We were an hour late getting to my sisters terminal. I was rather embarrassed after the last 24 hours or so but as luck would have it Cassie's plane was late.
"Hey, Cass, sorry we're late. Have you been waiting long?"
"No, the flight was delayed. I actually just got through the terminal about five minutes ago," Cass replied. "God, you two look terrible! Must have had a pretty good time last night."
I blushed.
"You wouldn't believe it," Jo laughed.
"Let's get out of here," was all I could muster.
Joann just laughed and Cassie just looked at us like we were nuts.
The drive home was mostly uneventful, but when we got to my apartment my embarrassment went right through the roof. Jo and I both had panties and various articles of clothing lying all over the living room. In my haste to get to the airport I had quite obviously forgotten to pick up.
I showed Cass around the apartment. She dropped her bags down in the spare bedroom and followed me down the hall. I showed her my bedroom next.
Oh fuck, I thought, more of "our" clothes on the floor. And of course my bed was still wet.
I stripped the bed and threw the other clothes into a basket. I was totally disheveled by this time. When Cass exited my bathroom it scared me and I jumped.
"Shit!"
"Jesus, Jen," Cassie said. "You sure are on edge. Are you okay?"
Jo walked into the bedroom grinning. "Sorry I spilled my beer on your bed last night, J," she said giggling. "Thanks for the sweats this morning too. I'll get 'em back to ya in a day or so. I gotta run home for a while. I'll see you two later."
She gave Cass a hug and then gave me a hug and a kiss on the lips before she left. At this point I know I was bright red and it only got worse as Cassie looked at me grinning from ear to ear.
The weekend went by fairly quickly as I showed Cass around town. We went to the mall, the movies and watched college and pro football at a couple of sports bars. Jo was with us some but she was also working back at her apartment all weekend too.
We spent the time catching up. I always saw Cass when I went home for the major holidays but she was ten years younger than me at 21. she was still in college back home while I had left our tiny town and moved halfway across the country for college and a career. She caught me up on all the latest and greatest news from back home (it seems nothing much has changed) and in general we had a fun weekend.
Cass was staying with me for the whole week. So I wasn't entirely sure what to do with her the whole time she was here. But since she majored in Graphic Arts and that's what Joann did as a freelance artist, I figured she might like to hang out with Jo while I was at work.
I woke up Cassie around 8:00 to give her my apartment key and headed off to the office. When I got there my boss was already in my office waiting for me.
"Hey what's the good word," I asked.
Apparently there was no good word. My boss told me that our potential client had rejected my marketing campaign completely. It seemed they liked it just not for their company. Upon hearing that our corporate office had asked my boss to disperse my accounts to the other members of our local staff. I sat there. Frozen. Stunned. Finally, to break the intense silence my boss apologized and told me he would do what he could to help me find another job.
It was nice to know that he understood my abilities but it didn't change the fact that I was now out of a job. Before leaving my office he asked if I would get some of the other people up to speed on my accounts. As I collected my personal belongings a few people stopped by to comfort me I guess. I was still numb. I gathered my things and walked out of the office for good.
Let them figure out their own god damned accounts, I thought. It wasn't my fucking problem anymore.
I drove around the city for a couple of hours then headed back to my apartment. I knocked on the door but Cassie wasn't there. I leaned against my door and cried for an hour.
Feeling somewhat in control again I took off my heels and walked over to Jo's. I knocked on the door. I heard whispering and giggling inside.
"It's open," Jo called.
I walked in to see both of them looking rather flustered. Cassie's shirt was buttoned wrong and Jo's was barely buttoned at all.
Cass started to ask my why I was home so early then noticed my swollen eyes.
"Jen, what's the matter," she asked.
I explained what had happened at my earlier meeting. They both stood there in shocked silence.
Jo was the first to speak. "Where have you been? Why didn't you call me?"
I burst into tears again as they both rushed to me and led me to the couch. Jo pulled me into her breast and rocked me to comfort me.
"Shh, baby, it's going to be okay. You're going to get through this," she cooed.
I know it sounds corny but her words and her soft breasts had the desired effect on me. I instantly felt better than I had up to that point. It wasn't much but it was a start. Jo immediately took control of things and after I had settled down a little she suggested that Cassie take me home and she would be by after she finished some things she had to get done.