It was after four-thirty by the time I'd walked home from Danny and Annie's; I'd promised to return the mini-bus 'by Sunday evening', so I would go back to collect that later. As expected the house was silent and in darkness, My girlfriend Sarah along, with her Aunt Karen and Uncle Ted would've crashed out hours ago; I showered quietly then slipped stealthily into bed beside Sarah.
It was almost ten when I awoke, I'd slept like that proverbial log; it was perhaps the first time that I'd slept soundly in months. All talk recently had been of 'Julie and Tom's baby, but I knew that I was equally in the frame and Julie must know that too? I'd not raised the subject with Julie -- let sleeping dogs lie. - but with she and Tom married, I felt the time for any change of mind in that regard had finally passed.
Last night's escapade with Annie, felt almost a confirmation of that; I'd got out of jail free, moved on and regained my confidence. It was perhaps much needed too: Sarah's a fantastic girl, drop dead gorgeous and a marvellous personality; we fit each other like a glove. I really do love her and hope that we stay together forever; but in the bedroom, Sarah is somewhat... pedestrian.
I'd always blamed her mother for that and while it may be true, it's something which Annie's taught her daughter rather than any genetic trait that Annie had passed down. What Karen let slip last night - Jesus, she must've been drunk! - about what she and Annie had got up to when they were Sarah and Julie's ages, suggested that they'd been a pair of right little whores.
While that set the wheels in motion, it was Annie's responses last night which confirmed that for she at least, that hadn't changed. Unlike with Julie I'd no concerns about Annie spilling the beans, her demand that I "not breathe a word about this to anyone" rang true and applied equally to us both. However, Annie's statement that 'There won't be any next time'!" wasn't voiced with quite the same degree of authority.
I was smiling to myself as I slipped out of bed -- Sarah remained comatose beside me -- and headed for the bathroom. Today was the first day of the rest of my life and that life looked like being fun! I was pretty sure where I could satisfy any... desires which Sarah didn't share and without my having to worry about a disgruntled partner revealing all to Sarah.
Only after my shower did I hear the sounds downstairs. Shit! I'd forgotten all about our house-guests I pulled on a set of sweats -- not even any underwear -- and rushed downstairs to play the genial host. I stepped through the kitchen door to be confronted by a smiling Karen, placing a cup of coffee on the breakfast bar. "There you go Jazz, you'll need something to wake you up."
"Thanks Karen. But I'm fine this morning; I hardly drank anything last night."
"I know you didn't, but it must've been 4:30 when you snuck in and close to five by the time you'd showered and got yourself into bed."
I didn't reply; what I did do was glance around looking for Ted.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe. Ted went out an hour ago, he's picking Danny up and they're playing a round of golf; though given the amount they both drank last night, I'm guessing that their scores won't be too clever."
I remained silent, just nodding my understanding.
"So, I'm guessing that you poured Danny into bed and then fucked Annie's brains out?"
While I wasn't silent, the garbled squawk I managed wasn't really an answer either.
"I'll take that as a 'yes' shall I?
'Of course I didn't', 'don't be ridiculous' or even a simple 'no' should all have been easy enough to say. Instead I must have stood like a rabbit caught in the headlights; Karen's peal of laughter confirmed that. My mouth open and closed like a goldfish... the only words coming to mind being: 'Don't you dare say a word about this, not to anyone!
Karen was still laughing as she next enquired: "Did you fuck Annie's pussy, arse, or both? Or maybe she just sucked you off? Annie was always bloody good with her mouth... But I suppose I already told you that last night?"
Finally, I managed coherent speech: "You were rather... indiscrete Karen; do you remember all that you told me?"
It was Karen's turn to look embarrassed: "Not really. It only hit me that I'd said anything when I heard you coming home; I glanced at the clock, thought 'where's Jason been until now?' Then had an 'oh-shit' moment two seconds later. Does Annie know that I've been telling tales out of school?"
"Annie did ask me to tell you that you'll be hearing from her."
"Bollocks, damn, shit and bollocks! That's going to be a lively conversation." I'd finished my coffee and Karen chose that moment to snatch up my empty mug from across the breakfast bar and enquire if I wanted another one. Karen turned and headed toward the coffee maker without waiting for my reply; I'm guessing that she was the one now uncomfortable with our conversation?
When Karen moved away from the breakfast bar I got a fuller picture of her attire. I'd seen that she was wearing a silky sort of robe, which was tucked-up tight at the neckline and cinched at her waist with a matching belt. But as Karen walked across to the coffee maker, the lower half was revealed too: That robe might've been knee-length or below on most women, but on Karen it finished a good three inches shy.
Despite being sisters, Karen and Annie are like chalk and cheese. Annie, is an archetypical 'blonde bombshell'; all tits and arse, straight out of the Marilyn Monroe mould; built for comfort rather than speed. Karen meanwhile is more on the lines of a Julia Roberts or Nicole Kidman, slender, auburn haired and very tall; I'm 5' 10" but Karen topped me, even without the kitten heeled slippers on her feet.
Notwithstanding last night, I wasn't 'in' to older women, in fact just the opposite and Karen was now forty, even older than Annie. That said, despite Karen carrying a bit of age, even I could appreciate that she was attractive. Karen had been a promising gymnast until a growth spurt at puberty put paid to her ambitions, but those years of training and the discipline that training instilled have stood her in good stead.
With that ambition thwarted, Karen had grown up to instead become a sports-physiotherapist specialising in gymnasts and worked with the national team at their training centre near Lilleshall. Karen works with quite a few swimmers too; though I don't know if that's because they suffer with similar problems to gymnasts or just because she and Ted live close to their training pool in Loughborough?