Chapter 3: Becky
I made it back to the house first. Will had the music going, and he was settled in the recliner drinking a beer. When Jeannie and the girls came in I noticed how they looked at me: Jeannie smiled, Becky looked at me wide-eyed then looked away, and Elle avoided looking in my direction at all.
Becky, the dynamo, was the first to speak up, "Will, dance with me." Good ole Will got out of his comfortable drinking chair to dance a fast dance with Becky. Tom happened to walk into the room about that time, and Jeannie faced him smiling. He smiled too, but it was more of a leer because he was looking right at her braless tits, and she seemed to enjoy the attention. Elle walked up to Tom, and he tore his eyes away from Jeannie to dance with his girlfriend. Jeannie looked over at me and shrugged, so I approached her and we danced.
These pairings were pretty consistent for the next hour, with beer and snack breaks and occasional joking around. Jeannie was drinking a little more than usual, and she could be a little aggressive when she drank too much. But that didn't keep me from planning on the possibility of Jeannie and I getting together after the party to finish what we had started. Then Jeannie had to comment to me that she thought Tom looked hot tonight, and I had to comment that he was a shit lately. We were slow dancing, and Jeannie leaned back from me saying, "Do I sense a little jealousy?" I knew I was in trouble, because Jeannie liked to torture you if she saw that you were vulnerable.
Jeannie slowly pulled away from me, went over to where Tom and Elle were slow dancing, and asked to break in. The two didn't know what else to do, so they said OK. Jeannie began dancing with Tom, smiling at me over his shoulder. That girl could be a real joker, but sometimes she got to me. Elle and I just stood on the living room carpet, watching Jeannie and Tom dance. The ever alert Becky whispered to Will, and he hurried over to Elle asking her to dance. Meanwhile Becky came over to dance with me. I interrupted my focus on Jeannie and commented to Becky that it was sweet of her to smooth over that little awkward situation.
Another slow dance followed, and I continued dancing with Becky while I was keenly aware that Jeannie and Tom were thoroughly enjoying themselves. Elle didn't look any happier than I was. Then I began to notice that Becky felt real good up next to me. Her bosom was against my chest the entire time, and occasionally our thighs would brush together. On top of that, she was a good dancer, and seemed to be relaxed and comfortable in my arms. I said, "Where did a little girl like you learn to dance so well?" She kind of hesitated over the little girl comment, but just said thanks for the complement.
Elle had had enough. She stopped at the end of the dance and sat on the couch, while shooting a dirty look over at the deserving Tom. Tom responded by excusing himself with Jeannie, and sitting on the couch next to Elle. Jeannie went to the kitchen for beer without even glancing toward me.
When Jeannie came back into the room, she went over to the couch and sat on the other side of Tom from Elle. When Tom and Elle turned to look at her in surprise, Jeannie gave Tom one of the beers. Then Jeannie finally looked over at me and gave me an exaggerated insincere smile.
Damn, what did I do to piss her off? Even Will looked shocked at Jeannie's behavior with Tom. Everyone in the room was standing open-mouthed looking at Jeannie, and she just had that defiant shit eating grin on her face.
After what seemed like a long period of tension in the room, I could see Becky moving toward me. It was clear to me that she was going to try to smooth out the situation as usual. Everyone turned to Becky as she said to me, "Would you come into the next room with me? I want to ask you a few questions about tennis at the college level."
Is that her idea of calming down a tense situation? There were no next rooms except for bedrooms. Now everyone was looking at Becky, and she didn't wait for me to reply. Becky just grabbed my hand and started leading me into the room that was normally my bedroom. On the way, I turned my head toward Jeannie and gave her my most confused look. I could tell she was just as surprised as I was. She just smiled, shrugged her shoulders, and said something to Tom. The last thing I saw before Becky closed the door behind us was Jeannie placing her leg over Tom's while they sat on the couch, with Elle looking on in total shock.
I turned to Becky, "I don't think I'm drunk enough to understand what's going on out there."
Becky was angry with Jeannie, "Oh, you understand. Jeannie's feeling guilty about her boyfriend and she's taking it out on you. But it's OK for her to jack you around. She has a boyfriend and you have no claim to her. What I have a problem with is that it's wrong for her to throw herself at Elle's boyfriend. Elle and I have admired and loved her, and now she's hurting Elle's feelings on purpose."
It took me a minute to digest those concepts. Then I asked Becky, "And how did the two of us going in here help that situation?"
"Because she likes you, even if she does have a boyfriend. I figured she deserves to see what if feels like. The bitch!"
OK, that sort of made sense. At least it made more sense than what Jeannie was up to. "So now what do we do?"