My Story Part 59 By Corbin ********** "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." -Dante Alighieri ********** During the three-hour trip to the beach house, there was not much talk. The windows were down, the wind in our hair, the sun was shining and the temperature had risen to the upper nineties. Balmy weather for sure. We would have the house all to ourselves, at least for the rest of the day. I stole glances of Sharon watching me, but I was nodding off in the passenger seat. Periodically I would feel Sharon's right hand come over and gently stroke my bare left thigh, but only gently. I felt a faint nudge on my firm shoulder, "Where almost there!" Sharon sat up excited as I blinked awake, a few clouds had rolled in but I could tell we were close. Traffic started to pick up and the dunes could be seen in the far distance. Every turn, stoplight, street sign seemed to build the anticipation within me. Why was I getting so excited? I guess everyone gets that feeling of anticipation that something great is about to happen, and that was the feeling that I had. Combine that with the now thick humidity, visions of sand, surf, tan bodies and sweat over the next seven days, well, what a wonderful delicious drink it was. I perked up even more as the house started to come into view, it was at the end of a cul-de-sac, a short boardwalk made it's way up to the dunes, and beyond that the Atlantic Ocean. Sharon kept grinning and pointing at the house with excitement, as if the first five times she pointed weren't enough. No unpacking yet, Sharon was so excited that she ran to the door, and then a moment of panic set in, "KEYS! KEYS? KEYS! OH MY GOD THE KEYS!" Sharon began to freak. I just stood watching unable to fathom that someone so 'always prepared' as Sharon would be this forgetful. Yet, it happens you know, what a way to start our vacation. But before I could point to the Security Keypad on the side of the Garage Door, she burst out "OH!" with a giggle and ran back to the car to retrieve the momentarily forgotten keys, and then we were in. A bit eerie at first, walking into such a big house with three levels to explore. The odd layout made sense after awhile, when on the first floor you look for the kitchen...but no, now we are on the second floor and still no kitchen. We climb the stairs and are greeted by this great room with a magnificent cathedral ceiling. To the left was this enormous kitchen with large windows on every wall. The view, from anywhere in the room was amazing and although a short dune separated the house from the beach, we were high enough up to have an incredible ocean view. I felt her arm rest over my shoulder and then she was standing to my left. My left hand came around Sharon's waist and we enjoyed the moment just a bit longer. "Let's go on to the deck." I suggested. "Let's" Sharon smiled. And what a deck it was, wrapping around the entire third floor. We stood in the glow of the late afternoon sun, leaning against the railing and watched as people had their fill of sun and sand, heading home. I was in a somewhat conservative frame of mind as we stood there, I wasn't sure how to act on vacation with my girlfriend and as strange as this may sound, I wasn't sure how Sharon wanted me to act. That thought was interrupted by a sharp, high-pitched whistle. Down below a group of about five guys were walking past our house, leaving the beach. A few waved up at us and Sharon waved back quite eagerly. I was a bit more reluctant as I raised my right hand to wave. "Let the games begin." Sharon said with a smile to me. "You girls just get in?" One guy stopped walking and yelled from the street. I really don't recall what he looked like, I had already looked back up and out over the ocean. "Yep." Sharon announced. "See you around." He waved and continued walking and Sharon waved back. [Now let's take a break so that I can relate what was going thru my head as we stood on that balcony. I was standing there next to my girlfriend trying to figure out how I was suppose to act with her on vacation. Sounds simple enough, until you factor in that what girls tell one another and what we tell guys are different, many times they are very different. So how was I suppose to react to some of the unfiltered things Sharon would say to me when *I* am suppose to be her girlfriend. Should she start acting towards me the way she should normally act around a boyfriend? Then again, when is it the appropriate time to confide in me as a 'Girl'-friend and say things like "Let the games begin." You see, she would never have said that if Paul was standing here right next to her, while they were still seriously involved obviously. I really shouldn't put too much pressure on Sharon or myself, it's just that the dynamics of a girl-girl relationship takes a little getting used to. Especially since we are still 'in the closet' in so many ways. But why am I surprised that Sharon is being so vocal about her heterosexual tendencies? Was it because it took place right in front of me? I guess I'm just being a little insecure and jealous, silly huh? Not really.] Now that the above paragraph has probably totally confused you, we may now continue. I just wanted to write down a few of my thoughts about that moment in time. By late that Friday afternoon most everyone had arrived: Rachel, Sharon's High School cheerleading friend; Kelly a friend from College and Tina who would arrive Sunday Evening. Two of my friends, Vera and Jenn also showed up, I mean who he hell is going to pass on a week's long vacation, in a luxurious Beach House, free room and board, and food. The two fridges and freezers were stocked as well as the large liquor cabinet. Lord have mercy, seven girls in this house...this is serious trouble, you'll see. Tina's arrival was causing quiet a stir amongst Sharon and Rachel, apparently everyone worshiped the ground she walked on back in High School. Although I was somewhat indifferent to the whole affair, as I only new Tina as the 'Great' Cheerleading Team Captain, who had a reputation of walking-on-water. I had contemplated a call to Nikki, but I knew Sharon would have strongly objected. Nikki was the only person that Sharon ever felt threatened by. I still found myself slipping into a strange funk as I thought back to my friendship with Nikki and how it had abruptly ended; so many things left unsaid and undone, things became so frustrating that we eventually reached a point where there was nothing left to say anymore, and Nikki's feelings had been terribly hurt in the end. Sharon was allot crafter then most women when it came to monopolizing time and she always found a way to steal my time whenever Nikki wanted to make plans. In the end, Nikki had blamed me for it all, saying that I was letting Sharon control me and manipulate me. Okay, I'm not going to speak on that anymore right now, although things now are so much better, yet those memories as still painful. After a large spaghetti dinner, we broken out the 'drinks' to enjoy the first night in the house. I am not a huge drinker and was sitting back watching the spectacle unravel before me as the ample amount of alcohol in the house was now starting to flow. They all got drunk late into the night, I was picking up a vibe from Vera, she had been watching me and Sharon all night. When I got up to fetch another bottle of wine from the rack Vera intercepted and pulled me aside, "Hey, have rooms been chosen yet?" Vera tugged on my right arm. "Uhm, I..." I just babbled, trying to figure out where she was going with this. "Great!" And then she turned to everyone gathered around the table pulling me in close. "Hey everyone, Corbin and I are going to take the room on the second floor across from the bathroom! Just so ya'll know." She said with a big smile and wrapped her arm around my shoulders. I quickly shot Sharon a look of distraught confusion, but I could tell Sharon was pissed, her face was already loosing its composure. "But there's nine bedrooms, I don't think anyone will need to double up." Sharon protested. "Oh, but Corbin and I have so much catching up to do!" Vera smiled and firmly hugged me several times, rubbing my shoulder. Rachel looked over, "Hey that's a great idea, can I room with you?" she asked looking at Sharon, "Uhh...Yeah, that will be fine." Sharon grumbled as she shot Vera an irritated look. "That freaking' bitch, I know she's up to something!" Sharon hissed as she pulled me out onto the deck before heading off to bed. I glanced around before wrapping my arm around Sharon's shoulders, "It'll be okay." "Yeah well, I don't trust her." I leaned in and lightly kissed Sharon on the cheek, "Relax, everything will be okay." "Well see about that, if she lays one hand on you." "Nothings going to happen!" I leaned in and whispered, but Sharon's hand came up and tugged on my chin with attention grabbing firmness. "And if you let her touch you, I'll kick your ass too." Sharon threatened. "Promises, promises." I sighed and rolled my eyes. But Sharon didn't smile, she was still pissed, regardless of my soothing touches and gentle kisses on her neck and ears. It felt good to see and feel Sharon's jealousy. I felt another hard grip on my left bicep, "I'm serious," Sharon continued her stare eyes, "She better not try any funny stuff!". I knew Sharon's reputation for being a raging bitch, I suddenly recalled how a girl had pursued Paul for weeks, although he flat out rejected the girl, Sharon confronted her at a party anyway, but when the girl got bitchy right back Sharon decked her! Now I was suddenly afraid for Vera. I walked into the bedroom in a long conservative t-shirt and boxers, even having changed in the bathroom. "Oh, that's sexy!" Vera looked me up and down, but I just smiled "You like?" and pulled back the sheets. "Wow, it's almost 2:00am!" Vera said. I rolled over to look at the clock on Vera's side of the bed, but was floored to see my friend climbing into bed completely nude! My eyes went wide and I quickly rolled over to curl up as far away as I could. "Uhm, Vera...what are you doing?" "What do you mean?" "You don't have any clothes on!" I remained curled up on my side of the bed, clutching the pillow tightly against my head as Sharon's words were quickly coming to haunt me now, 'One touch and I'll kick both of your asses.' I gave another quick glance and there was Vera, propped up on her left elbow, her naked upper half exposed as her full round breasts hung off to the left. "Yeah, I always sleep in the nude, is that a problem?" "Uh, no not a problem, just caught me off guard that's all." I could tell she was smiling at my tense, shyness, "Well good" Vera pulled the blanket up over her, "So it doesn't bother you...at all?" "No." I muttered. "What if I was to move a little closer, like this?" and suddenly she shifted her body a foot over and I could feel the heat off her body almost right against my back. "Now that's a problem!" I sat up quickly. Vera just chuckled, "Can I touch you?" Her hand came out from under the covers and stroked my right arm causing me to jump out of bed. "Okay, none of that now!" I just waved the palms of my hands at Vera in an irritated manner. "What's the matter? It's okay to touch you when I have my clothes on, but suddenly you think I'm being all kinky if I'm going to bed nude?" She asked me. "Yeah, that about sums it up." "Okay, alright I'll keep my hands to myself." "You better." And I cautiously crawled back into bed "And scoot over more." It's funny how dreams can mix with reality. The first night there I didn't sleep too well, being in a big strange house and all. But it was also when something pretty funny happened. Sometime during the night I remember dreaming about hugging Sharon, the way her hands could softly caress my face and stomach. But something didn't register quite right, I sensed something different...it didn't smell or feel like Sharon. "What in the world?" I said and kicked off the covers, untangling Vera's arms and legs from around my body. Poor Vera struggled for consciousness as I was standing, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. "I told you no funny stuff!" I huffed brushing the hair from around my eyes and face as I fumbled for a nearby lamp temporarily blinding the two of us. "The light! Turn off the light! What did I do?" Vera looked around in confusion, her groggy voice barely audible. "You were touching me and stuff!" I pointed at the bed. "Oh shit Corbin, you scarred the crap out of me." Her naked body flopped back down on the bed. "Look, I can't help it, I'm a naturally affectionate person, I'm sorry if I get all touchy-feely in the middle of the night, I'll try and restrain myself in the future." I reluctantly crawled back into bed and actually felt a bit embarrassed by what I just did, 'Stop acting all stupid' I chided myself. ********** The morning of the first day there and I felt like crap from a worthless night of sleep, Vera was still sacked out and so I just kept laying there trying to doze back off again. Now I'm hearing the doorknob click and my right eyelid cracks open just enough to see Sharon poke her head into the room. "Get up!" She whispers urgently but my eyes could only focus on the nightstand clock '10:00 AM'. "Go away Sharon." I mumble and close my eyes, but do you think that worked? Hell no. "You two slackers get up." Sharon says and barges right into the room, walking around the bed towards the sliding glass doors. Now I hear Vera starting to stir and I slowly roll over. Sharon's got a tee shirt and shorts on, so at least she isn't dressed yet. I have to admit, as Sharon pulled back the curtains my mood was rejuvenated at the sight of a cloudless deep blue sky. She opened the door and stepped out onto the deck, a warm breeze suddenly blew into the room and stroked my face. While Sharon stood looking out over balcony I could pick up the faint sounds of beach goers and jet skis in the distance. It's amazing how the sight, sounds and smells can get one pumped. "I'll give you guys ten more minutes to get your shit together." When she closed the door, Vera and I went promptly back to sleep. :) God, how fast ten minutes flies by... "Rise and shine!" Sharon came bursting into the room jerking Vera and I awake. "Time to get up!" but my light mood faded when I saw Sharon lean over and jerk back the covers on the bed. Part of me got a sadistic pleasure knowing what Sharon was about to see. I watched her smile quickly fade when she saw Vera's nude body spread out on the bed. I got a little concerned when Sharon's right hand slowly clenched into a fist, but I reached up and grabbed her arm, 'Nothing happened' I silently mouthed the words trying to get Sharon's attention. Vera slowly sat up and stretched her body, then she stood and stretched some more. Vera was a beautiful girl, her straight shoulder length hair loosely hung around her shoulders, her body a light tan, a real tan all over too so she must sun bath in the nude. Vera casually put her hands on her hips and looked straight at Sharon with a big smile, "Good Morning Sharon, how did you sleep?" I could tell Sharon was forcing a grin onto her full lips and tried to restrain her 'bitchy' attitude. "Just fine." She looked down at me, "I'll be upstairs in the kitchen." and spun around on her bare feet. Like Vera, I was now admiring Sharon perfect figure in her new sporty, skintight hot-pink bikini. "Hmmmmmm" Vera sighed. "I might have to masturbate to that image later." "VERA!" I turned around in shock and offense. Not to mention that for the first time I noticed that Vera was clean-shaven between her legs. Gheesh, this girl is all about S...E...X! "What?" Vera just shrugged her shoulders like she had just commented on someone's hairstyle. After a quick, LATE breakfast, we all strolled down the walkway looking for the right spot on the beach to settle down and enjoy the waves, the sun, and yes all of the attention the guys will be paying us. Discretely, Sharon and I slowly made our way next to one another, careful with the amount of attention we lavished on one another. But it seemed Vera was making her plans obviously clear, she had designs on me as well, or at least her goal was to irritate Sharon with her constant 'butting-in'. Last night, Vera made no secret about her bi-sexual ways, she was very promiscuous with both sexes. The weather outside was almost too hot and all of us had walked down to the beach in our bathing suits, well except for me, I wore a pair of shorts and shirt over mine. I could feel the adrenaline race through my body when I realized that guys and girls alike were looking at us. Sounds conceded I know. Quickly Sharon grabbed my arm and directed me into a chair, "Sit here." I smiled as Sharon almost gave Vera a smug smile of satisfaction that she had navigated me next to her on the beach. But Vera was no dummy, she was watching us, mentally taking notes and the more possessive Sharon became with me in response to Vera's taunting, the more it was probably confirming Vera's suspicions. Sharon was already sitting and kept looking over at me periodically, yes I was delaying the inevitable. "Hurry up." Sharon smiled up at me. I leaned over, not at all happy, "Don't rush me." I hissed. Just great, can't we have a moment's peace because now I notice a number of guys starting to check us out. Hell, six gorgeous girls on the beach was a honey pot and the men were starting to swarm in closer, studying...plotting...planning. So there I stood, feet burning in the hot sand, shit it's only around 11:00AM and the sand is this hot? Plus I can feel the sun on my skin already, got to get the sun block on as the sweat was now trickling down my forehead and the rest of my body. I brought my hand to the nape of my neck, feeling the dampness and lifted my hair and then let it fall, heaving a deep sigh of frustration, "Fuck" I cursed and relented to the inevitable by peeling off my shirt and quickly unzipped my shorts, pushing them down. Sharon had her head tilted to observe, "Damn, put those clothes back on. You're going to give ME an inferiority complex." "Silence." I just hissed and looked around with some degree of paranoia, it was now obvious to me, others as well, that a number of guys had shifted their eyes in my direction. I suppose it's not often some tall blonde strips down to a small blue bikini, with defined muscularity. "Damn Girl!" Vera walked up, "What the hell have you been eating?" Like some piece of meat Vera began walking around, checking me out. I just quickly sat down in my chair fumbling for my lotion. Sharon had perched her chair atop a high point in the sand and surveyed the 'scene'. There were allot of family's with kids building sandcastles, desperate to finish the walls of their sandcastle before the next wave rolled in. Rachel had already headed out for a swim while my gaze shifted over to one of the guys from a group of about six, who had 'wondered' over with a volleyball in his hand, he was making small talk with Vera, Kelly and Jenn. Vera appeared to be flirting somewhat uninhibitedly with him, he stood about 6' 1", had short dark hair, clean shaven and nice build, 'not bad' I thought to myself. I caught him glancing up at Sharon and I every so often, he seemed to be trying to start up a volleyball game. 'Gee...' I thought, '...nice little icebreaker.' I heard Sharon laughing as I had just broken the top off the lotion and was proceeding to make a mess all over my chair and thighs. "What a piece of crap!" I mean who designs some of these flip top lids? Damn thing just cracked in two, maybe I was being a little rough with it, but still that's no excuse for sloppy engineering. "You're a mess" Sharon chuckled. "Shut up." "Uh-oh." Sharon smiled. "What?" I looked over at her with concern. "Here comes trouble." Sharon faintly smiled and I looked over as about three guys from the group were making their way over. "Just great." And I started to spastically clean myself up, rubbing the rest of the lotion over my legs and stomach. Sharon laughed again, "It's no use, that thing isn't going grow in size miraculously." Noting my frustrated attempts at trying to adjust my suite. "You girls want to join in on a game were putting together? I'm Chris by the way this is Todd and Steven." "I'm Sharon, and this is my friend Corbin." Sharon's left hand performed an exaggerated wave in my direction. I simply smiled and nodded as my arms came up and rested on the arms of the lounge chair, my fingers were developing a tense grip as the question was posed. 'No way in hell.' I thought to myself. Todd stepped right in front of me and smiled, "Well, no matter what, I want you on my team. Your in one of the best shapes I've ever seen a girl in." "I second that." Steven piped up. "Thanks." I feebly replied and looked down at my feet, awkwardly digging them into the sand. I watched Sharon smile and dust off some sand from her legs before standing. She daintily took the time to pull the pink bottoms from the crevice of her fine, toned ass. Just great! Now three more guys have encircled us making a grand total of six, what the hell, can't I have a moments peace. "Let's go!" Sharon barked in delight and the entire group turned to walk towards the net. Except for one, me, I didn't move, I was rooted to that chair for fear of my ass hanging out of the back of the suite if I started to jump around for the ball. It wasn't Sharon that noticed, but several guys looking back and then the whole group abruptly stopped. 'Here we go.' I thought, the barrage of pressure to getup and join in. "Come on!" She beckoned as did all of the guys, quite eagerly at that. But I just sat shaking my in a slow purposeful manner, 'No'. "What's wrong?" Chris stopped, flipping the volleyball in the air a few times, several other guys started walking back towards me. "Hold on." I heard Sharon huff and instructed that they all wait while she come and talk to me. "What now?!" Sharon put her hands on her hips, her head cocked off to the right, her tone one of impatience. "Go on without me, I'm fine." I sighed and stared out to the ocean, my body tensed as I hunched down into the chair. A couple of guys came walking up from where everyone was gathering and chimed in with Sharon, but I wouldn't budge. "Fine be that way." Sharon spat in an irritated manner and spun around, "Forget it! No come on." Sharon grabbed one of the guys by the arm, silencing there efforts as they tried to convince me to join in. 'Fine be that way?' Is that what she just told me in front of everyone? The shit is going to hit the fan now as my blood pressure started to rise.My_Story_Part_59