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inspired
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Author's Note:
This is the fifth part of the series, but the first for this series to be posted in
this
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Recap:
To everyone's surprise, LeAnn, Tom, and Lana left together just after midnight. It appeared that they had hit it off quite well, and they had decided to spend more time together getting to know one another. Lana hugged me (I had put on fresh panties and a cute bralette after our joint time in the tub.) and promised to call so that we could get together to talk very soon. For whatever reason, I actually believed her this time.
Laura, Rob, and Darcie gave us all quick hugs and left just after Tom's group left the driveway. Without discussing it, I was welcomed into the bed of Mark and Connie after we all cleaned up the house. I had already planned to spend the night. I fell asleep wondering what the new year would bring, but I was filled with hope and excitement about it for sure.
I Was Their Babysitter - pt. 5
After the New Year, I provided Connie with my work schedule for the first two weeks of the month. Once school started up again, I sent her my class & set work schedules once they were solidified for the spring semester. Never did more than a week go by that I didn't get to spend time with one or both of my special couple members during the day or, on special occasions, at a hotel a few towns over. At least during the first two months of the new year, that was the way it went.
As she had promised, Lana had called me and arranged to meet with me for a long lunch in a quiet little diner near the highway at the end of January. We spent three and a half hours there in a little corner booth talking, sharing, and giggling about our new lifestyles. In a strange way, she credited
me
for it, no matter how much credit was due to Darcie, her friend who had brought her with them to celebrate New Year's Eve with my friends and their friends, LeAnn and Tom Reynolds.
"Steph, my life is so crazy!" Lana whispered excitedly. "I mean, I know it's crazy, but I am in love with them. I've come out to stay with them a few times. LeAnn continues to teach me things about lesbianism, and Tom has proven to be an even more attentive lover than even Rob was."
"Are you..." I trailed off.
"They asked me last night to be their girlfriend! I feel like I was proposed to! We love to learn more about one another. The hard part is the distance! I hate it."
"Have they asked you to move in with them? Darcie lives with Rob and Laura. I met with her and had a nice talk over lunch back a couple weeks ago. She goes to my school too."
"They did, but I am not feeling it," Lana admitted. "In truth, that's why I asked you to meet with me today. I know you've mentioned saving up to move out. I've had the same goal, and I have a decent savings account for it."
"Were you thinking about moving closer?" I asked excitedly.
"Well, what if we pooled our funds to get a place?"
"Well, renting a place together makes more sense, for sure," I acknowledged, but I widened my eyes at her slow, shaking head. "No?"
"I'm thinking we could go in 50/50 and buy a
house
," she clarified.
"Oh, Lana," I reacted and gave her a sad look. "Cuz, I only have $15,000 in the bank. I can't imagine..."
"Well, hold that thought," Lana requested and pulled out a piece of paper from her purse. "Check...
this
out," she said as she pointed at the heading of the paper.
"That's... that's
my
name," I told her like she couldn't see that for herself, not to mention that she was presenting it to me in the first place.
"Grandma, our moms' mom, opened an account for each of us grandkids when we were born. Every time we did something good, she put money in there besides whatever she gave us. Or when she got a huge sum of money for something, she divvied it up between all of us. That's
your
balance," she told me as she pointed at the bottom of the page. "I only had about five saved up, but with what Grandma put in my account, I have about the same as you. That means we could have a healthy downpayment on a house, keep some for 'just in case,' and we'd still be able to pay all the bills and things from our paychecks and keep adding money to maintain our savings as well."
"Why didn't I know about this?" I asked her as I read down the list of deposits over the years.
"I visited Gram last week and told her that I was thinking about moving closer to you," Lana explained. "Naturally, I didn't mention the
why
of the matter, but Gram knows that Mom and I don't always get along. Gram
also
suggested that Mom wasn't always as stiff and such a killjoy as she is today. Yes, Gram called my mom 'prude.' She may have also hinted that
your
mom has had her healthy share of past experiences as well."
"Really?" I asked. Gram always seemed to be focused on the grandkids or relatives her own age whenever we were together for holidays, so I never thought about how Gram felt about her own daughters. I'd heard plenty of mutterings about my mom's distaste for some of my grandma's decisions, however. "So, what made her decide now was the right time to share about the accounts?"
"I told her my idea, and then she got up, walked to her file cabinet, and then brought back the two pieces of paper with her. She went on to explain about her idea way back when Jimmy was born, and also mentioned that she never told her own children that she was doing it. Each child has a different set of deposits for their own accomplishments. When Gram came into a larger sum of money, she admitted she was fair across the board with those, but each account is no one else's business but the child's and hers. I gained a lot of respect for Gram that day."
"I'll say," I breathed and blinked with wide open eyes a few times. And then it occurred to me. "So,
that's
why Gram texted me to ask if I trusted you!" I shared and laughed. "I responded that I certainly did, and she simply thanked me."
"Yeah, she stopped and used her phone before she got up, now that I think about it," Lana pondered thoughtfully. "Because each account has different balances, I'm guessing she just wanted to be sure you'd be OK with me knowing what was in yours."
"So, it sounds like our moms don't know anything about it. Do you think they'll be mad?"
"Probably," Lana answered and shrugged. "But when aren't they?" I shrugged back at her and thought about it. I'd never actually told my mom that I had planned to move out. I had a full scholarship for school, and she'd made it very clear that she and her husband weren't to be expected to pay for school or necessities now that I was in college. She never asked when I planned to leave the house, but she did appreciate being able to leave the boys home to be under my care so she didn't have to always cart them around with her. That was probably going to be the biggest ordeal of any of the information I gave her once Lana and I found a place.
"Alright, cuz," I declared and laughed. "Holy shit!" I whispered. "We're buying a house!"
"Well, our next step is to find a realtor," Lana told me decidedly. "We need to decide between us what we want in a house. I know it won't be our forever home, per se, but it definitely works for now and the next few years. Plus, we'll have our own place!" She didn't say the words, but I could tell that she was talking about the fact that we could quite possibly host our own special parties.
I was a little leery about having our house become a sex den, but we had time before anything had to be of concern. I made a mental note to make sure that during our discussions about what we want in a house, I was going to make sure we were very much on the same page about rules. Maybe we could have a driveway that went around the back of the house so cars coming and going, not to mention particular sets of people, weren't always seen. Hmmm, so much to think about.