by Nikki Ash
We get back to the house a few hours later and I notice our rental car is gone. We walk inside and Caleb and Hayley are cuddled up on the couch together.
“Where are the kids?”
“Playing in the snow in the backyard.”
“Liz?” Hayley and Caleb exchange a glance.
“She mentioned something about needing to drive out…”
“How long ago?”
Caleb looks at his watch. “Damn, must have been a few hours ago.”
I text her to make sure she hasn’t gotten lost.
Me: You okay?
I don’t get a response right away and that starts to worry me. The snow has been coming down the last couple hours. What if she got stuck somewhere?
After a few minutes, I send the text again and get no response. Then I notice the message turns green, which means Liz’s phone is either off or she has no service.
“Have you spoken to her since she left?”
“No, but I did text her asking to pick up watermelon for Ryan and she never responded.”
“Caleb, would you mind me borrowing your car? I’m worried about Liz.”
“Of course, but I’m sure she’s fine.” He pulls the keys from his pocket and throws them my way.
Hayley’s phone chimes and she stands up, walking out of the room while frowning down at her phone.
“Hey, Hayley, is that Liz?” I yell after her.
“No, sorry,” she calls back.
“Everything okay with her?” I nod toward where Hayley just was.
Caleb gives me a shake of his head. “I don’t know, man. I’m trying really hard not to assume anything but something is up.” He stares at the ceiling for a second then says, “Look, I shouldn’t tell you this but I know you’re worried about Liz and her being gone. She went into town to buy you a gift.”
“What?”
“She forgot to buy you a gift, too.” He smirks. “I’m sure she’s fine. She’s just in town shopping.”
“I’m going to drive around just in case. It’s not like her to have her phone off.”
Bella
After my dad and I return to the cabin from snowboarding, I head out back to join the kids playing in the snow. While, I am excited to be heading to California to school, I will miss my siblings and parents like crazy. When I get out there, the kids are running back inside saying they are hungry, and I see Marco walking in the opposite direction. He must be going back to the guesthouse he’s staying in, behind Bentley’s parents’ place. Instead of making myself known, I walk back inside to join my family.
Seeing Marco is hard, which sucks because there was a time when seeing Marco made my day. Then… stuff happened. Emotions were involved, feelings were hurt, and instead of dealing with it, Marco chose not to. What I want is to knock on his door and make him deal…. And maybe I’ll do just that. But not now. Because I’m a damn chicken.
Liz
I don’t know how many times we have visited Colorado over the years and every single time, Cooper has said the same thing when I’m driving.
Liz, no matter what, you do not ever swerve for an animal in the road.
And every time he would say it, I would roll my eyes. I mean, c’mon, what idiot would swerve on the snowy, slippery road and risk their own life just to make sure the animal running across the road doesn’t get hit.
I can hear his voice in my head, like he’s saying it right now.
Liz, no matter what, you do not ever swerve for an animal in the road.
And his words totally make sense… until you are driving along the snowy, slippery road and a cute deer with her cute babies come running across the street. I swear I heard his words…
Liz, no matter what, you do not ever swerve for an animal in the road.
But then I imagined the poor innocent mama deer and her poor innocent babies getting hit by my big SUV and them dying and it being all my fault, so I ignored Cooper’s words… and swerved, which is why right now I am sitting on the side of the road, in the snow bank, with my front two wheels stuck in a ditch.
I try to put the SUV in reverse, and for a second I think my vehicle is going to back up over the side of the ditch… until the bottom of my car hits the ground and bottoms out. I can hear the tires spinning, getting deeper, and I know I am stuck.
Wanting to keep in the warmth as long as possible, I stay in the car and grab my phone from my purse to call Cooper. It is going to suck to have to tell him what happened but I don’t really have a choice. Pressing the circle on the bottom of my iPhone to open it up, a bright red battery sign mocks me on the screen. Damn it! The phone is dead. No wonder I was shopping for so long without being bothered. Whoops!
And I would like to say after all this, I bought my husband the perfect present that is going to make this entire shitty situation worth it but sadly I didn’t. You would think the longer you know someone, the easier it would be to buy them a gift… Wrong! I swear there wasn’t a single thing in that entire shopping plaza to buy him.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not stupid. I bought him a gift. With Christmas only a few days away, I had to get something! So, I got him a wallet. I bought the man a wallet! Don’t get me wrong; there’s nothing wrong with a wallet as a gift but it’s so impersonal. It’s so not us. I have a strong feeling this year will be the year Cooper outdoes me in the gift department.
After sitting here for a few minutes, check around to see if maybe there’s a car charger. Of course, there isn’t, so I decide to get out of the vehicle and go in search of a phone. Opening the car door, I put one foot out and step right into a huge pile of snow. Eww! Snow! Hence the snow bank… My poor Uggs might be really cute and sold during winter but they are not meant to be worn while plowing through real snow. Ugh!
I get completely out of the vehicle, ankle deep in the wet, sloshy, snow, and look around. I wasn’t even paying attention to where I am. The built-in GPS tells me where to go and I follow it. I look to the left and there’s road. I look to the right and guess what’s there? ROAD! No houses, no stores, nothing! Just road. Just great!
I turn the vehicle back on and hit the GPS to the address Cooper put it.
“To proceed to the route, please make a U-turn when possible.”
What the heck! The GPS must have messed up from the lack of service. When I click to zoom in on the road, it shows I am on a back road called Boreas Pass and I am eleven miles from the resort. Well, there’s no point in just sitting here. Maybe somebody will drive by and stop so I can use their cell phone.
I lock the SUV and start walking in the direction the GPS told me to head in. Even with a snow jacket and gloves on, I am freezing. It’s not snowing and the sun is shining but holy shit the air is a frigid bitch.
A few minutes later, I see a car driving up. I wave my hands in the air hoping they will stop but no such luck. They just keep on driving. Real nice! Just remember Karma is a bitch, people!
I’m not sure how long I have been walking but I’m starting to get worried. Eleven miles shouldn’t be too bad, right? Cooper and Bella run close to that daily. But at the same time, it’s cold and snowing and I am not dressed for this frigid hike.
I see another car approaching and just like the one other time, I wave my arms in the air hoping this person will take mercy on me and stop, and to my luck the vehicle does stop! Please don’t let it be a serial killer!
And thank god, it’s not, it’s my husband! Only when he gets out of the vehicle, the look on his face almost makes me wish it was a serial killer who stopped.
“I saw our rental car back there! Why the fuck are you walking in the wrong direction from our house?”
Whoops!
Cooper
I’m driving toward the shopping plaza when the GPS tells me to make a slight turn onto Boreas Pass. When I look at the dashboard, it shows there’s an accident on the main road so the GPS is having me take an alternate route. My heart picks up and I pray Liz isn’t anywhere near the accident. I am drivi
ng not even two minutes when I come across our rental vehicle on the side of the road stuck in a snow bank.
Jumping out of the car, I run to the driver side door only to find the vehicle empty. I look around me and yell, “Liz!” but she doesn’t answer me. I glance back toward where I came from and wonder if I somehow missed her. I jump back into the SUV and start driving back, my mind starting to race with horrible thoughts. What if she is injured? What if someone hit her while she was walking? What if someone took her and killed her?
My horrid thoughts keep progressing and I have to turn my mind off. She’s fine. I just need to find her. I drive back to the main road but don’t see her. It doesn’t make any sense. I turn the vehicle back around and drive past our vehicle. About two miles down, I see a tiny woman walking along the snowbank. I slow down and her arms start waving frantically. Why the hell is Liz walking in the wrong direction?
I pull over, confused and angry, and get out of the SUV slamming the door behind me.
“I saw our rental car back there! Why the fuck are you walking in the wrong direction from our house?”
Liz looks to the left then to the right and looks back at me confused. I just shake my head. My fucking wife has no sense of direction whatsoever.
Just thankful she is alive and not injured, I wrap her up in my arms and kiss her hard.
“I was so worried, babe.”
“I’m sorry. I swerved for a deer and her babies, and ended up in a snow bank. My phone is dead and the GPS got messed up.”
I have to bite my tongue. I have told her a million times not to swerve for animals. “C’mon, let’s get back to the house and we can call for a tow truck to get the SUV out of the ditch.”
We get back to the vehicle but before I put the car in drive, Liz wraps her arms around me. “Thank you for saving me. I was starting to get so scared.”
“Baby, I will always save you.” Liz turns my face toward her and kisses me. At first, it’s soft, but then it gets more aggressive, her emotions showing through. I reach over, without breaking our kiss, and grab ahold of her hips, bringing her onto my lap. Our kissing continues. Our tongues entwining with one another.
When we break for air, her lips don’t stop. She kisses my cheek, my jawline, then she moves to my neck.
“Cooper, I want you. Now.” My cock stands at attention realizing he’s going to get to come out to play. Without thinking twice, I press the button to push the seat back, giving us room. Liz lifts her ass up, pulling her jeans down while I unzip mine, taking my cock out. It’s a tight fit in the SUV but nothing is going to stop me from getting inside my wife. Her shoes and pants go flying and I push mine down.
She sits back down on my lap, her pussy rubbing up against my now hard shaft. Leaning down she gives me a kiss over my heart then looks me right in my eyes and says, “I need you inside me.”
Best. Wife. Ever.
Sticking a digit into her to make sure she’s wet, I find she is dripping. She lifts her sexy ass up and before I can push my cock into her warmth, she grabs my shaft and guides it in herself. As she comes down slowly, her head falls back, eyes closed, in pleasure. I grab her perfect amble tits in my hands and roll her nipples between my fingers eliciting a moan out of her.
Once I am all the way in, she opens her eyes and smiles at me. Fuck! I love this woman. Taking one of her tits into my mouth, I suck on her puckered nipple then give the other one the same attention. Liz’s hands come up landing on my shoulders, and then she lifts her ass up a few inches before coming back down, my cock hitting her deep. So fucking deep.
She starts off riding me slow, her tight pussy gripping my cock. My hands stay on her tits, massaging them, tweaking her nipples. The more her pussy adjusts to my cock, the faster she rides me. “Oh god! Cooper!”
Leaning closer to me, she brings her mouth to mine, kissing me as she rides my cock. I can feel her pussy grinding me as she finds the perfect spot to get herself off. Reaching down with one hand, I feel for her clit and am met with an, “Oh fuck!” when I find it. It’s muffled, her lips still locked with mine.
Gathering her wetness, I start rubbing her clit; the deeper I rub, the harder and faster she rides me, her moves getting more frantic. I know she’s close when her legs tighten up and her movements get faster, even more crazy like she can’t control herself. Her kisses become more intense, her mouth sucking on my tongue. A few more circles on her clit and she is climaxing all over my cock, choking the fuck out of it.
Her face falls to my shoulder and her body goes limp. Grabbing both her hips I take over, pounding into my wife from the bottom. Her pussy spasms around my cock from her orgasm and it creates a domino effect. A few seconds later and I am coming deep inside of her hot pussy.
Giving us a few minutes to come down for our high, neither of us moves, until… there’s a knock on the window!
“Oh my god! Cooper!” Liz shrieks attempting to cover herself. Luckily the windows are somewhat tinted but I’m sure whoever is at the window can see our bodies enough to know what’s going on. Reaching down with Liz still on me, I grab her shirt and hand it to her to put on. Then I look around and see some napkins in the center console. Lifting her off my cock, gravity takes over and my cum drips down the inside of her leg. And holy shit, if that doesn’t have me wanting round two. I quickly wipe it up the best I can with the napkins and set her down in the passenger seat, handing her the napkins so she can finish cleaning herself up.
She wipes up quickly, pulling her panties and pants up, zipping and buttoning them. I use a napkin to wipe my cock and pull my briefs and jeans up. Once we are both decent, I roll down my window and come face to face with an officer. Thankfully, his badge reads Wildlife.
“Where was he when I was walking?” Liz huffs out.
“Officer,” I say, nodding my head.
“Is everything okay, here? I saw an abandoned vehicle a few miles down.”
“My wife swerved for an animal…” I give her a side-eye. “…and ended up in the snow bank. I found her walking.”
“Well, I’m glad everything is okay. I can call for a tow truck if you’d like.”
“That would be great. I don’t think there’s any damage. We just need to get it out of the snowbank.”
The officer turns his back on us, walking to his truck, probably to radio someone to call for a tow truck.
“You wanna tell me why you drove out without me?” I already know the answer to this but I want to see Liz squirm. She has no idea that we both forgot to buy each other gifts this year. Clearly, we are a match made in heaven.
Her shoulders rise and fall and she makes an annoyed huffing noise. “Fine! I forgot to buy you a Christmas present.” She rolls her eyes waiting for me to give her shit.
“I did too.” I shrug.
Liz’s head whips around to look at me. “You did?” Her smile widens.
“Yep, I did. That’s why I was trying to run out without you earlier.”
She shakes her head and laughs.
“I guess we are even.”
“No way, Crazy! You ran the SUV into a ditch. I saved you and gave you a damn good orgasm. I win. Merry Christmas!”
Caleb
“All right! Who’s going to the slopes?” I rub my hands together excitedly at finally getting a chance to do some snowboarding. We Have been here for two days and only Cooper and Bella have hit the slopes so far. Cooper, Marco, Bella, and Chloe all raise their hands.
“You going, Bentley?”
“I looked it up and found out Santa is doing story-time at the resort for the kids. Kayla and I are going to bring Ryan to see him.”
“Oh! I want to go!” Liz exclaims.
“Me too!” Faith says at the same time Mackenzie says she wants to go as well.
“Hayley?”
“I’m going with Santa.” My wife hates skiing, so that doesn’t surprise me.
“Okay, let’s split up and meet back here for dinner.”
We head over to the resort, an
d after renting our equipment and putting it on, we take the lift toward a decent slope but one still easy enough for Chloe.
“Hundred bucks says I make it down this slope quicker than you do, Dad,” Bella taunts. According to Cooper, Bella was kicking ass the other day.
“You don’t even have a hundred bucks,” Cooper scoffs.
“I don’t need it because I’m going to win.”
Marco chuckles earning him a glare from Bella. “What? You want in? I bet I beat you as well.”
Marco shakes his head then says, “Okay, you’re on.”
The lift reaches the top and everyone lines up. “Hey Bella, when Marco and I beat you, where are you getting the money to pay us both?”
“Not happening, Pops!” Bella yells and takes off down the slope. Marco and Cooper both take off after her.
Bella
Marco has barely looked at me this trip let alone spoken to me, so when he decides to get in on the bet, it’s on like Donkey Kong. There’s no way I’m letting his ass beat me. I take off with all the determination in the world to win. I’m avoiding the ramps I would usually try to hit to do some tricks, only focusing on making it down to the bottom first, and I think it’s going to happen. I might have had a few second head-start but whatever.
Then, as I am feeling confident seeing the end near, Marco flies right by me carving the snow like the damn showoff he is and I know I’m screwed. I try to pick up speed by leaning forward and continuing to avoid anything but the straight away but I know it’s not happening.
When I make it to the bottom, he’s standing to the side with a huge smug smirk on his face. I roll my eyes and look back up the hill for my dad. He’s coming down and behind him is Caleb and Chloe.
“Guess I owe you a hundred dollars,” my dad laughs out. “Or should I just give it to Marco? Because by the look on both your faces, I’m guessing he beat you.”