Her buddy, who also looked really good, was on the ladder too. She wanted to know how I got my legs as toned as they were (again, top secret stuff). And worse. She thought my booty looked touchably hot.

What the what?!?!!

As I talked myself into finishing the climb, the most…

Forget the illustrious words…

The second gal reached up and grabbed my butt.

I nearly jumped off the ladder and I barely managed not to scream. I don’t know what short circuited my head. But. I did slip down two or three rungs.

The super pretty gal behind me ended grabbing me and prevented me from sliding down to the ground. I would have totally broken bones if I had slid down. Let’s not forget that I would have crushed several of their ribs. I was supposed to be a gentleman and protector of these ladies (so my brain tried to rationale) and now they were rescuing me. I do the rescuing. I was being rescued.

Let’s not digress into how amazing her skin felt. How super aroused I was by the feel of her curves. How insanely scared I was of these never before felt feelings.

All. At. The. Top.

OF

A FREAKING SKY HIGH LADDER!!

LIKE SUPER TALL!!!

I did manage to pull myself together and get into the loft. I so wished I had taken opportunity to make out with them.. However, my code of ethics wouldn’t allow it. My sense of manhood would have been offended. That was all I had left.

I was mortified. Humiliated. Devastated. Embarrassed. And now in a loft wickedly high off the ground. The original plan was to climb the ladder, face my fear, then climb back down and call it a day.

Now. I’m in a loft. With a reputation for being the make-out capital of the fair. And also ill-reputed for having ghosts.

Yeah. Talk about being in a bad place. and keenly aware of being way way off the ground… on shaky rickety planks of wood that might not support my weight…

Ultra hyper vigilant, I now had to make moves to figure how to adjust to the near pitch black and find an exit.

Not to ruin anything from the story or take away from the elements of mystery I tried to write, there was indeed a boy in the loft who was just as petrified as I was. I did rescue him. I totally skipped the part about how he clawed layers of my skin off of me from fear.

There is a reason why I changed the gender in the storyline… but I won’t discuss that in this post today lol

While most of the scenes did happen as portrayed, maybe in another behind the scenes post I will share what was real and what was fiction (that I didn’t discuss already here)

This writer (yup, you have been warned I’d change voicing) has had plenty of flashbacks to last a long time. Time to close up this post and prepare other things. It’s been real. The pulse needs to return back to normal. One wouldn’t want to cause this writer to feel too nervous about digging into the past memory banks for future ideas, would we?

Until next time, navigate white wooden ladders carefully!

For those who have not read the full story

Linked below are the chapters of the story in question. “When Ladders Traumatize”

Keep in mind, the order of the post is not in chronological order… still learning how to setup the codes to show things in the order needed. They’re in reverse order for now.

1. Introducing When Ladders Traumatize - Introductions - Part 1 Zoe is a fierce competitive scholar. Bret is happy go lucky smart guy Somehow, their paths cross. Romance seem ready to bloom, but something goes horribly wrong. Will Karma play a role? Will their competitive ways destroy romance before it even gets a chance?
2. When Ladders Traumatize Intro Part 2 - Introductions - Part 2 The school board and the principal have some tough choices to make for the coming year. Betty seems to be the only one not stressed about what will be the fate of the principal's choices
3. When Ladders Traumatize Part 1 - Part 1 - The Story Bret discovers that his top performance does not get him the top earned reward. Zoe gets the gig he was after. Sure, he likes her and thinks she's pretty and all... but... For now, he must get used to the fact he's going on a trip to a mud pit on a farm as a thank you for his hard work. What was up with Bucking Betty though?
4. When Ladders Traumatize Part 2 - Part 2- The Story Bret, looking for a cool place to escape the drudgery of the mud pit field trip.. finds a cool building with a sweet looking white ladder. As friendly as the staff is, something is really bothering Bret. His tummy rumbles, his thoughts grow weary. Something is off. But what... The weird feeling is proving very distracting. There are so many beautiful women around... he nearly forgets he's attracted to Zoe If only he could figure out what that weird feeling was...
5. When Ladders Traumatize Part 3 - Part 3 - The Story The gals are teasing him. Bret is sure of this. Why would such beautiful women find him hot while he's in pain? But man were they beautiful. And boy was he in pain. Yet, that white ladder was messing with his head... drawing him... punishing him. Bret felt he was going crazy in a sci-fi vortext. Eventually Bret finds himself inside that mysterious loft. There was a boy in there. The poor fella was scared to death. Also was helpful in getting him away from these overly sexed gals that were all over him on the ladder...
6. When Ladders Traumatize Part 4 - Part 4 - The Story Something is really wrong. Badly wrong. That boy is not who he appears to be at all. Who is this boy? Why are all the girls only after that mysterious teen in the loft? Bret now needs to figure how to get out of that crawl space. Things are just getting too weird. The pain though. The gals giggling. The boy talking. That S.O.S message . Was it for him? Bret needed answers but he needed to escape more than anything. Especially with this massive amount of pain wrecking his body, survival depended on his ability to escape. But how?
7. When Ladders Traumatize Part 5 - Part 5 - The Story Just when Bret thinks his nightmare is over, it is not. The boy-ish thing is following him everywhere. Popping up in the worse places. Bret feels like he's fighting for his life while the girl is flirting mercilessly with him. Is he losing his mind? And will he ever get out of this mess? Will he ever get a chance to hold Zoe close again? The reach of that boy-ish thing is hellbent on keeping him in agony, no matter how much Bret fights. Worse, it's night time and everything seems a threat.
8. Epilogue of Ladders - Epilogue - When Ladders Traumatize Bret, now older, discovers that Zoe has feelings... But, what do these feelings mean? Where does this White Ladder really fit into this story? Will these questions get answered? More importantly, will Bret have his way with Zoe the way he's always fantasized? Is this the end??