Chapter 4: Then His Tip Touched

The table was set up with a lovely tablecloth, place mats, cutlery, serviettes and two different wine glasses by each setting. In the middle of the table was a silver candelabra with five candles in it. He turned to look at Anette who was smiling at his excited look.

‘I thought it was about time I proved to you that I could cook,’ she told him, ‘So we’re having a home cooked, three course meal tonight.’ Austin was struggling to find words and Anette took pity on him. Taking him into her arms she kissed him then told him, ‘After I’ve fed you and built up your stamina, we’ll go to bed and make love.’

Austin couldn’t speak, but with the grin on his face, he looked like the Cheshire Cat. ‘Everything is nearly ready,’ Anette told him, ‘So we can relax for now. Will you read to me?’ ‘Of course,’ Austin told her, ‘Would you like a coffee first?’

When she said, ‘Yes please,’ Austin went to put the kettle on. Anette dug her iPad out and opened it up at ‘Raise the Titanic,’ chapter nineteen. They sat on the settee with their coffee’s, both of them feeling so excited about the rest of the evening.

Then they settled down, Austin sitting at the end of the settee with the iPad in his hand. Anette stretched out with her head on his lap. A few moments after she had put her head on his lap, she felt his thingy start to stiffen up.

Then as he started reading, he automatically rested his spare hand onto Anettes breast. That of course sent his thingy into a fully hard and dancing state. After waiting for it to quieten down, Anette turned her head and gave it a kiss through his trousers. That naturally set it off dancing again.

They were both thinking how wonderful it was going to be tonight making love. Then Austin had a terrible thought, he suddenly burst out with, ‘I haven’t got any condoms.’ ‘It’s ok,’ Anette told him, ‘I thought you might be too shy to go and shop for any, so I picked a packet up during the week.’

Feeling so relieved, Austin gave a happy sigh and started reading through chapter nineteen and then twenty. Anette loved lying there listening to the sound of his voice. His hand resting on her breast ensured his thingy kept tapping the side of her head. Mind you, her giving it an occasional kiss helped a bit too.

It was now gone four, so Anette told him to have a rest whist she did a bit of preparation in the kitchen. When Austin offered to help, she refused, saying, ‘Any other time in future, yes please. But tonight is my special treat. She kissed him and got up saying they’d start eating at six.

Austin sat happily listening to all the sounds coming from the kitchen. He’d never ever had a meal cooked specially for him before. Half an hour later Anette returned. ‘Would you like some more chapters?’ he asked. ‘As long as your voice can stand it.’ she agreed with a smile.

‘I’ll never get tired of reading to you,’ he told her. ‘Come to think about it, I’ll never get tired of doing anything with you.’ They had a long kiss then settled down to read. Austins thingy had gone soft whilst Anette was in the kitchen, but with her head against it and his hand on her breast it soon grew again.

Austin read chapter twenty-one, then Anette told him to have another rest. She sat up and swung round to face him. They kissed and cuddled for a while, enjoying the intimate contact so much. Then Austin read chapter twenty-two.

As he came to the end of the chapter, the secret service agent was breaking some bad news to the President of the USA. They had discovered that the secret they had been hunting for, for so long, had been put in the vault of a ship sailing from Liverpool to New York.

But it was the only ship sailing that day, the tenth of April nineteen twelve and it never reached New York. ‘Then there’s nothing else that we can do,’ the President said sadly. ‘Yes, there is,’ secret service agent Segram told him. ‘We raise the Titanic.’

Austin sounded excited as he read the last bit, and Anette said, ‘Wow fancy being able to even consider doing something like that. This story is getting better and better.’ ‘Shall I carry on reading?’ Austin asked. ‘No, you’ve done far too much already,’ Anette told him, ‘We’ve got all the time in the world to finish it.’

Hearing any comment suggesting they would be together for a long, long time made Austin feel very happy. He still found it so hard to believe that all these wonderful things could really be happening to him. They sat and cuddled for a while, both with excitement and anticipation running through them.

Anette got up and went to the kitchen. There were sounds of plates and pans and some lovely smells starting to waft around. Austin suddenly felt hungry. Anette came over to the settee. ‘Come my love,’ she said. ‘The first meal I’ve ever cooked for you is ready. May it be the first of many.’

Austin stood up and took her in his arms. They had a long kiss and then went over to the table. Their starters were already on the table. Austin sat down and looked at the cutlery at each side of his plate. Seeing him looking uncertain Anette told him, ‘If you’re ever unsure which cutlery to use, the best thing to do is to start at the outside and work inwards. Or you can look around the table and copy everyone else.’

Austin picked up the small knife and fork and started eating. There was chopped up lettuce all over the plate, then there were prawns all over the lettuce. A sauce was all over the prawns and half a boiled egg was perched on the top.

‘It’s my version of a prawn cocktail,’ Anette told him. She had poured them a glass of white wine ready. As they ate, they chatted some more about a possible holiday together. ‘That was the first prawn cocktail I’ve ever had,’ Austin said as he finished clearing his plate, ‘It was lovely.’

Anette smiled happily. She told Austin to stay where he was, and she cleared the plates away. She filled the second wine glass with some red wine, then returned to the kitchen. The lovely cooking smells increased then soon Anette was putting a bigger plate in front of him.

This time there was a lovely piece of fillet steak, a portion of cauliflower cheese, some chips and over the steak was an off-white sauce. Anette told him that that was the juice the steak was cooked in, plus brandy and cream. They tucked in in silence, sipping their red wine as they ate.

Austin couldn’t believe how lovely it was. ‘You’re a wonderful cook,’ he complimented her, ‘I’ve never had such a lovely meal.’ Once they had cleared their plates they sat talking whilst they finished their wine. Then Anette cleared the plates away.

Soon she was returning with desert. She had made a banana split. A banana cut in half lengthways, half on each plate. A scoop of vanilla ice cream in the middle at the side of it. Whipped double cream all over the lot.

As they came to the end of their meal, Anette told him, ‘I did think of doing cheese and biscuits to follow with a glass of port, but on this special occasion, I thought it best not to make you too sleepy.’ She gave him a happy smile as she spoke.

As she got up and picked up the dishes, Austin stood up. ‘That was the best meal I have ever had in my life,’ he told her without having to read it. ‘Now I insist on helping you to clear up.’ ‘Ok,’ Anette said smiling at him, ‘The sooner we clear up, the sooner we can get to bed.’

They moved everything into the kitchen, then Austin washed the dishes as Anette dried and put them away. ‘You go and sit down now,’ she instructed, ‘I’ll make us a coffee.’ When she brought them over, she put them on the coffee table in front of the settee.

Sitting together, they went into each other’s arms and kissed whilst their coffee cooled. Then as they sat side by side sipping their coffees, Anette asked him what he was thinking. ‘I was thinking how lovely life can be when you have someone to share it with you.’ he told her.

Anette felt very moved and rather sad as she thought of the unhappy life Austin must have had so far. ‘But that’s all about to change now.’ she thought to herself. They finished their coffees, had a kiss then headed for the bedroom.