Chapter 12

“HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?” Tori asked. She joined the crew at their usual lunch table Wednesday, something she had not been doing recently. No one was concentrating and the early-out day was almost more of a formality than a real school day. They were off for the next eleven days as Christmas was Saturday.

“Good. How about you?” Dennis asked.

“Lonely, but I made the right decision. My cousins are going to arrive Friday. I’m sure we’ll have some fun. Um...” Tori took a deep breath. “Just because I’m not a girlfriend doesn’t mean we can’t practice in the barn over the break. I mean, the whole team. I know it’s not the same if we aren’t all fooling around in the shower afterward, but that wouldn’t work with the younger players anyway. We’ve kind of got this edge going with a 9 and 0 record and I’d hate to get fat and lazy over the break.”

“We’d really hate to see you fat and lazy,” Amy giggled. “I’m in.”

“Great idea,” Natalie agreed. “We’ll spread the word to the rest of the team. Shall we say one o’clock Friday?”

“Sounds good,” they all agreed.

Friday, most of the team showed up at Tori’s and were enthusiastic in getting some practice in. Dennis made sure they were warmed up and had been through conditioning and skills before they started scrimmaging. Dennis coached while Brenda and Lana acted as officials. Debbie was one who was missing as her parents had decided on a California vacation over the holiday.

“Is it legal for us to practice over the break?” Shelby asked.

“Yes. We aren’t on school grounds and we don’t have Coach Ardith with us,” Diane answered.

“What about Coach Dennis?” Carrie asked.

“Even though I’m a student assistant coach, the key element there is that I’m a student. And I found out that I’m not being paid by the school. I can collect a modest wage, but it’s paid by the boosters. Since I don’t plan to engage in any more amateur sports or school sports anyway, it won’t hurt my standing in college,” Dennis said. “So, I’m just a classmate who gets together with his friends over the break.”

“And works our tails off!” Chris laughed.

“Just keeps them trim,” Judith said, slapping Chris lightly on the butt.

They set up a schedule so they would train again on Friday morning and then on Monday through Friday the following week. They would be in as good a shape when they got back to school as they were now.

The team did all get a chance to see Tori’s new bedroom and congratulate her on her independence. She controlled herself and didn’t try to drag her former boyfriend or any of her former girlfriends into the room with her.

The nine remaining on the crew met at Amy’s house Thursday after practice and had a small Christmas party that was notably missing any exchange of presents or sexy games like they’d had the year before. It was well-known that at least three of them would be going home before sexy games started.

Instead, they all baked cookies and prepared packages to take home with them, then they ate heaping helpings of Gransy’s beef stroganoff for dinner. Amy’s grandmother loved having all the teens over so she could feed them. She didn’t go overboard on fancy meals, but they were really good. The stroganoff, served on spaetzle, had more of a German leaning than Russian.

After cleanup, they all sat on the floor in the living room to talk about whatever was on their minds.

“I can’t believe this time next year we’ll all be somewhere else,” Diane said. “The college even has a holiday tournament, so I’ll only get home for a couple of days.”

“Mom and Dad have already said they are planning to have the whole family come up to Chicago for Christmas weekend, so I won’t even get home for most of the holiday,” Leanne said.

“I’m so sad you’ll be leaving us,” Lana said. “You’ve really been like a rock for the team. And I guess for the rest of us, too.”

“Well, if the college had seen how Tori shaped up this year, they’d have recruited her instead of me,” Diane said.

“I don’t think Tori has the grades to get to college,” Leanne said. “She really isn’t interested. She definitely has the look of a woman on the prowl. I just hope she lands a really great guy.”

“I’d like to land a really great girl,” Rosie said. “Or land on her.” They laughed.

“Come on. I’ve seen the way Daphne looks at you,” Dennis said. “There’s more than just teammate admiration there.”

“Um ... We have to be kind of careful about that,” Rosie said. “Coach Pat is really a great coach and I love playing volleyball on her team, but she has some pretty rigid ideas about natural and deviant relationships. I wouldn’t mind deviating with Daphne, but I don’t see it happening unless her mom loosens up.”

“Deviating with Daphne. That sounds like it should be a movie title or something,” Natalie said. “Rosie, if the opportunity comes up, don’t hesitate because of us. You know we want the very best for you. And while I’d love to get my face between your legs again, I understand your hesitance now.”

“Is it usual for people to sit around together and talk about how they’re breaking up?” Judith asked. “I know I’m not going to make the cut. It’s like I’m just biding my time and hoping to get laid again before I say goodbye to you guys.”

“We love you, Judith,” Brenda said. “There’s just so many factors that are pulling us apart.”

“That’s just it. Um ... I like playing with you all on the team. It’s fun. But the big difference is that Diane, Dennis, Natalie, Brenda—you’re all headed to college to make sports a permanent part of your life, not just as a recreation. I think Lana and Amy are like that, too. The sports just aren’t that important to me. Playing basketball and running track and cross country will look good on my resume as extracurricular activities when I apply to college, but I don’t plan to play in college at all. I’m uh ... going to try to get into an engineering school, like Loyola or Vanderbilt or I’m really hoping for Tulane.”

“Wow! That’s so neat!” Amy said. “You go, girl!”

“If there’s anything we can do to help you get to your dream, please tell us,” Dennis said.

“Um ... Could you fuck me stupid occasionally? Sometimes the pressure is, like, I’m about to burst,” Judith laughed. “Honest. Just once in a while, okay?”

“You’re going to have four tongues and a dick all over your cute little body,” Natalie said. Everyone moaned a little.

When Diane, Rosie, and Leanne left for the night, Natalie’s prediction came true. All four girls and Dennis did their best to fuck their girlfriend stupid, and pretty much succeeded. She spent the rest of the night crawling from one to the next, trying to pay each back for the multiple orgasms she’d had. When she had sucked Dennis up to a full erection once more, she saw Lana watching. Judith waggled Dennis’s penis at her.

“You want this?” she asked.

Lana jumped up to straddle Dennis and Judith fed his penis into her girlfriend. Lana began slowly pumping up and down on her boyfriend. Judith caressed her and kissed her as she mounted to her conclusion. It was Judith’s hand on Lana’s clit that pushed her over the edge and Dennis followed along, ejaculating long and hard into his girlfriend.

After a moment to come down from their orgasms, Judith pushed Lana off and slurped Dennis into her mouth again, just to clean their juices off him. Then she parted Lana’s thighs and set about cleaning as much of their combined come out of her pussy as she could, while bringing Lana to a peak again.

“You know,” she said as she cuddled Lana and Dennis together, “if you just used a condom with me, because I’m like the one who isn’t committed for life and all, um ... you could probably skip using one with each other. I mean, the four girls are only ever with each other and Dennis. And I promise I’ll stay clean and will let you know if there’s ever any reason to doubt that.”

“I think it’s a personal choice,” Lana said. “I don’t ever want anything between Dennis’s cock and my pussy. I know Natalie and Brenda have sometimes slipped up and skipped the condom, but they might all feel more comfortable with it. Thank you for considering us, though.”

“It’s probably best this way,” Dennis said. “But I sure loved pounding into your little pussy, Judith.”

“My little pussy really liked it, too!”

Dennis worked the team as if it were a regular practice at school Friday morning. He spent time with them on their drills, as well, and Diane launched herself in the air with the ball in her palm and slammed it home for her first slam dunk.

“Yay! That’s awesome, girlfriend!” Natalie yelled. “It’s so cool that you can palm the ball.”

“I guess big hands are good for something,” Diane laughed. “I didn’t realize that the ball we play with at home is left over from our brothers and is a size bigger than the ones we use. When Dennis got us working on ball control, I suddenly realized I could grab the ball with one hand. It’s pretty cool.”

“Hey! There’s hope for me,” Rosie said, holding a ball out in one hand.

“Me, too!” Janice said, duplicating the gesture.

“You girls are going to be murder when we get back on the court in January,” Dennis laughed. “Good work today. I’ll see you all back here Monday afternoon. Have a merry Christmas!”

Everyone went home to enjoy the holiday with their families.

Dennis and several of his girlfriends and friends were in church for the candlelight Christmas Eve service Friday night and Peg sang “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” Everyone joined in singing “Silent Night” and carried their lit candles out of the church where snow had begun falling in huge flakes.