Author's Note: I don't want to lose sight of the important connections we have among our main characters, so that's what this chapter looks at: pushing new boundaries for John, Kat, and Rita. But there is some hardcore debauchery coming in the next chapter, and a great deal forthcoming soon regarding the Hooker House. I know some of you like the harder stuff and others like the romantic stuff, so there's always a push and pull with this. The harder stuff is returning. Very soon.
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The emotional confrontation with Crystal's husband and the ensuing five-way fuckfest that followed absolutely drained us. We took all day Saturday to recover, sleeping a good chunk of the day away and lounging by the pool for the rest of it. It was an essential break, particularly for Jess and Crystal, who had the second football party of the season the next day.
After such an intense couple days, Kat, Rita, and I agreed we would skip the Sunday night shenanigans and have a date night at home. For me, it was an especially welcome break. I had loved the individual date nights we did, and I wanted to keep up the intimate momentum in our relationship that it had created.
"Are you sure you don't want me to teach you how to make this?" Kat asked, setting down her glass of white wine as she continued stirring the risotto.
"Oh god no," Rita said from her seat at the bar. "I'm happy being an eater."
"And you do eat so, so well," Kat said with a sexual drip in her voice.
"Only because you taste so good," Rita shot back seductively.
"Well, I'm actually hungry for food, so the sex will have to wait," I said, pulling my head from out of the fridge. I had retrieved a large porterhouse steak that would soon go on the grill for our bistecca alla fiorentina.
"Don't lie to me," Rita said. "I can always tell."
"You just know I can never wait for sex," I said with a laugh.
"Okay," Kat said. "The risotto is halfway done. Do we want to go smoke while the steak comes up to temperature?"
"Fuck yeah," I said.
"Yeah," agreed Rita. "This smells amazing. I want really strong munchies for dinner."
We laughed and went outside, where the hookah was fully loaded. Kat fired it up, and she and Rita each took hits simultaneously from the two hoses.
"I never thought I had a smoking fetish until I watched you girls get high," I said.
"I could live stoned," Kat said. "These indica strains we've been getting are so nice."
"I like the indica, too," Rita agreed. "It makes me so much more horny."
"You're always horny," Kat teased. "And you always have been."
"Like you're one to talk, you slut," Rita fired back.
They each took another hit, doing tricks with the smoke for me. Rita blew rings, and Kat exhaled through her nose in a way that created a cloud around her. We smoked for a half hour, getting a wickedly good buzz.
"I'm really stoned," I said. "You both better watch out. After dinner, I'm going to fuck the shit out of you."
Kat giggled. "I still think it's hilarious that you fuck the roughest when you're stoned," she said.
"I'm not going to complain," Rita said. "I want you to fuck me so hard that I crave a post-sex cigarette."
"Since when do you want that?" I asked.
"Sometimes I like it rough," Rita said, being deliberately obtuse.
"You know what I mean," I said. "The cigarette."
"Kat keeps talking it up," Rita said. "A girl gets curious."
"You know, I have a confession," Kat said. "And it's only a fantasy, but it's also a genuine curiosity. You like rough sex when you're stoned, daddy, that I still think about what you'd do to me if we smoked a primo together."
I wasn't a huge fan of Kat raising the topic, since it brought back memories of David Johnson and his degradation of Kat last football season.
"What's the primo thing again?" Rita asked.
"A joint with some coke sprinkled in with the pot," Kat said.
"Oh, right," Rita said. "That sounds ... intense."
"It was intense," Kat said. "Like a booty bump times ten."
I remained silent.
"I could totally go for a booty bump," Rita said.
"Don't worry, daddy," Kat said, sensing my concern. "Some things need to stay fantasies. And some other things just need to stay in the past."
"I love you, Kitty Kat," I said and meant it. It dawned on me just how much we both had matured. Maybe it was time to reignite the baby discussion.
"Can we cook yet?" Rita asked. "I'm starving."
"What's this 'we' cooking?" Kat teased.
"Hey, I'm going to pour the wine," Rita said.
Dinner was superb. Kat had mastered risotto, no easy feat, and it stole the show even from a perfectly cooked bistecca. We ate a little too much and drank a little too much. It was easy to do after good weed and with good food and good wine, especially the two bottles of super Tuscans we uncorked.
"Well, I'm about ready for a nap," I said.
"Oh, no you don't," Rita said.
"You're not getting off that easily," Kat said with a grin.