This is part ten of the ongoing Friends series. Each story can be read independently, but the characters and plot line make much more sense if you have read the earlier parts. The series tracks the growth, personally, professionally, and sexually, of a group of friends, all in their mid-twenties. Alan and Lisa are a young married couple. Audrey and Tim were just engaged and are Alan and Lisa's best friends.
The timeline in this chapter overlaps with the story in chapter 9, It Takes Two, It starts just after Tim and Audrey leave Alan and Lisa's condo where a todo over Audrey coming on too strongly to Alan upset both Lisa and Tim. This chapter is told from Audrey's perspective.
Warning: the first third of this story has almost no sex and is somewhat depressing. The sex comes back in the second half, so I hope it is worth reading through to that part. This chapter is one shorter than most because I decided to split the original part ten into two stories. I could have released this in either Exhibitionist and Voyeur or Group Sex, I decided on the former because that is the overall dominant theme in the series.
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It was an icy walk back to our new apartment. Not the weather, which was a beautiful August day, rather our emotions. Usually, Tim and I would walk hand in hand, but not today.
Lisa had gotten upset at how much attention Alan, her husband, and I were paying each other. The four of us had what was often a very sexually charged atmosphere at their condo, what I refer to as the condo of sin. We had agreed to a set of rules that prohibited me fucking Alan, but we were supposed to be able to do pretty much anything short of that as long as everyone else was present.
But Lisa had told me to stop. Our rules say anyone can call a halt to the proceedings at any time, so she was allowed to do it. I may have snarked at her about stopping it, but that is not a federal crime. Everyone else assumed I was about to fuck Alan, I think even Alan. Maybe I was. I really do want to.
Alan was a more than willing partner, but he got no grief and sided with his wife. Tim and I have only been engaged for about two weeks. He is supposed to take my side, not help gang up on me.
We arrive at the apartment after our two block stroll, never having a said a word to each other. The apartment is still full of boxes. I only moved my stuff in on Wednesday, Tim Friday.
"I'll start in on the kitchen boxes, if you want to tackle more of your boxes in the bedroom and bathroom," Tim says, no compassion in his voice.
We work in our own rooms for several hours. I am down to one combined box of stuff I am not sure what to do with. I head out to the kitchen. He has some piles of stuff on the counter, but the boxes are gone.
"I wasn't sure how you wanted to arrange some of this. Since you are more of a cook than I am, I figured you should have the say," he says.
This atmosphere is killing me. We usually don't go ten minutes without hugging or kissing.
"I don't really care about that. We need to talk about this morning," I say.
"I am still trying to process things in my head," Tim says, "I mostly have a lot of questions. We had agreed to rules. We all know you would have fucked Alan if Lisa hadn't stopped it. If we get married, do I need to keep a chaperone following you around so you don't fuck the mailman and the next door neighbor and who knows who else. Can I ever trust you?"
He said 'if we get married'. We were starting to plan our wedding. There were no ifs, just whens and where's and who's coming. Never an if. Did I destroy everything? Lisa asked me if I was willing to destroy my relationship with Tim. Oh my god, have I done that?
"I think I am going in the other room to play something for a while and calm down," Tim says.
I sit at the kitchen/dining room table. I start crying. Did I ruin my friendship with Lisa too?
I decide to text her:
still friends?
A moment later, I get back:
4ever
and then
c u @ lunch - news for you
That cheers me up at least a little. I am not alone in the world.
I settle in on the piles of stuff Tim had left on the counter. He just has no instinct of what you would use together when cooking. I can't cook like Alan does, but I am at least competent in the kitchen. Tim can barely manage to keep himself fed. That's still better than Lisa, who would just whine until someone fed her. She has no idea how good she has it.
As I finish putting this stuff away, I realize I am hungry. Alan had fed us a wonderful brunch this morning, but that was hours ago. And I had been working hard all afternoon, working up an appetite. Tim too.
I realize we don't have much food in the apartment yet. I call in to the spare bedroom, where Tim is playing whatever on his computer or console or something, "I'm going to run to the store to stock the fridge. Do you need anything?"
No response. Well, I will get what I think we need and maybe food will improve his mood.
I make a quick run to the store, uneventfully. I have decided to make spaghetti for dinner. It's quick, easy, and I know Tim likes it.
Once food is on the table, I get Tim to come in to eat. We have a polite, civil conversation during dinner, but nothing loving or caring. Not how I thought our first real meal in our first apartment together would go.
Tim clears the dishes after we have finished eating and works on cleaning up. I watch him for a minute and then go sit on the couch and turn on the TV. After a few minutes, he sits on the couch with me, or at least on the same couch as me. He is sitting as far away from me on the couch as he can.
A while later, Tim gets up, without saying anything and heads towards the bedroom. I turn off the TV and trot after him. We both get undressed and climb into bed. But he rolls away from me. I curl around him and stroke his chest and reach down to his cock, feeling it grow in my grasp.
He grumbles something like, "If you really insist," and rolls over towards me.
He pushes me onto my back and pushes my legs apart. He rolls on top of me and pushes his big cock into me. I am un-lubricated and not ready for the intrusion yet, especially of something that sized, but he pushes in anyway. I say, "Ow! That hurts."
"Make your mind up."
He rolls back away from me. I roll away from him and start to cry.
He is gone when I wake up. I text Lisa:
Can I come over before work?
Sure
then
Are you okay?
I reply