https://www.literotica.com/s/to-all-the-girls-we-loved-before Chapter 1.5 They did not hide their relationship, but, of course, they were discreet about any sexual activity. Unfortunately, they were unable to sleep together overnight, though they still managed to have fun watching the 'torpedo races at the passion pits.' Having sex in a car was nowhere near as fun as what they had enjoyed at college, but it was better than nothing, he figured. 3 About a month after they returned, Jim's parents told him they were planning a sudden, three-week trip to the coast to visit family. They wanted Jim to go, but his job prevented this from happening. He did not tell Brenda about this when he invited her out on a date the first night his parents were gone. They agreed to see a movie they both had seen previously and once he picked her up, he casually mentioned he needed to drop by home before they got to the theater. 4 "Come on in and say 'Hi' to my folks." 5 "Oh, I'll just wait here." 6 "No, come on." 7 Once they got in the door, Jim turned to her and gave her a big hug while grabbing her ass. 8 "Jim! Your parents!" 9 "My parents are a few hundred miles away and we've got three hours of private time together. Now, what do you think we could do during that time?" he asked as he picked her up, walked to his bedroom and threw her squealing onto the bed. 10 Giggling, Brenda quickly shed her clothes as he did the same. She lay back onto the pillow and spread her legs while inviting him to join her with a 'come here' wave of her finger. 11 "Got a condom?" 12 "Won't need it for this," he answered as he lowered himself to her. Jim had heard about oral sex, knew it existed, but had no idea about the particulars. "I'd like to try this. OK with you?" 13 "Well, yeah. Sure, I guess." 14 "Tell me what you like, OK?" 15 "I don't know what I like. Go ahead and lick me and let's see..." 16 Jim lowered his head between her thighs and timidly stuck his tongue out. Her hair tickled a little, but the taste, oh, the taste was out of this world! He had known what she tasted like from licking his fingers after rubbing her, but this gave him a much better taste. It was tangy, sweet, earthy and all her. And he loved it. 17 And so did she! After telling him what felt good, her voice dissolved into moans of ecstasy. He concentrated on her clit and whenever he drifted away, she pouted, insisting he 'get back to business.' 18 "Put your finger in," she moaned at one point. Once he did, her squirming and writhing became even more pronounced until she exploded, crying aloud while holding his head tightly to her pussy. Jim was in awe of what he, and she, were doing. It was mind-blowing! It was wonderful! And he wanted to repeat it time and time again. 19 When she relaxed her hold on his head and collapsed back onto the sheets, he switched to a gentle licking mixed with tiny kisses. Eventually, he rose up and climbed to be with her. She attacked him with deep kisses before breaking away and looking at him. 20 "Honey, that was absolutely the most amazing thing ever. How, uh, why did you decide to do it." 21 "Heard about it somewhere. Thought it would be fun." 22 "Fun? Oh my God, it was out of this world. And to think a lot of people say it's dirty." 23 They lay there for several more minutes until she looked up at him and nervously spoke, "Uh, maybe I could do the same, you know, to you?" 24 "We can certainly try. You OK with it?" 25 "A lot of my friends were talking at a party last year and they all said they'd never do it. Said it was too gross." 26 "You don't have to if you don't want to." 27 "But I want to try. OK?" 28 "Uh, yeah. When?" 29 "Now?" 30 "OK." 31 "What should I do?" 32 "I dunno. Maybe lick it first and use your hand, too." 33 "What about putting it inside my mouth?" 34 "It's up to you." 35 "If I do, don't shoot into my mouth, OK?" 36 "Sure." 37 She leaned over him and pulled his cock up to her lips. After touching the head with the tip of her tongue a few times, she gave him a lick from the base all the way to the tip. 38 "Oooh, wow, that was nice." 39 "Really?" 40 "Yeah. Do it again, but concentrate on the area right below the head." 41 "Yeah, you like it there, don't you?" 42 "Uh-huh." 43 Her next lick was right below the bulb and it felt even better than before. 44 "Yeah! And you can use your hand a little, too." 45 After she began rubbing and licking him simultaneously, the sensation was so powerful, so good that he had to lie down. He kept one hand gently on her back while he grabbed the sheets with the other. 46 "Still good?" 47 "Yes, great." 48 "Let me try this." After a few more tentative licks, he felt her whole mouth engulf the head of his cock. Her lips rode right over the sensitive area and her hand kept pumping up and down while her tongue started licking his crown. 49 He had died and gone to heaven; the sensation was so overwhelming. By this time, he had developed more control over his orgasms, but these new sensations were so great that he found himself rushing towards one with no ability to halt it. 50 He tapped her shoulder a few times, murmuring, "Getting close." 51 "Wow, you must really like it." 52 "Yeah, I do." 53 "Then I'll do it some more, but tap me again right as you start to come, OK?" 54 "Yeah." 55 Once he was in her mouth and she began the whole process again, he found himself racing towards an orgasm. Right as he felt himself begin to shoot, he tapped her shoulder. She pulled back after having received the first jet of come and let the rest land on his belly. 56 "Oh, Jesus, that felt good," he moaned after he had finished. 57 "Glad you liked it." 58 "Sorry, I didn't warn you sooner." 59 "No, it was OK. It tasted kinda good, actually. Maybe next time I'll let you shoot inside my mouth." 60 "Whatever you want is OK by me." 61 After running nude through the house to grab a soda each, they went back to his bedroom to have more fun with their newfound activity. By ten p.m., they had cleaned up and he drove her back to her home. Since they had both seen the movie when they were at college, they talked about the plot with her parents, parents who had no idea of the fun their daughter had just experienced in the hands and by the tongue of Jim. 62 ----- 63 "Greatpa, I've got a little question. You had been doing it for several months by then, right? So why did it take you so long to do oral?" 64 "You have to remember this was in the mid-fifties. People didn't talk about sex like they do now. Oh, we talked, but there was no good information, no good books and certainly no internet. It was all hush-hush, out-behind-the-barn kind of stuff. And many people felt it was dirty to do oral sex and that only prostitutes did blow jobs." 65 "Did you have any more private opportunities that summer?" 66 "Yeah, we did, until my parents came back when we were relegated to the backseat of the car." 67 "What happened when you went back to school?" 68 "By then, I was an upperclassman and was required to move off campus. A friend and I rented a two-bedroom apartment and had an agreement that we could have overnight 'guests' on Friday and Saturday nights only. We both took advantage of it, I have to say." 69 "Were you with Brenda the whole time?" 70 "Yeah, I was." 71 "That was a long time and you were doing it all along?" 72 "Yeah." 73 "Anything special you can tell me about her during that time?" 74 "No...oh, yeah, there was. We were both horny a lot and sometimes she would start things and sometimes I would. We got into a habit of having the one who started the sex put a quarter in a jar. We saved up a lot of money." 75 "A quarter? Are you crazy? That's hardly anything." 76 "Back then it was. I can't remember, but minimum wage was somewhere around a dollar, I think, and you could do a lot with a few dollars." 77 "What'd you do with the money?" 78 "The last spring break we were together, we left campus and went for two nights to a nice town nearby. We stayed at a decent motel and ate good food." 79 "And put more quarters in the jar, I bet. Now you'd have to put in five bucks or more." 80 "Maybe so. But it was a great way to save money." 81 "Anything else?" 82 "Well, she did tell me one time I wasn't her first. She seemed a little embarrassed but wanted me to know." 83 "Was it her fiancé?" 84 "I don't know and I never asked. Some things are better left private." 85 "Whatever happened to her anyway, I mean, why did you split?" 86 "We got along great until I graduated and went to law school there at Paffington. The classes were way tougher and I had to study like mad just to keep up. I remember the evening we split up. I had a tough exam coming up and needed to study and she wanted to go out dancing since she had finished a big paper." 87 "Uh-oh, I see what's coming." 88 "Yeah, we had a fight, she stormed out and that was the end of things between us. We met up a year or so later and had some fun talking, but there was never any more sex or anything like that between us." 89 "It sounds like it was a good thing overall, though." 90 "Yeah, it was. And when we met up again, we both agreed it had been fun, but in the long run, we weren't right for each other. But I'll never forget her. I don't think you ever forget the one who, what'd you call it, oh, yeah, the one you punched your V-card with." 91 "I know I won't!" 92 "Don't you tell me anything about him or her, as the case may be. I might come after them with a gun." 93 "Oh, you're teasing and I know it. Look, I've got an exam I need to study for, so I've gotta run. See you next week?" 94 "You bet. Talking to you has brought back a lot of good memories." 95 "Yeah. It sounds like Brenda was a great one." 96 "She was, she truly was." 97 ----- 98 "So, was there anybody else before you met Greatma?" 99 "Yes, Whitney, there was, or maybe I should say there were." 100 "You were a real Lothario, weren't you?" 101 "Oh, I wouldn't go that far, but I did play the field a little." 102 "Did you have any one-nighters?" 103 "I'm afraid if I answer that question, you'll think less of me." 104 "No, I'll think you were a normal guy who got lucky. So?" 105 "When I look back at it, I can remember two, no, three like that. Nothing very memorable except for one." 106 "Why was that one special?" 107 "Not special, just, well, it was an awful dud." 108 "Yeah?" 109 "Yeah. A friend of Brenda's heard about us splitting up and she came over and invited me out to a party. It was obvious from the beginning what she was interested in. Maybe Brenda had told her about us, I don't know. Anyway, she was hanging all over me at this party where I didn't know anyone but her, so I ended up drinking too much. At one point, someone pulled out a joint and lit up. I was in a panic. I was in law school and if I got caught smoking pot, I would have been kicked out." 110 "Wow. Pretty strict back then." 111 "Yeah. Anyway, she was hot and I was horny, so I took some tokes and before I knew it, I was both drunk and stoned. We left and walked back to her place, where she attacked me. And that's when it happened, or didn't happen, I should say." 112 "What?" 113 "Couldn't get it up." 114 "Really? Bummer, man." 115 "But I took care of her and after she fell asleep, I couldn't because of her three cats! She always slept with them and they kept crawling over me and purring all night. By the time morning came, I was exhausted. I slipped out and never went over to see her again." 116 "OK, so the one-nighter was a bust. What about your next great love? Tell me about her." 117 "You mean Marguerite. Mmm, Marguerite. What a lady!" 118 ----- 119 For helping me to grow, 120 ----- 121 After splitting with Brenda and having the bad one-night stand, Jim licked his wounds for a few weeks before deciding to get back out there. He was at Paffington's law school, which was across town from the undergrad campus. He and another One-L heard about a mixer dance at the student union on the main campus and decided to go. 122 There were a lot of freshmen and sophomores mingling and dancing, which made Jim feel a little out of place, but because some of the girls were very attractive, he spent time trying to meet them. 123 On a spur of the moment, he caught a girl's eye and nodded to the dance floor. She smiled and nodded 'yes' before walking up to him. 124 "You inviting me to dance?" 125 "Uh, yeah." 126 "Better get busy and ask. I'm not standing here all night." 127 "Uh, yeah. I'm Jim. Wanna dance?" 128 "Sure. Marguerite." 129 Dancing with her was fun. They kept from stepping on each other's toes and even tried to dance to some of the new music called Rock and Roll. At a break in the music, she took him by the hand and led him to the refreshment station. 130 "They've got sodas and some chips. Interested?" 131 "Sure, a Coke and some potato chips would be great." 132 They walked to a table in one corner where they had their snacks and began to talk. Marguerite was a junior who had transferred to Paffington from a community college and was well on her way to getting a degree in sociology. 133 "What can you do with sociology?" 134 "I could work for the government. They need people to help with community activities and things like that." 135 "Do you need a degree for that?" 136 "No, but it might help land a better-paying job." 137 "You want a job, huh? Not just looking for a guy?" 138 "No, Silly," she laughed as she playfully swatted him on the arm, "Besides, my mother is a teacher and insists I get a degree." 139 "Neato. Sounds interesting." 140 "What about you?" 141 "Law school. First year." 142 "What are you doing back here?" 143 "I came here to meet you." 144 "Oh, you are some slick operator," she laughed. "Want to dance some more?" 145 As they danced and talked, Jim slowly came to appreciate what a great gal she was; decent-looking with freckles, brunette hair, an OK figure and a wonderful personality. Towards the end of the evening, the music shifted over to slower tunes and though he tried to keep some space between them, he was aware she kept snuggling up to him. 146 Once the lights came up, he took her by the hand and walked her out to the reflecting pool, where they talked a little longer. 147 "Uh, I have a curfew in a few minutes," she said shortly before midnight. 148 "Oh, I remember those curfews. Say, would you like to get together again sometime?" 149 "Yes! I would. Call Gunderson Hall Monday and ask for me." 150 "Will do. Nice meeting you." 151 "You, too," she said as she reached up and gave his cheek a little peck. 152 On his way back to his apartment, Jim was floating on air. She was perfect. Smart, a few years younger than him, funny; the list went on and on. 153 Their first official date was the following Friday evening when they saw the musical "South Pacific." Marguerite was enthralled by the music and the story. 154 "But Rossano Brazzi, I think that's his name, oh, God, he's a dreamboat," she sighed as they walked back to her dorm. 155 "Like him, huh?" 156 "Oh, yeah." 157 "Making me feel a little, I dunno..." 158 "Oh, don't be a dingaling. I saw the way you were looking at Mitzi Gaynor." 159 "Yeah, she's something alright." 160 "Good. I'm glad you can admit it. Well, here we are. Sorry, but guys aren't allowed inside the dorm except on Sunday afternoons." 161 "Yeah, I remember. But, follow me for a few seconds." 162 He led her around a corner to a semi-darkened alley. 163 "What's back here?" 164 "This," he answered as he leaned over her, thrilled when she pulled herself up close to him, inviting him to come closer. Their first kiss was short and sweet, but when he went to pull away, she pulled his head back to her for a second, deeper kiss. 165 "Mmm, nice," she whispered. 166 "Bet you were thinking about ol' Rossano." 167 "And you, Mitzi," she giggled, "But the next kiss will be all you." 168 "When's the next kiss?" 169 "Silly, you have to ask me out first." 170 "Uh, Marguerite, could we maybe get together again next Friday?" 171 "What about tomorrow?" 172 "Oh! Well, sure. Maybe something during the day 'cause I have a ton of studying to do." 173 "O.K. Let's hang out on the quad and talk." 174 "Sure. Say two?" 175 "Deal," she said with another quick peck on the cheek. 176 The next afternoon, when he walked up to the dorm, Marguerite was sitting on the steps waiting for him. She took his hand, gave it a tiny squeeze and together they walked over to the small statue in the center of the quad. 177 "Who is this guy, anyway?" 178 "I believe it is Paffington, the guy who started this place years and years ago." 179 "Looks kinda ugly, if you ask me," she laughed. 180 They sat together on the lawn for a few hours talking, sharing, joking and generally having fun, until he had to break the mood. 181 "I've got a ton of reading to do, so I'd better go." 182 "What about my kiss?" 183 "Out here? Now?" 184 "Sure. Why not? Look over there. They're kissing." 185 "Uh, well, I'm for it, but I didn't want to ruin your reputation." 186 "Not to worry. I like you, I want to spend more time with you and so I'll kiss you." 187 After a nice kiss, she pulled away and looked him in the eye. "I hope we can consider us boyfriend/girlfriend now." 188 "Sure." 189 "Good. If anyone bugs me about kissing you, I can tell them that. I guess you're gonna spray gravel now." 190 "Can I call you about next weekend?" 191 "You better!" 192 ----- 193 "Was kissing in public frowned on, Greatpa?" 194 "Yes, Sweetheart, it was in certain circumstances. It's why she wanted us to be boyfriend/girlfriend before she'd kiss me in public." 195 "OK, I get it. Sounds like she was a pretty nice gal." 196 "She was, yeah, she was. I only wish I had, well, let's get back to the story, first." 197 ----- 198 The following week found the two going again to a movie, but on this occasion, after he put his arm around her, she pulled up the armrest between them so she could snuggle up to him. Halfway through the movie and during a romantic scene, she gently pulled his hand lower and down to her breast. She kept her hand firmly on his so he couldn't rub her breast, but it still felt nice. But the message was clear; she was interested in taking things further. 199 Another few minutes in the alley with her hugging him closely resulted in a generous erection upon which she rubbed her pelvis back and forth. At a break in their kissing, he got up the nerve to ask the question which had been running through his mind. 200 "Would you like to come over to my place sometime?" 201 "What kind of girl do you think I am?" she asked before breaking down in giggles. "Yes, I'd like that. Maybe next weekend?" 202 "Sure. I can make us lunch." 203 "Sounds good." 204 Jim made sure he had a decent supply of condoms, though he sensed Marguerite was not the kind of gal who would hop in the sack so quickly, which turned out to be correct. When she visited him at his apartment, they ended up playing cards and talking for the afternoon. When she went to leave, she cuddled up to him and gave him a few sexy kisses. When he went to feel her breast, she smiled before pulling away. 205 "Don't tempt me, Jim, please. We need a little more time together, first." 206 "Sorry if I was out of line there." 207 "No, it's OK. Believe me, I want to, well, I want you, too. But we need to give it a little more time." 208 "Sure. Uh, you better hurry, or you'll miss your bus." 209 "Thanks. Next weekend, maybe?" 210 "You bet." 211 On the following weekend, she wanted to come over to his place again. He had less studying and promised he could be with her all afternoon and evening. When she arrived, he was startled to see her carrying a bag slung over her shoulder. 212 "What's this? Moving in?" he joked. 213 "Oh, you wish. But I may have told my RA that I'm visiting relatives tonight and so there will be no need to beat a curfew. That OK with you?" 214 "Uh, yeah, sure." 215 "I don't want to interfere with your studying, so if you need to hit the books tonight, I brought some of my homework." 216 "I have a little to do, but I planned on doing it tomorrow." 217 "Good. I'll study then, too. Now, how about a kiss?" 218 The afternoon was wonderful. They relaxed, talked, played some more cards and listened to the radio. There were a few kisses between and during their activities, kisses which seemed to promise so much. 219 Chapter 1.6 He prepared a simple meal for them and she helped with the dishes. Once the kitchen was cleaned up, she took his hand and led him to the tiny sofa. 221 "Now, I want more of your wonderful kisses. Think you can supply them?" 222 Of course, Jim jumped at the chance to get closer. Their kisses started out slowly and tentatively, but as the daylight faded, she became more aggressive, rubbing his chest and allowing him to feel her breasts. 223 At a slight break in their activities, she asked if she could turn down the room light. Once it was darker, she sat on his lap facing him, with her legs splayed and her skirt sliding up her thighs. 224 "Mind?" 225 "No!" 226 "Didn't think so." 227 She leaned over him and as she kissed him deeply, he realized her crotch was separated from his cock by only a few thin layers of cloth. His semi-hard-on became rigid and she seemed to purposefully rub herself on him. After a few minutes, she broke their kiss and whispered in his ear, "You feel good." 228 "Um, you, too." 229 "Jim, we're not going to have sex tonight, OK?" 230 "Yeah, I guess." 231 "But I would like to get naked with you, you know, in your bed." 232 "I won't object," he laughed. 233 "Seriously, though, no sex. But we might be able to do some fun things to help each other, you know." 234 "Sure, you're in charge." 235 "Good. Here, shirt off." 236 She unbuttoned his shirt, pulled it off and began to tease his nipples. 237 "What about you?" 238 "What about me? You can start whenever you want." 239 With shaking fingers, he began to unbutton the blouse. Once he had pulled it open, she told him he could slip it off. In the dim light, he could tell she sported a nice pair of breasts, but as he was staring at them, she began to giggle. 240 "You gonna stare all night or do something about it?" 241 "Do something, I guess." 242 "Well, get busy." 243 He reached behind her only to be flummoxed by the tiny hasps on her bra. 244 "Here, let me." She reached behind herself and, within a second or two, had the bra undone. She leaned back and slowly pulled it down, holding the cups over her breasts until the last second. "Like?" 245 "Beautiful, absolutely beautiful." 246 "It might get a little cool like this. Any chance we could go to your bedroom?" 247 Once they were standing, she released her skirt and walked towards the bedroom wearing nothing but a pair of panties and a teasing smile. Jim attempted to follow her but was stopped by her hand holding him away from her. 248 "This is a pants-free zone. Off with 'em." 249 After he was down to his boxer shorts, she smiled, took his hand, led him into the bedroom and directed him to sit on the bed. 250 "Jim, you've got me super excited, but I'm reminding you we're not going to have full-on sex. OK?" 251 He nodded his understanding before she went on as she tugged at his boxers, "But we can still have some nice fun." 252 Once he was completely naked, she slipped her panties down and crawled into bed with him. Her breasts were shy of average size, but had a nice conical shape and were capped by cute little nipples. She had a little bulge of her stomach and wonderfully full hips. Between her thighs was a surprise: flaming red pubic hair. 253 As he stared at it, she began to giggle. "Carpet doesn't match the drapes, does it?" 254 "Uh, no." 255 "My hair was this color when I was younger, and it's become more brunette, but my hair down here grew in red. Kinda odd, I know." 256 "But very attractive." 257 "Thank you," she exclaimed as she pulled him in for a hug. 258 Their hands and fingers went exploring as they resumed kissing. After feeling her wonderful buttocks with his hand, she snuggled up to him and her breasts on his chest felt great, phenomenal even. 259 "You can touch 'em." 260 "You sure?" 261 "Yes. Just like I'm gonna touch you." 262 Her hand slipped down between them and gently grabbed his cock. It had been too long since a hand other than his own had felt him. And it felt great. Although he had started feeling her breasts, he wanted to feel below. He let his hand slip down and was pleased when she rolled back and slightly spread her legs, inviting his attention. 263 His fingers gently slipped through her hair until they found the small nubbin of tissue, causing her to gasp softly. He reached below, wetted his fingertips and slipped them back up to her clit. The soft gasp was replaced with a purr of contentment as he began to rub her up and down. 264 After a few minutes, she whispered, "Rub in circles." Once he did, he noticed her attention to rubbing his cock faded as her head leaned back and soft moans escaped her lips. She seemed, to Jim at least, to rapidly get more excited. Although her rubbing him had stopped, she still held him in a tight grip while her other hand reached down and pressed his hand firmly onto her, guiding him to apply more pressure as he rubbed her in little circles. 265 When she came, Jim was surprised at how quiet she was. Her body tensed, her skin flushed and she took in a deep breath before her body spasmed as she slowly exhaled through her nose. There was no crying out or screaming. Brenda had been much more vocal, but when Marguerite opened her eyes, looked at him and said, "Very nice," before giving him a deep kiss of thanks, he realized just as people are unique, so must be their orgasms. 266 They lay there kissing softly for a few minutes until she broke away and whispered, "What about you? You want some fun?" 267 After he nodded 'yes,' she gave him a sexy smile and whispered, "I know just the thing." She slid down in the bed until her head was at his crotch. 268 "You sure?" 269 "Yes, I'm sure. I, uh, you'll need to warn me, OK?" 270 "Sure." 271 "Good." 272 He couldn't believe it. They hadn't had regular sex and yet she was going to blow him! But his surprise and astonishment were immediately forgotten once she dropped her mouth to him. Marguerite was very skilled. She was able to take more than half of his cock into her mouth and didn't seem to be bothered by gagging. She began to rub him below with her hand as her head bobbed up and down and her tongue swirled around his crown. 273 Jim went from stimulated to excited to the verge of blowing within two minutes. Wonderful sensations surged from his cock to his brain and as he felt himself start to approach the point of no return, he tapped her on the shoulder. To his surprise, she only nodded and continued to assault him with her wonderful hand and lips. 274 Making sure she knew he was going to blow, he tapped her again, but as there was no change in her activity, he simply let himself enjoy the ride. When he came, he forced himself to stay still, not wanting to thrust while she still had him deep in her mouth. 275 All of Jim's blow jobs had felt great, but this one, this one was particularly wonderful. As he came down from the experience, she broke away and snuggled back up to him. After a few kisses, he whispered, "Give me a few minutes and I'd like to return the favor." 276 "I won't stop you," she chuckled before becoming more serious. "Uh, I might have had a little experience with oral sex. Kinda like it, both giving and receiving." 277 "But no regular sex, right?" 278 "Well, not tonight and probably not too soon, but maybe at some point, yeah, maybe." 279 Jim lay there with his mind racing. Here was a wonderful woman who was obviously interested in sex, interested in him and willing to open up about sex. And he wanted to see where this all went. As he thought about the whole situation, she tapped his shoulder. 280 "Weren't you going to return something?" 281 "Oh, yeah, the favor, for sure." 282 He slid down the bed and gently parted her legs. Before him was a wonderful sight: her outer lips, covered with flaming-red hair, surrounded her dusky inner lips, which were glistening with her moisture. As he neared her, an aroma of arousal wafted to his nose. And her taste was almost paradoxical: She was both sweet and tart, but with wholesome overtones. 283 He dragged his tongue slowly between her lips and let it slide lightly over her clit. After a third similar trip, she whispered she wouldn't mind a little more pressure. Once he got into the rhythm, she grabbed his head and held it to her, forcing more contact. Jim could tell she was getting more excited and decided to slip in a finger into her tight canal. As he rubbed the front of her canal, her soft moans let him know she approved. 284 And as earlier, her orgasm was accompanied by soft exhalations of air but no loud cries. After a few seconds, she relaxed her hold on him so he could climb up to her. They held each other and kissed lightly. Jim realized it wasn't particularly late, though he was tired. 285 "I'm suddenly pretty tired. You?" 286 "Yeah, I am." 287 "I say we get some sleep and maybe reconvene in the morning." 288 "Sounds good. I have to go to the little girls' room first, though." 289 "Sure. You go first, then it'll be me." 290 When they met back in his bed, they snuggled together and before long, they were sound asleep. 291 Jim was the first to awaken. He was spooning her from behind and his raging hard-on was nestled between her butt cheeks. And it felt great! If they had already done it, he might have tried to start something, but he knew it would only get him in trouble and probably ruin their relationship. He gently pulled away from her only to hear her whisper, "Aww, it felt good." 292 "Yeah, but we're not going there." 293 "No, but still felt good." After she rolled over to face him, her hand slid down and began to slowly pump up and down. "I know you guys can get morning hard-ons. Let me help." 294 "Only if I can help you later." 295 "Good. Hey, I want to try something. Roll over." 296 Once he was on his back, she crawled over him and lowered her pelvis to him. 297 "We won't put it in me, but let's see how it feels, OK?" 298 "Sure." 299 She began to gyrate her pelvis over him, letting his cock slide between her wet lips and across her clit. It wasn't full-on sex, but it felt remarkably good. At one point, he felt some movement below and when he opened his eyes, he realized her hand was down low and moving quickly. She was doing herself! He couldn't believe it! 300 The combination of her wet lips rubbing the most sensitive part of his cock and of watching her rubbing herself was simply too much. He tried to hold her pelvis to keep her from moving, but she hissed, "I'm not stopping." With no way to slow things down, he found himself racing towards an orgasm. And even though he unloaded all over himself, she kept riding him and rubbing herself for another minute or so until her body jerked and she exhaled through her nose before she collapsed on him. 301 After her breathing subsided, she kissed his ear softly and whispered, "That was very good." 302 "Liked it?" 303 "Loved it. It felt so good that I wanted to put him in me, but we can't do it yet." 304 "You're in charge." 305 "Thank you. As you can tell, I like sex, but before I go all the way, things will have to be just right. I hope you're OK with that." 306 "Like I said, you're in charge." 307 After several minutes of sensual kissing, they got up and while she showered, he prepared a quick breakfast. She wanted to wait until afternoon before returning to her dorm, so they passed the time studying quietly, though sharing kisses occasionally. 308 Over the next weeks, their activities in bed were exciting and fun, but she continued to make it clear she was not up for full sex, nor was she when they returned after the Christmas break. 309 Jim never truly understood why he said it, but after a fun weekend together in March, he realized she had become a very, very important person in his life. He thought about her frequently when they weren't together, looked forward to spending time with her, even if they were simply going out, and had tiny stabs of sadness when they parted. On this particular evening, they had returned from a hike in a nearby state park and had planned when they would get together again when they wrapped their arms around one another. It felt so good, so calming, so comfortable and so reassuring. 310 And the words tumbled out, "M, you know I love you, don't you?" 311 She froze, making Jim wonder if he had made a big mistake. As they stood there holding each other, his mind raced. 'You stupid fool,' he thought, 'What'd you say that for?' He kept his mouth shut and continued to hold her until she pulled back and looked him in the eye. 312 "You serious?" 313 "Uh, yeah, I am." 314 "Well, uh, it so happens that I love you, too. Just needed to hear you say it first." 315 She snuggled up to him, exchanged a few kisses, until she mentioned she had to leave. Their last parting words were simple 'Love you.' 316 Later in the evening, Jim asked himself why he had said it. He liked her. He liked her a lot. And he felt an emotional connection with her which was way stronger than with Brenda, even though he and Brenda had been sexually way more involved. In the end, he decided that he did love Marguerite. They were comfortable with each other and though they hadn't consummated their relationship, they certainly were having fun. 317 He was surprised to hear from her the next day. She called from their hall phone and invited herself over with the statement, "Jim, we, uh, I want to talk with you. Can I come over tonight?" 318 Although he had a big exam in two days for which he was studying hard, he invited Marguerite over for a few hours. 319 When she arrived, she did not waste any time before sitting him down on a little sofa and looking him in the eye. 320 "Honey, you said something last time and I want to make sure you meant it." 321 "Well, yeah, I did. And I do, I do love you." 322 "Good, because I love you, too, and when two people love one another, sometimes they, uh, they express themselves differently." 323 "How do you mean?" 324 "Sex, Jim, sex." 325 "We've been doing a lot of that, haven't we?" 326 "I'm talking about the whole thing, real sex." 327 "Oh." 328 There was a moment of silence between them before she went on. 329 "Jim, I think it is time for you to get some protection. You know what I'm talking about?" 330 "Uh, yeah." 331 "You get some condoms and once you have them, give me a call." 332 Something kept him from telling her he already had some. Maybe she'd be upset he was planning before she was. Maybe she'd think he was doing it with someone else. He didn't know, but he decided to play along with her request. 333 "OK, will do. But do I even get a little kiss right now?" 334 "I'll do one better. Take off your pants." 335 After she gave him a fantastic blow job, she drank a swallow of water, made sure her makeup wasn't smeared and left him dazed after she raced to catch the bus back to campus. 336 ----- 337 "It sounds like you two were going to do it, Greatpa. Did you?" 338 "Yes, we did." 339 "Was it nice? Was it good?" 340 "Yes, it was. Turns out she hadn't, what did you call it, oh, punched her V-card." 341 "Really?" 342 "Yeah." 343 "What was it like?" 344 "You'll hear all about it next week." 345 "Oh, Greatpa, that's no fair leaving me hanging like this." 346 "Maybe not, but I need to get some sleep. Help wheel me down to my room, would you?" 347 ----- 348 "OK, I've been waiting all week, so give me the dirty details." 349 "OK, OK, I will, but first, did you sneak me one of those little airplane bottles of rum?" 350 "I sure did and if Mom knew about it, she would fry my ass. You know you're not supposed to drink." 351 "At my age, what difference would it make? Here, pour it into my cola and no one will ever know." 352 "OK, but now you owe me. I want to know all about Marguerite." 353 ----- 354 When she came over the following Saturday, Jim was on pins and needles. He had stayed up late Friday studying and even studied some that morning to free up his evening. When she arrived, she carried her big purse which he knew would be stuffed with clothing and personal items for the night. 355 They greeted each other with a warm hug and sexy kisses until she broke away and looked him in the eye. 356 "I have to admit I'm a little nervous about this." 357 "I, uh, well, we can take our time, you know, do some fun things first." 358 "I'm concerned it might hurt, or I could even bleed." 359 "Not if we go slow, OK?" 360 "I hope so. How about another kiss?" 361 They settled on his bed, began to make out and progressed to stripping down. Once she was nude, he went down on her, giving her a wonderful orgasm. As she recovered, she hugged him and whispered, "It's time, Jim. Please be gentle." 362 "Here, let me get this on," he said as he grabbed a condom before turning back to her. 363 "Should I lie down like this?" she asked as she stretched out on her back. 364 "Yeah. Here, let me get on top," he whispered as he crawled on her. 365 There was a bit of maneuvering until he felt himself poking between her legs. "Here, can you guide me a little, you know, guide me in you?" 366 Once he was aimed correctly, he gently pushed forward. It was obvious she had plenty of lubrication, but she was extraordinarily tight. There was no tearing, just a slow relaxation as he pushed forward. 367 He glanced at her to find her eyes closed tight and brow furrowed, but there was no sign of pain. Reassured, he began to thrust slowly and gently while she seemed to relax further and put her hands across his lower back. Faster and deeper he thrust while feeling her tight canal stimulate him beyond belief. 368 In a fairy tale, one might predict she had a wild time and climaxed right before he did, but they were not living in a fairy tale. Jim was stimulated beyond belief by her wet and tight canal and soon after he started, he found himself rushing towards an orgasm. He stopped plunging a few times, but eventually, it was simply too much. He ended up coming sooner than he wanted and way too soon for her. 369 He looked away from her with embarrassment. "Sorry, I, uh, I just came." 370 "Really? Oh..." 371 "You're so damn sexy and you were so tight that I couldn't stop." 372 "Maybe next time?" 373 "Sure! Uh, give me a few minutes and we can try again, but this time, why don't you get on top?" 374 "On top?" 375 "Yeah, kinda like you did before, and you can go as fast or slow, as hard or easy as you want." 376 After ten minutes of kissing and stroking while wearing a new condom, he lay on his back, she crawled over him and demanded more kisses and touches, which he provided. As she got more excited, she raised her pelvis and tried to blindly impale herself without success. 377 "Here, go ahead and sit, you know, kinda squat, and lower yourself. You can hold me while you're doing that." 378 Once she did, she grabbed his cock, slipped it across her opening a few times and began to sink down on him. She was tight, but not exceptionally so, and she continued to slide all the way down until his cock was embedded in her. He had watched her and other than a look of determination, there was nothing to suggest she was uncomfortable. When she opened her eyes and looked down at him, a smile lit up her face. 379 "Kinda full. Tight. But still doesn't hurt!" 380 "Good. I'm glad. Now you can go back and forth and see what feels good." 381 Over the next ten minutes, Marguerite experimented with the angle of her pelvis, the speed of her thrusting and even with some little circular motions on him when she had him deepest within her. Although her little moans told him she was getting excited, Jim had far better control this go around due to his recent climax and his playing little mind games to distract him from the intense pleasure her canal was giving him. 382 They were both rewarded when she lurched on him, grinding herself on his pubic bone and calling out his name. She had come! And, of course, Jim responded instantaneously with his own climax. 383 Once she calmed down, she lay on him while enjoying the sensation of feeling him from chest to toes. A few tentative kisses followed by deeper ones helped them reestablish their emotional connection. 384 As Jim's erection faded, he had her get off before he tossed the condom. He turned to her and whispered in her ear, "I love you." 385 Chapter 1.7 "I love you, too. This was way better than I expected and I only wish we had done it sooner." 387 "You were well worth the wait." 388 ----- 389 "So, you popped her cherry, huh?" 390 "Yeah, I did." 391 "What happened after that?" 392 "Long story short, we were together for over three years." 393 "Three years. That's crazy! Why didn't you marry her?" 394 "Well, I finished law school six months before she finished college and I got a great job out west. We traveled out there together, I found an apartment and settled in while she went back to school. Once she graduated, she moved out to be near me." 395 "Did you live together?" 396 "No! This was in the early sixties and people didn't do it like they do now. She found an apartment and settled in with a roommate while I stayed in my tiny studio apartment near my new job." 397 "I bet you had some fun times. What was the wildest time you did it with her?" 398 "It, uh, it was in the canoe." 399 "Canoe? Were you crazy? You could have drowned!" 400 "No, we had rented a canoe at a state park on a big lake. We paddled to the far side and found some breaks in the reeds. We slipped into the reeds and realized we were all alone. It was warm and sunny and when I asked her what was for lunch, she turned around, pulled off her bikini bottoms and spread her legs." 401 "That's wild. So, you dined downtown, huh?" 402 "I sure did and she returned the favor before we opened the lunch basket." 403 "And you didn't flip the canoe over?" 404 "Nah, and besides, the water was probably no more than six inches deep at the most." 405 "Wow, sounds like fun. But you didn't marry her, so what happened?" 406 "This, Honey, is embarrassing, but I, uh, I ended it." 407 "You? Why? You said you loved her, didn't you?" 408 "Yes, and at the time, I believed I did. But the longer we were together, the more I realized we weren't, we couldn't, well, I didn't think I could marry her and live with her, you know, until death does us part." 409 "Why not?" 410 "I don't know, I just don't know, but there was something missing." 411 "What happened to her?" 412 "We kept in touch and within a year, she found a nice guy. We got together a few weeks before her wedding, you know, just to talk, and she thanked me." 413 "Thanked you?" 414 "Yeah. It seems she was so much happier with him that, though my breaking it off hurt initially, it was the right thing for both of us in the long term. And even though it was the right thing, I still feel bad about hurting her." 415 "Did you learn anything from it, Greatpa?" 416 "Yes, I did. I promised myself I would never say 'I love you' again unless I was convinced that she was the one I would marry." 417 "That must have been Great-grandma Louise." 418 "It was, but it's a story for another day. Next Wednesday, maybe." 419 "I'll be here. This is getting interesting because I still remember her a little." 420 "And it's interesting because I truly did love her and was with her until she was taken from me. That was a match made in heaven." 421 "Neat. Well, I'll see you in a week, OK, Greatpa?" 422 "Yeah, and I'm looking forward to it." 423 ----- 424 "So now I get to hear about Louise!" 425 "Yes, you do. And to me, Louise was perfect in every way. I still don't know why she even agreed to go out with me or why she agreed to marry me. You know, she was way out of my league, way out. Good looking, sexy, saucy, you name it, and I was a pretty klutzy, average to slightly less than average looking guy. But we ended up together." 426 "Oh, you aren't less than average looking. I think you're a handsome guy. So, now tell me all about her." 427 ----- 428 I owe a lot I know, 429 ----- 430 Jim's small law firm shared a large complex with several other small firms. In this way, they could share common expenses such as billing and secretarial work without each firm being hit for all the costs. The lawyers all had an informal agreement that they would never be on opposite sides in the courtroom, so they got along extremely well. 431 Several months after his breakup with Marguerite, the common employee pool hired a new legal aide who would help do research for the various firms as their cases dictated. Louise was a saucy woman, a few years younger than Jim and what caught his eye the most was her beaming smile, deep dimples, dark blue eyes and curly, brunette hair down to her shoulders. 432 They bumped into each other several times a week, if not daily. Jim found it easy to talk with her as she was unassuming, friendly and funny. One day, she was commenting to another employee about taking up knitting, something she had not done previously. 433 Jim sidled up to her and asked, "Why knit when you can buy? And why buy when you can borrow?" 434 That earned him a playful swat on the arm to the amusement of the others standing around. When he got back to his office, he realized she was as spunky as she was beautiful. But he still felt she was out of his league and didn't dare to ask her out. 435 It was around this time he was recruited by a larger firm in town, a firm which liked his knowledge and skills in one area of law that they felt they were shy of. He was wined and dined until their offer became too good to turn down. With a heavy heart and more than a little guilt, he went to the two partners in his firm to give them the news. 436 "Shit, Jim, it was only a matter of time. You're too good to be working in a little firm dealing with DWIs and petty criminals," said the one partner while the other nodded in agreement. "We only ask that you keep us in mind if you get cases that are too small for your new firm." 437 "You don't mind?" 438 "Oh, we're not happy, but it was bound to happen sooner or later. And congrats. I mean it. This will be a big feather in your cap." 439 "Thanks." 440 "Can you give us a couple of weeks to get your cases transferred over to Winslow and bring him and your clients up to speed?" 441 "Sure. You bet, and thank you. I'll never forget how you took a flyer on a rookie and I promise we can refer cases between us." 442 "Yup, and we'll see you at the bar picnics, I'm sure." 443 The news flew through the office in no time at all. For his last two weeks, he worked extra hard to make the transition as smooth as possible. He was surprised on his last day with a going-away party. It had obviously been put together by Louise, but as he thanked everyone, his eyes kept drifting back to her. 444 After the party, he went to his office one final time, closed the door and nervously picked up the phone. 445 "Hello?" 446 "Uh, Louise?" Jim almost stammered. 447 "Yeah. What's up, Jim?" 448 "I want to thank you for the party. Was nice." 449 "We're gonna miss you." 450 "About that, uh, is there, uh, is there any chance you might want to, uh, go out with me, you know, for a drink or maybe a movie or, uh, I don't...." 451 "Of course, Jim. I'd love to," she said, interrupting his nervous chatter. After she gave him her home number and hung up, his heart rate eased down from twice its normal speed, and he slipped out the back door with a smile on his face. 452 Their first date was to a little burger joint which featured live music on weekends. The singer/guitarist was generously a B- artist, but they hardly noticed as they talked and laughed while getting to know each other better. She asked about his new work while informing him she had received a nice pay raise based on her research on an obscure legal issue, research which helped the attorney win the case for his client. 453 The evening sped by and before they knew it, the musician finished up and the staff were making moves to close down. "I guess we're getting kicked out," Jim told her. 454 "It seems like time just flew by. I've had so much fun, Jim. Thanks for inviting me." 455 When he went to drop her off at her apartment, he escorted her to the door, but kept a respectable distance between them. There was no kiss, but it didn't matter to Jim. He was on cloud nine all the way home. She was perfect. Attractive, smart, funny, sexy; the list went on and on. 456 Their next date was to see Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, a movie that was definitely not a fun 'date' movie. It featured sibling rivalry, abuse and a tragic twist at the end. 457 "Phew, pretty heavy movie," said Jim as they left the theater. 458 "Yeah, creepy, even." 459 "Who would have thought that Blanche did what she did?" 460 "Look, I've seen worse things in my short time at work. You never know what some people end up doing." 461 "Yeah, I know. Fortunately, I'm going to be more on the civil side of the practice, not criminal." 462 After they had a Coke, he again escorted her back to her apartment door. Although she had lightly held his hand as they went up the sidewalk, she pulled away to unlock the door before saying 'Good night' to him. And somehow, the lack of a kiss was not upsetting to him. He was OK with taking things slow because deep in his heart, he knew she was the one. 463 Their next date was to a state park several miles out of town. They wandered around on some trails through the woods, watched the sunset and lit a small fire by a picnic table. They sat on the bench holding hands until she shivered slightly. 464 "Here, take my coat." 465 "No, I can't do that. You'll get cold." 466 "I'm fine. I insist." 467 Once she had draped the coat across her shoulders and he slipped his arm around her, she leaned into him with a soft little hum. As the embers faded and died, he mentioned it was time to head out. 468 "Nooo," she whimpered softly, "It's too nice." 469 "OK, but only a few more minutes." 470 "Maybe I could convince you to stay a little longer?" 471 "Oh? How?" 472 "With this." 473 She twisted slightly towards him, offering her beautiful lips. Their lips neared slowly and once they met, a tentative, light kiss slowly morphed into a much warmer and stronger one. It didn't last long, but it said so much. 474 "Mmm, thank you," she whispered. 475 "No, thank you!" 476 "Could we maybe try another before we go?" 477 The second kiss, as lovely as the first, was over far too soon. "We should be going," he murmured after they broke apart. 478 On the way back to town, she sat next to him on the bench seat, her left hand resting on his thigh and her head on his shoulder. It felt so warm and comfortable having her there that he nearly missed the turnoff for her neighborhood. 479 He escorted her up the sidewalk with his hand lightly placed on her low back. At her door, she turned to him with a gentle smile. 480 "Another?" 481 On his way home, he kept thinking about those three kisses. He had been intimate with more than one woman, so he was no stranger to them or to kissing them. But there was something about Louise's kisses that was so much stronger. So much better. So much sexier. And he couldn't wait for the next one. 482 The next one came two evenings later. He was doing a little reading for one of his cases when there was a knock on his door. 483 "Surprise!" she said to his startled face. "I've brought you a small snack, so you'll remember me." 484 "How could I forget you after our trip the other day?" 485 "I'm just making sure," she said as she handed him a plate of warm peanut butter cookies. 486 "Come in. I could use the break." 487 "Nope. You get fresh cookies and a kiss so you won't forget me." 488 "Forget you? You're all I've thought about since then." 489 "Aww, you're so sweet. And you owe me a kiss." 490 'How can they be getting any better?' he asked himself as they broke away, but when he went for seconds, she smiled, shook her head and backed away. 491 "Night, Sweetheart, dream of me, OK?" 492 After she left, he muttered she had no idea what he would need to do before he could get back and concentrate on his reading. 493 Over the next few months, they got together several times a week and their parting was getting harder and harder, no pun intended, each time. 494 Jim was surprised when one of the partners in the firm told him to prepare for a two-week trip to the capital. "We need to make sure our client has his needs addressed with the new bill the legislature is pounding out. I want you there to observe since you'll be doing this kind of thing by yourself pretty soon." 495 The days were long, but the nights were longer since he couldn't easily pick up the phone and give Louise a call. On the tenth night away and unable to stand it anymore, he arranged for a long-distance call from his room. 496 "Hello?" 497 "Hey, it's me." 498 "Jim, what a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect to hear from you until you got back." 499 "I wanted to hear your voice, no, I needed to hear it." 500 "How sweet of you. I know, you just want more cookies." 501 "I won't turn them down, but honestly, I wanted to talk." 502 Since long-distance rates were steep, they didn't talk long, but at the end of their conversation, they made tentative plans to get together upon his return. 503 When he arrived home late on Friday, he was tempted to drop by her place or call, but he knew it was too late. The next morning, promptly at ten a.m., he arrived at her place as requested. 504 He was startled to see her still in her satin pajamas with her hair all mussed up and holding a cup of coffee. 505 "Oh, Hello, Sweetheart. Welcome home." She launched herself at him, almost spilling her coffee as she gave him a one-armed hug followed by a wonderful, welcoming kiss. "I'm sorry I haven't dressed yet, you see, I just woke up." 506 "Up late last night?" 507 "Yeah, and you know why? I kept dreaming about my guy, you're my guy, aren't you? I kept dreaming about my guy coming over here and giving me a million hugs and kisses, mmm, and maybe a bit more." 508 "I'm good for a million hugs and kisses." 509 "What about a bit more?" 510 "Uh, what are you thinking about?" 511 "Mmm, you know, maybe a lot more?" 512 "Honey, are you suggesting...?" 513 "Jim, I crave being with you. I want you. All of you. Do I need to say anything more?" 514 "Uh, do you mean all the way?" 515 Her smile said it all. Yes, he was going to make love with a wonderful girl, a wonderful woman who had become the most important person in his life. 516 "Uh, birth control?" 517 "We need some, yes." 518 "I'll need to go get some." 519 "Petersen's Drug opened at ten." 520 "You know this how?" 521 "I called them." 522 "I'll be right back." 523 "Drive safe now, you hear?" 524 ----- 525 "Greatpa, why didn't she buy them?" 526 "Well, Whit, back then, women couldn't get birth control. It wasn't until the seventies that women were guaranteed the right to birth control by a Supreme Court decision. Up until then, a lot of states had laws requiring men be the ones to buy condoms and even diaphragms." 527 "What about the pill?" 528 "Just released around this time, but again, only for married women." 529 "Wow. Anyway, so you went and got condoms. This is getting interesting. Go on." 530 ----- 531 When he returned to her place, she had showered, brushed her hair and was simply beautiful. 532 "How many did you get?" 533 "A dozen." 534 "Is that enough for today?" she teased. "Here, have a seat and tell me about your trip." 535 Jim described the long hours, working late at night in the hotel room and the boring meetings. 536 "So, no little floozies got to you?" 537 "No, mainly because you're the only 'floozy' for me." 538 "I'm a floozy?" she shrieked before laughing and batting at him with a throw pillow. 539 "Yup, but you're my floozy." He leaned over and dropped a most promising kiss on her waiting lips. She tasted wonderful. 540 In short order, she had rolled him back and straddled his legs while pinning his arms to the sofa. "Now I got you!" 541 After several minutes of slow and teasing yet promising kisses, she broke away. "Honey, I know it's not a sexy date with wining and dining, but I crave you. I want you. Now. Could I invite you back to my bedroom?" 542 Jim nodded numbly, surprised at how quickly she seemed to have gone from a cautiously reserved woman to someone who openly desired him. She got up from his lap, turned towards the hallway to her bedroom and pulled off her top. Walking away from him was a topless, braless woman, a woman who wanted him in bed with her. 543 He got up from the sofa and followed her, but as he reached the bedroom door, with her hand held over her breasts, she turned to him. 544 "This is a no-shirt zone. As a matter of fact, no pants, either," she laughed as she shimmied her PJ bottoms to the floor. 545 She was beautiful. Her tangled locks of brunette hair framed her cute face with its dimpled, come-hither smile. Her figure was perfect with lean lines, but with enough oomph to prove she was all woman. Her dark purple panties, which drew the eye to her hidden treasures, did not hide the beginnings of her cleft. 546 But her hand still hid her womanly beauties. When he went to protest, she only smiled and shook her head. "Lose the clothes." 547 Jim decided to take it slowly. It was obvious she wanted him and so he was going to make her wait a little more. He deliberately unbuttoned his shirt, first one, then another, drawing it out as long as he could. 548 "You're wasting your time," she giggled as she turned away from him and slid between the sheets. Once she was covered, she turned back to him and, from the movements under the sheet, he could tell she pulled down her panties. 549 "Honey, you can join me as soon as you've stripped. And I get to see you first," she crowed. 550 Jim had to accept defeat, but he was more than glad to do so. Off came his shirt, shoes and slacks. Wearing nothing more than his boxers, which barely hid his erection, he approached the bed. 551 "Uh-uh, not so fast, soldier. Off." 552 He slid the boxers down over his erection before approaching the bed and once he had, she quickly pulled the sheet over to the side. Oh, God, was she beautiful. Her breasts, which he had known were of a decent but not huge size, were simply magnificent, standing proudly on her chest with the slight flattening one sees on a supine woman. Her areolas, little, dark-pink magnets to his eyes, surrounded the cutest nipples one could imagine. 553 And below was the promised land. Her fur was sparse and slightly darker than her hair elsewhere. He could see the beginnings of her slit and as his eyes feasted on her beauty, she slowly spread her thighs, giving him an unobstructed view of her charms, charms which featured a drop of moisture trailing between her lips. 554 Jim loved women. He loved looking at them. He had seen more than a few over the years, but with Louise, he saw perfection. Was she movie-starlet beautiful? No, but it didn't matter. She was perfect in every way. And she wanted him! 555 He climbed into bed and slid up to her before dropping a warm and sexy kiss on her lips. Her arms wrapped around him, pulling him to her and squeezing his erect cock between them. 556 At a pause in their kisses, she whispered as she reached down and grabbed him, "Somebody wants to come out and play." 557 As they resumed kissing, Jim let his hand slide down between them, first stroking her breast before reaching below. He parted her hair and slid his finger between her moist lips until he found her proud pearl. As he stroked it, she gasped slightly and began to moan into his mouth as her kisses became more vigorous, more intense and more demanding. 558 Her pumping his cock caused a not-to-surprising result. As he found himself getting way too excited, he quit stimulating her and held her hand to stop her movement. 559 "Too much?" 560 "Yeah." 561 "You can keep doing me." 562 "Gladly." 563 He resumed rubbing her clit in little circles as she simply held his throbbing cock. After a few minutes, she stopped kissing, leaned her head back and moaned softly. Every minute or so, he would slip a finger into her, retrieving more moisture, but after one such maneuver, she groaned, "Quit that. Keep rubbing me." As he resumed attention to her clit, she let go of him and moved her hand to his, holding it firmly down and directing the action. 564 When she exploded, her moans and calling out to God were like music to his ears. A beautiful and sexy woman had wanted him, had dragged him to bed and had responded to him with an obvious orgasm, an orgasm which seemed to continue, as her hand kept pressing his.\ 565 Chapter 1.8 Eventually, she released her hold on his hand and her body seemingly deflated as she took a few deep breaths before looking at him. "Now I want you, all of you." She offered a few more kisses before reaching for him. Her kisses tasted divine, her hand felt wonderful and the soft skin of her breast as it slid over him was even more wonderful. 567 And as she rolled away slightly from him to grab a condom, Jim became aware of the most embarrassing thing that could have possibly happened; he was getting soft. 568 'Dammit! Not now!' he chastised himself before trying to think sexy thoughts and looking at his beautiful bedpartner. He had had this happen the night he was drunk and stoned, but here he was sober and excited, but something went haywire in his brain. 569 ----- 570 "Wait a second, Greatpa. You lost your erection?" 571 "Yes, Sweetheart, I did." 572 "But why?" 573 "The male brain is a fascinating thing, full of paradoxes. I wanted her like I had never wanted another woman. I was thinking long-term. I wanted it to be perfect. I wanted her to come over and over and I wanted to be the kind of man who would make her forget anyone else she had ever been with. I simply put too much pressure on myself, I guess." 574 "It worked eventually, or I wouldn't be here. What happened?" 575 ----- 576 The more he worried about it, the worse it got until he couldn't hide the issue anymore. 577 "I, uh, I'm not hard enough to put the condom on." 578 Louise smiled at him and whispered, "A little nervous?" 579 "I guess. I wanted this to be perfect." 580 "It's OK to be nervous. I know I am a little, too." 581 "You are?" 582 "Yeah. I want it to be perfect, also. But, know what? We're not perfect and sometimes we just have to make do." 583 She gave him a smile, took the rolled-up condom from his hand and nudged him down onto the bed before straddling him. She didn't lean down to him but instead thrust her chest out and stretched her hands over her head like an old-fashioned burlesque dancer. She swayed a little as she brought her hands down slowly to her chest and once she closed her eyes and began to rub her breasts, life stirred anew below. How could he not be excited to see her like that? 584 But it got better. Without opening her eyes, she lowered herself slightly until her wet cleft began to rub and moisten his recovering cock. Once he was fully erect, she grabbed the condom, rolled it down on him and quickly impaled herself on his cock. The heat, the moisture and the pressure all ensured his continued erection. 585 Louise gyrated on him, grinding her clit on his pubic bone, before withdrawing and plunging down, again and again. Jim looked at her in amazement. She had been what he wanted and at that moment, he had her, or rather, she had him. And once he climaxed under her, a sense of happiness overcame him. He had wilted under the pressure, the pressure to make this episode be 'perfect', but without teasing or commenting, she had taken control until success was achieved. And though he had some residual embarrassment, she never brought it up again. 586 A scant thirty minutes later, they were kissing and rubbing each other and with no evidence of him wilting, she rolled onto her back and, with a come-hither motion of her index finger, she invited him for another round. After he crawled on, she slid the condom on and helped aim him to her core. 587 Their lovemaking, and he already viewed this as lovemaking and not fucking or screwing, was slow and sensual at the beginning, but as time went on, he picked up speed and thrust deeper, pounding into her, while she moaned in appreciation, pulling at his flanks, demanding more. 588 The most amazing thing happened; right as he was starting to lose all control, her moans morphed into cries of release and her body spasmed. The two of them, clutching, clawing and thrusting, climaxed together. For Jim, it was a spiritual happening, something he had never experienced previously. And as he recovered, in the depths of his mind and heart, he knew he had found 'her.' 589 After they recovered, they lay there wordlessly kissing and lightly stroking until he heard a soft sniffle. He glanced down to see a tear slide down her cheek. 590 "You OK?" 591 "Yes, of course." 592 "Why the tears?" 593 "Happy tears. I've never felt so happy in all my life." 594 "Me too, Honey, me too." 595 After a couple of months during which they grew steadily closer, they decided to go on a quick vacation. They arranged for a long weekend away at a remote resort cabin by a beautiful lake in the foothills. By day, they hiked in the surrounding hills and by night, they made sweet love by firelight. 596 On the morning of their departure, Jim snuck out and picked a few wildflowers while she was getting cleaned up. When she came into the kitchen, the tiny bouquet, arranged in an old jar, was presented to her as he said those fateful words, "Louise, I love you." 597 "Oh, Honey, I love you, too. God, I've so wanted to hear you say it." It took several minutes for her to stop crying between her kisses and once she did, he knew he had made the right decision. She had no idea his professing love was tantamount to an invitation to marriage, but on that morning, he knew he was going to marry her. 598 Four weeks later, after a wonderful meal in a local French restaurant, he made it official by asking her to marry him. It wasn't a grand affair; he simply knelt before her as she sat on a bench overlooking the river and asked for her hand in marriage. The 'squeal heard round the world,' as he would later name it, was all the confirmation he needed. 599 ----- 600 "Greatpa, that is so sweet. You two took your time and when you decided, it was for good." 601 "Yeah, and we swore it would be until death did us part. And little did I know she would be the first to go. That damned Big C, what a miserable disease it can be." 602 "You still miss her, don't you?" 603 "Every single day." 604 "You'll need to tell me more about her. I want to hear about everything, you know, getting her pregnant, kids and everything." 605 "Oh, Honey, I'm really very tired. I don't think I have it in me. I probably never will." 606 "Not even one special thing?" 607 "OK, I'll tell you this. I was more in love with her three times while we were married than I was at our wedding." 608 "Oh? When was that?" 609 "When she bravely went through labor and produced three of the most wonderful gifts a man could ask for." 610 "You were proud of her?" 611 "Way, way more than proud. By the way, do you know why the good Lord had women bear children?" 612 "No, why?" 613 "'Cause men are such wimps. They could never handle what a woman goes through when having a baby. And Louise was no wimp." 614 "Well, I know you missed her when she was gone. Let's get you back to your room, OK?" 615 "Sure. I should be ready for another visit next Wednesday." 616 "Good. I'll want to hear more about her then." 617 "Maybe. We'll see." 618 ----- 619 "Well, Greatpa, are you gonna tell me more about Greatgrandma Louise?" 620 "I don't think I will. I've told you so much about my life and the girls, the women I've been with but somehow, telling you any more about Louise seems, well, maybe it's better that I don't." 621 "Aww. Really?" 622 "Yeah. So much of it is, well, extremely personal. And I feel like I'd betray her trust if I told you all the details of our life together. 623 "You know we got married and had kids. I spent too much time at work and I'll always regret that I didn't spend more time with them and with her. Time flew by and before I knew it, we were hearing the bad news from the doctor. Bad cancer. No cure. Not even any reasonable treatment. She went after only four months." 624 "That must have been awful." 625 "You have no idea." 626 "I remember you moved out of the house about a year later, didn't you?" 627 "Yeah. Too much work and too many memories. Decided assisted living, where they fix the meals and do the housework, was a good idea." 628 "I remember that place. Kinda nice." 629 "Yeah, it was." 630 "Isn't that where you met Shelly?" 631 "Uh-huh. She wasn't like so many of the other women there. She had recently lost her husband and we met at a widow support group." 632 "What do you mean by 'so many of the other women there'?" 633 "Oh, God, some of them were aggressive, practically tackled me in the dining room. One came to my apartment one night wearing a see-through gown and tried to invite herself in." 634 "They knew a good thing when they saw it." 635 "I don't know about that, but Shelly was so different. She didn't try to seduce me and we just fell into a friendly relationship." 636 "Tell me a little about her." 637 ----- 638 To all the girls I've loved before. 639 ----- 640 Jim was terribly lonely after Louise died. When he moved to the assisted living facility, he got along with nearly everyone. Most of the residents were widowed women and some of whom were aggressive, even too aggressive with him. But all he wanted was to put one foot in front of the other and take things one day at a time. 641 The facility had a widow support group that met once a week and even though Louise had been dead for over a year, he went for the support they seemed to offer. 642 After the third or fourth session, he became aware of a nice lady who was fairly reserved and talked little, but the few things she did say seemed to be spot on. He found himself looking forward to what she had to say. 643 During one session, they got into a back-and-forth discussion about how to handle pushy neighbors. Later, on their way out of the session, they continued their conversation. That night at dinner, he saw her dining alone and went over to chat. She smiled and offered him a seat. 644 From that moment on, the two of them spent much of their time together. Their relationship grew one evening when she invited him to her apartment. They looked through her photo albums and he listened to her recall her life with her husband. 645 The next evening, he invited her to his place and shared information about his life with Louise. When Shelly went to leave, she reached for Jim and gave him a big hug. It was a simple gesture, but one of great importance to him. 646 Before long, they were spending much of their free time together, but it still came as a surprise when she invited him to move in with her. 647 "Jim, we enjoy similar things, we get along and we help chase away each other's loneliness. Why don't we go ahead and live together? It will save money, to boot." 648 "Ah, uh, separate bedrooms, I suppose?" 649 "No, it doesn't have to be, but I can say that intimacy is probably off the table." 650 "I suppose. Why, we haven't even kissed." 651 "Well, get over here and let's try it out." 652 It took Jim a little time to adjust to a new partner, but her kisses were warm and comforting. Before he knew it, he found himself agreeing to move in with her. They decided to get a larger unit for the two of them instead of the smaller ones they were in. 653 They became comfortable around each other and their hugs and kisses were even more comforting. Several months after they were together, Shelly wore a sly smile and a sexy nightgown when she came to bed. 654 "You look nice, Shel." 655 "Thank you. Ah, Honey, sleeping with you lately has made me a little, uh, frisky, if you get my drift. Could we maybe, you know, maybe get a little more personal?" 656 "I, uh, I might not be able to help you. I've used pills in the past, but don't have any now." 657 "Do you have a finger?" 658 "Yes, I do." 659 "Then I propose we have a little fun exploring things and you go to the doctor and get some pills tomorrow. OK?" 660 "Sure. Lights out?" 661 Shelly came to him and where they had shared simple kisses and hugs in the past, on that night, she was very aggressive with both. He didn't know what she wanted, but when she grabbed his hand and led it to her pelvis, it was clear to him what he should do. 662 After he moistened his finger with some saliva, he began to rub her gently but it was still too uncomfortable for her. Much like he had tossed his pills, she had tossed her lubricant. 663 As she lay there, obviously frustrated, he decided to go downtown. He pulled himself from her and as he was working his way down to her pelvis, she began to giggle. 664 "What?" 665 "Do you know how many decades it's been since a man went down on me?" 666 "What? Your husband...?" 667 "Nope. Wouldn't do it. At all." 668 "Well, pull up your gown and let me try. If there's anything you like or don't like, let me know." 669 Jim gently parted her hair and slipped his tongue between her inner lips. She was dry, so he brought more saliva to his tongue and began to slowly slide his tongue up and down over her clit. She responded slowly, moaning softly before calling out louder and pulling his head to her. 670 When Shelly came, she writhed on the bed until she cried in pain, pushed him away and grabbed her calf. 671 "Cramp! Jesus, what a time to get a cramp," she half-laughed and half-cried. 672 After Jim helped massage her cramping calf, she looked at him with a smile, "You made me feel good twice tonight. You're a keeper." 673 "Glad you liked it." 674 "Yeah, I only wish Bob had been willing to do oral on me. I love him, loved him and we had a great marriage, but it was something he couldn't do. He was brought up in a pretty conservative home and he, well, he never did." 675 "Did you go down on him?" 676 "Wouldn't let me. I could rub him, but a mouth on genitals, that wasn't going to happen." 677 "Well, once I get my pills, I wouldn't stop you from it." 678 "Yeah, we may have to settle for that. We're too old to be doing the old in and out. Look at how I cramped with just oral." 679 "Well, let's see what gives." 680 After that fateful evening, Jim and Shelly shared intimate moments occasionally, usually rubbing or going down on each other. Although he was nowhere near as horny as when he was younger, he still enjoyed having sexual contact with her when the mood struck them. And they became quite close. And though he enjoyed being with her and having sex with her, he still missed Louise just as he knew she missed Bob. 681 ----- 682 "Greatpa, did you love her? I mean, I remember her and she was a super nice lady. I certainly liked her a lot." 683 "Yes, I did. I loved her. It was, quite honestly, a different kind of love. It was a love of strong companionship, of helping each other in the so-called golden years, but not the wild, romantic head-over-heels love of a young person. And when she died, well, I was lonelier than ever." 684 "You still miss her, too, don't you?" 685 "Yes, I do, but I miss so many people. At my age, hell, I think I've outlived pretty much everyone. And sometimes I find myself soooo tired that I wish I wouldn't wake up the next day. Just to go to sleep and never have another day of pain, that would be a miracle." 686 "But we would miss you!" 687 "I know you would, Whitney, I know you would. But if there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that your memory keeps them close to you." 688 "Say, uh, Greatpa, it's getting late and I still have some studying to do. I better head out." 689 "Sure thing. Could you please take me back to my room?" 690 "Of course. And Greatpa, I want to thank you for telling me all about you and your loves. I always thought you were this old man with nothing interesting to say, but you've had a great life. Met some great ladies. It makes me realize what a wonderful and fascinating man you are." 691 "Aww..." 692 "And now, you've got to go out and find another love." 693 "Here? In this crazy home? Uh-uh. Besides, I've got a new love." 694 "Who's that?" 695 "You, Silly. You. You've been coming here week after week to listen to an old man talking about all the girls I've loved before. You've given me reason to hang on for all these weeks. 696 "Oh, don't be silly. There's lots to look forward to." 697 "No, Honey, there isn't. I've lived my life and you, you're the one with lots to look forward to. I want you to go out and grab life by the horns." 698 "Well, OK, I guess I'll try. Anyway, here's your room. Want help getting into bed?" 699 "No, I'm too tired. I can't ever remember being so tired. I think I'll stay here for a few minutes. Please give me the call button and I'll get the nurses' aides to help me later." 700 "OK, Greatpa. You have a good sleep and you'll feel better in the morning. I'll see you next week. Night." 701 "Good-bye, Whitney. Love you. Hey, give me a big hug, OK?" 702 "Sure, Greatpa, and you know I love you, too," she said as she wrapped her arms around him and squeezed, while giving his bald head a quick kiss. 703 Once she had left, Jim leaned back in his chair as his mind raced back over the years to the moment when he realized for the first time that he was madly in love with the beautiful Louise, and how he professed his love to her with those scraggly wildflowers. As that beautiful memory drifted through his mind, his head tipped forward with a choking gurgle in his throat, his body slumped in the chair and his hand lost all strength, letting the call button fall to the floor. 704 ----- 705 https://www.literotica.com/s/mayas-bistro Chapter 2.1 "Good morning, Doctor. Another rough night on call?" asked the server at the hospital cafeteria line. 708 "Ah, no, Maya. You must know by now that dermatologists rarely have emergencies, and being on call means just keeping a cell phone nearby." 709 "That must be a major sacrifice for you, Doctor," she laughed before going on, "This morning we have prosciutto and feta cheese omelets in addition to our usual offerings." 710 "Please, Maya, you know I'd prefer you call me Kyle and, by the way, I'd like to try the omelet. What's the special occasion that you're offering omelets, anyway?" 711 "I kept begging Christine to let me vary things a little and she finally let me. Hope you like it." 712 "I'm sure I will. Put this and a cappuccino on my account, please. Have a good one." 713 "You, too, Doctor," she laughed. 714 Kyle Berlin was in the last year of his dermatology residency at County Charity Hospital and dropped by the cafeteria most mornings to grab a quick breakfast before going to the clinics. Of all the residencies at County, dermatology was by far the easiest; at least he wasn't dealing with gunshot wounds or diabetic comas like his surgical and medical colleagues had to. He had done his internship in medicine before switching to dermatology for the three-year program. Most of his time at County was spent in the clinics although he had to consult on inpatients occasionally and spent half a day each week working at the burn unit with the plastic surgeons dealing with skin grafting issues. All in all, he was quite happy with his professional life and looked forward to having his own practice someday. 715 His personal life, however, was not that exciting since his girlfriend dumped him some six months earlier. He had thought they were doing well together but she apparently found a neurosurgeon to be far more to her liking. Although no promises had been made, he still found himself upset by her leaving him. He broke the lease on his apartment after she left and moved into a small efficiency unit owned by and next to the hospital. He rarely cooked in the tiny kitchenette and relied on cafeteria food for most meals. 716 Maya was a bright spot in his day. She was a few years younger than him, definitely attractive and seemed to put more into her work than most of the cafeteria workers. She always teased him, called him 'Doctor,' even when he requested she use his name and had a warm smile whenever he came through the line. 717 A week later she greeted him with an offering of eggs benedict, a week later it was a Mexican breakfast quesadilla, but the next time she offered yet another special, his curiosity got the best of him. 718 "Doctor, today we are offering a special breakfast of Mexican rice with poached eggs. Can I dish some up for you?" 719 "Maya! It's Kyle. How many times do I have to say that?" 720 "Apparently more than you have, Doctor. Interested in the special?" 721 "Yes, I am. Looks delicious." 722 "And a cappuccino?" 723 "You know me well. Ah, who's making these wonderful meals every now and then?" 724 "I am. I think I have convinced Christine to let me do this once a week. People love them and we're not losing any money. Plus, I like coming up with new ideas." 725 When Kyle looked around to see no one near them, he leaned over the counter slightly, speaking softly, "Your culinary skills belong in a real restaurant but you need to stay here for another half year, please." 726 "What happens then?" 727 "My residency will be done and I won't be here anymore." 728 "Oh, Doctor, what's good news for you will certainly not be good news for me. I'm sure we'll miss you." 729 "Thanks, Maya, but it's Kyle. Remember?" 730 "I'll try to remember, Doctor," she laughed as he turned to leave the cafeteria. 731 ----- 732 On one rainy, nasty night, Kyle decided to work on his research project. Although his residency did not require it, he felt doing one might improve his chances of finding a good position after he finished his residency. He was still doing background reading on his chosen topic and needed, even in this day of online journals, to do some library reading. It was late and he knew the hospital library would be deserted, just as he preferred it. He walked from his small apartment over a sky bridge to the hospital, swiped his ID card to open the hospital door and headed for the elevator. After swiping his card again, this time for the elevator, he wondered if 'they' knew everything about him. Certainly, the hospital could track his movements without trouble. 733 On the deepest basement floor, he swiped his ID to open the library door. He had expected to find no one there and was surprised to see the lights on. They were motion-activated so someone had to be there. He nosed around for a few seconds and other than a book, a few opened magazines and a computer in sleep mode, the place looked empty. He grabbed a bound volume of the journal he needed to review and settled in. 734 A few minutes later he heard a distant sound of water running before becoming aware of someone behind him. 735 "Well, Doctor, we meet again," chuckled Maya. 736 "Oh, Hello, Maya. You studying here tonight?" 737 "Yeah, well, more like looking for ideas." 738 "Ideas about what?" 739 "Recipe ideas. I don't have a computer and I'm tired of trying to read them on my phone. I decided to log on here and look at magazines for a change." 740 "So, this is where you come up with those great breakfast ideas, huh?" 741 "Some of them, yeah. What are you doing here?" 742 "I'm going to be writing a review paper and need some more background info before I start." 743 "What's it about?" 744 "Kinda complicated, but I want to review the factors which influence the migration of lymphocytes in the skin of people who have pemphigus vulgaris." 745 "Wha? That would sound so exciting," she giggled, "If I only knew what you just said." 746 "Well, lymphocytes are a kind of white blood cell and..." 747 "What are white blood cells?" 748 "They fight infection. Part of the immune system." 749 "Oh. And...?" 750 "So, I'm going to look at certain factors which..." 751 "Stop!" she laughed, "I was just teasing you. There is no way I'm going to understand anything you're talking about. You lost me way back at the beginning." 752 "But it's kinda exciting and I was gonna tell you more." 753 "Look, I'm a cafeteria worker and can't follow all those details, even though you think it's exciting." 754 "Yeah, you're right. Uh, so, you're getting more ideas for fancy food you can serve upstairs?" 755 "Maybe. You know, it isn't as easy as it looks. A top chef may have a few things prepared ahead of time but the final product is usually made to order. Upstairs we can't work that way. We have to prepare things in bulk so my job is to figure out which of these fancy foods we can prepare at the cafeteria." 756 "Sounds a little more complicated than I thought." 757 "It is, but not nearly as complicated as vulgar pimples." 758 "Vulgar pimples?...Oh, you mean pemphigus vulgaris," he laughed, "But if you put me in a stressful kitchen situation, I'd be just as lost as you would be with my research." 759 "OK, so we need to agree not to bore the other with our job details. Uh, tell me a little about you." 760 Kyle was generally fairly reserved with strangers but could easily open up with people he had come to know. Somehow Maya was a comfortable person to talk with so he plunged in. 761 "Grew up in Colorado. Since I am an only child, I joined the scouts where I learned the love of the outdoors. Did well in school, went to college on my parents' dime and then to med school." 762 "Wow. Kinda expensive, isn't it?" 763 "Yeah, med school was and I had to get student loans for it. Once I finish residency, I'll need to pay back a lot of money." 764 "Your parents around?" 765 "Dad is a pharmacist and Mom is a librarian. What about you?" 766 "I was, well, I was a fire station baby." 767 "What's that?" 768 "My birth mother apparently couldn't take care of me and dropped me off at a fire station when I was maybe two days old. I still had my umbilical cord and they figured it out from there." 769 "Wow. What happened then?" 770 "I was put into the foster child system and my first family named me after my birthdate which was, they think, the first of May but after a few years, the state went to take me away because they were tired of sending support money to Mom and Dad. By then they loved 'their child' so they officially adopted me." 771 "Neat." 772 "Yeah, well, it was a financial hit since the state wasn't sending them any more money after that. I grew up in a house where they had to watch every penny." 773 "How'd you get here?" 774 "Finished high school, got good grades but college was totally out of the question. I looked around for work and happened to find this job. Much better than working at the Burger Barn and pay is better. Even get some bennies and can live in the hospital suites like you." 775 "And now you're looking to improve the food in the cafeteria." 776 "Yeah, but you know what my dream is?" 777 "Uh-uh." 778 "I want to be a chef. Cooking has gotten in my blood." 779 "Well, from the special breakfasts you make, I'd say you'd be a good one." 780 "Yeah, but going to a chef school is super expensive and they're kinda snobby and I don't think they'd even let me in even if I could pay." 781 "What about working your way up? You know, be a sous chef for a while and try to do more OJT. Maybe if you did well, they'd consider supporting you." 782 "Doctor, you are..." 783 "Kyle, please." 784 "Hmm. OK, but only when we're like this. Out there you're still 'Doctor.' Anyway, you're pretty naïve, (That's the word, isn't it?) about the restaurant world." 785 "How so?" 786 "Look at me. No college, no money and I look like I've got a lot of Latina blood in me. No, there's no chance I could make a big change like that." 787 "I don't know. You're obviously smart and dedicated. Who knows what might happen?" 788 "Don't go and get my hopes up, please. I'll just keep working here and doing everything I can to make the cafeteria the best one around." 789 "Well, look, I've gotta start my reading." 790 "Would it bother you if I stayed?" 791 "No. Please do. Kinda nice to have someone in here to scare away the ghosts." 792 "You silly. No ghosts here." 793 "Who knows? This could have been the morgue at one time." 794 "Now you're making it creepy. I'll stay here until you leave." 795 They sat at the same large table with him reading and her leafing through magazines and looking up culinary sites. Around ten p.m. she had to call it quits saying she needed to be up and in the cafeteria by five thirty. 796 "Get some sleep. You OK going to your place alone?" 797 "Yeah, as long as I'm in the building I feel safe. Good night, Doc...uh, good night, Kyle." 798 "Good night. Maybe we can do this again sometime." 799 "Mmm, maybe," she responded with a smile before she left the room. 800 An hour later as he was getting ready for bed, Kyle found himself wondering about Maya. She was an attractive woman with dark skin and long, straight black hair. She had mentioned the possibility of her having Latin heritage and he could certainly see it in her. But what struck him the most was her no-nonsense attitude about her situation and how it was potentially preventing her from her dream. It was sobering to realize how different their lives were. She wasn't struggling with homelessness but her future appeared limited while his was far rosier. 801 ----- 802 Several days later when he had been planning another night of research, he ran into Maya as she was finishing her shift. 803 "Sorry you missed my special for the morning, Doctor." 804 "I am, too. I was stuck in a breakfast meeting where we had cold fried eggs and limp toast. Maybe if you did a better job..." he joked. 805 "Hey, that's not done by the cafeteria crew but by the inpatient kitchen staff. Talk to them." 806 "Maybe I'll do that. Say, I'm studying again tonight. Care to keep the ghosts away with me?" 807 She looked at him with a quizzical smile before answering, "Yeah, I think I would." 808 "Great. See you around eight or so." 809 They had a comfortable, casual evening together. At first, they talked quietly about some hospital and local current events before they settled down to their reading. After a few hours, they left together to return to their apartments which were in the same hospital complex though several floors apart. That evening was the beginning of their twice weekly 'library dates,' as she named them. 810 As time went on and he realized he was becoming attracted to her, he decided to take a big step and ask her out. Towards the end of one library date, he found himself nervously tapping his foot until she called him on it. 811 "What's got into you? You're as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs." 812 "I, uh, I've got something on my mind. Sorry." 813 "OK, but if you keep it up, I'll have to leave." 814 "I guess we should probably leave, anyway." 815 "Yeah, it's getting late." 816 "Say, uh, Maya..." 817 "Yeah?" 818 "Uh, would you, uh, would you like to go out with me sometime?" 819 "Out? Like on a date 'out'?" 820 "Uh, yeah." 821 "Are you sure? I mean, a doctor going out with a cafeteria worker?" 822 "Look. You're a smart, attractive woman and yes, this doctor would like to invite you to dinner. You know, get away from hospital food and..." 823 "Wait a second!" she laughed, "Are you dissing my cooking?" 824 "No, I didn't mean it like that. I mean..." 825 "I'm teasing you, Silly. And yes, I would love to have dinner with you sometime." 826 "Great. Is this weekend open for you?" 827 "Yes. Just let me know when and where we're going." 828 "Will do. And, Maya?" 829 "Yeah?" 830 "Thanks." 831 ----- 832 On the evening of their dinner, he went to her studio apartment to escort her downstairs for their gig ride. When she opened her door, he was stunned. Usually, she wore scrubs and an apron but on that night, she had a torso-hugging dress which featured a risqué neckline and a high hemline. A gold pendant swayed between her ample breasts and her long hair was tied up exposing her sexy, thin neck. 833 "Cat got your tongue, Doctor?" she laughed. 834 "No, but I'll sick him on you if you keep calling me..." 835 "Doctor. I know, I know, it's Kyle, but I had to tease you a little." 836 "Mission accomplished. Ready?" 837 "Yes. I'm looking forward to this. I haven't been out for dinner in ages. Where are we going?" she asked as they made their way down to the front door. 838 "Antonio's." 839 "Oh, my God, you're kidding!" 840 "No, why?" 841 "I've heard it's the best. Oh, I'm so excited. It'll be fun to see what a real chef does with the food." 842 As she slid into the backseat of the gig ride, her hem slid up, exposing two very attractive thighs. Kyle had been attracted to Maya but seeing her that evening resulted in a huge jolt to his libido. Maya had gone from a nice, attractive gal in the cafeteria to a beautiful and sexy woman, a woman no hetero man in his right mind could ignore. As his slid in next to her, she gently tugged her hem down, an act which covered more skin but seemed to accentuate even more of what he had just seen. 843 At the restaurant, they were escorted to a nice, remote table for two by a cute little high-school girl. Their waitress walked up, offered menus and promised to return quickly. The food sounded delicious and both had a little trouble deciding what they would want. 844 "You know, we could get two things and share," he suggested. 845 "That's a great idea! I want to go with their beef special and you're going to try the prawns." 846 "Don't I get a say in this?" he laughed. 847 "Nope. This is my big chance." 848 "Well, fortunately, I'm happy with those two choices. Wine?" 849 "Hmm. We're ordering beef and seafood which makes the wine decision kind of difficult." 850 "Uh, you're ordering beef and seafood," he teased. 851 "I know. Let's ask the waitress." 852 As it turned out, the sommelier dropped by and gave them a few recommendations and they each ordered a glass of wine. Once their food was ordered, Maya looked over to Kyle and said, "You have no idea how much I am enjoying this. I only wish I could be in this business all the time." 853 "Well, I guess I can only say to keep your eyes open and maybe someday something will turn up." 854 "I hope so. You know, even the staff here is great. They are pleasant and attentive without being too nosey. They do their job and then leave the diners alone." 855 Their meals came and, as planned, they divided up the food. After two or three bites, Maya moaned softly. "This, this is so wonderful. Do you taste the hint of oregano in this sauce? Not too much, but just enough to bring out the underlying flavors." 856 "It's good, yeah." 857 "Kyle, this is not good. This is divine. And on the beef, they used a nice mix of cilantro and, uh, I can't quite tell what the other flavors are, but it's sublime." 858 "We could always ask our waitress." 859 "Oh, a chef like this would never tell a diner their secrets." 860 "Never hurts to ask." 861 They slowly finished the meal and had a wonderful and tart dessert followed by a cappuccino for him and a straight espresso for her. When their waitress came with the bill, Maya looked up at her and asked, "I'm curious. The beef had a wonderful cilantro flavor mixed with something else, I believe it must have been fresh paprika. Would you ask the chef if that's what it was for me, please?" 862 A few minutes later she returned with a tall man wearing a white coat and a toque. 863 "Good evening, Madam, I understand you were asking about the seasoning on the beef dish?" 864 "Oh, Hi, yes I was. I clearly tasted the cilantro but the second flavor, well, it seemed like fresh paprika. Was it?" 865 "Madam, our recipes are closely guarded secrets but since you have a very discerning tongue, I will confess you are correct. Fresh paprika, as you seem to know, has a distinct taste that fades soon after the herb is ground. Since few people know what real, fresh paprika tastes like, I use it as my little secret." 866 "I won't tell anyone, I promise, nor will this Neanderthal sitting across from me," she laughed. "Thank you so much for coming out." 867 "If I may ask, what is your background in culinary arts?" 868 "Oh, I don't have a background, really, I, uh..." 869 "Maya, that's not entirely true. You see, Sir, she is the breath of fresh air at the cafeteria at work. She has made a name for herself by offering a special at breakfast once or twice a week. People have so enjoyed it that they come in asking for her days in advance." 870 "Oh? What kind of dishes do you prepare?" he asked as he pulled a chair up and sat down with them. 871 "Oh, it's nothing, really." 872 "She's being overly modest. This week, for example, she produced a wonderful breakfast quesadilla that had people coming back for more." 873 "You do all this at a cafeteria? Which one?" 874 "Uh, the cafeteria at County Charity." 875 "The hospital? Really?" 876 "Yeah." 877 "Oh, ah, Madam, that is quite the achievement to do that at a cafeteria. You must do mass production but still keep it tasty. My hat's off to you," he said as he doffed his toque. 878 "Thank you. Those are kind words coming from a chef with as good a reputation as you have." 879 "May I ask your name?" 880 "Uh, Maya. Maya Dryden." 881 "Well, Ms. Dryden, if you are interested, would you like to take a tour through the kitchen?" 882 "Oh, I'd love to!" 883 "Then come with me. You too, Sir." 884 Maya spent the next twenty minutes asking dozens of questions about the kitchen, how the restaurant was run and the challenges the restaurant faced. Towards the end of their time, the chef turned to her and said, "I failed to tell you my name. Everyone thinks I'm Antonio but my real name is Bob." 885 "Bob? As in Robert?" 886 "Yes. Now I can't imagine a place called Bob's or Robert's would survive, so I took on a fake name. Please don't tell anyone!" 887 Chapter 2.2 "I won't," she laughed, "I promise. But it strikes me as funny. What about you, Kyle?" 889 "The man has a point." 890 "Uh, Maya, I'd like to give you my card. If you ever think you might want to expand your repertoire, please give me a call. I have a good, solid staff and I can't offer to take you on, but who knows? Maybe one day something will happen, eh?" 891 "Oh, thank you! That is so kind. Here, let me give you my number in case you need some short-term help sometime. I work until one p.m. and can be available some evenings." 892 "I will keep you in mind, Maya. And, Sir, thank you for bringing your girlfriend in for dinner." 893 "Oh, I'm not his girlfriend, we're just pals." Her response, while true, seemed to throw cold water on any hopes Kyle might have had about their relationship. 894 "Even so, thank you both for coming by. Now if I don't get back to work, I'm going to have a riot on my hands. Good evening." 895 On the way home, Maya was on cloud nine. She was like a twelve-year-old on the way to see her favorite pop star, bouncing up and down while talking rapidly. 896 "Can you believe it? Me? He practically asked me to consider working for him. Maybe I could sub. Maybe a sous chef. I could work two or three evenings a week, maybe. But I couldn't stay too late if I have to get up the next morning at five-thirty for work. But maybe I could figure out a way to work the nights before my days off. Oh, I could learn so much. Maybe..." 897 "Maya, Maya, relax. Yes, it's exciting, but there is so much you don't know..." 898 "Haven't you ever been excited about your work? Weren't you excited to apply for residency and on 'Match Day,' I think it's called, weren't you super pumped to hear where you were going for residency?" 899 "Well, yeah." 900 "Don't you realize this is the first really good thing to happen to me since my parents got me when I was a week old?" 901 "I guess I do. You're right. It's OK to be excited. I'm proud of you, by the way." 902 "Thank you," she said as she slid over and gave him a quick hug. Once they got out of the car, he let his hand rest lightly on her low back until they got to her door. There she gave him another light hug before turning away and opening her door. There was no hesitation on her part and no opportunity for even a chaste kiss. 903 In his apartment, Kyle kept thinking about Maya. She was attractive and through her research clearly knew a lot about the culinary world. And if things could have been different in their work and careers, there might have been a chance for them to potentially get closer. But he was leaving in a few months, whereto he didn't yet know, and she was tied to the community, to her job and, potentially, now to Antonio's. And she had kept him in the friend zone with her remark to the chef about the relationship and the way their date ended. But as he drifted off to sleep, the image of her wearing that sexy dress was the last thing he remembered. 904 ----- 905 One afternoon in late May, he met a very interesting woman in the clinic. She presented with a complaint of a nasty rash on both hands. Once she was checked in, he entered the exam room. 906 "Hello, Mrs. Gutierrez, I'm Doctor Berlin. How can I help you today?" 907 "It's Ms. Gutierrez, but you can call me Sofia." 908 "Oh, my apologies. Ok, Sofia, it is." 909 "My hands, they are rashy and hurt." 910 "I see. Hmm. Uh, what do you do for a living?" 911 "I am cleaning woman for vacation rental company." 912 "What do you do?" 913 "When someone leaves a unit, I clean it. Top to bottom." 914 "You get your hands wet very often?" 915 "Si." 916 "How many days a week do you work?" 917 "Six days, six hours a day. Sunday I have off." 918 "Do you wear gloves?" 919 "Si. I need to keep my hands covered or they get tiny cuts in them." 920 "Any new gloves lately?" 921 "No. I can't pay for new gloves." 922 "Are your gloves dirty inside?" 923 "Maybe, I don't know." 924 "Let me ask a few background questions. Uh, any rashes in the past?" 925 "No." 926 "I see you have no brothers and one sister. Does she or your parents have problems with rashes?" 927 "My parents are gone and I don't talk with my sister." 928 "You didn't check on the form about any children. Do you have any?" 929 For a few seconds she looked down at the floor before she whispered, "I have a baby once but I don't know where she is." 930 "Was she taken from you or...?" 931 "I gave her away when she was a baby." 932 "That must have been very hard on you." 933 "Si, but I was too young. No job. I was sleeping in old building downtown and couldn't keep my baby." 934 "Did you go to the state?" 935 "No, I go to fire station." 936 Kyle's heart started to beat a little harder. Could it be? No, the odds were against it. Surely this couldn't be Maya's birth mother. "Uh, when and where was that, if you don't mind me asking?" 937 "I remember it like yesterday. It was May first, 1994. Here in Centerton. She turn twenty-five just two weeks ago." 938 'Oh, holy shit,' he thought, 'This could be her! Maya had her twenty-fifth birthday at the beginning of the month. And she was born here!' 939 "You ever see her?" 940 "No. I never see her again." A large tear slid down her cheek. 941 "Ms. Gutierrez, uh Sofia, I'm sorry things turned out that way. It must have been hard on you. Ah, let's get back to the rash. I think it is due to your gloves. They are probably wet and maybe moldy inside. This is what I want you to do: Take those gloves and turn them inside out and wash them twice with soap and water and then use some mild bleach. Let them dry out for a few days. In the meantime, put some of this lotion on your hands three times a day and at bedtime put on this cream." 942 "I can't pay for medicine and how can I work without gloves?" 943 "The lotion is paid for and the medicine is a free sample from a drug company." 944 "And gloves?" 945 "Here," he said as he grabbed a box of exam gloves from under the sink, "Wear these until your gloves are dry. After that, you will need to turn them inside out and wash them every week on your day off." 946 "Thank you, Doctor." 947 "And I want to see you back here in ten days. Let me see here...Oh, here it is. See me on the Thursday after next at five p.m., OK?" 948 "OK, Doctor, I see you then. Thank you." 949 After she left and he finished her note in the computerized record, he sat quietly wondering about Mrs. Gutierrez. The timing and location were perfect matches for the story Maya had given him. Mrs. Gutierrez was certainly Latina and the more he thought about it, the more he realized she had the same facial features as Maya. 950 Rather than tell Maya right away, he kicked around when and how he might tell her. He stewed on it for several days before he came up with an idea. 951 A week later shortly before five p.m., Maya showed up at the dermatology clinic as he had requested. Once the front office staff told him of her arrival, he escorted her back to a chair at the small nurses' station next to his exam room where Mrs. Gutierrez had been roomed and asked her to wait. 952 "Now why am I here, anyway?" 953 "Just hang on a sec, please. I'll come get you in a few minutes," he said as he turned to the exam room. 954 "Good afternoon, Sofia, how are your hands?" 955 "Doctor, you are miracle man. Look. All better." 956 "Wow, they look great. OK, you can stop the medicine but keep using lotion at least once a day. And wash and dry your gloves once a week. You should do fine." 957 "Thank you, thank you. Do I come back?" 958 "Ah, no, only if you have more problems. I am moving away at the end of June but the clinic will have someone else who can help if needed." 959 "Where you move to?" 960 "I have a new job in Kansas." 961 "We will miss you, Doctor. You good doctor." 962 "Thank you. Ah, before you go, I want you to meet someone. Can you stay a few minutes?" 963 "Si, Doctor. Who is it?" 964 "Just a second." He turned, opened the door and asked Maya, who had a puzzled frown on her face, to come in. 965 "Sofia Gutierrez, I want you to meet Maya Dryden. I believe you knew each other for a few hours about twenty-five years ago around May the first." 966 "Kyle, uh, Doctor, I can't remember anything about twenty-five years ago. I had just been born then and..." 967 A light seemed to go off in her eyes before she turned to Mrs. Gutierrez. "Did you, uh, did you have a baby then?" 968 "Si." 969 "And did you give her up at a fire station?" 970 "Si, I did." 971 "Which one?" she asked with increasing excitement in her voice. 972 "On Leonard Street." 973 "I was a fire station baby on Leonard Street! You...you must be my mother!" 974 "Oh, Dios. I not believe it." 975 "Believe it 'cause it's true." 976 "Maya? You are mi bebé? Mi niña?" 977 "Yes, yes I am!" 978 The two ran to each other with big hugs as they both talked and laughed through tear-strewn faces. Kyle silently slipped out the door letting mother and daughter get acquainted in private. 979 Six hours later there was a loud, insistent knocking on his apartment door which woke him from a deep sleep. When he opened it, he was nearly thrown off balance by an elated Maya who launched herself at him and gave him a wonderful, exuberant hug. 980 "Oh, Kyle, Thank you. Thank you. You have no idea how wonderful it was to meet my birth mom! She's such a great lady and has been through so much. And we hit it off just like that. I just left her place and..." 981 Kyle listened with a bemused look on his face as Maya told him all about her birth mother and their reunion. After nearly twenty minutes of nonstop talking, she wound down a little, caught her breath and looked at him. 982 "You have no idea what you have done. I can't thank you enough. I love my parents, they raised me and they will always be 'Mom and Dad' to me but now, but now I know Mamá and I feel complete." 983 "I'm so happy for you. When I first thought it could be her, I almost told you but I wanted you to be one to prove it." 984 "Well, I'm sure. We even stood in front of a mirror together and I look so much like her." 985 "Did you want to do a genetic test?" 986 "No! We both know in our hearts we are related. Same date, same city, same fire station even. No, she is my birth mother. I'm going to take the day off tomorrow and see my folks and tell them the good news." 987 "They won't get jealous?" 988 "Them? No. They're great and they know I'm their daughter and that I love them. I can't wait until we all four can get together." 989 "I'm so happy for you but there's one thing that upsets me." 990 "What's that?" 991 "Tomorrow is your day for a breakfast special and now I won't get one." 992 "You rat! This is one of the most important life-changing events I could imagine and all you can do is think about your food?" 993 "Hey, I'm a guy, right?" 994 ----- 995 Since his paper was finished, Kyle had no need to go back down to the library as he had so many times before. However, he missed the casual evenings with Maya and knew he would not otherwise have a chance to privately say goodbye to her during his last few days. With this in mind, he headed downstairs on his last Thursday to see if she was there. When he opened the door, the lights were on and she sat at the big table leafing through some papers. She looked up with a big grin on her face. 996 "Still working on your vulgar pimples article?" 997 "No, I finished it awhile back. How's your mamá?" 998 "Wonderful. She's met Mom and Dad and they get along great. We've had dinner together a few times and it seems like they are totally comfortable together. She keeps thanking them for taking care of her little niña." 999 "Good. Glad to hear it. Say, uh, the reason I came down here was to, uh, say good-bye." 1000 "Oh, Kyle, don't. Do you have to go?" 1001 "Yeah, I do. I've got a clinic job in Kansas and my life as a student and trainee is over. Now I can join the working world." 1002 "Gotta pay off those student loans, don't you?" 1003 "Yeah." 1004 "I'm gonna miss you, dammit." 1005 "Me, too." 1006 "And look at me now," she said as large tears slid down her cheeks, "This is how you're going to remember me." 1007 "No, I'll remember the best damn cook who's going to go far, that's what I'll remember." 1008 "Thank you," she murmured as she went up to him, wrapping her arms around him. He hugged her in return with his head tipped down, his nose inhaling her essence. And she felt so good in his arms. Her breasts teased his lower chest, her lithe torso under his hands was all woman and her pelvis snugged up against his was also...all woman. Before he knew it, he started to react and felt himself getting hard. And he knew she could feel it, too." 1009 She snuggled a little more, sighed slightly and rubbed her pelvis even tighter up against his. He tried every trick in the book to will his erection away, but without success. He felt himself being gently nudged back until he was wedged between the wall and Maya. She looked up at him and with a sly grin, she reached up and hooked her finger over the top button of his shirt. She backed away, pulling his shirt and him with her until she was leading him between stacks of books and medical journals and off to the staff lounge. Once they were in there, she closed the door and pulled him towards a desk. She sat on it, spreading her legs and pulling him towards her. 1010 As if driven by some unseen force, their lips slowly neared until they lightly touched. There were a few seconds of slight hesitation before both deepened the kiss. Lips softened and tongues probed until he was aware of her soft moan. 1011 He pulled back. "Maya, uh..." 1012 "Shh. We both want this." 1013 "But..." 1014 "No buts!" she exclaimed as she began working on his belt. Once she had undone his pants and pulled them and the underwear to the floor, she pushed him away giving herself room to untie her scrubs, letting them fall to the floor, and to pull her cute, pink panties free. 1015 After hopping back on the desk, spreading her legs and pulling him to her, she whispered, "On the pill. Clean." 1016 "Clean also." 1017 "Good. Then I want him now ." She took his cock, slid it up and down a few times between her moisture-laden lips before pulling him to her and driving his cock deep inside. 1018 For a few seconds, he panicked wondering what would happen if anyone came into the library but that worry was soon lost as he felt her wet heat envelop him. He had been attracted to her for months but other than the single dinner date, there had been no obvious interest on her part, at least that he could tell. Now, however, there was a lot of interest! She pulled him to her and then relaxed her arms, letting him withdraw before the whole process repeated itself. He desperately wanted to kiss her but her face was so low that he couldn't easily reach her lips. He kept his arms around her and began to thrust wildly into her to her vocal encouragement. She wasn't screaming but her low moans and calls to God and Jesus were enough to tell him she was well on her way. 1019 In an amazingly short time, she clutched at him with her sharp nails digging into his back, called out and clamped down on his cock. She had come, that much was apparent, but he wasn't finished so he kept pounding to her continued cries and moans. Eventually, it was too much and he lost all control, thrusting himself deep within her and coming like he had never done before. 1020 As he lost the strength in his legs, he collapsed over her, forcing her to lie back on the desk, her legs wrapped around his low back. They caught their breaths and stared into each other's eyes until he brought his lips once again to hers. These kisses were the softer kisses of lovers recovering from love-making or of lovers thanking each other for being that special person. 1021 Eventually, his cock softened and slid out, causing her to grab tissues off the desk to help prevent any telltale stains on the desk or carpeted floor. She giggled softly as she dried him off and pulled up his pants but playfully kept him from drying her. "A proper lady takes care of this," she giggled in a fake English accent. 1022 "Would a lady have done what you just did?" 1023 "Yes, if the circumstances were right, yes, she would." 1024 "Maya, uh, I had no idea..." 1025 "Honestly, neither did I. It wasn't until I realized you were leaving that I, uh, I, well, you know." 1026 "Shit, I'm gonna miss you." 1027 "Me, too. Me, too. Now please go, Kyle, before I start sobbing my eyes out." 1028 "Yeah. OK." 1029 "Do me one last favor, please." 1030 "Sure, anything." 1031 "Don't come to the cafeteria anymore. I won't be able to handle it." 1032 "It's only tomorrow and the next day, so I won't. Take care, Maya." 1033 "Will do. Now go, please," she said as fresh tears began to stream down her face." 1034 "Yeah, sure." He turned, opened the door to the lounge and stepped out. 1035 ----- 1036 Five years later... 1037 ----- 1038 This is Maya's. For reservations, please leave your name and number. 1039 "Uh, I'm interested in dinner for one any night this week. Please call me at 303-751-xyxy." 1040 Ten minutes later, his phone rang. 1041 "Hello?" 1042 "Kyle, is that you?" 1043 "Uh, yeah, it's me. How'd you know it was me? 1044 "You have a voice I'd never forget." 1045 "Oh, OK. And how are you doing, Maya?" 1046 "Great. Great. I can't believe I'm talking to you. And you looked me up." 1047 "Yeah, I did. Ah, I heard about your restaurant and wanted to see if your cooking is still up to the standards of CCH." 1048 "Oh, I'm so excited to see you and show you my little place. I, I'm booked for this week and next but for you, I'll make room." 1049 "Oh, you don't have to do anything like that." 1050 "Maybe I want to. There's only room for ten in the dining room but I'll let you eat at the warming bar." 1051 "Warming bar?" 1052 "Yeah, it looks like a bar between the kitchen and the dining room but it has some heating coils so food won't get cold while I'm putting finishing touches on the rest of the meals." 1053 "Can't your staff help?" 1054 "Oh, Kyle, there's so much to tell you about but, no, I don't have any staff." 1055 "No staff? How can you function?" 1056 "I'll show you when you get here. I want you here at six, OK?" 1057 "Sounds great. Can I bring anything?" 1058 "Bring yourself. That's more than enough." 1059 Shortly before six, Kyle drove up to a small Craftsman building where a tasteful, unvarnished wooden sign in the front yard with the simple words 'Maya's Bistro' were carved, accented by a blackening torch. Along the side the building was a narrow driveway holding three cars while another two were on the street. Small solar-powered lamps lined the short sidewalk to the covered porch where an old-fashioned porch swing hung. Behind a simple screen door, the main door was open and he took a few minutes to check out the tiny restaurant. Five two-person tables, two of which were shoved together for a party of four, filled the space without undue crowding. The floor appeared to be recently refurbished oak, dark green wainscot paneling rose several feet from the floor and the walls above were a lighter shade of green. The windows were new and double-paned yet had a nice leaded glass inlay consistent with the age of the building. Tasteful artworks hung from the walls. Soft classical music played on unseen speakers. 1060 The kitchen, which was open to the room, was separated by a bar on which a few plated dishes rested. Behind the bar, he saw Maya moving quickly and efficiently as she saw to her work. She had a warm smile and did not appear to be stressed or overworked. 1061 He opened the screen only to be met by the wonderful aroma of spices and cooking. Then she looked up and saw him. She paused for a long second before she bolted around the corner and rushed into his arms, squealing with delight. After a long hug, she broke away and turned to the assorted diners. 1062 "Hey, everyone, this is an old friend of mine from my days at Charity. I promise he is well-trained and won't spoil your evening. Here, Kyle, have a seat up here while I finish in back." 1063 Chapter 2.3 He sat at the warming bar and watched in amazement as she seemingly juggled three chores at the same time. When things seemed to be settling down at the stove, she hustled around front and went to each table refilling water glasses and taking drink orders; then a few minutes at the stove and back to the diners with their drinks. He wondered how she could keep everything straight in her mind. True, there were only ten diners in the small room but each one seemed to have special issues or requests, all of which she handled easily. 1065 Eventually, all the diners had their meals and as things slowed slightly for her, she slipped a plate to him. "Aren't you going to eat?" he asked. 1066 "No, I already ate earlier and will get something after they all leave. Want some wine?" 1067 "Yeah, that'd be great. I'll take whatever you have open." 1068 Once he had his wine, he worked on his tasty food while she scurried to the tables. Over the next hour until the customers were gone, she was serving, clearing the tables, offering more to drink and dealing with desserts; the list was seemingly endless. Once they left, she locked the front door and turned to him with a smile. "That is how my life is for two and a half hours four nights a week. Hectic, very hectic." 1069 "Why don't you hire some help?" 1070 "I'll tell you why. I heard about this style of dining from a friend who ate at a tiny restaurant in France. She loved it and I thought it might be the way to go. I get to know the customers, they get to know me, I hear their feedback and it's more like a family experience. Plus, I don't have to deal with employee issues and their paperwork. It's just me." 1071 "Four nights a week, huh?" 1072 "Yeah, Wednesday through Saturday. I get Sunday and Monday off and on Tuesday I am in full preparation mode for the next four nights. On dining nights, I do any buying late that morning, start prep by midafternoon and do some cleanup after they're gone." 1073 "How are you doing financially?" 1074 "Kyle, you wouldn't believe it. Because of the personal service, I can charge a lot, wine adds to the total and the tips can be substantial. I'm doing very well." 1075 "What are your costs?" 1076 "Food and drinks, obviously, my mortgage and a loan I'm paying back to Bob. Remember him from Antonio's?" 1077 "Yeah, how'd that work out?" 1078 "After you left, I started working for him several evenings a week and it expanded to full time. When I decided to go out on my own, he offered to loan me some start-up money. That helped with the kitchen equipment and basic remodeling up front. My rooms in back are still in need of work but they are comfortable enough to live in." 1079 "Up front it is nice. The old flooring is great and it looks like you've put in some nice windows. The colors are perfect." 1080 "Thank you. Look, I need to start on the clean-up but I'd love you to stay so we can talk. I want to hear about you, too. I know you're moving back..." 1081 "How'd you hear that?" 1082 "I might still be in contact with a certain cafeteria manager," she laughed. "And she knows everything." 1083 "I guess she does. I haven't even been there yet." 1084 As she went over to the tables and began to bus them, he wandered back into the kitchen, plugged up a sink and began to fill it with soapy water. When she returned with a stack of dishes, she teased him. "The med school not paying you enough?" 1085 "I'm fine. Thought I'd help a little." 1086 "That's so sweet of you," she said as she gave him a tiny hug from the side. Soon the lights in the dining area were doused and the two kept talking with him washing while she took care of a seemingly endless list of tasks. Once he neared the end of his washing, she came up and hugged him from behind. 1087 "You know, it's a major turn-on to see a guy with his sleeves rolled up and his hands doing the dishes. Could make a girl pretty frisky." 1088 "Just wanted to help." 1089 "Yeah? But you're making me want something else." 1090 "What's that?" 1091 She answered him by hugging him tightly around his waist. 1092 "Uh, Maya, I didn't come here for that." 1093 "I know. Is there, uh, is there anyone special in your life?" she asked as she brought her hands up to his chest but remained hugging him from behind. 1094 "Uh-uh, but if we are going to see if there's a possible relationship here, I'd like to take it a little slower." 1095 "You party pooper," she laughed, "But you're right. Maybe I should insist you wine and dine me and try to win me the old-fashioned way." 1096 "I would love to wine and dine you. Could I ask you out for tomorrow night?" 1097 "You bet! Since it's summer, Antonio's is open Sunday evening. OK?" 1098 "Sounds great. How about I finish these pots and maybe I can vacuum for you." 1099 "Kyle, washing dishes might make me frisky, but vacuuming? That's serious foreplay," she laughed. 1100 ----- 1101 Dinner at Antonio's was simply great. Once Bob heard Maya was in the dining room, he came out, greeted them both and sat with them for a few minutes. 1102 "Weren't you here several years ago when I first met Maya?" 1103 "Yeah, I'm Kyle. I was a resident at the hospital, moved away but found I missed Centerton and the academic atmosphere. I've taken a position as a junior faculty member at the med school where I'm expected to teach as well as run the derm clinic." 1104 "That's great. Have you had a chance to see Maya's Bistro?" 1105 "Yeah, just last night. I was impressed. She might give you a run for your money," Kyle laughed. 1106 "No, I'm not worried. When she fills up, she refers any callers to me and I do the same. And the better she does, the faster I get my money back." 1107 "By the way, that was very generous of you." 1108 "Thank you. I told her she was crazy to do it all solo but she seems to have figured out how to make it all happen." 1109 "I'm efficient and I design my menus to be tasty but easy to make," Maya jumped in. "You should try it someday, Bob." 1110 "No, I'm too lazy. I'd rather have someone else prepare the salads," he chuckled, "Nice seeing you again, Kyle, now I need to get back and make sure my staff are doing things right." 1111 "That's one problem I don't have, Bob," laughed Maya. 1112 They enjoyed their meal and had a sumptuous dessert before they headed back to her place. "Care to come in for a few minutes?" she asked as they drove up, "I can show you my living quarters." 1113 "Sure." 1114 She let him in through the side door which led to a common room featuring a small kitchen on one end, a high counter for eating in the middle and comfortable chairs and a TV on the other. 1115 "Bathroom and the bedrooms are through that door, though I use one for an office now." 1116 "Small, but nicely laid out. I like it." 1117 "Yeah, but this part still needs a lot of work. I burned through a lot of money fixing the bistro so this will have to take some time. Here," she patted the sofa, "Come sit with me." 1118 After they were seated, she turned to him with a slightly worried smile. "Are we still good? Did I pass the test?" 1119 "Maya, there isn't a test. This is just a chance to reconnect." 1120 "Good, 'cause I want my lips to reconnect with yours." 1121 He lowered his head to hers and let his lips barely touch hers for several seconds before engaging in warm, deep kissing. She tasted as good as he remembered, even better. And when his arms wrapped around her, he could feel her lean torso while her breasts nudged up against his chest. After several minutes of wonderful kisses, she broke away to look up at him. 1122 "Nice, very nice." 1123 "I agree. You remember the last time we kissed, we..." 1124 "We, nothing. I attacked you." 1125 "Yeah, that you did. Come to think about it, why? I mean, why'd you do that?" 1126 "I don't know. I guess I suddenly realized that I was seriously into you and you were going. I've never done anything like that before or since, but I desperately wanted you, needed you. Maybe in my immature mind, I was thinking you'd stay." 1127 "You're not attacking me tonight?" 1128 "Nope. But I consider this date number two and you know what they say about date number three," she giggled. 1129 "Date number two?" 1130 "Yeah. Antonio's back then, Antonio's tonight. That's two." 1131 "OK, I consider myself warned," he chuckled. 1132 They talked for a few more minutes before he made to leave, citing work duties the next morning, but not before another few minutes of sweet kisses. 1133 ----- 1134 The next time they met was at her request the following Saturday evening. As she again had all ten seats reserved, she had him sit at the warming bar again. Her meal plan was a picture of simplicity in the kitchen but elegance on the plate. The customers raved about their food and made short work of their desserts and drinks. Once the last ones had paid and left, she closed and locked the front door before turning to Kyle. 1135 "Successful evening." 1136 "Successful? It was a smash," he said. 1137 "I was talking more in terms of money. Table four even gave me a thirty percent tip." 1138 "Whoa. That's pretty hefty." 1139 "Yeah, let's see..." she said as she checked the credit card app on her phone, "I made close to twenty-two hundred tonight." 1140 "Jesus, Maya. That's huge!" 1141 "They're not all like that, but Saturdays tend to be the best nights." 1142 "But still." 1143 "Yeah, pretty good. I've set things up so I take a steady salary and keep the rest in the business account. Once I get a little money there, I can pay for some more work on the building or pay Bob back a little early. 1144 "I'm impressed. You work like crazy on those evenings but it seems to pay off in the end." 1145 "Yeah, it does. My work days are close to ten hours and I spend several hours on Tuesdays, but it's not too much." 1146 "Well, can I help with the dishes again?" 1147 "You'll never have to ask me twice. Throw the tableware into the washer but the wine glasses need to be done by hand. Then the pots and pans." 1148 "You certainly are a demanding boss," he joked. 1149 While he was washing, Maya quickly cleared the tables and began to work on cleaning the kitchen. "I can't stand to come in on Tuesday or Wednesday to a mess so I clean it Saturday. Let's me relax on Sunday." 1150 Half an hour later, he was finishing up when she came up behind him and wrapped her arms around him. "Mmm, feels good." 1151 "What? Me?" 1152 "No, Silly, it feels good knowing I don't have to wash the damn dishes," she laughed. 1153 "You sure know how to hurt a guy," he said while trying to keep from laughing himself. 1154 "I know how to make a guy feel good, too," she whispered as she let her hands roam over his chest and belly. "I know how to make a guy feel real good." Her hands slid to his belt where she began to undo the buckle. 1155 "Wait, my hands are wet." 1156 "Uh-huh. Got you trapped," she murmured as she dropped his pants to the floor and reached into the flap of his boxers. "Who's this proud fellow?" 1157 "Ma-ya! You need to stop if I'm going to finish here." 1158 "Nope. Gotcha where I want you," she giggled while gently stroking his erection and rubbing her pelvis up against his butt. 1159 Kyle turned quickly and pushed her back, pinning her against a newly-cleaned counter. He pulled her apron over her head to false screams of terror, quickly unzipped her black slacks and pulled them and the underwear to the floor. 1160 "Kyle, people can see us!" 1161 "Nope, not now they can't," he said as he switched off the kitchen lights before lifting her onto the counter and spreading her legs. 1162 In the dim light, he could see a most wonderful sight: her parted shapely legs drew his eyes to the Promised Land. He could see she was not shaved bare but was nicely trimmed and there between her lips was a faint reflection of moisture. Yes! She was as excited as he was. 1163 Desire which had festered for five years came boiling up, a desire which drove his mouth and tongue to her. The first whiff was a mix of the essence of womanly desire and slight perspiration. The first taste on his tongue was pure ecstasy as he licked up and down her slit before concentrating on her pearl. Her smell, her taste and her moans all drove him to vigorously lick and suck her. He thrust two fingers into her, working the front of her canal. This was no delicate teasing, no, it was all-out lust. Right as he established a vigorous rhythm, legs clamped around him, hands pulled at his head and moans transformed into shrieks as she exploded. He kept licking. He kept sucking. He kept thrusting until her cries began to subside. 1164 With a few softer licks, he pulled his face from her, stood in front and guided his cock into her, bringing forth renewed moans. In and out he thrust, feeling her tight canal pull at him while her legs wrapped around him from behind. He knew he couldn't last long; it had been a long time for him and watching her had been so sexy, so stimulating, but he kept driving himself into her until he reached the inevitable crest. He felt himself pulsate into her more times than he could ever have imagined before he collapsed down on her, breathing heavily into her ear. 1165 A few minutes later, he was aware of her beginning to giggle. He turned to her in the dark and asked, "What?" 1166 "I'm not sure this would pass a surprise Health Department inspection." 1167 "Probably not. Mmm, maybe we should take this to the back half of the building." 1168 "We could, but you'll need to vacuum first," she laughed. 1169 ----- 1170 Clad in a chic, midcalf-length white dress, Maya stood in front of the tiny group of people in her little restaurant and called for their attention. 1171 "Uh, hey everybody, I want to thank you for coming out today. Before we get started, I want to deal with the food and drinks. Now you may have expected one of my culinary masterpieces..." she said to the laughter from those in front of her, "But there's no way I was going to cook on this day. So, here is the catered food: thin-crust pizzas from Paolo's Organic Za's and a selection of beer and sodas. How's that for a meal?" 1172 Everyone cheered and clapped before they went over to grab some pizza and drinks. They settled in the chairs, talking and laughing while the newlyweds circulated from table to table. After everyone had eaten, she stood up to address them. 1173 "Now I know it is customary for people to give little speeches at a time like this honoring the bride and the new couple but we're going to do things differently. I'm going to give the speech today. OK?" 1174 There were cheers, clapping and a few shouts of encouragement. 1175 "I have so many people to thank and I can't do them all justice now, but I will try. First off, I want to thank Reverend Pete for coming out today and making this thing legal. I can pay you in cash or with a dinner for two here after we get back from our honeymoon." 1176 "Dinner for two, way better than cash. Thanks, Maya." 1177 "You're welcome, Reverend. And next, I want to thank Christine who encouraged me to try my hand at cooking at Charity's cafeteria and then pushed me to strike out on my own. Thank you, Christine! You are a dynamite lady and a great supervisor." 1178 After a round of cheers, she went on, "And I have to thank Bob for all of his support. He took a flyer on an unknown gal, offered her a part-time job in his restaurant and later when she told him she wanted to go out on her own, he didn't slam the door in her face. No, he offered to help and without him, Maya's would never have been as successful as it is. Thank you, Bob, you're my hero." 1179 More cheers and applause interrupted her little speech until she held up her hands. "And if you want to be a bigger hero, you can forgive the little loan you gave me to get this started!" she laughed to his look of surprise. "Aw, you know I'm teasing you, Bob. I'm still good for it. 1180 "I want to thank my new in-laws who have graciously taken me into their lives and in particular, I want to thank them for telling me all those juicy little secrets about Kyle when he was growing up. Much appreciated, Mom and Dad. " 1181 Next, she turned to her parents. "And I'm going to have trouble getting through this without crying, so please bear with me. Mom, Dad...you took in a tiny days-old infant all those years ago and gave her all your love. You raised her, kissed her boo-boos, taught her right from wrong and gave her the strength to become a successful, at least so far," she laughed, "Business owner and chef. I can't tell you how much this has all meant to me and I will never, never be able to tell you how much you mean to me." 1182 As tears fell down her face, she went over and gave them both a huge hug. After wiping her eyes, she turned to Sofia. 1183 "Mamá, I can't thank you enough for making the biggest sacrifice of your life after you had me. Your decision must have been terribly, terribly difficult but you made it to help your infant child and she will be forever in your debt. Gracias, Mamá. Te amo mucho." A long, heartfelt hug between the two seemed to punctuate her comments. As they broke apart, everyone in the room stood and clapped for Sofia, bringing even more tears to the two women's eyes. 1184 After she collected her thoughts for a few seconds, Maya went on. "And now I'm done with my little thank you tour and...What? Did I miss anyone? Oh, him! Yeah, maybe I ought to say something about him. Ya think?" 1185 To everyone's laughter and cheers, she went on, "And lastly I want to thank Kyle." She went over to him and held his hand as she addressed the gathering. "As you may know, I think he's the best thing since sliced bread, but since we don't serve sliced bread here at Maya's, I guess I should say he's the best thing since fresh baguettes. From day one he treated me like an equal. The doctor never looked down on the cafeteria worker, not once. And we became good friends, good study partners as he worked on a paper about vulgar pimples..." 1186 "Pemphigus vulgaris, Hon!" 1187 "Yeah, whatever," she laughed, "Anyway, while he worked on that I was able to do research and study the culinary arts so when I finally was able to break out on my own, I had a huge fund of knowledge and a million new ideas. When he came back to Centerton, I was one of the first he got in contact with. He had dinner here that night and after all the customers were gone, he did the sexiest thing imaginable. Can anyone guess?" 1188 "Gave you a kiss?" "Asked you out?" "Danced with you by candlelight?" 1189 "Anyone else? No, well, the sexiest thing was him going into the kitchen and washing the dishes...unasked! I tell you, there's not a thing a guy can do to get a girl's libido...sorry, Reverend, but I have to say this...nothing will get a girl's libido going faster than simply washing the dishes. I had an idea right then and there that we might be onto something. 1190 "Anyway, you all know we've dated for a long time and I've finally made an honest man of him today. And I know deep down this, us, we are going to be together a long, long time. I love you, Honey." 1191 "And I love you." After a warm kiss, he went on, "I want to toast to my lovely bride who has put together a phenomenal little restaurant where I'm not allowed to handle the food, I don't have a food handler's license after all, but I am allowed to wash the dishes. Guys, you should try it sometime!" 1192 ----- 1193 Trionyx -- Spring 2025 1194 Votes and comments are appreciated. Thank you. 1195 For those keeping track, two scenes in this story pushed the limits of the 'workplace' theme in that they occurred once in Maya's future and once in her past work place, Antonio's. If this is unacceptable to you, I will gladly refund your money. 1196 Other stories featuring on-the-job medical residents are found at The Call Room and Fat, Old Cow. 1197 https://www.literotica.com/s/christmas-unicorn Chapter 3.1 Professional couple M/F, looking for single F to be their Christmas present for each other. We are first-timers at this. Experience preferred. Send confidential reply to the listing below. 1200 Now that was an unusual posting. I figured they were looking for a unicorn but wondered why they were looking on Gratr, a lesbian hookup app. I mean, most of the women on this app were only into other women and would not be interested in sleeping with a guy. 1201 I skipped past their announcement and kept looking for a possible hookup for myself. I am not a lesbian but I like women, sexually as well as socially, just as I like men. I had been with women several times over the years, particularly in college, but lately I had had a string of male boyfriends. Jerrod, the shit, had dumped me a couple of months earlier and I wanted to get away from my toy box and have some human contact. Earlier that evening, I looked at some male/female hookup apps and had been totally unimpressed. Most of the guys didn't even attempt to make themselves look or sound good. I guess they were simply full of themselves and figured women would come running. Well, I wasn't and yet I was still horny, so I decided to peruse the lesbian app. 1202 There were few decent sounding women listed; no, make that 'none.' Most were into heavy BDSM and none seemed to want a simple girl/girl hookup without all the additional kink. I was about to close the app and go back to the toy box when I saw that initial announcement again. 1203 I had never been in a threesome but obviously had slept with both men and women. Maybe they would be interested in me and maybe, just maybe they would be interesting to me. I saw their comment preferring experience and while I couldn't say I had been in a threesome before, I certainly knew my way around both cocks and pussies. I decided to answer their post. 1204 Hi. I'm Amber and would like to discuss your request. Please text me at this number and I'll call right back. 1205 The next afternoon I got their text and gave them a call. 1206 "Hello?" 1207 "Hi. I'm, uh, Amber and responded to your post on Gratr." 1208 "Oh, Hi, Amber. I'm Steffanie but you can call me Steff. Nice to talk with you." She sounded pleasant and cheerful as she went on, "I'm kinda nervous about this, I mean, we've never done anything like this before." 1209 "I see. What are you looking for?" 1210 "Well, uh, Dan and I have been married three years and we got to talking recently about Christmas and presents, you know. Anyway, we decided instead of a pile of useless junk, we'd like to do something special, maybe sexual, for our presents. We kicked around several ideas before Dan brought it up. He was so cute, you know, nervous and all, but once he mentioned he'd like to have a threesome, I realized I could go for it, too. We agreed to invite a woman since I've never been with one and think I might like it." 1211 "What about a man?" 1212 "Oh, I'd definitely be OK with it but he's not at all interested in gay sex, so we're looking for a woman." 1213 "Have you had any other responses?" 1214 "Yeah, some real nasty ones. Women asking why we're looking on a lesbian site for someone, you know, since there's a guy involved. Yours is the first positive one we've got." 1215 "Hmm. It's pretty hard to find a woman who will do what you're asking for. In fact, such women are called unicorns." 1216 "Unicorns?" 1217 "Yeah, you know, extremely rare. I'm not surprised you've not gotten any other nibbles." 1218 "What about you? Are you into just women?" 1219 "No, I'm totally bi. Love cock just as much as I love pussy. Been with mainly guys lately and decided to look for a woman on Gratr. That's when I saw your announcement." 1220 "Well, I'm glad you did. Uh, you sure sound nice and I think I'd like to meet you." 1221 "What about Dan, that's his name, right?" 1222 "Yeah. Dan. He's really busy working extra shifts covering for some vacations and suggested I meet you and if you and I hit it off, then we'd all three get together for dinner." 1223 "Hmm. Sounds OK. How about the Java-Guava Hut on Third Avenue? Would this Thursday be good?" 1224 "Yeah, that works for me since I'm off that afternoon. How about two pm? Shouldn't be too busy then." 1225 "Yeah, that'll work. Uh, I'm five-five, have auburn hair and will have a green parka. OK?" 1226 "Oooh, that's so cool. Dan loves redheads. I've got fairly dark skin, wavy black hair and will wear a purple coat. Oh, Amber, I can't tell you how excited I am to meet you. See you Thursday." 1227 "Sure. See you then." 1228 Steffanie seemed like a nice person. She was upfront, sounded honest and excited. I was hoping this could turn into something nice. Unfortunately, Thursday was still a few days off so I pulled out my trusty vibrator and took care of business like I had so many times since that asshat left me. 1229 ----- 1230 The Java-Guava Hut was nearly deserted when I arrived a few minutes early. The only customers were a couple of hard hats apparently taking an afternoon break from their construction job across the street and a tall blonde working furiously on her computer. I grabbed a latte and sat down facing the door. About five minutes after two, in rushed a beautiful, dark-haired woman about my age. Our eyes met and immediately I found myself grinning as she wove between the tables to come over and greet me. 1231 "You must be Amber," she said as she gave me a surprisingly warm hug. "I'm sorry I'm late. I could give you some bullshit excuse about the traffic but honestly, I'm kinda spacy at times and, well, Dan'll tell you I'm frequently late." 1232 "Hey, no big deal. What's five minutes between friends?" 1233 "Let me grab a drink. Would you like a scone?" 1234 "Mmm, I don't know...watching calories..." 1235 "I'll split one with you. How's that?" 1236 "Sure. That'd be great." 1237 I watched her while she ordered her drink and found myself smiling. She seemed to be one of those bubbly people who can get those around her laughing easily. Every few seconds one or more of the counter crew would crack up as she regaled them with who knows what. As I watched her, I realized she was hot. Her ass filled her jeans perfectly, her waist was small and her lovely black hair cascaded midway down her back. As she returned with her drink and the scone, I realized her front was equally hot. She had an enviable flat stomach, decent boobs, certainly bigger than mine, and a cute face with the most beautiful café au lait skin imaginable. I wondered about mixed heritage for a fleeting second before she sat down. 1238 "Here's the scone, they cut it for us. Phew, now I can relax a little. So, how are you?" 1239 "I'm fine. Kinda nervous, actually." 1240 "You're nervous! What about me? I've, we've never done anything like this." 1241 "Neither have I..." 1242 "Wait! I thought you had! We asked for experience." 1243 "No, I, uh, have been with both men and women but never together," I said softly as I didn't want the others to hear our conversation. 1244 "Oh, I see. And you're interested in us because?" 1245 "I was horny so I looked for some men and didn't find any to my liking. I then decided to check out the women and none of them excited me too much. Your announcement was intriguing, you sounded interesting on the phone and I figured 'why not?' Here I am." 1246 "So, tell me more about you." 1247 "Well, I'm bi, obviously. Single. Never been in a threesome. I'm a legal assistant for a firm over in Centerton and have a nice little condo I lease near the airport. My boyfriend dumped me a couple of months ago and I'm out looking. You?" 1248 "Well, I'm straight, at least I think I am, but when Dan first suggested a threesome, well, I thought about it and decided it might be kinda fun, you know, for variety." 1249 "Variety is the spice of life," I chuckled. 1250 "Yeah, I've heard that old saying. Anyway," she bubbled on, "Dan's not at all interested in having sex with a guy and that meant we invite a girl." 1251 "Doesn't seem fair." 1252 "Maybe not, but I'd never force anything on him. He did say that maybe in the future he'd bring a guy home just for me but I told him that would be too weird being with a guy and him just sitting there watching." 1253 "I take it you've never opened things up in your marriage before." 1254 "No! This would be a first for us." 1255 "Have you discussed any rules?" 1256 "Rules?" 1257 "Rules. You know, like what you would want me to do and to whom and what would you and he be allowed to do with me?" 1258 "I kinda thought we'd all be able to do all to each other, except anal, that is. I could never do that." 1259 "You might want to review it with him. Are you really sure you'd be OK with him fucking me?" 1260 "Uh, yeah, I guess, since that's what we're doing, right?" 1261 "Look, I've never done this but I've read some and I suggest you and he talk in more detail. I'll text you a couple of links to look over and once you have, then you may come up with some more ideas." 1262 "OK, I'll do that," she paused before going on, "Tell me some more about yourself." 1263 "Well, like I said, I'm a legal assistant and I work with a fantastic lawyer who specializes in women's issues. I'm twenty-seven and have lived here for over three years." 1264 "Where'd you grow up?" 1265 "Everywhere. Army brat. My folks are now retired and live in Texas. No sibs. You?" 1266 "I'm a physical therapist specializing in stroke rehab. I met Dan at the hospital. He's an ER doc, and we've been together four years, married three. Grew up in a small town in the Midwest." 1267 "Like it?" 1268 "Oh, it was OK but we faced a lot of discrimination. My mom is from India and Dad is a mutt with lots of European blood in him. Kids called me all kinds of nasty things when I was younger. I guess they couldn't even get their racism straight and called me all kinds of vile names. College was better and now that I'm in the professional world, people are pretty nice to me." 1269 "Well, all I know is your skin is absolutely gorgeous, as is your hair. Dan is a lucky guy." 1270 "Thank you. What do you like to do for fun, besides sex, that is?" she giggled. 1271 "I'm kinda outdoorsy. Hike, bike and even camp now and then." 1272 "You too? That is so cool. We inherited a travel trailer and have taken it out several times. We actually like sleeping in a tent better but we can have more fun in the trailer." 1273 "More fun?" 1274 "Uh-huh. We don't have to worry about noise so much." 1275 "If the trailer's rockin,' don't bother knockin'." 1276 "I hadn't heard that one!" she laughed, "I'll have to tell Dan." 1277 "Getting back to our situation, uh, what are your plans?" 1278 "Like I said, if you and I got along, I was going to invite you for dinner and to meet Dan. I can safely say you're invited. Here, let me check his schedule..." 1279 She thumbed through her phone for a few seconds before throwing out a few dates. 1280 "How soon are you two thinking of having your Christmas present? I mean, is there a rush?" 1281 "No, not really. We definitely want to aim for as close to Christmas as possible. Will you be here during the holidays?" 1282 "Yeah. You?" 1283 "Uh-huh. I guess we should meet in the next week or so and if things don't work out, well then...but they will, I'm sure of it. Let's have you over for dinner, just dinner, next Saturday." 1284 "Sounds good. Give me the time and place and I'll be there. I'll also shoot you that info you might want to check out before we go any further." 1285 "Thanks! Will do. Oh, Amber, I'm so looking forward to this. You seem like a nice person and it should be fun," she said as she texted me the details. 1286 "Hope so. See you then." 1287 ----- 1288 On my way home I found myself smiling as I thought about Steff. She was a fun gal, almost ditzy in a charming way and super-hot to boot. We had hugged as we split and I could feel her boobs push against me a tiny bit as I felt her lean, sleek back. 'Down girl,' I had to keep reminding myself. She was new to the whole idea of a threesome or even being with a woman and probably had no idea of the potential issues that can develop. With a threesome, the third person has the least to risk, the couple has the most. Things could go south; one partner could fall for the third person or jealousy could arise, among many other things. I hoped she would read the info I referred her to before our dinner. 1289 I arrived at their modest house promptly at six pm ten days later. My mouth was dry and my heart was racing as I walked up their sidewalk. I was a little surprised since I had been on first dates many times and yet had rarely been as nervous as I was that evening. Steffanie opened the door immediately after I rang the bell, gave me a big hug and dragged me inside by the hand. We went through a small, comfortable appearing living room before going through a wide door into the kitchen. 1290 There, leaning over the stove, was a very handsome fellow. He had probably six inches on me, a wonderful head of blond hair and a face to die for; deep blue eyes, slightly prominent cheekbones and as kissable lips as I had ever seen on a guy. He wore a "Kiss the Cook" apron over a T-shirt and tight blue jeans. I found myself wanting to go over and follow those instructions. 1291 "Honey, this is Amber. Amber, Dan." 1292 "Welcome to our home, Amber." Oh my god, his deep voice had me instantly wishing I had worn more substantial panties. If I had to listen to him all night, I would need some adult diapers! "Let me finish with this sauce and I'll join you two. Wine's on the table." 1293 "Thank you," I replied as I felt my voice tremble slightly. And at that second, I knew I'd join them for Christmas, if they'd have me. Both were attractive and even though I had just met him, he seemed as nice as she was. 1294 In the dining room, Steffanie poured me a generous glass of wine before taking some for herself. "You'll love his cooking," she bragged. "He's such a perfectionist. If it's not just right, he'll do it all over. This is one of his faves: curried chicken, Basmati rice and steamed veggies. It's yummy." 1295 "Sounds good. So, how was your week?" 1296 "Pretty good. I got one of my old lady patients to the point where she can go back and live with her daughter. That's so gratifying to see someone avoid the nursing home after a big stroke." 1297 "I bet." 1298 "What about you?" 1299 "Same old, same old though my boss did win a nice settlement for a client on Wednesday." 1300 "What was it about?" 1301 "Unfortunately, I can't discuss it. They agreed to settle but put everything under wraps. But I can say the good guy, well in this case, the good gal, won." 1302 "Neat. Hey, Honey," she yelled towards the kitchen, "When's dinner?" 1303 We were told it would be another fifteen minutes so I suggested we go back to the kitchen to talk. We chatted like old friends and not one thing was mentioned about the reason for the visit. I learned more about Dan who grew up in Colorado, was a single child and had sailed through medical school in three years. After his residency, he got a job at our regional hospital where he met Steffanie. I could tell by the way he talked how much he was in love with her and I had a fleeting thought cross my mind: If he was so in love, why a threesome? 1304 Dinner was divine! I could not remember the last time I had eaten such a wonderfully prepared chicken meal. When I complimented him on it, I could see him blush a little. During the meal we talked about pretty much everything except the elephant in the room, that is the threesome. Steff told me about their courtship including one slightly embarrassing story about Dan. While Dan wasn't nearly as talkative as Steff, when he did add to the conversation, it was usually quite profound or sometimes hilarious. It made me want to listen carefully to everything he had to say. Plus his voice, yeah, well I've already mentioned it, haven't I? 1305 While she was talking, I noticed her hand was lovingly intertwined in his. When he got up to clear the plates and bring us dessert, he let his hand lightly trail across her shoulders. From their words and these little actions, it was clear they were devoted to each other which only caused me to wonder even more why were they wanting to do this. 1306 After dessert and making short work of the clean-up, Dan invited us into the living room for a glass of port. We sat around a low coffee table and continued our wide-ranging discussions. A couple of times I was tempted to address the threesome but figured it was their home and their desire so I kept mum. I did notice them looking at each other a few times as if they were sending signals to each other and I figured they wanted to talk privately. 1307 "I need to use the ladies room." 1308 "Oh, sure, down the hall, second door on the right." 1309 When I went down the hall, I took a five second peek into their bedroom. It was tastefully furnished with a huge, California King bed in the middle. Once in the bathroom, I dawdled to give them more time to talk, should they want to. Back in the living room, I noticed they had pulled their chairs closer together and Steff was still holding Dan's hand. 1310 "Thank you. My poor bladder needed that." 1311 "I think I'll follow your lead," she said as she hopped up and left the room. 1312 While she was gone there was a moment of embarrassed silence before Dan cleared his throat. "I haven't had this much fun at a dinner in I don't know how long." 1313 "Yeah, fun. And Steff's a hoot." 1314 "Isn't she? I can't believe how lucky I was to find her and how happy she makes me." 1315 "Oh, I think the luck went both ways." 1316 "OK, I'm back! What were you two talking about, huh?" 1317 "I was just telling Dan you guys seem to be very happy together." 1318 "Oh, we are," she answered before pausing a few seconds. "Amber, we, uh, we did agree, that is, we both would like to invite you over for an evening of, well, you know." 1319 "Sex?" 1320 "Well, yeah." 1321 "Amber, I want you to know that we both want this. Although I may have brought it up first, Steff has run with it. We, uh, we have a good sex life together and we both think it would be fun and erotic to have a third for the evening. Right, Honey?" 1322 "Right." 1323 "And you both know I've been with men and women but never together so we would all be kinda new to the idea. Is that OK with you?" 1324 They both nodded their heads before I went on, "I hope you read some of that info. There are some good recommendations about consent and limits." 1325 "Yeah, we looked at those, both of us. Maybe we're being naïve but we both feel there shouldn't be any limits and that as long as we communicate during the evening and respect everyone's wishes, we should do just fine." 1326 "OK, then I'm in, too." 1327 Steff gave a little squeal of delight, jumped up from her chair and gave me a big hug. "We're gonna have some fun, I promise." 1328 "When do you guys want to do this? And where?" 1329 "Here would be fine," answered Dan, "And we would like to do this as close to Christmas as possible. I mean, it is a Christmas present, after all. Do you have plans for the holidays?" 1330 "No. My boss has two big cases early in January and I'll be doing a lot of research and reviews so I'll be here. I'm taking the twenty-fourth and fifth off for sure." 1331 They looked at each other and with that special ability of close couples to communicate without speaking, they seemed to have reached an agreement. 1332 "Could you maybe come over Christmas Eve?" she asked. 1333 "Sure, that would be fine. What time?" 1334 "Maybe around four. We could have a light dinner before, well, you know, before we get started." 1335 "Sounds great. That OK with you, Dan?" 1336 After we had set up everything, I logged in for my gig-ride before we chatted for a few more minutes. A soft toot of a horn outside told me my ride had arrived. 1337 "OK, I'll see you then." 1338 "Oh, Amber, I can't tell you how much this means to us. Thank you, thank you," she said as she gave me a big hug. Even Dan gave me a quick one-armed hug right before I left them. 1339 Chapter 3.2 On the way home I thought about them, us and what it might be like. This was similar to a hook-up in that it was clear we were going to have sex and there would be no need for seduction per se but on the other hand, I felt like we had bonded a lot during the evening. I liked them both, they both cranked my engine and I could see myself enjoying sex with either one or even with both at the same time. Once I was in my bed, I pulled out my best vibrator and fantasized about Christmas Eve with them both. 1341 ----- 1342 I was busy the next ten days leading up to the holidays and did not have the luxury of enough time to worry about how things would play out. All I knew is I was committed for the twenty-fourth and I hoped everything would turn out OK. On Christmas Eve morning I woke suddenly with a bit of worry. 'Today's the day,' kept running through my head along with concerns about how it would go. As my mind kept racing, I realized I was also worried about my attraction to them. I liked them both and in different circumstances, I could see myself going after Dan or Steff. I knew this was a one-off and I'd probably never interact with them again so I decided I'd do my best to give them a great experience. And as it would eventually be nothing more than a fond memory, I resolved to enjoy myself as much as possible. 1343 I lazed around most of the day calling a few family members and treating myself to a decadent lunch of Christmas cookies and dark, rich coffee. After a quick powernap, I got ready. I showered, shaved and tidied up downstairs leaving just a tiny sliver of a landing strip. I applied some lotion on my feet and hands, dabbed some perfume on special places, set my hair up in a soft twist and went to the closet for clothing inspiration. I wanted to look and feel extra sexy so I rummaged around until I found the perfect outfit. Over the world's tiniest thong, I pulled on a dark green dress held up only by two tiny straps. The tissue-thin cloth draped deliciously over my body stopping several inches above my knees. The neckline was almost scandalous as it dropped well below my modest breasts. I don't have a lot to operate with so I relied on what an old girlfriend of mine told me: It doesn't matter how small your boobs are, if you show 'em off, they'll be appreciated. A pair of comfortable strappy high-heels finished the outfit. 1344 Along with some condoms, my toothbrush and a chilled bottle of champagne, I threw a simple blouse, some sandals and a pair of slacks in my bag. I looked in the mirror and smiled. Please understand, I'm no raving beauty but I think I pass muster most of the time. On that night I was way above passing grade. Some might think I was hot. In my heels I was nearly five foot eight, my curves were enough on my thin frame to advertise my gender in a pleasing way, my boobs were perfectly acceptable and my hairdo drew attention to my neck, a neck I'd been told by more than one person was super sexy. If I could fault anything it would be my skin. It was pale with a few freckles across my face and not rich and sexy like Steff's, but you can't have everything now, can you? 1345 After one more glance in the mirror I murmured to myself 'It's showtime,' put on an elf hat and logged on for my ride. My driver was foreign born and his accent was quite thick but I was able to make out the words, 'very pretty lady today.' I thanked him and settled in for the drive to Dan and Steff's. With each passing mile I found myself getting more and more nervous. Whole scenarios of what we could do, what we would do flitted through my mind. I had to remind myself I wasn't a prostitute and I wasn't being paid to perform certain acts. I was a woman who was going to have sex with two very sexy people and I would need to, well, we would need to play everything by ear. 1346 I nervously walked up their sidewalk and rang the bell. Dan, wearing the world's ugliest Christmas sweater ever, opened the door and I knew instantly I was a hit. A look of surprise, lust and desire crossed his face for a few seconds before he asked me to come in. I waved to my driver and went into their living room. A small Christmas tree with a handful of packages stood in one corner and a few holiday decorations were on the mantle. 1347 While Dan took my coat, I could almost feel his eyes glued to my back. Then Steff came into the room. She was gorgeous. Her more generous curves and bigger boobs were clad in a deep red, off-the-shoulder dress that featured gold highlights and barely covered her butt. I could have eaten her alive right then. She came up, hugged me and whispered into my ear how glad they were to see me. I turned to Dan telling him he deserved a hug, one that quickly confirmed he was already for action as I could feel him through his chinos. I asked about her dress and she confirmed it was in part a tribute to her Indian heritage. As I teased Dan about his sweater which featured a weird-looking Rudolph, he jokingly defended himself while pinching his collar, setting off a flashing bulb in Rudolph's nose. 1348 "Oh, God, it only gets worse," I teased. 1349 "Hey, you two are more than sexy enough to offset my poor taste in attire. Shall we eat?" 1350 They had prepared a light meal of finger foods which we were able to eat while we sat in comfort in their living room. My champagne was a hit and before long I felt slightly tipsy and the other two were certainly acting that way. Steff's laughter raised in pitch and Dan was cracking jokes left and right. We talked about everything under the sun, everything but what was going to happen that night. Once I was full, my mind turned to the next thing on the menu. As I wondered how to get the whole thing started and how to make it appear spontaneous, I noticed Steff staring at Dan with a cute little smile. She looked so sexy and to me it was clear she was ready. 1351 "You guys got any music?" 1352 "Yeah. What kind?" 1353 "Something to dance to, maybe." 1354 "Sure." 1355 Once Dan had pulled up a playlist and the first tune started to play, I looked at Steff and held out my hand. "Dance?" 1356 She smiled back at me and came into my arms. The tune was soft and sensuous, perfect for the situation. We held each other closely and when we rotated around, I could see Dan watching us with ill-disguised lust in his eyes and a smile on his face. 'Score one for getting things started,' I thought. 1357 The tune was over far too quickly and I broke apart to ask Dan for a dance. He jumped up and took me in his arms. My dancing with Steff had been sweet and soft but with Dan, I sensed more testosterone and his wanting to take me, to own me. He guided me around the room, his cock announcing his desire for me. Once that tune was done, I motioned Steff to get up and pushed her into his arms. They looked lovely together. His stylish mop of blond hair and her sexy, long locks down her back created a beautiful contrast. I could see in their eyes their love for each other. It was so obvious that I had the fleeting thought I should leave. Maybe I could get them stimulated and they'd finish the job themselves. 1358 The next tune came on and Steff held out her hand for me and all three of us stood there holding each other and slowly swaying. I looked from her to him and back and it was clear to me I was very much to be a part of their evening. I slowly craned my neck towards her and dropped my lips to hers. After appearing startled for a second, she relaxed and responded to my kiss. I had kissed many prior to that night and few if any could match her kiss for its sensuousness. Her lips softened and opened allowing the tip of her tongue to reach out to tease mine as I heard her distinctive, soft moan along with a sharp intake of his breath. As we explored each other slowly I could feel his arm on my low back gently pushing me towards her and I could only assume he was doing the same to her. My rational brain kept analyzing the situation and telling me what I should do next while my primal brain merely wanted me to simply jump in and enjoy. 1359 My arms around Steff were busy this whole time gently rubbing her upper back and hers were certainly busy with me. At one point my fingers drifted across the hidden zipper giving me the idea to tease her dress off. I gently grabbed it and slowly slid it down to just above her ass. Once I released it, her dress simply fell to the floor in a heap. Her smooth back was bare and I could feel her bare breasts pushing towards me. Just above her waist I felt the tiny strip of her thong. I was too close to see her but my hands gently rubbed her glorious, smooth ass to her obvious glee. 1360 "Seems you don't have much on," I whispered. 1361 "Mmm-hmm. Not fair, you do." 1362 "No one's stopping you," I responded but before she could work on my clothes, I felt Dan's hands fumble with my zipper, pulling it down all the way. Standing behind me, he took the tiny straps, slid them forward and let my dress fall to the floor. Now the two of us were wearing nothing more than our thongs. 1363 "Amber," she asked with a nervous tremor in her voice, "Could we invite you back to the bedroom?" 1364 My smile said it all. She took one hand while Dan took the other and I was led down the short hallway to their bedroom. The big bed was turned down, a few candles flickered on the bedside tables and the music from their sound system played quietly from hidden speakers. 1365 Once by the bedside, I turned to Dan and suggested he needed to shed some of his clothes. Steff took care of his slacks and socks while I pulled off ugly Rudolph. Oooh, did he have a nice torso! A modest amount of chest hair as well as a dart of hair leading down to his waist line advertised his masculinity while his well-toned muscles gave him a particularly sexy look. Dan was a seriously good-looking man; one I would certainly go after if he weren't married. Then she pulled his boxers down. Unlike a lot of women I've known over the years, I don't believe a man's penis is the be-all and end-all of masculinity. But his was truly magnificent. It wasn't huge or particularly long, it was just, well, it was just the perfect combination of size, length and shape to make my heart go pitter-patter. I wanted to drop to my knees and take that glorious tool into my mouth right then and would have, had Steff not at that very instance tugged me to the bed. 1366 "Honey," she giggled, "She's mine first." She lay back, slightly spread her legs and reached her arms to me. I took a few seconds to take it all in. She was stunning. Even in the slightly darkened room I could still see her flawless, dark skin. Her breasts were full with small areolas and tiny peaked nipples, her belly was flat with just a hint of womanly fullness and her hips were shapely and enticing. I reached up and tugged her thong down only to see a completely denuded mound and vulva. Her lips were full, tempting and moist. It had been years since I had seen such an attractive cooch and I knew at that very instance I would be dining downtown before the night was over. 1367 Once I dropped my lips to hers, our tongues began to tease one another and she began teasing my left nipple, stimulating me more and more. When she said she had never been with a woman, I believed her, but this wonderful person certainly knew how to get me going. I returned the favor, stroking and even lightly pinching her left nipple to her obvious delight. After an eternity of kissing, I let my lips slide off hers and down to her neck, teasingly trailing my tongue up and down from her collar bone to her ear. She loved it, I could tell from her soft moans and her pulling my head tightly to her. 1368 As she got more excited, her arms seemed to lose their strength and fall to the bed. I missed her touch for a few seconds until I felt Dan's strong hand start to slide softly up and down my back and butt. It was so comforting, so reassuring and so sexy that I was able to redouble my efforts on Steff. I slid my mouth to her cute little nipples, first one then the other. I kissed, I licked, I sucked and I even nibbled to her obvious delight. Those hands which had fallen to the sheets were now back pulling my head tightly to her breast, demanding more attention, more stimulation. I decided to keep heading downtown, slid free from her grasp and planted dozens of kisses on her wonderful belly as I headed south. 1369 As my tongue began to slide over her bare mons, I noticed Dan had dropped his lips to hers and his fingers were stroking her nipple. I smiled to myself as I realized she was going to be one very stimulated gal before the evening was over. When my tongue slid lower over her clit, I could smell her female excitement wafting up, a smell I have always enjoyed. And her taste did not disappoint. My tongue trailed between her lips picking up her semi-tart essence and depositing it directly on her clit before I went to town. There is no need to detail every stroke, every little trick I used but I will say with confidence she enjoyed herself. As I drove my tongue into her, she would moan. As I drew it slowly across her nub, she gasped with pleasure. And as I slipped two fingers into her and slid them across her G-spot, her verbal response was almost deafening with her swearing semi-articulately, begging for more and more. What she responded to the most was my sucking on her clit every half dozen licks or so. Sometimes I would even use my tongue to tickle her clit as I was sucking, something which really sent her, at least if her verbal response was any clue. Each time I opened my eyes, I realized Dan was still focusing his attention particularly on her breasts. As earlier, she grabbed my head and pulled me to her, arched her back and thrust her pelvis rhythmically towards me. 1370 It had been a long time since I had gone down on a woman and as I worked her closer and closer to her orgasm, I promised myself I wouldn't wait so long until the next time. Her moans were music to my ears, her smell was intoxicating and her taste was better than that of a fine French wine. 1371 When she came, I found myself trying to hold onto her writhing and jerking body with only borderline success. Having her hands holding my head proved to be of great help in keeping my mouth and tongue in contact with her. Eventually her writhing subsided and with it I gently eased off on my tongue action. Her hands relaxed and once she gave a satisfied, post-orgasmic sigh, I gave her puss a quick kiss and rose up to her. Dan pulled back in time for me to give her a gentle hug and drop a warm kiss on her lips. She pulled my head slightly to the side and whispered into my ear, "I can't believe what you just did to me. I won't be able to walk for a week." 1372 "Glad you liked it." 1373 "Liked it? I loved it!" 1374 Dan spoke up. "Is this a case of only a woman knows what a woman wants?" 1375 "No, Honey, your oral sex is great but this was extra wild knowing it was someone new plus you were sucking my nips at the same time. Phew." 1376 We lay there, me on top and Dan stretched out next to us for several minutes until she told us it was Dan's turn. She gently pushed me off her and towards Dan. I could immediately feel his generous cock pinched between us as I began to kiss him. I thought for a second about going down on him but I was seriously turned on and wanted some action for myself. After slipping off my thong, I nudged him over completely onto his back, handed him a condom and straddled him, letting my wet lips slip up and down his cock. As I did this, my pearl was singing happy tunes to me but I knew I would need more positive pressure to get me off. I lifted my pelvis while he rolled the raincoat on, aimed his cock directly at me and slid down. He filled me, he stretched me and made me feel one hundred percent woman. I rose and dropped down again. And again. I looked down at him and could see a concentrated frown on his handsome face. 1377 "Too much?" I asked. 1378 "Uh-huh, a little." 1379 "Let me try this." Instead of thrusting in and out, I chose to keep him deep inside me and let my clit rub on his pubic bone by swiveling my pelvis with little front and back strokes. This rapidly got me moving towards my own orgasm. I again opened my eyes only to see Steff leaning over him and letting her beautiful breasts slowly drag across his face. Initially both of his hands were wrapped around my waist but he freed up the one to hold her to him. Somehow it almost seemed voyeuristic watching them touching each other like this, but I was still the one with his cock in me and I was still the one who was fucking him. Once I closed my eyes, the sensations became overpowering and I lost it. I've never been one to rate sexual experiences or to give out grades but I have to admit that was one of the more powerful O's I'd ever had. It went on and on with total body pleasure from toes to head, crotch to brain. As my orgasm waned, I slumped down and banged into Steff, having forgotten she was still there. She giggled a little, pulled back and let me collapse completely on him. She readjusted herself to lying next to us with her head next to ours and we began to kiss him, swapping back and forth every fifteen seconds or so. 1380 Once I had recovered, I lay next to him, sandwiching him between us. I let my hand rub his chest while Steff rubbed his cock. He broke off the kissing and said to no one in particular, "Wow. What a ride." 1381 "You like it, Honey?" 1382 "Oh, man, did I. Amazing. Thank you, Sweetheart." 1383 "Hey, I enjoyed watching and then your mouth on my nips." 1384 "And I'll make it unanimous," I chuckled. 1385 Not long after, I heard her say, "You horny little bastard. You're getting hard again." 1386 "Umm-hmm." 1387 "Amber, you up for more?" 1388 "Absolutely." 1389 "Could I, uh, could I do what you did?" 1390 "You want to give me an Australian kiss?" I teased. 1391 "What a cute name! Yeah, I'd like to try it." 1392 "What should we do with this horny guy here with us?" I asked as I pulled away and slid to the top corner of the bed. 1393 "Maybe he can watch and take care of himself," she giggled. 1394 "Hey, no fair," he pouted, though with a silly grin on his face. 1395 "Oh, you poor, poor little boy. Maybe once she's done with me, you can convince your wife to take care of you. Right, Steff?" 1396 "Yeah, I like the way you think, Amber. Now let me at you. If I do anything wrong, just let me know." 1397 "Keep your teeth away from my little girl and we'll be fine." 1398 After giving her husband a kiss, she slid over to me, nudged my knees apart and slowly began kissing up my thighs. Kisses on my thighs are some of my biggest turn-ons. It isn't the kiss so much as the promise of what's to come. I spread my knees even further apart and thrust my pelvis up some to make it easier for her to reach the Promised Land. And reach it she did. I could tell she was nervous as her licks were tentative and light. Since I prefer firmer pressure, I softly told her to push harder with her tongue. If nothing else, Steff was a fast learner. In no time she was laying long, slow licks up and down, teasing my clit ever more. 1399 "Finger me," I whispered. 1400 First one and then two fingers started to pump in and out but she was missing my hot spot, the front wall just inside the opening. 1401 "Curl your fingers." 1402 And just like that, I was well on the road to another orgasm. After feeling the bed move, I opened my eyes to see Dan kneeling behind her, his rigid cock on alert. He looked down at me with a questioning look so I smiled and nodded, giving him the permission he seemed to be asking for. As he sank into her, her licks on me stalled a few seconds. I gently grabbed her head and pulled it back towards me letting her know she needed to keep working on me. 1403 And there we were; Dan plunging into Steff doggy style while she yodeled in the canyon for her first time ever. And I was enjoying her tongue and fingers while looking at that great looking guy pounding in and out of her. When I closed my eyes, it was the vision of him and the sensation of her tongue that caused me to race towards my second orgasm of the night. Sometimes when I come, I have a sense of roaring in my ears or an odd lightshow in my eyes but on that night, I had both in spades. My pelvis jerked and swayed, odd gibberish spewed from my mouth and amazing sensations of pleasure coursed from pelvis to brain and back. 1404 Chapter 3.3 As I came down from my high, Steff slightly eased off tonguing me and I peeked at Dan who was staring at me with a strained smile on his face. 1406 "She's all yours," I croaked out. Pulling myself away from her, I got up on my knees next to him before lowering my lips to his nipples. He moaned his approval and continued to pound his wife faster and faster to her audible pleas for him to go harder and harder. 1407 When she shrieked, I looked over at her to see her during her own orgasm, her back arching and her fists pounding the bed. Dan, apparently no man of steel, lunged a few more times and collapsed over her, breathing hard. The two flopped down on the bed with him on top. I reached up and gently rubbed his back as they recovered. Once he rolled off her, they looked at each other before kissing deeply for a few seconds. Her mouth then slid towards his ear, she whispered something to him whereupon he whispered something in return. 1408 I was struck by the intimacy of their communications and felt like an intruder. I went to excuse myself when Steff reached out and grabbed my hand. "Don't go." 1409 "Potty." I figured that was an excuse to get out of the room and let them communicate privately. 1410 Several minutes later when I returned, they were sitting up leaning on the headboard with a space between them. "Come sit with us," Dan requested. 1411 "I, uh, I thought it might be a good idea to head on out..." 1412 "Nooo, you've gotta stay," pleaded Steff, "Please! We want you to spend the night." 1413 "You sure?" 1414 "Yes." 1415 "But it's Christmas and I thought..." 1416 "Please stay. Talk to Dan while I go pee." 1417 Once she was out of the room, Dan reached for me and pulled me gently into bed next to him. "We couldn't have had a better experience, Amber. From the bottom of my heart, thank you." 1418 "Oh, you're welcome but remember, I enjoyed it just as much," I smiled. "If you really want me to stay, I will." 1419 He gave me a little hug and still had his arm around me when she came back. "She's staying." 1420 "Oh, goodie! You're in the middle," she said to me before she blew out the candles and hopped into bed. We kissed some, Steff and me, Dan and me and finally Dan and Steff kissed right in front of me. My kisses with them had been fun, sensual and all that but their kisses with each other looked to involve the extra level of communication seen between long time lovers. Eventually, sleep pulled at us and we settled in on our sides with him the outside spoon, her the inside and me in the middle. 1421 I slowly woke up with a sensation of butterflies on my lips, at least that is what my dream was about. Once I opened my eyes, I realized Steff was giving me the tiniest little kisses which were barely touching my lips. Her softly exhaled breaths over my nose and mouth were almost easier to feel than her kisses. She must have sensed I was awake as she drew back to look down at me with the cutest smile. 1422 "Merry Christmas," she mouthed at me. 1423 I responded in kind so as not to awaken the softly snoring Dan off to my right and pulled her back to me for more of those sweet oral treats. I don't know how long we quietly kissed but at one point she shivered and moaned softly, stirring her slumbering husband. He snorted, yawned and stretched before looking over at us. 1424 "Hey, you two, couldn't wait?" 1425 "Uh-uh. I wanted something sweet this morning," Steff replied, "You should try it. Sweet and low calorie." 1426 "Mmm, thanks for the invite," he said as he gently turned my face to his. "Merry Christmas, Amber." 1427 "Shouldn't you kiss your wife first?" 1428 "You know, you're right. Honey, Merry Christmas." He reached over me and gave Steff a hug and a warm, good-morning kiss. "There, now I can kiss you. OK?" 1429 "Definitely." 1430 His kisses were firmer than hers but no less stimulating. As we teased each other's tongues, I felt Steff crawl over the both of us to get on his other side. She then nudged his face back to her, kissed him and directed him back to me. During this back and forth kissing I realized I felt left out when he was with Steff so I slid down and began to lick his nipples to his groan of acceptance. She followed my lead, dropped down to his opposite nipple with her lips and took his firm cock with her hand. Dan obviously liked it. His sighs and soft moans were music to my ears as his hand gently stroked my back. 1431 Steff left his nipple and dove down south with her plump lips, taking him completely in her mouth. After a few slurps, she broke free and asked me to join her. 1432 "Let's give him a double BJ. It's every guy's fantasy, you know." 1433 After a few more sucks on his mushroom, she pulled away and pointed his cock at me. I took him as deeply as I could for a couple of licks before pulling away and letting her take over. We established a rhythm of swapping his cock between us which drove him higher and higher. I began to wonder why he hadn't come when I realized Steff was putting the squeeze on the base of his cock after each of my sessions. She clearly knew him well enough to gauge his response and to keep him on edge. Despite her efforts, it became apparent he was getting closer and closer to blowing. I backed away and smiled at her as a signal she was to finish him off. I like giving head and am not afraid to swallow but I thought it would be nice for them as a couple to have her finish him. 1434 When he came, it was with a loud, unintelligible grunt. She stayed with him without obvious gagging until he slumped back on the sheets. She pulled me to her and gave me a big kiss as she slipped her come-coated tongue into my mouth. He tasted good: not too tart and certainly not bad. 1435 "That is the sexiest thing I think I have ever seen." 1436 "Yeah? Honey, if you think that was sexy, wait until you see the two of us do sixty-nine." 1437 'Sixty-nine, huh?' I thought to myself. 'She wants it and I'll try to deliver.' I'm not a big fan of sixty-nine, however. I find myself either concentrating too hard on pleasing my partner that I lose my own stimulation or I get too excited that I tend to ignore them. But Steff wanted sixty-nine and I was willing to try. I rolled back to her and got myself comfortable with a pillow under my head as she reversed positions to crawl over me while Dan sat by gently rubbing her back. Once she lowered her pussy to my face, I let my tongue make a couple of slow licks right across her slit, concentrating on her clit. A soft gasp told me I was doing something right and just as I was starting to give her a few more licks, I felt her tongue slide up and down between my lips. It felt great. She may have never done sixty-nine with a woman before but she clearly knew how to get my attention. Her first few licks were followed by a couple more and I quickly knew if I didn't get busy on her, she might miss out on the experience. 1438 After I set to work on her however, I started to lose my own budding excitement. As this happened, I quickly decided the journey was worth more than the destination. I went all out trying to increase her excitement while letting mine fade. I did the long, slow licks and the little clit-sucks from the night before to her obvious delight. In the sixty-nine position it's more difficult to stimulate the front of the vagina but I was able to put my index finger just inside the opening which she seemed to appreciate. After several minutes, I realized she was no longer attending to me so I redoubled my efforts to get her over the hump. 1439 Success was achieved as evidenced by her loud moaning and wild thrashing on top of me. She cried out for me to keep 'doing that' as she drove her pelvis down closer to my face, flooding me with copious fluids. When she finally relaxed, she went limp on me and I could feel her heavy breathing on my inner thigh. She did not attempt to engage me with her tongue and frankly, I was OK with that. There is no rule every orgasm has to be reciprocated and since I had had a wonderful time, I did not feel the need to climax yet again. 1440 When she stirred, she rolled off me to sit at my side while Dan was on the other. They both looked down at me with a warm, almost loving look. Dan gently stroked my belly while she ran her fingers through my hair. I smiled up at them, struck by their good looks and genuine caring personalities. 1441 "Uh, Am, I think I owe you one," she hesitantly admitted after several minutes. 1442 "Nope. I'm fine. I enjoyed myself and I very much enjoyed tasting you, watching you and hearing you respond. You don't owe me anything." 1443 She leaned over and gave me a warm sensual kiss before whispering "Thank you" in my ear. Once we resumed our sexy, post orgasmic kisses, Dan cleared his throat and announced, "I'll let you two ladies recover here while I make breakfast. Omelet and toast, OK?" 1444 "Yeah, that'd be grand. Thanks." 1445 After he left, we sat up facing each other, legs intertwined and kissed some more before she began to talk. "You have no idea how wonderful this has been. I can't even begin to thank you enough. It was wild but also at the same time you made it so comfortable, so normal. I didn't feel threatened or jealous and I felt so at ease with you. I'm sure Dan did too." 1446 "Hey, I get it and I had fun also. I don't think I could have done this with very many people and enjoyed it as much as I did with you two." 1447 "Shower?" 1448 "Sure." 1449 They had a large shower with four shower heads and once she had adjusted the temperature, she took my hand and pulled me into the stall. We didn't engage in any wild shower sex and mostly cleaned ourselves though I did get to soap up her lean back. I watched her as she dried herself and marveled at her complete comfort of being nude in front of me. I enjoyed watching her light brown curves disappear behind a pair of panties and a robe. After drying myself, I slipped on the extra clothes I had brought with me and we followed our noses to the kitchen. 1450 As we drank our lattes, the three of us chatted about the holidays, some political issues in town and our plans for the upcoming year. Surprisingly, we did not talk about our time together in bed and if someone had listened in, they would not have had a clue about our arrangement. After breakfast, I mentioned I would be leaving soon but they insisted I stay for a few more minutes. 1451 "It's Christmas morning and we need to open presents." 1452 "I, uh, I didn't bring anything for you two and besides, that's something special for the two of you." 1453 "OK, but Amber and I decided we wanted to give you a little present so come in by the tree. Please." 1454 We sat on the sofa with me in the middle, Steff holding my hand while Dan grabbed a small package from under the tree. 1455 "Here you go. Open it," she said with childlike enthusiasm. 1456 In the package was a beautiful gold necklace with a small pendant featuring a Santa face wearing a slightly lecherous grin. 1457 "It's beautiful! I love gold jewelry and Santa looks like he knew what happened last night." 1458 "Doesn't he? We both wanted you to have this as a thank you." 1459 "I still feel bad I didn't get you guys..." 1460 "You did, too. You gave us the best present imaginable. You gave us you. I know I enjoyed every second of it and Dan, you enjoyed it, too, didn't you?" 1461 "Definitely. I agree. Best present imaginable." 1462 She reached around and clasped the chain behind me before giving me a warm, sexy kiss. "Now you'll think of us whenever you wear him," she giggled. 1463 "Thank you, guys. You're the best. I, uh, I should probably call for a ride." 1464 "Don't bother doing that. I'll run you home. I bet there aren't too many drivers working this morning anyway." 1465 After another hug and kiss from Steff, I followed Dan to his car. We were both quiet during the ten-minute ride home but as we got close to my place, Dan cleared his throat. "Amber, this was amazing. We wanted to spice things up for Christmas and you were perfect in every way. You made us feel comfortable and the whole sex thing was as natural as could be. I was nervous when I threw out the threesome idea thinking Steff would freak but she didn't. And you made it all worthwhile." 1466 "Well, good, but I seem to remember I enjoyed things, too. I'd say it was a win-win-win thing all the way around." 1467 "Yeah, I guess you're right but I still want to thank you. It meant the world to me and I'm eternally grateful," he added as he pulled up in front of my place. 1468 "You're so welcome, Dan." I leaned over and gave him a quick, soft kiss on his cheek before getting out of the car. A small wave and he was gone. 1469 For the rest of the day, I was a hopeless case. I kept replaying our time together and visions of Steff's gorgeous sexy skin, long black hair and sexy curves along with Dan's mop of blond hair, his wonderful cock and nice physique danced behind my eyes. Around four pm when it was starting to get dark again, I realized I could use one more orgasm. While my vibrator brought me to the crest, the things that pushed me over the edge were those same visons of the sexiest couple I knew. 1470 ----- 1471 For the next few days, I worked on the two cases my boss had coming up in January. It turned out to be a good way to keep my mind occupied. If I hadn't had that work to do, I'm sure I would have sat around in a puddle dreaming of those two. 1472 Around ten a.m. on the first I received a text from Amber. 1473 Happy NY, Thanx again 1474 I tested back emojis of firecrackers and party hats with the message U 2 1475 Things were crazy at work as we did the final prep for the first case. I won't bore you with the details but my boss Emma was representing a woman who was suing her ex. He had apparently hidden a lot of his income while they were married and once she became aware of it and realized half of the money should have gone to her at the divorce, she hired my boss to help recover it. From watching him during the deposition, it looked like the trial could turn ugly. Imagine our surprise when his attorney contacted us three days before trial and offered our client ninety-five percent of what we were asking for. It was too good of a deal to turn down and just like that, a settlement was reached and we didn't have to go to trial. My boss was so pleased with all the research and legwork I had put in that she gave me a huge bonus claiming my work was critical in convincing him to settle. Besides, my boss could afford it. 1476 With a little unexpected breathing room in our schedule, I took half a day off to see my nurse practitioner for a routine pap and pelvic. She recommended a few blood tests to check my cholesterol and thyroid as I'd not had them checked in over five years. As I was walking into the hospital to get the blood drawn, I heard a surprised but familiar voice. 1477 "Amber!" 1478 I turned around and there was Steff, as pretty as ever, wearing dark red surgical scrubs and a huge smile as she raced over and gave me a big hug. 1479 "What are you doing here?" 1480 "Oh, some simple blood tests. How are you?" 1481 "I'm fine. Hey, I don't start for thirty minutes. Can I buy you a coffee once you've had the blood taken? I can wait here with you." 1482 "Sure. Thanks." 1483 I had the blood drawn and as we were walking to the cafeteria, she was paged. I waited while she took the call and when she was done, she grabbed my hand. 1484 "Good news. My first patient cancelled and I have forty-five minutes. Are you in a rush?" 1485 I wasn't, so we ordered lattes and a sweet roll to split. Amber was very talkative and regaled me about a few patients of hers and how they were doing. She sounded very accomplished and I told her I was impressed with her work. 1486 At a pause in the conversation, I asked in a soft voice how she and Dan were doing. 1487 "Great! Fabulous! Oh, Amber, you have no idea how close we've become since Christmas." 1488 "Really?" I asked, relieved at her response. 1489 "Sex has become, well, it's wow. Best ever." 1490 "Yeah? I was concerned since sometimes when people open things up in a marriage, well, let's say it can be the first step to breaking up." 1491 "Not us, no way! He is so attentive since you, well, you know, and we sometimes talk about you while we're doing it. Seems to really get my juices going." 1492 Alarmed, I looked around to make sure no one had heard her. She giggled a little and admitted she needed to drop her voice. "But it's so good I want to shout from the rooftops." 1493 "I'm glad to hear it." 1494 "What about you? Anybody...?" 1495 "Nope, just me and BOB." 1496 "Bob?" 1497 "Yeah, battery operated boyfriend." 1498 "Oh, you silly. Have you gone back to the app?" 1499 "No. To be honest I don't think I would find such a good match again anytime soon." 1500 "Aww, you're sweet. So, tell me more about your job..." 1501 The forty-five minutes flew by and as she needed to get to work, we said our 'Good-byes' but there was no promise of anything in the future. Right before I turned to go, she gave me a big hug while whispering again her thanks for my visit. 1502 On my way to the office, I wondered about her, about them. She seemed very happy with how things turned out and reported their sexual activity was the 'best ever.' There didn't seem to be any bad repercussions for which I was pleased. Although they had requested a unicorn for Christmas, I would have felt bad if my time with them had contributed to problems for the two of them. 1503 Work kept me very busy for the next few weeks and it wasn't until February that I got some breathing room. It had been a long time since I had gone out and with no one special on the horizon, I turned to the dating and hook up apps again. I was totally unimpressed with both the men and the women and logged off in disgust. 'Why couldn't I find someone like Steff or Dan?' I asked myself. 1504 Then it hit me. I'd ask them out, but just for dinner. They were fun and interesting and even though I knew there would be no sex involved, I liked them enough I figured a dinner would be in order. I texted Steff. 1505 Got a big bonus. Would you 2 care to join me for dinner? 1506 Me 4 sure. Will ask D and call 1507 That evening she called. "Hey, Amber, tell me about this dinner thing." 1508 "I wanted to go out for dinner with friends. I got a huge bonus recently and want to treat you two to dinner at Giorgio's. Interested?" 1509 "Like I said, yes, I'm in and so is Dan. Are you sure we can't pay for our portion?" 1510 "Nope. My treat. What days work for you two?" 1511 "Dan is doing evenings this week so it would have to be next week. How about Friday?" 1512 "Sounds good. I'll get reservations and let you know the deets." 1513 "Great. Looking forward to it. Uh, just one little question: This is for dinner only, right?" 1514 "Yeah. Good food, good wine and good conversation is my goal." 1515 "Great. Can't wait." 1516 After she hung up, I thought about her question of it being only for dinner. Were they thinking about another threesome or were they just making sure I wasn't looking for one? 1517 We met at the door of the restaurant, there were hugs all the way around and we were escorted back to a small secluded table with a curved bench seat. After a few seconds of jockeying with me suggesting they sit together, they insisted I sit in the middle. We ordered a bottle of wine and half way through my first glass, I felt a calm, comfortable sensation come over me. There were no expectations and no airs to be put on, so I could completely relax. We talked about our work and they seemed particularly interested in my job. 1518 "So, do you get to go to court? Go to trials?" 1519 "Yes, sometimes. Most of what I do is background work to help her. I research the law libraries, look for things that will help our clients and prepare briefs in case they are needed." 1520 Dan piped up, "Are trials really as tense as they appear in the movies. I mean, when I see a medical movie, I have to laugh half the time because they make it seem far more intense than it truly is." 1521 "Sometimes they are, but ninety percent of what is done is predictable and routine. It's rare to have a dramatic testimony that changes the course of a trial. Usually, the only tension is wondering what the jury might come up with." 1522 Chapter 3.4 "Do you ever argue a case?" 1524 "No. I might sit next to Emma, my boss, and whisper ideas to her but she is the one to do the questioning and arguing." 1525 Throughout dinner our conversations ranged far and wide. As the wine consumption went up and the second bottle was emptied, we got a little tipsy and the topics of discussion became more risqué and personal. 1526 "Amber," asked Steff suddenly, "Tell us about your being bi. When did you figure it out...you know?" 1527 "I never had a dramatic moment, you know, an epiphany. I just found as I went through middle and high schools that I liked boys...and girls. Some of my girlfriends would go on and on about some dreamy guy on the football team and I certainly understood why they were attracted to him, but I found myself checking out the cheerleaders in their short skirts at the games as much as I checked out the players." 1528 "Did you date in high school?" she asked. 1529 "Yeah, some guys, but no girls and no sex. I didn't want to rock the boat. Boat rocking started in college." 1530 "When you go out, do you tell them you're bi?" asked Dan. 1531 "Eventually, but rarely on the first date." 1532 "How do people react?" 1533 "It depends. When I told one guy I was bisexual, he wanted to know if it meant that if he would 'buy' me things I would get sexual with him," I said, smiling. 1534 "What?! Are you serious?" asked Steff. 1535 I grinned even more until she realized I was teasing. 1536 "Oh, you're joking, I can tell," laughed Steff as she laid her hand on my arm. And it felt good. I liked her touch, a lot. 1537 Later our conversation was again about my work and my boss' practice. "Emma concentrates on women's and children's issues. Sometimes she represents women who have been screwed over previously in a divorce but she rarely takes on new divorce clients. But it's the kids who can tear your heart apart." 1538 "Yeah?" 1539 "Yeah. They rarely get a say in what happens to them. Like this one case we had several months ago. Beautiful child, little girl about six or so. She was sitting in the back seat of the car when her mother was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting. Right in front of her eyes!" 1540 "Oh, god, that must have been horrible for her!" 1541 "It was, but the state made things way, way worse. The dead woman's best friend was the child's godmother and immediately wanted to take her in but the social workers and the bureaucrats got involved. They felt she didn't have enough money to raise the girl and even though the girl wept and begged to go with her godmother, the judge decided to send her to a foster family. It was heartbreaking. I was crying and the godmother was weeping as they took the poor, terrified girl away." 1542 "What happened then?" 1543 "My boss was pissed. She immediately filed an urgent appeal to the district court above this family judge and she was able to get a hearing within one week. Little Shawna was there and she looked devastated. Her eyes were fixed on the floor and she refused to talk to anyone but when the godmother arrived, Shawna ran to her, jumped into her lap, weeping for joy. She didn't understand she still could have ended up with a foster family. Anyway, the hearing went well. When she refused to leave her godmother's side, the judge came to their table to talk with her. She shyly answered the questions and when asked where she wanted to go to live, she hugged the lady fiercely saying, 'I wanna live wit' her'!" 1544 "Did the judge let her?" 1545 "Yes, and it was so sweet. She, the judge that is, gave Shawna a big hug when she made the pronouncement right there at the table." As I recounted this story, a few tears started to fall. I had been so emotionally involved at the hearing and so relieved when it worked out that I wept for joy in the courtroom, something that embarrassed my boss, I'm sure. And as I told the two of them about it, I found myself puddling up again. 1546 "I'm sorry, this is so embarrassing." 1547 "No, it's OK. What a sweet story," minded Dan as he gently reached his arm around me for a hug, "I sometimes see in the ER situations where placements are not ideal and the trauma for a kid can last a lifetime. I'm glad it worked out for her." And in the middle of my tears, I really enjoyed his hug. 1548 "Hey, Dan's right. You're fine. A few tears now and then are good for the soul." Then she hugged me along with Dan. And it felt so comforting, so nice. 1549 "Maybe, but they are hell on my makeup. I should go to the restroom." 1550 "I'll go with." 1551 As we walked there, Steff draped her arm across my low back, something which gave me not only reassurance but also a tiny little thrill. What was wrong with me? They give me hugs and she drapes her arm across my back and next thing I know, I'm getting turned on. I had to give myself a little talking to. I had to stop feeling that way. We had had some amazing sex, a wonderful threesome but there was no way I should ever consider either or both of them any kind of a partner. 1552 In the restroom I dabbed my eyes and cleaned up the smear of makeup on my face, tinkled and washed my hands. 1553 "You doing OK?" asked Steff. 1554 "Yeah, I am. It was so incredibly heart rendering to see this little girl who watched her mother die in front of her get jerked around by the system. I'm so glad we, uh, my boss was able to save her." 1555 On the way back to the table Steff asked, "How much did that cost the godmother?" 1556 "Nothing. Did it pro bono." 1557 "Oh, that's so sweet. How can you survive if you don't charge?" 1558 "Remember, I got a big bonus for a case that went very well for us so don't worry, the practice is doing well." 1559 Back at the table our conversation turned to other topics as we ate dessert. Although Dan tried to pay for dinner and tried to split the bill when I protested, I won in the end and paid the entire bill. It was still fairly early and I know I didn't want the evening to end so I invited them to the attached nightclub for a drink and some dancing. 1560 Dan was busy dancing first with Steff and then with me. Our dance was to a couple of slow tunes where he first held me politely, leaving a bit of daylight between us. On the second dance, I snuggled up closer to him and dropped my head to his chest while his arms gave me a wonderful sense of security. And then I felt him, or rather I should say I felt it. He was getting excited. I casually let my pelvis rub up closer to him to feel him even more. 1561 "Mmm, feels nice," I whispered to him as my mind was screaming to back away and stop teasing him. 1562 "Mmm-hmm." 1563 I inched my pelvis away from him and we finished the dance in a more responsible manner. Back at our table Steff leaned over to me. "Looks like you got him a little excited," she said in a soft voice. 1564 "I guess so. I know I shouldn't have danced so close. Forgive me?" 1565 "No problem. This means he'll take me home and have wild sex while he's thinking about you." After a few seconds she went on, "Maybe I should dance with you to get my juices flowing. Honey," she said to Dan, "My turn with Amber." 1566 When we got to the dance floor there was a fast tune which had us gyrating, holding hands and laughing. The next tune was a slow dance. "You lead, OK?" she asked. 1567 Having her in my arms was wonderful. Our legs interlaced while our boobs gently rubbed each other and like with Dan, I found myself getting turned on yet again. We didn't make a scene of ourselves but we certainly danced close and I know I enjoyed it immensely until the tune was over. She led me back to the table loosely holding my hand and thanking me for the dance. 1568 After another round of dances, we made our way out the door to the taxi stand. We stood side-by-side with me in the middle, loosely holding hands while we waited for our rides. 1569 "Wanna have a nightcap at our place?" asked Steff suddenly. 1570 Oh, God, did I ever! I was turned on and I would have loved to spend more time with them, particularly in bed. But my good little angel on my right shoulder won out over the little devil on my left. I was fond of both but I knew I had been a one-time diversion for them and I couldn't let myself get too close for fear of getting burned. And though I wanted each of them, both of them, I realized if I were to act on those desires, their relationship could truly suffer. I did not want to be the cause of anything like that. 1571 "I better not, but thanks, anyway. You have a good night and maybe we can do something like this again sometime. OK?" 1572 "Sure." "Yeah, let's." 1573 I received a nice hug from each of them as my ride share arrived, said "Good-night" again and hopped in the car. On the way home I relived the entire evening, particularly the hugs and the dancing. 'I've got to get out and meet other people or I'm going to go crazy,' I thought to myself as we made our way back to my place where I put BOB through its paces as I fantasized about both Steff and Dan. 1574 It was three weeks later when I got a text from her. coffee sometime? 1575 sure, when? 1576 Wed, 2, JavaGuava 1577 Y, cu @2 1578 Steff was five minutes late again, something I teased her about mercilessly. She blushed muttering some lame excuse before she went up to order her drink. Back at the table she plopped into the chair with a sigh. 1579 "What's up? Why the big sigh?" 1580 "Oh, work things. One of our therapists is a real dick and some of us are working extra hard to try and make things right for his patients. I finally had enough and bent my boss' ear this morning. Her hands are tied unless he does something truly bad. I guess being a dick isn't enough." 1581 "Are you keeping track of his bad behavior, you know, writing things down?" 1582 "No. Should I?" 1583 "Don't quote me on this 'cause I'm not a lawyer but I've seen Emma recommend documenting things to clients who are, for example, fighting asshole, chauvinistic bosses. Once the clients have a long list of offenses, it's easier to make things happen." 1584 "Hmm. I'll have to think about it. So, if we, my coworkers and I, got a list together, it might make it easier to confront my boss and..." 1585 "And if she won't do anything, then you've got HR or administration to go to. Yeah, write everything down and see what happens." 1586 "Thanks, I think I will." And for the first time that afternoon, I saw a smile on her face. After she took a few sips of her drink, she looked at me right in the eye and said, "Amber, would you ever consider coming over again and, uh, you know, like at Christmas?" 1587 My heart sang! Would I consider it? I not only would consider it, I would love it. Calmly, I responded, "Is Dan onboard with this?" 1588 "Yeah, he is. He's so sweet and I don't think he'd ever bring it up again but I got to thinking about it recently. Well, thinking about it more, that is. I dropped it on him the other day and he said 'yes' pretty quick, so I know he's interested." 1589 "Is this such a good idea for your marriage?" 1590 "I don't see how it's a bad idea. We were with you once, we loved it, you were so good to us and since then we've been closer than ever." 1591 "No jealousy?" 1592 "No! None! You see, Amber, your being with us was such a positive thing for both of us." 1593 "Let me ask you point blank: What did you really think when I crawled on top of him and fucked him?" 1594 "I thought it was cool. You two were so sexy together and..." 1595 "No worries, no fear of being left out, no fear of him leaving?" 1596 "No. None." 1597 "And he didn't bring this up, you did?" 1598 "That's right. But I know he wants this as much as I do." 1599 "Hmm. OK, uh, well, one more question. Where does this lead, anyway?" 1600 "Who knows? But I do know we want this now and maybe we'll want it again sometime." 1601 "Alright, I'll do it on one condition: I get to talk privately with Dan, OK?" 1602 "Sure. Why don't you come over for dinner Saturday around five. I'll do the cooking, 'forget' some ingredient and run to the store. You'll have time enough to talk with him then, OK?" 1603 "Yeah, should work." 1604 "Amber? Am I reading into your questions that you're reluctant to do this again?" 1605 "No, I'm not reluctant at all. That night at Christmas was fabulous and I think about it now and then." Well, that was only partly true: I thought about it nearly every day! "I just want to make sure everyone is open and honest about it." 1606 "Great. Come over around five-ish." 1607 "Just dinner, right?" 1608 "Yes, just dinner and talking." 1609 "OK, see you then." 1610 I arrived at five and was greeted by Dan who looked yummy in a sweater vest and tight, black jeans. He leaned towards me, gave me a hug and a kiss on my cheek before inviting me in. We stood in the kitchen and were chatting aimlessly when Steff muttered, "Damn it, forgot the cilantro." 1611 "I'll run down and get it for you, Honey." 1612 "No, I'll do it. You keep Amber company for a few minutes." 1613 After she tore out the door, Dan offered me a glass of wine and invited me to sit with him on the patio overlooking their cute, small backyard. At a break in our conversation, he cleared his throat and changed the topic. "Steff told you what we're interested in, right?" 1614 "Uh, yeah, she did." 1615 "What are your thoughts?" 1616 "Well, I had fun in December and have to admit I could be interested in another round. Uh, who's idea was this?" 1617 "Steff's. She brought it up first. You see, I'd kinda been thinking another time together would be fun but since I brought up the idea the first time, I decided it'd be best not to mention it first." 1618 "Why?" 1619 "Didn't want her to think I was always looking for another woman." 1620 "Am I just 'another woman'?" 1621 "No! That's not what I meant. I didn't want her to think I was unsatisfied with her. I'm not, not at all. But that night with you was beyond amazing and I'd like to do it again. But I wanted her to bring it up, and she did." 1622 "Have you thought about another woman?" 1623 "No, not at all. As far as I'm concerned, you're the only one I would consider. We both like you, we both had an amazing time with you and when we recently had dinner together, I realized you are a special person. You're so much more than a means for sexual release." 1624 "Hmm." 1625 "We like you, a lot. Do you, uh, do you like us?" 1626 "Of course, I do! You two are great people and I'm attracted to both of you." 1627 "If, uh, if I weren't married to Steff, would you be attracted to me?" 1628 "Yeah, definitely." 1629 "And Steff, would you be attracted to her?" 1630 "Absolutely. But you see, you two are married and the last thing I want to do is cause any trouble between you. I don't want jealousy to come into play. That can happen with threesomes." 1631 "I didn't feel an ounce of jealousy whatsoever when you two were doing it and I don't think she did when we were together. At least she says she wasn't jealous and she brought up inviting you again." 1632 "I'm back," came the shouted announcement from the kitchen, "Stay where you are and I'll bring more wine." 1633 A couple of minutes later after she had poured the two of us a second glass of wine, I looked at them and raised my glass. "I propose a toast. I'd like to toast to you two and to another night together." 1634 "Yippee! Cheers!" sang out Steff as Dan echoed with a "Here, here!" 1635 After I took a hefty swallow of my wine, I asked, "When and where?" 1636 "Here, if that's OK with you. And the date will need to be worked out with my schedule. We can kick that around after we eat. Dinner ready, Hon?" 1637 "Yes. You guys wait here and I'll bring it." 1638 The meal was a spicy Asian fusion dish I had never tried before. The cold white wine helped chill the heat of the meal and before I knew it, I was a tiny bit tipsy. When Steff went to refill my glass, I declined while telling them I still needed to drive home. 1639 "You could always spend the night here," she giggled, obviously tipsy, too. 1640 As tempting as that was, I knew I couldn't stay. I hadn't shaved or groomed all week and I had some fairly boring undies on. Oh, I know those wouldn't be deal-killers but I still wanted to look and feel my best before we had sex again. We were able to set up a date for the following Saturday and an hour later I felt sober enough to drive home. I hugged and kissed them both before heading out to my car. On the way home and as I was getting ready for bed my mind kept going over things again and again. 1641 They both seemed genuinely interested in having another threesome and it sounded like each was totally comfortable with me being with their partner. I know I was comfortable with each of them, in fact, I was lusting after them both. But there was a little niggling thought that kept running through my mind: Was my attraction to them growing into something more than just sex appeal? 1642 Freshly groomed and shaved and with dabs of perfume on my boobs and thighs, I took a gig ride to their place the following Saturday. I wore an attractive blouse, slacks and a lightweight stylish jacket accented by a necklace that slid across the opening of my partially unbuttoned top. I felt sexy and when Dan opened the door, I knew I was sexy. His eyes roamed up and down, taking in everything for a split second before he invited me in and gave me a warm hug with a whispered 'Thank you' in my ear. We went back to the kitchen where Steff was busily finishing up the dessert. They had wanted to invite me to dinner but I declined wanting to eat early and let my stomach settle well before we started. Steff had insisted on providing drinks and a small dessert which we had shortly after I arrived. Our conversation covered many topics including some descriptions Dan gave about a few anonymous patients and their issues. I found it interesting to see how his world and mine were different yet we both dealt with human tragedies on a frequent basis. 1643 After a slight pause in the conversation, Steff spoke up, "Are we going to talk all night or is there something more fun to consider?" 1644 "Like what?" I teasingly asked. 1645 "Duh, a threesome, you know, the reason you're here!" 1646 "A threesome? Oh, that reminds me, have I ever told you about the guy who went into a bar with a black eye and scratch marks on his face?" 1647 "No." 1648 "The barkeeper asked what had happened to him and he replied, 'Well, my wife finally agreed to a threesome and when she asked which of her friends I wanted, I told her Louise and Emma'." 1649 "Amber, that was sooo bad," she laughed, "Now what about our threesome?" 1650 "Ready when you are." 1651 Steff stood up, grabbed my hand and led me back to their bedroom with Dan trailing behind. She turned to me and announced, "You get Dan first tonight. OK with you, Honey?" 1652 "Sure," he chuckled. 1653 "OK, you two, have at it. I'll just sit here and watch." 1654 I was surprised at this but didn't make a big deal of it. With Steff off to one side of the bed, Dan and I started kissing, making out and slowly stripping each other until we were both naked. His nice cock stood at attention as I gently stroked it while he was busy playing in Nirvana. I was getting extremely excited and wanted some action but it felt weird to be going to town while his wife was sitting over on the side watching us. I was thinking about asking her to get involved when Dan pulled a masculine powerplay on me. He rolled on a condom, gently pinned my hands to the sheets and crawled on top, his cock teasing my puss. Suddenly, I quit thinking about Steff, wriggled one hand free, reached down, moistened his tip with my juices and pulled him to me. As he began to thrust in and out, I glanced over at Steff. She had a look of total lust in her eyes without a shred of jealousy, but most telling; her clothes were off and her fingers were busy polishing her pearl. 1655 I relaxed back and let the sensation of a skilled lover take over. Dan slowly increased the pace and depth of his thrusts, stimulating me more and more. I held my arms around his flank and even wrapped my legs around his, forcing him closer and closer to me. Then I felt it: lips on mine. Steff had reached over and was kissing me while her husband was fucking me six ways to Sunday. If there had been any doubt in my mind about her wanting this, her kisses removed it. I slipped one arm around her, pulling her closer to me, letting her know I wanted her as much as I did him. 1656 Chapter 3.5 I exploded. One second I was moaning softly into her mouth, sucking her tongue and feeling him working me below and the next second, I was launched into an orgasmic orbit. As I came, Steff hugged me, her mouth giving me little kisses on my cheek while Dan continued to pound me, harder and faster. My climax wouldn't stop, I came and came, crying out for more, crying out for him to stop, pulling him to me and yet pushing him away. I was vaguely aware of his loud groan before he collapsed down on me, breathing heavily into my one ear as Steff murmured into the other. I had never felt so desired as I was at that second. 1658 Eventually, Dan and I recovered. He rose slightly to give me a kiss before dismounting and sliding off to my side. Steff immediately crawled on top and began kissing me anew with the soft kisses a lover might give after a wonderful roll in the hay. After a minute or so she drew back and looked me in the eye. 1659 "That was so wild watching you two. Phew." 1660 "You mean it?" 1661 "Yeah! Made me extra horny, too." 1662 "You can count me out for a few minutes, Honey. Amber drained me." 1663 "Then I guess I'll need to talk her into something, huh, Amber?" 1664 "Sure, but I need a few seconds, also." 1665 "OK, I've set my watch for five minutes." 1666 "Five minutes?! I need more time than that!" 1667 Know what? I didn't need five minutes. Her kisses, touches, strokes and pets had me interested well before the deadline. I responded to her advances with little touches of my own, touches that split her moist petals and drew the honey to her pearl. I teased, I stroked, I kissed and I loved until she was on the edge of her own climax. I slowed down to her soft moans of disappointment only to start up again. I repeated this several times until she was clearly frustrated, begging for release. 1668 From behind me, Dan crawled over to his wife, pinning her to the sheets as he nudged my hand from her puss. "Let me," he softly grunted before he took his recovered cock and sank it deep into her. Then it was my turn to watch two lovers so in tune with each other they seemed to act in perfect harmony. Not wanting to be left out, I dropped my lips to hers and returned the favor of kisses while Dan worked his wonders on her. There was no doubt about her climax. Her torso arched up as she screamed out, begging him to 'keep doing that' and holding his pelvis to her. Like earlier, he collapsed beside her, breathing heavily in her ear. I took the advantage of giving her little kisses much like she had given me. Even though we had not made love with each other, I felt so close to her at that very moment. And to Dan, well, to both of them. 1669 Even the word 'love' drifted fleetingly through my mind as I kissed her and gently rubbed Dan's back. But I knew I couldn't fall in love with her or him or them. This was a hookup, this was for fun and though we enjoyed each other's company, there couldn't be a long-term future for us. I mean, how could there be? 1670 After pushing those thoughts from my mind, Steff recovered and insisted we, that is she and I, have some fun together. We ended up going down on each other before collapsing into a deep sleep. 1671 I was the first one awake the next morning thanks to my small bladder. I eased myself out of bed, went to the bathroom and tinkled. As I sat on the toilet, my mind reviewed the night before. We had had wonderful sex together. The two having sex were always joined by the third rubbing, stroking or kissing. Those extra little things helped maintain the closeness of the threesome. No one felt left out, at least I didn't. I eventually flushed, washed my hands and slipped back into the bedroom. 1672 Dan was lying on his back with his wonderful cock in a semierect state. He was either having a nice dream or he was experiencing simple morning wood but in either case, I found myself wanting to take advantage of it. I tiptoed over to his side of the bed and without touching the bed, I bent over and gently took his cock into my mouth. It swelled quickly and before I knew it, he was moaning softly. 1673 "Hey, you. You sucking off my husband?" 1674 Fear struck me. The way she mentioned 'husband' made me think she was pissed. I mean I had initiated something with him but without her knowledge. I pulled off and turned to her with an apology on my lips when I saw her lips in a cute little grin. 1675 "Sorry, I, uh..." 1676 "Nothing to be sorry about," she laughed, "He loves it when I wake him with a BJ." 1677 "Yeah, but I didn't have your permission first." 1678 "No biggie. The fact that you're here should be permission enough. Now, get back to work." 1679 "Yeah," he said, "You heard her. Get back to work!" 1680 After realizing they were both totally comfortable with the situation, I leaned back over him to give him my A-effort while Steff rubbed and kissed his nipples. Our combined activities must have worked as he came with a loud groan only a few minutes later. Once he recovered, Steff gave me a series of deep, probing kisses which caused me to get seriously turned on. As I reached up and began to rub her breasts, she broke the kissing before whispering to Dan. 1681 "Turnabout is only fair, Hon. You take care of her while I put the coffee on." 1682 She got up, gently nudged me back down and left the room. Dan came up to me and began kissing me much as she had but it got me rather nervous. This was the first time there were just two of us and not all three. Little doubts about jealousy and honesty crowded my mind and I quickly lost any interest in Dan and me together. He must have sensed my reluctance. 1683 "Hey, you OK? It seems you just shut down." 1684 "I'm OK, but I'm concerned about two of us going at it while she's out of the room. To me it's not what a threesome should be like." 1685 "Hmm. Well, OK. Why don't we go get coffee and talk about it?" 1686 Steff was surprised when we showed up so soon and asked why. I suggested we talk about the issue together. Several minutes later the three of us sat around the kitchen table in varying degrees of undress, slurping the hot drinks. When I explained to her my concerns, she almost laughed out loud. 1687 "Amber, do you really think I'd suggest you two get together if I wasn't comfortable with the idea? Good God, I was just down the hall. And I want you to have some fun this morning, too." 1688 "I guess I'm very sensitive to personalities and how this whole thing could go off the rails if we don't watch it." 1689 "That's sweet of you, but I'm one hundred percent OK with Dan returning your favor while I'm here in the kitchen. We're all adults here and I don't worry about you and Dan running off together." 1690 I was reassured by her comments as we continued to talk about our situation. After she made a quick breakfast, she slyly asked if I wanted to come back to bed with them. I know my pussy was interested but by then, my head was no longer in the game. I had some things I needed to do on the weekend and I knew I'd be distracted. I declined and reassured them it had nothing to do with the issue we'd just finished covering. I also promised them I'd be up for another night in the not-too-distant future. 1691 That weekend was the beginning of our much more casual approach to our threesome. We found ourselves getting together every second or third weekend for a night of fun and fantastic fucking. All three of us got tested and both Steff and I were on the pill so we were fortunately able to dispense with the condoms. During the workweek, I was laser focused on my job and never once let on to anyone about our arrangement but our private weekends were special. We tried all kinds of positions, introduced some role playing and explored some mild kink, nothing deep or painful, mind you, but different and fun. 1692 It was during one of our threesomes in June when they asked me about going on a vacation with them. It seems they had already reserved a remote chalet up in the mountains and wanted me to come with them on their annual getaway. It sounded like fun and once I cleared it with my boss Emma, I told them I was in. Dan started driving the first part of the four-hour trip while Steff rode shotgun and I was in back. Our spirits were high and sexual anticipation permeated every conversation. At the halfway point Steff took over driving and Dan sacked out in back while I rode up front. We girls carried on talking, laughing and having a grand time. 1693 The chalet was beautiful, isolated and, surprise, had a nice pool and hot tub in the back overlooking the valley below. When they gave me the tour, Steff giggled while telling me they had a house rule: No bathing suits! I checked around the perimeter and could see no other houses in the area. We were totally isolated and private. 1694 Once we brought our luggage into the house, we had a discussion about sleeping arrangements. There was a huge master bedroom with a California king bed, a second bedroom with a queen bed and a couple of smaller rooms with bunk beds for kids. I suggested they take the master bedroom and I'd take the queen. Steff immediately protested stating this was a 'vacation' for all of us and she didn't want me to feel left out. I, however, thought they needed their personal space and though I certainly wanted to spend time with them in bed, I felt it was important the couple have their privacy. 1695 "Amber, we invited you to join us for the entire week and you shouldn't feel excluded at any time." 1696 Dan piped up, "Yeah, we want to share everything with you." 1697 "What if I want a break?" I asked. 1698 "Well, let's call the queen room the break room. If at any time any one of us wants a break, we can sleep there while the other two stay in the king." 1699 "That's fine for me, but what if you're in there. Does that mean Steff and I can, uh, you know?" 1700 Steff spoke up, "Am, we've spent most of our time as a threesome but Dan and I think we can comfortably have two of us together while the third takes a night off." 1701 "That's great if it's you two, you being married and all, but would you be OK if it was Dan and me?" 1702 "Yes, absolutely yes. Don't you see? We love each other, Dan and I do, and we trust each other. We talked about this last week and we both feel comfortable knowing the other is with you. And I know I'd trust you with Dan when I'm in the other room snoring away. Dan?" 1703 "Yeah, agree. If you two are having fun while I'm asleep, more power to you." 1704 "Uh, we'll still have some three-way fun, though, right?" 1705 "Yes!" they answered simultaneously before Steff went on, "I'd like to think most of our time will be with all three of us." 1706 They seemed so sincere that I agreed with their plan for the queen bed to be for solo sleeping and not just for me. Once we had put our clothes away, we set about making dinner. It was fun working together with them. Dan was an accomplished chef and we acted as his sous-chefs preparing the side dishes and salads, all the while teasing and kidding each other. Once we ate and cleaned up in the kitchen, Steff grabbed my hand and dragged me outside. 1707 The sun had set and we could see a few twinkling lights from a faraway community out on the flats. As I stood there taking it all in, Steff came up behind me and wrapped her arms around my front. The hug was nice and comfortable, much like two lovers' hugs might be, that is until she began to slowly unbutton my blouse. Once she had pulled it free from my slacks, I felt her hands reach up and undo my bra. Suddenly, I was naked from the waist up. As it was already cooling down, I shivered a little. 1708 "Cold or excited?" 1709 "Maybe both." 1710 "Let me take off the rest and you can hop into the hot tub." 1711 "Only if you join me." 1712 We quickly lost our clothes and were in the tub when Dan peeked out from the house. 1713 "Garçon, wine please," I called out to him. 1714 A couple of minutes later, he returned with a bottle of wine, three plastic goblets and a lack of clothing. After soaking for several minutes and having some of the wine, I slid up behind Steff and gave her an upper back and neck massage to her purrs of delight. 1715 "Feels sooo good," she murmured as she slumped back towards me. My hands slid around to her front and began to lightly stroke her torso from breasts to pelvis. I tickled her nipples with one hand while the other teasingly stroked right over her mound, tantalizingly close to her clit. 1716 "Dan, care to join us?" I asked. 1717 "No, not yet, anyway. Like watching you two." 1718 Because she was leaning completely back against me, I dropped my mouth to her neck and began kissing her softly to her audible sighs of satisfaction. My fingers tickled her nipples even more vigorously as my index finger slowly parted her folds and found her pearl. Even though this was all under water, it wasn't as slick as her own juices and I had to be gentle as I rubbed her slowly harder and faster. Her breathing picked up in speed, her one hand reached down to hold mine tightly to her puss while her other began to work on her left nipple while I attended to the right. 1719 It was sexy and fun leading her from a simple, relaxing back rub to full stimulation. Watching her arousal move to orgasm in the dim light from the house suddenly got me excited. Once she relaxed, crawled off me and grabbed her wine, I turned to Dan who had been watching the whole time. I crawled onto his lap only to feel a wonderful swelling arising from between his legs. As we hugged and kissed, I pumped his cock up and down until he was nice and hard. I raised up over his lap, aimed him between my petals and slid down. 1720 Divine. Wonderful. Filling. Stretching. But there was again the slight problem of the water rinsing away any lubricating juices, making things a tiny bit uncomfortable. I decided to do what I had done on that very first night I rode him back at Christmas: I sank all the way on him and began to rock my clit on his pubic bone instead of thrusting in and out. This was far more stimulating to my clit than the usual in-and-out fucking and I found myself rapidly nearing my own orgasm. Steff's hand drifted up and down my back as she leaned over to nibble on my ear as I rode her husband. I loved having her involved, it seemed to bring me closer to both them and not just to the man I was riding. But what stunned me and stimulated me even more was feeling her finger suddenly circling my rosebud, pressing all the way around before slipping inside. 1721 I have never been interested in anal sex and have always thought it would be too painful to have a cock stretch me open. But that finger? Wow! I couldn't believe how much it added to my stimulation and within mere seconds I exploded, arching my back while thrusting my pelvis to his even more, calling out to God how amazing it was. As I came down, I turned to Steff to return her kisses before I did the same to Dan. In my post-orgasmic haze, I realized Dan was still rock hard. In certain circumstances starting up again would have been a reasonable idea but I decided I wanted Steff more involved. 1722 "Didn't come?" 1723 He shook his head 'No' before answering, "Didn't want jizz in the water." 1724 "Then I've got an idea." I dismounted him before going on, "Hike yourself up there and sit on the edge of the tub. You'll have two water nymphs attend to you right here." I smiled over at Steff who grinned back at me. Once Dan's butt was out of the water and just his feet were in the tub, I leaned over and took him in my mouth. His moan of arousal told me he liked it. After a couple of long, deep sucks, I pulled off and pointed his cock towards Steff. She immediately took him deep for a few sucks and pulled away, nodding to me. And we tag-teamed him, sometimes with deep sucks, sometimes with simple little licks around the crown, sometimes while rubbing him with our hands and sometimes merely breathing on his crown to tease him further. 1725 The variety must have driven him mad. He was moaning, begging for release, holding our heads on him but we continued to torment him and deny him release until she whispered in my ear, "Go ahead, finish him." She gently led my face down to him again and kept her hand on my back as if to encourage me. I took him as deep as I could, applying suction while licking his most sensitive area with my tongue. Dan's moans became louder, his hand rested on my head and his legs began to tremor, telling me he was close. I applied even more suction and tongue pressure until I felt him come, squirting his seed to the back of my throat. I was able to swallow and to keep rubbing and sucking until his body went slack and his hand dropped off my head. Once I raised off him, I looked down to see in the near darkness one very satisfied looking customer. 1726 "Come here," he whispered. 1727 I crawled on top and lowered my mouth to his. We kissed deeply for a minute or so and once I broke the kiss, Steff nosed in and began kissing him. I looked at them and felt a sudden twinge of envy. They were a close and obviously loving couple sharing a moment of private tenderness and love. I felt like an intruder, a voyeur, even. And I needed to leave, to give them their privacy. 1728 As I rolled over and began to get up, Steff looked at me. "Where're you going?" 1729 "Uh, to bed, I guess." 1730 "Don't you want to stay with us?" 1731 "Uh, you two look like you're needing your privacy." 1732 Dan spoke up, "After what we've just done, I doubt there's any need for privacy." 1733 "But you two looked like you were, well, you know, were doing the spouse thing." 1734 "Spouse thing?" 1735 "Yeah, connecting, reconnecting, whatever, after your little fun." 1736 "Am," said Steff with a bit of stress in her voice, "We were kissing, yeah, but we weren't ignoring you. We weren't wanting you to leave and it wasn't private. And I don't want you to leave or, more importantly, I don't want you to feel left out." 1737 "Me neither," added Dan. 1738 Somewhat chagrined, I sat back down next to them only to have Steff lean over and kiss me much like she had been kissing Dan. Then he took a turn. Then she. By that time, I was feeling far better and feeling much more like a part of the group and not a third wheel. 1739 We all got up, toddled into the house, dried ourselves and put on some PJs. For the next hour or so we played a silly board game belonging to the chalet and I admit they were competitive as all get out. I was crushed by them while they managed to fight tooth and nail until Dan eked out a victory by only a few points. You would have thought he had won a million dollar prize the way he strutted around and teased us both. At one point Steff threatened him with the queen room if he didn't 'behave' which seemed to calm him down somewhat. We ended up all going to bed in the king room and within seconds, I felt myself slipping into a deep, deep sleep. 1740 The next day we took a long hike in the morning and skinny dipped in the afternoon before having a wild night in the king bed, first with Steff going down on me (And boy, had her technique improved over the months!) then Dan doing me doggy style while I lapped at Steff's peach. That became our basic schedule: wake up, sometimes with a quickie, sometimes not, then an activity away from the chalet, then afternoons by the pool where we even did each other once right out in the daylight, dinner and then wild sex until we collapsed into bed. I found it interesting none of us used the queen room to 'recover.' We were, at least I know I was, having too much fun to miss out on even one night. 1741 Our drive home was fairly quiet. We were all tired and for an hour or so Steff even fell asleep, drooling on the pillow she had propped up against the window. I, too, slept but I'm sure, at least I hope, my drool quotient was lower than hers. Once back home, they went to drop me off at my place before going to their house. Steff carried one of my small bags and Dan dragged my suitcase up the sidewalk while I went ahead to open my front door. Both nosed their way into my place, something I at first found a little weird, before they turned to me. 1742 Chapter 3.6 "Amber, this was a crazy good time. I haven't had so much fun in I don't know how long. Thanks for helping make it such a wonderful trip." She threw her arms around me and squeezed hard before relaxing enough to give me a loving, warm kiss. 1744 "Yeah, Steff's right. Your being there made it perfect. Let's plan on another trip together some time, OK?" Dan also gave me a big hug and a kiss before they headed out the door and drove away. 1745 As I sat there that evening with my glass of wine, I realized I had enjoyed my time with them immensely. And it wasn't just the sex. We had fun doing our little daytime activities, playing those stupid board games in the evenings and waking up together in the mornings. I wanted more of that. I wanted more time with them doing fun things together but deep down I knew that could never be. After all, they were a couple and I was the third wheel. 1746 After such a crazy trip, it took me a few days to settle back into work. Emma asked a few questions about where I had gone and with who. I was a somewhat evasive saying only I went with 'friends' to a chalet in the mountains. Emma was pretty cool with people and their occasionally odd living arrangements but I wasn't sure she'd understand my arrangement with Dan and Steff, so I avoided giving too many details. 1747 The three of us settled into our off and on weekends together for the rest of the summer. I looked forward to those times together and when I soberly thought about it, I realized I had developed very strong feelings for the both of them. I loved Steff's gorgeous body, her zany attitude and her almost ditsy way of dealing with life but most of all, I knew I had fallen in love with her. And Dan, I loved him, too. He was a strong, stabilizing influence in the threesome but would still defer to Steff or me when we wanted to try something new or fun. And he was a major hunk who could get my juices flowing just by slipping off his shirt. At moments of true introspection, I found myself asking how this would all end. I mean, Steff had indicated she wanted kids at some point and as the third wheel, I knew I'd be nudged aside when that huge change hit them. But I was having such a good time with the two of them that I decided to play it casual. I figured at some point in the future I'd have to cross that bridge but I'd wait until I had to. 1748 It was in mid-September that I got a call from Steff while I was at work, something she as a text-fanatic had never done before. 1749 "Amber, can you talk?" 1750 "Yeah, just doing some paperwork. What's up?" 1751 "I just got a call from Dan. He's at a medical conference about three hours from here and told me he's sick." 1752 "Oh, no! Is he OK?" 1753 "Yeah, got a fever and cough, tested negative for Covid, and is driving back this afternoon." 1754 "Will he be OK driving?" 1755 "I think so. Anyway, he wants me to leave so I don't get sick from him." 1756 "Yeah, good idea." 1757 "Could I bunk with you for a few days?" 1758 "Sure, absolutely. I'll be home around sixish and feel free to come by after that." 1759 "I'm going to put in a supply of soups and easy to fix foods for him, grab my clothes and head over after that." 1760 "Sure. Hey, we could have some fun watching rom-coms." 1761 "Yeah, we don't have to worry about what he'll think of 'em. Yeah," she giggled, "Should be fun." 1762 Once she hung up, I began to wonder about our sleeping situation. Should she sleep with me or alone in the guest room? I knew I was the third person in a threesome and to be together with just one of them could potentially upset that delicate balance, so I decided I'd put out fresh sheets in the guest room and have her sleep there. 1763 Once she arrived, I could tell she was worried about Dan. She wondered if he could make his own meals, watch his temperature, you know, things like that. I tried to reassure her, reminding her he was, after all, a certified ER doctor and should know how to handle himself. As if by magic, my phone pinged an incoming message. 1764 OK having Steff w you 1765 Y, will u b OK? 1766 Y, just flu 1767 Call her or me if probs 1768 OK, u 2 have fun 1769 'Fun?' I thought to myself, 'That can have different meanings.' I stewed about it and decided he was probably meaning watching the movies, having girl talks, you know. A few minutes later, Steff's phone pinged. She read the message and quickly sent one back. For the next couple of minutes, they were texting each other quickly and it seemed she was getting frustrated. Finally, she called him. 1770 "Honey, do you really mean that?" 1771 "But you won't be there, uh, here, whatever." 1772 "I don't know, it just doesn't seem right." 1773 "OK, you can talk with her." She handed the phone to me. "It's Dan." 1774 "Hello? How are you doing?" 1775 "Feel like shit, actually." 1776 "Is there anything I can do, we can do to help?" 1777 "Yeah, you can convince Steff it's OK if you two, you know, if you, uh, have sex." 1778 "What? But you're not here." 1779 "I'll be there in spirit. Look, Steff adores you and why shouldn't you two enjoy yourselves?" 1780 "I don't know. It just doesn't seem fair for us to have fun while you're so sick." 1781 "Maybe thinking about what you're doing will help me pass the time, make me want to get better faster. You know, you don't have to but I think you two should enjoy yourselves. Think about it..." 1782 His last words were lost in a round of loud, congested coughing. When he came back on the line, I wrapped things up. "Dan, you need your rest. Take some Tylenol if you've got a high fever and some cough drops. I'll, we'll call tomorrow and check in. OK?" 1783 "OK, will do. And Am, think about it." 1784 The line went dead and as I handed her phone back to her, Steff stared at me. "Well?" 1785 "You know what he wants. He says it's OK if we have sex. Sounds like he wants us to, even." 1786 "I'm not so sure, I mean, we've always been a threesome. It'd be weird if he wasn't here." 1787 "Look, he's not here and we can do what we want. I vote for wine, a delivered veggie pizza and a silly movie. OK?" 1788 And that's what we did that night. We killed a bottle of wine and made a dent in a second one, ate yummy pizza and indulged ourselves in a couple of movies which we watched sitting next to each other on the sofa. Halfway through the second movie, Steff took my hand and laid her head on my shoulder. It was so comfortable and so sweet that I found myself paying more attention to her soft breathing and the faint smell of her perfume than I did to the movie. Once the movie was over, we got ready for bed. There was still some awkwardness about our sleeping situation: was she sleeping in the guest room or with me? She answered the question with one of her own. 1789 "Am, I'm not sure I want sex but I would love to sleep with you. OK?" 1790 "I'd love that. Yes, let's." 1791 We snuggled into bed with our arms around each other and after some wonderful, sexy kisses, we drifted off to sleep. The next morning was a bit of a rush. I had forgotten to set my alarm and woke up to hers, thirty minutes later than I usually do. I had to rush through a shower, dress quickly and skip breakfast. I remembered to give her a key and tore out the door on my way to a coffee shop and work. 1792 Work was work, nothing exciting to report there, but my mind kept going back to Dan and Steff. How was he doing? Did he need anything? And was she thinking about what we might do that night? I know I was. It would still feel weird to have sex without him there, but I had found myself turned on with her at my side and again in bed. 1793 At lunch in a small bistro across the street from our office, I spent the whole time thinking about her, about him and about me. I was crazy about them. I even knew I had slowly fallen in love with them. But they were a couple and I didn't feel I should get in the middle of their relationship. After all, I was the unicorn helping them explore their wilder side. The rational, thinking part of my brain was saying 'No' to having sex with her but the reptile part of my brain was saying 'Why not?' 1794 When I got home, I was met with a wonderful aroma of spicy, Asian food. She was in the kitchen mixing a sauce of some sort and I noticed a pile of vegetables off to the side. 1795 "Hey, smells great. Can I help?" 1796 "Oh, Hi. Yeah, please could you dice those veggies for me?" 1797 We stood side-by-side talking about our days and about Dan but the big topic looming over us, or at least over me, was, plain and simple; were we going to have sex? I decided to let her take charge on this particular issue. Dinner was wonderful and we quickly tidied up in the kitchen before grabbing the half-empty wine bottle from the fridge. She took my hand and pulled me to the living room. 1798 "Sit here," she commanded. 1799 "K." 1800 "We gotta talk." 1801 "About?" I knew full well what the topic was going to be but that little devil in me wanted to force her to say it. 1802 "Us. You. Me. Tonight." 1803 "And....?" 1804 "You know Dan said we could, he even said we should have some fun together." 1805 "What do you say?" 1806 "I'm torn. You're so sexy I want to jump your bones right now but we've always been a threesome. It might feel odd, uncomfortable." 1807 "Do you think he meant it?" 1808 "There's one thing about Dan you should know: he doesn't play little head games. If he said 'Yes,' he meant it." 1809 "And he said 'Yes,' didn't he?" 1810 "Umm-hmm," Steff replied, "He even encouraged me." 1811 "Yeah, me too." 1812 "So, what'll we do?" 1813 My mind was racing. Here was a chance to spend uninterrupted time with Steff, hopefully free of guilt. We could always go back to threesomes in the future, couldn't we? "A one-off. We do it, see how it feels and tell him. If it's 'wrong' for us, we'll never repeat it. OK?" 1814 With a little squeal, she jumped up from her seat, came over to me and sat on my lap. "OK, you twisted my arm," she giggled as she dropped her lips to mine. 1815 We did end up making love that night, several times, actually. We went down south on each other before I opened my toy drawer. A couple of my newer toys intrigued her and we sat there naked, side by side to get ourselves off. Once she got over her bashfulness of masturbating in front of me, she got off a couple of times playing with my Clitorizer and my rabbit vibrator. It was so sexy watching her explore herself with my toys I was able to climax with the lightest of strokes with my fingers. As we fell into a deep sleep, arm in arm, my last conscious thought was how comfortable I was and how I never wanted to lose this feeling. 1816 I woke up the next morning craving coffee. Fortunately, it was a Saturday and there were no time pressures to deal with. I brewed up a batch and brought it with sugar and cream to Steff. She grumbled when I sat on the bed but began smiling when she smelled the mud. 1817 "For me? How sweet." 1818 "Yup. Cheers." 1819 We sat there drinking the coffee and talking idly for a few minutes until Steff talked about the big issue. "Are we, uh, are we OK?" 1820 "I'm OK. You?" 1821 "Yeah. OK. Great, even." 1822 "Any guilt?" 1823 "No. None. You?" 1824 "Me, neither." 1825 Steff sat there with her cup at her lips hiding what I knew was a smile, at least her eyes were smiling. "It's a lazy Saturday morning. Whatever should we do with our free time?" 1826 "I dunno. Maybe I could steal a kiss?" 1827 And we were off on another round of mutual exploring and pleasure. A few hours later her head was lying on my chest while I gently rubbed her back. It was so peaceful to be with her, with not a care in the world, enjoying her presence. 1828 "Amber?" she asked. 1829 "Umm." 1830 "This was so nice. I'm glad we, uh, I'm glad we did this." 1831 "Yeah, me too." 1832 "Think Dan meant for us to do so much?" 1833 "I bet he doesn't mind a bit." 1834 "I'd better text him and see if he's awake and if there's something I can do to help." 1835 "Yeah, you do that," I answered as I straightened up to get out of bed. 1836 "Don't go." 1837 "Potty. I'll be right back." I went to the bathroom to pee but mainly to allow her the opportunity to communicate in private with her husband. I also took my time brushing my teeth and fixing up my hair. When I went back to the bedroom, she was still nude, sitting up using her phone for a video call. 1838 "Yes, Honey, we've had some fun, haven't we, Am?" 1839 "Hi, Dan," I called across the room, "You doing better?" 1840 "Yeah, Amber, I am. Thanks. I think I'll be OK by tomorrow and I'll be free of my quarantine," he chuckled. "Say, I've asked Steff what you've been up to and from her phone, looks like there might have been some fun." 1841 "A little," I admitted. 1842 "Look, I'm feeling better and could use a little pick-me-up for the next twenty-four hours. Could you join Steff so I can see you, too? Please." 1843 I went to the bed and sat next to Steff where she held the phone allowing him to see both of us. I was totally comfortable knowing he was seeing us nude. And he looked ragged but not deathly ill, so I was pleased for him. I decided to tease him and leaned over, dropping my lips to her boob. He couldn't see anything because my head was in the way but the message was received loud and clear. 1844 "You tease! I can't believe you're doing that to a dying man!" 1845 "Dan, Honey, you're not dying. You already told me you're getting better." 1846 "But watching you will kill me!" 1847 "If you think that'll kill you, watch this." Steff put the phone on the bedside table and began to make out with me over the faint groans coming from the phone. It was so funny I began to giggle and we both ended up laughing at his fake grumblings. "You're feeling a lot better, Hon. We're going to hang up now and unless something wild happens, I'll see you tomorrow. OK?" 1848 "OK. Love you." 1849 "Love you, too," we both said simultaneously. 1850 Once I realized what I had said, I held my breath a few seconds waiting for a response from Steff but none ever came. I figured she either hadn't heard me or was doing her best to ignore what I had said. 1851 For the rest of the day, we hung out, treated ourselves to long soaks in the tub and generally goofed off. We went out for a quick bite at a Vietnamese restaurant and watched another movie after dinner. It was a fairly spicy romantic movie that got my juices flowing and from the way she acted, I believe it affected Steff the same way. Once our teeth were brushed, she pulled me to bed saying something about our last night together should be one to remember. And it was. By that time Steff was quite skilled at oral sex and when she went down on me, I must have come half a dozen times. I was able to pull myself together and return the favor before we collapsed exhausted in a deep slumber. 1852 After a quick breakfast, Steff called Dan to confirm he was improving. His fever had broken and he was up, showered and dressed so she figured he was well on the road to recovery. We hugged at my door and she thanked me for the wonderful time we had together. After she left, I found myself in a grumpy mood. Spending time with her was fun and fulfilling and I realized I already missed her. I sat around in my PJs the entire day reminiscing, drinking and wishing I could have them in my life all the time. But I knew I was the third wheel and I couldn't expect anything more than an occasional roll in the hay. And they were always the ones to determine when. 1853 The three of us got together a couple of weeks later for a wonderful night of wild and crazy sex. As best I could determine, there was no residual worry or angst about Steff and me being together while Dan was sick. 1854 On a Friday evening two weeks later, I received a quick call from Steff. 1855 "Hey, can we pop in for a few minutes if you're not busy?" 1856 "Sure, I've got the whole weekend open." 1857 "Great. Be there in ten." 1858 When I opened my door to them, I was struck by Steff holding Dan's hand and him holding a gym bag in his opposite hand. 1859 "Hi. What's up?" 1860 "Amber, would you do me a favor? Could you take this man off my hands for the night, please?" 1861 "Uh, I guess. What's up?" 1862 "She's got a bunch of coworkers coming over in thirty minutes for a retirement party for one of them..." 1863 "Yeah, and we don't want this ol' stick-in-the-mud putting a damper on things." 1864 "I promised I'd hide out in the bedroom but she says that's not far enough." 1865 "Right. So, I figure him being here would make more sense. I apologize for the lack of warning but can you handle him for the night?" 1866 "Sure, I'd be willing to try." 1867 "Oh, and Amber, turnabout is fair play. He's all yours tonight. Take care of him for me, please." 1868 "Uh, are you sure?" 1869 "Yup. And don't bring him home too soon. There may be some hung-over coworkers that I'll have to clear out first." 1870 "OK, sure, come on in, Dan." 1871 "And show him a good time, OK?" 1872 "If you're sure..." 1873 "I am. Bye, Honey, see you late tomorrow." 1874 And suddenly I was alone with Dan, that beautiful hunk of male I'd slept with numerous times but always with Steff there. And she wanted me to sleep with him that night. 1875 "You OK?" he asked. 1876 "Yeah, just surprised, that's all." 1877 "Look, we don't have to do anything if you don't want to." 1878 "God, I'd love to do something to you. Are you sure it's OK with Steff?" 1879 "She proposed it. I think she wanted to let me have the same freedom she had when I was sick, I guess." 1880 "OK, then. Let's get started. Take your bag into the bedroom and come back for a drink. Wine or beer?" 1881 "Whatever you're having is fine by me." 1882 It took a couple of drinks for both of us to relax and once we did, we played a couple of silly card games while teasing each other mercilessly. It was so comfortable simply spending time with him, bonding even more. But I was also horny so I ended up dragging him to my bedroom and having my way with him. We ended up with straight ol' fucking, nothing gentle, just hard in and out, first missionary and then doggy style. I enjoyed both immensely and fell asleep a very satisfied and well-fucked gal. 1883 The next morning, we had a more leisurely romp in the hay with me riding him, teasing him until he was begging for release. I didn't come but I was more than satisfied from the night before. As we chatted idly over coffee, I found myself loving the mood and the closeness with him. And in my heart, I was in love with him just as I was with Steff. But I knew my feelings could not be reciprocated; they were married to each other and I was the odd one out. They had a great marriage and only called on me whenever they wanted to spice things up. As I was thinking about our relationship, I realized they were always in the driver's seat. I had never been the one to call on them for sex, either individually or together. This seemed to create an unusual dynamic between them and me with them always being in charge. And in a true loving relationship, no one is 'in charge,' the dynamic must be back and forth on equal footing. 1884 After pondering all of this, I knew I would have to pull myself away from them if I was ever going to find that special someone for me. I couldn't spend my life waiting for them to call, could I? The next time they invited me over, I pretended to be busy and declined. I heard some hurt in Steff's voice but I was determined to slowly wean myself from them and them from me. I did go over one night in early November and at Thanksgiving and both times we had fabulous sex making it even harder to try to back away. It was at Thanksgiving that Steff mentioned Christmas. 1885 "You doing anything for Christmas, Am?" 1886 Without thinking, I told her 'No.' Dammit, I knew I was trapped. They'd want to invite me over and now I had no excuse since they knew I wasn't going to be busy. 1887 "Dan and I would love to have you over, you know, for Christmas and for a little anniversary." 1888 "Anniversary?" 1889 "Yeah, you know, one year ago we became a throuple." 1890 I had never considered us a throuple because we simply weren't a throuple. We had occasional sex as a threesome but there was no mention of anything beyond that. 1891 Chapter 3.7 "So, what'd you have in mind?" 1893 "Maybe you could come over Christmas eve and plan on spending at least two nights. There's no sense in your running out Christmas day." 1894 Since I had walked into her trap, I couldn't easily say no but I could try and limit things, couldn't I? 1895 "Well, maybe for one night. I don't want to wear out my welcome, you know." 1896 "You'd not wear out your welcome by staying two nights, trust me. We'd love for you to stay longer than usual." 1897 "Let me think about it, OK?" 1898 "Sure. No need to make up your mind now on that but can we anticipate you being here on the twenty-fourth?" 1899 "Sure." 1900 I didn't have to fake being busy for the month of December. Emma had three big cases on the docket for early January and I was burning the midnight oil doing research and preparing briefs for her. I was working over fifty hours a week and was exhausted most of the time. I begged out on an invite in mid-December but promised them I'd see them on the twenty-fourth. 1901 Though my intentions were good, I knew myself and packed some extra clothes and wore the Santa necklace when I went to their place on Christmas eve. I arrived around two pm to both of their hugs and warm kisses. I helped with some final decorations and slipped a present for each under their tree. We all shared in the food prep and had a tasty but simple meal before Steff excused herself. When she returned, she had on another dark red gown, this time trimmed in green, colors that highlighted her wonderful coffee-colored skin. I could see her teasing nipples under the thin cloth and when she leaned over, it was clear she was going commando. 1902 "So, Dan, where's that ugly sweater of yours?" 1903 "I decided to up my game this year. Be right back." 1904 When he returned, he was wearing a pair of navy-blue pajamas trimmed in gold. The top was held together by one button allowing me to see his wonderful chest whenever he moved. 1905 "Wow, you guys are doing things up right. I feel frumpish next to you." 1906 "Then you'll have to open your first present right now," exclaimed Steff, "Here." 1907 It was a gown very similar to hers but was dark green with gold trim. Beautiful, simply beautiful. 1908 "Try it on." 1909 I went to the bedroom to put it on and figured I should go braless and commando as well. The silky material felt super sexy on my skin. 1910 "You look great, Amber. Go stand next to Steff and I'll grab a photo, OK?" 1911 With our arms around each other, we smiled for what turned out to be a fabulous pic. As I was looking at it, I had a sudden pang of regret and sadness knowing this would all be coming to an end soon. Maybe after the holidays, I had figured, I would need to formally back away from them. But I put on a good smile and, with the help of a third glass of wine, found myself relaxing just fine. 1912 With me sitting on the sofa between them, we watched a classic Christmas movie and spent the time saying the lines before the actors could. Dan had the best memory and could recite whole sections verbatim. I realized he had his arm around my shoulders and Steff's fingers were gently sliding up and down my thigh. And I loved it. I loved the closeness. I loved the tenderness. And yes, I loved them. I loved her and I loved him yet I knew within a month or so, this was all going to be nothing but a sad memory. 1913 Once the movie was over, Steff took my hand and led me back to the bedroom where we stretched out on the bed and began to slowly kiss and rub each other. A few minutes later Dan came in and joined us. There was no rush and no urgency; there was simply a slow, leisurely progression until we were all nude and our limbs were intertwined and our lips were exploring everywhere. 1914 I felt Steff clear her throat and nudge Dan with some kind of a signal between them. She pulled back and guided Dan on top of me. I felt his rigid cock between us and wanted to feel him in me. I offered myself to him by pulling my legs apart, she grabbed his cock and slipped it along my folds until moistened and he slowly drove himself into me. It was heavenly. He pulled back almost the entire way before driving into me again. It was still heavenly. 1915 My eyes were closed when I felt her lips on mine. She began giving me the sweet, tender kisses of a lover while he was stroking in and out in a most loving manner. At one point her hand slipped down my belly and began to gently rub my clit in time with his thrusts. I felt so loved at that moment my emotions got the best of me. Tears slid down my cheeks, tears of happiness, tears of love and yes, tears of sorrow, knowing the end of our arrangement was near. 1916 "Shh, shh, shh, it's OK," she whispered. 1917 "Are you OK? Should I stop?" he asked. 1918 "No, I'm fine. Keep doing it," I answered as I dropped one hand from his back and pulled her lips to mine. And they made love to me. This wasn't sex, this wasn't fucking; this was loving. Very slowly, I became more and more excited but neither of them increased the speed or intensity of their actions, allowing my arousal to gradually increase. Between the thrusts of his lovely cock, her warm kisses and the gentle rubbing of my pearl, I eventually reached that cliff, that cliff I fall from when I have wonderful, loving sex. And fall I did as I moaned into her mouth, my arms pulled them closer and my torso twisted in a slow dance of ecstasy. 1919 Dan slowed down his thrusting, pulled from me and crawled on top of Steff. Once he had sunk into her, I assumed the same position as had she. I kissed her and let my fingers gently rub her pearl as Dan slowly plunged in and out. Like with me, it took some time for her to reach her crest but her response was more energetic and far more enthusiastic. Right after she climaxed, Dan gave a few extra hard thrusts, groaned audibly and collapsed on her. They looked so good together and I could tell they too had made love and not just screwed. Once he dismounted, he reached over and kissed me tenderly before sliding down to lie next to me. 1920 And there I was with Dan on one side and Steff on the other. They gently rubbed me and took turns kissing me and each other with tender, loving kisses which seemed so prevalent that night. 1921 Then my mind began to race. Here I had had amazing sex with two of the best people on the planet, two people I truly loved and I knew, I just knew it would be the last time, or at least one of the last times. As I thought about it, tears began to slide down my cheeks. I tried to not let it show but my nose started to run and I sniffed a little, then again. They obviously heard me. 1922 "Am, you OK?" 1923 "Umm-hmm." 1924 "Are you crying?" 1925 I tried to not answer but she leaned over me to look right into my eyes in the near darkness of the room. "Why the tears?" 1926 "I dunno," I lied. I wanted them to enjoy their Christmas and here I was ruining it! 1927 "Come on, you can tell us." 1928 "Yeah," added Dan, "No secrets." 1929 "It's nothing. Honest. Just leave it," I pleaded. 1930 "You missing your family?" 1931 I latched onto that idea and nodded my head. Maybe I could get by without them knowing the real reason for my tears. 1932 "Hey, it's OK to miss people at the holidays. Here, let's give you a big hug and we can be your family for the night." 1933 "Thank you," I sniffled. After several minutes of their hugs and light pats, they drifted off to sleep but I lay there for a long, long time before slumber took over. 1934 The words 'Merry Christmas, Amber' pulled me from a troubled and nightmare-riddled sleep. The smell of the coffee that was offered to me by them both certainly helped wake me up even more. I thanked them and took a few sips before slipping on my new gown and joining them in the dining room. It was such a comfortable and peaceful morning. We chatted about little things as we had our light breakfast but much of the time was spent in the comfortable silence like exists between two lovers. I struggled to keep my thoughts away from the inevitable end which I knew would soon be upon us. After we threw the dishes into the washer, Steff invited me to the living room. Since I had received one gift the night before, I insisted they open their presents from me. They were both hits and I got a nice kiss of thanks from each. 1935 "Amber, now it's your turn." 1936 "But you gave me this nice gown and..." 1937 "Nope, this is the real gift. Honey, could you get it for her?" 1938 Dan reached far under the tree, pulled out a tiny box with a huge ribbon and handed it to me. 1939 "This is your real present, Am. I hope you like it," she said nervously. 1940 'What was it?' I wondered. "Open it now?" I asked. 1941 "Please." 1942 The card had a picture of a polar bear with two cubs and the caption The holidays are for families. Inside written in Steff's handwriting was one confusing word; Interested? 1943 Puzzled, I pulled the ribbon free and tore off the paper to find an obvious ring box. 1944 "Open it," they both said with excitement in their voices. 1945 And there was Steff's diamond engagement ring! 'What was going on?' my feeble brain was trying to figure out. I glanced down at her hand to see she still had her ring on. I was at a loss. 1946 "It's just like your ring...Uh, what's this all about?" I stammered. 1947 "Amber," said Steff, "As you see, that's an exact copy of my engagement ring. It was a symbol from Dan of his love for me. And we both wanted to give one to you as a symbol of our love for you." 1948 "We both want you to be a permanent part of our lives. Amber," said an earnest Dan, "Will you please stay with us, live with us and make our family whole?" 1949 "Are, are you guys proposing to me?" 1950 "Yes!" they answered simultaneously. 1951 "But I can't marry you, you're married..." 1952 "According to the state, no, but emotionally and in our hearts, you can." 1953 "You want me to be with you all the time, live here, and everything?" 1954 "Yes!" they both exclaimed. 1955 "Kids, even?" 1956 "If it comes to that, yes," answered Steff. 1957 I was overwhelmed! I had fallen in love with them both, worried I was a third wheel and for that reason had been planning on leaving the relationship. Yet they wanted me! They wanted me to be with them! Live with them! Be one of them! All my worries and all my fears were instantly erased. 1958 I looked at them. Steff with her beautiful skin, shapely curves and luscious black hair. Dan with his chiseled physique, handsome face and mop of blond hair. They wanted this and they wanted me, that much was clear. This was no sudden, last-minute thing; they had obviously planned it for a long time. And I wanted them! Both looked at me with anticipation written on their faces. Tears of joy puddled in my eyes before I nodded silently. I had to clear my throat before I could give them my eloquent response: "Yes!" 1959 Steff squealed with glee and Dan did a fist pump while exclaiming "Alright!" 1960 "Who's gonna put the ring on me?" 1961 They both wanted to so I had them do it together. The ring fit perfectly and was simply beautiful. We all hugged and I gave them each a wonderful, warm kiss before Steff went to get a bottle of celebratory champagne. After toasting 'To us,' we downed our drinks and began planning for our lives together. And later that night, to the sounds of Christmas carols playing softly over the sound system, we made sweet, sweet love for the first time as a committed throuple. 1962 ----- 1963 Trionyx -- Winter Holidays 2023 1964 Votes and comments are appreciated. 1965 END