The Love Boat"( FF )[2/3]

	By noon, Kari was actually beginning to
have a good time.  Changing into her bathing suit,
she decided to check out the pool.  She enjoyed
laying in the warm sun, working on her tan and
listening to the sounds of old time doo-wop
filtering through the headphones of her Walkman . 
She noticed more than a few woman sitting
alongside her had removed their tops but she
wasn’t comfortable taking hers off in their
company. If she really thought about it, it would
be funny.  She’d been letting guys take off her bra
with amazing regularity since the 10th grade, but
here she was embarrassed to expose her breasts in
front of a bunch of women.  
	“I’m thirsty.”  she thought to herself as she
took off her Walkman and sat up in the lounge
chair.     
	Moving over to the pool bar, Kari took a
seat on one of the empty stools on the far end.
Waiting for the bartender to finish up on the other
end, Kari looked across the deck and realized that
she was now one of the only women still wearing
a top.  If anything, she was drawing more
attention to herself by wearing one. As she
watched, two of the closest women to the bar
took off their tops as well.
	“Oh what the hell.”  Kari finally
concluded.  “When in Rome ...”  
	Undoing the clasp holding her bikini top
together, Kari let it fall open. She quickly took it
off and stuffed it into her small carrybag.  Again
glancing around her, she admitted how silly she
had been about keeping it on.  Not only didn’t any
of the women even glance in her direction, but her
exposure wasn’t even drawing attention of the
male bartender.  
	“I don’t know if I should be relieved or
insulted.”  she laughingly thought.
	“Good afternoon.”  the tall, good looking
bartender said as he stepped down to Kari and put
a large glass filled with some sort of tropical drink
in front of her.
	“Hi.”  Kari smiled, a little disappointed
that even standing a foot away, he didn’t seem to
even notice her creamy mounds.
	She considered the idea that perhaps with
so many exposed breasts all around him, he simply
got bored of looking.  Then she quickly dismissed
that notion, refusing to believe any normal male
could ever grow tired of looking at her gems.  
	“Maybe he’s gay too.”  Kari considered,
thinking that might explain a lot.
	Then she noticed the drink he’d put in
front of her.
	“I’m sorry, I didn’t order this.”  she said.
	“Compliments of the lady.” the bearded
blonde smiled as he indicated the small grouping
of women down at the end.
	Kari followed his gaze to a girl who
looked to about her own age. Almost
automatically, she raised the glass up in a toasting
motion, a gesture of thanks she had given guys in
a hundred bars.   
	“Oh oh, that might’ve been a mistake.”
Kari thought as the girl left her companions and
started to head down toward her.
	She was tall, at least 5’9” with short curly
black hair that was only about an inch in length. 
Very muscular, her skin was a light coco cream,
except for the dark wide nipples that capped a pair
of large balloon like breasts.  
	Yet it was her face that drew Kari’s
attention.  There was something about it. What it
was she couldn’t explain. Handsome was the word
that suddenly popped into her head. It was a
description she had never applied to a woman
before.  The more she thought about it as the
distance between them grew shorter, the more
appropriate it became.  Looking to be in her mid
to late 20’s, she had the kind of looks that seemed
more befitting a teenage boy.
	“Thanks for the drink.”  Kari said as the
woman eased into the stool next to her.
	“It was my pleasure, Kari.”  came the reply
in a soft yet strong voice. 
	The use of her name put a look of
confusion on Kari’s face.  Did she know this
woman?
	“No, we don’t know each other.”  she
smiled.  “I heard your girlfriend use your name at
the bar last night.”
	“My girlfriend...?”  Kari said, her voice
now reflecting that same confusion.  “Oh you
mean Dawn.  She’s not my girlfriend ..., I mean
she’s my girlfriend but she’s not my....”
	“Not your lover.”  the young woman said,
finishing Kari’s sentence.  “I figured that, but it’s
nice to have it confirmed.”  she smilingly added.
	“And you are?”    
	“Peggy” she replied as she signaled the
bartender to refill her own drink.
	An awkward silence seemed to hang in the
air while the bartender came over and replaced
Peggy’s half empty glass with a fresh one.  Then
with a warm smile, she asked.
	“So how are you enjoying the cruise so
far?”
	Kari replied that it wasn’t what she had
expected, something of an understatement to say
the least.  When Peggy seemed a little confused by
the answer, Kari explained how they had wound
up on the cruise.  
	“Oh, so you and your friend are the two.” 
Peggy said in surprise.  “They told us that we had
been infiltrated.”
	The look of confusion on Kari’s face was
priceless, made more so by Peggy’s laughter a
moment later.
	“I was joking.”  she laughed. “I’m sorry,
but it was too good an opportunity to pass up.”
	“A joke?”  Kari repeated.  
	“I just love pulling that line on ‘straights’,
especially women who think we all ‘know’ each
other and belong to some kind of ‘secret lesbian
society’.”        
	“I guess it is kind of funny.”  Kari said,
trying to be nice.  After all, she had bought her a
drink.
	“So what kind of work do you do?” 
Peggy asked as she took a sip of her own drink.
	Kari told her what little there was of
interest about her job and listened intently as
Peggy told her about her own.  Working at her
uncle’s bakery didn’t seem very impressive when
matched against Peggy’s job as a associate at a
midtown law office.  Yet she didn’t seem to look
down on her at all, as many people seemed to do
when they found out she didn’t have a career --
just a job.
	In fact, try as she could, the blonde
couldn’t catch the dark haired woman sneaking
any looks at her breasts.  In a similar encounter,
she doubted that a guy sitting across from her
could’ve been so circumspect.  As they talked, she
felt more and more comfortable in the situation.
	An hour and more than a few drinks later,
they were chatting like high school girlfriends. 

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

	“I have never seen anything so beautiful in
my life.”  Dawn thought as she walked along the
pristine white sand.  
	The warm surf felt so comforting as it
washed up and over her bare feet.  A half dozen
summers spent at Brighton and Coney Island
beaches paled beside the natural splendor around
her.  Spread out in the distance were small groups
of women from the cruise ship as well as a few
solitary strollers like herself.  They had all spaced
themselves far enough apart to let everyone else
enjoy this Eden like paradise in semi-privacy.
	“I wish I’d brought my camera.”  Kari
thought as she walked up and away from the
breaking waves.  “I’d love to put a photograph of
this view on my bedroom wall.”
	Eager to get a better view of the vista
before her, Dawn headed up what appeared to be
a trail between the large shrubs bordering the
beach.  Beyond them was an outcropping of high
boulders which provided an great observation
point.  As she climbed the small incline, she
wished Kari was here to see all of this.

	Reaching the summit, Dawn was rewarded
with a truly spectacular panorama.  She couldn’t
think of any image that could’ve been further from
her native Brooklyn.  Lost in private thoughts, the
redhead didn’t notice at first the soft sounds
behind her.
	In fact, she was so taken by surprise when
she realized she wasn’t alone on the summit that
only a quick grab at one of the bushes kept her
from falling down the hill.
	“Shit!”  Dawn gasped as she landed on her
ass.
	For the moment, she thought they had
heard her. She needn’t have worried.  After
watching for a few more moments, she doubted
they would’ve heard a bullhorn.
	It was almost a replay of the scene she had
witnessed the other night.  Only the players were
different.  Laying on the soft grass was a tall
blonde with outstretched legs.  Nestled between
those legs was an older redhead with breasts that
had to be at least three times the size of the
blonde’s.  Finishing the tableau was another
smaller blonde, this one with platinum hair, who
was kneeling behind the older redhead.  Her hands
were holding her cheeks spread apart and her
tongue was furiously working away at the center
of her pussy.

	Carefully, silently, Dawn traced her way
back down the trail.  Reaching the bottom, she
paused and took a long look upward.  Like the
other night, she wished she had spent more time
watching them.  
	“I see you met Connie and her friends.” 
said a soft melodious voice from behind her.  
	Dawn turned around to find a pretty
Chinese woman standing behind her.  She was
wearing a sleeveless light pink T-shirt and white
shorts. Taking a second look she remembered
seeing her on the launch that brought them to the
beach.
	“Connie?”  she asked.
	“The redhead up on the hill.”  the dark
haired woman explained.  “She likes to get naked
every chance she gets.”
	“A friend of yours”  Dawn asked.
	“Not really.”  she answered.  “I met her
the first night aboard.  She didn’t wait five
minutes before inviting me to join one of her little
parties later that night.”
	“Did you?”  Dawn asked without thinking. 
“I’m sorry, that’s none of my business.” she
added.
	“No, it’s okay.  After all I brought it up.” 
she replied.  “No, I didn’t join her.  Group scenes
aren’t my style.  I much prefer one on one.”
	“I see.”  Dawn said, suddenly feeling a
little self conscious talking so openly about such a
personal subject.
	“My names Helen by the way.”  the
Chinese woman said as she extended her hand.
	“Hello Helen.”  Dawn said as she accepted
her hand. “Dawn.” she added.
	“The name suits you.” Helen smiled.
	To her surprise, Dawn felt a great warmth
from Helen’s smile.
	“There’s a even more beautiful spot just
up the beach.”  Helen said.  “I’d love to show it to
you.”
	The tone of her voice and the expression
on her face gave Dawn little illusion about what
Helen had in mind, so she was sure to give it
serious thought.  Which she did for all of thirty
seconds.
	“I’d like that.”  Helen smiled back.  This
time there was no Kari around to worry about.


	It took about ten minutes of walking until
Helen and Dawn reached what the dark haired
woman had described as a small piece of heaven. 
Set back about a thousand yards from the beach,
they had to climb a much steeper embankment to
reach it.  Dawn hoped that this grotto that Helen
had described was worth all this trouble.
	“Oh God!”  the redhead exclaimed as she
cleared the last barrier of bushes and stepped out
into paradise.  “I take back everything I was
thinking.”
	“I told you it was the most perfect spot on
the island.”  Helen smiled.
	Spread out before them was a small pool
of crystal water only about two hundred feet wide
and about four feet deep. It was surrounded by a
framework of plants and flowers adding all the
colors of the rainbow.  On the far left of the pool
was a waterfall, the source of the crystal water
which only paused here on the way to the endless
sea.  The sounds of a multitude of birds mixed
with the soft rush of the water.  It almost seemed
like a crime to intrude on such a perfect place.
	“A friend of mine is a photographer and
did a photo shoot here a few years back.”  Helen
said as she walked barefoot along the water’s
edge. “ When we made port here I knew I had to
come and see it for myself.  As good as he is, his
pictures didn’t do it justice.”
	“I don’t think any picture could do this
justice.”  Dawn said, totally wrapped up in the
beauty around her.
	“I promised myself that if I ever did get
here, I’d swim in this pool.”  Helen said as she
tested the waters with her foot.  “Care to join
me?”
	“But I didn’t bring a suit.”  Dawn
answered automatically.
	“That’s okay.”  Helen smiled back. 
“Neither did I.”
	With that, the tall golden skilled woman
grabbed the edges of her shirt and pulled it up and
over her head.  She wore no bra beneath it and
two soft globes bounced free in the warm
afternoon air.  Her mounds were about the same
size as Dawn’s, the only real difference being the
dark brown of her nipples.  
	Without a word and seemingly oblivious to
Dawn’s presence, Helen quickly laid her shorts
and panties next to her shirt on the pristine sand.
Then, without a glance in Dawn’s direction, she
waded into the water.
	At it’s full depth, the pool of water rose to
the mid-point of her breasts.  As she glided along
it’s length, she remarked on how warm the water
was.
	Dawn watched for a minute as Helen dove
beneath the surface, her ass exposed above the
water for a brief moment.  Then she disappeared
from view, to reappear on the other side of the
pool.  Droplets of clear water covered her skin as
she stretched out and floated free, glistening like
diamonds in the sun’s golden glow.      
	No further invitation had passed from
Helen’s lips since she had stripped.  Dawn knew
that the decision to join her was still up to her. 
She’d lost track of all the hours she’d spent since
coming on this cruise thinking about the touch of
another woman.  In truth, those thoughts went
back much further than she cared to admit.
	“Oh what the hell.”  the 22 year old finally
answered herself.  
	Quickly she stripped off her own clothes
and dove into the water, sending a splash onto the
edge which drenched her clothes.  She barely took
note, saying to herself that she’d worry about that
later.
	Dawn allowed herself a few moments to
just float in the warm water.  She didn’t want to
take the time to think about what she was doing. 
There would never be a more perfect moment to
satisfy her desire and she didn’t want to give her
conscience a chance to try and find a reason why
she shouldn’t.
	“I’m glad you joined me.” Helen smiled as
she swam up next to Dawn.  
	Turning around so that their naked bodies
were practically touching, Dawn looked deep into
the soft eyes of the older woman.  They were so
different and at the same time so familiar.  They
reflected desires that she had seen so many times
in her own.
	“Would it be okay if I kissed you?” Dawn
blurted out.
	“I was hoping that you’d want to.”  Helen
replied with a soft, inviting smile.


	The soft press of Helen’s lips against her
own sent a sudden warmth throughout Dawn’s
body.  It wasn’t the first time she’d kissed another
girl but it was the first time it’d been done it with
lust in her heart.  She opened her mouth just
enough for the tip of her tongue to brush against
Helen’s own, causing that warmth to ignite into a
blaze.      
	A little reluctantly she broke the kiss and
eased back out of Helen’s arms, which had closed
around her during the kiss.
	“I’m not sure how far I want to take this.” 
Dawn said, knowing she was lying not only to
Helen but to herself.
	“You can end it right now if you want to.” 
Helen replied as the fingers of her left hand grazed
against the underside of Dawn’s breast. “Or you
can take it as far as you desire.”
	Very aware of the gentle feel of Helen’s
fingers against her flesh, Dawn knew what her
answer was.
	“Love me.” she said as she pressed her lips
against Helen’s once again.  “Love me like we
were in love and there’s no tomorrow.”
	“My pretty girl,”  Helen purred as she
return the kiss.  “That’s the only way to make
love.”
	At that, Dawn closed her eyes and
surrendered to her new lover’s embrace.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

	“Oh God, Yes!..Yes!....YESSS!!!”  Kari
cried out at the top of her lungs.
	If not for one thing, the scene would be all
too familiar.  A strangers bed, her panties tossed
aside on the floor -- her legs spread wide with a
lover’s face pressed tight against her pussy.  What
made this so different was the sex of that lover.
	It had happened so fast.  Much too fast for
Kari to even thing about now.  Not when the most
talented tongue she had ever felt was driving her
to an unimaginable orgasm. 
	Much later she would try to sort it out. 
One minute, she and Peggy had been sitting at the
bar talking about their sex lives.  Surprisingly
enough, they were alike in many ways.  Both
women were far from ready to settle down, too
eager to see what life had to offer.  Also they both
had little time or patience for all of the emotional
games people wrapped their sex lives with.
	Dawn would’ve thought that a lesbian
would’ve been disinterested in the sex life of a
straight girl, but Peggy had said that sex was sex,
regardless of gender.  They found themselves
joking about lousy lovers when Peggy had leaned
over and whispered in her ear.
	“You know, we could order another round
and continue talking about lousy lays.”  she’d said. 
“Or we could go back to my cabin and I could lick
your pussy until you have an orgasm that’ll make
you think you’ve died and gone to heaven.  Could
you ever forgive yourself if you went back to New
York wondering what it might have been like? ”
	It would be too easy to blame it on the
drinks she’d been downing.  Some kind of rum
concoction that she’d stopped counting at five. 
For the moment Kari might justify her actions by
saying she was drunk.  Much later she would
realized that she was as curious about other
women as Dawn seemed to be on this trip.    
	“Oh baby, yes, lick it!”  Kari cried out
again as she clenched the sheets in her hands.
“Lick my pussy hard!”
	Grabbing the cheeks of her ass, Peggy did
just that.  There had been no preliminaries, no
gentle lovemaking, no sweet words of seduction.
The moment they had entered her room, Peggy
had guided Kari to her bed and pulled off her
panties.  Without even taking the time to remove
any of her own clothing, she immediately dropped
between Kari’s legs and began her oral assault on
her clit.  Much to Kari’s delight.
	Faster and faster her tongue had moved,
driving the blonde closer and closer to the edge. 
Then in what seemed like no time at all, she went
over that edge like a truck over a cliff.
	“Ooooooo”  Kari gasped as her body
buckled beneath a quake of rare proportions.  
	Sweat covered her shaking frame.  Never
had she come so hard and so fast. It had been
everything that Peggy had said and then some. 
Having a lover deliver on a promise like that was
truly a new experience.
	“Did I lie?”  Peggy asked as she rolled out
from between Kari’s legs.
	“Oh God, no.”  Kari panted as she shifted
to a more comfortable position. “I can’t believe
how right you were.”
	  “Now that we’ve broken the ice.”  Peggy
grinned.  “Are you still feeling adventurous?”
	Kari didn’t hesitate to nod in the
affirmative.  She couldn’t wait to see what else
she had been wrong about.
	“Well then, let’s get you out of those
sweaty clothes.”  Peggy said as she began to
unbutton Kari’s blouse.  “I’ve got some toys that I
think you’re going to love.”
	Filled with a renewed sense of anticipation
between her legs, Kari quickly helped Peggy with
her clothes.