2010, 00:19:09</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				In a more rational moment, Coop would have been a little embarrassed to admit that he felt a frisson of smug satisfaction when Sarah's hand left off its regular, even stroking. So she was the first to lose control ... or was she? He moaned into her breast at the touch of her fingers on his sac, and again as she pressed on.<br><br>He was most definitely embarrassed when, as her fingertips found their mark, he let out a tight cry of surprise - and pleasure. Sheer astonishment sent him up on his toes for an instant. Where in the world had she got the notion to do that! Then slowly he sank back down, slithering the length of her body, almost leaning on her for support. Her breast had escaped his mouth and he stood, shaken, with his forehead pressed against her neck.<br><br>"Holy ... nobody ever ... oh, do that again ..." Both his hands, which had frozen for a moment, crept back into motion.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>10-04-2010, 20:44:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				From the noise he made and his reaction Sarah thought he didn’t like it and her hand dropped.&nbsp; But she couldn’t help moaning as he slid against her.&nbsp; It was just as well she was leaning against the wall or they both would have ended up on the floor of the shower.&nbsp; <br><br>Then he asked her to do it again and couldn’t stop the smug smile as she leaned her head against his.&nbsp; For once she was actually glad her girl friends discussed their sex lives, if it Mr Scott wanted more.&nbsp; Her hand retraced its previous steps, one, two three.&nbsp; However this time when her fingers stroked that little spot, she moved her hand upwards with his reaction, maintaining the pressure.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-04-2010, 20:26:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Any pretense of cool, all defense of his ego had turned to dust under Sarah's artful attentions. Cooper supported himself with one shoulder against the wall of the shower, face pressed against her. Hot kisses against the pulse that pounded in her throat alternated with breathless gasps. "Omigodyeah, omigodyeah, omigodyeah...."<br><br>The hand that had been kneading her bottom slipped around to grip Sarah's waist, as if belting her into a car. The hand between her thighs started to move faster, deeper, searching for that special spot Coop had been so carefully teasing until now. He had enough brain left to be vaguely grateful they were already in the shower, because things were gonna get very sticky in a minute or two. Then there was nothing but heat and sweetness and mounting, pounding excitement.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>18-04-2010, 18:45:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Who would have thought caressing a guy in that one little spot would get this sort of reaction?&nbsp; Sarah was feeling very pleased with herself, although he wasn’t the only one with the breathless mutterings.&nbsp; She wondered how he would react if she pressed his button and stroked his length at the same time.&nbsp; Would it increase his pleasure?&nbsp; She just couldn’t bring herself from lowering the arm anchoring her to him, even though he had his arm wrapped securely around her, she feared sliding down the wall and losing the divine contact they had. <br><br>She rubbed her check against his as he continued to rain kisses against her neck, gasping as his finger probed closer to her heavenly button, her back arching, pressing against him as intimately as she could under the circumstances.&nbsp; Then he found his target and Sarah stopped thinking and became one big ball of sensation.&nbsp; &nbsp; Her fingers pressed hard against his magic spot as she tensed up and then dropped.&nbsp; Hips bucking against his hand as she spiralled, her other fingers dug deeper into his shoulder, giving herself to the delights that he provoked in her so easily.&nbsp; <br><br>Numbly and in a haze she caressed her fingers over his length, wanting him to join her up here in paradise.&nbsp; <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-04-2010, 18:38:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That sudden upward prod of Sarah's fingertips was all it took. Cooper stiffened and froze as if he had been on the receiving end of some sort of kung-fu pressure point strike. The immobility lasted only a fraction of a second, though. Then he was groaning and shuddering, writhing against her as a climax that started somewhere in the earth beneath his feet erupted forth.<br><br>When the shower finally stopped spinning, he gave a sigh of contentment. From a stack that sat on one of the shelves inside the enclosure, he took a washcloth and gently swabbed away any traces of his come that might have spattered Sarah's hip or thigh. "My, my, my. You've got all kinds of skills, haven't you?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-04-2010, 19:04:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She remained propped up against the shower wall and smiled a little was she felt the washcloth moving over her hip and leg.&nbsp; &nbsp;Her arm dropped from around his shoulder to his waist.&nbsp; &nbsp;Her eyelashes fluttered as she opened her eyes to look up at him, but the moment the words were out of his mouth, she felt the heat coming from her toes.&nbsp; There was nothing she could do about it.&nbsp; She couldn’t stop her body’s reaction to the least bit of embarrassment, but she could brazen it out. <br><br>“I wouldn’t call it skills, more a curiosity if all that backstage gossip is true and a willing subject.” She playfully scrunched up her nose and winked at him. <br><br>Straightening up now that she was sure her legs wouldn’t give out from under her, she placed both of her hands against his chest and pushed him backwards towards the jets of water, and through until she was standing under the water.&nbsp; She leaned her head back and let the water beat down on her to rinse off, any remaining shower gel, although she was pretty sure it had melted in the steam they had created, and what the wash cloth had missed.&nbsp; She reached up to run her fingers through her wet hair and then stepped towards the shower door. <br><br>“Bring the fro fro lotion with you.” She chuckled as she pushed the door open and stepped out and reached for one of the big fluffy towels on the counter beside the sink.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-04-2010, 22:16:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper was more than willing to stumble back across the shower and rest against the far wall, feasting his eyes on the spectacle of Sarah glistening under the torrent of hot water. The occasional body-hugging flashes of iridescence in the wake of the passage of a bit of soap only added to the allure, highlighting a curve here, an arc there.<br><br>"In that case," he sighed, "I sure am glad you're curious."<br><br>As Sarah moved back, he took her place beneath the showerhead and rinsed himself clean of their combined sweat and juices. All but the fingers he had been applying to her, that is; those he once again sucked clean first, savoring her musky flavor, before washing up more conventionally. Washing his close-cropped hair took barely a minute, and he sputtered an acknowledgement through the hot spray. "Froo froo, check."<br><br>The last of the soap gone, he picked up the lotion and stepped out onto the bathmat, reaching for a towel of his own.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>26-04-2010, 18:09:13</strong>
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				Dried off, Sarah dropped her towel in the hamper in the corner and held her hand out for the lotion bottle.&nbsp; Taking off the lid, she inhaled its scent of jasmine and lilies, before she wafted it under Cooper’s nose.&nbsp; “Told you it smelt lovely.” <br><br>She up ended the bottle and shook it until a generous dollop fell into her other hand.&nbsp; &nbsp;She placed the bottle down on the counter then proceeded to massage the think, luxurious lotion into one leg, and then other.&nbsp; Straightening up again she caught Cooper’s eye as he watched her.&nbsp; She shook her head at him, teasingly “No touching, touching leads to distraction and you’ve already managed to waylay me from our mission twice today.” <br><br>More lotion and she rubbed it into her hips, stomach and breasts.&nbsp; A final dollop was massaged into her arms, the whole time she made sure to do it in a way that would keep Cooper’s attention.&nbsp; No harm in a little teasing and flirting when they weren’t all over each other. <br><br>Satisfied she was lotioned up enough for the scent to linger, and possibly waft at him from time to time to make him think about the shower for the rest of the day, she wandered into the bedroom to get dressed.&nbsp; Her little red halter neck dress had thankfully survived their waltz from the pool this morning; unfortunately her bathing suite was still damp so she couldn’t wear it underneath.&nbsp; <em>Oh well</em>, they would just have to stop at her room on the way out so she could put some underwear on. <br><em><br>Handbag</em>….she looked around the room; she knew she had it with her when she arrived yesterday.&nbsp; Spotting it, she walked over to the couch and snatched it up.&nbsp; A rummage inside unearthed a hair brush, which she ran through her damp tresses, and a little pot of lip gloss which she dipped her finger into and then stroked the gloss along her lips.&nbsp; A lip smack and she was ready to go.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>28-04-2010, 21:11:25</strong>
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				Almost despite himself Coop took a deep whif as Sarah brandished the bottle. Darned if it wasn't some of the best smelling stuff he had ever encountered after all. He settled back on the edge of the broad countertop that surrounded the the double sinks, eyes half closed - at first to contemplate the scent without distraction, then in an effort to keep from goggling as he watched Sarah applying the lotion. A quiet sigh of contentment and appreciation was his only response to her admonition to keep his hands to himself for the moment. It was clear from the way his gaze followed her, though, that he was fixing this moment in his mind's eye. Even years from now, he knew, he would be thinking back to this scene and feeling the same warm satisfaction.<br><br>Like any male his own preparations took far less time. A few brisk swipes with the towel and he was dry enough to go back into his clothes. He followed Sarah back into the bedroom, collected the various bits he had been wearing from their landing places around the room, and reassembled himself.<br><br>"Okay, okay," he chuckled, "No more waylaying, promise. Scout's honor." Tucked under one arm he had brought another towel. "Here. To roll your suit up in. Wanna stop by your room first? I know the rule is usually 'no shoes, no shirt, no service'. Not sure how they feel about 'no skivvies'."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-04-2010, 17:40:11</strong>
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				Sarah took the towel and wrapped her suit in it.&nbsp; She was just going to hang it over the balcony railing to dry off but if he didn’t want her things cluttering his room that was fine.&nbsp; “Knowing this place I’d think ‘no skivvies' would be mandatory, easy access and all.”&nbsp; Realising what she said she was glad she had her back to him so he couldn’t see her flushing.&nbsp; It would appear this experience wasn’t just about introducing her to new things, but making her mouth run away with her as well.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She led him to her room, a floor below his.&nbsp; Room wise it was almost identical to his, except there seemed to be a more feminine flare to it although it wasn’t obvious.&nbsp; A bouquet of flowers in various colours sat on the dress and the bedding was white and a little frilly around the edges.&nbsp; Her open suitcase was dumped on the middle of it.&nbsp; She took her bathing suit out onto the balcony and draped it over the railing, bleatingly wondering if it it was against the rules to drape ones laundry over the railing. <em>Ah well done now</em>. <br><br>“The views better from your room.” She stated walking back into the room and headed for the suitcase to find a pair of panties, which she slipped on under her dress.&nbsp; The bodice of her dress was tight enough, and had support cups, that she could get away without wearing a bra.&nbsp; She doubted they would be doing any running so she didn’t need to worry about jiggling. <br><br>Once done, she hooked her arm through his and they headed downstairs.&nbsp; “Hmm, as the newbie I should have checked to see if you were allowed off the premises. Ah well too late now, I’ve paid for your services and if I wish to use said services by making you carry all my shopping bags that’s up to me, huh?” She looked up at him, mirth had the corner of her eyes crinkling.&nbsp; She didn’t really want to remind him or herself he was bought and paid for, but she just wanted to tease him a little about going shopping and giving him a reason as to why he couldn’t get out of it.&nbsp; &nbsp;“Don’t worry; we will go get lunch first since we got waylaid over breakfast.&nbsp; Dinner seems like a life time ago now and I need substance from all the works out since.”&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>05-05-2010, 20:55:59</strong>
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				Cooper nodded at Sarah's underwear comment, a look of comically serious consideration on his face. "True, true. Hadn't thought of that," he said, then could hold the mask no longer and let out a sharp snicker.<br><br>"Seriously though," he continued as they ambled down the hall and the broad stairs to her floor, "The atmosphere here's a lot tamer than you would have thought. Or than I would have, anyway. You'd have thought the place would be like freakin' Caligula or something, but it's more like ... well, a swanky hotel from a Bond movie."<br><br>He settled himself on the edge of her dresser for the brief moment it took him to spread her suit out over the railing, watched admiringly as she shimmied into her underthings. "Oh, I don't know," he mused, then took a look around the suite as if noticing it for the first time. "Hey, this is really nice. They're elegant here, gotta give them that."<br><br>Descending again to the dining room, he chuckled at her mention of carrying her shopping. "Absolutely. You know guys are useless for advice on what to buy. I figure my contribution will have to be the heavy lifting." He squeezed her arm gently as they swung through the arch toward the nearest empty table.<br><br>"And the first rule of keeping fit is eat properly after exercise. A little protein, maybe some carb blasting, you'll be good to run a marathon. Or shop till you drop. Or I drop. Whichever."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>09-05-2010, 13:55:19</strong>
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				Hadn't he said the same thing last night at dinner, about needing protein after exercising?&nbsp; She took her seat smiling playfully at him "I'm sure you will live."&nbsp; <br><br>As last night, the moment they sat down a waiter silently appeared at the side of the table with menus and a jug of water.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sarah folded her arms over the menu, already knowing what she was going to have.&nbsp; She had seen it when she had glanced at the menu last night.&nbsp; Ricotta and spinach cannelloni.&nbsp; Although she had to watch what she eat so she didn't pile on the pounds, she was a bit of a pasta junkie.&nbsp; She thought she would get away with it, this week, without having to worry about spending a few hours in the gym.&nbsp; <br><br>"The fun part will be finding town, unless you got to explore the neighbourhood before your arrival."&nbsp; She certainly hadn't.&nbsp; She hadn't been paying any attention on the taxi journey between the airport and The Place so wouldn't even know which direction to turn once they got to the gate.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>14-05-2010, 17:15:21</strong>
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				Cooper shook his head. "Afraid not. Got onto a bus right out of the airport, dropped off just down the hill from here. I was gawking at the scenery all the way, but not paying attention, know what I mean? I wouldn't be able to retrace my steps." He picked a roll from the basket on the table, tore off a chunk and snerked. "Guess I should have dropped a trail of crumbs."<br><br>He paid about as much attention to his menu as Sarah had to hers. It was his custom - almost a game, in fact - when faced with a selection of tapas to pick them like lottery numbers, just making two or three finger jabs at the menu without looking at it. The results were usually palatable; once or twice they had verged on tragic, but then just as often had yielded bliss that approached Zen enlightenment. So when the time came to make his choice, he simply poked that, that, and that, and would let the outcome be a surprise.<br><br>"So," he continued, "It looks like we'll be on an expedition. Best pack along some bottles of water, maybe take a walking stick. If we get really lost, what the heck. It's warm, we can camp out in a park or something until a Saint Bernard finds us."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>23-05-2010, 16:42:48</strong>
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				"Models don't do camping" she retorted and then grinned at him "I'm all up for an expedition, but I'm pretty sure we wont need the emergency pack. Or we just do it the boring way and ask Mel to call us a taxi." she lifted her glass of water and took a sip smirking at him.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She was actually looking forward to exploring their surrounding with him.&nbsp; Sure she had been too nervous to really listen to his stories when he had shown her around the gardens upon her arrival, but she recalled enough to remember he had been very knowledgeable of the area.&nbsp; Although she was pretty sure if he didn't know he would make something up just to keep her amused.&nbsp; <br><br>"I wouldn't mind the Saint Bernard tagging along, either if its got vodka in its flask."&nbsp; &nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>04-06-2010, 22:43:55</strong>
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				"Don't try to play dainty, Tex." Coop flashed Sarah a teasing grin. "You mentioned you worked on the ranch. You mean you never slept out on the open range?"<br><br>Dish one had arrived - prawns, fairly fiery but not so spicy that his breath would be a trial for Sarah to withstand. So far so good. Cooper whistled a few notes of "Don't Fence Me In" and wolfed one down.<br><br>"You're right, though. You're on vacation, no reason to do it the hard way. Even if it would be the cowgirl way. I'll get us a taxi after lunch. And who knows - maybe they've got a bartender dog on staff! They've got everything else."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-06-2010, 17:29:03</strong>
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				“Drat.” Sarah snapped her fingers “I knew I shouldn’t have told you the truth and just let you continue to believe I was some model diva.”&nbsp; She peeked up at him through her eyelashes and returned his teasing grin. <br><br>In truth she was glad she had told him who she really was.&nbsp; Partially because she had been a nervous wreck to begin with and the diva thing would have been hard to maintain, if she was inclined to do so, but mainly she was glad she told him because he was obviously relaxed enough to tease her and it made enjoying his company much more pleasurable. <br><br>“I very rarely get involved in the operation side of things back home these days; it’s been years since I’ve been camping.&nbsp; In fact last time was end of senior year.&nbsp; A group of us went up into the hills as our final trip together, before we all headed off to college.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sure that sounds pretty boring, but we had fun.” <br><br>She sliced through her cannelloni, which the waiter had deposited in front of her with Coopers firs dish, and popped the sliver into her mouth with a sighed.&nbsp; It wasn’t the best she had ever tasted, but it was close.&nbsp; Funny how it never did taste as good as it did the very first time she had tried it, in a little Italian restaurant up a side street.&nbsp; &nbsp; She would have to make a point of going back again when she got home. <br><br>“And you’re right they do have everything here, if what I’ve seen in your rooms anything to go by.”&nbsp; She ducked her head down when she felt the heat creep up her cheeks, remembering some of the things she had seen in the dresser drawers when she had been looking for the notepad and pen to leave him that note this morning.&nbsp; &nbsp;“But the bartending dog will have to wait to make its appearance until we return from our shopping adventure.”&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-06-2010, 04:01:37</strong>
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				Cooper's chewing faltered for what he hoped wasn't long enough for Sarah to notice. What she saw in his rooms? What had she seen in his rooms? The answer came to him in one swift, terribly clear flash: the odds and ends in his end table. Coop swallowed slowly. <em>Oh, hell naw. Those were in there already! Please please please don't let her think I arrived here with nothing but five changes of boxers and all ... that ...</em><br><br>Much as he instantly wanted to reassure her, Sarah's discomfiture at having mentioned it was a bit of a reprieve. At least she might have overlooked his moment of dismay. Cooper took a long drink of water to compose himself.<br><br>"Um. Camping? No, no, not boring at all. I've had plenty of good times on trout fishing trips with buddies. You're right, though - probably wise to leave the booze hound at the hotel. You know how these boutiques are about pets."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>08-06-2010, 20:47:19</strong>
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				Sarah was oblivious to any discomfort her rambling had cause Cooper.&nbsp; She knew it wasn't his stuff, well he might be into some of the stuff since he hadn't protested when she had produced the ring, but she knew it had all be provided by the Place.&nbsp; She took a couple more mouthfuls and a sip of her water before she found the courage to look up at him again.&nbsp; <br><br>"Hmm, wonder if they are run by the same breed of snotty assistants like back home.&nbsp; I really can't be bothered with the pretentious nicey nice act."&nbsp; Her lips quirked a little and she gave a snort "No doubt someone thinks the same about me, the stuck up walking clothes dummy.&nbsp; Sometimes I wish I could shop in mainstream stores like everyone else."&nbsp; A little wistful sigh.&nbsp; <br><br>"So is there anything you want to do while we are on this grand adventure?"&nbsp; &nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-06-2010, 17:28:05</strong>
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				Something in that sigh jabbed Cooper under his ribs. His face scrunched for an instant in an expression of mingled sympathy and vicarious affrontment, and he reached across the table to give Sarah's wrist a gentle squeeze.<br><br>"Nobody who talked to you for a minute could think that," he said. "Not that those types talk to anybody. I figure being a jerk is a sort of job requirement to work in those places. How can you tell it's a high-class store if they don't make you beg to shop there?"<br><br>He chuckled and released Sarah, though unhurriedly. Olives had arrived and he vanished a half dozen in quick succession. "You know what I'd like to see? The port. It's an island, they must have fishermen and trawlers and whatnot. Guess I just like to see how people live on their water, you know?<br><br>"So what do you say? After the boutique, the waterfront?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-06-2010, 20:39:24</strong>
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				The gentle touch and the words made Sarah chuckle.&nbsp; He really did know how to make her feel better and laugh.&nbsp; Being down to earth, and like everyone else when you had a job that made you a minor celebrity was in complete contradiction to stereotyping.&nbsp; <br><br>“Sounds good to me.” She responded after chewing another forkful.&nbsp; Usually she probably wouldn’t really be too bothered about the port, but today would be different.&nbsp; Today she knew it would be fun and interesting as no doubt Cooper would have antidotes to share.&nbsp; “Provided there’s ice cream, can’t go down to the waterfront if we’re not going to get ice cream.” A teasing grin, before she shovelled more cannelloni into her mouth.&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>19-06-2010, 03:40:52</strong>
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				"Absolutely," Cooper said. He placed one hand over his heart and lifted the other, raising various combinations of fingers until he found the one that felt most like his old Boy Scout salute. "Nobody not interested in greasemonkeying should have to sit through it without getting ice cream in return. It's only fair."<br><br>He started to smile at the vision that came suddenly to mind - Sarah, beautiful and bored but patient in a light sundress, perched on a stool, leaning on his toolchest with her chin in one hand, waiting as he skittered out from beneath the Merc's undercarriage - then paused. Who knew but that she was as handy as he was? The smile he showed then was subtly different. It was almost wistful. <em>What kind of times could we have had if ...</em><br><br>But that way madness lay. Cooper took a long pull from his water goblet and concentrated on dredging up whatever memory he had of the city streets. It wasn't much. They were definitely going to have to have Mel summon them a cab.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>21-06-2010, 11:05:46</strong>
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				Sarah giggled as Cooper attempted to do the Boy Scout salute, promising her ice cream.&nbsp; “Grease monkeying might turn out interesting.” She sniggered, especially since she had already told him she liked the smell of motor oil and grease.&nbsp; The strange smile that followed his salute had her wondering what he was thinking about.&nbsp; He looked so serene, but thoughtful at the same time.&nbsp; <br><br>Deciding he was probably thinking about a navy carrier, or a FPSO, or something along those lines, she turned her attention back to lunch.&nbsp; Finishing off the last morsel with a contented sigh, she sat back and sipped on her water.&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>29-06-2010, 22:00:37</strong>
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				Their meals lay in ruins, and they had both settled back into their seats with the happy exhaustion of the well fed. Luckily the Mediterranean meal hadn't been so heavy that it would sit like a rock; Coop suspected they both had a long walk ahead of them once they made it to the boutiques. He drained his own glass, dabbed away any remaining crumbs or traces of tomato sauce, and rose.<br><br>"In that case, maybe we can wind up the evening with a tour of the furnace room - or I guess the air conditioning room, here. Maybe the garage. I thought I saw a golf cart go by the window earlier."<br><br>He brushed her shoulder gently as he laid his hand on the back of her chair, ready to pull it back for her as she stood.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-06-2010, 20:46:42</strong>
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				Quivering from his soft touch, she chuckled and scooted her chair back.&nbsp; “Woohoo, joy riding in a golf cart, I can’t wait!”&nbsp; Standing she peered playfully over her shoulder at him and stuck out her tongue.&nbsp; <br><br>Sarah scooped her handbag off the floor and pushed the strap onto her shoulder before walking around the chair.&nbsp; She slipped her hand into the crook of his elbow as they walked to the reception area.&nbsp; <br><br>Other than a slight quirk of an inquisitive eyebrow, Mel didn’t question their cosiness, or their request for a taxi.&nbsp; She told them one would be with them shortly and they meandered out to the front gate to wait for it.&nbsp; &nbsp;Seconds after arriving at the gate a taxi pulled up.&nbsp; <br><br>Once underway Sarah leaned forward and asked the driver.&nbsp; “Apesadumbrado, mi español no es muy bueno, erm&nbsp; hay una biblioteca cerca cerca?”&nbsp; <br><br>Her Spanish was so rusty she wasn’t even sure she was using the correct syntax, but the driver evidently understood as she got a gruff “Si” in response before the car accelerated in that typical European way and Sarah was pushed back against the seat.&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-07-2010, 23:45:07</strong>
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				"Mock not..." was all Cooper managed to get out before the taxi's lurch from stationary to hellbent for leather flattened him. For a moment he forgot what he had been saying and sat silent, head cocked to one side and eyes fixed on a point somewhere just beyond the dashboard and beneath the hood. "Nope," he said at last, "Just four in there. How did he do that?"<br><br>Presently he remembered his manners and smiled at Sarah. "Um, mock not the golf cart," he began again. "They're all over the streets in retirement towns in Florida, you know. Old people behind the wheel, pedal to the metal - or the fiberglass actually - and if you get in their way you're done for!"<br><br>A brief and sometimes terrifying trip through the narrow streets of the town brought them to the bookstore Sarah had requested. Cooper didn't bother to hide his relief at their survival as he stepped out and around to open her door for her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>10-07-2010, 21:59:56</strong>
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				A nervous giggle was the only response Sarah could muster at Coopers teasing about the speed of a golf cart, which was even funnier considering she was now squeezing her eyes closed in terror they were going to crash.&nbsp; Unconsciously she groped for Coopers hand to hold onto.&nbsp; <br><br>As the car lurched to a halt, she peeked out of one out to confirm they were indeed stopped and evidently Cooper was as happy to be out of the car as she was.&nbsp; Although a bookstore wasn’t where she actually asked to go, she didn’t wanted to try again to get to a library so she plucked a few Euros from her purse and handed them to the driver with a courteous “Gracias.” before clambering out as Cooper held the door open for her.&nbsp; <br><br>“Think we should walk back to the hotel later.” She sighed glad to be on the pavement.&nbsp; Then looked at the store front of the bookshop “Not quite the library, but we might be lucky and get what we need anyway.” <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-07-2010, 04:13:52</strong>
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				"Library?" Cooper blinked. "Was that what you were asking for? Dang..." He shook his head. "Good thing it wasn't me giving the directions!"<br><br>All those weeks he had spent in language classes, gone for squat, he reflected glumly as they strolled through the doors into the cool of the shop. Just inside the door, he halted for an instant. <em>Might explain that trouble in Miami</em>, he realized suddenly. <em>What if that dude really hadn't been talking about Haywood's aunt...</em><br><br>All at once he noticed his lack of forward motion and set off again so as not to block the way. "So," he said. "After something to read on the beach?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-07-2010, 17:47:36</strong>
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				“I think I asked for a library.” She shrugged then frowned as she nearly collided with Cooper as he seemed to stop as he held the door open for her&nbsp; “I don’t know, my Spanish is rusty, for all I know asked him to take us to books and this was the first place he thought of.”&nbsp; <br><br>She smiled at the woman behind the counter as she approached with a mumbled “Yeah.” to Cooper’s question.&nbsp; She hoped the woman spoke English because she doubted very much she could explain what she wanted in Spanish even if the Taxi driver hadn’t dented her confidence.&nbsp; Although in Sarah’s experience if you attempted to speak the native language the locals were more amenable to helping you when you had to revert to English. “Habla ingles?”<br><br>“Si senorita Cummings” The woman responded with a big excited smile.<br><br>Sarah blinked for a second in surprise the woman recognised her which made what she wanted a little awkward but she had made a promise to Cooper she would help him out.&nbsp; &nbsp;“I am looking for a book about Spanish law that would be related to theft, corruption, fraud, prostitution.&nbsp; Would you have such things here?” <br><br>“Si, one moment please” The woman responded and scurried into the back of the shop.&nbsp; <br><br>Sarah leaned against Cooper and said softly so they were't overheard “Law books aren’t as exciting as a good bonkbuster, but hey ho I’m sure I can find some steamy entertainment elsewhere.”&nbsp; &nbsp;She peeked up at him through her eyelashes and gave him a sultry smile. “I figured while you’re drooling at the harbour I can do some homework.”&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>21-07-2010, 00:20:23</strong>
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				Cooper skipped a beat, momentarily stunned at his own density. Of course that was what she was after. He chuckled softly and tilted into Sarah in response. "Darlin', I will do my level best to show you the time of your life. And it won't be boats I'm all hot and bothered about." The urge to punctuate his promise with a kiss to her forehead was powerful, but Sarah's astonishment at being recognized had been plain. Best not to do anything that could land her picture in the tabloids the next day. With a sigh, he straightened.<br><br>"Bonkbuster," he suddenly repeated, catching her meaning. "Heh. I like that. Like a bodice ripper? Except maybe not with corsets." He scanned the titles of the books lining the shelves behind the counter, tilting his head this way and that, then shrugged and gave up. "Those guys must have been tough hombres. I thought corsets were all steel bars and whalebone inside."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-07-2010, 17:59:47</strong>
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				Sarah stared up at Cooper as he leaned further against her.&nbsp; Flirting with him was just as much fun as frolicking in bed with him, especially the way he was staring at her right now.&nbsp; &nbsp;She quivered in anticipation of a kiss that never came as he straightened up and broke the contact as well as the intimacy.&nbsp; She was left blinking in disappointment and a bout of wishful what if. <br><br>“I heard someone refer to a Jackie Collins book a bonkbuster and liked it.” She said with a slight catch in her voice as she pulled herself together, knowing she had no reason to feel the way she did at the moment.&nbsp; “And I think it’s the girls who wear those things who are tough.&nbsp; I had to wear this old fashioned corseted dress for a shoot once.” She winced just remembering it “I could barely breathe, I was surprised the dress didn’t burst open with the little breaths I did manage the hour I had it on.&nbsp; I’ll stick to the modern plastic boned corsets at least they have some flexibility in them.”&nbsp; <br><br>The store keeper returned and presented a book to Sarah with a smile.&nbsp; Sarah glanced at it and was delight it was English.&nbsp; “It’s perfect.”&nbsp; She said before reaching for her purse out of her handbag.&nbsp; <br><br>“No.” the woman waved dismissively “It is a gift.”<br><br>“Oh I couldn’t accept…” <br><br>“Alandra Soto is my niece; I know you took care of her when she was in America, please take it as a thank you.” The woman put the bag in a book and pushed it towards Sarah across the counter.&nbsp; <br><br>“Oh gosh, I haven’t heard from Alandra in ages!” Sarah perked up.&nbsp; "Su tía Madia?"<br><br>"Si." Madia beamed.&nbsp; <br><br>She had met Alandra at a catwalk show a couple of years ago.&nbsp; The young Spanish model had been quaking in the line up in front of Sarah as it had been her first major show.&nbsp; Unlike some of the other girls, Sarah had spoken to the girl and assured her everything would be fine, and if she tripped up to make it part of her walk.&nbsp; She had even promised to trip up on the same spot.&nbsp; Needless to say Alandra hadn’t faltered and the girls had become fast friends and still exchanged emails.&nbsp; It now explained why this woman recognised her, and Sarah now remembered her friend saying she had an Aunt who lived in Ibiza.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Sarah looked at Cooper over her shoulder “Coop, you remember Alandra, we did that retro bikini campaign early last year.”&nbsp; Of course he hadn’t met Alandra, but she was pretty sure he would remember the dark haired beauty from the billboards of the two of them frolicking in the sea, they had been everywhere! 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>29-07-2010, 23:05:30</strong>
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				Cooper scratched a sideburn and pondered. "Alandra? Name doesn't ... oh, wait, was she ... when you were on the beach, right!" The scene was in his mind as clearly as if he had been there with them: the two girls emerging from the sea like matching and opposite Venuses, Sarah light and blonde, Alandra dark and brunette. Now what had they been advertising? Cooper wracked his brains, but the product, service, philosophy or political party, whatever it had been, was gone. All that remained was the vision of the pair splashing through the waves in those 60s beach-movie style suits, the ones that so nicely played up Sarah's ...<br><br>He shook his head, eyes widening involuntarily in embarrassment. He had been gazing half-rapt at Sarah as he thought, a dopey, smitten smile creeping across his face. He looked up at Madia and swallowed. So much for playing it cool.<br><br>"Er." He started again. "Yeah, I do. The ads. Of course!" He turned to Madia and gave her a friendly nod. "So, um ... how's your niece these days anyway?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>31-07-2010, 21:27:52</strong>
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				Although she was sure Cooper was envisaging Alandra in the pinstripe bikini Sarah couldn't help giggling at the goofy look on his face.&nbsp; "He remembers, look he's drooling just thinking about Alandra." she chuckled and ran her thumb down the side of his mouth as if he really was drooling.&nbsp; <br><br>Madia glanced between the two of them "I do not think it is my niece that is causing that look." smiling she turned her gaze on Cooper "She is well, she is in London at the moment."&nbsp; <br><br>Suddenly feeling a little awkward with the knowing look Madia was giving them, Sarah reached for the bag containing the book and pulled it over the counter towards her "If you speak to Alandra before I get a chance to email her tell her I said hi."&nbsp; Although it was fun pretending that they were simply a couple on holiday it just made Sarah wistful that was exactly what they were, especially since she really did like Cooper.&nbsp; <br><br>Absently she reached for Cooper hand and entwined her fingers through his and gave him a tiny little tug towards the door "Thank you for the book...Oh which way to the harbour, Coop wants to do more drooling."&nbsp; <br><br>"Left." Madia replied looking a little confused.&nbsp; <br><br>Sarah dipped her head in acknowledgement and waved before stepping through the doorway and back into the pavement, turning left she started to walk down the road "Only two more shops and I am done shopping." she said breezily hoping to dissolve any awkwardness that their visit to the bookshop might have caused.&nbsp; Already she could see a sign for their next stop a few doors down.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>03-08-2010, 23:43:34</strong>
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				"Take your time," Cooper said. "You're on vacation, right? I recommend we do everything as lazily as possible."<br><br>Their pace was already leisurely, linked hands swinging idly as they walked. Cooper looked down at Sarah's and there was no holding back; he beamed as if she had just handed him a fantastic gift.<br><br>"Thank you," he said at length, and raised her hand to kiss it. "I, um ... You're a celebrity and all. I know it can be trouble for famous people, who they're seen with, you know? I thought you might be worried about me turning up in a gossip column or something. Guess you decided to risk it." He stopped, easing them both to a halt in the middle of the sidewalk, and leaned in closer. "I'm glad. Thanks, fearless."<br><br>And this time nothing stopped his lips from settling gently on hers.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>04-08-2010, 18:36:31</strong>
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				Turning her head to look at him, puzzled why he was thanking her, Sarah watched him a little transfixed as he kissed her hand.&nbsp; Her lips parted to tell him he didn't need to thank her, but her retort was lost as his lips moved lightly against hers.&nbsp; <br><br>It wasn't one of the all consuming, passion fuelled kiss they had been sharing.&nbsp; It was tender and heartfelt, but still had her toes curling up inside her shoes all the same.&nbsp; Sighing, she didn't care they were standing in the middle of the street kissing, or if they were blocking the way.&nbsp; <br><br>Slowly her eyes fluttered open as they broke apart.&nbsp; “Coop, I’m not that big a celebrity I’m just a model.&nbsp; I’m one of many and I’m sure you couldn’t name more than a dozen off the top of your head because we’re generally not household names.&nbsp; It’s not a risk for me.&nbsp; I don’t care what anyone thinks about us being together if they do recognise me.”&nbsp; &nbsp;Which was true, she would never be embarrassed about being seen with him.&nbsp; It was where they were staying she didn’t want anyone to know about.&nbsp; And if their picture did end up in the gossip magazines at least then she would have a picture of him to remember their time together.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>With a tender smile she stretched up to kiss him again.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-08-2010, 20:19:12</strong>
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				From some far nautical corner of Cooper's mind came a faint cry of "make a hole!", the traditional command to clear the way for passersby. It never stood a chance against the whisper of Sarah's breath, the soft rustle of her dress as he drew her a little closer. He was full of ardor, devoid of violence, determined to drink down every last bit of the taste of her without pressure or force. It took a long, long time, and he savored every moment.<br><br>At last need for air overcame desire for her and he eased away. Most of the other pedestrians had simply swerved around them, just another sidewalk hazard along with the pocket dogs leashed to the rich party girls, sandwich boards advertising dance clubs and vendor stands. One or two older couples gave them a knowing, nostalgic smile, while one suited, shaven-headed man with places to go brushed past muttering what Coop assumed to be the Spanish equivalent of "get a room". <em>All in good time, bro</em>, Cooper thought, and smiled down at Sarah.<br><br>"OK," he said. "So let's boldly go, then." He slipped his arm around Sarah's waist and nudged them into motion again, headed in the direction she had been steering them before.<br><br>"So, apart from reference books to help save my bacon, what are we shopping for?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>13-08-2010, 20:57:29</strong>
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				Eyes still closed, head tilted up Sarah just stood there for a moment not ready to see the end of the moment. Not just yet.&nbsp; Something had happened during that kiss, something had shifted between them and without trying to figure out what it was she just held onto the feeling.&nbsp; The grumbling of a passer-by reminded Sarah where they were and reluctantly her eyelids fluttered opened, and returned Coopers smile sappily.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>Tucked in against his side, her free arm around his waist, she let him move them down the pavement once again.&nbsp; “Oh I think you’re going to like our next stop.” She tilted her head up to smirk at him “You get to pick.”&nbsp; <br><br>With that she propelled him into the lingerie store.&nbsp; Most people bought postcards, ornaments as souvenirs of their holidays.&nbsp; Sarah bought underwear.&nbsp; Sure at the end of the day underwear was underwear but it was fun to see the different fashion and designs around the world.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She smiled at the shop assistant and then looked up at Cooper “Two sets, what ever takes your fancy.”&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>18-08-2010, 21:54:57</strong>
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				"Pick?" Cooper said. "What am I gonna ... oh." He had been too distracted by watching Sarah's expression change from sweet to devilish to notice where they were going. It was only when he looked up and saw the racks spread out like a farm field of satin and silk that it sank in.<br><br>"Oh, my, my..." He let out a long, soft breath and scanned the store. If there was one rule he had always thought absolute, it was that you should never buy lingerie for a girl - you were bound to pick out something that was too obviously nothing like her taste, and it was more like a present for yourself anyway. But then it was Sarah who had suggested it, wasn't it? He gave her his own small, wicked smile. "All right then. But I'll want to see them on you, of course."<br><br>Now, where to start? Not the "enhancing" stuff, that was for sure. Sarah's spectacular bust didn't need any help, thanks very much. No, what this called for was a color that suited her sunflower hair and blue sky eyes, and a cut that showed off her assets. Coop wandered through the forest of unmentionables until a set caught his eye. Black - so much for his little color theory - but with a suggestion of pattern in the fabric, almost a damask. He lifted one bra cup and turned it this way and that, watching the play of light across it, imagining it filled out with Sarah's curves.<br><br>"Let's try this," he said, then looked back to the bra. "Um ... I ... sorry, Sarah, I don't understand these sizes. Is this yours?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>20-08-2010, 19:14:46</strong>
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				Cooper drifted off to find something that took his fancy and the shop assistant asked Sarah if she could help, to which Sarah politely declined and said it was alright she had her personal shopper with her.&nbsp; Although with the odd look the woman gave her Sarah wasn’t sure if what she thought she said has translated to what she meant to say.&nbsp; Either way the woman went back to ‘tidying’ and periodically gave them odd looks.&nbsp; <br><br>She wasn’t overly surprised he picked black.&nbsp; She vaguely remembered something from high school that guys had some strange thought process that if a girl wore black underwear that meant she wanted to have sex.&nbsp; She had never got what gave them that notion since she wore black underwear under certain clothes because white or colours would shine through.&nbsp; <br><br>“Not sure I want you to know my size.” Sarah chuckled and holding up one hand in pretence of covering his eyes she looked back at the rack only to remember Europeans sized their clothing differently from what she was use to.&nbsp; “Erm…” she paused then handed Cooper the bag with the book before rummaging through the bras, looking for the actual clothes label as most had US and GB sizes printed on them as well.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>Emerging with the right size she waggled a finger between the g-string or the French style knickers that completed the set.&nbsp; “Which one?”<br>She glanced over at the shop assistant blushing, then lowered her voice "I think she's thinks we're up to no good." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-08-2010, 21:40:13</strong>
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				Cooper gave a quiet chuff of laughter and leaned into her hand, resting his face in her grasp for a moment. "Your size is 'hell yes' far as I'm concerned. But if it makes you feel better, I wouldn't know what it means even if you did tell me."<br><br>Presented with the choice of underpants, he scratched at his sideburns and assumed an expression of exaggerated concentration. "Hmm. Tough decision there. Now number one there, that'd show you off to good advantage all right. On the other hand, those string-in-the-back ones always look uncomfortable. Number two looks nice and form fitting. Mm, and high cut at the leg." He looked from the panties to Sarah, back to the panties, back to her, his mind's eye cast over the arch of fabric around her thigh and down around, wrapped snugly around the full curve of her bottom ... He blinked and nodded. "Number two. Definitely."<br><br>The shop assistant hadn't even registered with Coop until Sarah pointed her out. He crooked an eyebrow in her direction and one corner of his mouth ticked up. "What has she, never seen people buying underwear together? Or is she afraid I'm gonna want to see something in tiger stripes? Come to think of it, maybe I oughtta just ask her," he said, half raising an arm.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>26-08-2010, 17:33:38</strong>
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				No wonder the shop assistant was suspicious with the way Cooper was ogling Sarah while he made his decision.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sarah continued to blush, convinced the woman could read the thoughts going through her head as she imagined how hot and sweaty things were going to turn later when she put his choices on for him.&nbsp; Silently Sarah took the knickers off the rack, grateful Cooper had picked them and not the g-string for the very reason why she hated them.&nbsp; At least she hadn’t had to threaten him with wearing it himself to find out just how uncomfortable they were.<br><br>“Mr Scott, you pick anything with an animal print, you won’t have to worry about the shop assistant because you and I will be having words!”&nbsp; She retorted tartly, the corner of her mouth twitching with humour.&nbsp; “Now we have the little black number.” She waved the set in front of her to get his attention back to the task at hand “What’s next?” 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>31-08-2010, 20:53:14</strong>
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				"Really?" Cooper put on his best downcast face. "Not even a little faux zebra, you know, just around ..." He swirled his hands at a vaguely breast-ish height before him. "For emphasis and all. No?" With a shrug he turned back to the racks.<br><br>"Ah, well. You're the fashion expert after all."<br><br>Now, what else? The sheer number of choices was overwhelming, tops and bottoms of every style, description and color. Cooper drifted from stand to stand, flipping through one set after another. It wasn't long before he began to feel what he could only describe as bemused disquiet. Looking at so many pairs in a row, they had started to run together. <em>Have I seen this already?</em> he thought, hanging up another bra. Then his eye fell upon a section he had missed to this point, and there it was. He took one long decisive step forward and picked the item from where it hung.<br><br>"This," he said, holding it before Sarah. It was one of those - what did you call them? - teddy numbers, a little low in the back, a little high around the legs, decorated at the edges with lace and straps thinner than earphone cable. Close enough fitting to be sexy as hell, but not so tight as to be uncomfortable. "Like a South Seas pearl," he said. "The color. I kinda like the idea of you lounging around in this on a lazy Sunday afternoon."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>04-09-2010, 17:58:32</strong>
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				Sarah just chuckled as Cooper pretend to pout and try and talk her into a zebra print bra, she knew he was just messing with her now.&nbsp; She trailed behind him as he trawled through the racks again, one item did catch her attention but she waited to see what he picked first, she didn't want to influence him since she had promised him it was his choice.&nbsp; And so far so good. <br><br>She looked around as he said 'this'.&nbsp; She didn't own any teddies, it was something she had always shied away from, but looking at Cooper she decided why not.&nbsp; It was just underwear after all.&nbsp; Sarah laughed again “I think I need to move in with you if this is the sort of thing you lounge about in on a lazy day.”&nbsp; &nbsp; She took the teddy from him and checked the size on it, hooking the hanger onto her finger along with the other set.&nbsp; <br><br>“One more item.”&nbsp; Sarah announced and made for the rack where she had seen the aubergine baby doll pyjama set.&nbsp; The top was a halter neck that dipped low, a band of sequence that would sit below her breasts, it would skim over her hips, and had it own matching panties.&nbsp; “What you think?” she asked waving it a little in front of Cooper, her head cocked to the side wanting his honest opinion.&nbsp; It wasn't anything risqué, although it was made with sheer material in layers, it was pretty.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>09-09-2010, 21:03:11</strong>
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				"Actually, I stick to jeans and a T-shirt on Sundays. I've never looked good in frills."<br><br>Coop snerked quietly at his own wit and went back to looking over the bewildering array of one-piece affairs until Sarah returned, brandishing her own selection. He picked up the top's hem and rustled it experimentally between his fingers. "I like it," he said. "Feels nice and soft. The color's nice too, dark purple. Very regal." He stepped back to arm's length.<br><br>"The sparkles are a nice touch. Like princess pyjamas!" He gave a nod of approval, then quirked a smile at Sarah. "If you need somebody to check your mattress for peas, just let me know."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>10-09-2010, 18:50:55</strong>
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				“Is that what I felt poking into my back during the night?” she enquired innocently as her eyes lowered to the front of his pants and then back up to meet his with a smirk “A pea.”&nbsp; Then she turned to the shop assistant who was still keeping a close eye on them.&nbsp; She held out the three items “We'll take these thanks.” she then gave Cooper another sassy look over her shoulder “Unless there is something you want, maybe something lacy.”&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp;The assistant rang up the sale and handed the bright pink paper bag to Sarah with her items in it.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sarah thanked her then laced her free hand with Cooper's once again as they headed out the store “That's me all shopped out, well I need some postcards but I'm sure we can get them down at the harbour.”&nbsp; &nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>12-09-2010, 23:03:20</strong>
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				"Oho! Snap!" Cooper clapped a hand to his chest in mock anguish and staggered back a step. Unfortunately that was just far enough to back him into one of the racks of nightgowns, and whatever other bons mots he might have had in mind were abandoned in favor of scrambling to keep the works from tipping over. Once reassured that the spindly mass of chrome wasn't going over, he followed Sarah to the checkout. If she or the clerk had looked, at the right angle to the light it was just possible to see that under his tan Cooper was turning a pink to match the shopping bag. "Erm, no, no froo-froo undies for me, thanks. I don't do well with things that have laundry instructions."<br><br>"Postcards," he nodded as they headed down the street. "Yeah, of course. There's got to be something like a bodega down there. Somewhere you can get batteries and ice cream and post cards. Mmm." He smacked his lips and squeezed Sarah's hand. "I'm about ready for a little something. You?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>14-09-2010, 18:19:40</strong>
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				The gentle squeeze on her hand had Sarah looking at Cooper a little curiously, wondering if that little something was ice cream or 'a little something'.&nbsp; Well they had spent the last half an hour or so in a lingerie store so it was reasonable to assume Coopers imagination had got a the better of him.&nbsp; <br><br>“Mint choc chip is my favourite so no time wasted needing to decide...unless they don't have it of course.” she mused,&nbsp; “Do you think they will have some peculiar flavours, and will they let us sample them if they do?&nbsp; I've tried coffee, walnut and rum, that was...yeah.” she pulled a face just remembering it.&nbsp; “Wasn't very enamoured with the christmas pudding flavour either.” 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-09-2010, 20:30:28</strong>
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				"Flavors?" Coop blinked. "Geez, I hadn't thought about that. I guess I just assumed they would have chocolate-chip cookie sandwiches, or frozen Snickers. Stuff like that." He sighed. Great. <em>Never miss a chance to look like a hayseed, do you?</em> That rumination was interrupted when Sarah's comment about her least favorite flavor sunk in.<br><br>"Wait, Christmas pudding flavor?" He grimaced and shook his head. "Naw, hell naw. That's just wrong. Whatever they've got, I promise you won't have to face that stuff."<br><br>Much to Cooper's surprise, the boutiques and cafes along the way remained stubbornly toney. The people passing by in the street - and more to the point, also headed shoreward - were fit-looking hipsters dressed in stylish holiday wear, not the collection of stringbeans, grizzly bears and leathery old men he was used to seeing on the docks. All became clear when the couple sauntered around the corner of one more low stucco building and the sea finally hove in view. This was no industrial waterfront, and those weren't cargo haulers and fishing boats. The docks as far as the eye could see were taken up with small yachts and cigarette boats, the sort that tanned heirs to old fortunes piloted out to picnics on their personal Greek islands.<br><br>"Whoa..." He blinked. "Now that's a lot of fancy boating, right there."<br><br>Not far away was a sandwich board in the sidewalk, a sure sign of a newsstand. Cooper nodded toward it. "I think that's what we're after."<br><br>He led the way, eyes still half on the boats moored across the wide street. Or to be more precise, on one small booth that stood at the head of one pier. The germ of an idea bobbed to the surface of his mind, and he gave a low, pensive hum as they made their way inside.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>27-09-2010, 20:05:36</strong>
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				Sarah chuckled at Cooper's reaction to Christmas pudding flavoured ice cream.&nbsp; She had thought it was an odd flavour herself but she had tried it out of curiosity, although she couldn't remember where she had been when she had seen it.&nbsp; She liked trying new things when she was away from home, although this trip was definitely way up there on new experiences compared to flavoured ice cream.&nbsp; <br><br>“Imagine what it must be like to be able to afford such luxuries,” she responded once they could see the various boats around the harbour.&nbsp; Unlike Cooper this was the sort of harbour she had been expecting, “not sure I'd like not having anything to do every day, I might get bored.”&nbsp; <br><br>Walking into the mini supermarket, the first thing she spotted in the entrance way was the postcard rack and she headed over, missing Coopers humming.&nbsp; &nbsp;She selected a few postcards, for her parents and friend.&nbsp; No doubt she would be home long before they arrived but at least she had made the effort.&nbsp; Further in the store they found the freezer housing the ice creams Cooper had mentioned and not the ample choice and an ice cream cone found in the restaurants along the sea front of many European holiday resorts.&nbsp; <br><br>“Chocolate cookie sandwich me thinks.” She said reaching in the freezer for her selection.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>21-10-2010, 18:07:26</strong>
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				Cooper, meanwhile, had taken a detour to a farther corner of the shop. The beaches as far as the eye could see from the Place's clifftop perch were covered with bronze bodies. Surely places like this had to sell ... ah, there it was. He hovered a hand over the bottles and glanced back at Sarah. She was fair, almost pale. Definitely the high end. He sniffed a couple of SPF 45 sunscreens experimentally, smiled at the last. It was enough like Sarah's scent that she probably wouldn't mind it.<br><br>He tucked the bottle under his arm and made a stop at a small glass-fronted cooler to pick out a bottle of fruit juice before joining Sarah at the freezer.<br><br>"Classic," he said, and nodded. "For me it's ... the heck?" From a back corner of the case he retrieved a paper-wrapped cone. "Cinnamon? Well, when in Rome, right? Or Ibiza, either."<br><br>Coop set his small collection of items on the counter beside the cash register and fished a nigh-origami crumple of euros from his pocket. "Uh ... Éstos, y el helado que eligió mi amiga?" For a moment he wasn't certain whether he had asked to pay for the ice cream that Sarah had picked, or the ice cream that had picked Sarah. He shrugged; dude must get enough gibberish from tourists that he would know what he meant. He turned back to Sarah.<br><br>"Anything else you need?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>27-10-2010, 20:29:37</strong>
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				Sarah wrinkled her nose at Cooper's ice cream selection “I like cinnamon buns, but I think when it comes to ice cream its up there with Christmas pudding.”&nbsp; <br><br>She followed him over to the counter and pulled her bag around to get out her purse when Cooper addressed the sales assistant, she let her bag slid back round to her hip and smiling shook her head “No, I have everything I need, thanks.”&nbsp; She did give his other purchases a cursory glance.&nbsp; <br><br>Once he had settle things with the assistant she walked back outside opening the wrapper around her ice cream, as she looked around at the stretch of beach beside the mariner.&nbsp; “So Mr Scott, are you going to tell me what it is your scheming, or are you just going to show me?” she smirked at him before lifting her cookie to her lips. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>29-10-2010, 20:45:24</strong>
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				Cooper grinned and slipped an arm around Sarah's waist. "Well, Miss Cummings, I was just thinking. Couple things, as it happens. First off, you might enjoy getting a look at the island from another perspective."<br><br>By now they had crossed the street and were ambling along the boardwalk that ran along the piers. Cooper stopped and leaned his free elbow against the railing that separated walkway from harbor.<br><br>"Second," he went on, "That was for damn sure the scariest cab ride I've been on in my life. It'd be a shame for your vacation to end with a taxi crash. So ... you see that booth over yonder?" He tossed his chin toward the small building at the head of one of the jetties. "If I'm reading that sign right, they rent boats. Fancy ones, I'm betting. Now, a place like the Place, they're bound to have an account with the tourist activities in the area."<br><br>He took another bite of his cinnamon ice cream oddity and continued. "So, what would you say to letting me run us back in one? It's a nice morning to be on the water. Plus I promise not to run anybody over or crash into any newsstands." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>30-10-2010, 21:31:46</strong>
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				The grin told her she had been right he was up to something.&nbsp; As he guided her across the road Sarah looked along the coastline and could see the Place off in the distance.&nbsp; They could probably walk back.&nbsp; The thought had just entered her head when he mentioned the earlier taxi ride and she was glad she wasn't the only one reluctant to repeat it.&nbsp; <br><br>“Well I was going to say ok, but now I'm not sure since you seem to think there are news stands out on the water, or are you planning on...driving... up the street?” Her voice was thick with sarcasm as she turned her head to look at him with a teasing spark in her eyes.&nbsp; “I thought you were a sailor!” <br><br>In all honesty she actually liked his idea about renting a boat and taking a more leisurely route back to the Place, and she would get to see Cooper in his true element.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-11-2010, 00:02:44</strong>
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				Coop gave a comically exaggerated sigh.<br><br>"Well, I had been planning on doing a little skip across the pier, just to show off a little. You know, get a good run up at one of those gangways to the mooring, and pshew!" He flashed the remaining scrap of his ice cream treat across an inclined hand, miming the action of a boat performing a ludicrous James Bond stunt. "Not creaming the magazine guy was gonna be my extra points trick. But if you wanna do it the easy way..."<br><br>He shrugged and popped the last of his snack into his mouth. "Anyway, the insurance on them probably doesn't cover that kind of thing. Dang accountants."<br><br>When Sarah had finished the last of her own indulgence, they ambled over to the booth. Cooper's hunch had been right. The Place was prepared to offer just about any kind of package tour their clients might want. Yes, they had an assortment of boats to let, and with the Place bankrolling it the sky was the limit. Coop briefly considered taking on one of the near-yachts that bobbed at the farther end of the pier. The thought of trying to maneuver one of those things through the cluster of smaller pleasure boats - or more to the point, the thought of Sarah watching horrorstricken as he sent a hapless fisherman to the bottom - dispelled that notion. He settled on a more modest one, a gleaming wood hulled motorboat with comfortable seats arranged around the outside. Just right for a leisurely trip around the island.<br><br>Two sets of initials and a signature later, Cooper had the keys in his hand. He jogged over to drop the bag of supplies on the aft seat, then as quickly returned to offer Sarah a hand aboard.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-11-2010, 19:42:50</strong>
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				Cooper was just a giggle a minute.&nbsp; It was one of the reasons that Sarah liked about him, he made her laugh.&nbsp; It was one of the many reasons why she felt so comfortable around him that she had opened up to him in a way that she hadn't done with many people for years.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Finishing off her ice cream she followed him over to the booth and was surprised that the attendant didn't even verify Coopers claims of being an employee of the Place, but then she supposed many places wouldn't question anyone who said they worked within the exclusive resort as no doubt they would be paid anyway.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>She followed Cooper down to the boat at a more leisurely pace and held her hand out to take his as he helped her aboard.&nbsp; Sarah sat down on the comfy seats and rummaged in her handbag to find her sunglasses and an elastic hair band to tie her hair back off her face.&nbsp; She wished she had known they would end up doing this today as she would have kept her swim suit on, but then they could do it again within the next couple of days before she headed home.&nbsp; <br><br>Settling back in the seat she smiled over at Cooper "I'm ready when you are Capitán"<br>&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>19-11-2010, 20:59:16</strong>
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				"Anchors aweigh," he chuckled, and cast off the last line. Cooper paused to squint up at the sun, then fished out the lotion and rubbed a little into his exposed arms and around his face.<br><br>"You might want to put some of this on," he said, setting the squeeze bottle beside Sarah. "Out on the water the sunlight reflects up off the waves. You get burned in places you never thought possible."<br><br>Satisfied that Sarah was comfortably settled, he turned to the wheel and hit the engine starter. The single outboard came to life with a lion's purr and Coop gave a small sigh of gear lust. Smooth, strong, responsive - somebody loved this boat. He was going to have to take care of her. His left hand rested easily on the wheel, the right on the gleaming chrome throttle. The barest nudge was enough to get them under way, backing out of the slip. Cooper eased the wheel through a turn to get them facing out to sea, then tipped it forward.<br><br>Once clear of the last of the boats in the marina he increased their speed, but only a little. There was no sense in subjecting Sarah to the sort of pounding a fast motorboat trip over even a calm sea could inflict. Besides, whose schedule did they need to keep? He settled into a relaxed stance at the wheel, whistling as they went, steady as if he were just standing at the sink doing the breakfast dishes.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>26-11-2010, 19:17:49</strong>
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				Nodding, Sarah slid off her shoes before lifting the bottle and squeezed some into her hand.&nbsp; &nbsp;Cooper would know these things better than she would.&nbsp; Making sure every inch of exposed skin had been smothered in lotion she watched Cooper as he eased them out the marina and seemed to relax behind the wheel.&nbsp; Watching him brought a small smile to her face.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>It was moments like this she could forget all about that she had only met him the day before or that in a couple of days she would be leaving again, or the circumstances that had brought them together.&nbsp; These were the moments she was going to cherish for a long time to come.&nbsp; <br><br>Once they were clear of any obstructions, she stood up, the squeeze bottle in hand and carefully walked up the short distance behind Cooper.&nbsp; Innocently pressing up against his back, she slid her arm around him and waved the bottle in front of him.&nbsp; &nbsp;“As I can’t see anything nearby you can use for your stunt training, can you to let the wheel go for a couple of minutes to help me out?&nbsp; Can you please put some lotion on my back? It’s the one spot I can’t quite reach myself.” 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-12-2010, 19:47:00</strong>
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				Now there was an offer even Cooper wasn't fool enough to pass up. "Mm-hmm. All hands on deck," he said, and scanned the waves around them. Rules of good seamanship said never leave the wheel unattended, no matter how empty the water looked, but damned if he was going to pass up an opportunity to have Sarah under his hands.<br><br>They were well out now, and so far as he could tell the sea floor had dropped away sharply beyond the harbor wall. The other pleasure boats out that day were a good deal farther out to sea. Now, if they could just avoid any crazy teenagers on jet skis ... Coop set his mental sonar to listen for the telltale whine of the crafts' engine, eased up on the throttle a little more, and looped a restraining strap around a wheel spoke to keep them bearing straight.<br><br>That done, he eased the bottle from Sarah's grasp and pivoted, still in the circle of her enfolding arm. "Now then," he said, letting his free hand trail up the length of her spine to the nape of her neck and down, down, to settle at the small of her back. "Make yourself comfortable, and I'll make sure you're properly taken care of." He punctuated that with a hint of a hug, then gave one of her hips a gentle nudge back toward the seat.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>12-12-2010, 12:11:43</strong>
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				The gentle caress up and down her back had shivers running down her spine.&nbsp; Oh boy, she was in serious trouble here.&nbsp; Each little touch just left her wanting more and more.&nbsp; She was fast becoming addicted to Coop as a whole.&nbsp; &nbsp; Gracing him with a soft smile, she retreated and sat down.&nbsp; Turning to the side, she gathered her hair up in her hands to expose the top of her back and neck for him to put the lotion on.&nbsp; <br><br>"I can see why you like being out on the water so much, its tranquil." she stated, deciding conversation was a good way to distract herself from the feel of is hands on her skin.&nbsp; Who would have thought something as simple as putting sun screen on could feel so sensual.&nbsp; "But then I guess its not quite like this on one of the cruisers, carriers or what ever you call them."&nbsp; &nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-12-2010, 19:19:57</strong>
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				"That it isn't." Cooper squirted a small amount of lotion into one hand, then rubbed both together before beginning to knead Sarah's shoulders. Maybe it wasn't strictly necessary to work so slowly, but it was so easy to linger right there at the nape of her neck, or there inside the curve of her shoulder blade, or along the line of her spine. <em>When she goes home, I'll never get to touch her again.</em> All at once he felt the transience of their situation, and realized he couldn't afford to miss a moment. He caressed her with singular focus, memorizing the feeling of every inch of her.<br><br>"I was on a destroyer. Not the biggest ship in the fleet, but big enough. Weather that would swamp a boat like this, you don't even feel." He chuckled softly. "And you could catch some rays on deck when you were off duty. But then you get into Fall in the North Atlantic, and watch out. There were times we were in seas where you'd be trying to go forward, say, and you'd be taking two steps on the deck, two on the bulkhead - uh, on the wall - two on the deck, two on the other bulkhead. That's how much we were rolling."<br><br>He had covered her thoroughly but showed no sign of stopping. Instead he segued seamlessly into a slow, sensual massage.<br><br>"Um. Hope I'm not making you seasick."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>18-12-2010, 17:49:58</strong>
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				The moment his hands touched her Sarah's eyes drifted closed and she gave an inward sigh.&nbsp; His hands were so big and strong, but so gentle at the same time.&nbsp; &nbsp;Given the choice she would gladly sit there all day and let him touch her, just as she could sit there all day just listening to him talk.&nbsp; Long after she knew the lotion was rubbed into her exposed skin his hands continued to glide sensually over her skin and she had to suppress the quiver of desire that shimmed down her spine.&nbsp; <br><br>"You're not." she answered him "It actually sounds like it could be fun living on a destroyer, however that's not an invitation for you to demonstrate how much fun on our little boat here.&nbsp; I don't think the...bulkhead...is wide enough for us to try." she turned her head and gave him a teasing smile over her shoulder.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"But I'm not opposed to hearing any more sea adventures you've had." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>28-12-2010, 22:18:59</strong>
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				"I promise," Cooper said, "No trying to walk on this little thing. I'd go straight over the side! Which might be funny to see, but I'm not lookin' to go swimming just now." He had slipped a little closer as he spoke, until his hip rested against the curve of Sarah's backside. One hand settled on her shoulder, holding her close, as the other continued to roam over her skin.<br><br>"Now ... other nautical adventures." Coop gnawed his soul patch for a moment. "Well, I haven't seen any mermaids. Never fought any sea monsters, unless you count that marlin I hooked that time Greg and I were fishing off the after deck. Damn near pulled both of us in after him, speaking of going overboard. And then there was that time we got struck by lightning off Bermuda - the ship, I mean, not Greg and me. All of a sudden our electronics are popping like microwave Orville Redenbacher ..."<br><br>That had been nice, that little tremor he had felt shoot down Sarah's back. Cooper drew here a little closer still and went on with his tale of near disaster, sticking to the facts - more or less - but not above trying to spin them to draw another shiver.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-01-2011, 17:16:00</strong>
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				Giggling at his tales was just too hard to resist.&nbsp; He just had a way of telling them that made them sound more fun than they probably where in reality.&nbsp; &nbsp;They sound exciting and made you want to be there to experience them, but then doing anything with Cooper was exciting.&nbsp; <br><br>Unaware she was even doing it, Sarah sagged against him a little more, leaning into him.&nbsp; The gentle stroke of his fingers against her back and neck almost had her purring out loud.&nbsp; She wondered how much longer she could draw this out, knowing it couldn't be all day as he would have to go back to steering the boat eventually.&nbsp; &nbsp; "I think its safe to say we don't have to worry about lightening today."&nbsp; Titling her head back to look up at the clear sky, the crown of her head against his stomach.&nbsp; <br><br>"But I am disappointed about the mermaids and sea monsters, I was hoping to have some amazing sea adventure to tell when I get home."&nbsp; She grinned up at him and then lowered her head once again with a contented sigh.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 20:30:59</strong>
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				The sight of the wheel teetering on its tether would have set his teeth on edge normally. It was barely a point one way, a point the other, but he had the sailor's pride in staying on course. Now, though, its soft creak was simply more ambient sound, background noise to Sarah's sighs and the rustle of her dress. Coop smiled down at her and let his hands drift from her shoulders to her forehead, smoothing her hair aside.<br><br>"Navy life," he said with a shrug. "Not the thrill they make it out to be." He shuffled a bit to settle Sarah more securely against him. Not nearly the thrill this was, anyway. He traced the outline of Sarah's cheek, her jaw, let the tip of his thumb brush her lips before he wandered on down the curve of her neck. "As for us having a sea adventure ..."<br><br>No surprise where that had taken his mind. He managed to bite down a suggestive smirk as he scanned the waves around them, watching for obstacles. Past time he paid attention to steering them, he knew, but it was so hard to tear himself away from her. "Well, I figure we want to steer clear of the monsters and hurricanes kind. And any other ..." He caressed his way down Sarah's arms, allowing himself a light brush along the sides of her breasts before his hands came to rest at her elbows. "I would have had to rent something with a cabin for that."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>09-01-2011, 16:09:26</strong>
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				Tingles shimmied down her spine to her core with each gentle brush of his fingers as his hand traversed from shoulder, forehead, cheek, lips and neck.&nbsp; If there wasn't that gentle sea breeze she might have over heat from the fire igniting inside her.&nbsp; Dam he was good at this seduction stuff.&nbsp; It was no surprise that she felt the world shrinking around them.&nbsp; Just the two of them.&nbsp; <br><br>Sarah couldn't take her eyes off him.&nbsp; A soft moan escaping from between her lips as his fingers brushed against the side of her breast.&nbsp; Her nipples pebbling beneath the thin cotton of her dress.&nbsp; &nbsp;He was making it hard for her to follow the conversation as her attention kept skittering to the more physical parts of the <em>conversation</em>.&nbsp; Why would he want a cabin...<em>Doh</em>!&nbsp; &nbsp;A little privacy.&nbsp; Once again he had her so aroused she had little thought about privacy and would probably have succumb to the pleasures he offered for all to see if he was that way inclined.&nbsp; <br><br>Swallowing, she smiled up at him "I have a suggestion for a sea adventure."&nbsp; Slowly she stood up, brushing against every inch of him that was possible.&nbsp; Glancing over her shoulder at him with a sultry smile "You can teach me to sail."&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>12-01-2011, 00:30:07</strong>
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				Cooper's only answer at first was a long, slow hiss of delight and desire. The gentlemanly thing to do would have been to give Sarah a hand up, but this was no time to be gentlemanly. Coop leaned into Sarah's serpentine motion as if to wrap even more of himself around her.<br><br>"Oh, my, my," he said softly when Sarah had gained her feet. He smiled, enjoying in the lingering sensation of her skin on his, then followed her to the wheel. "Great minds do think alike. Now..."<br><br>He reached around her to unfasten the line on the wheel, then nestled himself against her again. His&nbsp; broad shoulders across her back, a hand rested lightly on each arm. Her left hand he guided to grip the top of the wheel. Her right, he settled on the throttle handle.<br><br>"The important thing is not to pour on the speed too fast. Slam the throttle and we'll go flying. So you wanna just ease it ahead ..." He matched action to word, leaning in a little closer to follow Sarah's hand.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-01-2011, 11:01:08</strong>
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				A muffled chuckle was the any indication she made in acknowledgement of Cooper's response to her standing up.&nbsp; And the chuckle was more because she was glad to note he was just as turned on by now as she was, but then it wasn't a big surprise either with the sparks that had been flying between them the last couple of days.&nbsp; <br><br>It wasn't until she was standing before the wheel and Cooper was leaning into her, guiding her motions, that she suddenly realised that this might have been a bad idea.&nbsp; The only thing she was really focusing on was the feel of him pressing into her, his arms more or less wrapped around her as he guided her hands.&nbsp; She was going to turn out to be a poor student and end up crashing or something due to lack of attention to what she was doing, or their surroundings.&nbsp; <br><br>“Slow and steady.” she husked and sort of nodded her head, but she was thinking more along other lines where that pace was needed.&nbsp; Although full throttle could be just as fun. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-01-2011, 23:27:05</strong>
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				"That's ... hrm." Cooper stopped, cleared his throat, and started over. Sarah's throaty delivery had hit him where he lived. The word cracked into a squeak he hadn't made since his voice had broken. "That's the idea. A little at a time ... nice."<br><br>The boat picked up speed and Coop automatically set himself against the acceleration, legs bracing on their own from the habit of years. This didn't make it any easier for him to keep talking. Sarah's body sank lightly against his and a wave of heat rushed through him. He stirred, just a little, as her bottom bumped up against his groin, and for a moment was mortally embarrassed. Then he shrugged mentally. What the hell. Let her know what kind of effect she had on him.<br><br>Coop realized suddenly that his eyes had been locked on Sarah this whole time, and he tore his gaze back to the sea - just in time to spot the porpoise off their bow. He swallowed and guided Sarah's hand through a bank. "Whoops. Pedestrian. A little to starboard ... there we go."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>23-01-2011, 14:38:21</strong>
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				Shivers of desire run up her spine as the motion of the boat pushed her back against Cooper and she felt the ridge of the bulge in his pants harden against her bottom.&nbsp; Sarah actually closed her eyes marvelling how a little flirting, a little teasing could lead to so much more.&nbsp; And she was pretty sure there was still a whole lot more to come.&nbsp; She just hoped they made it back to The Place without crashing.&nbsp; <br><br><em>Pedestrian!</em>&nbsp; Her eyes flew open and for a moment she really did look for someone walking past them, as she was brought back to her senses with a bump.&nbsp; She was about to ask him what pedestrian when she spotted the dorsal fin appearing not far from them.&nbsp; "Ooh dolphin."&nbsp; If she wasn't trapped between Cooper's arms she might have made her way over to the side of the boat for a closer look.&nbsp; &nbsp;She had been on a whale and dolphin safari before but she still got that feeling of awe seeing them in their natural habitat.&nbsp; <br><br>"I wish I had my camera with me."&nbsp; She turned her head back to look at Cooper and smiled endearingly at him "Do you think we could come out again before I leave?"&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>26-01-2011, 00:43:36</strong>
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				Cooper beamed back. Sarah's joy at the sight of the porpoise had struck just as deep as her touch had, if in an entirely different way. He nodded and squinted briefly over his shoulder at the animal as it slid away in graceful arcs.<br><br>"Absolutely! Tomorrow morning, maybe? Before it gets too hot out ..." He turned forward again and dipped his face to kiss Sarah's shoulder. "Come to think of it, I wonder if they've got swim gear up there. Maybe some snorkels. If we sneak up on 'em quiet enough, we might just be able slip in alongside."<br><br>The idea of Sarah's reaction to swimming with the porpoises pleased him to no end. So did the idea of the sight of her in her bathing suit again, of course, but there was more to it than that now. They were ... not exactly a couple really, but close in some odd way. Showing Sarah a good time, however they spent it, was worth doing for its own sake. Cooper started to hum a tuneless approximation of a sea shanty as they rounded the point and the Place's dock came in sight.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>31-01-2011, 19:12:13</strong>
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				There was nothing she could do about quivering as Cooper's lips brushed against the skin of her shoulder.&nbsp; The woman in her couldn't not react to every subtle caress, while her inner child bounced up and down in glee at the thought of possibly having the opportunity of swimming with the aquatic mammals in the morning.&nbsp; &nbsp; "While we're asking about snorkeling gear we will have to ask if they have under water cameras."&nbsp; <br><br>If she had thought he wouldn't crash the boat, she would have thrown her arms around him and hugged him tight like an excited child.&nbsp; Instead she remained between his arms, as he steered them towards the dock humming something jaunty.&nbsp; In a way she was disappointed their little sea adventure had come to an end so soon, but at the same time knew it was probably for the best, before the chemistry sparking between them exploded.&nbsp; <br><br>She tilted her head to look at him over her shoulder and grinned at him "Look's like we survived our first sea adventure without any major incidents, Capitán."<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 19:32:56</strong>
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				Coop nodded vigorously at Sarah's suggestion they find a camera.<br><br>"Gah! Glad you thought of that. I would have waited until I was kicking myself for not having any pictures to think of it." He turned an appraising squint on the depths on either side of the boat. After a moment he nodded. "Good clarity. Nice and deep out here, bottom's not too silty. I used to do a little underwater photography. Nothing fancy, you know, but I could almost always get a whole fish in the frame and in focus."<br><br>The boat made a long, easy curve around the end of the dock as he lined them up for arrival.<br><br>"Now here's the other tricky part: stopping. We don't have any brakes, and if I threw the motor into reverse to try and slow us down we'd be in the drink again. So..." He began easing back on the throttle at what looked like an excessive distance from the mooring. Little by little the boat lost momentum until it was barely crawling through the brilliant cobalt waters.<br><br>"Nice job, matey." Cooper smiled back. "Mind taking the wheel again while I run forward and tie us up?" He had begun realizing what he was about to say half way through, but it had been too late to stop. A flash of crimson ran over his face and he chortled at his boots for a moment, then coughed. "Um. Tie the boat off, I mean."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>14-02-2011, 20:35:41</strong>
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				Sailor, under water photographer, handy man, great lover.&nbsp; Was there anything Cooper couldn't do?&nbsp; Sarah was musing over this when he started to ease back on the throttle to slow them down on the approach to the dock.&nbsp; "That's a bit silly isn't it?&nbsp; Not putting brakes in."&nbsp; &nbsp;It was probably her ignorance but she really did think that something with a motor had to have something that would stop it quickly.&nbsp; <br><br>"Huh?" she elegant sputtered when he asked her to take wheel.&nbsp; He had to be kidding, he wasn't going to leave her to steer the boat even if they were barely moving?&nbsp; She grabbed the wheel tight silently freaking out that they might just crash into the dock if she was left in charge that it took her a moment to register Coopers nervous chuckle and amendment to what he had asked.&nbsp; <br><br>She looked at him for a moment then couldn't resist teasing him as she caught a hint of a blush.&nbsp; Well that made a change from her, although she was scarlet by the time she finished what came out of her mouth.&nbsp; "Tied up in the bedsheets sure, but rope burn isn't a good look on the catwalk."&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-02-2011, 18:38:58</strong>
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				The jump from the prow to the dock was a short one, barely more than a long stride. All the same, Cooper took a sharp step sideways as he hit the boards. He danced a step or two, as if he had hopped from a rolling boxcar to the tracks, before turning back and crouching to loop the line he held in one hand around a cleat.<br><br>"Well, well," he muttered, tipping Sarah a wicked smile as he worked. "I'll have to file that little nugget away for future reference. Bedsheets good, rope rash bad."<br><br>Of course the idea of Sarah actually enjoying being tied up was ridiculous. But the notion of her wound in a tangle of sheets, arms and legs bound in an Egyptian cotton nest of their own making ... now that was a mental image Cooper was more than happy to contemplate. He straightened and held out a hand to help her up from the boat to the dock.<br><br>"You know, us sailors are pretty clever with knots and such. Just saying."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-02-2011, 17:37:38</strong>
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				The moment Cooper leaped artfully from the boat onto the dock, Sarah decided she was glad he had asked her to hold onto the wheel for the final few moments.&nbsp; If he had asked her to jump onto the dock, well she probably have done a good impersonation of a drunken sailor and would have landed in the gap between the boat and dock!&nbsp; <br><br>Chuckling as Coop filed away his nugget for future reference, although did he mean future future or the next few days?&nbsp; Sarah collected her things.&nbsp; She walked over to where Cooper waited, and took his hand with her free one.&nbsp; She glanced down at the small splash of water between boat and dock before hoping lightly across the small gap to land safely beside him.&nbsp; <br><br>"Well I should hope so, it will save us having to explain how the boat we borrowed ended up out there on its own." she nodded in the direction of the middle of the ocean.&nbsp; Peeking up at him and smirked.&nbsp; She knew he hadn't been talking about the knot in the line and he was clearly still thinking about the sheets.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 21:37:24</strong>
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				“Ehh.” Cooper shrugged. “The company credit card has insurance for collisions and washing out with the tide. Or at least I hope it does, you know, like with your rental car.”<br><br>With his free hand he offered to unburden Sarah of her shopping bags before they set off down the dock. The feeling of strolling back to the resort, holding Sarah’s hand and ambling their way along, was so relaxing, so natural, that it wasn’t until they reached the gate that he remembered how tight the security around the compound was. Cooper blinked and looked over the wall that bulged out from the base of the cliff he had forgotten. <em>Dammit. Didn’t plan for this part, did you?</em><br><br>It was damnably well built, that was for sure. Smooth white stone curved to the cliff walls on either side. In the center was a wooden door, banded with iron and dark with age. Above that was a gleaming black hemisphere of glass - a camera, he hoped - and to one side a grille of what looked for all the world like brass.<br><br>“Dang,” Cooper muttered. “Hope I won’t have to sword-fight our way back up to the castle. I left my rapier back in the room.” There was a large white button beneath the brass grille. He jabbed it with his elbow, held it for a second or two, then bent to speak into the mesh. “Uh … Hi. Mel? It’s Sarah and Cooper, at the dock. Took a boat back from town, see, and now we’re at the gate down here.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 17:34:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah was more relaxed about entering The Place from here than she had been at the main gate.&nbsp; There she had been paranoid someone would see her entering, even though it had the façade of a very high end luxury resort.&nbsp; She didn’t have the urge to look over her shoulder to see if anyone was watching them entering from the back gate.&nbsp; <br><br>She was trying to picture Cooper with a sword when Mel’s dulcet tones replied “A sailor, or are you really a pirate?”<br><br>“Dam we forgot to get you that eye patch, parrot and a hook while we were out.&nbsp; We will have to play pirate and damsel in distress another time.”&nbsp; Sarah laughed as she eyed Cooper up and down.&nbsp; A roughish pirate seemed to fit him well.&nbsp; &nbsp;The sound of Mel chuckling was followed by the soft electric buzz of the lock on the gate being released for them. <br><br>“I think she likes you.” Sarah whispered conspiratorially as she pushed the gate open since she was the one with the free hand.&nbsp; &nbsp; Once the gate was securely closed behind them, Sarah was content to resume their leisurely walk back to their rooms.&nbsp; &nbsp;“You know I wouldn’t be surprised if you really did have a sword in that room of yours, it seems to have everything else.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-03-2011, 22:32:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“Maybe that’ll be my next career,” Cooper replied, squinting one eye and taking a couple of hops on an imaginary peg leg. “Piracy, matey! Plunder by day, rum and cigars by night on a Caribbean island!” He chortled at the idea of kicking back in a Tortuga cellar alehouse, feet up on a cask and waving a wooden mug to call the serving wench over for a refill.<br><br>“Honestly though, I have no idea what’s in that room. After the first time I looked in one of those nightstand drawers I was a little afraid to find out!”<br><br>Peg leg or not, he was glad the ascent back to the Place wasn’t as steep as it had looked from the dock. That would have been the icing on a cake of idiocy: getting past the locked entrance he hadn’t thought of only to force Sarah to clamber up a hill in shoes that were definitely not meant for rock climbing. An easy stroll up a wide cobbled path led back to the gardens, and from there to one of the many entrances to the apartments. As it happened Sarah’s room was the closer one.<br><br>“Let me drop these in your room for you,” Coop said. He paused, crooked a small smile at Sarah, and hefted the bags slightly. “Maybe help you put ‘em away. Or, y’know … try one on.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-03-2011, 18:53:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“The drawer I opened was an eye opener.” Sarah answered, and didn’t look at him to save her blushes since she had in fact asked him if he wanted to try one of the things she had found.&nbsp; She still couldn’t believe she had been so brave.&nbsp; &nbsp;Then again this place as for people to let loose and try new things, even if the new thing would be considered extremely boring by other, and Cooper made it so easy for her.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>As they walked through the garden, she couldn’t resist putting her hand out and trailing her fingers against some of the lilac blooms on one of the plants they past.&nbsp; The gardens were very pretty.&nbsp; She had been too nervous the day before to really appreciate it.&nbsp; &nbsp;Was that all the time that had past?&nbsp; It felt like forever, every minute lasting an hour, but she was sure by the end she would be wishing she had more time.<br><br>Laughing Sarah nudge Cooper a little with her shoulder “I was wondering how long it would take you to remember that fashion show.”&nbsp; Well she had promised him, and she wasn’t about to disappoint.&nbsp; Fishing around in her bag for the key card for her room door she asked “Did you have one in particular you want to see first or will we just go with which ever one comes out the bag first?”&nbsp; <br><br>Triumphant in her search she swiped the card and opened the door.&nbsp; Walking into the room she dumped her bag and key card on the day bed, and then she walked over the to balcony doors to let some air in.&nbsp; The sea breeze would definitely be needed if things got as hot as she suspected they might.&nbsp; As she turned to Cooper, for outfit number one, she caught sight of her suitcase on the bed.&nbsp; <em>Ooops, that will need to be moved instead of using the bed as a wardrobe</em>.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>18-03-2011, 17:43:44</strong>
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				“Oh, trust me,” Cooper said, “That hasn’t been far from my mind since you mentioned it.” He set the shopping down atop the long dresser that stretched along the wall opposite the bed and paused, contemplating. Then he closed his eyes, put a hand over them for good measure, and reached in. Fabric rustled as he fumbled through the contents, fingers probing to find a definite edge of something.<br><br>At last what felt like a strap slipped across his hand. Good enough. He gathered up the fabric and carefully drew out the item. Eyes still closed, he turned around and held it out at arm’s length before opening his eyes. “Well, hello,” he said, and blinked. It was the dark purple baby doll combo that Sarah had picked out for herself.<br><br>“Hmm. I know you picked this out just for yourself, you know, for comfort and all. Not for show. But …” Cooper &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;proffered the set with a look that was nearly bashful. “I’d still like to see you in it.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 18:27:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah had to stop herself from laughing, if Coop thought the baby doll was her usual bed time attire he was sadly mistaken.&nbsp; Yes it was picked for comfort, but it was also something that would be worn on special occasions, although in reality it was destined to spend the foreseeable future in her drawer of other garments, with no one to wear it for.&nbsp; However, she didn’t enlighten him that her bedroom attire generally consisted of vest tops and shorts, or long pyjama pants.&nbsp; <br><br>She plucked the garment out of his grasp with a smile, even if she hadn’t thought of including it in their special fashion show, which she had, she wouldn’t have been able to resist the sheepish look he gave her now.&nbsp; “Dump my case in the corner will you, I’ll be back in a minute.”&nbsp; &nbsp; She didn’t see the point of telling him to make himself comfortable, she was sure he would do that anyway.&nbsp; <br><br>In the bathroom Sarah quickly changed into the nightwear, and then contemplated her shoes.&nbsp; On the catwalk she would strut down it in six inch heels, but for some reason that felt all wrong now.&nbsp; She bent down to remove them, then straightening up she adjusted the baby doll and fluffed at her hair.&nbsp; &nbsp;Realising her lip gloss was in her handbag, she moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Her stomach swooped with butterflies, she felt more nervous now than she ever did moments before a show or a shoot.&nbsp; &nbsp;She chuckled quietly to herself for being so self conscious about something she did for a living, but she really didn’t feel like a clothes horse at the moment.&nbsp; She felt flustered and excited.&nbsp; Taking a deep calming breath, she pulled open the bathroom door, paused for a moment on the threshold and then slowly walked out towards where Cooper waited. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-03-2011, 22:08:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“Will do,” Coop replied. As Sarah vanished into the bathroom he tucked the stray corners of garments back into the case and shut the lid, then closed one snap for good measure. Both hands gripping the handle, he heaved it off the bed - and practically did a pirouette across the floor. A step and a lean from the dresser he managed to shudder to a halt and bring the case to rest against his stomach.<br><br>“What in …” He muttered under his breath and hefted the case experimentally. So, his assumptions had shown him for a fool again. He had used way too much force, expecting the case to be heavy as lead, packed with forty pounds of whatever unknowable feminine gear his sister would load into the car for those family trips back to Sarasota. Sarah, on the other hand, had apparently learned to pack light. It only made sense, of course. A model like her must be constantly on the go, practically live out of her suitcase.<br><br>“Smooth. At least there wasn’t a window for you to fall out of. Dumbass.” So chiding himself he set the suitcase in the corner beside one of the end tables that bracketed the bed, out of the way of any foot traffic or future unintended hornpipes.<br><br>Like his, Sarah’s room was a suite with a small sitting area. Cooper eyeballed the couch and matching chairs for a moment, then moved a small table to one side to create a makeshift runway down the length of the space to the big leather chair at the end. Just right. He poured himself a drink of water from the pitcher on the dresser and sat down, setting the glass on the end table beside him as he did.<br><br>And a second later, was very glad he wasn’t holding it. If he had been, it would have been in a million pieces on the floor. Jaw, arms, hands, everything went slack - well, just about everything - at the sight of Sarah as she reappeared from the bathroom. “Oh.” Coop sat back, hands resting on his knees, and let out what would have been a whistle if he could have pursed his lips. “Oh. Wow.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>28-03-2011, 20:30:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah glided up the makeshift runway Cooper had created.&nbsp; She paused before him and did a slow elegant twirl, even though she felt like spinning around like a little girl.&nbsp; Facing him again, her hip canted in an end of runway pose she glanced down to him and enquired "What do you think?&nbsp; Suitable for lounging about on a Sunday?"&nbsp; <br><br>Not that she was fishing for compliments or anything, the look on Cooper's face and sighs as she had walked towards him had been clear enough what he thought.&nbsp; Then again there wasn't anything wrong with a little mental stimulation and, <em>oh alright</em>, a girl loved compliments when they were being dished out.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>31-03-2011, 21:16:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Coop made a supreme effort to focus his mind and close his mouth. Success! He leaned back in his chair, giving the suavest nod of sultry approval he could. <em>Merovingian, Merovingian,</em> he repeated in his mind, summoning up a vision of the movie villain’s mannerisms, and even managed a rakish slouch.<br><br>“Oh, yes.” He smiled and nodded slowly. “Absolutely.” If this was going to be a private show, he was going to take full advantage of it. Inch by inch he looked her over from the top of her gleaming hair to the tips of those adorable toes, then back up again. It wouldn’t have surprised him if Sarah had been able to feel his gaze as it lingered on her bum, or her hips, or the swell of her breasts.<br><br>“Excellent choice.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>02-04-2011, 21:45:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah was indeed well aware of his gaze.&nbsp; She shivered and felt her body reacting to it, her nipples hardened and she felt a rush of heat between her legs.&nbsp; This then had her wondering what he would do if she plonked herself down on his lap for a closer look.&nbsp; A naughty smile graced her lips at this thought, but instead of doing so she about turned and strutted back up the 'runway'.&nbsp; &nbsp; She paused long enough to snag the bag with the remainder of their purchases and disappeared back into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. <br><br>Heart pounding, Sarah stepped out of outfit number one and then reached into the bag to pluck out outfit number two.&nbsp; The black damask bra and brief set.&nbsp; Holding them up for closer inspection she nodded to herself, Coop's choice wasn't that bad, she probably would have picked them herself.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Dressed once again, she checked herself in the mirror out of habit, and then walked out the door and onto the runway.&nbsp; This was definitely a lot more fun than any show she had done before.&nbsp; She'd never had this blood boiling sensation of excitement before, that was sure.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>06-04-2011, 21:17:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper maintained his pose of refined lasciviousness until Sarah had disappeared from sight and the door closed again. Then the air fled his lungs with a gasp and he slumped, head lolling back as if he had just finished a half-marathon in his steel-toed boots. The girl knew her craft, that was for damn sure. Ever little swish of her hips, tilt of her head, every step she took was another brushstroke in a work of art. “<em>Hell</em> yeah.”<br><br>He sighed and picked up the glass of water. Best take a swig while he could, he reflected. All this gaping was making him a little parched, and he didn’t trust his grip in the presence of Sarah’s performance. Condensation from the glass dampened his palm and he dragged it over his forehead and brushcut to cool himself a little. He settled back in his chair again just as Sarah sashayed back out of the bathroom, and this time allowed himself a low whistle of approval.<br><br>“Mm-hmm. Now that’s very nice too.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>09-04-2011, 21:51:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Just as well you approve since it was picked for me not by me." she winked at him before doing her elegant slow motion twirl once again.&nbsp; The end of runway posing would never be the same again as she would always remember this private showing, she just hoped that she wouldn't blush or start giggling as she was likely to end her career sooner rather later.&nbsp; <br><br>Turning she returned to the bathroom for the final outfit change and once more went through the motions of strutting towards him, pausing, twirling and then pausing once again.&nbsp; Her heart was racing ten a penny now, as this little outfit was definitely a lot more racier than its predecessors.&nbsp; White and barely there, and what was there she felt was practically see through.&nbsp; She would most definitely not be lounging about in this on a Sunday unless she had 'special' company.&nbsp; <br><br>Catching Coopers eye she gave in to the lecherous look and did exactly what she had been thinking, and plonked herself down on his lap, straddling him.&nbsp; Her lips brushed lightly against his in a smile.&nbsp; "So what did you think?&nbsp; A decent enough fashion show?"&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>12-04-2011, 00:10:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Coop let out a low rumble of contentment and slipped his arms around Sarah’s waist. He leaned in just a hair closer, just enough to barely catch her lower lip between his, tug on it a moment, let it go, do it again.<br><br>“Incredible,” he whispered against her cheek, and brushed it with a kiss. “Amazing.” Another kiss grazed the edge of Sarah’s jaw. “I may never think of the Victoria’s Secret show the same way again.”<br><br>His hands settled on Sarah’s bottom and drew her up against him a little more snugly, just enough for her to feel the effect her show had had on him. It also had the added benefit of shifting her into a position in which he could maneuver in for a kiss to her throat, squarely on her pulse. “Matter of fact,” he muttered, “I may just never think of it again at all...” And he went to work easing the straps off her shoulders and down.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>20-04-2011, 19:56:29</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				A soft sigh snuck from Sarah as Cooper leaned in for that first little kiss.&nbsp; &nbsp; She trembled as he continued the light trail of kisses and murmured words.&nbsp; Their shopping trip had been leading up to this moment all day, the teasing and playful touches, the erotic fashion show.&nbsp; And for a split second Sarah let herself wonder, if she could get Cooper out of his contract, would she see him again in the real world?&nbsp; <br><br>The thought was quickly shut off as Cooper drew her closer.&nbsp; Aware that he would be able to feel, from her racing pulse, that she enjoyed the show as much as he had. <br><br>“I don’t think I’ll ever be able to walk down the runway ever again without thinking of now.” She admitted in a husky whisper.&nbsp; &nbsp;She could only hope she didn’t get that side tracked with her memories she fell off the runway.&nbsp; <br><br>The lacy material slid slowly down to pool around her waist.&nbsp; Sarah sat perfectly still letting Cooper look his full or whatever else he had in mind.&nbsp; She no longer felt the remotest bit shy or embarrassed about being naked before him.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>21-04-2011, 21:22:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, that was better. Much better. Cooper leaned back a little, then a little more, feasting his eyes on Sarah’s always astounding breasts as they were gradually revealed. There was nothing more to say now. No word could have expressed what he has feeling as exactly as action could.<br><br>He reached up slowly, slowly, caressing her waist, her back, and around until at last he had the warm, soft weight of each globe cradled in a hand. He kneaded softly at first, squeezing Sarah’s flesh for the pure pleasure of feeling how it moved in his grasp. But those stiffening, rose petal pink nipples were too inviting to resist for long, and he captured each to roll it between finger and thumb.<br><br>That still wasn’t enough. Coop bent forward and closed his teeth around one, just hard enough to let Sarah feel them as he scraped back and off, closed again and pursed his lips tight. His tongue worked in a tight circle against the tip of one nipple as his thumb described an identical circle over the other.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-04-2011, 15:53:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Watching him through heavy eyelids, Sarah settled back, enjoying the feel of his hands on her.&nbsp; Her nipples became diamond hard beneath his fingers, but it was nothing like the sensation that had the breath shuddering out of her as he tugged lightly with his teeth before taking the little nub back into his mouth and sooth with his tongue.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>She gasped in sweet agony, wanting more.&nbsp; A lot more.&nbsp; However, his touch was also divine ecstasy that she hoped to hold onto for as long as possible.&nbsp; She gave herself over to him, letting him control how fast or slow they went.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>26-04-2011, 17:32:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				They were really getting to know each other now, Coop realized. He had felt that tiny softening of Sarah’s posture that let him know she was letting him take the lead now, and it pleased him. He smiled, just a tiny bit, and kissed his way across her from one breast to the other. Lips closed on the nipple his thumb had been rolling while his fingers replaced his tongue on the other.<br><br>If felt like he could have stayed there for hours, his mouth paying homage to Sarah’s breasts all day and night and all the next day, but there was so much else he wanted to do. At last Cooper sat back a little and peeled his shirt off, flinging it to who knew what far corner of the room. He locked eyes with Sarah and twined his arms around her to pull her close, crushing her delicious softness against his hard, flat chest and stomach.<br><br>“Now,” he whispered. “You just let me slide, but you stay put.” He gave her bottom the slightest nudge with his fingers, then began to wiggle and shimmy his way down, slipping off the seat and threading his way between her thighs.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>28-04-2011, 19:08:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah lifted her eyes to meet his as he sat back and then peeled off his shirt.&nbsp; Another sigh slipped from her as he pulled her closer.&nbsp; The coarse hair on his chest brushing against her already sensitised nipples.&nbsp; The the contrast between her softness and his hardness had her heart thudding.&nbsp; She was pretty sure he was going to kiss her again until he spoke.&nbsp; <br><br>She arched a brow as he started to wiggle his way down the chair.&nbsp; Where was he going now?&nbsp; Or more importantly what was he up to now?&nbsp; "Coop," amusement laced her voice as she watched him slink lower and lower "It would be much easier for you to get up if I moved out of the way."&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>02-05-2011, 23:26:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“Easier to get up, yeah.” He had slithered down far enough that he could punctuate that with a quick kiss on the inner curve of each breast. “But maybe I’m headed down.”<br><br>Lower now, and another kiss, this time on her ribs. He wound and twined, his muscular trunk gliding along first one thigh, then the other. He raised his arms as if slipping through a narrow hatch, and darned if that didn’t have him caressing her arms as he dragged his lips slowly, slowly down her stomach. He paused just long enough to draw a quick circle around her belly button with the tip of his tongue, then went on his way.<br><br>“Down, and maybe around...” He turned his face to one side and kissed again, in that shallow valley where her thigh met her hip, nosing his way past the fabric of Sarah’s now mostly discarded lingerie to avoid soiling it with his lips.<br><br>And then with a slip and a twist he was through, and could run his hands up and over Sarah’s bottom as he kissed his way up the back of one thigh.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-05-2011, 17:43:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				A hissing breath, as he blazed a trail of kisses along his exit route, Sarah gripped onto the back of the chair with both hands.&nbsp; Her heart pounding as he moved lower.&nbsp; Then her eyes squeezed closed, wishing that the lower half of the teddy would just miraculously remove itself.&nbsp; <br><br>Once he was finally free from the chair, Sarah tensed in anticipation.&nbsp; Wondering what he had up his sleeve now.&nbsp; &nbsp;He was such a considerate lover, but a surprising one as well.&nbsp; She had no idea what he would come up with next, or where he got half his ideas.&nbsp; She was on the verge of blushing all over as her mind raced, trying to figure out what he intend now, and with her in such a position.&nbsp; &nbsp;Or perhaps it was really because she was getting all hot and bothered?<br><br>Releasing one hand from the chair she twisted slightly to look down at him over her shoulder.&nbsp; Her body vibrated, as he started to kiss his way up her thigh, accompanied by a gurgled chuckle.&nbsp; “You sir are crazy nuts.”&nbsp; &nbsp; It was clear that the statement was not condescending, as there was great affection laced through her tone.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>09-05-2011, 16:10:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper chuckled softly against Sarah’s thigh and gave it the hint of a nip. “You, ma’am, drove me there.” Onward and upward he nuzzled and kissed, until he was cresting the full curve of her cheek and had to nudge aside fabric to clear his way. “Not that I didn’t enjoy every second of it, now.”<br><br>The lingerie looked wonderful on her, but just now it was getting to be a nuisance. Coop gathered up its folds and eased it down and off her, tossing it aside to land atop his discarded shirt. There now. Much better. He caressed each cheek as if he were memorizing her shape by touch, preparing to sculpt her. <em>I wonder if …</em> On second thought, no. They were growing more and more comfortable with each other’s personalities and bodies, true. But it was that very familiarity that let him know that some of the possibilities this situation presented, however much another girl might have enjoyed them, would have been no more to Sarah’s taste than a plate of live beetles.<br><br>He took a second to meet Sarah’s gaze and smile into those beautiful eyes of hers, then sank back on his heels and leaned in. Remembering her explosive reaction last time, he decided to ease into it a little more slowly now. First the barest brush of his lips on hers, a light kiss here, another there. His hands settled on her hips as he traced her flesh with the tip of his tongue, pressing just a little more firmly, working in just a little deeper with every circuit.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>13-05-2011, 17:37:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“I have no idea how it’s my fault, I’m innocent.” She proclaimed blameless as she shifted from one knee to the other as he discarded the last piece of material protecting her modesty.&nbsp; She felt exposed and not just physically, but it gave her a little thrill at the same time.&nbsp; &nbsp;Still uncertain what he had planned with her kneeling like this on the chair, but trusting him implicitly all the same.&nbsp; <br><br>That thrill continued up her spine as he started to caress her, reminding her of the way he had reacted when he had done this…well however long it was now, she’d lost track…and discovered her little secret bug.&nbsp; <br><br>There was a twinkle in his eyes as he smiled up at her, a flash that warned her he was about to do something, but not what exactly until he did it.&nbsp; <em>Oh dear</em> …&nbsp; A loud gasp escaped from her at that littlest kiss.&nbsp; He remembered, she knew he did from the way his tongue teased her, and he was going to drive her crazy now.&nbsp; She clung to the back of the chair with both hands, her head dropping forward between her arms.&nbsp; Half watching him through lowered eye lids as the internal battle began.&nbsp; Wanting to hold on for as long as possible and at the same wanting to spiral into the abyss.&nbsp; &nbsp; The battle was hard fought, but in the end it was Cooper who controlled the outcome and when.<br><br>“Coop!”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>17-05-2011, 22:50:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Wicked was about the last word anyone would have picked to describe Cooper’s demeanor ordinarily, but there was something decidedly naughty in the way he chuckled in his throat as he lapped and twirled up and over and into Sarah. It was like a feedback loop of lust, every sigh and quiver from her intensifying his efforts, intensifying her reaction, and back again and again.<br><br>There were other advantages to this position than the different angle of Cooper’s mouth against Sarah’s lips. She was nicely accessible to his hands, too, as he was eager to demonstrate. One he left gripping her thigh, holding her tight to him, or him tight to her. The other he slid slowly up her body until he found one of her breasts. Fine motor control was out of the question at this point, but he still had enough brain online to gather up the soft, warm weight of her flesh and knead it.<br><br>“Mmm, Sarah,” he sighed against her, “Sarah...” Conflicting desires tore him in opposite directions. Send her over the edge with his mouth, or break away to strip and cover up? It seemed almost cruel to stop right at the brink, but he was aching to be inside her again. At last he couldn’t take any more. He released her breast and scrabbled open his pants, shoving them down as best he could. One last long swipe up Sarah’s cleft and he stood, shucking the rest of his clothes and staggering the two steps to the end table.<br><br>“Hold … don’t move …” His voice was hoarse with desire. The drawer nearly flew out onto the floor, he jerked it open so hard, and he unwrapped and deployed the first condom he found in what must have been a personal record. Then he was back and leaning over her, kissing the nape of her neck and caressing every inch of her from hips to chin.<br><br>“Here I am,” he breathed against her skin, and eased himself into her. “Oh, my yes...”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>25-05-2011, 19:14:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Don't move?! </em> Did he seriously think that she would, or could?&nbsp; Sarah was amazed she was managing to keep herself in the position she was currently in with her limbs trembling from the onslaught of his tongue.&nbsp; &nbsp;She ached from being brought to the very brink and then kept there.&nbsp; Unable to even turn around to look at him in fear that her legs would give out, she heard the sound of clothing hitting the floor, then the draw being yanked open.&nbsp; <br><br>“Coop...” the plea had barely got out from between her lips when he was back, pressing kisses to her neck.&nbsp; She trembled beneath his hands.&nbsp; Her body curved to accommodate him. Then she moaned as he slid inside her.&nbsp; It seemed like she had been waiting for an eternity and he felt divine.&nbsp; <br><br>“Please...now.”she pleaded, wiggling a little as a means of telling him what she wanted since she couldn't get the words out coherently enough.&nbsp; Only now realising that this position had its disadvantages, like being unable to reciprocate the little caresses that he was giving her, nor was she able to kiss and nibble at him either, as well as the advantages that were also becoming clear as her bottom pressed back against him.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>26-05-2011, 18:01:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper gasped, struck dumb for a moment by the feeling of Sarah squirming against him and around him. His body tensed, hips flexing and pushing against her softness while the balled fists on which he was supporting himself ground against the chair. His skin flushed hot with desire - and to be honest, with pride at hearing her breathless plea. <em>Oh, ain’t it good to hear that, and oh, you don’t have to tell me twice.</em><br><br>He was flexible enough, and taller enough than Sarah, that he could surge against her while still bent over her back and sucking her earlobe. That wasn’t the motion he was after, though. His heart was pounding, hard enough that he would have sworn Sarah could hear it. He wanted something more primal now. And she wanted it. And he was going to give it to her.<br><br>He reached to give one breast a squeeze, then straightened until he stood fully upright. Just a moment’s pause to let out something between a sigh and a moan at the sight of Sarah’s beautiful curves laid out before him, and onward. Turning loose. Cooper slid his hands to grip her just at the junction of thigh and hip and held Sarah against him as he began to pump, barely pulling out before driving in again.<br><br>“G-god. Sarah.” Each word had to be fought for, gasped out every third or fourth thrust, punctuated by the soft thump of her bottom against his hips. “You feel. So. Good …”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>29-05-2011, 19:16:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The pull on her earlobe had Sarah gasping, it was like there was a link between her ear and the little bud between her legs.&nbsp; One throbbed in time while the other was nibbled on.&nbsp; Then just as she was getting into it, Cooper shifted again.&nbsp; &nbsp;Changing the angle and she almost forgot to breath.&nbsp; <br><br>She could feel his hands holding her, his fingers not far from the needy little bud, just not close enough in her opinion, but the thought had barely registered in her head when he started to thrust inside her.&nbsp; Never had she felt so connected to another person.&nbsp; There was no fear, no resistance.&nbsp; She gave herself completely.&nbsp; Whispering his name as waves of pleasure rolled over her. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-06-2011, 18:01:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				They fell into a rhythm, moving like a single body. It felt almost effortless, automatic, as if they were speaking through touch now. The velvety crash of Sarah’s skin on his, over and over and over, was mesmerizing. Desire and affection expressed in motion and sound. The sound was changing, though, and it showed that they were both working harder than he felt. A sharper slap was making itself heard as their bodies grew damp with sweat and other things.<br><br>Cooper licked his lips. His breath was ragged, coming in gasps and pants, and he felt the familiar pressure building deep within him. He drove harder, and harder. So close now, so close … He bit his lip and eased back. Not quite, not yet. Sarah first. That was what he wanted more than anything, even more than his own release - to hear her, to feel her, to know that he had given her that satisfaction.<br><br>Coop slowed to a steady plunge and began twisting a little here, tipping a fraction there. He knew by now that Sarah needed a little pressure on her sweet spot to send her over the edge, and that in this position she wasn’t quite getting it. Maybe … no, how about … not that either. <em>Fancy isn’t working. Keep it simple.</em> He released the grasp of his right hand to bring it to his mouth and thoroughly soak two fingertips in his mouth. Then he bent forward again, just a bit. Just enough for him to slip his hand around and back between Sarah’s thighs to roll her button beneath his fingers.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>04-06-2011, 17:29:43</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It was hard to work out where one ended and the other started, their motions were fluid, running into each other.&nbsp; &nbsp;There was a smell of musk from their throbbing bodies.&nbsp; Sarah was aware of the subtle changes in Cooper, the harder movements as he got close and then the slow steady pace when he realised she wasn't quite there yet.&nbsp; It amazed her how quickly they had become so in synch with each other.&nbsp; <br><br>She felt like a tea pot, hot, ready and about to boil over.&nbsp; His fingers executed a slow deliberate circle on her button that left her whimpering softly against the erotic sensation.&nbsp; The orgasm rose in her, hot and loud.&nbsp; Wave upon wave. A whole ocean crashing over her. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>08-06-2011, 16:40:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She was unstoppable, irresistible, like the tide. Her motion carried him along, drew him in its wake, and they rolled together in perfect unison. Cooper couldn’t have held back another second if he had wanted too; the force of Sarah’s climax was calling his own after it. He gripped her tighter and surged, again, and again, until something washed over him from an impossible depth. He shook with the force of his own release as he came, one jolt following another until at last he shuddered to a halt.<br><br>Coop’s strength was sapped for the moment. He let himself stretch across her back as if they had washed up on a beach together, his weight still on his fists. The sensation of his skin on hers was electrifying, and intensified by the sheen of sweat that covered them both.<br><br>“Amazing,” he whispered against the back of Sarah’s neck, and kissed her. Then he chuckled and flexed his hips a bit, just enough for her to feel him shift inside her. “Now all we need is for that bed to come over here so we can lie down and rest a minute without separating.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>13-06-2011, 19:34:09</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The added weight, albeit hardly any, had Sarah's legs threatening to give out from beneath her as she caught her breath.&nbsp; Just when she thought it couldn't get any better Cooper had to prove otherwise and once again she was left marvelling at how electric they were together.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She couldn't help smiling at his whispered word before the feel of his lips brushed against her neck.&nbsp; Amazing was one word for it.&nbsp; She could think of a few others.&nbsp; Her muscles instinctively clenched around him in response to his little nudge.&nbsp; <br><br>“Think we need a better planner, one that thinks about the logistics for afterwards and not just the fun stuff.” she teased with a tinkle of laughter, after all it was his fault they were now in this predicament.&nbsp; “Sure you can't just magic us over there?”&nbsp; She peeked over her shoulder at him, an easy grin gracing her flushed face.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-06-2011, 22:28:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He couldn’t answer right off, not sensibly anyway. First there was that echo inside her that drew another shudder from him, as if their bodies were each striving to have the last word with the other. Then he was panting out a laugh at Sarah’s crack about his lack of forethought.<br><br>“That’s why I never made officer.” Coop nodded sadly. “Never could plan ahead.” He shifted his weight entirely onto one fist and stretched the other hand outward as if he were going to pull the bed closer with the power of his mind.<br><br>“Nope,” he said at last, after a couple of use-the-Force grimaces. “Not gonna happen. Guess I’ll just have to plan better next time.” He straightened and paused for a moment to enjoy the sight of Sarah again, all glistening and tinged a deeper pink here and there from exertion or contact. <em>I wonder... nah.</em> He ran his hands over her hips as he pondered. <em>If I tried to lift her while I was still inside, sure as shootin’ I’d hyperextend it or some damn thing.</em> He closed index and thumb around his base to hold the safe tight and eased himself out with a sigh of pleasure at the sensation, regret at the withdrawal.<br><br>“In the meantime,” he said, and leaned in to kiss her cheek again, “I could just carry you.” One hand was already finding a place on the back of her thigh, the other caressing her shoulder.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>21-06-2011, 17:38:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The failed Jedi Knight attempt had Sarah biting back a fit of the giggles.&nbsp; &nbsp;His sense of humour was refreshing and she didn't think she had laughed as much in a long time.&nbsp; Not since she was a teenager.&nbsp; Skin tingling as he caressed her hip, she watched him as the wheels in his head obviously started working, and wondered what he was thinking about trying now. <br><br>Obviously he had changed his mind since he withdrew.&nbsp; Leaving Sarah with a feeling of emptiness, and not just in the physical sense.&nbsp; A stupid thing to feel, she knew, as there was every probability he would be back at least one more time before bed time!&nbsp; &nbsp;If only she could shrink him down to take home with her.&nbsp; She smiled at him as he leaned in to kiss her cheek. <br><br>“The force is weak with you,” She replied in a terrible impersonation of Yoda, it came out extra squeaky as she gave into the bout of laughter.&nbsp; “It might be safer if I walked over myself.” This was followed by her tongue being poked out at him.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-06-2011, 21:43:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“It is.” Cooper nodded glumly. “Guess I’ll have to keep doing stuff the hard way. Ah, well. Builds character.”<br><br>Reluctant to break contact with her, he glided his hands over her body as he straightened and took half a step back. He didn’t want to wander off to the bathroom, but he couldn’t just pull the safe off and pitch it in the trash, to lie there in wait for some poor unsuspecting housekeeper. So, with one more kiss on Sarah’s ladybug for good measure, he ambled to the restroom to flush and clean off.<br><br>It wasn’t a minute in the doing, though, and then he was back. The bed was temptingly close. Coop tumbled in and propped himself up on a mass of pillows, then stretched out one hand to Sarah. This time the gesture was one of beckoning rather than conjuring.<br><br>“C’mon, darlin’.” He smiled. “Rest a minute?”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>26-06-2011, 13:17:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Expecting him to swing her up into his arms and proving just how weak he was, Sarah was a little surprised when Cooper dropped a kiss on her secret&nbsp; bug and then wandered off to the bathroom.&nbsp; Sighing, she tentatively stretched out one leg and placed her foot on the floor, then the other.&nbsp; Her legs still felt a little shaky.&nbsp; <br><br>She had just turned around when Cooper returned, tossed himself onto the bed and beckoned her over.&nbsp; Her heart missing a beat as he called her darling. <em> If only.</em>&nbsp; She took a few seconds to look him over.&nbsp; He looked amazing.&nbsp; Long, lean and powerful.&nbsp; Feeling like a newly born foal, she walked the short distance to the bed.&nbsp; “Just a minute?” she asked climbing onto the bed next to him and flopped back against the pillows. <br><br>The breeze cooled her skin, but not enough that she felt she needed to climb beneath the covers, not when all she had to do was wiggled closer to Cooper.&nbsp; She rolled onto her side, propped up on her elbow and grinned at him “I think I need more than just a minute.”&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-07-2011, 19:54:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Hmm. You might be right," he said with a grin. "Feeling a mite wrung out?"<br><br>Cooper skittered sideways and propped himself up to face her. Or at least to be facing her; he took a long, appreciative look up her body from head to toe and back again, with stopovers at her thighs and breasts, before meeting her gaze. A few stray strands of hair, lank with sea air and exertion, had fallen across her forehead and he brushed them back for a better view of those beautiful eyes.<br><br>"Well. We're not in any rush." Coop leaned in a little closer and let his hand trail down Sarah's neck and across her back. "We could just lie here a while..." He was resting his hand in the hollow of her hip now and gave her a suggestion of a squeeze, drawing her just close enough for one of her legs to brush his.<br><br>"Recuperate..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-07-2011, 20:40:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Aware of his gaze as it travelled over her, Sarah was pleased and a little amused that she neither felt self-conscious nor blushed…well she might still have taken on a rosy glow, just not the scarlet shade she usually went.&nbsp; It just went to show that she felt more comfortable with Cooper than she had with her last long term boyfriend. <br><br>She snorted, rather unladylike, as his hand traced down her back and urging her closer just a smidgen or two. <br><br>“Recuperate?&nbsp; It’s a little hard to believe that’s what you have in mind with that look on your face.”&nbsp; She tapped him on the nose with the tip of her finger, laughing a little, all the while shifting ever so slightly to bring her into closer contact with him.&nbsp; She was surprised she didn’t ache from all the ‘<em>activities</em>’ they had been doing the last few days, but it wasn’t going to stop her from enjoying the remainder of her holiday.&nbsp; She could ache later, for now she was just going to have as much fun flirting with Coop as she could. <br><br>“With everything else, do you think this place does room service?&nbsp; I’m too wrung out to get dressed again.”&nbsp; And with that she flopped over onto her stomach and reached out for the handset on the bedside table “I’m hungry.” <br><br>Hitting zero on the phone she was instantly connected to Mel, who cheerfully asked her what she wanted.&nbsp; This caused Sarah to pause in sudden thought.&nbsp; <em>What to order</em>?&nbsp; “Oh sod it, cheese and bacon burger with the works.” She was on holiday, she was going to indulge, and it was what immediately sprung to mind.&nbsp; She didn’t care if it was a menu option or not.&nbsp; “And some chocolate fudge cake.” She added. <br><br>After a brief pause she twisted her head to look at Cooper and smirked “I suppose I should feed him too, huh.”&nbsp; Then held the phone out to him “Mel wants to know what the sailor’s having.”&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>13-07-2011, 20:14:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Coop snerked and took the offered handset. “I thought they must have room service. Hell, I bet you can get stuff brought right to your room that neither of us can even imagine...”<br><br>He settled back against the headboard, free hand resting at the small of Sarah’s back, and put the set to his ear.<br><br>“Ahoy. How about … no, no, God, I wasn’t asking for …” He rolled his eyes. “Um, is there a sushi chef in the house? What am I saying, of course there is.” There was a pause as Mel detailed the woman’s accomplishments, Coop’s eyes widening a little with every accolade. “Dang. Well then yeah, some California rolls would do the trick. Ginger and soy sauce, yeah. Cool. Thanks.”<br><br>He thumbed the end button and stretched his long arm across Sarah’s shoulders to put the handset back in its cradle.<br><br>“Too close. She thought I might be ordering … well, something else.” He sighed and kissed her between her shoulders before rolling back into place alongside her. “I don’t think I can take another surprise from the Place, know what I mean?”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>15-07-2011, 18:18:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah smiled and rested her head on the pillows while Coop spoke to Mel, slightly intrigued as to what the receptionist was saying from his reaction.&nbsp; Shivers ran down her spine from the spot he kissed. <br><br>“I was going to ask what she thought you were wanting, but I think I’d rather not know as it will probably make me blush.” <br><br>Reminded of her promise, although she was sure Coop wasn’t hinting at her, she rolled over once again and swung her legs over the side of the bed.&nbsp; Back on her feet she padded over to the remaining shopping bag and pulled out the tomb on Spanish Law.&nbsp; Flopping back onto the bed, the mattress bounced for a second as she settled on her stomach and rested the book against the pillows before her.<br><br>“Let’s hope I can find something then so you don’t have to stick around much longer to find out what other surprises there are.” She stated, flipping the cover and first few pages over to get to the first section. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>22-07-2011, 16:15:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				“Amen to that.” Cooper craned to see the page she was looking at, but the torqued posture wasn’t one he could hold for long. He sat up and twisted in place to face the same direction as Sarah.<br><br>“Hope you don’t mind me reading over your shoulder,” he added, then turned his full attention to the text. Or tried to, anyway. The book might have been in English, but it was still in that dense, obscure dialect called legalese, and Coop had already established that reading that wasn’t his forte. He grimaced and bent in a little closer.<br><br>“Damn. I’m only half following that, but it doesn’t look good already.” He sighed and laid a hand on Sarah’s shoulder. “I’m gonna drag some furniture around so we can sit at a table. Wouldn’t want to make you eat your cheeseburger in bed, get ketchup all over these fancy sheets.”<br><br>He slithered across the wide expanse of mattress to avoid having to clamber over Sarah, and absentmindedly still nude, started shuffling together a place for them to set out their lunch.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>24-07-2011, 17:16:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Glancing over her shoulder as he spoke Sarah smiled "I am sure we will find something." she assured.&nbsp; Although the first few lines clearly stated prostitution itself is not illegal in Spain, and Cooper had obviously understood that part, she was sure there had to be something that would get him out of his contract.&nbsp; She just hoped she could find it before time was up as she really didn't want to break her promise.&nbsp; <br><br>Rolling onto her side with the book, her eyes drifted from the words before her to watch Cooper dragging furniture about for their lunch over the top of the book.&nbsp; Someone had obviously not notice the little bistro table and chairs out on the balcony and Sarah wasn't going to point it out either as she watched the tensing and releasing of muscles as he did his thing. <em> The rear view is just as good as the front</em>.&nbsp; <br><br>She flashed back to what they had been doing a few short minutes ago and had to press her thighs together as heat flooded to her core.&nbsp; This was a new side to Sarah, this almost constant desire.&nbsp; What she couldn't figure out and didn't really want to thinking about too much in all honestly, was if it was the situation or the man himself who had her feeling like this.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-08-2011, 19:50:34</strong>
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				It wasn’t elegant, but it would do the trick. Cooper had manhandled a low, heavy table into the space between two armchairs, then hauled one chair around to close the angle enough that they could face one another. He straightened, fists on hips, and nodded.<br><br>“All right. Now we’re ready for lu … oh, for cryin’ out loud.” Excessive satisfaction turned quickly to vague embarrassment as he caught sight of the patio furniture through the French doors to the balcony. He scowled, then shrugged. “Well. At least now we don’t have to get dressed if we don’t want.”<br><br>Coop turned back to Sarah and gave her an only slightly abashed smile. And wasn’t she a vision, stretched out like that on the knotted sheets. <em>No, there’s no reason for you to put a stitch on...</em> Out loud, though, he only said, “Although I think I’ll put pants on to answer the door. They must have seen just about everything here, but no need to go flashing ‘em. You can just, um …” His smile was getting away from him, no two ways about it. And he didn’t care.<br><br>“You just stay undressed there.” He punctuated the thought with a quick, light pat on Sarah’s bottom.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-08-2011, 15:07:07</strong>
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				A suppressed giggle escaped from behind the book that Sarah quickly hid behind as Coop finished his manly duties and spotted the bistro table.&nbsp; Her eyes scanned over a paragraph she had already read twice and peeked over the edge of the book to see what he was doing now.&nbsp; <br><br>Only to find him staring back at her with that silly grin on his face, the one she couldn't resist returning each time she saw it.&nbsp; She yelped at his unexpected pat on the butt, even though it didn't hurt at all and started laughing.&nbsp; “I bet it's Mel that brings it up in the hopes to get an eyeful.”&nbsp; She let her eyes drop down to his crotch meaningfully and then back up to meet his gaze.&nbsp; A sinful smirk&nbsp; on her face.<br><br>“But just in case whoever it insists on wheeling it in...” she wriggled about till she had freed up enough of the sheet to drape over her hip and around to cover her breasts, just enough to cover her modesty but still leaving plenty on displays for Cooper's eyes to feast on. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>25-08-2011, 20:27:53</strong>
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				Coop was halfway to striking his best nude model pose when he thought better of it. Sarah might as well have reached out and physically stroked him, he had started surging back to life so quickly under the intensity of that look. Any intentional irony of his performance would have been shot to pieces by the sheer ridiculousness of his half-risen member wagging in the breeze. So instead he snickered and knelt one knee on the bed beside her.<br><br>“You think? I would have thought she wouldn’t have to leave the lobby to get an eyeful of something.” Idle adjustment of the sheet Sarah had pulled across her hip gradually turned into slow, feathery strokes up and down her exposed length of thigh as he spoke. “Or maybe The Place is too class for running wild in public. Everything kept behind closed doors.”<br><br>One long caress rode the curve of Sarah’s hip and over, dragging a path up her flank and on toward the fold of bedding that covered her above. Cooper let the other hand rest across Sarah’s body and tipped forward, a more subdued smile on his face and eyes locked on hers.<br><br>“Now what do you reckon everybody else might be up to?”<br><br>The knock on the door left him up to nothing more but grimacing. Coop sighed, gave Sarah’s hip one last regretful caress and stood.<br><br>“I swear, they teach people how to time these things. Like waiters don’t give a damn how your meal is until you’ve got your mouth full …” <br><br>It was a measure of his disappointment that Coop was nearly to the door before it occurred to him that he was still stark naked. He jumped back as if he had just then realized he was about to step off a cliff and lunged back toward the heap of discarded clothing.<br><br>“Yeah! We’re here, man. Hang on!”<br><br>His pants were enough, he decided. Still shirtless and barefoot he hustled back to the door and opened it to the nattily dressed server who stood in the hall. It took a little negotiation to convince him to let Cooper roll the cart that carried the food into the room himself, but in the end the mechanic prevailed. He trundled it back into the room, draped one of the napkins over his arm and gave an expansive wave.<br><br>“Where would miss care to eat?”
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>26-08-2011, 17:37:01</strong>
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				The air became electric as Cooper moved closer and <em>adjusted</em> the draping of her sheet.&nbsp; The way his hand glided over her had her convinced he was going to whisk it away any moment.&nbsp; Her heart picked up a beat and her breath caught a little in anticipation.&nbsp; &nbsp;“I haven’t seen anyone running around naked, yet.” She pointed out a little wheezy.<br><br>As for what everyone else might be up to, Sarah couldn’t think of anything, her brain instead had her thinking of things they could be up to instead.&nbsp; Of course they didn’t get to act out any of it as there was a knock on the door. <br><br>“They must breed them.” She chuckled making sure her sheet was still covering her modesty as Cooper headed for the door.&nbsp; She snickered when he seemed to realise what he was doing and back tracked to hop into his pants first. <br><br>When he finally reappeared from the otherside of the door with the trolley she paused as if really thinking about where she wanted to eat.&nbsp; “Outside.” She stated and then slipped out from beneath her sheet and stood.&nbsp; “I’m kidding,” she laughed and waved her hand in the direction of where he had muscled their eating area together.&nbsp; &nbsp;“My specially prepared dining room is perfect.”<br><br>She took a few steps and then paused, realising her dress was still in the bathroom where she had left it during the fashion show.&nbsp; Instead she grabbed Cooper’s shirt up off the floor and slipped it on, it wasn’t exactly appropriate attire but it covered enough.&nbsp; Just.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>31-08-2011, 20:23:35</strong>
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				Cooper chuckled and went about setting out their plates, although it was plain from the way he watched Sarah that just then he would have been more than happy to make a meal of her instead. The moment it took her to settle into his shirt - which on the considerably shorter girl was nearly a little khaki dress - gave him a chance to recompose himself. He slipped around behind Sarah and pulled out an armchair for her. And if that gave him the chance to sneak another glance at the way her hips and bottom moved under the flimsy cotton of his shirt, so much the better.<br><br>“I’ll get water,” he said, and fetched glasses and pitcher from their spot on the floor. There. It wasn’t elegant dining, but elegant wasn’t what was called for now. This right here, this was being together comfortably. Scarfing down lunch over the coffee table, half-dressed, was … what was the word? Companionable. That was it.<br><br>“Bon appetit.” Coop stooped, uncovered their plates, and stole one more kiss before flopping down into his own seat.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>09-09-2011, 18:40:54</strong>
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				Aware of Cooper’s eyes on her, she peeked up superstitiously through her eyelashes wondering if he might have an issue with her wearing his shirt.&nbsp; She really should have asked first, but the glint there assured her all was fine and she felt herself relax.&nbsp; She slid into the seat he offered and tugged at the hem of the shirt to keep it in place. <br><br>She watched him get the water and glasses, and then uncover their plates before he stole a quick kiss.&nbsp; Very crafty.&nbsp; Grinning at him she replied “Mi apetito está disfrutando definitivamente del menú hasta ahora” Once again unsure if her Spanish pronunciation was correct or not, but the message was conveyed as she caught his eye and gave him a sultry smile before lifting her burger.&nbsp; Who needed cutlery when you had hands?<br><br>Her taste buds erupted with euphoria at the first bite.&nbsp; It had been quite a while since she had last tucked into one, and if she had been a little worried it wouldn’t live up to expectations, but it was delicious.&nbsp; It was a real steak burger, none of this pre-packed frozen stuff.&nbsp; The lettuce, tomatoes, bacon and cheese that accompanied it on the bun almost made it too much for her to fit in her mouth.&nbsp; However, she managed to retain enough dignity wolfing down the mouthful without looking like a complete pig, or getting it all over her face.&nbsp; There was just a tiny bit of sticky sauce at the side of her mouth, which was quickly dispatched with a flick of her tongue.<br><br>A satisfied sigh left her as she swallowed “This is good!” <br><br>Catching his eye once again, Sarah was amazed with just how comfortable she felt around Cooper.&nbsp; There was only a select few who she could truly feel relaxed around and just be herself.&nbsp; The fact that Cooper had slipped into that group so quickly and effortlessly surprised and delighted her.&nbsp; It was nice knowing she could enjoy this moment with him and not having to worry about it coming out in the tabloids.&nbsp; She was pretty sure she would still be overly cautions if she had plucked someone else from The Place’s catalogue of “entertainers”.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>“All this sea air seems to have given me an appetite.” She chuckled, knowing it wasn’t the sea air at all.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-09-2011, 23:04:47</strong>
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				There was no mistaking the look in Sarah’s eye, even if he couldn’t remember what all the words meant. Cooper nodded and let a little of his own heat out in the smile he returned her. “Muy bien, mi linda.” <em>Now, what can we find on the dessert cart...</em><br><br>Time enough for that when they had eaten though. He settled into his own seat, licked the last sweet aftertaste of Sarah’s lips from his own, and attacked the sushi, suddenly ravenous. They had provided chopsticks, of course, and properly pointed Japanese ones, of course. Cooper scooped them up and picked out one roll to dip gingerly in the small dish of wasabi. Still no surprise - it was perfection. The roll, the consistency, the flavor, the quality of the fish, everything was top notch. This was the product of a master’s hand, so much so that for a moment Coop felt as if he should bow to the plate.<br><br>“Amazing,” he said at last. “That’s a surprise. Usually if burgers and sushi are both on the menu, one’s terrible. Or they both are.”<br><br>He sighed quietly and wolfed down another three pieces. This was so … what was the word for it? Easy. He filled their water glasses and took a pull from his. Here they were, just sitting and laughing over their lunch like two people enjoying their time together. Even if Sarah hadn’t been so abashed by the circumstances, you could tell she wouldn’t have been treating Coop like the hired hand - or whatever else - he had to admit he was.<br><br>“That’s life on the ocean. Takes a lot out of you.” Cooper grinned and toasted her with his water. “So better eat hearty. Got to keep your strength up, you know.” And he allowed himself another slightly loaded smile before taking another sip.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>23-09-2011, 17:33:31</strong>
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				Not understanding a word he had just murmured, Sarah got the gist of it from the way Coop smiled at her.&nbsp; It definitely had her stomach flipping in anticipation.&nbsp; She watched him tuck into his own meal.&nbsp; She had been to a few sushi restaurants on her travels, but the little seaweed rolls of rice and bits of fish were alright, just not her cup of tea. <br><br>“Considering all the things that are available in your room, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is an army of speciality chef’s in the kitchen.” She replied once she had swallowed a french-fry.&nbsp; &nbsp; “After all The Place specialises in meeting their customers every need.” <br><br>At his urging for her to eat up and get her strength up she laughed “Do I want to know what you have in mind for the rest of the day or will I just wait to see?”&nbsp; &nbsp;She made it sound like she was thinking out loud, not sure if she really did want him to answer or not.&nbsp; Talking about it could have its plus side, but then again the anticipation could be equally as fun. <br><br>Having eaten half her meal she dusted her hands of crumbs and took a sip of water, before leaning back in her seat for a moment idly playing with a fry on her plate.&nbsp; Not quite full yet but enjoying the relaxed lunch that she didn’t want to rush it.&nbsp; Like she didn’t want to rush the rest of her stay, each time the thought that she only had two nights left, she immediately pushed it away.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>29-09-2011, 23:30:17</strong>
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				Cooper gave an inscrutable wave of his chopsticks, accompanied by the ghost of a smile.<br><br>“Oh, this and that. I’ve got a couple of ideas, nothing fancy. You always want to leave some time in the day for just lying around, too. Try and pack too much into a vacation and suddenly it’s more work than work.”<br><br>There was a certain amount of truth in that. He had learned the hard way from a hellacious package deal in Italy that cramming every hour of the day with activities left you feeling more like you had been staging an invasion. To be honest, though, there was at least as much illusionism in it. Apart from the trip to town, their activities since either of them had arrived at The Place had amounted to little more than sex, meals and napping. Not that he was complaining, of course, but Coop had to admit that as a result he had next to no idea what else there was to do here. He was going to have to improvise, then like a cat pretend that was what he had meant to do all along.<br><br>He disappeared another couple of pieces of fish and licked his chops. Like Sarah, he was in no hurry to finish this meal. The weird normalcy of it was relaxing, and there was something pleasing about just sitting here and watching her - not only in an erotic way, but a calmer satisfaction in just being able to look at her.<br><br>“I thought we might take a walk in the garden,” he said on realizing that he had been sitting silent. “Maybe I can find out some real facts about the Place for you, instead of making stuff up as I go along.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>06-10-2011, 18:10:29</strong>
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				The silence had crept in unnoticed by Sarah until Cooper spoke again.&nbsp; She had been content just sitting their quietly as they ate.&nbsp; The garden?&nbsp; She absently looked out towards the balcony and the garden below.&nbsp; A walk around the garden would be nice as she hadn't paid it nearly as much attention when they had walked through it before, due to her nervousness over what she was about to do.&nbsp; <br><br>Looking back at Coop, her eyes opened wide in mock surprise "You made it up?"&nbsp; <br><br>And in hindsight, she realised she hadn't really been listening to his tale all that closely either.&nbsp; A sheepish smile graced her face as she met his eyes "You could tell me the made up stuff again and it would be new to me.&nbsp; I confess to not listening too closely last time, due to other things on my mind."&nbsp; <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>14-10-2011, 22:35:19</strong>
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				“Well, that’s a relief!” Coop returned her a wry smile of his own and leaned on the arm of his chair, chin resting in his hand. “Here I was, worrying you had realized what a poor excuse for a tour guide I am.”<br><br>If he hadn’t been so nervous himself, he realized, it would have been obvious that Sarah’s mind was on other things at the time. She had been quiet, almost distracted, and snuck peeks at him rather than looking directly. Like he had been doing with her, really.<br><br>Now, though, the situation was stood on its head. They could have sat there for who knew how long, enjoying simply watching one another - even enjoying the pleasure each got of looking at the other. As a matter of fact, there was no reason at all Cooper shouldn’t indulge himself with a long, slow glance up and down Sarah’s legs, which was just what he did.<br><br>“In that case, maybe I’ll invent more stuff. Something really out there, this time.” They were seated close enough that he could let the arm that he had been leaning on dangle over the arm of his chair and gently stroke her calf with the backs of his fingers. “Keep you distracted, or at least entertained.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>19-10-2011, 18:48:08</strong>
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				A shiver ran up her leg, from where his fingers stroked against her leg, a shiver than her squirming in her seat a little.&nbsp; "I think you have succeeded at the distraction and entertainment already."&nbsp; She replied thickly.&nbsp; <br><br>Finishing the last of her burger she leaned forward to place the plate, with some chips left on it, onto the table careful not to move her legs out of his reach.&nbsp; Her gaze fell on the trolley and the covered dish that held her dessert.&nbsp; She definitely didn't have any room left for it right now, the burger had been bigger than she had really expected.&nbsp; Perhaps when they came back from that work she would have room for it.&nbsp; <br><br>She looked back at Cooper and grinned.&nbsp; "I hope you have your thinking cap on, I have high standards so your tale of invention has to be really good."&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>25-10-2011, 00:03:38</strong>
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				“I swear, I’m usually a much better bamboozler.” Cooper put a hand over his heart and nodded solemnly. “Guess I was a little preoccupied then. This time, though, I promise - you’ll swear it’s nearly believable.”<br><br>Sarah’s replacement of the plate on the table was his signal that she had polished off as much of this meal as she was going to just now. Coop gave her calf one more affectionate squeeze, then set about putting the tray back together. The mammoth chunk of cake would keep fine under its lid; the rest he scooped up and stacked tidily.<br><br>“Done and done. Now …” He stood and stretched out a hand to Sarah, almost as if inviting her to join a dance. “Much as I hate to say it, would you care to get dressed again? You're welcome to the shirt if you like it, by the way.” 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>28-10-2011, 17:32:05</strong>
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				Coopers comment about being preoccupied before reminded her that this situation was just as new to him as it was to her and she looked over at the book she had left on the bed.&nbsp; She really needed to find a loophole for him. <br><br>She looked up as he stepped in front of her and held out his hand.&nbsp; She placed hers, noting again just how warm it was, and then gracefully rose to her feet.&nbsp; Sarah looked down at his shirt then over at him.&nbsp; “I’m pretty sure you will get away with walking around shirtless, but I don’t think I will dressed in just this.” <br><br>She leaned in to peck him on the cheek before she headed across the room, only pausing on route to crouch down to scoop up the scrap of ivory material, glancing over her shoulder at him to smile before she retreated into the bathroom.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Leaving the door ajar she peeled off his shirt a little reluctantly and pulled her dress back on.&nbsp; &nbsp;Looking in the mirror she finger brushed her hair before returning to the bedroom. <br><br>She placed the bundle of underwear and his shirt on the bottom of the bed as she gave her shoes a passing glance and decided to go bare foot.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>03-11-2011, 22:01:29</strong>
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				Get away with it or not, Cooper would have been more than happy to have Sarah spend as long as she liked in nothing but his shirt. Hell, let anyone try and stop her while he was around! Still, even&nbsp; he had to admit that it was more laundry day casual than vacation wear. Coop smiled and leaned into Sarah’s glancing kiss, then went about collecting his own scattered clothing and reassembling himself.<br><br>The shirt they had shared was going into its second straight day of service, so Cooper pulled a new one from his armoire - indistinguishable from the other, but clean at least - and slipped it on, then dropped trou to step back into the underwear he had skipped before. He had only hunted down one sock by the time Sarah returned. Seeing her choosing to leave her shoes behind was all the excuse he needed to toss it aside and go shoeless himself.<br><br>“So, shall …” He would kick himself for the pause later, but there was no helping it on noticing the bundle Sarah left on the bed. <em>She hasn’t got anything on under … pull it together!</em>&nbsp; “Uh, we go?” 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>06-11-2011, 16:43:14</strong>
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				Seeing the look on his face, Sarah looked at the bundle she had left on the bed.&nbsp; All she could see was the scraps of material that they had purchased during their shopping trip, surely he couldn't tell that she hadn't bothered putting any underwear back on again.&nbsp; She looked at him again, well maybe he was just wistful thinking as the look on his face said otherwise.&nbsp; Smiling to herself, she slipped her hand into his as they headed towards the door, he would find out if he was right or wrong soon enough. <br><br>They headed back out the building and with the many exits and entrances they didn't need to pass the prying eyes of Mel.&nbsp; The moment her feet hit the grass Sarah wiggled her toes against the soft blades.&nbsp; "Well Captain, lets hear your long tales." she teased peeking up at him.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>15-11-2011, 17:34:56</strong>
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				“Well, matey,” Coop said, and gave her hand an affectionate squeeze. “There’s them as don’t believe it, but it’s true. The Place was a pirate stronghold, an outpost of Barbary pirates! They terrorized the sea for miles around, and no one could stop them!”<br><br>Their ambling course was taking them across a broad sweep of lawn that extended to either side until the curve of the hilltop and the surrounding wall turned it out of sight. Off to their right, Cooper would have sworn they actually had a croquet - what did they call it, anyway? Court? Lawn? Pitch? Whichever it was, the stakes and wickets looked more like heirloom furniture than the cheap pieces of fencing wire and dowel he remembered from childhood.<br><br>“And so it was that one day they captured a beautiful maiden from … Wimbledon.” No, wait, that was tennis! Oh well. Too late now, it was out and he would just have to work around it. “She was the daughter of the ship’s owner, and the pirates decided to take her for ransom. So they held her prisoner in a tower right here, on the wall that looked out over the ocean.”<br><br>That part wasn’t completely implausible. The neat and ornate plots of flowers and topiary in this section of the garden butted up against a curve in the wall that could pass for the base of a tower with a little imagination. Better yet, the elaborate curves of the path that wound through the beds were&nbsp; giving him ideas for brand new lies.<br><br>“Just to make sure she couldn’t escape, and the low-flung cutthroats out here would leave her alone, the pirate chief had a maze built outside the tower. Anyone who took a wrong turn would wander lost for hours, until Captain Melendez turned his dogs loose to flush them out.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>21-11-2011, 17:52:04</strong>
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				Of course a pirate story!&nbsp; She should have seen that one coming from a sailor.&nbsp; Sarah ambled along the path as he wove the tale of adventure.&nbsp; She couldn’t help chuckling at some of the parts that he was clearly plucking from fresh air, at the same time she was half admiring the garden and half picturing the scene as he painted it with his words.<br><br>“That was very nice of Captain Melendez to make sure that the ruffian pirates didn’t get their hands on the maiden.” She nodded her head “But why do I suspect that he could transverse the maze effortlessly and he wasn’t so good at keeping his hands off her himself.” She grinned, nudging him playfully with her hip. <br><br>“I do hope she didn’t sit up in that tower bawling her eyes out feeling sorry for herself in pathetic damsel in distress mode.&nbsp; I hope she has some spirit and backbone and keeps the Captain on his toes.”&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>23-11-2011, 20:52:33</strong>
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				“Oh, it might be he had some ideas in that direction. Just maybe.” Cooper paused to pluck a small blue flower from one of the blossoming shrubs they were passing and tuck it in Sarah’s hair. “It was no accident he had these flower bushes planted out here.”<br><br>It would have been a nice touch if he had known what kind of flowers these were, and been able to come up with some sort of connection between them and the maiden. No luck there. The natural world had never been Coop’s strong suit - beyond favorite types of fish to catch, that is - so he would have to leave it at that.<br><br>“Bawling her eyes out? Not on your life.” He shock his head emphatically, face all seriousness. Though not, of course, too serious to return Sarah’s teasing nudge.&nbsp; “Not the fair Rosalinde. She was a real ball of fire, didn’t take crap from anyone. Didn’t take orders either, which was how she had ended up on the ship. See, her father had tried to marry her off to the son of one of his business partners, a real stuffed shirt called Lord Chumley. Rosalinde wasn’t having any of that. She snuck on board one of daddy’s trading ships, and by the time he realized what she had done she was gone over the horizon, off to make her fortune in Ceylon. Or at least, that's what she had meant to do.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>11-12-2011, 21:43:23</strong>
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				(Sorry thought I had replied and just found it in my bookmarks - ooops!) <br><br>When Cooper plucked the flower and then tucked it into her hair Sarah felt her heart melting and she gave him a gushy smile, not caring that he was just using the flower as a prop for his story.&nbsp; It was just a sweet gesture and a little romantic too.&nbsp; <br><br>"Lord Chumley sounds more than a stuffed shirt, he sounds old and wrinkly." she wrinkled her nose in disgust at the thought of the beautiful Rosalinde being forced to marry a friend of her fathers.&nbsp; "So after her plans for escape went...off track, and she was captured by Captain Melendez what did Rosalinde do up in her tower?"&nbsp; Sarah had a few ideas what she would do with the fair Rosalinde, but this was Coop's story and she didn't want to hi jack it too much.&nbsp; <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-12-2011, 14:53:58</strong>
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				“Well. The first thing she did, of course, was try to sneak back out. Melendez was a pirate, but he was a gentleman. He had her chamber furnished with the very best of their plunder. Silver place settings, oak furniture, fancy draperies, you name it.”<br><br>He stopped to point up toward the top of the wall. Down here at the bottom of the garden, in a small seating area supplied with wrought iron chairs and marble benches, it looked even more imposing than it had from the lawn.<br><br>“So Rosalinde stripped the bed and pulled down the curtains and knotted everything together into a rope. She waited until darkness fell, then tied one end to the bed and threw the rest out the window. No joy. She climbed down to the bottom - and it was too short to reach the ground. She would have had to jump so far she would have broken both her legs. Back up she went, and boy was she mad.<br><br>“Melendez, see, he had used that very trick to slip out of the Sultan’s palace in Zanzibar. So he had made sure that there wasn’t enough material in Rosalinde’s room for her to do the same. That was the first night, and when he came to deliver her breakfast the next morning she cussed him out even harder than she had the day before.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>27-12-2011, 18:01:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Sounds like he needed a good ear bashing." she grinned at him.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>She walked over to the wrought iron chair and sat down, tucking her skirt around her knees and then just looked around enjoying the view of the garden.&nbsp; A little wistful sigh, as she wished she had a green thumb, each time she tried to plant anything at home it died.&nbsp; The only reason the daisy's still grew around the front steps was because her mom had done them.&nbsp; <br><br>Her gaze then drifted back to Coop, in a way her eyes always seemed to drift to him no matter what they were doing.&nbsp; Sarah silently took him in, just watching him with a little enigmatic smile, her heart did that little miss a beat thing again.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>30-12-2011, 21:10:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				“She did her best, but y’know. Pirate. He had heard worse.” Cooper shrugged and turned his palms to the sky. <em>Whatcha gonna do?</em> “He listened with a smile, and bowed, and came back for lunch.”<br><br>Here he paused for a moment to stoop and pick something out of the gravel path. A glint of sun on metal had caught his eye and long habit of tidying any beach he happened to be on had him snatching it up before someone could step on it. What the heck was this thing anyway? A little scrap of wrought iron, or a clip from an incredibly sturdy fountain pen? Either way, it had given him another idea.<br><br>“Rosalinde spent the day - when she wasn’t cussing out Melendez, I mean - searching the room for anything she could use to escape. And along about evening, she found a little piece of iron. Something like this.” He held up the little whatever-it-was pinched between two fingers and squinted at it. “The pin from a brooch, or maybe the tongue from a buckle. Hard to say. Anyway, it was just right for her to use to try to pick the lock on her door. So she waited until the middle of the night, when all the guards were probably dozing after another big booze up, and went to work.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>31-12-2011, 15:56:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His improvisation was fantastic, Sarah was a little jealous as she would never have been able to come up with a story this quickly or so intriguing.&nbsp; It showed Coopers talents and of course along with looking at him all day long, she could listen to him as well.&nbsp; His voice had that right combination of husky that she liked.&nbsp; <br><br>"I thought you were going to say she threatened him with it." she chuckled and then shifted up so he could sit next to her while he finished his story.&nbsp; Unconscious she had even done it, her hand brushed against his leg on its way to lace her fingers with his once again.&nbsp; &nbsp;"Heiress, strong willed, and now a locksmith, Rosalinde is quite a woman." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>06-01-2012, 21:28:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				“Well sure, that was the first thing she thought of. Wait until he was sitting across from her at lunch, smiling that unflappable smile of his and then <em>nyah</em>!” Coop made a stabbity-stabbity gesture with the scrap of metal as if using it to poke someone in the eye. “Didn’t take her long to realize you really can’t disable a guy with something the size of a toothpick.”<br><br>He settled on the bench beside Sarah. Whether or not she knew she had petted his leg as he sat, he certainly did. An agreeable tingle ran up his back and down again, and he let out a barely audible rumble of pleasure as their hands nestled together.<br><br>“Anyway, Rosalinde finally got the door to her chamber open and crept out into the hallway. The place was quiet as a tomb, just like she had hoped. Before long she had found the stairs that led down to the ground. When she got there, though, there was one last thing between her and freedom.”<br><br>Millimeter by millimeter, Cooper had shifted closer to Sarah until their legs rested against one another, interlinked hands atop them. His voice had dropped until his tone had become almost conspiratorial, even though there wasn’t another soul in sight. Or maybe it was just an excuse to lean closer to her, feel the soft curve of her shoulder against his.<br><br>“The staircase let out onto the main guard room. To get to the door to the outside, she would have sneak past four snoring pirates.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>07-01-2012, 17:29:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Focus shifting almost immediately from the story to Cooper, Sarah felt that rush of...well yes it was lust but there was something else too, something she probably should think about at all, as she felt his leg not just brush but press up against hers.&nbsp; Sarah had to force herself to sit still and let Coop drag her back into the story as he leaned in close and lowered his voice as if they were about to share a secret.&nbsp; <br><br>"Pshh, all she has to do is tiptoe around them and she will be out of there unnoticed.&nbsp; They are drunken pirates after all, they probably sleep like the dead unless their ships sinking."&nbsp; Sarah leaned her head against his shoulder "It's the maze I'd be worried about if I was her."&nbsp; And then tilting her chin upwards slightly to peek up at him, she realised her lips were mere centimeters from Coop's jaw.&nbsp; Unable to resist she let her lips graze against his skin just for a second before she dropped her head back down again.&nbsp; &nbsp;What Rosalinde need was a Coop, she thought to herself.&nbsp; &nbsp;He would rescue her from the maze, she was sure if it.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>He had already told her Melendez was the only one who could navigate the maze, so perhaps he would turn out to be a good guy.&nbsp; &nbsp;The only way she was going to find out was let Cooper finish his story.&nbsp; <br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>11-01-2012, 23:09:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Dammit. Cooper had forgotten the maze in his enthusiasm for Rosalinde’s lockpicking stunt. How in the world was she going to get out of there anyway? He considered shrugging to buy time, until Sarah’s head came to rest on his shoulder. He wasn’t going to do anything to dislodge her, that was for sure. Instead he took advantage of that feathery kiss on his jaw to smile and sigh and lean his face against her her hair.<br><br>“True, that. They had all been hitting the rum pretty hard. If it had taken half an hour to stab a guy to death with her lockpick, she could have finished them all off without waking anybody up. But Rosalinde wasn’t a killer, so … ” Hang on. Hang on a second, there was an idea. Coop kissed the top of Sarah’s head and carried on.<br><br>“The next thing they knew, the alarm bell was ringing. Everybody jumped up, or fell off their chair, or whatever. They stumbled around for a bit, banging into each other, and then stared at the door. It was hanging wide open, and the only lamp in the room was gone. Rosalinde had escaped!<br><br>“Well, about five minutes went by and Melendez burst into the room. And boy, was he pissed - there were his guards, filthy, stinking of booze, standing around in the dark with their thumbs in their … ears while Rosalinde wandered in the maze. Curses!” He shook his fist for melodramatic emphasis. “He ordered them all to come search with him. They all fanned out, and they searched and they searched. No Rosalinde. Could she have made it out? It should have been impossible, but if she wasn’t in the tower where else could she be? Melendez told two of the guards to come with him and sent the other two back to search the tower.”<br><br>As he warmed to his tale, Coop had removed his hand from Sarah’s grasp and slipped it around her shoulder. The other hand assumed its place, fingers interlaced with hers.<br><br>“Outside, they didn’t get two paces before one of the guards lunged forward and yanked Melendez’ pistol out of his belt. ‘Thanks for your help, Captain!’ It was Rosalinde! She had dragged one of the drunken guards into a storage room, stolen his pants and hat, rubbed filth on her face and splashed rum on her clothes. In the dark, it was good enough to disguise her as one of them.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>16-01-2012, 18:38:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Once Cooper slid his arm around her she leaned into him with a soft sigh.&nbsp; Contentment seeped into her.&nbsp; Her nose wrinkled a little as he told her about Rosalinde's disguise.&nbsp; Manky pirate clothes didn't sound the least bit appealing to wear but then she wasn't the one needing a disguise or a means to escape the tower and maze.&nbsp; <br><br>"Smart cookie." she murmured "Now she just has to get away from the Captain and back to her boat."&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-01-2012, 23:38:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Coop nodded.<br><br>“Well, there was the problem. She was out of the maze, but still inside the pirate fortress. Melendez knew it. He knew some other things too, ‘cause when Rosalinde pulled his gun on him he just smiled and applauded. She came <em>this</em> close to shooting him for that, but then she remembered she only had one bullet and she better save it.”<br><br>He illustrated the point by making a wavering gun finger that dropped, dejected, to his side.<br><br>“The question was, where was she going to go? She had escaped from her father and Lord Chumley. Now what? Back then there weren’t many things a single woman could do. Governess to some lord’s rug rats, or paid companion to a dowager duchess, or maybe run a hat shop. None of which Rosalinde was interested in. But Melendez had another idea. See, there was another field women could go into, even in those days.<br><br>“He asked if Rosalinde wanted to join his crew. She had shown she had the guts, smarts, independence and treachery to be a pirate. Besides, he was about to be a man short, once they found they guy she had pantsed and kicked him out. And you know what? Rosalinde thought about it for a minute or two, and then she said yes.<br><br>“Funny thing was, she realized that escaping from the tower was the most fun she had had in years. This was her chance to strike out on her own, no parents, no husband - maybe the best she would ever get. So that was how she became Red Rosalinde, scourge of the Barbary Coast. And now that she was the Captain’s comrade instead of his prisoner … well …”<br><br>Cooper smiled and gave the flower in Sarah’s hair a gentle twirl.<br><br>“Her opinion about some other things might have changed too.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>27-01-2012, 18:12:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rosalinde becoming a pirate Sarah hadn't not seen coming and she chuckled especially since she had been racking her brain as to what other <em>'field'</em> a woman could do in those days.&nbsp; Well there was that did spring to mind, the oldest job in the world but she really didn't see Rosalinde becoming a Jezebel. <br><br>"As long as he was nice to her and treated her well then that's alright then." she replied lazily.&nbsp; "You are really good at story telling, maybe you should consider adding it to your many talents."&nbsp; She meant that as a compliment and not to do with the many talents he had in bed.&nbsp; &nbsp; With how well they had been getting Sarah was positive that she wouldn't need to explain what she meant.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>The sky was starting to turn beautiful shades of orange and purple as the sun&nbsp; started its descent in the horizon.&nbsp; A breeze rustled the leaves on the plants surrounding them causing Sarah to shiver a little.&nbsp; She snuggled in closer to Cooper and eventually lifted her head from his shoulder, she smiled at him at little sadly "I can't believe today is nearly over with already.&nbsp; It's been so much fun."&nbsp; <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>01-02-2012, 23:09:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Coop smiled and squeezed her. “Well, thanks! And you better believe he did. Melendez was a man who knew when he had found a good thing.”<br><br>They were silent for a bit then, Cooper drawing looping, lazy circles on Sarah’s bare shoulder with his fingertips. There was nothing to add to the story; nothing much else to say about the garden, pretty as it was. This was right, for them to be sitting together watching the gathering darkness.<br><br>“It sure has been.” He nodded. Day gone, week half gone. Half their time together nearly over. His arm tightened on her shoulder as if he could trap the days, and he turned to meet her eyes. <em>Sarah, I...</em> He had to kiss her then, quick, before he began to say it. Even then he held it a little longer than he meant, and sat back with something like a sigh.<br><br>“Better get you inside. Feels like you’ve got goosebumps coming on.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>03-02-2012, 18:31:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah didn't want to move from this spot, she wanted to stay here and stop time from shifting away from her.&nbsp; However, she knew she couldn't stop it from happening no matter how much she wanted to.&nbsp; Reluctantly she nodded her head and stood, trying not to read too much into the kiss he had just given her.&nbsp; It had felt different as if he had been trying to tell her something, but she was probably just being silly.&nbsp; <br><br>Walking as slowly as she could without making it obvious they returned to her room where the remnants of their afternoon was left strewn about, along with their dinner.&nbsp; Sarah made a beeline for the chocolate cake still hidden untouched beneath the silver dome on the serving trolley.&nbsp; She lifted the lid to reveal a big slice of cake.&nbsp; Her taste buds salivated and she lifted as spoon to sink into the sponge.&nbsp; <br><br>"Want to share it?" she asked Coop, holding the spoon out with its dark moist offering balanced on top "I'll never eat all this myself."&nbsp; <br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>10-02-2012, 17:24:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She didn’t need to ask twice. Coop leaned in and nabbed the morsel from the spoon, maybe a little too eagerly. It occurred to him that he might have looked a bit like a seagull diving for a fish; on the other hand they were both far enough past being embarrassed around each other that he didn’t give it much more thought than that.<br><br>“Outstanding,” he mumbled around the ruins of the cake, eyes half closed to better contemplate the small miracle of taste and texture. When it had been properly savored he looked around for something he could serve Sarah with. Neither of their meals had called for a fork though, and he wasn’t sure he was up to the challenge of feeding her cake with a pair of chopsticks. Especially not Japanese ones, and especially not these enameled ones that came to such a fine point they might as well have been knitting needles.<br><br>“Your turn,” he said at last and gently took the spoon from Sarah’s fingers to carve out a helping of decadence for her. And carve was the right word; he had hacked off a Cooper-sized bite, not a Sarah-sized nibble. Coop cupped his free hand under the spoon as he proffered it to her. “Very good choice, by the way.”
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>20-02-2012, 18:54:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper gave the offered bit of cake as much attention and appreciation that he appeared to give everything else and Sarah found herself mesmerised just watching him as always.&nbsp; <br><br>The gentle tug of the spoon had her relinquishing it as she watched him held a generous amount on the spoon for her.&nbsp; She just about managed taking the bite without looking like she had just stuffed her face.&nbsp; Like the rest of her meal, the cake was perfect.&nbsp; After an amount of chewing she swallowed "I confess to being a chocoholic." she grinned at him.&nbsp; <br><br>She walked over to the bed and sat down the the plate in her hand, the only place they could comfortably sit side by side as the chairs in the room weren't wide enough for both of them.&nbsp; She waited from Cooper to join her so she could take the spoon back from him to offer him a bigger bit than the previous one.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>24-02-2012, 22:46:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				“Never would have guessed.” Coop returned her a wry smile and squiggled an abstract doodle in the smear of icing on the plate, scraping up stray crumbs. “Then again I don’t think I know a girl who isn’t.”<br><br>Sarah didn’t need to ask twice. Cooper sidled up alongside her and held out the plate and spoon. There was something at once intimate and indulgent about sitting together like this, feeding one another cake in bed, and it suited him right down to the ground. With the dessert balanced in one hand, he stretched out the other arm behind him, both to hold himself up and to slip it around behind Sarah like a teenager in a movie theater sneaking up on a hug.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>11-03-2012, 17:49:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'll need to introduce you to my roommate, she doesn't like chocolate she prefers savoury stuff." <br><br>As soon as Cooper got comfortable she offered him some more cake and then took some for herself.&nbsp; Feeding him cake seemed as natural as everything else had felt since they had met.&nbsp; Sarah couldn't help smiling at just how at ease she felt.&nbsp; With half the cake gone within a few spoonfuls she leaned forward and with the tip of her tongue licked the spot of frosting that had been teasing her from the side of his mouth.&nbsp; <br><br>Her gaze locked with his, and with a subtle shift of her head her lips were pressed against his.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>14-03-2012, 18:00:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well that was a surprise, and a pleasant one in all kinds of ways. Coop gave a soft rumble of satisfaction at that bold little flick of Sarah’s tongue and made a careful attempt to capture it between his lips. His timing was off but perfect, his mouth in just the right place to meet hers.<br><br>Suddenly he had far better things to do with his hands than hold on to dessert. If it wouldn’t have been a crime to waste such a perfect cake Cooper would have dropped it to the floor. Instead he took the fraction of a second to surf the plate onto the end table, then wrapped both arms around Sarah and pulled her close.<br><br>Much better. Cooper kissed her deeply, the tip of his tongue going in search of Sarah’s. His hands roamed her from hips to shoulders and back again. Little by little, the caresses became more purposeful as he hunted for fastenings - or a way to start slipping this dress out of the way if there weren’t any.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>29-03-2012, 18:13:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A whisper of a moan slipped from Sarah as Cooper pulled her close and his mouth became more demanding.&nbsp; &nbsp;Dropping the cutlery onto the floor she hooked her arms over his shoulders to play with the hair at the nape of his neck, leaning into him. <br><br>As he worked on removing her dress, Sarah occupied herself with freeing him from his shirt.&nbsp; Liberated from her dress Sarah lay back against the bed pulling Cooper down with her, not caring that she was completely naked since she hadn’t bothered putting any underwear on for their walk in the garden, or that Cooper still had his shorts on. <br><br>Both hands ran up and down the length of his back before her right hand snaked between them to massage the bulge in his shorts.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>03-04-2012, 22:57:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It was amazing how smoothly they worked together. Where before they would have fumbled, now they moved in perfect coordination to free one another from the nuisance of their clothes. Cooper sent Sarah’s dress fluttering to the floor on the other side of the bed, then leaned back on one elbow to feast his eyes on her.<br><br>Or would have, anyway. Sarah’s caresses had fanned a fire and it was suddenly urgent for him to have his hands all over her as well. Coop shuffled a little closer, pressed himself against Sarah’s flank. Under her expert touch he quickly swelled to full length and strained against the fabric of his shorts, hot and hard against her hand.<br><br>He wanted to feast more than his eyes. Had to. Coop let out his own moan of hunger and bowed his head to Sarah’s body. He wouldn’t be subtle this time. He opened wide and took in a good mouthful of her breast, tongue fluttering furiously against the nipple as he sucked. His left hand reached across her to fill with the other breast, nipple caught and rolling between thumb and forefinger.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>01-05-2012, 18:17:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Heat infused her as Cooper made to move back to look at her, however this heat was not one of embarrassment, but of a wanton manner.&nbsp; She wanted to feel his eyes devour her.&nbsp; Cooper, however, obviously changed his mind and was pressed against her in a blink of an eye.<br><br>The moment his mouth landed on her breast, Sarah threw her head back, back arching and a moan reverberated from the back of her throat.&nbsp; She had thought she had been thoroughly ravished up until now, but clearly Coop had been holding back a little. <br><br>His mouth and hand had her moving more urgently against his length.&nbsp; The teasing touch wasn’t enough anymore and she quickly freed his thick hard length from its confines and stroked him more eagerly.&nbsp; <br><br>“Coop,” she groaned in demand.&nbsp; &nbsp;There was so much more she wanted him to do, places that were demanding the attention of his hand and mouth, but at the same time she didn’t want him to stop doing what he was doing. The flick of his tongue and the pull of his lips against her hardened bad was maddening and had heat shooting out to other areas to the point she was starting to squirm. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 23:29:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper twisted and slithered, trying to help Sarah divest him of his shorts without breaking contact with her body. At last he had bent himself far enough that she could slide them half down his legs for him to kick away. The struggle only seemed to intensify his passion. He kneaded her more forcefully, sucked harder, lapped faster, bucked his hips against her hand to push his shaft more firmly into her grasp.<br><br>Finally he had to come up for air. With a shuddering gasp, Coop released her and rested for a moment, face buried between her breasts, panting against her skin.<br><br>“Sarah … mhmm …” He tipped his head from side to side, kissed one breast, then the other, then the first again. Centimeter by centimeter he worked his way upward and out, until he was propped on half straightened arms and snaking back and forth to suckle one nipple, the other, the first, over and over.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SassyB</strong> on <strong>13-06-2012, 20:29:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sarah stifled a giggle as Cooper helped extract himself from his clothes.&nbsp; &nbsp;The wriggling and the twisting, it was just funny.&nbsp; However the work out clearly had another effect on Cooper and soon Sarah was wriggling and twisting in delight as he turned his entire attention her breasts. <br><br>It was electric.&nbsp; &nbsp;She got caught up in the moment, her hand moving against his shaft with the same intensity that he used to devour her breasts.&nbsp; &nbsp;Breathless and her heart slamming against her chest she was in desperate need of some air.&nbsp; Even when Cooper took a break to catch his own breath, he didn’t really and continued to keep the fervour up with his gentle little kisses, back and forth, back and forth. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Place - Cooper's Room</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Avis habilis</strong> on <strong>20-06-2012, 16:17:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cooper had begun to push into Sarah’s grip, a counterpoint to the motion of her hand, slow at first but growing faster with every pass. He needed a hand of his own free, now. Lean to one side, rest his weight on an elbow, and he could reach down to cup his hand over Sarah’s mound, palm pressing circles against her bud while his fingers slithered over her slick lips.<br><br>Not enough. Not what he wanted, needed.<br><br>“Want you now …” Not eloquent, maybe only half understandable gasped out against Sarah’s breast, but it was as much word of explanation as he could form for why he pulled away and rolled to reach for the nightstand. Repeated practice over the past couple days had made the motion rote, and he was covered and back in two hammering heartbeats.<br><br>He rolled over her like a fog, leaving a trail of kisses from belly to shoulder as he came to rest on his elbows above her. The first two tries sent his hard length sliding up and over her, along her lips and over her button, but a small change of angle on the third did the trick. With a shudder and a groan Coop sank himself deep into Sarah’s grasp.
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