Carl was a large young man, heavily built but in the manner of a fit sportsman rather than an overweight desk jockey. He looked slow and his smooth forehead seemed unlikely to ever be wrinkled by deep thoughts. A casual onlooker would assume him to be a dumb jock, unfit for anything other than manual labour when he wasn't playing sport.
His slowness, physical and mental, was deceptive. When he needed to move fast, he did, with a sudden explosive burst of energy and power. The same could be said of his mental state. His bland know nothing face actually concealed a high intelligence, which he used to great advantage.
Jenny was your arch-typical dumb blonde. Fit and healthy, with that sparkle that drew the eye. She had a gift for making silly comments at just the wrong moment, projecting the image of a young woman too scatter-brained to be taken seriously. As with Carl, this image was false, as people who tried to take advantage of her supposed lack of acuity found too their cost.
For some reason Carl & Jenny were mutually antagonistic. No particular reason was ever given but mutual friends sometimes opined that it was because they were too much alike. Each knew the other was highly intelligent, and it seemed to irritate them both that the other could so easily hide that intelligence.
Apart from taking occasional pot-shots at each other, Carl and Jenny tended to go their own way, never really interacting with each other except when with mutual friends. It was one of these mutual friends that finally set then into conflict with each other.
There was a new girl in the area, Michelle by name. She was pretty and friendly and, it didn't take the boys to find out, especially friendly after a successful date.
George was a mutual friend to Carl and Jenny, and also a serious competitor to Carl, on the sports-ground and socially. When Michelle arrived on the scene both Carl and George were immediately interested. Boys will be boys and neither was going to back off to allow the other to have a clear run.
After a few weeks of intensive wooing, with neither really getting Michelle to go out with them, the men were discussing her one night, as men do. Both knew the other was chasing her and the upshot of the night was a friendly wager. Fifty bucks to whichever was first to coax her into bed.
Carl was quite happy to take the bet as, unbeknownst to George, he had already lined up a date with Michelle for the following evening, and Michelle's way of ending a date were well known.
Subsequently finding out about the date, George decided he'd been had, but determined to take steps to correct them matter. All he had to do was scarper Carl's happy ending to his date. He approached Jenny with a little proposition.
The next evening, Carl was feeling happy with life. His date with Michelle had gone well, she had willingly come home with him and the way she was responding indicated that she would probably be having breakfast with him.
Michelle had lost her top and Carl was making pleased acquaintance with a pair of lovely breasts when the voice sounded.
"Carl, how could you? If you can't think about me at least consider the baby."
Astounded, Carl looked up. Standing at the door of his bedroom was Jenny, looking at him with a wounded expression on her face, both hands tenderly held against her lower stomach.
The impact on Michelle was immediate and significant.
"You rotten swine," she shrieked. "You said you didn't have a girlfriend. How could you treat her like this?"
While talking, she'd also been acting. Bra rammed into her pocket, blouse hastily buttoned and she was on her way out of the house before she'd even finished speaking.
Carl stared after the fast vanishing Michelle and then turned to look at the laughing Jenny.
"What the fuck?" he asked.
"George asked me to come in and say that," Jenny said, still laughing. "He said you'd know why and would appreciate the joke."
Carl nodded. He knew why, all right. That didn't mean he wouldn't get pay back on George sometime. Right now, however, his partner in crime was still standing there, instead of taking to her heels the way Michelle had.
Carl moved. Before Jenny fully understood what he was about he was off the bed, picking her up and tossing her onto the bed.
All Jenny knew was that she'd been standing there laughing, then Carl had seemed to just leap towards her and then she was floating through the air to land on Carl's bed.
"What the hell are you doing," Jenny squealed, finding herself effortlessly held on the bed.
"I'm doing what you asked," said Carl, his voice a silken purr. "I'm thinking about the baby, and how I'd better check up and see it's alright."
"Don't be a fool," snapped Jenny. "You know there's no baby."
Her voice suddenly changed tone, going several degrees higher.
"You can't do that," she shrieked, as Carl flipped her dress up and removed her panties.
"Of course I can," said Carl, laughing. "By the time Michelle finishes talking everyone will know we've been lovers for ages. Or hadn't that occurred to you?"
Struggling desperately, Jenny found that Carl handled her as effortlessly as a mother handles a child. Ignoring her efforts, Carl quite calmly and quickly stripped her.
Lying there naked, not trying to hide herself, Jenny glared up at Carl.
"Alright. You've had your fun," she said quietly. "Now back off while I get dressed."
Carl shook his head, even as he started removing his own clothes.