(Usual Disclaimer Time: Even though this story almost entirely takes place in a high school setting, all the characters in this story are 18 years old or older, and since we're living in the wide wonderful world of porno-land here, where clichΓ©s roam free and things might get a little unrealistic from time to time, please remember it's all in good fun. This story is highly serialized, and though it's not 100% necessary to have read the whole story up until this point to enjoy the content of the chapter, it's definitely advisable to understand some of the ongoing plots.)
(Author's Note: I just wanted to shout out and say thank you to everyone who read and rated Chapter 28! A chapter that I was worrying about being one of my weaker entries has, at least as of this posting, risen to be one of the top-rated stories in Erotic Couplings! I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop and its rating to fall at any moment, but until then, I'm enjoying its highly-ranked status. Thank you all of you for making that possible! While it doesn't guarantee me awards, piles of recognition and many naked and beautiful women beating down my door, it is definitely fun for the ego. Thank you!)
Previously, on Senior Year Memories: Returning to school after winter break has left 18-year-old Ryan Collins with a number of unexpected surprises to deal with. First that he harbors romantic feelings for not just his girlfriend, Josie Wong, but also blonde cheerleader Brooke King and possibly his new neighbor, Alice Talbot. School itself offered its own challenges, as the Puma Press' assistant editor, Nica Dubois, was eager to get Ryan to work on a set of articles he'd turned in before break, while Mrs. Lynn assigned him two new students to tutor: Peter Nixon and Jess Garza. Peter, an old friend of Kyle Bowman's, turned out to be more affable and eager to learn than Ryan expected, while underachiever Jess tried to seduce Ryan into a pass, while he turned her down and coaxed her into taking tutoring seriously in exchange for hot sex if she managed to improve her grade. If all that weren't enough, Ryan had the attention of a number of hot teachers brought on him by Mrs. Lynn telling her book club about their arrangement, culminating in hot sex with his busty English teacher, Mrs. Janelle Addams. Getting home, not only did Ryan discover that Brooke and Alice had become fast friends, but that they'd hooked up while he was screwing Mrs. Addams. It was a busy day, to say the least.
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Back to school week after winter break was not a week I had a lot of hope for, yet within its first day I was taught that I had a lot to look forward to when I discovered that Mrs. Lynn had spread the word about me to a number of other hot teachers she was friends with. Though it started with random looks in the hallway, it ended with some of the hottest sex I'd ever had.
Now, it would take a lot to distract me away from memories of fucking my huge-titted English teacher, Mrs. Addams, and yet 'a lot' happened only a matter of hours later. I'd gotten home getting ready to shower and crash and maybe do a little bit of homework, when I saw Brooke and Alice next door, naked (or near enough, since I still hadn't seen Alice) and teasing me.
It was a fun sight to be sure, but one that haunted my dreams well into the morning when I joined Alice on our bike ride to school. I could've pretended that everything was normal, that nothing had happened, but with her mischievous grin I knew that Alice would've said something if I hadn't. It wasn't all mischief, though; I could sense a nervous energy hanging around her, one stuck between her desperately wanting to tell me and her being frightened of doing so at the same time. There was ice she wanted to break, but she was nervous about swinging the hammer herself.
So, I did it for her.
"So... you and Brooke, huh?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yep. Me and Brooke," Alice said with a very satisfied and relieved grin.
"Congrats," I said, smiling proudly.
"Yeah?" Alice asked.
"Yeah," I replied.
"You're not jealous?" Alice teased, biting her lip nervously.
"Hardly. Happy, really. Surprised, sure, but happy for you; you're cool and could use a good time in a new town, Brooke's one of the best people I know, and absolutely amazing at sex," I said.
"That's putting it lightly," Alice said with a very pleasant sigh.
"Yeah," I chuckled. "But you're good people, and if you want to get together, hell, go for it."
Alice asked, "And yet you're surprised?"
"Mostly by how quickly it developed," I admitted.
"You of all people should know that once she sets her mind to something, Brooke's pretty hard to dissuade," Alice said.
"Truth," I replied.
"And when she put her mind to me, our hooking up was more or less an inevitability," she said.
"Naturally," I replied.
"And I like her, too. I think we're probably friends, and if friends want to help each other get off, well, what's the harm in that?" Alice said, her voice bordering on defensive.
This got me curious. "No harm at all."
Alice paused, looking at me like I might be crazy. "You sure you're not jealous?"
"Positive," I replied.
"You're... taking this awfully well," Alice said, disbelieving.
I'd mostly come to know Alice as a fairly self-assured person. One with her fair share of demons, no doubt, but demons I figured she'd tell me about in her own time. I felt those demons coming to the surface, and though I didn't want to pick at any open wounds, this demanded some attention. "And why wouldn't I? It's not like I've got a claim on either of you. You two are entitled to your own fun."
"Really? A lot of guys tend to have pretty fierce opinions about who girls they're attracted to spend their time with," Alice said.
"And my opinion means more than yours? Please," I said, doing what I could to brush off her concern. "It's like I said, I'm really quite happy for both of you. Happy that you're making friends, and happy that Brooke looked like she was having fun with you. I care about both of you quite a bit, and if you're both happy, then I'm happy."
Alice still looked like she had a hard time believing me, no matter how much I explained myself. "And this isn't a problem? None of it's a problem at all with you?"
"Why would it be?" I asked.
Alice started to say something, then held back. She shook her head. "I still need to get used to this town."
"Pardon?" I asked.
Alice bit her lip for a moment before slowing down her bike and hopping off. I followed her lead, both of us walking more slowly toward school as she confessed.
"I've... before Mum and I moved here, I got in some trouble because of my sexual proclivities. I guess it's led to an unhealthy sense of skepticism about the validity of what people say," Alice said.
"What kind of trouble?" I asked.
She sighed the sigh of a person much older than she was, the kind of sigh you get after surviving a long-fought and barely won war. "The kind you flee town over."
"Wow," I said. I'd never put too much thought to why Alice had moved here, but this was far more interesting and intense than I'd expected.
"It's not for any legal reasons or anything truly scary like that, no mobs with torches and pitchforks, but... yeah, you said it," she replied, looking me up and down, considering. "If I... if I tell you this, do you promise not to tell anyone? Not even Brooke and Josie?"
"Of course," I said.
"I mean it," she said emphatically, "I need a true promise."
"I'll promise you however you want and mean every word of it. I'll promise on my mother's grave if I have to. You want me to pinkie swear? Because if you force me to pinkie swear, I'll pinkie swear. I'll pinkie swear the ever-loving shit out of you," I said, hoping to keep things light enough that she'd believe me.
"You won't have to go *that* far," Alice giggled. "But thank you, all the same. I do want to tell this to the people I know, but in my own way and in my own time, so..."
The giggle didn't have a lot of heart behind it, but it was an improvement over her suddenly dour face. "Fine... like I said, I got in some trouble. A lot of trouble, actually, because of... well, sex."
That was a story I knew well, even if I didn't know the exact flavor of her trouble."
Alice continued, "You see... ever since I turned eighteen, I've come to realize that I'm a something of an... exhibitionist."
"And?" I asked.
She goggled at me like I was crazy. "Well, it might not be that big a deal to you and Regan Hills, but it was a fine deal where I came from."