Danielle - Seconds before Midnight, Jan 1, 2025
"Five! Four!" The crowd of fifty chanted as they watched the show unfolding on the kitchen island.
I can't do this!
Danielle thought, but it was too late to back out. In the fifteen years since the core of the group had all turned eighteen, the tradition had only been missed twice. Fifteen years ago was Danielle's first year in college. By a quirk of the school district requirements and being born on the last day to qualify for kindergarten as young as possible, Danielle was the youngest in her class. All her other friends had been eighteen for months. Erin had been eighteen for nearly a year before Danielle turned. Her birthday was just over the other side of the line.
Fifteen years ago, Erin and Damien started the tradition that Danielle was taking part in now. They'd had their names drawn a couple of times since and readily been the stars at midnight. Almost everyone in her core of high school friends had taken a turn.
Other than Maria, who came out as bisexual a couple of months after her turn, the participants ended up marrying their partner for the night. Maria married Mei a little over a year after her performance. Teddy, Maria's partner for the night, found Kaitlyn a few months later.
Danielle's eyes pivoted to Cody below her. He was a good-looking guy with a toned body, but the man was a bit standoffish before tonight. She didn't know if it was social anxiety or he was a fellow introvert, but she couldn't hold a conversation with him for anything in years past. That had changed tonight.
The pair had been closer in high school, but Danielle hadn't thought of him as a potential partner on account of his immaturity back then. Still, the man had hopped up on the island with a smile to take part in their tradition to bring luck in the new year. Even without the drawing, things were heading in the direction of them getting together tonight. Danielle had wanted to kiss him at midnight, but the drawing had other plans.
Erin was absolutely convinced that it was a good omen to be selected and had to persuade Danielle to come to the New Year's party this year. Danielle had been months away from marrying Zach, but he decided he didn't like monogamy. She didn't feel much like celebrating, even if it had been half a year since the betrayal. Erin, though, could convince her to go on all sorts of adventures.
"Three! Two!" each yelled number was followed by a clap.
Danielle's legs burned from getting into position so long before midnight. Her tall heels hadn't helped things, but she loved the look. They paired so well with her choice of stockings for the evening.
Darn my hubris!
She looked into Cody's brilliant blue eyes and got a subtle nod and a wicked smile.
He is cute.
Danielle should have known it was past time for her name to have been drawn.
I wonder if Erin put her thumb on the scale.
Danielle thought, but Erin wasn't that devious.
Is she?
"One!" the crowd shouted, and it was time for Danielle's part in tonight's fun. She let gravity do all the work.
"OH! Happy New Year!" Danielle only needed to yell out, 'Happy New Year,' but she couldn't help the other outburst. Cody felt too good as his naked cock filled her pussy in one smooth motion. Danielle would prefer to take little nibbles to envelop more and more of a big cock with each repetition, but that wasn't the tradition.
New York may have had the famous ball drop, but Danielle's group of friends thought their dropping of the pussy was a better way to ring in the new year. Like many traditions, it didn't start out with pomp. It was a result of Erin's older sister providing champagne to the party of eighteen and nineteen-year-olds a decade and a half ago. An impromptu game of truth or dare got raunchier as the night went along, and Erin was dared to have sex with Damien.
By sheer coincidence, Erin was atop Damien as the countdown began, and she waited until the clock struck midnight to couple for the first time with her future husband. Deanna and Jordan were so keen on the idea that they repeated it to ring in 2011. The following New Year's, Erin came up with a system that involved drawing a guy's and a gal's name from a hat.
Also, by a quirk of the system, Erin, Damien, Deanna, and Jordan, being young and impetuous for the first two years, brought with them another part of the tradition that seemed to gather new pieces like a snowball. They'd gone condom free for sex to celebrate the changing of the calendar. It didn't matter in year three as the names drawn were a monogamous couple, but better sense took over by the fourth rendition.
Before your name was dropped in the hat, you had to have a recent STI screening and, if you were a woman, proof of birth control. No surprise babies or infections from the proceedings. The second was flexible, while the first wasn't. The group was convinced that Erin and Damien's second child was conceived at the 2022 celebration. The timeframe worked out too perfectly.
"Mmm..." Danielle sighed. Cody was stretching her in a new way. He was big but not massive. His tall, formerly lanky, now toned form belied the impressive girth of his cock. Danielle had been with longer, but never thicker or with a pleasant, subtle, upward curve.
All my friends can see my pussy split by Cody's cock.
Danielle thought.
Yes, but most of them have taken a turn up here, and it never seems to stop them.
She reminded herself. A couple of times after the countdown, the couple had snuck off to have sex out of the view of the gathered party, but those weren't anyone's favorite memories.
You're having sex in front of everyone, have fun!
Danielle leaned up and put her hands atop her head, showing off as she picked up speed. She watched her breasts shake on each circuit in the reflection of the glass on the double ovens. It fascinated her that dozens of people were watching the show, but Dani didn't want to look anyone in the eyes, save for Cody's magnificent blue irises. His hands were lightly gripping her hips, keeping her balanced as she bucked with abandon.
Cody had covered himself in lube as preparation for their big moment, but that added lubrication was entirely superfluous. Danielle had never been as turned on as she was at that moment, her nectar dripped down Cody's shaft.
When Danielle needed to slow things down after a few minutes, she leaned down, her chest against Cody's chiseled pecs. She could feel his booming heart and quickened breath in a manner that made her giddy. Cody clasped her cheeks and leaned up to meet her lips. Amidst one of the most intimate acts a pair of humans could share, a kiss was on another level, and Danielle was thrilled to be sharing it with Cody.
Cody - A few weeks before New Years
"You're coming, Cody!" Maria announced as she walked into his office.
"I'll have to call you back, Steve, looks like my noon appointment got here early." Cody glared at Maria.
"Alright," Steve chuckled on the other side of the line. He was Cody's most senior direct report but only came into the office a couple of times a month. Though rarely at the office, the man was very aware of Maria, Cody's best friend. "Think I squeezed everything I can out of you for now."
"If you get stuck, ping me, and we can do some pair programming." Cody liked his supervisory role but still enjoyed getting his hands dirty with code. "Still on track for a mid-February release?"
"A Valentine's Day release for this new system? I'm good, but that seems risky." Steve feigned distress. He knew that Cody wanted it ready to roll out, not rolled out in the middle of February. There would still be a few weeks of additional tests before Cody cleared it and began the rollout. Valentine's Day was the client's busiest sales day of the year. Taking the system down for even a few minutes would be a significant loss of income.
"It always is, but that's why they pay us the big bucks." Cody chuckled.
"They pay you? I thought we just loved to solve problems." Steve joked. Their employer compensated them well. "It'll be done."
"It'll be nice to turn something maintainable over to the clients." Cody preferred to turn over projects to internal IT and programmers instead of signing on for eternal maintenance. Everything had to be well documented, and his firm was always available if the client got stuck, but if he wanted to take on more business, he couldn't maintain everything.
"Think you'll be happy with this when the crew gets done."
"I know I will, and Merry Christmas if I don't hear from you before then."
"And Happy Hanukkah to you, boss," Steve replied before hanging up. It was an inside joke between them from the time they were interns and shared a cube. Steve had menorah decorations over his portion of the cube, and Cody had a little Christmas tree, but their boss always got confused about who was who despite having opposite physiques and dissimilar names.
"That could have been the client, Maria!" Cody shook his head and took a seat in his ergonomic chair. He tried to stand in meetings to keep them short when possible.
"Oops." Maria blushed for a moment, then turned and shut the door. "You know Bradley wouldn't have let me in if it was a meeting with a client." She invoked Cody's stellar assistant's name.
Maria was tall and elegant, and her Venezuelan heritage was evident in her jet-black hair and eternally tan skin. She grabbed the back of the leather chair across from Cody's desk, subtly showing off Mei's excellent choice of wedding rings. Her petite wife was as many inches below average as she was above. Love looked good on Cody's best friend.
"True. There's a reason I'm sending him and his husband skiing as a Christmas gift." Cody smiled. He wouldn't be anywhere close to as successful without Bradley's help. The man took care of scheduling and organization, a pair of Cody's weaknesses, and let Cody use his strengths.
