Note: This is the sixth installment in a long story about 5 couples that decide to make an adult film together and then have to deal with all of the issues that the project creates. There will be an accompanying story called "The Beach House" that is supposed to be the movie that these 5 couples create.
The different sections of this story won't make much sense on their own. It is recommended that the story be read in its entirety. It was decided to post it in pieces rather than as one massive work to make it easier to read.
The sixth installment sees preparations for the movie, and a major problem that has to be dealt with.
Enjoy.
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On the first Saturday in April John picked Julie up and they headed for the coast. There were two surfboards tied to the luggage rack on top of John's SUV.
"I checked online and found a spot that's supposed to have reasonable waves and not be too crowded." John said.
"That's good, I don't want to be in anyone's way while I'm getting my legs back under me. I haven't been surfing in 6 or 7 years." Julie said.
John nodded.
"It's been a few years since I've been too. Hopefully we'll get it figured out pretty quick and we'll be able to have some fun." John said.
"I just want to look like I know what I'm doing in the movie. I can fake having a hard time of it; I don't know if I can fake actually doing well." Julie said.
"I'm sure we'll both be ready to go for the movie. It's not like we'll be expected to do any crazy tricks. It's not a surfing movie; it's just a few minutes to set up why we're outside with nobody else around." John said.
Julie smiled.
"What's Kelly doing today?" Julie asked.
"She's going to see her sister down in San Diego; she's done that one Saturday a month since she moved here anyway. What about Eric?" John asked.
"He's actually working today. His company was hired to work on some documentary about California politicians and the host or whatever was able to get an interview with somebody so he's in Burbank filming them." Julie said.
John laughed and shook his head.
"What's so funny?" Julie asked.
"Eric's filming a documentary about California politics and in a month or two he's going to be filming a porno starring his wife and friends. I find that hilarious." John said.
Julie smiled.
"It will be a different kind of project than what he usually works on. We're lucky to have Eric's experience though...not to mention his equipment." Julie said.
John laughed.
"It's not his equipment that will be appearing on screen though." John said.
Julie giggled.
"That's true. I was actually a little surprised that he didn't come up with a way to get into the movie; or at the very least show more interest in being in it. I know that as a film maker he wants to do his part to make the movie look good so he feels that he needs to be behind the camera, but I also know that he's super jealous that you're going to be having sex with the 4 of us." Julie said.
John smiled.
"If I had to bet I would say that Tom, Mark, and Robert are all pretty jealous about that too. Maybe not Robert since he's already having sex with Susan, but Tom and Mark for sure. All five of us lucked out to end up with such gorgeous wives, and when we start filming I'm going to be having sex with my own wife and the wives of 3 of my closest friends...with their consent. Of course I can only do it because Kelly's willing to share me with the three of you." John said.
"The movie would have been good with just girls, but I'm glad that one of you guys was willing to be in it; it will be amazing now." Julie said.
They down to the beach, found a place where they could change into their wet suits and took the boards down to the water. There were a few people there, but it wasn't overly crowded.
"The waves are big enough to ride but not big enough to attract many people; that's perfect for us." John said.
"Yeah, it should be safe and we won't be in anybody's way." Julie said.
John and Julie went out into the water and started surfing. They both fell quite a bit at first since they hadn't been in several years, but they got their feet under them and had a good time of it. When they'd finished they both changed and got back in John's SUV and headed for home.
"That went pretty well don't you think?" John asked.
Julie nodded.
"Yeah, but that water was really cold. If I'm supposed to surf in a skimpy bikini for the movie I hope we shoot late enough in the summer for the water to be warmer." Julie said.
John smiled.
"I don't think we'll have to worry about that. Even if the script was finished today we'd have a month to work on our lines. That would put us into early May. The script's not done so each day until it is pushes us further into May. If we get to the end of May it will be the Memorial Day weekend and we won't be shooting anything over that weekend because the area around the beach house will be full of people. We're probably looking at early June as the soonest that we could shoot anything. It could be even later than that. The water will be warmer by the time we start shooting. It won't be tropical, but it won't be this cold." John said.
Julie shook her head.
"All of this waiting is really frustrating. If I'd realized that first night that it would take us months to be ready to shoot anything I'd have suggested that instead of a porno movie we just make a sex tape where a bunch of us fucked each other on camera." Julie said.
John shook his head.
"As fun as that might have been, I don't think everyone would have gone for that. If I just randomly asked Eric if I could have sex with you he'd say no; well he might not because he's a freak, but most people would. The fact that we're trying to do this as a scripted movie makes it easier for people to deal with. The end result is basically the same, but I wouldn't want Kelly to just randomly have sex with you on some Tuesday afternoon, but for the movie I'm fine with it. It's sex either way, but there's a difference between a sex tape and the movie." John said.
Julie nodded.
"I know there's a difference John. It just would have been a whole lot easier to make a sex tape than it is to go through all of this. We could have made it that same night and been watching it for the past two months. Instead the 10 of us have been thinking about the movie for the past 2 months and will probably be thinking about it for at least another month before we start filming. That's really frustrating; it's like a kid waiting for Christmas." Julie said.
John smiled.
"The time has actually been good for me Julie. I've been working out a lot over the past two months and I can see and feel the difference. I'll look a lot better in the movie a month or two from now than I would have in a sex tape two months ago. My man boobs would have been jiggling just as much as your tits if we'd made a sex tape the night that we decided to do this." John said.
"I can really see the difference John; the past two months have been god for you physically, but they've been hell on me mentally." Julie said.
"I know that it is frustrating having to wait since we know what's going to happen, but what can we do?" John asked.
Julie shook her head.
"I don't know. I guess we can't do anything until Robert and Susan are done with the script." Julie said.
When they got back to town John dropped Julie off at her house before heading home. Since Kelly was gone for the day John went about getting some things done around the house. John was working on something in the garage with his shirt off in the middle of the afternoon when Eric pulled into the driveway. Eric got out of the car, walked up to John, smiled, and slapped him on the shoulder.
"So how's our leading man doing? How was surfing with Julie this morning?" Eric asked.
John smiled.
"I'm doing really well Eric. Surfing went pretty good; we both fell a lot for the first half hour or so, but once we got our legs under us we both did really well. How did your day go?" John asked.
Eric laughed.
"I spent the day filming a conversation between an incredibly boring man and an elected official that didn't know which side of her mouth to talk out of. I'm glad to hear that your surfing went well. I know Julie was worried about having to do that for the movie. You're looking really good these days John...how much weight have you lost?" Eric asked.
John looked down at his body and patted his abs.
"Believe it or not I've lost around 20 pounds so far. I started at 225lbs and I was down to 205 this morning." John said.
Eric smiled and nodded.
"I'd believe it; it really shows. You weren't exactly big to begin with, but your beer belly is pretty much gone. You're looking pretty cut right now; you're even starting to show some abs." Eric said.
John smiled.
"Yeah; I let myself go a little in college. I never really got too far out of shape, but I haven't looked this ripped since I was on the football team in high school. My beer gut is almost gone at this point." John said.
"How much more are you trying to lose?" Eric asked.
"Not too much more; I'm gonna try to get down to 195 or 200, but over all I'm pretty happy with where I'm at right now so I've actually switched my workout from trying to lose weight fast to trying to maintain what I'm at and tone things up a little bit; trade some fat for muscle...get my endurance up." John said.
Eric nodded.
"I don't blame you. We want you to look good on screen, but we also want you to be believable. We didn't need your beer gut, but we don't need a body builder either. I think you'll look great for the movie." Eric said.
"Thanks man. Have you heard any news on when the script will be ready?" John asked.
