Monday, March 21

Ryan slowly regained consciousness, a bright light filling his vision.
Instinctively he squinted, the light resolving itself into the rising sun
outside the window.  He stretched... or tried to, then realized that he was
still merged with Caroline as a mirror.  Which explained the brightness, the
sunlight being reflected through them.

Reluctantly he slowly pulled himself out of the mirror, retaking a normal form
once again.  Although, he had to admit, normal certainly wasn't describing the
last three days.  Whatever definition of normal he previously held was long
gone, replaced by the "normal as a shapeshifter" definition, something he
certainly wasn't complaining about.

As quietly as he could, he took Caroline's camera and went into the living room.
There, he hooked it to his computer and downloaded a copy of last night's
activities, then looked at the results.  The sight of Caroline turning into a
mirror was a major turn-on, but when he merged with the mirror he let out a soft
moan, the memories coming back full force.

"Mmmmm, whatcha doing, lover?"  Caroline's voice came from the hallway, and she
walked over to him, kissing him soundly.  She glanced at the video on the
computer, then giggled at the sight.

"Gods, I make one sexy mirror, don't I?" she teased, reaching up and tossling
his hair.   He lightly swatted at her hand, and winked.

"Love, you make one sexy anything, and you know it."

She wriggled in his arms when he said that, and kissed him again.  "So what's on
the agenda today?"

He gave a lopsided grin.  "Breakfast.  I haven't had anything to eat in days,
and well, being a shifter may be nice and all that but you still have to eat
something."

---

The place was called 'The Egg and I', a breakfast stop that fit the bill.  They
chatted idly as they waited for their meals, making certain not to bring up
certain subjects while in public.  As Ryan reminded Caroline, most folks would
react badly to even the idea of shapeshifting, something they wanted to avoid as
much as possible.

Instead, they chatted about school, work and other ordinary, everyday things.
When their meals arrived, they dug into them as if they were starving, which in
a sense they were.  Three days without eating was probably the longest time
Caroline had taken, and she found that she needed to eat just like Ryan.

A soft beep came from Ryan's pocket, and he pulled out his smartphone.  "I hope
this isn't work," he muttered.  "They know I'm on vacation like the rest of the
college."  He opened the message and read it, then grinned widely.

"Hot damn!" he exclaimed.

Caroline looked at him curiously.  "What's up?"

He put his smartphone away.  "Oh, I just got an email from my parents.  They
said I can use their cabin for vacation."  He gave a crooked grin.  "Actually,
it's not a cabin, it's more like a retreat home in the wilderness.  But it has
power, phone, cable, net connectivity, all the comforts of civilization."

Caroline was already thinking about the possibilities.  "And no neighbors?"

A snort came from Ryan.  "They own like 20 square miles of land around it.
Nearest neighbors are like 6 miles away, a small town off the main road.  If we
hurry, we could get there by..." and he looked up at the clock.  "Well, early
this afternoon."

Caroline giggled with glee.  "So what are we waiting for?"

---

It was just after 1pm when the Taurus that Ryan owned drove up the dirt road
towards his parent's cabin.  They had stopped first at Caroline's place for her
to pick up a few things like her camera and retrieve his computer, then stopped
at his place to do the same.  Once they had what they needed loaded up, they
headed off down the highway.

The drive was long, but not as long as Caroline feared.  She took the time to
try a few morphic forms, like being a vixen, a wolfette, a tigress.  Each change
Ryan made comment about, comments that warmed her with his acceptance.

Finally they made a few turns along a twisty section of the road, and Ryan
grinned.  "Ah, finally.  Was beginning to wonder if I had taken the wrong road."

Ahead through the trees was the cabin.  Only it wasn't a cabin as in an old
fashioned wood cabin, this was built more along the lines of a modern house set
in the wilderness.  He pulled up under the carport and turned off the engine.

"Ok, give me a few minutes, I've got to turn on the power and stuff."  He
stepped out of the car and walked to the back, while Caroline opened the
passenger side door and stepped out as well.

The air was clear, clean and crisp, a far cry from town.  It was also chilled,
much cooler than she had expected it to be.

Lights came on within the cabin, and Ryan walked back to the car, slapping his
hands on his jeans.  "Ok, everything's online.  Might have to run the water for
a little while, just to refresh the pipes, but that's about it."  He took out
their belongings and walked up the porch stairs.

Caroline blinked in amazement at the sight through the window.  The living room
was well furnished, wooden furniture that was in the Santa Fe western motif.
There was a good sized couch, several lounge chairs, a fireplace, a table,
cabinets, and all sorts of other furnishings.

Ryan unlocked the door and waved her in.  "Well, here we are, our home for the
next week or so."  He put down the packs, and grinned, waiting for her reaction.

"It's so... clean!" she said.

"Someone from the small town comes over once every two months to dust and clean.
They won't be over until next month, so we don't have to worry about them
showing up.  Come on, let me show you the bedroom.

Caroline was led into a huge bedroom, of which one of the largest beds she had
ever seen was the centerpiece.  The walls were all wooden, and the floor covered
with a light carpet.

"Wow, this is great," she cooed.  Ryan winked, and opened a door.  "And the
bathroom."

Caroline peered, and her heart lept at the sight.  There was a tub, and a
jacuzzi sunk down to floor level.  The jacuzzi was empty at the moment, while
Ryan started letting the water run in the tub.  It was tinged with red for a few
moments, then cleared.

"Probably will have to run the water out of all the faucets," Ryan sighed.  He
watched as Caroline went over to the jacuzzi, peering at it wistfully.

"How long would it take to get this ready for use?"

Ryan considered.  "I'd have to fill it, let it drain, fill it again and check
the pumps to make sure they're working, then empty and fill it once more.  At
least a couple of hours."

"Could you at least, well, get started?"

Ryan looked at Caroline's expression, then broke into a grin.  "Oh, I know what
you want to do, you want to *be* the water in the jacuzzi."

She giggled and nodded vigorously.  "I want us both to be the water, let it mix
us up completely."

"All right, all right."  He came over and started working the controls.  "Why
don't you go get our things and put them in the closet while I start this."

---

On the porch a pair of wooden rocking chairs sat, slowly moving back and forth
under their own power.  Caroline and Ryan were nowhere to be seen, yet their
voices came from the chairs themselves.

"Mmmm, this feels so nice and comfortable, being a rocking chair," Caroline
sighed.  "Sometimes I miss just *being* something for a while.

"It is relaxing," Ryan said, his voice coming from the other chair.  "Get to
enjoy the view, don't have to worry about the weather, just let yourself go."

"Do you... have any regrets?  Over what's happened to you?" Caroline asked.  Her
tone carried a touch of worry, a tone Ryan recognized.

A wooden arm formed out of the side of the rocking chair and stretched over to
lightly squeeze Caroline's arm rest.  "Regrets?  No.  Other than I wish I had
met you earlier than I did."  His own tone was wistful.  "I think it might have
been good to have you around when I was having a rough time with life."

"I wish I had been there," Caroline said softly.  "We both could have used the
support."

Ryan gave her arm rest another squeeze, then pulled his arm back.  "But as to
having any regrets over having the ability to transform, not one bit.  Not when
I have someone like you to share that with."

"I had Lexi and then Gena to share things with, but as much as I've liked them,
I just... couldn't let go as much as I have with you."  Caroline's voice was
warm.  "I feel like I could get as wild as I want with you, and you'd let me be
wild."

Ryan laughed, rocking back and forth again.  "Love, you've been bringing out
desires in me I've never felt before, and I want you to let yourself be as
insane and wild as you want.  Sure, we're going to get kinky with our forms and
our fun, we've not even scratched the surface there."

"Oh, I intend to do more than just scratch the surface with you," Caroline said.

---

The jacuzzi was finally ready for use, the water temperature just right and the
jets idling softly.  Ryan checked the controls one final time, then looked at
Caroline.

"It's all ready for use," he said.  She grinned, and stepped into the tub,
settling on the seat before reaching for Ryan.

"Going to join me in here?" she teased, already knowing his answer.

"I think I'm going to end up doing more than just 'joining' you," he responded,
taking her hand and stepping in as well.  He set the timer on the control, then
looked at Caroline.  "Are you ready for this?" he asked, amused.

"Oh, I'm more than ready."  With that, Ryan touched the control, the timer
starting to count down then turned back to her.  "Love you," he said, as his
form started to turn transparent.

"Love you," she replied, her own form also turning transparent.  Moments later
they both cascaded into the water, merging and mingling and flowing around.
Their liquid forms rippled and caressed in a purely erotic fashion, soft moans
coming from both.

The timer clicked on, and Caroline and Ryan both felt the jets kicking in,
streams of water pulsating out into them.  Caroline cried out in delight,
feeling herself being pulled apart, sucked down into the pumps, being hit with
blasts of water from the jets from every direction.  She felt Ryan trying to
maintain control, and moaned.

"Don't fight it, love, just let yourself go."

She felt Ryan's liquid form tensing up, then a deep moaning sound came from him
and she cried out again as she felt his form churning with hers, mixing
together, being pumped, sucked and shot out through the machinery.

Ryan orgasmed as never before, his entire body being the center of a wave of
ecstasy that shot through Caroline.  She in turn also climaxed, and together
they rode those orgasmic waves as they were churned into a frothy mass, mingling
on a microscopic scale as never before.

It felt like they were in this blissful state for hours, but in truth only one
hour passed before the jets and pumps turned off and the jacuzzi went back into
a standby state.  They were aware of that fact only on an instinctive level,
their minds and bodies having been completely interwoven from their experience.

The night passed unnoticed by them, as they rested as the water in the jacuzzi.