Chapter Ten - Meeting a heart in the dark
Night had came upon the big city, yet it seemed the noise and bustle that had held the place in it’s hold, was still going on like during the day. People seemed to still going here and there out in front of the Vanstrom home, even as the soft hand of the night had descended. It was like even the tranquil night could not quell the place to rest even for the night
For people that were not use to what city life was all about, it seemed a constant and growing chaotic mass of people. For a young girl brought up in the on a farm miles away from the nearest town, it was simply overwhelming to say the least.
Susan had an interesting first day at her Aunt’s house, to say the least, besides the realizing what it was she was feeling towards her red headed servant meant to her. She found herself isolated for most of the day, having to fund herself something to do while being ignored by most that were there. She just stayed in the back library, and read a few small books she found while passing the time.
When supper time finally came, it did bring one light at the end of a very dark tunnel for her. Once seated, she got a pleasant surprise from the new relatives that she was staying with for the time being. It was one she was very much, not expecting. On meeting her ‘new’ Uncle Charles, it really did surprise Susan. What ever she had thought she was expecting was not what she got.
Uncle Charles ended up being a very friendly and pleasant sort of man, a man totally opposite of his family. The man was a very tall and broad shouldered man, owning what could be described as a bright and inviting type of smile that seemed could easily have melted a whole bunch of snow on a cold winter’s day.
Her Uncle was sort of a talkative outgoing type of person, yet it was balanced out by a sense that he was a soft and kind hearted man, which came out with ever single word he would speak. It was his eyes that were his most prominent feature. Those sparkling light brown eyes he had seemed to shine with such a gentle sort of kindness, that it made Susan feel like she could actually relax at the table
From the moment she was introduced to him once as she was being seated for the evening meal, he instantly had started to interacted with her with such a great sense of ease, it ended up making her feel so much at home. Just because of this very handsome man’s kindness and his simple approach he immediately took towards Susan, it made all of the uneasiness the girl had been feeling since earlier in the day, now just a little less disheartening for her.
The man’s free way he was exhibiting towards the visiting relative seemed to make Aunt Nicolette actually seem very angry with him, as her scowl had intensified over the short time he talked to Susan... to the point of seemingly despising everything. To the girl, her Aunt was acting just like her mother had acted on more than just one occasion.
Her two new cousins seemed to be also extremely upset with the burly man, But Uncle Charles just continued on in his obviously happy ways... pausing only for a moment to nonverbally chastize the two girls. He then would turn back and be this large approachable person he was, clearly showing just how glad he was just to be meeting Susan there at his dinner table.
This man asked many questions of Susan, openly wanting to know things about the young girl, without ever having a single judgement against the young brown haired girl in any way. It was like he was wanting to get to know her.
To the young girl from the Smyth house, this man really did remind her of her real Father in his temperament, his gregarious sort of humor and kind heart. Dispite his status in the community, Uncle Charles was clearly just a simple sort of man. Susan could not help but compare him like this, because he was exactly like as if her father had put on a very expensive suit and just sat down at the table.
Uncle Charles was the first one, other than her adoptive father when he was actually at home and not at work, that made her feel so at ease and relaxed in the company of her new family. It was not much, after meeting the others, but for the girl... it was something she could really hold on to.
Audrey and Christina Anne continued to eye Susan with a look that was bordering on flat out hatred as she talked to their father. Susan could see there was wild whispering going on between the two siblings, each of their shifting eyes showing that they were not liking the fact that she was so freely talked to by their Father. They both kept giving her constant unsettling glances that were almost fueled by this despisement.
Aside from this handsome large man with the heart of gold, it had became very clear to Susan of her position in the family’s hierarchy... she was clearly at the lowermost rung of the Smyth’s ladder Most of her new family and relatives had clearly shown that they were not going to be in anyway accepting of her. It made her feel very isolated, as these people were her family, whether she liked it... or if she didn’t.
Susan just ignored the two girls, as well as the cold stares she was getting from her new Aunt as well. She did not care at the moment, as she finally was feeling a sense of comfort talking to this large teddy bear of a man. It was something she needed to hold on to.
While she had been talking with her new Uncle, she almost felt like she had a place in this family.... but the truth was that was the only way she actually did She knew when her Uncle would go off to work in the morning, it would just end up reverting back to the way it was when she was alone with her Aunt and cousins... a living banishment because she was not born into this family.
She did yearn to be back at the Smyth mansion more than once or twice, but she knew that she needed to deal with all of this. She was going to be here at her new relatives for awhile... now the question was how she was going to do that.
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The evening was a little more relaxing. The Vanstrom, along with Susan, had simply went into the parlor room. The spent the time talking and enjoying the fire in the fireplace, settling into just reading on their own. Susan noted that her Aunt and Cousins still ignored her, but being with Uncle Charles and his friendly chatter, it actually made for a real nice evening.
When the mantle clock struck nine that evening with it’s warm bell tones, some of the Vanstrom family started to leave the room to head off to bed at that time. Audrey and Christina Anne were first to leave the warm comfort of the Parlor room, biding their parents a good night before leaving. The left as one, never once biding the newest member of their extended family the same.
After awhile, Nicolette announced that she was going off to bed. Charles agreed that it was time to do so, and stood up. The woman started for the door, as she saw her husband had paused to talk to Susan again. She gave a low grumble of disapproval and exited the room, obviously disliking what he was doing.
Mr. Vanstrom smiled as he looked at Susan, as Alice came in to the room with a quiet tread. He beamed at her with his amazing smile, his eyes still holding the great friendliness the girl had already grown to like.
“ You go off and have a great sleep, Susan... I will see you in the morning, before I leave for work.” He said, as Alice stood behind the girl.
“ I will, Sir...” She said, beaming as she felt the calmest she had the whole day.
He chuckled and put a large hand on the girl’s shoulder, looking into Susan’s face and giving such a soft smile that it seemed impossible not to smile back at him..
“ My heavens... you saying that makes me feel like an old man. I am not a ‘sir’ to you... I’m your Uncle, weather it is by blood or not...” He said, with a twinkle that was so soothing in his eyes. “ From now on, I am simply ‘Uncle Charles” to you.”
Susan smiled softly at the large man, and nodded as a feeling of warmth flooded her.
“ I will... Uncle Charles...” She said.
“ Thank you...” He beamed. “ And good night to you as well, Alice.”
“ Thank you, Mr. Vanstrom.” She said, giving a little curtsy.
He nodded and headed up a long staircase, as he heard his wife bellowed his name from somewhere on the second floor. He looked back and shrugged, giving a playful smirk as he ascended the stairs... and quickly vanished into the now darkness that now held the stilled household.
Alice and Susan took the long walk up another set of stairs to their assigned room, as the house now fell so very eerily quiet as they marked each step that they took. Without a word really between either on of them, they made their way upwards higher into the house until they came to the small door that would lead them into their sleeping quarters.
The attic where Susan would be staying was silent when the two came in. High in the house like the room was, it seemed like they were both many miles from anyone, and it seemed that was the idea behind being up here. The red headed servant hurried and lit the lamp for them both, lighting up the darkness that made them feel somewhat uncomfortable.
They looked at one another for a second in the light of that lamp which had flared to life, then each busied themselves with getting things settled in their cramped feeling bedroom. With nothing really being said for that time, they each seemed to settle into a sort of uncomfortable silence that echoed it’s mood.
Susan was getting herself ready to retire to bed, while Alice was busy set out articles of clothes for her in the morning and seemed to be also going doing a few other tasks as well. She eyed the girl for a few moments after she had put on her nightgown, as if trying to read the body language of Alice’s even as her mind flashed back to the kiss they had that afternoon. That little memory made her feel all weak in the knees all of a sudden, and she could not help but feel her face getting hot.
The brown haired girl could tell that her servant was even more quiet than normal this night, as she seemed to be deep inside of herself at this moment in thoughts. It was evident that this place was getting to Alice already, as her head seemed to be drooping a little forwards and told of someone that was very much, not enjoying this at all... something that she could really relate to.
Susan sighed, as really wanting to help the girl, as she knew all to well what her Aunt’s place was doing even to herself. It was like they were both trapped with people that seemed to simply look down on them, other than her Uncle. They were not even their real families, but the hurt was no different. Shunning was shunning, it did not hurt less.
In a way, she felt like it was her own fault, even though she really had no choice in coming here. She only hoped that Alice knew that fact was it wasn’t her will, and would not hate that she was here working for her... and seemingly for the rest of the Smyth’s extended family in the process of her own duties. If Alice did feel that way, she could not really blame her for thinking that way either. She was not about to ask if that was the case or not.
As Susan climbed into the large bed, she happened to take a glance over her shoulder slightly. She had caught sight of the color of soft pink flashing out of the corner of her eye, her head automatically had turned to see just what it was that seemed to have caught her attention all of a sudden.
To her surprise, Alice had taken off her of her servant uniform and now was standing there without a single stitch of clothing on. Susan could not help but gulp a little in the back of her throat a little, because when she had layed her eyes on Alice naked... it was so incredible to see the girl standing there as bare as the day she had been bourn. She had never seen anyone else naked other than herself... and she now felt a sort of strange feeling beginning to shoot right through her, making her feel all tingly inside.
Susan could not help but notice the bared beauty of the young girl. Alice had nice rounded hips that seemed more defined than hers were, sloping down the sides to make her legs look very defined and quite sleek in the lamplight. The girl’s breasts were rather large, and seemed to jut out with eye-catching gracefulness, the light pinkish nipples were hardened by the coolness that draped the room. Alice was rather thin and sleek in her whole build, her tummy was flat and gently brought Susan’s eyes to where a light thatch of red hair was nestled sweetly between her legs. To Susan, Alice was absolutely beautiful as she stood there, and seemed to be almost scared to move.
Alice noticed that Susan was looking at her at the moment, and seemed to become all of a sudden quite bashful but seemed to freeze right where she was standing as her face grew a little red. The self-conscious reaction the girl was showing, was something that Susan had never seen Alice ever act like ever before.
Alice seemed to fidget a little as she stood there in the center of the room, yet her sky blue eyes never left Susan’s gaze for a moment..
“ I usually don’t wear anything to bed, Miss Susan...” Alice seemed to stammer with trying to explain things, the nervousness that came along with her admission was clearly written on her face.
“ You don’t own a nightgown of your own?” Susan asked, her eyes could not stop looking the girl up and down.
The girl shook her head slightly, almost not enough to have been noticed normally. Her reaction was almost as if she was ashamed to say anything.. that too, was a little different for the fire locked girl.
“No, Miss Susan, I don’t... but this is the way I do sleep...” She said back, putting her arms around herself in an attempt to cover herself as she tried to speak. “Would you want me to make myself up a bed right here on the floor, if this bothers you?”
Her mind swam with things, as she knew that they were suppose to share this bed for the time they were here at her Aunt’s. Susan already knew from looking in her bags, that only one of her nightgowns had been packed, and she wore that one right now... so she could not offer the girl one of hers, but she did not want to also. Seeing Alice so perfect in her nakedness, made her want to have the girl get closer to her... in ways that she had never had thought about anyone doing before.
Susan looked at the very shy acting girl for awhile longer, as the young servant girl seemed to be waiting for her to say something, At this point, she was unclear of just what she could say.
“ I wish I had another nightgown to offer you to wear..” She started, with a little smile to try and ease things.
“ That is alright, Miss Susan... I know that we only had packed one of them for you ...” Stated the girl back, with a big smile as she lowered her arms a little. “ I am really glad that you show me your concern...”
Susan and Alice fell silent for a moment, almost suspend there in time. The brown haired girl then got a flash of red on the apples of her cheeks, and she averted her eyes to the floor for a split second, her eyes had shown a little flash before she had done so.
“ Wait... I think I might have an idea that might help all of this...” Susan said, her words coming out a little staggered.
Alice looked at Susan with a questioning look, as if she was speaking another language all together. She was unsure of just what the willowy brown haired girl was trying to saying, but it was something as the girl was right now popping back out of the bed rather quickly. She watched with a interest that was growing by the second.
Susan stood there at the bedside and smiled a little meekly at Alice, while she paused for a moment like a statue. She took a deeper breath in and then hoisted her nightgown over her head with a quick jerk and let it fall to the floor in front of her. She looked up at Alice with her arms hanging down against her sides, and stood there in a shy sort of pose, as she was now standing there as naked as Alice was.
Obviously very nervous standing there without anything on, Susan made herself lift her eyes to look at her servant. Unabashed at the moment, she just let the girl look at her as the silence of the room seemed to amplify ten fold.
The brown haired girl could see a twinkle come back in the girl’s face, as Alice had fully came to realize why she was standing there, naked herself.
“ You not sayin’ that we...” Said Alice, not finishing her sentence.
“ Simple way to fix this problem...We both just have to sleep naked... that is what I think would be fair...” Susan jumped in, her voice trembling a little.
“ Are you sure?” Said Alice, her eyes now were also taking in every curve the young girl had ... just Like Susan had done first with her.
Susan stood herself up a little straighter, clearly not making even a little effort to cover herself Fixing her gaze directly onto the girl, she nodded her head to show that what was she was saying was what she meant..
“ I see it as the fair thing... since you do not have anything to sleep in” Said the girl, her voice now seeming to shake a little more.
Alice seemed to let herself smile, and nodded her agreement.... her eyes were dancing with sparkles. With that, Susan climbed back into the bed and turned down the lamp, extinguishing the flame. The red head seemed to nervously follow her employers daughter’s lead and got into the bed with the girl as the darkness hung there.
The two wriggled themselves in until they were both under the comforter. They laid only inches apart from one another in the softness of the bed, both falling very still. They layed facing one another, their breathing was the only thing that could be heard. In near pitch blackness of the room, each girl found they could make out the other’s face as the warmth of the blankets finally start to make the chill the room hand go away.
The red head stared right at the other girl for a long few moments, her eyes tracing every curve and line in the face. Susan felt almost an excitement growing in herself, as she was all to aware that they both layed there so closely with noting on. She was afraid to move, as her attraction for the girl now was really churning inside of her.
As they layed there, sleep not even close to coming yet, they seemed to enjoy looking at one another through the darkness.
“ Thank you, Miss Susan...” Suddenly whispered Alice, with a sense of boldness in her tone.
“ You are thanking me? For what?” Asked Susan.
Alice pulled her hand out from the covers and gently placed her palm on the girl’s cheek like a butterfly landing on a leaf. The young servant moved her head a little closer on her pillow, getting rather close to Susan. She could now better see the girl in the very low light of the attic room
“ You!” She said plainly, with a grateful smile. “ Thank you... for you!”.
“ For me?” Susan asked, as the proximity of the girl was now to her was made her tingle all over again. “ Why me?”
The girl cracked the biggest smile ever, as she looked right into Susan’s face, never once turning away from the question that had been put to her. She giggled a little, and rubbed the cheek she held.
“ You have treated me like someone, like a person... not just a servant who works for your family...” She said, her voice wavering as well. “ Don’t get me wrong...Your parents always were good to me ion the years I have worked for them, but they always were cold in some ways to me...”
“ Well... you are like anyone else...” Started Susan, getting lost in the deepness of the girl’s eyes that were locked onto her. “ Guess I am not like others in the family... I can’t treat you like your not a person... “
“ I think that is why I have... fallen in love with you.” Smirked Alice, on hearing the girl’s words. “ Simply and honest... that is who you are...”
Susan could look into the fire haired girl’s eyes, and saw the intensity of what she was saying showing so brightly. She did not know what to do next, as the girl had scooted her entire body closer by then. She could feel the girl’s body now lightly up against her, her own body now reacted by turning itself into Alice. She could feel her skin against her’s, and she found herself pressing in more.
“ I think I love you also..” She whispered, being honest about her confusion that still was there for her, but she quickly flashed a smile. “ No... I do...”
“ I know you are confused, but I am not on what I feel...” Breathed Alice, her eyes now locked on to the girl’s.
“ Is this ... wrong for us...” Asked the brown haired girl, feeling her body quivering even more, now noticing her breasts were up against the girl’s as they tried to get even closer to each other. “... Don’t feel like it is right now...”
“ Is love wrong?” Was the only thing Alice replied.
Alice moved her head over on the pillow even more, her lips now were brushing up against Susan’s... and the girl did not back away from it. A sigh from both girls came out, as they kissed. Alice’s body trembled as their lips met, her arm moving the hand to leave the face, and they to wrap around the girl’s body subsequently. Susan did the same without even a second thought, wanting to feel the body next to her even more.
Alice’s skin was soft an warm under her touch, she could feel her squirm as she ran her hand along the entire length of her side. She found herself kissing the red head even more harder that she had been, as the blood pounded in her head. She felt hands on her sides too, drifting up and down with a light touch that made ever part of herself to yell out for more... she was unsure of just what it was that she was wanting, she only knew that she wanted something.
Alice stopped kissing her and had made firm eye contact with Susan. Slowly, the red head had moved her hands to cup the girl’s breasts. Susan gasped and leaned her self in to those hands reflexively, as her body wanted that touch. She was aware of a feeling that this was still so wrong, but it was melting away with ever caress the girl was giving her. The young servant squeezed the breasts in her hands ever so gently, bringing Susan to let out a moan, much to her own surprise, as pleasure shot through her... she had never had someone touch her like this before, and it just made her ache for more.
Susan did the same, feeling the large breasts in her palms. They were firm yet soft in her hands, and the heat that came off of them was more that pleasing. She could hear a moan now come from Alice as well, making her feel so amazing. She noticed now that she was very wet between her legs... she thought she had an accident or something, but she never had felt herself needing to go.
“ I am wet... down there...” She stammered and blushed. “ I had an accident and did not know it I think...”
“ You did not...’ Assured the red head, looking steamily into he eyes. “ This is normal.”
Susan looked at the girl in shock, not understanding what she was saying to her at the moment. She was about to ask more about it, but the girl had done something to stop her words rather suddenly
The girl had ran her hand down from Susan’s breasts, trailing fingers down the body until she had came to the juncture of the legs and the body. Alice boldly cupped the private area she found lightly, after brushing up against the light smattering of hair that was there, fingers then slowly moving as she did so.
“ Does that feel good?” Whispered Alice, her breath beginning to become ragged as she touched the girl..
“ Your touching me ‘down there’...” Susan gasped, shocked to find that her own legs had simply moved apart all by themselves, letting the hand easily sink in between her thighs to cup her secret place even firmly. “ An’ I am getting wetter...”
“ I am touching you there...” Said the girl, breathing hard as her fingers started to explore the outer parts of the girl’s secret area. “ Does it feel... Nice?”
Susan wanted to say that it did feel so good, but in her sudden rapture that had now enclosed her, she could not speak. She felt the fingers massage her private folds, making her whole body react as if that part of her was attached everywhere. Alice leaned in and kissed the girl on the neck so lightly, as she moved her fingers slowly around the slickness that had now covered all of the hair and skin. Gasping as shockwaves of exhilarating pulses captured her, young Susan found the only thing she could possibly have focus on, was those wonderful sensations.
Alice then dipped a finger inside so cautiously, entering her with the greatest of care as she took the time to ease in but by bit. Susan gasped and found the finger was sending even more pleasure that even seemed to reach her soul. The girl then started to move them in and out, slowly going deeper with each stroke.
The girl stopped for a moment, making the brown haired girl wonder why.
“ Please... keep goin’...” Susan gasped, her face faced flushed with the urges that were now driving her.
“ I had to stop, even though I do not want to stop... this might hurt a little...” She said back.
Susan was shocked with what the girl was saying, that something might hurt. Throwing the worry about some sort of pain coming, she knew that she could trust the girl thoroughly, and she wanted the girl to continue.
“ Please...” She whispered. “ More...”
Alice nodded and then pushed her hand in more, but she now used two fingers, and went deep into the girl recesses. There was a popping sensation deep inside of Susan for a fraction of a second, then the pain she had been told of came. Susan’s eyes widened and she fought not to make a noise, but a little pain filled squeak came out. Resting her head beside Susan’s on the fluffiness of the pillow, the girl seemed to be soothing her with a little cooing noise, as she moved the fingers in and out slowly. She seemed to be simply giving the girl time to get use to this.
“ It will pass...” She said softly.
The pain was there for a few seconds for Susan, then it seemed to change almost like night and day. Pleasurable pulses came back, and it seemed like it had grown all on it’s own as the pain now was a memory. As those fingers of Alice’s moved in and out, Susan gasped and lifted her hips to meet the hand, now wanting them to be as deep inside of her as the girl could be.
Alice smiled and began to kiss the neck of the girl again, falling silent to simply take in everything that was happening. She just continued on and listen to the excitement building in each groan that came from Susan
Fixing on a rhythm, the red head made sure to be slow but precise while taking her time. She could feel the girl’s secret now was wet and twitching every time she moved her hand, the velvet feeling insides were gripping her ever so lightly. She nuzzled the girl’s breast with her lips, as the smaller sweat sparkling mounds were so beautiful in the low light. The girl had rolled on to her back, her knees were up and opened only for her.
“ How is it feeling?” She asked breathless, feeling her excitement also was building.
“ I feel like I am going to pop on the inside...” Susan gasped, her hips now humping in time to the girl’s movements while the muscles in her thighs danced and jumped..
“ It will feel like that... don’t be afraid...”
“ I... am... not... scared...” Susan gasped, her words stopping from time to time for moans to pass her lips. “ I almost... want it to...”
“ Just wait then” Alice said, now speeding up her hand.
Susan felt the building pressure now in ever part of her, each movement she could feel of Alice’s fingers seemed to bring that more and more. She felt those wonderful fingers, shaping this pressure, making it become even more amazing as it mounted... every part of her was wanting more.
“ Wait for it...” Alice whispered as she began to speed up her hand.
As the fingers were now going in and out of her, Susan found her world now spinning with delight. She took a sharp breath in, as it finally felt like she had hit a high point, and then she felt her body start to vibrate even harder than ever as she leaped over that pinnacle. She felt her body finally release what ever it was. Cascades of sensations shot through her, she heard a cry in the air... and vaguely knew that it was she was the one doing it. Shuttering, she bucked here hips like mad, as all of the waves flooded her being, and she was aware of herself now really feeling so wet down there. She cried again, as another wave took hold, as the only thing was what was happening. She could not help but be carried away by it.
Limp and expended, Susan layed there as the tingles in her extremities subsided. She could feel the girl’s fingers still inside of her, but they were not moving. She closed her legs to keep the hand there for a few moments more, as she felt this type of peacefulness flow through her. She looked at the girl and smiled.
Alice leaned in and kissed the sweaty girl, and giggled as the girl embraced her tightly. Susan was not about to let her go, but for Alice, she did not want to be let go anyways.
“ I love you...” Whispered the girl to her, giving a kiss to accent her heart filled words.
“ I know...” Smiled Alice back.
As they kissed, Alice felt Susan now had a hand between her legs. The red head just layed back on her side of the bed and started to sigh. With a kiss of great passion, Susan started to return the favor with great desire and enthusiasm.
“ I want to touch you...” Susan said. “ But I have never touched someone before...”
“ Just do what you feel...” Gasped the red head, as the fingers were already exploring her own secret area.
The red head shuttered, as the girl while inexperienced in such touches Susan was making up for it with heart fulled attempts. Alice smiled, as the girl already had started her on her own road to pleasures. Opening her legs, she just let it all flow.
Deep into the night, the two girls explored one another. The attic was a silent spectator to the blooming of the rose that was love.