This story deals with ADULT subject matter. If you are under 18 or do not like that type of story, please stop reading NOW.The idea for this story comes from a little known Texas law that was enacted last year. (I've lived in Texas for over 10 years and until an article in the paper, dealing with a similar law in Alabama, was called to my attention had no idea that this was on the books!) Thanks to the IRC N&NNuts for their encouragement, TXBrat for showing me the article, and Sue C. for graciously permitting me to write a story dealing with the same subject as her "Natalie Lambert, Outlaw", albeit with a differing point of view.
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Knight's Quest
By Nightlady
(c) 1999Nick cursed under his breath. "Why do I always have to end up with resistors?" He glared at the sheriff's deputy who returned the look with a smug smirk. Nick sensed that the sun was almost up, so he had to move quickly. Grabbing the phone, he dialed the number of the hotel where he and
Nat were staying. After several rings, Nat's sleepy voice answered."Nat, I'm in trouble." Nick said.
"Wha? Nick? Where are you?" Nat asked, as she sat sleepily up in bed.
"I'm in jail." Nick responded. "And if you don't get me out in the next hour, I'll have to stay here all day."
"Jail? What happened Nick?" Nat asked, completely awake.
Nick could hear the worry in Nat's voice. He hesitated, then said, "Listen, just get me out of here and I'll explain everything." He closed his eyes and hoped that Nat would understand just why he'd done what he'd done.
Nat frowned. "Okay, Nick, you can explain later. Where exactly are you?"
"I'm in the jail of the Cypresswood substation of the Harris County Sheriff's Department." Nick said. It's on Cypresswood Road, just past Stubner-Air line.
Nat wrote the street names on the small pad the hotel provided by the phone. She had a map in the rental car, and would figure out how to get there using it. "Nick? Any idea how much your bail will be?" Nat asked, praying that she had enough to cover it.
"I can't imagine it will be too high, but then I didn't imagine I'd end up in here either." Nick said. He could feel dawn approaching. "Nat, please hurry."
"I'm on my way." Nat said and hanging up the phone, grabbed a pair of slacks and a top, stuffed her feet into her shoes, snatched up her purse, and headed out the door.
Twenty minutes later she pulled up in front of the police station. Getting out of the car, the temperature already in the eighties and the humidity even worse, Nat wondered what had ever possessed her to visit Houston, TX in July, let alone talk Nick into accompanying her. She hurried up the stairs and entered the building. Approaching the desk sergeant, Nat inquired as to what she needed to do to bail out a prisoner.
"Well, y'all have to pay the bail." The sergeant replied. "What's the name?"
"Knight, Nick Knight." Nat told him. "By the way, could you tell me what the charges are?"
The sergeant looked at the computer screen. "Purchase of an illegal device for lewd or immoral purposes." He told Nat. Seeing her puzzled expression he added, "He bought a vibrator."
Nat could feel her face growing red. The temptation to just leave Nick sit in jail passed briefly through her mind. "I see." She said.
The sergeant told her the amount of the bail, fortunately not very large, and Nat filled out the paperwork and handed over the money. A few minutes later, Nick was led through a door. Quickly Nick and Nat headed for the car and the safety of the hotel.
Once back in Nick's room, Nat sat down on the sofa and raised her eyebrow at him. "Okay, you're out of jail, so you want to tell me what you did to be there in the first place?" She'd decided to make him sweat a bit and to not let on that she knew the charges.
Nick avoided looking at Nat. He knew she deserved an explanation, but he wasn't sure just where to start. Finally he sat down next to her and took her hand in his. He still wouldn't look at her face, but instead concentrated on her hand.
"Nat, I think, I hope you know that I care about you." He said quietly.
"Go on." Nat said, glad that Nick wasn't looking at her as she smiled slightly. This was going to be fun!
"Um, well, yes. You know that I can't really express the way I feel for you, at least not fully, without endangering your life." He waited a moment to see if Nat would respond, then plunged ahead.
"Anyway, I was watching the TV late last night, and there was this, um...movie on."
Nat fought the urge to giggle. She had a good idea just what type of movie Nick was referring to. "Okay, you were watching a movie and that got you arrested? What movie was it?"
"No, not the watching part." Nick said, embarrassed as he recalled the soft porn film. "The part that got me arrested was when I realized that there was a way I might be able to at least share some, some intimacy with you." Nick confessed in a hurried breath. "I went out and found an all night video/book store and," Nick finally looked up into Nat's eyes, "I bought a vibrator. I had this idea that I could use it to give you the pleasure you deserve." He closed his eyes. "How was I suppose to know that vibrators like that are illegal in Texas?"
Nat was torn between laughing and wanting to melt into Nick's arms. "If they're illegal, how come they had them for sale?" She asked, unable to control the laughter any longer.
"It was a sting operation." Nick said miserably.
Nat decided that he'd suffered enough. After all he had been trying to do something nice for her. "Nick, thank you." She said softly. "I do appreciate that you wanted to do something nice for me."
Nick let out a breath. "You're not mad?"
"No, I'm just sorry that you had to get arrested for buying that, when all you had to do was tell me your idea." Nat said, smiling. "I already have a vibrator."
Nick looked at her. "You do?"
Nat nodded and giggled. "I just happen to have packed it on this trip. You want to go back to my room and see if we can really break the law?"
Nick smiled for the first time since his arrest and they headed out the door.
The End
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