Chapter 1: Veronica Returns

Saturday Danny arrived at Johns to find him poised to go out. ‘I’ve just had a call from the hospital to say they think I should be there,’ he told him. ‘She’s taken a turn for the worse.’ Danny gave him a hug and said, ‘Do you want me to cancel and come with you?’

‘I appreciate the offer, but there’s no point in us both sitting doing nothing.’ he said. ‘At least you’re going to be doing something useful.’ ‘She might realise you’re there,’ Danny said, ‘They do reckon that unconscious people can often still hear what’s going on around them. So even if she seems completely out of it, speak to her occasionally, even if you just tell her that you love her.’

‘You’re right of course,’ John said, ‘I’ll let you know if there’s any news. Good luck with your session.’ John knew Veronica was returning for a second time as Danny had checked with him yesterday in view if his sister’s health.

After John had left, Danny put the kettle on and prepared two cups of coffee ready. As soon as Veronica arrived, he noticed she seemed much more at ease than last time.

As they sat sipping their coffees, Danny asked how her week had been. ‘I’ve slept a lot easier,’ she said, ‘But I’ve had a few strange dreams.’ ‘Bad, strange or nice, strange?’ Danny asked. ‘One bad and the rest nice.’ she said.

‘You can tell me about them later,’ he told her, ‘But at least the nice ones outnumbered the bad ones.’

‘Have you seen Pam during the week?’ he asked? ‘No, but she rang me on Sunday to ask if I’d been to see you yet. I told her I had.’ ‘So, are all your problems sorted now?’ she said. ‘I said no, we hadn’t managed to get that far but I was coming back today.’

‘That’s good,’ she said, ‘If you really want it sorted, whatever you do, don’t give up. Danny won’t give up on you, So, only you can stop him sorting it out for you.’ ‘Did you consider not coming back this week?’ Danny asked. ‘No, never.’ she told him. ‘That’s an excellent sign.’ Danny told her.

They had finished their coffees so Danny told her. ‘I want you to go through to the lounge on your own today. You have several options. If you wish, we can start again right at the beginning. Or you can take your top off like last time and choose from the following three. Lying on your front so I start off by massaging your back. Or lying on your back with your top just spread loose over you. Or just lying on your back.’

‘As always, there’s no rush. Take your time and shout, ‘Ok’ when you’re settled.’ Veronica got up and said, ‘I’d like you to come through with me please.’ Danny smiled at her and followed her through.

As she sat down to take her shoes off, Danny said, ‘Shall I turn my back?’ ‘No,’ she said, ‘At least not yet.’ she added losing her courage briefly. As Danny watched her, she stood up facing him and undid her top few front buttons. Then she pulled her top off over her head. Standing with her top in her hand at her side, she threw it over onto the armchair and lay down.

Danny let her get settled, then went and sat at her side. She returned his smile seeming quite relaxed at him seeing her in her bra. ‘Very well done,’ Danny told her, ‘This is an exceptionally good start. Did some of the dreams last week help?’ She blushed and replied, ‘Yes.’ ‘Now, last time I came back up your front with you as you are now. So, if we just do your front down and up as you are, that will still be good progress. But as you are looking so relaxed, I will offer you the next step as well. Just don’t feel pressured, ok?’

‘Ok,’ she said with a smile. ‘I’m going to go down and up your front, massaging and with questions,’ Danny said. ‘Last time I learned a tiny bit about your problem so I may ask for some more information. Don’t forget you can say pass as often as you want. When I reach your waist, I will take hold of the top of your jeans and pause. If you say nothing, I will undo them.’

‘This will release pressure on your stomach. It will also mean I can offer you more relaxing options next time you turn over. If you say stop. I will just let go and continue massaging over the top. I will do that going down and coming back up.’

‘I think I can rely on you to say stop if you need to from now on, so when I put my hands on your head I will start right away. Are you ready?’ ‘Yes,’ she said immediately.

Danny put his hands on her head and massaged gently. Then moving to her temples, he did a brief massage before moving to her bare shoulders. As his hands touched her skin, Veronica made a happy noise as the sensation reminded her of last time.

‘How many nice dreams did you have last week?’ Danny asked. ‘Six.’ she replied as Danny’s hands moved down over the exposed top edge of her breasts. Feeling his touch sent her heart rate rocketing as well as remembering some of the dreams she had had.

As he moved up onto her bra, her sensation changed but it was still lovely. It was a feeling she had dreamt about all week. As his hands moved over both breasts he asked, ‘Can you tell me the names of the person or people in all six dreams, apart from yourself?’ he asked.

His hands moved down onto the naked part of her breast below her bra rendering her incapable of speech. Then as his hands moved on down her stomach she answered, ‘Alfie and er... ‘ He waited not speaking, just massaging on downwards. As he neared her waist, she was struggling between excitement at what he was about to do, pleasure at what he was already doing and trying to get the second and last name out.

She still hadn’t managed to speak as Danny’s hands left the skin of her stomach and took hold of the waist of her jeans, one hand each side of her button. Now it was decision time. She didn’t want to say stop but would she panic if he took her silence for approval and went ahead.

Danny waited for ten seconds, then hearing nothing, he took a firmer hold. Then easily undoing the button, he massaged over the top of her jeans. Veronica felt a twinge of regret that he hadn’t, as she had expected, slid her zip down too. As Danny massaged over her jean’s she realised he was still waiting for her answer. As he massaged over her vagina an excited shiver ran through her. ‘And er...?’ he asked.

‘And you.’ she said with a surge of bravado. As he moved on down her legs he told her, ‘I’m flattered, who wouldn’t be. But it wasn’t because I’m anything special. It was a natural occurrence after you had experienced such close contact after so long, that you would dream about it afterwards.’

‘What is important is that you were able to tell me. Also, it tells us that you enjoyed it enough to want more of it. Not with me but with Alfie or another future boyfriend. I am simply the link to lead you from your upsetting past and onto your exciting and happy future.’

‘It also tells us how much you have improved since last week. I mean could you have imagined even at the end of last week, being able to tell me you had had erotic dreams that involved me. Don’t worry,’ he added, ‘I’m not going to ask you to describe them.’

As he started up her thighs, he said, ‘Tell me instead, in your dream about Alfie, did you both strip off completely, in full sight of each other and then after exploring each other’s bodies, make passionate love?’ ‘A yes or no will do.’ he added, smiling at her. ‘Yes,’ she admitted looking him straight in the face as she answered.

Massaging over the front of her jeans again, he paid special attention to the area over her hairs, watching the pleasure on her face as he did so.

She was still in such rapture that she didn’t even notice as his hands moved up and slid her zip down. But when he returned onto her bare stomach, she cried out happily. As he massaged her bare skin again, her dreams of the past week were running through her mind.

Danny had intended to ask about her one unhappy dream, but she was so clearly relaxing well, he didn’t want to break the flow. As he moved up towards her breasts he asked, ‘Imagine you had had sex with the boy you went out with twice. Would you have known exactly what to do or would you have relied on him leading the way?’