Drop Dead Legs

(EMILY)

Steel’s speeding down the highway. We’re going way faster than I would drive, but I feel safe sitting here beside him.

I can’t believe I’m leaving home and everything I’ve ever known behind. But after the way things have turned out, I have no regrets.

A month of being with Steel every day has taught me one thing, I don’t want those days to end. I’m completely under his spell. Being with him means more to me than anything else. And I’m doing the unthinkable in order to make it happen — becoming a carny.

“I’ve never been to Mississippi,” I say.

“It’s nice. Good to see the river. I went to Elvis’ birthplace there before, but I don’t know if we’re going near there this year or not.”

“Wow, it all sounds so exciting. I didn’t realize carnies were into sightseeing.”

“Sure we are, why not? See all that different shit all over the place? It’s great.”

“So where else have you been?”

“Lots of places. I’ve told you, I’ve been to forty-one states.”

“Which one are you from?”

“That don’t matter, I joined the carnival so long ago I barely even remember.”

“That’s crap.”

“It ain’t. I don’t care, why do you?”

“Fine. So, what states haven’t you been to?” I’m trying a new tactic. He’s always so guarded about himself. I suspect he’s ashamed, since he knows how privileged my life’s been.

“Alaska. Hawaii.”

“California?”

“Yep, been there but nowhere else on the west coast. Razor and me went there one year during the winter break. Saw the Santa Monica Pier and the Hollywood sign.”

“That’s so cool.”

“It was, but I prefer the east coast.”

Does he prefer because he’s an east coast boy, or is he a west coast boy who wants to leave it behind?

“What about Oregon and Washington?”

“Nope, never been.”

I try to visualize a map before realizing how futile that is. Time for Google Maps again.

“What about Montana?”

“No.”

“North Dakota?”

“The towns are too spread apart in those places.”

“Idaho?”

“What is this, twenty questions?”

“No, I’m just trying to eliminate the places you haven’t been so I can narrow down where you’re from.”

“I keep telling you, it don’t matter.”

“But where’s your home? Why won’t you tell me?”

“I told you before my home was wherever my bunkhouse is, but…”

“But what?”

“I suppose now my home is wherever you are.”

My body bubbles over from his words. There’s no doubt in my mind that what I’m doing is the right decision. A lump forms in my throat, and I can’t say anything more.

It’s after midnight. The darkness of the road and the movement of the car are lulling. My eyelids are heavy, and I’m struggling to stay awake.

I wish I was wearing something more comfortable than this dress. And had some panties on. I didn’t wear any as a surprise for our one-month dinner and a movie celebration. Sitting in a car for ten hours wasn’t a consideration, or I would’ve worn sweat pants.

Trying to get more comfortable, I hitch the dress up to the top of my thighs. It’s not much, but at least it lets me move my legs to a more comfortable position.

“Tired?” Steel asks.

“Very.”

“You should sleep. You’re going to have a busy day tomorrow.”

“Am I going to have to work right away?”

“Probably. Papa don’t do freeloaders, though he might make an exception for me. But when we get there, we’re hitching up the trailer and moving on to the next town, probably another hour drive.”

Tired and nervous, emotions threaten to overwhelm me. I recline my seat and close my eyes, trying to calm myself.

I’ve managed not to check my phone since I sent my mother the last text, and I’m determined not to look until morning.

“Good night,” I say, already half asleep. This is the first night we’ve spent together since the night at the carnival. It’s not exactly how I pictured things when I got up this morning, but then, no moment with Steel has ever been how I expected.

In seconds, I’m asleep and dreaming about Steel holding me.

In a haze, I’m aware of the car stopping. Steel’s hand moves high up on my exposed thigh. I open my eyes, and he’s staring at me.

“Are we here?” I ask, my voice groggy.

“No.”

“Where are we? Why did we stop?”

“Because I’ve been driving the past three hours, listening to you breathe and unable to focus on the road as I’ve looking at your long legs.”

I’m still more asleep than not, and I don’t know what he’s talking about, but his words wrap around me like a hug. I let out a soft noise of approval.

“All I keep thinking is how you’re mine.”

“Yours?” I ask, biting my lip.

“All mine.”

“Yours.”

“I’m telling you now, I always protect what’s mine.”

I furrow my brow, trying to process his words.

“Are you mine?” I ask, my voice quiet.

“Have been ever since that night in October.”

My chest swells, but before I can respond, he pulls me up, grabs the back of my head and his mouth presses against mine.

His hand slides further up my thigh, then under the fabric of my dress. Heat burns under his touch.

Our kiss is different somehow. The tenderness of his lips sends waves of warmth that fill me until I threaten to overflow and burst with joy.

His fingers reach my mound, and brush across it. I moan, and he pulls his lips away.

“No fucking panties?”

“It was a surprise for you, for our one-month anniversary.”

“I can’t sit here any longer. I need to be in you. Get out of the car,” he says, pulling his hand away.

I moan in protest but he ignores me. Steel opens his door and gets out. Before I know it, he’s opened my door and is pulling me out. He grabs me tight, his hard dick digging into me.

“You think I’ve been sitting there and thinking of anything else but fucking you? Knowing you’re all mine now?” He kisses me roughly before continuing, “I swear my cock has been hard for the past hour. I need to bury it in your pussy. Now. Then I’ll be able to concentrate on the road.”

My skin coats in goose bumps as all the heat in my body pools between my legs. Steel nuzzles my neck, his hands slide up the outsides of my thighs, pushing my dress up to my waist.

The night air is cool, and blows across my exposed lips and ass. I glance around. We’re in some highway picnic rest stop area. It’s empty, except for a truck at the far end of the parking lot. The highway itself has a steady trickle of middle-of-the-night traffic.

Without warning, Steel spins me and pushes my body against the car. He grips the back of my neck and presses my head onto the trunk. I’m still catching my breath from the movement when he drives his dick into me.

I gasp. My pussy blooms with heat. Steel keeps pushing my body into the car as he thrusts into me. Over and over and over.

My hips bash into the car with each thrust, but my walls are throbbing too much to care. I’m breathless, my head is spinning, and before I know it, a tidal wave of pleasure rushes over me.

My legs give out, and I’m held up only by the car. I’d slide off it if Steel wasn’t pushing me down on it.

Wave after wave of a massive orgasm rushes over me from being woken up and fucked in the cold at the side of the road. My walls spasm around his dick, gripping it tight in me.

He’s right, he’s mine. And I, undeniably, am his.