Close Friends Book 1 Part 05

June 1980

"Hey," Gus said, looking at Mick and Sam as they cuddled in the corner of the long, orange couch. "I wanted to share something with you guys."

Mick looked at him, then over at the other end of the couch, where Bob reclined in the corner. Demi was next to him. Not quite touching him, but closer than normal. And not in her usual place in the third chair by Gus and Lois.

"Oh?"

Gus nodded, then swallowed. He paused, then Demi smiled at him.

"What Gus is trying to say," Demi said, looking at Mick and Sam, "is that I've decided to back away from our little... thing we have. I thought it was best to give Lois and Gus some space to figure out where their relationship is going."

Mick nodded, and Sam looked at the two of them with her eyebrows raised.

"Those two are so crazy in love," Demi said, smiling at Gus and Lois. Gus looked over and smiled back, and only Demi caught how his eyes seemed to water for a moment.

"We had great times, as you all know," Demi laughed, and the other chuckled with her. "I wanted to give them some space and figure things out. It's clear how much they love each other."

"We love you, too. Don't ever forget that," Lois said.

Gus nodded. "Yeah. Very, very much."

Demi smiled and blew him a kiss. "I know, and I'll always love you two as well."

"Wow," Sam said, looking around the group. Demi sat back, closer to Bob. He lifted his arm and draped it along the back of the couch behind Demi.

"Well, I guess I'm happy for you guys. I didn't see this coming, I guess," Mick said.

"Yeah, it's something I've been thinking about for a while now," Demi said. "But it's for the best."

Demi looked over at Bob and smiled warmly. He cleared his throat and said, "Yeah. Um... Yesterday Demi told me about all this, and, well... I asked Demi out." He looked over at Gus, then looked down.

He looked back up at Gus and said, "Dude, I know I should have asked you if it was okay. Things just sorta happened. I bumped into Demi at the Burger King, and we just started talking. She told me everything."

His arm dropped and went around her shoulders. Demi slid over and pressed herself against him.

"One thing led to another and... well, later, we talked it all out and I asked her if she'd go out with me, be my girlfriend. I figured after she and I..." Bob surprised everyone by blushing so red that he looked like he was having a heart attack.

Demi giggled, watching him get flustered, and continued for him. "What he's trying to say is that he swept me off my feet and before I knew it, he was humping my brains out in his van, parked behind the K-Mart after it closed."

She looked over at Gus and Lois and said, "I hope you're not mad at me. I think it's kinda obvious Bob and I have had an attraction to each other for some time. After he calmed down, we had a great talk, and want to be together."

"Yeah, it makes sense, you two together, and I have noticed." Gus said, then smiled at her. He looked at Lois, and she nodded.

"It does make sense, you know? There's a kind of symmetry to the group now, with you two together." Lois beamed at her friend. "We're happy for you guys. Really."

"We are happy for you." Gus looked at Bob. "You're a very lucky guy. Demi's the best. You two are gonna be great together as a couple"

"I know it." Bob grinned, nodding.

Lois smiled wickedly at them and wiggled her eyebrows at Bob and Demi. "Did you say, 'after he calmed down'? Just what does that mean?" Gus looked at Lois, wondering if she knew something.

"What I mean is it took Bob some time to get himself fully satisfied. You may not know this, but Bob has the endurance of a bull!" They gawked at their friend, who was still uncharacteristically shy and quiet.

"How many times?" Mick asked, a wicked grin on his face.

"Three!" Demi said. She giggled again and threw herself onto Bob, pulling his head down and kissing him deeply.

"Damn," Mick said, nodding his head. "You're gonna need some new shocks on that old van of yours, buddy!"

---***---

A few weeks later, the six of them sat at a large, round table. The two large pizzas that had recently been in front of them were now just a fond memory. The sounds of families talking and children playing arcade games nearby drifted over from across the large pizza parlor.

"Well," Bob said, sighing, "she did it."

"What?" Lois asked him.

"My mom moved. She rented a small truck and some of her friends came over today and loaded it up." He looked around the group. "She told me to come with her, but I don't want to move up there," he said, shaking his head. "All my friends are here!"

"So where are you gonna live?" Mick asked him, frowning.

Bob shrugged, his brows raised. "I don't know. I can sleep in my van, I guess. There's a bed in the back, and there's a shower at the K-Mart, where the mechanics get cleaned up I can use. I can find toilets at work, or at fast food places, I suppose. I can't afford rent on my own, not on what I'm making."

"What about Cindy?" Sam asked. "She's your sister."

Bob shook his head. "No, she's living with her boyfriend, and they only have a small apartment."

"I wish you could stay with me," Mick said. "But my dad's such a jerk sometimes, you don't want to be anywhere near my house."

Gus sat there, thinking. Then it came to him. He cleared his throat, and the others seated around the large, round table looked at him. The sounds of the pizza parlor echoed around the large room.

"I have an idea," Gus said. "If you want, why don't you move into my place? We can set up a place for you to sleep."

Bob looked at him, blinking, for a few moments. He then looked down at his plate, then after another moment, he looked up at Gus, smiling.

"Really? You'd do that for me?" Gus heard the emotion in his question, and knew he'd made the right choice.

"Of course! You're my brother. You need a place to stay. We can move some things around, give you some space of your own. You can help out with rent and we all win!"

Everyone seemed to talk at once, and Gus leaned back, smiling. He loved his friends and wanted to be there for them, to help them. They'd always been there for him.

He looked over when he felt an elbow bump his side softly. Lois was next to him, looking up at him with the warmest smile he could imagine.

"That's so sweet," she said so softly that no one else could hear. "He needs a place. He needs us. I don't want him living out of his van like a vagrant or something."

"Yeah," Gus nodded. "Me too."

They talked about the logistics of Bob moving in and found out Lois' parents had a daybed they wanted to get rid of. She was sure they'd let Bob have it to sleep on.

"We can pick it up tonight," Lois said. "It's not late."

"Yeah, let's do it!" Mick said, looking around the group.

They got up and left. Bob and the others followed Gus and Lois to her house. She went inside to explain what they had in mind to her parents, then waved them over.

Lois' dad opened the garage. "Hello, sir," Gus said as he shook the large man's hand.

He laughed. "Gus, I told you to call me George. So, you're going to have a roommate?"

"Yeah. Bob needs a place to stay, and Lois said you had a daybed you wanted to get rid of."

George nodded, then shook Bob's hand. Mick walked over and shook hands.

"Sure do, and maybe a few other things we've got lying around, if you need them. We have some extra stuff from our last place we don't use."

After looking through the extra furniture in the garage and talking about where to put it, Gus and Bob decided on the daybed and an end table to go next to it. They got it loaded in Bob's van and thanked Lois' parents, then left for the apartment.

"Let's go up and move some of the stuff out of the way first. Then we can bring up the bed," Gus said as they walked up the path to his place.

They decided the narrow daybed would fit nicely lengthwise against the counter that separated the kitchen from the rest of the living space. The counter hung over a few inches, giving Bob a feeling of privacy.

The small end table nestled between the end of the couch and the daybed. An old recliner they'd found a week before on the side of the road that was in surprisingly good condition once cleaned was would face away from the foot of the daybed, creating a somewhat secluded space for Bob.

People could still see the daybed from just about anywhere, but Bob didn't complain as he covered it with the sheets, a few blankets, and a pillow Lois' mom had given him.

"This is awesome, dude!" Bob called out, grinning as he laid back on his bed, his arms behind his head.

---***---

Lois opened the door and smiled. Gus was behind her and stepped aside as Bob, followed by his mother and older sister walked in.

"I'm so glad you guys could make it!" Lois bounced a few times, then stepped into Bob's arms. They hugged for a moment, then stepped back.

"Thanks for having us over." He turned and introduced his family. "This is Lois and Gus. Guys, this is my mom, Dottie, and this is Cindy, my older sister."

His mother had the look of an older hippie. Her long dress was a riot of colors and her long, graying hair was done in pigtails. She smiled at them as she entered.

"Nice to meet you both," Lois shook their hands, then Gus shook as they stepped further into Lois' foyer. "Please, make yourself at home." Lois pointed down the short hallway that led to the back of the house where others were gathered.

"Congratulations," Cindy told Lois with a smile. "Done with high school! That must be a relief." Lois looked at the older girl, but couldn't help when her eyes traveled over her large, untethered boobs, barely contained in a colorful halter top. Her dark hair looked almost identical to Bob's wavy, long hair. It was obvious they were siblings.

"Yeah, but now I've gotta find a real job," Lois said, rolling her eyes and chuckling. She led them back, then stopped and went back to the front door when the doorbell rang again.

Gus was with her when she opened the door to Mick and his family. Introductions were made and when Mick's dad, Al, shook Lois' hand, he said, "So you're Lois. Mick's talked about you." He followed his wife and Gus to the back as Lois turned and looked at Mick, her eyebrows raised.

Mick shrugged and grinned. "I might have mentioned you once or twice."

His sister, Tammy, shook her head, a wide grin on her face. She was tall, like her father and Mick, with light, almost white blonde hair that hung straight down between her shoulders.

"Oh yeah, he talks about all you guys," Tami said, laughing and followed her parents out the back.

Lois blocked Mick's path and looked at him, one eyebrow raised. "And what kinds of things do you say about me?"

"Oh nothing," he smiled, raising one of his eyebrows in return. "Just mentioned a few times how smoking hot my buddy's girl is." He looked over her head, then down at her.

He pulled her to him quickly, leaned down and kissed her hard, one hand grasping her tit, his fingers finding her nipple. She squealed into his mouth, but made no move to stop him. With a final grope of her breast, he let her go with a huff.

"You're terrible!" Lois said, her eyes wide as she spun, looking to see if anyone saw what they'd done, but found no one looking their way. She grinned, then skipped down the hall, but not before Mick patted her ass, following her, his laughs echoing off the walls.

A few minutes later, Samantha and her mother, Sheila, arrived. She apologized for her father not coming as he was away, working.

Before Lois shut the door, she saw Demi hurrying up the walk, followed by her mother.

"Hey, girl!" Demi hugged Lois, then stepped past her and wrapped her arms around Gus. They held each other for a moment, then parted, smiling. She introduced her mother, Gladys, and led them to the back.

The six, along with their parents and the two older sisters, relaxed out in Lois' backyard. The house they rented had a pool with a large cement area under an awning. Banners congratulating them for graduating hung in a few places with streamers running around the yard.

"That pool looks awesome!" Mick said, standing near the edge.

"Go in and get changed." Lois told the guys which room to change in. She looked at Mick's sister, Tammy and Bob's sister, Cindy. "Did you girls bring your suits?"

"I did," Cindy said. Tammy smiled and nodded. Lois directed them to where they could change, and Sam, Demi and Lois changed in her room. They reconvened out by the pool. The guys were already in when the girls re-emerged.

"Come on in, the water's perfect!" Bob called out in his deep voice. His sister grinned and ran toward him, launching herself high and tucking her arms around her legs in a perfect cannonball, spraying Bob where he stood in the pool. He was caught like a deer in headlights by the sight of her large boobs bouncing wildly in her bikini as she ran.

"Ha! Gotcha!" She splashed him, then threw her arms around him for a moment. She put her mouth near his ear, and only Gus heard her say, "I always could distract you that way, huh?" He was surprised to see the normally unflappable Bob blushing as Cindy giggled and swam over to the other girls.

After a few minutes, Gus dove and surprised Lois by lifting her out of the water, perched on his shoulders. He grinned and looked around. "Come on, let's play 'Tower'!" Demi shrieked as Bob hoisted her high, followed by Sam rising on Mick's shoulders.

They all laughed as someone got toppled. After several rounds, Cindy swam over to Mick as he surfaced after being knocked over by Gus and Lois.

"My turn!"

Mick turned and looked at Bob's buxom older sister, then grinned and ducked under the water. She positioned herself with spread legs, giggling as Mick's head brushed between her thighs. He stood and she hung on to the sides of his head as his arms wrapped over her slippery thighs.

Bob laughed when Mick turned to look up. Cindy's large, barely contained tits rested on top of his head. He saw Mick bounce her, making it look like he was getting her settled, grinning as her tits wobbled on him.

"I want a turn, too!" Tammy said, meeting Bob halfway. He hoisted her up and they squared off. Lois was quickly unseated, leaving Mick and Bob carrying the other's sister.

Gus was sure he saw Cindy's butt wiggle as she leaned forward and knew her pussy was pressed against the back of Mick's head. After circling each other, he saw Tammy doing the same to Bob. Tammy's tits were perky, but nowhere near as large and bouncy as Cindy's.

Mick dashed forward as Cindy leaned to push Tammy off Bob, but she missed. Tammy's hand whipped around, and her finger caught on a strap on Cindy's top. Mick lost his balance, pulling Cindy away, leaving her top dangling from Tammy's finger.

"Yeah! Winner!" Tammy called out as Cindy toppled, her boobs flying as she fell over. Bob's eyes followed them until she went underwater.

"Oh, shit," Cindy spluttered as she came up for air. She kept her bare tits just below the surface, still showing two large swells of upper breast flesh as they floated in the water, giving only a hint of her large, dark areolas.

Tammy laughed and flung the bikini top to the girl. Cindy turned her back, but not before catching Bob's eye. She lowered her arm as she turned away, exposing a large swath of side-boob to him before covering herself.

"I want a turn," Demi said and tapped Gus on his shoulder. He ducked down and rose quickly, the dripping, svelte blonde squealing as he held her tight.

Bob recovered and met Sam as she approached him. "Can I get a lift?" she asked, smiling.

"Any time, gorgeous," he said, grinning. Tammy and Cindy watched as he lifted her. A moment later, Mick had Lois on his shoulders and they went at it.

A few times over the next several minutes of jousting, Gus saw the two older girls leaning against the side of the pool, laughing at their antics and talking. Their eyes watched as one tower was toppled, only to be replaced by a different girl on each guy.

Lois' dad walked over the pool and smiled. "Hey, the food's ready. Come on out and get something to eat."

They made their way out and dried off, using towels that Lois' mom had stacked in a large plastic bin. Taking plates, they loaded up and found seats around two large circular tables.

Twilight turned the sky orange as the sun dipped behind the distant hills across the bay. The night stayed warm as they all sat and talked. Tammy and Cindy shared a table with the six and Gus and the girls loved hearing the sisters tell stories of Mick and Bob when they were small.

"So Gus," Tammy said as she turned to him. "I hear you and Lois... and Demi are a thing?"

He chuckled, looking down for a moment. "Ah, no. Demi and Bob are together now."

Cindy leaned forward, propping her chin on her hands, elbows on the table. "But Bob told us you three were a thing before, right?"

He looked over at her and nodded, a small smile on his face. "Yeah, we were."

Tammy looked over at Cindy, her eyebrows wiggling, then back at Gus. "Sounds like you guys like things a little... interesting? I don't mean to offend, it's just not something you hear people actually doing, you know?"

Gus glanced at Demi, who grinned back at him, her eyes twinkling. He nodded and shrugged, a faint blush spreading over his cheeks. "I guess so."

Cindy smiled at her brother. "So now you and Demi are a thing?"

"Yep." He reached over and held Demi's hand.

Tammy looked at Demi. "Is that kind of strange? Hanging out with your ex-boyfriend, and..." She let the question trail off.

Lois' cheeks turned a light shade of pink as Demi chuckled. "Oh, we don't have any trouble," Demi said. "We're all still very close. You should have been there a few weeks ago! Holy cow!"

Lois and Mick stirred in their seats, and both Tammy and Cindy looked between them.

"Oh?" Cindy asked as she grinned. "What happened?"

"Nothing," Lois said quickly, glancing over at Mick. He couldn't contain his smile.

Tammy smacked her brother's arm. "Tell me, you little shit!" She laughed, but continued to stare at him. Mick looked at Lois, then shrugged.

Demi shook her head. "Oh, come on. It wasn't that bad. None of you guys seemed to mind, if I remember correctly." She looked at Lois and Mick, and also at Gus and Samantha.

"Let's just say that there's some degree of... permissiveness when we're together," Demi said to the older sisters, one side of her mouth curled in a smile.

"Okay, now this sounds interesting." Tammy said as she looked around the group.

"So what, you guys kiss each other, or something?" Cindy asked.

Demi nodded as she grinned. "Yeah. I guess you could say we're not exactly shy around each other. We like to mix things up when we're dancing."

"What do you mean?"

Lois giggled. "Well, you saw how us girls rode each of the guys in the pool earlier? It's like that. We don't just dance with our guy, we switch around sometimes."

Tammy's eyes went wide and she turned to look at Cindy. After a moment, Cindy asked, "So you guys share each other?"

"Oh, no! Not like that," Sam said, shaking her head, her cheeks glowing red as she glanced at Gus. Cindy and Tammy both saw where she was looking.

"No, the furthest we've gotten is the other day when Mick pulled Lois' top off and nibbled on her boobies," Demi said. Lois' gasp made her turn to look at the smaller girl, her eyebrows high.

"You did what?" Tammy asked and looked at Mick, unable to control her laughter. "Did Gus know you did that?"

"Uh, yeah. He was right there," Mick said quietly.

She shook her head. "Just what the hell do you guys get up to in that apartment?"

Mick shrugged and the others kept quiet. Eventually, Demi said in a soft voice, "We have something special, I guess is the best way to describe it. We're all very close."