This story is part seven of my series called Friends. It can be read on its own, but the characters 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. Alan and Lisa are a young married couple. Audrey and Tim are a newly formed couple, as well as Alan and Lisa's best friends. Mary, who returns in this chapter, after being mostly absent from the last four, is Tim's brother Frank's ex.
This chapter starts the morning after Audrey both discovers she is getting a big promotion at work and Tim gives her an engagement ring. Alan and Lisa are recovering from a major blow-up the week before. All four are trying to come to terms with their quickly evolving sexual relationship.
This chapter returns to being told from Lisa's perspective. This is also the first chapter in the Group Sex category. It will not be the last.
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Bzzz. Bzzz. Damn, I didn't put my phone in do not disturb mode last night. But the sex with Alan was good. It's nice to be almost back to where we were.
Bzzz. Bzzz. I can hear Alan in the shower. I guess I can get this. Picking up my phone, I see it's from Audrey:
can u give me ride this morning?
Okay, I text back:
now you text me -- what about last night?
.
And then
what time should I get there?
My phone shows her response:
sorry 2 busy celebrating last night
.
Then
8:30?
I check the time, it's only 7:45, plenty of time.
c u then
I better take my shower now though. I walk into the shower and grab Alan from behind, like I did over the weekend to re-ignite our sexual selves. Before I let him get his hopes up too high though, I say, "Sorry lover, no time for more than a hug this morning -- Audrey needs a ride."
"Time for a kiss?" he asks, as he turns to face me.
"Just a kiss. And maybe another quick hug."
After a short snuggle, I steal enough of the water for my morning hygiene needs, finishing my hair after he is out. By the time I am back in the bedroom, he is dressed and about to head out.
"Could you eat with Audrey tonight?" he asks, "Graham was asking me about having a dinner meeting this evening."
"This is Tim's aikido night, so that works. And I have to hear all about her big day yesterday. Marty was right, she will never forget yesterday."
By the time I pull into Tim's apartment lot, she is standing outside waiting. As she climbs in the car, she says, "Sorry for the panicked text this morning. I forgot my car is at my apartment. And Tim was about to leave when I realized that."
"Not a big deal, should I bring you home tonight or to your place?"
"Here I think, I may just leave my car at my place for the weekend, if you can take me again tomorrow. It makes parking easier."
"That's fine," I say. Then I become more insistent, "Now Show Me! Show me the Ring!".
She holds her left hand out and I examine the ring. It's a classic gold engagement ring with a big sparkly diamond mounted on it. It looks expensive.
"Wow, Tim went all out for that one."
"Nothing but the best for me. The biggest diamond. The biggest cock."
We both giggle.
She asks, a little sheepishly, "Alan never gave you one, did he."
"We never really got engaged in any real sense. We had been living together for almost three years when we got married. We just kind of decided the date, but I think we had both assumed it was a matter of when rather than if. Besides, we were saving for a downpayment."
"Well you saved pretty well to get that condo."
"Actually, when we started looking, we realized we were way short. Zardoz Labs had made a very generous offer to Alan, but he negotiated to reduce the salary in exchange for a signing bonus. That still wasn't enough for OUR condo, but his parents gave us another big chunk for a wedding gift."
Then I add, laughing, "I just hadn't realized we were buying the Audrey O'Rourke nudist colony."
"Hey, I have promised not to flash anyone for almost two weeks!"
I give her my sad face. And we laugh some more.
"I almost flashed Marty, actually. He asked if squashing my tits for work was uncomfortable and I told him definitely after a while. Then I asked if he minded if I loosened things. I managed to not actually flash him, but after he told me about the partnership, I was literally bouncing up and down in my seat. He had to ask me to stop because my bouncing tits were too distracting to him."
"You had a different conversation with him than I did, I guess. We had a good talk, but he never commented on my anatomy," I replied.
"I think he wanted to emphasize that he had a wild streak in him as well. He was pretty pissed at me for the bet in the bar."
"I didn't tell him about the bet? Did you?" I ask.
"No, he guessed it all. I think he has a pretty good idea of what our Saturday nights are like too. He was disappointed that I could have risked ruining my career if the bar situation had gone sour. And really pissed that I might have put you in danger."
She adds, "By the way, he described himself as an 'old perv' and said he would enjoy hearing my tales -- he wouldn't judge."
"You DID have a different conversation! Back to your engagement, have you and Tim talked about when?"
"We both agreed a year or two from now. We need to figure out who is coming and how many we can afford. Then look for a location and everything. It's going to be a lot of work."
"We got away with a relatively little and easy wedding. Sixty people I think. But you have bigger families and I didn't have a career at all yet."
"I am only planning on inviting Marty. If we are the new partners, I guess I should invite Javi and Michelle. And maybe Sam. And their significant others. It does add up.
"And you of course. Would you be my maid of honor? I was torn between you and Mary, but she is more a mother to me than anything else, so I think you make more sense."
"Of course I will. We can plan everything together. Are you up for dinner tonight? Alan has a dinner meeting."
"Tim has aikido, so works well. The condo or out? Most of my kitchen stuff is either at Tim's or already packed."
We agree on out.
When we get to the office, she is about to go off to get work accomplished, but I grab her and push her towards the empty conference room. And I shout to the whole office, "Everyone in the conference room. Audrey has a big announcement!"
When most of the company has ambled in, she holds up her left arm and says, "Tim gave me a ring! I'm engaged!."
Everyone claps and several, mostly women, come up to look at the ring and ask her about Tim. I see Marty wink at me.
The morning goes by smoothly. I review a draft of the plan for the last project that we are about ready to send to the client. It is exactly what I had discussed with them a few weeks ago. I expect a few nits from them, but this should go smoothly.
Just before lunch, Marty, Audrey and I have a meeting with some of the support team to talk about our current project. The three of us agree that they are ready to move forward with the economic development and revitalization pieces, although they may only choose to do one first. That's going to be a bit of a fight between George and Iris. Both are gung ho to start yesterday. We talk about the specifics; the contract person will send them each a proposal for our standard consulting services for the projects. Audrey thinks they are less certain on our other services. Those services are always a harder sell unless there is a crisis already.
I briefly consider inviting Marty to lunch with us, but I decide not quite yet. I still haven't heard enough of what Audrey thinks about his plans for us. So she and I head to lunch by ourselves. Lunches with Marty can come later.
Once at our table, Audrey asks, "I'm a little weirded out by what happened last night. Have you ever blacked out during an orgasm?"
"No?"
"Blacked out isn't quite right, but something like that. Tim and I had fucked furiously once already last night, and then, as soon as he was up for round two, we had a wonderful slow screw. The orgasm for that just built up and up. When I came, I lost all sense of space and time, and it was just the two of us and our love. Almost like we were floating in emptiness, but even emptiness counts as space. When I came to, I was hugging him. He was concerned about me and I had to ask him if he had cum."
"That IS weird. Yesterday evening was an immense amount of emotion, so that probably explains it. But if it happens again, I would probably go see a doctor."
"It's what I would expect from a hallucinogenic drug. Definitely weird," she concurs.