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Copyright 1999
Andrea sat down on her couch, smiling at Carey Mitchell as she handed her a tall glass of orange juice. Carey had called and Andrea, in her loneliness, had asked her over to chat for a while. Jeffrey had left on his business trip already, and wouldn't be back for almost a month; new turn of events had taken place, and the business stay would last longer than planned.
Carey smiled at Andrea, wondering what was bothering Andrea so much. As soon as she heard Andrea's voice over the phone lines, she knew that something was going on in Andrea's mind. She seemed sad, distracted, as if she were in another plane of this universe. Andrea asked her to visit her that night; told her that she needed someone to talk to. Andrea," Carey said, brushing her thick red hair away from her forehead. She fixed her gray eyes on Andrea, forcing her with simply her will to look at her. What's going on in that head of yours? She asked softly, the melodious tilt of her Irish accent relaxing Andrea.
Andrea sighed, not knowing herself what was happening to her. All she knew was that she couldn't keep her mind off Cassidy, could not stop thinking about her. Every time she closed her eyes, she could envision the way Cassidy looked when she drew Andrea's hands to her mouth and kissed them softly. The passion Andrea saw in her features could not be mistaken, the passion she realized afterwards that she'd also felt at that moment couldn't be mistaken either. She told Carey of this, of the way her heart beat out of control every time she was around Cassidy, every time Cassidy touched her or looked at her. Of the way her body responded when Cassidy held her, when they danced together. She was so confused, she wrung her hands and it looked as if she would rub off the skin.
Carey nodded thoughtfully, and pursed her lips in satisfaction of her own foresight. Andrea was more than likely falling head over heels in love with Cassidy, or was realizing that she had been in love with Cassidy all along. She smiled, leaning forward, grasping Andrea's wringing hands and squeezing comfortingly. Andrea," She said after a long while. Have you told Cassidy of these sensations?
Andrea shook her head, looking as if telling Cassidy was out of the question. No! She said in a frantic whisper. What if Cassidy wouldn't want to be my friend any more? What if she got scared of me or something?
She's so innocent in so many ways. Carey thought with an inward smile. She met Cassidy once, and could instantly tell that Cassidy was deeply in love with Andrea. She didn't blame her. Andrea, what you are feeling is something normal-
Normal? Andrea asked, cutting her off. This feeling that my heart will burst out of my body when she looks at me? These feelings that my body will melt in her arms when she holds me close to dance or just to hug me? She was turning red as she spoke, she closed her eyes with passion. I mean I was rambling on last night, and I could feel her eyes on me, all I could do was blush. My body just reacted when she kissed my hands, I felt a jolt of electricity like I'd never felt in my life with anyone. And you're telling me this is normal? She's my best friend, for God's sake!
Carey smiled patiently, her thin lips curving in a gentle smile. Do you think you may be falling in love with your best friend? Could it be impossible? She asked, bracing for any reaction.
Andrea stood up from the couch and walked over to the window, pushing her fingers through her hair and staring out at the dark city. Falling in love with Cassidy? She didn't know. I'm not. She said, shaking her head vehemently.
Carey sat back on the couch and smiled, she didn't need to press on.
That weekend, on a hot Saturday morning, Cassidy drove up to the front of Andrea's house and pressed on the horn. Not more than three minutes passed before Andrea was out the front door, packed up with a large basket and a cloth bag full of three wine bottles. Andy could hardly see above the bulk in her arms. Cassidy smiled as she got out of the car, walking over to the other side and opening the back door to place the items next to the down quilt where they would rest in the open field. Andrea had insisted that she'd provide the foods, and Cassidy would provide the comfort.
They argued extensively on this, but then Andrea always got what she wanted out of Cassidy; and this time it was to bring the food. Cassidy got stuck with bringing the down comforter, a boom box radio, and some music. She'd looked through her extensive collection, and made tasteful choices of music by women they both liked. Andrea liked the music of Sheryl Crow, Paula Cole, Natalie Imbruglia, and such. Cassidy liked pretty much the same, including K.D. Lang, Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, Loreena Mckennit, etc. All in all, they went packed with a bunch of nice relaxing woman-oriented music.
The sun was beautiful, and there was no sign of rain that day. There had been no warnings or anything. The gigantic yellowish orb was flashing its light upon this part of the world along with a gentle breeze. The weather was no more than seventy-five or eighty degrees, perfectly warm and relaxing. They drove in companionable silence with the convertible's hood down, feeling the breeze caress their faces and their hair gently. They listened to the radio on the way, a soft jazz station that had many followers, including both Andrea and Cassidy.
They drove for almost two hours before they reached Fountain Woods, the highway was comfortingly deserted and the road was relaxing. It was two o'clock in the afternoon by the time they found their spot of so long ago, setting down their quilt and radio, and food. Cassidy parked about two hundred feet from the grassy spot, and they walked over to their area of comfort. Andrea dove right in for the white wine, taking out of the basket two glass goblets for them. She gave the bottle to Cassidy to open, and then she poured them each the wine. She lay down on the comforter, propping her head on her arm and crossing her shapely legs. She was staring adoringly up at Cassidy, who was working on the music.
Indigo Girls was her first choice. The music played on low volume, but loud enough for them to hear. Cassidy turned away from the radio and lay down on the comforter also, laying her head on her bent arm and resting the goblet on the ground with her hand. She was a stunning sight to Andrea, who stared unflinchingly at her. Her blacker than black wavy hair was tied back in a soft ponytail, allowing her features to really be seen by Andrea. She wore khaki shorts and white sneakers with no socks, her smooth and muscled legs were a hypnotic sight to Andrea. Her white GAP button down shirt was loose and comfortable, the top four buttons left unbuttoned to reveal her beautiful skin beneath it.
Andrea was intensely aware of Cassidy's beautiful skin beneath the shirt, the fact that she wore no bra, and of the sensuous languor of her body. In her fascination with Cassidy, she didn't realize that Cassidy's eyes were on her also.
Unaware of Andrea's own stare, Cassidy took in the shapely beauty of her. She wore her hair in a high ponytail, her graceful and beautiful neck left exposed by the hairstyle. She wore a white cotton tube-top that was tight against her flat stomach and full chest. She wore no bra, and Cassidy could see the darker tint of her nipples. Her shorts were black, and reached above her knees, leaving the unmerciful sight of her lovely and shapely legs to Cassidy. Her pretty, small feet were encased in soft feminine sandals.
Desire was no stranger to Cassidy when it came to Andrea, but the love that was mingled with it was unbearably intense. She took a sip from the wine, and spoke: "Tell me how school was. Her voice was hoarse, and she cleared her throat.
Andrea sat up, crossing her legs and resting her elbows against her thighs. She took a sip from her goblet and laughed. It's always a new experience, every single day. She said, and shook her head. Two guys got into a fight over Roseanne Mitchell. You remember her?
Cassidy nodded, remembering the stunning energy and beauty of the Irish young girl. One night, at a dinner, she met Carey Mitchell and her highly energized and sweet young daughter. Of course I remember. She said softly, gazing at Andrea admiringly.
Andrea drew a deep breath, feeling warmed all over by Cassidy's gaze. Roseanne, at this very moment is not interested in men, She said, musing. For some reason, and I know this is not of her parents' making, she kind of gets crushes on young girls and teachers. She paused, and took a sip from her wine. Well, anyway, these two guys start fighting right in front of her. And I mean fist fighting, really going at each other's throats. Mind you, they're football players. Roseanne surprises every body by running up to them and pulling one off the other by the hair. These are big guys, too. Andrea began laughing, remembering the whole scene.
Cassidy laughed along with her, imagining Roseanne's small form pulling a huge football player off another.
So the other guy thinks she did this because she liked him better than the other, Andrea continued with a smile. And he goes up to her ready for a big romantic kiss. She looks at him as if he were stupid or retarded or something, and tells him: 'Get off me, you big idiot!' Andrea did a perfect imitation of Roseanne and her small Irish accent. 'Can't you see I have the biggest crush on Manuela Montero? Jesus, you guys are stupid!' And walks away from him as if he were a piece of garbage or something, with a look of disgust that was hilarious. She began to laugh again. Meanwhile, everybody's just staring at Manuela in surprise. And she's blushing like a tomato, and smiling from here to New York City. Seems she has a little crush on Roseanne too.
Cassidy laughed raucously, she could picture Roseanne doing all of this to the poor guy. That Roseanne is just something out of the ordinary. She finally gasped. She took a mouthful from her goblet and finished the wine. Already she was feeling lightheaded. A song she liked from the Indigo Girls, named 'Caramia' came on. She smiled at Andrea and turned up the volume. She sat up and began to sing along with the sad song, her voice perfectly matching with that of the singers. She closed her eyes. ' why are you dreaming this, one shoe off and a bridge to cross over '
Andrea studied her with wide eyes. She was so beautiful, she couldn't take her eyes away from her. ' and there's a sea full of faces and show to go on, and I'm struck mute at entrance with nothing to draw from ' Cassidy's voice was sultry, sensuous, no strain was necessary to reach those cords. Andrea felt her heart swell, her body calling for Cassidy's. She wanted to dance with her, to feel her close again. She stood up, and stared down at her, extending her hand.
Cassidy seemed to sense her movement through her concentration. She opened her eyes slowly and looked up at Andrea with wondering eyes. Andrea said softly: "Put the song over and sing it while we dance.
Cassidy was breathless as she got to her feet. She started the song all over, and stepped out of the comforter onto the grass. She took Andrea's much smaller and sweaty hand and pulled her to herself. The song began just as she pulled Andrea into her arms, wrapping one arm around her thin waist and taking her hand with the other. The instruments broke right into the song, and so did they. Cassidy pulled her close, beginning to sway, hypnotized with the song, singing into her ear. Her body was sending such signals to her brain, signals that tortured her. She was aware of the pressure of Andrea's breasts against hers, of her pelvis pressing against her abdomen, her thighs pressing against hers. She didn't know what to do, how to control her rising arousal.
She swayed their hips together just as she sang a verse that was accompanied by the beautiful sounds of violins. ' and there's a sea full of faces and a show to go on, and I'm struck mute at entrance with nothing to draw from ' Her voice gained power in this part, but it didn't bother Andrea at all. It sent a powerful sensation through her, a sensation she couldn't identify. She felt the soft rise and fall of Cassidy's breasts as she sang.
Andrea sighed against Cassidy's neck, feeling the feathery caresses of Cassidy's breath and voice against her ear. She let herself be guided by Cassidy's body, by her hands, aware of a deep feeling in her heart, a feeling that was surfacing as they danced. She picked up her hand from Cassidy's shoulder and placed it behind her head, pulling her head down closer against her ear, wanting to hear her heavenly voice forever. The end of the song came, and she didn't want to let go of her, she didn't want Cassidy to let go either. And when Cassidy tried to pull away, she wrapped both arms around her shoulders and pulled her closer.
Cassidy couldn't breathe, her feelings were so intense. The love, the desire.
Don't let me go, Cassidy, please! Andrea gasped, not able to stop herself, wanting her close. She moaned helplessly. Please
Cassidy closed her eyes against the feeling, and pulled away, removing Andrea's arms from around her neck tenderly. She held them down against Andrea's body and gazed at her with anguish. Andrea gazed up into her eyes, staring at the reflection of the sunlight against the golden brown of them. Andrea, Cassidy whispered with feeling, she closed her eyes. After a long moment, she let go of her and turned away.
Andrea closed her eyes and sat down on the comforter. Turning towards the wine bottle, she took hold of it and poured more wine into both goblets. Cassidy walked a few feet away from her and sat down on the grass, laying back and covering her eyes with both arms. Andrea listened to the other songs playing on the radio, her head full of static and jumbled thoughts and passion. The CD reached its end over a half-hour later, and Cassidy was still laying a few feet away from the comforter. Andrea stared out at her, her knees pulled up and her arms wrapped around them.
Finally, Cassidy sat up, bending her knees up and resting her forehead against them. She let her arms hang limply at her sides. She stood up after a few minutes and went back to the comforter. She sat down and stared at Andrea with wonder in her eyes. This was all the wine, Andrea. She said, trying to explain to herself what had just happened.
Andrea shook her head slowly, and looked down at her feet. I don't think so, Cassidy. She said softly, so softly that Cassidy had to lean forward to hear her. The sight of the long graceful neck sent a shiver through Andrea.
Cassidy pulled back and looked down pensively at the comforter. Suddenly, she said: "Let's just forget it, okay? She reached for the basket, and brought out the cheese, bread and mayonnaise. She glanced up at Andrea, and it was as if nothing had happened between them just an hour before. Andrea felt very hurt; that Cassidy could dismiss what had just happened so easily. Want a sandwich? Cassidy asked nonchalantly.
Andrea stared at her with hurt in her eyes, but Cassidy numbed her body against what she thought she saw, she didn't want to be mistaken. Finally, Andrea nodded, deciding to forget about it too if Cassidy was so quick to forget. Ham and Cheese, no Mayo. She directed lightly, and watched as Cassidy prepared her sandwich with graceful fingers. Fingers she wished were running through her hair, touching her skin softly She threw her head back and sighed, then looked down to see Cassidy still worrying about the sandwiches.
It was dark when the sudden unpredicted storm began. They had a large flashlight as their light, turned upwards to spread the light in all directions. Cassidy was singing along with another one of her favorites from the Indigo Girls. The song was called Burn All the Letters.
Cassidy was drunk and on her feet, lifting her feet high and stomping them on the ground with the rhythm of the song, singing beautifully at the top of her lungs: "' burn all the letters, the government's on the phone. Burn all the letters, send them to a safer home '" Andrea watched with a grin on her face, drunk too, but she didn't ask Cassidy to dance again. She was satisfied to just listen to her, to listen to the sultry voice once again come to the world with Cassidy's love of singing. She was satisfied to stare at the beautiful skin glistening with the flashlight's reflection on her sweaty skin; the shadow of Cassidy's throat and face made her seem like a moving statue of perfection.
Cassidy had her face tilted to the sky, her eyes closed in seeming rapture, and her arms flung out in a seeming plea. Only trust would allow her to be so free in front of another person, and that was the basis of their friendship. Trust in one another. ' We made our love out of dignity, we dug our nails in the dirt we loved so hard it hurt To ease my pain I took a pen and paper '
Cassidy and Andrea heard the distant but loud roll of thunder and simultaneously glanced up at the star-less sky, covered now with extremely dark clouds. They were shocked. The moon had been out, but was now completely gone. They had felt a slightly cool breeze, but didn't pay much mind to it. And they didn't pay any mind to the sudden stillness of the air around them afterwards. You didn't call the rain with your singing, did you? Andrea asked, attempting to joke in the midst of their new predicament.
Cassidy giggled and shook her head, continued to stare at the reddening sky. I didn't mean to. She returned.
The rain started almost instantly, as they clumsily scrambled to pick up their stuff and get them into the car. It seemed the sky broke open, there was a sudden wall of rain between them. They were halfway to the car already, but when they reached it, they were soaked through with the rainwater. Andrea's tied hair fell heavily from its hold and was now wet and wild as she jumped into the passenger seat. Cassidy jumped into the driver's side and remained paralyzed, staring out the windshield. They were lucky she had pulled up the top on the convertible, so the seats hadn't been soaked with the rain; but they were soaking, and wet the seats anyway.
Cassidy started the car, and turned on the windshield wipers, squinting through the windshield to see where she would go. Not drunk anymore, she turned on the high beams and shifted to drive; pressing the accelerator and moving slowly, she headed towards the road, which was barely visible through the thick wall of rain. Andrea was quiet beside her, looking out for things and lights from houses or cabins around, where they might be able to wait the storm out. The roads were slippery with rain and deserted, and it wasn't long before Cassidy's car began slipping and sliding along the road. After a few minutes of trying to keep the car under control on the road, Cassidy pulled up on the shoulder.
She was pensively quiet for a long time, trying to peer through the now fogged up windows into the dark. An occasional lightning would eerily illuminate the giant trees looming over them. The wind whipped around the car with a vengeance, sending its cool lash into the car despite the heater. Cassidy began to sneeze continuously, she began to shiver uncontrollably, feeling chill after chill running through her body. Andrea was okay, she felt a little chill and shivered slightly. She noticed Cassidy's shivering and reached over to touch her shoulder.
Cassidy pulled away from her, pressing against her door. She stared out the window at the dark, and said in quavering voice, attempting small talk: "They didn't say it was going to rain.
Andrea sighed softly, and shook her head at Cassidy's reticence. I know. She said calmly. She looked around at the darkness. Then she peered worriedly at Cassidy through the dimness and small dashboard light of the car. Now we're in deep shit. You're going to catch cold here.
I'm okay. Cassidy said, and sneezed again. I'm more worried about you. You're only wearing that little tank-top. She didn't want to look at Andrea, knowing what the sight of her engorged nipples through the soaked material would do to her. We can't drive in this weather, there can be an accident.
Andrea caught glimpse of something through the thick trees to the right side of them just as the lighting flashed. She squinted in that direction and waited until lightning flashed again. A cabin. Most likely deserted, but no doubt a better shelter than the car. Look, Cassidy. She whispered, pointing in that direction. There's a little cabin off that way. Do you think you could make it closer with the car?
Cassidy saw the cabin too, and waited for another flash of lightning to search for the road that led towards it. She shifted from parking to drive again and moved the car slowly towards the small road off the highway that led through the trees and to the cabin.
Andrea was right in her assumption.
The cabin was completely deserted, but clean despite its isolation. It seemed that an occasional person stayed there and hung around. There was a lake not far from there, where they could fish and swim. No doubt a recreational resting-place, Andrea mused, most likely belonging to a businessperson that from time to time needed a place to stay and relax. Cassidy was able to pull the car up all the way to the porch, and Andrea jumped out with the comforter and flashlight in her arms. She ran up the three wooden steps and turned to wait for Cassidy.
Cassidy was shivering uncontrollably, and she almost cried out when she felt the icy rain touch her skin and head again. She approached the door slowly and peered through the glass panes on the door. Give me the flashlight, please. She said quietly, reaching back for it. She directed the beam inside and moved it over the objects. No one in there, if there had been, they surely would have noticed the beam of light from the flashlight. There was no furniture either, which was strange for such a well kept cabin.
Cassidy stepped back from the door, and trained the beam of light on its frame, searching for maybe a secret holding place for a key or something. Andrea watched her, seeing the deep concentration on her features; she was stunningly beautiful. Cassidy reached up with her a shaky left hand and felt along the rim of the frame, where a small space was between the frame and the log walls. On the right side of the rim, Cassidy found what she was looking for; a key for the door. She smiled softly and glanced at Andrea with triumph in her eyes. She held up the key and grinned. Got it. She said softly.
Andrea smiled back at her and watched as she slipped the key into the lock and the door gave way. They stepped into the nice cabin, which was unfurnished and dusty. There was no electricity, and no sign of there ever having been electricity. It was also cold, very cold. A deep, too loud rumbling sound came from everywhere and both Andrea and Cassidy jumped. The lightning that followed said it all. Just thunder. Huddling close together, both women walked the length of the living room and went into the kitchen, searching for any kind of light.
They found a gas lamp on a wooden counter, and rejoiced.
Andy was naked under the down comforter, having been ordered by Cassidy to take them off so she could hang them to dry. Her wet hair was still loose, and far from drying. She wrapped herself tightly in the comforter, sat down on the floor next to the gas lamp. She sat in silence listening to the heavy downpour of rain pounding on the roof. Cassidy returned from the kitchen, she'd been hanging up the clothes from the counter. She now sat in front of her, shivering nearly uncontrollably. Her hair was very wet and dripping, loose around her shoulders and unkempt. She wrapped her arms around herself and rocked back and forth, her eyes closed. She sneezed again, and then coughed frighteningly hard. It was obvious to Andy that her teeth were clattering sharply.
She knew Cassidy had to take off her clothes or she would be very sick. Cassidy," She said softly, moving up closer to Cassidy and moving the lamp aside. Cassidy opened her eyes and gazed at her with glazed eyes. There was a faint line of perspiration on her forehead. Fever, Andy instantly knew. Without room for argument, Andy opened the comforter from around her body and pulled Cassidy into her embrace. At first, Cassidy was rock hard against her, but soon, she relented.
Cassidy pressed her face against Andy's tenderly, only vaguely aware that Andy was naked against her. Her clothes, soaked and heavy, clung to her body like skin. She was trembling from the chill that invaded her body down to her bones. Andy's arms were around her, her face pressed against her feverish cheek; she could smell her cologne mixed with the scent of the rain, and it was driving her wild. Cassidy trembled once again, and felt her body heat up once again with the threatening fever. Andy pulled back to gaze at Cassidy, noticing the flush in her cheeks and another faint line of perspiration across her upper lip. She began unbuttoning Cassidy's shirt, she knew she needed to do this to keep her warm.
Cassidy's lips were slightly parted, her breath was coming in short gasps of impending sickness. She took hold of Andy's hands, stopping their action to undress her. Andy gasped at the strength of Cassidy's shivering hands around hers. She stared at Cassidy, seeing the half-lidded gaze coming from her eyes. I have to, Cassidy, Andy whispered. I have to undress you, you're getting sick.
Cassidy's hands softened and released Andy's. Slowly and cautiously, to not get that reaction again, Andy continued unbuttoning the shirt. As more tautly smooth skin was exposed, Andy became aware of a tingling in her body, a small electric-like charge running between her legs and an unnatural wetness growing between her lips. She took her eyes away from the flat muscled plane of Cassidy's stomach and the perfect round swell of her breasts to stare into her eyes. The golden hue of her eyes, accentuated by the lamplight, had intensified as Cassidy now gazed intently at her, her rosy tongue gently licking at her dried lips.
Her eyes gazing into Cassidy's with growing awareness, Andy began unbuttoning the wet shorts. She was aware of Cassidy's smooth skin pressing against the back of her fingers. She lowered the zipper slowly, realizing that her breath was short and that her body was tingling like never before.
Cassidy's hands came to life again, to remove her shirt and reveal the beautiful bronze skin of her upper torso. Her nipples were erect, Goosebumps pervaded the flawless flesh. Her gracefully long hands went to her shorts, she pulled them down and off. Andy's breath caught in her throat at the sight of the beautiful lines of Cassidy's hips, the sight of the thin fine hair between her tautly muscled thighs. She forced her eyes up, feeling a flame burn her from inside, following the rich planes of the smooth skin, the beautiful curves of her breasts, the glorious shape of her lips, and finally the heavenly gold-brown of her eyes.
Cassidy's eyes were studious of Andy, gauging her reaction to her body. Despite her rising fever, she felt the passion race through her body and take possession of her mind as she sought to control it. Andy," She whispered hoarsely. She lifted both her hands to touch the sweet softness of Andy's face. She pulled her close, and shuddered at the feeling of Andy's fingertips gliding across the taut flesh of her arms. With a deep in-drawn breath, she pulled Andy's face to hers to touch their lips together for the very first time in their lives. Andy's body jerked in response, a hot sliver of heat flashed through her body. Cassidy's lips were so silky against hers, so warm and tasting of the wine they'd consumed and the rain. Andy moaned, opening her mouth to feel the silky tongue touch hers in a moment's flash.
And then it was gone, and Andy pushed her own tongue into Cassidy's silky mouth, trying to find the heavenly softness again. But Cassidy held back, though she never took her lips from Andy's. Andy lifted her hands from Cassidy's arms and moved to wrap her arms around Cassidy, but Cassidy took a hold of her hands and held them down. Andy groaned, fought against her hands as she tried to loosen her own to touch the flesh she knew would be so delicious to her fingers. Again, a flicker of her tongue against Andy's, and Andy felt her body would explode with heat; the wetness between her thighs, the flower of her pleasure engorged to the point of aching. She moaned softly.
She never knew she wanted something so much in her life, and the realization that she wanted Cassidy so much sent a sliver of fear through her. But that didn't stop her desire, it only intensified, it only made it stronger and able to destroy the fear and thought and all else that came along with it.
They were on their knees, by Cassidy's doing, bodies inches apart. Andy was powerless and weak with desire. Through her lustful haze, Andy knew that Cassidy was so much stronger than she was, and that anything she did to bring their bodies closer would only result in Cassidy overpowering her even more. But she wanted to be overpowered. She wasn't prepared when Cassidy pushed her hands backwards, pushed Andy down on the blanket, managing so that their bodies still didn't touch. She kneeled above her, this time pushing her tongue deep into her mouth, demanding from her what Andy knew she'd be willing to give.
She didn't belong to herself any more, Andy realized as she felt Cassidy's thighs graze against her inner thighs, she belonged to Cassidy. Nothing else mattered but the feel of Cassidy's lips against hers and her tongue inside her mouth. She tried to free her arms, she wanted to grab Cassidy's body and yank her downwards to hers, but Cassidy tightened her grip and held her arms imprisoned, stretched out on either side of her.
Cassidy possessed her, and Andy knew she was helpless and that she would ride the ecstasy only her kisses brought her. Cassidy pulled her lips away from her mouth to bring them to her body, and Andy's body was on fire, her blood was on fire. She moaned, feeling Cassidy's lips against her neck, kissing softly, and opening to allow the warm tongue access to the smooth skin. To Andy's joy, Cassidy finally lowered her body to press it against hers, and Andy was overwhelmed by silky sensation; she felt the sweat break out of her skin, felt the heat of Cassidy's body enter her, take a hold of her.
She cried out in desperate desire, not able to extricate her hands from Cassidy's grasp. Cassidy, oh! She groaned heatedly, feeling Cassidy's lips moving in feathery caresses over her chest skin then towards her breasts. She was aware of nothing but Cassidy's round breasts pressing against her stomach, of her hips pressing between her thighs, the quick hot sensation of breath close to her nipple. She arched, pressing the heels of her feet against the back of Cassidy's muscular thighs.
Cassidy entwined their fingers, held her hands secured against the floor. Her lips wound around a hard nipple, her teeth gently sinking and teasing. She sucked on the nipples until Andy was sore, until Andy's cries became louder and more passionate. Cassidy groaned audibly, feeling the swollen nipple press against her lapping tongue, the wetness press against her stomach; she tightened her grasp compulsively on Andy's hands, feeling her body tremble. She was quivering between her legs, wet beyond salvation, her passion for Andy unleashed. Nothing would stop her now. She felt the grip of Andy's hands beneath hers tighten, felt the short nails press against the back of her hands; she felt Andy's hips lift under her, the trembling heave of her stomach against her breasts as she gasped her arousal to the world.
Cassidy wasn't thinking any more, she'd become the love she felt; her body was love, love that was giving itself to the woman who'd so innocently consumed her heart, whose pleasure was sending electric currents through her own body, which was love full of also. She pressed her hips into her, groaning fervently, feeling her wetness soak her skin. Her heart beat at a pace never matched before, her desire mingled with her love was driving her insane; her mouth was no longer gentle. She felt Andy arch beneath her as she moved lower down the center of her chest, kissing the sweaty flesh of her supple stomach lingeringly and wetly.
She never thought this would happen, never imagined it would this wonderful. To make love to Andy was a dream come true.
Andy was incandescent, flashes of fire danced before her eyes. And when she felt her hands mercifully released only to be replaced by the feeling of a strong arm moving beneath her buttocks to wrap around her waist, cradling her hips upwards. She moaned in anticipation of what she knew was to come; what she knew she needed.
Cassidy lay sideways, her face pressed against the side of Andy's quivering abdomen, her right hand beginning a slow caress along the quivering inner thighs. She could smell the sweet scent of her desire, and wanted to taste it; but that had to wait, her sense of touch would be satisfied first. Her hand caressed lightly, moving closer towards the heat that was awaiting her. To wetness that was dripping, to throbbing that so desperately needed satisfaction.
Andy cried out loudly, anticipating the satisfying touch that only Cassidy's smooth fingers could provide. Cassidy's breathing quickened, became low breathy moans as she felt the heat approach her fingers. With one swift move, she sank her fingers into the deliciously scented sea of Andy's desire. Oh, God! So " Cassidy gasped, feeling her own heat increase in temperature and wetness. Wet! Oh, my God So wonderful!
She closed her eyes against the rush of passion that ran through her head and body. And touched the soft engorged clitoris, stroked gently at the sensitive bud, gathered the wetness from beneath and spread it there to open it to caress between the silken sheets that covered the bud. She felt Andy's stomach heaving, quivering against her cheek. Andy sent a breathless cry to the ceiling, paralyzed now by the pleasure coursing through her body. She couldn't breathe, move, her throat constricted as passion took a fisted hold of her lungs.
A breathless whisper: "Cassidy
Cassidy felt her own wetness grow more, felt the fast beating of her heart between her legs. Andy thrust her hips quickly, overcome with love and passion for Cassidy; she couldn't think, all she could do was feel the electric currents of pleasure from Cassidy's caress. She wanted her inside, wanted the long graceful fingers to enter her and bring forth what she knew would be the most fantastic ecstatic orgasm. Please! She begged Cassidy with a throaty cry, grasping her shoulder with one hand and with the other, pulling the beautiful face tightly against her quivering stomach.
Cassidy understood her plea very well, and wanted nothing more than to please her. Her other hand grasping the plush hip in her own frantic pleasure, she inserted one long finger into the flowing fountain, crying out as a lightning fast quiver shot through her own body from between her legs. Andy was pure sensation, the violent quivering the only response she could muster. She was enraptured with the finger that was curving upwards inside her, touching that quarter inch of sensitivity over and over again. She convulsed again and again, drawing deep audible breaths but being unable to release them in her orgasmic pleasure. She finally let out a breathless cry as Cassidy pulled out her finger, only to plunge it in again accompanied with another.
Andy could feel the tears leaving her eyes and streaming down her temples, could feel the quivers inside herself as Cassidy was moving in and out of her, stroking that quarter inch of pleasure with each outward stroke. It was becoming unbearable, this pleasure, this orgasm that was building inside her to release in an incredible gush of ecstasy. She pulled at Cassidy's hair, trembling all over, crying out throatily over and over again. Oh oh oh Cassidy! She arched.
Cassidy's fingers increased their relentless demand, until Andy began quivering inside in ecstasy. She stopped their movement and held them very still inside her, concentrating on the strong clenching and unclenching of the flesh around her fingers. Andy gave a prolonged husky cry in her ecstatic oblivion, her hips thrusting high upwards against Cassidy's strong fingers inside her as she came over and over again. She was in a state of release for long minutes, coming again at the slightest movement of Cassidy's fingers inside her. A long while later, she lay in quiet lassitude, struggling to catch her breath.
Cassidy lay with her head resting on her stomach, her fingers still cradled gently inside Andy. She was exhausted, and so was Andy, who lay with her legs open to her fingers, moving her hips languorously against them. She pulled at Cassidy's shoulders, wanting her to cover her body with her own, needing her comfort. Cassidy complied, lying above her and whispering tender kisses on the skin of her face and neck; she felt Andy's fingers trailing slowly along her long back, felt her legs wrap tightly around her waist. She trailed kisses all over her cheeks, over her closed eyelashes, over the smooth nose and then her velvety lips. Andy opened her mouth to her and Cassidy slipped her tongue inside, holding her head prisoner between her hands.
Not long passed before both women were once again in full state of arousal, and were making love with more intensity. Neither spoke one word to the other, their bodies speaking all the language there was to speak. They made love again and again that night, accompanied by the soft love song of the rain.
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Hair Transplant Surgery
Thinking about hair transplant surgery? Transplants are becoming more popular as they are currently the only real way to restore your natural growing hair.
In this type of surgery hair follicles that are not genetically susceptible to balding (usually on the back and sides of the head) are taken and surgically replanted into a balding area (like the top of your head or front hairline). The transplanted hair is not genetically programmed to be lost. So most of this transplanted hair will continue to grow for a lifetime, giving you a fuller head of hair and a more youthful look.
This has some definite advantages over other hair loss treatments. For example, it's a one time cost - you don't have to mess with gels, special shampoos or lotions for the rest of your life. You also don't have to take prescription drugs for hair loss - which can have serious side effects.
But what options do you have if you're considering surgery?
#1 FUT - Follicular Unit Transplant
This is the most popular type of transplant. It's also called FUSS (follicular unit strip surgery) or the strip method and has also been around for a long time.
With this method, a narrow strip of hair is taken from the back of your scalp (where you aren't prone to thinning). The grafts from the strip are then separated and implanted into the balding areas. The donor area is closed up with sutures or staples. These will be removed in several days or absorbed.
Depending on several factors, you may have a small scar in the donor area (which will be covered by your growing hair). Approximate downtime can run from 1 week to a month, depending on the situation, how well you heal, etc.
The benefits of this type of surgery is that you can usually get a lot of grafts transplanted in one session - so results can be dramatic. Also, the cost per graft is more affordable than the FUE method below.
#2 FUE - Follicular Unit Extraction
This is a newer technique that some doctors (not all) are starting to offer. It involves harvesting each hair follicle separately from the back and sides of the head. Then each hair follicle is transplanted into the balding area. There is no scalpel strip cutting or any deep surgery with this method.
The benefits are that you get less scarring with this method plus the recovery time can be shorter. This is a good method for some guys who want to get "touch-ups" as they lose their hair over time.
The downside is that this tends to be pricier because it's more labor intense and you also can't do as many hair grafts per session.
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Laser Hair Removal
Laser hair removal is a medical treatment that uses a laser – a pulsating beam of light, to remove unfavorable hair. If you are not happy or getting impatient of plucking, waxing or shaving to remove unwanted hair, so, laser hair removal is a good option you can consider.
Laser treatment is one of the most preferable cosmetic procedures. During laser hair removal, a laser beam passes through the skin to an individual hair follicle. The intense heat of the laser damages the hair follicle, which prevents future hair growth. It is most effective for people who have dark hair and light skin. Dermatologists remove unwanted body and facial hair safely and more efficiently by using laser treatment.
You can have better clear and hairless skin that is smooth and so touchable!
Types of Laser Hair Removal
Body hair removal can achieve by using different types of laser, and these methods are becoming over the year more safe, quick and often painless to eliminate hair. Different type of lasers offers certain advantages which are as follows.
Ruby lasers
Ruby laser is so painless. It works by slowly emitting heat before and after each laser blast the treatment, making it less aware. The hairs can precisely target, and there is little harm done to the skin. This treatment is often recommended for those people who have light skin tone.
Alexandrite lasers
Alexandrite lasers are the almost universal system. It develops to allow hair removal treatments for a wide range of hair color and skin tone. From the alexandrite laser, red light is release, which is usually for producing minimal re-growth, it combines with the heat produces, which damages the hair follicles.
Nd: YAG
Nd: YAG is also referring to 'Neodymium.' It emits infra-red light and can use in conjunction with a carbon lotion. It allows the laser to penetrate deep enough to the hair follicle to remove the unwelcome hair. It's a new type of laser to hair removal treatments, which is very effective in removing hair. The treatment might need repetition, however, as the results sometimes fade over time.
Diode laser
It works to perform effective hair removal while protecting the skin and producing as little damage as possible.
Intense Pulsed Light laser (IPL)
It emits very short bursts of light at high speed. The strength of the IPL and frequency of the bursts can be easily controlled, allowing it to be used on sensitive skin and over a range of different skin pigments. It rarely has side effects.
Cost of Treatment
It is hard to predict the exact number of sessions a person needs for laser hair removal as it depends on the size of the area. In general cost of Laser Hair Removal varies from $100 to $500 per treatment session depending on other factors and one geographic area to another.
Why Laser Hair Removal
Waxing/Shaving is worse for the skin & is also more time taking. People like to prefer a permanent form of hair removal treatment as compared to the periodical process of shaving, plucking or waxing. Moreover, these traditional or temporary methods of removing hair will not only take a lot of time out of your life but also cause rashes, marks, and ingrown hairs. Laser Hair Removal helps in removing our hair easily without spending hours on these temporary methods. It is a more cost effective method and above all a permanent solution.
Keratosis Pilaris Caused by and Worsened by Waxing & Shaving
Keratosis Pilaris – a condition where hair gets trap under the skin because the skin cells overproduce, thereby not allowing the hair to pierce through the skin. This results in red bumps on the skin, rough and particularly on the arms, back, and legs. Sometimes the hairs poke through, but you end up with deep marks from the inflammation in the end. It worse with each cycle of shaving, plucking or waxing and then when hair regrows they get stuck over and over again under the skin. It is also referring to the chicken skin or chicken bumps, which is only curable through permanent laser hair removal.
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Breast Reduction Surgery
Breast Reduction is also known as Reduction Mammoplasty. Breast Reduction is the best choice for those women who wants to reduce the breast size or extremely large breasts. It is a procedure that removes skin, fat, and tissue while lifting the breasts, to alleviate the discomfort associated with overly large breasts. It reshapes the breasts so that they are proportionate to the rest of your body.
Cost of Surgery
Breast Reduction cost varies from $3000 to $8000 depending on other factors and one geographic area to another.
Suitable Candidate
Extra large or heavy breasts can cause emotional, and health issues. In addition to these problems, you may also experience physical pain. The weight of heavy breasts can impair your ability to lead an active life. So, Breast Reduction is a good solution if you:
- Don't smoke
- Are physically healthy
- Feels that your breasts are too large
- Shoulder indentations from bra straps
- Finished having children and breastfeeding
- One breast that's much bigger than the other
- Have backaches, neck aches, or skin irritation
- Poor posture or numbness in parts of your breasts
- Are self-consciousness about the largeness of your breasts
Breast Reduction surgery generally takes three to five hours. There is usually no need for an overnight stay after the surgery.
First, your skin will be marked by a surgical marker to indicate where the incisions will be made. These markings or indication signs are necessary because the breasts change its shape when you are lying on your back.
You get general anesthesia for the surgery. The incisions will depend on the breast size such as breasts sagging, nipple-areola location. If Areolas are too large, then it can be made smaller. After the incision, excess fat, skin, and tissue will be removed with a scalpel and/or cautery instrument based on the size breast you desire. If your breasts are uneven or unequal, then the excess part is removed from one breast. After that, the breast skin and fat will be reshaped to create a symmetrical and more youthful breast. The incisions will close with sutures.
The Breast Reduction procedure helps to alter the weight, firmness, size, and shape of the breasts. You may decide to have breast reduction surgery.
Feel more comfortable – Heavy breasts cause health issues such as neck and back pain, posture problem, skin irritation. It reduces limitations and embarrassment during participating in sports or other activities due to the heavy breast. Many times, some physical activities are also painful and awkward for women having large breasts.
Alter your appearance – Large and heavy breasts are embarrassing, when they are out of proportion to your weight and height. Young Women and teenagers, especially having large breasts, feel self-conscious in wearing swimsuits and other clothing.
- Breast Reduction always leaves some scars on the breasts. But the scars varies from person to person, the type of incision. Usually, scars fade over time. But in some cases, scars remain very noticeable long after surgery.
- Unevenly positioned nipples or breasts that are not the same size or shape.
- Inability to breastfeed after surgery
- Less commonly, damage to the breast's blood supply may occur during surgery. This may delay the skin's healing process. Loss of part or all of the nipple and areola can also occur sometimes.
- Excessive bleeding during surgery.
- Infection
- Reaction to the anesthesia
These risks can be serious or even life-threatening, but they rarely occur.
Side Effects
Discomfort and Soreness – Discomfort and Soreness are very common health issues after any kind of surgery. It is quite tolerable, especially after the first few days. Pain medication can heal this soreness.
Bruising Around the Breasts – Bruising is one of the common side effects of the surgeries. To reduce bruising, refraining from strenuous activities and resting well are good ways.
Swelling of the Bustline – Swelling is normal in the early part of the healing process. Wearing Surgical bra/dressings and resting well as instructed helps in keeping swelling manageable.
Changes In Sensation – After breast reduction surgery, you might experience a different type of sensation on the nipple areas and on breasts.
Breast Augmentation Surgery
Breast Augmentation or Augmentation Mammoplasty or Breast Enlargement is a cosmetic surgical procedure that helps in increasing the size of a woman's breast or restores breast volume, shape & texture. It can be done by breast implants or fat transfer. Breast implants usually enhance or enlarge an existing breast size. It also helps in reconstructing a breast that has been removed as a result of a mastectomy.
Types of Breast Augmentation
There are following two ways of Breast Augmentation Surgery:-
- Breast Implants: – A breast implant is a Breast-shape sack consisting of a fluid or gel-like material. It is implanted behind or in place of a female breast through reconstructive or cosmetic surgery. It changes the size, shape, and contour of a woman's breast. Moreover, breast implants can restore a natural looking breast for post–mastectomy patients. It also corrects breasts that are unequal because of congenital defects and deformities. There are two types of breast implants: saline and silicone.
- a. Saline Implants: – Filled with sterile salt water. These implants are FDA approved for augmentation in women age 18 or older and provide a uniform shape and firmness. If in case the implant shell leaks, the saline implant will collapse and the saline will be absorbed and naturally expelled by the body.
- b. Silicone Implants: – Filled with silicone gel. These implants are FDA approved for augmentation in women age 22 or older. The gel feels a bit more like natural breast tissues. If the implant leaks, the gel may remain within the implant shell. A leaking implant filled with silicone gel will not collapse.
- Fat Transfer: – Breast Augmentation with Autologous fat transfer usually uses or injects fat taken from other parts of the body through the process of liposuction. However, this option is for those women who prefer or are looking for a relatively small increase in breast size.
Breast Augmentation Cost
In general cost of breast augmentation including implants varies from $2500 to $7000 depending on other factors and one geographic area to another.
Suitable Candidates
You may be a candidate for breast augmentation surgery if:-
- Breasts are sagging
- Improve your body image
- Your breasts are too small
- Breasts are different in size
- Breasts are different in shape
- Make you look better in clothes
- You want to increase self-esteem and confidence.
- Want to restore lost size that occurs from breast feeding or weight loss
- For reconstructive purpose or breast reconstruction due to breast cancer
Breast Augmentation Procedure
As the breasts can continue to develop until a woman reaches her early 20s or late teens, the FDA requires that women should be at least 18 years old to get the breast augmentation surgery with saline breast implants and at least 22 years old to receive silicone breast implants.
In breast augmentation using implants, your surgeon gives you anesthesia and makes an incision, lifts the breast tissue, creates a pocket in the breast area and breast implants will then place under it. The surgeon will then close the incisions with stitches, or sutures, after the assurance of proper implant placement.
An additional option for breast augmentation is fat transfer, a process in which your surgeon removes your own fat, from a fat-yielding body part (such as your abdomen, thighs, or flanks) using liposuction procedure, processes it and then injects it into your breast pocket.
Aesthetic Improvement: – Breast Augmentation surgery with implantation, enlarges breast size and enhances a woman's figure and improves body contour. It adds curves and enhancement to the body's profile for an appearance that is more conventionally attractive. It also improves the shape and restores breast or breast size due to small size or mastectomy. If the size of a woman's breast is unequal, then a single breast implant can make the breasts more symmetric and attractiveness.
Increased Confidence: – Inadequacy and low level of confidence level are common factors when a woman feels that the size of her breasts is small. These feelings can be eliminated after having a successful breast augmentation surgery that adds youthful contours to the breasts and enhances the overall appearance of the body. Breast Augmentation surgery helps in regaining the self-confidence.
Post Mastectomy Option: – The removal of one or both breasts for cancer treatment, can be traumatic for many women. Women choose to undergo breast augmentation surgery, to achieve the most natural look and also to regain the bust line they had before cancer or mastectomy.
Possible breast augmentation surgery risks include:
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Anesthesia risk
- Scarring of the skin
- Pain, which may persist
- Implant rupture or leakage
- Fluid accumulation (seroma)
- Possibility of revisional surgery
- Changes in breast sensation or nipple
- Wrinkling of the skin over the implant
Hair Transplant Surgery, Types, Benefits, Risk
Hair Transplant is a surgical process to restore lost hair. Hair transplant has become increasingly popular because it is the only correct way to restore the natural growth of the hair. During this operation, the hair root is implanted taken from the areas of the scalp, beard, etc. on the balding part.
Many men and women suffer from hair loss. The Hair loss is not that could, especially for women, and has made people feel bad about his or her appearance. Men have the masculine hormone DHT, which destroys the hair follicles in the center and front areas of the head. Women have the hormone DHT as well, due to which, when they are younger they have more estrogen, which balances the amount of DHT and therefore are not affected by it.
To regain your hair growth and confidence level, hair transplant surgery is currently the best solution for hair loss. Hair transplant cosmetic surgeries can go a long way in helping you improve your appearance. Accordingly, your confidence levels will improve too!
Types of Hair Transplant
There are basically 2 methods of hair transplant surgery namely:-
FUE – Follicular Unit Extraction
It involves harvesting each hair follicle from the back and sides of the head separately. Then transplants each hair follicle into a bald area. Without a scalpel or with any deep manipulation of this method.
The advantage of this is that you get less scarring in this way plus the recovery time will be shorter.
FUT – Follicular Unit Transplant
This is the most popular type of transplant technique. It's also called strip method or FUSS (follicular unit strip surgery) and has also been around for a long time.
This technique takes the hair strips from the back of your scalp (which is not easy to thin). Then separate graft from the strip and place in a bald area. For the closure of an area, sutures are used. It took several days to remove.
The advantage of this operation or FUT technique is that you can often get a lot of graft transplant in a session – such a result may be dramatic. Also, the cost per graft is relatively inexpensive.
Cost of Hair Transplant
The cost of Hair Transplant is dependent upon the number of follicles to implant. In general, the cost of 3000 Hair follicle transplant varies from $1500 to $4000 depending on other factors and one geographic area to another.
Best Candidates
Candidates for hair transplantation must have healthy hair growth on the back and side of the head as donor areas. The donation area or donor areas are the places on the head from which grafts and flaps are taken. Other factors, such as hair color, texture and ripple or curl, can also affect the cosmetic effect. The best candidates for hair restoration surgery are following:
- Those who lost their hair due to five years of male pattern hair loss.
- Individuals who want to provide themselves a youthful appearance.
- Men and women who have lost hair due to trauma or burns.
- People who lost their hair due to other cosmetic procedures such as facelifts.
Benefits of Hair Transplant
Natural Process
No chemicals or drugs used that can damage your hair during this process. The technique of hair implantation in all hair transplant surgery is the most natural. The results are excellent that majority of the people won't be able to tell that you got a hair transplant.
Eliminate Balding
You do not have to worry about hairline back or bald on your head because hair transplant can solve all the problems. The growth of hair after transplantation is not as good as it is naturally, but it is very close to it.
Low Maintenance
Hair transplantation works just like your naturally growing hair, so you do not need to use any special chemical shampoo or keep it denser.
Hair transplant surgery is usually safe when performed by a qualified, experienced committee certified cosmetic surgeon. However, physical reactivity and healing abilities differ from person to person.
In transplants, some grafts may not "take." While in some cases, the hair contained within the plug falls off before they get regenerated at the new place. Therefore, the operation gets repeated. Occasionally, a patient transplant plug-in will notice a small lump on the scalp, a form of grafting. These places usually observed around the hair.
Side Effects
Minor side effects like hair fall for a short time after the surgery. The traumatic effect on the scalp may reduce a bit of your already decaying hair. Secondly, scars or some wounds resulting out of the transplantation of hair follicles from one part of the body to others are well-known effects.
Infection in a hair transplant surgery may have a significant impact. While this is a very rare occurrence, it can cause other physical problems.
Tattoo Removal Cost, Procedure, Side Effects
Cost of Tattoo Removal
Each Tattoo is unique and requires a different number of treatment sessions. It is hard to predict the exact number of sessions a person needs as it depends on the type and color of the tattoo ink, the depth of the tattoo ink into the skin and the method of the tattoo application. In general cost of Tattoo Removal varies from $100 to $500 per treatment session depending on other factors and one geographic area to another.
Methods used for Tattoo Removal
Dermabrasion: – Dermabrasion is a procedure to remove damage and defects in the upper layers of the skin. Although successful for mild skin exploitation and resurfacing, but when used for removing tattoos you would need to go fairly deeply into the skin. This can cause scarring, infections or calluses. So this method requires extreme cautions for tattoo removal.
Excision: – This is a surgical method of tattoo removal. One will fully get rid of the tattoo with this approach and won't be left with any pigment in the skin. However, this is a drastic measure to take and should only be done if the area is very large and other methods have proven fruitless. It has a lengthy healing time and left with some scars.
Laser Treatment: – Laser surgery is the best method with an effective solution to eliminate a tattoo. The Laser Tattoo Removal method takes multiple sessions to remove the tattoo.
Procedure of Laser Tattoo Removal
To make you more comfortable, Doctor can use a local anesthetic before treatment. You will wear protective eye goggles during treatment as the laser can affect your eyes. The procedure can last from 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the size and type of your tattoo.
The Treatment is conducted every 4 weeks for a course of 6 to 10 sessions. However, many patients need additional treatment sessions, up to 20 sessions in some cases.
You need repeating sessions to lighten the tattoo, and sometimes it may not be possible to remove all the ink completely. Bright, colorful tattoos are the most difficult to remove and requires frequent sessions.
Factors Affecting Tattoo Removal
Age: – The age of the tattoo and the age of the client both will have a major effect on the ease of tattoo removal. Like other things, the skin ages with time, which makes it harder to remove tattoos and ink both. Also, a person's immune system also affects the treatment.
The effect of the tattoo's age is smaller, but it is still a factor to consider. The length of time the tattoo has been on the skin can indicate that may have further sunk into the dermis and become harder to remove.
Location of the Tattoo: – Tattoo's body position will have a great impact on the removal and healing of the removal.
Color and Composition of Ink: – The quality of the inks used can vary widely, and some inks are harder to remove. This variance means that we won't know precisely how the ink will react to lasers until surgeon begun treatment.
Side Effects of Laser Tattoo Removal
It does not cause any serious risks or complications if it is performed properly and correctly. However, it does cause certain minimal side effects that are common and temporary.
- Redness, bruising, and swelling of the skin is temporary side effects.
- If your skin is allergic to laser treatment, it can leave permanent scarring behind, but it is not common.
- In some cases, the treatment can also cause hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation.
- The treatment area may darken regarding cosmetic tattoos. Such as eyeliner, lip liner, and eyebrows and it may require further treatments.
Recovery from Treatment
After the procedure, you may temporarily experience swelling and possibly blistering or bleeding. You must keep the area covered with a clean, sterile bandage for about one week after treatment until the skin heals.


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Emma Stone Dating Andrew Garfield?
Looks like Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield are mixing business with pleasure. According to an Us Weeklyreport, the two stars of the highly anticipated 'The Amazing Spider-Man' are more than just friends.
"They got close during filming and have been hooking up," a source tells the magazine.
The timing would seem to be perfect as the two are both single now–Kieran CulkinGarfieldShannon Woodward
"They haven't gone public, but he's told his friends," the insider adds.


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For the past few years my sago palm has had "frizzle top," and I was told to add Epsom salts. I did and have not seen any improvement during the past two years. What is wrong?
You are using the wrong chemical. Many people get magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) confused with manganese sulfate. I come across several people each year that make the same mistake, so don't feel bad.
Frizzle top, caused by the deficiency of manganese, is common in sago palms. As the condition develops, new leaves near the top of the plant first turn yellow and then tan and take on a zigzag or accordion appearance and look frizzled. To correct and/or prevent frizzle top, apply 1 to 5 pounds - depending on plant size - of manganese sulfate to the soil annually. Frizzle top is more common where soil pH is too alkaline or where roots are staying too wet.
Using a citrus or palm fertilizer will help. They contain both magnesium and manganese along with other nutrients need by the sago.
What is the best way to save tomato seeds from the plants I am harvesting now?
Tomato seeds are surrounded by a gelatinous material that is there to inhibit the seed from germinating in the tomato. This needs to be removed.
Cut your tomato in half, and scoop out the seeds. Wash off the bulk of the jelly in a sieve or a kitchen strainer.
Put the seeds in a glass of water and squirt in some dishwashing liquid. Let this set overnight. Viable tomato seeds will sink to the bottom, but the immature seeds will float. Scoop out any immature seeds, and then strain the good seeds through a fine sieve. Let the seeds dry on coffee filter paper or a china plate. If you use paper towels, you'll never get the little seeds unstuck.
When the seeds are dry, store in an airtight container in the fridge or a cool, dry place.
Tom Bruton is a master gardener with the Duval County Extension Service and the University of Florida/IFAS.


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Meet Michelle & Michael - Las Vegas Engagement Photos
I'd like you to meet Michelle and Michael. Mike was the trainer trying desperately to be professional with the new girl at the gym. Michelle was the new girl who just wouldn't let the sweet guy get away.
"Mike is the guy who turned all of my no's into yes'. Before I met Mike, I never wanted to get married, have kids or have a wedding. Within weeks of dating Mike all of those ideas slowly changed to yes' without any hesitation. My friends were flabbergasted but my dad said he always knew I would meet a man who would change my mind. I had never had this feeling before where his happiness was intertwined with my happiness. I knew that I wanted Mike to be my partner in life. "
When Michelle & Mike first called, we bonded immediately. I loved listening to Michelle tell me about how from the moment she met Mike she just knew that there was something different and special about him, how he was the perfect combination of shy and sweet, but once you get him talking very funny, how she just knew that he would be a great father someday, and that they couldn't wait to start a family.
They were so excited about not only their wedding, but their future marriage! I just loved them and thought, "Here's a couple I really want to work with!"
Michelle and Michael are getting married this spring at the Siena Golf Club. The day is being planned around great food and drinks, with lots of dancing and a few cool surprises.
Having asked for a wedding that is timeless, romantic, and ethereal, you can expect gorgeous, soft colors, beautiful flowers (from Naakiti Floral, natch!) and spectacular lighting.
One of the best things about being a Las Vegas wedding planner with a Las Vegas couple means that we get to go do a lot of very cool things together! I am honored to have been able to be with Michelle when she picked out her wedding gown at Couture Bridal, when she and her girls selected their bridesmaids dresses at Bella Bridesmaids, and when she met with Ella Gagiano, who will handle the trifecta of photo, video and photo booth!
But one of my favorite moments (aside from the many lunches I get to share with this kindred-souled foodie!) was when I met Mike at my gym, which he now trains at! I am certain he thought that I was a crazy person as I hailed him over from my stair climber, but the moment I told him that I was his wedding planner his face just lit up! The absolute joy and excitement he had was adorable. Michelle was right - he is a little shy. But the one thing he just couldn't hide was how much he loves her and wants to marry her. As we talked he said things like "I'm really excited" and "I can't wait."
Neither can I! Thank you for letting me be a part of your lives! I promise to make your wedding wonderful!


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Switched (Trylle Trilogy #1)
Publication: 1st January 2012
Publisher: Tor/Pan Macmillan Australia
Pages: 238
Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until eleven years later that Wendy finds out her mother might've been telling the truth.
With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed - and it's one she's not sure if she wants to be a part of.
With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed - and it's one she's not sure if she wants to be a part of.
My Thoughts.
I loooved this book I'm so grateful for Pan Macmillan for picking this book up and releasing it in paperback.
This book was amazing and now I'm hanging out desperately to read the next two in the series.
Wendy was at her sixth birthday party when her mother tried to kill her telling her that she wasn't her daughter and somebody switched her at birth, eleven years later and Wendy is at another new school after being thrown out of quite a few and her brother and Aunt having to move constantly to enrol her at new schools.
A week ago a new boy Finn started at her school and he constantly stares at Wendy, initially creeped out she goes to the school dance and Finn shows up it's there he realises that Wendy has a power she can influence people using her mind to get them to do what she wants.
Later that night she finds him outside her bedroom window and it's then he tells her she's a changeling part of the Trylle who are trolls and he needs to take her back to Forening her birthplace because of her increasing powers, it's there she finds out that she's the princess of her people and she's expected to begin to learn how to one day rule.
She finds herself falling for Finn but they can't be together because she's royalty and he's not and her mother the Queen forbids it.
Wendy also has to deal with bad trolls known as Vittra who want her for their own
I cannot say enough good things about this book and I strongly suggest everyone check it out.
I give this 5/5
A big thanks to Jane @ Pan Macmillan Australia


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Ace Camp | Bea Peltre | East County Clare, Ireland
I've just returned from Ireland after spending time in East County Clare and with the group who signed up, more than a year ago, for the Ace Camp with Bea Peltre. As I sit at my computer in the dark wide awake very early in the day I am reminiscing about our time as I look through the photos.
This Ace Camp was all about the food and culture of Ireland as told through the styling of their food; desserts, produce, meats and cheese. It was also about adventuring through East County Clare, Ireland to visit small towns, charity shops, restaurants, pubs and other spontaneous journeys that unfold as they do.
Before I post some images of our trip I'd like to thank Bea Peltre for her help in making this Ace Camp such a success.
Thank you Bea and all that joined in and thank Alison Bell, who is a childhood (and adult) friend of mine, who came as our chef.


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The Librarians Season 4 to Premiere in December
The Librarians are back! Season four of TNT's fantasy series THE LIBRARIANS is slated to launch with a two-episode premiere on a new night, Wednesday, December 20, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth, John Harlan Kim and John Larroquette will return for season 4. Noah Wyle will recur in seven of twelve episodes this coming season.
"In this season of The Librarians, our heroes embark on new, action-packed adventures, risking their lives once again to save the world. They face off against Santa's brother the Patron Saint of Thieves, try to save a town plagued by ghosts from the Civil War, battle a casino that steals luck, endure a body switching fiasco and join forces with a time traveling Librarian from the past. But their greatest challenge will come from within the Library itself. With Charlene no longer tethered to the Library, which keeps it grounded to humanity, one Librarian and one Guardian must step up and take the mantle. As Jenkins organizes the Tethering Ceremony, the high ritual that will bond the pair to the Library forever, thus granting them immortality, Flynn and Baird seem poised to make this sacrifice. Until a woman from Flynn's past reveals herself to be one of the Library's dirty little secrets."
Original article can be found HERE.


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Secrets to Success
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Artnr: B168
Laureano Ruiz is the guru of Spanish soccer. He has mentored several top professionals, including Ivan de la Pena, Tente Sanchez and Hristo Stoichkov.
In this excellent book, he gives his insights into the game and offers his thoughts on what makes a great player. Includes sections on fitness, nutrition, how young players learn and motivation as well as several educational and entertaining anecdotes from this soccer `maestro`, with over 40 years of experience at every level.
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text: Following the badly-handled iPhone throttling controversy and a series of widely-reported bugs in iOS 11, senior people at Apple are finally being forced to acknowledge that something is going wrong with the fundamental quality of their products. But are we just talking about clumsy management and poor pre-release testing? Or is it possible that Apple's bugs are actually helping the company to mask a more damaging truth about the underlying performance and battery life of its phones, especially relative to Android-based rivals?


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While cats have always been associated with Halloween, this can be a stressful and dangerous day for our feline and canine friends.
We may think our pets don't want to be left out of the party, but they do! Your pet may be the very, very rare exception, but dogs and cats do not like loud noises, boisterousness, having to dodge strangers or disruption to their schedule at all.
Pets are often panicked by the noise, lights and general mayhem which many humans seem to enjoy on holidays. Too frequently, these pets are lost or get hurt.
If you don't have a holiday pet plan, you need to think about one – the sooner the better.H
Here are some of the things you need to think about:
- Keep your pet at home indoors leading up to and on Halloween.
- Parties are, generally, not a fun place animals. Find a room that will not be used, keep it dark and as quiet as possible. A sign on the door asking people to not disturb is a good idea.
- An escaped pet is not a treat! When the Trick-or-Treaters start, make sure your pet is secure – a closed room out of the way is best.
- And as a back up plan only, your pet should be properly identified. Microchips with your current information and an ID tag with their name and your phone number are the best methods – and should be present all year but now is the time to make sure the information is up to date. A current photo is good to have in the event that you have to make signs.
Enjoying Halloween is easier when you know you have done all you can for your pet!


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Imagine an immense steppe. A sparkling crystal lake. Rough snow-capped mountains in the distance. Scattered yurts, horses running wild.
If your eyes happen to be seeing this, you'll know you're at Lake Song Kul, Kyrgyzstan's second largest lake – for me, its most beautiful by far. (The largest is Lake Issy-Kul.)
Lake Song Kul's beauty isn't a pleasure handed to you on a platter – you must earn it.
The access roads are winding and steep and threaten to jettison you into the void each time a few drops of rain slick the deep red clay. Once there, you'll have to forget any thoughts of comfort. Electricity is rare, phone signals non-existent and the only hints of modernity are the occasional vehicles ferrying visitors up the 1300 meters (4300ft) from the valley below.
From Kochkor, a small town used as a jumping-off point for the region, a false sense of security sets in as the road gambols along a river in a gentle, nearly unnoticeable climb. Steeper and steeper, the bends narrow into hairpins until all that is left is a void far, far below.
Once you clear the road's highest point and start the ever-so-gentle descent, a strip of pale blue water unfurls, long and narrow, along the flat steppe that stretches to the edge of the Tien Shan Mountains.
A line of white dots mars the evenness of the yellow grass plain. As I get closer the dots turn into yurts, painstakingly rebuilt and removed each summer season as their owners head back to town. The only remaining inhabitants are a handful of hardy fishermen who make a living battling the snow-jammed passes to get their catch back down to town.
As we arrive and unload, I'm nearly run over by a young boy galloping by on a horse. He is no older than ten and seems welded onto his mount, boy and horse moving in a unison so natural it is hard to know where the boy stops and the horse begins.
I'm shown to my yurt, which has heating, the first time I've seen such luxury.
That luxury is in slight contrast to the upright turquoise metal box that serves as my outhouse (each camp has one), all perfectly clean, but distinctly uncomfortable if you happen to believe you should sit on toilet rather than squat over it.
My hostess, Asel, prepares my bedding. She takes one look at me and decides I need a thick bed. She piles several mattresses one on the other and at night, when I finally slip into this structure, I know I'll be more comfortable and warmer than in a five-star hotel. Temperatures will dip to freezing and in the morning I'll be torn between the warmth of the sheep's wool blankets and the smell of coal from the yurt stoves, hinting at coffee. Of course the coffee will win.
But first, it's eating time. I've come to believe it's always eating time in Kyrgyzstan.
Before the main meal appears, a feast of nibbles is laid out on the table. This is the custom "in case someone drops by", I'm told. It makes sense. The vast distances that can separate one yurt from another require this level of hospitality.
At night I listen to the lake lapping the shore and fires crackling. A horse snorts so loudly I whip around, expecting to find him inside my yurt. A few children cry, and adults whisper. I crawl out for a last look at the sky. The earlier rain has washed away the clouds and I'm left with a trillion stars, unblemished by electricity. There is nothing else here. I might well have been in another century.
The next morning I decide I must do what everyone else does here: ride a horse. The last time I rode was was several decades ago and thoughts of falling off crash and bang around my brain. If I break something, I'm many hours from help, even with my trusty personal locator beacon (click here if you're wondering what on earth that is).
I make it clear I'm a little out of shape for this kind of gallivanting and that I'd like a nice horse, a calm horse. Preferably one that doesn't move at all. As I climb on (scratch that – as I'm shoved up by two helpers), the lead guide grabs a rope and walks ahead, pulling me along like a three-year-old on her first pony. I quickly lose patience and in irritation (mostly with myself) I grab the rope back. My guide smiles brightly, makes a clicking sound and he's off in a cloud of dust.
And so am I.
Every memory cell rushes into action as I try to recall which way to pull the reins, whether to squeeze my knees – and how to say stop in Kyrgyz, a word I've never had to use.
Slowly I begin to recognize the horse's gait and despite bumping around the saddle inelegantly, I manage to hang on. The horse slows to a trot, almost dislodging me, and speeds into a gallop, which is easier to manage. When I finally raise my eyes from the horse's mane (the one I've been hanging onto with my white knuckles) the mountains are almost in my face – grey, granite, white-tipped.
I'm sailing with the wind. All I hear is my horse snorting, as he tries to catch up to the guide ahead. The sound of bridle leather slaps against the horse's neck, and his hooves kick up grit and gravel. At times he stops, doing what it is that horses do.
I can say I've ridden a horse at Song Kol Lake. Not quite the week-long treks others have enjoyed, but enough to feel a distinct sense of accomplishment at having pushed beyond my fears.
Around me, people are packing. Women – the men are off working in town – disassemble their yurts and fold them up for next winter, waving their children off for the ride down the mountain and a new school term. A boy chases a puppy before catching it and securing it in a cardboard box.
And now it's my turn to leave, and I contemplate the trip: we're headed out towards the south, and it's bound to be easier to negotiate than the road that brought us here.
Or that's what I thought.
Soon we leave the yurt camps behind. They now appear in tiny clumps, planted here and there, belonging to local people who live in them rather than rent them.
We leave the lake behind and follow a faint track, which becomes fainter as we advance. Without GPS or an actual road, we have only the sun to guide us. My driver, Bushbek, waves vaguely towards some distant mountains and sets off cross-country towards them. Our low-slung city car (a four-wheel drive is highly recommended) bounces mercilessly across fields, dirt and dry riverbeds.
Occasionally, we stop at a yurt to ask for directions. As always, we are invited in for tea and snacks, and an arm points in one direction or another. After an hour or two, the thin tracks that occasionally criss-cross the plain have disappeared altogether. Horses own this land and their hoofmarks are are our markers.
We shriek joyfully when a 'real' road, fully graded and pebbled, makes and appearance. We finally know where we are: at the top, heading down.
And down.
If I thought the climb was treacherous, I discover the descent is potentially worse, a narrow strip cut into the mountain. Winding downward, we inch along switchbacks wedged between vertical rocks on one side and a precipitous drop on the other.
The steppes turn to rock turn to high forest, merging into grasses and slowly flattening, allowing me to breathe in relief after two hours of holding my breath (and for some reason the car door) in expectation of a plunge.
From the pristine shores of the lake, we are now coughing in the swirling dust of coal trucks from a local mine.
This is Kyrgyzstan, after all: a surprise around each corner, and no two corners alike.
Things every Woman on the Road should know
- Don't plan on visiting any earlier than late June or later than mid-September, when I did. Even so nighttime temperatures plunged to freezing. Outside this small window of time, you'll have snow – and no place to stay as the yurt owners will have packed up and gone to town for the winter.
- My yurt camp was managed by CBT, or Community Based Tourism, which works with local people to make sure they get as much money as possible from providing services for tourists (in other words, no large multinationals repatriating profits).
- Ask about the vehicle. Unless there isn't a cloud in the sky and your driver has a stellar reputation, go for a four-wheel drive. My driver was excellent but it rained at times. Had the rain come down harder, we would have faced the real possibility of being washed away.
- From Kochkor you can actually find a shared taxi. Go down to the main square or ask CBT for help. Just make sure you make arrangements to be picked up when you're ready to leave. A lot of people ride up, and organize a car down.
- Health care isn't easy to find here so be sure to get insurance (I use and recommend World Nomads).
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This looks amazing! I need to get fitter before I can handle one of these type trips, but I'm definitely working on it!
What an amazingly beautiful country … true nomads are getting harder to find with every passing year.


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OK, so I'm going to have the Zendo party at 2:00 next Sunday. Please let me know if you plan to attend, but please also do feel free to show up if you haven't RSVP'd. Ping me if you need my address in Brighton.
Check out the Zendo page for a refresher on the rules, and there are also some tips near the bottom of the page in the "Further Reading" section.


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It's time to bundle up! Starting on Tuesday, December 6th, come check out EverWonder's new Art Lab, Winter Hats! Children will color and cut out paper hats. Children will roll a dice to determine how many cotton balls they can use to decorate their hat. In this activity, children will work on their gross motor and counting skills.
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