Chapter 36: Volleyball Lessons

I woke Saturday morning at my usual time. Sometime during the early morning Allison had rolled off of Shannon but the two were cuddled up as close as possible. Shannon was sort of half curled around Allison's head with one hand resting on Allison's left breast and Allison's head was tucked under her chin. It looked really awkward but they obviously didn't mind.

I slipped out of bed, grabbed my running stuff, and headed for the bathroom. Shannon's a coffee drinker; I know, odd for a girl her age but hey, there are a lot of worse things a fourteen year old girl could be addicted to besides caffeine. I started the coffee pot and left a note telling Allison which route I was running and the time I left. A few minutes of light stretching and I was off. I felt fantastic but I really just wanted a good wake up for today. Not knowing what the day would bring but worried about what could happen; I felt an urgent need to save my strength.

The girls were still out of it when I got home so rather than hit the shower I hit the refrigerator. I popped some cinnamon rolls into the oven, scrambled some eggs and made some toast. Mom and Dad have a couple of those lap trays tucked away for special occasions. Once in a while they would bring Allison and I, or each other, breakfast in bed. Twenty minutes later I had one tray sitting outside the door in the hallway as I took the first one in. I love Shannon beyond measure but as Allison is still first in my heart I took hers in first. I set the tray down, picked up a cinnamon roll and waved it gently under her nose. On the second pass her nose crinkled and her eyes fluttered open. I set the roll back on the tray and picked it up as she started to stir. She sat up a little and looked around, trying to get her bearings. The movement was enough to wake Shannon as well. Allison spotted me and smiled.

"Oh, Jimmy," she said around a yawn. "You are just too sweet for words. Shannon, look what our loving man has gone and done." Shannon sat up and looked and a shy smile crept across her face.

"James Edward Matthews." She smiled. "It seems every day I wake up and find another reason to love you."

"The pleasure is all mine, ladies."

Shannon just smiled. "That's not the way I remember it."

I did my best to ignore her but I could feel myself blushing. "Lovely, if you would move to the other end I will bring yours right in as well." When she was clear I set Allison's tray over her lap and kissed her on the cheek. "Good morning, Princess."

I hurried to the hall to get the second tray. Shannon smelled the coffee before I cleared the end of the bed. "Coffee! Oh you dear, sweet man." I set the tray across her lap and kissed her as well.

She grabbed my head, moved my mouth to hers and without being invasive, thanked me thoroughly.

"Good morning, Princess," I repeated. "As I said, the pleasure is all mine."

"Okay, but only if you let me pay you back later." She picked up the steaming mug, took a sip and breathed a huge sigh. "Allison, how did we ever live without him?"

"Poorly," she replied.

I headed for the shower and made it a point to get in and out quickly. It's not that I didn't want company but I knew where it would lead and I had the feeling we would need that energy later.

I dried myself and realized I had forgotten to bring clothes. I wrapped a towel around myself and headed for the kitchen. I poured Allison a second glass of orange juice and took it and the coffee pot back to my room. Without a word I poured Shannon a refill and placed Allison's new glass on her tray, then turned to get some clothes out of my dresser. My towel fell off as I opened my underwear drawer.

Allison gave a little whistle and said, "Would you look at that ass! Shannon darling, do you think that's on the menu?"

"If it is I want two pieces!" Shannon answered.

I pulled on a fresh pair of boxers and said, "Maybe later. But for now, it's off limits."

"What?" cried Allison.

"We're about to spend an entire day in the care of two very demanding women. I don't know about you, but I want to save my strength. Besides, after last night, I don't think I could take it."

"You're right, after last night," Shannon said sounding very serious, "I don't know if I could take any more just yet either." She smiled and continued, "But I would be willing to try."

"Well some of us," Allison pointed out, "didn't get any last night. So if I have to wait, somebody owes me big time later."

I smiled and kissed her. "I promise to give you all you want later, if you have the strength to ask." I held her eyes with mine and flicked my eyebrows up and down, "Be careful what you wish for. You saw what happened to Shannon."

"Yes, I did!" She said, staring back at me. "And that is exactly the kind of effort and attention I want! And if I can't have it now, I plan to collect it later, with interest!"

Shannon giggled and ran her foot up the side of Allison's leg, "okay, but later I want you to remember that you asked for it." She gave me a wink as she said it.

I left Shannon the coffee but took the tray. I cleared Allison's dishes onto Shannon's tray then folded it up, picked up the one with the dishes and headed for the door. "You two should probably think about getting ready. While they may sleep in a little on the weekends I know Miss Jenkins is anxious to see what you two can do, I expect her to call early."

"What do you mean us two?" Allison asked. "You don't seriously think you're just going along for the ride, do you?"

"As if," I replied. "I think I know those two well enough to know better than that. Besides, you two had valid points about the whole scholarship issues and I have the same size problems as you do. Well, the same as Allison anyway, I don't think size is going to be that much of an issue for you, Shannon."

Shannon answered. "Jimmy, trust me, size is not an issue for you either. And after last night, you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about. Where on earth did you learn to do that? That was your first time, wasn't it? I mean it was obviously just as much of surprise to Allison as it was to me."

"Shannon, that is not what I was talking about it and you know it. I don't think they give scholarships for that. To answer your question, yes, that was the first time I ever did it. Well, not counting once in a dream. As to where I learned, it was the same place Allison said you two have been studying, I looked up some articles on the Internet. I found one co-written by three women. I figured they would know what they were talking about."

"You did it in a dream?" She looked at Allison. "Let me guess, the FBI agent?"

"No!" I said.

Allison snapped her fingers, "Angela! You did it to Angela."

Shannon looked shocked. "Who's Angela?" Then her eyes got big, "Angela that's coming over tonight?"

"Yep," Allison answered. "It's a long story, but it's not what you think. Come shower with me and I'll bring you up to speed."

With that the two of them headed off to the bathroom. The view from my position was heavenly. I made the bed, picked up the stray bits of clothing, folded them and laid them on the chair thinking that one nice little bonus of oral sex was no wet spot, cuts down on the laundry. I chuckled to myself and headed out to do the dishes. By the time the girls were out I was relaxing on the patio with a large orange juice and a couple of pieces of toast.

The girls eventually came out dressed in workout clothes. While practical considering the activities planned for the day they also afforded a stellar vision that any teenaged boy could appreciate. I gave them each a thorough visual going over and said, "Boy, you two look great."

Allison walked over, stroked my cheek and said, "Good enough to eat?"

Shannon slapped her on the butt and said, "Hey! None of that, young lady! You behave yourself or so help me I'll spank you 'til you can't sit down."

Allison gave her ass a little wiggle, looked over her shoulder, and said, "Promise?"

I couldn't be sure if she was serious or not, so I decided to change the subject. I looked at Shannon. "She told you?"

"Yeah, she filled me in." She shrugged. "You lead a very bizarre life, Mr. Matthews. I guess in the over-all scheme this is actually pretty mild. I have to give you credit though. You tried to do the right thing. And it still may work out. But if it doesn't, I know you'll do your best to make it right. I don't think you're capable of giving less than 100%." She put her arms around my neck. "And I won't be worried or jealous or anything like that because I know that you love us. It may be fun, it may even have an emotional component but it won't be love. So no matter how good it is, what you save for me is better. Allison is right, it's just someone saying 'thank you, ' and you should always say 'you're welcome.'"

Just then the phone rang. It was Coach Jenkins and she was on her way. We had packed a bag with bathing suits and a change of clothes. The idea being that the ladies had a spa and we may get a chance to use it. If not, we at least wanted to try and get a shower before we left. I don't know about you but my skin starts to itch if I wear sweaty clothes.

Both the girls had worked with Miss Hewitt before, Allison in camp and Shannon all of the previous year, and of course they both played for her now, so they knew they would be working hard today. And like Allison said, it wasn't like I was just going to sit on the sidelines and watch.

When the car pulled up 20 minutes later I was expecting Coach Jenkins. I don't know why but I had not expected Coach Hewitt to be with her. I had vague recollections of her from Allison's younger days playing basketball. I had only seen her at games, so all I had were random images of a woman in slacks and a collared shirt standing courtside encouraging the girls. I had never seen her in her working clothes. Coach Jenkins had really good taste in women.