Chapter 06: The Second Date, and More Details Than a Mother Wants To Know
Becky followed us home, and Melinda had already beaten us to the house. It was a weekend, after all, and neither had any classes. They were both anxious to get in on the whole ‘meet the girlfriends’ movement. I just groaned at the idea of all the pressure everyone was putting on the poor girls.
Once I got back into the house, everyone wanted hugs and kisses. Some were more involved than others. Mom and Cate had apparently decided they’d be better off not fighting for access, as they both patiently waited until everyone else was finished. After I finished my welcoming ceremony, I moaned and sank down into the couch. “I think I’ll just sleep until Chalise gets here,” I groaned.
“Do you think these new potential girlfriends should be brought into all of this?” Allison asked, not even bothering to let me relax before jumping into the next hot topic. “I mean into the whole nature of our relationship to Alex. It seems he’s already told them about most of us already.”
“It wasn’t just me,” I growled, glancing at the assembled women who had done so much to surprise Kitty last night. “If you hadn’t kept adding one surprise after another, they might have left it alone.” They all looked at me like I was just spouting nonsense.
“I don’t know,” replied Cate, ignoring my interruption. “It seems if they become serious they’ll have to be told. But we certainly can’t do it unless we can trust them completely. Can you just imagine the shit an angry ex-girlfriend can cause all of us?”
“No kidding,” Melinda replied, as she seemed to be picturing breakups from her own past. “I say we should just leave them both in the dark. They’re likely to get annoyed at all the women anyway.”
“Yeah, but you know Alex. He’s so damn noble, he’ll have a hard time justifying not telling them,” Cate explained.
“Hell, Alex, you’d think you’d be able to keep your mouth shut, thinking about all the potential nookie you’ll be getting,” teased Becky. “You won’t get a whole lot of that locked up in a secret government science lab.”
“I think it’s a question of keeping them from asking questions,” I offered. Even teasing, I wasn’t comfortable with comments about secret government forces. Given the limited nature of our combined abilities, I frankly didn’t think it actually warranted much interest. But still, she did have a point. Just like I didn’t like the press revealing too much about me, I certainly wouldn’t want an angry ex-girlfriend revealing my details either.
“Shit, that’s true,” Becky concurred. Mom had simply given up trying to correct all of her family’s language lapses.
“Yeah, it’s not like you can just cover up all the craziness in his life at this point,” added Shani.
“Maybe they’ll just quietly move on once he goes off on his new summer vacation trip around the country,” Melinda offered.
“What summer vacation trip?” I asked. However she just rolled her eyes at me.
“Duh, the one you’re going to have to go on to find more women, of course.” She turned to the other women and signaled how I clearly wasn’t following the conversation. “We’ve been discussing it. You’re going to have to try to find as many as you can. If you have any mission at this point, that’s got to be high on the list.”
Try as I might, I couldn’t argue with her.
“Well then, what about college in the fall?” I asked, already dreading the answer.
“Seriously, Alex,” Becky said, showing she’d already planned out much of my life, despite what she’d said to Cate earlier. “I don’t think that’s even a serious contention at the moment. I mean, college is a big thing for most people; it gives them something to aim for in life. But you’ve already got enough going on in your life at the moment. I think you’re going to have to dedicate yourself to this, trying to find as many people who share these abilities as you can.”
I was about to say something in my own defense when Shani saw my cross look and stepped in. “That’s a topic for another time, right now I think we should continue to thrash out just how much we all tell Kitty and Chalise.”
“I don’t think they’re likely to take off after he departs for the summer,” Anh commented. “Have you noticed how loyal all his followers are?” After I translated, everyone sighed in agreement.
At this point my parents came in and joined the conversation, figuring it was serious enough to need some adult consideration.
“Maybe he should just shoot off as soon as he gets ‘intimate’ with them,” suggested Melinda. “That’d sure turn me off.” Everyone appreciated her humor, but I noted how she’d toned down the comment due to my parents being here. It didn’t keep her from making the comment, however.
“Can you picture Alex doing that?” Allison asked. “He has been getting Anh and me to instruct him over and over on the best ways to give everyone head.” The girls all sighed with blissful glassy eyed smiles at that, especially my sisters, which was disturbing enough on its own.
“Frank, maybe you should sit in one of those sessions instead of Cate,” suggested my mother.
“Great,” I moaned. “As bad as it is picturing your parents having sex, it’s much worse hearing that they may not be very good at it. I mean, what if it’s genetic?” Ha, that’ll show them, I thought, I finally got my own laugh in.
“Don’t worry,” explained Anh, “it’s NOT genetic.” I rolled my eyes and everyone laughed. Seems Shani hardly had to translate.
“Hey, hey, how about we leave Alex’s sex life to Alex?” I argued.
“Nah,” they agreed as one. “It’s too much fun being involved in it ourselves,” countered Melinda.
“Now you see where I get my need for vicarious thrills from,” replied Cate.
“Please,” groused Melinda, “if all of my vicarious thrills came from having a front row seat to orgies in my own house, do you really think I’d be dating all these losers at school?”
“Well, first we’ll have to see how Alex does with these two,” added Mom. “He still has his first date with Chalice tonight.”
“It’s Chalise, Mom, she’s not a fancy goblet,” I informed her.
“Whatever,” she rolled her eyes. “What happened to the days when you brought home girls with normal sounding names?”
“Never, that’s when,” laughed Cate.
“Shaniqua, I love you to death,” Mom smiled, “but what the hell was your mother thinking?” Shani had the good sense to simply blush and remain silent.
“Hey, everyone, shouldn’t we be thinking about lunch or something? Everyone’s been so preoccupied no one’s eaten anything. Maybe we should all go out to eat somewhere it’ll be impossible to discuss all this stuff?” They all laughed at me as they discussed what we should all do for food. Thank the gods for women’s shared maternal instincts.
Although I could have taken a stand in the discussions concerning how I intended to handle Kitty and Chalise, I’d learned long ago that it was better to just let a group of girls have their say when they were in the mood. Arguing with them rarely solved anything, and usually they were just venting anyway. I was the one who’d decide what they were told or not, and I’d do it according to my own dictates. I just had to figure out what they were first!
Before everyone broke off into their own things, I managed to get Melinda off by herself.
“Hey, Melinda, Becky said that you had a question about something you were doing for me. Is there anything you want to ask me?”
“What? No, forget about it, Alex, it wasn’t anything, just a minor little thing. I don’t want to disturb you when you’re getting ready for the big date tonight. We’ll talk about it some other time. You know, this date of yours has me all excited. Hell, I haven’t been excited about my own dates for a while, unless you count dread as a degree of excitement. Man, young love, huh? It’s got a feel all its own. I have a feeling you’re going to rock her little world.”
“Yeah, yeah, look, don’t go inflating my ego too much, or else I’m likely to burst before the night is over. My poor ego can only take so much.”
We both laughed and she went off to do her own thing in her bedroom, which she could at least use during the day, even though she’d agreed, with Becky, to share the couches in the living room during the night. My Dad had this thing about sofa beds, so we never got any. But our couches were actually quite comfortable.
Finally it was time for me, or should I say us, to prepare for my date with Chalise. If I thought it was bad enough trying to prepare for a date with my girls, try getting ready for a date with a whole house full of women. They ALL wanted to help! I escaped for a moment when they allowed me to pee, and I ran to the bathroom while they were all giggling as Shani translated Anh’s comments about how I needed to pee now because I wouldn’t be able to once my date got here.
My Father passed me in the hallway.
“What’d I say about your influence? Not one of your sisters has a single problem with your many relationships, and so far neither of your two dates has any qualms either.” He grinned at me as he retreated behind his bedroom door; seemingly smart enough to avoid the entourage encamped in my bedroom.
After I finished draining the tank, I reluctantly returned to my room, where several women were picking through my clothes. Others were going through my ties and another was polishing my shoes. Polishing my shoes? I can’t remember the last time I polished my shoes. Surely if the girl’s interested in me, the last place she’s going to look is at my feet.
“Good, he’s back,” called out Melinda. She maneuvered me over to the bed. “OK, off with the pants, buddy. Cate’s not the only sister who gets to enjoy a few vicarious thrills. Am I right, Becky?”
“Oh, wait, wait,” called Natalie, who immediately rushed over and took over that clearly onerous task. My sisters gathered to admire her handiwork. Soon they were handing Natalie new boxers and slacks that she helped me into. They were silk boxers, too, not the normal cotton ones. I tried to explain the problem that silk boxers presented to a teenage boy out on a date, but they all assured me that an erection was the least of my problems tonight.
Telling me not to sit down for fear I’d wrinkle my suit, despite my protests that I’d have to sit to drive there, they proceeded to strip off my T-shirt and dressed me in a fresh, plain one and a new dress shirt. Strange, but I would have sworn I didn’t even have any a couple of weeks ago. Becky fastened my tie for me; she was the only one of my sister’s who’d ever had the opportunity to fix a man’s tie for him. She pushed it up against my neck, squeezing it a little tight before smiling and loosening it again for me.
“Sorry, I couldn’t resist,” she teased. It made me wonder whether I was simply asking for trouble inviting any more women to invade my life. It seemed to me that I had WAY too many at the moment!
Becky then did my cufflinks for me, and then Natalie and Melinda helped me slip into my jacket. Shani managed to get my pleats straightened for me. About that time my Mother called upstairs that Chalise’s car was coming up the street, whereupon Shani pushed me down into my forbidden seat and Anh pulled my dick out and proceeded to fellate me before all of my admiring sisters, while someone, I’m not even sure who, slipped my shoes onto my feet. Shani explained to Becky and Melinda my girls’ thinking on the preparation ceremony they were observing, but my sisters seemed too busy staring to comment on it. Before long I was spurting frantically down Anh’s throat, and blushing wildly as Melinda commended her on her obvious skills.
Soon I was being escorted downstairs by Allison and Natalie. Shani and Anh were already down in advance to guard the staircase. I could only imagine it was to protect me from any more women entering the house! Luckily for me, most of my sisters agreed to stay behind for fear of scaring the bejeezus out of my date and her mother. I noticed Chalise glancing at my crotch as we descended the stairs, but couldn’t tell if she was disappointed I wasn’t sporting an erection at seeing her. I, however, was glad when I noticed her mother checking me out as well.
I had explained that I thought it was a mistake for everyone to accompany me, since her mother might very well be there, but I was outvoted. Everyone agreed that she’d have likely heard at least a few of the rumors surrounding me, and would only think I was hiding something if they didn’t appear. I had difficulty meeting her mother’s eyes.
Chalise introduced me to her mother, Caroline, while I introduced them both to my parents, Cate, and all the other women. I couldn’t help but glance at Caroline and compare her to both Anh and my mother. I figured Chalise would still be quite attractive in another dozen or so years. Caroline stood tall and proud, much like Shani carried herself, and radiated health and beauty. She wore a beautifully patterned dress that showed off her nicely shaped legs. Surprisingly, she didn’t wear her hair in a natural fashion, since both Darrell and Chalise did. I figured maybe it was their father’s influence there. Instead, Caroline wore hers in a wavy straightened fashion that looked very mature and relaxed. I could certainly see where Chalise got her beauty and bearing.
Everyone waited patiently while the girls all exchanged hugs, followed by my own kiss hello for Chalise and then my pinning of a burgundy corsage to her bosom. I kissed her mom hello as well, which made her smile.
“Very nicely done,” granted Caroline, “you’re very smooth.”
“Can’t help it,” I admitted, “when you’re being coached by a houseful of women. Say hello girls,” I called upstairs. A couple hellos echoed downstairs. “My sisters came by to visit and couldn’t resist helping me prepare for my date,” I explained. Caroline laughed at this, though Chalise looked substantially taken aback. I think she was beginning to sense the potential seriousness of our simple little date.
“So,” Caroline began, looking from me to each of the women around me, “who’d like to convince me this is a good idea?” Immediately Shani took Chalise’s hand, while Anh took Caroline’s and led them over to the couch. They took up most of the couch so I headed for a side chair, when Shani motioned to my mother who shook her head no to me, apparently due to the ‘no sitting’ ruling from earlier. So I remained standing while they talked.
“How much of Alex’s rumored life has your daughter told you?”
“Not much, just that he avoided being pounded to a pulp by my Neanderthal son, and talked the girl he threatened him over to date both him and my son, then asked his sister to date him as well. I’m hoping not out of spite.”
“I’d never do something like that to your daughter or anyone else,” I protested.
“You can defend yourself when you’re asked,” chided Shani, “Right now she wants us to defend you first.” I simply shrugged my shoulders to signal my lack of understanding of women in general.
“Anything besides that?” Shani asked.
“Well, she warned me about the rest of you being here, and that you apparently followed him here from New Orleans this week. Although I’ve got to say, it’s one thing to hear a random number, it’s quite another to see all of you clustered around him.”
“Correct,” Shani acknowledged simply, not addressing the other comment. “Anything else?”
“Well, she was on the phone for hours with her new friend Kitty, where Kitty apparently spilled all the details of her meeting with all of you last night.”
“OK. To clear everything up,” Shani announced, preparing to bring Caroline up to date. “Yes, we met Alex and his family in New Orleans. He managed to change our lives in such a significant way that we decided to move in order to be near him, and that we’d help him in any way we can. I won’t bore you by listing all the things he’s done for both us and others, but we’d do anything for him.
“One of the things we’ve agreed to do for him, is make sure he doesn’t bypass all the normal activities of a teenager, especially his first love and all that, which so far he’s completely missed out on. We finally gave him an ultimatum,” she lied, “that he had to find a girlfriend his own age.” Anh nodded her agreement at this statement.
“He agreed and, well, here he is,” she concluded.
“And why would he pick my daughter, who he never knew before except for a single lunch with a whole table full of people?”
“Well, honestly, I think he was getting tired of people treating him strangely because of the rumors surrounding him since his return. When your son mentioned that both Kitty and Chalise liked him, he figured he’d rather try someone who showed an honest interest in him, rather than someone who was simply looking for gossip about him.”
Caroline seemed to be a bit taken aback by that information.
“I can’t picture Darrell saying something like that to the guy he was trying to pick a fight with.”
“He wasn’t really...” Shani and Anh both cut off my protests with a single pair of looks.
“Alex was going to try to defend your son,” Shani explained. “Just like he talked Kitty into giving him a fresh start and offering him the benefit of the doubt. It was kind of a roundabout way of asking her to view him without taking into account all the rumors. He’s just such a nice guy, though, that he’d of made the same offer whether she went out with him or not.”
Caroline was starting to look a bit dazzled with all this information.
“What about you? What are your intentions on this young man?”
“Again, our intentions are simply to help our dear friend in any way we can. We just happen to think that this,” and here she swept her arm to include all of them, “is one of those things we can help him with.”
“And you don’t have any designs on him yourselves? I heard some rumors that you were, uh...”
“That we were fooling around with him?” Shani asked, but continued before Caroline would have to embarrass herself by answering. “It’s true, though as we said, we refused to have intercourse with him until after he’d found himself a girlfriend. By the way, we’ve trained him to be a careful and sensitive lover, not that he really needed much help in that regard,” she said, winking at both Chalise and Caroline.
“If he and your daughter, or someone else if she chooses not to get involved with him, decides they want to be exclusive, then we’ll gladly step aside. We won’t leave him alone, though, since, as we stated, we mean to do everything in our power to help him in anything he decides to do, but we’ll respect any decision he makes. If they break up, as most high school romances eventually do, then we’ll be there to pick up the pieces. If not, then we’ll be glad for them and support them both.”
“I find it a little hard to believe that a woman would simply give up a man she, or they, were having a relationship with, without even putting up a bit of a fight.”
“I think you’ll find that we’re not like most women,” Allison said, finally breaking the unspoken agreement they all seemed to have made to let Shani be their spokesperson. “Most women wouldn’t leave their jobs and family behind to follow a promising teenager to another state. Most women wouldn’t dedicate themselves to helping that man in whatever he decides to do. Most women in similar circumstances wouldn’t have the backing of the man’s family,” to which we all heard a combined agreement shouted from upstairs. “And finally, most women wouldn’t dedicate themselves to someone as much as we, and others to follow, I’m sure, plan to dedicate ourselves to him and his sister.”
“His sister? What?” I jerked a bit at that last bit myself.
“His sister has decided to dedicate herself to studying the phenomenon of her brother. She’s changing her whole career path to aid that study. His other sisters have all agreed to drop at least a year of their own studies to assist him as well.”
“What, what are they trying to study about him?” Caroline asked, a bit shocked at the suggestion.
“What makes him tick? What makes women like us follow him like we do? What makes girls like your daughter and Kitty decide to date him despite the fact he’s already involved with numerous other, older, women? Alex is going to become something major in life, Caroline. True, you’ll probably never see him in a boardroom or on the news. He’s much too humble and subtle for that. But he’s a mover. He changes people. And, in so doing, he’s more likely to change the future course of humanity than any silly talking head you’ll ever see on TV.”
Everyone watched Allison with fascination, following such a dedicated diatribe. I myself wondered just what had brought it on so suddenly. Again, I wondered whether we were revealing too much information too easily.
“And what if he becomes a cult leader?” Caroline asked seriously.
“Then we’ll gladly help him. But we don’t see him building the kind of cult you’re thinking of. He’s interested in helping people. He’s honest. He helps those who seek to hurt or threaten him. He ignores normal cultural boundaries in his attempts to reach out to people. Ask his sister Cate sometime about the trouble he’s had with her friends over his attempts to reach out to others. But after everything is said and done, if your daughter ends up in a cult, we’ll work tirelessly to free her from it, because we’re dedicated to helping Alex, and assisting his friends is just a part of that.”
“You guys are starting to scare me a little,” Chalise meekly mentioned.
“Well, I’ve kind of gone off script,” Allison admitted, “but mainly because I thought your mother wanted the truth. That’s the truth. Alex hasn’t quite decided how he’s going to change the world, though he knows he’s going to try. It’s our job to help him figure out how. Hopefully your daughter can help him as well, by helping him to become the best man he can be.”
“Whew,” Caroline took a breath, “that’s a lot to take in. Can I ask what it was he did for you?”
“Not until we know you a bit better,” Shani answered sweetly, cutting into Allison’s discussion with a note of finality, “and maybe not even then. It’s personal, you understand.” She nodded.
“Do you have anything else you want to say?” Caroline asked, instead of asking any of her own questions, which I thought was very strange.
“Just what we told Kitty last night. We’ve set Alex up with whatever he needs for tonight. Money, debit card, shined shoes, condoms; though,” she quickly added, “he didn’t feel the need to use any last night.”
“I hate to ask,” Caroline added.
“And, just like last night, if your daughter wants, instead of an uncomfortable tryst in the backseat of that crummy car of his, all she has to do is ask him to call and we’ll have his room prepared with flower petals, lit candles, soft romantic music and a bubble bath for afterwards. And you’re invited if you’re interested in watching out for your daughter’s best interests,” Shani added with a smile, which I thought was a really odd thing to offer a mother of a young girl.
“No, thanks, I think I can avoid things like that,” Caroline smiled, despite the subject being discussed.
“Though, again, from what I surmise, he dissuaded Kitty from asking him to last night,” Shani told her. “But that’s just Alex. Rather than taking advantage of someone, despite the best efforts of those around him, he talks a girl out of doing what she wants, to make sure she’s ready for it when, and if, it might occur.”
“I’m sorry,” Caroline stated, “but this is all a bit difficult to take in.”
“Yeah, no kidding,” agreed Chalise.
“What do you think her father and brothers are likely to do when I tell them about this little discussion?” Caroline asked.
“That’s up to you, Caroline,” Shani continued. “We trust your judgment. That’s something we share with Alex, we’re pretty good judges of character. We told you all of this because we feel you’re capable of handling it, but we expect you to act in your child’s best interests.”
“That’s not the argument I was expecting you to make.”
“No. Again, this was all unscripted. We agreed I’d speak for all of us, but I decided to speak off the cuff as it were. I thought you deserved the honest truth, as much as we can reveal at the moment. But please, ask your daughter tonight. If she changes her mind at any time we’ll gladly escort her home. If you decide to call them at any time, I can assure you Alex will bring her right home. He may have an argument about doing it, but he’ll do it.”
“An argument with me or my daughter?”
“Your daughter, I’m sure. Although Alex seems to be quite good at convincing people to do what’s best for them, despite whatever they feel they want at the time.”
“Will you at least call me if they make that phone call?”
“Of course. I’m sure we won’t have to, but we’re not afraid of keeping you informed.”
“No, I’m sure you’re not.” And with that they all got to their feet. Chalise seemed as stunned by this strange turn of events as I was.
“Well, it was nice meeting you,” she addressed my parents, Cate and my girls. I’ve got to find a better term to describe them than ‘my girls’. They all hugged and kissed goodbye. She finally gave me a heartfelt hug and a quick kiss on the cheek.
“I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy knowing you, young man,” she breathed in my ear. “Will the two of you accompany me out to the car?”
“Sure, I’d be glad to,” I answered, quickly glancing at Chalise to see if she’d agree with me before finally committing.
Anh quickly addressed Caroline, so I had to quickly translate for her.
“Anh says that you’re welcome to stay and discuss things while Chalise and I are out tonight.” Caroline just looked at me, trying to figure me out.
“I’m tempted. I’d especially like to find out why all these women who profess to be so dedicated to you can’t seem to look you in the eye. There seems to be a fair amount you’re not telling me. But then again, I guess I can’t expect to discover everything in a single night. No, I’ll wait to find out more later. Right now, I need to go home and process all the information you’ve all told me. It’s just a bit much to handle all at once.”
Turning she called up the stairs, “I’ll be glad to meet the rest of you sometime. Somehow, I’m not surprised that he’s got women hiding just around the corner, even if they are just his sisters. Good night all.” There was a chorus of “Good night, Caroline” and we three headed out the door.
“Anything you wanted to say in private?” I asked Caroline.
“Just that I hope you live up to everyone’s high expectations. And your own as well, I might add.”
“I’ll try my best, Mrs. Jones. And I’ll try hard not to disappoint you in any way.”
“I’m sure you won’t. Have fun you two,” and with that she got into her car and headed out.
“Whew!” Chalise commented when we climbed into my car.
“You can say that again,” I agreed.
“Are they always so intense?”
“You’ve no idea. At least they don’t prostrate themselves before me anymore.”
“They really did that to you?” she asked, disbelieving me.
“Well, technically only Anh actually did that, but they were all pretty demonstrative. Horribly disconcerting it was, too. I couldn’t get them back onto their feet fast enough.”
“Wait, you said that Anh was the only one to prostrate herself?” she asked.
“Well, Shani also fell to her knees. It’s kind of a common theme amongst them.”
“Man, you’ve got a strange life, Alex. Maybe someday you’ll explain it all to me,” she replied.
“It’s like they said, I managed to affect their lives in such a way that they’ll never be the same again. Their lives that is, I think they’ll always be like what you just saw.”
“Well, Kitty said you talked her into giving you a fresh start, so she wouldn’t talk about your reputation. I’d like the same chance. Can we talk about something else now?”
“Sure, gladly, so, what do you think of the weather?” We both had a good heartfelt laugh that seemed to ease our accumulated tensions. I started driving.
“Kitty and I had a long talk today.”
“Yeah, I figured you would. Oh, speaking of which, I hope you won’t be disappointed, but I made reservations at the same place as last night. I didn’t want to risk the two of you arguing over who had the better arrangements. On our next dates, I’ll take you to different places. OK?”
“Sure. You’re pretty confident in yourself, assuming we’ll both go out with you again. And assuming we don’t kill each other before then,” she added as an afterthought.
“Sorry,” I added, “I think Kitty probably told you my theory on jealousy, acceptance and respect.”
“Yeah, but you were talking about you. That doesn’t mean we can’t sometimes fall down, does it? You’ll still respect us if we can’t live up to your high ideals?” she asked teasingly, batting her eyelashes at me. I laughed.
“Sure, you can fall from my ideals as much as you want. After all, I’m not sure I can live up to my own ideals. All I ask is that you try... and that, if you fail, you at least try to do better in the future,” I added after a short pause.
“I’ll mark that down as rule number one in the Alex book of rules.”
“You do that. If you can manage that one, you won’t really need any others.”
“Seems to me I recall some other famous person saying something similar,” she responded, smiling at me, before she continued. “Of course, I won’t need any other rules, except that I not talk about any of your secrets,” she teased. I felt my neck getting damp.
“What do you mean?” I asked, nervously.
“Obviously, you’re all keeping some kind of odd secret. And just as obviously you don’t want anyone to know. It’s pretty clear from how you all act, and how everyone is so dedicated to you. But don’t worry; I’ll try to keep whatever secrets you tell me. I only talked to Kitty because you said we could. I’ll also admit, I gossiped a bit about this date. But starting now, I’ll try to keep all your secrets,” she laughed.
“Don’t worry, when I want you to keep a secret, you’ll know it. You can talk as much as you want. I just ask you to try not to hurt anyone, and that includes talking about their personal lives without them agreeing to it. So don’t go telling anyone else about what Kitty tells you about what happened to her, OK?”
“Yes, Captain. Aye, aye, sir.” We laughed again.
“Now that all that’s out of the way, I seriously wanted to talk about the weather.” And so we finally discussed the weather, our lives, our families – including some background on Caroline – and her and my previous career aspirations. It was looking like both my college career and any potential permanent job were heading for the back burner now.
It seemed that Chalise wanted to be a teacher. Eventually a mother, she added cautiously, but not for quite a while. I smiled. I agreed that becoming a parent was important. I also hoped not to become one too soon, but you never know what life might force on you. As I said that, it suddenly occurred to me I really needed to speak to each of my girls. I had no idea what they did for protection, and all it would take would be a single stray sperm...
I managed to pull myself back from that precipice in enough time to ask what kind of subject she’d like to teach. She said probably the younger grades, though she might also want to teach some advanced subjects in the higher grades, just so she could help them reach their full potential. She wasn’t sure yet. Then she went off on a tangent, telling me how it was important to teach older kids the importance of culture and history, what a difference a good education could make, and also about how you really need to strive to achieve anything significant. I figured I knew which she’d choose, even if she hadn’t realized it herself yet. I also recognized a little of the cultural beliefs that lay behind both her and Darrell’s hair and clothing choices.
I told her not to talk to Cate, or else she’d be teaching her children advanced Calculus. So she asked about Cate, and why we were so close. I asked what she meant, and she said it was obvious she’d do anything for me. She quickly added that Cate could be a bit difficult at times, but that her heart was in the right place at least. Besides, she added, Shaniqua already said she planned on dedicating her career to study whatever it was that made me, me. I blushed again and stammered out the best reply I could think of, focusing on our early history together.
Dinner went well. She didn’t mind going to ‘ l'Oignon Pleurer,’ although she insisted on having something Kitty didn’t, as well as insisting she not have to share anything I’d previously shared the night before. She also confided that Darrell wasn’t the only Neanderthal in the family. Apparently each of her brothers took after her father, a construction worker who was a big sports fan, and expected each of his sons to follow him into sports. Luckily he didn’t have the same aspirations for his daughters, so he pretty much ignored them. “Except to insist we not get into any trouble or bring home any strange men,” she laughed.
“I think I’m already in trouble, because you’re about the strangest man I’ve ever met,” she said, in all honesty.
I was also impressed with her demeanor. She carried herself like a perfectly cultured young woman, using her hands to speak, but never risking throwing food or using the wrong spoon. It was clear she’d been brought up well. Yet, at the same time, it was obvious she didn’t put on any airs. She didn’t try to pretend she wasn’t hungry by eating a salad or something, but instead dug into her meal and really enjoyed it. I was impressed!
I didn’t have to repeat my discussions about not sleeping together the first night. We talked about it, and she agreed with what I’d told Kitty the previous night. She liked that I held her in high enough esteem to not assume I could just sweep her off her feet. She’d fought off a few other guys that didn’t have quite as an enlightened a view. I was just dying to ask about how many others, but didn’t dare, especially given all I’d said about talking about others’ private lives. She laughed at me however.
“I can understand your being nervous about a girl’s past,” she confided. “Especially with you being a virgin and all,” she giggled.
“Now that you can keep secret,” I responded.
“Yeah, I’ll keep that one secret, although I make no promises about keeping our first time a secret.
“Hey, I have a silly question,” she asked, after a moment’s silence. “Given how you’ve been careful to take both Kitty and me to the same restaurant to make sure we don’t have any reason to fight amongst ourselves, have you thought about how you’re going to decide who gets your virginity? It’s a bit difficult to split that in two,” she laughed.
“Shit,” I replied, “I hadn’t really thought this out. I was kind of hoping I’d have a steady girlfriend before that became an issue.”
“No, uh,” she corrected me, waving a finger at me. “You specifically told Kitty that she could take both you and Darrell out for a test drive before making a final decision. No take backs,” she laughed again as I started to squirm.
“I may have to take this back to the think tank for some consideration,” I jokingly hedged.
“Let me know what you decide. I’d even accept drawing straws, although I’d be mighty sorry to pick the short straw. But then, given how dedicated all those girls are, I doubt there’s anything short about you.”
“Need I remind you, we’ve not had intercourse yet?”
“No, but they’ve certainly done everything else.”
“Hardly,” I groaned, “but you’re right, they’ve seen the basic merchandise. Seems lots of people have seen the merchandise.”
“Oh, now that sounds like an interesting story,” she replied.
“I think that’s another story that I’ll have to pass on for the moment,” I replied.
She jumped in with both feet. “Let me guess, one or all of your sisters?” I blushed bright red. I felt the burn all the way across my face.
“Which one?” she asked, guessing the answer from my blush.
“All,” I replied. “They insisted on dressing me for the date tonight and, uh, Anh insisted that I... uh... that I not be in danger of a premature discharge.” She doubled over with laughter at that one.
“Oh, man, you are just too much! Well thank them for me, but tell them they’ll have to repeat that onerous duty on another night. I’m sure I’ll appreciate the efforts, all their efforts.
“Say,” she continued her thoughts, “Does that mean I get a complimentary blowjob as well?”
“From Anh or from your other boyfriend?”
“Either one, if you can find me another boyfriend. You’re showing favoritism here, you got Kitty another boyfriend but you didn’t do the same for me.”
“And here I thought I was doing your brother a favor that you’d appreciate.”
“Hey, you didn’t get me a date with my brother. No, no, scratch that,” she replied in haste, “the last thing I want is a date with my brother.”
“How about I get you together with the next guy that wants to beat me up? Hey, you know what? Anh’s son, Bao, punched me in New Orleans. True, he’s a bit older and has a wife and kids, but is that close enough?” We both laughed.
“Anything’s a step up over what I currently have, but I think I’ll wait until something better becomes available,” she stated, holding my hand. I smiled at her in return, but the discussion ended as I pulled off on our exit.
“Your house or do you want to meet the sisters?”
“Hum, I’d like to meet the sisters, and I’d kind of like to have that prior conversation without my mother being there, but I’ll choose home. I’m not sure I’d be able to resist a flower encrusted bed with candles, music and all your women and sisters dragging me off to the sacrificial altar.”
“I’ll tell them to save the Aztec altar for another night.”
“Deal.”
“Deal,” I agreed.
When I dropped her off I again insisted on opening her door and walking her to her front door. There I kissed her, this time intending on a longer kiss that I’d initially planned for Kitty. It was longer on both counts. My cock was raging its own battle to burst through the layers of intervening clothing when we finally broke apart. Still breathing heavily, I surprised her when I rang the bell.
“What’re you doing? No, what the hell are you doing?” she asked, looking at me like I was insane.
“Letting your mother know I brought you safely back.”
“And if my father or one of my brothers answers?”
“I suspect your mother’s been awaiting your arrival for some time now,” I laughed. True enough, the door opened after only a suitable time delay to ensure someone wouldn’t suspect she’d been listening by the door.
“Did not,” Caroline replied, sticking her tongue out at me.
“She’s home safe and sound, Caroline,” I laughed, “Her virtues all intact and as sound as ever.”
“It’s the ‘as ever’ I worry about,” she teased.
“Hey, I resemble that remark,” Chalise responded. I laughed the rest of the way to the car, noticing the parted window upstairs. I briefly wondered whose window it was, then figured I didn’t care. I’d deal with it when they threw a punch at me, but ignore it otherwise.