"Gretchen, are you sure everything's okay? Ever since we got here you've been acting so... nervous! It's okay to relax, you know. I mean, the conference is over. And I don't know about you, but I'm planning on celebrating tonight!"
I smiled at Lauren – she was sweet to encourage me to relax, and I did want to let loose. More than she knew. But my nerves were in high gear, and for good reason. We scooted over to the bar at the conference hotel, our arms grazing lightly as we settled into barstools and ordered our martinis. I smiled at her, trying to look composed, smoothing my skirt and crossing my legs toward her. We raised our glasses and toasted each other. She reached over and rested her hand on my knee. "We're gonna have fun tonight Gretchen. We earned it." She flashed me her sweet smile, the one that makes all the boys go weak. My heart skipped a beat as I returned her smile and moved the glass to my lips.
***
We'd arrived at the conference a few days before, two young and pretty grad students trying to act mature and collected as we worked our way through a sea of professors. Lauren and I always got a fair amount of attention when we entered a room together – Betty and Veronica, they call us in our grad program. I suppose I'm the Veronica of the pair, a curvy brunette with dark eyes, a deep tan, and a full mouth. Lauren is a willowy blonde, petite and graceful, with big expressive eyes and an irresistible sweetness. We do make quite a pair, and we're as close as can be – except that I have a secret. I've tried to tell her a few times, but I knew that here, at this conference, she would find me out.
What Lauren didn't know is that there was someone else at this conference I'd been planning to meet. Planning very carefully, and for a very long time. Although I'd never met him in person before, we knew each other quite well... our fantasies, our desires, the things we never tell. Robert is a professor at another university, who I'd been chatting with online for months. He was so exciting, pushing all my buttons, pushing my limits, pushing me to tell him to come to this conference where we would be, to come to this bar at the end of it all, to buy drinks for me and my sexy friend, to drink with us and laugh with us, but most importantly to keep pushing my boundaries.
A few months earlier, Robert and I were online chatting while I was at a café. I was sitting at a table across from Lauren, both of us clicking away on our laptops, and I began describing her body to him, telling him about the soft curve of her breasts, the way her shapely legs were crossed under the table. I knew he was getting aroused, and I liked it. What I didn't know is how I would react when he grew suggestive, seductive, about my friend. He asked me if I'd ever wondered what she would feel like against me, how she liked to be touched. At first I reminded him that she was a close friend, that close friends don't imagine each other that way. But as he typed, my eyes wandered to her bare skin, her long neck and pouty lips. Robert knew I was getting excited, perhaps before I realized it myself. He pushed me further. He asked me if she would look sexy with a cock in her delicate little mouth. I closed my eyes for a second and let myself picture his cock sliding between her pretty pink lips, and I imagined myself in the mix. I felt a deep blush spread from my cheeks to my neck, a heat that slowly made its way between my thighs. And the next thing I knew, Robert and I were concocting a plan.
The conference was only a few hours drive from Robert's school, and I knew he could swing by today, even stay for the night. He had seen tons of photos of me, and even a few of Lauren that I'd sent his way, so I knew he'd be able to find us sitting in our corner at the hotel bar. My nerves were calming a little as the effects of the martini kicked in, but I had plenty to be nervous about. Although I'd never been with Robert in person, I'd been fantasizing about him for months now. And Lauren and I had never really taken our friendship to that next level. I'd been noticing lately that she's been more playful with me, more flirtatious – especially when she's been drinking. And I was hoping that Robert would work his magic, just manage to charm her into bed with us. But still, I didn't know how she would react. I looked in her eyes and smiled as I sipped my drink. She was already a little tipsy, I could tell.
"But seriously, Gretch, did you see that guy in the back row during that last session?" Lauren giggled. "He was totally checking us out! He's definitely your type too – he must've been at least ten or fifteen years older than us! Oh my god – don't turn around right now, but there he is!!"
I didn't turn around. I stiffened a little, and my heart skipped a beat, but I kept my eyes on Lauren. Even though it could've been any number of guys, I knew it was Robert. It was like I could feel him there, behind me, making his way towards us, just as I'd imagined so many times before. I watched Lauren's eyes follow him as he moved to where we were, up to the bar. Then his hand was on my shoulder, and I finally let myself turn around and look at him.
"Hi there," he said easily, his eyes fixed on mine. He flashed me a slow, knowing smile. "I was wondering if I could buy a round for the prettiest girls at the conference."
I hardly knew how to respond. I was staring at him and smiling like an idiot, continually reminding myself that we were in public and I couldn't just mount him right there. I'd been imagining this scene for so long that it almost felt unnatural to have him right there in front of me for me to look at and touch. I looked over at Lauren, who seemed intrigued and nodded at me.
"Well, we could have another round, I think," I smiled at him, my voice a little shaky from nerves. "I'm Gretchen, by the way. And this is Lauren."
Robert waved the bartender over and ordered another round of martinis, and then extended his hand to me. "I'm Robert. It's very nice to meet you both." We each shook his hand, and I watched his eyes fix on Lauren's. He asked us what school we were from, how we were enjoying the conference. I let Lauren take the reins, answering his questions, sizing him up. Robert was doing a great job with her, making his easy jokes about the other professors at the conference, asking her what it was like to be a grad student in a situation like this, putting us both at ease. Lauren was getting pretty tipsy, I could tell. She was laughing a little louder, flashing her sweet lovely smile in Robert's direction, reaching over and casually brushing his arm with hers.
While Robert was telling us a story about a different conference, I felt his hand grazing the small of my back. I shivered as he moved it lightly down across my hip, keeping his movements subtle so Lauren couldn't see his arm behind me. His fingers traced the curve of my bottom, and then back up my spine. He kept telling his story, charming Lauren with his quips and ease, while I felt a moist spot form between my legs. It was all I could do not to push him against the bar and grind my body against his. It was torture not to be able to fuck him that instant.
Robert looked in my direction and smiled. "Would you ladies excuse me for just a second? I have to make a quick phone call, but I'll be back in a minute." We had planned this moment. Now it was my turn to take the reins. "No problem, Robert," I replied as casually as I could. "We're not going anywhere just yet."
Lauren and I watched in silence as he walked away. I knew she was checking him out, that she was interested. Now I just had to play my cards right. I turned to face her and gave her a suggestive smile.
"He is so cute, Gretch," she squealed as she polished off her second martini. Two of those, I knew, would be enough to open her mind. "Do you think he likes us?"
"Oh I think he likes us, Lauren," I smiled at her and winked. "But what are we going to do about it?"
I watched her eyes narrow a bit and the corners of her mouth turn upwards in a seductive grin. "Well..." She looked up at me and bit her lip nervously. I knew Robert was watching from the doorway, trying to determine the effect he'd had on her. "Well... we said we were going to have fun tonight, Gretchen. And Robert seems... fun."
"I agree," I said smiling. "He definitely seems fun. And sexy..."