Another Time in the West

All set to go out, Natalie did a final check of herself in the mirror. She couldn't believe, she was looking at herself. She felt like kissing Seth and telling him how much all this meant to her. But she had lipstick on now, and she knew, that he knew. She instead smiled at him, a smile that told him everything she needed to say. Seth felt it in his soul, he knew why men were taken when Natalie flashed them a smile. Natalie gave the girl a hug, for helping her get dressed, like one might hug a sister, and she was shocked, but afterwards she looked like it had been worth more to her than any tip. Seth did give her a half-dollar.

They left their room, and Seth offered Natalie his right hand and arm, bowing like a true gentleman as he did so. Natalie smiled and giggled lightly, accepting the arm. She was wearing new shoes with a bit of heels making her taller than normal, but she still felt like Seth was towering over her, but she realized how she loved that feeling. She pulled herself close to Seth, leaning her head against his chest briefly as he locked the door and as usual drew his gun and holstered it again, feeling both the weight and balance, but also ensuring it was ready to be drawn.

The girl had gone downstairs and talked to most about how the young woman staying there, Natalie was dressed and looked. So more of the staff than usual was at the counter when Natalie and Seth came down the stairs. The long walk they had been on this afternoon had been all the training Natalie needed to get used to wearing a dress and shoes with heels. She walked very elegantly, if a little slow at first. The proprietor himself greeted them both and wished them a lovely evening, Seth responded with a nod and raising his hat briefly and bowing his head at his wife. Natalie just smiled and held onto Seth, often with both hands on his hand or arm.

On one of his walks around the city to gather information, Seth had made a point out learning about places that were nice to eat. There was a place with nice tables with tablecloths and candles on the tables that he was sure Natalie would approve of. They walked slowly down the streets, Natalie busy watching everything going on. She didn't notice how just about every man stopped to look at her, and most women too. Most of the people they walked by she would smile at, and all seemed affected the same way. A couple of drunks seemed about to make rude remarks but a single look from Seth had them stay silent. Seth wanted Natalie to have the best evening ever, and nothing or no one was to ruin it, including himself.

They arrived at the place Seth had decided on, he held the door for Natalie as she got inside. A waitress greeted them and Seth pointed to a specific table as he asked for a table for two. He didn't just pick the table for the usual reason of not sitting with his back to the door but as much as a place with a nice view, knowing that Natalie would love to be able to watch the other patrons and what waiters and waitresses might be carrying in from the kitchen.

Seth was a simple man when it came to food, steak and potato was all that he would require but this wasn't his evening. He had the waitress describe what the chef recommended, and let Natalie listen to all, and for her to decide. Natalie was at a loss which of two main courses to pick, and Seth smiled at her affectionately.

"How about I get one, you get the other, and we can taste each other's meal?" he suggested to Natalie, who instantly beamed with happiness, knowing she wouldn't miss out. Seth ordered a bottle of fine red wine, and water as well.

Much of their time together was spent in silence with Natalie just sitting there observing everything happening around them. Natalie tasted wine for the first time and seemed not to appreciate it but sitting there watching what transpired around her, she just sipped on it and soon her first glass was empty. Seth refilled her glass and soon she was enjoying it openly. Finally, their food arrived, and Natalie forgot everything around her and focused on Seth and the food they both had on their table. Natalie loved that Seth every few bites would cut up some of his food and reach his fork over to her, so she could taste it. She would do the same. The food was fantastic, and the wine made her feel warm and comfortable. But mostly she loved how Seth gave her his undivided attention. She might be looking at everything happening around them, but he had only eyes for her.

For dessert they got some delicious and very dark chocolate cake, and it was the most amazing thing Natalie had ever tasted. When Seth had paid their bill with a generous tip to the waitress over two hours had gone by. Natalie couldn't believe how time had flown by, but she felt fully satisfied and kept smacking her lips remembering the taste of chocolate as she took Seth's hand and followed him outside and further down the street.

They went for a stroll a while, enjoying the fresh evening air. Seth having planned the walk so they ended up at the entrance to a saloon where the most serious gambling happened. Before entering Seth smiled at Natalie and gently took her into his arms and kissed her lightly before looking into her eyes.

"This is a night for all the fun you can wish for, just enjoy yourself fully and don't worry about anything. Play Poker like you used to, and don't worry about money or anything, that is for me to worry about another time" he said it sincerely and his eyes showed her that he really did mean for her to just immerse herself in having fun and following her heart. She pulled his neck to kiss him again and they walked inside. Natalie entered first, drawing the eyes of everyone inside, with Seth coming in behind her, towering her by a whole foot in height, but few noticed him.

Natalie looked around completely fascinated by everything, but her eyes quickly zeroed in on the table in the middle of the room, where a handful of very serious looking men were deeply focused on their card game, Poker. Natalie walked closer and observed the table a while with great interest. Someone at the end of the table made a grand bet but lost whatever chips he had remaining. He begged one at the table to loan him, but it was declined and finally very upset he got up and left. Natalie was swift, and in his chair before any at the table could respond.

"This is a serious game..." the dealer started to say but before he could finish Seth threw a heavy sounding pouch of gold dollar coins onto the table right before the dealer.

"Deal her in, please" Seth said calmly and the dealer looked up shocked but then emptied the pouch onto the table and handed Natalie the chips for her to use. There were four other players, one of them was probably a gambler by profession, around the same age as Seth. Two were just guys that had earnings that were burning a hole in their pockets, and they had had a few drinks and thought they could easily make those earnings into more. The last was an elder gentleman type that probably had a single vice, gambling. All of them accepted the new player as soon as they saw the gold. Money is money, and all were here to get more.

At first Natalie lost hand after hand, but not much money, she didn't bet much. Clearly, she was learning, and she was a quick study. She had probably lost half her chips when she turned the tide. While she was losing and learning she was mostly silent and just totally focused on the game. She never saw how men observing the table checked her out, comments to her looks and a rude remark from time to time. Seth did observe the game some, but his focus was on everyone else. He might have been inclined to punish anyone for saying rude things about Natalie under normal circumstances, but he had promised himself to let Natalie have a wonderful evening, and not even he should do anything to ruin it. So mostly he focused on anyone or anything that could get in the way of this being a perfect night for Natalie.

Natalie gleefully giggled loudly with a small scream of joy when she won her first real great hand with a lot of chips in the pile. Seth smiled, loving the sound she made, knowing she was having a great time. But one thing Seth knew that Natalie probably wasn't aware of, most men are sore losers. Drunk sore losers are worst of all. So, as Natalie turned the tide, Seth became increasingly focused, registering any movement or twitch made by anyone at the table. But also making sure to notice if any in the crowd seemed to be there for a friend at the table.

The elder man had lost a lot this round, having a great hand but Natalie had even better cards. Luckily, he was more gentleman type, and he didn't take it badly hearing Natalie getting loud with joy but one of the slightly drunk other players did get upset, having had bad luck for a while and his money was quickly disappearing, and he wasn't in the mood to hear someone being joyful. He started to make rude remarks but at this point Natalie was busy being happy and getting all the chips to her side, stacking them up.

Seth walker over to the opposite side of that player and caught his attention with a hand gesture and then looked him straight in the eyes as his glance conveyed very clearly that trouble would find him if he didn't shut his trap. Seth knew to keep an extra eye on the guy, that he might forget being quiet or decide to do something about it against Seth instead. If Natalie had fun and wasn't interrupted Seth didn't mind much.

The gambler quickly realized that there is something much more important in gambling than skill or experience, namely luck. Lady luck was clearly with the young lady at the end of the table. But there are things that beat luck, and that is having an ace up your sleeve. Especially if you have it both figuratively and literally. He was very dexterous with sleight of hands, like few would believe and almost no one would ever be able to observe. He was surely out of luck, because Seth was probably one of a few in the country faster with his eyes and observation skills than the gambler was with his hands.

He knew that no one had seen him improving his hand but when he looked around at the other players, he saw Seth looking at him shaking his head and making a gesture to the gambler to fold, or else. Seth hand resting on his revolver made it very clear to the gambler, how far Seth meant to go with, or else. He folded and cashed in his chips calling it a night.

Natalie had had a great time so far, but she was starting to be in the mood for something else. The gambler suddenly stopping was like a sign to her that it was time to move on. She gestured to the dealer that she wanted to cash in too, and he started counting her chips. At a neighboring table things were getting heated and someone threw a punch that sent another stumbling back right into the elder gentleman at this table. This caused him to lose the grip on his whisky, and it went flying by Seth hitting a person behind Seth. This person quickly turned and thought it was Seth and jabbed him square in the jaw. Seth hit back right to the gut pushing him into someone at yet another table.

Natalie quickly and very elegantly maneuvered out of the area that instantly turned into general brawl. It wasn't one side fighting another side, it was just every man for himself, throwing punches at anything within range. Natalie found the top of counter at the bar, standing on it with a great view of it all. She at first just watched the spectacle like it had been orchestrated for her benefit. Then in the mist of it all she spotted Seth, who was giving more than he was taking but clearly, he seemed to attract a lot of attention. Natalie had never been in a real fight, as Nate that is. But she had been present in fights, big and small, learning some of the more unspoken rules.

In a brawl you only use your fists, never a weapon, but always it seemed that someone decided to turn a bottle or broken piece of furniture into an advantage. One of the drunk players from her table, she had never seen the exchange of looks and not that he had started to say rude remarks about her. But he pulled a knife and sneaked in on Seth from behind. Natalie had by now learned to act now instead of staying inactive and freezing up. She jumped off the bar and dodged every person move in the way of her progress toward Seth. Another unspoken rule in a brawl amongst men/boys, you don't kind another in the groin. Natalie lifted her skirt high and with a great scream of anger that broke through all the sounds of the scuffle. She kicked the drunk player in the crotch right from behind but pushing the kick fully threw.

The guy gave a loud yelp and fell over dropping the knife he held in his hand to the floor, and the brawl was over. Deputies swarmed in through the door only to see things calming down. Every couple that had been in individual fights stopped and almost everyone looked at the guy crying on the floor with his hands to his balls, and the knife evidence of the brawl having been getting out of hand.

Seth frowned, seeing the knife but smiled at Natalie with love and affection, and a thankful nod. It wasn't the first time she had saved his bacon. He took her into his arms and kissed her right in the middle of the room, breaking up from the fight. A couple of deputies dragged the prone and crying guy away from the floor, along with the knife, taking him under arrest. The dealer from the table gave Natalie the money she was owed from the chips she had been cashing in. She had made them a couple of hundred dollars.

Seth was afraid that this fight would have ruined the night, but it had the opposite effect. Natalie had had the best time ever, and the way she talked about it on the way back to the room was like Seth had arranged the fight just for her benefit.

"Do we have to sleep when we get back, I want to stay up all night?" she asked Seth with a big grin that told him exactly what she had in mind.

"I did get hurt a lot and need to rest..." he started to say, and Natalie didn't get at first that he was joking and realized that there was truth in it. But when Seth chuckled and laughed having made her believe it, she threw her first punch of the day right to his gut. It took Seth by surprise but didn't hurt but made them both laugh.

"I will make you hurt and need rest" Natalie said like it was a solemn promise, giving Seth a mean look but a big smile. As they walked, she started loosening knots and straps for her dress and undergarment. They walked the rest of the way in silence, with Natalie on his right arm. They entered the hotel and greeted a young man that was on duty at the counter and started going up the stairs. Natalie took the lead and suddenly halfway up the stairs she stopped and looked back at Seth with a big grin and then her dress dropped from her, and she walked a couple of more steps before the undergarment followed. Natalie just left it behind and calmly walked naked the rest of the way to her room.

Seth just watched her in awe, having seen her naked many times now, he still looked at her with surprise at how beautiful she was. At first, he had also felt that the short hair wasn't appropriate for a beautiful woman. Now he had a hard time picturing her any other way and was unable to imagine anyone looking more perfect than she did at this moment. After standing frozen for a moment, he followed, picking up all the discarded clothes Natalie left on her trail. A fellow guest hearing movement in the hall opened his door to see what was happening and saw Natalie, and she just smiled at him, her beaming smile and he smiled back and returned to bed, sure he had just been dreaming.

Seth had the key to the room and when Natalie turned to smile at him with her arms crossed like she was bored and waiting, he had foreseen this and had her clothes over one arm and the key in his hand. He threw it to her and Natalie caught it grinning, seeming to love being naked in public. She unlocked the door and went inside, leaving the door as she just went and lying down on the bed at the same time looking both as casual and as alluring as she could be. Seth followed in and started to hang up the dress in a proper way, but Natalie just shook her head at him and made a gesture for him to come to her. He dropped her clothes in a pile and obeyed. Taking his belt and vest off as he walked over towards her.

This time she didn't make a move to help him but instead slowly parted her legs, revealing her wet willing pussy to him as she said.

"Get undressed quickly and make me feel good with your mouth" she giggled and just lay there lightly touching herself, clearly very aroused and felt like she couldn't stop herself. Seth had never felt a need to get out of his clothes as much as he did at this moment. Having put his gun on the table beside the bed, he just dropped the rest of his clothes as he took them off and soon was naked. Natalie smiled as he got naked and already fully erect.

Seth knelt and started to move down to do as she had ordered him, but she just put a foot up at his chest stopping him.

"Kiss my feet and all the way up my legs" she giggled joyfully as she ordered him, and he did only happy to kiss every inch of her body. He took his time, amazed at how perfect she was, and how she had made him feel more alive than he remembered ever being before. When his kissed brought him closer to her lovely wet pussy, he chuckled as he avoided it, kissing around it and above it. Natalie sighed and smiled at him, knowing he was teasing her, but she didn't mind, she knew he would do anything she wanted, and she wanted him to do anything he could wish to do.

He slid two fingers into her suddenly, feeling just how wet and tight she was, and how very ready and needy she was for this. Then he started to lick her slit and let his tongue taste and explore her. She didn't hold back but just cooed and moaned in bliss as he gave her exactly what she wanted, what she had needed since the brawl.

"Thank you for an amazing evening, Seth... daddy" she said playfully referring to what she had said to distract the gunmen a few days ago. Seth felt a jolt of guilt and excitement in the same instant and closed his lips around her clit and started to suck softly as he started to move the fingers inside her.

He was so caught up in listening to the sweet music that came from this lovely feminine creature, and he could have gone on all night if it wasn't for Natalie suddenly loudly gasping out in orgasm and making him wake up from his trance. Natalie might have had plans for what he should do next, but Seth knew what he needed to do now.

He kissed his way up her belly and over her perfect little handfuls of breasts topped with nipples that stood out hard and wanting. He sucked on each before he kissed her neck and then her lips. She had caught her breath by this time but felt like the air was knocked out of her as Seth chose this time to slowly but surely, sink his cock into her, deeply.

Natalie had had ideas what she would order him to do next, but she found herself wrapping her lovely legs around Seth and knew this moment, whatever idea she had had, couldn't compare to what he was giving her right now.

And then he fucked her lights out, so to speak. Neither of them would be able to tell how long this went on for but they made love until finally Natalie went from feeling she was living in a dream to being in a dream, having passed into sleeping. The neighboring rooms would be able to tell them had they asked, that it took way too long. Seth slept having his woman in his arms all night, almost starting to forget about vengeance and payback... almost.