Chapter 37: New Friends

Soon it was time to go. The girls hugged both coaches to thank them for their special efforts and attention. Lynn looked at me with surprise when she found me in line for a hug.

"Hey, if a beautiful woman is handing out free hugs, I'm getting in line." I hugged her briefly and continued, "Besides I learned just as much as the girls did." I then hugged Melinda as well. "Hey, you're not my teacher and I like hugging my friends."

They took us home and we began getting ready for our guests.

"Man, my legs feel like they are going to fall off," Allison complained.

"Mine too. I thought we were in pretty good shape," Shannon countered.

I put on my best deadpan expression and said, "I think that any time you spend time in new positions things tend to get a little stiff and sore. What do you think, Allison?"

She turned beet red and then hit me when Shannon and I both busted up. She recovered quickly. "Well, you know what they say, no pain, no gain." We all cracked up at that.

As I was making patties for the grill I said, "Well, I for one had a really good time today."

"Yeah," said Shannon. "I hope you saved your strength." She smacked me on the butt and added, "'Cause you promised me some of this for later."

"After last night, there isn't much left. Don't get me wrong, I'll go my best, but..."

Allison stopped on her way past with plates and kissed me on the cheek. "Your best is always good enough for me."

Shannon rolled her eyes. "Suck up."

Allison just grinned. "Who? Me? Every chance I get!" She walked slowly away swinging her cute little butt in exaggerated arcs as she went.

I looked at Shannon who was following the motion with her eyes. "Dessert?"

"Definitely. As for the appetizer..." She put her hand behind my neck and drew me in for a hot kiss. We were still at it when Allison got back.

"Hello! Company coming, lots to do, busy, busy... Ah, who am I kidding? Seconds!"

Shannon and I broke when she couldn't hold back the giggle any longer. She pushed Allison up against the counter and began ravishing her mouth while her hands ran all over the younger girls body. Allison finally had to push her off, "Stop! Oh baby you gotta stop or I'm gonna start tearing clothes off and do you right here in the floor. And we have guests coming."

Shannon ground her pelvis against Allison's hip and started showering her neck with little kisses. "Okay. I'll stop if you want me to but just so you know." She dropped one hand and rubbed it hard over Allison's crotch. "You're on my private dessert menu. And I'm really, really, hungry."

A tremor ran over Allison's whole body and she leaned hard against Shannon's shoulder to steady herself. Shannon caressed her cheek and walked around me to finish the salad she was working on. I was as hard as Japanese scrabble by now just from watching. I started running through a list of movies I might like to watch tonight. It was obvious that I was going to have several hours to kill. It was either that, or going to bed alone and I had gotten seriously attached to waking up with Allison.

Angela and Tim arrived right at 6:00. Shannon was closest so she answered the door. This confused them as they didn't recognize her and thought they had the wrong house.

Shannon just stuck out her hand. "Hi, I'm Shannon. You must be Tim and Angela. Come on in, Allison is changing and Jimmy is watching the barbeque. You brought your suits, right?"

And the evening was underway. Shannon showed Tim to my room to change. Allison came out just as they were passing her door.

"You're here! We're so glad you could come." She grabbed Tim and hugged him, then hugged Angela and pulled her into her bedroom. "You can just put your stuff anywhere. Take your time and just come out to the pool whenever you are ready."

Twenty minutes later we were all sitting around the picnic table stuffing ourselves on burgers, chips, and potato salad that they had brought with them.

"Angela, this is like the best potato salad I have had in my life, where did you get it?" Allison asked.

Tim answered, "Original recipe. She whipped it up last night. And before you ask, my mother, my aunt, and every other woman we know has been after her for the recipe. She's not talking."

"What? No! You have to tell me. Angela, this is great. Please?"

Angela just laughed. "Nope. Sorry. If I tell you, then I have to tell everyone. It's my one claim to fame. Trust me, and Tim can attest to this, I am a terrible cook. I've actually burned macaroni and cheese."

"Oh everyone's done that," Shannon said.

Tim shook his head. "In a microwave? With a timer?"

"Now that takes talent," Allison said as we all laughed. "Don't let it bother you though. We can't all be Martha what's-her-name, domestic goddess. I'm not allowed near the washer. I left a red top soaking in the washer and forgot about it. Then Saturday morning rolled around and I threw my mom's brand new, 600 thread count, Egyptian cotton sheets in and ran it."

Angela almost spit soda all over the table, "Oh my god, you didn't."

"Oh yeah. Mom wasn't so bad; she was just sort of naturally cranked. Dad on the other hand, I mean what's the big deal about sleeping on pink sheets? They were still just as soft as before. What? You're afraid the guys on the bowling team are going to see them?" Everyone had a good laugh at that one.

Allison stood and started stacking up plates. "Jimmy," she asked, "could you give me a hand?"

"Sure." I wasn't sure what was up but I knew a 'we need to talk' when I heard one. I started gathering up the condiment bottles and followed her into the kitchen. Once we were inside I started putting bottles and jars away into the fridge' and asked, "What's up?"

"I think they're nervous about Shannon."

"So that's it. I thought something seemed off. They haven't so much as touched each other since they got here. What did you have in mind?" It was obvious she wanted to break the ice.

"I'm going to kiss Shannon. Think it will be a problem? I mean, they already know about you and me; you think it's too much?"

"I doubt it. Angela's been with other girls. I can't be sure about Tim but my guess is he knows about her history so no, I don't think it will be a problem."

"Angela's been with a girl? How do you know?"

I just smiled. "Came to me in a dream." And I headed for the door.

As I hit the porch she caught up to me and tried to take a chunk out of my butt. "Hey! Watch it! That's tender back there."

"Smart ass." We reached the table. "Anyone want dessert?" Then she turned to Shannon. "Not you! I know what you want and I told you, l-a-t-e-r. So behave yourself." Then she leaned in and kissed her hard on the mouth. Shannon didn't hesitate, just went with it.

When they broke apart she said, "Okay, but you promised."

Allison turned back to Tim and Angela. "Anyone else."

Tim answered, "Sure I'll take one."

Angela slapped him on the shoulder and Allison turned bright red. "She meant dessert!" Shannon and I just cracked up.

"That's okay, Angela, I don't mind. Is he any good? I mean, between Shannon and Jimmy I have pretty high standards."

Now it was Tim's turn to blush. Angela turned up the heat, "Well, he was a little tentative at first, but he's been getting better. I don't know if I'm really the best judge though. Maybe we could use a second opinion? Would you mind?"