Chapter 46

December 1st at last! As he woke up and stretched, Ed's body was humming with excitement as he knew the holidays were almost here! He loved Christmas! In the past he'd only been able to share the joy with Grace and her mother Shirley, though the latter was more of a Grinch.

Now Ed was surrounded by people he loved and there were kids too! He couldn't wait to share the excitement with them! He'd spoken with Carolyn and Stephanie and both were happy to let him participate by putting up their lights. What they didn't know was that he intended on showing up in a full Santa Claus suit complete with a well-padded tummy. Grace said she'd help him dress up after work. He'd be going to Carolyn's tonight.

He was alone in his own bed this morning as he'd gotten home at 1AM last night. His inspection turned up a problem that would have jeopardized his joining Rachel the following week and would have put the project back at least two weeks. He'd just fixed the problem himself and reran his inspections. It checked out the second time but it was well past midnight at that point.

Ed grabbed a quick shower, got dressed for work and headed downstairs to the kitchen. Grace leapt from her chair and jumped into his arms. Her body felt so good against his and her mouth on his was… Heaven! Her big tits were mashed against his chest and he began to show his appreciation for all the wonderful sensations. He glanced at the clock and realized he'd slept in. He moaned as he had to head to work immediately. He set Grace down on her feet and pulled back from her.

"It's my turn to say I have to go!" he chuckled. Grace's eyes twinkled.

He marched over to Rachel and kissed her tenderly and she gave him a dreamy smile as he headed out.

Traffic was light and he immediately went to speak with Mr. Drakos about his findings the previous night.

"Ed! I understand you were on the jobsite a little late last night. The foreman said he saw your truck there at 8PM." Drakos said with a grin. He was so proud of his youngest employee! The best investment he'd ever made.

"Actually I didn't leave until 12:30 this morning. I found a problem."

Drakos' face fell.

"It would have set us back two weeks but I found a work around."

His boss looked expectantly at Ed.

"I worked on it and ran the inspections again. It passed," Ed informed him.

A huge smile spread across the older man's face. "How much longer will you need?"

"I should finish the physical inspections Wednesday night. Then it's just paperwork which will take me until Friday to complete," he explained.

"Excellent! Thank you Ed!" the man gushed.

Ed just nodded and left to get back to work.

The day passed quickly and he skipped lunch so he could ensure he was able to leave at 5PM. He quickly drove home and found Grace waiting for him.

"Make me Santa!" he grinned causing her to giggle.

It took about thirty minutes to get the suit on with the makeup. Grace was brilliant at applying it to make him look older with rosy cheeks and nose. The belly padding wasn't so bad if a little warm. Soon he looked like Saint Nick and he pranced around the kitchen dancing between Grace and Rachel who were both in stitches. He called Carolyn who said he could come over any time.

Ed drove over to Carolyn's and drove up her driveway with his lights off to sneak up on the house. He slipped out of the car and made his way to the front door. He rang the bell and soon heard the kids racing to the front door. The door opened and there was Carolyn standing behind her two kids, Gregory and Amelia. Ed thought she looked so pretty tonight and the glow of the candles on the table next to the door lit up the blond highlights in her light brown hair she was wearing down over her shoulders. Tonight her serious professor glasses were pushed up into her hair so he had an unobstructed view of her lovely hazel eyes. Her wide lips were smiling at him but there was surprise in her eyes.

"HO! HO! HO!" Ed said with his best Santa voice.

"Hi Mr. Walters." Gregory said.

"Why are you dressed in a Santa suit?" Amelia asked.

"Ho- Uh, I don't know what you mean! I'm Santa Claus!" Ed tried again.

"No, you're Mr. Walters," Gregory began.

"-wearing a Santa suit." Amelia finished.

Carolyn watched Ed's enthusiasm deflate completely. She felt so bad. If she'd known he was going to do the Santa bit she would have warned him. "I think you are a delightful Santa Claus. Please come in."

The kids headed back into the playroom as Ed followed Carolyn into the kitchen. They took seats and Ed looked at the woman before him, his disappointment plain on his painted face.

"I don't understand. They're young kids! Shouldn't they be excited about Santa and Christmas?" he asked.

"I'm afraid you're in a house of anthropologists. Studying human cultural artifacts is what we do. Rick and I decided when the kids were born that we would be open and honest with them and this included explaining things like the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, even Santa Claus as what they really were."

Ed blinked at her. "You explained away the magic?"

Carolyn tilted her head at Ed and frowned at how unhappy he was. "Are you going to be OK?"

"Sure." Ed sagged a little more. "Does this mean you don't put up a Christmas tree? Decorations?"

"We don't have a tree or give presents. We take a food donation over to the shelter on Christmas Eve. We do put lights up on the house as that makes the neighborhood look so pretty. Could you help us with that?"

"Yeah, where are they?" he said, perking up a little.

"In the garage. There's a ladder in there too. The lights are simple. They just clip onto the eves. The plug is on the side of the house." Carolyn said as she led him into the garage. He carried the box outside then went back for the ladder. It was cold out so Carolyn scooted back inside.

Ed realized she was right. Putting up the lights was simple. It took all of fifteen minutes even with the width of the house. He put the ladder away and Carolyn met him in the kitchen again.

"Listen, if you're still up for some Christmas cheer, I was just speaking with Stephanie. She's home with her kids and they were going to put up their decorations this weekend. You might be able to convince her to do it early if you head over there now. Her kids are big Christmas fans too," she said with a grin.

Ed nodded and smiled at Carolyn. As kids were nowhere in sight he scooped her into his arms and kissed her until she was trembling.

"I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus!" Amelia sang loudly from the kitchen door.

"It's still Mr. Walters!" Gregory growled.

Ed set Carolyn back on her feet and she smiled at her kids and shooed them away. "Well… that was lovely!" she purred. "But you'd better get moving. Stephanie's kids will be heading off to bed soon."

He smiled at her and headed out the front door.

It took only a couple of minutes for Ed to be standing before Stephanie's door. He rang the doorbell and heard a stampede of feet rushing to the door. It pulled open.

"HO! HO! HO!"

"SANTA!!!" four kids squealed in unison.

"I was in the neighborhood and I noticed you don't have your decorations up! I have a little time to spare before my big night so I thought I'd help! If that's ok with you and your Mom!" he chuckled merrily.

The kids were in a frenzy. Of course they wanted to put the decorations up, right now!

Ed was loving this. He looked over at Stephanie and was more than a little dazzled by her smile. She favored dark lipsticks and nail polishes which contrasted strongly with her pale skin and the brilliance of her white teeth. Her jet black tousled pixie haircut and the black lashes framing her intensely blue eyes made her skin seem even paler but the cute upturn on her slim nose and her high cheekbones made Ed think of an elf queen. Not that she was small in stature. Both she and Carolyn were around 5' 8" with slim toned physiques from diligent trips to the gym but Carolyn seemed a little softer and had slightly larger breasts.

He tore his eyes away and rushed after the rampaging kids missing how she bit her lip as she watched him.

They spent the next two hours digging the boxes out of the basement, assembling the tree, hanging the ornaments and each of the kids wanted Santa to lift them to hang ornaments up near the top. Once they'd finished decorating the inside of the house they settled down as Santa read them a story then it was off to bed. Each gave him a kiss on the cheek and a hug before they went. Ed was glowing with Christmas cheer as he sat with Stephanie in her kitchen.

"That was fun!" Ed said quietly to Stephanie. "Do you have lights for outside? I could put them up too."

"There's a box in the garage. The ladder's in there too."

Ed found the box and realized the lights were the same as Carolyn's. Fifteen minutes later the lights were up and he put the ladder back in the garage.

"Ed?"

He looked over towards Stephanie's red SUV. She was in the back. The rear seats were folded down and she was lying in the back wrapped in a blanket. Ed blinked in confusion. What was she doing in the back of her car in her garage?

Stephanie was feeling a little foolish. She'd watched her favorite movie the previous night and the scene where the brash young artist made love to the woman in the back of a car parked in the ship got her so hot. All she could think of was what it would be like to make love to Ed in a car. When Carolyn called to say Ed was coming over the scene returned to her mind. Now that he was standing right there in a Santa suit looking at her in confusion she felt silly.

He approached and saw she was naked under the blanket. Naked in the back seat of a car. Something clicked in his memory. There was a movie he'd watched with Grace years ago about lovers on a large ship having sex in a car. He remembered how awkward he'd felt with Grace as he got excited.

He reached up and pulled his hat, wig, and Santa beard off. Stephanie's eyes lit up as she saw his confusion give way to a hunger. He slowly ripped open the jacket, the Velcro seam parting noisily, and pulled the belly suit up and over his head. He'd gotten a little sweaty under the padding.

Stephanie watched him exposing his shining, rippling muscles as he lifted the padding up and off and she bit her lip. Then she crooked her finger at him.

Ed kicked is boots off and tugged the pants off until he was standing next to the car in just his underwear. Stephanie moved back as he crawled into the back of the car with her, pulling the door closed behind himself.

They were so close in the back but he was just a little chilly. She touched his chest, not at all turned off by the light layer of sweat there. She found it highly erotic.

He slid his hand around her head and pulled her mouth to his. She gasped as he gently sucked on her lower lip then she was exploring his mouth with her tongue. Her hand slipped down his chest to reach under the waistband of his underwear. Her slim fingers wrapped around the hard shaft of his erection. They both moaned as her fingers stroked the length of his heavy member.

It was a little awkward moving around in the back of her car but Ed managed to free up his hand to move it down her naked curves until he gripped her taut ass. Stephanie gasped in his mouth as he squeezed the muscles and slipped his fingers down between her legs. He found her hot and wet as his fingers dipped inside.

"Oh FUCK!" she cried out and stroked him harder.

Ed pushed his fingers in deeper and her body seemed to be sucking them in further. He gathered the slick fluids on his fingers then pulled them out. He rubbed the head of his throbbing cock with the slickness and pushed Stephanie's hand away as his hand went down the shaft.

"Fuck yes! Fuck me Ed!" she said, trembling with need.

"Are you nervous?" he said, recalling a line from the movie.

Stephanie's eyes flashed to his and a smile spread across her lips. "No. Put your hands on me… Ed."

He kissed her hard as he rolled her onto her back. She had no time to prepare as his cock lined up with her opening and pushed just inside. Her cries were muffled by their kiss but as he slowly stroked in and out, going deeper with each drive forward her voice got louder.

Ed was no longer chilly. The car was heating up from their bodies and the effort needed to make love without crushing the woman in the small space was intense. She felt so incredibly good it was all Ed could do to slow down and stretch out the experience for her.

He gave up on the kiss as Stephanie was too far gone from the intense sensations. He was almost fully inside and each stroke made her cry out. As he released her lips she was finally able to verbalize her joy.

"SO FUCKING BIG! OH GOD, ED! THAT'S SO GOOD!"

He smirked. He was pretty sure that wasn't a line from the movie.

His need was becoming too demanding and his hips began to twitch on their own with each thrust. Their bodies began to slap together and Stephanie's eyes and jaw opened wide though she made no sound. While Ed was still making long strokes each ended with their bodies crashing together. The impact on her clit was obliterating her ability to think. She could no longer speak. Everything was sensation and it was too good. She was very close. She looked to the window and saw they were steamed up just like in the movie. The two perceptions suddenly overlapped and her eyes rolled back as she reached out to touch the cool glass. Her hand was moving on its own as she crashed through her release.

Ed felt her clamping down on his cock and that pushed him over the top. His orgasm rocked through his body as he held her. When he finally came back to his senses his body shook one more time.

"You're trembling," she panted quietly as she touched his cheek.

He smiled as he caught his breath. "Don't worry. I'll be alright." He moved to lie beside her, relieving the pressure on her body.

Stephanie rolled onto her side facing him. She put her arm over his body and snuggled up close as she felt a glow wash through her body. He was so in tune with her it took her breath away.

They lay together for a while longer then Ed felt himself begin to nod off. That was the signal to get moving.

"I'm falling asleep," he murmured.

"Mmmm… would that be so bad?" she sighed in return.

"Depends if you're ok with your kids finding us here tomorrow morning," Ed said with a sleepy grin.

Stephanie moaned unhappily then squeaked as Ed's lips found hers in the dim light of the garage. The squeak became a purr as he nibbled his way across her lips.

"God! You're going to get me going again and you're right, it's late." Stephanie said after pulling away from his kiss.

The inside of the car was positively steamy and it smelled like sex. Ed looked at Stephanie. "Do you have an air freshener for the car? You drive the kids to school in the morning, right?"

She noticed what he was talking about and realized she should have thought about that. They wouldn't recognize the smell but they would notice it. Damn! She'd just have to deal with it tomorrow. Maybe it was time to get the car detailed.

They stepped out into the garage and quickly dressed. Ed gave her another sizzling kiss and she pushed him out the door with a big grin on her face. She leaned back against the door as her body trembled and her heart soared.