The next day after cheerleading practice, Ms. London, the coach of the squad, called Kelly Ann into her office. Everyone else had left and Ms. London asked Kelly to have a seat on the other side of her desk.
"Kelly, I see that you brought in a couple of checks from a...." She rummaged around on her desk for a few seconds. "Jessica Braden. Very generous checks, I might add."
"That's right," answered Kelly Ann, flushing at the thought of Jessica and all that had transpired over the last few days. "She was, um, very eager to help."
"Well, this is excellent," responded Ms. London. "This goes a long way toward making up our budget shortfall. I'd really like to thank her in person. Do you think you could arrange that?"
"Um... sure, I guess so," Kelly answered somewhat hesitantly, her mind racing to try and calculate the complexities of this situation. Was there a risk of Ms. London finding out about the cheerleaders' sexual escapades? What would happen if she did?
"Good, good," said Ms. London. "Let me know. Good night, Kelly."
"Good night."
* * *
Kelly Ann had just left Ms. London's office when her cell phone rang -- it was Katrina.
"Hey," said Kelly.
"Hi. You want to come over?" asked Katrina. "Nobody's home but me."
"OK."
* * *
Kelly let herself in through the screen door in back of Katrina's house, as she usually did when she visited. She called her friend's name as she walked through the kitchen, but there was no answer until she stood at the bottom of the stairs leading to the second floor, where the bedrooms were. Then she looked up to see Katrina standing with her hands on the railing, stark naked except for her socks.
Kelly got a lump in her throat. Katrina looked amazing; the sunlight was hitting her from one side, illuminating her perfect skin and filtering through her soft blond pubic hair. Katrina smiled down at her. "Come on up," she said.
The previous day had been something of a revelation for Katrina. Although boys had always gone crazy over her, she had been somewhat indifferent to them, which of course only made them want her more. She was sometimes cruel to them, and had never really felt bad about it. She had slept with a few of them and been rather underwhelmed by the experience, though she occasionally enjoyed the feeling of a penis inside her. Somehow, though, something was lacking. She worried that if this was all there was to sex, she was never going to understand what the big deal was.