Love at First Sneeze

     As Kat stared at Nathan from across the room, she once again had to
pinch herself to believe her luck. It was just yesterday, during Spanish
class, that Nathan had asked her out to dinner. She had been waiting
over 3 months to gather the nerve to possibly ask him out, but luckily he
had asked first. As the class dragged on, Kat wished that the bell would
ring so she could rush home and get ready for their date.
     Finally, after what seemed like hours, the final bell rang, and as
Kat exited the class Nathan waved her over to him. "We still on for
tonight Kat?" he asked her.
     "Of course Nathan, and I cant wait!" she responded happily.
     "Ok then Kat, I will seeya at 7 o'clock."

                       (Later that evening)
     Kat applied the last touch to her makeup, and began to look
through her vanity for the perfect perfume. She was not satisfied with
any of them, and at the last minute decided to run out and buy a new one
that she had heard about. It was called "Emotions" and was the newest
thing from France. Grabbing her purse, she rushed out to the local Gift
Shop, hoping to find it. Reading the label as she walked up the steps to
her house, Kat was intrigued by the fact that the new perfume used
flower extracts and natural ingredients instead of scented oils. The box
had a warning however, it simply stated, that once put on, it would last a
minimum of 3 hours and could not simply be washed off, in fact, water
would re-activate the scent. "This is great," she thought to herself, "it
should do the trick." She had smelled it on a tester card in the mall when
it first came out, and couldn't wait to see what it was really like.
     Just as she opened the box, Nathans car drove up. "Hello Kat, you
look great!" he said as he exited the car. "You ready for a nice dinner
and a movie?"
     Kat blushed, "You bet, and you look nice too." She quickly but the
perfume in her purse and decided to put it on later at the restaurant.
     As he opened the car door for her, Nathan couldn't believe that this
beautiful girl was his escort for the evening. "Don't do anything to
screw it up!" he kept telling himself.
     The restaurant was packed, and as they waited for a table, Kat
decided to go to the ladies room. Exscusing herself, she walked to the
restroom, smiling at how much she enjoyed Nathan's company and
wanting to put on her new perfume in order to impress him a bit. As she
pulled the bottle out of her purse, she imagined the effect it would have
upon him if it was anything like she had seen on the TV ads. Pulling off
the top, she sprayed herself twice under her neck. It was a lovely scent,
one that reminded her of springtime. She placed the bottle back into her
purse and turned to leave. Suddenly, she felt a slight itch, almost a
tickle, deep within her nose.
     She thought nothing of the annoying itch as she exited the
restroom and rejoined Nathan who was patiently waiting for her. "Our
table is ready", he said, "I was just waiting for you, shall we?"
     He took her hand and led her to a cozy little table for two, away
from the main dining area. As Kat sat down and just began to comment on
how nice she thought the restaraunt was, she felt the itch in her nose
growing, it was becoming an incessant tickle, one that made her feel like
rubbing her nose to relieve it. "No, not here, not now..." she said to
herself "just ignore it, it will go away."
     On the other side of the table, Nathan suddenly noticed a pleasant
scent coming from Kat's side of the table. "Thats a very nice perfume you
have on Kat, it reminds me of a walk in the park on a spring day."
     Kat nodded at him and muttered "Thank you." Her nose had grown
worse by the moment, and she was sure that a sneeze was developing,
despite her best efforts to contain it. Sitting in his seat, Nathan noticed
that Kats eyes looked a bit watery, and her mouth seemed to twitch a bit.
Thinking that it was just nervousness, he held up his menu and began to
look it over. As he did so, he suddenly felt his nose start to tickle. Kat
was trying desperately to hide her discomfort, and she used the menu to
cover up her face as she rubbed her irritated nose with her finger. It
helped a little, but not much.
     Nathan meanwhile, felt like he had somehow inhaled a feather, the
tickle in his nose had become stronger, and the more he tried to ignore it
the more it gained control of him. "So, what do you think you would
like?" he managed to say in a shaky voice, as he fought down a strong
urge to blow his nose.
     "I'm not sure," replied Kat, biting her lip to keep the tickle under
control.
     If only they could have seen each other at that point, instead of
hiding behind a menu, they would have noticed that they were both
having the same problem. Instead, each was embarrassed about losing
control of any part of their anatomy on this first date, and they both
suffered in silence until the waiter returned.  "Are we ready to order
yet?" the waiter asked. Neither of them answered, for they both knew
that if they did, all that would come out were the sneezes that were
begging to be released.
     Nathan knew he couldnt last much longer, so he blurted out "Be
right back..." and quickly went towards the mens room.
     As soon as he left the table, Kat quickly grabbed her purse and
dug around for a tissue. Before she could find one though, the sneezes
started. "huuuh... huuuuuhh... Huh-Shoo!" Always a feminine sneezer,
she was able to keep them fairly quiet. One after another they burst out
of her, allowing only a few seconds in between as the next one formed.
"Huh-Shoo! huuuh.. huuuuh Huh-Shoo!" The waiter stood there and
watched as the sneezing fit took complete control of her, her head
bobbed forward each time as she was helplessly caught up in a sneezing
storm. 
     By this time, Nathan had just reached the bathroom, and as he
pushed on the door, a sneeze erupted, causing him to stagger forward
and into the white tiled room. "Ahhh-Chooo!" A man was just finishing up
and kindly blessed him as he left the room. Nathan felt each sneeze
building up within him as he continued "ahhh.. ahhh.. Ahh-Choo!
Ah-Choo! ahh.. Ah-Choo!" After about a dozen sneezes, he blew his nose
and gained some composure. "Whew! I needed to let them out!" he silently
noted to himself. Feeling much better, he started back to the table.
     Blowing her nose for the 3rd time, Kat tried to get some control of
herself. She didn't understand it, even when she had a cold, she would
rarely sneeze more than twice. So far she had sneezed 16 times, and felt
like more were coming any minute. The waiter had left by the time the 8th
erupted, and she was red faced with embarrasment at her present
condition. She then noticed Nathan returning, and quickly put the
tissues in her pocket. 
     "Everything ok here? Sorry to leave you so quickly like that."
Nathan said upon his return to the table. 
     "No problem." she answered. "I seem to be having a little trouble
here too."
     Nathan looked in her eyes, now tearing and red. "You look
 sick, are you alright?" 
     Kat stared into his brown eyes, forgetting for a moment that her
nose was still itching horribly. "I'll be fine, howbout we get the food
takeout?"

            (Back at Nathans apartment, an hour later)
     Kat sat on the couch, grateful that since she had left the
restaurant her nose had calmed down. As Nathan put the rented movie
into his VCR, he also thanked the heavens that he was now in control of
all his bodily functions again. They sat there, eating pasta and watching
a movie neither of them was really interested in, each comtemplating why
they had such massive sneezing fits earlier. Kat went into the kitchen,
helping to clean up after they were through eating. Washing her hands
she splashed some cool water on her face, cleaning her chin and mouth.
As soon as the water hit her, a familiar smell assailed her nostrils, and
almost immediately the all too familiar tickle began once more. "Oh No!!"
she said quietly, "Its the perfume!! I should have known!" Nathan walked
in just then, and as he entered the sweet smell of Emotions hit him full in
the face. Both of them started sneezing almost immediately.
"huuh..Huh-Shoo! Sorry Nathan it seems to be my...my.. Huh-Shooo! new
perfume, makin me ehh..huuuuh...Huh-Choo! sneeze."
     Nathan was already matching her, sneeze for sneeze, "Ahh-choo!
thats ok it seems to... ahh.. ahhhhhh... Ahh-Choo! be getting to me too.
Ahh-Choo!" They went on like that for almost an hour, seeing who could
hold it back the longest, who was louder, whose was more powerful. In
the end they both seemed to realize that they were enjoying it.
Strangely enough, it seemed to bring them closer together. "Misery loves
company I guess." joked Nathan.
     Kat smiled at him and answered... "I guess so, and you know what's
weird? I actually enjoyed it somehow." 
     Nathan kissed her softly as she gathered her things to leave. "Me
too Kat, its like it somehow removed the masks we were wearing and let
us just be ourselves instead of trying to impress each other." 
     Kat kissed him back, "I guess this perfume did work in its own way
then, I wanted you to be aroused by it and heck, at least both our noses
were!" 
     Nathan laughed, brushing back his blonde hair with his hand "I
have to agree with you there, and do me a favor please." 
     Kat looked up at him "What's that?" 
     He grinned at her, "Keep that perfume bottle handy for our next
date."
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 And thats how 2 young people discovered their fetish for sneezes, and
 each other. I hope it works out that well for all of you too!! Happy
 Hayfever!!