I smiled as I watched them embrace. Last night they had tried fought against each other, a knee in the pussy that had almost taken Angela out of the fight; a series of savage forearm blows to the chest that had left Dee dazed and vulnerable and a total lack of mercy from either of them.
They were the best of friends and yet they had fought to win but now they kissed and hugged each other as lovers for that was what they really were ... and they were my lovers too. It had been easy to fall in love with Angela and somehow Dee and I just seemed to instantly fit together.
Even back at the clinic there had been something starting to grow between us ... something that started in our eyes ... and Angela's encouragement had made it easy for that 'something' to grow.
There was even a little voice in my head telling me that she had known what would happen between Dee and me with just a little encouragement from her. Perhaps Dee had known too, she hadn't been reluctantly dragged into something she didn't want, right from the start she had made it clear that she wanted more than just friendship.
And once Angela set Dee and me on the path she wanted she could sit back and watch us do the rest. There was no fake coyness or pretence of surprise, we had made ourselves available to each other and made sure there could be no mistaking what we wanted.
And when we did come together Angela was there to enjoy it ... and be part of it ... too.
When I looked back later at that night and morning I could see that there was never any doubt that Dee would move in with us and that the bond that would hold us all together was already obvious. It was never in doubt, the world might not have been able to understand, or even accept, the relationship that we wanted for ourselves, but it was what was right for us.
"So where did you learn about polyamory?" We had only just turned out onto the road from Dee's farm track when Angela popped the question.
"I've known about polyamory ... and have been reading about it for some years now. I always thought that it sounded interesting and I even offered it to Wendy as a way of saving our marriage."
"What did she say about that?"
I laughed, "Not a lot, she just called me twisted and a pervert and went off to sleep with her boyfriend for the night."
"OK so how did you know to offer it to Dee?"
"I saw the way you two kissed and hugged when we arrived and somehow I just got the impression that you would like her to be part of us ... and it felt right to me too.
"I hope I did the right thing?" I was beginning to wonder if I had made some terrible mistake and put Angela in a position that she didn't want to be in but I needn't have worried.
Angela snorted, "You beautiful man! You know you did the right thing! You've just let Dee and me to move from being serious lovers who live apart to being serious lovers living together."
"So should I move out?" If it hadn't been for my seatbelt I probably would have smashed my face on the dashboard when Angela stomped on the brakes.
"What the fuck are you ... where the fuck did that ... oh God, you make me so fucking angry! Why would I want you to move out?" Hmmm ... judging by the number of f-bombs Angela dropped I had just done something far worse than farting in church.
"I just thought that ..."
"If that's all you can think then don't fucking think! God! If you ever suggest that again I'll kick you so hard in the nuts that they'll pop out your fucking ears. Is that clear?"
"Umm ... yes ... yes dear," I tried to sound as contrite as I could but I'd never been able to pull that one off even when I was a kid so I wasn't surprised when Angela burst out laughing.
"You are so full of shit Steve Barrington ... don't you 'yes dear' me!"
"OK ... so what about things at your place?"
"I've been thinking about that," she said with a smile. "My bed is the same size as Dee's and we all fitted in there last night ... and I've been in it when there's been a fourth ... Dee and me and two guys in case you were wondering." I was but I wasn't going to ask
"So that's not going to be an issue. She's already got quite a few things hanging in my wardrobe so maybe we put more of her things in there and you can use the wardrobe in the second bedroom.
"Showers? The shower off the main bedroom can handle three ... at the same time ... so that will be a lot of fun. Cooking and cleaning? I already get someone in to do most of those things for me so you guys won't have to worry about it.
"And there's plenty of space in the living room and three can fit at the kitchen table so we can fit in my granny flat.
"There's only room for two cars in the garage but her ute is tough so it can handle living outside in the winter. Yeah, I think we're good, we can make a go of it,"
"Speaking of utes," I thought that I saw on her Facebook profile that she drove a Hyundai Elantra?"
Angela snorted, "Yeah she did until her last boyfriend totalled it. I think that was the last straw for her and she kicked him to the kerb not long after. She's always had an old ute that she uses to drag the horse float around and she uses that now.
"Getting back to us all living at my flat, I do see one problem. We won't all be able to bring home a one-night-stand at the same time ... but maybe we can if we get a little creative."
"I don't know that I will ever be doing that ..."
Angela's laughter cut across what I was saying, "We just need to corrupt you some more and you will. I'm sure that when you meet the three girls who work with me each of them will want to spend the night with you.
"They're all horny and single and just as wild as me and we might even get you to the stage where you'll be bringing guys home Dee and me."