Tennessee (Todd)

Story by houndlover56 on SoFurry

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#16 of First Steps


It's midnight right now. Normally I'd be out right now having a nice dream. But instead, I'm in Wendell's SUV heading to California. The GPS says that it's about another 2100 miles to Hollywood.

"You alright Todd?" Wendell asks.

"Yeah, I'm ok. I'm just a little tired and nervous." I say.

"Why nervous?"

"Because I've never been outside of the state before." I look at the speedometer. We're going at a good pace of about 68 mph.

"You never have?"

"Nope." After that, I just drag out my phone to pass the time. I open one of my favorite apps: Monopoly. I know that game takes forever, but you just have to change the settings to make it more interesting. For example, instead of nobody has any property at the beginning of the game, you can change it so that every property belongs to someone. Most of the time, you get a monopoly right at the start.

I've been playing that game for an hour. I've won 3 games and lost 1. It's still dark out, with only the headlights of other drivers giving off illuminance. I set my seat back to maybe try to get a little sleep.

"You tired?" Wendell asks.

"Yeah."

"I think there's a blanket in the backseat." I take a look behind me. There's a red folded up blanket on the far seat. I reach over and grab it. Wow! This is almost as soft as Wendell's fur. Almost. I lay back in the chair, wrap the blanket around me, and try to get some sleep. It takes me a while to do so, but eventually, I drift off.

***

I wake up back in my room. Everything is normal as it should. My mom walks into the room, smiling. When I walk up to her, she drops the smiles and scowls. I look down and realize that I'm naked and cover myself with my tail. I look over to my bad (which was empty earlier) and see Wendell in his boxers. I turn back to mom. Her eyes are deep red (she's supposed to have blue eyes). She's foaming at the mouth and growling at me.

I turn to run and run into the wall. But the wall breaks at my weight and I fall. As for where I am, I don't know, it's an eternal pit of darkness. I scream.

***

I wake up jolting out of my seat and almost screaming. Plus I'm breathing heavily. I've gotta say, that's the worst nightmare I've ever had.

"Todd, are you ok?" Wendell asks.

"No. I'm not ok." I say, after a dream like that, there no way that I'm alright.

"What's wrong?"

"I just had the worst nightmare I've ever got in my entire life."

"What happened?"

"I'd rather not talk about it. I'd rather just forget about it right now."

"Ok." I look at the GPS. We're about 20 or so miles until we hit Nashville. I've been there, once when I was seven. Mom and Dad never usually travel that much. The only reason they do is for business. If they were going to drive someplace, they normally stay within the state.

"You think we have enough gas to get to Memphis?" I ask,

"I don't know. The tank still has a normal amount of gas." That's when my stomach growls. Then I realize that I haven't ate anything in a while.

"You think we can stop in Nashville? I really need something to eat."

"Of course. I forgot that we need to buy food and water for the trip."

"That's what the money Bruno gave you was for."

"True." I get back out my phone and play some more games. Another addicting one I have is called Doodle Jump. I'm not the best at it since I mostly lose around 15,000 points, but it's very addictive.

20 minutes really do pass by when we get to Nashville. It's around 2 in the morning back thankfully, there still a gas station that's open. We park outside and we head in. My legs hurt a bit since I've been forced to have them bent for the past 2 hours.

Wendell puts a paw on my chest and stops us before we walk to the door. "I just realized something."

"What?"

"We forgot our phone chargers." Oh shit! And we've been using Wendell's nonstop.

"What do we do?" I ask.

"We're gonna have to buy new ones because I'm not turning back and driving home just to get wires."

"How are we going to buy new ones? No place opens for six more hours. By then, we'll probably be in Texas, and they have a different timezone." So, it's gonna be a while before we even get to a store that's open.

"I'll figure it out, the GPS said to just stay on I-40 and keep going west. As long as we do that, we'll be fine." Wendell says. "How about, you just stay out here and I'll get food for you."

"Alright." I go back to the car and hop into my seat. I lean my head on the window. I reach back and grab my tail. I don't know why, but I want to play with it right now. I guess it's because I love the feeling of it being played with.

Wendell comes back a few minutes later. All he has is one bag, but when I look through the plastic, it's mostly candy bars and water bottles. At least it'll be enough to survive the trip. Wendell places the bag in the backseat and then goes into the driver's seat.

Before he starts the ignition, he turns to me. "I'm probably not stopping again until Memphis. If you want to do anything now, you might want to do it now."

There's one thing I want. I turn to him and kiss him on his lips. It lasts a couple of minutes. When it ends, I decide to speak. "I just wanted to do that before we go."

"That's ok. I haven't gotten any kisses in a while." He smiles, then drives out of the parking lot. In a matter of minutes, we're back on Interstate 40. I grab the bag in the back and go through it's contents. I find a couple of those 5-hour energy drinks and a few Monster energy drinks. Is he planning on staying awake the next couple days? He better not.

"Are you trying to stay awake for the whole trip?" I ask.

"No, why?"

"Because there's a shitload of energy drinks in here."

"Oh. That."

"Wendell, you better not be trying to stay awake for the whole trip."

"I won't it's just for when I'm driving and I start to yawn, it'll keep me awake and focused."

"I guess that makes sense, but I want to drive as soon as we get to Arkansas."

"Fine, but that'll be another four hours. Until then, I don't want to hear it." I reach into the bag and take a snickers bar. I take a bite, and when I look over, Wendell is smirking.

"What's so funny?" I ask.

"Nothing." But, he can't hide his smile.

"Seriously, tell me."

"It's just... when you were sleeping... you were whimpering and it sounded... cute."

"What is it with you and watching me sleep?"

"I love watching you take a nap. You look so adorable."

"Thanks." What else am I supposed to say? 'That's kinda weird'? I tihnk he's getting playful. Now? In the middle of a highway? Well, two can play at that. Just, not right now. When we get to the border, I'll tease him.

"Todd?"

"Yeah?"

"You still want to talk?"

"Of course. I love talking with you."

"What're you most excited about once we get there?"

"I just can't wait to stop anywhere so my legs don't cramp up." Which is true, my legs hurt like hell for sitting like this for a long time

He just laughs at me. "Really?"

"Yep. What about you?"

"I'm really looking forward to seeing Angie. And she can't wait to meet you too. Her and her roommate."

"I know." Wendell's told me they wanted to meet me. I've meet Vixens before, but I don't recall meeting a bear before.

"So, what's Angie like?" I ask.

"What do you mean?"

"Is she nice? Is she shy? Is she cruel? That sort of thing."

"Well, she's very nice. She's only mean when she gets stressed."

"What about Janelle? What's she like?"

"Well, like I've said before, we've only seen each other via video chat, but she's very kind...sometimes. Most times, she gets an attitude."

"Attitude? What do you mean?"

"Well... Angie told me that she's bipolar."

"What?" I've heard of bipolar people before but I never knew what that meant. I was never really good at psychology.

"It means that she is happy one moment and in a few seconds, she gets sad or mad. Angie's learned to deal with it."

"How?"

"By mostly getting out of the house from time-to-time and making sure that Jani takes her medicine to keep it under control."

"I thought that kind of medicine make the brain even more nuts." At least, that's what I've heard before. I'm not good at medicine knowledge either.

"I don't know. I don't know everything." Wendell says.

"Yet you know how to pull off one of the craziest nights in LGBT history."

"LGBT history?" Wendell laughs at me. Why must he tease me.

"Yes I said that. And it's true. I don't think that gay furs like us have ever done something as crazy as that to fight back before."

"Fight back?"

"Against homophobia. Most furs would just get upset about it. You however, get upset, but then let others know that you won't take it."

"Well, I was born this way. And you knew that I've always been this plan loving goofball." he smiles.

"Yeah. But you're my goofball." I start to tease him.

"Aww. I love you, Todd."

"I love you too, Wendell." I place my paw on my lips and blow him a kiss.

"You're too cute you know that."

"Well, you're sweeter." I flirt.

"I until we hit the next state."

"Why?"

"'Cause I want to cuddle you and kiss you so bad."

"I'd love that." Now we're getting playful.

"Plus... ummmm... remember when I took you behind Bruno's cabin before we left for the party and we had a little... fun?"

"Yes. It was kind of fun." It was.

"Well, when I was playing with your feet, it was the first time I've ever done so."

"Really?"

"Yes. And, I really loved it."

"So, you're saying that you have a Foot Fetish?" This is interesting. Maybe we could have fun on our next stop.

"You wanted to have that kind of fun when we stop?" I playfully ask.

"You want to?" he asks.

"Well, now that I know of this new fetish, I kind of want to do more." I'm not sure if I want my feet worshiped. After all, I'm a little ticklish.

"Really? In that case, I need to speed up so we can get to our next stop."

"Where are we stopping next?"

"Memphis. We need to get some gas and we need to eat and drink."

"You just want a taste of my feet. Don't you?" I ask.

"Maybe..." He sounds guilty. Hmmmm... what else is he hiding?

"What other weird fetishes do you have?" I'm eager to learn more.

"What about you?" Is he trying to turn this around on me? Such a naughty wolf. But, I like it. Besides, maybe if I tell him a few of mine, he'll tell me a couple of his.

"Well... you know I love the handkerchief since we've done it a few times. And you know that I love ass worship."

"Haha, ass worship? Is that what you're calling it?" Wendell laughs at me.

"Yes. Do you remember me massaging your ass right before you went crazy on me?"

"I remember that."

"Well, I kind of like it. Now tell me something you like."

"Ummm... I'm not into BDSM or what some people refer to as 'Fifty Shades of Grey shit'. Unless blindfolding counts as it. Does it?"

"I don't think it does. BDSM means like Bondage, Sadism, Dominative that sort of stuff." I say.

"Where did you read that?"

"Some tag on this website I went on after we talked about it once."

"What website?"

"SoFurry. It's a tag for some of the stories on there. It gives you the definition of it on the site."

"SoFurry? Never heard of it."

"It's just a website with fictional stories about furs like us."

"Ok. But those are just stories. This... is real life."

"True." He does have a point. I feel kind of tired so I doze off for a while. Thankfully this time, I don't dream of anything. When I wake up, I see a sign saying welcome to Memphis, Tennessee. We're almost at the border. It's about time. Feels like we've been on the road forever. I look over at Wendell. His eyes are a bit bloodshot and droopy. I notice that the air conditioning is on full blast. That's why it's so freezing in here. I turn off the A/C, Wendell doesn't stop me. But, he does jerk out of some sort of paralysis.

"Hey, you're awake." he says.

"Hey, the sun's up." I look at the clock on the dashboard. A little after six. "So, where are we planning on stopping?"

"We're just gonna stop in some empty lot for a couple hours. After all, who's out at this time of day?"

"I guess you're right." We drive into downtown to look for an empty lot. Eventually, we find one outside of Target (well, there's a couple of cars there, but I don't care). We stop the car and Wendell takes the key out of the ignition.

"Well," he unbuckles his seatbelt and turns towards me, "You wanna have fun first or eat?"

"We can have a little fun first." I wink at him, trying to be a tease.

"Ok. Then let me see those cute feet." Wendell smiles. I take my shoes off, turn towards him, and let him take my feet. He brings my right foot to his nose inhaling deeply. "Ohhhhh, you smell nice Todd."

"Thank you." I rest my head on the window.

"Now, let's see them without those socks." Wendell slowly takes my right sock off, then my left one, exposing both of my feet to open air. "They look so cute." He takes my right foot, sniffs it again, and gently kisses it. I shiver a bit, but I've gotta admit, it's a nice feeling.

After a few more foot kisses, he starts to lick my foot. I moan a bit. This feels nice. It tickles a bit, but I love it. "Is someone loving the taste of my feet?" I playfully ask. I get a muffled "Mhm" in return. Guess he's too busy trying to keep the taste of me in his mouth even after he stops. He slowly licks each of my toes. I giggle a little bit.

"Is foxy enjoying the wolf's tongue?" Oh, now we're gonna talk dirty. Two can play that game!

"Yes. He is." I reply, "And the big bad wolf is enjoying the taste of foxy's feet doesn't he?"

"Mhm."

"Well, here." I slip a toe into his muzzle and he sucks on it. He grasps my foot with both paws and pulls my foot into his mouth further. Wow, he really does enjoy this. And I'm enjoying this too. Wendell wraps his muzzle around another toe. I throw my head back and moan in ecstasy.

"You want my foot in your mouth forever don't you?" I stay in play mode.

"Yes." he says and goes back to sucking on my toes like he'll never get the opportunity to get to again.

"Hey now, my left foot wants attention too."

"Let's take care of that, shall we." He puts down my right foot then goes to work on my left. He licks it all over and then sucks my toes. I just realise this, but I'm pawing myself in my crotch area. I guess this is a big turn on for me.

This continues for about half an hour. To be honest, I don't want it to ever end. "Wanna kiss?" Wendell asks. A normal fur would say that It'd be weird to kiss someone who was just making love to your feet... but in this case, I don't care.

"Sure." I take my feet back and pull Wendell in for a kiss. There's a weird taste in his muzzle, but I'll get over it. Right now, I just want to be with him, and only him. In a matter of seconds, it's a French kiss. To be honest, that's becoming one of my favorites. We pull each other for a huge hug, probably because we might get to do this for another while if we want to make it to California.

When Wendell pulls back after a while, he asks: "Ready to head out?"

"Sure." Even though I'm having fun right now, the sooner we get to LA, the better. Wendell drives around town and eventually finds a gas station. While he's filling up the car, I eat a few Kit Kats and drink some water. When he's done, he goes inside to pay the bill, comes out, but he comes to my window. I roll it down so he can speak.

"Mind if you drive for a while? My paws and arms hurt a bit."

"It's ok. And sure I can drive." Thankfully I have my driver's license on me. I get out of the passenger's seat, go over to the driver's side and get in. Wendell gets in the passenger's side so he can take a break. We both buckle ourselves up, I start the car and we head back on the road.

"We need to do that more often on this trip." Wendell says after we go back on I-40W.

"Do what? Stop for gas and eat?" I say, which both are true. I can't remember the last time either of us have ate.

"Well that, but I was referring to our little 'fun'."

"We can do that once we pass through the next state. You made me wait for the same thing."

"Very funny." Up ahead I see a "Welcome to Arkansas sign" and I pick up the speed as we cross the border.

DISTANCE UNTIL LA: 1,793 Mi.

CURRENT TIME: 7:06 A.M.