Quaranteam Mikes Hurdles Ch 06

Thank you for your patience while you waited for this Chapter. I had started on this chapter months ago but some major changes happened in my personal life and it took me a while to get into the correct mindset to write this next chapter of Mike's Story. I want to thank the full writer's room including our newest members for their support and encouragement. Of course I appreciate CorruptingPower for allowing me to tell this story in his world and the Captains BreaktheBar and ArgothanWrites for their unending work to make sure we stay on some sort of rails. Now onto the next part of our story.

Chapter 6

Team Hutchinson

-Mike Hutchinson: 18 year old high school graduate. He is a natural goalkeeper for both his high school and the men's Moscow United team.

-Cindy Lee Jones: 18 years old, Mike's high school crush and star striker on any soccer (football) team she was on. Her non school team was the women's Moscow United. She is biracial with her dad being of Caucasian descent and her mom being Taiwanese.

-Tina Johnson: 22 year old recent graduate from the Air Force Academy in Colorado. The pandemic threw her into the deep end and gave her the opportunity to be partnered to Mike.

-Emma Anderson: 18 years old, played for Boise Timbers for many years and often found herself defending against Cindy's attempts to get past her towards the goal. Her dad is well off due all of his business connections in Idaho especially around the mining operations.

-Sandy Ryan: 26 year old survivor from Deer Park, Washington. She is currently studying to be a nurse due to her experiences after an abusive ex broke her arm. She also worked in retail to help pay for school and has done some side work making content for Onlyfans.

-Brittany Gilbreth: 18 year old teammate and one of Cindy's best friends. She was also at the soccer tournament and got a second round of the vaccine at a later date. She had a crush on Mike as well but didn't want to step on her best friend's toes.

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July 26, 2020

Mike really regretted having gone for a run the day before with Emma. He felt sore and he knew he could make the excuse that it was from the run, however it probably was making sure that Brittany, Cindy, and Sandy all had sex with him to boost his immunity in case the virus had snuck into the house. He had expected sex to ramp up as he got more partners but wasn't expecting to go three rounds in pretty quick succession. Even after he'd bonded with his first three partners, he had some recovery time before Emma. However, Tina had been very insistent that after dinner they all got very busy to make sure there wasn't any possibility of the virus getting into the house. There was a bit of a weird energy as the girls kept giving Tina glances as if unspoken words were being passed along.

As he emerged from the bedroom about noon, Mike made a mental note that he needed to pick up some endurance training. Not that he was out of shape, he just had to adjust and focus on being able to keep up with the demands of his new life. He still couldn't believe that he had five partners to keep satisfied.

Though his first goal was water. His mouth felt like a desert. Mike paused at the room where they had stashed all of their clothing. He noted that the bags of clothing were arranged differently than he remembered leaving them the previous night. He wasn't alone in the room, though; Sandy was setting up a small desk with a computer next to it.

"Good morning, Mike. Or is it afternoon now?" she asked when she saw him standing in the doorway.

Mike quickly checked his phone, "It's officially afternoon. What are you doing?"

"Since currently the only source of income for the house is Tina and we have six of us here now, I figured the quicker I can get the computer set up for OnlyFans stuff again the faster we can get more money coming in." She replied.

Mike nodded remembering the first conversation about her side job. He hadn't really put any thought into income as he'd relied on his dad and step mom to cover almost all of his expenses. But with them gone, Mike guessed that they would soon need to figure something out. His face must have shown his feelings, though, as Sandy quickly had her arms wrapped around him, pushing her large breasts into his chest.

Once he'd snapped out of the memories of his lost loved ones, he quickly hugged her back. Her instinct to comfort him without a word being said made him feel happy that she'd chosen to join their household.

Once they broke their hug Sandy looked up and smiled at him. "I'll be honest, I can't wait to create some content with you but not until I get the green light from Tina. You know the whole NDA situation. Also only if you're okay with it. If not we can still have all the fun off camera."

Even though Mike had received a full crash course in sex in the last week he still blushed at the thought of new things in that realm. The unconscious reaction of blood rushing to his face caused Sandy to chuckle.

"You've had sex almost every single day since you first got partnered and you still blush at the idea? That's so cute and I will do my best to not tease you too much. Plus I will really want to hit the books and see how much I can cram into my head." She nervously laughed.

Mike cocked an eyebrow as he remembered her mentioning that she went to night school for nursing, "You have a nursing degree, right?"

"Oh no, I'm currently working on getting my associates in nursing. At least I was until the pandemic locked everything down and my instructors were all called to help out at the hospitals and clinics. I felt I had to wait until I had gotten away from my ex and back to Deer Park. I had only gotten two quarters into the degree at Spokane Community College," She explained. "After seeing how bad it really is, I figured I could self study to see how much I can learn as I already felt like I was over my head regarding the science and math that's required. I don't want to be just another person who washed out because they thought it was just bedside manners and a nice smile."

"Well, I'm sure you'll rock it and be the best nurse ever," Mike replied.

"I don't know if I will be the best nurse but I am going to put the work in," she commented before returning her attention to assembling the desk.

Mike nodded and took that as his cue to duck out of the room. For some reason, Sandy's comment about how much sex he'd had in such a short time, caused him to really think. It wasn't like he didn't know Brittany and Cindy super well from years of classes and soccer together, and Emma had just poured her heart out to him the other day. He hadn't taken in all that she'd said, but he felt like he had a better understanding of her. Sandy and Tina, on the other hand, were almost complete mysteries to him.

He'd always planned on being the guy who was a gentleman and wasn't wanting to just hook up. Part of it was his natural shyness around women he found attractive but now he was partnered with five amazing and beautiful women, most of whom he'd been forced to just hook up with. Yes, they considered each other partners, but the fact that he didn't really know much about either of their lives actually started to bother him. It was a nice change to be bothered by something he could control rather than everything else going on in his life.

He paused before rounding the corner into the living and dining room area of the house. Mike could feel his body tensing up with emotions and thoughts. It felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders again. A similar feeling to penalty kicks, however the difference was Mike didn't know what he needed to do.

In his mind, the words of his coach rang out, "Just focus on the ball, ignore the score, the other players, and the fans. All that matters is the ball."

The memory of his coach's words helped him focus on his breathing and kept his thoughts focusing on one question. What was the ball in this situation? He realized it was getting to know not only Sandy and Tina better, but all the girls. Especially since it sounded like this was going to be the way of life for the rest of his days.

Dates!

That's how people got to know each other in a romantic way, right? He could do that. Well he could get help from the girls to do that, as he could count the number of dates he'd been on with both hands and almost all of them were group dates for different dances or events. It would have been nice to take Cindy to prom, he thought, assuming that he would have had the courage to ask her out, if they even had it in the first place.

The feeling of control slowly returned even though in the back of his mind he knew and dreaded the roller coaster that he was on. He took a couple of deep breaths to try to create the illusion that he was doing well, rather than barely holding himself together.

Rounding the corner, he was surprised that there was no one in the living room or kitchen. Mike's eyes wandered around the space expecting one of the girls to be waiting to jump out of hiding. That was until his eyes landed on his dad's chair, well his chair now he guessed.

A swell of emotions started to fill his gut and mind. He was happy that the girls thought of him and realized that he probably needed something of his dad's. Then sadness crept in, followed by guilt. Why did he have to live and get lucky enough to be safe from this stupid virus while his dad, the guy who supported him in life, had to die?

Then the guilt started to simmer and boil. Mike's breath became heavy and short as his gaze turned into a glare. The question about why his dad had to die just held in his head. Why didn't his mom try to save his dad? She'd done something to save Mike but not the guy she once loved. She must have hated him and saved Mike to spite him, or she hated him so much for taking Mike away from her. Not that she acted like a mom towards him.

Mike closed his eyes and just stood still. He focused on his breathing to try to not show the anger that had welled up in him. He knew his thoughts weren't logical but they had flooded his mind. Part of him had planned to tell his mom about the chair, however deep down there was an understanding that if he called her it wouldn't be a good conversation with the anger that he was feeling.

Opening his eyes Mike was glad that he was still alone in the front area of the house. He quickly went and got a glass of water from the kitchen, hoping that doing something else might help him push his thoughts and feelings aside.

The faint humming of Sandy from the back bedroom was the only sound in the house. It felt weird not having the house full of people. The only other time it had felt so empty was a few days ago, but Mike hadn't really paid attention to the feeling at that time.

"Where is everyone?" Mike texted the house group chat.

Brittany responded quickly, "Outside hanging out with some of the other girls."

Other girls? Curiosity got the best of him. Finishing the glass of water, Mike headed in their direction to see who exactly she was referring to. He was acquainted with any other people living in the neighborhood, except for Nathan and his wife, and any other partners they had.

Mike stepped outside to find the girls. He immediately regretted having put on a heavier cotton t-shirt as the sun and heat instantly assaulted him. Once his eyes became accustomed to the bright light compared to the muted brightness in the house, he looked around the front. Since they had moved in, the street had been pretty empty, even though he understood that most people on base were already vaccinated with at least a couple of partners.

He spotted some people laying in the sun and figured they were the gals so he headed over that way. With the pleasant weather he wasn't surprised that the girls were taking advantage of the sunshine with the lack of any sort of obligations besides having sex to survive.

As he got closer he stopped dead in his tracks at the sight in front of him. He felt a rush of blood moving from his upper body down to his groin.

In front of Mike lounging on the front lawn were Brittany, Cindy and Emma sunbathing in their swimsuits. Well what really caught Mike's eye was not only them but the fact that they had been joined by three other women.

Cindy had put on a simple green bikini top that was doing a good job covering her breasts so there was a hint but not enough to have her rather conservative mother chew her out for not being modest, at least until her mom saw the jean shorts that barely covered her ass.

Now Emma had gone kind of the opposite route in her swim attire. The bubblegum pink bikini really consisted of three triangles held together with string. Just enough to cover but didn't really leave much to the imagination.

Now for his last partner who was out here, Brittany laid fully on her back, her curly hair sprayed out like a halo around her head. She was wearing a black tube top and bikini bottoms that came up over her hips showing off as much of her well toned legs as she could.

Seeing Mike approaching, his three partners quickly smiled and waved to him. Cindy jumped up and gave him a kiss, kicking up one of her feet as she leaned into him, forcing him to put his hands around her waist. This caused the whole group of girls to giggle.

After giving an appreciative and lustful look to his partners, he turned his attention to the other three gals that were also out in the sun.

First was a gal in a full black one piece suit a bit on the curvier end of things, who gave Brittany a run for her money in the curly frizzy hair department. Lying on a blanket next to her was a very petite blonde woman in a tank top and athletic shorts, who was chatting with Emma as if they knew each other.

Mike turned his attention to the third person, who had stood up at this point. Time just slowed down as Mike felt as if his jaw had completely fallen off of his face. Walking to him was his buddy Dan's older sister, Jen. A girl who he had forgotten had come to watch the tournament since she had to move back due to the lockdown situation at her college. The same person who, outside of celebrities, was Mike's first crush. She wore frayed light blue jean shorts, which she'd paired with a tiny lime green bikini top that was doing very little to hide her breasts.

Before anyone could say anything, Jen had crossed the small distance and flung herself into a hug. Mike froze trying to figure out what was happening when he got the feeling of her silently sobbing into his chest. Then it hit him. Out of all of her brother's friends, [it was likely that] he was the only one still alive, and seeing him probably reminded her of that fact. The protective instinct kicked in as he returned the embrace pulling her as close as he could. Tears started to run down his face as they stood there silently grieving together while the rest of the girls gave them their space to express their emotions.

Mike had no clue how long they stood but they eventually parted and looked at each other with a slight awkward tension in the air. Jen gave an embarrassed blush as she sniffled. Mike, not even thinking of anything other than she had already cried into his shirt, pulled it off and handed it to her while gesturing for her to blow her nose.

This got not only Jen to laugh but all the other observers as well. Which helped bring everyone back to reality.

The petite blonde spoke first, "Okay you aren't kidding Emma that you got yourself a hottie." Her eyes slightly lingering on Mike's now bare chest.

Emma laughed, "Ya but you have yourself a partner right, some pilot?"

The blonde broke into a huge grin, "Ya, I always had a thing for military guys and pilots were and are at the top of that list so I got pretty lucky."

Mike cleared his throat, "Ummm. Obviously I know four of you but..."

"Oh Emma's friend is Tay. They were teammates. And our other friend is Sara. You know her and Jen's partner." Brittany helpfully answered.

"I know their partner?" Mike asked, returning to his baseline state of feeling like he was missing something.

Jen, having finished blowing her nose, spoke up, "Well Mike, I know you had a huge crush on me growing up. Sorry to disappoint you but we didn't have a good match percentage. However I had a great match percentage with Nathan and his family."

There were lots of chuckles as Mike's eyes shot open at the news. Then he broke into a smile.

"It's nice to meet you Tay and Sara," Mike replied, "Jen and Sara I think you two have found an amazing team to be on, Nathan's a good guy."

Both girls nodded in agreement. Mike decided to sit in the grass between Cindy and Brittany. Sandy eventually came outside to hang out as she didn't have anything else to do. Much to his embarrassment there were many questions about young Mike as three of the people there had plenty of stories to tell.

Jen laughed, "I'm pretty sure Mike and my brother Dan followed in my soccer footsteps. And I probably would have played in college if it wasn't for an injury in my junior year."

Mike nodded a flash of recognition, "I remember watching that game. That foul was terrible - well honestly not as bad as what Macy did in retaliation. She was pissed and managed to take out the referee."

"I wonder where she is in all of this. Last I heard she shipped off to the marines but whoever she is partnered with, if she is still alive, will have the most protective person I know," Jen pondered out loud.

Sara being the quietest asked, "Okay, so I have to ask. Why did you never ask anyone out? I mean it sounds like you wanted to ask out Jen. And Cindy commented that she was lucky to get paired with you."

Everyone's eyes turned to look at Mike as he went a deep red. "I mean, In hindsight, I guess I could have asked, but I was probably scared of being rejected. That fear even went to soccer at first. If it wasn't for Dan convincing me to try out I wouldn't have."

"Well that proves even talented good looking guys can battle anxiety," Emma laughed.

"Speaking of which I was thinking, as someone who isn't the best at, you know, the big romantic things, asking everyone who is a part of my team out on a one on one date," Mike almost whispered.

Once Mike mentioned the idea of taking all of his partners on dates to get to know them better as individuals, he could see the girls all vibrate with excitement. They quickly dove into an intense conversation on who should be first. It was quickly decided that Tina needed a distraction from the stress of her job. Mike knew that, due to her busy job, he felt he had one of the weaker connections, despite her being one of the first three partners.

Tay, Sara and Jen all felt it was time to part ways as Mike's four partners all descended into planning. They all wished each other a good bye with Mike and Jen giving each other another heartfelt hug.

Jen whispered to Mike, "I have never said it before, but you have always been another brother to me. I can't lose another one. Just promise to stay safe."

Mike understood the weight that her words carried and why their match percentage was so low. "Of course, make sure to get my number from Nathan so we can have sibling time."

She smiled as she punched him in the arm. Tears hanging at the edges of her eyes. Sara quickly hooked her arm into Jen's as they strode away.

Mike was amazed at the speed that the girls started organizing for the date but also how quickly they took it out of his control. Part of that was because his first idea was to maybe cook dinner, or just go for a walk. Both of these ideas were immediately shot down and they teased that Mike's romantic prowess was lacking in the date planning category.

The house text thread blew up as the girls told Tina she was going on a date with Mike. She tried to make every excuse about being tired, or having too much work to do at the house, but they were countered every time with reasons she should go. The girls kept texting, to which Mike assumed it was a girls only text thread. Occasionally he noticed deep sighs from the girls but everytime he probed they just told him it was nothing.