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note:  The first five parts of this work are some of the earliest of
my writings.  Part six was completed shortly before I retired.
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codes:  M/F M/bitch zoo
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The Temptress - Chapter 1 - Acquisition and Seduction 
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	"We really hate to get rid of Katie.  The market for
German Shepherds has taken a nose dive and we have too many
dogs right now.  You're getting a real bargain.  She's
earned a wall full of trophies already.  Furthermore, she
produced some fantastic champions."

	We were watching a 4 year old GS bitch as she
wandered around the training area.  I'd been visiting
kennels and private homes for months.  I was looking for a
dog to replace my male Lab who had died recently.  I didn't
feel right without a dog around the house.  I hadn't yet
decided what breed I wanted.

	The ad in the paper had been interesting.  A local
breeder was reducing their breeding stock because German
Shepherds weren't as popular as they once were.  Also, they
were finally quitting the show circuit.  So, some of their
show dogs and prime breeding bitches were being sold at some
really good prices.  That's if you're crazy enough to pay
$4,000 for a 4 year old bitch.  Considering the trophies and
certificates she'd earned, ( I made a point to find out if
they came with her.  They did),  $10,000 would have been a
bargain.

	"One thing, she was in estrus last month.  We didn't
have her bred because we weren't sure if we'd sell her or
not.  So, you have almost 5 months before you have to worry
about THAT problem."  He and his wife chuckled as he said
this.  The significance of those chuckles wasn't apparent
until five months later.  After that fifth month, I knew
exactly why they were chuckling.  But I'm getting ahead of
myself a bit.

	I considered my options.  I had the money.  No
problem there.  I was definitely ready for a new dog in my
life.  Did I want this one?  Hell with it.  Toss the dice
and let the dog decide.

	"Katie?"  Her ears perked as I called her name.
"Feel like a new home with me?"  

       I know, it sounds crazy to be asking a strange dog a
question like that.  Trouble is, that's exactly how I'd
obtained Max.  I asked him if he wanted to go home with me.
It's hard to argue with a dog who jumps  over the side of a
pickup and settles in like he's owned it all his life.

That's exactly what he'd done in answer to my question.

	Anyway, the people looked at me with the strangest
looks.  Katie answered me by sitting in front of me and
looking at me with those brown eyes of hers.  Then she
lifted a paw as if to shake hands with me. 

	"Looks like you people are $4,000 dollars richer.
I'm not going to argue with the lady."

	As we closed the deal and I gave them the money, his
wife had the strangest look on her face.  She would act like
she was going to say something and then change her mind.
She'd been doing this ever since I had asked Katie if she
wanted to go home with me.  Once I caught her husband giving
her a slight shake of his head.  It made me wonder a bit.
At the time I thought she was going to say something about
me asking the dog to decide.

	Now let me clarify something here.  It's important.
At the time I brought Katie into my life, I was not a
zoophile.  I'd never even had thoughts about sex with dogs.
I hadn't thought about having sex with any animal.  I was
happily engaging in all the sex I could want.  In fact, my
latest woman friend and I were on the verge on deciding to
get married.  All I had to do was get the nerve to ask her.

	I knew I had a way with animals.  Dogs and I always
seemed to share some deeper understanding.  I was used to it
after all these years.

	So, the strange looks and subtle hints the people
made had no effect on me at the time.  His parting comment
didn't have any special significance at the time either.

	"Well, Jim, Katie's a real fine bitch.  How about
you check back in six months or so and let us know how she's
doing.  We like to keep track of our favorite family members
We'll miss her a lot."

	By now, I had Katie on a leash.  I got her to jump
in the front of the truck and we went home.
--------------

	My yard was fenced so after I got through the gate
and closed it, I turned her loose to investigate.  I
couldn't help but smile as she wandered around `marking'
everywhere Max had routinely left his marks.  After 12
years, he had pretty well hit most of the yard.  Katie
looked like she was trying to get everything in one pass.

	After she checked out the run and dog house, I
figured it was time to go inside. "Come on Katie.  That's
only for when I have no choice.  Let's go inside."  She
bounced past and beat me to the door.

	`Figures.'  I thought to myself.  `Trust a dog to
know where the doors are.'  I couldn't help smiling a bit as
she leaned her head back and looked at me as I opened the
door.  As soon as it showed a crack, she forced it out of my
hand and was working her way past it.  I heard snorts and
sniffs as she checked everything out.  Then a scramble as
she found the stairs and went up to check that part of the
house.

	She was a big bitch.  About 100 pounds.  I could
hear her moving around upstairs as she investigated.  `Sure
feels good to have a dog again'.  I smiled as I heard the
distinctive *thump* as she landed on the bed.  `Sure didn't
take her long to find the bed.  I wonder if she's used to
sleeping inside?'  Max had slept on my bed for so many years
that I still had trouble sleeping at night.  About the only
time he'd been banished to the floor was when Kelly stayed
the night.  Even so, he usually wound up back on the bed by
morning.  Kelly hadn't minded at all.  That was something
else I liked about her.  She was a dog person as well.  I
hoped she and Katie would get along with each other.

	`Hmm...  Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to let them
meet each other as soon as possible.'  With that thought in
mind, I settled on the couch and made the call

	"Kelly?  Jim.  I have a new bed-partner...  What?
Yep, picked up a German Shepherd bitch this afternoon.
Sounded like she already found the bed.  Want to come over
and meet her?  She's a beauty.  You can help find places for
all her trophies and certificates.   

	"OK, see you in about an hour."

	Suddenly, I felt eyes on me.  Turning, I saw her
sitting on the landing that overlooked the living room.  We
grinned at each other as our eyes met.  

	"Katie."  Ears perked forward, she watched me.
"You're beautiful aren't you?  You obviously know it too.

	"Let's get you some dinner"  

	`Hummph!  She knows THAT word all right.'  As soon
as `dinner' left my lips, she was gone.  I heard a thud as
she missed the turn halfway down the stairs.  "Hey!  Slow
down!  You don't have to hurry.  It's just you and me here."
Too late.  I was almost knocked over as she slid into me.  I
laughed at her eagerness.  We went into the kitchen and I
opened some food for her.

	"Here.  Enjoy it kid."

	I went and sat on the couch and thought about the
day's events.  `That's odd.  I've never heard of a dog
settling in so quickly.  She wasn't coming from a bad place
or an abusive one.  Sure hope she and Kelly get along with
each other.'

	Musing on that and thinking of Kelly, I relaxed.

	The sound of a car door shutting and Katie bolting
for the front door brought me back to the present.  `Oh,
shit!  I forgot to lock the dog door.'   

	" DOWN!"  I yelled it without any hope of being
obeyed.  I had worked her as part of my evaluation but I
knew that I needed to do far more before I could expect her
and I to work well together.  You can imagine my shock as
she dropped into a down position.  She looked at me and then
back at the door.

	Shaking from my reaction to the possible disaster, I
went over and picked up the leash I  kept by the door.  It
was the leash I  had used when I walked Max.  After he died,
I never got around to removing it from its hook.
Sentimental I guess.  

	I knelt next to her and hooked it to her collar.
"Good girl Katie.  I don't know why you stopped for me, but
thank you."  I hugged her and kept praising her.  Then I
felt her shift slightly as the door opened.

	"Well, I see where I rate around here."  I could
hear the smile in Kelly's voice.  "What was the yelling
about?"

	"Stay, Katie"  I stood up and faced Kelly..   

	"Hello Kelly.  I'm afraid I forgot to relock the dog
door before you came over.  Katie here was on her way to
`greet' you and I automatically shouted `DOWN!'.  I've only
had her a couple of hours and I never expected her to drop.
She did though and I was rewarding her for being such a good
girl. I had visions of winding up taking you to the hospital
because she bit you.  I honestly don't know what she was
going to do.  It would have happened fairly quickly though.
Look at the throw rug."

	As I waved my hand in that direction, I saw Kelly's
eyes widen a bit.  Katie had been laying on it.  Normally,
it was in front of the couch.  Right now, it was a good 15
feet away from there and wadded against the wall.

	"She's enthusiastic isn't she?" , was Kelly's only
comment.  Then she looked at Katie.

	"Hello Katie.  Are we going to be friends?  I hope
so.."  Katie's response was a happy thumping of her tail.

	"OK, Katie.  Say hello to Kelly".  I grinned as
Katie stood up and let herself be petted..  "I think you two
will get along OK."

	Later, after we had found room for some of the stuff
I had brought home,  Kelly and I had settled on the couch.
Kelly had replaced the rug and now Katie was sleeping on it
again.  Oh, yes, I had secured the dog door.  I didn't want
a repeat `event' if someone else came by.

	"Kelly, she's settled in like she's been here most
of her life.  Max took months before he really felt at home.
Look at her.  Max never did let you use him for a
footstool."  Kelly had been using her feet to gently pet
Katie.  After Katie fell asleep, Kelly had left her feet on
Katie's side.  (We always left our shoes off when entering
the house.  A habit I had picked up from visiting Taiwanese
friends a lot.)

	"I don't know dear.  She's a lot bigger than Max
was.  Maybe she's more confident because of her experience.
It could be that coming from a place where there were a lot
of dogs, she feels happier about having a human to herself.
She didn't lack attention though.   To earn that many awards
in 3 years or so means she was worked quite often.  Working
and training doesn't mean she got the loving attention she
needed.  Though from what you tell me,  it sounds like she
was loved quite a bit.  Sounds like she was more than just
breeding stock or a show dog to them.  I don't know why a
dog would settle so quickly.  I've heard of it.  This is the
first time I've seen it though.

	"Besides, you know you have a way with dogs.  Women
too."  She snuggled closer and whispered in my ear.  "Maybe
I will have to worry about the competition."

	I choked.  "Competition?!  From a bitch?  Be
serious."

	"I am serious.  Oh, I don't mean sexually.
Emotionally, she's already taken a part of you away from me.
I can tell you're thinking about her."  She nibbled on my
earlobe a bit.  "I knew I'd lose part of you to a dog
sometime.  Part of you died when Max died.  I'm happy to see
it starting to grow again.

	"How come a bitch?  I thought you preferred male
dogs."

	I shrugged.  "I don't know.  A change maybe.  I was
feeling lonely without a dog around.  A bit desperate too.
You know how long I've been looking."  Then I told her about
asking Katie if she wanted to go home with me.  I also
mentioned that I had done the same with Max.  "So,
ultimately, it was because she agreed to come home with me."

	Kelly had pulled back to look fully into my eyes.
"You're serious aren't you?  I never knew that about you and
Max.  First him, now Katie.  You didn't choose, they did.
The money you spent and all her awards didn't mean a thing
did they?"   

	Kelly's eyes were filled with wonder.  There was
something else but I couldn't identify the emotion behind
it.  Maybe I didn't want to at the time.  Awe was definitely
part of it.  Why she would be feeling awe at me letting a
dog decide to live with me or not was something I couldn't
figure out.

	Sometime during this Katie woke up.  She turned her
head to look at us.  Kelly looked at her.  I felt something
deep pass between them.  "So, Katie, it was *your* choice to
be with Jim.  You have your own plans don't you?

	"Well,  they seem to include me so I won't
complain."  She smiled as she turned to me again.  "I have
the feeling you and she are going to get along quite well
together."  Then she grinned.

	"Tonight though, you're mine.  I don't think she'll
mind sharing you with me."

* * *

	"Mmmmm...  You sure are tender tonight.  More
relaxed too.  I think getting Katie helped you a lot."

	"It did.  I hadn't realized how much I missed having
a dog around.  The place seems more complete with her here.
You make it feel complete too."

	I turned to Kelly.  We had just made love to each
other.  Suprisingly (to me anyway), Kelly had insisted on
leaving the door open for Katie.  Katie had walked in after
we had undressed and simply looked at us and laid down on
the rug at the foot of the bed.

	"I know you've been waiting for me to make a
decision.  Well, I have."  I gently stoked Kelly's hair.
"If you're willing, I'd like to make it permanent.

	"Will you marry me?"

	Kelly's voice was soft as she replied.  "Not yet."

	Shocked, I braced myself on one arm and looked down
at her.  "Not yet?"

	"Easy dear.  `Not yet' isn't `No'.  I want to marry
you, no doubt of that.  Your getting Katie changes things.
That's all.  I want you and her to have a chance to get to
know each other better before I move in permanently.
Besides, we both need time to plan for this.  I know we've
been seeing each other for years but getting married is
going to involve some tiresome details.  As you well know.

	"Tell you what.  Six months.  In six months I'll be
happy to set a date."

	My breath gusted as I flopped back down.  Then I
noticed Katie standing at the end of the bed.  I didn't know
how long she had been standing there.

	"You shocked me woman.  I was expecting `yes'.  OK,
six months I can handle.  I also figure you won't give all
your reasons for the delay.

	"I don't understand this thing you have about me and
Katie getting better aquainted.  I was hoping we'd do it
together after you and I got married."  I sighed heavily.

	Kelly hugged me.  "Relax.  I'll still be around.
Nothing is going to change as far as my seeing you.  I just
feel that you and she need to work things out between you
before I move in.  One thing I learned years ago was that
dogs tend to develop deeper bonds with people when they are
of the opposite sex.  It happened to me several times.
Someday, I may tell you about it."

	I heard her crying softly.  "That's why I don't have
a dog right now.  After the last one was killed, I couldn't
bring myself to get another one.  It wouldn't have been fair
to him.  Besides, I met you soon after it happened and I
forgot about owning another dog.  Seeing you and Katie
together reminded me of what I had."

	"I never knew...  You never mentioned your last dog
was killed.  Only that you'd been around dogs and liked
them.  Max certainly got along well with you."  I was
remembering things from the last few years.  Kelly's delight
on meeting Max for the first time.  The friendship they had
quickly formed.  There had never been any doubt that Max was
my dog.  Still, he had always been especially happy to see
her.

	I also remembered her holding Max close and crying
softly when she thought I wasn't around.  I had seen that
several times after doing chores.  Sometimes I would find
them in some quiet corner of the yard.  Neither one had
noticed me when it happened and I had quietly left them
alone.  I hadn't realized what being around a dog had meant
to her.  Not entirely anyway.  After the last months without
Max, I had a better idea of how she must have felt.

	Suddenly, she stopped crying and giggled.  I looked
over at her.  The reason was obvious.  Katie was standing
with her front feet on the bed and was licking Kelly's face.
Every time Kelly tried to move her away, Katie just kept on
licking her from a different angle.

	"OK, I guess you and Katie will get along just fine.

	"Katie, up!"  I figured since she was already half
on the bed anyway, we might as well let her on the rest of
the way.  Eventually, she was going to have to learn how to
sleep with us.  Since Max had learned how to stay out of our
way,  I assumed she could too.  Even if she was a bit
bigger.  The bed was large enough for all of us.

	Katie found an open area and settled in.  Kelly and
I snuggled together and fell asleep.	If I dreamed, I
don't remember anything except I was content with my life
for the first time in the months since Max had died.

* * *

	About a month had passed and the three of us had
become quite comfortable with each other.  I could sometimes
catch glimpses of what Kelly had been talking about when she
mentioned that Katie might bond with me in a way Max never
had.  Already, I had the feeling that Katie was reading my
unspoken wishes better than Max had.

	Kelly had been called away on business for a few
weeks.  It happened several times a year.  This time though,
I was feeling lonelier than usual.  To put it bluntly, I was
horny and not looking forward to not getting laid for the
next three weeks or so.

	I decided that a shower was in order.  I had been
working in the yard and needed one anyway.

	Living alone has its advantages at times.  As  I
came out of the bathroom, I was nude.  Kelly and I were easy
about skin anyway.  We figured that since we already knew
each other intimately, what was the point in wearing clothes
if we were alone?

	Musing on life without Kelly, I was shocked when
something cold touched my ass cheeks.  I couldn't figure out
what it was at first.  Then I looked back and saw Katie.
"Jesus Katie!  You scared the hell out of me!"  It was the
first time she'd done it.  Then she walked past me and
jumped on the bed.

	I sat on the bed and petted her.  The petting was a
daily ritual for us.  As she rolled onto her back, I
realized that she was not only a bitch, she was a female.  I
know, it sounds odd at first.  I had just become aware that
she had a cunt.  A well developed one too.  As I scratched
her stomach, my eyes kept drifting back to that area.  

	Eyes closed, she was giving little grunts of
pleasure as I rubbed her belly.

	`Nahh.  You aren't that horny.  She's a dog you
know.  Why in hell would you want to fuck her anyway?'
Shocked, I realized I was hard from thinking about sex.
Worse yet, thinking and wondering what it would be like with
Katie.  Still, I admitted to myself that I loved the feel of
her fur against my naked body.  For the first time, I felt
that it was even erotic.

	Bringing myself back to reality, I got up and left
her there. `You fool, that's sick.  You've gone months
without getting laid.  You can wait until Kelly gets back.'
With that in mind, I got dressed again.  Katie flopped over
on one side and looked at me as if she were wondering why I
suddenly quit petting her.

	"Come on girl.  Let's go get you something to eat."

	Over the next few days, Katie taught me a new game.
As I was petting her, she would grab my hand and gently
place it where she wanted attention.  If I paused, she would
also nudge me to get me going again.  What I never noticed
at the time was that she was slowly placing my hand nearer
and nearer to her vulva.  Generally, she would place my hand
somewhere on her belly and then lay back and watch me as I
rubbed where she wanted.  After about a week, this became a
routine.  I wouldn't start petting her but lay my hand on
her body.  Then, she would place my hand where she wanted
the attention.

	One day, she grabbed my hand and gently placed it on
her vulva.  Absentmindedly, I started rubbing her.  Only
when I felt my fingers dip did I realize where I was
rubbing.  Shocked to the core, I froze.  Then I looked at
her.  Finally, I looked at where I thought my hand was.
Yes, it was firmly on her vulva.  I looked at Katie.  Her
eyes were closed as if nothing unusual was happening.  I
moved my hand up to her belly and petted her some more.

	`Was that deliberate on her part?'  I wondered about
it for the rest of the day.  `Come on Jim.  She couldn't be
horny for you could she?  She's a damn bitch.  She's not in
estrus.  What made her do that?'  Shrugging to myself,  I
forgot about it.

	The next day, same thing.  This time I was paying
attention as she did it.  Yes, she deliberately made the
extra effort to put my hand on her vulva.  It wasn't a
mistake.  Briefly, I rubbed it.  By now I was curious about
how it would feel.  Spongy and dry, my fingers reported.
Soft.  Erotic.  Enticing, my mind reported.  `Knock it off.
Horny idiot.  She's a dog, not your lover.  Not Kelly or any
other woman you've known'.  

	Being without sexual relief for almost two weeks
played a part in that brief and tentative  exploration.
Finally, as I finished petting her, I deliberately looked at
her vulva.

	Yes,  it was fully formed.  Slightly enlarged, the
opening cracks were sort of `y' shaped.  It had three
distinct lobes to it.  I figured it was enlarged because she
had had puppies several times.  That got me thinking along
other lines.  I knew how big Max's penis had been.  I had
never neutered him and let him breed bitches several times.
I was a bit larger than he had been but not much.  That
meant any male who bred Katie could have been at least as
big as I was.  Not only that, she would be stretched from
giving birth.

	`Wait a minute you idiot.  Sex with a bitch?  What
in hell is the matter with you?  You've got hands, use
*them* if you are that frustrated.'

	Shaking my head at my fantasies, I lay down on the
bed.  Still horny, I started jerking myself off.  I closed
my eyes and tried to visualize being with Kelly.  Usually, I
could remember one of our times together and go from there.
This time though, all I could see was Katie's mottled vulva.
I found myself wondering if it would feel much different
than being with a woman.  As I neared my climax, I opened my
eyes.  `What the hell?'  Katie was avidly watching me stroke
myself.  Ears forward, she was intently watching my penis.

	I gasped and grunted as I orgasmed. Milky white, my
semen spurted  and fell on my belly.  Katie watched until I
was done.  Then she looked me in the eyes and lay back
beside me.  I felt her relax into sleep.  Pondering what had
just happened, I went to the bathroom to clean myself up.

	`What was I doing?'  Sure, I'd jerked off before.
Even done it with Max on the bed beside me.  If I was too
vigorous, sometimes he would get up and go sleep on the
floor.  This had been the first time I'd jerked off around
Katie.  Worse, I had fantasized about making love to her.
Shrugging to myself, I finally decided that the newness of
the fantasy had been what had given me such a sexual charge.
I'd had it happen that way before when discovering a new
type of sex to think about.

	`Well, at least she stayed on the bed during the
whole thing.  I wonder what that last look of hers had been
about though.'  I knew it meant something to her.  For the
life of me, I couldn't figure out what.

	A few days later, she made her next move.
	
	I'd seen dogs breed before.  Even studied it when I
was thinking about using Max at stud.  I had been tempted to
start my own kennel until I discovered how time consuming it
would be.

	Thus, I knew what was going on the first time Katie
presented herself for me.  Fortunately. we were in the back
yard when she did it.  I was sitting on a bench and she was
standing broadside to me.  I was scratching along her spine
when it happened.  She planted her hind feet and cocked her
tail to one side as if she were ready to be bred by a male
dog.  Then she looked at me and smiled that doggy grin of
hers.

	"You idiot.  I'm a human male, not a dog.  I'm not
your type."  I was smiling at this.  She wasn't the first
bitch to tell me I turned her on.  I'd had it happen with
bitches in estrus..  At those times, I had chalked it up to
definite hormone problems.  Bitches in heat sometimes
weren't too selective about what they mated with.  "Besides,
you aren't in season.  You can't be wanting sex yet.
There's still a couple of months to go."

	Grinning to myself, I kept scratching her for a
while.  Seemingly satisfied,  she walked away.  Then she
suprised me by returning to me.  Instead of leaning into me
for attention, she deliberately turned away and proceeded to
back between my legs.  At the same time, she presented
herself again.  I couldn't help but notice her vulva was
twitching.

	"OK stupid.  You obviously think I'm a suitable
male.  I hate to disappoint you but I'm still not your
species."  My words fell on deaf ears.  She just forced
herself back further.  I was too stunned to resist.  `Was I
being seduced by a bitch?'  She sure wanted me to sexually
satisfy her.  Or do something more than pet her.  Then I
felt the bench give way and I fell backwards.  "Damn!"

	I found myself flat on my back with my legs in the
air.  Katie had jumped away as soon as I stared to fall
over.  Now, she was standing there and licking my face.  It
took a while to untangle myself and push her away long
enough to get up.

	"OK goof.  You did it you know."  She bounced away
from me.  Each movement of her tail focused my attention on
her vulva.  Mumbling that I must be crazy, I called her
back.

	"Come on Katie, let's go in the house."  Frustrated
and disgusted with myself, I had decided to do some
exploring.  As we reached the back door I was still mumbling
to myself under my breath.  `Damn fool.  She's a dog.  How
could she know what she wants?  Especially sexual attention
from you.  And you, are you so damn horny that you want to
fuck a bitch?'  Katie didn't care.  That was obvious even to
my disbelieving senses.

	"Come on  Katie.  Let's go get this over with. If
nothing else, maybe I can rub you off or something."  Hell,
I had manipulated Kelly often enough.  I guessed I could
figure out how to handle Katie.

	So that's what we did.  Katie stretched out on her
back and I worked her vulva and clitoris. I was amazed that
she was obviously enjoying this.  She humped herself up at
my fingers.  In spite of my earlier resolution, I found
myself getting hard.

	`You damn idiot.  You know damn well that she
doesn't care what fucks her if she wants to get fucked.
Yeah, right.  Then why did she deliberately present herself
to YOU?  She's not in heat so it can't be hormone trouble
like you're having."  My backbrain was sneering at me.
`Maybe she knows you're horny as hell.  Wants to keep you
happy or something.'

	`Right'  my front brain commented.  `I'm horny as
hell so the bitch wants me to fuck her.  Give me a break.'

	Then the world stood on its head.  "So that's it!"
I spoke aloud in my shock.  Katie just lay there on her back
with her legs spread,  "You want me to screw you because
*you're* horny as hell.  Let me think about this.  I'm not a
dog fucker kid.  I don't even know where to start.  

	"Seems like you have some definite ideas though."

	I paused and looked at her.  She was relaxed and had
this little smile on her face.  I'd already learned a lot
about her body language in the short time we'd been
together.  This was different though.  Screw her?  How?  I
didn't doubt the parts would fit.  She'd taken the finger or
two I had inserted and not complained a bit.  What should I
do for lubrication?  Sure, she was wet from my working her.
Was that enough?  I didn't think so.  How about the position
I used?  Should I take her like a dog would?  Could I?  I'd
have to kneel to make us the same height or get her to stand
on something.  How willing was she really?  Would I get
started only to have her pull away from me?

	For that matter, could I just lay beside her and
take her while she was on her side?  Or even take her
missionary style?  Hell, I didn't know what to do.  I had a
huge hard-on that was doing my thinking for me at this
point.  It wanted to find out how it felt to fuck Katie.
Finer details were starting to vanish in the haze of lust I
was feeling.

	Then I lost my hard-on.  A bone-chilling thought had
surfaced.  `How would Kelly feel to know that the first time
I was unfaithful to her, it was with my bitch?'

	Sobering, I gently lay beside Katie.  "Sorry girl.
You might want it real bad but I just fizzled.  I'm not sure
Kelly could handle me fucking you.  She'd know too.  You're
a bit obvious about things at times."

	With that, I held her close and drifted off to
sleep.

	The next couple of days were `interesting'.  Katie
had definite ideas about what kind of attention I should be
giving her.  Now that I'd handled her sexually, she was very
blatant about asking for more.  If I was naked, she would
greet me with her nose in my crotch.  A quick swipe of her
tongue and she would turn and present herself.  Our petting
sessions became sessions during which I would bring her to
orgasm.  That suprised me at first.  I had trouble thinking
in terms of an animal orgasming.  Yet, she obviously had
them.

	My dick was talking during these times too.  I was
having difficulty ignoring Katie's willing pussy.  My
nightly jerk-offs didn't seem to be doing much to relieve my
tension.  Made it worse.  I kept seeing the two of us
coupled with me coming inside her.

	Finally, on the third night, my brain kicked in.
`Shit.  That's what Kelly meant.  She knew already.  Some
how, she knew I was going to wind up fucking Katie.  The two
of them had it all worked out ahead of time.  How the hell
did they know?

	`Oh my god.'  Another realization.  `Of course she'd
see it.  She'd been fucked by her dogs.  She had to be.
Maybe even Max...'  Then, after a bit of thinking about it,
`No...  Not Max.  That would explain her crying in private
with him.  For some reason, she couldn't bring herself to do
it with him.  Me maybe?  Possibly.  I'll have to ask her.'

	I came out of my fog to see Katie standing beside
me.  Those brown eyes were asking a definite question.  How
she could ask it, I don't know.  It was there though.
Somehow, a barrier had vanished.  She knew that I was
finally able to accept that I was going to screw her.

	Smiling a little, I gently kissed her on the mouth.
"OK, Katie.  I don't know what's going to happen but you get
your wish.  I'm going to make love to you.  I guess this
first time will be `dog style'.  I don't know if you'd
accept any other way."

	Hmm...  Matching our heights was going to be a
problem.  Finally, I had her stand on the bed and I brought
some couch cushions for me to stand on.  It was awkward, but
it looked like it would work.

	I was so nervous that it took me longer than usual
to get myself hard.  I hoped the KY would work OK for us.  I
didn't know if she would produce enough lubrication to
prevent irritation later.  This was an impulse thing anyway.
Besides, where would I find out how to fuck a bitch?  I
didn't think it would be wise to go to the library and ask
for information.

	Gently working her vulva, I waited until she
indicated she was ready for me.  I had lavishly lubed both
her vulva and my penis.  My previous explorations had let me
know that even though her vulva would raise up a lot, I
would still have to deal with entering her at a slight
angle.

	For all my guesses, I slid home easily.  As my pubic
bone made contact, I froze.  I had done it.  I had actually
penetrated a bitch.  I could feel her vagina throbbing
around my penis.  I studied the physical sensations and my
emotional ones.  Yes, she was hotter than I was used to.
Somehow tighter too.  Her vulva formed a ring around the
base of my penis.  Something in her was lightly touching the
head of my dick.  Definitely not like fucking a woman.
Emotionally, I was charged and knew it. Here was a warm hole
that was demanding that I fuck it.

	Katie leaned back into me some more.  I could feel
her muscles clenching me.  Finally, I began that age old
rhythm.  At that point, rational thought vanished.  Holding
tightly to Katie's legs, I started slamming into her.  I
didn't pay any attention to what she was doing.  Only much
later did I realize that she had moved with me rather than
against me.  Not once did she try to pull away.

	As I slammed myself to completion, I was dimly aware
that she was spasming in her own orgasm.  My orgasm, when it
did happen, overwhelmed me. I screamed with my release.
Never, not even as a teenager, had I been so taken by one
orgasm.  When I came to and let go, Katie jerked away from
me.  She yipped and danced and bounced around the room.  All
I did was fall forward onto the bed.  I barely had enough
strength to turn myself over on my back.

	"My god Katie.  What have you done to me?  I've
never felt like that before."  She slowed her gyrations and
bounced onto the bed.  With a big doggy smile, she bent down
and started cleaning me.

	As I felt the caress of a bitches tongue cleaning me
for the first time, I fell asleep.
====

codes:  M/F/bitch, zoo, no detailed sex
---

Temptress - Chapter 2 - Admission and Discovery
---

"Well?  Do you want to talk about it?"  Kelly's voice was
soft and filled with concern.

Katie and I were at Kelly's place for a change.  Autumn had
settled in and it was getting pretty chilly in the evenings.
I had started a fire in the fireplace and we had settled in
the den.  Kelly was sitting in her favorite easy chair.  I
was sitting on the floor and leaning back against her chair
with my head and torso between her legs.  We had both bathed
so all I could smell, faintly,  was her own scent.  As
always, I relished it.   Mingled with it was also the faint
smell of dog.

I had spent most of the day helping her unpack from her trip
and she had been trying to massage some of the tenseness out
of my shoulders and neck.  Normally, I would have been limp
by now.  Tonight it wasn't working.

Katie was laying beside me with her head in my lap.  No
suprise that.  Ever since the night I screwed her, she had
been going out of her way to stay close to me.  I no longer
had to think about petting her.  If she was near me like
this, my hand would automatically reach over to her.  Both
of us seemed to crave this physical contact.

"I don't know..  Yes, I have to.  Give me a minute to put
things in order."  Unseeingly, I stared into the fire.  The
dancing flames reflected my chaotic emotions and thoughts.

Sighing heavily, I leaned back between Kelly's legs.
Haltingly, I began.  "Kelly, I did something I never thought
I'd do.  I was unfaithful to you last week.  It isn't so
much that I fucked someone else.  I wouldn't be like this if
it had been another woman.  I fucked Katie.  It was like
once I got started, I couldn't stop.  Now,  it's like some
drug I'm hooked on.  I want to do it again.  It's been all I
could to do keep from screwing her every night since.  I
have caressed her intimately and brought her off.  She seems
to enjoy it.  What scares hell out of me is that all I can
do is remember how good it felt to be fucking her.  

"I also figured out that you had been fucking your dogs
before we met.  Further, I figured out you knew this would
happen.  Yet, you accepted it as something that would be
acceptable to you.

"Something I don't understand is that as best as I can
figure, you never had sex with Max.  Why not?  Was it fear
of how I'd react?  I'll admit I probably wouldn't have been
able to handle that very well.  Now, we'll never know will
we?

"I'm confused about it.  Everything I've ever been taught is
that it's unnatural and perverted.  It felt so good though.
It didn't hurt either of us.  We both enjoyed it.  How can
it be so wrong then?

"And you.  You seem to accept it as OK.  No big deal.
Something that happens.  I want to believe it's OK but I
can't."  I sighed heavily and fell silent.

Silence as we both waited for the other to speak.

Kelly broke the silence.  "I hoped you would make love to
Katie.  Don't call it fucking.  Knowing you, it was an act
of love.  No matter how it started.  Or how intense it was."
Then she gently tilted my head back so I could see her face.
"Yes, I  made love with my dogs.  Many times.

"As for making love too Max, no, I never did.  I'm assuming
you saw us together at least once when I was crying and
hugging him.  That's the only thing I know of that would
have provided you that information.  Some zoos feel very
strongly about not having sex with someone else's animal.  I
was/am so in love with you that I basically put that part of
my life on hold until we figured out where we are going.  I
don't know if I ever would have told you about my zoo life.
I've always wanted to.  You never showed any signs of how
you'd treat such a person.  I didn't want to lose you over
it.  I've been going quietly crazy seeking a way to bring up
the subject.  Your making love to Katie has done it for me.

"You're having a lot of problems with what you did aren't
you/"

Numbly, I choked out a "Yes.  I'm having problems with what
happened.  I don't understand what made me do it.  Well,
part of it I understand.  A little.  It's going to sound
weird, but I think she seduced me."

"What scares me the most is that I want to do it again.
I've never felt anything so intense.  I didn't fall asleep
after I did it.  I passed out.  Part of me hates me.  The
other part wants to keep on doing it forever."

"Jim. Honey.  My dearest love."  She held me.  Tightly.  Her
voice was soft and filled with her love for me.  I had
trouble accepting that hearing about it hadn't changed her
feelings for me.

"There is a term for what you did.  For what I've done.
Actually, there's several.  What you're thinking you've done
is called `bestiality'.  That's what most people would call
it.  Basically, it means fucking an animal for sexual
release.  The general population lumps any type of sexual
activity with animals under that label."   She sighed
deeply.  "It's a convienient label that pigeonholes people
so the user doen't have to make any effort at trying to
undertand us.

"It's not right but we have to live with it.  All we can do
is quietly try to educate people."

Then she smiled.  "Knowing you and Katie, it doesn't quite
fit does it?"

When I shook my head, she continued.  "The currently
accepted term for what you and I have done is `zoophilia'.
Roughly, it translates as `animal love'.  People who `make
love' with their animals are called `zoophiles'.  Another
term, less used because zoophiles themselves coined it,
adopted it and are still arguing about what it means, is
`zoosexual'.  Generally, we use `zoo' or `zoos'."

I looked at her for a while.  I wondered at her knowledge.
This was the first hint I had that I didn't know a lot of
things about her.  "How is it you know all this?  You're
right, I don't ever remember you hinting at this part of
your life.  That you are a... (I struggled to remember the
word) `zoo'.  Or whatever it is you call it."

Then something else surfaced.  "Wait a minute.  You said
`we'.  There's more people who do this?  You actually know
other people who fuck animals?"

She didn't answer right away.  Instead, she got up and went
to her bedroom.  She was holding something when she
returned.  "Ever see this before?"  She held out an item of
jewelry.

I looked at it.  "Let me think...  Yes, I have.  I've seen
you wear it once or twice."

She studied me.  "Yes, I wore it a couple of times to see if
you recognized it.  When you didn't say anything, I put it
away when I was around you.  It's sold by a fellow zoo. It
one way we have of quietly announcing who we are.  We do our
best to see that only zoos or well known zoo tolerant people
have them.

"Think for a bit.  What about the people you bought Katie
from?"

I frowned.  Then tried to remember that day.  "Maybe.  His
wife was wearing something.  I don't remember it clearly
though."

Then what she asked me registered.  "Wait a minute.  Are you
trying to tell me that they might screw their animals?  That
he may have screwed Katie?!"  My voice rose with a note of
disbelief on that last.

Absentmindedly I petted Katie to calm her.  She had started
to rise to see what I was upset about.  I felt a rumble
start in her chest.  "No Katie, I'm OK.  There's nothing for
you to worry about."

"I'm not suggesting it at all.  I know he did.  You see,
I've known them for almost a year now.  I'd met Katie lots
of times.

Then she grinned lopsidedly.  "I had to hide my shock at
seeing her at your house.  You see, I knew she was one of
his favorite bitches.  They were very close to each other.
I couldn't believe he sold her.  Not until you told me how
she chose you did I understand what was going on.

"Even though I couldn't tell you, I figured she recognized
my car.  That was some of the hardest acting I've done.
Didn't you ever wonder about how easily she accepted me?"

Then she looked at me again.  Her next words were spoken
with a decidedly thoughtful tone.  "Hmm...  I think you need
more than what I can tell you to give you help in coming to
terms with this.  Grab a chair and come over by the
computer."

I pulled a chair over as she sat down and turned on her
computer.  After it started she did something and a screen
showed that I'd never seen before.  I knew she was good at
this.  She had set mine up for me when I needed one for the
business.  I heard her modem dialing.

"I'm connecting to the net.  I want to show you some things.
Don't be afraid to ask questions.

"I know you don't spend much time on the net, so I don't
expect you to know about these web sites.  Here's the first
one.

I was suprised to see a screen appear with the bold word
`WARNING!".

 "What's that for?"

"This is one of several web sites run by zoos.  And before
you ask, no, it's not illegal everywhere.  In lots of states
and many countries, it's legal.  Maybe not socially
acceptable, but legal.

"I wanted to show you some stuff written by other zoos.
There's a whole community of us on the net.  In some ways,
we're like an extended family scattered all over the world."

The next hour was an eye opener for me.  I learned a lot
about what I had thought of as perverted.  Everything I had
ever heard or read had taught me it wasn't good for people
or the animals involved.  Now, suddenly, I was starting to
see that for a lot of people, it was a normal part of their
lives. 

I was awed by the depth of the feelings these people had for
their animals  For ALL creatures on Earth. 

It astounded me.

Slowly, I was learning that if I could come to terms with
it, I could treat it as simply part of my life.  As Kelly
had done.  As all these other people had.  Some of the
stories made me realize that I was lucky to know Kelly.  I
would have help and wouldn't be alone in trying solve my
problems.  As many had been.  As I had feared I would be.  

No, that's not quite right.  I knew Kelly would have helped
as much as she could.  What I hadn't realized was that there
were lots of other people willing to help.  People willing
to help total strangers such as myself.

While I was musing over what she had shown me, I heard her
typing.  Then a soft comment.

"Good!"  She sounded satisfied about something.  "He's
on-line right now.  He's also willing to talk to us."

"Talk to us?  You mean live chat?"  I was familiar with IRC.
Kelly and I had used it a couple of times when she was on
one of her trips.

"No, I mean talk with us live.  Voice.  Something you don't
know is that recently I customized my computer.  We can talk
as though we were using a phone.  Normally, you'd have to
use it like you would a CB or other radio.  It's also
encrypted so nobody else will understand what we say."  So
saying, she stood up and motioned me towards the couch.
"I've optimized it for talking from the couch.  Come on over
and relax."

Once we settled, she spoke to the air.  "Hello Bob.  Jim's
here with me.  He's done it finally."

A resonant male voice issued from the speakers.  "Hello
Kelly.  Hello Jim.  So you finally fucked your bitch."
There was a soft chuckle.  "And from what Kelly told me, you
still have problems with it don't you?  Ask away."

I looked at Kelly.  She nodded.  "I...  I..."  Taking a deep
breath, I got it all out.  "I fucked her I couldn't help
myself it felt so damn good and I think I want to do it
again and that scares the hell out of me because I don't
know what came over me and I think she enjoyed it as much as
I did what the hell's wrong with me? "  Then I collapsed
back on the couch.  Kelly cuddled with me and soothed me as
I shook.

"It's called love Jim.."  Gone was the lightness of before.
Bob was all business.  "Also lust.  The thrill of a new
sensation that leaves you emotionally charged.  Tolerance,
trust, acceptance of differences.  Everything plays a part
in what you've done with your bitch.

"As Kelly will confirm, I've become something of a counselor
for part of the zoo community." 

She nodded. 

Bob continued.   "Yes, animals can and do enjoy sex as much
as we do.  I'm not suprised you made love to your bitch.
Kelly told me that Katie was used to sexual contact with
people.  I'd bet that Katie actually propositioned you.
It's not that unusual when a bitch is used to sex with men.

"The main thing for you to realize though is that you didn't
`fuck' her.  You made love to each other.  Fucking is when
one or both of you is simply getting relief.  Using each
other to scratch an itch.  I'd bet a lot of the first time
WAS fucking.  Still though, bitches, unless they are in
heat, are usually picky about who they have sex with.  I
won't deny she was probably horny and that you were too.  A
lot of zoos started that way.  The point is that most people
wouldn't have taken that final step and performed the deed.
As for wanting to do it again, I think she's expecting it.
She's part of your daily life.  Sex is something normal for
her.  She won't lie to you about it.  She won't understand
if you  reject her for it either.  The main thing is for you
to decide how to handle the situation.  You and Katie are
going to form a very deep bond as a result.  In its own way,
it will be just as deep as what you have with Kelly.  You
have to accept that love doesn't care about things like what
form it comes in.  That's very human misunderstanding.  Sex
for an animal isn't all hormones and instinct as most people
would have us believe."

Softly.  "From what Kelly tells me, I don't think you can
make it a one time thing.  You're a zoo to the core.  You
just never knew it before now."

"I tried denial when I first found out I enjoyed sex with my
animals.  It didn't work.  I've come to terms with that part
of me.  Don't you make the mistake of trying to deny that
part of you."

"How many years Bob?"  Then another thought.  "What about
positions and such?  Would I have to use `dog style'?"

"Since I was a teenager.  Call it almost 30 years now.  A
bit longer than Kelly there.

"As for positions, once she's used to you, use your
imagination.  There's going to be some ways that you can't
use with a human.  Have Kelly show you some of the `guides'
people have written.  Most are pretty good.  The important
thing is don't force her. Give her every chance to refuse
you. If you listen and learn to watch her, she'll tell you
want she likes and doesn't like.   Basically, all you have
to do is treat your relationship with Katie the same as you
do the one you have with  Kelly.  There's the language
barrier of course but you'll discover it's not as big a
problem as you might think.

"Whatever you do, don't go beyond the limits she sets.  You
could wind up with some interesting scars to explain."  He
chuckled.  "I've been chased out of my own bed and had to
sleep on the couch until my bitch let me apologize to her.
Not very often, but it has happened.

"That was early in my life though.  Since then, I've learned
to watch for the warning signs and respect them.

"I also envy the two of you.  You see, Kelly is a zoo.  It's
rare for both partners to share that.  Many times, the SO
isn't aware.  Or, worse yet, finds out and leaves.  That
happened to me.  My first wife found out and left me.  We
still have the emotional scars from that.  As do the kids."
I could hear the pain as he admitted that.

We discussed a few more things but I was fairly distracted
and let Kelly carry the conversation.  Finally, Bob said he
had some other things to do.

"Thanks Bob.  I have a lot to think about."  I fell silent.

"Kelly knows how to reach me.  Feel free to call me anytime.
She has my number.  Talk to you later."

Kelly spoke up.  "Thanks Bob.  We'll be in touch.  Bye."
She went over and turned off the computer.

* * *

Later, after Kelly and I made love, I thought about what I
had learned.

I still felt a bit uneasy about making love to Katie.
However. my imagination was already suggesting possibilities
to me.  I wasn't sure if I wanted to act on these fantasies
or not.  One that stayed with me now that I knew Kelly knew
and accepted that I would be making love to my bitch, was a
dream that involved me screwing Katie while Kelly was there.
I wondered if I'd be able to do it.  Generally, I wasn't
very fond of performing in  front of someone else.

The warm bodies on either side of me hinted that neither one
of them would object.  

Worse yet, would Katie become jealous of Kelly?  If so, how
could I handle that situation?

Finally, I decided that one step at a time was the way to
go.  With that firmly in mind, I let myself relax into
sleep.

* * *

"Mmmm...  That feels good Kelly.  You haven't woken me that
way for months..."  Still half asleep, I was aware of a
tongue working its way up my thigh to my crotch.

Kelly's chuckle, which I had expected to be in the same
area, brought me fully awake.  It came from across the room.

"Sorry dear.  I'm not responsible.  It's Katie doing the
honors."

I jerked my head up and looked.  Sure enough, Katie was
giving me a hell of a job.  She looked to be totally focused
on what she was doing.  I was already hard.  I looked at
Kelly.

"I'll leave the two of you alone.  Take your time.  I'm
going to bathe and go start breakfast."  She grinned.  "I
think Katie has plans for you this morning.  Here, catch."
With that she tossed me the lubricant she had on her
dresser.

Automatically, I caught it.

Still shocked, I thought about it.  `Not much choice with
both of them after me.  Might as well find out now if one of
those other positions will work.'  One thing was certain.  I
didn't want the sensations I was feeling to stop.  At least
not unless they were going to be replaced by those of me
entering Katie.  My penis was starting to do most of my
thinking for me.
====


Temptress - Chapter 3  - Consummation and Acceptance
---

"Well Katie.  I think it's time."

She paused a second and then resumed licking me.

Me?  Well, I was suffering from a case of acute horniness.
After Kelly left the room, I had settled back and closed my
eyes.  I wanted to be able to concentrate on what Katie was
doing with that wet tongue of hers.  

I had to admit that I enjoyed it.

* * *

Do I sound like I accepted this too quickly?  I had plenty
of time to think about it during the previous months.  Kelly
accepting me and then my discovering she was an animal lover
was just the final push to make the decision.  I've always
been one to make my decisions and then move on with my life.
Accept the consequences and don't agonize about it.

*sigh*  

It's just the way I am.  The thinking about it was over.  I
had decided to go ahead and have sex with Katie.  Kelly had
convinced me it was fine with her.  

That helped.  A lot.

Anyway, back to the bedroom...

* * *

Not only that, the slurping sounds I could hear were far
louder and more liquid sounding than anything Kelly had
managed.

The random movements her licking gave to my penis were
exciting because of their randomness.  I couldn't picture
what would happen next and every sensation was new.

I hadn't known whiskers could be so sexually exciting.
Their feathery touch caused pleasure that was almost
painful.

Each touch of her tongue or fur sent a shiver of pleasure
through my body.

Finally, I had to make the decision.  Let her carry me over
the edge or  reposition her and screw her.  It was going to
be my decision because she showed no sign of stopping her
attentions.

So, as I softly spoke to her, I reached and gently moved her
head away from me.  Then I rolled her onto her back and
leaned towards her.

As I gently petted her belly and slowly worked my way to her
vulva, I was one handedly opening the lubricant.  Setting it
down, I managed to slide her so that her vulva was opposite
my penis.

Then, I squeezed out some lube into my hand and let my body
heat warm it for a bit.  While I waited for it to reach a
warmer temperature, I used my free hand to gently work her
vulva.  Actually, she was fairly wet but I wanted to be
sure.

I lubricated both of us.

Katie twitched as I worked her gently.  

Rear legs spread, front legs collapsed and slightly folded,
she lay on her back with her eyes closed.

I swear she had a huge smile on her face.  I know she was
far more relaxed than I was.

Now.  

Fumbling a bit at first until I had the head started.  Then,
once started, a gentle rocking motion to sheath myself.

Warmth.

This time, I savor the feelings.  Different.  Tightness
around the base of my penis.  Her tail laying along side my
body.  Leg fur against me.

Now, still paused, I start to gently pet her.  As I pet her
between her hind legs I feel muscular contractions against
my penis.

I trail my fingers and hands along her body.  Savoring it.
Tasting it through my fingertips.  

Awe.

Finally, Katie opens her eyes.  She turns her head towards
me.  A knowing look.  A look of completion.

Eyes locked, I gently work my hands under her unresisting
body and slide her so that she is nestled along my belly.

Still connected, I start a gentle motion inside her.

I'm startled as she leans her head and gently insists on
licking my mouth.  Is she forcing her tongue between my
lips?

Yes.  

I open my mouth and allow her access.

Kelly was never like this.  Demanding is the only term I can
think of.

It's as though there is a direct connection to my penis and
Katie knows it before I do.  My movements become more
urgent.  Fiercer.  

Dimly, I notice she pauses in her kissing me.  

I am totally focussed.  Firmly, I hold her and seek that
final release.  After one deep thrust, I freeze.

I pulse.

My pubes feel as though they are glued to hers.  

Again, feelings so intense I almost faint.

I feel Katie go limp as I hold her.

Limply, I lay there and let my mind drift as we remain
coupled.

Do I love Katie?  

Yes.

Do I still love Kelly?  

Oh yes!

Katie has given me a part of myself I didn't even know was
missing.

We lay together on the bed sharing the afterglow.  An
unknowable time later, I harden and fuck her again.  

No.

This isn't fucking.  It's the same gentle loving I share
with Kelly.

Finally, mind still drifting on a newfound river of peace, I
pull away from Katie and head for the kitchen.  To shower
right now doesn't feel right.  Cleaning myself would somehow
profane what we just shared.  

I'm sure Kelly will understand.

* * *

"Good afternoon dear one."

Startled, I check the time.  She's right.  Katie and I spent
the morning together.

Kelly is sitting on the couch reading.  I sit beside her,
still naked, and share a deep kiss.

She tells me a lot with that kiss.  Acceptance.
Understanding.  Slight amassment.

My pubes still glisten from my and Katie's mingled juices.
Kelly gently trails fingers there.

Raising them to her mouth, she kisses her fingertips and
then gently places them on my lips.

With that gesture, she has told me she accepts what Katie
and I now share.

Awed, I kiss her fingers and then reach to hold her close.

It is enough.
====

Temptress - Chapter 4  Gift of Love
---

Well. 

We're married.  Not that it matters that much.  Kelly and
Katie and I had settled in together just after Katie's
estrus.  

Chuckling to myself in rueful remembrance, I recall her
original owner's comments as I bought her.

Which brings me full circle to the present.

The ceremonies are over.  Our friends who raised Katie are
here.

All four of us are wearing our zeta symbols.  I had some
custom ones made that are more discrete than the originals.

As Kelly and I stand in the receiving line, I catch Steve
and Maureen's eyes and nod slightly.  Smiling a bit, they
leave early and head home.

I've made some arrangements that Kelly doesn't know about.

* * *

"Jim, where are we going?"

I grin.  "To see some old friends."

We've changed out of the wedding finery.  Now casually
dressed, I am driving our newly purchased motor coach to the
outskirts of town.

"I thought we'd stop by and see Steve and Maureen before we
hit the road."

"Really?"  She looks at me suspiciously.  "What are you up
to now?"

"Me?  Up to something?"  

I chuckle as I drop the pose of innocence.

* * *

As I pull up to the ranch, they are waiting.

Sitting beside them is a magnificent male German Shepherd.

I shut down and then turn to Kelly.

She is stunned.

Softly now, I utter the words I've been waiting months to
say.

"Kelly, meet Max the Second.  He's my wedding gift to you.

"How about you go meet him?"

So saying, I hit the controls that drop the steps and open
the side door for her.

She looks at me.  

I nod. 

Tears streaming, she stumbles out and goes to them.

Smiling, I sit and watch as she kneels and hugs Max.

Steve, Maureen and I share smiles as Kelly focuses on Max.

Once in a while, I do the right thing.
====


The story that follows is Jim's.  At least now I understand the
reasons it took so long for him to tell it.

This, like the others in this series, is a work of fiction.  It is not
based on anyone's real life experiences.

Maybe Jim and Kelly are warning us about some things.  I don't know.
His story came as quite a shock to me.  I thought I knew him better
than I did.
---

Gazing at the Shadows of Memory
Part 5 in the 'Temptress Series'
---

"Jim?  Are you sure?"  Kelly's voice had a definite questioning tone.

"Of course.

"You proved it was best when I lay with Katie. Now, it's time you and
Max took time to be by yourselves."

I sighed.  Then I held Kelly close and kissed her.

"You and I know how we feel about each other.  It's pretty obvious to
me that you've been wanting to make love to Max."

She nodded.

"Now, just as you did for me and Katie - I'm returning the favor.

"I want the first time to be special for both of you.  No
distractions.

"Besides..."  I pulled back to grin at her.

"Max is *not* inexperieinced.  Maureen saw to that.  I didn't want
your partner to be one who had no interest in sex with you or was
unsure about what to do.

"Yes, I know that with love -  the sex will probably happen.

"Just that..."  I shuggged and smiled a bit lopsidedly.  "If I'm going
to give you such a gift, you deserved my best efforts.

"So relax.  I'm not worried that you will turn to him completely or
that we will have other problems...

"In fact."  I blushed.  "Once he starts, he's very intense.  I found
that out myself."

"You?  And Max?"  Her voice was a shocked whisper.

I nodded.  "I had help and no tie was allowed."

I held Kelly and gazed off...  "I was curious and needed to feel he
would be right for you.

"And..."  I sighed.  Here was another reason I was taking Katie on a
day trip while Kelly and Max stayed with the motorhome.

"When he screwed me, it triggered some memories that had been
supressed during therapy I underwent as a teenager.  Therapy to 'cure'
me of my zoophilia.  I need some time alone to put those memories in
their proper places.

"I'm not a virgin when it comes to male dogs.  I'll explain when Katie
and I get back.  I'll also tell you how come I never remembered until
the sex with Max.

"In the meantime..."  I smiled and kissed her.  "Now that I have those
memories back you can be assured that I will have no problems with you
and Max.

"You see, I was a zoophile until 15 years ago. I never knew it and the
therapy for my 'problem'  involved suppression of those memories.

"Katie and I will be back by evening.  Count on it my love."

I kissed her again and then knealt in front of Max and hugged him. His
tail was thumping madly as I petted him.

"Sorry guy.  You stay here with Kelly and take good care of her.

"Kelly.  I trust you.

"See you this evening."

With that, Katie and I walked into the surrounding forest.

* * *

My mind was a turmoil of jumbled thoughts as Max and I watched Jim and
Katie walk away.

Jim a zoo 15 years ago?  And it had been suppressed so completely he
had forgotten until sex with Max triggered the memories?

I had learned years ago that Jim had a strong will.  This - had me
standing there feeling numbed and amazed.

As I knealt to soothe a whining Max, I murmured.  "It will be a very
interesting story he has to tell us when they get back.

"In the meantime, It's time for us to finish getting acquainted."

I giggled a bit as I reached to fondle his sheath.  He rose to stand
on all four feet.

"You have certainly been willing.

"It was me worrying about how Jim would deal with this that stopped me
a few times."

I giggled some more as Max swatted at me with a paw and started
licking my ear.  Already, as though realizing he would get his wish,
he was edging around to get ready to mount me.

I had to grab him and smile into his fur.  "Not here silly.  It's too
public."

I held on to his leash and got up.

After walking over to the motorhome, I opened the door and gestured to
him.

"Max.  Up!"

He bounced in and I followed.  I closed the door and released Max from
the leash.  Then I took the time to pause and set the leveling jacks.
No point in letting people watch the thing rock.

Max was already nosing me and I was shaking with anticipation.

"Maureen worked with you, hmm boy?"  I let all my lust show in my
voice and I watched his actions change.

I grinned at him.  "That means our first time will be special.  I'm
going to let you tie.  I was afraid I'd have to take time to let you
learn about things.

"I should have figured Jim would take care of a detail like that."

I stripped and then put on the heaviest sweater I had brought.

By now, I was laughing as Max was licking me and prodding me in his
excitement.

Well, I was excited too.  Just thinking about taking him and feeling a
dog inside me again was sending me into a haze of remembered
happiness.

As I finally walked over to fall on my back on the bed, I lost
rational thought and let my body take over and respond to Max.

Whatever happened now would happen.  I had no fear of any of it.  Jim
had just told me in the best way possible.  By admitting he had made
love to Max before giving him to me as my gift and future partner.

With murmurs of delight, soft moans and then finally with my whole
body -   I welcomed my second husband.

* * *

Katie and I spent most of the morning wandering the marked trails.

Finally, I found a place that overlooked the next valley and we
settled in the shade of a pine tree.

Once I settled, Katie, with her customary skill, flopped her body
between my legs so her head was next to my belly.  Then a paw came up
to let me know I could pay proper respects by petting her.

With a smile and a soft chuckle, I accepted the inevitable and
proceeded to pay attention to my other wife.

Yes, that was how I viewed us already - 'man and wife'.  It was the
only label that fit how I felt about Katie.

As we shared the companionship of our love, I gazed out over the
valley and finally took the time to examine old and suppressed
memories and then put them where they belonged.

Sighing to myself, I spoke softly to Katie.

"I don't know if suppressing things was right or not."  Her ears
perked and she nudged me.

I smiled.  It was almost impossible to be pensive for long with Katie
around.

I ruffled her fur and grinned down at her.  "You don't care do you?
You accept what is and don't worry.  Maybe it's time for me to do that
again.

"I certainly did until 15 years ago."

Then I sighed.  "Until I was caught with Red.

"I'm glad I decided to convince the therapist to leave that one
trigger in place.  It seemed harmless to all of us.  After all, I
would never be screwed by a male dog again anyway.  So, he and my
parents indulged a whim because they *knew* it would never be
triggered."

I reached to scratch Katie's ears.  "Who would have thought I would
need those memories to reassure my wife I would understand her wanting
sex with a dog?

"They also help explain my own ready acceptance of *you*.

"Let's go back to Kelly and Max."

We stood and after Katie and I stretched the kinks out, we headed back
to the rest of our family.

* * *

I smiled with inner amusement as Katie and I worked our way to where
the coach was parked.  Every so often, people would stop us and
comment on how well behaved she was.  Several people noted that she
obviously cared a great deal for me and looked to me for leadership.

Those comments had me hiding a grin.

So, I was feeling happy when I opened the door and Katie and I finally
stepped inside.

To be almost completely ignored.

I smiled.  While Katie found the water and noisily lapped at it, I
looked to the bed.

Kelly was sprawled on it.  She was naked except for a heavy sweater.
Laying on her back, she turned her head to smile at me.

Max was laying on the far side and had his head laying possesively
across her waist.  He opened his eyes to watch us but made no moves
other than to wag his tail slightly.  Poor guy was definitely
exhausted.

"Hello you two."  I smiled as I settled on the edge of the bed.
Briefly, I scratched Max's head. Then I bent down to kiss my obviously
satiated wife.

"Busy day?"

The response was her arms wrapping around me and pulling me to her.

We shared a long, deep kiss and then I gently disengaged her.

"You stay put.  I'll get dinner for all of us and then we can talk."

I got up and fixed food for Max and Katie.  I chuckled as Max
struggled to decide if he wanted to eat or stay where he was.  At last
I walked over and set the bowl of food on the bed.  He'd earned some
special treatment.

Kelly finally sat up and removed her sweater and tossed it in a corner
with the rest of her clothes.  Every so often she reached into Max's
bowl and picked out some food and handed it to him.

I started our food cooking and then stripped and took a shower to wash
off the day and help me relax some more.  Just as I was finishing, I
was joined by a warm body.

"Here.  Let me help."  Her voice was soft.

Together in the small area, she did my back. Then, as she stood with a
contented and dreamy smile, I gently bathed her.

"That special, was it?"  I let a bit of amusment tinge my comment.

As I stood, she hugged me.

I traced her lips with a finger and smiled.  "Let's eat."

* * *

After we ate, we cleaned up and took the dogs to the area for them to
go to the bathroom.

When we got back, I stripped off my robe and settled in the driver's
seat and turned it so I faced the inner area and Kelly.

"So...

"Yes, I was a zoophile from the age of 12 until I was caught and
'cured' at  age 15."

I gazed unseeingly at Katie as she lay on the bed with Max.

"His name was 'Red'.  A handsome red Doberman my parents got to watch
and protect us kids.

"The whole family raised him from a puppy.  I was the oldest so I had
to do most of the chores involved.  I didn't mind though.  I got to
take him for runs in the fields.

"When he got older, They talked about using him at stud.  I was going
through puberty so I was more than willing to read the breeding books
and find out what was involved.

"Some of that learning was finding out that a male dog, if around
bitches and not allowed to breed them, should be masturbated to reduce
the risk of health problems."

I chuckled as I remembered my parent's reactions.

"Naturally, they weren't pleased at discovering this.  I had the
authority of the books to back me up and when they checked, the
breeder told them the same thing.

"So, the 'chore' of relieving him fell to me as the oldest.  'Do it
out of sight and don't tell anyone',  was what I was told."

I grinned at Kelly.  "So, I had my parent's orders to go masturbate
this dog.  Further of course was my own hormone driven curiousity..."

I was laughing now.  "Well, the first few times were awkward as I
learned how to work him.

"He was a little confused at first but after the first few times he
really enjoyed it.

"He still played with everyone else but now, in the evenings, he
started seeking me out and heading to the private places we would use
to relieve him.

"Well, one thing led to another.  I had been masturbating some and
already tasted my own semen.  It seemed the most natural thing to
finally lick my hands and taste his.  Then I started gathering it in a
hand or taking something to catch it so I could get more.

"Finally, one spring night...  I gathered the courage to put him in my
mouth and bring him off.

"I was hooked."

I smiled as I rememberd spring nights and Red.

"We had a lot of fun together after that.  He became my dog mostly.  I
was learning about girls as well.  One even snuck over to help me a
couple of times.

"She wound up being my first lover for a few months.  Cindy, Red, me,
and the stars...

"He started trying to mount her and we had to teach him it wasn't
allowed.

"She and I, in our innocence and feelings of discovery only thought it
was funny.  All it did was get *us* more excited.  It was our secret.
My taking Red for his evening 'run' was an excuse for us to meet
somewhere and screw each other.

"Thus it went until her family moved.

I shook my head sadly.  "It was shortly after that that I started
wondering how it would be to let Red mount me.

"I knew I felt good while having sex with Cindy.  I wondered if he
would enjoy it as much as I did.  After all, I masturbated myself and
knew it wasn't as good as the 'real stuff'.

"So finally, one night...  I let him mount me instead of jerking him
off.

I gazed at Kelly and then at Max and Katie.

"I don't have to tell you our lives together changed.

"I was only doing it for the pleasure.  Love, emotional ties...  That
never occurred to me.  Humans don't love dogs you know.  Even then, I
knew I couldn't admit what we were doing together.

"So it went for several years.

"Finally, I got careless.

I started crying.  Kelly came over to sit in my lap and soothe me.

"My 15th birthday.  They took that away from me as part of my 'cure'.

I fell silent again.

"Oh no...."  Kelly's voice was filled with pain as the implications
hit.

I shook as the memories returned again.  Without the intervening years
to dim them - it was as though it had just happened.

"They also took Red away.  I never knew what happened to him.

"  'Red ran off.'  Was all I ever knew.  I hope they found him a good
home but my emotions tell me they had him killed.

"Certainly, my mother hated him enough to make that decision.  Dad was
upset but he always looked at it as a phase I would outgrow if left
alone.

"Dad is from a long line of country folks.  Mother is pure big city
girl.

"Maybe, now that I remember, I'll ask him what they did with Red.  I
feel he'd understand my need to know and what my asking means.  Mother
will never accept.

"Plus...  " I smiled as I breathed in Kelly's smell and tasted her
body with my fingers.

"I want you there when I ask him.  He'd know without my having to tell
him that you know about my past and accept it.

"Let him guess the rest if he wants to.  I want him to remember the
pain he caused by not trying harder.  I want him to know that in spite
of everything, I wound up remembering and finding love in spite of
their efforts to 'help' me be a normal person.

"That's if we meet again.  I moved out at 16 and haven't seen them
since.  From about a month after my 15th birthday, I wasn't living in
a happy home and I didn't understand what made it change.

"Suddenly, all I knew was that I had gone from being their pride to
somehow never being able to do anything right.

"That hypnotic suppression my therapist did had implications they
never considered or allowed for."

I sighed.  "Mom was never able to treat me the same after she caught
me with Red.  I don't know which of us she hated more.  Me, Red, or
herself for having 'failed' somehow.

"I don't know if she's open enough to accept it wasn't a failure but
just something that happens with some people.

"Anyway...

"It took every skill I had to get them to agree to leave a trigger in
place so that if a male dog ever screwed me, those memories would
become available again.  After all, we all agreed that it would never
happen anyway."

I mused a bit.  "That's odd.  All of us took it for granted that I
wouldn't have sex with a bitch.  I had thought about it a bit but
since I had a regular sex life with my girlfriends, nothing ever came
of those fantasies.

"Everyone was relieved that Cindy had never done anything other than
masturbate Red.  I hadn't managed to 'corrupt' an innocent girl.  So
they didn't have to search her out and 'cure' her as well.

"Although as far as I know, only my therapist ever knew about those
times.

"Everything was kept very quiet.  Respected members of the community
and all that.

"So, they shrugged off my desire for a way to get my memories back as
a childish whim and indulged me.

"I can thank dad for that much anyway.  He actually got into a
shouting match with mom about it -

'We're stealing some of the best years of his life.  Let's at least
let him have the remote chance of recovering them if it happens again.
I don't want him to suffer this hell twice in his life.'

"Dad tried...  But mother and her beliefs ran the house.  From what I
heard -  after I moved out - a few years later Dad left her and she
took everyone to the city.  Never had any pets again.

"I don't know.  Dad is still in that town.  I have no idea where
anyone else is.

I fell silent and turned my chair so I could gaze out the front
window.

* * *

I sat there on Jim's lap and then buried my head on his shoulder.

Neither of us paid any attention to my tears as they ran down his
body.  I'd been quietly crying for him as soon as he started
describing what had happened.

He movements were absently caring as he gazed off.  I treasured that.
Even in his deep pain...  He was reaching out to cherish me.  That
meant a lot.  Probably more than he realized.

*I* knew he'd survive this sudden return of his past.  I was more than
happy to wait until he knew it as well.

Suddenly, I felt fur next to me.  I opened my eyes and sure enough,
Katie had come over to comfort him.  She was licking his face and he
had a definite smile as he held still and petted her.

Looking around, I discovered Max was still on the bed.  Well, I
couldn't blame him.  He and I hadn't been together as long as Jim and
Katie.  He was also still tired from our activities earlier.

As I leaned back to watch the two of them, I noticed a couple of faint
lines across his chest.  I'd often wondered what had happened to him.
He had several more faint scars across his back.

Suddenly the pieces fell into place and I couldn't help my gasp and
involuntary reaching to trace the ones on his chest.

I felt him stiffen as he realized what I was doing.  Then, he went so
completely limp I thought he had passed out.

I shivered.  Still, I knew I had to ask.  It was time to get it in the
open.  I hoped he would understand that.

"Jim?"  It was a whisper.

"Your mother.  Did she?...

"You didn't say what happened when you and Red were discovered.

"Can you talk about it?  Or do you want to wait?"

His voice was a whisper of pain.

"So that's how I got those scars.  I never realized until just now. So
they took that as well.  And told me 'childhood accident' whenever I
asked.  I had no reason to doubt that."

His voice was bitter as he finished.  "Right.  Accident.  As if
grabbing a branch and beating your son and his dog is ever an
'accident'.

"I don't need to ask.  She killed Red right there and then.  Beat him
so badly he died in my arms while she beat *me* as I tried to protect
him from her."

"Kelly.  They took *that* from me and never told me.  Never left a way
for me to remember what had happened.

"Only your concern and tracing the scars broke past the block and made
me remember finally.

"No...  I'll never go back now.  Let then think they won.  After that,
I don't feel they deserve to know any more about me.

"Soon.  Someday soon, I promise I will tell you what happened."

The last I remember before falling asleep is Katie scrambling and
knocking things off the engine cover so she could curl up and lick our
faces as we cried together.

Hours later, I woke to see Katie still there with her eyes open and
watching Jim.  A flick of an ear told me she knew I was awake.

I gently woke Jim enough to lead him back to the bed.  It was obvious
he was still numb after discovering what had happened to Red and
himself.

The four of us got comfortable and we settled for a much needed rest.
It was nearly dawn but I didn't care.

I cuddled Jim and as we fell asleep again I was dimly aware of him
reaching out to Max and mumbling 'Red'.

Wisely, I kept silent.  There would be better times to hear the final
part of his story.
====

Temptress Part 6:  The Confrontation
---

When the doorbell rang and the dogs didn't do more than raise their
heads, My eyebrows went up before I went to answer the door.

Whoever it was, the dogs had to know them well enough they didn't feel
any need to go outside to greet them.

When I opened the door, I was so surprised when I recognized Sally,
who was, as far as I knew, Kelly's best friend, she was able to speak
before I did.

"Hello, Jim.  May I come in?"

I smiled and studied my unexpected guest.   She blushed but held her
eyes on mine.  An almost imperceptible gesture brought Katie and Max
to my side.  "Well, kids?  What do you think?"

Katie, always more forthright than Max, pushed forward.  A few casual
snorts and she looked at me as if to say 'Well, OK. But we have better
things to do.'  She flicked her tail and headed back to bed.

Max, once Katie was out of his way,  was more direct about his
approval.  I heard a low grumble and clicked my tongue at him.  "Be
nice."  He had his ears forward and he moved with all of his 'see how
male I am' attitude evident.

I let him have his fun, briefly, then called him off.  "Enough, kid.
Not your type."   The tone said far more than the words, so he knew
what I meant.   I smiled when he followed us to the living room and
settled at my feet but watched her while she settled on the other end
of the couch.

When I chuckled her eyebrows went up and I could tell she was puzzled
by my amusement.

"What was that all about?"

I shrugged.  "Nothing serious.  Katie decided you're harmless and she
wasn't interested in babysitting us.  Max tried to see if you were
seducible, since you weren't afraid of him."

She blushed.  "He tried to seduce me?"

"Well, you weren't afraid of him, so he decided to push things.  He's
a healthy male, you know.  Always willing to have sex with a female.
Besides, his sense of humor is pretty quirky sometimes.  He wasn't all
that serious about it."

She coughed and her blush deepened.  I went to the kitchen to get
something to drink.  "Care for something?"

"Water will be fine.  No ice."

I brought back a glass of water and handed it to her.  I resettled on
the couch and sipped at my iced tea.  "Kelly won't be back until
later..."  I left the rest open.  Usually, Sally didn't show up unless
Kelly was home.

She studied her glass.   I barely heard her voice.  "I've known about
Kelly for years.  I was very happy when she got married.  I think the
two of you have been good for each other."

I nodded.   "Thanks.  Kelly told me you knew."  It seemed the safest
thing to say.

"She did?"

I studied her again.  Not pretty enough to be a model.  About our
ages.  A little nervous right now but from what little Kelly had told
me, I figured it was the circumstances and not her usual state.  Now
that I had a chance to really study her, I saw something else.  She
had a lot in common with Kelly in the way she faced life, squarely,
not trying to hide from who she was.  I noticed she had looked up from
her glass and was watching me.  I smiled and really settled back
before I invited Max on the couch.  He settled with his head in my
lap.  "We make a special effort to let each other know who we can be
openly zoo around, if we decide we want to."

"You?"

I nodded slowly.

"I never suspected..."

"You weren't supposed to."

She needed both hands to put her glass on the end table.  "Kel said
you knew about her.  She said I could ask you if I couldn't ask her."

I waited.

"I was going to ask you what it's like, knowing that your wife is..."
She trailed off.

I wanted to chuckle but held it back and finished her sentence
instead.  "Letting herself get fucked by her dog?  But now?"

She made a gesture that told me she couldn't go on.

I sighed.  "Did she tell you I gave her Max as a wedding gift on the
day we got married?  Or the fact she fucked Max first on our
honeymoon--with my support for whatever she decided to do, or not do?"

I waited while she was obviously searching her memories.  She studied
Max, as if that could help her remember.  "I knew he was your wedding
gift to her and that you already knew she used to be a zoo.  I didn't
know about...  The details of your honeymoon."

I nodded.   "Makes sense that she would have mentioned Max was my
gift.  We left on our honeymoon and came back with Max as part of the
family."

I looked down when Max twitched slightly.  Typical.  Already asleep
and dreaming.  Dreaming.  That reminded me of Katie.  'Bed', for her,
when I was doing something else, was usually the landing, where she
could stretch out but still keep an eye on me while I was busy.  I
looked up to see brown eyes watching me.  I smiled and heard a tail
thump a few times.  I was still smiling when I turned back to Sally
and saw her frowning.

She was studying something.  I wasn't sure it was Katie, though.  Her
next words surprised me with their bitterness.  "After she met you I
thought she'd quit...  Fucking dogs.  Then, she was so happy when the
two of you decided to get married, I *knew* she'd quit, forever."

She glared at me.  "It wasn't until a few months ago that she let
something slip that got me to thinking.  I asked her and she admitted
she and Max were fucking each other.  That you'd known about her past
when you gave her Max."  

She took a deep breath and I could hear her hurt frustration.  "Jim.
Tell me why you encouraged her to go back to fucking..."  Her hand
shook but it was obvious she was pointing at Max.  "That *animal*."

I sighed.  "It wasn't like that.  Gods, it wasn't like that."

"No?"  Her voice was chill with her distaste.

"No.  Kelly never quit being a zoo even though she didn't have a dog
around.  I didn't know until after I got Katie and fucked her for the
first time...  That Kelly is a zoo and how much self control it had
taken to keep from fucking the first Max.  Kelly knew I was a zoo
before I did.  She helped me understand myself.  Can't you understand
that once that happened, I *knew* that there was only one way to tell
Kelly I understood?  There was only one way to help her be true to
herself, no matter what it might cost me."

I took a deep breath and studied my hands before I locked eyes with
Sally.  "She had to *know*, just as she understood the relationship
between me, Katie, and her, that I felt the same way about her.  I
gave her this guy."  I lightly petted Max.  "And then I walked away
and let her do whatever she wanted, *including sex*, before I came
back that evening and embraced them both equally, without jealousy or
regret for what I'd knowingly allowed to happen."

I sighed yet again and bowed my head.  "Kelly didn't go back to dog
fucking.  She returned something to her life that I know I can never
give her.  Nobody can give her what she gets from loving Max in ALL
ways."  

I looked up.  "If I encouraged her to do anything, it was to be
herself, no matter who that person is, with my total, unbegrudged
support and understanding."

"Sounds like a good entrance line."

Max rolled out of my lap and scrambled to greet Kelly.  I heard Katie
tumble down the stairs in her eagerness.  I remained where I was but
turned my head to find Kelly and shake my head.  "Didn't hear you get
home."

She smiled and walked over to hug me after she'd greeted and been
greeted by the dogs.  "Sounds like you and Sally were doing some
serious talking.  Hope I didn't interrupt at a bad time."  

She was watching Sally but I felt her hug tighten briefly.  "Jim
didn't have to give me Max.  I'd like to think I could have kept
living without ever fucking a dog again.  *But*, we'll never know
because Jim understood me better than I did.  He knew I'd never feel
complete again unless we had *everything* in the open."  She settled
on the floor and leaned back until she was between my legs.

Sally flushed.  "Kelly?  On your honeymoon.  Why did you agree to fuck
Max at all and then, why first, before Jim?"

I squeezed her shoulders.  "I told her.  She asked me why I encouraged
you to go back to dog fucking."

I felt Kelly's body stiffen in anger.  I pushed down wordlessly to ask
her to stop whatever her initial response was.  I looked down, met her
eyes with mine and spoke softly.  "We've already sorted that out, I
think."

Kelly sighed and relaxed a little.  "Jim and I had been fucking each
other for years, as you know.  Letting me and Max explore our
sexuality together was his wedding gift to me before we later did
something we've done many, many times, something that was and is
important to both of us--but not what getting married is all about,
for either of us."

She reached up and squeezed my hands.  "He paid more for Max than I'll
ever know.  Oh, Max didn't cost anything in terms of money.  Jim paid
with something else.  Self knowledge."

She allowed herself to laugh.  "Just before Max and I fucked each
other, Jim had just finished a long drive in an unfamiliar vehicle,
with plenty of time to think about things he'd rediscovered.  Trust
me, I think he was relieved to have an excuse to take a walk with
Katie and sort out his feelings while he rested up for later.
'Consummating our marriage' was not on his mind just then and we both
knew it.  I, on the other hand, had just spent a long time thinking
about the four of us and what kind of a sexual future we would
eventually work out.  Add to that the fact that Max spent that time
smelling my readiness...  Well, the dog fucking was inevitable.  We
didn't need any encouragement--only opportunity."

Sally blushed.

Kelly went on before I could react to the tenseness in her body. "Sal,
I thought I'd stopped forever once I found Jim.  When I helped him
come to terms with Katie and how he felt about her, he put things
together and realized how miserable I'd been making myself by holding
back from fucking the original Max.  His gift surprised me but once he
explained and I thought about it, I accepted that I'd been deluding
myself.  Zoosexuality, for us, is not something we can turn on and off
at will.  It's there--all the time.  Far better to see that and move
on, than live a life of denial and misery."

Sally sighed, and I could hear her bitter confusion.  "You could have
said no."

Kel nodded a little.  "I could have--if I'd thought of that option."

"You never?..."

"No."

Sally studied me for awhile.  "And you, Jim...  I can't figure out why
you decided to give her Max like that and...  Encouraged her."

I felt Kel stiffen so I squeezed gently, until she touched my hands
and relaxed a little.

When I spoke it was as calm as I could make it, considering the
hostility I could sense.  "Kel and I had known each other for years.
While she was helping me accept what had happened between me and
Katie, I realized how lonely she had been, without a dog in her life."

I sighed.  "Ok.  As a lover and sex partner, too.  I'd seen her a few
times, when she wasn't aware that I'd seen her with the first Max,
and...  Even at a distance, her emotional pain and 'hunger' was
obvious.  Even without the possibility of sex, giving her a dog of her
own was something I had to do, for her sake.  Since I knew she was an
inactive zoo, and I had become an active one, I would have been pretty
selfish and hypocritical if I hadn't openly told her I wouldn't have
any problems with her fucking Max on our honeymoon, or in the future."

I knew my hands tightened on Kel's shoulders, because she touched them
with hers, but I went on anyway.  "There's another reason I gave her
Max."

"Oh?"

"Yes.  The worst sex from a dog does more for her emotionally and
physically--than the best I can ever give her."

"That's...  Insane, Jim."

"Perhaps.  We're a foursome, Sally.  It's the only way possible for us
to get everything we need in our lives, so we don't bother hiding from
that fact."

She studied Kel, then shivered.  "That glow, after you two got
married.  It was the same glow you had after...  You did whatever you
did with *him* before he was poisoned.  It wasn't Jim, was it?"

Kel sighed.  "It wasn't Jim.  He helped, but if you think back, did
you ever see me with that glow before we got married?"

Sally didn't answer right away, and when she did, it wasn't directly.
"Jim?  I need something stronger than water, if you have it."

"Depends on what you need.  I'm a beer or vodka man, depending on my
mood.  Kel prefers wines most of the time."

Her smile was faint.  "So you have plenty of elderberry wine stocked?"

"We do.  Several other basic types, too, and I'll admit, reluctantly,
to having a truly rancid tasting cooking sherry stashed on the bottom
shelf, that we use to flavor some foods when we know it will have time
to cook off."

She held up her glass.  "Reuse this.  Fill it, and use just enough ice
to chill the elderberry slightly."

"Can do, if Kel will let me get past her.  Should I take my time?"

"Nothing will happen until you get back."

"Got it."

Katie joined me in the kitchen, then kept me company when I returned
to the living room.  Max was settled next to Kel, so after I handed
Sally her wine and resettled, Katie eased onto the couch and settled
with her head in my lap.

I petted her while we waited for Sally to decide what she was going to
do next.

Half her wine was gone when she sighed and set the glass on the end
table again.

After that she repositioned herself so she was facing us, with her
legs tucked underneath her.

Eventually she reached to lightly stroke Katie a few times, then she
sighed again and focused on Kel.  "I don't like either of us very
much, right now.  I've been jealous of a dog, and you let it happen.
You could have told me."

"I tried to tell you, when I still had Otto, and you never tried to
understand what he meant to me.  There wasn't any point to trying
again.  You've been happy I'm happy.  Does it matter how it happens
for me, if I'm comfortable with it?"

"Virgil's getting married next month.  Not to me."

Kel flinched.  "I thought..."

"So did I.  He dumped me last night.  Called me to tell me our wedding
was cancelled, and so he could invite me to the one he has planned
with...  Sabrina."

"Sabrina?!"  She's..."

"He wouldn't listen.when I tried to tell him she's planning on
cleaning him out later.  Called me a jealous bitch, and a few other
things, then hung up on me."

Before either of them could say more, I touched Kel and spoke
carefully.  "Kel?  I know where this could go.  It's your decision, if
you want to share me...  Or Max.  That's all I'll say about it. Ok?"

She put my hand against her cheek.  "I understand.  Thanks.  It's
really Sally's decision to make."

She let go of my hand and spoke gently.  "Sally?  We still friends? Do
you want my help?  Do you want Jim's help?"

"You two did that so casually.  You're married, yet...  I guess I
didn't really believe it when you said your marriage is open.  Guess
it would have to be, with Max and Katie involved."

"You've been my friend for a long time, Sally.  You're the first
person I told about how it really was, between me and Otto.  Jim's not
Virgil.  He's Jim.  What do you want from him?"

Sally faced me.  "What I want...  From any man.  Is what I thought Jim
gave you."

"Just because he doesn't give it to me, that doesn't mean it might not
happen with you. Perhaps..."

She fell silent and tipped her head back to study me thoughtfully.  I
finally noticed, sighed, then nodded.  "You be ok if it happens?"

"Katie won't live forever."

I winced.  "Clear enough."

Sally looked puzzled when I refocused on her.  "What was that all
about?"

Kel sighed.  "Katie does for Jim, what Max does for me.  I'm not
jealous of her for that.  I won't be jealous if you manage to give Jim
that same glow.  Oh, I can get close enough...  But It's just
something a zoo feels, I guess.  Nobody really knows what it is, only
that something in us responds more completely, when our sex is with a
dog or bitch who also loves us as deeply as we love them."

"That's..."

She shuddered, then turned so she could reach her glass of wine.  She
took a long drink, set it back, then bent her head.  "I'm scared, Kel.
Virgil was the best man I've ever had in my life, and something went
wrong.  Was it him?...  Or has it always been me?  Am I really like...
You and Jim, but didn't know it?"

Kel shook her head wearily, even though Sally wasn't looking in her
direction.  "I hope you're not like us, Sally.  Anything with Max, or
a different dog, would be for the rest of your life.  I don't think
you should take that step while you're like this.  Stick to men...  Or
women."

She touched my leg to get my attention.  "Use the guest bedroom. Katie
will be less likely to get upset when you lock her out.  Do...
Whatever the two of you need to do."

I held out my hand.  "Sally?"

She looked up, then down at my hand.  "Just like that?  The two of us?
Alone and..."

"Just like that, if you want to do it."

I let some humor show.  "For as long as you want it, even if it's the
rest of our lives, and doesn't involve sex.  Isn't that what
friendship is supposed to be?"

"That sounds more like married love, than friendship."

"Is there a difference?"

She thought about it, then took my hand in both of hers.  "I guess
not.  Never looked at it that way, before.  Thank you, Jim.  Will
you...  Help me get past this?"

"Yes."

"Later, if I..."

I thought about it.  "You've never seen a dog and a human make love,
have you?"

"No."

"Max and I are both bisexual.  What if he and I make love while you
watch us, so you can get a better idea about what it might be like?
That could happen later, when you're feeling better about yourself."

"Wouldn't it be better if it was Kelly?"

"I don't know.  This way, no matter what happens, it would be het for
you.  That might make it easier for you."

She let go of my hand and got up.  "Just you, this time."

I bent and gave Kel a lingering kiss, then touched Katie and pressed
lightly.  "Stay, girl.  I'll make it up to you later.  Or Kelly will."

I stood and stretched, then pulled Sally into a hug and kissed her on
the lips before I let go and grabbed her hand.  "Let's go decide what
we want to do to make you feel better about life, the universe...  And
everything."

She giggled slightly hysterically, then squeezed my hand and was at my
side when I headed for the guest bedroom.

I noticed Katie, Kelly and Max watched us leave, and when it was
obvious we weren't doing anything interesting, Katie and Max stretched
out to take naps, while Kelly smiled and made a final shooing motion
before she started petting Max.

* * *

When I closed the door, she flinched and I sighed.  "If I don't make
sure it's latched, at some point we'd probably have canine company.  I
can't promise they wouldn't try to get sexual attention if we happened
to be doing something sexual."

"Can we just talk for now?"

"Whatever you want, Sally."

"Call me Jen.  It's short for Jennifer, my middle name.  Sounds better
than Sally or Sal."

"Ok, Jen."  I gestured at the bed.  "We're not expecting company, so
this room is yours until you decide you don't want it, or we have to
let someone else use it."

"Thanks.  I wasn't looking forward to going home."

She walked over and looked out the window, then sighed and settled on
the bed with her back against the headboard.  She looked around some
more, then must have realized I was still standing, so she patted the
bed next to her.  "Kel keeps telling me you are a good snuggler."

I laughed.  "I think it's one of those things that takes two, and lots
of practice."

I settled next to her, then worked an arm behind her back and pulled
her against my side.  "Like this?"

"Uh hmmm..."

Then she put her head on my shoulder.  "Sorry about the way I came on
when I got here.  I guess you figured out Kelly and Max aren't most of
my problem?"

I brought my free hand over and stroked my fingers through her hair.
"Pretty much so, yes.  It's ok.  Forgiven, and you had the courage to
talk about it and get to the major part of your problem, instead of
closing things out.  That means a lot."

"Thanks.  I wanted to know what I'd done wrong, but *he* didn't have
the time to talk to me any more.  I could hear *her* in the
background.  She was making nasty comments about me and telling him to
'forget about that possessive bitch and come back to bed'."

I didn't say anything, and eventually her head turned so we could
watch each other, then she slumped suddenly and started crying so hard
her whole body shook.

I bent my head slightly, kissed her hair, then used my free hand to
stroke her face and head while I held on and waited her out.

My first awareness that she was ready to do more than cry was when I
felt her hands start unbuttoning my shirt.  "Buttons?  Most men would
be wearing a t-shirt or some sort of pullover, if they were wearing
anything at all, at home."

When she had my shirt unbuttoned, she slid her hand inside and started
exploring.  "Different..."

She paused and sighed.  "Do you mind if I make comparisons?"

"Something you need to do?"

"I...  Yes.  I can't stop myself."

"Then make them.  I have t-shirts, and wear them, but during the day,
I dress more...  Formally, I guess you could call it.  Sometimes
clients stop by, so it's like being dressed for normal working hours."

"Bet it makes it easier for Kelly, too.  She can undress you without
losing eye contact, I bet."

"Something like that.  Mostly, we're nudists if we aren't expecting
company."

"Mmm...  Sounds nice."

"It is."

"Virge wasn't body shy, but he didn't like being nude unless sex was
in the near future."

I didn't comment on her use of the past tense.  "What about you?"

"I'm not afraid of what I look like."

"Is that a 'yes, you're a nudist'?"

"I'm not beautiful, Jim.  I came to terms with that when I was in my
early twenties.  At home, I'm not afraid to be nude most of the time.
Didn't take me long to figure out it made him uncomfortable, so I
always had a robe handy for when he was there, if I didn't stay
dressed when I knew he'd be stopping by."

"Maybe it's the way you face life.  A lot of men don't like women who
are that honest about themselves."

"Kel tell you that?"

"A little.  Some of it I noticed when I looked you over after we
settled on the couch.  Usually, Kel's here when you show up, so I've
never had a chance to see you alone like that."

"Noticed a lot, then.  I thought you just glanced at me."

"Maybe it was a glance.  Was long enough for me to figure out
something odd was going on.  Once you settled on the couch, I knew
that whatever it was, you felt awkward about it, even though you were
going to get it in the open."

"That's not normal for a man.  I've never met a man who could read me
that easily."

I sighed.  "Jen, in case you've forgotten, there's no way I can be
called normal.  But, reading you was something I couldn't help doing.
You and Kel have the same body language."

"Oh.  You're ducking, but it's ok.  I am, too.  I'm not stupid,
usually.  You read me at a glance, because it's how you and...  Katie,
talk to each other, isn't it?"

"Yeah.  When I was a kid, I learned how to do it with Red, then I had
the first Max.  I guess by the time I met Kel, it was a habit I used
on people, too."

"I felt you tense.  I know you didn't make love to Max, but what about
Red?  Was she beautiful?"

I sighed.  "Who's helping who?  Never mind.  Red was a dog, and yes,
he was handsome.  We were sex partners, not lovers, until...  He died
in my arms on my fifteenth birthday."

"Oh.  You're shivering.  Sorry."

She wrapped her arms around me and kept silent while I dealt with the
emotions her innocent question had evoked.

After I stopped shaking she kissed my cheek.  "Thanks."

"Thanks?  You're welcome, even though I don't know what I did."

"Silly.  You trusted me enough to let me hold you, when it should have
been Kel doing the holding.  He always hid his deeper self from me,
and I let him get away with it..  Maybe...  Maybe it was because I
expected that to change once we got married.  Sounds silly, now,
doesn't it?"

I touched her arm.  "You were here, and Kel wasn't.  You did what had
to be done.  Most women I know wouldn't be able to do that with a
married man they barely know.  Thanks for staying."

I felt her tense, then she giggled.  "I guess I'm not a normal woman."

Before I could react she sighed and shifted so she could settle with
her head in my lap.  When I smiled at the picture she made, she smiled
back before she sobered and reached to stroke my face lightly.
"Thanks, Jim.  It should hurt to know I was the cause of the breakup,
but it doesn't, because I know there's a man who accepts me as the
person I am.  If there's one, there must be more of them out there,
and now that I know that I'm not normal, I won't waste my time looking
for men I can't live with for very long."

I knew I had a slightly whimsical grin when I asked her the obvious
question.  "In spite of the way you feel about animal fuckers, now you
want to meet more of them?  We come with our own set of problems,
which is something you already know a little about.  People like you,
for example, and how we have to learn to deal with their
hostility--without making things worse."

Her hand froze, and she stared at me.  "Cold, Jim.  That was damn
cold."

I touched her hand and pressed it against my cheek.  "It's total
honesty, Jen.  It's part of the package called 'zoo'.  It's also a
major reason Kel and I can live together and say the things we do, to
each other.  We try to control it around others, but...  Sometimes,
when conditions are right, we lose control and revert to our basic
natures.  You'd better think about the implications before you get
serious about being around other zoos.  Kel's used to you, and I
agreed to help, but even for zoos, we're not typical."

I shook my head.  "If there *is* such a thing as a 'typical zoo',
nobody we know, knows what they are like.  You can't get to know many
of us and not be forced to admit we can't be treated as anything other
than individuals."

"Nobody you know?  Sounds like you know a lot of zoos."

"We do.  Kel knows more than I do.  A few are local.  Most of them,
she first met on the net.  Lately, we haven't been very active on the
net.  We have our own lives to worry about, and...  We're tired of
trying to explain ourselves to people who think we shouldn't be so
well adjusted and self accepting."

"Umm...  More people like me?  You must be sick of it by now."

"Not exactly like you, Jen.  Other zoos.  Ones who insist that we have
our dogs, and don't really need a human partner."

"That's...  Oh.  Are there *any* people out there who accept you and
Kel?"

"A few."

"I'm not hostile, Jim.  I was frustrated because as far as I knew, the
two of you get everything you need from each other.  I had no idea
that..."  She sighed.  "I still don't get it, but it's obvious that
Max and Katie add something to what you and Kel already have, and that
something is part of what I want in a relationship, and have never
had."

I nodded. and let go of her hand.  "Do you know what that something
is?"

"I thought I did.  Now, I'm not sure.  I thought I wanted total
acceptance, the kind that loves me no matter who I am, or how I might
change, but you get that from Kel, so that can't be all of what Katie
and Max give you, right?"

"Right."

"If I'm going to seriously consider fucking a dog, I need to know.
Maybe I can get whatever it is, from a human, after all."

"Possible, but I think it's unlikely, unless they happen to be a zoo,
or latent zoo, and comfortable with being around animals in more than
a casual way."

"You're ducking again."

"I know.  It's honesty, Jen.  Uncompromising, 24/7 honesty of the kind
that doesn't know how to hide how it feels.  Kel and I are human, and
we can get close, but we'll always backslide and do something to
moderate or hide how we really feel when we talk to each other.  Katie
and Max will never do that.  Even when they hide how they feel, and
they can do that or we wouldn't be able to have company, if you know
what to look for, you can tell they don't want to hide what they are
feeling."

She winced and sighed.  "The kind of honesty I just called 'damn
cold'?"

"Yep."

"I'm getting it right now, from you."

"True.  Over time, though, you can't count on getting it.  There's a
big emotional difference between 'almost always', and 'always'.

"Your point, this time."

I laughed.  "Thanks.  Nobody is going to keep track, so you don't have
to admit I scored one."

She shared my laughter.  "Now, you're just being silly.  Thanks."

Suddenly, someone scratched the door, and whined.

I sighed.  "That's probably Katie.  When people laugh, she has to know
what's going on."

There was some more scratching, then a sneeze.

"I'll be right there, Katie.  Be patient."

This time it was just a sneeze, so I looked at Jen again.  "Well?  If
I don't let her in to check things out, she'll keep complaining.  We
never lock them out of any of the rooms unless a guest is staying in
it."

"Oh, let her in.  We haven't been doing anything, and I need to
finally see what I've been having problems with, so I'm being fair
about it."

"Does that mean you want to see us make love?"

"I don't know.  I'll settle for seeing how you are when you're by
yourselves."

I opened the door and was greeted by Katie's 'it's about time!'
sneeze, then she shoved past me and jumped on the bed.

I closed the door, then resettled and spoke gently to Katie.  "It's
ok.  Jen's a special friend."

I got perked ears and a tilted head.

"Really.  It's ok."

Seconds later her tongue was in my mouth and Jen was giggling.

"Is she always like that?"

"Mmph!"

"Here...  Let me do something to help.  Besides, I like to see the
merchandise before I use it."

I felt her hands working my zipper, then she managed to dig me out and
I felt the air hit me just before her hand started working me
expertly.

Katie must have been paying attention, because she suddenly left my
mouth alone and I heard Jen's exclamation of surprise just before
Katie's tongue went to work on my penis.

"Hey!"

Her voice was thoughtful.  "She really likes your dick, doesn't she?"

I caught my breath.  "Yes.  She gets more enthusiastic when I'm
naked."

"Really?  She looks like she'd lick you off if you let her."

"She does,"

"Kel ever help?"

"You're pretty casual about this all of a sudden.  Yes, Kel sometimes
helps, if she isn't being distracted by Max, or if Max...  Isn't
helping Katie."

I felt her shift my penis so Katie could lick different parts of it.
"She's so... Enthused.  You train her?"

"No.  Not unless you count telling her when she's doing something I
don't like.  She's used to initiating our sex most of the time, and
I've always stopped if I do something she doesn't want."

"She ever nip you?"

"Couple times, and I yelped pretty loud when it happened.  She finally
figured out she can't groom my hair and skin like she does herself or
Max.  She didn't do it hard enough to break my skin, so there wasn't
any blood."

"Umm...  Did Kelly have the same problem with Max?"

"No."

"That doesn't make sense."

I sighed.  "You would have found out someday, if you kept asking
questions.  Max wasn't a virgin when I gave him to Kel.  I wasn't his
first human, either, even though I tried him out before I picked him
for her."

"You *picked* him?  There are people who..."

"Yeah.  There are people who familiarize dogs and bitches with human
sex.  Before you explode, they help humans, too, and most of the time,
the humans don't go further than some intimate exploration.  Like Kel
mentioned, it's not something you can undo once you've done it.  For
most folks, the chance to explore without fear makes them realize it
isn't for them, which, generally, is a good thing."

"And that's what you've offered me, isn't it?  A no pressure chance to
explore, like I'm doing right now."

"Yes."

"I'm surprised you can talk rationally, the way Katie is working you."

"In spite of how it looks, this is casual intimacy, for both of us."

"Even with my help?"

"Yes.  Kel has done the same thing."

"That's...  Strange to know.  For Virgil and all the other men I've
slept with, it was always 'once his penis was exposed, unless he was
taking a bath, there was going to be sex, or at least his orgasm,
soon'."

She let go and settled next to me, then turned my head so we could
watch each other's faces.  "Jim?  Speaking of casual, you're being
pretty open about what the four of you do together.  I was expecting
you to be hesitant, I guess."

I smiled.  "I could say we're not normal, and it's true, but there's
more.  Kel and I spend a lot of our online time answering questions
about our sex lives. It's the normal stuff that ordinary people talk
about, that we don't mention casually.  If we did, people who have
problems with what we do would be more likely to find us, and cause
problems.  There's a quite a bit of hate out there, Jen, and a lot of
it isn't the passive distaste you feel."

"Like the hate some people have for gays and lesbians?"

"Yes, and some of them do to us, the same thing some folks do to the
abortion doctors. and clinics.  They post our real life info, then say
'Somebody needs to do something about these sick people'.  Kel and I
have managed to avoid having that happen, as far as we know.  There
are zoos and non zoos who monitor those sorts of sites, and let the
rest of us know what's going on."

She sighed.  "I hear you.  If the wrong person found out I'd let a dog
fuck me, even once and then I'd quit, for example, I could wind up
looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life, right?"

"Yep."

"Did you know all that before you decided to get Katie to let you fuck
her?"

"No.  I didn't seduce her, she seduced me when Kel was off on one of
her long business trips.  It happened before we got married, and as
strange as it sounds, Kel knew it was going to happen someday, but she
didn't tell me that.  All she did was postpone our marriage until it
had time to happen, and then helped me come to terms with it after I
told her I'd fucked Katie."

By then Katie had quit licking my penis and curled up at the foot of
the bed.

Jen noticed.  "I guess she got tired of being ignored?"

"Maybe.  If she'd been serious, she would have pawed me to let me know
she wanted me naked so we could do more, or I would have at least
lowered my pants and shorts for her."

I laughed gently.  "The edge is gone anyway, because we made love this
morning, after Kel went to work."

She started fondling my penis.  "Do you want to fuck me?"

"If you want me to."

"That's not what I asked."

"I know.  It's a big part of what I am.  I need to know my partner
really wants it, so I usually let them initiate the sex."

She giggled.  "Does deliberately masturbating you qualify as
'initiating'?"

I laughed.  "Got me.  Yes, it does."

"Good.  You ok with fucking my ass?"

"Yes.  You need to know that I can't get you pregnant."

"Vasectomy?"

"I wish it was.  No. So much testicular damage that I don't produce
any sperm."

"None at all?"

"None at all."

"That's...  Later.  In that case, just do it.  Raise my skirt, move my
panties out of your way, and fuck me like you can't stop yourself.  I
need to feel...  Desirable.  Can you do that for me?"

I rolled on my side, helped her change position so we were facing each
other, then while I kissed her hungrily, I moved her skirt out of my
way, found her crotch...

Then jammed my hand under her panties and made sure she was lubricated
before I hunched myself into her and started fucking her strongly.

It wasn't rape, but it was definitely all me, with very little
apparent concern for her and her needs.

It was fast sex.  It was driven sex.

It wasn't love, it was lust.

She responded to it by relaxing and being physically passive while she
worked me with her internal muscles.

Naturally, it didn't take long for me to grab at her and jam myself
into her while I orgasmed.

When I came back, I realized she was kissing me tenderly.

She realized I was back, somehow, and pulled her mouth away long
enough to whisper "Thank you, Jim."

Then she kissed me again before she shifted and snuggled.

I fell asleep while I was comparing her suddenly frantic hunger to
Kel's actions when she was feeling the same need.

* * *

I woke up to hands slowly rubbing my chest, and the feel of someone
settled so she was sitting on my pubes.

I also managed to remember that the body and hands probably weren't
Kelly's, so I opened my eyes to see who it was before I said anything.

She noticed, and smiled.  "Good evening, Jim."

"Umm...  Good evening yourself...  Jennifer."

"Jennifer, not Jen?"

"Thought you'd appreciate something a little less casual than Jen."

She thought about it, then nodded.  "I guess I do.  Something you do
with Kelly?"

"Yes."

"Katie left already.  Something got her attention and I woke up when
she got off the bed."

"It was probably Kel putting food down for Max."

"Makes sense.  As long as I was awake, and you seemed like you were
going to stay asleep, I cleaned up and checked with Kel.  Dinner's
ready whenever we are.  She said something else, too."

I looked down and then back at her.  "I guess you tucked me in?"

"Yes.  Kel said I had the look of a woman who knows who she is, and
what she wants, finally.  Then she hugged me like...  She was my
mother, or sister."

"You sound like you're not sure how you feel."

"I'm not.  I don't know who I am, either, and I *really* don't know
what I want, anymore."

"For not knowing what you want, you're doing a good job of getting it
from me."

She paused and looked at her hands, then looked up.  "After what
happened, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you and
your...  Everything."

"You're welcome."

"Is it like this for the four of you, all the time?  This relaxed
friendship and intimacy?"

"Mostly.  Kel and I have had time to figure out how to handle things
when we have problems, and since the dogs let us know when they are
unhappy, we can make adjustments before things get so far wrong we'd
have to work real hard to sort out the problem."

"Sounds like they help keep things pretty...  Emotionally stable?"

"Yeah.  They do.  It's hard to get the problems of the day past the
door with two dogs telling you how glad they are to see you when you
get home."

"That's good for Kelly, but what about you?"

"Max tends to ignore me in favor of his own business when Kelly's
gone, but you saw how Katie is.  She's used to checking on me, and
she's used to being able to go into any room to do it.  I'm used to
being able to reach for her when I feel stressed, if Kel isn't home.
We've...  Oh, hell, Jen.  Isn't it obvious?  I never would have
believed it before I got her, but she and I are just as married to
each other as Kelly and I are.  Kel's the same way with Max, even
though it's not as obvious when other people are here."

Jen had stopped her movements when I'd said 'married' and now she had
her eyes closed.  It was easy to tell she was thinking about something
serious, so I didn't say more, just waited for her to come back.

Eventually she started moving her hands again and her eyes opened.  "I
can't figure something out.  The sex was pretty strenuous for you, I
know.  I'm used to men needing to recover, so that isn't my problem."

"But?"

"Considering how sudden and...  Casual it was, you acted more like you
were exhausted, and you pretty much passed out instead of going to
sleep.  I can barely accept that you didn't wake up when Katie spent
some time cleaning you, but..."

She shrugged.

"You ready for some more of that honesty?"

"I think so.  It takes getting used to, but...  Yes.  It's better than
the alternative of not knowing."

"The reason I passed out, was because most of the emotional stress
involved in dealing with you, and your...  Distaste, was gone.  By the
time I fucked you, I was pretty certain you wouldn't do anything that
would cause me to lose Katie, or Kelly to lose Max."

By the time I finished she was staring at me and I could tell she was
feeling a mixture of horror and something else.

"I'd never..."

"You wouldn't have to.  All it would take is you mentioning it to the
wrong person while you were trying to understand things.  Once people
knew you knew someone like that, they could check around and
eventually discover us--or the other zoos and zoo tolerant people we
know."

"Kelly told me that.  And I...  I didn't see what that would mean,
emotionally.  Gods, Jim...  I'm...  I know it's inadequate but...  I'm
sorry."

"Apology accepted.  Neither one of us will expect you to change your
attitude, ok?  That was never my intention, to force a change if it
isn't going to happen any other way.  All we ask is that any distaste
you have be based on personal knowledge and that it be there after you
know both sides."

She finally nodded to let me know she understood what I was trying to
tell her.

After she worked my chest again she smiled and rebuttoned my shirt.
"Come on.  Let's go eat."

* * *

This first thing Jen did was hug Kel and then pull away to look at
her.  "Gods...  Kelly, I'm so sorry.  I never realized what it must
have been like for you to have put up with my distaste for all these
years."

Kelly studied me before she went back to Jen.  "Listened to what Jim
said, after not hearing what I've been saying?"

"Yes.  You're doing it too, aren't you?  Have been, all along, and I
couldn't accept it."

Kel tilted her head slightly.  "Doing what?"

"You don't realize it?  That's...  Scary, but I think I can get used
to it.  You're being as totally honest as you can, and *that's* what
Max and Katie add to give you and Jim that glow, isn't it?  They're
always honest with you."

Kel looked at me again and I shrugged.  "I couldn't think of a better
way to put it."

"I don't think I could think of a better way, either.  I already know
you fucked each other, so I won't ask if you feel anything for her.  I
know you do.  How was it?"

"I gave Jen what she wanted.  You'll have to ask her if it was what
she needed.  She's a lot tighter than you are, and really is good with
her vaginal muscles.  I didn't ask the reasons.  Maybe she can give
you lessons about that part.  Otherwise...  I'll chalk her passiveness
up to the circumstances.  Losing Virgil the way she did, hit her a lot
harder than she's openly admitting.  I don't think it was all her
fault, either.  More likely mutual, and for the usual reasons, lack of
good communication."

Kel had her weird little 'maybe a bit too honest?' smile on her lips,
but she just nodded and turned to Jen, who was visibly shaking. "Well?
Anything to add?"

"I feel like a teenager who just lost her virginity and she's facing
her parents to give an accounting so they can find out if everything
is ok."

"Is it?"

"No, but I think it will be, if I can stay here a few more days and
get to know the two of you better.  I labeled you, Kel, then thought I
knew all about you.  Friends don't do that to each other.  Jim offered
me the guest bedroom until I was ready to leave, or you had to let
someone else use it."

"I see the honesty is contagious.  Does that mean you want to see us
act the same way we do when nobody is here?"

"Please?"

I nodded when I got the querying look and she nodded back before she
hugged Jen.  "Katie and Max usually make their own decisions about how
they treat a guest, unless we've made it clear the guest is off
limits.  They understand no, but they also understand yes.  I do think
that one of us should be there if you tell Max yes, so he doesn't tie
with you, if you decide to go that far.  You won't be the first guest
we've had who decided to explore.  Oh, if Jim didn't mention it, you
need to know that Katie is bi, too."

She hugged Jen again, then laughed.  "Now, though, if you're anything
like Jim is, you must be hungry.  Sit, and I'll get the food out for
you.  I hope you like leftover spaghetti with Jim's homemade sauce on
it."

"You know I love his sauce."

"True."

She served us, then settled to nibble on a slice of garlic toast.

Max and Katie showed up and begged shamelessly, which was normal, but
this time we let Jen decide if she wanted to put up with them, instead
of calling them off.

Inevitably, she ignored Max too long, and he got her attention by
snorting her crotch.

Jen squeaked, flushed, then noticed Kel's grin.  "Does he do that a
lot?"

"When he thinks he can get away with it and not get banished outside.
Sometimes I deliberately put food there as sort of a promise for
later, or...  When I'm finished eating and I want some special
attention.  Pop his nose next time and tell him no, if you don't want
him doing it."

"Oh.  He surprised me.  I guess I like any attention I get from a
male, right now."

I could hear the suppressed hunger in her voice and I frowned.  "Jen?
Maybe Kel should masturbate Max so you can see how big he gets.  I
wasn't paying close attention at the time, but didn't I hit bottom a
few times?  If I did, Max is likely to penetrate your cervix, even if
he doesn't tie.  Be easy to do with his experience, and he'd go in
small, then expand."

"You know a lot about it, don't you?"

"I was fairly active sexually before I met Kelly.  You wouldn't be the
first woman I've loved who has a short vagina.  If you can't take
about ten inches and be comfortable, Max would cause more pain than
pleasure, until you got used to him.  I'm only six inches long, so I
seldom cause a woman pain, unless she's really short."

"You hit bottom, but it's something I'm used to.  Full penetration,
though, I don't know how I'd react.  It's been a long time since that
happened.  It wasn't a problem, with Virgil."

We waited while she idly petted Max and studied him when she handed
him bits of food.  Finally she laughed a little self consciously and
spoke mostly to Max.  "I think Jim was right.  I'm probably not your
type right now, Max."

She rubbed between his ears, then shoved gently.  "Go back to Kel, or
Jim."

He looked at her hopefully, and she shook her head.  "Sorry.  I need
to think and eat without your help right now.  I'll pet you later."

He took her rejection good naturedly, and moved so he could focus on
Kel.

Jen watched him settle, and smiled.  "As pushy as he was, I didn't
think he'd leave me alone right away."

Kel laughed.  "I helped him make his decision.  I was waving a piece
of my toast at him."

Jen giggled.  "Appealed to his stomach?  Not a lot different than most
men, is he?"

"Nope!"

Jen was silent while Kel and I bantered a little and got each other
caught up for the day, then, after we'd all finished, she leaned back
and sighed.  "Kelly?  Would Max let me masturbate him?  I don't expect
it to do anything for me other than make him more real so I could see
him as...  Maybe I should think of him as a real person who has to
wear a different body."

"That's quite a change in attitude, Jen."

"I know.  When I held Jim and moved him around for Katie, I realized
how relaxed he is with her enthusiasm.  That sort of trust is hard for
me to give a man, and I guess it must be hard for men to give it, too.

"Plus, I like to see what I'd be dealing with before I go so far I
can't easily stop things.  You know that."

"I do, and I guess that means it's my turn in the bedroom.  It's not
fair to Max if you get him aroused, and that's it.  He'll love having
two females giving him attention, and when it's time, I'll finish him
off, somehow."

I chuckled and they both looked at me.

"Nothing serious.  If the three of you are done eating, you can go do
whatever.  Katie and I will clean up and do the dishes.  If you're not
back by then, we'll find something to keep us occupied while we wait,
if we don't decide to go to bed for the night."

Kel came around to hug and kiss me, and after she let go, I grinned at
her.  "Don't forget to grab one of the queen sized incontinence pads,
unless you want to wash the bedding early, this year."

She giggled.  "I'll do that.  See you when we're done, maybe."

"Got it, you horny bitch!"

"And you're a horny dog!"

"Yep!  For you, when I can get away from Katie, so save some for me,
if you remember."

Kel laughed, then the three of them left.

* * *

Katie and I were settled on the couch and I was listening to the
classical station when we heard Max go through the dog door.  She
launched to go see what he was doing, and by the time I'd turned to
look , Kel was slowly walking my direction with a towel in her hand.

I grinned at her obvious satiation.

She smiled back.  "You'd better get in the middle of the couch before
we snuggle.  I don't want to move until we go to bed for the night,
and Katie and Max will probably want their attention."

I laughed and got comfortable, then she put the towel down and settled
next to me.

"Jen's exhausted.  Max licked her to multiples, and she's never had
them before."

"You?"

"After she recovered a little, Max was so turned on I don't think he
cared who was working him, or if they knew what they were doing, or
not.  By the time I got him on his back he was semi erect, so I helped
her work him free, and she got to see what he looks like."

"Must have been messy by then."

"It was.  She was amazed, and turned on, but his dick really scares
her, so once she fondled him a little, I took over and straddled him.
Took his knot and she figured out your comment about me being loose
was just an inevitable consequence, and more of that honesty she's
still having trouble with."

I chuckled.  "She say anything about kegel exercises?"

"No.  She was pretty mellowed out and fell asleep before he softened.
She woke up when I got up, and mentioned she's got some thinking to
do.  I had the impression we might have inadvertently created a zoo
monster, but I don't know what kind she'll be.  She's definitely
looking forward to more tongue work, and wants to try Katie out.  She
was asleep again by the time Max and I left."

"Think we'll hear more in the morning?"

"You might.  I don't know if she'll be up early enough to share her
thoughts with me before I have to leave."

"Ok.  I have a new client coming by in the afternoon, but we'll be
using the office, so Jen won't have to worry about being presentable.
Anything else I should know?"

Kel giggled.  "When Max got done with her, I made her look in the
mirror.  Wish I'd had a camera handy to capture her reaction.  She had
'the look', and she glowed, too.  When she realized what she was
seeing, she added one of the best body blushes I've ever seen."

I tried to keep my tone droll.  "Think she'll go back to men?"

"That was the strange part.  We did some girl talking while I waited
for Max to soften, and she said something about offering the right man
a package deal, then she shut up and wouldn't tell me anything more.
Claimed she still needed to think about things before she decided what
she was going to do for a sex life during the near future, other than
spending some more time with you and Katie, instead of me and Max."

"Huh.  Well, if Katie allows it, I'll figure out where I'm going to
find the energy to fuck three females instead of two."

"Want me to keep Max busier than usual for a few days, so we can get
in more snuggling during our afterglows?"

"Let's see what she tells us tomorrow, before we make a lot of changes
in our lives."

Kel looked up from her idle exploration of my body.  "That sounded
like you noticed something that says you night not be fucking her a
lot while she's here."

"Maybe.  Whatever it was, I can't pull it out, except for one thing.
For being as hostile as she was when all this started, she's changed
her attitude too quickly.  I don't think the distaste was a pose,
either.  She's been open about it with you, for years, right?"

"Not open, exactly, but she's always made it clear she felt I should
focus on getting what I need from men.  The subject hasn't come up
very often over the years, unless you count her open joy that I found
you and we got married."

"Ok.  I'll table my worries for now. Meet all types, I guess."

"True.  You ready for a shower, then bed?"

"Yeah.  Let's"

* * *

Jen didn't show up for breakfast, so it was the usual morning send off
and then Katie and I settled on the couch after we put things away.

Max was outside somewhere, which wasn't unusual once Kel was gone.

"You two look pretty domestic, and not at all like you're lovers."

I flinched, then laughed.  "It's not all sex around here.  Good
morning, Jen.  How are you feeling?"

"Better.  Mind if I settle between your legs?  Kel looked pretty
comfortable there, yesterday.  Where's Max?"

"Go ahead and settle.  Max is probably in the shade and watching the
world go by."

"Sounds like he's an outside dog."  She got comfortable.  "How's she
do it?"

"Do what?  You talking about Katie, or Kelly?  Is it too soon to ask a
personal question?"

"Kelly.  Didn't you tell me that she knew you were going to fuck Katie
before it happened?  And yesterday, was it really only yesterday?  She
knew I was comfortable with myself, before I had time to put it all
together.  I'll probably answer your question without you asking it,
if you let me ramble for a bit."

"Ok.  By the way, you can raid for your breakfast, or when you're
ready, I can toss something together for you."

"Thanks."

"I don't know how she does it.  Maybe it's body language.  She's just
as good about catching the dogs before they get into trouble.  If
you're around long enough, you'll get to hear one of Max's disgusted
sneezes when she stops him."

"You think it might be related to that 'mother always knows', stuff?"

"Could be."

"Last night, when Kel let me masturbate Max, I realized it wasn't sex
with animals that I didn't like."

"Oh?"

"It's the penetration that I don't care for.  Max's tongue job forced
me to realize I enjoy the orgasms more than I do the penetrative sex.
You got it right when you noticed I'm passive.  I've always been like
that."

"Ah.  Fear of the pain if the man goes too deep?  Didn't think about
that."

"Pretty much so, yes.  Then, when Kel made me look in the mirror...
Things made sense all of a sudden, and I knew what type of person I
am, and how I could be in a relationship with a man, that lets me *be*
that person."

I chuckled, then stroked her hair lightly.  "What type of person are
you, Jennifer?"

"I'd say 'weird', but unusual is closer to being right.  Did you
notice how relaxed I was when I helped Katie?  Oh, never mind, you
commented on it, didn't you?  The same thing happened once Kel and I
were sharing Max.  I relaxed and everything felt right.  I didn't care
if Max was a dog or not.  He was male, a friend and I were sharing
him, and that was what mattered."

"Must be a reason you're that way."

"There is, but I'd kind of suppressed it, because I wanted to be
normal, and that always meant monogamous.  My first sex as a teenager
was the result of a friend sharing her boyfriend with me.  Good ones
were hard to find, so it was pretty normal to share with our friends
when they didn't have a boyfriend of their own."

"So you wound up in threesomes that were two girls and a guy, most of
the time?"

"Yes.  Because I have a short vagina, it wasn't unusual for the sex to
make me uncomfortable, so I just sort of got used to being the helper,
then the guy would get me off with his fingers or mouth, because he
couldn't fuck me right away, and I was ready to be fucked.

"Or, that's what I've always thought, until last night.  After Max
gave me multiples, I realized I wanted the orgasm and the afterglow,
but I didn't want the pain of being penetrated.  Well, not always
pain, but it happened often enough I must have an unconscious fear of
regular sex."

"Ah.  That answers the question I was going to ask.  Considering how
many years you've known about Kel, and your distaste for her fucking
Max, I couldn't figure out how you could be so relaxed when you helped
Katie yesterday."

She sighed and hugged my leg.  "I think most of that was just it being
two females sharing you and I knew I wasn't going to *have* to fuck
you, because Katie was there, and she couldn't possibly hate having a
sexual relationship with you.  It was easier to accept because...
You're a man.  I know it sounds stupid, because a dog is far more
obvious about it when he wants sex, but remember, I'd never seen Kel
do anything sexual with Otto or Max.  Maybe, if I had, I would have
figured all this out years ago."

She managed a weary giggle.  "Amazing, what a good orgasm can do to
clear your head so you can think straight."

I matched her humor with a chuckle of my own.  "I can see your point,
but for us, I don't think it's the orgasm as much as it is the languid
relaxation of the afterglow.  It's like everything else has been
flushed, and we're able to slow down and let things come back slow
enough we can really study each item as it returns."

"Time to deal with things individually, instead of all at once?"

"Yeah.  I guess that's a good way to put it.  After all these years,
we just do it, we don't think about it.  You'd probably think we've
been crazy to discuss some things during the afterglow, but for us, it
works."

"Some things?  Got an example you can share?  Be nice to know what I
can look forward to with the right man, finally."

"Kel and I discussed that a little last night.  Decided to wait for
you before we made any decisions on how we might be able to help. That
wasn't a good example, though."

"Thanks, Jim.  That makes it easier to accept you and Kel still care
that much after what I've been doing to the two of you."

"You're welcome.  Case I'm thinking about happened the day we got the
results back that said I was completely sterile, so I could never
father the kids we both wanted."

"Kel wants children?!"

I sighed.  "We both did, so it hit us pretty hard when we found out. I
think we fucked more as a distraction, than anything else, that
afternoon.  Sort of like we knew that it would give us a chance to
forget all our dreams and let our minds see if they could find a
substitute that would satisfy us emotionally."

"Sublimation?"

"Yeah.  That's a good way to put it.  Anyway, I've had the same doctor
almost all my life, and he's never had to specifically treat me for
any type of groin injuries, so none of us could figure out how come my
testicles weren't producing any sperm.  They produce plenty of
testosterone, though."

She laughed.  "I know a lot of men who would enjoy that condition.
Women, too."

"I don't doubt it.  My first reaction was feeling like all my concern
about pregnancy, and using condoms, or not having sex, had been wasted
effort, when if I'd known, a lot of my relationships with girls might
have gone a lot more smoothly for both of us."

"That, I can relate to.  I prefer the man be bareback, but I don't
like the idea of having to trust him, or take my own precautions if I
thought sex was going to happen.  Would have been a relief to know it
was impossible for him to get me pregnant, and just lose myself in the
experience.  That's kind of what happened with Max yesterday evening.
Trusting you after you told me you were sterile, helped, too."

She tipped her head back and grinned at me.  "Knowing you were short
enough you couldn't hurt me no matter how deep you tried to get,
helped, too."

I laughed.  "You being short, but just deep enough, got me to orgasm
faster because I'm used to the random hits when I make love to Katie."

"She doesn't complain?"

"No.  Oh, do you know anything about the sexual anatomy of a bitch?"

"No."

"Bitches have a double uterus that's y-shaped.  What my tip hits is
the junction at the base of the y, then it slips to one side.
Conditions have to be just right for the hit to happen.  More likely
when she's in heat, and I'm pretty driven about it.  Usually, our sex
isn't that intense."

"That's...  Are you saying that fucking me, a woman with a pretty
short vagina, is a lot like fucking a bitch?!"

"Only in that one aspect, Jen.  Women have the advantage of conscious
muscle control that a man can feel on his dick, but in a way, you're
at a disadvantage because your vaginas are so different that for me,
anyway, Katie feels a lot tighter than any woman ever will be.  As
tight as you are, Katie's tighter, even with the looseness she's
developed."

"So a man who's used to fucking a bitch is more likely to want to fuck
her, instead of me?"

"That, I can't tell you. Some might, some may be more interested in
you than their bitch.  It's a spectrum."

"Make sense.  You were telling me about the day you discovered you're
sterile."

"I think we were settled on the couch and talking things over.
Eventually we decided that we'd probably wind up accepting that having
kids wasn't right for us.  I think Kel mentioned that maybe it was the
social conditioning that was behind most of our desire for kids of our
own.

"Anyway, it didn't take us long to decide we didn't want to adopt.  I
think part of that was an unconscious realization that it was too soon
to make a serious decision to adopt.  We've never talked about it, but
I think we also hadn't consciously realized that we didn't want to
take the chance of the background check revealing we're both zoos."

"Gods, Jim, the lives the two of you have to lead.  Yet, you do it.  I
never suspected that you had a sex life with Katie.  Even in private,
you've always been a man with a devoted dog, and I expected that
because I knew you while the first Max was still alive.  I hope I can
do as well, when the time comes."

"That's part of the secret.  Most people, unless they have a reason to
look closely, see what they expect to see.  Kel and I are both caring
dog people who take care of our dogs, and don't abuse them.  Abuse
would be easy to spot, and unless they know what to look for, it's
pretty unlikely anyone would spot the clues that suggest we fuck our
dogs.

"So, we do our best to not do anything that would get people
wondering, and we've taught the dogs, as best we can, when the sexual
behavior is appropriate, and when it isn't.  Max has more leeway than
Katie, because people just laugh off a horny dog.  Katie gets that
sort of dismissal when she's in season and that's about it."

"May I move to settle next to you, since Katie isn't back yet?"

"Sure."

She did and once we were comfortable, I continued my story.

"I do remember that I was the one who figured out how my testicles had
been damaged."

"You're shivering."

"I know.  On my fifteenth birthday, my mother caught me letting Red
fuck me.  She was a city girl with no tolerance for any deviant
lifestyles, and she lost control.  She grabbed a branch and started
beating Red to get him away from me, then, when I tried to protect
him, she started beating me and that included beating my crotch.  Red
died in my arms.  The way he died and the fact of the beating was
suppressed when they took away my memories in an effort to make me
normal."

I shuddered and blindly reached for her, and after the shakes stopped,
I sighed.

"The suppression worked.  As far as I knew, I was a normal man who was
het...

"Until Katie seduced me.  Even then, I thought I was new to being a
zoo, until I tried out Max to make sure he knew what he was doing when
he fucked Kelly.

"That action, as unlikely as it was, was a trigger to release the
hypnotic block and give me back almost all of my memories about the
time I'd spent with Red."

She hugged me while she thought about what I told her, then, she
zeroed in on what I hadn't said.

"Almost all?"

"Yeah.  They took away my memories of protecting Red, and how my
mother had beat him so badly he died in my arms, without leaving any
triggers there to bring them back..  Kel figured that one out on the
first day of our honeymoon, when I was telling her about being zoo as
a teen.  I'd always been told I got the scars on my chest and back
from a childhood accident."

"But you didn't get them that way, did you?  Your mother gave them to
you."

"Exactly.  I left home when I turned sixteen, and I've never gone back
or tried to find out what happened to any of my family.  All I know
for certain is that dad divorced her within a couple years, and moved
to another city, while she got custody of my younger brother and
sisters."

"A woman filled with that much hate, and he didn't get the kids?"

"Small town.  She had the right moral values, while dad was too
tolerant, I guess.  I've never tried to find out what really happened.
I suspect he finally got tired of her intolerance, but...  I figured
there wasn't any point in trying to find out more.  You see, the only
time dad really backed me up was when he forced her to let them put
the triggers in place in case I fucked a dog again.  We all *knew* I
was never going to try fucking a bitch.  I'd already had a few crushes
and been fucking girls on a regular basis.  The stuff with Red, just
happened.  Dad figured it was probably just a phase I was going
through.  I did too, really, but I was still young enough, and mom had
the clout to get her way, and make sure I'd never become 'such an
evil, perverted person', again."

"I'm amazed you don't sound more bitter."

"It's been a few years since I got the memories back.  Kel does a good
job of digging me out of the funk when I remember Red.  They don't
cripple me like they used to.  At least I can talk about it, now. Time
heals."

She sighed and kissed my cheek.  "I bet it helps to know you'll have
Kel there when you need her.

"It does.  What about you?  You've experienced some of the good stuff
and had a chance to hear about the bad things.  Still want to turn
zoo?  Once done, it's done forever, and you won't have a lot of people
you can talk to about it."

"You seem to be doing your best to discourage me."

"Of course I am.  We want you to have what Kel and I didn't, which is
enough knowledge to make it an informed choice.  We also want you to
have at least considered all the possible alternatives, including
things like becoming a lesbian."

"You left out something."

"I did?"

"The same thing you and Kel do for each other.  Once I make my
decisions, the two of you will still be there for me, right?  I was
already pretty sure, but if I hadn't been, what you've done makes it a
lot easier for me to feel I've made a good choice."

It was my turn to hug her.  "We've been there for you when you didn't
like what she does with Max.  Of course we'll still be here."

"Good!  Now, before I shock you, I'd like to finally have breakfast.
Always easier to get a man's cooperation when his stomach is topped
off, so I expect you to snack if you feel the need."

"Who's cooking?"

"I will.  I'll assume you already had a good breakfast, so is there
anything you'd want for a snack?"

I looked at the clock before I answered.  "No.  we're about halfway
between my breakfast and lunch times, so I'm not hungry.  On the other
hand, Max and Katie are always ready for snacks, so reheat a couple of
the buttermilk biscuits and put some butter on them.  That way I can
be sociable, and I'll give most of them to the dogs so I don't
overeat.

"Oh, that reminds me.  I have a new client scheduled to come over this
afternoon, about two, but we'll be using the office, so you don't have
to worry about being presentable, as long as you stay in the house."

She smiled, then got busy after we moved to the kitchen and dining
area.  "Ok.  I think I know where everything is, after all these
years, so you might as well settle at the table and keep out of my..."

She suddenly looked down.  "Where did?...  Never mind.  Seen them do
it before.  Look, you two.  As long as you stay out of my way, we'll
get along fine."

I laughed.  "Noses, or something.  Might be as simple as sticking
their noses though the dog door to see if anyone is in the kitchen.
Run 'em over if they get too pushy."

She laughed and started finding the things she needed..  "Who's the
worst?  Does it depend on the sex of the cook?"

"About the same.  If there's a difference, I've never noticed.
Usually, they're pretty good, something you already know, right?  I
know you've helped Kelly a lot when you've been here for dinner."

"I have, but those times, I haven't been a potential sex partner.  I
thought things might change because of that."

"Can't tell you if things will change."

"Ok."

Both dogs were good about keeping out of her way, but since they
weren't used to her in the kitchen they got tired of having to
scramble out of her way, I guess, so they settled where they could
watch her, after checking to make sure I didn't have anything for
them.

Finally, she was done and settled at the table.

She ate in silence, gave Max and Katie permission to wash her plates
while she held them, then watched me for awhile before she sighed.

"This is weird.  After all these years of thinking I'm het, I'm going
to become...  A freaky two species bisexual."

"Bisexual?  Kel did mention you said something about getting Katie to
lick you off."

"Will she?"

"Does for Kel, when Max isn't in the mood, sometimes.  More likely to
do it after I've fucked Kel bareback.  Katie has some sort of semen
fetish.  Can't get enough of it.  I've seen her shove Max out of the
way a few times, so she can get to something on Kel's thighs."

"Any fights?"

"Not yet.  Don't think there will be.  Max isn't a passive dog, but I
think he's more interested in fucking than licking, so once he's done,
he doesn't get upset if he gets shoved aside.  Usually, there are two
of us available, and Katie can only do one at a time.  If he doesn't
decide to do something else, he'll go outside.  Katie's the cuddler,
of the two of them, and she doesn't really care who she cuddles with."

"For not being interested in licking, he sure wouldn't leave me alone
yesterday."

I laughed.  "He hadn't been laid yet, either, and he's definitely an
opportunist."

"What about Katie?"

"She's primarily het."

"But she'll lick Kel off?"

I thought about it.  "You'll have to ask Kel, but I think she has to
do more to encourage Katie.  With Max available and willing, Kel
doesn't ask Katie to get her off very often."

"Ah.  I think I was assuming that they weren't as...  Specific in
their interests?  Stupid of me.  I already know they have distinct
personalities."

I smiled.  "Just dogs?"

"Umm...  Yes."

She toyed with her glass of tea, then sighed.  "Ok.I need some serious
help, now.  What I'd like to try doing, is helping those people who
familiarize dogs and bitches with human sex, but not work with dogs,
most of the time."

"You turning zoo-lez?"

"Maybe.  No, that's not it.  I think I'll wind up being bi.  Het with
men, without the penetrative sex, and lez with bitches, so they can
give me the orgasms and afterglow that I can share with the man,
before or after he fucks her."

I thought about it.  "So...  You want to become her hands?"

"I'm not sure.  More like I want her there to keep his penis
satisfied, while the three of us share the emotional stuff.  That's
what I got used to as a teenager.  I'm monogamous enough that I don't
want another woman involved, but with it being a bitch, I think I
won't get jealous if he pays more attention to her, than me.  I never
did as a teen.  It was a relief to not have to deal with his sexual
needs."

"Umm...  What about oral or anal?  You seemed comfortable enough with
letting me fuck your ass."

"I don't know about anal.  Oral, I can do, I guess.  I hadn't thought
about that part.  I was too focused on avoiding vaginal sex, to
consider those options.  Wouldn't men who are afraid of vaginal sex,
or prefer anal, turn gay?  I've had men ask me for anal sex, of
course, and the one who preferred it still enjoyed vaginal sex, too.
My problem is that I don't want to have to fear that he'd someday want
to fuck me vaginally.  Wouldn't be hard for him to say he wanted my
ass, then fuck me normally, without my permission.  I'm hoping a het
zoo will be someone I can trust when he says he won't try to fuck me
without my permission, even if we happened to get married."

She smiled wryly.  "I know it sounds a little crazy when I say I'd
like to think I'll be able to trust his honesty if he says he won't
fuck me unless I ask for it."

"I can't answer that, except to think that if the bitch is primarily
bonded to you, and not him, she'd be more likely to get in his face
when he tries to do something you don't want done.  I've met a few
women who preferred anal sex, but even they wanted regular sex once in
awhile.  Men aren't my focus.  Only male dogs, and I've never fucked
Max, and I don't think I ever tried to fuck Red.  I haven't tried to
go anal with Katie, either.  Out of my depth on that stuff."

I did some more thinking.  "Kel and I usually help people who are het
and want the same sort of relationship as zoos, that we have.  By that
I mean they want to be a mostly normal het couple, and one or both of
them also are primarily het zoos.  We haven't met any women who want
to do what you want to try.

"So I was right to call myself unusual?"

I laughed.  "Yeah.  Maybe Kel has talked to a woman with the same
attitude.  I haven't."

Jen borrowed one of Kel's robes and lazed around the house while I got
caught up on my chores, inside and out.  She offered to help, but I
laughed and turned her down, then offered to let her plan dinner while
I was with my new client, if she still wanted to keep busy and feel
useful.

My client showed up, things went well, and by the time we were done,
Kel was home.

I closed up the office after Katie and I escorted them to their car,
then, with Katie still at my side, I returned to the house.

This time I was the one who settled on the floor, between Kel's legs.

She rubbed my shoulders.  "Four hours for a new client?"

"Yeah.  They had the time and knew what they wanted, so we got the
rough sketches done, then I went through and pointed out the stuff
that wasn't practical, or wouldn't meet code.  Also got the initial
payment, along with my expedite the process fee, without any protests,
so our basic expenses will be met for the next six months or so."

"Out with it.  I can hear the gloating in your voice."

"One more client, of any type, and as long as we don't have any major
expenses surprise us...  We'll be able to afford to build the guest
duplex without financing."

She bent and hugged me.  "Wonderful!"

She let go and resettled.  Jen looked at us both, then frowned. "Guest
duplex?  I don't like sounding stupid, but where are you going to put
it?"

Kel laughed at Jen's confusion.  "On that vacant corner lot, two
streets over."

"Oh.  I don't remember ever seeing it for sale."

I chuckled.  "The original owner and I went to school together.  She's
known for years that I've always wanted it, so when she decided she
wasn't going to do anything with it, she offered it to me at current
market value.  It was never listed."

"Current market value, and you didn't argue her down?"

"I could say I'm not that petty, or that we're always been friends,
but the truth is, as soon as we get the duplex built, there's an
organization willing to sign a long term lease on it.  The monthly
income won't be as large, compared to what we'd make leasing or
renting to private parties, but with the organization involved, we
won't have to worry about the normal landlord responsibilities.
They'll handle everything, including the routine maintenance, so
overall, our annual expenses will be just the taxes.  It's about the
sweetest deal an owner can expect in the current climate, and we'd be
foolish to avoid it."

"Kel's smirking at me.  There's something else, and she's dying to rub
my face in it."

Kel laughed. "This organization needs a duplex so they can dedicate
one part as a therapist's home while they work with the abused kids
who will be living in the other part."

"Your smirk changed to a grin."

"The kids will be ones who turned zoo as part of their recovery
process.  We've agreed to be adult role models for them."

Jen's eyes went wide.  "Oh!  I get it!  The kids you'll never be able
to have!"

I felt Kel's body shake, but there was no sign of that trembling in
her answer.  "Yes."

Jen leaned forward, over Max's body so she could squeeze one of Kel's
arms, then she leaned back and thought briefly before she spoke again.
"Adult role models.  How close to being real parents will you get?"

I sighed.  "Not as close as we'd like, at first.  Obviously, none of
them will be allowed to live with us, without a therapist present
24/7, and we won't be able to stay there unless a therapist is in the
same room.  All of us expect that to change once they've been cleared
as recovered or nearly recovered.  The expectation is that some of the
older kids will want to spend some time living with us before they try
to live on their own.

"Another expectation is that if this works out like we expect it to,
we'll build at least one more duplex, or more likely a triplex on the
property.  Another possibility is a quadplex I've done some concept
sketches for, and then the duplex becomes the staging quarters for the
kids ready to live on their own."

Jen nodded.  "What about things like phone calls?  Are those going to
be allowed?"

"That's the good news.  Once the kids are settled in, and we've had a
chance to meet them in person, they'll be allowed to call us at any
time, 24/7.  The therapist will decide when those calls go from
supervised to unsupervised.  At least, in that aspect, we get to be
real parents for them.  The hope is, if a kid decides the pressure is
too much, and they bolt, they'll bolt to us instead of the streets.
It's an option they'll be told they have, and if it happens, they'll
be treated as if they are our true kids, and the supervision will be
eased while Kel and I do our best to make them feel like they belong
here, as part of our family."

Jen sighed and bent her head.  Eventually she spoke without looking at
either of us.  "Don't bother telling me that I wouldn't have known
about any of this until you couldn't avoid telling me what was going
on.  Even then, I know you would have played down the zoo aspects, and
kept it to 'kids with special needs', or something like that, to
explain the presence of dogs and bitches.

"I wouldn't have thought anything special was going on, either.  I
never dreamed that abused kids might turn to the dogs like that.  It's
so...Unthinkable to the person I used to be.  Now, after facing it in
my own life, it seems so inevitable."

She sighed again, and we waited for her to continue.

Suddenly she giggled slightly hysterically, and after she regained
some control she faced us again.  "I'm working as a temp these days,
but you folks already know that.  Are these folks going to be looking
for a maid, or a cook, or maybe even an understanding house mother who
isn't going to freak if she catches one of the kids screwing their dog
in the living room?  None of the therapists will be zoos, will they? I
don't see how they could be, and still get their license to practice.
Besides, if they were, they wouldn't need the two of you, would they?

"Do you think they'd hire me?  I could also...  Give the kids some
insight into what folks who don't care for what they are doing, might
be thinking.  It sounds like I'd have time to go through any special
training they want to give me so I'd be ready to go to work as soon as
they place the first kid."

Kel and I looked at each other a long time, then she nodded slowly.
"Jen's right.  A sympathetic house mother could make a huge
difference.  If she was properly trained, she'd be ready 24/7 and that
could make a difference when the therapist isn't available."

I smiled.  "Are you forgetting the advantage she'll have just by being
our long time friend?  Her 'conversion' will help give them hope that
attitudes can change sometimes, if they take a long term view and just
be themselves without being pushy about who they really are."

I focused on Jen.  "If Kel hasn't told you about Maureen, she's the
one who has most of the contact with the people waiting for Kel and I
to build our duplex.  Tell her what you'd like to do, and she'll be
able to pass that on to the people making the decisions."

"Kel mentioned her, and we decided that she'll take me over this
weekend.  I'll try to remember that I need to mention this to her."

Kel had been idly massaging my shoulders and I felt her hands clench.
"What is it?"

"This new client.  It's going to take you about two months to get the
plans done, right."

"At least that."

"What if we hired Jen to be your receptionist, secretary, and our
maid?  We could afford to put her on at ohh...  A salary of $600 per
week, to start."

Jen squeaked and started to say something but Kel focused on her and
she shut up.

Kel spoke softly.  "I know it isn't enough, but if you were to become
a live in maid, you could use the guest bedroom as your quarters, and
of course, we'd be supplying the food for your meals.  You'd have your
phone expenses, of course, but some of those would be written off as a
business expense.  Same would be true for most of your other routine
expenses."

She refocused on me.  "We can afford that, right?  How would it affect
the duplex?"

I thought about it.  "I haven't done the books this month, but I think
we're writing that much off when we allow for paying you for what you
do that's business related.  I can't see it affecting the duplex at
all."

It was my turn to focus on Jen.  "As far as I'm concerned, the
position would be permanent, unless you decide to do something else,
or you get hired as a house mother or in some other capacity.  The
duplex is the only major personal project in the pipeline right now,
and Kel's been after me to seriously consider at least a part time
receptionist and secretary.  It's not always this relaxed around here,
and now that I have a project to focus on, my time for the routine
household chores is going to be quite limited."

Jen was staring at us with her jaw hanging slightly  Finally she
seemed to realize it was her turn to say something and she glared at
us.  "I was going to protest that $600 per week was too much, but you
two seem to routinely think in numbers a little larger than I'm used
to.  I know you too well to think you're offering me charity, so if
the absurd numbers are real, the work is going to be pretty real, too.
The housework and cooking doesn't bother me, but being a receptionist
and secretary, does.  How many hours will I be expected to put in?
Maybe by then the salary will feel absurdly low."

We both laughed, then I did what I could to answer her questions.  "As
you must have noticed, the phones don't ring constantly around here,
and very few people have our cell numbers.  Kel usually answers the
house phone on weekends, when I'm working.  The main business number
has a long delay answering machine on it that gets used more as a call
screening device.  The client access number is one I answer when I'm
here, or Kel answers it when I'm not here and she is.  The business
numbers would be the ones you'd be expected to answer, unless you were
doing something that couldn't be interrupted.  Folks are used to us
calling them back, so we're not going to get upset if you fail to
answer before the machine picks up.  In that case, I expect you to
listen to the message, and make the call back with an appropriate
response, if one is needed.  I'll be checking with you throughout the
day, so there's no need to page me and interrupt what I'm working on.
As far as those responses are concerned, Kel has developed a very
impressive collection that she uses, so most of the time my input
isn't needed."

Jen nodded.  "And the time involved?"

Kel laughed.  "Our current write off allows 20 hours a week, but it's
usually 15 or less.  10 hours of business related work is typical.
We're not fanatics about neatness, but we're not sloppy, either, so we
only spend a couple hours a day on housework.  Yard work is another
matter, of course and something you won't be expected to do."

Jen's jaw had gone slack again.

Eventually she recovered.  "So what you are telling me is that I will
be getting a room of my own, free room and board, and the chance to
write off part of my normal expenses as business related...  Plus the
absurd salary of $600 per week for a job that, once I'm familiar with
it, should take me no more than 20 hours a week?"

Kel laughed at her disbelief.  "Well, with the cooking, it will
probably be closer to 30 to 40 hours per week.  Oh, free kibble and
treats when you get a bitch."

"Pfui!  I accept!  Jim mentioned an up front expedite fee.  If someone
asks, how much is it?"

I chuckled.  "One third of the total estimated project design and
construction consultation cost, which includes a cushion for a
reasonable amount of last minute design changes.  It's non refundable,
too, which helps make sure someone doesn't hire me, then switch to
someone cheaper once I've done the majority of the work."

"I've never seen you smirk like that before, and I'm not sure I want
to see it again.  Will I be overstepping if I ask how much that was,
for this new client?"

"Half a million."

"Dollars?  Non refundable?"

"Yes.  I expect the next third when construction starts, and the final
third shortly after construction is finished.  It's not the easy money
it sounds like.  I'm also involved with the permitting process, and
with code enforcement.  Concept to starting the construction can take
from one to five years, typically."

"Something doesn't make sense.  It seems like paying me would be easy
to do and not need the discussion I just heard."

I sighed.  "We wish.  Big money, big expenses.  You can get the
details from Kel, later, but to give you an idea of what they are
like, my biggest one is the 15k a month legal retainer I pay, and it's
not unusual for that to get used up and the monthly legal fees to hit
50k--or more, in a month."

"That's..."  She fell silent and shuddered.

"I know.  So far, they've all been proven to be nuisance lawsuits, and
dropped or dismissed after a few phone calls from my attorney.  Still,
attorneys who like the scattershot effect like to name me in their
filings, because I did the design work or generated the final
blueprints.  Usually, part of the contract makes the person or company
who hires me, responsible for all the legal fees I incur, but I have
to incur them first, and it takes time to process my claims so I get
repaid.  It's not unusual for me to need an attorney to get me the
money I'm owed.  My legal expenses would be a lot lower if my clients
didn't try to weasel out of repaying me."

"Yet, still you keep doing the work.  It would drive me crazy."

I laughed.  "Most of it is numbers somewhere, usually on bank
statements.  It all happens in the background.  I fine tooth things at
least once a month, but I seldom find any problems.  It took me a few
years, but I have an attorney and an a accountant who don't try to
screw me, so as long as I get the initial retainers from my clients,
it may take awhile, but the money is there when we need it.  We don't
need Kel's income, but sometimes it smooths things during the lulls in
the usually steady flow."

I chuckled again and petted Katie.  "These guys have their own health
plans, too, and those cost us about $200 a month each because we
decided to get the high end plans instead of the basic ones most
people opt for.  Any animal owned by a guest is automatically covered,
so you won't have to worry about being able to afford medical care for
any dog or bitch you have while you're here."

She laughed, then sobered.  "What about me?"

I knew I was frowning when I looked at Kel.

She nodded, then faced Jen.  "Some things are covered under the policy
on the house and property.  We're not sure about the rest.  That might
depend on what type policy the temp agency has on you and if you have
a policy of your own.  If it's transferable, maybe we can do something
with it.  If not, we'll have to spend time with our own agent to see
what can be done.  You'll be the first employee we've paid directly.
Usually, we hire temps through an agency."

"Thanks, Kel.  I have copies in my essential paperwork.  Mostly, I've
been using the free clinics."

"Welcome.  Remind us to give you the proper numbers tomorrow, then you
can spend as much time as you need, getting everything sorted out.  Be
sure and tell our agent that you want a health plan that lets the
doctors make the medical treatment decisions, not the accountants. Oh,
I guess Jim will have to introduce you and tell them to just add the
premium to our current statement."

Jen stared at us.  "Ok, I'm going to be an employee and not just a
friend anymore.  I know employees have rights that employers have to
honor, but still...  Just like that?  You're not going to make me help
pay for any of this?"

I shrugged.  "Just like that.  The rule of thumb is that every
employee costs double whatever they're getting paid.  With the new
laws in place, that's probably increased.  From our point of view, it
costs us less to carry you as a salaried, full time employee, than it
would  if you were a part timer, or temp.  Don't worry about it.
Adding an employee was something I've been putting off as long as I
could.  It's been planned for, and once we figure out what the split
will be between household duties for us personally, and business
duties, we'll revisit the job description, and pay."

When I stopped, Kel took over.  "Before I go to work, I'll call our
agent.  I want to make sure Jen gets a policy that will let her get
full coverage for pre existing conditions that need immediate
attention."

Jen glanced at me and blushed, then I got it.  "Ah.  Definitely.  I
insist.  If I have to, I'll load her in the car tomorrow and take her
to the proper places myself, if they'll agree to work her in."

Jen lost her blush.  "I have my own car, Jim."

"I know.  Partly, I'm willing to be there as a friend.  In a practical
sense, I need to be there as the owner of the business, to sign
paperwork.  Combining practicality with friendship, I know how
exhausting a day of tests and medical paperwork can be for Kel, and if
things fall into place, you're going to be wrung out physically and
mentally.  There's no need to add the stress of trying to find what
are probably new clinics and driving between them, to all that."

She studied me, then turned to Kel.  "I'll quit fighting the two of
you.  Jim promised he'd help me past everything that's happened
recently, and I guess this is all part of it.  I've let the routine
exams go for long enough that it's going to take at least two days to
get caught up, even if everything falls together like you folks seem
to assume it will."

Kel laughed.  "I'm still getting comfortable with calling you Jen, but
I have to admit the name is a better fit for you.  You're a different
person when you use it.  Wish I'd known sooner.  Now that we have your
life planned for the next few days, I have one more question, before I
make a phone call."

"Thanks.  I feel like a completely different person, and I think that
once I internalize it all, I'm going to have a better attitude about
life in general, and myself.  Ask that question."

"Are you certain you want a bitch and not a dog, and that she should
probably bond with you, more than with any man who fucks her on a
regular basis?"

"Yes."

"Thanks.  Let me make that call, then you can tell us what you have
planned for dinner."

Kel grabbed the cordless, put it on speakerphone, and let it dial.

A pleasant female voice answered.  "Hello, Kelly.  How are you and
Jim, and is there anything we can do for you?"

"We're fine, Maureen.  We have a guest listening in.  Jennifer, but
she prefers Jen.  You've known her for years as my best friend, Sally.
She's the reason I'm calling."

"Oh?"  I could hear the sudden caution.

Kel laughed.  "It's not what you think, Big Mama.  We've found a home
for Aggie, and we'd appreciate it if you deliver her to us as soon as
you can.  Tonight, if possible."

"Aggie?!  I was beginning to think we'd *never* find the right home
for her!  Be there in about an hour."

She hung up, but not before she let us hear her laughter.

Jen was staring at Kel.  "It was *that* Maureen you were going to take
me to this weekend, and she's a zoo?!"

"Yep!"

"Wait....  Aggie...  You *can't* be talking about Agatha-Anne!"

"None other.  Only attention she wants from Steve, involves his prick.
Once it's over, she gives him a few swipes, sometimes a quick kiss,
and then she's off on her own business, or bugging Maureen for a
cuddle.  Drives 'em both crazy, because they already have their own
favorites.  If she were pure lez, they would have been able to place
her a long time ago.  As it is, she loves the sex so much she's
miserable when she's been on trial placements with women, and she's
been indifferent when she's been placed with men."

"What about getting women off?"

I laughed.  "We've had her here a few times.  Her idea of a perfect
cuddle involves forcing a woman's legs apart, licking her off until
she's nearly passed out, then crawling up and snuggling herself in the
limp arms before she goes to sleep.  At that point, if he's careful
about how he does it, a man can get some of the afterglow."

"That's...  Weird.  Waitaminute!  Maureen and Steve run a kennel for
zoos?  They're *both* zoos?!"

"Yes."

"All these years, and I never noticed.  That's even weirder, I think."

Kel laughed at her outrage.  "You always saw what you wanted to see.
What you were supposed to see, really.  For a zoo, it's like walking
into zoo heaven, because they see what's really there to be seen.  You
wanted to help, so I thought I'd surprise you."

"Surprise is too weak a word for it."

Then she seemed to realize we hadn't mentioned something.  "How do
Katie and Max deal with her when she's here?"

Kel shook her head.  "Katie's in charge of deciding when a bitch gets
to have Jim.  Usually, once she's been satisfied, she'll let Jim
recover enough to fuck someone else.  I'm the exception, of course,
and if I want Jim first, I can have him.  I think that somehow she
knows what happens with Aggie is purely physical and she's almost
indifferent to whatever sex the two of them have with each other.
Max's cuddles are rare, but do tend to happen more often when Aggie is
here.  The first few times there was some non verbal discussion
between them about who got the best spot, between my arms, but they
sorted that out, and it belongs to Max when he wants it, even if she's
already there."

"What if Jim wants it?"

"Never been a problem.  He's usually spooned against my back, or
snuggled with Katie."

"Sounds like the real problem will be finding a guy who can fit
himself in somehow."

"True.  Best solution we found was for me to hold her while Jim fucked
her.  She was tolerant of finding herself in a sandwich when he was
done."

"This is embarrassing.  What...  How often does she go after a real
prick if she's been done with a dildo?"

"Not a clue.  You'll have to ask Maureen.  I assume the lesbians used
one on her, and it wasn't enough, but I don't think anyone knows what
she'll do if she finally settles with someone she's happy with.  Best
bet might be to make sure she knows she's yours, then let her make her
own decisions about seeking Jim.  Believe me, when she wants it,
she'll let him know.  One time she got behind him when he was in the
kitchen, and shoved him all the way to the bedroom.  At that point
Katie realized what was going on and made sure she got satisfied
first, which Aggie accepted.  She was definitely second, as soon as he
recovered, though."

"She stick around for the afterglow?"

I chortled.  "No.  As soon as she vanished, Katie took over my chest,
and pinned me to the bed until she got her attention and a nap.  I
fell asleep in the middle of petting her, so I have no idea what Aggie
did after she left."

Kel smiled.  "She did what she usually does. She found me, and since
Max didn't object to her being there, licked me for a few minutes, had
a snack, then the two of them went outside and romped before they both
came back in for their naps."

Jen giggled.  "I know she can be pushy, but I never dreamed she'd be
the same way in bed.  I guess we'll have to see how she reacts when I
convince her it's ok to add the sex to our friendship."

Kel suddenly turned to me and grinned.  "Take the RV tomorrow and load
all the dogs.  When I get off work, I'll call you, then we'll link up
and have dinner somewhere.  It will give Jen a chance to bond with
Aggie, in between clinics."

I nodded after I thought it over.  "I'll prep it while she's setting
things up for the tour, then.  I'd better make one of my stops a pet
store so I can pick up a third collapsible crate and another set of
travel dishes.  Anything else from either of you, that we can't
discuss over the food?  Been a long day for me."

There wasn't, so while we waited for Maureen, Steve, and Aggie, we
ate.  Kel and I caught each other up, with Jen injecting comments once
in awhile, while she served us or ate her own dinner.

When the doorbell rang, Katie and Max launched out the kitchen dog
door, and Kelly grinned.  "Since they're here to see you, you might as
well go answer it.  Jim and I feel lazy."

"Huh!"  She stood, then looked down and rearranged her clothes so they
draped decently.  "Would you believe I'm scared?"

"Makes sense.  Just keep in mind that Maureen and Steve have been
doing this for years, so they'll be answering questions you don't know
to ask.  Follow their advice, and you'll do fine."

"Thanks, Kel."

She left.

We heard her answer the door, there was a brief conversation, Jen's
startled sounding 'Hey!  Slow down!" and the next time we saw her,
Aggie was dragging her in the direction of the hallway, with Maureen
close behind her.

Kel and I looked at each other, grinned, then went back to eating our
food.

Steve showed up in the doorway with a grin of his own and spoke
mildly.  "Mind if I raid for something cold to drink while I wait for
my wife?"

I laughed.  "Not a bit.  You know where everything is."

He grabbed a beer and settled in the chair Jen had vacated, popped the
top, then leaned back and took a good swallow before he set it down
and smiled.  "Mama handed Sal...  Sorry, Jennifer, Aggie's leash and
told Aggie Jen is her new, special owner.  Ag stuck her nose under her
skirt, took a good snort, then turned and flagged her before she hit
the end of the leash.  Jen didn't have any choice but to follow and
hope she can manage to convince Aggie to divert to the guest bedroom.
Ma went along to offer advice and the usual stuff she helps a newbie
with."

I let Kelly handle it.  "Well, I'm glad they're off to a good start
with each other.  She tell you she wants to help with the
familiarization?"

"She did mention that somewhere in there.  We told her she should wait
until she's sure she and Aggie have bonded, before she tries something
like that.  Get some experience before she tries working with other
dogs and people.  Was some other stuff mentioned, too, but I was still
busy paying my respects to Max and Katie.  I did catch something about
her living here and becoming some sort of employee.  Charity?

"Not a bit.  Jim landed that new contract and collected the expedite
retainer.  He's going to be busy the next two months or so and you
know what happens to everything else around here when that happens. We
figure she can be a receptionist-secretary for the business, plus a
live in maid of some sort so the house stays reasonably clean.  Not a
proper salary to begin with, but the job will be permanent if she
wants it to be, and once things settle, we'll take a look at paying
her what she'll really be worth.  She thinks $600 a week is too much."

"Low self esteem about her job skills?"

"Not that I know of.  Part of it may the fringe benefits like the room
and full medical.  I think most of it is from Virgil dumping her a
couple nights ago, so he could marry Sabrina.  Hit her pretty hard."

"I can imagine, with the date already set."

We were interrupted by a female orgasmic scream and Steve checked his
watch.  "Less than five minutes.  Either Jennifer's easily brought to
her orgasm, or Aggie's feeling good about her and got serious."  He
grinned at me.  "With Jim available when Aggie decides she needs a
prick, I'm going to be optimistic and start thinking we won't get her
back this time."

Then he sobered and leaned forward.  "Ok.  Will one of you tell me
what happened to Sally?  We've always thought she hated zoo
relationships so much she was borderline about turning people in.
Always amazed us she never did anything about the two of you.  I can
understand her thinking about it after Virgil dumped her, but most
women wouldn't act on it like this, even if they had zoo leanings.
Giving her Aggie seems a bit of an extreme reaction."

I took over.  "Long story, and hers to tell.  Turns out it wasn't the
zoo aspect she found distasteful.  She didn't know about me until
yesterday, when I finally told her I'm zoo with Katie.  Anyway, she
wanted my help getting past what happened, and naturally, Katie had to
check on us.  She also wanted to see Katie and I interact honestly,
instead of the usual performance we do when a non zoo is around."

"Sounds like you're leaving a lot out."

"I am.  By then I was calling her Jen and when she unzipped me to
check me out before we had sex later, Katie switched from a passionate
kiss, to enthusiastically licking my penis.  Jen helped, and at some
point later, with Max, she realized it wasn't the zoo aspects, it was
the penetration she found distasteful, and since her early sexual
experiences were mostly two women sharing one guy, with her seldom
being actually fucked, she was comfortable sharing me with Katie,
because she knew Katie was there to take care of my penis.  Mind you,
I'm summarizing and mixing things up to condense what happened."

"I can tell.  Keep going."

"Anyway, the bottom line is that she has had an unconscious fear of
penetrative sex.  She is also monogamous enough she doesn't want to
have another woman involved with any man she's serious about.   After
Max licked her to her first ever multiple, she came up with the idea
of offering a package deal to a male zoo who's het.  A bitch to give
her orgasms and afterglow, and to be there for his penis.  After that,
she's willing to be the bitch's hands, and help share the afterglow
with him.  For her, it's also important that the man be honest enough
he's trustable when he says he won't try to fuck her someday.  She
might do oral and anal, but she's not ready for vaginal and anal right
now.  In either case, it would have to be her decision, not his.  Kel
remembered Aggie, and her love for  pricks, but preference for women,
otherwise."

He thought about it for a few minutes, then focused on the detail I'd
avoided mentioning.  "It all makes sense in a twisted way, except for
one thing.  She has to have a reason to fear penetrative sex.  She's
never mentioned being abused or raped, so it must be some other
reason."

I sighed.  "It is, and it's the reason she always 'checks out the
merchandice' before she lets any man fuck her.  She has a short
vagina.  When I fucked her, I hit bottom several times but didn't
really internalize it until later, because it was enough like hitting
Katie's junction, that all it did was get me off more quickly."

"So anybody longer than you would probably be painful for her.  Ok.
Now it all fits together.  All I can tell you is that we don't know
any het zoos who might be interested in what she offers, but we can
put the word out when she's ready, if she wants us to."

"Thanks, Steve.  We'll pass it on, and let you know, if she doesn't
want to tell you."

"Ok.  No rush.  Now for the awkward question.  How much of her going
zoo is rebound?  At this point she can quit, but she'll always have
the memories, and if she and Aggie work out, I have to be honest and
admit Aggie probably will never learn to hide well enough Jen could
have a long term relationship with a normal man."

I turned slightly.  "Kel?  Your call."

"I think most of the rebound is out of her system.  Jim and Katie took
pretty good care of her self image, even though Katie didn't do
anything more than lick Jim and then stay settled on the bed while she
had Jim...  'Fuck her like he couldn't stop himself.'  She usually
isn't afraid to face the world head on, so I'm pretty sure she's made
her decisions, and is done with thinking about her near future
relationships and sex life."

She sighed and held up a hand to stop Steve from saying anything.  "We
hit her with some pretty good curves about her working future and some
other stuff, and I honestly don't know where all of it will settle.
*If* she and Aggie turn into a couple, she could, with all of our help
and some specialty training, be perfect as a live in house mother for
that kid therapy project."

Steve sat up straight and stared at Kel, then me.  "House mother?!"

"Her idea, after Jim mentioned that one more client will give us the
money we need to build the duplex without financing it.  We more or
less had to tell her the rest of our plans for it.  The original plan
was for her to mention it this weekend when I brought her over to see
if she could find a bitch she liked.  Remembering Aggie changed that.
I imagine Maureen will hear about it tonight, if Jen can stay awake
long enough.  Oh, before we forget to mention it, she also, as part of
her original thoughts, said she'd be willing to give the kids an idea
about how people who don't like zoos might be thinking."

Kel grinned again.  "Anyway, she didn't scream for Max, but she did
pretty much pass out after he was done.  I missed the revelation of
her immediate plans because I had to go to work before she got up.
But, she updated me while we waited for Jim to get done with this new
client."

"So she had a busy day, yesterday, followed by plenty of time to think
and get her head as straight as possible?"

"Yes."

"You do realize that if she comes out of this euphoria and has second
thoughts, she could do a good job of trying to destroy our lives."

Kel sighed.  "Yes, we're aware of that.  We accepted those risks the
first time we helped someone learn how to be a zoo.  I don't think
we'll have to worry about Jennifer being that sort of person.  Nor,
will she be likely to accidentally let something slip.  Whatever she
and Jim did together, she came out of things with a solidly
internalized horror about how I must have been feeling all these
years, and how easy it could have been for her to do something to
cause me to lose Otto, then Max.  I know her too well to think she
faked her sincerity when she apologised."

"Strong sense of personal responsibility?"

"Maybe it can be too strong. She took total responsibility for the
breakup with Virgil and we all know she doesn't think like a victim."

"True, true...  I was mostly playing Devil's Advocate.  As long as
things work out between Jen and Aggie, some zoo man is going to wind
up with a pair of perfect companions.  I know he's out there
somewhere, because we know of similar triads that have been together
for years, sometimes decades."

He laughed.  "None of then need a replacement, or we'd have placed
Aggie easily, as soon as we knew her basic nature.  Anyway, at this
point I suspect the only potential problem is Aggie's need to get
solidly fucked with a real penis, and that's Katie's and Jim's
problem, right?"

Kel laughed.  "Don't I count?"

"Not unless Aggie wants a string, and she's been monogamous, sorta,
once she picks a woman."

"True, and I was teasing.  She's going to have to learn some patience,
now that Jim has that contract."

I snorted.  "She's been reasonable in the past, mostly.  I'll just
make the office off limits for sex, like I have for Katie."

Steve smiled.  "That should work most of the time.  If you have to,
work on her about that.  I hope Ma remembered to tell Jen she should
probably make sure she emphasizes that sex happens in the bedroom most
of the time."

Maureen showed up to settle in a vacant chair, and she was smiling. "I
didn't have a chance.  Jen was pretty out of it by the time Aggie
wanted her cuddle after licking her off.  Lot of tears of joy and
release that met an eager tongue."

We all laughed, and Steve got up to get her something to drink.  "Tea,
since I'll be driving us home."

"Got it."

She settled, and was obviously thinking pretty deeply while she sipped
her tea, so we left her alone.

She finally shook herself out of her mood and smiled.  "I wish there
was a way to clearly apologise to Aggie for mislabeling her.  Maybe,
giving her to...  Jennifer, will be enough of one, for all she's been
through."

Kel and I glanced at each other, then decided to stay silent and let
Steve handle his wife's odd mood.

"Mislabeled?  How?"

"Aggie is a perfect lesbian sub, and we missed it because of her
aggressive approach to sex with humans.  It took watching her and Jen
together, to get me to see it.  The two of them are a perfect match."

Steve looked at us and we shrugged.  He nodded slightly.  "Ok.  What
have we missed?"

"Jen...  Is so passive about sex it threw Aggie off her stride,
briefly.  Then Jen seemed to sense there was a problem, and she just
relaxed and told Aggie.  'Anything you want to do.'  Maybe it was her
tone of voice, but whatever it was, I could see Aggie thinking about
what was going on, then she sort of tentatively nosed Jen, as if she
wasn't sure what she should do.  Jen moaned a little, then Aggie
seemed to put it together.

"It was like she put all her experience together, and did whatever she
could, to give Jen maximum pleasure.  If it worked, she kept doing it,
and if it didn't, she tried something else until she knew Jen was
enjoying it.  Her total focus was on making Jen reach her orgasm.
She...  I've never seen her like that, because every woman she's been
with, tried to control her actions in some way.

"Jennifer didn't, and I imagine you heard the result of that freedom."

Steve finally laughed.  "We did.  Took her less than five minutes."

"That long?  To me, it felt like a lot less time had passed.  Could
have been because of my focus and...  Amazement?  That will work, at
what I was seeing.  I think Jen must have swooned a little, then Aggie
crawled up and *asked* for the cuddle, and Jen just opened her arms
enough for Aggie to worm between them, then it was tired giggles and
happy licks.  I was ignored, so I left them to do whatever they want.
I wasn't about to spoil that perfect moment, for either of them, by
saying anything or asking stupid questions!"

I sighed.  "Ok...  I guess I'll be the one to say what we're all
probably thinking.  It's too damn quick and complete a conversion,
right?"

Kel turned so she could see the hallway.  "Maybe not.  She's had years
to think about it after I outted myself to her.  Remember, she asked
if she'd been like us, but just never known it."

"A point, but...  I'd feel better if she spends some time with Janet."

"Janet?  That's...  Oh.  there's going to be a psychological baseline
needed for her medical.  I think I know which complex I'll suggest she
use tomorrow."

Maureen and Steve stood.  Maureen came over and touched Kel to get her
attention.  "It looks like everything is under control.  We don't need
to be here.  Keep us updated?"

"Of course.  Thanks for everything.  Send us a bill for Aggie, and
keep an eye out for the type of zoo they're going to need, someday."

"Ok, Kel.  We'll wait a few weeks on the bill for Aggie.  We need to
think about what we'll be looking for, and as soon as we know, we'll
add the requirements to our match list.  Good enough?"

"Fine, thanks.  Take care."

"We will."

They smiled at me, then left with Max escorting them.

I let Kel stay distracted while I picked up the dishes and loaded the
dishwasher.  Once I had the leftovers put away, I resettled and
watched Kel until she seemed to notice me again.

"You're pretty distracted, Love.

"Is that a bid to get my attention?"

"If you're ready to talk, yes."

"Not much to say.  Three for three."

"Oh?  Mind if I say you lost me?"

"We all noticed how passive Jen is about sex.  I don't know if I
should have seen the signs, or not."

"Probably not, if she never admitted it to you."

"Point.  Don't forget to take your laptop tomorrow.  I'm thinking it
will be better if we plan on a mini vacation while she's getting all
the tests done.  It will be easier for them to work her in if she's
available at any time."

"Sounds like you think she's going to need some work done."

"Maybe.  I don't think that's as likely as some of those tests being
scheduled during the evening, or night, or at otherwise odd times,
when the equipment is free long enough."

"Ok.  Anything else?  Should Katie and I leave you here to think?  I'm
ready for bed."

"I'll be up awhile.  Tomorrow will be a slow day, so I can afford to
miss a couple hours sleep tonight.  I want to be here if she gets up
later and needs one of us."

I stood, stretched, then went over and hugged her before I gave her a
good night kiss.  "Have a good night."

"You, too."

* * *

I was snuggled with Katie when I felt a touch on my shoulder.  "I was
right.  Jen needs you.  Now.  Guest bedroom."

"Hmm?...  Oh.  Got it.  On my way."

I rolled away from Katie after I kissed her, then got up and headed
off to find out what was going on.  Katie would follow, or not.  I
wasn't surprised when she passed me and I heard her go through the dog
door.

The door was open slightly, so I tapped lightly.  "Kel said you needed
me."

"I do."

I went in, settled on the edge of the bed, and spoke quietly.  "Talk,
cuddle or both?"

She rolled so she was on her side and facing me.  "Both."

"As long as you need me, Love."

Before she could react I stretched out and wrapped my arms around her
now shivering body.  "Reality attack?"

"Yes.  Did you mean it when you said 'Love'?"

"Yes."

"Thanks.  That was exactly what I needed to hear.  I was afraid that
now that I'm...  A dog fucker, nobody would love me."

"You're more than a dog fucker, Jen.  Don't let the rest of the world
define who you are.  You're a dog *lover*.  Aggie's more than a tongue
to you, right?"

"Of course she is.  How can I not love her, after she's been so...
Selfless."

I felt the bed shake, then a nose settled on Jen's side and I was
gunsighted.  "Speaking of Aggie, I think I'm being told who you belong
to, now.  Hello, Aggie."

I reached, petted her briefly, then she closed her eyes and seemed to
go to sleep.

Jen had watched the process and now she was smiling.  "I never thought
I'd feel so comforted and loved, just by a dog...  Bitch, putting her
head on my side like that.  Is it like this for you when Katie or Max
do it?"

"Yes, it is.  Although, we've had a few years to settle into our
relationships, so Katie's a little less possessive.  Give it some time
and the two of you will figure out how much space to give each other."

She reached and started stroking Aggie's head.  "Right now, she can
possess me all she wants."

I chuckled.   "Just be sure you get some sleep tonight. Busy day,
tomorrow, probably."

"What about you?  Don't you have to work on that contract?"

"I'm taking the laptop.  Once we get you into the system, I'll go back
out and get busy.  Kel and I decided to make this a mini vacation, so
don't worry about letting them set odd hours for some of the tests.
We'll stay parked until we know everything is done."

"That's...  Thanks.  You folks are so low key most of the time, it's
like you've become different people with the way you've just decided
to drop everything to help me.  That, and the freedom you have to just
assume the money is there when you need it."

"Well, I couldn't be this casual if I worked for someone else, and I
am making it a working vacation.  Can't avoid that.  But...  There's a
little more to it than friendship."

"There is?"

"Yes.  We've privately sworn to help folks who decide to become zoos,
adapt as best they can before they go back to their regular life.
You're at the most dangerous point right now, because of your
euphoria.  Be easy to make mistakes you wouldn't, if your head was
where it normally is."

"You sound like you've been...  Zoo all your life, not just for the
last few years."

"Thank Kelly and her friends.  I've had access to all that experience.
It's helped."

"People are going to notice I've changed, right?"

"Yes.  Inevitable."

"What do I tell them?"

I sighed and hugged her.  "What else?  Part of the truth, and you lie
a lot, if you don't tell them it's none of their business.  We'll be
ok with you giving me or Kel credit for the way you look and feel.
Aggie can have some of the credit, too.  Nobody's going to be
surprised that adding a bitch to your life has changed your outlook.
Dogs can be good therapy, after all."

"I've heard about that, but never thought about it, really.  Everybody
talks about caring for a pet helping people find a reason to keep
living.  It wasn't like that, for me."

"Oh?"

"Sure.  You folks live in a different world or something, but even you
have to know that when most people talk about 'therapy', they're
talking about the love, not the sex."

I hugged her.  "Point.  I'm glad to hear that you're bouncing back so
quickly."

"Thanks, Jim.  It's scary, and I'm not sure I should feel this...
Content.  Were you serious when you said that Virgil shares
responsibility for our breaking up?"

"I was.  In a serious relationship, the one who notices there's a
problem has to take the first steps to get it in the open so it can be
dealt with.  Then, too, I'm biased, but from what Kelly and I know,
and from what you told me yesterday, it sounded like you've done most
of the adapting.  It can't work that way.  Both of you have to adapt,
or someone will start feeling they're being used, or, maybe worse, the
one who doesn't change will decide they never have to adapt, which is
pretty stupid, since life is all about changing over time."

She thought about it, then petted Aggie.  "What about with Aggie?"

I smiled.  "Do what's normal in a new relationship, except for one
detail."

"Detail?"

"Yeah.  Be yourself.  Honesty.  It's not fair to either of you, if you
go along with something you don't like.  Later..."

She caught my hesitation."

"Later?  What?"

I sighed.  "To most of the world, Katie and I are bitch and owner.
That means there are things I have to do that I wouldn't, if the laws
were sensible, or if I could better explain things to her.  To help
compensate for that, there are things she likes to do that I'm not as
enthused about, but I go along anyway when she wants to do them."

"Oh?"

"Yes.  Usually, it's just letting her have her head when we go on
walks.  The same is true at home.  A lot of the time I let her seduce
me into sex when I'm not really in the mood for it.  Individually,
things can get pretty unbalanced, but overall, I think it balances
pretty good.  Katie must think so, too, because she's seldom been
*real* upset with me during the last few years."

She sighed and thought about something, then she closed her eyes while
she petted Aggie for a few minutes  Eventually she used the same hand
to turn my head before she pulled me towards her so she could kiss me.
"Thanks, Jim.  I guess you know I have a reputation for confronting
things head on?"

I chuckled.  "Kel has mentioned that, yes."

She smiled.  "I can imagine.  What is it, about thinking you're in
love, that makes you ignore stupid stuff until it becomes a
relationship killer?"

"Not a clue.  Survival?  Conditioning?  Hell, for all I know, it could
be instinctive and have something to with ensuring the species
survives."

She laughed softly.  "Sounds like you're reaching and getting
desperate for ideas."

"Yep."

"What If I suggested it's that balance you mentioned?  Good and bad,
so you try to make the good stuff compensate for the bad until it all
seems to work?  It still...  Hurts when I think about how I misjudged
him.  I thought I knew him perty good, but that he'd dump me for
Sabrina...  It doesn't make sense!"

"I've only met him in passing, but after that, he's a guy, so maybe I
don't need to know him that well, to make some guesses.  Interested in
some odd pillow talk?"

She stiffened, then shook her head slightly, which woke Aggie up.
Aggie studied her for a few seconds, then licked Jen's face before she
shifted and stretched out with her back against Jen's.

Jen smiled.  "I think I'm not supposed to go anywhere until she says I
can, right?"

I chortled.  "No sneaking away."

"Point.  If I decide to roll over, she gets cuddled, too.  I like
that.  She knows what she wants and how to get it."

"Yep!  That reminds me.  Maureen mentioned that Aggie is the perfect
lesbian sub.  Thing is, it looks like the best for both of you in bed
is going to be for you to just tell Aggie when you want the sex, then
shut up and let her decide what she should do.  We all think that
trying to tell her what you want her to do isn't going to be the best
solution.  Maybe later, the two of you can figure out the signals so
you can 'make requests'."

"Letting her decide makes her a sub?"

"Sure.  You're in control.  All you have to do is tell her 'make me
feel good', and she'll do her best to read you and make it happen."

"Strange way of thinking, but since we all know I'm passive in bed,
I'll do it that way for now."

I chuckled.  "Worked this evening, right?  Go with the flow.  Besides,
that passiveness is only in bed.  Both of you are pretty strong
willed, otherwise.  Don't let her dominate you.  She'll push until you
both figure out the limits, then things should settle into a solid
relationship."

"That's strange.  It sounds like you're telling me to treat our
relationship the same way I would if she was a man or woman.  Work at
it until we find a balance that works, then do our best to keep it
that way."

"Good way to put it.  Nice in theory, but we humans tend to let things
go too long before we try to fix them, and that's where we always
screw up.  We use words to tell us what's going on and we tend to
ignore the obvious body language that says there's a problem.  That's
what I think happened with Virgil.  He wanted a woman who obviously
treats him like she'll center her universe on him.  You didn't.  Maybe
you didn't make it clear verbally, and he might not have realized it
consciously, but you had to be giving off all sorts of signals that
you were waiting for him to change and meet you halfway.  All Sabrina
had to do was take advantage of that and play to his expectations,
openly.  If not now, she could have taken him away from you after you
got married, is what I think."

"Damn, Jim.  This sort of honesty in a man is going take some getting
used to.  I'm seeing what you mean when you say 'odd sharing during
the afterglow'.  Let's see if I'm following some of that.  The key is
communication, right?"

"Exactly.  Do it as soon as you know, no matter how much it hurts.  If
the relationship is strong enough, both of you will find a way to work
past it."

"Makes sense.   It sounds like I missed a lot of silent signals about
how he felt.  More likely, I saw them and ignored them.  Hurts to know
that, but I think my head's a little more clear, now.  That makes me
realize I'm really going to have to focus on Aggie's body language,
right?"

"Right.  And that means you're going to have to get in the habit of
reading all of it, not just the obvious stuff, like the way she's
pinned you in place."

She sighed.  "A new language, at my age.  Going to be lots of work."

"Not as bad as you probably think.  Humans and dogs have a lot of
signals in common, and the two of you will eventually work out a
private language.  Takes time, just like any other relationship.  The
key, if there is one, is that it's going to be a complete language
that includes all of the 'words' for the sexual stuff in it.  You'll
find out that with them in it, you're going to wind up with a solider
partnership."

"I see where you're headed.  When it all falls together, we're going
to be the 'good owner and good dog', and as obvious about it as you
and Katie are, or Kel and Max.  We'll be getting the compliments from
people who notice that it's better than average, won't we?"

"Yes.  As long as you don't get defensive, you'll be fine and it's
unlikely people will look for more."

She nodded as best she could.  "And if I have to, I lie like a rug,
while smiling."

"Laughter helps.  You'll be able to thank Kel and I for helping, too.
Right now, you can blame the mood swings on what happened, instead of
a lot of it being part of adjusting to having Aggie in your life.
Nobody is going to get to wondering, when you decide that you and she
need to be alone, for quite awhile.  'Time to yourself' is all that
needs to be as far as the rest of the world is concerned, and once you
two settle in with each other, it's not going to be sex all the time,
although Aggie might want it that way at first."

"What about you?  How are you going to deal with all this?"

"I'm hoping that Aggie won't need me that often.  The only thing I'll
have to emphasize is that my office is off limits for sex.  She never
been here for more than a few days at a time, so all I have to go by
is what we've been told, and her frequency varies quite a bit.  Steve
thinks it depends on what she gets out of her main relationship, but
she's never lasted more than a couple months, which was long enough
for everyone to accept it wasn't working out, and she was returned."

"If it doesn't work with me?"

I sighed.  "We haven't talked about it yet, but I'm thinking that
since she's done well enough in the past, we'll probably keep her for
ourselves and work her in somehow.  Considering how she went for you,
I think that she's going to be almost too enthused for awhile, then
she'll slow down and the two of you will be good for each other."

"Experience or dreams talking?"

"Mostly experience.  We've helped enough folks over the years that
we're pretty confident about reading the signs correctly.  Some of it
may be that she's in a familiar place, but she's never, that we know
of, been so enthusiastic about being around someone.  I think she
wants a permanent home as much as you want the stability and other
stuff.  It looks like you got picked to provide that home."

"Sounds like you think more in terms of the dog picking the human,
than the usual way."

"Yep.  That's what happened with Katie.  I decided I was interested in
her, and I asked her if she wanted to go home with me.  She jumped in
my truck like she'd been my bitch all her life.  I wrote the check and
we've been together ever since.

"You think she really understood you?"

"I do.  She wasn't neglected, but she wasn't the primary bitch at the
kennel, either.  My guess is that she saw her chance to have a human
all to herself and she took it.  No way to know for sure."

"I keep saying a lot of things about all this are strange, but there's
no way they're normal.  I hope I can live here and not let myself get
too clingy or something, and screw up you what you already have.  I
know I'm going to be sort of demanding at first, so you'll have to
help me keep an eye on a bigger picture."

"Relax, Jen.  Give yourself a few weeks or so, and you'll come down
quite a bit and return to being pretty close to the way you used to
be.  You'll change, but a lot of things won't.  I bet the next few
days are going to help keep you in touch with reality, anyway."

"You're right.  I know I let some things get ignored too long.  I
don't think I have anything wrong with me because of that, but it's
going to take time to find out for certain."

I stroked her face lightly.  "There's something that's going to need
to be done for the insurance, and I think once you get past the shock,
you'll enjoy it immensely."

"You hiding a grin?"

"Yes.  I'm taking away Kel's chance to surprise you in the morning."

"Sounds serious."

"It is.  The insurance has a requirement that all their policy holders
have a psychological baseline done.  Mostly, it's to spot things
before they get too serious later.  Depression, suicide, that sort of
stuff."

"Sounds intrusive."

"Fact of life.  We'll set you up to meet the same woman who does our
profiles every year.  Janet.  You're enjoy her.  She's zoo supportive.
Be honest with her, ok?  She knows all about us.  A lot of what she
hears doesn't make it into the reports she has to write."

"Zoo supportive?!  How did you folks manage to find someone like
that?"

"Word of mouth.  There's a support network that's world wide, even
though we're all low key about it.  Once you're accepted, and you are,
you have access to the same understanding and information about your
sexuality that human only couples have access to."

"I never dreamed that was possible."

"Some people, before our time, did, and with help, it happened.
Maureen and Steve are a big part of the support network in this area.
They were the ones who stumbled on Janet, years ago, and recruited
her."

"You do realize I know enough I could really screw with your lives?"

"Not the first time we've taken the risk.  Second thoughts are second
thoughts and we accept that reality.  On the other hand, screw with
us, and you screw up the chance to be the real person you are.
Becoming a zoo might be for the rest of your life, or it might be part
of your recovery phase.  No way to know until it happens.  Getting a
better handle on that is another good reason for spending some time
with Janet.  Plus, there's one more thing you need to talk to her
about."

"You've been gentle about it.  I think you know that I couldn't screw
up Aggie's life, now that I know her.  She's done a lot for me
already, and given me a good reason to snap out of the mood Virgil put
me in.  Time, yes, but I'm smart enough to know that with Aggie there
and you folks too, I'll recover a lot faster.  What this other thing I
should talk to Janet about?"

"She's the one with the pull to get away with running that halfway
home for zoo kids.  Her success rate would go way up if she had a
supportive home environment she could put them in as soon as she knows
it's where they should be.  We'd do it here, but we can't control the
types of people that come through, because I meet my clients here.  If
she decides you're suitable, and you can handle the classes you'll
have to take, you'll have a job for the rest of your life if you want
to keep it."

"You folks move at a speed I can't relate to, don't you?"

"Maybe.  We've had the plans in place for a few years.  We're not the
only ones, either, but it looks like we'll be able to do it first.
Truth is, other people had the idea a long time ago, so there's been
lots of time for people to develop variations.  So, all we're doing is
something we've wanted to do, and having you available is a bonus we
can take advantage of, that will benefit all of us, including you."

"I can see that it will help me.  I think that's one reason I'm able
to pretend I can cope with the changes I'm going through.  I know I'm
not alone."

"Good point.  You figure out it's what we hope will make that home
work?"

"Letting those kids be around people who are adult zoos, and
successful, too?  Two days ago I would have thought you were pretty
crazy, or needed some serious help."

"Now?"

She touched Aggie again.  "I have Aggie in my life.  It's a lot
different, seeing it from your side.  My side, now.  Somebody should
have created zoo halfway houses years ago, right?"

"Unofficially, they have.  Kelly and I have helped folks since we got
married.  Not many though, and older people, usually.  We've stayed
away from kids, for obvious reasons, and depended on word of mouth. We
can't afford the problem folks, either, so we've been pretty choosy
about who we've taken in for the month or so it takes them to accept
themselves and start adapting to the reality of being a zoosexual."

"Month or so?  That's quick."

I sighed.  "It's some of that being choosy.  The folks we helped are
people who were already pretty comfortable with being zoo.  Usually,
all they wanted was to be able to see how Kelly and I manage to make
it work with the human and dog mix."

"Teaching by example.  I like it."

I smiled.  "So do we."

I touched her lightly.  "I'm surprised Katie hasn't shown up yet.  You
want me to stay here, or go back to my own bed?"

"Stay?  I've seldom had a chance to share like this and I'm enjoying
it.  Maybe I didn't know what I was doing, and I always picked men who
were distant after sex.  Hurts, but...  Looking back, my early
experience was being the third person, so I didn't get to learn about
real one on one and what it was like."

"No problem.  Face to face, or should I roll so you can wrap me up and
spoon without needing to worry about me trying to fuck you?"

"What about Aggie?"

"Up to you.  She looks like she's settled, so you can probably put an
arm over her and she won't complain.  Only one way to find out."

She thought about it, then kissed me.  "Sorry, Jim.  She's the most
important thing in my life right now.  Let me get comfortable with
her, if she'll let me, then you can fit yourself against me, ok?"

"Want me to put an arm over you, or settle back to back?"

"Arm over me, please.  I need to feel...  Accepted, in spite of
everything that's happened."

"Say when."

She rolled over, managed to find a comfortable position with Aggie,
who stretched and sighed contentedly, then, after Jen laughed very
softly, she spoke her last word of the night.

"When."
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End:  The Temptress 1-6

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