Chapter 272

The knock on the door was light. “You guys ready for me?” Cattie called softly.

I got up and went to the door, sliding it open and pulling her in. She’d put her bikini top back on, and she barked a laugh as I hauled her into my arms and spun her around once before carrying her to the bed. I wasn’t actually lifting her up all that much so I set her down and cradled her face, kissing her with little pecks as I leaned her backwards until we both fell onto the bed.

“You may want to close the door,” Cattie giggled between the kisses. “Your ass is out.”

“Let ‘em look,” I growled playfully, but after a few more kisses and laughs I stood up and slid the door shut.

Turning back to Cattie, I took in a breath and couldn’t help but smile as I looked at my girlfriend sitting on our bed, looking at me. “OK,” I said after letting out the big breath. “This might be an emotional talk. Do you want to do it snuggled up in comfy clothes, or naked, or something else?”

“I assume you guys do this naked?” Cattie said, glancing from my naked body to Cassidy, who was still half under the covers but topless with her tits on display.

“We do it all sorts of ways,” Cassidy said. “But this one is my favourite.”

“Sometimes I might want comfy sweaters and sweats, but right now I think I want naked,” Cattie said. It was the work of moments to strip her out of her bikini and soon we had her between us under the covers of the bed. I was lying on my back, propped up on some pillows a little, while she was leaning into with her chest to my side, and Cassidy spooned up behind her.

“God, this feels good,” I said after we settled in.

“No complaints here,” Cattie said.

I reached up and ran my fingers through her bangs, pulling her silky black hair from her eyes so I could look into them clearly. “OK, beautiful,” I said. “It’s been a couple of hours. First things first, how are you feeling about confronting Heather and Sherry?”

Cattie took a long breath in and out and then distracted herself a moment longer by pressing her lips to my chest, kissing it softly.

“Cattie, babe, thinking things through is encouraged but delaying isn’t,” Cassidy said quietly, stroking Cattie’s hair.

“Sorry,” Cattie said. “I’m just ... I’m still adjusting. This is a new dynamic that I’m not used to.”

“Adjust as much as you need, at your pace,” I said. “We want to check in on you, but that doesn’t mean it has to be here and now, or like this, or anything else.”

“No, no,” Cattie said, “This is good. Um. I’m ... I don’t care about Heather. I was serious about what I said, and I’m going to stick to it. I nothing her. Literally the only thing I feel is that I regret I was with her when I met you guys to begin with. That relationship delayed this one. She was a speed bump in my life, and I’ll forget her as soon as I’m driving away.”

“You have a right to process things,” Cassidy said. “You can get to nothing, you don’t need to start there.”

“I know,” Cattie said. “But, I mean, I’m not feeling empty here. I feel like it’s a crude analogy, but I’m trading up here. Heather was a mean old beater car that guzzled my money, embarrassed me constantly and was an anchor. Now I’ve traded up to a relationship that’s a super flying car with all the gadgets and whistles, and this conversation is like a lifetime warranty. Not that I see you guys as a trade up, but you get it, right?”