91
The week passed, and Marcus's book began to take on a more meaningful shape. He was on a serious creative roll, writing at a furious pace. He tunnel-visioned his way to a complete, yet rough, first draft of the complete work.
It was Friday afternoon. He saved his words, backed them up, then shut them down. He walked to the living room where Miss Christy was unwinding after a heavy week of difficult clients. She was exhausted.
He flopped onto the couch next to her. "Making progress," he sighed. "I've just finished my first draft. It's like 350 pages long, according to Word. Got a lot of proofreading and editing to do, but I feel good knowing the first draft is complete. It makes me feel like ... like I can actually do this."
Miss Christy planted her feet in Marcus's lap. "Well done, boi. I'm really proud of you."
"Thanks, Miss Christy. That means a lot to me." Marcus began rubbing her toes. "How was your week?" he asked.
"Hey, it's the weekend," she deflected. It hadn't been an easy week. Tomorrow was Saturday, and while they had plans to watch Alex's rugby match in the afternoon, they had no plans for tonight.
"How are Apes and Milesy travelling lately?" asked Miss Christy.
"Not sure. Haven't heard much from either of them this week." He paused. "No news is good news, right?" He pinched Miss Christy's toes.
"I like the way you think," agreed Miss Christy. "And I also like the way you massage my feet too, boi."
He squeezed her toes. "You think ... maybe ... we should see what they're doing?" asked Marcus.
Miss Christy nodded. Marcus called Milo. He put the call on speaker.
Marcus: "Hey, dude."
Milo: "Hey, man."
Marcus: "What's up?"
Milo: "You've called at a seriously bad time."
Marcus: "Fuck! Is something wrong?"
Milo: "No, dude, everything's fine."
Marcus: "You busy, then?"
Milo: "For a few more minutes, at least."
Marcus: "What are you up to?"
Milo: "Had my tongue halfway to April's uterus before you called."
Miss Christy heard Milo's response. She gasped.
Marcus: "Fuck, man, I'll let you get back to it."
April (in the distance): "Hey Marcus."
Marcus: "Hey April."
April (in the distance): "Hey Christy, if you're there."
Christy: "Hey, sexy babe. Love you."
April (in the distance): "Love you too, Christy."
Milo went back to work, but the call was still active. His tongue flicked blitzes across April's pussy. They heard her moan as she came. Marcus and Christy both waited for April to come back down to earth.
Christy: "What are you two lovebirds doing later tonight?"
Milo: "Personally speaking, I was hoping for more sex."
April (in the distance, to Milo): "So was I, dude. I thought that was already locked in."
Marcus, interrupting: "You two wanna come over?"
April (in the distance, talking to Milo): "Fuck yeah. What do you think?"
Milo (in the foreground, talking to April): "Been a while, hey?"
April (in the distance, talking to Milo): "Yeah, I know. I've missed them both."
Milo (in the foreground, talking to April): "Yeah, me too."
April (in the distance, talking to Milo): "So ... we should go?"
Miss Christy and her boi looked at each other in disbelief. Miss Christy put the call on mute. "They've been together for like about twenty seconds and they're *already* tangled up in early-relationship paralysis. It's infuriating." Marcus listened as Milesy and Apes talked amongst themselves about whether they should go out or stay in. He half-expected one of them to start documenting the pros and cons of each option.
Christy cut to the chase: "Hey! Listen up! You two wanna fuck me tonight, or not?"
Milo (in the foreground, talking to Christy): "Yes, Christy."
April (in the distance): "Yes, Christy."
"Then skate your sexy asses over here, pronto!"
*
Christy hung up. There was urgent business to attend to. She ordered a shitload of pizza and a case of beer, just to make sure everyone would be full and well-lubricated.
Milo and April arrived before the deliveries did. Marcus opened the door and they entered. He hugged his buddy Milo and prepared to offer the same greeting to April, but she called his bluff, kissing him on the lips for an extended period of time. She threw her arms around Marcus's neck and stuck her tongue in his mouth. Marcus was surprised, to say the least, but he went with it. A part of him felt odd tongue-kissing his buddy's new girlfriend, but nobody seemed to have an issue with it.
Miss Christy walked into the living room to see April playing tonsil hockey with her boi. "Fuck, you two are hot. Shame you're both taken," she joked.
"Hey, Christy," said Milo. "Thanks for inviting us over."
"You're always welcome here, Milesy. But Marcus got a 'hello' kiss from April. Do I get one from you?" she smirked.
Milo's cock twitched. She walked over to him and jammed her fat tongue into his mouth. He moaned. "Fuck, you're absolutely unbelievable, you know that?" he whispered.
A full-on orgy might've broken out on the spot if not for the doorbell ringing. Christy opened the door and as she relieved the delivery driver of his heavy load (not in *that* sense), the smell of hot, delicious, cheesy pizza filled the room.
"Eat," commanded Christy, laying the cardboard onto the coffee table. Marcus dived into the vegetarian supreme (with no mushrooms) while the other three slammed thick slices of meatlovers, chicken barbeque, and ham and pineapple pizza into their faces.
A lengthy conversation took place about the appropriateness of pineapple on pizza. Milo said that it was fucking ridiculous, in his humble opinion, to put fruit on a pizza, and Christy and Marcus listened in delighted silence as he mounted his dangerous argument. April rolled her eyes and sighed an exhausted sigh, as if to say 'do you two see what I have to put up with now?' before commencing her own killer counter-argument.
"Hey Milo, what are tomatoes?"
Milo's face was full of pizza. "What the fuck do you mean, babe?" He pointed to his pizza and lifted a slice of tomato from the surface. "These things are tomatoes. You might have seen them before? They're red. They go on pizzas." He scooped his finger through the sauce. "Also, see this sauce? It's red. It's made from tomatoes."
"Are tomatoes vegetables?"
"Fuck, babe, you serious? Of course tomatoes are vegetables. Everyone knows that."
April waited a beat. "Do vegetables have seeds in them? I'm just wondering. Carrots are vegetables. So are beans, potatoes, cabbages and onions. None of them have seeds."
Milo stayed silent.
"Do tomatoes?" asked April.
"Do tomatoes *what*, babe?"
"Do tomatoes have seeds, genius?"
"Uhhh, I guess so ... err ... yeah."
"So," continued April, "are tomatoes fruit?"
Milo's jaw dropped open. "Uhhh, maybe."
"And can you imagine pizza without tomatoes?"
"Uhh ... err ... fuck, you're *such* a cunt," he conceded.
"So we're agreed. Fruit belongs on a pizza." April grinned.
Milo looked mournfully at his slice of pizza before registering his protest. "I'm only agreeing with you because you're so fucking sexy, babe."
April leaned across and kissed him on the cheek. She smiled at him.
The four of them ate in silence.
A flash of inspiration struck Milo. "Peppers!"
"Huh?" said the chorus.
"Peppers! They're vegetables, right?"
April was patient. "Do they have seeds, Milo?"
"Well, yeah, babe. But peppers aren't fruit, though, are they?"
April nodded slowly. "Yes, they are."
In exasperation, Milo conceded the argument. "Well, fuck me."