Caleb 87 - Sleepless in Seattle
I'd decided, that since the appointment in the Seattle office was at eleven am on Tuesday, I'd drive up on the Monday night, and stay over in a local hotel.
It wasn't so much the early start, as the potential for things to go wrong on the journey up. Who knew what could happen that would get in the way. If I travelled up the day before then at least I'd have plenty of time to sort out any issues and still be there fresh, and ready, to jump through whatever hoops they had for me at the interview.
We'd spent the rest of the Sunday doing what we normally did on a Sunday, spending time together as a family. Ness had cooked dinner, and Arnie had come over and stayed overnight again.
I was fairly certain that Sarah had told Arnie about our morning's activities, because when they came out of their bedroom for dinner, he looked flushed and kept darting glances at the girls, especially Amanda. I wondered at that at first but then remembered that Amanda had cleaned his creampie from inside Sarah. He didn't seem at all upset about things, in fact he spent most of the evening in a state of semi arousal. Sarah took him back into their room again, not long after we'd finished dinner.
Sarah and Melanie went off to the Dojo the next morning to train with Kevin. I went out for a run, and then did some exercises on the deck. I was still intermittently seeing how many pushups and sit-ups I could do. I'd gotten around the lack of a pull-up bar by simply fixing a bar in the air with TK. It wasn't difficult to hold. Given what I could lift with my TK, my weight was negligible and I could lock it off in my mind almost indefinitely.
When Arnie came out, while I was still doing pull ups, his eyes were wide and he walked around me, looking to see how the bar was supported.
"I didn't think I'd joined the circus," he said. "What exactly is holding that up?"
"Me," I said, continuing to do pull-ups. I was on forty two and still feeling good.
"Your power?" he asked.
"Yes," I said. "I can lift quite a lot with it, so holding my own weight is no trouble."
"Can you fly then?" he asked.
"Not really," I said. "I can jump really high, but I need to push against something to keep me up there. Did you ever read any of Brandon Sanderson?"
"Yeah," he responded.
"Then think of it like a coin shot," I said, "if you remember them."
"The guys that could move metal, they'd throw down coins and then 'fly' by pushing against them?"
"That's the ones," I said. "But I can push against anything - its almost like flying but I need a solid surface to push against. I don't know how I'd fare over water."
He nodded, then stood watching me for a few minutes.
"Sarah told me about Sunday morning," he said.
"I thought she might," I responded. "How do you feel about it?"
"If I'm honest," he said. "I'm a little pissed."
I dropped down off the bar, and then dropped the bar, catching it as it fell. I turned to him.
"Oh," I said. "I'm sorry if..."
"It's not that," he said. "I'm pissed I missed it."
I grinned at him.
"We were catching up with Ness," I said. "You were at work."
"I know," he said with a sigh.
"You're not mad that Sarah got involved?" I asked. "Just that you missed it?"
"Somehow that feels so wrong," he said. "I shouldn't be okay with it, but I am. Like I say, I'm just pissed I missed it."
"Then maybe we should have some fun while you're not working," I told him. "Although I'm going to Seattle later today, and coming back tomorrow, I'm sure that the girls would be happy to play a little later if you're up for it?
"Also, Sarah is going to be practicing her Compulsion with Josh and Louise. Maybe you can sit in on that."
He groaned.
"Jesus," he said. "Why am I always so horny when I'm here?"
"You're an eighteen year old guy," I said. "Do you need another reason?"
"I wasn't this bad before I met you," he said. "Admittedly I wasn't exactly a monk, but I wasn't constantly in heat like I am now."
"
How long are you going to be?"
I sent to Sarah.
"
Five minutes
," she responded. "
Why?
"
"Because your fiancΓ© is trying to drill a hole in his shorts."
I told her. "
Will you take care of him, or do you want me to figure it out?"
"I'm almost home."
I felt amusement in her send. "
Ask him, if you want. Let him decide."
"Sarah will be home in a couple of minutes," I said. "Why don't you go wait for her in your room. I'm sure she'll help you out, unless you'd like me to?"
Arnie's face went red. I could feel that he was torn, but in the end, he didn't quite have the courage to ask.
"I'll go wait for Sarah," he said, and turned to go.
I put my hand on his arm.
"Hey," I said gently when he looked at me. "Nobody is going to judge you. You know that we all love you, and that the twins or I would be happy to spend time with you if you want. Sarah would be fine with it too. Ness and Jules are a little more complicated but I'm sure Josh and Louise would both be happy to have some fun with you too.
"But there's no pressure. It's up to you."