Message-ID: <19867eli$9902110940@qz.little-neck.ny.us> X-Archived-At: From: deanajohns@hotmail.com (Deana Johns) Subject: *Savant P12 (FF,Mf sed, voy FFfFfFff) Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d Reply-To: deanajohns@hotmail.com Path: qz!not-for-mail Organization: The Committee To Thwart Spam Approved: X-Moderator-Contact: Eli the Bearded X-Story-Submission: X-Original-Message-ID: <36c24419.44327440@burgoyne.com> ===================================================== Savant: By Deana Johns. Copyright 1997 All rights reserved. Limited permission to post is granted providing this header remains intact. May not be posted to any pay sites. May be offered as part of a collection, also provided this header remains intact. Permission to archive is also granted. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is one of my later stories. As of now, it is incomplete but already long. If you are seeking quick, cheap smut, you may wish to look elsewhere. But I think the true connoisseurs of erotica will find it plenty steamy if they give it a chance. This is an adult story, if you shouldn't be reading it, don't. I trust this is sufficient warning, given that I am posting this to a predominantly adult area to begin with. As always, comments are desired, welcome, and helpful. I especially like to hear from other women. Please reply to: deanajohns@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Savant Part 12 Perhaps this will be her only time with us. If so, I for one will treasure our time together. If instead it works out that she can know this again, then I gladly welcome her into our lives as often and to whatever extent she wishes. Her heart is gentle and kind and true." Betty said, raising her glass to Jenny. "I will certainly drink to that." Denise said, clinking her glass with Betty's. The others all clinked their glasses with Betty's and Denise's. Jenny was overcome with tears. Denise moved to her and clinked her glass with her, she sipped at it. Jenny hadn't drank yet so Denise pulled her into a kiss and shared her sip between them. In the midst of it Jenny moaned and her body shuddered. Denise held her firmly in her one arm. She linked her other one though Jenny's and did a continental toast with her. Jenny's lip quivered as she sipped. Afterwards Denise guided her back against the table for balance. She finally turned to face Betty. "You shame me that I didn't think of that toast. I'm almost afraid to ask the third item for celebration." Denise said. "Oh, it's a simple crass monetary matter. Hardly worth mentioning in relation to the other two. But I'm quite biased in that opinion. I toast to the birth of your company with the first installment in return for you efforts. I have here the first payment for your software." Betty said, handing her a package. Denise grinned and opened the package. Inside was a picture frame containing a single one dollar bill. Denise looked up in question. "I toast to the first dollar earned as a product of your outstanding intellect. Oh, the rest is on the back. The total... Well, I'll let you read it first." Betty said, lifting her glass in toast. Denise turned the frame over and removed the envelope. Inside she found the check. She read it and then sat down heavily in a chair in shock. Even though John had warned her of the amount before hand. The others moved to clink glasses with Betty and then with Denise. They sipped as one and then Cindy moved around to read the amount over Denise's shoulder. "*Seventeen-thousand-three-hundred dollars!*" she gasped. "And *one*. Don't forget that as it was the *first* one. That's the way John handed it to me for delivery to her." Betty chuckled. Betty moved over next to her and put her arm around her shoulder. "Congratulations, love. You deserve every penny of it." she said, leaning to kiss her cheek. Denise sat looking at the check a moment, then reached around Betty's waist and hugged her to her. Getting tears in her eyes again. "Thank you. But I really don't. As you once made note I developed that software to collect my *student gallery*. That hardly qualifies for this reward." she said. "Why not? *You* developed it. Nobody else. I saw that work, it's a first rate piece of software. You put fifty times that amount of work into the rest of that package that had no connection with your *student gallery*. Your mind *earned* every penny of that money." Betty said. "I agree. Dad's thrilled over your work. Your software is fast becoming his hottest selling product and he's got some other excellent ones." Andrea said, hugging Denise from her other side. "I'd say that for anybody who could *bug the cops* that was an insignificant return for honest work. I'd quite like to see what you could do if you really put your mind to it." Jenny said. "You have." said Cindy, puting her arm around Andrea, "*Us*." "I'll drink to that." Jenny said. "What say we make it a quadruple celebration, Andrea? If Betty can find a place for them to get hitched and we can get our folks permission, why don't we make it a double wedding?" Cindy asked. Andrea was speachless. Tears of joy welled up into her eyes as she realized just what Cindy was talking about. Cindy dropped to one knee. "Will you marry me?" she asked. "You really want me to?" Andrea gasped, tears running down her cheeks. "Yes, I really want you to." Cindy said. "*YES! OH YES!*" Andrea sobbed. Cindy stood up and Andrea grabbed her and picked her up and swung her around. When she finally set her down she hugged her with all her might. Then she was kissing her. The kiss lasted a long time. "Warms the heart. Doesn't it?" Denise chuckled, getting to her feet and wrapping her arms around Betty from behind. "Yes, and a few other parts too. I think that toast is definately in order. Your turn." Betty said, turning to kiss Denise's cheek. Denise kissed her on the neck, then stepped back and refilled everybodies glass. Andrea and Cindy were still hungrily kissing. Denise picked up her own glass and raised it in toast. "I wish to propose a toast to our dear sweet loves. Once again I see Cindy's hand on the same spot that started all this. I can't seem to break her of the habit so this is probably for the best. You two will always be a part of us. You are our compliment. You remind us what youth is for. You are both lovely, sexy, sensual, talented, kind, generous, bright and outstanding lovers. Each of you touches a very special place in each of us. We are thrilled to our souls over your union." Denise said, tears in her eyes. "Hear, hear." Jenny said, clinking glasses with Denise. Betty followed suit and Andrea and Cindy stopped kissing long enough to drink to their own union. Afterwards they hugged and kissed everybody else. "Gosh, I feel left out I don't have anyone to get engaged to." Jenny mused. "Well, don't do it on our account. But I'll bet you could find someone at the airport tomorrow if you just went out and hung around." Denise said. Jenny looked shocked a moment, then pulled Denise into her arms and and kissed her tenderly. "You're right. I can. I hope.... Thank you.... for everything. I guess I probably ought to be going now." she said. "Is she 'funnin us?" Cindy asked. "No, I do believe she thinks she could get out of here tonight." Denise chuckled. "No, it's okay. I understand. You all have engagements to bond. I'd just be a fifth wheel." Jenny said, misty eyed. "You would *not* be a fifth wheel. It was my understanding that this could possibly be your only time with us. Now it looks like that might even be likely. So we would all be honored if you would consider this your bachelorette party. Your last fling. If you are really set on going, I guess you can. But you are likely to dissapoint four people who would very much like you to stay." Betty said. "And that's a fact." Andrea said, emphatically. "I would have thought that you two would very much like to be alone." Jenny said. "I can't think of a much better way to celebrate than to gang up on a knock-em-dead redhead with nice hooters and a great ass whom we all feel very deeply about." Cindy said. "Gosh she has wonderful thoughts. I just love her to pieces." Andrea said, kissing Cindy's neck from behind. "You don't have to do that." Jenny said, eyes downcast. "*Have to?* Good lord. Those two are so hot for you that I don't give you much of a chance of making it to the gate unmolested. But to set your fears at rest. Cindy, why don't you and Andrea slip off right now and cement your engagement. Betty and I will warm Jenny up for round two." Denise suggested. "She has great ideas too." Andrea giggled. "Yes, she's always been a great thinker... not to mention great every other way. Come on love, before Jenny has a chance to think about it. We will just be horrendously offended if she's not here when we surface again." Cindy said, taking Andrea by the hand. "See you in about an hour and a half. I just happen to have a new movie about that long." Denise said. "I'll put on the popcorn." Betty chuckled. "You really want me to stay?" Jenny asked. "Gosh, do the lionesses want to watch the cute little baby antelopes?" Denise giggled, pulling Jenny into her arms. Jenny met her lips and the kiss grew passionate. Jenny wobbled a bit when Denise finally let her breath again. "Alright, on one condition." Jenny said. "What's that?" Denise asked. "That you and Betty slip off yourselves for a bit. I'll watch the movie by myself. I can make my own popcorn." Jenny said. "Leave you out here alone?" Betty asked, "No way." "That's my offer, take it or leave it." Jenny said. "Alright, we'll take it if that's the only way. Betty, set the outside alarm and over-ride the gate control. I want to know if she tries to leave." Denise chuckled. "You don't trust me?" Jenny asked. "Sure, I also know you." Denise chuckled, "Now you are very welcome to join us watching a movie, or join us in the bedroom. Or if you *insist,* you can watch the movie alone. But five would be kind of crowded in one bed anyway for anything other than sleeping. I was thinking you could amuse yourself with the girls later while Betty and I had our lone time.... You aren't obligated to make love with anyone of course. But you are quite honestly and highly desired by us all." "This seems so strange to me. I've never really been.... this active." Jenny said. "You mean that you it makes you feel *promiscuous*?" Betty asked. Jenny kind of blushed and nodded. "Let me teach you something Denise taught me. Come on. To the *library*." Betty said, leading her. She looked up a word in the dictionary. ["Promiscuous: from the latin *pro*-; forward plus *miscere*, to mix. 1. Consisting of different elements indiscriminantly mingled. 2. Characterized by lack of discrimination, especially in sexual liasons. ] Now I would assume we are talking about the second difinition. So the quiestion would arrise; does it matter to you *whom* you have sexual relations with?" Betty asked. "Yes, of course." Jenny replied. "Then the word does not apply to you. You are not indescriminant in your relations. You have in fact been very choosy about whom you have sex with. Now if you have a moral or ethical question about it, that's between you and your conscience. I wouldn't think so as you quite enjoyed yourself with first Denise and then me multiple times starting last night. Prior to this you have been monogamistic with one long term partner. He knows where you are and what you are doing and you have stated that you desire to retain that relationship so that this may be our only time to enjoy each other this way. I do seriously hope you won't cut yourself off from us completely, no matter how it works out with Jake. I know Denise would miss your friendship and so would I.. But getting back to the question. Jake knows you are making love to women. He left town to give you the freedom to explore that. So that aspect is covered. I don't think it will matter a bit to him if you make love to one or four. It's probably the concept alone he has trouble with. And if the intent is for you to explore that aspect, then explore it, if you wish. It's not a question of disease as Cindy and Andrea were monogamistic from their incept except for Andrea's occaisional liason with Bobby - whom we know is otherwise celebate- until they became involved with us. Denise had *no* relationship from the time you knew her until me. I had a four year monogamistic relationship before I got together with Denise. I saw June regular enough durring the relationship to be fairly certain she didn't have outside affairs. It would have been too dangerous for her. So the bottom line there is a very low probablity that we have anything you could catch. We don't even seem to be prone to yeast infections. Now it's not a question of our having a low oppinion of you for making love with us. You know how we all feel about it. So the question actually boils down to: Do you want to?" Betty said. "Yes." Jenny said, grinning. "And you needn't worry about me cutting myself off totally from your friendship. I care very deeply for each of you, both wonderful new friends and a very precious old one." "Great. So now the question is would you like to go to bed with us now, or would you like our company?" Denise asked. "Actually.... What I'd really like.... Would be to see your *student gallery*." Jenny askd, blushingly. "I don't see a problem with that. If you came to see me at work you would be escorted to my office. You would be exposed to the same thing there. So I don't have an ethical problem revealing them to you. I'll just get the disks." Denise said, excusing herself. "Pretty sneaky trick that dictionary thing." Jenny chuckled, turning to Betty. "It's not a trick. The thing I was refering to that Denise taught me, is that words have exact meanings and society misuses quite a lot of them. I had no basic clue about epistomology outside knowing a lot of English is derived from latin and the old laguages of europe. I had no idea where the term lesbian came from. Now I know, I quite like the word. You were applying a word to yourself that didn't fit what you meant. It was a term that you had heard others apply to behavior they probably didn't approave of, never knowing the exact definition themselves. I'm not implying you aren't well educated, you are exceptionally well educated. But we *all* don't bother to look up the defintions of words we *think* we already know." Betty said. "That makes sense. I might very well start though..... I've learned an awful lot these past two days. Semantics not the least of it. You've all taught me the meaning of love." Jenny said, pulling Betty gently into her arms. "It has been our very destinct pleasure sharing that with you." Betty said, meeting her lips warmly. Denise stopped dead in her tracks when she entered the bedroom. She stood watching feeling a strong flush of sexual desire. Cindy and Andrea lay together kissing deeply and caressing each others young, firm bodies. Between kisses Cindy looked up at Denise and smiled at her. Unconcerned and even excited over being observed she rolled atop Andrea and moved between her legs. She possitioned herself and began to move her hips to grind their pubic areas together. Denise finally forced herself to move to the safe and extract the CD's. While she was at it she placed her check into the safe. She was about to tip-toe out when Andrea beckoned to her. "Excuse me, I don't mean to invade your privacy or rob you of the intimacy of the moment. I just needed to get these CD's.from the safe." Denise said. "We would not be here this moment without you. This particular union was forged on your love of us. You are most welcome to join us. But at least let us know the joy of your lips." Andrea said, breathlessly. "Get your ass over here so I can kiss it." Cindy moaned. Denise didn't hessitate as she moved to the young pair. She sat on the bed and leaned to press her lips to Andrea's. The kiss was long and passionate, followed by the same from Cindy. All the while the girls continued their pelvic thrusts. Denise's hands caressed the pair as they kissed. "Now my loves, enjoy yourselves. We will know each others lips and touch countless times in the future. Enjoy your celebration. I'll see you later." she said, stealling another quick kiss from each. Denise slipped away before they could grab her again and made her way downstairs. She found Betty and Jenny still kissing. Without interupting them she moved to her old computer and set up the slide show for Jenny. Next she moved to Betty's computer. She called up the security program. First she checked the outide alrarm was set -with no laser present- and second she called in a recurrent real time image sample from the guest room. "What are you doing now?" Jenny asked, moving to caress her shoulders. Betty looked at the image and chuckled. "Being her lovably *brilliant* self, I'd say." she said, realizing what Denise had in mind. "Just playing. Your slide show is set up on your new computer. Hit the space bar to stop and start. Use the plus and minus keys to control speed and the arrow keys to control direction. When paused by the space bar you can flip through the pictures one at a time with the arrow keys. I've already entered my password so to change CD's, just hit the open button and put the other one in. A touch on the front of the drawer closes it and the show will resume on the other disk." Denise said. "Her new computer?" Betty asked. "I'm buying her old compter for my office." Jenny explained. "Oh. I wouldn't have thought she would have parted with it. Nostalgia and all." Betty chuckled "Yes, that old box gave me a lot of hours of pleasure." Denise mused. "Mine's given me a lot of pleasure too." Betty said, playfully rubbing between her legs. Jenny and Denise busted out laughing. "Well, the one you are referring to has given me many hours of plesure too." Denise chuckled. "As has yours, me, my love." Betty replied, bending over her and letting her hands inside the robe wander over Denise's breasts. "I sense that you two would like to slip off alone." Jenny said, selfconsciously. Denise rotated her chair and looked at her a moment. "Betty, I do believe this gorgeous critter has somehow gotten the impression that she's not welcome to join us. Do you want her arms or her legs?" she asked. "Actually, I was thinking about someplace in between, but I'll take the legs." Betty chuckled. "What do you mean, carry me?" Jenny asked. "Yes, to the bedroom." Denise said, standing and moving behind her. "Oh... no, really. You two go ahead. I'll be fine right here. I really wish to view the pictures." Jenny said. "Alright. Nobody's forcing you. I'll leave this view on my computer. You are very welcome to join us if you'd like. If what you see appeals to you, just come on in." Denise said, pulling her into an embrace and deep kiss. "Thank you. I may yet. But you two go ahead now." Jenny said, turning to kiss Betty. Denise and Betty went off hand in hand to the guest room. Jenny sat down to start the slide show. She was distracted before it started by the image on the other screen now flickering a frame of Denise and Betty every few seconds. She was sorely tempted to join them from what she saw as the clothes came off and Betty pulled Denise to her and kissed her deeply, walking her back onto the bed. "Think she's watching?" Betty asked Denise, starting to move her hips atop her. "I have little doubt of it. That's what I left it on for. You don't mind, do you?" Denise asked, breathlessly. "Nope... It's kind of sexy; knowing I'm being watched." Betty grinned. "I really don't care either way. I didn't think she would join us, but I didn't want her to feel left out. I only sought to offer her a distraction." Denise gasped, dropping into syncronization with Betty's hips. "Sometimes you talk too much." Betty said, moving to kiss her. Jenny was so highly aroused by the time she finally started the slide show, she couldn't have helped touching herself. Watching the parade of nubile young ladies on the screen of her new computer she cried out and lifted her hips in orgasm more than once. Even so her eyes kept drifting back to the scene on the other monitor. The couple in the guest room acted as if they couldn't have cared less about being observed. At the moment they had changed position again and were sitting face to face rocking their hips together as they kissed and caressed each other. Once again Jenny's fingers made their way between her legs. Andrea sobbed in Cindy's arms. Cindy held her tenderly and kissed at her tears. "You sure cry a lot for someone who just got engaged." Cindy chuckled. "I just love you so much." Andrea sobbed in return. "Yes, I can see why that would make you cry. I'd cry if I got engaged to me too." Cindy teased, lightly playing with a nipple. "*No*.... I thought I'd lost you." Andrea sobbed. "I know, love. I was teasing.... We will be together forever." Cindy said, softly. Andrea hugged her to her hard. Cindy continued her soothing caresses. Eventually Andrea began to respond... for the fourth time since they had moved to the bedroom. Jenny was glowing in her bliss. Between the two computer monitors she had teased herself to orgasm four times in just an hour. Even so she still had a finger inserted into herself. She was doing her Kegel exercises. Practicing squeezing her finger with her vaginal muscles as she thought about using it on Jake. Andrea was calmer as she lay snuggled to Cindy's side. Somehow the last session had reasured her that Cindy would always be hers. They had shared their last orgasm face to face. Their eyes closing just for an instant as the pleasure swept over them. "Feeling better?" Cindy queried, softly caressing her hip. "Yes, thank you love. I'm sorry I've been so insecure." Andrea said. Cindy rolled atop her and looked into her eyes. She softly moved a lock of hair from her forehead. "That's okay. It's understandable. I guess you've had a lot to feel insecure about. But not anymore. Right now there are at least three women who love you very deeply in this house. I think the other one cares very deeply for you too. You must never feel insecure about my love, no matter what. I am yours. Body and soul." Cindy said, bending to tenderly kiss her. Andrea hugged her tightly to her as they kissed. She let her fingers feel Cindy's back and sides then decend to cup her cheeks. "I'll try. ...... I guess we'd better go spell Denise and Betty off with Jenny." Andrea said. "Yes. I feel a bit guilty over that. I promised Denise we would keep Jenny occupied while they had a little lone time. Betty's been feeling a bit insecure about Jenny and Denise." Cindy said, kissing her once more before rolling off to the side. "I know... But thank you for taking the time with me anyway." Andrea said, meekly. Cindy turned back to her and pulled her into her arms. "My dear sweet love. I'm not sorry for a single second spent in your arms. Any time you start feeling insecure, just grab my hand and guide me to a bed or a soft spot. Okay?" Cindy asked, hugging her. "Okay. Deal. Now let's go find us a knock-em-dead redhead with great hooters and a nice ass." Andrea said, grinning, squeezing Cindy's ass cheek playfully. Cindy hugged her a moment longer. "God I love you." she said. "I love you too. Shall we put on our robes?" Andrea asked. "I've got a better idea. Let's put on our new outfits, only without tops under them." Cindy suggested. Andrea grinned, kissed her neck and rolled off the bed. Jenny fastened her pants and pulled her top down. Now content that she knew which muscles to exercise. She continued to flex them. Noticing not a single twitch in her clothing to indicate she was flexing them. She smlled, thinking she could actually do the exercises while she talked to patients. On her new computer screen was an image of a cute little blonde girl. "Quite adorable isn't she?" Cindy's voice sounded behind her, startling her. "Yes, she's a doll." Jenny said, turning her chair to face her. She got a look at what Cindy had on and her breath caught in her throat. She found herself flushing in desire again, despite the many orgasms she had just given herself. Cindy grinned at her disscomfort and slid up onto a Davenport along the other wall. "Yes, I've always thought so. She's straight, but still very pleasant to look at. She's one of Denise's favorites to look at too. One night Denise and I made love with that picture on the screen." Cindy said, stretching a bit to tease Jenny. Jenny kind of gulped. Cindy's breasts peeked out either side of her bib. The rest of the outfit snugged up tight between her smooth legs, which were bare. "Where's Andrea?" she managed to ask. "Making a pot of tea for us. A bit of a tradition around here late at night in place of coffee." Cindy replied, eyeing her hungrily, but flicking her eyes to the other monitor. Jenny turned back to look at it. Denise and Betty were laying nude, side by side, just looking into each others eyes as they talked. "I'd say those two were in love." she said. "Yup. I think that's a fair guess. I thought they were going to keep you company while we slipped off." Cindy said. "I could see that they were anxious for a little lone time. I managed to convince them I could fend for myself. But Denise still put this screen up to keep me company." Jenny giggled. "Doesn't seem to distract them any. Knowing Denise it probably made them hot as hell knowing they were being watched." Cindy chuckled. "They aren't the only ones. They had me dripping in my chair." Jenny chuckled. "I'd be most pleased to cure that." Cindy offered. Jenny swung around to look at her. Desire on her face. "I still don't know about that. You were a patient. It's not exactly ethical for me to be involved with you." Jenny said. Cindy rocked off the Davenport and moved to her lap. Holding her gaze as she did so. Jenny was powerless to stop her. "*Was* a patient. And you did nothing to influence this while I was, except sit there and look absolutely adorable while you talked with me. I was attracted to you the instant I saw you. Now from what I gather, this may be our only time. So please, lets not pass it up." Cindy asked, gazing into her eyes. Jenny was powerless to resist as Cindy moved to kiss her. The kiss started soft and tender, but grew more passionate by the moment. Jenny felt Cindy's hand move to her breast and her breath became heavy. Without further thought Jenny's one hand dropped to Cindy's ass while the other slipped into her bib and felt her breasts. Cindy leaned back long enough to unfasten the top of her bib and let it drop. Jenny found herself staring point blank at Cindy's lovely breasts. Her fingers a bit shakey as she moved to cup one. Her head bent to kiss a perfectly shapped erect nipple. Cindy moaned softly in response. "Now there's a lovely sight." Andrea chuckled, moving to their side. Jenny lifted her head to see her packaged the same as Cindy. Cindy moved to open her arm. Using it around Andrea's trim waist to pull her up next to them. "Hello love. Look what I found. A knock-em-dead redhead with great hooters and a nice ass." Cindy chuckled, lifting her head to meet Andrea's lips. "An excellent find. What say we *Shanghai* her back upstairs after the kettle whistles?" Andrea suggested, bending to find Jenny's soft lips. "My, I love the way you think." Cindy said, as the two women kissed before her face. While they kissed, Cindy bent and kissed each of them on the cheek. Andrea moved her hand to guide Cindy back into a three way kiss. A building whistle the only thing distracting them from continuing it. "I'll just finish the tea and be back." Andrea said, straightening up. "No, I'll go. You stay and get better aquainted with Jenny. Just don't let her get away." Cindy said, sliding off Jenny's lap. "Alright. I like the way you think too." Andrea said, unfastening her bib and sliding onto Jenny's lap. Her lips met Jenny's again before Jenny could protest about her being a patient. Cindy slipped out into the kitchen to make the tea. "Sound's like someone is making tea. Would you like some?" Betty asked. "Mm that sounds nice." Denise kind of purred, "I'll get up." "No, I'll get it and bring it to you. I'm not through with you..... Please?" Betty asked. "Sure.. Thank you." Denise said, softly caressing her back. Betty kissed her tenderly and then rolled away. "Back in a flash." she said, slipping on her robe. "Take your time. I'm not going anywhere. I'm yours forever." Denise said. Betty smiled at her and leaned back to kiss her again. "I *will* find a place." she said, grinning at Denise. "Good. I'd like that." Denise said. Betty finally slipped out wearing a smile on her face. She made her way to the kitchen. Cindy was pouring the water into the teapot. The top half of her bib was down. She looked adorable. Betty came up behind her and softly wrapped her arms around her from behind. Cupping her breasts as she bent to kiss her neck and shoulder. Cindy leaned back into her embrace. "Hello, love. Did you have a nice time?" Cindy asked. "Mm wonderful. How about you and Andrea?" Betty asked, between neck kisses. Cindy kind of giggled and moaned a bit. "Yes, wonderfull. Where's Denise?" she asked. "In the guest room. Waiting for round two. I heard the kettle and thought I'd get Denise a cup of tea." Betty said. Cindy added the bags and replaced the top, then wrapped it in a towel. She turned in Betty's arms. "It has to steep for a few minutes. Whatever shall we do with the time?" she demured. "I think we can think of something. I don't believe I've kissed you properly yet tonight." Betty said, moving to find her lips. The kiss was long and warm. Cindy pushed Betty's robe aside so their breasts merged as they kissed. Cindy was a bit wobbly on her legs when Betty finally pulled back. "Mm Now you have." Cindy said, breathlessly, moving back into another kiss. Betty's hands moved to cup her ass and pull her hips hard into hers while they kissed. Finally she pulled back and shared Cindy's deep gaze. "I think it's wonderful about you and Andrea." she said. "Thank you. I think it's wonderful about you and Denise." Cindy replied, softly caressing Betty's cheek. "Thank you. I'm hoping to find a place where we can make it unanimous." Betty said, caressing Cindy's back and shoulders. "I hope so too. But if not, this is a fist step. And I don't need a piece of paper to remind me that I love you." Cindy said. "No.. I don't either, really. This just symbolizes the love I feel for Denise. It lets me know that she really loves me as I do her." Betty said, a bit insecure. "I know. That's what I wanted to show Andrea too." Cindy replied. "Speaking of which, where is she?" Betty asked, softly drawing her fingers over Cindy's breasts. "In the library, getting better aquainted with Jenny." Cindy replied, returning Betty's caresses stroke for stroke. "Good. I was worried a bit about Jenny, being all alone." Betty said. "I think it's wonderful of you to allow Denise the freedom to get together with her." Cindy said. "It's the least that I owe her. She's sure given me enough. I don't know why I felt insecure about it. It's really not fair to Denise. She let me continue to see June after we got together. Then she brought me yours and Andrea's tender touch and has been working to get me and Bobby together. And just this week she led me to see how I felt about Penelope. So, I've really been unfair to her." Betty said, a bit misty eyed. "It's natural for you to feel insecure. You don't need to be ashamed of it. But I know Denise loves your butt. She'd be devistated without you in her life." Cindy said. "Not half as devistated as I'd be without her, or any of you." Betty said, hugging Cindy to her. "None of us are going anywhere. We all adore you. I'd marry you in a heartbeat." Cindy said, kissing her neck. Betty hugged her tightly to her and quivered a bit. Getting tears in her eyes from Cindy's statement. "I'd marry you in a heartbeat too. Any of you." Betty said, tearfully. "So tell me about Penelope." Cindy said, hugging back for a moment. Betty hugged her a moment more, then finally released her. She moved to sit in a chair, pulling Cindy into her lap. "We've been friends since I was a kid. Her mother is one of my mothers oldest and dearest friends. I've always liked her a lot. But I didn't have a clue how much till Denise and Jenny brought it to my attention after the party at my folks place. Denise had me close my eyes and she told me a hypothetical story about seeing Penelope across the room. We move together holding each others gaze and then move into an embrace and dance. We kiss and then undress each other as we sway to the music. Denise then asked me how I felt and I orgasmed in response. God, I had no idea I felt that way about her. It was a total shock to me." Betty said. "Denise is pretty perceptive. But just the sound of her voice telling me a story like that would be enough to set me off." Cindy said. "Jenny asked about that. But when Denise was talking I didn't really see what she was describing. Instead I pictured different times I'd spent together with Penelope. The feelings were real enough. Denise's voice just let me feel what was hidden inside me." Betty said. "So what's Penelope like? What's she look like?" Cindy asked, absently caressing one of Betty's breasts. "Oh... She's a knock-em-dead blonde with great hooters and a nice ass." Betty said, grinning, "Really, she's a dear. She's been a great friend. Over the years she was always in my corner at the parties we were both at. She came to my rescue more than once." Betty said, rubbing her cheek softly against Cindy's breasts. "I can't wait to meet her.... at my surprise birthday party." Cindy chuckled. "Yes... What would you like for your birthday?" Betty asked. "I would like very much to make love to all of you. That's the greatest present I could ever receive." Cindy said. "That you shall have, my love. At least from me, Denise and Andrea. I can't answer for the rest. But you are going to get a present too. What would you like?" Betty asked. "How about a new ink cartridge for my printer? I think the one that came in it is almost empty." Cindy suggested. "Not a very nice birthday present." Betty chuckled. "Something I need. Especially with the computer course coming up next term. Really, I don't want anything else." Cindy said. "Alright. If that's what you really want. Write down what printer you have and I'll see what I can find." Betty said, "Oh, speaking of birthdays. This past week Denise and I learned that Jenny's never had a birthday party. She was adopted and nobody knew her birthdate. So her foster parents just never gave her a party. So Denise picked June 21st as her birthday cause it's the longest day. We're going to give her a big birthday party to break in the new deck. It's going to be her thirtieth birthday. Don't tell her, but Denise and I are going to give her thirty presents apiece. If you and Andrea want to do the same then I'll sponsor you to buy them. They don't need to be big presents. Just so each of us gives her thirty. Denise is going to try to locate her real mother too." "Wow. What a wonderful idea. Count me in. You don't have to sponsor me. I'll get them on my own. If I start now that's just a few each month." Cindy said. "Don't go putting yourself short. If you want I'll loan you whatever you need. You can pay me back when I'm old and gray by bringing me tea.... speaking of which. I'd better get back to my betrothed." Betty said. She hugged Cindy to her first and kissed her deeply before Cindy tried to rock off her lap. Betty held her there a moment more. "I do love you so much I can't begin to tell you." Betty said, hugging her. "I love you, too. What say you and I do a little solo time tomorrow night so I can show you how much, as words can't express what I feel for you either." Cindy said. "It's a date." Betty said, kissing her once more before releasing her. Cindy rocked off her lap and moved to get down several cups. She poured two for Betty and kissed her again before Betty carried them back to the guest room. Cindy got a tray and loaded three cups onto it to carry into the library. She found Andrea on Jenny's lap kissing her passionately, feeling each other's breasts. Jenny's top now off and sitting on the desk. "That's a lovely sight." Cindy mused, setting the tray down. The two women looked up at her smiling. "So's that. I hope you two wear something under these next week when there are workmen around. Somebody could lose a finger otherwise." Jenny chuckled. "Until the heaters are in we'll probably be wearing sweats over them." Cindy chuckled, taking a sip of tea. She used it to warm her mouth and then handed Jenny and Andrea their cups. She got to her knees before them and kissed first one of Jenny's and then one of Andrea's nipples. Swirling her warm tongue around them. Both moaned in response. "Just a little sample. What lovely nipples you have." Cindy said, reaching to tease the other one. "Aren't they just great!" Andrea said, moving her hand to the other one and teasing it. Jenny moaned softly in response. Feeling a flush of sexual desire on her face... and elsewhere. "Thank you. I quite like both of yours as well. You've convinced me of your sincerity. If you will let me sip my tea then you can take me upstairs and play with them to your hearts content" Jenny said, rocking Andrea off her knee. "Deal!" Andrea said, leaning back to give her a hot kiss. "Sold." Cindy said, sitting back again on the Davenport. Andrea moved to lean between her legs, leaning her back against her bare breasts. Cindy wrapped one arm around her and planted a hot kiss on her neck. Andrea moaned softly in response as they both enjoyed the view of Jenny's lovely breasts. "I must say that you are all the most loving and affectionate people I have ever been around." Jenny said, sipping at her tea, "And I think that's wonderful." "We have Denise to thank for that. Although Cindy was that way all along. But I didn't understand......" Andrea said, sadly. "You know it now, that's good enough for me." Cindy said, moving to plant a hot kiss on the other side of her neck. "Yes, Denise has had a profound effect on all our lives. Mine certainly. She seems to instill love in everyone she meets." Jenny said. "No surprise there. I mean, look at her. She just took a sip of tea and now she's sharing a hot kiss with Betty." Cindy said, looking at the monitor. "I see you like Leslie too. Too bad she's straight." Andrea said, looking at the other monitor. "I think everybody likes that shot. Denise and I made love with it on the monitor one night. Yes, she's a little cutie." Cindy said. "How does it feel for you two? I mean, seeing that sort of thing almost every day at school.... with the way you feel about women?" Jenny asked, looking at the image and remembering her orgasm not too long before. "You tell me. How does the image make you feel? You stopped on it." Andrea asked. "It makes me want to run a hot tongue over her." Jenny chuckled. "We feel the same. But.... Well, knowing she wouldn't like it... We don't really want to do that. So we just look and enjoy the view." Andrea said. "Yeah... I guess the locker room must be like being a kid in a candy store for you two." Jenny said. "Mostly it's like being a kid in a candy store, *without any money*. Cause we can't touch." Cindy chuckled. "Or taste..." Andrea giggled, pulling Cindy's hand up and kissing the palm before moving it to her breasts. "So kind of a torture, really." Jenny said, then wincing at her words. "A little. But not really." Cindy said, unconcerned and kissing Andrea on the shoulder in support as she cupped her breast in her hand and teased the nipple with her thumb. "I guess it's like guys looking at nude girls in magazines. They never get to touch or taste either, but it doesn't keep them from looking. Like that image on the screen now. I find it appealing to look at. I don't have to touch or taste to enjoy the view. I quite like some of the others too." she continued. Jenny reached out and hit the space bar. The show began again. Several shots later Cindy had her stop it again on a cute little redhead. "You like that one, huh?" Jenny said, hitting the space bar to freeze the image. "Yes.... She sort of looks like you. After I first met with you I found myself watching her more. It's like how you must have looked when you were a girl." Cindy said, holding her gaze. Jenny found herself blushing. "When I was her age, I didn't have my breasts yet like she does." she said, after tearing her gaze to look at the image on the screen again. "I'll bet your nipples were just as great though." Andrea said. "They developed first. For a long time I was worried that's all I would have." Jenny mused. "Well you certainly have a great set now. I can't wait to see the rest." Cindy said. "No time like the present." Jenny said, setting her cup aside and standing to remove her pants. Andrea and Cindy watched hungrily as Jenny pulled down her pants and removed them. Then she hooked her thumbs in her panties and rocked her hips side to side as she lowered them. All the while observing the lovely sight before her as Cindy played with Andrea's breasts and kissed her neck. When she pushed them down far enough both girls eyes lit up in delight as they spotted her large clitoris. "Oh my, another one. *Little snake* and *Charmer* are going to be happy tonight." Andrea mused. "Little snake? Charmer?" Jenny asked. "We named each other's clitorises after Denise named Betty's lovely extension. Do you have a name for yours?" Cindy asked, kind of gulping. "Betty Christened it for me. *Irana*.... the bringer of peace." Jenny said, proudly, but blushing. "What a lovely name." Andrea said, feeling Cindy unfasten the side buttons on her outfit. After the buttons were open, Andrea stepped just far enough away from the Davenport for Cindy to push her outfit down past her hips. It dropped to her feet and she stepped out of it. She turned and kissed Cindy tenderly and then turned back to move to Jenny. Cindy unfastened her own as she sipped the last gulp of her tea. Then slid off the Davenport and shimied out of her outfit to join them. Her hot lips moving to kiss Jenny on the neck as she moved up behind her and Andrea kissed her as she felt her breasts. Jenny quivered between the two firm, young women. Her legs felt weak as she felt Cindy's hot lips on her neck and Andrea's on her lips. "What say we all go someplace more comfortable... while we can still stand." Cindy suggested. Both Jenny and Andrea smiled and nodded. Cindy took them by the hand and led them up the stairs to the bedroom. "I wonder how the girls are getting along with Jenny." Denise said, sipping the last of her tea. Betty looked at her now empty cup and put it aside. "If they aren't in the bedroom by now, then it's because they were too hot for each other to make it there." she chuckled. Denise chuckled and set her cup aside too. Then she wrapped both her arms around Betty from behind and pulled her against her. She was sitting up against the headboard. She bent her head and softly kissed Betty's neck as her hands moved to softly caress her breasts. Betty moaned softly in response. "God I love your touch." Betty moaned, reveling in the feel of it. "And I love yours. You shall have mine, all the days of our lives, as I love touching you." Denise said, punchuating her words with kisses on Betty's neck. Betty caught a hand and pulled it to her lips. Softly kissing at the palm. Then she twisted in Denise's embrace to find her lips once more. They rocked to the side and stretched out, kissing. The kiss was long and soft. "I love everything about you. I could kiss you till my lips were raw and love every second of it." Denise said. "That makes two of us. So lets practice some more." Betty said, huskily, moving into another one. ------------------------------- Jenny lifted her hips in the first of many orgasms she would experience at the girls hands..... or tongues, as they were currently each licking on either side of *Irana*. They didn't miss a lick as Jenny's body bucked around in convulsion and she emptied her lungs in a deep pleasurable groan. She reached down and caught one of them and pulled her up to her. It was Cindy. She kissed her deeply, tasting herself on the girls lips as she felt Andrea move her hips over hers in a cross straddle. Jenny guided Cindy's hips up onto her face as Andrea began to move to drag *Little Snake* over *Irana*. Jenny's lips and tongue found Charmer as she went off again in response. They changed positions several more times before Jenny finally faded away, being tenderly caressed by two lovely young women. -------------------------------- "Why don't you slip away for a while. You haven't made love with either Betty or Denise yet tonight." Cindy suggested to Andrea, craddling Jenny in her arms. "You haven't much. You can go first." Andrea said. "Actually, I have. I made love with Denise earlier, at my house too. So you go ahead." Cindy said. "You made love with her while your parents were there?" Andrea asked, incredulized. "Yes... You know my folks invited her to live there with me before she moved in here with Betty, while we were having that trouble with June. They didn't seem to mind too much when I took her into my room.... in fact I think it excited the hell out of them. I'm quite certain they heard either me or Denise." Cindy giggled. "Wow... I don't know if I could ever do that with my folks in the house.... What prompted you to do that?" Andrea asked. "Denise was quite upset, crying. She needed a little TLC. She was worried sick over how I would take her formal engagement to Betty." Cindy replied, caressing Andrea's shoulder. "Yeah, Betty was pretty worried how I would take it too. But really, I think it's wonderful. It's just the first step in connnecting all of us together. That's the way I took it." Andrea mused, caressing back. "I did too. But it took me a while to convince Denise of that.... Anyway, I've already made love to Denise twice tonight and got to spend a little quality time with Betty while the tea was steeping, so you go ahead. It's no sacrifice to me to snuggle to this darling for a while." Cindy said. "Alright. But you can't have spent much quality time with Betty while the tea steeped." Andrea said, sliding off the bed. "We also have a date for a solo run tomorrow night. So have fun." Cindy said. Andrea slipped on her robe and then sat back on the side of the bed. She leaned and tenderly kissed Cindy. "You're the best... and I shall love you forever. Thank you for asking me to marry you. I'll do my best to try to be a good wife to you." she said, misty eyed. Cindy released her embrace of Jenny and pulled Andrea to her and hugged her tightly. "I am honored that you have accepted. I hope all our days are filled with sweet loving as we've shared tonight. Now go on, have a good time. I'll understand if you don't make it back when they are through with you. I'm about ready for a little sleep anyway." Cindy said. "Alright. But it's likely we'll all come back here to sleep." Andrea said, stealing another kiss. Cindy held the kiss longer. Andrea didn't mind a bit. Finally Cindy let her slip away. ---------------------- "Knock knock." Andrea said at the guest room door. "Come in, love." Denise said, blissfully craddled in Betty's arms. "Jenny's out. Cindy's pretty gone too. She said she wouldn't mind if I came and spent a little time with you two." Andrea said, moving to the bed. "Oh, you're certainly welcome. I don't know if I have the energy to participate, but you know I enjoy watching almost as much." Denise said, pulling her down into a kiss. "I have a great plan. If you've got the energy to make it up the stairs, why don't you go snuggle with Cindy and Jenny. Andrea and I will have a little snuggle here and then join you later for sleeping. I'm too excited over our engagement to sleep for a while anyway." Betty suggested while they kissed. "Mm Okay.... But I may stay and watch a while anyway if that's okay with you two." Denise said, once Andrea was through checking her tonsils. She went to roll away and Betty held her while she kissed Andrea. Then she bent and kissed Denise and hugged her tightly. "Just didn't want you to slip away before I said thank you for putting up with my insecurity and asking me to marry you." Betty said. "Mm you are so very welcome. I just hope we can make it unanimous." Denise said, kissing her again, then Andrea once again. "I was quite hoping to taste you on my tongue and feel *Euneika* both. Can we do both at the same time?" Andrea asked. "Sure, I'm up for that. How?" Denise asked. "Well, I think it would work if you were below Betty and I was upside down atop her. If we lay diagonal it should be long enough." Andrea suggested. "One we haven't tried before. Sure, I'm game." Betty giggled. Denise moved with her head in one corner of the bed and Betty with her's in the far diagonal corner. Their feet overlapping in the middle. Andrea moved to kiss Betty deeply and then moved down with her hips over Betty and her head over Denise's pubic area. It worked very well indeed. Afterwards Denise crawled up and kissed the two of them, then made her way shakily up stairs. Andrea and Betty moved together for a little quality lone time. ------------------------------ Denise slid into bed on the other side of Jenny and Cindy lifted her head long enough to share a deep kiss over her. Then they snuggled to either side of Jenny and Denise pulled the covers over them and they caressed each other to sleep. Sometime later Betty and Andrea slid into bed on opposite sides and spooned themselves to their fiancee's backsides. Neither had any trouble sleeping out the night. ------------------------------ Betty awoke feeling a hand caressing her derrière over her hip. She was still snuggled to Denise's backside. The hand belonged to Denise. Betty planted her lips on her neck to let her know she was awake. "Mmm good morning. Shall we go make breakfast?" Denise whispered. Betty kissed her neck again and slid out from behind her. Denise met her in the bathroom. Betty moved off to brush her teeth while Denise moved onto the john. Betty finished up. "You go ahead, I'll be in in a minute." Denise said. Betty smiled and nodded, starting the shower and stepping in. A few minutes later Denise stepped into the shower with her. "Now, did I mention this morning that I loved you?" Denise asked, moving into her arms. "No... but hearing you say it thrills me to my toes." Betty replied, moving to kiss her. After the shower they dried and slipped on their robes and slippers for the time being. Expecting to have another session with the girls and Jenny before they slipped on their work clothes for the day. They were back with breakfast about the time Jenny awoke snuggled to Cindy's side. "Good morning, loves. Ready for a little nourishment before the next round?" Denise asked. "Mm good morning. How on earth can you get up so early after all that wonderfull lovemaking last night?" Jenny asked, still snuggled to Cindy. "Practice." Denise chuckled, carrying the tray to her side and setting it down for a moment. "Sit up, or would you like to make a pit stop first?" Denise asked. "Mm Pit stop, please." Jenny said, kissing Cindy's cheek and then slipping out of the bed. She kissed Denise on the cheek and then headed into the bathroom. Cindy stirred in Andrea's arms. She opened her eyes and smiled up at Denise. "Morning, my darling. Sleep well?" Denise asked. "Mm Good morning to you. Yes, very well, thank you." Cindy replied, holding Andrea's hand in her own. Andrea opened her eyes and huggled Cindy back to her a moment. Betty moved in behind her to kiss her neck. "And how did you sleep, lover?" Betty asked. "I slept great. I woke up once and my bride to be was in my arms so I went right back to sleep." Andrea said. "Would you two mind if we tried sleeping in this configuration for a few nights? I wasn't going to say anything, but if we all slept well this way then .... Well, I've gotten so used to sleeping snuggled to Denise that I wake up every night if it's someone else. It's noting personal. I love snuggling to you. But just seem to sleep better this way." Betty asked. "No, I don't mind a bit. I always loved sleeping with Cindy. Even back when I was a bitch." Andrea said. "You were never a bitch.... you were just over zealous about things I didn't care for. And I won't have you maligning my bride to be in that manner. Now give me a kiss so I can go make a pit stop." Cindy chuckled, turning to her. Andrea got misty eyed as she huggled Cindy and kissed her softly. Jenny returned and slipped into the other side of the bed. Andrea finally released Cindy, who almost sprinted into the bathroom. "I couldn't help overhearing. May I offer a word of advise, Andrea?" Jenny said, softly. "Certainly." Andrea said, turning to her. "I know you feel guilty over what you did before. But you've changed now and Cindy knows that. She understands and has forgiven you enough that she asked you to be her bride. But that might not work if you keep reminding her of what you did before. So the best thing you can do, is just love her the best you can now and forget about the past, so she can." Jenny said, quietly. Andrea thought about it a moment and then leaned and kissed Jenny's cheek. "Thank you." she said. "You are quite welcome... and good morning." Jenny said. "And a wonderful good morning to you too." Andrea said, kissing her cheek again. "Good morning. You all ready for breakfast?" Betty asked, entering with her second tray of food and a picture of Mamosa's. "Cindy's in the bathroom now, just waiting on Andrea's pit stop." Denise said, placing a tray around Jenny. Once again the trays were adorned with a single red rose. Jenny got tears in her eyes again. "This is too much. I don't deserve this." she said. "Oh, I don't know. What do you think, Andrea?" Denise asked. "I think she's utterly adorable and totally deserving. I just want to know where you two have been hiding them. I looked in the fridge last night. There weren't any roses in it." Andrea replied. "Roses again? Wow. You're spoiling us." Cindy said, returning from the bathroom. She moved to Betty first and kissed her deeply. Andrea slipped out while she was doing this. Next Cindy moved around to kiss Denise in the same manner. Hugging her to her as she did so. "You really are spoiling us, you know. But thank you." she said. "Not me this time. This was all Betty's doing. I don't have a clue where she got them. I turned around for a moment and suddenly there she was with four red roses. Mine's down on the table." Denise said, looking to Betty with love in her eyes. Cindy moved back over to Betty and pulled her into an embrace. "Thank you." she said, kissing her tenderly. "Yes, thank you." Jenny said. "You are all welcome. Now wherever you are going to sit, plunk there so we can get on with breakfast." Betty said, softly pinching Cindy's butt. Cindy kissed her cheek again and then slid in next to Jenny. Betty got a tray and placed it around her. Andrea came back a few moments later and first lip locked Betty and then Denise good morning. Next she bent and kissed Jenny and finally Cindy after she had crawled back onto the bed. Betty finally put the last tray around Andrea and kind of let out a sigh of relief. "Seems like the good morning rituals are getting longer." she chuckled, taking her coffee and Mamosa and sitting on the end of the bed. Denise joined her with hers. "Surely love, you aren't getting tired of having lovely women tell you they love you and kiss you good morning?" Denise chuckled, leaning to kiss her cheek. "No... I shall never tire of that. It just seemed like it took longer." Betty said. "It did love. We have one more lovely body here this morning. But you got one more sweet kiss for the delay." Denise said. "Oh... I guess your right. It just felt so natural for Jenny to be here it didn't occur to me why it took longer." Betty chuckled. "Well it will be shorter tomorrow. And I'm grateful to all of you for all the tender loving and affection you've shown me." Jenny said, misty eyed. "Oh, we're not even close to done yet. You said noon. That's hours away. You have yet to experience the feel of four sets of lips on your body. Which I think we can remedy right after breakfast if everyone is agreeable." Denise said, looking from face to face for approval. "What wonderful ideas you have. Count me in." Cindy said. "Me too." Andrea said. "It's unanimous." Betty said. "You don't have to do that." Jenny said. "My darling Jenny. What on earth ever gave you the missimpression that making love with you was a chore?" Denise asked. "Thank you. You've all been wonderful. I'll never forget this. Not ever. You've given me the tools to make my relationship with Jake stronger. I may never get the chance to do this again... So I'd be honored to make love to all of you until the last second that I can be here." Jenny said, tears dripping down her cheeks. "I need a little salt." Cindy said, leaning to kiss the tears away. "Could I have a taste of that?" Andrea asked when she pulled back. "Sure." Cindy said, turning to share it in a kiss. Denise chuckled, then took a sip of her Mamosa. "This is really quite wonderful." she said to Betty. "Thank you. Oh, Andrea and Cindy, I got a whole case of the *cheap stuff* strictly for Mimosas. So feel free if you're making breakfast." Betty said. "Great." Cindy said, taking a sip of hers. "Yes, thank you. I see you've improved my Monte Cristo recipe too." Andrea said. "Nope. Still your recipe. I just added a small pinch of Saffron like you told me." Betty said. "You bought some Saffron? What are you, an heiress or something?" Andrea giggled. "Yes, well. Go easy on it if your cooking. I think it costs more per ounce than gold." Betty said. "Well it all tastes wonderful. You know you're spoiling me for others." Jenny said. "Oh, how's that?" Denise asked. "Breakfast in bed. Champange orange juice. Touch of Saffron in the Monte Cristo's, roses on my tray. Warm lips to kiss away my tears." Jenny explained. "What, does Jake have cold lips? Just show him the coffee trick." Cindy giggled. "Isn't she just adorable?" Denise asked. "Yes... You all are. You may joke and make light of it. But I'll remember. And the coffee trick is just one of the many I'll be showing Jake. I think he's in for a *very* pleasant surprise." Jenny said. "Well.... If I may make a suggestion?" Denise said. "Yes, certainly." Jenny said. "Don't show him all at once. Show them to him one at a time, just out of the blue. Space them out way apart. That way it will add years of spice to your relationship. The other thing.... Men are fans of high frequency, but not necessarily high quality where we are concerned. Maybe offer him a trade of higher frequency for him in exchange for higher quality for you from each session." Denise said. Jenny looked at her a moment. "I told you you were a better psychologist than I." she said, "Thank you. I'll do that." "Your welcome. And I am not a better psychologist than you. I'm not even a psychologist. I just happened to have specific knowledge in a certain area that you weren't aware of. I wouldn't have a clue how to deal with half your patients." Denise said. "Maybe. But I think you are better than you think. I think these two young ladies beside me are proof of that." Jenny said. "Perhaps. But in a clinical situation, I wouldn't have the option of falling in love with my patients like I did them. And they healed themselves for the most part." Denise said. "Well... As my Monte Cristo is gone. I guess I'm yours to do with as you please." Jenny said, trying to change the subject. "Relax. Drink your coffee and your Mamosa. We'll get to you." Betty said, polishing off her Mamosa. "Yeah, when you least expect it." Andrea giggled, drinking hers up. Jenny drank the rest of hers and so did Cindy. Denise and Betty moved in to remove their trays. The girls retained their coffee cups, so so did Jenny. Denise polished off her Mamosa and took a large swig of coffee. Then set her cup down and started crawling up the bed. "*Look out*. That's the look she had in her eye just before she hit me with the SOPTW." Cindy chuckled. Denise swallowed before replying. "I just want to warm her up a bit." she said, kissing up the inside of her leg. "What's an SOPTW?" Jenny asked, moaning softly. "Sixth order pump-up triple whammy." Cindy giggled, taking a last big swig out of her cup and setting it on the night stand. Andrea took her last swig and relayed her cup through Cindy to the nightstand. Betty took a swig and set her cup down and moved to the other side of the bed. Jenny tried to remain brave as four hot mouths decended on her body. Each of the girls took a nipple while Betty met her lips. Somebody took her coffee cup from her and Denise reached home base and took a long hot swipe between her legs. "Oh god! I'm a dead woman." Jenny gasped between kisses. It was almost precisely noon when a showered and dressed and still highly dazed Jenny was guided out the door by Denise. She loaded her into her car with her bag and strapped her in her seat with the seatbelt before moving to the drivers side. Cindy tagged along with as Denise drove Jenny home. Before she got out the door, Betty and Andra had checked her tonsils real good while hugging her feircely. Betty and Andrea kissed Cindy and Denise too. Saying they'd meet them at the park after picking Bobby up. Denise and Cindy were already dressed in their running togs. Jenny was strangely quiet on the ride home. "What time is Jake's flight arriving?" Denise asked. "Oh.... Five-thirty.. I guess." Jenny replied, distantly. "You guess? Don't you know?" Denise asked. "I'm not sure I know my name right now." Jenny replied. "Alright love. What I recomend you do is go in and set the alarm for four o-clock *P.M..* Make certain you get it right. Then take a nice little nap. On second thought. I'll come in and set your alarm for you. But take a nap. When the alarm goes off, get up and take a shower. You should be functioning better by then. That should give you enough time to make it to the airport and find a place to park by five." Denise said. "Okay." Jenny said, unconcerned. Denise glanced at her a moment then back to her driving. Cindy watched her in concern. Once at Jenny's house, Cindy carried her bag in while Denise walked Jenny into the bedroom. Jenny seemed to take notice suddenly, realizing that their time had come to an end. She suddenly hugged Detise tightly to her, kissing her passionately. Then she pulled back and gazed into her eyes. "I want to thank you... For everything. I love you." she said, teary eyed. "I love you too. It has been my very distinct pleasure spending this wonderful time with you. Every second of it. Now you have a nice nap and then go meet your man." Denise said, releasing her. Jenny pulled Cindy into her arms next and hugged her tightly while she again kissed passionately. Finally she pulled back and shared Cindy's gaze. "I thank you too. I've grown to love you almost as much as I love Denise. I fear from here on out that at most we can be just friends, but we will always have this time in our hearts. You mean an awful lot to this lady. She'd be devistated without you in her life. So... take care of her for me will you?" Jenny asked. "I promise... I love you too. I've enjoyed our time. It's not everyday a girl gets to make love with a knock-em-dead readhead with great hooters and a nice ass. I'm going to miss your touch.... and *Irana*. You take care she doesn't get lonely." Cindy said, tearfully, hugging back. "I promise." Jenny chuckled, kissing her tenderly once more. "Okay, love. Into bed for you." Denise said. Both Cindy and Jenny looked at her grinning. Cindy saw she was talking to Jenny. "I love it when she talks dirty to me." Jenny chuckled, pulling off her clothes. Both women found themselves watching. Jenny caught their gaze and smiled at them. "You *do* make a girl feel loved.... Thank you." she said, softly. "I was just noticing one last time how truly lovely you really are." Denise said. "Yes, you are stunning." Cindy said. Jenny reached out and took each of their hands and pulled them to her breasts. Then she tenderly kissed each of them before she climbed into bed. Denise tucked the covers around her, kissed her on the forehead and then lips, told her sweet dreams and that she loved her and checked the alarm one last time before guiding Cindy out. Jenny was snoozing happily with a smile on her lips before they were out of the house. Denise was kind of quiet as they drove along. "What exactly happened to Jenny? I mean, she was acting very strange." Cindy asked. "She was stoned. Kind of like being drunk, only on opiates. Endorphins from all the orgasms she has experienced. She'll be alright after her nap." Denise said, quietly. "You're going to miss her, aren't you." Cindy said. "Yes.... I've loved her a long time. This has been like a dream come true for me. And now it's over." Denise said. Cindy reached over and squeezed her hand in support. Denise glanced at her and smiled. "I'll be alright, love. Because I know she'll be alright. But I thank you dearly for your support." Denise said. "You have my eternal support and love. I'm just fullfilling my promise to Jenny to take care of you. Which will be my very distinct pleasure to do." Cindy said. Denise got a bit misty eyed and squeezed the hand before releasing it. "We've got a little time before we meet them in the park. What say we go get you and Andrea some tights to go with those outfits I got you. So your legs don't freeze next week." she said. "You don't have to do that. I can wear my sweats. Andrea's go hers too." Cindy said. "This isn't a present for you, silly. It's a present for *me*. You have great legs and I want to look at the shape of them while we work. Which would you rather see Andrea in; Sweats or tights?" Denise asked, chuckling. "Tights... Alright. But only cause I know you just got a big raise and I want to be just how you want me to be." Cindy chuckled. "No, love. I want you to be just how you wish to be. I don't ever want to mold you into something you don't wish to be. I only ever wish to assist you in being all you wish to be. .... Speaking of which, have you thought about what you wish to be?" Denise asked. "Yes; your wife forever." Cindy said, sincerely. "That you shall be if we can swing it. My love forever otherwise. But I was refering to your choice of career." Denise said. "I know.... Actually, I was thinking of following you into technology. But in industry rather than as a teacher." Cindy said. "That's a pretty broad choice. There are so many areas of technology there is no possible way to study them all. There are the physical sciences of astronomy, cosmology, archeology, anthropology, geology, chemistry, metalurgy, biology, medicine, botany, oceanography, optics, meterorology, metrology, environmental and ecology, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, semi- conductor engineering and nuclear physics. I'm sure I missed a bunch. On the other side of things there's information technologies and soft sciences; Computer programming, accounting, network engineering, heuristics, fuzzy logic, law, commodities and stock brokerage and buisiness administration. Then the arts and humanities, historians, novelist, biographer, journalist, painter, sculpter, graphic arts, musician and dancer. And each and every one of those diciplines have a dozen or more sub-diciplines." Denise said. "Gosh... I don't know. What did you study?" Cindy asked. "Lots of things... But physics mainly. I got interested in electronics, but that also led me into ceramics and a bit of chemistry. Along the way I picked up computers, which have become a major part of just about everything nowadays. But you don't have to be like me. I followed my own heart as to what interested me, you should too." Denise said. "But what interests me *is* in being like you. I don't have the interest in teaching like you do though, more in the applied sciences. I've seen you do some amazing things. I'd like to be able to do them myself. Like when you pulled the audio off the video." Cindy said. "That would be a combination of electronics and computer programing. But I don't think that electronics is as lucrative as it once was. After the Soviet Union folded a whole bunch of engineers got dumped on the job market and kind of saturated it. Besides that, the nature of the industry changed. Driven by consumer demand of more and fancier toys. Competition for that money has been fierce world wide. The result of that is that now it's dominated by major corporations who don't really pay their employee's that much. You get stuck in a little cubicle designing the same kind of circuit again and again. When a company needs a product, they simply use each of these little sections as building blocks to design a whole product. It's not like when it started out. Then an engineer would design a whole product. Perhaps calling in other expertise for the mechanical packaging and maybe software personell for control and application routines. But it seldom works that way now. That's one of the reasons I chose teaching. It allowed me to keep my studies broad enough to supply me with variety. I intended to be a science teacher. That would mean that I would be teaching a little bit of all the physical sciences to the students. My intent was for them to maybe take an interest in a particular dicipline and I could maybe help guide them in the direction they needed to study to learn that." Denise said. "You won't disuade me that way. I want to know what you know." Cindy said. "Alright love. If that's what you really want. Electronics and computers it is. You've already started on the computer part, so I guess I should teach you electronics." Denise said, chuckling. "It's what I really want." Cindy said. Denise pulled into a mall where they could get some tights. ------------------------------------------- Bobby was outside when Betty pulled up. Andrea was going to climb in the back, but he walked up and opened the rear door and climbed in before she could get her seatbelt unfastened. He set about fastening his own. Betty pulled away from the curb and started down the street. "Hello Bobby." Betty said, warmly. "Hello, loves." he replied, easily. "I'm still not used to you talking while others are around." Andrea chuckled. "Best get used to it if we are all going to be living in the same house." he replied. "So what did you think of Jenny?" Betty asked. "Nice lady. Cute as hell too. But I gather you two know that." Bobby chuckled. "Yes, we had a wonderful time these past few days. But she's gone back to her man now." Betty said. "I'm going to miss her." Andrea said, sadly. "She's not going anywhere, really. She'll still be our friend. For one, I expect her to be at Cindy's birthday party on the tenth." Betty said. "Won't be the same, not being able to make love with her." Andrea said. "You certainly seem to have branched out." Bobby said. "Yes, I have you to thank for that, my lord." Andrea said, solemnly. "I think you can drop that now, we all know what I did to you." Bobby said, getting misty eyed. Andrea looked startled, not knowing how to respond for a moment. "I am still very much in love with you." she said, softly. "I didn't give you much choice about that." he said. "Perhaps not then. But I have my free will now. Knowing what I do now, I still freely choose to love you." Andrea said. "I don't deserve that love." Bobby said. "Never the less. That is my choice." Andrea said. "I as well." Betty said. "I have been thinking about what Denise said when she came and talked to me. She's right. I haven't been facing my current reality. But I am now. I have much to make up for." Bobby said, tears dripping down his cheeks. "So you can start by simply loving us honestly in return." Betty said. "That won't be a problem." Bobby said, wiping his eyes. They pulled up to the park and parked behind Denise and Cindy. All got out and started stretching. The run went well. With Bobby and Denise setting a brisk pace on the second lap. They wound down to a jog on the third and then an easy walk on the last. Bobby walked by Denise. "I've been thinking about what you said. You're right. I haven't been facing my current reality. But I am now. I'll talk to Jenny.... after I break my silence with my folks." Bobby said. "Good. So you like her huh?" Denise asked. "What's not to like. But I gather she is happily involved with a man. I have no desire to change that. My interest in her is counseling." Bobby said. "That's good too, because she's quite devoted to Jake. And besides that those two lovely women up ahead would be quite devistated by any other involvement on your part. I myself wouldn't like it one damn bit." Denise said. "You need not worry about that. You're giving me a second chance in life and the opportunity to make things as right as possible. I'm not about to fuck that up for a fling." Bobby said. "That's good to hear. So how's the programing coming along?" Denise asked, changing the subject. "Not bad. I think I'm getting the idea. It's still kind of frustraiting at times." Bobby said. "Well, I'll E-mail you the lessions I've prepaired for my computer class next semester. On each lesson is a common programing flaw. They won't run right until you find it. If you work through them, then you will have a good start at programing." Denise said. "Thanks... Can you do that? E-mail a program I mean? " Bobby asked. "Yes, I do a save-attatched when I send it. All you have to do is read it. The mail reader will query you on where to put the lessons. Create a directory for your lessons before you read your mail. Then just direct the files to that." Denise said. "Will do. I appreciate it. ...... Andrea seems to be taking things very well. I'm forever in your debt over what you've done for her." Bobby said, seemingly out of the blue. "You are quite welcome on both counts. But I didn't have much to do with Andrea's current state. She did most of that herself. All I mostly did was offer whatever support I could give her." Denise said. "You did much more than that, and I know it. I just wanted you to know I'm grateful." Bobby said. "Thank you.... So how do you like programming?" Denise asked, getting back to what they were talking about. Bobby chuckled. "I like it just fine. I've been thinking that I will need a job. I've got the GI Bill and dissability benefits coming too. I think I'd like to go to school and learn it for real for a career." Bobby said. "That's wonderful idea, I'll help you any way I can. If you are really serious about it, then you should learn C++ and as much network engineering as possible. If you knew those two things then you would be in demand anywhere in the world right now." Denise said. "Hopefully that would include right here. I have no desire to go anywhere else. What I had in mind was learning enough to actually be of use to my father in his buisiness." Bobby said. "Also a great idea. We'd best stop talking now." Denise said. Bobby smiled and nodded. They walked the rest of the way in silence. Back at the cars they donned their sweats again, then stopped for frozen yogurt on the way home. Betty dropped Bobby off back at his house. Then they all returned to Betty's. Betty and Andrea found Denise and Cindy already in the hot tub. They stripped off their clothes and joined them. Denise found herself nodding off. "Oh... I'm quite ready for a little nap." she said. "I think we all are." Betty chuckled. The girls both nodded, sleepily. They climbed out and toweled off, then made their way to the bedroom. For some reason they paired up Andrea with Denise and Cindy with Betty as they snuggled together and drifted into sleep. They slept for a long time. Chapter Twenty-Three Jenny met Jake at the airport, hugging him tighly and lip locking him for a long time. Oblivious to the people streaming past them in the concourse. "You decided to keep me then?" Jake chuckled, when she finally let him breathe again. "Yes, my beloved. But I think we have much to talk about." Jenny said, snuggling to his arm as they headed to pick up his luggage. -------------------------------- Denise awoke with a hot set of lips on hers. She responded to the kiss even before she was fully awake. "Cup of coffee?" Andrea asked, chuckling as she pulled back. ""Mmm yes, thank you love. That was a nice way to wake up. What time is it?" Denise asked, sitting up to accept the cup. "Almost nine. Betty said she had a hankering for an all American junk food fix and her and Cindy went out on a fast food run. They should be back in a bit. You seemed pretty beat so we let you sleep. I just got up to make some coffee a few minutes ago." Andrea said, sitting on the edge of the bed and softy laying her hand on Denise's leg as she sipped her own coffee. "I guess I did need it. I zonked out pretty good. I hope Jenny made it to the airport in time. I should have called her to make sure she heard her alarm." Denise said, lighly laying her other hand on Andrea's. "She called earlier. Betty took the call. She said everything was fine with Jake. She said she called because she knew you would be worried. She said not to wake you and that she would talk to you next week." Andrea said, entwining her fingers with Denise's. "Thank you. That's good to hear." Denise said. Andrea seemed a bit quiet as she sipped at her coffee. Denise could tell something was on her mind. Denise used their joined hands to pull her into a tender kiss. Andrea set her coffee on the night stand and moved to sit next to her in bed and snuggled to her side, then retrieved her coffee. "What's on you mind, love?" Denise asked. Andrea kissed her cheek and then settled back again. "Seems you read me like a book at times." she said, softly. "No, but I love you enough to notice when somethings on your mind." Denise said. "Yeah.... What did you and Bobby talk about?" Andrea asked. "Oh, lets see. We talked about his future a little bit. He wants to go back to school and learn how to be a programmer. He wants to work for your father. We also talked about him talking to Jenny. He said he would after he started talking to your folks. And we talked a little bit about you. He's a little pensive about how you feel about him, now that you know what he did." Denise said. "I love him. I told him so on the way there." Andrea said. "I know you do love. He loves you very dearly too. That's why he's concerned." Denise said. "But why is he worried? I told him I loved him. That I knew what he had done and I still freely chose to love him." Andrea said, getting teary eyed. Denise set both their coffee's aside and pulled Andrea up on to her lap. Andrea snuggled to her. "You know how you feel about Cindy? How you love her so much and feel so guilty about what you did?" Denise asked. Andrea sort of sobbed a bit against her and nodded. "Well, Bobby feels much the same about you. He loves you very deeply and desires you with his whole being, but he feels intensely guilty over what he did and he's scared to death that you will hate him for it." Denise said. "But he doesn't need to feel that way. I don't hate him. I love him. I know it was his torture that made him think he had to do that to me." Andrea moaned, tears on her cheeks. "Just as Cindy knows that you did what you did to her because of what Bobby did to you. But you still feel the way you do. Bobby's no different in that. Additionally, he feels responsible for what you did to Cindy. He knows that was a result of what he did to you." Denise said, softly. "But again that was from what was done to him." Andrea cried. "I know that, you know that. But you still feel guilty yourself over it. Do you expect him to feel any different about it?" Denise asked. "No... I guess not. But how can I show him that I don't hate him. That I don't blame him for what he did?" Andrea asked. "I guess just love him. But don't bring up what he did to you. Not jokingly, not at all. When he talks to you about it, be reasuring. Tell him you love him. Tell him how you feel. But only when he wants to talk about it. Otherwise, forget it. You know how you feel about Cindy. Think about that in relation to how Bobby feels about you." Denise said. "Cindy asked me to marry her because she knew I felt insecure, didn't she." Andrea asked. "Pehaps partially. She loves you enough that she is willing to do that to make you feel more secure. But that isn't all of it, not at all. She loves you very deeply. We talked about it a bit before hand. I asked how she would feel about marrying you. She said: 'In a heartbeat.' Just as you told Betty the same thing about Cindy. Perhaps she asked you now because she knows you felt insecure, but that only influenced *when* she asked you, not *why*. She really loves you that much. She wants to be married to you. Your feeling insecure only influenced her to ask now instead of later." Denise explained. "Maybe I shouldn't marry her." Andrea said. "That's your choice. But decide based upon what you feel for her, not what you think her motivations for asking were. Do you want to be married to Cindy?" Denise asked. "Yes, of course. Who wouldn't be. She's gorgeous and wonderful. I love her with all my heart." Andrea said. "So marry her for that reason. She feels the very same for you. She did before she asked you to marry her. That's why she was *able* to ask you. Your insecurity only promted the timing on the proposal, not the reason. The reason is that she feels the same about you that you feel about her. You love each other very deeply. ...... Does it bother you that I asked Betty to marry me?" Denise asked. "No, of course not. I know you love Betty very deeply. I'm thrilled for both of you." Andrea said, a bit distantly. "But it bothers you just a bit that she's marrying me instead of you. Doesn't it?" Denise prompted. "Oh... not really. If it meant that she didn't want to marry me, then I guess it would a bit. But I think she wants to marry all of us. I know she's known and loved you longer. Besides, you asked her." Andrea said. "But it does bother you a bit... It also bothers you that I am marrying her instead of you. But you would feel the same way about both Cindy and I, if it was us that was getting married. It's natural for you to feel that way. It's also incorrect. My marrying Betty does not mean that either of us does not love you. Nor would it mean that Cindy did not love you if she were marrying me instead of you. This is just the first step in us all being married to each other. When you marry Cindy and I marry Betty, then it links as many of us as possible now. Our names on the deed will further link us all. If we can find a place, then we will make that unanimous all around. But until then this is just the best we can do. If we're able to do even that. The timing on me asking Betty is much the same as Cindy's asking you. I love Betty with all my heart. I want to spend eternity with her. I love you all the same. I want to spend eternity married to you all. But right now, Betty needs this assurance that I'm serious about that. Just as you need that assurance that Cindy is serious about the same thing with you. This lets both of you know that we are. It bonds as many of us together now as we can. It's just the best we can do now. Okay?" Denise asked. "Okay... And I do want to marry you too. Just as soon as we can." Andrea said, kissing her cheek. "I know you do. I want to marry you too. Just as soon as we can. But you have pledged yourself to me for as long as I wish it. Do you still feel the same?" Denise asked. "Yes, of course. I meant what I said." Andrea said, hurt that she would ask. "Ah... but you are a different person now then you were then. You thought you needed to make that pledge to me then. Your motivations were very different from what they are now. Now you have your freedom of choice to do as you please." Denise said. "Then based upon that freedom of choice. I wish it more than ever. I am yours for all time. I desire you from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. I made that pledge to you before I felt as deeply for you as I do now. Based on that. I want it even more now than I did then." Andrea said. "Good. Because I'm going to hold you to your pledge. You said you were mine for as long as I wanted you. I want you for all time. I accept that you meant what you said. It's all the bond I need to know that you and I will be together for at least as long as I live. My marrying Betty tells her the same thing about me. Just as you marrying Cindy tells you the same about her. Now that promise you made to me links both couples together another way. Betty's offer of our names on her deed here links us yet another way. The whole point of all of this is to let each other know that we all really desire each other for all time. We do. So any of us marrying any other one only strengthens that, not detracts from it." Denise said. Andrea hugged her tightly and quivered in her arms. Denise raised her chin and their lips met. The kiss started slow and tender and quickly grew in passion. Denise's hand began to move between Andrea's legs. Their session was hungry and driven, but deeply satisfying for each of them. Later they lay together softly caressing each other. "Thank you.... I shal love you forever." Andrea said, softly. "Thank *you*. I love you too. I always will." Denise said, kissing her softly once more. "Warms the heart, doesn't it?" Betty's voice said. "Yes, and a few more parts too." Cindy chuckled. "Hello, loves." Denise said, looking up at them. "Hello. There's food when you two are ready." Betty said, moving to kiss Andrea and then Denise. "I think we are quite ready." Denise chuckled, hugging her to her. "Another woman might be jealous, finding you making love with another." Betty chuckled. "So I guess it's a good thing I'm marrying you then." Denise chuckled, holding her embrace. Cindy moved to hug and kiss Andrea, who hugged back tightly. "And it's a good thing I'm marrying you, too." Andrea said. "I think so. Come on, your food is getting cold." Cindy said, finally releasing her. The two women slid out of bed. Cindy moved to hug and kiss Denise. Then they made their way down to the kitchen. Andrea and Denise donning their robes and slippers. "A little something we need to work off tomorrow. We didn't get a very good start on the construction today." Betty chuckled, passing out the burgers and fries. "God, I haven't had a burger in ages. Thank you." Denise said. "Yes, thank you." Andrea said. "My pleasure loves. I have a theory about junk food. If you don't eat it every now and then then you lose your immunity to it. Then a single french fry could kill you." Betty chuckled. "Well, I certainly intend to work it off tomorrow. I guess we need to concentrate on both girls rooms now that Andrea's folks have given their okay for her to live with us when school lets out." Denise said. "The master bedroom first, then the bathrooms. Then the other bedrooms. I want to get the master done so we can get a bigger bed. That's where we are all really going to be sleeping. We have smaller bedrooms available now. They could both move into the guest room to keep up apperances as much as we need that. So lets do the master first." Betty said. "I agree." Andrea said. "Me too." Cindy said. "Okay... I guess it really doesn't matter which order we do it in. They've all got to be done." Denise said, munching on her burger. "I have no doubt they will be, love..... Did Andrea tell you Jenny called?" Betty asked, munching on a fry. "Yes... I'm glad for her." Denise said. "She sure sounded happy. I think she called between sessions with Jake." Betty chuckled. "Good... I was a bit worried about her earlier. She was pretty bombed on endorphins when we left her. I was afraid she would sleep through her alarm." Denise said. Betty chuckled. "Yes, she said she knew you would be worried about that. That was why she called. She said she made it just in time." she said. "Good... So did you two get enough sleep earlier?" Denise asked. "Yup, I did. I was actually awake when the phone rang. I was just enjoying being snuggled to Cindy." Betty said. "Funny, I was enjoying the same about you." Cindy said, leaning to kiss her cheek. "So how about we get to that sappy old movie after this? Then we go back to bed and induce each other to sleep again. That way we can make an early start of it on the contruction tomorrow." Denise suggested. "I just love being in love with a genius." Betty chuckled. "You got another love I don't know about?" Denise teased. "No love. I was refering to you." Betty said, leaning to kiss her. Denise forced herself to swallow, then leaned into the kiss. "I don't think I'm a genius. But It's nice to know you do." she said afterwards. "I have no doubt you are a genius. Jenny told me that your IQ was up around 185. Genius starts at around 135. That puts you a good fifty points into it." Betty said. "Going to have to brain that girl. That's confidential patient information." Denise said. "I've got news for you love. If you thought you were hiding your brilliance from us, you weren't doing a very good job of it. What Jenny told me came as no big surprise." Betty chuckled. "I'll say." Cindy giggled. "No, I didn't hear her say it, but it comes as no surprise to me. I always knew you were a deep thunker." Andrea giggled. "Mmm. This bacon mushroom burger is terific. This was a great idea. Thank you for a lovely dinner." Denise said, trying to change the subject. "You're welcome... Speaking of dinner; I invited the Billings over next Friday night for dinner here. They asked me if I was coming over there next Friday and instead I suggested they come over here. So I'd like to have a lot done to show them when they come." Betty said. "That's a great idea. But I think we should forgo the nude dancing when they are here." Denise chuckled. "Ah... shucks. I was so looking forward to dancing nude with Sally too." Betty chuckled. "I wouldn't mind that myself." Cindy said. "That's my mother you are talking about." Andrea said. "Yes, love. We know. We were joking." Betty said. "I wasn't. I think she's cute." Cindy said. "Yes, she's adorable. I can see where Andrea got her beauty from." Denise said. "Well I'd rather you didn't talk about it, joking or not. I don't want to think about it. I think one case of incest is quite enough for one family." Andrea said. "Alright, love. If you feel that way. Although by saying so you are admitting your own attraction." Denise said. Andrea didn't say anything in reply. Just worked on her burger. Denise and Betty shared a knowing look. Cindy leaned to kiss Andrea on the cheek. After the meal Denise made a pot of tea and they snuggled together while they watched the old movie. Andrea snuggled to Cindy's side and Betty to Denise's. They kissed and caressed each other from time to time. Later they all retired again to the bedroom. They all made love to one another. Betty snuggled to Denise's side with Andrea spooned behind her and Cindy spooned behind Denise as they caressed each other to sleep. They all slept better that night. ------------------------------- Both Denise and Betty woke up gasping suddenly with hot tongues between their legs. Cindy and Andrea handed them a cup of coffee, chuckling. "Morning loves. You said you wanted to get an early start." Andrea chuckled. "Yes, thank you. And good morning. That's certainly an effective way to wake someone up." Denise said, pulling Andrea into a tender kiss after sipping her coffee. Betty did the same with Cindy. Both girls were dressed in their new tights and their bib outfits. Underneath on top they wore hooded sweatshirts. "Thank you for the tights. They should keep my legs warm." Andrea said, planting a kiss on Denise's cheek. "As I told Cindy, those were presents to me, not you. I get to see your shapely posteriors while I work. Instead of you hiding them in sweats to keep warm." Denise chuckled, returning Andrea's kiss on her cheek. "I told you last night I loved being in love with a genius." Betty said, leaning to place a hot kiss on Denise's other cheek. The girls moved to place trays around the two of them. On each one was a rose made of paper, with the edges dipped in red food coloring. "Best we could do." Cindy chuckled, seeing the older women's reactions to the paper flowers. "They're lovely. Who made them?" Betty asked, examining hers. "Andrea showed me how." Cindy said. "Thank you. Both of you. That's sweet." Denise said, pulling Andrea down and kissing her again. Betty did the same with Cindy. "I think we missed our date last night." she commented. "Gosh, not that I noticed. You took me out alone and bought me dinner. Then later we watched a movie together and then made love." Cindy chuckled. "I'm still looking forward to a little solo bond with you. Maybe this evening?" Betty asked. "Deal." Cindy said, moving to kiss her tenderly. "You two eat your breakfast. I want to get started." Andrea said, sipping at her coffee. "Yes dear. And thank you both of you for breakfast.. and the flowers." Betty said. "You're welcome, now eat." Cindy said, moving out of range. Denise and Betty ate their breakfast and then showered together. Betty asked Andrea to turn on the heater in the extention, reminding her to keep it pointed away from anything flamable. Cindy went with her. Denise and Betty found them in the extention trying to figure how to build a wall. "Alright loves. The way the contractor explained it to me, is that the distances won't be exactly the same for each board. He said to lay out the bottom plate and cut it to length. Then the top plate the same length. Then you measure the ends and cut them. You nail up a frame and set it up between the top and bottom. Then measure each stud and cut it as needed. Take the frame down again and nail the whole wall together and then set it back up. You use this big framing square to square up the wall as you work. Then check it with the long level before you nail the top and bottom." Betty said. They all jumped in and built the first wall. It was harder than they thought it would be, but they learned as they went. They had the master bedroom all framed by the time lunch time rolled around. The walls were even "plumbed" correctly. They talked about it over a lunch of soup and sandwiches. "I had no idea it was so hard driving nails. I think I bent more than I drove." Andrea said. "I think you all did wonderfully. If we keep this up we will have all the walls up by the end of the week." Denise said. "Yes, you all did great. I'm quite pleased with how it's going." Betty said, "But I think Denise is the best of us on the power saw. Some of my cuts were pretty wavy." "I think we should take one board and all practice cutting little slices off the end of it. I want the girls to learn how to use it. But for the rest of the walls, I want to mark them all up and then use the radial arm saw. That will always cut them straight. I think we should move it over into the extention. I can mount an outlet for it off the heater power till the heating contractors come in next week." Denise said. "Good idea. But it's pretty heavy." Betty said. "I think the four of us can handle it, if we take it slow." Denise said. "Alright. I want the walls as straight as possible." Betty said. "I can run the radial arm saw. My dad showed me how when he was working on the garage." Cindy said. "I'll gladly let you. I can't cut a straight line with that power hand saw to save my life." Andrea chuckled. "The radial arm saw will make that easier. I'll show you how to use it safely, but I think we should all practice. The saw itself will make the cuts straight. It's safer than the hand power saw too." Denise said. After lunch they all carried the radial arm saw over into the other side of the extension. Denise wired in the outlet to plug it into. Betty drug out a boom box and plugged it into the other outlet to supply them music while they worked. The afternoon took on a jovial atmosphere as they danced around as they worked. They got the walls done completely on one bathroom and half done on another before they gave up for the day. They were all pretty tired. Betty called for Greek food to be delivered as they were all too tired to cook. They sat around exhausted while they waited for it to be delivered. The gate buzzed and Betty triggered the mechanism to let the delivery driver in. It was a handsome young man. Andrea and Cindy hardly took notice of him they were so tired. Denise watched them, chuckling to herself, but she too was just as tired. The delivery boy had no such affliction. He glanced about hungrily at them all, especially Andrea and Cindy while Betty dipped into her purse for her money. She paid him, tipping him well for his promptness. He thanked her and departed. Betty triggered the gate after him. "Let's eat, while we still have the strength." Betty said, carrying the sack to the table. Denise and the girls kind of moaned as they got to their feet. Andrea reached back and helped Cindy to her feet, holding her in an embrace for a moment afterwards. Cindy smiled at her and kissed her tenderly before leading her to the table. "I'm very proud of all of you. We got a lot done today." Betty said as they ate. Denise was pouring each of them a glass of milk. She stalled long enough to kiss Betty on the neck as she served her before she carried the other glasses to the table. "I'm very proud of all of you too. But I think you are working too hard. Remember your part of this was the deed. I want you to take it easier tomorrow. If you insist on working with us, then I think you should run the saw." she said. "I agree. You worked your cute little fanny off with us today. It's not fair." Andrea said. "I agree too. It is cute and she shouldn't work it so hard." Cindy chuckled. "It's my fanny, and I will work it as much as I please." Betty said. "Alright. But I wish you'd save up your fanny work for later. You can use it for therapy for us after were done each day." Denise chuckled, reaching out and squeezing Betty's hand affectionately. "You don't understand.... I want to be doing this. It helps bond us all together stronger. I want that bond to be as strong as possible. If it makes you happy, I'll take a longer break each day and fix us lunch. But I *like* what I'm doing. It's good exercise." Betty said. "That it is. I sure as hell feel it." Denise mused. "Hot tub after dinner?" Cindy asked, reaching under the table to play with Andrea's leg. "Another great thinker in the family." Betty mused. "Yes, she's got great hands too." Andrea giggled. "And nice hooters." Denise giggled. "And a nice ass." Betty added. Cindy blushed, but glowed as much from the attention. She felt Andrea's hand on her leg moving to tease her. "I noticed that. I think those tights were one of the best presents I ever bought myself." Denise said. "I could have sworn they were a gift to me." Betty said, looking at the two girls grinning. "I think tomorrow I'll go with a t-shirt on top though. I got a little hot at times today." Andrea said. "That's only fair. You got us pretty hot too." Betty said. "That she did. I quite enjoyed it when she was bent over trying to drive that one nail she kept bending." Cindy said. "There was a knot in the wood." Andrea protested. "So we will just have to find wood with more knots in it, as I quite enjoyed that myself." Betty chuckled. "When will they have the front part of the deck laid? That will make it easier to cart things back and forth from the workshop without tracking up the house." Denise asked. "They start on it on Monday. I guess half the crew is going to be shingling the roof and the other half working on the deck. But I'm kind of worried about tracking up the redwood on the deck." Betty said. "Better that than your floors in here. We can run a sander over the deck after we are done tracking back and forth. That will be a lot easier than refinishing the floors in here." Denise said. "What's that funny colored wall board for?" Cindy asked. "That's cement board, for the bathrooms. And if you think you are tired now just wait until we have to handle that stuff. It's *heavy*." Denise said. "Why cement board?" Andrea asked. "Water proof. One of the problems with bathrooms is that they are always humid or downright wet at times. It used to be that moisture would soak into the wall board and you'd get dry rot. That won't happen with the cement board." Denise said. "So tomorrow we finish the other bathroom and start on our rooms?" Cindy asked. "Yeah, I figure with the way we are going that we can get pretty much the whole extention framed by the end of the week to show off to Andrea's parents." Betty said. "When do the heating contractors come in? We lose power for the radial arm once they hook up the furnace out there." Denise asked. "I think they are coming in on Tuesday." Betty said. "And the plumbers?" Denise asked. "Wednesday to rough in the pipes. They can't finish until we get the walls done and sheathed." Betty said. "This Greek stuff is great. Thanks for dinner, Betty." Cindy said. "Yes, thank you. It's great." Andrea said. "I think she's a great thinker too. I think I'll marry her." Denise said, leaning to kiss her cheek. Betty turned her head into the kiss and made it a real kiss. Holding Denise by the head until she was through. "Mmm Yes, definately have to marry her." Denise said, once Betty released her. "Speaking of which, I guess we ought to take a break tomorrow afternoon and take the girls to get their passport photo's." Betty said. "They ought to look ragged enough by then for a passport photo. Like Sam said, I don't think they will accept anything but a yucky picture for a passport photo." Denise chuckled. "They ought to take my picture now if they want a yucky one. I probably look awful." Cindy said, dragging her fingers through her hair. "Not that I noticed, my bride to be. I think you look adorable." Andrea said, leaning to kiss her. The two girls shared a long kiss. Betty and Denise smiled over it. After dinner they all stripped off their clothes and climbed into the hot tub. Groaning a bit over how good it felt. "Oh... I needed this." Denise said, laying back in the bubbling hot water. "I think we all did." Betty mused. "Wake me in the morning. I think I want to sleep right here." Cindy said. "Awh... I was looking forward to snuggling to you all night." Andrea said. "We can snuggle right here." Cindy said, pulling her over onto her lap. "You'd both look like prunes in the morning. And you have to wash your clothes before you go to bed." Denise said. "Yes dear." Cindy said, smiling at her. "I've got to put in a batch anyway. I'll put everybodies in with mine." Betty offered. "If you've got that much energy, then I withdraw my complaint about you working too hard today." Denise chuckled. "Not too hard to want to make love with you." Betty said, moving onto her lap and lifting her chin to kiss her deeply. Denise's arms moved around her and her hand moved to caress her breasts as they kissed. The other hand was working under her ass. "Seems you have a bit of spunk left yourself." Betty crooned, after the kiss. "Enough... but I'm not up to a marathon." Denise said, "And don't blame me if I fall asleep before I orgasm." "Alright, that settles it. Lovemaking in the morning *before* work." Betty chuckled. "Sold." Denise said, sleepily. Betty kissed her tenderly once more, then slid off her lap and climbed out. "Where are you going?" Denise asked. "To put the laundry in. From the look of you, I won't have much time before you're asleep once you get out. If I get the laundry started then I might just get in one orgasm before you're gone for the night." Betty chuckled, drying herself off. "Good idea." Denise said, laying back with her eyes closed. Betty gathered up the clothes and started the batch of laundry running. When she returned with their robes almost everybody was on the edge of sleep. She guided them out and dried them off. Then patted their fannies toward the bed. Once in bed there was no thought of lovemaking as everyone just snuggled together and passed quickly into sleep. Betty holding Denise tenderly in her arms until everybody was breathing easily. Then she slipped out and changed the clothes to the dryer before she slipped back into bed and snuggled to her once more. "I will love you forever." she said, quietly. Kissing Denise on the forehead as she slept. Betty snuggled to her and followed her into a blissfull sleep. ------------------------------- Betty awoke first in the morning. She was in the shower when Andrea stepped in with her. She pulled her into her arms and they kissed deeply as their hands moved to explore each other. Andrea grinned at her and sank to her knees. "The proper time and place." she said, lifting Betty's leg over her shoulder. Betty's orgasm struck her hard as she convulsed against the shower wall. Later Andrea hugged her in support as she recovered a bit. "You are shameless and adorable." Betty gasped, "Let me catch my breath and I'll return the favor." "Take your time. I'm content just to hold you." Andrea said, kissing her neck. Betty held her close while she caught her breath. All the while Andrea was soaping her body for her. Finally Betty kissed her deeply before sinking to her knees before her. Then it was Andrea's turn to convulse against the wall as her lungs emptied in a blissfull cry. The sound awoke Denise, who found Cindy snuggled to her. They shared a look without speaking and melted together into a gentle kiss. "Mmm Good morning. Sounds like our brides to be are getting a little head start on us." Cindy said. "Mmm Good morning to you, my love. Yes it does sound that way. Let me make a pit stop and brush my teeth and we will do our best to catch up." Denise said, kissing her again softly. Cindy held her snuggled to her for a moment longer before she released her. Then Denise groaned a bit as she rolled off the bed. "Oh... I feel it today." she said. "So do I. My arms feel like lead." Cindy said, moving to join her. They helped each other to the bathroom. Denise used the john first and then Cindy. Then Denise moved to brush her teeth. Betty and Andrea stepped out of the shower and Cindy met them with a towel. Moving to dry Andrea off. Denise finished up her brushing, rinsed and then took Betty's towel from her and wrapped it around her. Using it to pull her into an embrace as she kissed her. "I'm sorry I zonked out so bad last night." she said afterwards, moving the towel to dry her. "No problem. I think we all needed the sleep. I'll let you make it up to me after I cook breakfast. You two go ahead and shower." Betty said, kissing her once more. Cindy resisted a deep kiss from Andrea, so Andrea patted her butt over to brush her teeth. Cindy did so and then fullfilled Andrea's desired lip lock before she moved out of the bathroom with Betty. Betty slipped on her robe and went to retrieve their clothes from the dryer. Andrea joined her a moment later and they carried them back up to the bedroom, dropping them on the bed. Betty stuck her head back into the bathroom. "Your clothes are clean here on the bed, but don't you dare get dressed yet cause I would only have to take them off again." she said to the pair squirming together in the shower. "Alright." Denise called back over the shower partition. Betty enjoyed the view through the glass for a moment longer before Andrea joined her. Kissing her on the neck from behind. "Warms the heart, doesn't it?" she giggled. "Yes, and a few other parts." Betty giggled, turning to meet her lips. They kissed for a long time, then made their way down to the kitchen to cook breakfast. Denise and Cindy joined them a while later, clad in only their robes and slippers. Denise moved up behind Betty and kissed her neck as she wrapped her arms around her middle as she was cooking. Cindy did the same to Andrea. "Thank you for loving me, and being so patient with me, and making breakfast for me." Denise said, puncuating her words with kisses on Betty's neck. Betty flipped a pancake over and then turned in Denise's arms to meet her lips. Andrea did the same to Cindy, pulling their robes open so they embraced skin to skin as they kissed. "Mmm you are very welcome to all of it, my dear bride to be." Betty said, also pushing their robes open before hugging Denise to her once more. They all kissed again for a long time, then finally Betty turned again to flip the pancake onto a stack and roll the turkey sausages over in their pan. "Help me grind some more coffee?" Andrea invited. Cindy grinned and moved up behind her. "Mmm smells good." Denise said, still snuggled to her back. "Will be good. Now kiss me once more and go sit down so I don't burn the sausages." Betty chuckled, turning back to her once more. Denise kissed her and then reluctantly moved to sit down. "Jilted over sausages." Denise moped, mockingly. "No... Not jilted. Postponed. I wish to serve you edible food before I ravish you." Betty chuckled, pouring another pancake into the pan. "So long as I get ravished." Denise chuckled. "Count on it." Betty said. Andrea ground the beans while Cindy snuggled her pubic area up to her butt. Holding her from behind. Afterwards Andrea turned back and kissed her deeply. "Now you go sit down too. You can count on being ravished also." she said, cupping Cindy's ass before releasing her. Cindy moved to sit on Denise's lap. "I guess we'll just have to keep each other warmed up till they are through being domestic." Cindy said, moving to kiss Denise. The kiss lasted a long time. Cindy's hand snaked inside Denise's robe to feel her breast as they kissed. Denise's fingers slid up between Cindy's legs and teased her there. Cindy giggled through the kiss. A shadow through the plastic outside the French doors caused them to hurredly part. "Who's that?" Denise asked. "I guess one of the construction workmen. They were going to start on the deck today. What time is it?" Betty asked. "Just eight o-clock." Denise said, looking at her watch. "Right on time. Don't worry. He can't see in through the plastic. But I'm sure we can all wait till we go upstairs again after breakfast." Betty said. "But how did they get in? I watched you close the gate last night after the food was delivered." Denise asked. "Same way they've been getting in since I had the gate set up. I gave the forman one of the gate control transmitters to use till the job was done. But I'll bet my laptop is going nuts trying to tell me someone is in the yard." Betty chuckled. "Maybe not. I didn't set it last night." Denise said. "I did, when I went to do the laundry. Ever since June, I make certain it's set every night before we go to bed." Betty chuckled, rolling the sasages again and flipping the last pancake onto the stack. She set out some paper towels and transferred the sausages to them to drain. "Eggs?" Betty asked. "Two please, poached if it's not too much trouble." Denise asked. "Same for me please." Cindy said. "Me too, please." Andrea said. "My, seems were're all hungry this morning... good." Betty chuckled, getting out the egg pan. A knock at the french doors turned out to be the foreman for the work crew, trying not to look at the four robe clad women. Betty moved to see what he wanted. "I'm sorry to disturb you. We have to move this plastic to mount the end plate for your deck against the house. I just wanted to warn you." he said. "Can you work around that for about twenty minutes while we eat breakfast? Then you can do as you please." Betty asked. "Sure... That will be fine. Nice job on those walls in the extention by the way." he said. "Thanks. We sure feel it today. We should be through with breakfast and off to dress in about twenty minutes." Betty said. "Okay, thanks. Sorry to disturb you again." he said, making his way back past the plastic. Betty returned to the stove. Andrea headed her off as she had moved in to take over cooking duties while she was talking to the foreman. Betty thanked her and poured herself a cup of the freshly dripped coffee. Cindy got up and poured one for Andrea, herself and Denise. "Glad you were in your own seat when he knocked." Denise said, quietly, thanking Cindy for the coffee with a quick kiss. "Yes, I guess the rule is going to have to be; no sex on the table during the day, until they are done with the deck." Betty chuckled, moving the pancakes and a plate full of sausages to the table. "Damn! And I was so looking forward to desert." Andrea said, delivering the first two eggs to Cindy on a plate and collecting a quick kiss in the process. "And you shall have it. Only upstairs." Cindy giggled, pinching her behind as she moved away. "Okay, girls. We'd better cool it now. We don't need other charges brought against us. He might have forgotten to ask something. We can wait till we're upstairs." Denise told them. "Yes dear." Cindy said, grinning at her. "You keep that up and I'll hit you with another SOPTW." Denise said. "Yes dear." Cindy giggled, moving some pancakes and sausages to her plate. Denise poked her in the ribs with a finger and then snatched one of her sausages. The phone rang and Betty got it. It was her mother. Betty listened for a minute, getting more excited by the moment. "Where the heck is Aruba? Uh huh.... All of us? *Outstanding!.*... How long have we got.... Uh huh... You want to come? ... Well, sure. I have no objections. We still have to take care of lots of things first..... Yes, I'll let you know... Of course I'll bring them by to meet you. .... Thank you mother. I love you. Your the best.... Bye!" Betty said. She turned with excitement written all over her face. "Hurry up and eat everybody. We have passports to get." she bubbled, running to kiss Denise's cheek. "Hey! None of that!" Cindy teased. "You found someplace?" Denise asked, excited herself. "How's your Dutch or Portugese?" Betty asked. "Not a word of either." Denise chuckled. "I guess we'd better get a tape from the library to study it then. Because in the Caribean sea just North of Venuzuela and East of Columbia is a little self governing part of the Dutch realm called Aruba. They just had a court case and virtually all their restrictive marrige laws were ruled unconstitutional. They can't fix it until they reconviene their legislature in July without a special session. So for the time being, anything goes. That includes both same sex and polygamy or polyandry. So if we hurry, we can all get hitched!" Betty said. "Outstanding!" Denise said, jumping to her feet and hugging Betty. "You mean that we can get married to you two as well as to each other?" Cindy asked. "Yup! But we have to hurry. Once the gay comunity of the world hears about it Aruba's likely to be over run with people wanting to get married. That's likely to spurn a special session of their legislature as the island is largely Catholic." Betty said. "Then we'll hurry." Denise said, hugging her. "Start with breakfast so we can go get our passports." Andrea said, bringing her eggs to the table and then hugging Betty and then Cindy before turning back to the stove to make hers. "Yes! Right. Breakfast." Betty said, sitting down and looking for a plate. "How many eggs?" Andrea chuckled. "Oh... two please." Betty said, realizing she didn't have a plate yet. "I figure six marrige licences." Denise said, moving some pancakes and sausages to her plate. "There's four of us. How does that figure?" Betty asked. "You and me, Cindy and Andrea, You and Andrea, Cindy and me, You and Cindy and me and Andrea." Denise said. "That's six." Cindy chuckled, working on her breakfast. "It sounds right, but the math sounds wrong." Betty said. "Think of each of us having three relationships. There are four of us, so three times four would be twelve relationships. But that would count each of our relationships twice because we are all involved with each other. So devide it in half." Denise said. "Oh... still seems odd." Betty said. "Write it out." Denise suggested, handing her a pad and paper. Betty wrote it out: Denise & Betty, Cindy & Andrea, Denise & Andrea, Betty & Andrea, Denise & Cindy, Betty & Cindy. "See, each of our names is on there three times. All our names linked to each other." Denise said. "Yes, I see. Just seems odd." Betty said. "Eat your eggs." Andrea said, setting the plate down and depositing a kiss on her neck. "You seem very calm for a bride to be." Cindy chuckled. "Not a thing I can do about it until we get back upstairs. Then I have full intentions of re-convincing each of you to marry me, starting with you. You've promised me desert and I aim to collect it." Andrea chuckled, starting her own eggs. "I guess we need visas and shots and all kinds of stuff. Who do we contact for visas?" Betty asked, excitedly. "After we eat I'll look them up in my CIA fact book. That will tell us all about Aruba. But if it is a self governing part of the Dutch relm, then likely the dutch consulate." Denise said. "So how do we contact them?" Betty asked. "The address is probably in the CIA fact book." Denise chuckled. "Why do you have a CIA fact book?" Cindy asked. "Actually, it's on CD-ROM. And I have it because I bought it, but you can download old issues off the internet for free from project Gutenberg." Denise said, working to finish her breakfast. "It just seems like you keep pulling all this spy stuff out of the air all the time. Like NSA and CIA and pulling audio off a spy beam. You sure you aren't a secret agent or something?" Cindy asked. "You found me out. Now I'm going to have to lick you to death." Denise said, seriously. "Ooh, can I help?" Andrea asked, moving to the table with her eggs. "Yes love. If you could take care of Betty then we'll figure out later what to do with the bodies." Denise said, stabbing a sausage with her fork. "I can do that. I know her weak spots." Andrea replied, stabing her own sausage. "You sure you two aren't just trying to get out of marrying us?" Betty asked. "Not a chance. In fact, that's a better idea. If we marry them then they can't be forced to testify against us, Andrea." Denise said. "Let's do that then. But I still think we should lick them *almost* to death." Andrea giggled. "Yeah, that's a good plan too." Denise said, polishing off her breakfast. "You probably could get a job with the CIA." Betty said. "Why?" Denise asked, bussing her dish. "Just a thought. I'm quite certian they could use your talents." Betty said. "Not much call nowadays for licking someone to death." Denise chuckled. "I meant your technical talents." Betty said. "Oh... probably. But why would I want to work for them?" Denise asked. "Don't know. Like I said, it was just a thought." Betty said. "I don't think they will take a polygamist lesbian." Denise chuckled. "You aren't one yet." Betty said. "I will be, just as soon as we can get to Aruba. I'm going to go look it up while you finish your breakfast." Denise said, heading for the library. "I think that lady wants to marry you." Andrea said. "That would undoubtedly make it unanimous." Cindy giggled, finishing up her breakfast and bussing her dish. She refilled her coffee cup and also Denise's, then headed for the library with them both. Denise was already looking at Aruba. "What's it say?" Cindy asked, setting Denise's cup next to her. "Thank you love. It says: It's located where Betty said, just off the coast of South America in the Caribbean. It has a tropical marine climate with little seasonal temperature variation. It even lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt. It's damn small, about fourteen miles across and flat with minimal vegitation. It's natural resources are white sandy beaches. The major industries for the island are tourism, an oil refinery and money laundering for the drug cartels. Most employment is in the tourist industry followed by the oil refinery. Looks like they don't grow much. It's all used for industry or tourism. Population: of 65,545 devided between mixed European/Caribbean Indian, Highly Roman Catholic at 80% with Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian and Jewish making up 18 of the other 20%. It's official language is Dutch but Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect) is real common, English and Spanish are widely spoken, but I wouldn't count on ordering something more complex than a glass of water and having them understand you. The capital is Oranjestad, which is probably almost the whole damn island. Full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles But this is interesting; in 1990, Aruba requested and received from the Netherlands cancellation of the agreement to automatically give independence to the island in 1996. Smart move on their part." Denise said. "Why is that a smart move?" Cindy asked. "They are self governing with full autonomy to conduct their affairs as they see fit, but by staying part of the Dutch realm, they save having to deal with trying to defend themselves. Especially as they would probably be instantly anexed by Venezuela, as they are only about twenty miles off the coast. That would be a really nasty part of the world to be a tiny independant nation. But Venezuela doesn't want to fool with the Netherlands, which could easily kick their ass, and would. So whoever is running the island did a real good thing." Denise said. "So what's all that mean?" Cindy asked. "It means: it's a nice place to get married, hang out and get a tan as long as you wear a suit and stay on the side of the island away from the oil refinery. You are likely to see a whole bunch of dark faces jabering a combination language you won't understand a word of, and Dutch, which you also won't understand a word of. But it's likely we can get by with English. It may be temporarily legal for us all to get married there, but we won't be able to show any affection towards each other in public as the population is predominantly Catholic and Protestant with a smathering of eastern religions. That close to Venezuela and Columbia, it's likely that spanish will be real prevalent and that we are likely to be vacationing with a bunch of drug lords who are there to launder their money, and so will be spending it freely. In other words. Stay close, don't make a lot of eye contact and mind your own buisiness." Denise said. "What did you say? It's not a nice place?" Betty asked, entering the room. "It sounds like a very nice place... White sandy beaches. Out of the hurricane belt, everybody working either at the oil refinery or waiting on tourists. The unemployment rate is about the lowest in the world, so buisiness is booming. That it stays that low, that close to Venezuela means that it's got strict emigraton laws or is not all that nice of a place to live. Likely the first. See here, it has a high gross domestic product per capita, that means wages are high. With unemployment almost non- existent, like point six percent. Now you step just twenty miles to the south into Venuzela.... Gosh, your wages drop by half and the unemployment rate goes up to eight percent. So no work for low pay. Instead you head about eighty-five miles West to Colombia and ... Ouch, wages go down to a third, also with around an eight percent unemployment rate, but look; a *twenty-two* percent inflation rate. So in other words, if the people of either Columbia or Venezuela *could* head for Aruba to work, they *would*." Denise said. "Is it safe to go there?" Betty asked, pointedly. "Safe enough. I'd say to forgo any plans you may have had for an extended honeymoon there though. I'd say we fly into Jamaca, a short hop over to Aruba, we get hitched, maybe spend one night there, then back to Jamaica. Now if you want to honeymoon -I'd rather do it right here, split the days between making love and working on our dream house- but if you're set on the Caribbean then there are better and cheaper places to do it than either Aruba or Jamaica. Simply put, these dollar figures about Aruba make me damn nervous about staying there more than a night. If you look at even the rest of the Netherlands Antilles, then the farther you get from Aruba, the worse the economic conditions.... but the better the appearant abundance of things that would seem to make things nice, like a little green and land you can grow food on. That means that Aruba is simply put, a tourist haven for the well to do from Colombia and Venezuela. To witt: Drug lords. Now it's probably fairly smoothe, because it's policed and protected by the Dutch. Also the drug lords probably don't want to cause any trouble while they are there laundering their money. But hanging out with those folks doesn't appeal to me for an extended stay." Denise said. "Alright, I can see that. Where does... besides here. The Caribbean does appeal to me. So where there?" Betty asked, leaning to drape her arms around Denise's shoulders and kiss her on the neck. "Well... It might be nice if we could understand them. So lets stick to the UK possessions, or former ones. Kick out Bermuda, Bahamas and Jamaca....maybe the U.S. virgin islands on the grounds of just too expensive." Denise mused, flipping around the specifications of the carribbean islands. Betty let her play, but kept her hands lightly teasing her breasts to remind her she was there. "On the surface of it.... Montserrat. It seems to have a good mix of Europeans, so we won't be the only white faces around. They are fairly well off for the area. Especially in comparison to several of the others, but not absurdly so like the Cayman islands. Say about half what Barbados is like. It looks like food would be expensive, but it can't be overly so as the average person only makes $4300 a year. It's 40% wooded area. Looks like about a hundred twenty people per square kilometer.... probably more than that as it says the island is predominantly volcanic with minimal low coastal areas. I think I'd like to see a travel prospectus from there anyway." Denise said. "Second choice?" Betty asked. "Actually.... Not the Carribean." Denise said, taking her hands in hers and kissing the palms of one of them. "Where?" Betty asked simply. "That place you once talked about on Panang. On the other side of the world. But next Summer. We start back in school in January. I have a computer class that I have to -and want to- teach. We won't be able to arrainge an extended stay anywhere really until school is out. So I say we go get hitched, come back here and love ourselves into babling idiots and then take our honeymoon next summer. We take a full three weeks to a month there. If we go right when school lets out then we miss most the monsoon season there." Denise said. "I like that plan." Cindy said, her arms around Andrea from behind. "I do too." Andrea said, kissing one of her palms. "Alright.... let's do it. Now turn that thing off and let's get on with loving ourselves into babling idiots." Betty said. Denise reached out and turned her monitor off. They all led each other up the stairs. ------------------------------------ Sally met Jenny for lunch at a quiet little Chinese restaurant. "I just love it here. They have the best lunches for a really reasonable price." Jenny bubbled, looking at the menu. "You seem in a jovial mood today." Sally commented, looking at the menu herself. "With good reason, I asure you." Jenny giggled. "What would that be?" Sally asked. Jenny looked at her a moment before responding. "During the time I spent with Denise and Betty... I learned things that have made my relationship with my boyfriend much more rewarding. I know you've surmised that I also spent time with Andrea and Cindy. So I won't mince words with you about that. I can however asure you that I am not going to be a permanant or even a recurring part of their life. What we had was a one time experience. For it to be any more so would endanger my relationship with Jake, and possibly interfere with Denise's relationship with the others. I have no desire to do either of those things. From this short time I learned much that will make my life more pleasurable for a long time to come. To continue the relationship with any of them would not only negate what I learned, but also drive away the very thing that means the most to me. That is my man." Jenny said. "Well, as nice as you are... That's good to hear. I think that the girls relationships are complicated enough as it is. They will have a hard enough time making it work without other outside factors confusing the issue even more." Sally said. "I agree.... I actually invited you to come today to explian some things that I observed in my short time with them. Things that helped me understand the nature of their relationship better and I felt it might help you understand a little better too." Jenny said. "I appreciate that." Sally said. A waiter came up and Jenny looked at the menu a second before saying. "3-5-9 on the buisiness lunch with green tea for me." "2-3-8 and green tea also for me." Sally ordered. The waiter wrote down their orders and left. "Now...Where was I?" Jenny asked. "You gained understanding you felt would help me understand better." Sally reminded her. "Thank you... Yes... They have a very unique relationship. Denise and Betty made mention of how you had talked to Marge about her and Denise and Cindy. How they had delt with the concept of implied consent to have sexual relations. I had never thougth of that problem myself. I guess none of us had. Denise is right. There are no good social conventions for dealing with same sex relationships. Either directly or subconsciously. As such the subconscious makes up it's own games to deal with them. Maybe *tools* is a better word there than *games*. Anyway... Marge and Sam found themselves talking about sex a lot because they were trying to give the same implied consent that talking about having children would have covered. Denise recognized it and came right out an plainly stated it. After that, then the conversation could move on to other things. But there are lots of situataions like that that the subconscious has to deal with. Situations that same sex relationships don't cover. Children again are one of those. You even encounter the desire for children in a mono- sex situation. Many divorced or single people have sort of adopted families where they spend time to be around children. This partialy fullfills their parental drives. Sometimes enough so that they don't become involved in relationships with others for a long time, or not at all." Jenny explained. "I think I see where this is leading... You're saying the girls are like Denise and Betty's children?" Sally asked. "Yup. Exactly. Oh, don't get me wrong. They romantically love those girls very deeply. I'm not saying that is their only interest in them. I am saying is that is why it works so well when logic tells us that it shouldn't work at all. That aspect of it contributes enough stability to the relationship that it overcomes many of the problems they would all encounter in separate relationships. I observed their behavior quite closely over the few days I was with them. There is no question that the girls satisfy a parental need in both Denise and Betty. But Denise and Betty also fullfill a need in the girls. See... When the girls began making love... in their minds they became adults. But they are still young. They still need guidance and a firm hand at times. To accept that guidance from you folks and the Crowther's would be like a step back to them. A step back from the adulthood that they feel they have acheived. But by accepting that guidance from their lovers... they fullfill their own needs as well, without feeling like they are losing that status of adults that they feel they have earned." Jenny said. "Interesting.... But what of the future?" Sally asked. "Ah, you see where that would lead. As I did. As I told Denise and Betty where it might, as they were oblivious to this aspect of their relationship. The problem of course is that children grow up and establish their independance from their parents. How will Betty and Denise accept that as the girls actually do become more independant?" Sally said. "Yes... so how will they?" Sally asked. The waiter brought their meals just then. Setting a pot of tea by each of them. Jenny waited for him to leave before responding. Pouring herself a cup of tea and sipping at it. Sally waited patiently. "Very well, I should think. This construction deal that Betty proposed will actually serve many purposes. One, it is a bonding ritual. That house will be georgeus when it is completed. And it will be so because they have all worked together to make it so. That's a very strong bonding ritual. They have some other little bonding rituals that they have been through that will contribute to that as well. The second thing the construction will do, is help establish Cindy and Andrea's adulthood in Betty and Denise's eyes. It lets the girls grow up before their eyes. By working side by side with them, they see the girls perform something adults do; That is planning for the future and working to that plan to make the future better than the present. That is a very adult thing to do. When that house is complete, they will be able to look at it and know that the girls are adults, because children could not have accomplished that job. They will be proud of the girls accomplishments. In the process the girls actually become more adult themselves. That is that they take responsibility for their actions. They face a task that is needed to perform and they perform it. It's a win win situation all around. The act of putting their names on the deed will act as a graduation ritual for them all. Between the bonding ritual and the completion of the tasks that symbolize the girls growing to adulthood I think they have a solid chance of continuing their relationship far into the future. For one thing, it will be a very nice place to live. Additionally, all along they are going to be making love, further bonding their relationships. Learning how to deal with their nebulous relationship. Learning how to deal with insecurities that will arise... Like you saw in Betty when I showed up. I didn't mean to introduce any insecurity into that relationship... perhaps that was very naive of me. But I think their relationship is actually stronger because of it. Now they know that things do affect the others. I also witnessed both Cindy and Denise dealing with things they had let slide a bit. Like reasuring the others that they love them. With a more complex relationship like they share, it becomes all the more important that everybody lets everybody know that because they love the others, that it doesn't mean that they don't love them. I've seen a total role reversal between Betty and Denise and Cindy and Andrea. From an outside perspective, Betty and Andrea would seem to have been the dominant guiding members of their relationships. But with time it has emerged to be the other way around. Denise and Cindy have emerged as the strong, secure ones. They are the ones who are comfortable with each other, and the nebulous form of the relationship. They are the ones who comfort and add strenght to the relationship. It was Denise who asked Betty to marry her as a means of making her feel more secure in the relationship. She recognized that Betty needed that reasurance. Denise does not. To her, her relationship resides in her heart. She's content with the way she feels so that a piece of paper means nothing to her. To Betty, it's a reasurance that Denise loves her. That she will always have her. To Denise the feeling in her heart was sufficient enough to make her comfortable with the relationship. The same goes for Cindy and Andrea. I don't know if Andrea told you... I guess you haven't seen her since Friday night. But Cindy asked Andrea to marry her on Friday night." Jenny said. "She did?" Sally asked, "How did Andrea feel about that?" . "She about popped her cork sputtering her yes answer. Andrea's very much in love with Cindy. She has been for a long time. After their breakup..... Andrea realized how much Cindy had come to mean to her. She was afraid that she had lost Cindy forever. She almost did. I don't know how much you know about that situation. I'm actully limited ethically in how much I can tell you about it." Jenny said, working on her lunch. "From what I gathered, Andrea took Cindy for granted and abused her in some manner. Denise somehow recognized this and showed Cindy how Andrea was abusing her. They broke up as a result of that.... Cindy was pretty broken up about things and actually tried to kill herself. Afterwards, Denise spent a week with her and helped Cindy see things from a different perspective. I don't know how -or even why- Denise got the two of them back together again." Sally said. "Essentially correct. Andrea was actually using long established mind control -or brainwashing- techniques on Cindy. Denise recomended a book to Cindy on the subject that revealed to her just exactly what Andrea was doing. She was pretty broken up about it, but there were other contributing factors to her attempted suicide. Mainly her -now- chosen lifestyle. When she broke up with Andrea, she felt she had no- one. Being gay, she had almost no options for love. If a heterosexual breaks up with one partner, they can find at least temporary solace in the arms of another. Cindy didn't feel she had that option. She didn't think she had *any* options for love... after she had lost Andrea... The concept of living a life without love at all was what drove her to attempt suicide. Marge realized this. How she did so, I don't know. But she did. That's when she invited Denise to spend time with Cindy. She knew that it would deal with Cindy's temporary needs while Denise supplied her with tools for dealing with living the lifestyle she had chosen to live. I guess there was a mutual attraction between them before hand. But there never would have been a relationship between them had it not occured the way it did. Denise is an exceptionally ethical person. She would never have pursued or even allowed a relationship between her and Cindy had it not happened like it did. In the process she risked her career. She didn't do that for a fling with a young girl. She did that because she cares. As to how she got Cindy and Andrea back together.... That's kind of complicated, the simple answer is that Andrea came to Denise and begged to become her pupil... Her *slave*. Andrea had this image of herself as Cindy's master. When Denise gave Cindy the information that broke them up, then spent that time with Cindy to help her put her life back together, Andrea felt like Denise had *taken* Cindy from her. She saw Denise as a greater master than herself. She was upset enough about it that she was gathering blackmail material against Denise and Betty. I don't know what changed her mind and made her go to Denise.... But I think it's a very good thing that she did so. I think in many ways Denise is a much better psychologist than I am. She's a natural at it. She's empathic. She *feels* how other people feel. She also had options that I as a professional therapist could never do. Like the option of falling in love with her patients. She did that on her week with Cindy. Those two fell very deeply in love. As much in love as I have ever seen any two people. When Andrea came to Denise.... she saw an opportunity. An opportunity to heal both girls. To heal Andrea of the behavior that she had been subjecting Cindy to, and to heal Cindy of the damage that Andrea had done. The way she did so was quite unique. Basically, she reversed the roles. She let Andrea see what it felt like from Cindy's perspective. That's when you saw that major change in Andrea's behavior. That came about, because it *worked*. In the process, Denise accomplished in a few weeks what it would take me years to correct. Also in the process... Cindy and Andrea got each other back.... That's how that family began. In some ways that's how all the relationships began. Denise was climbing that rope that day that brought her to Betty's attention in response to a power play that Andrea was making. As an *object* lesson. Andrea was the first one she sent up the ropes as an example of how tough it was before she showed the students how to do it. She followed Andrea's failure by going up the rope to the ceiling. Thus establishing not only Andrea's humiliation before the class, but her own superiority over her in her dominace game with Cindy. Perhaps that was what eventually led Andrea to come to her. I don't know. I do know that your daughter is a much better off for her relationship with her. In fact I think the same is true of each of them. Betty, Cindy and Andrea are much better off from their relationship with Denise. I am too....." Jenny said. "Yes.... and it seems that she is continuing that positive effect upon others. With Bobby. I know that it seems that Bobby is changing as a result of Betty spending time around him.... but I can't help feel that whole thing is being orchestrated by Denise." Sally said. "Somewhat. She's certainly contributing to it. It was her idea that Betty run with Bobby. But the whole relationship between Bobby and Betty was cooked up between her and Andrea..... Andrea cares very deeply for her brother. She saw how Betty was affected by him. The relationship between them was really Andrea's suggestion. I think it's a good one. Denise added to that idea by suggesting that Betty start to run with Bobby. She also has been contributing to trying to broaden his exposure to the world. The E-mail idea was brilliant. Denise really is quite brilliant. I know she loves teaching... but I can't help but feel she is wasitng her potential there. She could influence many more people in a more technical dicipline." Sally said. "Well that is an area where I have information which you appearantly don't have. I can reaveal that to you because I know how much you care for Denise and that it won't go any futher. Betty's been looking into John's company through her father. As an investment possibility. Her goal is to give Denise a place where she can spread her wings a bit. In the process she may also fullfill her need to teach. There are programs with the DCE where companies give classes to advanced vocational students. Denise could supply the driving impetus to both guide the company into wonderful achievements and teach motivated students about real reasearch and how it is accomplished. Her intent is to lure Denise into this through her software developement that she's been doing for John. Which has proven to do exceptionally well. As you well know. You were there when John handed that check to Betty for delivery to Denise." Sally said. "That's wonderfull... but it could also blow up in Betty's face. Denise won't take such a thing as a gift. She's damned adamant about paying her own way in the world." Jenny said. "Betty knows that. Her intent is that it will be a money making venture for both of them. She expects to make a fortune off of Denise's work, but that's not her motivation. Her motivation is to give her mate the opportunity to be what she knows she can be. Betty hardly needs or desires more money. But she's willing to accept more to give Denise that opportunity. She's playing it very soft footed. The last thing she desires is to drive Denise away." Sally said. "Well, I hope it works out. I for one would like to see all of them be all that they can be. I think that they have a good shot at that. Denise's brilliance and compassion is the foundation for that to happen." Jenny said. "I'm certainly glad we had this little chat. I do feel better about Andrea's relationship with them now... As you say... they will either succeed in their relationships with the girls, or they will give them the tools they need to best survive otherwise." Sally said. ------------------------------------- About this time Denise, Betty and the girls finally made it to the post office to apply for their passports. They also sent a request for visa information to the Dutch embassy, requesting tourist information. While they were at it they sent the same request to Montserrat. All they could do at that point was wait. They made their way back home and started working on the extension again. They finished up the walls on the second bathroom before it was time for Betty to go for her run with Bobby. "I think Cindy and I are going to go raid her parents fridge. Sam told us to stop by and take anything perishable. You want to tag along with us Andrea?" Denise asked. "No, I think I'll tag along with Betty. I want to talk to my mother about getting married. I'll talk to her while they are out on their run." Andrea said. "Don't forget to take your laptop. I'll set the inside alarm when we leave." Betty reminded Denise. "Okay... Did I mention that I love you?" Denise asked, pulling Betty into her arms. Betty found herself quivering against her. She hugged back tightly to hide her internal state. "I think you mentioned it once or twice this morning, but I never tire of hearing it." Betty said. "I love you." Denise said, lifting her chin and kissing her tenderly. Cindy was giving the same treatment to Andrea, then they changed partners and repeated it all. Somehow both Betty and Andrea felt more secure afterwards. ---------------------------------------------- Cindy used her key to let them into her parents house. They found a note from Marge telling them to clean out the fridge. Inside they found a whole cooked turkey. "That was really nice of her, but we still have turkey we need to eat. So I guess it's time to make up some mystery rolls." Denise said. "Mystery rolls?" Cindy asked. "It's a mystery what's in them. All good wholesome stuff, but perhaps uncommon. Like peanut butter and pasta. They go together great, but it sounds weird." Denise chuckled. Cindy came up behind her and wrapped her arms around her from behind. Laying her head upon her shoulder. "How about we have a little snack, then go have a little snuggle on my bed? I found it incredibly sexy making love with you on my own bed." she asked. "My, that sounds like a delightfull plan. We're certainly overdue for a little quality solo time.... You really hungry?" Denise asked, turning in her arms. "A bit. Say a quick turkey sandwich then straight to bed?" Cindy asked. "Sold." Denise said, her lips moving to find Cindy's. They didn't get to the turkey sandwiches for almost an hour. By then they had much stronger appetites. Fixing themselves whole plates with stuffing, sallad and yams. Denise sat wearing just her panties and one of Sam's shirts as a robe as she worked on her plate. Drinking a large glass of milk with her meal. She switched on Cindy's computer to amuse herself as she ate. "Check out my programming directory." Cindy said, sitting on the bed wearing a similar outfit. She was leaning back against her headboard, enjoying the view of her love across the room as she ate. Denise reached out with one hand and called in the directory. She began to look at the programs. "These are very good, love. You have been working on this quite a bit, haven't you." Denise said. "Yeah, every night I can't be with you. You kind of spoiled me for watching TV. I don't enjoy it anymore unless I'm snuggled to you watching a sappy old movie. The only thing I watch at all anymore by myself is maybe a PBS show." Cindy said, softly. Denise smiled at her. "Well love. It won't be very long before you are with me all the time. I'd say that within two months that we will be married." she said. "I know. I'm *ready*." Cindy said. Denise took her plate and glass and moved to sit next to Cindy on the bed. Cindy snuggled to her side as they continued to eat their meal. "It's like a big wonderful dream come true." Cindy said. "I know. It is wonderful. I keep waiting to wake up and find it was all a dream." Denise said. They continued to eat, snuggled together for a while. "I'm surprised how fast we are finishing the construction." Cindy mused. "Yeah, but this is the part that does go fast. A stud wall is easy to build and you see a big change in a short time. It won't go so fast when we start sheething the walls and doing the finish work. Will you help me run the wiring? It will be a good place to start teaching you electronics." Denise asked. "Love to. But I thought that electrician stuff was different than electronics." Cindy said. "Is a bit. Electical wiring uses the same fundimentals though. Just not all of them. You are still pushing electrons down a wire. But it's kind of limited in it's scope. Most of wiring is just knowing the local codes that have been developed so that houses don't burn down and people don't get shocked. Which is pretty important stuff. But most electricians usually don't ever learn the more advanced things you can do with electrons." Denise said. "So what *is* an electron?" Cindy asked. "Oh... think about the solar system. The sun would be like the nucleus of an atom and the planets like electrons. That's not exactly how it works, but it will give you a visual picture for now." Denise said. "Alright. Yeah, I can see that." Cindy said. "Okay... there are two kinds of atoms.... for the sake of explanation. One kind hangs on tight to the electrons out in it's outer orbit. In the other kind, those electrons aren't as tightly bound. They can hop to another passing atom or *solar system*. That's what makes a conductor; Something made up of atoms who's electrons are loosely bound in their outer orbits. The tightly bound type make up insulators. Okay... now say you have a wire made up of copper, which is a good conductor so it's electrons are loosely bound. You push an electron in one end of it. What happens?" Denise asked. "I guess... what? It comes out the other end?" Cindy asked. "Maybe eventually. In practice it may never do so. But *another one* *will*. Think of it like a pipe filled with ping-pong balls. You push another in one end and it forces a totally different one out the other end. That's more like what happens in a wire. When you push an electron in one end, it repulses another which leaves it's orbit and jumps to the next atom down the line. But there is already one in it's outer orbit, that gets repulsed and moves on to the next, and so on down the line. See, what nature is really trying to do is ballance things out. An electron pushed in one end creates an imbalance and all the electrons along the way shift away from the pressure towards a lower pressure. Just like letting the air out of a balloon. The air flows out because the elastic of the rubber is pushing in from all sides. All but where the opening is. So the air molecules flow to that lower pressure point. The same type thing happens in a wire. Or anywhere in electronics. All electronics is, is controling and directing that flow of electrons and using it as it flows." Denise said. "I get it. Yeah, so whats the difference between AC and DC?" Cindy asked. "With DC -Direct Current- all the electrons flow in only one direction. >From negative to positive. Now that sounds funny. But the electron has a negative charge, so a bunch of them together will be more negative than positive. Positive is more like a vacuum. Or an area of lesser charge. You could have billions of electrons in one location and a billion and ten in another and the electrons would try to flow between them until their were a billion and five in both locations. All it wants to do is even things out. Anyway... DC always has more electrons on one end than the other. That's what they call Direct Current. Now AC stands for Alternating Current. That means that it alternates which end has more electrons on it. So the flow of the electrons will reverse end to end in the wire. How fast this happens is called the frequency. With house wiring in the US, that change happens sixty times a second. Thats for a full cycle of starting at zero flow, increasing the potential on one end which forces it to go one way, reducing back to zero, increasing the other way and then returning to zero again. That's a complete cycle. If you looked at a graph of the voltage verses time, then you would see a shape that follows a mathematical sine function. That's why it's called a sine wave. It's developed by spining a magnet inside a loop of wire. Because the electons are deflected magnetically, which end of a magnet pointing towards a wire will cause the electrons to be deflected at right angles to the motion of the magnetic field. So if you spin a magnet inside a coil of wire, then the magnetic poles will cause the electrons to move first one way in the wire, and then the other way as the other pole comes around. How hard they are pushed depends on how strong the magnetic field is. The harder they are pushed, the higher the voltage. So a spinning magnet inside a coil causes the voltage at the leads of the coil tt have a potential for flowing first one way, and then the other. Do you follow so far?" Denise asked. "Yes. I think so. So why do they use AC? Why not just DC?" Cindy asked. "Several reasons... Kind of complicated. One, wires aren't perfect conductors. Not all the energy you push into one end makes it out the other. They have *resistance*. They lose some of the energy in the form of heat which dissipates over the length of the wire. Now this is not a big loss, but it does exist. It's called *line loss*. What it means is that if you generate power a long ways away from a city at a power plant and then try to ship it miles to the city, you lose a lot of power in the form of heat over the whole length of the wire. So you have to bump the voltage way up to get what you need in the city. Since the line loss is a percentage of the total, then you can counteract it by bumping the voltage way up and then reducing it on the other end to what you need. Now AC makes this real easy to do. Because a wire doesn't care where the magnetic field comes from. You can start with a spinning magnet at the generator, take that alternating voltage and run it into another coil of wire and it will produce an alternating magnetic fieild inside the coil of wire. Now if you produce a field through two turns of wire, and pick it up with four turns of wire, then you get twice the voltage out of the second coil." Denise said. "That's neat." Cindy said. "Yes, but there is a trade off. See, the total amount of energy stays the same. Now *current* is a measurement of how many electrons move from one place to another in a certain time. Wheras voltage is how hard they are pushed. Like the field of a strong magnet repelling it's like pole as opposed to a weak one doing the same. Because of this, when you bump the voltage up, the current potential goes down and vica versa. Now useing this same trick of changing the number of turns you are coupling magnetic fields with, you can start with four and take off with two and get half the voltage, but twice the current. You follow?" Denise asked. "Yes, I see." Cindy said, picturing it. "Okay... we call that a transformer. Usually they have different numbers of windings on one side than the other. Now to push power from a power station to a city, they use a transformer that has lots of turns on it's output verses the number on it's input. This bumps the voltage way up high, to tens or hundreds of thousands of volts. That's why the wires are way up high. Because it's real dangerous. Okay, once the power reaches the city, you need to reduce the voltage again. To do this they use an opposite transformer. One that has many turns on it's input, but fewer turns on it's output. This reduces the voltage down to where they can safely ship it around to the neighborhoods. Then in each neighborhood there is a transformer which reduces it even more, down to the voltage that we are used to getting out of the wall socket." Denise said. "I get it.... So how does it work that you have three wires coming into the house, but you get two different voltages? If you need two wires to carry one?" Cindy asked. "One is called a neutral wire. It's always around the same potential as ground. Or a natural earth ground. What you could measure if you stuck a rod into damp earth. Think about a transformer that the output or secondary has a connection to the middle of the windings. Say two turns of wire, then a connection then two more turns of wire. Now you hook the middle connection to the earth. Then from the middle to either side, you will get half the voltage that you would across the whole coil. But across the whole coil you get the full voltage. In house wiring, either side of the *line* -or what they call the *hot* leads, one not connected to earth- will give you 120 volts between it and the neutral wire. But between the two hot leads -or both *lines*- you get the full 240 volts. We use the lower voltage for small appliances and the higher one for big stuff like ovens and dryers." Denise said. "Okay... I get that. But I saw you wire in that saw. There were three wires inside that cable, one was bare copper, one was white and one was black. But you hooked the white and black one to the outlet prongs." Cindy said. "That bare wire is the safety ground. It connnects to the earth. Usually it connects to your cold water pipe where it comes into your house. The idea is that on a tool, if you connect the outside of it to that wire, then you can never get shocked between the case of the tool and what you are standing on. In practice, it connects to the same place in the electric pannel as the white wire- or *neutral*. But it usually carries no current. If it does, then there is something wrong. Now we have what they call GFI or Ground Fault Interupters. What they do is if any current does flow in the ground wire, then they shut off the power. That way if you are using a two pronged devise like a hair dryer any you start to get shocked from it, then part of the current has to be flowing through ground, rather than through the neutral lead. The GFI senses this and shuts off the power. It was a great idea. It's probably saved millions of lives now. I think it's probably code now that they be used anywhere you have water and power together, like in bathrooms, or outside, like for outlets where you would plug in a hedge trimmer or power saw." Denise said. They were finished with their meal. Now Denise took and set the plates aside and pulled Cindy into a full embrace. "I think that's plenty for a first lesson. In fact too much. I'll go over it again as we run the wires. I'll explain what I'm doing and why. But for now...." Denise said, breaking off to kiss Cindy. The kiss grew as their passion rose. What little clothing they had on vanished and was forgotten till much later. --------------------------------- "She really found a place? Where you can all get married?" Sally asked, incredulized. "Yes, but we have to hurry. A law was struck down by a court which made it temporarily legal. But it probably won't last as the island is predominantly Catholic." Andrea said. "And this is what you want?" her mother asked. "Yes, more than anything on earth. I'll be legally married to all those I love so dearly." Andrea said, knowing it left one out. "Alright. I'll talk to your father about drawing up and signing your permission letter." Sally said, hugging her daughter. "Oh thank you mom.... You're the best!" Andrea said, hugging her. Her mother hugged her tightly. Remembering her little girl and realizing how much she had grown up. All the more so in the past three years. Almost like lightning in the past three years. For some reason she thought of Bobby. "How is this going to affect Bobby?" she asked, finally. "Not at all, as far as I know. Betty's still very much interested in him. We are still going to build the apartment for him to live in." Andrea said, finally pulling away from her mother. "And how do you feel about that?" her mother asked, pointedly. "I think it's great. Mom, I love Betty very dearly. I want most what's going to make her the happiest. I also love Bobby. I want to see him get better. I think he is getting better. He's becoming more responsive to others all the time. I think that Betty's having a major influence upon that. So I win two ways from this. I get the happiness of the woman I love, and I get my brother back." Andrea said. "Alright dear. If you really feel that way... I guess I get three daughters in law in the proscess." Sally chuckled. "So one is a bonus. If I'd married a guy and Bobby a girl, then you'd get one daughter in law and one son in law. This way you get a bonus. Two really, as Bobby and I will be sharing the same one." Andrea said. "Yeah,...." her mother said, distantly, suddenly seeing another possibility. ----------------------------------- "Guess we'd better pack up and head home, huh?" Denise said, softly caressing Cindy's young body. "Mmm I guess. I'm glad we spent this time though. I think we both needed it." Cindy said, kissing her neck softly. "I know I did. I'm sorry I've been neglecting you." Denise said, holding her close to her. "You have never neglected me, ever. Perhaps at times we don't get to do it as much as I'd like to. But if we did it as much as I'd like to, then we'd never get out of bed." Cindy chuckled. "If we did it as much as I'd like to we'd never get out of bed. But I think we should now. Our other loves will be missing us." Denise said, kissing her tenderly once more. "I know this; That it will be easier on me sleeping alone in this bed from now on. All I'll have to do is just remember the wonderfull moments we've spent here today and I'll fall asleep in blissfull contentment." Cindy said, hugging her once more before releasing her. They dressed and then went in to pack up the fridge. Cindy got a large camping cooler from the garage and they loaded the perishables into it. Then Denise led her back out to her fathers work bench. "I wanted to give you a little demonstration. This will make it clearer." Denise said, turning on a piece of equipment like something with a little television screen on it. As it warmed up, a horizontal line formed on the center of the screen. "This is an oscilloscope. It's purpose is to show you a graph of what the voltage is doing where you touch this probe tip verses time. You can change the measurement of time you put on the screen with this knob here. It's calibrated in seconds. So 50m stands for fifty-milliseconds per division. See the veritcle lines on the screen here?" Denise asked, pointing at the screen. "Yes, both verticle and horizontal." Cindy said. "Yes, well the verticle lines are for measuring time passing. Say something took three of those lines to happen. That would mean it took three times fifty-milliseconds, or one-hundred-fifty milliseconds. Now this other knob here controls how sensitive it is to voltage. It devides the input down to the value on the knob times the number of horizontal lines the signal crosses. Here, now here is a nine volt battery. Now up is positive and down is negative on the screen. Now we set this knob to a sensitivity of five volts per division. That means that nine volts should move the trace one full line, plus almost another one." Denise said, hooking the probe to the battery. The line jumped down almost two whole lines. "It went down, so that means that I have the negative terminal on the probe tip and the possitive hooked to the ground or reference lead. So if I reverse them then it should go up from the middle by the same amount it went down." Denise said, doing it. The line did exactly as she said it would. Cindy nodded. "I get it... but it just sits there then." she said. "That's because the voltage isn't changing. It's sitting constant, or fairly so for our purposes. Now I will use my body as an antenna and pick up the voltage changing in the house wiring." Denise said, removing the battery and touching the end of the probe. A ragged sine wave appeared on the screen. Denise changed the settings to show Cindy one complete cycle. Having her read off the time and voltage. Cindy tried it herself, amazed that her body was conducting what looked like twenty volts or so without her feeling it. "This instrument if very sensitve. You don't feel that because very little current is flowing through your body. You could figure the peak current through your body using Ohms law. It says that the amount of current is equal to the voltage divided by the resistance. Now the resistance of this lead is printed on the input here, see, it says 1Meg. That means one million ohms, which is not a very big load at all. You read a peak voltage from your body of twenty volts, so twenty devided by one million is 0.00002 or twenty micro-amps. Twenty millionths of an amp. Now an amp is defined as 6.28 times ten to the eighteenth power, so one hell of a lot of electrons to make up an amp. If we times that by twenty micro, then we find.....about one-hundred-twenty-six *billion* electrons were moving through your fingertip while you were making the measurement. But that's not very many at all, because they are very tiny." Denise said, using a scientific calculator that was laying there. "Wow..... I felt a whole lot more effect from your tongue a little while ago." Cindy said, chuckling. Denise chuckled and pulled her into a kiss. They both felt a much larger effect from their tongues. Finally Denise released her. "Okay, end of lesson for now. I just wanted to show you while I had the scope available here." Denise said. "I've seen yours. It's fancier." Cindy said. "Oh... not really. This one here is *way* fast. Faster than mine by half again. It may be old, but it's a good old one. This is fast enough that even though it's over twenty years old, it's still on the protected technology list. Your father still couldn't sell this to a communist country." Denise said, shutting it down and patting it affectionately. "You treat it almost like a friend." Cindy mused. "In a way it is. It's a tool, one of my favorites. It can tell me at a glance just what is happening in an electronics circuit. I'm affectionate towards that brand of scope because that's the brand I learned on when I was in school. I spent many hours using one that looked identical to this. I know it will reliably give me real answers quickly when I am looking for something wrong in a circuit or seeing if something is working correctly. Think of this. This instrument is over twenty years old. How many other appliances do you have in your house that are that old and still work reliably?" Denise asked. "None... That I can think of. Maybe that old roaster we inherited from grandma." Cindy said. "That's how well this was made when it was first produced. I was impressed enough with that, that when I bought mine, I bought the same brand." Denise said. "Tektronics?" Cindy asked, looking at it. "Yup. Good stuff. There's only one other brand I trust as much. That's Hewlett Packard. But I prefer the control layout on the Tek scopes better. Maybe because I learned on one. I think the HP scopes have a little better amplifiers in them, so the trace is a little bit sharper and their CRT's are a bit brighter. But I like the Tek's because they are so comfortable to me. You wouldn't believe what some of the others are like compared to those two. Real pieces of junk." Denise said, killing the bench and leading Cindy out of the garage. "It says a lot about your father the way he has his work bench set up. That's how I want to set up my own work bench; You flip one switch and the whole bench goes off. You wire all the instruments into that one circuit and have another one just like it for what you are working on. That way you can flip two switches and you don't have to worry you left something on that might start a fire. But you can shut down all your instruments with one and leave a project running with the other one. That's the way it all should work." Denise said, gathering up the cooler. "You really get into this stuff, don't you." Cindy chuckled, taking the other end. "Yes... Like I told you long ago; it's who I am. From long before the first moment I saw a trace shift on an oscilloscope screen I've been absolutely captivated by it." Denise said, leading them out of the house. They stalled while Cindy went to lock up. Denise had her go back inside and check that her computer was off and the lights out. Leaving one lamp on in the living room. Cindy came back out and locked up the door. Denise already had the cooler in her trunk. Cindy climbed in and they made their way home again. Most the ride was comfortably silent. "I like who you are." Cindy said, seemingly out of the blue. "Thank you. I like who you are too." Denise chuckled. "NO... I mean in relation to what you were saying.... That being into technology was who you were. I like that." Cindy said. "Again, thank you..... Cindy... You need not *be me* to love me." Denise said. "I'm sorry?" Cindy said. "I mean you don't have to try to be me. I love you as you. I'm not going to love you more if you follow my studies. I couldn't possibly love you more than I already do. Which is with all my heart." Denise said. "That is *not* why I wish to follow you. I do *not* wish to *be* you. I do wish to be *like* you. By that I mean passionate and comptetant. Competant means understanding. Understanding means educated. My meaning in saying I like who you are.. is that I admire your competance. I also like your passion. You apply it to every area of your life. Including loving me. Your passion for technology directly benefits me. Thus I like who you are." Cindy explained. Denise reached over and took her hand and squeezed it. "And again.... I like who *you* are too. You are a constant joy and amazement to me. You speak your mind. Even telling me -and rightfully so- when I am in error. I am *honored* that you wish to be like me. I will gladly teach you anything you wish to learn. And forgive me for misinterpreting your intentions." she said. "There is nothing to forgive. I can see how my actions could lead you to that conclusion. You rarely make errors of any sort. That you do occaisionally just makes me love you all the more so. It lets me know that this isn't just a big wonderful dream. If it were a dream you wouldn't make any at all." Cindy chuckled. "I guess I can live with that." Denise chuckled. ---------------------------------------------- "So... Andrea tells me that you're going to be my daughter-in-law after all." Sally said, when Betty came in after the run with Bobby. "Hopefully. If you give your permission and we are fast enough." Betty said. "You have my permission... as long as you don't call me mom." Sally chuckled. "Deal, Sally." Betty chuckled. "A cup of coffee?" Sally offered. "Oh...Thank you, no. I've had a lot of caffeine already today." Betty said. "How about a cup of tea then? I wouldn't mind one myself." Sally said, putting on the kettle. "I wouldn't say no to that. I quite like tea." Betty replied, sitting at the table. Andrea moved onto her lap and snuggled against her. "It's hard for me to believe that this is really going to happen." she said. "I can't absolutely guarantee that it will, love. But we're certainly going to try." Betty said, kissing her cheek. "I had a nice little chat with Jenny today. She brought up some interesting aspects of your relationship that I wasn't aware of. She's a very bright lady, isn't she." Sally asked. "Yes... Very bright indeed." Betty said, wondering if Sally were going to talk about Andrea in her role as a child to her and Denise with Andrea present. "Yes... Well, I feel more comfortable with your relationship since our talk. I'm glad we had the chance. It sounds like her relationship with her boyfriend is doing well. I'm glad. She deserves it. She's a very caring person." Sally said. "Yes.... Much like Denise in that respect." Betty said. "Jenny's great. I'm sorry we won't get to see much of her, but I think it's great her and Jake are doing well." Andrea commented. "So how was your run?" Sally asked. "It was great. I always feel good after a run like that. Bobby doesn't cut me any slack. He knows what I can do and he just sets the pace to match it. Between that and building walls today I'm ready for the hot tub." Betty chuckled. "How's that coming, the walls I mean?" Sally asked. "Excellent. We got the master bedroom framed and two of the bathrooms and half of Cindy's room all framed up. I'm amazed at how well it's going." Betty said, softly caressing Andrea's back. "You did all that in three days?" Sally asked. "Actually, a day and a half. Most of it yesterday. We didn't get to it Saturday because we wanted to spend time with Jenny while we could. We hit it pretty hard yesterday. That's when we got the most done; the master bedroom, one bath and half the second one. This morning.... was kind of an *affectionate* time after the news from my mother about Aruba. Then we went out to apply for the girls and Denise's passport. This afternoon we finished up the second bath and got started on Cindy's room before I had to get ready for my run with Bobby. Denise and Cindy were going over to the Crowther's because they requested that we come by and snag the perishables while they were gone. Andrea chose to tag along with me so she could tell you the news and ask your permission." Betty said. "That she has..... As I was asking her while you were out on your run; How will this affect your relationship with Bobby?" Sally asked, pointedly. "I don't expect it will at all. This cements my relationship with Andrea. I'm still interested in Bobby. I think Andrea is still content with that interest. She's given me no indication to the contrary." Betty said. "And I won't. I think it's wonderful you are involved with Bobby." Andrea interjected. "So what does marrige mean to you?" Sally asked, looking at Betty. "It means... That we all will be together no matter what. That we are permanant. If you mean will my relationship with Bobby mean I am being untrue to Andrea... no, I don't think so. As it's understood going into it that this does not preclude that relationship. I would consider a relationship with another man as being untrue to Andrea and the others though. I have no desire for that. Fact is that Bobby's the only man I've had any desire for, for a long time now. What I feel for him is not like anything I felt with any other man, *ever*." Betty replied. "You haven't mentioned children. How do you feel about that? It is after all a possibility if it works out with Bobby." Sally said, pointedly. Something about the look in Sally's eyes bothered Betty a bit. "I don't desire children. I have no great urge to have any. I'm getting old enough that a first child would actually become dangerous for me to have. I think it's likely that we will take physical precautions against having them. Myself if necessary, but if I could talk Bobby into it, then a vasectomy for him is a less life threatening operation." Betty replied. Sally seemed to nod to herself. "Well, I wish you luck. Grand kids would be nice, but I understand your health concerns. And as Andrea pointed out earlier, I am getting three daughters-in-law out of the deal." Sally said, making the tea. Betty considered her as she absently caressed Andrea's back. "Come to think of it, a vasectomy for Bobby is probably a very good idea. As you have intimate relationships with Andrea, it's conceivable that Bobby's semen could possibly get passed to Andrea. That would be a bad thing for all involved." Sally said. Andrea seemed to flinch against her. Betty stayed calm. "Yes... I had considered that. As Denise has pointed out; Mother nature is a sneaky, prolific little bitch." Betty said. "Yes... And that *wasn't* what I had in mind for grandchildren." Sally said, pouring the tea. "No... I know none of us wants that. Fact is that could happen to any of us. I have intimate contact with Denise and Cindy too. It's just as conceivable that it would get passed to one of them without it being their choice. But there is the possibility of taking a sample of his seed before the opperation is performed. If down the road Cindy or Denise developed a relationship with Bobby and chose to have a child by him -or even myself for that matter- then we could be inseminated artificially." Betty said. "Expensive to keep stored." Sally pointed out. "I would gladly cover that. It's a small price to pay to insure the safety of *everybody* and give us the option later." Betty said. "It sounds like you've considered all this beforehand." Sally said, sipping at her tea. "Yes, I try to be a responsible adult. As a woman's heath teacher I'm fairly cognizant of the facts of reproduction. Sperm can actually live for days inside a woman's body. It doesn't care about social conventions and taboos. It just swims hard in search of an egg without thought for whose it is. That's another reason why my first choice for birth control would be a vasectomy for Bobby." Betty said, addressing what she thought she saw. "Good... Though you may have a harder time convincing him of that. Men are sensitive about such things. But I guess this is all a moot point until you can get him talking." Sally said. "Yes... I think he's closer to that. I get the feeling he's getting closer to that all along." Betty said, reaching for her tea. Andrea reached it for her, then moved to her own chair to let her drink it. She seemed quiet and pensive. "So.. How did the carpenters react to your outfit?" her mother asked her. "No lost fingers yet. Denise got us some cute tights to go with them to keep our legs warm." Andrea replied, gratefull for the change of subject. "Those tights do nothing to hide your legs from the carpenters. Luckily - for their safety- we don't see much of them." Betty chuckled. "So I guess when you get married that you're going to want to live together full time too." Sally asked, more a statement. "That would be most desireable, yes." Andrea said, blushing a bit. "So are you going to be honeymooning in this Aruba place?" Sally asked. "No, for several reasons. Not the least of which is getting time off. It would hardly do to go to June to request a leave to get married to the girls. So it's probably going to be a long weekend excursion at best. Then we plan on a real honeymoon right when school lets out. Some friends of my parents have a large estate they hardly ever use. It's on the isle of Panang, in the straits of Malacca. I spent a summer there right out of college. It was quite lovely, but kind of lonely. I'd really love to go back and share it with those I love." Betty said. "You said several reasons." Sally prompted. Betty half sighed. "Denise pulled up her magic computer files and dug into the CIA factbook. It doesn't say so directly, but it would seem to indicate that the island -Aruba- is a money laundering mecca for the drug lords of Colombia and Venezuela. It's probably safe enough as the Dutch are in charge of the defense of the island and the Police and the drug lords probably don't wish to make themselves conspicous. But Denise made the point we also don't really want to hang out with them either. So our intention is to fly in from Jamaica, get hitched, maybe spend at most a night there and fly back to Jamaica the next day. We may spend another day or two in Jamaica if we have the time, otherwise straight back home." Betty said. Sally nodded. "Yes, that sounds prudent." she said. "We don't have any evidence that it's a violent place. In fact to the contrary. It seems to be a whole lot more stable than areas around it. But it's a very busy tourist area right next to an economically blighted area. The major employers are tourism and an oil refinery. It's listed natural resources are white sandy beaches. It's predominantly Catholic, but so is most of South America and that doesn't keep them from changing governments like pants. This seems to be a little stable isle in the area. They requested *not* to be given independance from the Netherlands. It's probably a very safe and lovely place. We just don't want to hang out with drug lords no matter how smooth they are." Betty said in reasurance. "No, you need not convince me. I believe you are doing your best to protect the girls. I have no doubt you would protect them like they were your own children." Sally said. "That we would. But they certainly are *not* children." Betty said, affectionatly touching Andrea's cheek. "No, not children..... somewhere in between. Not quite old enough to be on their own, but too old to treat as children." Sally said, looking at the pair thoughtfully. Betty looked over at her a moment. "Does it bother you that I -at my age- am involved with your daughter.... who is half my age?" Betty asked. "Oh... perhaps a bit. When I think of Andrea in the context of the child whom I raised. I remember her as the eight or ten year old who wouldn't eat her greens. But then I look at her now.... the woman she has become... And then it doesn't bother me. Then I actually become impressed with her choice of mates. .... I guess that part is still kind of the odd part to me. Thinking in terms of *mates,* plural, instead of mate, singular. Not that I have anything against any one of you. I like you all. It is mearly the concept of there being more than one of you that I am .... *uncomfortable* with. Individually, I am very impressed with you all." Sally said. "Well.... I certainly didn't expect to be deeply in love with three women and a man. If someone had told me that I would be just six months ago, I would have seriously questioned their sanity. But each of the relationships has developed naturally.... *Comfortably* for me. I feel genuine affection for each of them." Betty replied, holding Andrea's gaze a moment. "Yes.. I can see that. And since talking to Jenny I think I understand it better." Sally said. "Good.. Because I want it to be a comfortable relationship between us. I expect to have a stong relationship with both your children for the rest of my life." Betty said. Sally didn't respond and Betty looked over at her. "I want you to understand." she said, "I love Andrea very dearly. I also love Bobby. The nebulous nature of our relationship actually *allowed* me to feel that way. When Denise came into my life... I didn't understand love at all. I'd never been *in love* before. Then I fell head over heels for her. I was seeing June... It was a purely physical relationship. Even after I got together with Denise... I tried to maintain that relationship.... But each day the feeling between Denise and I grew. Perhaps June sensed that there was something different about our relationship, she actually became quite attentive and snuggly. But she never understood the depth of feeling that Denise and I share...That we shared from the very first night. Then Denise became involved with Cindy... At the time I didn't see any difference between allowing her the freedom to do that than she had allowed me to keep seeing June. But it was totally different. Denise *cared* about Cindy... She cared enough that she fell in love with her. But that love did not displace me in her heart. Her relationship with Cindy was in *addition* to what we shared. I came to feel the same for Cindy that Denise did. Then Denise opened her heart to Andrea. In the process I became involved with Andrea too. It's hard to explain... I would never have become involved with Andrea from our exposure to each other at school. It would have never even occured to me that I *could* have become involved with her. It was totally contrary to my upbringing and my professional ethics. But then suddenly Andrea was before me in my house. Something about her touched me deep inside. In a place that no other has ever touched me. It was not a question of her age and mine. I saw before me an incredibly lovely *woman*. A very desireable woman. The first time we made love... it was like our souls merged. I've felt that feeling with her everytime we've made love. But that feeling does not displace what I feel for Denise or Cindy. That Andrea shared that same feeling with the others I loved only helped to further bond us all together. There has never been any jealousy between any of us. At least I have never felt any, nor have I observed any in the others. I really don't think there is any. All of us *understand* how the others feel about each of us. We each share a great deep feeling of affection with all the others. We each know that the others feel exactly the same. We all know that none of us would be complete without any one of the others in our lives. We are a *family*. A very close knit interdependant family. Together we make a whole that would not be a whole without all of us. I don't know if Andrea told you of it.. But when Denise moved in with me... we exchanged gifts. Spontainiously, really. I bought robes and slippers for her an the girls and presented her with her own house key. She presented me with an engraved gold plated sports whistle. The engraving resembles a math formula. It reads: The sum of ABCD equals *one*. It translates that the sum of Andrea, Betty, Cindy and Denise equals a whole. That's the way it feels to all of us; That we are whole together. That we wouldn't be whole without any part of that equation." Betty said. "And how does Bobby fit into that equation?" Sally asked, pointedly. "He doesn't. He's not meant to. The four of us are *permanant*. No matter whatever else happens in our lives. But it does not preclude what I feel for him. Bobby is in *addition* to and besides that. Fact is that I can't guarantee that Bobby and I will be permanant. Not like I can with Andrea and the rest. I *want* it to be. I will work for that. But I don't *know* that like I do with the others. I can tell you this. That I feel very deeply indeed for Bobby. He affects me strongly enough that that time he kissed me I experienced an orgasm as a result of it. So it's not a minor relationship in my life. I want to see Bobby come out of his shell. I will work my ass off to attain that goal. What it will be like for us when he does... I can't predict. I love him. I *need* him in my life. I am going to great lengths to prepair for that possibility. But you know it would be a lie for me to absolutely say that we will always be together. Until we are talking, neither of us knows that. Until then... It's just chemistry. It may be deeper felt than what I shared with June.. as our feelings for each other were never that deep. But until we are communicating we have no way to grow further. What we feel now is a good foundation... A good place to start. But we have yet to build an entire relationship.... and you know this is so." Betty said. "Yes, I know that... I just wanted to be sure that *you* did..... You have my permission, *and* my *blessing* to marry my daughter. I also approve of your relationship with my son. I pray that it does grow into something stronger. I will work with you anyway that I can to help it do so." Sally said. "Thank you.... Shall we go, pumpkin? I'm sure our other loves wonder where we got off to." Betty said to Andrea. Andrea nodded. She got up and hugged her mother tightly. Her mother hugged back tightly... somehow feeling she really needed it. --------------------------------------- "I think she knows." Andrea said on the way home. "I think she certainly suspects *something*. But I also think that it will be a long time before you and her can openly talk about it. If *ever*. I think that we addressed her greatest fears about what she might suspect. I think for the time being, her *tacit* approval is the best we can hope for." Betty said. "Do you think Jenny told her?" Andrea asked. "No.. In fact I'm quite certain that she did not. I think that your mother is a very perceptive person who has just put together bits and pieces of conversations which indicated a possibility of a situation. Even if she suspects she doesn't want to address it directly. If anything she probably doesn't really *want* to *know*. As long as we address her fears in that we are dealing with the repercussions of the possiblities, then she will leave it alone. For one she sees you as a changed individual. You are happy. She damn sure doesn't want to dredge something up that she feels will interfere with that. On the other side of the coin, she sees her son beginning to respond to the outside world. She also doesn't want to interfere with that. She wants both of you to be happy. She's willing not to see or acknowledge something that might interfere with that happiness... as long as we present to her that we are dealing with the ramifications of it." Betty replied. "I'm scared." Andrea admitted. "Don't be, love. It will all work out fine. Not because of some empty hope either. It will work out fine because *we* will *work it* out fine." Betty said, taking her hand and squeezing it in reasurance. -------------------------------------------- Denise set up to make egg rolls. She was a bit surprised that Betty and Andrea weren't home as yet, but not all that much. "Now you take a wrapper like so. Grab a bit of this or that to make about this much stuffing. Then you fold it like this.... fold in the ends. Give it a brush of water and roll it up. Then set it in the stack." she directed Cindy. In small bowls lined up on the counter she had chopped ingredients. Diced turkey breast, cooked and diced turkey sausage, shredded cabbage, several kinds of shredded cheese, drained, sliced mushrooms, shredded carrots, chopped celery, chopped sundried tomatos, and several kinds of chopped or prepaired nuts; Cashews, pecans, walnuts, pistachios and pinenuts. Each eggroll would be a eunique mix from the ingredients. She had oodles of egg roll wrappers to contain it all. They'd just started when Betty and Andrea arrived. "What's this?" Betty asked, moving to kiss Denise on the neck. "Dealing with an abundance of turkey. Marge left us a whole cooked turkey in her fridge. So I thought I'd show Cindy how to make egg rolls with the last of the stuff your mom gave us. Wash your hands and dig in if you'd like." Denise said, collecting a kiss without touching her. "That sounds like fun. How do you decide what to put in them?" Andrea asked. "Whim. Each one is your own creation. The only trick is that you need to have about this much stuffing... and don't get too heavy on any one ingredient. Wash your hands if you want to help." Denise said, leaning to collect a kiss from her too. Betty kissed Cindy before moving to wash her hands. Next Andrea and Cindy kissed before she did the same. Soon all four of them were rolling egg rolls as they chatted. "I think my mother knows about Bobby and I... or she suspects." Andrea said, distantly. "Oh... did she say something?" Denise asked, somewhat concerned. "She said lots of somethings... all around the concept without addressing it directly." Betty said. "Well.... It was always a possibility that your folks would discover this, Andrea. But if she's speaking around the subject... then perhaps it's not a problem." Denise suggested. "That's the feeling I get. She asked me about children... I told her I was going to try to talk Bobby into a vasectomy. She said that was probably a good idea as there was the possibility of semen being passed to Andrea through contact with me after I had been with Bobby. Which actually is a very real possibility. But I think she had in mind the possibility of direct deposit." Betty said. "How did she react to the idea of Bobby having a vasectomy?" Denise asked, placing another finished roll into a plastic freezer storage container and moving on to another. "She seemed all for it, but mentioned that I may have trouble talking Bobby into it. She doesn't seem to have guessed that we are already talking some. But I think the concept helped alleviate some of her fears." Betty replied. "Some of mine too. Second hand transferance of semen is a real threat to all of us. A vasectomy for Bobby is certainly more desireable than all of us getting fixed. Besides, the girls may wish to have children when they get older." Denise said, leaning to kiss Cindy's cheek. Cindy looked at her a moment. "You wouldn't mind?" she asked, a bit surprised. "Mind? Of course not. I want you happy. If you feel the desire for motherhood, then that's what I want. The same goes for you, Andrea..... just not from Bobby." Denise replied. "I concur. I myself don't feel the need to bear a child, my bilogical clock doesn't bother me in the least. But if you girls wish to have children, then I'm certainly not opposed to it. It might be interesting for the children though; it might seem to them like they have four mothers." Betty said. "Yes, and in Andrea's case, a different father than the guy she sleeps with." Cindy chuckled. "I can't even fathom what it's going to be like, being able to sleep with him any time I want. I'm going to have a hard time choosing my bed mate for the night." Andrea said. "Not too hard, for one thing, I expect to be joining you much of the time." Betty said, leaning to kiss Andrea. The kiss deepened spontainiously. The eggrolls were forgotten as they turned to each other and moved together. Their sticky hands finding their way to each others posteriors as they kissed deeply, sharing their tongues. "Now you're going to have to wash your hands again.... better yet. Cindy and I can handle this. Why don't you two just continue as you are. There's not much left to do anyway. I think we can finish up before you get us too hot to do this." Denise chuckled. "I don't know.... They're getting me pretty hot already." Cindy chuckled, finishing up another roll, but watching her brides to be. Betty and Andrea smiled at them and actually broke long enough to wash their hands again, mostly to get the sticky off their fingers. Afterwards they moved back together. Betty lifted Andrea's top off and pulled off her sports bra. Andrea did the same to her. "We seem to be a distraction to these two lovely creatures. I'm about ready for a hot tub anyway. What say we continue in there?" Betty asked, caressing Andrea's breasts softly and kissing her neck. "Fine by me." Andrea sort of moaned in response, her hands finding there way inside Betty's tight spandex bottoms and cupping her ass. Betty walked the two of them out of the kitchen into the gym as they continued their kissing and explorations of each others bodies. Cindy and Denise watched them go, both feeling a little flushed with desire. They turned together and their lips met hungrily and stayed for a long time. "Let's finish this up and then go join them. I'm quite ready to feel your body against me too, but I want to get this done. If we try to come back to it it may take hours..... for what I have in mind." Denise said, finally pulling back. "Deal!" Cindy half moaned, forcing herself to return to her rolling. -------------------------------------------- Cindy lay snuggled happily to her loves side. Denise was sleeping peacefully. Undoubtedly from the assult they had all laid upon her, starting in the hot tub. Cindy drew her fingers down over Denise's soft, bare skin, feeling the texture of it under her finger tips. Denise moaned softly in her sleep and snuggled closer to Betty at her side, smiling in her sleep. The motion revealed a set of saphire blue eyes on the other side of the bed, looking in Cindy's direction, accompanied by a smile. Cindy thought she detected something else behind Andrea's smile. She motioned with her head and Andrea slipped out behind her and met with her in the bathroom. Andrea found Cindy sitting on the toilet. Cindy motioned to her with an outstretched hand and Andrea moved to her side. Cindy wrapped an arm around her and pulled her over her, kissing at her abdomen. Andrea felt a bit uncomfortable. "What's troubling you, love? Your mother?" Cindy asked, kissing her abdomen softly once more. Andrea kind of quivered under Cindy's lips. Tears sprung unbidden to her eyes. "Yes.... I think she knows...... I'm pretty sure of it, really. " she half- moaned, half-sobbed. Cindy held her to her for a moment, then took a square of paper and daubed herself. She stood, pulling Andrea into a full embrace. They stood together embracing skin to skin for a long time, just holding each other. "Did she give her permission for us to wed?" Cindy asked. Andrea nodded next to her cheek. "Then don't worry, love. Like Denise say's; If she's talking around it, then maybe it's not a problem. Maybe she doesn't want to know." Cindy said. "Maybe... I'm just so scared." Andrea sobbed. Cindy held her close to her and let Andrea sob against her. She tenderly caressed her first loves body with her fingertips to comfort her. Although she was crying, Andrea responded to her touch. Their lips met and they kissed passionately for a long time. Walking each other back into the shower. In the shower, Cindy applied some of Andrea's favorite, with the expected results and release. "What say we fix those two lovely ladies in the other room some dinner?" Cindy said, while they dried afterwards. "I think you get smarter every day.... And thanks. I love you." Andrea said, pulling Cindy back into her arms to prove it. ----------------------------------------- Denise awoke to the feel of a warm body snuggled to her and soft fingertips caressing her. She opened her eyes to find Betty looking at her face, smiling. "Have a nice nap?" Betty asked, moving to kiss her cheek. "Mmm wonderful, my love.... The nicest part is waking up in your arms." Denise said, kissing Betty's cheek softly in return. "Then we must be in love. I woke up feeling the same way about you." Betty said, snuggling closer. "Where are the girls?" Denise asked. "I heard them plotting to make us dinner. So I think we should find some way to pass the time till it's ready." Betty demured. "My, what a hungry little wench you turned out to be." Denise chucked, on the way to Betty's lips. Betty answered by moving her hips over Denise's without breaking the kiss. -------------------------------- Andrea watched a moment from the doorway. Denise and Betty were stroking each other sensually as they cooled down from their torid session. "You two ought to get married or something." Andrea said. Betty lifted her head and grinned at the younger woman. "Just as soon as we all get our passports." she chuckled. "Join us?" Denise asked, moving a sweaty lock of hair from Betty's forehead. "Later, with pleasure. I just came up to tell you dinner is about ready. If you are quick you can shower." Andrea said, moving to sit on the bed by them. She reached out and tenderly caressed the pair. Feeling the dampness of their skin from their driven exertions. Her fingers traced over both Denise's and Betty's breasts. "So perfect..... I must be the luckiest woman on earth." Andrea mused. "Really? I thought it was me." Denise giggled, reaching out to caress back. Andrea half closed her eyes, enjoying Denise's tender touch. "And I thought it was me. What's for dinner, love?" Betty asked, bending to steal a kiss from Denise before she rolled off the bed. "Some of those eggrolls we made earlier. Cindy's trying to duplicate Denise's sauce." Andrea replied. Denise's attention was distracted for a moment as she drew her fingers down Betty's sleek backside. Betty smiled back at her and bent to kiss Andrea before she slipped out to the bathroom. "I'll be in in a minute." Denise called after her. "Give me a couple." Betty called back. Denise turned her attention to Andrea, pulling her into an embrace. Andrea happily snuggled to her, enjoying the feel of Denise's continued explorations. Andrea quivered a bit under her touch. "I really am the luckiest woman on earth..... Three gorgeous fiancee's who seem to love me for some reason." she said. "Lots of reasons. One, you are gorgeous yourself." Denise said, pulling her into a deep kiss. Andrea was putty in her arms. Denise kept up her explorations as Andrea's passion built. Soon Andrea felt one of Denise's fingers slip inside her and wiggle around. She moaned softly through the kiss in response. "I thought so." Cindy giggled from the doorway, "I think you'd better install an intercom while you are at the wiring. So we can call you for dinner without getting in range of those adorable eyes." "Wouldn't be anywhere near as pleasurable." Andrea giggled. "Actually. I was just passing time in a most pleasurable manner to give Betty a little privacy in the bath before I joined her." Denise said. She kissed Andrea deeply once more, withdrawing her hand from her shorts and licking her finger. She rolled her eyes and made a sound like it was the sweetest dessert on earth. "Well, if you're going to join Betty in the shower, then I'll just pass the time in the same manner while you're at it." Cindy giggled, climbing up from the foot of the bed and pulling Andrea into her arms. She caught Denise's hand and pulled her into a kiss before letting her go. "Mmmm Think I'll have some of that myself." she giggled, snaking her hand into Andrea's shorts. "Have fun. We'll be out in a bit." Denise said on her way to the bath. Andrea and Cindy moaned their response through the kiss they were involved in. "Even though we shared each other just a short while ago, I still feel hot for you." Andrea said, a moment later, sliding Cindy's shorts off. "Fine with me, my bride to be. I feel the same way about you." Cindy replied, pulling off Andrea's top. ---------------------------------------- It was at least a half-hour before the women finally assembled in the kitchen. "It was nice of you to keep this warm in the oven. Sorry we took so long." Denise said, thanking Cindy with a kiss. "Nothing to turning the oven on warm. And besides.... You well know I was distracted myself." Cindy said, looking at Andrea who wore a blissful smile. "Yes, I noticed. Remember you were both mid orgasm when we came out." Denise chuckled. "Let's see how you did." Betty said, tasting the sauce. She suddenly looked startled. "I do believe the girls gone and duplicated your recipe, Denise!" she gasped. Denise stepped up and accepted a taste from Betty's spoon. After a moment she smiled broadly at Cindy. "Tell me you remember what you put in it." she said, pleading. "Yup!" Cindy smiled at the praise. "Hallelujah!" Betty said, doing a little dance with her hands up. "Let me get my laptop. We'll transcribe it now before it's lost again." Denise said, already walking away. The others took their hot plates from the oven and added sauce to them. Betty prepared a plate for Denise, who was back in a moment anyway. They all sat at the table and dug in, rolling their eyes. "First rate, you two." Andrea said. "Yes, outstanding." Betty added. "All Cindy's doing." Denise said, leaning to kiss her cheek. "No, the egg rolls were your invention, so was the sauce. I just closed my eyes and tried to remember what you put in it, then I added the same. Let me see what you had written already." Cindy said, reaching for the laptop. Denise called in the recipe file and pushed the laptop over to Cindy. She looked at it a moment, then closed her eyes. Next she amended some of the ingredients. Going over it several times. Finally she was satisfied with the results. "I think that's it. You had too much oregano and cumin. You only added a small pinch of each." she said. "Outstanding. Let me back this up into a second file just in case." Denise said, taking possession of the laptop again. She saved the file, then saved it again in another location on her disk. Finally she closed the laptop. "I want a printout of that... make it three." Betty said, "One for myself, one for my mother and one for Andrea's mother." "Will do. After my second helping." Denise chuckled. "Take your time. As long as we've got it." Betty said. "Guess we didn't get too much done today." Andrea said. "On the contrary. We got some very important stuff done. In a few weeks to a month we should have your passports back and the visa information for Aruba. We can hit the walls tomorrow. I was thinking we probably ought to concentrate on the master bath as the plumbers are due in Wednesday." Betty said. "That's a mighty big shower area you have planed in there." Denise commented. "Room enough for four. If you noticed, the tub is that big too. I plan to spend lots of time squirming together with my brides." Betty chuckled, "This way we don't have to freeze on the way from the hot tub to the bed." "Kind of complicated plumbing with all those shower heads. I don't know what the contractors are going to think." Denise chuckled. "They've already seen the plans, long ago. I guess there's not much question what it's for, with the size of the bedroom it adjoins. But I think the contractors will be more interested in the money from the job than causing trouble for us." Betty mused. "Another one of those tactical matters you were talking about." Cindy said to Denise. "Yup.... I guess it really is tough trying to keep a lifestyle private... But it won't matter much in a while. We'll all be married... with both your parents permission." Denise replied. "I can't wait." Andrea said. "Oh? Haven't we been giving you enough loving?" Cindy teased. Andrea blushed. "No... more than enough. It's been wonderful. I just meant I will feel better when we're all married together." she said. "I know what you meant. I was teasing love." Cindy said, leaning to kiss her cheek. "Well *I* haven't given her enough today. I seem to recall you mentioning a date with Betty tonight, Cindy. Mind if I borrow your fiancee for a little one on one fun while you and Betty do a little quality solo time?" Denise asked. "Not a bit. Sounds perfect. Long as you don't use her up." Cindy chuckled. "Not much chance of that. She's shown herself to be fairly resilient." Denise said, looking Andrea in the eyes. "Looks like our fate is sealed for the night, Andrea." Betty chuckled. "Any objections?" Denise asked her. "Not a one." Betty replied, holding her gaze. "How about we start off snuggling in front of that last sappy old movie. I need to take them all back and get some more." Denise suggested, polishing off the last of her meal. "I do love the way that woman thinks." Andrea said. After they all cleaned up, Betty made a pot of tea. Then they all snuggled together before the TV set while the tape ran. It didn't hold anybody's attention for too long. Denise led Andrea off to the guest room and Betty led Cindy up the stairs a short time later. Later Denise and Andrea made their way up the stairs and snuggled to their fiancee's sides. ---------------------------------------------------- The next day -after breakfast and even more loving- they hit the wall building project once more. The heating contractors took longer than usual to complete the job, as they kept being distracted by the four women. However, by the time they left for the day the heat was on in the new section and the women had completed the framing on the master bath. After a short lunch break, they finished up Cindy's room and got a good start on Andrea's before they quit for the day. All were exhausted once more. Betty even more so as she had taken a break to go run with Bobby. "God, those guys do this sort of stuff every day?" Cindy moaned in the hot-tub as they waited for dinner to cook. "Yup. Give's you a sense of respect for them, doesn't it." Denise said. "I'll say. Especially cause they are almost done with the deck. And I know there's a lot more to that than we are doing." Betty half moaned. "Personally.... I just want a bite to eat... and to fall asleep with my face buried in a little dessert." Andrea replied. "Anybody in particular?" Betty chuckled. "You.... I promise to do my best not to fall asleep until I've pleased you." Andrea replied. "Deal... I promise the same to you." Betty said. "Looks like it's you and me love." Denise said, pulling Cindy into her lap. "I dare not make the same promise... But I'll certainly give it my best." Cindy said, snuggling to her with her eyes closed. "We need do nothing but snuggle. I'm pretty dogged out myself. What say we rain check it till morning when we both feel some enthusiasm?" Denise offered. "Deal." Cindy said, not opening her eyes, "As long as we can snuggle." "Always, my love. Always." Denise said, softly kissing her forehead. Andrea actually did fall asleep with her face buried in Betty's labia... but not till both were quite content. ---------------------------------------- Denise and Cindy were much more enthusiastic in the morning. Afterwards they all shared a lazy breakfast before hitting the walls again. They finished up the framing on Andrea's room and started in on the apartments kitchen and bathroom. They had the primary walls ready for the plumbers by the time they completed their rough out of the rest of the baths. Then they moved off for a long lunch while the plumbers did the apartment. The primary contractor came and knocked on the French doors while they were eating lunch. Betty led him inside and offered him a cup of coffee. "Don't mind if I do. Actually, I just came to tell you we had completed the outside of the one wing. We got the shingles all laid and the mountings for the rolling roof all set. We also got the rest of the decking done. I think you may have a problem where the wing roof meets the sliding roof though." he said, sitting at the table and trying not to look at the plethora of lovely women surrounding him. "Oh? How so?" Betty asked, getting out the plans. "Water." he replied, taking the plans and showing her. "See... here. The waters going to try to run off this side of the roof... It can't run onto the sliding roof. It has no place to go except to drip down over this whole side." he said. "Yes, I see. It's not like the architects to miss something like that." Betty said. "The problem with architects is that they sit in offices all day." the foreman mused. "What do you suggest?" Denise asked. "Myself?.... Hmm... I would mount this rolling roof support a bit lower, then add on a support to the outside. That would build you a trough here. You would end up with a conventional gutter system to carry the water away. There have been some great advances in gutter design lately. New capped gutters that use the surface tension of water to channel it into the trough while keeping leaves and debris out." he replied. "What about water collecting in the trough? Won't that rot out the wood which actually supports the deck roof?" Denise asked. "Eventually, yes it would. But knowing that you can do repair work down the road." replied the foreman. "I don't think that's a good enough answer, Betty. Let me think about if for a bit." Denise asked. Betty knew Denise well enough to trust her, she turned to the foreman. "Let us think on it for a bit. You have other things yet to do, don't you?" she asked him. "Yes.... But not much. Only a few days worth without working on the deck roof." he said. "I assume you have the same problem on both sides.... or anywhere the pitch leads the water toward the deck roof?" Denise asked. "Yes." replied the foreman. "Well, do what you can. We'll get with the architect on this and get back to you." Betty told him. The foreman accepted her edict and excused himself. Denise continued to study the drawings. "I guess I'd better get off to the architect's then..... Unless you have an idea?" Betty baited. "Yeah..... maybe. I wish I had this on disk." Denise mused. Betty smiled and walked to where her purse was. She rummaged in it and came back and handed Denise a floppy disk. "I do know my love." Betty chuckled, grinning fiercely. Denise took the disk, then glanced out the French doors. Nobody was within sight. She used the hand to pull Betty into a soft, short kiss. "Thank you... I guess I'd better get on this so we don't hold them up." Denise said, releasing her. Betty drew her fingers softly over Denise's face as she pulled back. "Why don't you do that. We're almost finished with the interior walls. I'm sure the girls and I can handle that...... Besides... maybe this way there will be some energy left in you tonight for me." Betty teased. Denise smiled at her. "It's a date, my beloved." she said, taking the disk and heading for the library. Two hours later, Cindy brought her a cup of coffee. Denise thanked her with a deep, hungry kiss. "Mmmm thank you love." Denise said, pulling her into her lap. "You are most very welcome, babe. How's it going?" Cindy asked, snuggling to her. "Almost done. How are the walls coming?" Denise asked, kissing her cheek. "Done.... in our part. Betty and Andrea are getting a start on Bobby's apartment. Betty told me to Shanghai you for a little nap, so you will be rested up for later. She's going for her run soon. But if you're almost done, then continue. I can wait...... I'd wait forever for you." Cindy said, returning the cheek kiss. "Would you now? Guess I ought to marry you. I shouldn't let such a thoughtful, lovely woman get away." Denise said, going for Cindy's lips. Cindy didn't even feign resistance as their lips touched and a moment later their tongues met and swirled around each other. The kiss lasted a long time and they were both flushed with desire and breathing heavy when they finally pulled back. "I could kiss you for days without stopping." Cindy sighed contentedly, snuggling to her love. "The feeling is mutual, my love. Tell you what; let me finish this up and we can practice for a few hours at least." Denise said, hugging the younger woman in her lap. Cindy hugged back briefly, then slid off her lap. "Show me what you've done. Then I'll go start dinner while you finish up." Cindy said, moving around behind her and kissing her on the neck. Denise smiled and showed Cindy her solutions. She'd lowered the deck roof almost nine inches. The water from the rest of the roof was carried off before it ever got to the deck. On the deck roof itself -which had been mostly flat- she'd added blocking to induce a slight elevation leading from the center to the edges. There, the water ran into integral pipes and was carried to the ends where it dumped into a continuous trough that ran under the track. "The only thing left, is the facia for this trough. Otherwise it would be ugly hanging below the track here." Denise said, indicating the trough. "Yes, I see. Won't that make the roof too low inside the deck?" Cindy asked. "No... It was set at twelve foot. Most room ceilings are around eight foot high. This will only lower this down to.... Say about eleven foot even, with the covering over these pipes being the lowest points." Denise showed her. "What about structural? How does this change lowering the roof mount affect that?" Cindy asked. "Not at all. They mount in the same places, only just a few inches lower. But this wall is open on the inside anyway. So I added a few studs where the mounts are because there will be a slight tendency to bow this wall when there is a full snow load on the deck roof." Denise replied, pleased at Cindy's perception of the possible problem. Cindy bent and kissed Denise on the neck. "I'll let you finish up then. How long do you think it will take?" she asked. "Less than an hour, I should think. I want to view it in 3-d to see how it will look." Denise replied, snagging Cindy's hand. She used it to pull Cindy back into a deep, upside down kiss. Putting her head way back and leaning back in her chair to accomplish it. The kiss also lasted a long time. Finally Cindy pulled away, giggling. "You *know* how hot that makes me! If we keep that up then neither of us will get anything done. See you in an hour." She giggled, bending to snatch another anyway before she slipped away. Denise went back to her designing. Her face fairly flushed as well. She enjoyed upside down kisses as much as Cindy. After finishing the add-ons, she did a 3-d transform on the images and viewed the area from different angles. The result was quite pleasing to the eye. Betty came in after her run and looked over her shoulder at the image, stopping to kiss her on the neck in reward for what she saw. "Looks like you've done it again, my darling." she said. "Doesn't look bad at all, does it." Denise mused. "No, it looks better than the original design.... What's that section for?" Betty asked, wrapping her arms around her love from behind and kissing her neck again. "It's a continuous trough that runs under the deck roof track. No matter what the position of the roof sections it will carry the water off them and away from the house. There were no provisions at all for that. I don't know where the architects thought that water was going to go." Denise replied, taking one of Betty's hands and kissing the palm. "I do love you ever so much. Any chance we could print off your changes now? I think the foreman is still here." Betty asked. Denise responded by indicating the printer tray, which already contained most the drawings. She grinned at Betty and handed her the drawings. "I was just looking at it from other angles to be certain it would look OK from anywhere. I sure love this 3-d CAD for that. I've even viewed the changes from sitting down on the deck. I think you'll be happy with the changes." Denise mused. "I think I'll keep you around. Want to get married?" Betty asked, taking the prints and kissing Denise's neck once more. "Yes." Denise replied, turning to meet Betty's lips. ---------------------------------------- The foreman was flabbergasted over the design changes. After going over all of them he looked up at Denise. "You ever need a job, just let me know." he said. "Thanks... but I'm quite content to be a teacher." Denise replied. "I'd pay you a whole lot more than you make as a teacher." the foreman offered. "Thank you, no. It's not about the money. But..... I am starting up a consulting service. I may be open to a few projects depending on how it works out." Denise said. The foreman dug into his wallet and pulled out a card. "Let me know when you're ready. I can keep you as busy as you'd like." he said, handing it over. "Thanks, I'll keep you in mind." Denise said, taking her leave. The foreman continued to look at the plan changes. "This is really quite brilliant. See here? Where the sections have to roll over each other when the roof is open. The drain sections line up over each other. No section is without a drain at any time." he said. "Yeah, that's Denise. Quite brilliant." Betty said, "So how long will these changes take?" "Hardly any time at all. We just need to lower the mounts we've done.... cut back the height of the garden supports and add these interior reinforcements..... I don't know exactly why she added these." he said, looking at the plans. "She mentioned lateral twist due to snow load. With the lower mounts, the load isn't straight vertical." Betty said. The foreman nodded in comprehension. "Right.... Quite brilliant." he mused, "I'll have my crew on it tomorrow. We should be done by the end of the week." he said. "Great.... Well, see you tomorrow." Betty said. "Yeah, see you." the foreman said. Betty moved inside. She watched the foreman round the corner on the way to his pickup. Then she turned and pulled Denise into her arms. "Just wanted to thank you for being so brilliant." she said, moving to kiss her deeply. ------------------------------------------- The foreman had forgotten a tool. He came back around the corner and stopped dead in his tracks. He could plainly see the two women kissing through the glass of the French doors. It wasn't just a friendly kiss. In fact it was quite passionate. The two girls watched from the sides with amused smiles on their faces. "So that's how it is..." he said to himself, quickly grabbing the tool and retreating around the corner again. He thought about what he had seen in relation to the two younger women. He wasn't sure how he felt about what it implied. Well, he thought. They certainly seemed happy enough. There was obviously no coercion going on. Betty seemed almost to worship the Alvey woman. The reason was readily apparent. She was really quite brilliant. The girls were happy enough. He didn't wish to make any trouble for them. The house would in fact be an incredibly nice place to live when it was completed. He saw no reason to interfere with the happiness he saw. The reason had nothing to do with them being a customer. He believed in peoples basic right to live their lives as they wished. Had he seen the slightest indicator of forced or coerced involvement by the girls he would have burned the older two without a moments hesitation. He climbed into his truck and then drove out of the yard, hitting the gate closer on his way out. ------------------------------------ "This has to cook for a full two hours." Cindy said, putting the casserole into the oven, "Whatever shall we do with the time?" "I seem to recall promising you we would kiss for a couple of hours once I finished the house plan modifications." Denise said, turning to her. "That sounds wonderful... but Betty was saying how she wanted you to have some energy left for later. I can see from the passion of that last kiss that it is *now* later." Cindy chuckled. "Nonsense. I think Andrea and I can amuse ourselves quite well while dinner cooks. Fact is I want a hot tub and I think Andrea could use one too." Betty said, wrapping her arms around Andrea from behind and kissing her neck. "You've got that right. Although two hours of kissing sounds good too." Andrea replied, snuggling back against her. "How about you, love? 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