"Hey," Rick nodded at Lon. Lon nodded back. Sally and Teela limited themselves to smiles.
"So, what’s on the agenda?" Beth asked. "Aside from Advanced Blowjobs?"
"I wanted to talk to you about first times," Sally said shyly. "And expectations."
Beth nodded and shifted her attention to Teela, who murmured, "I managed the first time thing okay, I think…"
"All three of them?" Beth prompted.
"Ummm, two."
"Okay."
"I guess we still ought to talk about the group or something," Teela finished lamely.
"Is this, um, an initiation of sorts?" Beth asked.
Sally dropped her eyes, blushed. "Uh huh."
"Neither of you HAS to join the group," Beth pointed out.
"I’m gonna do whatever Lon asks," Sally replied.
Beth nodded, turning her attention to Teela, "And you?"
"I … don’t know," she replied. "There are things I may need to learn — and the group would be a safer place to do that than just…" She waved her arm, indicating the outside world. "Besides, I think you guys might be happier if I was a player than if I just sat on the outside and bitched at Rick every time he did something…"
"Would you do that?" Beth asked.
"No. At least, I don’t THINK so," Teela sighed. "But I’m feeling kind of … possessive."
"Maybe we should do girl talk," Beth murmured. Raising her voice, she called, "Terence!"
"Yeah?" The answer came from somewhere at the back of the house.
"I need the bedroom for the girls, Sweetie. Grab a towel and come out and join the boys for a bit, will you?"
"Okay." Moments later, Terence arrived, holding a towel before him to mask his erection, but otherwise nude. "Hey." He glanced around at everyone and sidled to a chair.
"Hey." Lon and Rick responded simultaneously.
"Come, girls. Terence is trying his best not to embarrass you." Beth led Sally and Teela off.
"Sooo," Rick grinned. "Got anything left?"
Terence laughed. "It’s been close, but we’ve been only playin'." It had been GREAT play, though — Terence’s dick hurt, Beth had made it so hard! "Beth is…" He shook his head.
"She sure is," Lon agreed.
"You guys gonna stop doin' her?" Terence asked.
"The answer is probably in the other room, there," Rick pointed out.
"Look, I ain’t Don Juan," Terence murmured, "but I know that ain’t the way to handle it. Y’all need to put your foot down, early…"
"Well, there are other issues," Lon pointed out. "They can blow the lid off the group…"
"IF you let 'em get the upper hand!" Terence argued. "It ain’t like they’re prime — no offense…"
Lon shrugged agreement. "You’ve got a point. I THINK that’s under control — for that reason, mostly."
"Teela’s a little fiery," Rick argued. "Even if she isn’t … prime … she still might not like being bossed around…"
"You got things in hand right now, right?" Terence demanded.
"Yeah."
"Then don’t give no ground." Terence shrugged.
"Right." Rick looked away. It wasn’t that simple, was it?
"Okay, girls," Beth settled herself on the bed. "Ask."
"Maybe the first question is why?" Sally took the lead.
"Or how." Beth sighed. "We — the women — were all vulnerable. Well, maybe not Louise. I hadn’t had a man in YEARS — I just couldn’t pass it up. Jean was pretty much the same. Candace was dating, but she’s looking for youth and stamina."
"And Louise?" Teela prompted.
"Louise used to swing — and she’s not getting any at home."
"What do you do?" Sally asked.
"Me? Anything. Everything. I told you, Sweetie — I got broken in at a college gang-bang — and I enjoyed it. I’ve done … a lot. You’d be surprised." She smiled wanly. "The others have limits, I’m pretty sure — but I don’t know what they are. Fucking, sucking, anal sex … At least one or two of the others have done it. I’m pretty sure Louise has had the advanced course."
"What do you want from us?" Teela asked.
Beth shrugged. "Silence. Acceptance. That’s probably the minimums. Not to upset the apple cart?"
"How far does that go?" Sally asked.
Beth blinked. "Look, I’m selfish. I like to fuck. I like fucking Lonnie, and he likes fucking me. I can’t TELL you not to stop him — but I can ask you to share…"
"And Rick?"
"Same deal," Beth shrugged. "More for Candace and Louise than me, but…"
"Should we … participate?" Teela asked.
"That’s … up to you. And maybe up to Lon and Rick. It wouldn’t be a surprise if they were less than thrilled."
"What would YOU do?" Sally asked.
"What Lonnie told me," Beth answered, locking eyes with the tall girl. "You know that. Isn’t that what you’re going to do, anyway?" Sally nodded and looked away, wordless; Beth turned her attention to Teela. "And you?" She sensed that things were perhaps different with the narrow girl.
"I … might have trouble with limits," Teela said hesitantly. "Poppa says Momma was … pretty slutty. I ALREADY know that I want sex as often as I can get it…"
"You need to tell Rick," Beth intoned. "Do you have any … limits?"
"I don’t think so."
"Oral? Anal? Groups? Girls?" Beth asked. "How about being tied, or whipped? Strangled? Peed on? Dumped on?" Sally cringed a few times, but Teela looked stoic.
"I don’t know," Teela answered slowly. "None of it is scary. Some of it I might want to pass on for a while…"
Beth grunted. "Thus far, we’ve been pretty vanilla. I’ve done ALL that stuff, one time or another, though. Ask me about it anytime…" She paused. "What about today?"
"I want to learn to deep-throat Lon," Sally declared. "And then we’re gonna do it for the first time…"
"It? Vaginal sex?" Beth asked.
"Yes."
"You’re a virgin, right?"
"Yeah…" Sally blushed.
"Why today?"
"I … can’t wait."
"You know…" Beth gathered herself. "Girls seldom marry the guy who takes their cherry, these days. What DO you want from Lon?"
"I want to make him happy," Sally replied, forthrightly.
"How far are you willing to go?" Beth locked eyes with the tall girl.
"All the way." The return gaze was implacable.
"You’re a different girl than the one I talked to on the phone," Beth observed.
"You were right. I was listening to other people, when I SHOULD have been listening to my heart. I took your advice and thought about it — and realized that I was being an idiot," Sally said flatly.
"And has it worked out?"
"It’s already been … wonderful."
"Lonnie’s a sweetheart," Beth smiled. "But he’s also self-centered and demanding and lazy and I’m probably missing a couple of things. He’s not perfect — look at his mother!"
"I know." Sally smiled gently.
"I believe you’ll do, Sweetie!" Beth approved. Turning to Teela, she said, "Now…"
Teela eyed her warily. "Yeah?"
"You’re a handful, aren’t you?" Beth mused.
"Well…"
"But Rick’s handling it, isn’t he?"
Teela colored. "Yeah."
"I’m going to offer you some advice," Beth declared, "Take it or leave it. When you and Rick get into it over something serious — not the small stuff, but real issues — think twice before you insist on going your own way. Take a look at what your reasons are and make sure they’re not your ego talking and not your intelligence. In fact, the more sure you are that you’re right, the harder you need to look at things…"