I'd arranged a little barbecue. The main invitees were the guys from the local football team. We'd had quite a decent season (for us) and were feeling smugly pleased with ourselves. We may not be going to set the world alight on the playing field but we'd had fun, and that was the main idea.
Now I didn't really expect many wives or girlfriends to rock up, and those that did were pretty certain to be designated drivers. I'm not saying that the barbecue was just a fancy name for having a booze up, but I did expect the booze to flow quite freely. I might even have one or two drinks myself.
All in all, things went quite well. We were enjoying ourselves, recalling the glories and stuff-ups of the past season and daydreaming about future seasons. The guys and the keg had effectively taken over the back yard and the wives and girlfriends had taken over the kitchen. Every so often they sent out some food. I think this was designed to keep us all in the backyard and not bothering them.
Potential trouble arose, however, when Darlene came over. Darlene is the girl next door. Literally. She lives in the house next to mine. She's around eighteen, nineteen, something like that. Quite pretty, although she'll never be a filmstar or super model. She's always struck me as reasonably intelligent but possibly a little naΓ―ve in some instances.
My personal opinion was that I wouldn't kick her out of my bed if I happened to find her there one day. As to her sex life and boyfriends, I wouldn't have a clue. Some people you hear rumours about, but I've never heard anyone running Darlene down. Just your nice average young woman.
It was getting a bit late and the boys were a bit noisy. Darlene just came over to ask if we could turn it down a little. We did, but just a little.
Darlene didn't bother going home. Initially she stayed in the kitchen with the wives and girlfriends but, not being a designated driver, she saw no reason why she shouldn't have a drink. Like I said, a little naΓ―ve at times.
Darlene wandered out into the yard and demanded someone get her a drink. Sipping on it, she wandered around the yard, chatting and flirting with the guys. It wasn't all that long and she had a small set of wolves circling her, anticipating fresh meat.
Now wandering around sipping a drink, chatting and flirting with the guys, is quite reasonable when you're at the pub. There are lots of people there, plenty of strangers, a fair mix of both sexes and, on a busy night, bouncers. Nothing is going to happen to you in a pub.
In a private backyard, surrounded by only men, things could easily be different. Especially knowing the morals of some of those guys, even if they hadn't been drinking.
I cut Darlene out of the herd and sheep-dogged her into the house. She was still on her first drink, so she wasn't tipsy. Just a bit puzzled as to why I had chased her inside.
"Darlene, sweetheart," I said, "I don't know how you like your sex but I would assume at your age you'd probably prefer it to be one on one, consenting and private. The way you were acting out there you were about to find out what it's like to have sex one to many, unconsenting and rather public.
Half the guys out there are sporting erections and looking towards you to service them. And some of them won't be too choosy about asking permission before pulling down your panties."
Darlene flushed and looked furious. Just what was I accusing her of? She hadn't been leading anyone on. There hadn't been the least suggestion that she might want to have sex with anyone. I was being horribly unfair.
"I didn't say you might want to have sex with any of the boys," I pointed out. "I was saying that your permission just might have been irrelevant, and once one of them stuck a cock in you, others would surely follow. Now while it's very nice to have you here, I think it's time you went home.
Unless, of course, you rather fancy a nice gang-bang?"
From the look that implied I was a degenerate and unspeakable swine, I gathered that she didn't. She stormed off towards the door, apparently hearing her bed calling her home.
I walked along beside her. She stopped and glared at me.
"There's no need for you to see me off," she snapped. "I know my way home."
"And I know that a couple of those idiots are probably lurking in the front garden, waiting to give you a good night kiss. I'll escort you."
"Even if there was someone waiting to give me a goodnight kiss it's no business of yours. I'll kiss anyone I want to," she protested, all fired up at the idea of needing a watch dog.
"Um, I think you'll find that it's not these lips they want to kiss," I told her, touching her lips lightly.