FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

With thanx again to Mysterydude for the touch ups, and Dolphin dreamer for the plane technicals.

Chapter 6.

The plane's wing made an abrupt roll to the right but the computer managed to correct it immediately. Ruth gulped as he felt the plane free-fall for a few seconds before stabilising again. After the plane began to stabilise, Ruth slowly opened his eyes and looked out the window. The A380 broke through the second layer of clouds and was rapidly descending, about to hit the final layer of cloud. The sound of the rushing air increased in volume as the spoilers on the wings were deployed to slow the plane down. He felt himself become light headed as the plane increased its rate of descent.

Diddly Diddly doo. Diddly Diddly doo.

Ruth glanced at his phone's screen as the plane was descending. 'That was quick,' he thought, 'but it will have to wait until we land'. He reached out a claw and silenced the email alert. The plane shuddered again, and then dropped suddenly, causing him to take a deep breath. This time the pilot turned the plane to the left to align the plane with the runways facing in the southwest direction. He heard a hydraulic whir from the wings as the flaps extended outwards to increase the amount of drag and lift on the airfoil. The A380 broke through the final layer of clouds before things started to settle again.

He looked out the window and saw the countless numbers of cargo boats moving slowly across the ocean. In the far distance, he could make out the buildings along the coastline and the rest of the city further inwards. He felt like a god, seeing the world this high up with all the man-made marvels as small as a children's toys. His TV lit up, showing a view of the world ahead from a camera mounted on the tail-tip. An noisy thump was heard, and the camera view switched to under the belly of the plane. The digital image showed the nose gear rolling out and locking into position as the plane was about enter final approach, identifying the jolt.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is First Officer Badyal speaking. The plane will be landing shortly into Singapore Changi International Airport, please make sure that your seat-belt is securely fastened tightly across your lap. We would like to apologise for the turbulence during the descent and we should be expecting a smooth landing into Singapore Changi International Airport." The announcement was almost a repeat of the last one...

'Yeah right!' Ruth thought as he gripped his seat arms tighter. Ruth stared intently at the TV screen in front of him as he saw the runway appear in the far distance. Another set of hydraulic whirs were heard from the wing as the flaps were extended to the full position. The sound of air rushing over the wing was deafening as the plane finally slowed down to its landing speed. The runway was getting closer and closer to the plane; Ruth swore that the pilot was flying way too low. The pavement just got bigger and bigger, running straight at him. 'The plane is going way too fast! There is no way we can stop in time at this speed, we will overrun the end of the runway and explode in a ball of flames!' Iron bands seemed to constrict around his chest, his eyes wide as he fearfully watched the TV screen showing the runway right up ahead. The patches of grass were getting too close to the plane....'This is serious! The plane is way too low! Oh my god! We're gonna hit the ground..."

Ssscccrrrreeeettttthcccchhhhh!!!! Thump!!

The rear wheels touched the tarmac with a loud squeal, making Ruth jump again. 'Thump' The nose dropped and the dolly wheels made contact with another jar... The engines screamed as they spooled up into reverse thrust. Ruth was thrown against his seat-belt with the sudden deceleration. He sat back as the pressure eased, and the engines wound down to a quieter rumble. The plane came to a walking pace roll, and then he felt the nose turn as it taxied towards the terminal buildings.

"Well thank God for that!" Ruth muttered under his breath as the hydraulics retracted the flaps back into the wing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Singapore Changi International Airport. The current local time is 5:43p.m. with a time difference of sixteen hours between Singapore and London. Passengers continuing on to Sydney will be able to continue their journey in five hours time. Passengers in economy who are travelling to Sydney are required to leave the plane and return on time for boarding whereas passengers in Business and First will be handed entrance passes which allow them to pass freely between the terminal and the aircraft. It has been a pleasure serving you on this segment of the flight and we look forward to seeing you in the near future. On behalf of Air Tangara, our crew would like to thank you for flying with us today."

Ruth looked out the window and saw the vast fleet of 747s and 777s operated by Singapore Airlines. He took notice of a British Airways 747 pushing back from the gate, presumably to depart for London. A Qantas A380 went charging down the runway before rising sharply into the sky, taking a group of passengers southwards towards Australia. TA617 made one final turn to the gate before making a complete stop. The crew shut down the four engines, causing them to wind down and spin freely before coming to a standstill. A chime sounded in the cabin and clicks as passengers unfastened their seat-belts, gathering their belongings.

He heard Maria speaking in Malay to the captain through the inter-phone, and then the sound of the door unlatching and opening. A large bear walked past his cubicle's door, followed by his mate and cub. More people started filing past as well. Ruth undid his belt and reached for the his phone, opening the email.

Morning darling, Amy managed to train and nail Stefan the bell-boy last night, while I watched. We had some fun together yesterday afternoon and a great evening meal, so no trouble. So your own cubicle eh? Joined the mile high club yet? Hope everything goes well. Missing you. Love, Jessica.

"Bloody hell!" he exclaimed as he read the first line. "I knew Amy would be trouble..." he continued, and realised that Jessica was fine and obviously enjoying herself. 'Still digging at me to shop around I see, Mile high club eh?. Well if she insists, maybe I won't turn down the opportunity on the way back if it presents itself...I can't believe that I have a mate like her...' He started typing his reply.

"Stop pushing me love! It just didn't feel right at the time. You know that you are the only one for me! I made an exception for Amy, as she was a friend and you damned near forced me to before she wrecked my job!. You are more than any dragon would ever need or require. I know you think I need a bit of variety, but I am quite happy with all the shenanigans we get up to at home. If it makes you happy, I won't say no, but do not expect me to initiate any action. I love you dearly, but please be happy that I am happy the way I am. Now. I am on the ground again, but I will not be leaving the plane here. I believe we will be around two hours on the ground before heading off again for Sydney. I will have to try and sleep again on the last leg, as my charter is only around three hours after I arrive this evening your time. It's five thirty p.m. here and I have only been awake two hours! I should be arriving at Sydney at eleven p.m. where you are, but it will be ten am tomorrow where I arrive. The meeting is at three p.m. in the afternoon, so I will be asleep if I don't synchronize myself. Don't let Amy cause too much hassle for you, and I will speak later. Love Ruth."

Knock knock.

Ruth turned to see Maria standing in the doorway. "Just about to leave the plane so I thought I'd say goodbye. Here's a pass that allows you to pass freely between the terminal and the aircraft if you want. I've rebooted the entertainment system so it should be up and running between now and boarding for the next segment".

"Thank you for taking good care of me. I hope I get to see you on the return trip". Ruth smiled.

"You never know! I would like to introduce you to Xiu Meah, she will be taking over my duty from Singapore to Sydney".

Maria walked off while Ruth was greeted by the site of a rather pretty, middle aged pantheress in the doorway. She was a sort of sable colour, but the usual rosettes of her species were clearly visible where her fur showed around her uniform. "Excuse me sir. I am Xiu Meah, and I will be taking care of you until we reach Sydney. I just thought I would introduce myself before the new passengers board. Is there anything I can get you?"

"A glass of water please. I must try and sleep on the remaining journey, as I have a meeting in eighteen hours at Cairns. I shouldn't be any trouble."

"Cairns? Oh you must be Ruth Ruatha. I am so sorry, I was expecting a lady. So sorry. You are the one expecting the charter?"

"Don't worry, my name is very old English. It happens quite often. Yes, I believe I have a charter waiting at Sydney."

"Oh, in that case when we land, please remain seated, and someone will come to fetch you. Your luggage will already be sorted and transferred for you. I will fetch you the water sir." Xiu finished, and bowed as she left the cubicle.

'She's not bad looking....maybe....no felines are very close tailed' Ruth shook his head, and switched the screen on to try and catch the Sky news. However he was temporarily distracted by the chattering of two people who were jabbering away in Singlish. He leaned out of his suite and he saw Maria leaving the plane with the First Officer. Maria gave the snow leopard a hard slap on his ass while he returned the favour. 'Looks like Maria's boyfriend is First Officer Badyal....

Diddly Diddly doo. Diddly Diddly doo.

He opened the new email and frowned.

You darling are an idiot! I told you to take it if it was offered. Now no excuses, I want lots of juicy details when you get back. So go and create me some! See you in a few days. Love Jessica.

"I have told you before dear, I am perfectly content to be with you, and only you. Please let it be... Love Ruth." He Sighed, as he put the phone back down.

Diddly Diddly doo. Diddly Diddly doo.

He picked up the newly chirruping phone. 'That was quick,' he thought again as he opened the reply from Jessica.

The opportunity arose and you turned it down! What am I going to do with you? Well if you won't sort yourself out, it's up to me. The dolphin who runs the restaurant we ate at last night says his daughter expressed an interest in you when you were playing volleyball on the beach. I agreed that we would return here for a date when you got back. Bit different to what I was expecting of you, but should be fun to see if you drown! Now I want no more nonsense from you. No more saying no! We three are going out together today, as it is Stefan's day off. Should keep Amy occupied. Don't bother replying unless it is good news for me! Yours, Jessica.

He shook his head, 'Sometimes I wonder why she won't let up, does she want us to split? Bloody idiot has set up a date for me when I return... what's up with her? Well at least they're enjoying themselves, if Stefan is going out for the day with them it should keep Amy out of trouble....Now how the hell do I reply...' "Fuck it!" he cursed aloud.

"Ahem," Xiu was standing in the doorway. "Problem sir?"

He shook his head again. "No, sorry for swearing. Just puzzled by my mate's actions... nothing you would understand I'm afraid."

"Very well sir," she approached with his glass of water. "You look worried though..."

Ruth fought with his conscience, 'Bollix' he thought. "Xiu, do you have five minutes? You may be able to offer a neutral view... another females view?"

Xiu looked back into the corridor. The cleaning crew was still doing a run over of the carpets, so the re-boarding wasn't due to start yet. She slid the door shut, flicking the catch, and turned to Ruth. "How may I help? I will see what I can do..."

"Thank you," Ruth opened the last three emails from his phone and displayed them on the screen for Xiu to see. "As you may notice, my mate seems to want me to look for gardens anew..."

Xiu read the contents quickly, skimming over the chat. "May I be frank sir?"

"Yes, yes of course. That is why I asked for your opinion..."

"How long have you been mated?"

"Ten years"

"Children?"

"No, but just before I got torn away on this trip, she had stopped taking blockers. When I get back they are the first thing on the agenda..."

Xiu put her hand up, interrupting him. "Was that a decision you both made? To delay it this long?"

"Well yes...why?" Ruth paused thinking. 'Was it really our decision together? She always said to wait until I got a good job...I have had a good stable job for three years now...' "I think that I would have chosen to have them earlier," he finished with a sigh.

"Who controls your relationship?"

"Well I bring in the income..."

"Ah ah. Who controls the relationship?" Xiu interrupted again.

"Well, Jessica does...She had a lot of experience before meeting me...Amy is the only other girl I have ever had relations with..." Ruth gripped his head in his hands. "Why am I telling you this?"

"Sometimes a stranger is the best course for an opinion. You needed a neutral viewpoint, who isn't interested in you sexually. I gather that the reference is to Maria...? No wait, don't answer yet," she forestalled him, as he was about to open his mouth. "I have no interest in you for your body, I have three kittens and a mate and am as happy as I can be in my country..." She paused herself this time. "What stopped you from taking Maria's offer? I gather she did extend one..."

"Yes, well yes, I'm afraid she woke me from a dream I was having about our honeymoon. I had... Well I was aroused...My scent and appearance over-rode her conditioning..." he shrugged. "It was rather embarrassing for both of us...it was need and lust, rather than a true mutual exchange...It didn't feel right..." He shook his head again, trying not to lose control.

"That just shows you are honourable to your vows..." she paused again considering. "What would your reaction be if extended an invitation myself now?"

"What? But you just said you have a family? That you are happy..."

Xiu put her hand up again. "Think sir... I said I was as happy as I could be in my country...I love my kittens, but I have to ask permission from my mate to work...No forget I said that, I apologise, it was inappropriate, and highlights what I believe your problem may be, or should I say, your mate's..."

"Oh..."

"Look! You are sexually happy with your mate, that much is obvious. Despite being very attractive, and strong in your personality, you are shy around others outside your close circle of acquaintances. That is very honest, but is harming your relationship with Jessica. Jessica is feeling guilty about forestalling your personal development when you were younger. She obviously loves you deeply, but her personality has over-rode yours, and she is finally realising it. She doesn't want a 'hen-pecked' mate. She is afraid that when your eggs arrive, you will look back over the last ten years and question what you see. She is pushing you to take a look around you, see what she thinks you have been missing, and then you will return to the nest/den with the control and confidence needed to raise your children."

Xiu shook her head, and grabbed Ruth by the horns, staring into his eyes. "I will tell you this now...Had I had a choice twenty-two years ago, I would have been delighted to find a man like you...Do not let Jessica go! Comply with her wishes by bending your vows a little...you will be stronger for it, and will return to her a new man!"

The sounds of the cleaning crews leaving sounded through the door. Xiu planted a kiss on Ruth's snout tip. "Duty calls," she said. "Think about what we have discussed, and maybe you will see what your mate is getting at..." She stood up, and walked towards the door.

"Xiu. Are you happy?" Ruth queried.

She paused without turning. "Yes, yes I am. It's too late for me to change now. I will endeavor to ensure my two girl children will have more choices than me...I believe that this conversation has been useful to the both of us. When we are air-borne, just call if you require a hand getting back to sleep. Sir." She turned then and winked, before throwing the catch, and bowing as she left to resume her station.

Ruth shook his head again. 'Oh well, maybe I should just give into the inevitable.... He picked up his phone, and typed out his reply..

"Okay love, if you insist. The new head stewardess is a panther, a bit older than us but still attractive. If the opportunity arises, I will capitulate, and let things take their course. I love you, and just want us to be happy. I will contact you again when I reach Sydney. Yours with love as always, Ruth."

He hit send, and leaned back into his seat, as new passengers were shown past his doorway, into their own cubicles along the section. 'I really must talk to her when I get back...maybe she would like to try swinging when the eggs are on the way...' he closed his eyes and drifted into a doze.

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Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink........

Jessica threw the summer dress on over her head, poking her wings through the slits in the back. She tied the belt and picked up the chiming phone. She read Ruth's response and shook her head as she replied.

I have told before dear, I am perfectly content to be with you, and only you. Please let it be... Love Ruth.

"The opportunity arose and you turned it down! What am I going to do with you? Well if you won't sort yourself out, it's up to me. The dolphin who runs the restaurant we ate at last night says his daughter expressed an interest in you when you were playing volleyball on the beach. I agreed that we would return here for a date when you got back. Bit different to what I was expecting of you, but should be fun to see if you drown! Now I want no more nonsense from you. No more saying no! We three are going out together today, as it is Stefan's day off. Should keep Amy occupied. Don't bother replying unless it is good news for me! Yours, Jessica."

She hit send and chucked the phone onto the table in a huff. "I'm going to buff up," she growled as she stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.

"Trouble in paradise?" Amy muttered to herself, as the sounds of a few muffled sobs came from the bathroom, forgetting that Jane and Janet were still in the room.

"Ahem, is something wrong with Mrs. Ruatha?" Jane queried.

"What, oh, err, no, honest I don't know. It's the first time I have heard of any stress between her and Ruth. It must be that the holiday was wrecked by him having to leave..."

"Then why is she angry and upset?"

"I don't know, maybe I should check her phone while she in there..." She cast a glance at the closed bathroom door, where the muffled sob noises were still coming from.

"Are you close friends? Maybe it will help you resolve the situation?"

Amy walked over to the bathroom door, and pressed her ear against it. The was a sputtering noise and the sound of the toilet flushing. Then the shower started up again. Amy shook her head and walked to the table to see if the phone was un-coded. She hesitated, then picked it up and opened the latest correspondence, looking it over, she shook her head, and placed it back on the table.

"She is trying to get Ruth to shop around for fun. He is refusing. I think she is trying to force her ideals on him from when she was younger...Why can't she see that she is the only one that he wants?"

Jane and Janet shook their heads. "Does she want him to split away from her?"

"No I don't think so....from last night's dinner discussion I think she just wants him to have the fun she did. Maybe she thinks that if he finds out what it's like to play around, he will come back to her stronger..." she shook her head, perplexed.

"Well if Toby played away, he would be out of the house so fast, there would be scorch marks..." Jane commented, with Janet nodding in agreement. "Maybe it's just dragons?"

"I don't know...I will talk about it to her later if I get the chance...She can't drive a wedge between her and Ruth, especially as they are going for children now." The shower sounds ceased.

Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink........

Amy hesitated, but stopped herself, she couldn't open a new one without Jessica knowing... "Jane, when you go downstairs, could you invite Stefan for breakfast in the dining room please? Tell him that we...sorry, I... would like his company for the day. Can you recommend anywhere?"

Jane and Janet looked at each other. "Well you could try the valley gardens, they are just up the coast. Plenty of alcoves as well!" They giggled.

"That sounds fine...We will be down as soon as Jessica is ready." The sound of the dryer started up.

"We will pass the invite, see you later miss." Janet finished. They loaded the trolley and rolled it out the door.

Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink........

Amy brushed her fur flat in the dresser's mirror, and went to sit on the chaise by the window until Jessica emerged. The bathroom door unlocked, and Jessica appeared as she had gone in. "Did I hear the phone again?"

Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink........

"Ha, yes I did..." She picked up the phone and opened the message.

Okay love, if you insist. The new head stewardess is a panther, a bit older than us but still attractive. If the opportunity arises, I will capitulate, and let things take their course. I love you, and just want us to be happy. I will contact you again when I reach Sydney. Your with love as always, Ruth.

"Hmmmph!" She smiled. "It's about time..." she muttered, putting the phone down. "Now what are we doing today?"

Amy shifted herself, "Well I took the liberty of getting Jane to invite Stefan to breakfast downstairs. Also the girls recommend a day trip to the valley gardens up the coast. They have plenty of private grottoes..."

Jessica cast a sly glance at Amy. "Oh what the hell, sounds good to me, I need a distraction at the moment....I will pack a couple of smaller playthings for us..." She reached into her bag and pulled out a couple of button vibes, and slipped them into her carry pouch. "You ready? I'm starving...."

"Yes," Amy stood up and walked towards the door with Jessica following.

"Oh, hang-on!" Jessica slipped back into the bedroom and grabbed her phone, putting it into her pouch. "Can't forget that, Ruth might email again.."

"Of course," Amy shrugged, 'Not sure if that would be a good idea if what I witnessed this morning keeps escalating...' she thought, as she opened the suites door.

They walked down corridor towards the stairs. Another suite's door opened and a tigeress stepped out. "Oh!" she exclaimed, seeing them. "Ah, thank you for the conversation I overheard yesterday....It gave me some clues to get him interested again..." She gestured over her shoulder at the door. "He is still sleeping it off..." She giggled and headed down the stairs ahead of them.

Jessica and Amy looked at each other and giggled, then followed the tigeress down the stairs to the dining room. They walked in, and took a seat at the window, leaving room for Stefan when he joined them. The view was spectacular across the road, and over the cliff side to the sea. One of Giovani's pod surfaced and blew spray out in a puff that caught the morning sunlight in a rainbow. The cliffs extended in rolling waves down the coastline as far as they could see, with just the odd small jetty marring the sand and shingle beach. Where the sea touched the cliffs, the dark openings of caves could been seen with white breakers crashing against the outlying rocks.

Stefan walked through the door, dressed in slacks and a shirt, his fur back under control again. He glanced around and spotted them, walking over. They stood as they spotted him, and headed towards the buffet bar. Stefan altered his course and joined them in picking up their plates. "Thank you for the invite...Jane said that you would be going to the valley gardens, and that you wanted me to join you?"

"Yes, we would...Your education needs some furthering after last night...." Amy hinted.

Stefan blushed again. "Ah, well then I would be pleased to accept..." he said, glancing around to make sure no-one had overheard. Amy giggled, and started loading her plate with a selection of fresh fruit. She also collected a bowl of cereal and some milk. Jessica smiled at them, then loaded her plate with a couple of sausages, three hash browns, a couple of rashers of lizard bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans, two pieces of toast, and collected a glass of fresh apple juice, before heading towards the window table.

Amy and Stefan looked at each other "Someone must be hungry..." They laughed, and Stefan helped himself to the same as Amy, before joining Jessica at the window.

"So how far up the coast are the gardens?" Jessica asked picking up a sausage and deliberately running it through her muzzle suggestively, causing Stefan to blush again.

"Erm, well I know you can catch a bus, so they can't be far..." he looked away.

"Stop teasing him for a bit Jessica!" Amy exclaimed.

"Oh okay, you ruin my fun!" she snapped her jaw down, and severed the sausage off just above her finger tips, throwing the remainder into her mouth before swallowing and looking out the window grumpily.

Stefan winced, and glanced over at Amy. She shook her head slightly, and started tucking into her own breakfast. The rest of the meal went smoothly, but in a rather uncomfortable silence. Jessica finished up her food, and then looked up at Amy and Stefan. "So. How often do the buses run?" she asked Stefan.

"About every half hour I think..."

"Right, well I will go and settle up for your breakfast Stefan, as it's an extra, and I will join you at the bus-stop." She stood, leaving them to gather their things.

"Erm, is something up with Mrs. Ruatha?"

"Don't worry about it, I think she's had a spat with Ruth over something...I intend on talking to her later....It didn't help, after her holiday with him being ruined." She didn't want to discuss something so personal with Stefan.

"Oh, well I will try and keep quiet then...let her tease me if it helps lift her mood...I don't mind."

"No. She can't use you or others when she is feeling narked. It's not acceptable in this or any polite society."

"But you and I are her guests...we can't upset her...it could cost me my job." Stefan interrupted, looking towards the door, afraid Jessica might overhear.

"Mmm, you have a point...I tell you what, I will only stop her if she gets vicious." Amy stood and picked up her bag. "Come on let's go out onto the front and wait for her." They strode out hand in hand past Jessica, who was paying the receptionist. The walked down the steps and fifty yards up the road to the bus-stop. The sun was shining, with a light westerly blowing off the sea. Amy glanced at the timetable. "Oh there's one in ten minutes."

Jessica strolled out of the hotel and, glancing to the left and right, she spotted Amy and Stefan and walked up the road to them. She shook her head. 'I must try not to ruin their day, it's not fair on them....I can't take my frustration with Ruth's pigheadedness out on them..' she thought as she joined them. "So how long do we have to wait?" she queried, smiling.

"About five minutes," Amy replied, perching on the cliff-top bench.

"Shhhhhrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooopwwwwwhhheeeeeppppppp!!!!!" A loud whistle sounded on the wind. They turned their heads and three dolphins performed a synchronized back-flip down in the bay, landing with a huge splash. Another performed a backwards tail walk, and then disappeared.

"That must be Giovani," Jessica mused with a wave, "Didn't think they had that good a long range eyesight."

The bus pulled up then, and they boarded, "Three returns to the valley gardens please," Amy asked, reaching for her pouch.

"That will be £4.50 please," the pointer behind the wheel said. Amy handed him five pounds, and took the change and the tickets, then joined Jessica and Stefan on the rear bench seat. The bus pulled off slowly and wended it's way along the coast, making five stops along the way to collect and drop off various passengers. It pulled up at a stop across from a large stone gateway. "Valley gardens," the pointer called.

The three of them stood up and exited the bus, thanking the driver as they left. They strolled through the gates and the path wended it's way down the hill towards the sea, entering a thick woodland. A small booth with a turnstile blocked the path just past the posts. An elderly squirrel looked up from the book he was peering at. "Three of you?...Yes?....That's twelve pounds please. Do you want a guide book?"

Jessica reached into her carry pouch, "No thank you, we will manage quite fine. Is there a cafe?" She handed over the correct change.

The squirrel opened a little cash box and dropped the money in. "Yes, there is a small snack bar run by my wife on the bayside...Take your time on your stroll through, but watch out for the crew in the woodland garden, they a taking down a beech tree that collapsed under its own weight last night. That area is cordoned off."

Jessica thanked him and they set off down the path under the trees. The canopy of leaves closed over their heads, shutting out the sunlight, casting dappled shadows in patterns of greens and brown over the ground under there feet. Small anemone flowers twinkled out from amongst the ivy ground cover, with a few large splashes of pink and yellow colour scattered further back from the late azalea's.

The path dropped suddenly under an outcrop of rock that had been formed into an archway, partially by a twist in the strata, and partially by the actions of a small stream that ran through a natural cleft to their left. They twisted with the path to the right, and found someone had cut a grotto into the small cliffs wall, setting a bench to over look the small pool the stream flowed into. They paused for awhile, perching on the bench, watching the beams of sunlight playing over the gurgling stream, and reflecting off the ripples spreading across the pools surface.

A kingfisher no bigger than Jessica's head alighted on a dead branch that overhung the pool. "Don't mind me," he piped, "just here for a snack.." He cocked his head, and plunged into the pool emerging seconds later with a small fish flapping in his beak. He bashed it once on the branch, then nodded and flew off in the direction of the hill.

"It's beautiful...." Amy breathed, as they stood up and headed off away from the pool. They crossed a small stone bridge, and the path split into three. One headed off down by the stream, the other two wended up the valley sides, one on each side.

"Which way?" Jessica asked.

"Erm, Jess can we take the valley please? I am afraid I am getting twitchy again..." Amy blushed, looking at Stefan.

Jessica laughed. "I think we can find some way to allay that down there."

"What, in public?" Stefan asked, looking around furtively.

"Well yes, but I'm sure we can find another grotto or summer-house... Jessica will keep a lookout up the path."

"Of course I will, but you must learn a more prolonged oral technique Stefan. Amy just won't be able to hold off long enough, so your lesson for today is to bring me to peak, without using anything other than your tongue..." Jessica stated, causing Stefan to hesitate.

"B-but you said that you were off limits......That you were Ruth's alone...."

"Ah ah...I said that I would be true to Ruth and Ruth alone sexually. I do not consider outer-course sex. He knows that, and that is why you heard me with Amy....Don't forget that he left Amy with me to keep her busy and occupied. And me content of course. After all, I can't remember any day in the last ten years that we have not made love together."

"Ah, well, erm, well in that case. I will try to be a good pupil." He grinned. "After all, you already know I find you as attractive as Amy..."

Jessica and Amy laughed. "Come on then, let's go find somewhere to have our fun, before Amy pounces and strips you here on the main path!"

They started wandering down the stream-side path, marvelling at the rocky mini-cliffs, covered from top to bottom with a profusion of mosses and ferns. Everywhere the sun broke through the canopy, patches of colour flashed from the lichens on the exposed rocks. They rounded a corner, and the stream dropped away in a series of small falls, creating a splashing and gurgling background soundtrack to the scene ahead. Someone had made use of an old rockfall, and had built a small gazebo just off the the path's left, overlooking the plunge pools.

Jessica opened her wings without warning, and glided down the twenty five foot drop, as Stefan and Amy worked their way down the steps cut in the rocks. She swept out over the pools and further down the valley before turning and sweeping back over their heads back the way they had come. There was no-one around, so she glided back down to the gazebo, and called them over. "All clear, now come on. I will sit out here on the rocks while you take the edge off Amy, Stefan."

They joined her by the gazebo and entered. Amy immediately stripped her dress off, hanging it on a frond of fern that had grown into the shelter. Stefan's trousers started to tent, so he quickly removed them with his pants and shirt, throwing them onto the bench. He enveloped Amy in a hug, and started kissing her nose-tip, tickling her whiskers while feeling for her nipples with his finger tips.

Amy started moaning, and opened her mouth, flicking her short velveteen tongue out through her lips, trying to force it into Stefan's mouth. He opened his lips, and they touched tips, starting to wrestle, as they switched into a french kissing position to allow more access. Stefan's cock started to press against Amy's belly fur, pre beginning to drip from the tip, causing a warm damp sensation to spread down to her already sopping pussy.

They broke the kiss, and Amy lay down on the moss floor of the Gazebo. "Come on, I can't hold any longer, and you are obviously ready..."

Stefan crouched, and then tipped himself forward, landing with arms on each side Amy's head, he lowered himself for another kiss. He felt Amy grab his shaft, and slowly guide it towards her waiting lips.

Amy parted her labia with her free paw, feeding Stefan's tip steadily into her waiting depths. She enveloped him with urgency, tickling the back of his knees with her feet, causing him to collapse, hilting himself against her engorged cushions.

Stefan broke the kiss again with a gasp as he fought to control himself, then lowered his lips and started flicking Amy's nipples with his tongue, applying himself with youthful vigour appreciating her groans of approval. He withdrew slowly, began sliding up and down gently, prolonging Amy's torture as long as he could. Every-time he felt her start to clench, he stopped dead, causing her to moan, and curse him under her breath.

Amy was a the point where she would kill Stefan if he kept teasing her further, so she manoeuvred one of her feet, and drew a single toe down from his rosebud, across his gouche, and tickled his small furry orbs. He tensed, then gripped one of her nipples in his teeth, applying pressure as he sped up his thrusts, forced to comply to her whims with her teasing touches.

They both groaned, and Amy started to spasm, causing Stefan to jerk and release his ropes of seed deep into her womb. Amy's orgasm gained in strength as the warmth spread through her insides to her belly, milking Stefan's shaft for all it would give.

They both gasped as they came down from their climax, and Stefan collapsed onto her chest, still embedded to his balls, stopping the mixed fluids from leaking out from around his deflating shaft.

They kissed again as Jessica watched, holding off from pleasuring herself, so as to give Stefan a chance to prove himself. She reached into her carry pouch and removed a button vibe, waiting five minutes for them to get their breath's back. "Well done Stefan, you seem to have learnt a lot about pleasuring a lady since last night. Come on, it's my turn now. You will find me not as easy..." She threw the button vibe at Amy, who caught it as Stefan pulled out, allowing a pool to exit and soak into the thick moss blanket underneath her.

Jessica entered the Gazebo and removed her dress and thong. She sat with her tail to one-side and leaned back against the bench, her arms crossed across her chest, exposing her slit for Stefan to address. "Rule one. No penetration of my vagina with anything other than your tongue and nose. Rule two. Address my slit alone. No cheating by pinching my nipples." She smiled, reaching for her pouch and withdrawing a small roll of silk ribbon. "Do you want me to tie your hands behind your back?"

"No, no! I need to support myself..." Stefan was already beginning to gain an erection again, contemplating the expanse of delicious dragon scales ahead of him.

"You have fifteen minutes to replete me to my satisfaction. Succeed and I will personally show you what a blow-job feels like with a prehensile tongue...fail, and, well, your forfeit may not be to your taste..." She grinned evilly. "Clock's ticking....Amy, use the vibe, but don't give him a helping hand."

Amy nodded, as Stefan knelt in front of Jessica's slit. He examined it closely with his eyes, noting it was around twelve inches from one end to the other, swollen slightly at the upper end, but tapering to a puckered round. No further holes were visible towards her tail. 'Mmm, she did only say vagina....well let's see how I do...' He cracked his knuckles, before placing his hands on the base of her tail and leaning forward, lightly running his tongue down the silky-fine scales of her lips.

Jessica grinned as he started his tease, and closed her eyes, resting her head against the wooden wall behind her. The buzz of Amy's vibrator started up quietly, as did her moans as she applied it to herself.

Stefan pushed his nose into the swollen fold at the top of Jessica's slit. The walls parted, revealing the pink inner labia. He extended his velvet tongue, cautiously sampling Jessica's taste. 'That's different...' He pushed harder, fighting the urge to use his hands to help part her superior muscles, and his tongue came into contact with the tip of her nubbin. It was already two inches long, and starting to swell with the attention...liquid was starting to ooze from her inner walls, aiding his penetration.

Jessica twitched, as she felt his nose and tongue reach her clitoris. Her heart beat quickened slightly in anticipation of what might be to come...

He took a few swift licks, from the base to the tip of her clit, and then resumed his burrowing, gently easing her vaginal walls apart with his snout, until only his ears were visible of his head outside of Jessica's body. He parted his jaws, and took a deep breath from the back of his mouth, before straightening his legs, and pushing hard against the ring that protected her from large penetration to her inner sanctum. His whole head slid through engorged muscle, and it closed gripping him gently around the neck...'Right, from swimming class I have two minutes before I need to breathe,' he thought, as he felt Jessica start to squirm.

Jessica opened one eye, and glanced down as Stefan penetrated her with his muzzle, breathing sharply as he gave his attention to her clit. 'He looks so funny, with just his ears showing...' she thought, as she heard him take a deep breathe. "Ooooohhhh Shiiiiiiittttt!!" she gasped as he straightened his legs, and shoved his entire head through her cloacal muscle...

Stefan started applying his attention to the walls of pink around him, working his jaws up and down to part them, applying his tongue to every part he could reach... He twisted, causing his whiskers to brush against, and penetrate the walls. He concentrated hard and managed to squirm himself over onto his back, then reached forward with his buck teeth and applied them to the swollen base of her clit's housing, where it protruded as a bulge past the cloaca around his neck. He started pressing gently, manoeuvring his tongue in circle within his mouth, probing at this never before touched section of Jessica's anatomy. He watched as the walls around him started to contract and pulse...'I think I'd better get out of here...' he realized, and started to squirm his shoulders against her outer lips...

Jessica calmed her breathing, 'That's a novel solution...' "Ooohhh, wow, ouch eeek!...," she started writhing, as Stefan applied his tongue to her inner walls, when he flipped himself over his whiskers started tickling and causing minute electrical shocks pain and pleasure, as they penetrated her super sensitive lining. "Whhhhooooooooeeeeeiiiiiiiiieeeeee... Rrrroooooowwwwwoooooucccchhh" She let out a primal, squealing roar as Stefan's teeth latched onto her clit's housing, causing her orgasm to start developing in full.

Amy looked on in fascination and horror, as Stefan plunged his head into Jessica's slit, the very thought of doing that made her shiver, and she placed her vibe to one side, not needing it. She watched wide-eyed, as Jessica belly bulged, and she let out a terrifying roar. Stefan suddenly started squirming violently, as he was slowly pulled further into Jessica's snatch, only jamming when his hips caught on her lips.

She jumped up and grabbed his feet, bracing herself against Jessica's ass cheeks. "Jess, Jess, control yourself! Help me!"

Stefan felt her walls take hold of his head, and the pulses pulled him towards her cervix, he found his arms pinned against his sides, and started panicking, increasing his struggles against the inexorable inward movement. Jessica's cavity started to fill with a strong tasting liquid, and as it closed over his head, he had to close his eyes. 'Never thought I would die in an orgasming dragoness...' he thought as he started to pass out, just feeling someone grab his feet as his mind went blank...

'Jess, Jess Heeeelppp!' penetrated her mind, as the waves of pleasure ripped through her body. 'Heelllppp me, you're killing him!...' She forced her eyes open, and saw what was happening. "Oooooohhh Shhhhiiiit!", she reached through her spasming for Stefan's feet, which were all that were showing now. She tried to control her spasms, and reached back in her mind to biology classes in school. 'Laying, Laying, come on, come on, how do I reverse the muscles...come on...'

She concentrated, and brought her orgasm under control, then started to heave against her stomach muscles, digging her talons into special nerve points. Her body's feral instincts took over, and Stefan slowly started to re-emerge in a series of huge convulsions. His head finally popped out, with a huge gush of Jessica's fluids draining out behind him.

Amy dragged him across the moss as Jessica continued with her spasms, until her brain registered that she had succeeded in birthing... "He's not breathing Jess, help me!" Amy shouted.

Jessica brought her body under control, and flopped forward onto her belly. She reached forward and extended two talons. "Kiss him, breathe into his lungs..." she directed Amy, as gripped Stefan by the hips, and dug the talons into his skin just under his ribcage.

Stefan's body jerked, and a spasm ripped through him in a wave, he took a single spluttering breath, and coughed fluid out into Amy's mouth with a high pitched squeal. Amy dropped his head, and started coughing violently as Stefan lay gasping like a stranded fish on the bower's floor.

Jessica flicked out her tongue, and licked at his puncture wounds, her saliva sterilising them and stopping the drops of blood from expanding. They all just lay there for a few minutes, getting their breaths back.

Stefan's vision cleared, and he saw Amy and Jessica staring at him with concern. "S-so did I pass?" He coughed.

They looked at him aghast..."You fucking bloody daft idiot!" Amy shouted.

"You could have been killed!" Jessica yelled, "Yes you bloody passed!" They all dissolved into a relieved laughter. "Never, ever do that again with an egg layer. Our bodies take over... Now come here."

She grabbed him by the foot-paws and picked him up, hanging him upside down. She held him higher than her head, and extended her tongue, wrapping it around his balls until his shaft extended again. Coiling it from the base of the sheath to the tip, she pulled him in until his glans rested on her front incisors. She closed her mouth, and carefully gripped his glans, until she felt the skin start to give, and then quickly retracted her tongue in a spiralling twist along his cock's full length.

He gasped as he felt her teeth pinch him, and then went in the quickest orgasm of his life, as her tongue triggered a huge set of spasms to rip though his body, ejecting ropes of seed straight into Jessica's gullet. As his spasms subsided, Jessica released him and held him out in front of her, and cleaned his glans and sheath with her tongue, and then deposited him at Amy's feet.

"Even I think...debt paid...Now lets go and bloody clean up in the cascade. We stink!"

They all laughed, and exited the gazebo naked, plunging into the pool at the edge of the waterfalls, splashing and scrubbing each other clean...

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'He was eighteen...she was nineteen...he was at the high school leaving disco...Heidi, the most beautiful red deer he had ever set eyes on was standing next to him a the the bar...his date...

"So erm, well, ah can you, sorry do you want to come home for a nightcap?" Ruth asked, nerves gripping his chest like a vice.

She glanced at him, looking down her long delicate nose. Leaning forward she quivered her lips, her wet nose hovering in-front of his eye-ridge, she pulled back slightly, and extended her tongue, tracing it along his tensed lips. "If you think I am letting your scales near my pussy, you can forget it..."

"B-but..."

"I said forget it. I'm too sensitive. John was ill, and you had a spare ticket, why else would I come with a dragon?...," she poured scorn into the query. "You honestly thought you had a chance with me? Sorry, you're deluded! Thanks, but no thanks, we don't fit. Thanks for the evening, but Simon got dumped by Alice..." she nodded towards a sika stag. "I'm off home with him..."

She turned, and gathered her bag, walking towards Simon. Ruth had watched stunned as she tapped him on the shoulder, whispered something, and, after he glanced over at him, he shrugged, and put his fore hoof over her shoulder and strode towards door.

A few of other couples overheard, and laughed at his bemusement. He grabbed his drink, finished, and followed them out onto the night, flapping his wings, blowing the summer dust into their faces as he took off alone for his digs. "Never again..." he vowed.'

The rumble awoke Ruth from his bad memories. The engines were undergoing start-up, and he could hear Xiu saying goodbye to the ground crew as she sealed the door with a thump. The plane lurched as the tug started to back it away from the gate. He closed his eyes again, as the P.A announcements chimed from the speakers, announcing the imminent departure and introducing the Captain and crew. His screen lit up with the same bloody safety message he had watched only sixteen hours before... 'Now what the hell brought that memory up...'

The tug disengaged, and the engine note changed as the plane started to move under its own power, taxiing towards the runway. It turned 180 degrees, then powered up, pushing Ruth back into his seat as it accelerated. For some reason it didn't bother him this time. 'Must be getting used to it,' he thought. The nose lifted, and he watched with interest as the plane climbed to cruising altitude.

The plane leveled off, and the chime sounded. He undid his seat-belt and turned the screen on, selecting National Geographic, which was showing a film on the bush-lands of Australia. "Convenient," he muttered, settling down for the hour and half it was showing.

*****

Plink.

Xiu looked at the light board on the back of the bar, noticing cabin three was on call. 'That's Mr. Ruatha' she thought. She glanced around, but she had just served the last of the mobile passengers, so the bar area was empty. "Mmm..." she spotted Leah coming up the stairs. "Leah, come here please."

"Yes Miss. Meah?" The Siamese cat walked over to the bar.

"Can you cover for me for an hour or so...?"

"Well yes, everyone is asleep...Why?"

"Mr. Ruatha in three may need some help sleeping...like you help the other feline passengers occasionally..." she said, gesturing at the blinking light.

"But..."

"I had a chat with him before we took off...he is a western dragon, and has been on board since London," she winked at Leah.

"Ah...but you are..."

"My prerogative...nothing may happen, he is happily mated...just like me..."

Leah frowned, but caught the gist of the implication. "Well, be discreet, I will cover...problems with a bed and all that, if the Captain calls...Xiu," she paused.

"Yes?"

"Be careful, I don't want to see you hurt...in either way..."

"Thank you dear... I won't forget." They hugged, and Leah took Xiu's place behind the bar.

Xiu took a deep breath, and walked towards Ruth's cabin.

*****

The program finished, and Ruth turned the screen off. 'Time for bed I think...' he reached and depressed the call button on the chairs arm, standing and taking his shirt off, folding it over the table next to the chair. He heard some quiet talking, and then the padding of a hostess approaching his cubicle.

Xiu scratched on the door pillar, and entered. "Yes Mr. Ruatha, can I help you?"

'Oh good it's her...well here goes nothing...' "Yes, I need to get that sleep we talked about before, could you help me assemble the bed?"

"Of course Mr. Ruatha..."

"Please...Call me Ruth?" He placed a hand on her shoulder.

She allowed his hand to rest, turning to look at him. "You have maybe come to a decision?" she queried, nervous all of a sudden.

"Only if you have..."

She turned, and closed the cubicles door, flicking the latch. She walked over to the storage locker, and pulled the mattress out. "Yes..." She bowed her head, and looked sideways at him.

Leah saw the door close, and sighed hoping her colleague wasn't making a mistake.

Ruth nodded slowly, then removed his trousers and pants, folding them neatly with his shirt. Nothing was visible yet, all still safely in his genital slit. He walked over, put a talon tip under her bowed head. Lifting her chin, he gently kissed Xiu on her nose tip, picking up the mattress and laying it out on the reclined seat. He heard the sound of a zip being undone, and smiled as he turned to see Xiu step out of her uniform. She bent and removed her knickers, and then her bra assembly. She had four prominent tits, as opposed to the usual two.

He bent and picked up his carry pouch, unzipping it to remove a condom, and placing it on the table. "That won't be necessary Ruth," she stated as she watched his actions.

"Oh?"

"How old do you think I am?"

"Well you said you had been mated twenty two years...so from what I know of your culture, late-thirties?"

"I am forty eight. The need for those has passed," she gestured at the condom. "They retire me from air duty next year."

"Ah, I would never have guessed. You must have mated late then..."

"I am a mongrel, mixed caste," she ran her fingers down her fur. "My parents couldn't find anyone to take me. When I turned eighteen, they threw me out. I was lucky, and got a position here as a trainee...The other alternatives weren't pleasant..." she trailed off, starting to tear up.

"But you found a mate..."

"No, I found someone who would take me when I was twenty six...A passenger...A childless widower...He wanted a son, I needed a mate. I had been given all the usual training in pleasuring males when I was at school...We came to an arrangement."

"Your kits must have left the den by now then..."

"What do you know of felines, Ruth?" she interrupted.

"Well, we all had basic biology lessons in school..."

"In order to conceive, a female must reach climax...It took six years for him put his own satisfaction aside...Once I was pregnant...well, he found younger flesh..." she turned, staring out of the window, hiding her burgeoning tears. "My son bred true to black, my girls, well they bred true to me..."

"What will happen when..."

"He will throw them out when they reach eighteen...I have used my income to educate them privately, without his knowledge."

"Why don't you leave?...take them with you..."

"And go where? I am going to try for a training position in Aus when they ground me...If they accept me, as I have worked for the company thirty two years, I may get citizenship. Then the girls may come...He can keep my son...' She paused. "Why am I standing naked in your cabin discussing my problems with you?"

"Maybe as you said before, a neutral viewpoint? Certainly nothing to hide..." Ruth gestured at himself and her, breaking the mood with a laugh.

She joined him hesitantly, until they were both holding each other up in mirth. She looked up planting her own first kiss on him, "Now, let's us see to tiring you out, if you still want to now you know I'm old enough to be your mother?" She reached down, running a claw along his ridged slit, "How do you want to do this?...I was well trained..."

"I will be tired anyway...I think it is about time I granted a favour...Please lie down on your belly on the bed."

She complied with a nod, flicking her tail to one side, exposing her as yet dry pussy. He walked to her head, his slit level with her mouth. Bending he planted a kiss between her eyes. "I think you misunderstand...You first!"

Ruth stood and extending his talons, gently pinched Xiu's ears, and started rubbing then in small circles, letting his talons slip down the insides almost to her drums. He lowered his head, and started gently tongue kissing her cheek glands, rubbing his lips across hers gently, but never parting them.

Xiu started purring, beginning to relax completely with Ruth's ministrations. She reached forward and tried to pull the tip of Ruth's cock from his slit "Ah ah!..." he admonished, backing off and planting a true kiss on her nose.

She let her hand drop, and he began to move over her head, still following the rosette pattern in her fur with his tracings. He reached her spine, and started gently pinching, walking down towards her tail.

Ruth knelt, staring straight into Xiu's eyes, then continuing to walk his talons down her spine, he lowered his head, and started running his nose horn across the underside of her chin. Her purring increased in a marked fashion, as she let out a sigh of pure pleasure. He kissed her again, and then stood, moving to one side, never letting off from his spine walking, progressing to her tail, which was beginning to switch gently. He paused, then, before reaching its base, and reversed the talon walk back towards her neck, pulling against the direction her fur was lying.

Xiu closed her eyes, revelling in the pleasure Ruth was giving her. Feeling him approach her tail, 'now comes his part...' she thought, and glanced at him through a slitted lid, but realised he was not yet aroused. She felt him pause, and then with what felt like a series of electric shocks, start reversing back up against her fur's direction, every pull and twitch of her protesting roots, penetrating to her nervous core. She moaned, letting out a muffled growl, feeling what she long thought desert beginning to moisten again from the stimulation...

Ruth sniffed the air, smiling as the scent of her arousal started to penetrate the cabin. He reversed direction again, but this time did not stop at her hips. He bent, and rubbed his chin across her haunches, and then down her ribcage, pausing at his hands and breathing in the scent emanating from below them. He pressed lightly with his finger tips, starting to massage the socket where her tail joined with her spine, eliciting a gasp from her as his talons slowly crept closer to the rose-bud, never actually contacting it. Opening his jaws he wrapped his tongue around her tail's base, and reeled it into his mouth into the gap behind his incisors.

She heard him sniff the air, and then felt him start the slow walk back down to her hips. He didn't stop this time and gripped her tail-socket, slowly starting to pinch and encircle it with with fingers. She felt him start to rub his chin and cheeks across her haunches, and then play a skipping tune down her ribs, ending with his nose on his hands. She gasped as his talons started to extend down towards her anus, the sensitive flesh flinching away, but beginning to emit her musk in full. His tongue grabbed her tail, pulling it into his mouth, and she felt his lips close tight around its base for a long moment, before he slowly pulled back. He let it run though gently, all the way to the tip, the warmth of his breath transmitting shivers from one end of her spine the the other. He nipped her tip lightly, holding it his mouth. "On your back now, please," he muttered, never letting go. She complied, helpless against the assault on her pleasure centres, and laid her head back against the pillow, letting her arms drop to her sides with a sigh.

Ruth released her tail tip, her musk starting to cause his erection to appear from his slit. He knelt, running his tongue up and down her velvet cushions gently, then ran it in a circle around her rosebud, hearing her curse, before tilting forward up her chest, to plant a kiss on the underside of her chin.

She gasped as he felt him start to lap at her now moistening garden, she cursed as his tongue tickled her scent glands around her most sensitive of holes. He broke off and placed his hands on her shoulders, leaned forward and gently kissed the underside of her chin. Using his bony jaw, he progressed backwards and a rubbed it down her breastbone, never actually coming into contact with her breasts. The scent of his musk was starting to intermingle with hers now, and glancing down around his snout she saw that he was fully erect now, his shaft slowly starting to form a bead on the tip.

Ruth felt a contraction ripple up his length, wetting his bobbing tip with a hint of pre, and concentrated hard to control himself, determined to make it is pleasurable and as drawn out for Xiu as he could. He straightened a little, watching her question him with her eyes, and moved his hands down off her shoulders, laying her arms on their backs, he applied pressure to her elbow joints with a half smile, causing her paws to lift towards his face. He reached down and gently nipped at each of her finger tips, rolling the pads with his tongue, causing her claws to extend and retract with each action, snicking at his upper lip. He retracted his hands up to her wrists, and used his thumb talons to massage her palms, gently scratching at her claw sheaths as he stimulated them, causing her to breathe out sharply.

She watched as he withdrew from her breastbone, and felt him slide his hands down her arms, questioning him with her gaze as he pressed her elbows, forcing her paws into begging position. He quirked a smile and then starting nipping at her finger tips, allowing her reflexive claw actions to pull at his lip scales when he rolled her pads with his tongue. Her heartbeat began to quicken, increasing her purr volume. 'How is he doing this to me? I have never felt like this before, and we haven't even come the sex yet,' She gasped as he moved his hands up, and started circling her palms with his thumb talons. She watched as he lowered his head again, allowing his hands to continue working hers, and he planted another gentle kiss on her nose. A warm damp patch started to penetrate her fur above her navel, as his pre started to drip more freely...

****

Leah looked at the clocks reading. 'It's been over an hour...' she thought. She watched as a doberman walked past cabin three, pausing and sniffing the air, smiling.

He walked towards her grinning. "Someone is enjoying themselves..." he nodded over his shoulder at the closed door. "I will have a beer please."

"Of course, sir," she turned, fetching a can from the fridge.

"Is that allowed?" He gestured again.

"Only if it disturbs no other passengers sir...we turn a blind eye," she cracked the can and poured it into glass for him.

He winked, "Maybe you should fetch some air freshener..." He tapped his nose and walked away back towards his cabin and his partner.

She looked around, and, when he re-entered his cabin, she quickly walked towards cabin three. Leah sniffed, and clearly caught the smell of feline musk...'Why the old girl must be getting her first lessons in western civilisation...' she thought, smiling. 'Didn't think she had it in her...'

She heard a rustle, and Vanessa, an eastern dragoness, floated up the stairs. "Ah Leah, where is Xiu? We have a scent permeating the lounge, I need a system flush..." She stopped dead, and looked at the closed door, inhaling.

Leah grinned, and pointed at the door. "Xiu is helping a western dragon get some sleep..."

Vanessa sniffed again. "That's what it is, bloody dragon musk. I should have recognised it, but it is different to ours slightly...Wait, you say Xiu is in there?"

Leah nodded, and put her hand to her lips, gesturing with her other. "It seems that he has re-ignited Xiu's spark as well..." she whispered, giggling, walking back to the bar.

Vanessa followed shaking her head. "Well what should we do about the musk? It's beginning to make the other passengers twitchy."

"I promised to cover for her, though I didn't think it would be this long...she's been in there an hour already..."

A muffled squeal sounded, drifting down the corridor towards them. They looked at each other, grinning. "That wasn't male, she deserves some fun... I'll call the flight deck..." Leah said and picked up the intercom.

"First officer Wan speaking."

"It's flight attendant Leah Xhan, could we have an air flush of first and business please. There has been a...been a spillage."

"Where's Xiu Meah? Thought she was in charge out there."

"She is dealing with a distressed passenger, her mate spilled the soup, causing the odour."

"You want an air flush for soup?"

"The distressed passenger is a civet...the shock..."

"Oh of course, straight away...you girls do a sterling job...I will flush now, thank you."

The vents above started blasting fresh air.

"Crisis averted I think...hope he doesn't check the passenger manifest...we have no civets on board."

Vanessa giggled, and went back to the stairs, floating back down to the lounge.

****

Ruth kissed her again and then moved his attention to her breasts. Opening his jaws to the full, he gently brought his lips down to her breast-bone and ribs, and applied pressure to each of them in turn, drawing blood, and a small squeak of pain as his front teeth just penetrated Xiu's skin. He applied his tongue to her now bullet hard nipples, and then before switching the next, sealed the punctures with his saliva, tasting her red hot pin pricks of blood with each swipe.

He broke the new kiss, and she squeaked as he opened his jaws and pinched each of her breasts, the pain of his teeth puncturing her skin causing new ripples of pleasure to race down her spine to her awaiting aperture, her musk glands going into overdrive, and her inner glands started to pour fluid through her labia. Every swipe of his tongue, caused the pain to recede, and then begin anew as he switched to her next breast. "R-Ruth...it's time..." she gasped, gesturing to her need.

He nodded to her request, not saying a word, and gently positioned his tip at her entrance. Looking up, he awaited her nod, and then slowly slid his glans into her depths, causing her to groan. He penetrated to his full length, coming to a stop with his now emerged balls resting on her musk glands. He curved his neck under his chest, and started to clean the pre from her navel with long swipes of his tongue, tickling her nipples with his nose spike on each sweep.

Xiu groaned as the ridges of his shaft rippled over her clit, starting the inbred reaction that would have caused her to ovulate, had she been younger. 'One plunge, and I am like a teenager again, oh why didn't I find someone from the west to mate with...' she started to groan louder as her vaginal walls tried to trigger Ruth's release, pulling his tip in further until it was touching her cervix...cursing him for stopping, and prolonging her agony, as he started teasing her navel and nipples with his tongue.

He felt her walls pulling him further in, rippling down his shaft, making him exercise every last bit of self control he had, as she began to moan and curse him. He moved his hand to her knees, and gently parted them, sliding her down towards the base of the bed, hearing her mroowwl a curse at him, and then withdrew against the pulses until his tip touched her clit, then slid back in again to full depth, feeling his glans contact her inner ring gently, his balls kissing her tail's now writhing base. He began the final motions, slowly setting up a rhythm, starting to groan in concentration himself...

'You bastard!' she thought, as he refused to let her finish, then let out a growling mrrrroowwl, as he pulled her down the bed, withdrawing and pulling against her walls ripples, teasing her clit with his tip every time he withdrew, until she felt the whole of abdomen light up, every nerve beginning to scream...

"MRRRROOOWuuuuuuueeeeelellllllll!" Her primal scream was muffled halfway as he plunged to full depth and clasped her open mouth in a french kiss, deadening the volume, as she felt his shaft start to pulse within her, filling her long sterile womb with his seed. Her walls went into overdrive with the spreading sensation of warmth, pulsing and rippling, trying to milk him for all he was able...

'Oohh shiiiit!... here she goes...' he thought as he quickly plunged in to full depth, allowing his own orgasm to take hold, her walls starting to ripple and pull at his member. He quickly clamped his jaws over her mouth, to deaden the volume of the howl she was emitting. He allowed him self to collapse slowly onto her breasts, using his arms as braces to stop himself from crushing her. Her walls were pulsing and rippling long after the last of his seed was in her womb.

They simply lay there like that as their breathing and heart rate slowed. Ruth's body slowly began deflating his member, pulling it back into his cavity, until the tip slid free and withdrew without him moving off her. Fluid began to ooze slowly from between her lips, soaking into her fur and the mattress.

"Thank you, Ruth," she whispered, gently nibbling at the tip of his tongue.

"It's not over yet..." he said as he lifted his body up, and slid down towards the spreading mess. "Clean up time...", he applied his tongue to her engorged lips, and started lapping at their combined fluids as they were emerging.

She gasped as his tongue went work cleaning up their spilt fluids, then started to moan, as he chased after their source, plunging his tip past her lips, the touch teasing her clit into further stimulation as he went by.

Ruth extended his tongue to full length, tickling her almost as deeply as has shaft had been, feeling her walls start to pulse again. He pursed his lips, and, parting her fur covered lips with his snout tip, formed a vacuum on her labial flesh, and began to inhale, pulling her clit up against the razor sharp edges of his front teeth. He held her hips flat to the bed as she started to squirm and squeal, trying to escape what he was doing...

She felt him edge her lips apart with his snout, then almost screamed as vacuumed her clit up against his front razors, tenderising its surface, and triggering her second orgasm to start ripping through her. 'Twice in one hour, after only once in forty-eight years!' she thought, as she abandoned herself to the new pleasures her body was experiencing.

As she rose to climax, he released her clitoris, and plunged his tongue into her rosebud, transferring his suction onto her musk glands, causing her to start howling again, and try to muffle herself with her own paws.

She started to convulse anew, as he relented his assault on her clit, and then howled as his tongue pressed through her most sacred of rings, and he started to suck on her glands, extracting every last bit of fluid they could emit. She stuffed her paws into her mouth, as her body plunged her mind into primal instinct, unable to control the 'mmrrrrooowwwllling' that was screaming from her lungs.

He lay next to her, holding her for ten minutes as she fought to bring herself under control, then stood and fetched his dPhone, activating the camera mode. "Do you mind if I allay Jessica's demands?" he said, showing her the phone.

She shook her head, so he stood back and took a pic of her still lying on her back, more fluid leaking from her exposed entrance. Showing her the pic, she nodded, so he typed...

"You win dear, meet Xiu. You trained me well, so the meeting has been satisfactory to both of us. Wishing you were here though. Love Ruth."

He hit send and placed his phone back into his pouch, and helped Xiu to her feet, passing her the towel that was visible in the storage compartment. "I am afraid you may leak for a while, I held myself too long and rather overfilled you..."

Xiu placed a paw on his lips, silencing him, and then sat, bending her spine double, and began licking at her own entrance, until the last vestiges of the fluids were gone. She stood up and kissed him again. "You forget, we are a little more flexible than you...Thank you again, for bringing a little spark of what might have been into my life..."

Ruth silenced her with a talon tip on her nose. "What still might be...You still have time you know, to find someone else..."

Xiu smiled. "Yes, maybe..." She turned and slipped her knickers back on, and then he helped her fasten her bra. As she pulled her uniform back up, she allowed him to hook her zip with his talon, and draw it towards her neck. "You know, you were meant to be sleeping..." She gestured at the clock. "We land in ninety minutes..."

"Well I will just have to doze then, I should catch an hour's refresher on the charter."

They removed the mattress and ruined sheet, bundling it back into storage for the cleaning crews to find. He settled into the seat as she walked towards the door, throwing the catch. "Ruth, welcome to the mile high club," she giggled, just like a teenage girl. "We joined it together..."

He laughed as she stepped back into the corridor, closing the door behind her. He laid his head back and drifted into a doze with a smile plastered on his face...

****

Leah looked up, as she heard the catch flick on a cabin. Number three opened and Xiu stepped out, looking over her shoulder she said something to the passenger, then slid the door closed. A visible bounce marked her step as she walked towards the bar.

"Ahem, that was a little more than an hour..." Leah started, only to pause when she saw the expression on Xiu's face. It was one of complete contentment.

"I know, but I am truly not sorry..." She paused, going into a light trance. Shaking her head, she broke out of it. "So, anything I missed?"

Leah shook her head with a smile. "I gather the meeting was mutual...Erm I had to request an air-flush...The musk was spreading a little..." To Leah's total surprise Xiu flushed.

"Oh dear...I...I...never thought of that...was I that strong?"

"Yes, you were dear, and so was he...Vanessa came up from the lounge, as the passengers were getting twitchy." Leah grabbed Xiu's hand. "You needed it, so we didn't interrupt...we only heard a few squeals...no-one complained."

"B-but, what did you tell the flight deck...? It should have been me to call them..." Xiu brought her emotions under control a little.

"Oh, only that one of the passenger's mates spilled soup all over her...and that she was a civet...and that you were comforting her from her embarrassment..."

Xiu lost control again and went bright red. "Leah! What if the passengers talk? You and I will get in a lot of trouble..."

"Only Vanessa and I know it was you, and only she identified the dragon musk downstairs...The doberman in six was the first to notice the smell up here, and from his reaction, nothing will be mentioned. We covered dear, we know what you've been through...It's nice to know that you finally found out that all men aren't tossers."

"If only it wasn't so late..." she mused, drifting again. "Sorry, you must stop me from doing that! And yes." She paused again. "Leah..."

"Yes, Xiu?" Leah smiled warmly at Xiu's stumbling.

"Find yourself a good one...A western one...before it is too late for you...He was better trained than me!" She gestured towards cabin three with a smile. 'Three hours!' drifted through her mind, then, she walked around the bar's back into the crew quarters. She could feel her knickers getting damp again, and needed to stop further embarrassment.

Leah chuckled to herself, smelling the lingering scents that Xiu left behind. "I think I will...I think I will..." she whispered, and turned to serve a koala that had just come out of cabin nine.

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When they had all calmed a little, and lay relaxing at the pools edge, Jessica glanced a the sky, just visible through the canopy, and felt a grumble start in her stomach. "I think it's getting late...we need to be heading back."

Amy also felt her stomach rumble. "Stefan, what time do the buses run until?"

"Oh, eleven in the summer, when dusk closes completely..." Stefan replied.

"Well I think it's around eight-thirty now...The cafe will be closed, we must have been here all afternoon."

"Well there is a chip shop on the front near the hotel," Stefan suggested, as he started to ease himself up from the water.

Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink........

Jessica climbed out of the plunge pool and re-entered the gazebo, reaching for her pouch. She grabbed it and pulled her phone out, opening the email and noting the picture.

You win dear, meet Xiu. You trained me well, so the meeting has been satisfactory to both of us. Wishing you were here though. Love Ruth.

"Bloody hell!" she exclaimed.

Amy and Stefan heard the shout and climbed out, rushing to Jessica's side. "What's up?"

"Something wrong?" Stefan queried, shaking water from his fur.

Jessica handed the phone to Amy. "Look."

Amy looked at the picture message, and then glanced at the expression on Jessica's face. "He actually did it...did what you told him to...What's wrong?"

Jessica shook her head, "I never thought he would...I'm not cross, or disappointed...I...I don't know what to think..." She sighed. "Why did I push him so Amy?"

Amy gestured for Stefan to leave, passing him his clothes, and drew Jessica as close as she could manage with her short arms. "You love him Jess, you thought he was missing something, and all the time I think it was you missing something...something I'm not sure you will now want..."

"What do you mean?"

"You have been trying to make Ruth into something he is not...Despite me doing everything I could to attract him at work, he would not touch me until you forced him to...and gave him permission..."

"But he did it, because he wanted to..."

"No, he did it that first time because you wanted him to," Amy interrupted. "He came to you and confessed he was struggling to deal with me...You assumed he was asking your permission. I read your emails this morning, after you went into the bathroom and cried...

Jessica help up her hand to interrupt.

"No let me continue..." Amy said forcefully, forestalling her. "Jane, Janet and I all heard you, despite the running water and other noises...I now consider you my friends, not just my employer and mate. I could not let something that might have been solvable come between you and Ruth..."

Jessica stopped, a mixture of anger at Amy's betrayal of privacy, and relief of her inner turmoil being forced into the open running through her mind. Her emotions played across her face, open for any to read. She sighed, coming to a decision. "What do you suggest I do?" she asked.

Amy considered for a minute. "First, congratulate him. Yes, I know it's not what you want to do at the moment, but remember you forced the issue, and he will expect some positive reaction..." Amy paused as she let that sink into Jessica's mind. "Then I would go and have a long hard think about what you want out of Ruth as a partner. Myself, if I could find someone even half as loyal, caring, loving and true to me as he is to you...well I would sink every claw and tooth into his hide and hold on, never letting him go!"

"But what if I have forced him away?"

Amy laughed. "Now you are being as daft as Stefan there. Look at the email. Even now, just after sex, all he wants is to exchange that panther for you. How he persuaded her to allow that picture I don't know..." she trailed off as Jessica emitted a laugh.

"Oh, Ruth can persuade anyone to do anything if he wants to...He will come back with that tender, you can be sure of that..." She paused. "I never could understand why someone like him was so shy of others before I met him."

"Maybe with your outgoing personality, you finally broke him out of his artificial shell. Now, enough! I'm hungry. You and Stefan are hungry, so let's go catch the bus." She started throwing her clothes back on, and chucked Jessica's thong at her her.

Jessica laughed, but still looked unsure. She dressed and they joined Stefan outside where he was waiting, pretending to admire a wood anemone. They headed off back up the path's steps, Jessica in the lead. "Is she alright?" Stefan whispered to Amy.

"She will be when she has done some self searching...Ruth did as she asked and bedded a hostess," she replied quietly.

"Ah," Stefan nodded, as if he knew what was going on, and left it.

They got back to the bus-stop at ten-thirty pm, and climbed aboard the first bus that came along. Jessica pulled out her phone and sent a reply to Ruth.

"Congratulations dear, don't hold back in the future, and good luck with the meeting tomorrow. Lots of Love. Jessica."

She sighed and put the phone away.

They arrived back in town and followed their noses to the chippie. Amy had a mixed salad pita with mayo, while Jessica and Stefan grabbed a standard fish and chips, before walking with their portions back up the steps towards the hotel.

"Amy, you and Stefan go up...I will sit here in the bar until you are finished...the laying contractions put me out of any mood." She paused, going reflective for a moment. "Send Stefan to get me when you are done, on his way to his quarters...He has work tomorrow."

She handed the suite's key to Amy, then walked into the bar, leaving them at the foot of the stairs. They looked at each other, knowing it was just an excuse, and Amy went to follow.

"No." Stefan laid a hand on Amy's shoulder, stopping her. "You said she needed to think."

Amy paused, and then linked her hand with Stefan's and walked up the stairs to the suite...