My mind was spinning, and I couldn't tell if it was from lack of sleep, or sexual overload. "How did I get here?" I wondered as I poured coffee for the only two women who wandered into the restaurant that morning. I was so out of it that I almost overfilled the cups. One of the women must have noticed that I wasn't completely together and made some kind of comment to her friend about the kind of night I must have had and winked at me. Then they both giggled as if they had some kind of secret that I was somehow a part of. I smiled politely, asked if there was anything else I could get, and headed into the kitchen to get their food.
I watched them as they talked and ate, and I couldn't help but wonder if there was more to their relationship than what they presented. I started picturing them as lovers, letting all kinds of images race through my head. I devised this whole scenario in my mind, as if I knew them. I thought that they were married, and the women and their husbands were good friends, but the men in their lives worked long hours, so from time to time, they turned to each other to satisfy their needs. It was at that point that I knew I needed a break from everything that was happening.
Just as the women were paying the check, Danni walked in the front door with Belle and Brianna close behind. We all smiled at each other, and it may have been my imagination, but the two women, being caught in between us all, smiled at each other and nodded in approval as they looked at me, and then back and Danni and my cousins before walking out. It was as if they knew exactly what was happening, but how could they? It was just my over-tired, over-imaginative, over-sexed brain.
Belle and Brianna slipped into a booth right by the door, and Danni walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek.
"Lou here?"
"In the back. He's grouchy today."
Danni smiled and headed into the back. I walked over to Belle and Brianna, and jokingly asked if I could take their order. Brianna smiled a wicked smile and grabbed the hem of my skirt, pulling me closer to the table and almost knocking me off balance.
"You know what I want."
Belle slapped her arm.
"Will you cut it out! Stop being so disgusting, she's your cousin!"
"So? She's my cousin with the sweet ass!"
"Ugh, you're so disgusting!"
"What? You didn't see anything disgusting about it last night when you and Cathy were grinding on each other!"
"I told you, we were just kidding around, and I was drunk! Besides, Cathy is not my first cousin! If you didn't sit there and make me feel like a prude, it would have never happened, so can we just drop it now?"
"Whatever!"
Brianna looked up at me.
"Looks like the stick is back, and lodged firmly in my sister's ass once again!"
I couldn't help but smile. Belle didn't look too happy.
"Look, can we just drop it please?"
"You brought it up, not me."
"I didn't bring it up, I just asked you not to be disgusting and to stop making sexual references to our cousins!"
"Well, we're just kidding around, and besides, I had too much drink!"
Brianna picked up the glass of water and gulped from it, pretending to be drunk. She was obviously enjoying needling her sister. Belle was getting angrier by the second. I just stood there smiling and thinking about how Danni and I were just like them once.
"Shut up! You know I don't drink that much...I was drunk! Besides, there is nothing funny about having sex with your cousin! That's just disgusting!"
"Whatever. I'm sorry Anne; apparently "two-sips McGee" over here doesn't like it when I kid around. You know I'm only kidding right?"
She gave me this little half-smile to imply that she really wasn't kidding.
"Don't get me in on this. I have nothing to do with it."
Brianna laughed. Just then, Danni walked over with my boss, who didn't look happy that he was pulled away from his paperwork, but Danni can make Lou do just about anything. All she has to do is keep begging and whining in her little girl voice, and big hard assed Lou always goes along with it. I don't know how she does it because it never worked for me. He just blows me off, but for some reason, Danni makes him melt.
"Lou, these are my cousins I was telling you about."
Lou looked right at me.
"What are you on break? The napkins need to be re-filled."
"Whatever!"
Danni slapped Lou on the shoulder, something that would get me immediately fired. "I told you not to be mean to my sister, or you'll have to deal with me!"
She smiled, and Lou smiled back and shook his head.
"Unbelievable!" I mumbled loud enough for them to hear me. Danni smiled and winked at me, gesturing for me to stay there. Lou finally got around to eyeballing my cousins.
"Have they ever waited tables before?"
Lou had this thing where he would talk about you to another person, even when you were right there. Brianna looked at Lou, who was obviously staring at her tits, and grabbed them with both hands, pushing them up. Lou suddenly looked away.
"I think they'd look good in the uniform, don't you?"
Lou looked as if he was going to get mad, but Belle spoke up.
"Sir, I've waited tables for four years, and I was shift manager for two..."
"Okay" Lou interrupted "You and your sister get 'em trained up today. You's can start tomorrow."
"Thanks Lou." Danni cooed. "You won't be sorry."
"I'm already sorry. You – those napkins ain't fillin' themselves! Take this one and show her how it's done."
He pointed to Brianna who made a face at him, and he looked at Danni.
"Is this one gonna give me trouble?"
"Probably."
Brianna spoke up. "This one has a name – It's Brianna, and these are the twins."
She grabbed her breasts again; this time bouncing them up and down so Lou could get a good eyeful. Danni and I snickered.
"Brianna huh? Sounds like a stripper name to me. Just don't give me any trouble."
Lou walked away and Danni busted out laughing.
"He likes you already."
"Yeah, I'm sure he does."
Belle and I rolled our eyes.
"Alright, those of us not sleeping with the boss have to get to work. C'mon you guys, I'll show you around."
"I'll go and get my uniform. I'll be back before lunch to help you train them."
Danni left and I started to show my cousins the job. Belle caught on immediately, so I spent most of my time helping Brianna. I could tell she really didn't want to work, but she knew she had no choice if she wanted money. Danni came back just as it started to get busy and took Brianna off my hands.
By the end of the day, Belle knew the job probably better than I did, and we both got done quickly. Even Lou was pleased with how good she was.
"You're gonna be alright, but I don't know about that other one."
We both looked over at Brianna who obviously bit off more than she could chew, and it showed.
"She'll be alright Lou, just give her time."
He shook his head and walked away. I asked Danni if she wanted me to stay and help finish up, but she said they were almost done and they would meet us at home.
As Belle and I walked home I realized that it was really the first time I got to talk to her alone since she came to stay. I started to say something about the restaurant, but she just blurted it out.
"I'm sorry about last night Anne. I'm not...I don't know what happened. I'm not like that..."
I laughed a little. "It's okay Belle. We were just fooling around a little, no big deal."
"Maybe for you, but I don't do that stuff. I'm not a lesbian, I'm not into girls."
"Who said you were? Look, it's no big deal. It was just a couple of girls who had too much to drink, fooling around a little that's all. It was completely innocent."
"I just don't know. Lately, I just feel...out of place. I mean, I would never do anything like that. You don't think Cathy is freaked out or anything do you?"
I laughed again. "No, I don't think you have to worry about that. Cathy's fine."
She looked at me kind of funny and stopped walking. I stopped too and turned to look at her.
"What?"
"Are all the girls around here the same way?"
"What do you mean?"
"C'mon Anne, you know what I mean. I know you all think I'm this little priss who doesn't do anything and never gets in any trouble, but I'm not stupid."
"No one thinks that Belle. What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about you and Danni..."
My heart sank. Belle was the only one who didn't know about Danni and me, and probably for good reason. She probably wouldn't take it all that well. I thought after last night things would be different, but I think it just made things worse.
Last night, we were all at Cathy's, and we all started playing around. It was innocent at first, kind of stupid really, but things got a little carried away. Even Belle got a little crazy. We were all playing around, kind of doing a strip tease for each other, and before we knew what was happening, Cathy managed to get Belle naked in front of all of us, something that was very out of character for Belle. It might not have been such a big deal, and probably would have amounted to no more than harmless fun, but Cathy took it a little too far when she started to play with herself as Belle did her striptease. Belle seemed to be the only one who didn't notice what Cathy was doing until it was almost too late. When Belle finally caught on to what she was doing she freaked out, to the point where the rest of us had to stop Belle before she killed Cathy.
Cathy and Belle apologized to each other after they had calmed down a bit. Cathy told Belle that she was attracted to her and assumed that Belle felt the same way, but Belle was just kidding around, so they chalked it up as a misunderstanding. After that, things just got kind of weird and so we all left. It was obvious to all of us that Belle just wasn't comfortable with any of it. Even Brianna could tell that she was freaked out, so we all just sort of silently agreed to forget about it. That is, until this morning I guess when Brianna started in on her. I could still tell how uncomfortable she was with the whole thing, and that she just wanted it forgotten.
"I mean, don't get me wrong, it's not really any of my business, but it just seems that you and Danni and Cathy are...well, I guess you're all just comfortable around each other, and I'm not. I mean, it's all just a little weird for me...I'm not like that I guess and I just feel weird, like you all think I'm being uptight or something."
"Belle, really, it's not like that. What happened last night...I mean, that's never happened before...It was just a weird night. No one thinks you're uptight."
