Chapter 7: Lights! Camera! Action!

March 27, 1986, Chicago, Illinois

"Ten days together!" Jessica declared happily, coming in the front door.

"Yes!" I agreed, taking her into my arms and kissing her hard.

"Are you working next week?" she asked.

"Some. I put in extra time this week so that I'd be able to take tomorrow off and then only work half-days next week."

Kara came to the foyer to greet Jessica, and they kissed deeply.

"I missed you, Jess!" Kara said. "I'm glad you're here for Spring Break!"

"I missed you, too!" Jessica said.

I took Jessica's bag up to our room, then met the girls in the Indian room.

"One thing I do have to do next week is karate," I said. "I'll be leading the class twice a week now. It's part of my qualifications for black belt. Skipping class would be bad."

"How are you going to handle that when you're in Wisconsin?" Jessica asked.

"I already discussed it with Sensei Jim. I let him know I had to travel for work and would miss quite a few days in June and possibly July. My goal is to get the designs and prototypes done as quickly as possible so we can assign the second programmer to work with Tom. Depending on how Dave, Julia, and I divide up the work, I might be able to only spend a couple of weeks in Wisconsin. We haven't decided yet."

"Did you hire someone?" she asked.

"Julia offered a job to a guy named Casey Russell yesterday. He's supposed to let us know by Monday. We have a second candidate waiting in the wings if he turns us down."

"Are you guys going to have enough room here?"

"Tom and the new programmer will be working full time in Waukesha by the end of the Summer, so we'll make it work until then. I don't want the overhead of office space just yet. When we have to hire a full-time technical support person, then we'll probably need to think seriously about getting some space. But that will really cut into the profits, so we'll have to think long and hard before we do that."

"What if you turned the attic room into your offices?" Jessica asked. "I know that would mess things up in terms of a dance floor, but you could use the sunroom for parties if you moved the furniture around."

I laughed, "I never even thought about that! We can easily put a dozen employees in the attic room! That's a great idea, Jess! I'll talk to Dave and Julia about it."

"You'd be OK with losing that space for parties?" Kara asked.

"How often do we have those kinds of parties? Really, it's only the Halloween party at this point, and as Jess said, the sunroom will work OK for that. Also, it frees up the study room again, and lets us move the computers and desks out of the great room. Overall, it's a good plan!"

"Glad I could help!" Jessica smiled.

"Doctor Barton invited us for dinner on Sunday," I said. "I assume that's OK with you?"

"Of course!" Jessica replied happily. "Are the kids and Belinda going to be there?"

"Yes. It's Easter, but they aren't religious, so it's just a regular dinner."

"Kids?" Kara asked.

"Fawn and Gerry," I replied. "She's almost fourteen, and he's twelve. Gerry is into computers and I talked Al into buying a computer for him. I declined to help Fawn get her parents to let her go on a date with a High School boy!"

Jessica laughed, "She's going to be a handful, that's for sure!"

"Cute?" Kara asked.

"Drop-dead gorgeous," I said. "And the makings of a sex bomb! She flirted in a little-girl kind of way, but that will change soon enough. She'll have the boys eating out of her hand in no time!"

"Did you tell Jess about your walks with Jesse?" Kara asked with a smirk.

"Let me guess," Jessica said with a smile, "every woman within two miles was instantly attracted to you like iron to a magnet?"

I chuckled, "So it would seem. He's a cute kid and the women all love him!"

"And they all flirt with Snuggle Bear, too!" Kara teased.

"Married women are off limits!" I said.

"Hang on a second, husband of mine," Jessica said. "If you won't sleep with a married woman, why would you expect girls to sleep with you?"

"First of all, I don't expect anyone to have sex with me, and that includes the two of you. Second, my rule is my rule, and I apply it to me. What rules other people follow are up to them. In other words, my own rules say I won't be with someone who is involved. But I never apply my rules to anyone else. Third, it's all about permission. And with the exception of Mikael and Josh, I don't know any guys who would willingly give permission to their wives or girlfriends to have sex with another guy, and truly mean it. Pete and Kurt certainly won't!"

"True, but don't forget Marty," Kara said.

"That's a whole different kettle of fish," I observed. "That's a sharing thing. They only have sex with other people together, not one-on-one. And I am not interested in sharing a girl with another guy. Call it an idiosyncrasy."

"But if I understand correctly, you turned down Katt and Mary," Jessica said. "I'm so confused."

"In those cases, it's because I don't think it's good for our relationships. That's especially true with Katt because she wanted to marry me, though her timing on that changed quite a bit from when we were together. And with Mary, it's because I think she needs to be dedicated to Josh, and Josh alone. She had quite a bit of freedom in the past, and I don't want her to get any ideas."

"Interesting. And you refused Cindi because of Chris?"

"Yes. If I didn't know him, and Cindi had come to me before they got engaged and asked, I probably would have done it. Once she got engaged, that changed the equation. Add in my friendship with Chris and it just couldn't happen."

"You have some very strange rules, Tiger," Jessica said.

"They're designed to keep him out of trouble," Kara interjected. "And to respect his friends' relationships. That's why he wouldn't sleep with Lyudmila. He also cares enough about the girls to not do anything to hurt them. That's why he wouldn't have sex with Sofia or Bethany, for example. There's just too much emotion between them for that."

"And Penny?" Jessica asked, with an arched eyebrow.

"You put her off limits," Kara said. "And there's the work issue, too."

"I guess I did, didn't I?" Jessica said. "I just see it similar to how Steve views Sofia and Bethany."

"Penny would totally accept an opportunity for Steve to screw her silly, with no promises about the future!" Kara declared.

"And her comment about wanting one of these rings?" Jessica said, holding up her right hand.

"Was she serious when she said that, Snuggle Bear?" Kara asked.

"Deadly," I replied. "She had the most determined look I've ever seen in her eyes since the day she gave me her virginity. Trust me, when she graduates, she's going to come talk to you and Jess. I'm sure of it. And that's a good enough reason for caution as any. Not to mention the fact that she works for NIKA."

"Hopefully she'll meet a guy closer to her own age and we won't have to deal with that," Jessica said. "Would you want Leila if she was interested?"

I shrugged, "Oh, who knows? Can we drop this, please? At least for now? Honestly, I'm not interested at the moment."

"Sorry, Tiger," Jessica said. "I didn't mean to upset you. I'm just trying to figure out exactly what it is that you want."

"When I figure it out, I'll let you know!" I chuckled. "You two are all I need and want right now."

Jessica smiled, "OK. So, what are the plans besides going to Doctor Barton's house on Sunday?"

"I'll leave it to you girls, I guess."

"Who's going to be around?" Jessica asked.

"Dave and Julia, of course; they're working. Sofia is going to Florida with Leila, Alejandra, and three other girls. Elyse is going back to Ohio, and George and Charlie are going to Toronto of all places."

"Hmm," Kara smirked. "If Dave and Julia are going on their date tomorrow night, we could rent the video camera!"

I laughed, "Sure. Ask them. They're usually gone from around 6:00pm to midnight."

"Cool!" Kara giggled.

"I want to go to the movies this week, too," Jessica said. "I want to see 9 1/2 Weeks and Pretty in Pink."

"We can do that," I said. "We just need to work around karate class, so that means going to later shows. But neither of you have to get up early, so that won't be an issue."

"It's a plan!" Jessica said. "And these alleged toys?"

"Oh, they aren't alleged, Jess," Kara giggled. "Saturday seems like a good day for toys!"

"Kara Anne Adams, you are bad!" I chuckled.

"I will NOT apologize for liking sex! And you have nobody to blame but yourself, Mr. Adams! You made me dripping wet with that very first kiss!"

"You too?" Jessica giggled.

"Reports are that he does that a LOT!" Kara teased.

"As long as it still works on both of you," I said.

"You don't even have to kiss me, Tiger! I just think about it and I get wet! Like right now!"

"Then let's go upstairs and see if we can do something about that!" I said.

It turned out that we not only could, we did.

March 28, 1986, Chicago, Illinois

"Happy birthday!" I said to Kara when we woke up. "What's your birthday wish?"

"You know what I want! We're alone!" Kara giggled. "I talked to Julia, and she said they were leaving early. They'll be out until midnight, so we have sixteen hours!"

"Do you have a script?" Jessica teased.

"No. We were going to reenact a scene from Insatiable. I pretend to be a virgin and Steve fucks me, then I suck him and he cums on my face."

"Seriously?" Jessica said. "You guys watched that movie?"

"Don't look at me!" I chuckled. "It was HER idea!"

"We watched two!" Kara giggled. "The first one, Debbie Does Dallas was kind of boring. But Insatiable had some hot scenes. Though the final scene had this guy who looked like he was at least ten inches long and really big around putting it in the girl's butt. That was kind of shocking!"

"Says the girl who insisted that I let Steve take me in the butt on my wedding night!" Jessica giggled.

"And you came!" Kara giggled. "So don't you complain to me, Jessica Lee Adams! And I bet you would let him do it again!"

Jessica smiled, "Anything he wants. We still haven't checked off everything on my list!"

"Outside is going to be difficult in Chicago or Indianapolis," Kara smirked. "We'll need to go someplace where we can find some privacy!"

"If Jess comes with us to Georgia, I think we can manage that one!" I grinned. "What else is on the list?"

"Something Kara added," Jessica said.

"A Jessica Sundae?" I grinned.

"And a Kara Sundae and a Steve Sundae!" Jessica grinned.

"Well, let's have breakfast and we can get started!" I chuckled.

After breakfast, Kara and I went upstairs, and she changed into a loose-fitting sundress with nothing underneath. We got the video equipment, went back downstairs, then the three of us went to the basement. Kara took the 'Privacy Please' sign from the sauna door and put it on the basement door, 'just in case'. We set up the tripod and the camera and we discussed what we were going to do. Kara described the scene in detail, and then she and Jessica positioned the camera.

"Don't use the stupid lines from the movie," Kara said. "Just the sex the way I described."

"OK," I agreed.

"Jess, start the camera," Kara smirked, as she leaned against the pool table and we began.

"That was really hot!" Jessica said thirty minutes later, after pressing 'Stop' on the camera.

"That was fun!" Kara giggled. "You should try it, Jess!"

"Don't you want to see the video first?" Jessica asked.

"Yes!" Kara squealed.

We took the cassette out of the camera and went up to our bedroom. We put it into the VCR and pressed 'Play'.

For a moment I looked at the two girls sitting at each side of me, their eyes intent on the television screen, their mouths open, their hands moving slowly between their legs. Which was more exciting: watching the couple — Kara and myself — on the television screen, or watching my wives' reactions?

For a few moments, we stared at the static on the screen before I gathered my senses and shut the player off.

Jessica was the first to speak, her voice reflecting the flush in her face, "That was hot!"