Chapter 1

It was mid-August, and the weather had taken a not-unprecedented turn for the worse. It was, after all, hurricane season in Florida. The residents of Fort Myers, Florida were boarded up in their homes, listening to the howling winds and the punishing rains assaulting their properties as the rain bands from the hurricane swirled past.

One particular resident, 32-year-old Katelyn McKinley, wasn't particularly disturbed at the moment by the violent weather. She was seated in her living room on the sofa with her shapely legs thrown over the slender legs of her lover... beautiful, blonde Hayley Matthews, her children's nanny. Hayley, a college senior on hiatus, was grasping the beautiful blue-eyed, dark-haired Katelyn and pressing her tightly against her large, bare breasts. Katelyn's pointy breasts smashed into her own, and they both moaned as Hayley's hard pink nipples grazed Katelyn's mauve ones.

Katelyn's soft lips were pressed to Hayley's, and her tongue slipped into Hayley's mouth, taking possession of the blonde's tongue. "Ohhhh," Hayley sighed on a long breath as Katelyn's hands traveled down her back with feathery strokes and found her bottom. Katelyn grasped Hayley's soft white cheeks with her hands, and their kiss grew even more intense.

Just then, the sound of the unfriendly winds grew louder, and they heard something bumping against the house. The two pretty ladies reluctantly moved away from each other and went over to the French Doors which opened onto the lanai to see if they could see anything.

Since most of the glass doors opening to the lanai were tucked away under a roof, they were open to peer through. The rest of the windows and doors were covered in accordion-pleated hurricane shutters, darkening the interior of the residence and giving the appearance that the house was turning a blind eye to the severe weather.

"I'll go out and see what that bump was all about," Hayley offered, slipping quickly into her discarded shorts, tee shirt and flip-flops.

She ventured onto the lanai, and the wind whipped her long golden hair around her face as she stepped out into the yard. A green metal wheelbarrow had blown against the side of the house, scuffing the paint slightly but otherwise not causing much damage. Hayley scurried back onto the lanai and told Katelyn what she had seen.

"Darn it," Katelyn replied. "I didn't think I'd left anything like that out there. It must've been hidden by the air conditioner on the side. I'll open the garage, and you can stash it in there."

Five minutes later a wind-blown Hayley was naked in her lover's arms as Katelyn kissed her pretty face and then her soft mouth and murmured to her that once again, she'd been a hero.

"Going out in the wind and retrieving a wheelbarrow isn't that heroic," Hayley chuckled, but she loved feeling as if she were Katelyn's rescuer.

Employing Hayley as a nanny had been a birthday surprise from Katelyn's husband, Mike. He traveled extensively in his successful career as a computer consultant, leaving Katelyn alone and exhausted from raising their three children. He had finally seen the necessity of getting her some help and had hired Hayley as a nanny the previous May.

The fact that Katelyn had ended up unexpectedly feeling both lust and love for her pretty aqua-eyed nanny was still a secret between the two women. Katelyn had known she needed something else in her life. She had thought about it sometimes; especially when she pondered raising kids for years and then going on to do the seemingly trivial activities she saw the Florida senior citizens participating in. As much as she loved her husband and children, she felt there had to be something more to life; but she was never sure what that was.

The thought of becoming involved with another woman had never entered her mind, and she would have never believed it was something she needed or wanted for fulfillment. However, her relationship with Hayley had filled every void, from the loneliness and desperation she felt from her husband being away so often, to that mysterious emptiness, which she could not quite define. It was as if Katelyn's life had been a giant jigsaw puzzle which was somehow missing one key piece. Hayley had been that elusive puzzle piece, fitting perfectly into the open space, completing the puzzle into a beautiful and decorative scene.

For Hayley, on the other hand, falling for Katelyn hadn't been such an unexpected occurrence. Hayley was a very sexy, sensual petite blonde who couldn't go long without sexual intimacy. By the time she met Katelyn, she had already enjoyed the taste and feel of female flesh and considered herself bisexual. She had been instantly attracted to her new employer when they met three months earlier. However, the passion and love she ended up experiencing with Katelyn had far surpassed anything she'd experienced with her other female lovers.

As the two sexy women began to kiss again, the sound of rain hitting the house in a torrential downpour could be heard. Obviously, another rain band had come to call.

"Wow, I'm glad that didn't happen when I was outside," Hayley said into Katelyn's mouth. "Where does the paper say this hurricane is going again?"

Katelyn reluctantly stopped kissing the younger woman and found the sheet of newspaper lying on the coffee table. She looked at the coordinates, and her brow crinkled as she tried to understand what she was reading. "It's on its way up toward the Panhandle. It might hit two other states in between, but the National Hurricane Center is predicting Fort Walton Beach."

"I wouldn't want to be there," Hayley exclaimed. "It's bad enough here. Come to think of it, maybe I was brave to go out there. Things were really blowing around like crazy and the palm trees were almost bent over from the force of the wind."

Katelyn nodded in agreement. She was very relieved that her husband happened to have taken their children to visit his aunt and uncle at their summer cottage on Lake Michigan. The timing of their trip had been quite fortunate.

"I'm going to check my hurricane supplies," Katelyn said to Hayley as she padded naked to a closet and opened the door. Inside was a neat stack of flashlights, batteries, bottled water, cans of food and a can opener, garbage bags, paper products and a battery-operated radio. Katelyn took the radio and a large, lantern-style flashlight from the closet.

"I've already talked to Mike and the kids and told them we're doing okay and that our handyman installed the hurricane shutters," she told Hayley. "Hey, where are you going?" she asked as she watched Hayley's sweet backside move away from her down the hall.

"I'll be right back," Hayley called over her shoulder.

When she returned, she was holding a black duffel bag. "These are my hurricane supplies," she said as she unzipped the bag.

"Wow, you have supplies, too?" Katelyn asked. "That's very conscientious of you, Hayley."

Hayley had an unreadable expression on her face and a sly smile. "Let me show you what I have," she replied.

Hayley lifted several packages of batteries out of the bag and then some votive candles in glass holders and a Zippo lighter. She set everything on the coffee table.

"Good, we can always use extra batteries," said Katelyn, who liked to be well-prepared.

"Yes, we'll need these batteries," Hayley said as she kissed the soft mouth and stroked the breast of her sexy lover.

Hayley began to pull assorted vibrators out of the duffel bag. There was a long, pearly white one, resembling a penis, a small purple metal one, and a long, jelly-like, magenta one which was ridged all over.

Katelyn's blue eyes were round and her mouth hung open in surprise. She had never experimented with vibrators before, and Hayley had never suggested using one when they were together.

"Why didn't you show me these before?" Katelyn asked.

"I was saving them for a rainy day," Hayley said with her cute, trademark chuckle. "I think today counts as a rainy day and then some."

Suddenly, as if in response to her statement, the rain picked up again and the wind howled menacingly. The ladies could hear the trees and bushes brushing against the house as the wind thrashed them about violently. Just then, the lights flickered and the house grew eerily quiet as the power went out. Katelyn flicked on the lantern flashlight, and Hayley, using its light to see, began to set the votive candles around the room. She lit the candles, turned off the flashlight and embraced her lover. Their naked bodies pressed together in an accumulation of soft, feminine flesh. Hayley kissed Katelyn hungrily, licking the brunette's soft lips and then tangling her tongue with Katelyn's as their passion mounted again.