Hang Gliding, Dinner and Making Love

Over the next few weeks, it became customary for Leo to spend every Saturday, and sometimes Sunday as well, with Sorrel and Melody. They spent many enjoyable hours getting to know each other, and Sorrel sometimes felt as if they were a real family, something she'd never had before as an adult.

One weekend Diane's family invited Melody to go camping with them.

"So I do not get to see my princess this time," Leo said when he spoke to Sorrel Thursday night.

"Sorry." Sorrel chuckled. "We have to share her with her friends this time."

Leo laughed. "It is all right. She is growing up, gaining her independence. It will be the same way with Mark and Jennifer in a few years."

"I suppose it will, won't it?" Leo's two younger children rarely crossed her mind. Most of the time, she simply forgot they existed.

"I just enjoy them while they are little. Treasure the memories."

Sorrel had to swallow a lump in her throat. "I'm sorry you didn't get to know Melody when she was little. I don't even have any photos to show you."

"That is all right! It is not your fault at all," Leo assured her. "So, this time it will be just you and me, then."

"So did you still want to get together?"

"Of course! I would love to spend time with you alone, Sorrel. We will do something more grown-up this time, all right?"

They spent most of the morning hang gliding. Sorrel was terrified at first, but as the day progressed, she found that she enjoyed the sensation of the wind in her face.

"It really is like flying, just like a bird!" she exclaimed.

"I told you you would like it," Leo said with a big grin. "Next time you will listen to me, won't you?"

A feeling of warmth flooded over Sorrel, one such as she hadn't felt in...over twelve years.

"Are you all right, Sorrel?" Leo looked at her with eyes full of concern.

"Oh yes, I'm fine. It's just that...I haven't felt the way I feel right now in ever so long!"

"It has been a long time for me too, Sorrel. I think we are good together, don't you?"

Sorrel nodded. "I've had more fun today than I've had since...actually, it's been so long I can't even remember the last time." Suddenly she felt guilty. "I mean, it's fun with Melody along too, but..."

Leo laughed softly. "It's nice just you and me sometimes too, isn't it?" As his fingers caressed her chin, Sorrel felt an electric thrill run through her body. "You are tired, Sorrel. Let me take you for a nice dinner, all right?"

He took her to a seafood restaurant, where they ate lobster dipped in butter, oysters, shrimp, and many other delicious things.

"Oh, Leo, this day has been so wonderful that I don't want it to end," Sorrel said after eating until she was stuffed.

"It does not have to end," said Leo. "It can last as long as we want it to."

They went dancing, and then Leo took Sorrel home. "Won't you please come in for awhile?" Sorrel asked. "I just can't bear to say good-bye to you right now."

A look of tenderness passed over Leo's face. "I was hoping you would ask," he admitted with a sheepish grin.

"Would you like to listen to some music?" Sorrel asked when they were inside.

She found a Carpenter's cassette and put it into her cassette player. Then she poured glasses of wine for them both and sat on the couch beside Leo. He reached for her, and she went into his arms. He cuddled her close, and she felt a pleasant warmth tingle throughout her entire body.

"Nice and cozy," said Leo.

"Mm hm," she mumbled.

He chuckled softly and began placing soft kisses along her hairline. She lifted her mouth to meet his, and suddenly, he was kissing her deeply and passionately, and she was responding with equal fervor.

"It's been so long, Leo," she moaned. They shifted position so that Sorrel was lying back on the sofa and Leo was lying on top of her, still kissing her passionately. Through their clothing, Sorrel could feel the evidence of his arousal. She moved her hand to touch him there.

"Oh, Sorrel," he groaned. Gently he tugged her sweater up and over her head, then unfastened her bra and let that fall too. Then he fondled one erect nipple with his fingers while using his tongue to flick the other one until Sorrel was squirming with desire.

She tugged his shirt off over his head, and they each struggled out of their pants.

"Oh!" Sorrel cried with delight at the sight of his manhood. Softly she caressed it with her hand, then then took it into her mouth and began to lick and suck on it.

"Oh, Sorrel!" Leo cried with delight at her ministrations.

After a few minutes, she sensed that he was almost over the edge and lay back on the sofa again.

"Now it is my turn," he said as he parted her legs. A moment later she felt his hot breath on her most intimate parts, and then his tongue, lips, and fingers drove her over the edge in almost no time.

While she was recovering, he lay beside her and got into position.

"Um, shouldn't we...you know..." She didn't quite know how to ask him.

He laughed gently. "I had a vasectomy after Jennifer was born. I will not make you pregnant this time."

Too caught up in the moment to dwell on the ramifications of that fact on her possible future with Leo, Sorrel felt only relief that their passion could be sated with no inconvenient interruptions.