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Author's Note: This story is an alternate universe story based on events in Batman #309 (Vol. 40, March 1979)
I want to personally thank Steve Zink for beta reading this story. His input is greatly appreciated.
Gotham City, Downtown Area
December 24, 1978, 2:36 PM CST
Gotham City was especially cold on this Christmas Eve. Most people were doing their last-minute Christmas shopping, while others were having dinner with their families. For many people in Gotham, like people in other cities around the world, Christmas Eve was a time of joy and happiness.
For one Gotham City resident, however, Christmas Eve was a sad day. Her name was Kathy Crawford, a 22-year-old blonde woman with bright blue eyes. She was walking on the snow-covered sidewalk to her residence, wearing an _expression of gloom and despair. As a resident of a small town known as Pittsdale, she moved to Gotham City shortly after the deaths of her parents last year. She had dreams of a happy life when she moved here, possibly leading to a career in electronics. However, as time passed, the reality of Gotham City was quite different.
She had a difficult time finding a job, and the one job she could find, working as a cashier in a Gotham City electronics store, was lost when the store went out of business. The only lodging she could find was a run-down rooming house in the Downtown area of the city. After losing her job, she could barely make ends meet, and often was low on money.
The final straw came when she was mugged by a trio of purse snatchers on her way home. Her pleas went unheeded by the criminals, who merely laughed as they ran off. For Kathy, this was the breaking point. She headed home in tears, having lost the will and the strength to make herself a happy life.
I'm tired of waking up to a world that doesn't give a damn about me,Kathy thought with despair. I have no choice but to end my life.
As she was walking to the rooming house where she lived, she remembered that she had a bottle of Sleep Easy sleeping pills in the medicine cabinet. Kathy felt that those pills would be enough to end what she believed was a miserable existence.
As she pondered this, she suddenly heard the rumbling of a high-performance V-8 engine emanating from behind her. Turning to the sound, she saw a yellow 1971 Dodge Ramcharger coming toward her. The 4X4 vehicle pulled up to Kathy and stopped. The passenger side window came down to reveal the driver.
Kathy found herself face to face with a beautiful woman with black hair and eyes just as blue as hers. She was wearing a blue and white ski suit. Kathy guessed her age to be in her late 20s.
"Hello, kid. You look kinda upset," the driver said in a concerned voice.
"Well, nothing's gone right for me tonight," Kathy responded.
"I can imagine. By the way, I'm Angela."
"I'm Kathy."
"A girl like you shouldn't be out here alone on such a cold night," Angela declared. "How about coming home with me?"
"I wouldn't want to bother you..." Kathy began.
"No, Kathy, no trouble at all," Angela interrupted, giving Kathy a warm smile. "Besides, I could use the company."
Kathy considered the woman's offer. She saw that Angela was truly friendly and was concerned about her. Instinctively she realized that this was what she probably needed right now. Besides, she just might be someone Kathy could talk to about her feelings.
"Okay, Angela, I accept your offer," Kathy consented.
"Great!" Angela declared, opening the door of her 4x4 to allow Kathy to step inside and buckle her seat belt. After Kathy shut the door, Angela put the Ramcharger in gear and headed east, taking the highway outside of town.
******
15 miles east of Gotham City, 3:00 PM CST
Angela pulled up to the gates of a palatial mansion outside of Gotham City, eager to get inside. When Kathy first saw the mansion, she was impressed. The size of the mansion was nothing short of amazing. She often imagined what kind of homes the idle rich would have, but she never expected anything like this.
How could Angela have such a mansion yet drive a vehicle that was only used by common folk like me? Kathy wondered.
"Welcome to my humble home, Kathy," Angela announced, seemingly unaware of the contradiction in terms.
"It's so beautiful," Kathy whispered in awe.
"Thanks, Kathy. This mansion once belonged to my parents."
"Your parents must have been very rich."
"Yeah. I'll tell you all about it once we're inside."
Angela pulled up to the mansion's garage, plucked the remote from the dashboard and pushed the red button, opening the garage door. When the garage door was completely up and out of the way, Angela drove into the garage. She shut down the engine as the garage door began closing. She and Kathy got out of the Ramcharger and headed to the door. Producing a set of keys from her pocket, Angela unlocked the door and moved through the kitchen, heading to a small bar next to the refrigerator. She took two champagne glasses from a rack over the bar and placed them on the bar's marble surface.
"Would you like a glass of wine, Kathy?" Angela inquired.
"Yes, thank you."
Angela then opened a small cabinet and pulled out a bottle of Dom Perignon '52 and poured it into the two glasses. Giving Kathy one of the glasses, Angela led her to the mansion's living room, motioning to one of the lounge chairs, a red one, sitting in front of the television.
"Have a seat, Kathy," Angela suggested. "I have to get out of this suit and into something more comfortable."
Kathy headed to the lounge chair and sat down as Angela left the living room. As she waited, Kathy turned on the TV and was rewarded with the 1946 James Stewart movie It's a Wonderful Life. Kathy felt some empathy with Stewart's character, George Bailey. Like Kathy, he felt he was a failure and wanted to end his life. However, like Kathy, he had a guardian angel of his own. Kathy wondered if there was a lesson in this whole scenario with Angela.
As she was pondering this question, footsteps broke into her musings. She looked up and saw that Angela had returned, wearing a pinstripe business suit, red blouse and black high-heeled pumps.
"You look great, Angela," Kathy commented with a smile.
"Thanks, Kathy. It's a little something I threw together."
"I like it."
"I'm glad you do." Angela smiled as she sat in the other lounge chair.
For the next several minutes, Kathy and Angela discussed their lives, which each assumed could not have had much in common. Angela began her story first.
Kathy learned that her friend's full name was Angela Harris, the daughter of Edmund Harris, a former engineer for the Chrysler Corporation who had started Amalgamated Auto Parts, a nationwide mail-order auto parts company. Angela revealed that her father was a fan of Chrysler automobiles, even starting a small collection, which included the Dodge Ramcharger that Angela was driving when she met Kathy.
Angela also revealed that her father, along with her mother, Emily Harris, were murdered three years ago by gunmen working for Matthew Wylie, one of her father's most bitter rivals. The deaths saddened Angela deeply.
"What happened to Wylie?" Kathy asked.
"Batman was able to bring him to justice," Angela revealed. "He was convicted and sentenced to life."
"Did that make you happy?"
"Yes, it did. And you know, when Batman went after him, it was as if he experienced the same pain I did when my parents were murdered."
"Who knows?" Kathy asked rhetorically. "Maybe he did."
Later on, it was Kathy's turn to speak. She told Angela about her life in Pittsdale. Her parents, Joseph and Dorothy Crawford, were teachers at a high school in Pittsdale. They were also killed, but not by criminal actions, but by a car accident back home. Shortly after the funerals, she moved to Gotham City to make a better life for herself. However, her attempts proved to be fruitless, and she was barely able to eke out a comfortable existence. She also told Angela of the purse snatching that took place before Angela came on the scene. Kathy felt that this was the breaking point for her and felt that she had no more strength to improve her life.
Angela shook her head in disbelief. "You and I have some pretty fucked up personal lives, you know?"
"Yeah, we do."
As the conversation took place, Kathy began to experience feelings she had never noticed before. She became intensely attracted to the young woman. Up to this point, Kathy never entertained the idea of a lesbian relationship, having been brought up as a strict heterosexual woman.
However, as she had to admit, Kathy had a lot of unpleasant experiences with men, even before the purse snatching. Also, she noticed from the beginning that Angela was a very beautiful woman. She began to imagine what it would be like to make love to Angela. She imagined the two of them on a deserted island, kissing each other as they stood in a pond....
"Kathy, are you okay?" Angela's voice snapped Kathy out of her reverie.
"W ... What?" Kathy stammered.
"Are you okay? You look like you were away for a while," Angela said.
"Yeah, I'm okay."
"Do you have something on your mind, Kathy?"
Kathy hesitated for a minute, wondering how far she should go. She wasn't even sure that Angela had any lesbian desires, and she wasn't about to jeopardize her newfound friendship with this guardian angel of hers.
She decided to take the oblique approach. "Did you ever have any romantic interests, Angela?"
Curious as to why Kathy was interested in her romantic relationships, Angela answered, "I've had a few boyfriends in my life. Unfortunately, none of them worked out. My last boyfriend, Carl Montgomery, seemed to be the one I would have shared my life with. Unfortunately, it turned out that he had other plans."
"What other plans?"
"Carl planned to marry me ... then kill me to inherit my fortune!" Angela's _expression turned hateful as memories of her former boyfriend's plans and past went through her mind.
"That's awful, Angela," Kathy declared sympathetically. "How did you find out?"
"Batman and this female detective captured him. They caught him in the act of attempting to murder Tracey Matthews, another Gotham City rich woman. The detective was disguised as Ms. Matthews as part of a plan to capture him."
"Did you have any other relationships after that?"
"Yeah," Angela replied. "Wanna know a secret?"
"What secret, Angela?"
"I had a lesbian affair some time after Carl was arrested," Angela revealed.
When Kathy heard that, it was like a dream come true for her. She realized that she had an opportunity to realize the fantasy she had entertained during their conversation. She still had to tread carefully, though.
"Who was she?" Kathy asked.
"Janice Oliver. She was the Gotham City detective that helped Batman save Ms. Matthews from that bastard Carl. I personally visited her after the case was solved. She and I hit it off great."
"When did the two of you become lovers?"
"We became lovers when we went shopping together. She was so caring and supportive ... and she was pretty hot in bed," Angela recalled with a laugh.
"Are you still lovers?"
"No," Angela responded sadly. "She was killed in the line of duty helping Batman bust some drug dealers."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Kathy sympathized with Angela. "Is there anyone else in your life?"
"At the moment, no. I hope to one day find someone that I want to share my life with, but that may be a while."
Kathy was silent for a moment. She dearly wanted to be that someone Angela was looking for. Were it not for her, Kathy would have most likely killed herself. In essence, Angela saved her life, and she wanted to repay her for her kindness.
"Why are you so interested, Kathy?" Angela inquired.
"Well, Angela, I ... I...." Kathy started to speak, but had some trouble finding the right words.
"Is there something you want to share?" Angela smiled, suspecting that she knew the answer.
Kathy decided to make her feelings known then and there. "I'm attracted to you, Angela."
Angela smiled even wider. "Really?"
"Yeah. I never felt this way about someone before," Kathy stated.
Angela stood up and walked toward Kathy, taking the girl's hands in her own, prompting Kathy to stand up. "I have a secret of my own, Kathy."
"What's that?"
"I'm attracted to you, too, Kathy. I wanted you when I first saw you on the street," Angela revealed.
For Kathy, this revelation was what she had been waiting for. She wrapped her arms around Angela's neck, bringing the young heiress' face close to hers. Angela wrapped her own arms around Kathy's neck, placing her lips against Kathy's, her tongue seeking to enter the young girl's mouth. Kathy willingly allowed her lover's tongue to enter her mouth. The two women's oral probes wrapped around each other in an erotic duet. After a few seconds, Kathy broke the kiss and looked into Angela's eyes.
"I've never done anything like this before," Kathy confessed.
"Just relax, Kathy," Angela responded with assurance. "I'll lead the way."
The beautiful heiress led Kathy by the hand down the hall and into her bedroom. As they entered, Angela closed and locked the door behind her. Angela walked up to Kathy and removed the girl's sweater, pulling it over her head. Angela then kneeled down to unbuckle the belt that held Kathy's skirt in place. As Angela unbuckled the belt, Kathy reached behind her own back to unhook her bra, discarding it to the floor just as Angela removed Kathy's belt from her waist. The beautiful heiress then grabbed the waist of both Kathy's skirt and lace panties, pulling both pieces of clothing down simultaneously, causing Kathy to step out of them.
Angela led Kathy to the bed and laid her down, taking in the girl's beauty as she stepped back. She then began to slowly and seductively remove her business suit, starting with her jacket. She smiled at Kathy wickedly as she unbuttoned her blouse, revealing a lace bra covering her firm, luscious breasts. Kathy watched with awe as Angela removed her clothing. The blonde girl was enraptured by her lover's beautiful body. She wished to sample all of Angela's charms during their conversation, and now that desire was on its way to becoming a reality.
Angela finished disrobing, wearing only her sexy black shoes. She walked to the bed and crawled over Kathy, allowing the blonde girl to take her into her arms, wrapping them around Angela's neck. Kathy pulled Angela down to her, bringing her lips together with Angela's. The two women kissed each other with more passion than before, their tongues performing the second erotic duet of the day, their hands roving over each other's bodies. As they kissed, Angela used one of her hands to fondle Kathy's left breast.
"Mmmmm...." Kathy moaned through the kiss, enjoying her new lover's erotic ministrations. She had never experienced such passion before with any of her previous male lovers, and this was proving to be a wonderful experience for her.
Angela broke the kiss and looked at Angela with a smile. "I think you want this as much as I do ... don't you, Kathy?"
"Yes ... I want you, Angela," Kathy moaned. The two women went back to kissing each other, their passion seemingly unending.
After a few minutes, Angela moved upwards, letting her breasts hang over Kathy's mouth. "Lick them," Angela whispered with lust. For Kathy, this was an offer she couldn't refuse ... not that she wanted to. She stuck out her tongue and ran it over the stiff nipple of Angela's left breast, enjoying the taste of her new lover's creamy flesh, which was like ambrosia to her. Angela moved her right breast over Kathy's mouth, allowing the blonde girl to give it the same treatment as before.
"Yes, Kathy ... yes," Angela moaned with pleasure, her enjoyment of the situation matching Kathy's. Regardless of her enjoyment, however, Angela wanted to sample her new lover's pussy, which she imagined produced some sweet love honey.
Angela moved down Kathy's body, positioning herself between the blonde girl's legs, her eyes firmly fixed on the blonde-covered pussy. She pried open Kathy's labia lips and stuck her tongue inside her blonde lover's fuck tunnel, wiggling her tongue as a snake would.
Kathy felt her pussy get wet as a result of Angela's actions. She didn't mind that at all ... indeed she liked what Angela was doing to her. Instinctively Kathy moved her hands to her breasts, massaging the luscious mounds, smiling with glee as she tweaked her nipples. Kathy began to whip her head back and forth as she felt the waves of passion flow through her body, moaning with pleasure as Angela tongue-fucked her mercilessly.
Kathy suddenly felt the beginnings of an orgasm stirring within her body as Angela noticed that her lover's pussy had become swollen. She licked Kathy even faster, causing the girl to have a powerful orgasm that resulted in a copious amount of love honey, which Angela drank with lustful abandon.
As Kathy calmed down, Angela sensuously crawled over Kathy's body and stared directly into the young blonde's eyes. "Angela, can I do that to you ... please?" Kathy whispered with desire.
"Of course," Angela smiled, crawling up to the head of the bed. Gripping the head of the bed with her hands, the young heiress positioned her hot, wet pussy over Kathy's mouth. Kathy held onto Angela's firm ass and lowered it to bring Angela's love box closer to her. Remembering what Angela did to her a while ago, Kathy stuck her tongue into Angela's clit and tasted the sweet honey that was being generated by Angela's arousal. She ate out Angela with relish, wanting to give her the same pleasure that Angela, her guardian angel, had given her. Angela smiled with glee, rolling her hips as she felt the pleasure being generated by Kathy's oral ministrations.
For her part, Kathy never imagined that she would be in a situation like this ... and never imagined she would enjoy it so much.
Just then, Angela felt the stirrings of her oncoming orgasm radiate through her. "Faster, Kathy! Faster! Faster!" she shouted.
Kathy ate her out even faster in response, bringing her beautiful lover to the most powerful climax she had ever experienced. Kathy drank the results of Angela's orgasm as if she would never have enough. Angela lay herself beside Kathy and spent a few moments catching her breath. Kathy relaxed, also taking the time to catch her breath.
******
"So, Kathy, how do you feel?" Angela asked as she lay across Kathy's chest.
"I feel so much better, Angela." Kathy stroked her lover's hair.
As Kathy rested, a million thoughts ran through Angela's mind. Kathy was the first woman she had ever met who had ever equaled the passion of her previous lover, Det. Janice Oliver. She wanted Kathy to be with her forever, but she wasn't sure that Kathy would be interested in staying with her. She was trying to come up with a way to persuade her new friend to stay with her, but was as yet unable to do so.
As it turned out, however, it would be Kathy who would make the first move. The young blonde cared about Angela and wanted to stay with her. "Angela?"
"Yes, Kathy?" Angela looked at Kathy's face.
The blonde woman looked into Angela's eyes. "Can I stay with you?"
Angela's heart soared at Kathy's question. Her dream was coming true. "Oh, yes, my darling! Yes! Yes!" Angela repeatedly kissed Kathy on her lips, tears of joy flowing from her eyes. "You have no idea how much that means to me! I love you so much!"
Kathy held Angela close to her. "I feel the same way about you, Angela. After those bastards robbed me I was so dispirited, that I wanted to kill myself when I got home. By coming into my life when you did, you kept me from doing that. Oh, Angela, I need you more than air."
"As do I, my love," Angela responded. "I want you to stay with me forever."
"Yes, Angela ... forever." Kathy hugged Angela, unwilling to let her go. "Can you help me get my things from my home?"
"Sure, Kathy ... tomorrow." Angela smiled with joy.
After sharing one final kiss, Angela and Kathy fell asleep in each other's arms.
******
Epilogue
Angela Harris helped Kathy Crawford move from her former residence on Christmas Day, with the beautiful heiress settling the bill with the landlord. In early 1981, Angela helped Kathy get into MIT, where she graduated with full honors in electronics. Angela secured Kathy a job with Wayne Enterprises as an engineer in the company's electronics department, where she works to this day.
The End
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