Chapter 9 Crystal

The next day, Crystal arrived at the agreed-upon hour. She had jogged over on a toasty afternoon, working up a generous sweat, and was ever so ready to shed her damp clothes. This was the first day of her latest effort to drop a few unwanted pounds and regain her best form. She liked that Darrell and Katherine admired her on her body, but the extra weight was there. The mirror told the truth of it. She was not particularly self-conscious about her body, having grown up as a naturist, but both Darrell and Katherine were very fit and trim and just looked healthy. Darrell's muscles rippled beneath his completely bronzed skin. She could not help but compare herself to them.

If Darrell wanted to work out with her, that would be ample motivation to turn her downward trend around. That was one reason she was looking forward to the day. The second reason was that he was incredibly sexy, and she had spent the night fantasizing about him and ended up masturbating so she could fall asleep. So, when she had seen Katherine in lab that morning, a tinge of guilt surfaced. There was no way she could, or wanted to, get between him and Katherine. She liked Katherine too much for that. She wasn't prepared for the conversation that followed.

After the lab was up and running, Katherine had asked her straight out if she thought Darrell was sexy. Crystal, who was not in the habit of being anything but truthful, confessed that she found him incredibly sexy. The next question had been even more uncomfortable.

Crystal - would you have sex with him?

Ahhh.... Her mouth had hung open; it had taken her a second, but she regained her composure and said, In a heartbeat, if he wasn't with you. Yes, I would. Why are you asking? She had been a bit suspicious of Katherine's intent.

You know I'm leaving for the summer at the end of the semester, and you and Darrell will be staying here.

Yes, but don't worry about me. I won't get between you and Darrell.

That is the thing; it's quite the opposite. Darrell and I have an open relationship with no strings attached. This may seem a little weird, but I don't want Darrell to be alone while I'm gone, and I like you a lot. I want the two of you to be together and have fun, and I don't mean just hiking and such; I mean also in the bedroom, too. The best sex I have had has been with him, by far, and I want you to experience that. I'm guessing the two of you would be incredible together. Neither of you deserves to be alone, and you have much to offer each other.

Of course--I would love that a lot, but Darrell is too perfect for me. There is no way he would want me when he has had you.

We have talked about it. Do not underestimate yourself or overestimate me, for that matter. He wants you even more than he would let on. Honestly, in some ways, the two of you would be better together than the two of us, and I'm okay with that. You have my blessing to make him yours if you want.

I don't know what to say. I think I do. I need to spend more time with him.

Do you want Darrell? He is yours if you want him. And take my word for it, you will be missing out if you don't. If you want some incredible sex, you'll say yes.

Well -- yes. If you put it that way.

There is nothing more to say then. Go work out with him this afternoon. You don't need to push it; just let nature happen. He knows my feelings on this.

Are you sure it won't bother you?

No--I'm not sure. But if it's you and him together, I would be happy for both of you. You are both good friends. The difference is that I have been having sex with Darrell. I would have sex with you, too, if that would make it easier.

Crystal had assumed that she was joking about having sex with her, and the conversation ended because they received the evil eye from the TA running the lab.

Katherine had told her just to let it happen, but that morning's talk had her a little apprehensive about getting together with Darrell as she came to the recently repaired back gate in the tall wood fence. She had to check: you could see through the gaps between the boards into the backyard, but someone would have to be purposely peeping, and if they saw a couple of naked people--so what? She stepped through the gate, pushing it firmly closed, announcing her arrival. He was not in the yard, and she walked over to the cottage door and knocked. She found him in the cottage kitchen unloading groceries. She had half expected to see him naked, but he was clothed, having just returned from the grocery store.

"You want to stay for an early dinner?" he asked. "I just picked up a bunch of fresh veggies and can put something healthy together to complement our workout."

"I really need to get back to campus and study, but sure. That sounds great." This little exchange helped relieve some of her apprehension.

"How was your day?" he asked.

"Pretty typical. Not looking forward to finals, but I've been looking forward to this." It had not been typical, but she could not bring herself to mention the conversation between her and Katherine that morning. This was something she wanted to talk with him about. Right then was a good opportunity, but her thoughts were jumbled, and she said nothing.

"Well, let's get to it then. As promised, we can get naked. It's hot out, and I, for one, don't want to work out in sweaty clothes. Are you still good with getting naked?" He was pretty sure of the answer.

"Oh, absolutely; let's strip. To be honest, half of why I came over here is to get naked. I ran over, and I hated sweating into these clothes." Her rational part thought that was true enough, and getting some exercise and back on the road to getting fit was sufficient motivation. Her hormones, however, said it was also to see him naked again. Katherine's statement that he wanted to have sex with her made her quite warm before she had even started to pull her shorts off.

They tossed their clothes on the couch and moved to the yard. Darrel had basic yoga supplies, including a second mat in a basket by the door.

"Some vigorous exercise, then yoga?" he asked.

"That is probably best, but be kind. This will be my first workout in a while."

"Push it, but not too hard; you won't be able to keep up with me. I don't want to wear you out before we get to some yoga."

She bristled at that some; she had been a little slack recently but was not in that bad of shape. She had been in great shape. He was probably right, however. Even if she were in great shape, it probably would be hard for her to keep up with him in straight strength exercises. She might match him in endurance. And she could certainly out yoga him.

Darrell ran them through some more traditional exercises, including pushups--she could do a few-- some sit-up variations, along with some more aerobic maneuvers. He mixed in some isometric exercises that focused heavily on strength. She did well with these because they were like yoga. Overall, she did better than she expected.

When she had to stop, and he kept going, she had a chance to watch him. That was a pleasure. She liked seeing his muscles work, the moisture on his body, and her eyes were continually drawn to his private parts. His pubic area had been shaved, with the hair just now coming back. On the hike, she could not help but notice that both Darrell and Katherine were smooth there. She had assumed that this was something they had done to each other, wanted to ask, but had not had the opportunity to do it casually. She might be able to satisfy her curiosity before the end of today. As she was thinking about this, he saw that she had been staring at him.

She said, "Sorry."

"Oh, don't be, it doesn't bother me. It's not like I haven't been looking at you too."

"I love watching your muscles work. You have a beautiful body."

"I must be doing something right to get a compliment like that," he replied.

"I hope working out with you will get me to the point you can say the same about me."

"Oh. So, you want to go from a 10 to a 10+."

"You're so full of it, but thanks." Even though she didn't worry much about what people thought of her body, she very much wanted Darrell to like it.

Finally, he said, "Are we done, or do you want to keep going?"

"Let's stop so we have some energy left for yoga."

"Absolutely. I was planning on getting some water and taking a good break before we move to part two."

"Thanks," she said as they walked toward the cottage's little patio, "I mean, thanks for the break, but also thanks for having me over. I don't usually enjoy workouts like that, but being able to do it naked with you makes a big difference. That was actually fun. A bit painful, but fun."

"Thanks for joining me. I also enjoy working out with you, too." And watching you too, he thought.

Darrell brought out a couple of large glasses of ice water from the kitchen, and they sat on the yoga mats and relaxed, not saying much. After a few minutes, Crystal suggested that they meditate and then start the yoga. After the workout, it would be good to mentally chill and let her muscles relax.

After about ten minutes, she guided them through a routine. To Darrell, it seemed like for every pose, she had advice. Some of it seemed trivial, and he felt she was taking the tutoring thing a little too far. He couldn't help himself but recognized that part of the problem was that she was a woman giving him directions, telling him he wasn't doing something right. He endured and fought down his negative feelings. With the new life focus he was cultivating, such feelings didn't have a place, plus he wanted to like this girl. Nonetheless, she was irritating him. When they were done, he recognized that he had learned some good things from her--new poses and how to do others better. He needed to curb his feelings about taking directions from a woman. Some of his favorite professors were women, which didn't bother him.

After they cooled down, he made them salads for dinner with a mixture of greens, sweet peppers, cherries, walnuts, and some sliced chicken from the previous night's meal. He said that they had earned themselves a glass of wine. They sat naked at the little table on the narrow concrete porch in front of the cottage and shared the meal in the early evening sun.

"Oh Darrell, this was fantastic, thanks. This salad is just what I needed after working out. It's such an improvement over the cafeteria. This afternoon has made my day."

"Honestly, I just made up the salad, and the wine is cheap," he apologized.

"Well, it is more like home cooking to me. We ate lots of veggies. Although, I didn't have a typical home."

He looked at her across the table, thinking she was quite pretty, forgetting his earlier irritation.

She caught him gazing at her and said, "What? Do I have salad dressing on my chin?"

"Oh no. I hope you don't mind me saying so, but I was thinking about how pretty you are."

"Thanks so much for saying that. With that lead-in, however, I need to ask you if you know what Katherine talked to me about this morning."

"Not specifically, but I know the gist of it. She told you we should be together. Right?"

"Yes, that was some of it."

He paused, then said, "And the rest? I assume she said we should have sex."

This caused her to blush a little. "Yes... That was the part that really shocked me."

"It's a little weird that my girlfriend is handing me off like that and that she picked someone for me. Don't you think? But, you know, I like who she picked. And you, what do you think of her matchmaking?"

"It was a weird conversation this morning, but she convinced me--not about you, but that she has her reasons for wanting us to be together. Regarding you, I wanted you when we first met. Although, I assumed that I didn't have a chance."

"It seems we agree with Katherine," he said. "We should give it a go."

The conversation paused, then she asked, "Everything?"

"You mean the sex?" he asked.

"Yes."

"You are a very sexy woman. I would be crazy not to want you; I just like what you are all about. Are you okay with me? You good with having sex?"

"I feel the same about you," she replied. "And yes, I like sex, maybe a little too much."

"Okay, this is where it might get a bit weird," he said. "Katherine has one condition. It is a little uncomfortable to bring up. She wants to be there for our first time together. Not just there but participating. Not only that, but we also did this spiritual sex thing. It was a hugely sensual and sexual experience. She wants us to do that together, the three of us. I promise you that you'll like it. It's very... I guess it is best described as Pagan. It was incredible when the two of us did it. It takes sex to a completely different level."

She avoided responding directly by asking, "Is that when you shaved each other? During the spiritual sex thing?"

"Yes, that was part of it. We shaved beforehand."

Crystal said nothing for a minute. "I don't know what to think. I guess that I'm not opposed to it. I like Katherine, and I also find her sexy. This spiritual sex sounds like something I would like. A threesome is just not something I've considered. Two guys, yeah, but not another woman. Can you and I do it first, then after a day or two, the three of us? I think that would work better."

"I'm not sure why not, but it's Katherine's call. This is her thing, and I wouldn't want to go behind her back. But it needs to happen soon. She leaves after finals in a week and a half."

"Can she do it right after? I need to focus on my finals; that should give us time for a practice session."

"I know she has a couple of days after her last test before she leaves. That seems like it should work. What about us?"

"Tomorrow night? No reason to delay. Then I need to study--hard. It'll help me if I relieve some of the sexual tension you have caused."

"Sorry."

"Yeah, well, can't say I mind. If we do it, I might be able to concentrate better."

"I'll run this by Katherine, but let's plan on tomorrow night," he said.

"You think Katherine will agree to it?" she asked.

"I think so. Maybe reluctantly, but she'll get what she wants with the one deviation. And it seems fair."

"This is not very spontaneous--seems odd--planning when to have our first sex. And I can't believe Katherine has thrown something out that has caused me to hesitate. I'm normally all in for kinky stuff like that. You know, though, I'm not as weirded out now that we've talked about it. I'm sure once you and I have done it, I'd be perfectly comfortable with the threesome. I'm in; how about you?"

"Absolutely. I would be crazy not to want you both at once. I'm a guy, after all."

"Will I need to shave?" she asked, knowing she would anyway.

"Sure. We will, too."

"Cool. If we are going to do this tomorrow night, I better get back to the library and get to my studying. I need to ace my finals. My parents expect their daughter to have perfect grades. My education is one thing they are not chill about. They wanted me to go to a fucking Ivy League school. Like that would have worked."

"Okay, I'll talk with Katherine, but assuming she is okay with our plan, you want to say eight o'clock here."

"Sounds good. I'll call you around five to confirm, just in case," she said.

"See you tomorrow."

They stood up. "One more thing," she said, coming close and kissing him for a long time. "That just seemed necessary, given that we are going to screw tomorrow night." Separating, she went inside, dressed reluctantly, and left through the backdoor.

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After thinking it over, Crystal liked the idea of sex with Darrell and Katherine, and the spiritual thing sounded interesting: naturist-type Pagan sex. Cool. She was now comfortable enough with the concept that preliminary sex with Darrell was not necessary, but if Kathrine agreed, she would happily take it. It was only the newness of the idea that caused her to pause. She was lusting after Darrell mightily, but the more she pondered the threesome with Katherine, the more it also aroused her.

She was very horny and had a hard time concentrating on her studies that night. She ended up masturbating before she could fall asleep. This was always a challenge in the dorm room, and she hated the lack of privacy. Both she and her roommate did it, but her roommate was quite prudish and would never admit to fingering herself. Therefore, she usually restricted her self-pleasuring to when her roommate was in class, but some nights, it could not be helped. This was one of those nights when she hoped her roommate was truly asleep, although she told herself that she didn't really care. This was another reason dorm life was intolerable. Her sex life was bad enough without being able to get herself off freely. At least things were starting to look up. Masturbation made her realize that sex with Darrell tomorrow night was indeed necessary, but not for the reason she had initially given. She just needed to get fucked.

The following day, she got some bad news. Her period started. This may have been part of the reason she was so horny the night before. She was always especially horny at her time. It was due, but she was confident it would fall between Darrell and their threesome. Fortunately, since she started the pill, her periods were relatively light and a bit shorter, but this month, the timing sucked. She thought about her issue all day--should she call him and cancel, cancel in person, or just follow through and see what happened? She finally decided on the latter. At least she might be able to suck on that delicious cock. She yearned to see his cock hard.

She arrived a few minutes after eight, and it was just getting dark. He greeted her--naked, of course--and then gave her a very long kiss. She almost forgot that she needed to tell him about her period, but after the spell was broken, she said, "Darrell -- I have some bad news. My period came early. We'll have to postpone." She did not want to completely postpone but needed to gauge his discomfort.

"Katherine is leaving in a week. If we wait too long, we will miss our chance to be together. Would you be okay with us jumping right into that?"

"I would rather fool around with you first." This was a bit of a white lie on her part, though not completely. She wanted to fool around with him; it just was no longer a condition of the threesome.

"I was looking forward to having a romp with you," he said. "I was looking forward to it a lot."

"I do have one idea. This is between you and me. Last summer, I had a short affair with an older man, an older married man, that is. He ran the restaurant I worked at during summer break."

"Okay."

"I'm not too proud of that, but he seduced me in a way that made me powerless. He justified what he was doing by limiting our sex to about everything but screwing. That was a bit challenging for me, being relatively inexperienced. I mean, I was already experienced when it came to going all the way, but short of that, I didn't know much. Still don't really. He thought that was okay and got off on teaching me some new things, like how best to make him cum. I discovered that getting a guy off was a whole lot of fun. I love doing new things, especially when it comes to sex. Eventually, I think his wife figured out something was going on because he cut off our sessions. I had to leave and come back to school anyway. Anyhow, we can do one of those things."

"You mean like a blowjob?" he asked. "I think that might be a letdown for our first time together."

"I agree. Although I would love to give you a blowjob, but you're right, it might be a letdown. What I learned was a bit more advanced than that. I'll use the most potent things I learned. I don't think you will be wanting after I'm done with you."

"Shit, now you have me curious. But what about you?"