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STORY CONTENT -- This story includes the following coded content:
MF+ -- heterosexual sex between an adult male and multiple adult females
(but not at once)
cons -- all sex is fully consentual
hyp -- hypnoerotica; that is, the CONSENTING use of hypnosis to enhance
sexual pleasure
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IN THE MOMENT
(c) Copyright 2000 by Wiseguy
There's nothing like having family to stick by you
when you're down.
There I was, sprawled across the sofa in the living
room with a six-pack of Bud next to me and a can of
Pringles in my lap. I was staring vacantly at the TV,
where "Dexter's Laboratory" was on, trying to withdraw
temporarily from the human race.
Woman problems, of course. I'd been in love with
Wendy since we were teens, and still was.
Unfortunately for me, Wendy was in love with white
powder. She'd gotten hooked on the shit in our
freshman year at college, tried to get me into it too
and succeeded for a while. Then I noticed I was
looking forward to my next hit more than my next class
and called it quits before that stuff took over my
life.
Wendy dumped me shortly thereafter, but I couldn't let
her go that easily. I kept up with her, tried
everything I could think of to get her off the stuff.
For a while it worked, and we got back together. We
graduated, got an apartment together, and seemed like
we'd be okay. Then, a few weeks ago I noticed that
she was chronically short of cash, increasingly edgy
and short-tempered, and wiping her nose a lot. I
asked her flat-out if she was doing coke again. She
denied it. We argued. She walked. I pursued. She
agreed to get help. I checked her into the clinic
myself. She walked out a week later, still hooked. I
told her to get back into rehab or move out. She
moved out.
I missed her. It felt as though some of my guts had
been ripped out, but I knew what I had to do. I
changed the locks, changed my phone number, and went
to stay with my cousin Lori for a few days.
Lori and I have been there for each other since we
were little. My aunt Sylvia and her husband George
couldn't have kids of their own. That didn't bother
them too much until I was born, but then suddenly
there was this cute little guy teetering around
stirring up Sylvia's maternal instincts. The more
Sylvia played with my curly blonde hair, the more she
wanted a baby of her own. By the time I was crawling,
they'd managed to adopt an 18-month-old girl: Lori.
Lori was an orphan. Her mother had died in childbirth
and her dad committed suicide shortly after. She
became an orphan again at the age of eight, when my
aunt and uncle left her with us for a week so they
could take a vacation and their plane went down. My
folks became Lori's legal guardians and we finished
growing up together.
From an early age Lori and I learned to look out for
each other. I beat the crap out of Tony Cirico more
than once for calling her "Jinx"; she made sure there
was a teacher nearby when three of Tony's pals jumped
me after school later. I let her use my Atari; she
let me use her trampoline. I let Lou Watson know that
she'd say yes if he asked her to homecoming; she
talked Angie Bennett into letting me take her to the
prom.
That's why it wasn't a big surprise when the TV
suddenly went dark in the middle of Dexter's greatest
experiment. I looked around, half in the bag, and saw
Lori standing over me with the remote in her hand.
"Brad, you're a mess," she said. It wasn't a
criticism or a nag, just a statement of fact.
"Nice to see you too," I replied sarcastically.
"It's ten minutes to eight. Have you eaten yet?"
I hefted the nearly-empty can of Pringles and belched
loudly. I was just buzzed enough to find that
hysterically funny and started snickering
uncontrollably. Lori tried hard to keep a straight
face, but I could tell she was weakening. I flashed
her my best "Ain't I cute?" grin and that did it --
she broke into a smile and laughed, shaking her head
gently at the same time. "You're incorrigible," she
chuckled. "Have you had anything to eat with protein
in it?"
I had to think about that one. "Don't think so. I
haven't been hungry."
Lori's eyebrows crinkled up a little at that, but she
let it go. "Suit yourself," she said simply, "but I'm
hungry as a bear. So if you'll excuse me ..."
She punched the power button on the remote again and
flipped it into my lap, then retreated to the kitchen.
About fifteen minutes later a delicious smell wafted
into the living room: beef and tomatoes and chili
powder and Lori's secret taco seasonings. Five
minutes after that my stomach was growling for
something more substantial than Pringles.
I let my nose lead me out of my chair and back to the
kitchen where I found Lori spooning hot, glistening
meat out of a cast iron skillet and into an oversized
taco shell. "Smells good," I said tentatively.
Lori gave me a sideways look that said she was glad
I'd come in. "There's plenty here," she replied.
"Help yourself if you want."
That's Lori -- she doesn't preach, push or nag, and
she just makes it easy for people to do what they
already know they should. "Thanks, Cuz," I said, and
grabbed two shells for myself. I filled them with
meat and cheese, threw on some shredded lettuce and
tomato, and grabbed us each a Pepsi from the fridge.
We didn't talk while we ate. I hadn't been talking
much anyway, and Lori isn't one to try and force
things. That's largely why I came to her instead of
Mom and Dad, who would have insisted on talking things
to death for my own good. Lori basically let me do
what I felt like, which had been pretty much nothing
except eat, sleep, and cry on her shoulder a few
times. But just then, with a belly full of homemade
tacos, I felt better than I had in a while. I wanted
to let her know it somehow.
"Lori?" I started out, and waited for the encouraging
look that I knew would come. "Thanks for letting me
mope around here. I hope I haven't been too much of a
sad-sack."
Lori smiled warmly and grabbed me by the hand.
"You're hurting," she said. "You're entitled to lick
your wounds for a bit if you need to."
"Thanks," I said again. "You still leaving in the
morning?"
"Yes. The invitation is still open, by the way."
When I first called Lori to tell her about the
breakup, she told me that she had been invited to
spend the holiday weekend in a private cottage on the
Outer Banks. The party was to consist of Lori and
three friends, but she had invited me to come along if
I wanted to get out of town. I know a lot of guys who
would trade one of their balls for the chance to hang
out at the beach with four hot women, but I wasn't one
of them. "No thanks," I said, echoing my earlier
answer. "I don't want to drag the party down."
"Four single, eligible women on holiday at the beach,"
she observed. "A two-ton weight couldn't drag us
down. But it's your call, Brad. I checked with the
girls and they're okay with it, so you're totally
welcome if you want to change your mind. If not, you
can still stay here."
I just grunted and started cleaning up the dishes.
Once the kitchen was cleaned up I started the
dishwasher and shuffled back to the living room. I
was sick of the TV, so I grabbed my Discman and put on
some John Cougar Mellencamp (Lonesome Jubilee, of
course). The hard-driving, regret-laced tones of
"Paper in Fire" flowed through my head and I zoned out
for a while.
Later on, I started thinking some more about the beach
party, and what I knew of the group. They were all
friends of Lori's, people I knew by site but had never
really hung out with. I'd be the only guy there, and
the only one who wasn't part of their circle -- the
textbook definition of a fifth wheel.
Then again, I wasn't exactly living it up anyway of
late. The prospect of spending the weekend in Lori's
Alexandria apartment, alone with my thoughts and
demons, seemed pretty lame. Going back to my own
place, where everything in sight had something to do
with Wendy, would be downright ugly -- I wasn't ready
to face that yet. The more I thought about it, the
less I wanted to be alone.
And so it was that I knocked gently on Lori's bedroom
door at 10:30 that night. She opened it right away,
so at least I hadn't awakened her. "What's up, Brad?"
"About the weekend ... are you sure it's okay if I
come?"
She grinned and wrapped her arms around me in a big
bear hug. "Absolutely sure. I was hoping you'd
change your mind. If anyone needs a weekend at the
beach, it's you."
"I'll try not to be a wet blanket," I promised.
Packing was no big trick since I was living out of my
gym bag anyway. The only thing I was really missing
was a bathing suit, but I figured I could make do with
a regular pair of shorts.
We locked up and left at 8:30 in the morning, stopping
at a nearby IHOP for breakfast before heading south.
I volunteered to start the driving because it would
keep at least part of my mind occupied during the 6-
hour trip. Traffic wasn't too bad for a holiday
weekend, probably because we had waited until Saturday
morning to leave. We finished the first leg, down 95
South to 295 around Richmond to 64 East, in under 2
hours. Things got a little congested through
Williamsburg but picked up again after that.
We stopped for a late lunch in Norfolk, where Lori
took the wheel because she knew the route from there.
I could tell we were leaving the mainland when the
amount of land on either side of the highway dwindled
to a few hundred yards or less. We meandered down
route 168 and into the Outer Banks, seeing signs for
Kitty Hawk and Nags Head. Finally, just before Kill
Devil Hills, Lori made a right turn and took us inland
on Colington Drive.
Our destination turned out to be a small private
cottage just outside Colington. It was a two-story
structure in a style that evoked images of New England
more than the South. The clapboards and square posts
were painted in glossy white, the trim in navy blue.
It had a wraparound porch for sitting and socializing
and a well-trimmed lawn all around. The grass
disappeared down a slope as I looked down the side of
the house and I could see the water behind.
I grabbed my gym bag and Lori's suitcase and followed
her up to the porch. The front door was opened before
we got to it by long, lean woman with milk-chocolate
skin and finely sculpted features: Diane, our
hostess.
"It's about time you guys got here," she remarked with
a smile. "I was afraid we'd have to start the party
without you." Then to me she added, "Brad, I'm really
glad you came. If there's anything I can do ..."
"Thanks," I said, casting my eyes down to the floor.
"I'll be okay, really."
Diane lifted my chin, bringing my eyes into contact
with hers. "I know you will," she said softly. "Just
remember, you're among friends here. You can let it
all hang out and nobody will mind."
"I know that. Thanks." From behind her, I saw Lori
flash me a sheepish look. So she'd told Diane about my
romantic problems. I knew she meant well -- Diane was
a counselor of some sort, I remembered -- but I wished
she'd asked me first. I really didn't want to spend
the weekend fending off well-intentioned offers of
help.
Perhaps sensing my discomfort, Diane changed the
subject. "Would you like the fifty-cent tour?"
"Sounds good."
We started the tour by going up the stairs to a simple
landing. There were two bedrooms of roughly equal
size. Diane and Lori would share one, their friends
Brandy and Allison taking the other. "You'll be
downstairs," she explained to me. "I hope that's
okay."
"Fine," I assured her.
The only other room upstairs was the bathroom. It was
unexpectedly large compared to the bedrooms, sporting
both a whirlpool tub and a large glass-enclosed shower
stall. Dual sinks and a large panel mirror stood
opposite the shower, with the commode tucked into a
corner beside the sink counter. A picture window
above the bathtub looked out onto the beach behind the
house.
"I detect a remodeling job here," I remarked.
Diane grinned and nodded. "There used to be three
bedrooms, one master and two smaller ones. My
brother, who owns the place, knocked down the third
bedroom. He used most of the space to expand the
second bedroom and the rest here."
"Makes for a nice bathroom."
"It has to be, it's the only full bath in the house.
There's a powder room on the main floor and an outdoor
shower in back, but for regular bathing this is it.
We're all going to have to be a little flexible in the
mornings."
The main floor featured a spacious foyer, from which
the stairs ran up to the second floor. Tucked under
the main stairs was a doorway to another staircase
leading down. Further along was the powder room, a
tiny little thing barely big enough to contain the
toilet and pedestal sink. An oval mirror hung from a
nail in the wall over the sink. On the other side of
the foyer was the living room, done comfortably in
country pine. An open doorway led back to the dining
room, which had another big picture window looking out
onto the beach. I caught a glimpse of a couple of
figures sunbathing on the deck behind the house but
couldn't make them out clearly from that angle. A
saloon-style swinging door led from the dining room to
the kitchen, which was brightly lit by sunlight
streaming in from windows.
With a quick call of "Get decent, girls!" Diane led us
out a pair of French doors from the kitchen to the
deck. There we found our other two roommates.
Allison was small and thin, with rich golden hair
cropped short like a gymnast's. She had been a
gymnast until her early teens, I remembered Lori
saying, but had filled out just a little too much in
the bust and hips for advanced competition and had
gone on to other sports, eventually becoming a middle
school gym teacher. She was sitting up when I came
onto the deck, quickly fastening the top to her white
bikini. She gave me a bright smile and offered her
hand. "Hey, Brad."
My eye shifted quickly past Allison to where Brandy
lay face-down on a lounge chair. The pieces of a
bright red bikini sat on the end table next to her but
she made no effort to cover up her long, well-rounded
body. She half-turned, offering me a splendid side
view as she raised a hand to shield her eyes and
looked me over. "Hi, Brad," she said with a wicked
smile. "I'd forgotten how cute you are. Want to rub
some lotion on me?"
I grinned back and concentrated on maintaining eye
contact. "Nice to see you too, Brandy. Maybe later -
- Diane is still giving me the tour."
Next we went back to the foyer and down the stairs to
the basement. The bottom level was like a different
house. The walls were covered in dark paneling, the
ceiling in white tile. The little hatch-type windows,
high up on the walls inside but at ground level
outside, provided a bit of natural light to soften the
white glare of the fluorescent fixtures.
Most of the level was finished as one large rec room.
A mahogany pool table occupied the middle of the
space. Simple shelves made from planks and cinder
blocks housed books and knickknacks along one wall.
There was a modest entertainment center supporting a
less-than-modest wide-screen television with VCR, DVD
player and 6-disc CD changer in one corner. A wet
bar, complete with mirror, glass shelves, mini fridge
and six bar stools, took up another corner. Along the
wall opposite was a sleeper sofa, a futon, and a pair
of worn-looking bean bag chairs. A small doorway next
to the bar led to an unfinished space which served
both as laundry room and as a beer and wine cellar.
"I feel bad sticking you alone in the basement," Diane
began.
"It's fine," I assured her. "Besides," I added with a
twinkle, "who says I'll be alone?" Diane and Lori
exchanged a quick glance and smiled back at me.
"Should we just move Brandy's things down here now?"
Lori quipped, calling my bluff.
"Let's just see what develops," I demurred. Banter
aside, I really wasn't looking to score with Brandy or
anyone else for that matter -- in my heart I still
wanted Wendy.
The tour was over. Diane took Lori upstairs to unpack
her things. I dropped my gym bag in a corner and
checked out the pool table. I'm no connoisseur, but
I've played on enough pool tables in my time to
recognize a good one. This one had nice felt, no sign
of joints in the slate, and good woodwork on the
visible surfaces. I found the balls in a box behind
the bar, grabbed a cue and spent the next hour and
some knocking balls around. I was pretty rusty -- it
had been too many months since I'd held a cue in my
hand, and my eye was way off at first. After a while,
though, my instincts started coming back. I was
getting seriously into it when I heard a voice right
behind me.
"Brad?" It was Allison, still in the white bikini but
with an oversized button-down shirt on top. "We're
grilling steaks for dinner. Lori wants to know
whether you'd like to do the honors or leave it to
her."
That was a no-brainer. As good as Lori is in the
kitchen, she is dangerous with a grill. She has a
terrible habit of using too much heat, leaving the
food charred on the outside and barely done on the
inside. I set my cue down and followed Allison
upstairs.
The grill was out back on the deck under a vinyl
shroud. I hesitated a step before going out there,
but the girls had persuaded Brandy to put on her
bikini. It was a pretty tiny bikini, though, and I
often found myself getting an eyeful as Brandy
deliberately hovered around me on the pretext of
helping with the cooking. My body responded the way
any healthy heterosexual male's would. Fortunately,
the "Kiss the Cook" apron Diane had loaned me provided
some much-needed cover.
We ate well. Lori took care of the salad and sides,
and Diane opened a delicious red wine to go with it
all. The dinner conversation stayed light and casual,
getting a bit looser toward the end as the wine kept
flowing. The five of us made quick work of clearing
up, but somehow our wine glasses never made it into
the dishwasher. Instead they got topped off and we
gravitated toward the living room.
The sun was setting on the west side, which left the
east-facing living room in dim natural light. Diane
flipped on a couple of floor lamps and we settled in.
I dropped into a recliner by myself, which forced
Brandy to share the couch with Allison. Lori and
Diane pulled chairs in from the dining room to form a
loose circle.
"Everybody feeling nice and mellow?" Diane asked as
she set the wine bottle on the coffee table. It was a
good three quarters full -- was that our second
bottle, I wondered idly, or our third?
There was a general murmur of consent. Diane started
things by raising her glass. "Now for our traditional
round of toasts. To my brother, for letting us use
his cottage."
"To Diane's brother," we repeated, and drank some
wine.
"To friends and family," Lori proposed. That was also
good for a drink.
Allison came next. "To SPF 50!" she offered, pulling
back her cover-up to reveal a burn-free shoulder. We
applauded and drank.
Brandy winked at me as she raised her glass. "To sun,
sand ... and sex!" I needed a drink for that one.
Everyone looked at me expectantly. Thinking quickly,
I raised my own glass. "To bizarre traditions!" What
the hell, it made them laugh.
"If you think the toasts are strange," Brandy said,
"wait'll you hear what comes next."
Lori groaned while the other women chortled. "You are
under no obligation whatsoever, Brad," she assured me.
"Obligation to what?"
"Another of our little traditions when we get together
like this," Diane explained, "is a few rounds of Truth
or Dare."
"Like I said," Lori interjected. "You absolutely
don't have to play. Nobody here will mind if you sit
out."
Brandy looked as if she wanted to disagree, but it
never came to that. "What the heck?" I replied. "I'm
up for it. Besides, there's a question or two I
wouldn't mind asking you."
"Me?" Lori said with exaggerated innocence. "I can't
possibly imagine what you mean, my dear boy."
"Then we'll have to let him start, won't we?" Allison
suggested. "I can't stand the suspense."
Everyone turned toward me. I had clearly been
elected. "Okay," I said, sipping some more wine.
"Lori, truth or dare?"
Her eyes narrowed as she looked back at me, weighing
her options. "All right ... truth it is."
"Who else in this room have you told about my personal
life?"
The unmistakable flush of guilt rose in Lori's cheeks.
"Everyone," she confessed over the barely-contained
howls of her friends. "I just wanted them to
understand," she added sheepishly.
Brandy let her off the hook. "My turn," she asserted,
and then to nobody's surprise challenged me.
I was still way too sober to consider taking a dare
from Brandy. "Truth."
"Boxers or briefs?"
I let out a relieved sigh -- Brandy was being gentle
with me. "Depends on the outfit," I answered
truthfully. "Boxers whenever I can, otherwise
briefs."
Brandy was shaking her head. "I meant right now," she
said. "What are you wearing under those jeans, boxers
or briefs?"
"Boxers."
Allison started to speak, but Brandy cut her off.
"Wait a minute," she said. "How do I know you're
telling the truth?"
I chuckled and shook my head. "I should've known you
had a plan," I retorted. "And I suppose there's no
way you'll just take my word for it, is there?"
"Nope," she grinned back.
Grumbling good-naturedly, I stood up and undid my
jeans, pulling them down just enough to show her my
boxers. "Satisfied?"
"For now," she said with a wink.
Allison picked on Lori, who again opted for Truth.
"Do you find Brad attractive?"
Lori swallowed some more wine to buy time. "We grew
up together," she said, "so I don't tend to think of
him in that way, but sure. He's got that boyish charm
thing going for him."
"Gee, thanks ... I think," I kidded.
Lori turned things right back on Allison and, when she
opted for Truth, asked her the same question.
"Yes I do," she answered immediately, looking me over
with a smile. "Very attractive."
This was getting uncomfortable. It got even more so
when Diane offered me the choice of Truth or Dare.
"What is this, Pick On The Guy Night?" I complained.
"Truth."
"If Wendy were to call you right now saying she wants
to get back together, would you do it?"
"Is that a professional question or a personal one?" I
asked, stalling for time.
"Probably a little of both. If you'd rather not
answer out loud, you don't have to."
I thought about it. "That's okay, I'll answer. If
she were to call right now, I'd have to say no. She
has to get her own life straight before I can let her
back into mine." I knew the truth of it even as I
spoke; I also knew that if Wendy really was on the
phone, I might not have the strength to give her that
answer.
My turn again, an opportunity to put someone else on
the hot seat. "Brandy," I said, smiling fiendishly.
"Truth or Dare?"
I was half expecting to hear Dare, but she surprised
me by choosing Truth. No problem. "You've been
flirting with me all night, making suggestive comments
left and right. You talk a good game, Brandy, but how
many guys have you actually slept with?"
The other girls broke out into a chorus of guffaws.
Allison elbowed Brandy in the ribs and cried,
"Busted!" Brandy waited for things to quiet down,
then answered the question. "Three."
There was a sincerity in her voice that short-
circuited any thought of a smart-ass response. "Thank
you."
Brandy grinned and delivered the punch line: "The
rest of 'em didn't sleep a wink!" That prompted a new
round of rude laughter from the group. Brandy turned
to Allison and said, "My turn, Allie ... Truth or
Dare?"
The blonde's eye narrowed for a second as she
considered. Her face took on a devil-may-care
expression and she answered, "Dare."
Lori and Diane applauded her bravado. "All right,"
Brandy said. "I dare you to let Diane hypnotize you."
Allison met her friend's gaze coolly. "Sure, why
not?"
This was just too weird for me. I looked over at
Allison, puzzled. "She can do that?"
"Oh, yes," she replied. "Diane's quite the Svengali.
Licensed and bonded and all that stuff."
"Not quite yet," Diane corrected. "I'm still learning
the finer points of hypnotherapy and accumulating
supervised hours. A couple more months and I'll be
certified."
"There's nothing to worry about," Allison added.
"She's practiced on all of us before plenty of times.
It's no big deal."
"All of you?" I asked, looking specifically at Lori.
She nodded in agreement. "Wow." I had some
hypnotherapy experience of my own as a patient, so I
could appreciate the trust they had to have in Diane
in order to let her practice on them.
While I digested this new and fascinating piece of
information, Diane prepared her subject. She dimmed
the room lights a little and had Allison rearrange
herself for maximum comfort. Then she circled around
behind her subject and started speaking softly and
slowly.
"Without tilting your head back," she began, "Pick a
spot as high on the ceiling as you can find and fix
your eyes on it. Keep them focused on that spot,
Allison -- don't let them wander, keep the image nice
and sharp. ... Take a deep breath now, nice and deep
and slow ... and let it out, nice and slow. That's
fine. Now I want you to start counting backwards to
yourself, starting at 500. Count at your own pace,
silently, picturing each number in your mind as you
think it. If you lose track of the numbers, just
start over from any number you want. While you're
busy counting I'll be talking to you, but you don't
need to pay any particular attention to what I'm
saying. You will hear me and understand me easily,
even when I tell you that it's okay to stop counting.
Begin counting now, please."
As Diane spoke her voice grew softer and smoother,
taking on a melodic cadence that I had come to
associate with my own therapist. Allison sat still,
some strain already showing in her upturned eyes, as
Diane wove her spell. She told Allison that her body
was relaxing, becoming soft and smooth, sinking into
the couch little by little; that her eyes were
becoming tired, heavy and tired, needing to blink;
that each blink would be longer than the one before,
and with each blink Allison would find it harder and
harder to open her eyes again.
I could tell it was getting to Allison: her eyes were
tearing, the muscles around them quivering with the
effort of keeping them open. She did start to blink,
heavily and slowly, looking as though it was taking a
lot of effort to open her eyes at the end of each
blink. Her face took on that slack, dazed look that
people get when they are asleep or on heavy narcotics.
Her shoulders slumped, hands resting heavily in her
lap, and she seemed to settle further and further into
the couch with each slow, easy breath.
In the middle of it all, I was surprised to realize
that this was really getting me turned on. I'd been
in her position a number of times myself but in an
office setting, with a guy doing the hypnotizing,
there was nothing even remotely sexual about it. This
was very different, more like watching a stage show --
they always seem to pick the hot women whenever they
can.
Looking around, I saw that I wasn't the only one
paying rapt attention to the goings on. Brandy was
staring openmouthed at Allison, and from the stillness
of her body it seemed as thought she might be going
under too. Lori sat quietly in her dining room chair,
legs crossed, watching with interest.
"Eyes growing sleepier and sleepier," Diane continued.
"Heavier and heavier ... so tired ... time to rest ...
You can stop counting now, Allison. In a moment, I'm
going to touch you on the forehead. When I do, your
eyes will close down. Your whole body will simply
rest, let go, and sink a hundred times deeper into
relaxation." She timed it beautifully, waiting for a
heavy blink at the top of a breath. When she touched
Allison's forehead, the girl just collapsed like a
deflating balloon. Her whole body slumped down and
started to fall sideways. Diane skillfully caught her
and eased her into position against the side of the
couch, her head supported by a pillow.
Brandy hadn't moved a muscle. Noticing her glassy
gaze, Diane reached over and touched Brandy on the
forehead. The result was equally dramatic as Brandy's
eyes slammed shut and her head dropped. Unlike
Allison, though, Brandy's body wasn't well supported;
her weight shifted as she relaxed and she slid off the
edge of the couch. One knee struck the coffee table
with a loud bump and jarred her awake.
"Jesus, Diane!" she protested, shaking her head to
clear it.
"Serves you right," the hypnotist retorted. Allison
slept on, apparently completely unaware of the
disturbance. Nodding toward her subject, Diane asked,
"Did you have any particular suggestions in mind?"
Brandy pulled Diane closer and whispered into her ear.
"That's wicked," Diane said. "But I like it." She
resumed her hypnotist's voice and addressed her
subject again. "Allison, I'm going to give you some
suggestions now to show everyone how good you are at
following them. Your conscious mind will remember
nothing of these suggestions until the morning, but
your subconscious will remember and follow them for
the rest of the night. Will you do that?"
"Okay," came the sleepy reply.
"Very good. Allison, please answer this question for
me: who is the sexiest, most irresistible-looking man
you've ever seen?"
"Martin."
"And who is Martin?"
"One of the trainers at the gym," she replied
dreamily. "He's got a delicious-looking body ... but
he's married."
"I'm sorry," Diane commiserated. "But tonight,
Allison, we have a very special man with us. Someone
who is so attractive, you'll find that he is easily
ten times as sexy and desirable as Martin. The more
you see him, the more you'll realize that he is the
sexiest man you have ever seen. Can you guess who
that is, Allison?"
"Brad?" she guessed. I started to laugh, but to my
shock Diane smiled.
"That's right," she confirmed smoothly, "it is Brad.
Brad is ten times sexier than Martin, ten times sexier
than any other man you can think of. When you wake up
in a few minutes you will realize this, and it will
not seem at all abnormal to you. Do you understand?"
"Yes," she said. "Brad is the sexiest man alive."
"Very good, Allison. Being in the same room with such
an incredibly sexy man, it is natural that you might
find yourself having sexual thoughts about him. I'm
sure that as you notice how incredibly, irresistibly
sexy Brad is a wide variety of wild, sexy, erotic
thoughts will go through your mind. When one does,
Allison, when you have a sexual thought of any kind
about Brad, you will clear your throat. Your
conscious mind will not notice that you have cleared
your throat, and if anyone remarks on it you will
ignore them, but your subconscious will make sure that
you do clear your throat every time you have a sexual
thought involving Brad. Is that okay?"
"Sure," she agreed.
"I'm glad," Diane said. "This will show everyone what
a very good hypnotic subject you are. In a few
moments I'm going to count from one to five. When I
reach the count of five, you will awaken feeling
refreshed and happy, as if you've just had a nice nap.
Your conscious mind will not remember any of your
suggestions until tomorrow morning, but your
subconscious will remember and follow them all. If
someone tells you what your suggestions are before you
can remember them, you will hear something other than
what they are actually saying; your subconscious will
provide words that won't give away the secret. Are
you ready?"
"Ready."
Diane counted up to five, and Allison's eyes fluttered
open. Her gaze fell on me almost immediately and I
could almost see her pupils opening up as she looked
at me. She stretched lazily, arching her back and
letting the open shirt fall away from her bikini-
covered breasts in a sensuous way, clearing her throat
more than once in the process. I felt a sudden urge
to crawl underneath the recliner and hide.
"That was wonderful," Allison said, her voice dropping
half an octave from where it had been most of the
night. "What did I do?"
"Oh, nothing," Brandy replied quickly. "Nothing at
all."
"Yeah, right," Allison came back. "And I'm a
supermodel. Truth or Dare, Diane?"
Diane was just settling down in her chair again.
"Truth, please."
"What suggestions did you give me while I was
hypnotized?"
I watched Allison closely as Diane answered. "I told
you that Brad is the sexiest man you've ever seen, and
that every time you have a sexual thought about him
you will clear your throat without realizing you've
done it. I also told you that you won't remember any
of this until tomorrow morning."
Allison looked confused. "That's it, no posthypnotic
triggers?" Diane just shrugged. "Well," Allison said
looking at me, "I hope I made a sexy-sounding
chicken." She cleared her throat again, which sent
Brandy into spasms of barely-suppressed laughter.
Lori got an evil look on her face. "Truth or Dare,
Allie?"
There was no hesitation. "Truth."
"Who do you think is sexier: Tom Cruise, Harrison
Ford, or my cousin Brad?"
Allison cleared her throat again at the mention of my
name, which sent Brandy into another fit of mirth.
"Do you need something to drink, Allie?" she chortled.
"No," Allison answered warily. "Why do you ask?"
Brandy doubled over in hysterics. "Don't mind her,"
Lori said, "she's been hitting the wine pretty hard.
What about my question?"
Brandy had to run to the powder room as Allison
cleared her throat several more times. Finally,
looking from me to Lori, she answered. "Honestly, I
think Brad. With that curly blonde hair of his, and
those puppy-dog eyes, I think he could be a movie
star, too. No kidding."
I hid my reddening face in my hands. Diane let me
recover for a minute, then challenged me to Truth or
Dare. "Truth -- definitely truth."
"A while ago you asked Brandy this question, so I'll
ask you: how many women have you had sex with,
Brad?"
Coming from Diane, knowing what I now did, it didn't
seem like a teasing question. I had the feeling I was
going to get some therapy this weekend whether I
wanted it or not. "Just the one," I confessed. "I
dated others before Wendy, and during the couple of
months when we were apart the first time, but I didn't
sleep with them." Was that why I couldn't seem to get
her out of my system? Why I kept remembering her
smile, her scent, and her taste?
"Your turn, Brad," Lori prompted me. Half my mind was
back in Wendy's arms, and all of a sudden I had no
more interest in this game.
"Can I pass?" I asked. Diane nodded sympathetically,
as if she could read my thoughts -- more likely she
was reading my body language. Whatever; I got up and
headed for the powder room myself.
I didn't need to pee all that much, but I took the
opportunity anyway. I also splashed some cold water
on my face and then sat down on the throne, letting
the slight wine buzz die down a little. After a few
minutes I heard female chanting from the other room:
"Bradley ... Bradley ... Bradley ... Bradley ... " It
was cute enough to get me to chuckle and come back to
the living room. A chorus of cheers (and throat
clearings from Allison) welcomed me back. Brandy
offered me the wine bottle, and just for the hell of
it I took a long pull straight from the bottle and
gave it back to her. She did the same and passed it
to Allison, and the chain reaction continued all the
way to Diane.
"Truth or Dare, Brad?" It was Lori's turn,
apparently.
I'd had enough truth, and figured I was reasonably
safe with Lori, so I chose Dare. Lori pounced right
away with her challenge. "I dare you to let Diane
hypnotize you."
Allison burst into a fit of throat clearing. Diane
came over to me and put a hand on my shoulder. "Is it
okay with you, Brad? Or would you rather not?"
She was giving me an out, if I wanted to take it. I
shrugged. "I did pick Dare," I said resignedly.
"Besides, I have a feeling this is according to
someone's plan." I looked pointedly at Lori, but she
wouldn't make eye contact.
Diane's voice was reassuring. "Lori tells me that
you've been in hypnotherapy before, so you know that
nothing can happen here unless you're willing to let
it happen."
"I know." Thanks to Allison, I also had a pretty good
clue as to the kind of suggestions I'd be getting. I
did think seriously about taking the out, but in the
end curiosity got me -- I wanted to know what it was
like to be put under by a woman. Would it be as
seductive as watching Allison, or as boring and
clinical as my therapy? I had to find out. "Let's do
it."
First we went through the ritual of settling in,
getting as comfortable as possible. I put up the
footrest on the recliner and tilted it back a bit,
kicked off my shoes, and pronounced myself ready.
Diane was behind me already. "Okay, Brad," she began.
"Let's start with your eyes closed, please. Take a
deep breath and relax. ... Now take another long,
deep, slow breath ... and let it out, relaxing as you
feel the air escaping. ... Now I want you to
concentrate all of your attention on your right hand.
Feel the temperature of the air around your right
hand, the texture of the fabric beneath it, the weight
of it as it rests on the arm of the chair. ... Be very
aware of every sensation you can about your right
hand."
I fixed my attention firmly on the sensations in and
around my hand, as instructed. I felt warmth of the
still air on my skin, the coolness of the leather
armrest under my palm, the slight bump of the watch
band around my wrist. As I noted all these things to
myself, I realized Diane's voice had gone on to
another instruction.
"Good, Brad. Now, while you continue to be aware of
everything about your right hand, I wonder if you can
expand your awareness to include your right arm and
shoulder. Notice everything you can about your arm
and shoulder, while still remaining aware of all the
sensations in your right hand."
It took some work, but I did it. I felt my shoulder
muscles loosening, noted the texture of my shirt
against the shoulder and arm, and the spot where my
elbow rested on the arm rest.
"And now, as you continue to be aware of your hand,
arm, and shoulder, notice how your breathing becomes
slower and easier, how each breath relaxes you more
and more. More and more relaxed with each slow, easy
breath."
It was hard to concentrate on all this with the sound
of Allison clearing her throat almost continuously in
the background, but I noticed that my breathing was
indeed slowing down. Then Diane had me expand my
awareness again to the feelings in my legs, then my
back, then my stomach. Each step took me further and
further into myself, and soon I felt the heaviness,
the weird sense of detachment that I recognized as a
pretty deep trance coming on. Diane's voice grew
faint and distant, hovering just outside my awareness,
but I knew it wasn't important to try to make out the
words. After a while another voice joined her, one
with a very familiar tone. My voice? It wasn't
important, and anyway I felt too good to worry about
it. I was in a beautiful, peaceful, safe place.
"...three, four, five. Eyes open, and wide awake."
I took a quick inventory of my senses. Everything
seemed okay; other than the slightly detached, just-
had-a-nice-nap feeling that I usually have after a
hypnosis session I didn't feel any different.
Remembering Allison's treatment, I let my eyes pass
over the women and checked for any kind of weird
reaction. None of them suddenly seemed like a sex
goddess to me.
Allison was still thinking about me, apparently,
because she cleared her throat again several times.
It was a soft, sexy sound and I was starting to like
it -- if only all women came with a signal like that.
"Are you okay, Brad?" Lori was looking mildly
concerned.
"Fine. Never better. Your turn, Diane."
She considered for a moment, then said, "I'll pass
this round." I couldn't think of anything offhand
either, so I passed as well.
"That makes it my turn," Brandy said. "I haven't
picked on you yet, Diane -- what do you say? Truth or
Dare?"
"Truth, please."
Brandy shot me a sideways glance before asking the
question. "Did hypnotizing Brad get you hot?"
Diane looked down at her lap for a minute, then she
made eye contact with Brandy. "Hypnosis is about
trust. In some ways it's the most intimate thing one
person can do with another. "
"So the answer is?"
"Yes," Diane confirmed. "I got aroused working with
Brad." She looked over at me and I just grinned and
shrugged at her. That seemed to be the right
response, because she smiled back with a wink.
Allison cleared her throat again -- that sound was
starting to get me hot -- before turning to face
Brandy. "How about it, Brandy? Are you up for a
dare?"
"Go ahead," Brandy said, "dare me."
"I dare you to switch seats with Brad for the rest of
the game."
Brandy seemed none too pleased. Grumbling, she stood
up switched seats with me, brushing herself closely
against me as we went by. The red bikini stayed in
place somehow. I settled down on what had been
Brandy's end of the couch. Allison was on my left and
scooted over to close most of the gap, crossing her
lovely legs in my direction. That wonderful throat-
clearing sound seemed almost like an excited purr at
this range.
Lori took her turn, asking Diane a question. I didn't
pay attention; my senses were still a little
overwhelmed by the closeness of Allison's body and
that soft, sensuous sound she kept making.
The next thing I noticed was Allison accepting a dare
from Diane. "I dare you to give Brad your best, most
passionate kiss."
"You're on!" Before I could open my mouth to comment,
Allison had snaked under my left arm and climbed on
top of me, settling on my lap in a way that put steady
pressure on my crotch. Her arms whipped around my
neck and drew my face to hers.
Our lips met. Hers were soft and yielding. I felt
her tongue teasing at my closed, tense lips and took
the hint, easing up and letting her through. A
muffled groan tried to escape from me as I felt her
body pressing harder against mine, and things got
decidedly crowded in the front of my pants. She
sensed the obvious changes down below and moved a
little bit, which put my bulging denim right up into
the white triangle of her bikini area.
From somewhere behind Allison I heard Brandy's voice.
"Let him breathe a little, Allie," she said.
Allison broke off the embrace and backed up, a look of
great satisfaction on her face as she resumed her
seat. I crossed my legs in a transparent attempt to
hide the serious hard-on that had formed during the
kiss. I also tried to put my hands in my lap, but for
some reason I could only manage it with my right. My
left arm seemed to be stuck, pointing straight out and
slightly up. I was trying to figure out what to do
about it when Brandy asked me to choose Truth or Dare.
"Truth," I answered, my mind still mostly occupied by
the mystery of my left arm.
"Is your cock hard right now?"
"Hell, yes!" I told her. "Not only that, but my left
arm seems to have a raging hard-on too."
Brandy almost fell out of the recliner from laughing.
Diane and Lori were also having a good time, and
Allison was snickering in between throat clearings.
"Funny you should say that," Allison said to me. "How
does this feel?" With a lecherous gleam in her eye,
Allison gently raked her fingernails from wrist to
elbow on my frozen arm. For a split second there was
just the slight pressure of her nails on my arm, then
I felt it -- a pair of fingers running not only down
my arm, but down the length of my cock!
I let out an involuntary gasp as I felt the bizarre
dual sensation. Allison changed direction, sweeping
back up toward my wrist, and the phantom sensation in
my cock changed direction with her. "Jesus!" I
exclaimed. "This is unbelievable!"
"Oh really?" she teased. "How about this?" She
leaned forward and put two of my fingers into her
mouth. Instantly I felt a warm pair of lips closing
down on the very tip of my cock. Allison worked the
fingers in and out of her mouth and I felt it on the
head of my rod. All I could do was sit there and
groan while Allison gazed wickedly into my eyes.
"It's your turn, you know," she reminded me. "You
need to give someone a question or a dare. Can you
think of a dare for me, Brad?"
Putting together a sentence was getting difficult, but
I managed it. "I dare you to come downstairs with me
and finish this in private."
The teasing on my hand stopped. Instead, Allison took
a firm grip on my left hand and pulled me off the
couch. "I thought you'd never ask." The sensation of
being yanked out of my seat by the end of my cock was
the strangest thing I've ever felt. A close second
was the feeling of being led by the extended cock past
Lori, who was laughing and grinning, and down the
stairs to my temporary quarters.
My left arm still didn't want to do anything but mimic
my cock, which made it difficult to do much about my
clothes. In the end Allison did a lot of the work,
pulling the shirt off over my head (leading to another
strange sensation like a cloth condom being pulled off
of me) and the boxers down to my ankles without
wasting any time at all. I stood and watched, arm and
cock extended, while she slipped out of her cover-up
and bikini.
Allison's body may not be built for traditional
gymnastics, but I could tell immediately that it was
ideal for the kind of sport we were engaged in then.
She had perfect natural breasts, a generous handful
each with beautiful nipples already standing firm.
Her hips and thighs looked strong and sensuous, and a
neat arrowhead of corn silk thatch pointed the way to
heaven.
We didn't even bother unfolding the sofa bed first; I
just plopped onto it on my back, letting my arm and my
cock stick straight up. Allison grabbed my left hand,
planted it firmly between her breasts and squeezed
them around it, causing my jaw to drop as I felt ripe
breasts pressing against the end of my rod. "This is
going to be over in about ten seconds if you keep that
up," I warned her.
"Oh really?" She climbed up on top of me and dropped
herself down over my rigid cock. A contented sigh
escaped her lips as she wiggled around a little,
taking me in all the way. "Very nice," she said, and
then took my left hand and started licking it.
The double sensation of being inside Allison and
getting head at the same time blew me away. Thinking
ten seconds might have been overly optimistic, I put
my working hand to use and found her nub. I fingered
that three or four times, which caused Allison to
really go nuts. She put three of my fingers in her
mouth and sucked hard, and that was it for me. With a
loud grunt I felt my body clench and then release the
first hot jet into her. Allison kept sucking hard, as
if to draw everything out through my fingertips. One
more brush against the button did the trick for her;
she let my hand go, threw her head back and cried out
repeatedly as she squeezed herself around me.
With the waning of my orgasm, I found my left arm
responding to my own will again. I put it to good
use, giving Allison's breast a nice fondle while she
was still in the throes of her own climax. When she
was through we decoupled gently and she lay down on
top of me to cuddle for a while.
Lying there on the couch with Allison on top of me,
luxuriating in the skin to skin contact and listening
to the soft creaking of the main stairs as the others
made their way to bed, I remembered what post coital
bliss was like. Between the coke's effects on Wendy
and the discord from our arguing about it, a lot of
the fun had already drained out of that relationship
long ago. Why hadn't I noticed that before?
After a while Allison stirred. We shared a soft,
extended kiss and then she climbed off me. "Bathroom
break," she explained as she started toward the
stairs. "I'll be right back."
"Do you want a shirt or something?"
She gave me a wink and a shrug. "Why bother?"
"Good point."
While she was upstairs I got up and unfolded the couch
into a nice-sized bed. The mattress already had a
fitted sheet, so I simply threw on a top sheet and
tucked it in quickly at the bottom.
Allison came back down as I was finishing up.
"Domestic men are so sexy," she remarked.
"But will you still think so in the morning?" It was
meant to be a joke, but then I remembered the terms of
Diane's hypnotic suggestions. What would Allison
think in the morning?
"You're getting that sad look again," she said.
"Whatever you're thinking, stop it."
"I was just thinking how nice it would be to go to bed
and hold you," I lied.
"Oh -- in that case, quit thinking and just do it."
We got into bed and cuddled like spoons. I put an arm
around her and held her, slowly stroking her stomach
with my palm. I noticed a new scent -- she had put on
some perfume while she was upstairs.
As her body settled into mine and our breathing
synchronized and slowed, I found my hand moving in
ever widening circles. Without thinking about it, I
brushed against the bottoms of her breasts. Allison
responded by wiggling her bottom, which started a
rebound reaction in my cock. My hand wandered up a
little higher and cupped a breast, squeezing gently
and toying with the nipple, feeling it stand up and
swell.
Allison purred and shifted a little to give me a
better angle, which also gave her a chance to slip a
hand between us and find my expanding cock. I let
that go until I was nice and hard, then shifted down a
little myself so I could get her nipple in my mouth.
She put a gentle hand on the back of my head and
moaned appreciatively as I suckled her. My hand
wandered down her body and found the moist, warm spot
between her legs. She spread her thighs for me, and I
slipped two fingers into her slit. She was already
wet. I spread her juices around, feeling along her
lips and probing the space in between. Every time she
made a noise I made a mental note of the place and
movement and practiced it. After a while I had her
panting and guiding my hand with her own.
"Get inside me now, please," she breathed. I was
happy to oblige, thought not in the way she probably
meant -- I reached in and slipped my middle finger
into her canal as far as it would go, hooking it to
press on the upper side. Wendy had a spot there that
would drive her nuts if I touched it just right ...
did Allison have the same thing?
Yep. At the very end of my reach I felt a warm,
smooth bump in the top wall of her tunnel. As soon as
my finger touched it Allison gasped and cried out in
pleasure. I pressed my advantage, brushing that spot
again and again until Allison came hard. While she
was riding the top of the wave, I got up on top of her
and slid my cock inside. She reacted by hooking her
legs around my hips and pulling me in closer. We
rocked together, establishing a rhythm, finding
exactly the right position to get me locked and loaded
inside her, and triggered another climax for her. The
feeling of her walls tightening around my shaft was
enough to finish me off as well. We moaned through
the end of our orgasms together, slowing down as one
and finally drifting off to sleep.
I've always heard that morning-afters are awkward.
Imagine waking up in the morning in a strange bed,
with a good friend of your closest relative, and then
in a rush remembering that she'd been hypnotized into
thinking you were the sexiest guy in the world.
The pleasant afterglow from our night faded quickly
and a sickening, cold dread took its place. When
Allison woke up her mind would be clear, I realized.
Would she consider our night together as consensual
adult sex, or as date rape?
I stared up at the ceiling as the questions circled
around my mind. Would Allison have slept with me if
Diane hadn't made her think I was such a stud? Would
I have slept with Allison if I hadn't gotten so
aroused by the circumstances?
The circumstances ... what exactly were the
circumstances? I still had no memory of the
suggestions Diane had used on me, although the results
were pretty obvious. I needed to know, though. I
started to get up, to go find Diane and ask her.
A sleepy voice stopped me halfway out of the bed.
"Brad? Where do you think you're going?"
"Morning," I said, still afraid to turn around and
look at her. "I was going to go ... uh ... grab a
shower or something."
"What's your hurry?" she asked. "It's still early,
everybody else is probably still asleep."
"No hurry."
"Then come back here and talk to me," she said. "I
need to know if you're okay with this."
"Huh?" Confusion overcame shame and I turned to look
at her. "What about you? I feel like I took
advantage of you ... aren't you upset?"
"Do I look upset?"
Allison was propped lazily up on one elbow looking at
me. The bed sheet had slid down to her hips,
revealing those tantalizing breasts to me. She toyed
with one with her spare hand and looked straight at my
face. "No," I answered, "you don't."
"That's because I'm not. I knew going into the game
last night that something like this might happen, and
I'm not sorry it did. Are you?"
"No," I said quickly. "Well ... I don't think ... I
mean ... I've got so many questions still." I was
getting flustered.
"Would it help if you could remember your hypnosis
session last night?"
"I think so. That's really why I was getting up ...
to find Diane and ask her about it."
"I've got a better idea. Come here."
I scooted back into bed next to her and she drew me in
for a long, tender kiss. Our lips met and our tongues
met, and then I heard Diane's voice in the back of my
mind: "The sound of Allison clearing her throat is a
very sexy, sensuous sound. The more you hear that
sound, the more you will find yourself becoming
aroused by it because you know it means that Allison
is thinking about you sexually. As you become more
and more aroused, you will inevitably develop an
erection. When you do, Brad, your left arm will also
have an erection. As long as your penis is hard, your
left arm will extend straight out too, and any time
Allison touches your left arm or hand, you will feel
the exact same touch on your penis at the same time.
You will find this extremely arousing, Brad. Your
left arm will continue to act this way until you have
had an orgasm, then it will return to normal. ... Your
conscious mind will not remember any of these
suggestions until Allison kisses you in the morning,
but your subconscious will ensure that your body obeys
them."
I drew back quickly, my mind overloaded with the
memory. "Whoa," I murmured. "I don't know what to
think."
"Then don't think," she said. "Don't worry about last
night. Just be in the moment. What is your body
telling you right now?"
That was an easy one. My nipples were getting tight
as they responded to the sensation of her fingers
playing with the short hairs on my chest, and I had a
hard-on. "Right now," I replied, "my body is telling
me that you're very close, and very naked, and nobody
else is awake yet."
"Then let's go with that." She enveloped me and
kissed me again, and I let my body run on autopilot
while I lost myself in her. She offered me a breast
and I took it, suckling with increasing hunger as my
hand found its favorite resting place between her
thighs. I stroked and teased her until we were both
ready, then she rolled me over and mounted me easily,
riding me slowly until we both came. Then it was time
for some more sleep.
When I woke again I was feeling much better about
things. Diane's suggestions had increased our
awareness of each other, certainly, but acting on it
had been our own free choice. In fact, the whole
situation had Lori's signature all over it: she and
Diane had prepared the meal, so to speak, and left it
to me to realize I was hungry. Right again, Cuz, I
thought to myself.
Footsteps sounded on the stairs coming down. I pulled
the sheet over us just in time as Brandy appeared.
She was wrapped in a bath towel -- my intuition told
me there was nothing else underneath it -- and was
carrying two more. "Wake up, sleepyheads!," she sang,
plopping the heavy towels onto the bed with us.
"Breakfast in twenty minutes."
"I take it the shower is free?" Allison said, blinking
the sleep from her eyes.
"Diane's in the upstairs one now," Brandy explained,
"and Lori has dibs next. We thought you two might
want to try the one outside." She winked broadly at
us and added, "It's big enough to share."
The outdoor shower turned out to be a booth built into
the near end of the deck behind the kitchen. The back
wall of the house formed part of the stall and was the
source of the plumbing; there was also a short
partition on the right side and back that came up to
my chest. It had clearly been meant for rinsing off
after a swim, but it was enclosed enough to offer
reasonable privacy as long as nobody else was on the
deck. And, as Brandy had promised, it was just about
wide enough for two. After a good look around for
potential witnesses, we shucked off our clothes and
got in.
It didn't take long for us to get used to the openness
of the outdoor shower. We took turns soaping each
other up and rinsing off, getting a bit frisky in the
process. At one point I looked over and saw Brandy
through the kitchen window. Our eyes met and she
winked at me, then pulled down the window shade with a
guilty grin.
Something about an outdoor shower brings out the
closet exhibitionist in people. Allison and I felt no
burning need to go dress; instead we just strolled
into the kitchen wrapped in our bath towels and
started setting the table for breakfast. We weren't
the only ones taking their time about getting dressed
-- Diane and Lori came down in bathrobes. Ironically
Brandy, who had slipped on an oversized nightshirt,
was the most dressed of the group.
We had a nice breakfast of bacon and eggs, home fries,
and plenty of fresh juice. Brandy did most of the
cooking and everyone helped clean up afterwards. The
talk turned to making plans for the day.
"I'm in the mood for a road trip," Diane announced.
"Anyone up for the outlet mall?"
Allison perked up instantly. "Oooh, me!"
"Sounds like fun," Lori seconded. "Brad?"
"What do you think?" I asked sarcastically. With
Lori, shopping is more of a social activity than
anything else. I'm the stereotypical guy: I don't go
near a store unless I know exactly what I want to buy
and where to find it. She knows that, but she was
busting my chops by asking.
"That would be a no," she translated, grinning.
"Brandy?"
She thought it about it for a minute, then declined.
"I think I'll stay here and work on my tan," she said.
"Besides, somebody needs to keep an eye on Brad."
Now it was Allison's turn to grin. "Nice of you to
make the sacrifice, Brandy." They winked broadly at
each other, as if sharing an inside joke.
With the agenda set, the group disbursed to finally
get dressed. I pulled on a pair of running shorts and
an athletic shirt, figuring I'd take a walk along the
beach for a while. Brandy changed into a rainbow
striped bikini that was even tinier than the red one
from the day before. The others dressed casually for
a day at the mall. They were starting out the door to
get into Diane's Camry when Allison pulled me aside.
"You realize, of course, that Brandy wants your body,"
she warned.
"Maybe," I said. "I think it's more likely she's just
playing with me."
Allison disagreed. "No, she's serious. Give her half
a chance and she'll jump your bones before lunch."
That didn't sound good. "What do you want me to do?"
Allison laughed softly and shook her head. "Lori
warned me you might think that way," she said
cryptically. "Look Brad -- you're a sweet guy, and I
really like you. Last night, and this morning, were
really great and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't
interested in seeing you more."
"But ..." I prompted, knowing there had to be one
coming, a part of me dreading it all the same.
"But," she continued, a gentle smile on her face,
"we're not a couple. Not yet, anyway. You're still
working through a pretty serious breakup; it's too
soon for you to be hooking up exclusively with anyone.
You need to get out of yourself a little." She took
my face in her hands and kissed me softly. "When
you're alone with Brandy, I want you to do what you
did with me this morning -- turn off your mind and
just stay in the moment. Do what your body wants to
do, and don't think about it too much. Can you do
that for yourself?"
"I can do that." My mind was awhirl; what else could
I say?
"Good," she said. "Have fun, and we can talk later if
you want to." With that, she ran to the car and took
off with Lori and Diane.
I made a long, solitary morning of it on the beach.
Walking along the shore, nodding and smiling to the
very few others I encountered on the way, gazing out
at the waters of the Roanoke Sound, I spent most of
the time lost in thought.
Wendy and I were over, that was a certainty. I found
it surprisingly easy to say that and believe it --
much more so than a day or two before, when the
thought of her was enough to send me scurrying for the
Pringles and the remote control. A large part of the
pain, I realized, was really the loss of intimacy.
After the night with Allison, and with Brandy no doubt
plotting my seduction at that very moment, things were
looking pretty good in that area.
And what about Allison? It felt like there was
something there, at least a possibility of something
deep and lasting. Or was that just me looking to
replace Wendy by latching onto the first available
female? Allison was right -- the only way to know for
sure was to date around for a while, see what feels
right.
The sun was leaning toward the west when I sighted the
beach house again. I'd been gone several hours; it
was hard to be sure how long because I'd left my watch
in the house. Brandy was out back on the deck. Just
for fun I walked with my head down, looking up only
with my eyes so she wouldn't think I'd seen her yet.
As soon as she spotted me she jumped up, rearranged
the lounge chair, and slipped off the striped bikini.
When I got back to the house, she was sitting on the
deck rubbing sunscreen lotion on her naked chest. She
pretended surprise at the sound of my first footfall
on the wooden steps and quickly placed an arm across
her breasts. "You're back," she observed in a
flustered voice that sounded almost genuine.
"Sorry if I startled you," I said, looking away from
her, playing the game.
"It's okay. Actually, you're just in time. I need
someone to put sun block on my back. Would you mind?"
"Sure," I agreed. Brandy set the lounge chair to full
recline and rolled over. "Where would you like me to
put it?"
"Anywhere that looks dry," she said. Her entire back,
shoulders, and bottom looked dry to me, so I decided
to start at the top. I squeezed out a good amount of
the lotion between her shoulder blades and spread it
around with my fingertips. "You can use more
pressure," she said. "It works better if it's rubbed
in well." So I used a little more pressure, letting
my palms get in on the action, working the lotion into
her skin with circular motions. I felt the muscles in
her shoulders relax under my touch. "You have a great
touch," she purred contentedly.
I worked my way further down to the middle of her
back, spreading the lotion out evenly and working it
in, smoothing the skin over her muscles as I went.
"You can spread out more," she advised. "Up and down
the sides too." So I ran my oily hands up the sides
of her body a few times, just letting my fingertips
brush against the sides of her breasts. Then I moved
to the small of her back, using thumbs along either
side of her spine. "That's nice," she coached.
"Lower, please."
Grinning with the knowledge of where this was leading,
I teased her by lowering my hands about an inch and
continuing to work upward. "Lower, please," she
repeated. "It's okay, I won't hurt you."
I teased her a little more, then gave her what she
wanted -- a full hand, thorough massaging of her
bottom. "That's it," she said dreamily. "You're
doing wonderful things for me, Brad."
It was doing things for me, too. Feeling her smooth
skin in my hands, listening to her purr softly with
contentment, smelling the growing scent of her
arousal, was putting my own hormones on red alert. If
Brandy were looking my way she couldn't fail to notice
the serious lump in the front of my shorts, just as
from my vantage point I couldn't fail to notice the
non-sunscreen moisture collecting between the tops of
her thighs.
Brandy's legs were pretty well covered already, but I
was listening to my body and my body wanted to rub
some lotion onto her thighs. I started low and worked
upward, letting my thumbs slide up on the insides and
just catch the end of her outer lips as they slid up
and over her butt. "Oooh," she sighed appreciatively.
"You can just do that for a while if you want." She
parted her legs slightly, and I took full advantage on
the next several passes, letting my thumbs play up and
down along her slit several times while I cupped her
buttocks in my hands. I was rewarded with several
loud moans.
At this point Brandy was definitely ready and I was
starting to get urgent messages from my swollen cock
so I was ready to drop the pretense. I stepped back
and quickly slipped off my shorts and shirt. "You
stopped," she complained, trying to look back at me
but I was too far behind her.
"You're getting a little pink," I ad-libbed. "Flip
over and I'll do your front some."
Brandy turned over and saw me at her feet, naked and
fully erect. A feline smile came over her face.
"You're going to get a nasty sunburn like that," she
remarked. "You'd better let me put something on it."
She scooted down on the lounge and sat up. Reaching
into her slit, she swabbed up some of the juices with
her fingers and lathered it on my cock, working it in
like the sunscreen.
Now it was my turn to start moaning. "Oh, he likes
that," she remarked. "Would you like me to go lower?"
She tickled my balls with her fingertips, and my head
bobbed up and down on its own. Taking that for
assent, Brandy moved one hand down to fondle my balls
while the other continued to massage my cock. Soon
Brandy's fingers worked their way back along the
sensitive skin behind my balls. My knees buckled and
I went down slowly.
Brandy crawled back on the lounge and hooked one
finger at me, giving me a classic "come hither" stare.
There were no questions, no thoughts in my mind at all
-- acting on pure animal lust, I crawled up onto the
lounge and on top of Brandy and plunged myself into
her. She curled an arm around my neck and brought me
down to a breast while hooking me with her legs.
Slowly at first, but with quickly increasing urgency
we established a rhythm.
Brandy came first, her full-throated shouts of "oh,
YES!" filling the air and probably carrying twenty
miles out to sea. I held on as long as I could,
giving her the best ride I could, until the pressure
was too much and I burst. She held me in a powerful
grip while my body turned to jelly, all its energy
being focused on the act of ejaculation. Then we grew
still.
She pulled a beach towel over us for sun cover and we
held each other on the deck for a while, enjoying the
glow in silence. Then we showered together in the
outdoor stall, pulled on our clothes, and started
working on dinner.
Dinner was simple but good: grilled chicken breasts
with barbecue sauce, cole slaw, biscuits, mixed
veggies, and plenty of cold Sam Adams to wash it all
down. The shoppers entertained us with tales of the
deals they got at the outlet mall and the characters
they ran into.
Brandy was surprisingly discreet about how we passed
the day. "Brad spent most of it on walkabout," she
said when asked, "and I worked on getting rid of my
tan lines." Allison looked a question at me when she
heard that and I winked back at her in response.
We lingered over our meal longer than the night
before; it was well past dusk when we finished the
cleanup and adjourned to the living room.
"Any more interesting traditions I should know about?"
I asked Diane.
Our hostess shook her head. "No, we got those out of
the way last night. For tonight, Allison suggested a
friendly pool tournament. I understand you play."
"I used to play a lot. I'm pretty rusty now, though."
"Spoken like a true shark," she said with a smile, and
led the way downstairs to the rec room, which was also
my bedroom for one more night.
Figuring out a reasonable playoff rotation for five
people was a bit of a challenge, but we came up with a
plan everybody seemed to like. We settled on nine-
ball because it's simple and everyone knew the rules.
To keep everyone involved, we decided on a "three and
by" scheme: everyone plays each round until they win
three games, then they sit by while the others
continue; when all but one player has 3 wins, the
remaining player is out and the rest start a new
round. It's not an official tournament scheme, but it
works well for friendly games.
It didn't take long to see who the real contenders
were. Diane won her three very quickly, with me close
behind. Lori took a little longer but was clearly a
notch or two above Brandy and Allison on the skill
ladder. When Allison pocketed the nine ball for the
third time, Brandy conceded gracefully and appointed
herself barmaid for the rest of the night.
The next round was more interesting. I won my three
first. Diane came next without too much trouble, but
Allison came on strong and gave Lori a battle for the
last slot. They each had two wins, with only three
balls left on the table, when Lori made a fatal
mistake. She lined up a routine bank shot to pocket
the seven ball but misjudged it, and ended up
pocketing the seven and the cue ball. Lori's scratch
gave Allison the cue ball in hand: she easily
pocketed the eight, and followed it up with a tricky
angled shot on the nine to win.
Brandy was the first to congratulate her on the upset.
"Way to go, girl!"
Allison grinned back. "It's amazing what a little
motivation can do."
My curiosity was aroused. "Motivation? What
motivation?"
Allison and Brandy giggled softly and looked to Lori.
"Nothing," Lori told me. "Just a little side bet."
Interesting... "Can I get in on it too?"
"You are, Bradley. Trust me." Lori gave me a
sisterly kiss and excused herself for the night.
I almost didn't survive the next round. With pool
it's important to keep cool, line things up carefully,
and stay focused on the game. Once Lori was out of
the picture, though, that last part started getting
difficult. I'd start to line up a shot and one of the
girls would cross my field of view with her skirt
hiked up or her blouse coming open, or a soft feminine
figure would brush against me. It was all in fun, of
course, but it did play hell with my concentration.
My timing was off, I started making mistakes, and I
just barely beat Allison to advance to the last round.
While Diane racked up the balls, I cornered Allison at
the bar. With my hands squarely on her rear cheeks I
pulled her nice and close so she could feel the hard-
on she and Brandy had conspired to induce. "That was
highly unsporting of you two," I chided quietly.
She grinned wickedly back at me. "Feels like you
enjoyed it, though."
"Would I have enjoyed it as much if I'd lost that last
game?"
"You'll never know."
Diane cleared her throat discreetly. "Since there's
only two of us left, shall we lag for break?"
"Sure, why not?"
As I approached the table, Brandy let out a snicker.
"Watch it, Diane -- it looks like he's smuggling an
extra cue in his pants."
"As long as it stays there, I don't mind," she
replied.
I grabbed a spare cue ball from the box under the bar
and spotted it behind the head string. Diane had hers
in position already. We had Allison count three, then
we each hit our cue ball straight forward, letting it
bounce off the foot bumper and come back. Mine
returned smoothly and came to rest about two inches
from the head bumper; Diane's veered off course a
little, hit the side, and barely limped across the
head string. "You win," she observed. "Do you want
the break?"
I picked up my extra cue ball and stepped back. "You
can go ahead."
Diane spotted the cue ball in her favorite breaking
place, about six inches left of center and just behind
the head string. She executed a good, clean break;
for a moment it looked as though she would pocket two
balls, but they spun in place near the pockets without
dropping in. I let out a sympathetic "Ooch!" and
started looking at my options.
It was a good break for me. I had an easy time with
the one ball, and was able to sink the two and the
five with my second shot. The three ball was in a bad
place, but with a careful oblique shot I was able to
get it to scoot sideways and push the six into a
corner pocket. The three followed easily, giving me a
clean path to put the four in a side pocket. When the
cue ball came to rest after that shot, I had a choice:
take an easy shot to pocket the seven ball by itself,
or a harder carom shot to make the seven sink the
nine, which would win the game. The girls were
behaving, so I went for the quick win.
Almost got it, too. The cue ball struck the seven
just right, and the seven obliged by bumping the nine,
but the angle was a little off -- the nine ball hit
the bumper just shy of the pocket and bounced clear.
"Nice try," Diane said. I'd left her in good
position; she had no problem sinking the seven, eight,
and nine on three shots.
I broke for the next game and got lucky, sinking three
balls on the break. After two more simple shots, I
had another outside chance for a quick win. I took a
straight-on shot at the four ball and knocked it into
the six; the six made a bee line for the right corner
pocket while the four careened off into the left
corner and sank the nine for me.
Diane was impressed. "Very tricky, Brad."
I shrugged modestly. "The six was the plan, the nine
was luck."
While Diane racked up, Allison came over and whispered
in my ear. "This is one game where a little less luck
will yield you a lot more fun. Trust me."
She retreated behind the bar before I could ask her
anything, and Diane was ready to break for the third
game. My head was full of ideas, among them what the
mysterious side bet might involve. I yawned and
stretched, and made Diane a proposition. "It's
getting late. Why don't we make this the deciding
game?"
Diane seemed a little suspicious, but agreed. "In
that case, should we lag for break again?"
"Sure."
I had no intention of throwing the game, but it did
occur to me that it might be fun to take a more
aggressive approach. With that in mind, when I won
the lag I decided to break myself. I gave it a good
stroke and pocketed the eight ball. The one ball was
in an awkward spot, so I used it to knock in the five
ball instead. That gave me a good position to sink
the one so I did. The two followed, which set up
another indirect shot with the three and seven. That
worked, and left the three positioned for an easy tap
into the side pocket.
Now I had an interesting position. The four, six, and
nine balls were the only ones left on the table. I
had a more or less straight shot at the four into the
side pocket, but I could also do a bank shot on the
four that could knock it into the nine and maybe win
the game. My luck on those shots was running about
even, so I went for the win.
Once again I came close but didn't quite get the
bounce I needed. The four ball did its thing, but the
nine stopped rolling about three inches short of the
pocket. Diane took over and sank the remaining balls
for the win.
Brandy and Allison stayed long enough to congratulate
Diane, then suddenly seemed very sleepy. Brandy gave
me a broad wink on her way up the stairs. Allison
favored me with a hug and one more whisper --
"Remember, stay in the moment!" -- before following
Brandy.
"Looks like it's just you and me," I said to Diane as
I put the balls back in their box. "Do you want to
tell me what you've won, or do I get to guess?"
"You can guess if you like," she said noncommittally.
"My guess is, the winner gets dibs on my body for the
night."
Diane laughed softly. "Good guess. Are you okay with
that?"
Her eyes sparkled at me, and in the back of my head I
heard Allison's voice telling me to stay in the
moment. "Sure," I said.
"Suppose I said I was more interested in your mind?"
"As in, you'd like to hypnotize me again?" She
nodded, and I gave it a second's thought. "Okay." I
felt completely safe with Diane, so why not?
She had me lie down on the futon with my head on a
small pillow in her lap. As she spoke to me, telling
me to relax and breathe deeply, let go, let it happen,
she gently rubbed my temples with her fingertips. In
just a few moments that subtle, swimming sensation
started to flow through me and I was out.
I have a hazy sort of memory of what happened while I
was under her spell. We did a lot of talking: about
me, about Wendy, about Allison and Brandy and Lori,
about my feelings and fears. I think I cried a lot,
and I remember her holding my head to her chest and
rocking me gently when it got too hard, telling me to
let it out, take care of the feeling, stay in the
moment. At some point we got off the futon and moved
to the bed. Diane unbuttoned the top of her dress,
pulled my face to a breast, and told me to relax and
sleep...
I woke up some time later, slightly spaced out, with
my face resting comfortably between a pair of dark
satin breasts. The fluorescent lights were off, but a
halogen floor lamp still burned in a corner, and in
the reflected light from that I could see that Diane
was asleep. Her breathing was steady and slow, and
she was snoring softly.
I didn't remember a lot about our talk, just hazy
flashes here and there. I felt tired, turned inside
out, but at the bottom I also felt relieved, as if a
heavy load had been taken off my back. The talking,
and being held and rocked and soothed by her, had
helped. I wanted to thank Diane somehow. There in
the semi-dark, with her body so close and warm, I
could think of one excellent way to do it.
Diane was wearing a cream-colored sun dress with
buttons down the entire front. She had undone the top
several buttons herself earlier to give me access to
her breasts; gently, slowly, so as not to wake her too
soon, I opened the rest and pushed the cotton fabric
aside. She wore only a pair of silky black string
bikini panties underneath.
Moving carefully, I kissed my way down her belly
toward the panties. She barely stirred as I pulled
them down to her knees. I watched her face as I
slowly stroked the insides of her thighs with my
hands: her mouth moved a little, and her eyes seemed
to be twitching madly behind closed lids -- Diane was
dreaming. Still caressing the insides of her thighs,
I also bent down and kissed her mound, then the areas
around her mound, circling the area. Very soon the
sweet, unmistakable aroma of feminine arousal began to
rise from her. I buried my nose at its source and
inhaled deeply, letting the scent fill my senses and
put iron in my cock. Diane moaned in her sleep as I
parted her thighs and filled the space in between with
my face.
Moisture flowed all around me and I licked it up
eagerly, spreading it around with the broad side of my
tongue as I searched out her sensitive places. I
found the magic button just above the tunnel entrance,
and when I did I felt her whole body shudder. Muscle
tone returned to Diane's legs and they parted a little
further, giving me a better angle of attack. I took
advantage quickly, teasing the canoe boat driver to
attention and brushing him down. In the space of a
few minutes Diane went from peacefully sleeping to
shuddering and moaning, alternately squeezing my head
between her legs and relaxing them. Whether it was
one long orgasm or several short ones in series I
couldn't tell, but she was definitely wide awake and
going off the deep end.
After a while the fingers that had been running
through my hair grabbed me and pulled me upwards in a
fast, powerful yank. I tried to pause for a taste of
breast but she kept pulling until we were nose to
nose. Her eyes burned into mine and our lips met in a
frenzied, passionate kiss. She was gasping for breath
too much for a long kiss, so we did dozens of short,
strong ones until her juices were all over both of our
faces. When she recovered some breath, her hands
softened their grip on my head and she started
massaging my temples with her thumbs, making little
circles the way she had before. "Relax, Brad," she
whispered, "relax and focus on the moment. Be in the
moment."
At the contact and the words my head started spinning,
and my body suddenly became very heavy and slow. I
was dropping into trance.
"That's it, Brad, keep focusing on the moment. Let
your body tell you what it needs, what it wants. Feel
all of your body's energies concentrating in one
place, the place that will give you the most pleasure.
Let it build, let it grow, until that part is the only
part you feel. Let all of your awareness focus on
that one part, getting harder and harder, more and
more aware, more and more urgently in need of
release."
As she spoke, I found myself becoming more and more
aware of the burning energy in my cock. Everything
else seemed to dim, to fall back, and all of my
vitality became concentrated in that one place.
"Good, Brad," Diane's voice said from a mile away.
"You are totally focused now on the energy, the
sensations, in your penis. Now stay in the moment as
your penis enters me, and let yourself be totally
aware of every sensation as you slide in and out,
becoming more and more aroused with every movement and
every sensation."
I moved forward a little more and managed to guide my
raging member home. As I slid in, I felt every bump
and fold in her skin parting to receive me, every
ridge inside her tunnel rubbing against my hard shaft.
Her hips tilted and suddenly everything lined up
perfectly -- my cock drove itself in the rest of the
way and bottomed out. I would have been happy to stay
that way, but at Diane's urging I felt myself flexing,
pumping in and out, reveling in every sensation,
growing harder and longer with each movement. Diane's
smooth voice grew breathless and gasping again, but I
was too focused on my own physical sensations to
notice much. "Come now, Brad, come with me now," she
said, and my cock sprung into action, jerking and
firing with what felt like a cannon's force. I felt
the energy rush through me and out into a cloud that
enveloped us, lifted us, supported us.
Then, in a timeless few moments, it faded away,
leaving us breathless and sweating in each other's
arms. "Sleep now," Diane said, and I let the warmth
and the darkness take me away.
I woke up in the morning to the smell of buttermilk
pancakes and sausage. Brandy and Allison were both
standing over me, gently shaking my shoulder.
"Breakfast in ten minutes," they told me.
I rose groggily and headed for the stairs, forgetting
until I was halfway up that I was buck naked. Allison
threw me a towel, and I used the outdoor shower again
to wake myself up.
Diane was our breakfast chef. The pancakes were
heavenly, the sausage done just right, and there was
plenty of fruit to round things out. Several of our
companions complimented Diane on her radiant looks,
but she just smiled and winked knowingly at me.
Once breakfast was cleaned up it was time for Lori and
me to go. She had to be at work early Tuesday, and
after moping around her place for a week I needed to
get back to work too. We packed our things, traded
hugs and kisses, and headed north.
At first we rode in silence, listening to the radio
and letting the ocean breeze cool us as we made our
way up towards the mainland. I felt a profound sense
of peace that didn't fade away as the miles rolled by.
It wasn't until we were stopped for lunch in
Fredericksburg that Lori asked me the Big Question:
"How do you feel?"
"I feel good," I said honestly. "Better than I have
in a long time, even before the breakup." I reached
across the table and took her hand, adding, "Thank you
for that. For everything you did."
"It wasn't all me," she said modestly. "Allie and
Brandy and Diane had a lot to do with how things
turned out."
"I know," I said, "and I'm grateful to them, too. But
I never would have made the trip if it hadn't been for
you. "
"I'm just happy to see you being yourself again."
I squeezed her hand again and looked her in the eye.
"I hope you're still happy after I tell you this:
while you were packing, I had a little talk with
Allison. We're going out on a date this Friday that
might stretch into Saturday. Nobody's going to rush
anything, but I have a feeling we may be seeing each
other on a steady basis. Can you deal with that?"
Lori seemed to be fighting back a tear. "Allie has
always liked you, Brad. If you two want that, I think
it's great for you both. I'll deal."
"Thanks."
The rest of the trip home was quiet and easy. We
managed to get back to Alexandria ahead of most of the
holiday weekend return traffic. By five o'clock I was
unlocking the door to my own apartment, a week's worth
of unopened mail under my arm, bracing myself for a
flood of sad memories.
I was better prepared than I thought. The place had a
melancholy feel to it, but I was at peace with myself
and I could accept the memories without dwelling on
them. I was learning to live in the moment.
-wg
6/17/00
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