After finishing her snack Jessica headed out again to the hot tub, where she found Tanya, Rebecca, and Rose soaking quietly, looking quite content and relaxed. She shed her robe and slid into the open space between Rebecca and Rose.
Sinking down into the warm water, Jessica looked over at Tanya, who was sitting back with a dreamy, faraway look on her face. Her life had changed in the last 24 hours, she was sure of that; she just didn't know what her new life was going to be like yet. But at the moment, it was hard to be worried. She looked over at the beautiful young women sitting next to her, then over at Jessica, then up at the heavens.
Jessica followed Tanya's gaze and let her head fall back, soaking in the sky full of stars, letting her mind wander. For a few minutes there she didn't think about sex at all. And then Claire and Tara appeared, giggling, wearing overcoats with nothing underneath.
Tara held up and lit what appeared to be a big cigar; but when the first waft of smoke reached where Jessica was sitting, she could tell that it was something stronger. It smelled so good that when Claire took a puff and offered it to her, Jessica took it.
Alcohol was generally her drug of choice; she liked to stay in control, and she drank slowly and carefully. But she was in a celebratory mood, and it was New Year's, so she said what the hell and took a deep drag.
She could tell right away that this was not your average weed; it tasted different and felt different. In fact it was rolled in tobacco and cut heavily with hash, and Jessica immediately felt lightheaded and tingly all over. She handed the blunt to Rebecca and exhaled a cloud of smoke that hovered briefly over the tub, then slowly floated away.
Looking over at Claire and Tara, Jessica realized that she hadn't really gotten to know these two gorgeous creatures. Something was going to have to be done about that. But there was no hurry; the night was still relatively young.
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Leaning back against the side of the hot tub, Jessica flashed back to the early days of her affair with Marie. Back then she had lived every second in a state of heightened erotic awareness -- constantly thinking about when she would next get to touch, kiss, or caress her young lesbian lover.