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 ï>¿Birthday Girl in Her Birthday Suit byMatthewVettÂ(C)

   I stood inches away from the lake, water gently lapping at my toes as I
clenched and unclenched my toes, savoring the feeling of the mud against my
skin.  A warm breeze blew.  The stars shone brilliantly across the sky.  I
stood on a small plain of mud, hidden from the outside world by a dense
crescent of trees.

   Next to me, resting on the thick roots of a nearby tree, lay my clothes
and a towel.  Breathing deeply, my arms clasped to my body, I was trying to
psyche myself up.  I wore nothing but an exuberant smile and a silver cross
necklace.

   I took yet another look around, making absolutely certain I was alone.
The water was calm.  The air was silent.  Not even a shadow stirred in the
night.  Even from here, the center of the lake was nearly invisible in the
darkness.  Slowly, timidly, I pulled my arm away from my breasts and my
hand away from my crotch, until finally, I stood completely exposed.  I let
out a deep sigh, the sum of all my worries and fears.

   It felt...freeing.

   I took my first tentative step into the lake, my grin beaming.  I was
really doing it!  I was really skinny dipping!  The water enveloped me as I
waded deeper and deeper into the lake.  Cool, wet pressure surrounded me,
almost caressing me.  I gasped quietly as the water reached my crotch, a
sudden icy surprise, but I continued onward.

   I was amazed at my own bravery.  I hadn't been sure I would really have
the courage to try this, but I had surprised and impressed even myself.  I
didn't even like to be seen in my underwear, not even by my roommate Katie,
and here I was, naked as a jaybird, skinny dipping!  I giggled loudly. 
This had been such a great idea!  I had been planning it for weeks,
cancelling and rescheduling over and over as my courage ebbed and flowed,
until finally, tonight, I had cast caution to the wind and decided to seize
the day with both hands!  Wouldn't Katie be proud of me?  And she had said
I wouldn't have the guts to try it...  Hadn't I shown her!

   My toes left the lakebed as I pushed myself off into the water and began
to lazily swim towards the center of the large lake.  From here, I could
just barely see the shore.  Scintillating constellations shown overhead,
stars twinkling their messaged of "congratulations" and "happy birthday"
across the light-years to little old Emily Fischer.

   I felt so free, so comfortable, so natural and primal and just
so...right!  I couldn't believe I had chained myself to bikinis and
swimsuits for so long!  How much money had I wasted on decorative
irritants? I had never felt so good swimming before!  The water against my
bare flesh was heavenly, invigorating, euphoric!  My spirits soared as I
paddled across the black water, giggling ecstatically at these new
sensations.  I was absolutely giddy, reveling in this novel experience.

   I lay on my back and watched the night sky, moving only enough to keep
myself buoyant.  I was completely alone.  Only the quiet buzzing of
dragonflies broke the otherwise total silence.  The water of the lake held
me with the gentleness of a tender lover.  I was completely at peace. 
Maybe this birthday was still salvageable, even if my friends had
apparently forgotten about it entirely.

   Eventually, I felt satiated.  The water was amazing, but nevertheless, I
had a warm bed waiting for me at home.  I slowly swam towards the shore,
and waded into the small grove where I had hidden my clothes.  My nipples
hardened in the night air once I left the water behind.  Goosebumps erupted
along my limbs as I skipped to shore, my cross bouncing against my
collarbone, still giddy from my au naturalswim.

   I walked over to where I had left my clothes, and stopped.  I looked
around.  I double checked that I had the right tree.  Where are they? 
Where are my clothes?!  They couldn't have gone far, they don't have legs.

   Alright!  Alright, it's dark out, maybe I just missed them.  I'm going
to close my eyes, and take a deep breath, and count to three, and they'll
be right here.  One...two...three...  And...?!  Darn it!  Darn, dang, gosh,
golly, damn!  Where are they?!

   I was hyperventilating.  I clenched my fists rhythmically and focused on
my breathing, trying to calm myself down.  Maybe I just came out of the
wrong part of the lake...  Yeah, that must be it!  I had gotten mixed up
while swimming and came out someplace new.  But if I wanted to go search
for my clothes, I'd have to leave my little sheltered enclave...

   I cursed into the night.

   I peeked out from behind the trees.  I was still alone, so far as I
could tell.  Huddled over, futilely trying to cover my breasts and pussy
from any potential voyeurs, I waddled along the shore line, studying the
tree line for any hint of my clothes.  Nothing...nothing...nothing...shit!

   My clothes were gone.  Just...gone.

   What was I going to do now?  I couldn't stay here, someone would come
down eventually.  Besides, I had church tomorrow morning.  I hadn't brought
my cell phone, so at least that hadn't gotten stolen, but I couldn't call
for help either.

   Suddenly, a terrible thought struck me.

   What if whoever had taken my clothes had been watching me?  What if they
were still here?  Then again, they might not have seen me in the water. 
Besides, they'd have to be nearby to see me at all tonight, and I couldn't
see or hear anything.  I covered my body reflexively.  Standing as still as
possible, I surveyed the area around me, but I couldn't detect anyone.  Why
had they taken it, then?  Just for laughs?  Just to see what would happen?
Maybe they had just really needed some clothes and had thought mine were
abandoned...

   Whatever, it didn't matter now.  I just had to get home.  Once I was
there, I'd be safe.  But that meant I'd have to make my way back across
campus...alone...at night...  naked.

   You know, maybe there were enough berries and stuff around the lake that
I could just live here forever instead, you know?  Become a hermit, wait
until my hair grew to Godiva-esque lengths and I could get back home with
my modesty intact...

   It was a thought, right?

   A branch snapped in the darkness.

   Who was there?!

   I started, my heart pounding like a taiko drum team until a sharp pain
in the sole of my foot made me realize that it had just been me.  I lifted
up my foot to examine it, revealing two small fragments of branch beneath.
After my heartbeat returned to normal, I realized I couldn't stay here any
longer, not if I didn't want my heart to explode.

   I'd have to risk it.

   I took a moment to plan out my route in my head.  I was pretty sure I
could swing it and make it all the way back to my apartment building
without getting caught.  I crossed myself, kissed my necklace for luck,
took a deep breath, and stepped out from the trees.

   I didn't bother trying to cover my body.  I wanted to focus on staying
hidden and being aware of my surroundings, and I'd rather someone catch a
glimpse from a distance than I bump into someone unexpectedly.  I slinked
through the trees surrounding the lake, keeping my ears perked for any
sudden noises, a difficult task with my heart pounding so loudly.

   I crept from tree to tree, scouting ahead from each hiding place,
staying low to the ground as I scuttled to safety.  At every sound I froze,
trying to locate its source, feeling like a hunted animal, prey to any
predator that might come across me in my defenseless state.  What would I
do if someone caught me?  No, no...better not to even think about it...  No
sense in worrying myself over something that wouldn't happen, right?

   From the darkness came a giggle.  Crap...  I paused, listening for the
source.  Voices were approaching, getting louder.  I frantically searched
around me for some sort of covering, but there were only trees.  I could
try to get away from them, but they might hear me, or worse, see me...  I
could hide behind a tree, but if they walked past me, I'd be exposed...  I
could head back to the lake, but I'd lose all my progress and have to start
all over...

   An idea bubbled up past my fears and worries.  I could go up!  Above me
were the sturdy, leafy branches of an ancient tree.  I scampered up its
trunk, climbing into the branches as I tried unsuccessfully to protect my
most sensitive spots from the rough bark.  I silently thanked my older
brothers for always losing their Frisbee in our trees and forcing me to go
up and get it as a kid.  That training had finally paid off.  I was in the
middle of climbing onto an even higher branch when a couple appeared below
me at the base of the tree.

   I froze.  I had managed to find a good spot to rest in.  I was high
enough off the ground and the leaves were dense enough that I was unlikely
to be seen unless somebody was looking directly up at me.  But I couldn't
move without making any noise, and now I was trapped spread-eagled between
the branch below me and the branch above.  My arms and legs were spread.  I
had no way of even hiding myself should one of them look up at me.  If I
tried to take one of my hands down from the branch above, I might lose my
balance.

   I tried to breathe as silently as I could, praying that they couldn't
hear my heartbeat pounding in my bare chest.  I watched as beneath me, the
guy took the girls' hands in his and raised them up over her head.  He
pressed her against the tree and kissed her lips, her cheeks, her neck.  I
felt like a voyeur watching them, but if I closed my eyes, I might miss a
chance to escape.  I decided I had to keep watching them.

   She giggled as he nuzzled her neck and pressed himself against her body.
"Matthew!" she cooed.  "What are you doing?  We're in public..." She gently
pushed him away from her.

   "So?  There's no one around," he reasoned.  "Besides, haven't you ever
wanted to mess around outside?" His hands reached up under her blouse.  Her
head tilted back as she surrendered to his touch.

   "But what if someone sees us?"

   "Who's going to see, Lily?"

   "I don't know..." she murmured.

   His hands reached down to his pants.  I watched, eyes open in shock, as
he unzipped his fly and pulled out his manhood.  It was enormous!  I had
never seen one before, not in real life, not just, out like that!  Were
they all that big?  I bit my lower lip, trying to keep myself from gasping
over the scene beneath me.  My crotch began to warm as I continued to watch
them.

   "Matthew, put that away," she laughed.

   "Just a quick blowjob...  If we hear anyone coming, we can zip it up and
no one will know...  Come on, I know you want to.  Your nipples are
pebble-hard...  I bet you're absolutely soaking through those little pink
panties of yours, aren't you?"

   She reached down and gingerly took his cock into her hands, slowly
stroking it.  He moaned softly.  "Well...I guess it'd be alright..." She
looked around for any voyeurs, failing to look up.  I shouldn't
watch...should I?  It didn't hurt anyone, right?  Besides, they were in
public.  It was their own fault if they got caught...

   They traded positions, so that now he was against the tree trunk.  She
got down onto her knees, brushed her hair out of her face, and began to
lick the length of his long shaft.  Was she really going to fit that into
her mouth?  It looked too big to handle, but she deftly wrapped her lips
around his cock and began to bob her head back and forth as he loudly
moaned into the night.

   I wondered whether I would be able to fit that inside my own mouth... 
Would I be able to wrap my lips around something so big?  What did it feel
like to have a man's hard dick inside my mouth?  What did it taste like? 
Without realizing it, I noticed that I had formed my own mouth into a wide
"O" as I watched the girl beneath me suck his cock, my mouth going through
my motions that my mind was imagining.  My pussy was tingling, dewing with
moisture.

   She sucked his cock passionately, as though she were absolutely in love
with it, her mouth and tongue caressing it lovingly.  His hands rested on
her shoulders.  Both of them moaned and groaned.  How long could he last?
My arms were beginning to feel the strain of supporting me.  What if I
fell? What would they do?

   "I'm gonna cum, Lily," he groaned.

   She took his cock out of her mouth.  It glistened with her hot saliva.
"Cum on my face, Matthew.  Do it!" she told him, furiously stroking his
cock with her right hand, aiming it at her smiling face, her eyes looking
up at his.  I was entranced by the scene beneath me.  She kept coaxing his
cock, encouraging him to cum on her face.  Her hand was a blur, moving back
and forth rapidly.  I clenched my thighs, squeezing them together, trying
to silence the loud urges coming from my body.

   He groaned loudly.  His knees buckled.  Amazed, I watched as his cock
spasmed, gushing thick, white streams onto her eagerly awaiting face.  I
almost lost my grip before recovering from my surprise.  Oh my...w-was that
what happened when a guy came?  There was so much of it...  Again and
again, his cock spurted onto her.  Liquid ivory dribbled down her face.  A
quiet mewl escaped my lips, but they were too distracted to notice.

   "Mmmm, thanks, babe..."

   "My pleasure..." She licked her lips, and used her finger to collect as
much of his cum as she could before suckling her finger clean.  "I just
love how you taste..."

   She got back onto her feet and kissed him deeply.  The two of them, now
satisfied, walked hand-in-hand towards their destination.  After a minute
or so, I felt safe enough to climb back down.  My pussy was still buzzing.
I felt a slight stab of moisture on the sole of my foot.  I looked down.  A
few drops of his cum dotted the ground.  For a brief moment, I imagined
tasting it, but I couldn't from the dirt.  She had loved the taste...would
I?  I wondered what my first blowjob would be like...

   I made my way out of the woods without running into anyone else.  Now I
was on the campus proper.  I was glad that finals weren't for another few
weeks, or else there would have been many more students out and about this
late, returning home from the library.  Fortunately for me, the campus was
nearly empty.  Unfortunately, it was also much better lit.

   I stuck to the quads, shunning the walkways.  From time to time, I came
across a loan student, making their way home from somewhere.  I lay in the
grass, or hid behind whatever covering was available.  They used the paths,
so I saw them long before they could see me, and I had an advantage.  At
one point, two men passed by me just a few feet away from where I was lying
on the other side of a row of hedges, completely naked.  Had one of them
taken just a single step closer to examine the bushes, there was no doubt I
would have been caught.

   The idea of getting caught was beginning to excite me, though.  I
wondered what they might make me do.  Would they force me to give them a
blowjob, like the couple in the woods had done?  Would they cum onto my
face, their hot seed dripping down my body?  I quivered in the darkness, my
quiet perversions warming my body in the spring night as their footsteps
passed by me.

   Once again, silence reigned.  Slowly, I raised myself up to survey the
area.  It was clear: time to move.

   I felt feral running barefoot across the grass at night, almost
completely nude, only my cross marring my otherwise perfect nakedness.  I
felt like a werewolf, like a primal being of nature.  I was exhilarating,
and for a brief while, I almost forgot my predicament completely, lost in
the freeing sensation on streaking across campus unseen.

   Voices!

   I froze.  Where were they coming from, and where could I hide?  I was
almost at the edge of campus, away from the large, poorly lit quads that
dominated central campus.  It was too bright here: I couldn't just lie down
in the grass.  There were no easy hiding spots for me.  It sounded like
they were coming from the south...  Frantically, my eyes jumped from spot
to spot, judging its potential.

   No...no...no...maybe as a last resort...no...aha!

   A set of stairs leading up to the side of one of the building gave me a
small enclave in which I could hide.  I wedged myself into the corner
facing away from the path, and waited, listening as the voices came closer
and closer to me.  I wished I could get a look at them, but I didn't dare
risk it.  If one of them saw me...

   Cold brick dug into my back.  I quieted my breathing as much as I could.
I was only a few feet away from being visible.  Just a single corner stood
between me and them, between me and total humiliation as any number of
strange men saw my naked body.  I pressed my hand to my breast, trying to
calm my heart before it somersaulted out of my chest.

   Their steps came closer, their voices discussing a party they had
apparently just come from.  Just keep walking, I whispered.  I was so close
to home...  And they were so close to me...

   Their footsteps stopped.  From their voices, they were only a few yards
from me, right on the other side of the wall separating us.  Why had they
stopped?  Did they know I was there?  Goosebumps spread across my body. 
The hair on my neck and arms pointed straight up.  I readied myself to
sprint away as best I could if they did come over to me.

   "Come on, let's go.  What's the holdup?"

   "Hold on, I dropped my lucky coin.  Help me look for it."

   "Shit, really?  You're such a fucking klutz.  Why are you even messing
around with it while walking?  Just get a new one.  I will give you a new
quarter if we can just go home right now."

   "This one is lucky.  Shut up and help.  As soon as we find it, we can
head back."

   "Fine."

   Just my luck...  And I couldn't even scream my frustrations aloud!  Out
of the corner of my eye, I noticed something glint.  My breath caught in my
chest.  Noooooo...no no no...

   It was.  It was a quarter.  And it was just a few feet away from me.

   Could I try to push it closer to them with my toe?  Unlikely.  They were
bound to see my leg if I tried.  Could I get away?  Maybe, but if they came
near the quarter, they'd be more likely to see me if I left my corner.  I'd
have to hide and hope.

   "Just give it up, it's a quarter."

   "No way, man!  Right after I got that quarter, that cute barista agreed
to go out with me."

   "...the redhead with the epic tits?"

   "You got it!"

   "Well, fuck, why didn't you say so?  I'd have been looking a lot
harder."

   I looked down at my own chest.  Were mine epic?  I grimaced and gave
them a tentative squeeze, pushing them up a bit.  They looked ample enough
to me.  What would they think if they saw them now?  Would they stare? 
Were my tits good enough to look for a quarter over?

   I shook my head furiously.  Why was I thinking this?  I didn't want them
to see my breasts...did I?  No one ever had before, but...maybe it'd be
nice if someone did.  Would he describe them as "epic" to his friends?  I
bit my lip, lost in thought.

   "Hey, is that it?"

   "Yes!"

   He scrambled towards me.  I wished I could melt into the wall.  I backed
myself as deeply into the corner as I could, covering myself lamely with my
slender arms, clutching my necklace and praying that he wouldn't look left
as he grabbed his coin.

   His hand appeared from behind the wall.  His arm and head soon followed.
Time stood still as he slowly reached for the coin.  His grip failed.  He
tried again and failed.  Just pick it up!  I wanted to yell.  His fingers
finally gripped the coin's edges securely, and he retreated.  My lungs
burned.  I suddenly realized I was instinctively holding my breath, but I
didn't dare let it out yet.  Not with him still so close.

   "I found it!"

   "Awesome.  Now let's go, I'm starving."

   "Sure thing."

   Their voices drifted off.  I let out a deep breath.  I had made it.  I
waited another minute or two for them to get far enough away before leaving
my hiding place and continuing my trek across campus.

   After another few minutes, I reached the edge of campus.  Across the
street stood my familiar apartment building.  I only had one last barrier
to cross: the road.  There was no way around it.  I would have to cross the
well-lit road before I could get home.

   I crouched down behind a large blue mailbox, safely away from the
streetlights.  Cars came singly and in pairs erratically, but never leaving
a large enough gap for me to run through without being spotted.  I couldn't
just wait here forever, either.  Eventually someone else would approach me
and I'd be caught with nowhere safe to go.

   I made a decision.  If I didn't get a chance in the next sixty seconds,
I would make a break for it.  Sixty, fifty-nine, fifty-eight...

   The cars kept coming.  I had enough gaps to make it across if I
sprinted, but I'd be caught in their headlights, completely exposed before
them.

   Thirty-two, thirty-one, thirty...  A bus pulled up the curb only a dozen
yards away from me.  An obviously inebriated couple got out, and began to
stagger towards me, giggling loudly.  I cringed behind the mailbox,
contorting myself into a fetal position, hoping they might miss me in their
drunken state.

   Nine, eight, seven...  Still I had no clear shot, but the couple was
getting closer and closer.  In another few seconds they would be on top of
me.  I was out of options.

   I scanned the road.  I could make it across if I went right now, but I
might be seen by a coming car.  I had to do it.

   "Whoa, what the hell?!" cried the man as I suddenly stood up and ran
across the street.  I didn't bother turning back to see he and his friend's
reaction.  I couldn't slow down.  A car to my left beeped its horn at me
loudly as its lights illuminated my nude flesh.  I kept going.  I made it
across the last lane into the parking lot and stumbled to a landing in
between two parked cars at the far end of the lot, almost hidden in the
darkness.

   I looked behind me.  No one had followed me.  The car had kept driving,
its passengers with a new story to tell over dinner.  Hopefully the drunken
couple wouldn't even remember me in the morning.  My heart was pounding.  I
couldn't believe I had been seen!

   My cheeks burnt.  My chest was flushed red.  My whole body was shaking;
my legs were barely strong enough to keep me upright.  I only wanted to
collapse into my bed and slip into unconsciousness, leaving this day behind
forever.

   What if the driver had been someone I knew?  A classmate, or worse, a
professor?  Would they recognize me without my clothes on?  I hoped not,
but at the same time...

   At the same time...it felt like electricity was coursing through my
nerves.  I clenched my legs together, trying to drive away the tingling in
my crotch, the warmth in my pussy, the moistness I could even now feel
between my lips.  Just the thought of someone I personally knew seeing me
naked against my will...I began to suspect not all of the heat in my cheeks
was from embarrassment.  I swallowed, and focused.

   Finally!  I had done it!  I had reached my apartment building.  Only now
did I realize that the hardest part was still before me.  My key had been
in my pocket, and who knew where that was now...  But Katie was home!  Or
at least, I hoped she was.  She hadn't indicated she was going to go
anywhere that night.  I prayed she was still awake.

   First, though, I had to get to my door.  From across the parking lot, I
peered through the front door.  The hallway looked empty.  The elevator sat
near the entrance, beckoning me onwards.  But once I was inside, I was
trapped.  If I got into the elevator, and someone else got in, I had
nowhere to go.  Would the stairs be safer?  But then I'd be just as
exposed, for longer, and I'd make more noise...  No, I'd try the elevator.

   My teeth tingled as I watched and waited.  Nobody appeared.  It looked
safe.  I made a break for it.

   I ran across the parking lot as fast as I could barefoot, ignoring the
bits of gravel stinging against my feet.  For over a hundred excruciating
feet, I was completely exposed beneath the lights, visible to anyone who
glanced over.  I reached the door, threw it open, and flung myself into the
hallway.  My lungs burned.  My heart thundered.  But I had made it.  Now
for the next step.

   I pressed the elevator button, slamming my finger down as fast as I
could over and over.  Come on, come on, come on...  I was completely naked
in the hallway, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, should somebody come out
of the laundry room or decide they wanted a late-night soda.  Move faster,
elevator...faster...

   The elevator dinged.  The door opened.

   It was empty.

   Thank you, God.  I slipped in, hit the button for the fifth floor, and
began pounding the "close doors" button.  A door opened somewhere in the
hallway.  I pressed myself into a corner, trying to hide myself from view.

   "Hold the door!" a deep, male voice called out as footsteps ran towards
me.  The doors closed with glacial slowness.  Unable to do anything else, I
continued to furiously press the elevator button, hoping I'd win the race.

   The doors shut.  I could hear him fiddling with the buttons on his side,
but I kept the "close doors" button pressed firmly, and soon, the elevator
began to rise.  I let out a deep sigh, and relaxed.  That had been too
close...  Sweat was beading on my forehead and breasts.  My legs were
trembling.  What would I have done if I had been caught naked in an
elevator, alone with a strange man?  What would he have done?

   A cheery ding brought me out of my thoughts.  I was on the fifth floor.
The doors opened ominously.  I stuck my head out.  The left was clear... 
The right was clear...  Covering my breasts and crotch, I darted out and
sprinted down the hallway to my apartment.  Torn between the need for Katie
to hear me and the desire for no one else to, I knocked half-heartedly, but
rapidly, hoping to get her attention quickly.  She usually watched
television on her laptop until late.  I hoped she was doing so tonight.

   I heard shuffling behind the door.  "Katie?  It's Emily!  Open up,
quick, I forgot my key!" I nervously spoke as loud as I dared.

   "Emily?!  Be right there!"

   Thank goodness she was awake!  My nightmare was finally almost over. 
All I had to do was make it inside...  I was too exposed in the hallway,
covered only by my own arms.  Anyone could see everything right now, my
breasts, my thighs, my ass, even my pussy was only half-hidden.

   The door creaked open.  I hurriedly pushed my way into the darkened
apartment.  "Thank you so much, Katie!  I've had the worst night!  You
would not believe-"

   The lights turned on.

   "Surprise!  Happy Birthday!" cheered a chorus of voices.

   A large cake sat on the kitchen table, surrounded by wrapped gifts.

   Above the table, a colorful banner read, "Happy Birthday, Emily!"

   Scattered throughout the apartment were over a dozen of my friends, now
staring in shock at me, naked, in the middle of the room.  Gasps rang out,
quickly followed by a quiet susurrus of whispers.  I felt like a deer in
the headlights, too paralyzed with shame and surprise to even cover my bare
breasts and pussy from their eyes.  I felt the heat of their stares of
lust, of shock, of judgment against my body.

   So, I realized with a wry smile, they hadn't forgotten my birthday,
after all...