Chapter 1
The heavy oak door muffled the sound of the doorbell but they could still hear an elegant "ding-dong" sound that slowly died away as they waited for someone to open the door for them. The snow was coming down like icy nails now, coming down sideways in a wind that was finding its way up her back. Moa felt her boyfriend pull her closer for warmth.
They were going to spend New Year at Eric's step brother's place, a nice big house outside of Stockholm that obviously didn't come cheap. She had never met him before but Eric seemed to like him. Moa was just about to suggest they go inside without waiting for someone to open when the door handle finally turned.
'Hey, Eric, welcome guys!' a guy with a chiseled face and intense green eyes said. Moa figured that this was Pontus, Eric's step brother. 'And you must be Moa', he said with an outstretched hand, the one that wasn't holding a martini glass. 'Welcome, nice to meet you!'
'Likewise.'
'Now come on in before you freeze your butts off.'
They took off their coats and kicked off their shoes as Pontus asked them if they had any trouble getting there in the heavy snowfall. Eric and he talked for a minute about traffic and about some guy who had got stuck and couldn't make it. Moa saw a pile of shoes on the floor, and heard music and voices from inside the house. And someone must have said something funny because a loud laugh, followed by others, rumbled through the house.
'As you can tell, the party has already started', Pontus said with a smile. A smile that wasn't hard to look at, Moa realized. 'In fact, I should probably get back and play the role of a host - I left them in the middle of pouring drinks... Will you guys be ok finding the guest room on your own?' He noticed their oversized suitcase.
'Don't worry, we're not staying as long as it looks', Moa said. 'We just didn't have a smaller suitcase.'
'Oh, well you guys are welcome to stay as long as you want', again with a smile. She was pretty sure he even meant it, although for a second it felt like there was also an innuendo in there somewhere. Maybe she was just imagining it, or maybe it was because Pontus had glanced ever so quickly up and down her dress. She had to admit, she hadn't picked this dress because it was the most conservative one. Not that it was slutty in any way, but still. She was looking to drive Eric crazy with it tonight.
'That's ok', Eric said. 'I've stayed in the guest room before. It's the one on the second floor, right?'
Pontus said that it was and as they headed for the stairs to the second floor, he headed into the house.
Chapter 2
Her intentions for the night were clear, at least to herself. She didn't expect to enjoy the party too much - besides Eric there was literally no one at the party she knew. She was hoping it would be at least somewhat fun, but the goal of tonight was not the party itself. It was what was going to happen, with Eric, when the party was over.
She and Eric hadn't had sex in over a week. The plans had been to spend Christmas together, even though they had only been together for a couple of months. But things hadn't worked out that way, her grandmother was ill and it seemed like it would be the last chance of spending Christmas with her, even though no one would say so. And Eric's family was badgering him to come home for the holidays so they ended up not seeing each other for over a week. In fact the first time she had seen him since December nineteenth was only a couple of hours ago when they were packing for the trip to Pontus.
Over a week. Thinking about it now it was closer to two weeks, without sex. She had been thinking about this night constantly for the last few days, ever since Eric pitched the idea of them celebrating New Year at Pontus. At first she didn't like the idea much, she would rather have stayed at home with a bottle of champagne and a quiet dinner followed by banging their brains out as the fireworks started going off all over Stockholm city.
But as she had started thinking about it, the idea of dressing up in a sexy dress, dancing, probably drinking a glass of champagne too many, started to sound pretty good. It was also a bit of a secret turn-on (well, not really secret - she had told Eric about it but not many others) to be on a dance floor without panties under her dress. Usually, she wouldn't do this when they went to private parties because it made simple things like sitting down a bit of a hassle. But tonight she figured she could slip off sometime before midnight and slip out of her underwear.
They quickly unpacked, Eric put on his dark blue suit jacket and she put on her heels. Eric's face was flushed, probably from the sudden change in temperature. She thought about jumping him right there but restrained herself. He looked really good tonight though. Instead she kissed him, feeling the heat from his lips, almost feverish, giving him plenty of tongue in an attempt to infuse him with her dirty ideas. And maybe it worked, but it almost made her lose her own control. She had to pull away before her hands started unzipping her handsome boyfriend's pants. Instead she stepped back and looked herself over in the full-length mirror to make sure she looked alright.
She saw that the hours at the gym hadn't been lost to Christmas dinners - in fact she had never been in this good shape. She had toned muscles on her thighs as well as her arms. She had never really had a problem with her body, she was always slender and with nice full breasts that seemed to turn heads. Until now though, she had never actually been proud of it. At first she felt embarrassed about liking her own body. But then she figured β not tonight! Tonight she would feel nothing but good about herself.
Chapter 3
The party, though not in full swing when they came down from the second floor, soon picked up the pace. Moa was introduced to more people than she could remember, and a bit to her surprise she even made a friend in Veronica, a stunningly beautiful brunette who introduced her to even more people and then took her on a tour around the house.
They were just coming up from the basement where they had inspected the gym, the wine cellar and what Veronica called the sauna, but it was more like a small spa, with two showers, a Jacuzzi and of course the actual sauna which was the size of a small apartment.
'Hey guys', Pontus said when they stumbled into each other. 'What's up?'
'Nothing much, Tusse', Veronica said and kissed Pontus on the cheek. 'Just showing the place off to Moa.'
'You have an amazing house', Moa said.
'You think so?' He sounded honestly flattered, and Moa assured him that she did.
'So, is it possible to get a refill?' Veronica held up her now empty glass and nodded towards the bottle of bubbles he was holding. Her glass was refilled.
'How about you, you look like you're running low too.' He looked at Moa's glass that still had a few drops in it.
'I suppose, if you can spare it', she said and held her glass out.
'Have faith, we're well stocked on bubbles tonight. Although, the expensive shit doesn't come out until the stroke of midnight.'
Moa watched as her glass was refilled, she watched the glass but she also couldn't help but see that Pontus shirt was strained around his shoulders as he was pouring. It wasn't a tight fitting shirt, but still it was obvious that the gym downstairs was being used on a regular basis. He was a very beautiful man, she admitted to herself.
'So, will you girls be alright by yourselves if we guys have a couple of beers in the sauna?' He asked them.
'I think we'll manage', Veronica replied and snaked an arm around his waist in a gesture that told Moa they had known each other for a long time. 'I guess the only thing that could happen is we run out of bubbles.'
'Don't worry about that, there's still a couple of bottles in the fridge and then there's more in the cellar if you need it.'
'Hey, me and Moa will take care of it, you just relax with your buddies. Consider us in charge while you're away.'
'That sounds scary', Pontus said.
'You should be scared', Moa replied and gave him a smile.
Chapter 4
With all the guys in the sauna, the party had been all-girls for a while now, allowing Moa to get to know more of the other girls. Most of them were people she could see herself being friends with, only a few were either just too dumb or didn't like the competition, as if she was a threat to anyone there.