"So, I'm all amped up and really don't want to go home and just putter around. Do you two want to come over for a bit? Or did you have plans?" Kat looked between Amber and Spencer. They had all chipped in and made short work of the dishes. Ed and Sophia hadn't yet returned from their walk.
Amber and Spencer looked at each other. "No. Oddly enough, we didn't have anything planned," Amber replied.
"Sounds good to me," Spencer chipped in.
The friends quickly gathered their things and started to head out. Amber paused to write a quick note.
Dad β
We decided to go to Kat's house. Everyone said thanks for dinner. Enjoy your evening together. I'll probably be late getting home.
- Amber
Amber placed the card on the counter where he would be sure to see it, paused for a moment, and then picked it back up to add a postscript:
PS: I won't be offended if she stays over.
******
"Spencer, welcome to my humble abode. Please, make yourself at home. Amber, you've been here plenty, so you can show him where everything is. I want to give Aaron a quick call." Kat pulled out her phone and headed toward the back bedroom. They could hear her start talking before she closed the door for privacy.
Spencer looked around the living room as he took off his jacket. The space was tidy, with a large, comfortable-looking couch separating the entryway from the room itself. An easy chair sat opposite in the corner with a coffee table in between. Numerous houseplants adorned the room as well as several picture frames depicting Aaron and Katelyn in various locales. In most, they looked to be hiking, though one depicted Katelyn wearing a martial arts gi, a blue belt wrapped around her waist. A set of shelving cubbies in the corner held several board game boxes, all neatly lined up. Several boardgame and action figures were artfully placed in a mock battle spanning the entire unit.
"Here, let me take your jacket," Amber said, pulling it from his hand. "Kitchen's through there," she continued, hanging the jackets up in the nearby coat closet. "And the bathroom is the first door on the left down the hall. There's also a guest bedroom and another room they use as an office back around the corner."
As Spencer stepped around the couch, Amber followed him. She waited until he was settled and laid down next to him laying her head on his lap. He looked down and smiled, stroking her hair. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the feeling of his fingers on her scalp. Several moments ticked by before he quietly said, "Well, I'd say the evening went well."
"I agree," Amber murmured. "This feels great, by the way.Β And you and Dad seemed to make a course correction."
"Yeah, we did. We ended up talking shop about some of the equipment he works with. I need to check on a couple of things, but I think I might have a solution for one of his monitoring problems at the remote labs."
Amber opened her eyes and glanced up. "Oh yeah?"
"Yeah. It depends on a couple of factors, but I think it'll work. Worth a check at least." Spencer looked around the living room again. "I didn't know that Kat and Aaron were into hobby board gaming."
Amber turned her head to look at the shelving unit. "Yeah. It's a lot of fun. Though we don't get to play as much as we used to."
"We should definitely get together some time. You saw my collection at the house. I don't get to play nearly as often as I like either. Some of that is time, but it's mostly that life happened and I don't have a game group anymore. Seems like everyone moved away or had other priorities start to pop up."
Amber closed her eyes again. "Yeah, Aaron and Kat would like that. You know what I would like?"
"What?"
"Well, to begin with, start running your fingers through my hair again. You stopped when you saw the meeples. I'm not the jealous type, but we are too early in our relationship for there to be ultimatums between chits and tits."
Spencer barked a laugh and started stroking her hair again. "No worries, no chit could ever compete with your wit. And as to your beautiful breasts... well, they will always have my attention." Amber chuckled and then snuggled in as his other hand strayed down to lazily brush along her breast.
"I don't want to assume," Kat called out from the hallway behind them, "but with Spencer sitting on the couch and Amber down out of sight, from my perspective... well, a girl wonders. If you need some privacy, just let me know."
"We're all good," Amber called out. Spencer gave her a thumbs up without looking back.
"Oh well, one could have hoped," she teased. She padded the rest of the way down the hallway and plopped down in the easy chair, curling her bare legs up under her. She had changed into some sweat shorts and an old t-shirt. "Hope you don't mind, but I had to changeβmy other clothes smelled like barbeque smoke." She looked over at her best friend lying with her head in Spencer's lap as he lazily ran his fingers through her hair, a content expression on her face. "So," she said in a British accent, "What would you little maniacs like to do first?"
Both Amber and Spencer glanced up. Amber spoke up first. "Well, the proper answer to that is to shower together, but sheesh, Kat, don't you think that's a bit forward?" She started grinning.
Katelyn winked and grinned back, and then, glancing at Spencer, started laughing so hard she snorted. Amber twisted her head and looked up at him. He wore an expression of utter confusion with more than a hint of shock. "Weird Science?" she probed.
When he still looked perplexed, she went on. "John Hughes 80's movie? Two nerdy guys decide to make a perfect woman on their computer?"
"Ahh, okay," Spencer laughed with a look of relief. "Haven't seen it. You had me totally confused there. I was wondering why you were talking about showering together out of the blue. It's all good now."
"You'd like it. Right up your alley. It's so bad that it's good. Kat's aunt gave the DVD to us to watch during a sleepover years ago and it became one of those things. We're pretty sure she never watched or knew anything about it. She just knew I liked science. Given the content, that just made it all the more hilarious." The two women filled him in on the basic premise, throwing out a few movie quotes, which then led to the three of them quoting other movies and quizzing one another with various movie trivia.
After a while, Kat stood up. "Hey, I'm going to make some hot cocoa. Anyone else up for a mug?" she asked as she started walking towards the kitchen. As her bare thigh passed by at Amber's eye level, Amber found her eyes tracking up their length.
Damn her legs look good! How can someone look so sexy in a pair of sweat shorts? Her calves are amazing. And the curve of herβWait, why am I even thinking about this! It's Kat! And I'm here with Spencer. Well, fuck, look who's in a mood again.
She could feel that familiar tingle starting in.
"Amber?"
She realized Spencer had said something to her and turned her head to look back up at him. "Sorry, what did you say?"