Remember back in November when I talked about screwing up the outline for Travel Plans? Well, that doesn’t mean you don’t get some previews. Here’s one version of Shawn and Rachel’s first time having sex:

“I’d really love to take you to bed,” you say.

Rachel smiles and takes your hand, leading you into her bedroom. You back her up to the bed; she sits down on it and you lean in, cupping her face in your hands and then kissing her, gently at first, but the longer it goes on the needier you both get.

Several kisses later, you know you want more. “May I touch you?” you ask, your lips against hers.

“Please.”

Your hand moves down and caresses her left breast. She’s not as big as Julie, even though she’s much taller, but she’s still plenty curvy and her breast fills your hand. Even through her blouse and bra you can feel her nipple starting to get hard, and you press on it with your finger until she arches into you.

Clearly she wants more too.

You find your way to the buttons of her blouse and undo the first one. She blushes slightly, but you kiss her to distract her as you get the garment open and off her shoulders. She’s very light-skinned, her breasts straining a bit — you know it’s a cliché term, but that’s what’s happening — against a basic black bra.

You kiss your way down, going to your knees — Rachel opens her legs so you can kneel in front of her — and brushing your lips over her curves. “May I take this off?”

When you look up, you see her nodding, so you reach around her and unhook the bra. Rachel shrugs it off and tosses it aside, and even though she has a shy — sexy, but shy — smile on her face, she still pulls you in close. You take her right nipple in your mouth and tease it with your tongue, and she sighs happily, her hand in your hair.

“What about you?” she asks after a long, long moment.

“Hmm?”

“Here I am, half-naked, and you–“

“Oh. Right.” You pull your shirt over your head and throw it somewhere on the floor. Then you come up so you can press your chest to Rachel’s. Her skin is cool and smooth, her nipples hard against you. You feel her hands going to your waist, and it doesn’t take long for her to undo your belt. That gets the attention of your cock, which was half-hard before but is now fully erect. Rachel unbuttons your jeans and reaches in, feeling you through the cotton of your shorts, and you can’t help but moan and kiss her again.

“Help me,” she says, standing up. You do, unbuttoning her slacks and pulling them down her long legs. Her thighs are full and lush, her panties plain black and riding low on her hips. “All of it.”

Well, okay then. You take hold of the sides of her panties and start tugging them downward, revealing neatly-trimmed, somewhat-sparse black hair between her legs. Once her clothes are around her ankles, she steps out of them and kicks them out of the way.

“Your turn.”

It doesn’t take you long to get your own pants, shorts, and socks off, leaving both of you naked in the slightly-cool air of Rachel’s bedroom. It’s been so long since you’ve been with a new partner that you’re not sure what to do anymore, but Rachel solves that problem by stretching out on the bed and holding out a hand to you. You take it, follow her, and pull her body against yours. Your cock is hard and throbbing where it’s pressed between you, and she’s kissing you hungrily. You put one hand on the back of her neck — she told you some weeks ago that she doesn’t like having her hair pulled, so you don’t want to take any chances — and kiss her back, caressing her arm, her shoulder, and then her left breast. She moans into your mouth and reaches down, her arm easily long enough to allow her to touch your cock, to wrap her hand around it. Her fingers don’t quite touch, but she doesn’t seem to mind; she starts to stroke you, and then it’s your turn to moan.

But you’re not going to leave her hanging, either; you move your hand downward, to her hip, and she opens her legs. She’s hot and soft when you touch her between them, and when you run your middle finger along her lips you can feel how wet she already is — so wet that it takes almost no effort at all to slip your finger into her. She shudders and gasps, her insides fluttering around your finger, and she moans again when you find her g-spot.

It’s that combination that turns you on almost too much — that, plus the fact that you’re with someone new — and you feel the first precursor of an orgasm.

Lest you forget, Shawn and Rachel appear several times in Holiday Heat, including in an explosive threesome with Julie in the December edition. This snippet takes place in 2022, whereas HH takes place in 2023.