Chapter 34

FRIDAY NIGHT, Amy sat out the game. Ardith put in Bobbie instead and the freshman scored six points against the Bearcats. At the end of the third quarter, with the Angelines leading 44-20, Ardith called the freshmen girls together.

“I’m putting the four of you in with Roberta. Follow her and do what she says. I want to see what you can do out there. We have a twenty-four-point lead. Don’t blow it.”

The freshmen Angelines followed Roberta onto the floor and listened to her instructions. Even though they were a 2A team, the Bearcats only had eight players and they were exhausted by the earlier running. Daphne took the tip and Roberta guided the girls effortlessly. You couldn’t really tell the difference between the way the youngest Angelines played and the way their older mentors had played. They outscored the Bearcats 19-5 in the last quarter.

When they got back to Bartley, the locker room was a playground for the girls. Even the younger girls stripped and planted themselves in front of Dennis and Lana to have their tape removed. Liz, sporting a full bush of bright red pubic curls, blushed so hard, her freckles seemed to all join together. Daphne showed a freshly shaved pudenda, puffy lips tightly closed. Jaydyn was the real surprise as her pussy lips were open and glistening with moisture.

“Did you see?” she husked.

“I ... um ... can see...”

“I mean on the floor! I sank a three-pointer! I know it was the only shot I made, but a three!”

“I’m really proud of you, Jaydyn. You’re really developing.” He couldn’t help but look up to her blossoming bosom. Jaydyn was a fourteen-year-old who was in the process of full-fledged growth. Her birthday would be during track season, so she and Daphne were the youngest members of the team.

“Yeah. I’ve got real tits now. I can hardly wait to try them out on a guy. Does it really excite a guy as much as a girl?” she asked.

“In a different way, perhaps, but yeah. Guys find girls’ breasts really exciting,” he answered.

“Did you, like, um ... get hard when you saw me?”

“Jaydyn, I’m sure you’d have been enough, but I’ve been hard ever since we started stripping the tape off you naked girls.”

“Oh, okay.” The subject seemed to have passed as quickly as it came up and Jaydyn bounced off to join her teammates in the shower.

“As long as you’re hard anyway, I guess it doesn’t matter how I dress to get my tape off,” Rae said. “Or don’t dress.” The sophomore cheerleader sat in front of him in all her naked glory. Dennis finally figured out that all his girlfriends had gone into the next aisle to have Lana remove their tape and had left the younger teammates and cheerleaders to him.

Rae was nearly as beautiful as her classmate, Lana. Her breasts were a little larger and overall, her skin tone was not as pale as Dennis’s girlfriend. Like all the cheerleaders, she was shaved smooth. Even Doc and Fred had taken to shaving off their pubic hair. Rae put a foot on his knee and idly stroked her pussy.

“I understand Amy used to tease you by having you check to be sure her hymen was intact. Mine isn’t, but you can look anyway.” She spread her lips open with two fingers. “I don’t even remember when I ripped it. Must have been a long time ago. I was a real tomboy until these grew.” She used her other hand to stroke her breasts and pinch her nipples. “Could you do me a favor?”

Dennis was cautious about agreeing before he found out what the girl displaying herself in front of him wanted.

“If I can.”

“Well, you’ve seen everything I’ve got to offer and you seem to like it. Could you, like, keep an eye out around school and see if you can find me a guy? You know, kind of like you, but not you. I know that I can sit here naked in front of you and play with myself and you won’t make a pass. I’m safe. I’d like to find a guy I’m just a little less safe with, but who’s just as nice and considerate as you. I turned sixteen in November and I’ve been a good girl. But cheerleading season pretty much wraps up after basketball and wrestling end. I’m thinking I’d like a boyfriend this spring.”

“Gosh, Rae. That’s a tall order. There are a hundred guys in our school who’d like what you have to offer. And you’re right: I like it, too. I’ll have to think, though, if I know anyone who’s worthy of it.”

“You’re sweet,” Rae said as he finished removing the last of the tape. She pushed her fingers into her pussy and then pressed them against his lips. “Oh, yeah. The guy who dates me needs to be willing to date only me. I can share myself around with the other girls and tease you, but I don’t want to share my guy.” Rae moved slowly and sensuously off the bench and strutted to the showers.

“I’m glad we all got to you before she did,” Lana whispered. Dennis’s girlfriends were all returning to their lockers. “The boy Rae gets hold of won’t have the energy left to tend to anyone else.”

The game Monday night at home was always under control and the Angelines dominated the Huskies 62-21. They got back to the gym in time to see the last half of the Wolverines game as the boys got their third loss of the season 45-74. It was a quick goodnight for everyone as the next night they had to travel to the Timberwolves for a 71-45 victory. Unfortunately, the boys dropped another one and were beginning to remind people of the good old days.

Dennis and Lana had to hustle to get uniforms laundered and back to school as Thursday, the team traveled to the Panthers. The Panthers gave the girls a better challenge, but couldn’t stand up to the Angelines. The game ended at 56-30.

Friday night they were back at home for the game against the Chiefs. One of the things playing so many games had done for them this week was allow every girl on the team to get good playing experience. Every freshman and sophomore got to play in at least three games during the week. They were keyed up and ready to roll when the game started at 6:00 and they didn’t let up, even when the thirty-five-point continuous clock went into effect halfway through the second quarter. The score was 58-7 at the end of the half and the girls finished with their highest score of the season, 84-18.

The crew went to Natalie’s house for the night, but discovered that even hormone driven teens could be worn out beyond caring about sex. At the same time, they slept even closer to each other, bare limbs entangled.

“Happy birthday, lover,” the girls chimed to Dennis as they paraded naked in front of him. Frankly, he was happy this birthday party was quieter and less eventful than his sixteenth. It was hard to think of his birthday without thinking of the night his father was drugged and was never the same again.

“Everything a guy could ask for on his birthday is in front of me,” he said. “I love you all.” Even though none of the girls had the energy for sex after the game, they weren’t about to let Dennis go to sleep on his birthday with a hard on. In the press of the girls crowding in on him as they lay down, he was never quite sure whose hand had stroked him to completion.

The next day, Brenda left early to join her team for a home game. The rest managed to get their chores done in time to caravan up to Boone for the one o’clock game against the Wildcats. The Bears won, 68-54. All the girls did well, and the scoring and stats were evenly balanced, though Brenda sat out the last quarter. What’s more, it was their fourth win in a row and put the Bears into a winning season for the first time this year with twelve wins and eleven losses. The party that night promised to be more exuberant.

“You’re limping!” Dennis said when Amy and Brenda reached his house. “Is this why you sat out the fourth quarter?”

“Yeah. Somehow, I twisted my left ankle right at the buzzer. I didn’t even think anything about it until I’d been sitting there a couple of minutes. Our trainer got an ice pack on it right away, but it’s still a little swollen and tender,” Brenda said.

She screeched as Dennis swept her up in his arms and carried her to the sofa. He grabbed an instant ice pack out of his red emergency kit and pressed it to her ankle, wrapping it in elastic bandage. The girls ran to get her a cup of cocoa and a cookie. Then they made up cups for everyone else. Brenda kept laughing as different girls took her pulse, felt her forehead, put their ear against her chest to listen to her heart, and generally played at being nurses.

“You guys! I have a twisted ankle, not pneumonia!” she giggled. Tori turned her head from listening to Brenda’s heart and bit at her nipple. Brenda squealed again, but held Tori’s head to her breast. “Hey! Where’s Peg?” Brenda asked, suddenly remembering rule number three.

“She and Mom are over at the church to practice her solo for tomorrow,” Dennis said as they all settled down with their cocoa and cookies.

“What’s she singing tomorrow?” Lana asked.

“She says it’s a big surprise. I hope you’ll all go with me to hear her.”

“I don’t think we’d still be sisters if we didn’t,” Natalie said. “Of course we’ll go.”

“She needs to do a concert,” Diane said. “People at my church are still talking about her solo a couple of weeks ago.”

“It’s a touchy subject,” Dennis said. “Peg doesn’t sing to be a commercial success. Mom’s afraid that if she starts performing instead of singing in church, she might lose something inside that’s very important to her.”

“I don’t know why we measure everyone’s worth by how much they earn for their efforts,” Rosie said. “I think it’s wonderful that she sings what’s in her heart. We just want to be sure she and your whole family are cared for and never in want again.”

“Rosie, you’re such a sweetheart.”

The big surprise Sunday morning was stunning. First, Peg spoke before she sang.

“Pastor said I could say something before I sing,” she started. She closed her eyes, remembering her words as she’d practiced. “I have the best big brother in the world. Happy birthday, Den. And I have lots of big sisters!” she blurted out as she looked at the crew gathered in their usual two pews. She took a deep breath and looked skyward. Without even a piano note accompanying her, she sang.