Pandora's Box

I woke up to the sun beaming in my face and for a few moments I couldn't remember exactly where I was. Then it came to me and I wondered what was currently happening below deck.

I couldn't bring myself to look, either through the hatch or around in the porthole. I tried to occupy myself by getting some breakfast stuff out and ready, including coffee that I badly needed.

Not long afterwards, I was joined by Steve and Gary and their smirking faces were suddenly serious.

"Dude. Brad. You okay?" Steve asked.

"I... yeah. I'm fine."

"You very much do not look 'fine'," Gary added in.

"I just..."

"Oh shit. This has gone a little too far, hasn't it?" Steve asked.

For all his outward bravado and boisterousness, Steve has always been a good guy. We pick and josh with each other all the time, but nothing that either of us know is not really cool. In other words, he's never crossed over to being an asshole and I've always appreciated that about him. It was the primary reason I was fairly comfortable with him testing the waters with Kellie.

"I mean it guys, I'm really okay. It was just... different than I expected."

"With Chris you mean? Yeah, I think the guy is quietly a real intense kind of dude with the ladies. And beyond that, you know he's always had a thing for her, right?" Gary asked.

Gary and Chris were the closer than with Steve and I. They were the former roommates, so Gary would probably know things we might have missed.

"I suspected something like that might be the case," I replied. "They seemed pretty spirited together."

"So you peeked," Gary asked with a grin.

"Of course he peeked. Would you really expect him not to?" Steve chimed in.

"I suppose not. Although, I don't know if I could handle watching anyone with Megan," Gary said and sort of caught himself. "Oh shit, dude. Don't take that as a criticism. You, my friend, have balls of steel for this shit. I fully expect you to lord this over us all for years."

Steve laughed, nodding his head in agreement. "'Hey, Steve, can I borrow your motorcycle? Remember, I lent you my wiiiiife...'," Steve said in a voice that was supposed to resemble mine.

"'Hey Gary, can you help me move furniture next weekend? Don't forget, you got to stick it in Kellie...'," Gary added with an even worse impression of me.

"Alright, enough you guys. I get it. And, yes, you better goddamn believe I'll be milking this one for a long time."

We all chuckled and as we died down we heard a little moaning coming up from the cabin hatch.

"Fuck," I said.

"They are again, apparently," Steve quipped.

I shook my head and got back to breakfast prep and they lent a hand.

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It was actually an hour or so later when Chris came up the stairs from the cabin. He looked sheepishly happy. He was not the showiest of the four of us and it was pretty clear he was more than a bit embarrassed to know full well we'd clearly heard them together. Steve's faux moan didn't help.

"Alright, I get it. Hey, Brad, I'm tapping out. Our time is done early," he said.

"Damn. Did she break you already?" Gary teased.

"Naw. It was just- perfect. No need to drag it out," Chris replied. "She's in the shower and she's hoping you'll go join her, man."

"Oh," I said, more than somewhat surprised, "ah, thanks."

"No, dude, thank you. Seriously, perfect," he answered back.

I looked at him and he was again smiling sheepishly, a little uneasy to return my look. I shrugged it off and grabbed a small plate of food and took it below deck for Kellie.

I heard the small shower running as I entered the cabin. I put the plate on the small table and walked up to the shower door.

"Brad, baby?" she called out.

"Yeah, it's me."

"Please come in here with me."

I looked skeptical; those showers are barely built for one. But I dropped my trunks and opened the door to ease my way in. We were forced to be touching bodies fully in order to fit. I looked in her eyes and was shaken by the emotion I saw in them.

"Are you okay?" I asked her.

"Oh, yeah. Everything's okay. I promise. I just... missed you."

I couldn't help myself. I had to know how it went. "Did you... enjoy being with Chris?"

"Oh, babe, yeah. He was really sweet. It was very different than with Steve."

"I-I saw a bit," I admitted to her.

"I suspected you had. I mean, I suggested you do it so I'm not surprised. But... well I could imagine it might have been more difficult than when Steve and I were together."

I brushed a strand of her wet hair out of her face. "Yeah, you could said that."

"I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry?" I asked her.

"Honey, if I saw you with another woman the way Chris and I were... making love, it would crush me."

Her response surprised me. "Really?"

She nodded. "Babe, if I wasn't with you I could totally see myself with someone like Chris. That was too close to, you know, like cheating. Emotionally, I mean. I'm going to tell Gary we need to skip a day. Spend the day reconnecting with you. I need it."

If I was shook from what I witnessed the night before, her reaction and admission shook me even worse.

"Do you still want to even keep doing this?" I posed the question to her.

"Oh yeah. I still want to experience Gary after what- well, after some things Megan has said. But, like, with him it will be safer. He's married and Megan would kick my ass if I tried anything more than a good fucking with him."

I almost laughed but then I had two thoughts fighting for my attention. For one, just what had Megan told her about Gary. This wasn't the first time something like that had been suggested. The second one was just what was going through her head when she was with Chris.

"It really had an effect on you, didn't it?"

She looked up at me and I realized it wasn't shower spray coming down her face; she had some tears coming out of her eyes.

"It did. It was too nice. Probably crossed a line but wasn't intentionally done. From Chris's perspective, I think it was just something he'd kind of dreamed about. But I think he got it out of his system. If that makes any sense."

I nodded. It explained his "perfect" comment on the deck. I held her to me, feeling good to have her back in my arms. She sighed and held me back just as tight. We didn't speak for a long time.

She finally said, "You know I love you and would never, ever consider leaving you, right?"

"Yeah," I replied.

"Good. This really is a gift you've given me, even if you're a perv who happens to be getting off from it."

I chuckled, "Yeah."

"I didn't ask... are you okay with what you saw?"

I waited a moment to figure out how I was going to respond and she pulled back to look me in the face.

"It was... hard to watch, I'll admit. I was jealous, but like I had this happiness that both of you were enjoying each other so deeply. I had this flash of you, like, actually dating someone, sharing more than just a physical thing. It... hurt but... strangely, I kind of liked it. It was much more... intense feeling. You and Steve were fun, playful, and not super serious. I felt part of it, especially when you had me directing you."

Kellie just nodded.

"But with you and Chris... fuck Kell, it was obvious you two were really vibing and deep in the moment."

"We... were going a long time. Like somehow we kept holding off cumming together, making it last. In the end, though... babe, I made him pull out."

This information surprised me. "Really?"

"Yeah. It would have felt too... fuck, as I said, it would've felt too much like cheating." I didn't want to do that to you."

I held her to me even tighter. There was no question I loved this woman and she loved me.

"Fuck. That water's gone cold. Quick, we gotta get out!" she suddenly yelled.

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We laid together in the cabin for a bit, with Kellie nibbling on the food I brought her. I ran my fingers along her skin and thought about two other men touching her in the previous 24 hours.

Even with her with admitted "wild streak" in college before we met, I think three men in that short bit of time would still have been a record.

"You didn't let him cum in you last night. How about this morning?"

Kellie blushed a bit but shook her head. "It was lighter this morning, but it still didn't feel right."

I nodded. I had no reason to doubt her word and despite appreciating her rationale, it wouldn't have mattered to me. We'd already broken that seal with Steve and it's not like she was unprotected.

I moved my face to her mound and her eyes lit up. "Really?"

"Yes," was all I said.

She moved her leg aside and exposed her cunt to me. It's not like there was some scarlet letter on it, proclaiming it used by another, but it was noticeably different. I couldn't put it into words; 'loose', 'reddened', or even 'used' would feel like exaggerations. But I could tell.

She grinned at me and I grinned back. Then I ran the flat of my tongue from the bottom of her slit slowly up to the top.

"Oh, fuck, YES!" she exclaimed.

I had to control my smile so I could continue to eat her. I swirled my tongue and then used the tip to tease her lips gently.

"That's it. Eat my pussy, baby."

I don't fucking get guys who refuse to eat pussy. Maybe I just struck gold with Kellie, but I swear to whatever lord there is above that I absolutely love the taste and experience of eating Kellie's pussy. Knowing it had been recently used by other men just made it that much sweeter. I teased her hole and then drove my tongue up and around her clit.

"Jesus Christ! Who's my pussylicker?"

I mumbled "I am" with my mouth fully covered by her, my words getting her to give a uneven "whoo!" due to the hum of my words.

I could eat her for hours but I suspected she was too sore for that kind of attention, so I went to my finishing move, the direct swirl on her clit followed by short up and down flicks with the tip. That got her there and she grabbed the back of my hair and pressed my face into her quim as she bucked through her orgasm.

As she was breathing heavily in her post orgasmic haze she said, "And THAT is why you'll never have to worry about me leaving you."

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When we finally made our way up to the deck, Kellie broke the news to Gary and he nodded in understanding. He got it and knew he wasn't owed anything. He could wait one more day.

We lounged in the sun by the front of the boat as the guys just chatting and fishing in the back of the boat. We held hands for a big part of the day, grounding ourselves back to each other.

My head kept going back to Kellie with Steve and Kellie with Chris. I was out of my angsty phase and back in my turned on by it all phase. Fortunately I didn't give in to that urge and suggest Kellie get back on track with Gary. Instead I just enjoyed our time together.

Early afternoon, when the sun was at its peak, Kellie suggested that we take a break below deck. I didn't know for sure what she had planned, but I was game for whatever it might be. I saw the boys pass a look between them but no one made any comments.

As we got in the cabin, Kellie began casually taking her bikini off. She came over to me, smiling sweetly and pulled my shorts off without a word. She leaned in and we kissed. It felt like our first kiss ever; just slightly tentative and gentle.

"I'm so damn in love with you Brad. This week has been such a fun gift and you deserve sooo much appreciation for giving it."

"It's not like haven't gotten something out of it."

"I know you keep saying that, but I still think the ledger is unbalanced."

"I swear to you, I need nothing in return. I really enjoy seeing you get pleasure and I enjoy seeing my friends enjoy being with you. Chris was... more difficult to take than Steve's dirty romping. But at the same time, I don't know that I would change too much. They're different guys and you got different experiences being with each of them. I think the separation during your time with Chris was what was more difficult to handle."

I stared at her and let my gaze drift down her exposed body. A body that two other men had recently and another was eagerly awaiting his turn with.

"I know. Not to make excuses, but he was just too shy to probably have done anything in front of you. But I promise if there is ever a next time with him, I will insist."

I looked at her with a grin. "Does that mean you are thinking that this 'playfulness' will continue beyond this trip?"

"Only if you want it to. At any point that you feel it's run its course, you can shut the box and I'll be content, I promise."

"I don't know... you say that now but you still haven't been with Gary," I teased her.

She giggled, "He can't really be all that big, right?"

"Oh no, he is. I mean, I've not seen him hard or anything but even soft he's quite big."

"I'm more than a little freaked out about being with him."

"Megan's like half your height and she obviously takes him and often from what I hear."

She laughed. "Maybe that's why she ok with letting him take a stab at me? To give her a rest."

I could only laugh.

"Babe, I mean it when I say you are the greatest. This has been insanely fun, but it's a million times better because I know you love me and enjoy me doing this. I'm so unbelievably happy right now," she said looking me in the eyes.

"That's what it's all about, Kel."