Note to readers: Not a lot of sexual stuff in this one, still building the relationships a bit, so if you're looking for the big bang, you'll have to wait for the next chapter...
Chapter 4.
When I woke up I was lying on my side and looking straight at Jennifer. She'd already been awake and was stroking my hair, grinning. I grinned back.
"Well that was nice," She said quietly, looking into my eyes. I didn't have a response, I still had butterflies in my stomach and was having a bit of trouble with the idea that it had all really happened. I moved my hand under the covers and felt the smooth skin along the side of her abdomen, then stroked up her back. Jen leaned closer into me and kissed me, then pulled back and smiled.
"We'd better get up," she said, "it's almost five o'clock and Collette's going to be home soon. We should probably be nice enough to make her dinner after a long day at work."
I pulled her close to me, I was already becoming aroused again and would much rather have just spent the entire evening in bed with Jenny. The feel of her bare skin against my whole body was simply intoxicating.
"Okay," I responded after a few seconds, "I guess we should, but I'd really rather stay right here with you."
Jen kissed me again, "Yeah, me too, but don't worry, I'm sure this isn't the last time..." She smiled her elfish grin at me, "and next time might not be as far away as you think!"
"Sounds good to me!" I said enthusiastically. "Just one question before we get up, though, did you ever talk to Collette about us?"
"You mean about this?" She asked, gently stroking my penis beneath the covers.
"Mmmm..." I moaned, "not really that in particular..."
"Yes, we talked." Jen admitted, "I didn't go into detailed planning or anything, I just wanted to make sure she wasn't going to be upset or jealous or anything like that. I think that's why she gave you a big kiss on her way out the door this morning, just a little 'forget-me-not'." Jen giggled, "I thought it was really funny watching you squirm afterwards, though!"
"Yeah, thanks for that." I said sarcastically. "So... where does that leave us?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you're obviously still involved with Tammy, but you and I are... well, I guess we're sort of an item now, aren't we?"
Jen smiled and kissed me wetly on the lips, "Don't worry about it. As far as I'm concerned, as long as everything stays within our little circle, there's no problems. Collette and I discussed it and it's ok with us. But you should probably let us know if you intend to start chasing after young co-eds on campus. If nothing else so that Collette and I will know to give you some room. But no promises I won't get jealous if I see you out of the blue with some young thing on campus. I might go up to you right in front of her and plant a big, sloppy kiss all over you just to mark my territory!" Jen laughed, "Don't worry, we're just having fun for now, if it develops into more, we'll see where that takes us."
"O.k." I said, I wasn't really sure whether to be tense or relieved. While I was glad to hear there wasn't going to be any tension around the house about this, I wondered how it all might work out in the long run. I was so in love with Jen, especially at that moment, but I was also very in love with Collette as well. With my newfound freedom to actually acknowledge those feelings, I felt like I was living in a dreamland.
Jen smiled, then pulled back the covers. We got up and got dressed, well, I did, anyway. Jen simply slipped on a silky robe. I put on shorts and a T-shirt and we went down the stairs to make dinner.
Jen pulled some chicken breasts out of the freezer and went about preparing them, while I tried my hand at putting together a simple salad and some rice. I will still in a daze and couldn't stop thinking about what we'd spent our day doing. Jen actually liked me, loved me, enough to take me to her bed. We joked and flirted like lovers, something I wasn't remotely used to. As I was turned away from her cutting up vegetables for the salad, she came up behind me and wrapped her arms around me, snuggling into the back of my neck, sending chills down my spine. Every touch from her was electric. Just when I got comfortable, she moved her hands up under my arms and tickled me roughly.
I jerked away in surprise, "You're going to pay for that," I laughed. I chased her through the kitchen and into the living room, finally catching her near the couch. I threw her down onto the cushions and we wrestled like children as I tried to hold her arms with one hand and tickle her with the other. We were laughing loudly and didn't notice Collette walking up behind us.
"Well, looks like everything's back to normal here." She said loudly, "Just like back home."
I rolled off of Jen, laughing, "Yeah," I said, "except now I'm actually strong enough to win!"
"Oh really?" Jen yelled back, attacking me from behind and trying to work her hands under my arms again.
I turned around quickly and fumbled around trying to get ahold of her wrists, finally managing to turn her around with my arms around her sides, holding her wrists firmly in place.
"Yeah, really." I laughed.
"Well, it smells like someone's been cooking dinner. I'm glad you two found something useful to do in between finger painting and mud cakes!" Collette grinned.
I twirled Jen around onto the couch then quickly walked back into the kitchen, "I have to get back to the salad," I said.
Jen and Collette followed me into the kitchen area to help out. Collette worked on setting the table while Jen pulled the chicken out of the oven and set the rice on the table. We had a nice meal together, and talked about everything that went on that day... well, almost everything. Jen and I left out the parts where we were kissing in the park, showering together, and teaching me how to have sex. While we both knew that Collette wasn't going to get upset at finding out we had made love a few hours before, we weren't throwing it in her face, either.
Jenny and Collette eventually got talking about school administrators and how annoyed Collette was that they were switching over the computer systems to some new kind of software. I had no idea about any of it so just sat there quietly engrossed in my own thoughts. They were both so incredibly sexy, it was all I could think about. As the meal wore on, I developed a rather solid feeling in my lap. Collette told us she had rented a movie we could watch after dinner. Seemed like a reasonable idea, and the movie would probably get my mind off of the pressing problem in my shorts.
"Oh, I really can't tonight," Jenny said, "I forgot to tell you, I'm going to go pick up Tammy and we're heading out to a study group tonight. We have a test coming up next week and need to get all studied up for it."
"O.k." Collette said, "Well, I guess it's just Mark and I then. What do you say, Mark?"
"Sounds good to me." I responded.
Jenny cleared the table after the meal while I went to get the TV turned on and Collette went into the kitchen, then came back into the living room with a bottle of red wine and two glasses. Collette had rented Braveheart, I think mostly because she liked to watch Mel Gibson. We put the DVD into the player and adjusted the futon couch so that it was laid out with the back up slightly so we could lounge with some pillows in front of the movie. Jenny got dressed and left the house shortly after the movie started.
By the time the movie was over, we'd polished off a bottle of wine and started on a second. Neither of us were drunk, but we certainly were feeling pretty loose. By the time the credits started rolling, I was lying across the couch with my head in Collette's lap. She was still wearing the same grey skirt and tan blouse she'd left the house in that morning, but had let her hair down and looked absolutely dreamy to me. She had one hand running gently through my hair and the other stroking my back as I lay there.
"This is really nice," I said, "I could just go to sleep right here and now." When I was much younger, I used to lay like this on Collette's lap while we watched TV. Though I was older now, I still felt comforted by her presence.
I shifted my body so that I was now lying on my back, my head still in her lap, looking up at her and smiling. She kept stroking my hair with her right hand and just laid her left across her stomach. "You really seem to be enjoying my hair tonight."
"What's not to like?" She said, "It's nice and soft. I could spend all night with your hair!"
"Well there's an idea..." I grinned, "but I think the rest of me might get lonely."
"Oh, I wouldn't want that to happen..." I moved a hand up onto Collette's on my stomach and started gently stroking her hand. It all seemed so intimate to me, and once again I was struck by how much I loved her. "I really love you, Collette." I said shyly, quietly.
