Chapter 9

Monday morning I met Regina in the parking lot at school.

"What's up sweetcheeks? What have you got planned for me this week and is your bottom ok?"

She reached up and gave me a big hug. "I feel fine dear, and this week you will be with Sheri and Marilyn. I will be with Paul."

"Can we double date one time? I liked it when we did it before."

"Sure we can honey, Paul can't have too much to say against it. Tonight though, I am off the rag and my pussy wants some relief. Can I come home with you after school?"

"No problemo. After what mom and dad did with Beth and Bill this weekend they can't say much about us."

"I know. Wasn't that a scream? Mom said that your dad is a real stud and that Denise went wild with Bill. She said that Denise even ate John's cum out of her."

"I didn't realize just how wild my folks were till yesterday. Mom says that us kids are having an undue influence on their libido."

"Well then let's keep it up, I wouldn't mind trying your dad to see how he cracks up to you. I bet you'd like to get your hands on your mom's big ol titties too."

"You know me too well little bit."

We went on into school and the day went pretty normally. The big discussion at lunch was about the gig for this Saturday night. One of Beth's bosses was hosting a party at the country club. He was going to use a DJ for background music, but after hearing our sound at the tennis courts he wanted us to play. He was paying us a little more than the DJ would have gotten, but he said that the increase in fun would be worth it.

Mark had an idea about lighting and said that a friend of his was experimenting with lasers and might be able to help us. When he told us who he had in mind I realized that he might be right. I had known Bob Hicks for a long time. We had never been close, but he could be called a friend. Bob was a tall thin computer geek. He kept to himself for the most part, but we had worked together on some projects and I knew him to be very creative and resourceful. I told the gang that I would look him up today and see what he could do for us.

I saw him in the hall between fourth and fifth periods and asked him to meet with me after school. He said that he had to catch the bus so he wouldn't be able to, and I offered to take him home.

When I was on the way to meet him I was accosted by some members of the football team.

"Hey Haroldson, we want to have a word with you."

"What for Brett? I don't know of anything we would have to discuss."

Brett Foxworthy was the quarterback of our team. He thought that he was hot shit, and to some, he was.

"You are the reason our team won't win any games this year asshole. You took out the best running back we've had in three years. Billy Everside was going to run us into the finals this year, now were done."

"Don't blame me for what that idiot did Brett. I had nothing to do with it."

"Wrong answer butt wipe. You are the reason he crashed and we are going to make you pay. We're going to beat you into hamburger and then we're going to use your sister for a while. She'll be begging us for more when we let her go."

"Brett, you have survived this long, so I would think that you would have a little more sense than this. You are standing there communicating a threat with witnesses all around and stating an intention to rape. Do you think that everyone will just let you do what you want? That's the kind of attitude that got Billy into trouble."

Brett didn't want to talk any more I guess because he charged at me and knocked me down. I tried to hold him off but he weighed at least 50 lbs more than I did and he was punching me. The further away I held him the more umph he got into each punch. I rolled over and as I did someone kicked me in the back.

I rolled back and got away from Brett with only a couple more punches to my midsection. I idly wondered as I rolled away where the other assholes were. I found out when I ran into one. He was lying on the ground and still.

I looked up and saw Bob hicks standing there not even breathing hard and beyond him I saw two other guys running away.

Bob reached down and helped me to my feet. When I stood up I looked down and there was Brett Foxworthy and three other goons from the group who had accosted me lying on the ground. Brett and two others were unconscious and the last one was moaning and holding his knee.

Bob looked over at him and said, "sorry about that man, but you rushed me while I was involved with two other guys. The only move I could make was to take out your knee. I hear that plastic ones work quite well now. Maybe you can almost walk normally again."

There was a teacher running at us by this time.

"What the hell happened here?"

"These guys attacked my buddy Robert and I stopped them, that's all.

"What do you mean you stopped them? They are out cold."

"When neutralizing a superior force one must use the tactics that remove a foe as quickly as one can. If there had been fewer bullies attacking Robert I could have stopped them with much less injury to them, but since there were six, I had to use harsher means. In other words, it's their own fault, blame them."

Bob took my arm and led me away.

"Damn Bob, where did that come from? I never knew you were a wizard at self defense. Oh, and by the way thank you. You saved me from a bad beating."

"No problem Rob. I had to learn Aikido when I was younger and getting beat on every day. I taught a few lessons to bullies till they stopped picking on me and by then I was hooked on the exercise and energy benefits, so I kept it up."

"Well it sure came in handy today, I owe you one."

We got to my car and suddenly Regina was all over me.

"What the hell happened to you?"

"Back off hon. I've got a lot of bruises thanks to Billy's friends thinking that it was my fault that he was in jail. Bob here got them for me and saved my life."

Regina looked over at Bob then grabbed him in a big hug.

"Thank you Bob. I'm Regina Snowden and I'm Robert's girlfriend. I owe you a big one and I always pay my debts, I'm not sure how right now, but I will pay it."

"Excuse me Regina, this is Bob Hicks, the guy Mark was talking about at lunch. You and I were going to take him home so we could talk about the gig Saturday night."

"You two don't owe me anything. What's this about a gig and why do you need to talk to me?"

"John Galt is playing our first indoor gig and we would like to spice things up with some kind of a light show. Mark said that you were experimenting with lasers and I thought you might be willing to help us out."

"Sounds like fun. I'll be glad to help if I can. I have a few designs of my own that I would love to check out."

Bob gave me the directions to his house we continued to talk on the way. Bob was quite excited and said that some of his designs would work outdoors as well. He asked whether or not we had anybody running the sound board and when I told him that we didn't he said that he would take over that too. By the time we dropped him off, we had our first roadie. Bob was going to take over all the technical aspects of our band. I didn't think anyone would object when they heard.

As we left Bob's house Regina poked me in the arm and I flinched.

"Ok Robert. What the hell is going on? Every time I try to touch you, you jump. You said that Billy's friends were upset that he was in jail. What did they do to you and what did Bob do to them?

"Brett Foxworthy and 5 other goons from the team said that it was my fault that the team wasn't going to win any games this year and that I should pay for it. Then they jumped me and punched me around a bit. I would probably be ok with one on one, but six at a time was a bit much, so I just tried to cover up and take as little punishment as I could. Bob was coming over to meet me and he is some kind of martial arts demon. He took out 4 of them and the last two ran away. I wasn't hurt too bad and I'll be ok after a little rest and maybe a hot shower."

"Those bastards! We'll get you into a shower as soon as we get to my house. I might have some pain relievers left over from when I broke my arm last year. They should help."

When we got to her place I could barely move. Brett and the boys must have gotten in more hits than I realized. Everything hurt. Regina helped me into her bathroom and got a hot shower going. As I got undressed her eyes kept getting bigger and bigger. By the time I eased myself into the tub she was crying. The bruises had had enough time to start showing and I was rapidly becoming black and blue over most of my upper and some of my lower body. I could feel my left eye swelling shut as well from Brett's first punch.

I leaned into the soothing water of the shower and as I did I heard Regina's mother Beth come home. Regina looked up at the sound of Beth's keys in the door and rushed out of the room.

"Here he is momma. What should I do?"

Regina and Beth walked into the bathroom. Last month I would have embarrassed to tears if two women had walked into the room where I was naked; but by now it almost seemed normal. Beth took one look at me and said, "you will get him out of there and get him dressed. We are going to the hospital. No arguments young man, we are going to have you checked out for injuries and get some pictures taken. Your mother would be very upset with me if we didn't, now get up so Regina can help you get ready to go."

Beth stepped out of the bathroom to give Regina room to work and I could hear her pick up the phone.

"Denise, this is Beth Snowden. I need for you to meet me at the emergency room. I am taking Robert there to be checked out. He was injured today, not badly, this is just a precaution but I believe it is necessary. Ok dear, I'll see you there."

"Come on kids. We need to get there before Denise does so she doesn't worry so much. On the way you can tell me the rest of what happened."

Once Beth got going she was a force of nature. I didn't even think about arguing. On the way to the hospital I again told the story, realizing as I did that I would probably have to repeat it a few more times. After I did Beth had me call dad's lawyer and repeat it to him. He said that he would meet us there and to make sure that they took a lot of pictures.

Damn I hate hospital emergency rooms. Luckily it was early and most of the major injuries were yet to happen today, but there were still half a dozen people waiting for service. Beth tried to buffalo them into seeing me right away, but she was unsuccessful. Mom got there soon after we did and she went in with me to the triage room. The nurse looked at the bruises developing on my torso and face and said that they would get to me as soon as they could, but that I was near the bottom of the list. That wasn't good enough for mom and we left there and went to the Urgent Care clinic down the street. Once everyone got there the doctor saw me right away and then the fun began. I had pictures taken every which way to include three x-rays. Luckily nothing was actually broken, but by the time we were done I was one hurtin' puppy. We went by the pharmacy to get me some painkillers and something to slow the swelling. Dad had joined us before we got done. After the pictures were done, dad and the lawyer talked a bit, and then the lawyer left. Beth had not gone to the clinic with us but Regina had stayed. Dad went to get take-out Chinese and mom drove us home.

When we got there I again had to give the whole story to the gang. They were all there as some rumors had gotten to them. I had to caution them not to get involved. They were some kind of pissed, but agreed to stay out of it as long as some kind of punishment was meted out. What Bob had done was great, but not enough for them. They were also able to give me the names of the two who had run away. Enough people had seen them fleeing the scene to get identities. They were also impressed with Bob and when I told them of his ideas they also agreed to have him as a band member if he wanted.

The meds were taking effect and I was helped into bed by Regina and Karen. Regina was going to stay the night and she was going to stay and nurse me tomorrow. Beth would call in an excuse for her.

The next day when Bob was called into the office Karen went as well and she had copies of the pictures taken of me last night. The principal was attempting to expel Bob for fighting when Karen showed up. She also informed him that my lawyer would be in touch and that his actions would be under "harsh scrutiny". She told me later that those were her exact words, as given to her by the lawyer.

I was out of school for 3 days. Poor Regina wasn't having any fun either. She stayed with me Tuesday and Wednesday but I was so sore I couldn't even lick her luscious pussy. My eye and jaw had swollen and swallowing was difficult. She had to handle me with kid gloves because everything hurt. I told her to get Jimmy to help her out, but she said no, she could wait.

Bob came over Thursday afternoon. He wanted to talk about the gig and he also had a little bombshell to drop in my lap.

"Can you help me Robert? I see how you and the rest of the group have such fantastic girls and there are rumors going around about how you all act and I need some help. I can't get any attention from the girls at school and I was hoping that you could give me some pointers on dating."

"You have the wrong guy Bob. I spent most of the last two years trying to get a date. And as for the rest of the group, the girls picked us. We just got lucky. Now what do you mean that there are rumors about us?"

"Don't get upset with me Robert, but the rumor mill has it that you guys are swapping girls. One week you will be out with Regina Snowden and the next with Jessica Cooper or Sheri Morgan."

"Well they have it part way right; but the girls are the ones doing the swapping. Everything we do is at the behest of the girls. We guys just go along with the flow and count ourselves lucky."

I told him how the situation had come to be and the history without giving out any details of our activities.

"So you see, I don't have any tips or advise I can give you. But I know who can."

"Karen! Would you please come in here?"

Bob and I were in the family room and Karen came in from the back of the house. She was wearing her norm for in the house now, bikini panties and a T-shirt. Bob's eyes bugged out and he blushed very quickly. Karen was unconcerned and seemed totally at ease, although she smiled when she saw the reaction she got.

"What can I do for you bro? Hello Bob."

"Hi Karen."

"Bob here has the same problem I had before we got together with your friends. Can you help him to get a date or two and maybe a girlfriend? He is a very nice guy getting overlooked like I was. Do you have any friends that might be interested in him?"

"If I don't I'm sure that one of the others will. The only thing is that you have to teach him your kiss, if you can do that there are any number of girls who would be willing to go out with him."

"I can't really teach him sis, all I can do is provide instruction. Someone else will have to be the practice dummy. Want to volunteer?"

"I sure do, I owe him something for saving you Monday."

Bob looked confused as I told him about how I had captivated the girls with my kiss. I explained about shutting out the rest of the world and just concentrating on the kiss, on how it felt and how the girl reacted and nothing else. He said that that was similar to the relaxation training he got from his martial arts instructor. He thought that he could do it with some practice.

"Well that is what I am here for." Karen said. She moved over to Bob and put her arms around him and lifted her head for a kiss.

"Won't Jimmy be upset with me Karen?"

"We could go a lot further than a kiss without Jimmy being upset. He trusts me, and when I tell him about it he will be glad that I was able to give you some form of thanks."

"You're going to tell him?"

"Of course I am. The eight of us have no secrets. We decided from the start that the only way we could make this situation work was to be totally honest with each other. Thank you," she bumped her hips against his crotch, "that is a very nice compliment."

Bob was blushing again.

"Now give me a kiss and try to do it the way Rob told you."

Bob bent down and touched his lips to Karen's. As I watched I could see the way he took up the challenge. At first he was a little tentative, but Karen wouldn't allow that and pushed him hard. Then I could see him concentrating and relaxing and Karen swooned. I watched as her knees bent and Bob had to hold her up.

This went on for a few minutes, and then Karen suddenly pushed away from Bob.

"Damn! We had better stop right now or Jimmy will have reason to be upset. You are already better at that than everyone but Rob. If you learn that fast at his other specialty I won't have any trouble getting you dates. I'll see if I can find you someone for Saturday night, but she may just be a temp until we can find you a permanent girl."

Bob was obviously stunned at the intensity of the kiss. "Thanks Karen. All I wanted was a little help. I hope that once I get a girl alone I can get her to want to stay around; I just need a chance to do it. What do you mean his other specialty?"

"That's a discussion for another day and if you kiss them like that you'll have to beat the girls away," Said Karen. "Is there anything you want in a girl, anything you don't want?"