Disclaimer: All described sexual activity is between fictional characters over the age of 18.
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June 19, 2013
In front of everyone else at ABC, Jean acted no differently than before towards Patti and I. In a spare moment on Monday when they were totally alone, she snuck a kiss from Patti, and indicated she was feeling concerned about the rumor mill getting wind of our activities, yet invited us for dinner, "and maybe a little more," on Wednesday. We accepted later that day, as Mom was also making plans for that night with some of her work friends.
Mom told us that some of those friends were pushing to get her dating again, but for now Mom was telling them she wasn't ready. We knew that answer wouldn't hold out for very long. As much as we wished that we could ignore society's expectations and repression and taboos, we were having to put effort into how best to give the appearance that we were going along with most of them.
I emailed Matt about the possibility of sharing an off-campus apartment, and he replied that he was already thinking of the same thing, so he was in, and even said that he could provide most of the furniture we'd need. His parents ran a furniture business with three stores, and said they were always having old display pieces that needed to be disposed of, usually by donating them to charity. They could set some of those aside for us, and they could still donate them after our 9 months of use. That would save us from having to locate a furnished apartment or buying furniture for it. It did not take us long to locate a nice two-bedroom apartment that was going to be vacated in August, and Matt took care of touring it and signing the lease for us, as he lived only 50 miles away. I had my bank wire him the money for the first month/last month/security deposit.
Jean's apartment was a standard one-bedroom unit for that complex, but nicely furnished, with big TVs in both the living and bed rooms, and with some appliance upgrades, but otherwise pretty impersonal, except for some photos Jean had in the bedroom. I couldn't really see how much organizing she would actually have needed to do, when she said she spent her first weekend doing that, but I didn't push the issue. I remembered what my first week of college had been like, surrounded by people, but not really knowing anyone but my roommate Matt, and just getting to know him at that. I had spent the first weekend just laying in my bed reading, feeling a bit homesick. The second weekend, I agreed to go to a party thrown by some upperclassmen that Matt knew, and met Patti for the first time there. I didn't spend another weekend in bed after that, unless Patti were in it with me, screwing each other's brains out.
Dinner was delivered Chinese food, that Jean ordered 20 minutes before we left work, so we wouldn't have to wait as long. We sat in her kitchen drinking beers while we waited for it, as Jean got out plates and utensils. "You told Patti you were worried about ABC folks finding out about us being more than friends," I said. "How do you think we should proceed? Stop seeing each other except as friends, limit it, what?"
"No, I don't want to stop, Saturday was so much fun," Jean said, smiling. "But I don't need every time we get together to be about sex, either. It's just that sex in this apartment is probably not that workable. One of the other ABC apartments here is on the other side of my bedroom, and it seems to be their living room that's on the other side. But if the walls between are thin enough that I've heard their living room TV on at night, then they could certainly hear sex, and I don't like having to be quiet, I really can't cum unless I can let loose. I'm almost afraid to masturbate, but at least I can explain away female moans coming from here. A male moan or two females, or the bed squeaking, not so much. Someone showed up to use the apartment last night, in fact, which is how I know it's an ABC apartment - he had a tote bag with the logo on it. But if I hadn't seen him go through the door, I wouldn't necessarily know the apartment was occupied until I heard noise. So I don't think this is a safe place for us to arrange more than an afterwork dinner or games or movie nights, because I can't predict whether that apartment will be empty. So that leaves your mom's place, or your new house, if you're ready to use it for that, if we want sex. I don't want to seem like I'm inviting myself over all the time, either. Your mom will get tired of seeing me."
"First, my Mom already likes you, so don't worry on that account. She's always enjoyed having my friends around," I said. However, I thought to myself, 'That was before we'd become lovers. Mom said it was okay to have a threesome with Jean on Saturdays she was working. Would Mom still be okay, if Jean came over on a night she was home, and we used the new house to have sex?'
I continued, saying, "Keep in mind that Patti isn't at my house every night, her parents still expect her home now and again, so sometimes the three of us might wind up watching movies and so forth at her parents' place instead. We can check with them if it's okay for you to tag along for that, but there would definitely be no sex then."
"I'm going to be heading home after this," Patti said. "Then having dinner with Tina and Drew tomorrow night but going home afterwards, and I'm having dinner with my parents on Friday, so I can stay at Drew's on Saturday night."
"So what's on tap for the weekend?" Jean asked.
"More shopping for the house," I answered. "Some things are getting delivered this week, and we'll be shopping for even more both weekend days. Saturday, we'll probably eat out when we're tired of shopping, then come home for a late swim and movies. You're welcome to join us for any or all of that, if you want."
"The whole day sounds nice," Jean said. "I like browsing in stores, even furniture stores. Helps me build out my wish lists for Christmas and getting my own place after graduation. 9 AM okay?"
"How about 8?" I countered. "You can grab some breakfast with us, then we'll take off."
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June 20, 2013
Six months since Dad died, and I realized I'd stopped expecting him to walk through the door. Patti and I had a quiet dinner with Mom, mostly leftovers since nobody was in the mood to cook, then we looked through some photo albums, remembering Dad and the good times the pictures captured.
Mom took each of our hands and said, "I love you both so much. I can no longer imagine my life without you both in it, when I couldn't imagine what life without Tom would be like, six months ago. I certainly didn't imagine this. If Tom did have to die, I'm so glad that this love is what grew out of that grief. I felt so numb those first few days, like I'd died too and my body just didn't know it yet. The two of you, just by loving me, before any of the sex happened, helped that numbness go away, and then helped with the pain that took its place. Thank you for that."