Anne, Donna and Tim β you never saw one that the other two weren't close by.
Let us start our story by describing
Anne Wolf.
She is beautiful, sophisticated, tall and sexy, with skin like cocoa and legs that go on for miles. It seemed inevitable from a young age that she would become a model and she did do just that. She also graduated from high school with honors and from university Phi Beta Kappa while never turning down a lucrative modeling job. To no one's amazement, she negotiated all of her own contracts. Some people β those that didn't know her the way that Donna and Tim did β would have thought her cold and aloof. Yes, she could put on a cold veneer, but once she got to know you, the mask slipped and the warm smile appeared. Fiercely loyal to her friends, none were closer to her than Donna and Tim.
Our next player is
Tim Denton
β Timothy to the rest of his family. Only a select few got to know him well enough to call him Tim. Those two included the two young women who had been his best friends since the 10th Grade. Tim had dated both young women, although nothing serious had ever come of it. Anne was out of his league, she ran with the elite. Donna never settled down and didn't seem to want to. Tim came from a life of privilege and his trust fund alone, if well managed, would make him a billionaire by the time he reached the age of 40. Tim never gave a damn about money because he knew that it could buy friendships. His best friends, the highest in that group being Anne and Donna, had enough money of their own not to be intimidated by his. They liked Tim despite his riches, not because of them. Nor were they intimidated by the sometimes-snobbish Denton clan, which delighted Tim. His mother was the only one in his family who had not been born into wealth and she often counseled him not to let "those lovely girls" go too far away.
Last, but by no means least, is
Donna D'Angelo
- despite her blonde, petite good looks, was very much an Italian girl. Her parents were Sicilian and her father looked the part, although her mom had flaming red hair. Her family owned a successful winery, which Donna was preparing to take over one day. Her brothers were content to do as little as possible to earn their money, that wasn't true of Donna. She found business interesting and she liked to interact with people. It took her somewhat-traditional Papa a while to accept it was his daughter that would carry on the family legacy, but as he saw her dedication, he came to terms with it. Her mother was just thrilled that at last, a woman would prove to be as capable as any man. Donna, bless her heart, was so much better than her lazy sons. Andrea only hoped her daughter might still find love. At least she had her loyal friends, Anne and Tim, always by her side. She would never be lonely with those two loyal, steadfast companions.
Theirs was a complicated and complex relationship, full of twists and turns. It all worked out for the best and the telling of the tale begins here.
"I'm over here!" Anne waved as she saw Donna and Tim enter the cafΓ©. She was thrilled to see that it was thriving and happy that she had convinced the others to throw in with her as investors. It was nice for them to have a place to congregate when they were all in the same city. That was happening far less than she would have liked these days.
"Wow," Donna gushed as she saw the fabulous new dress her best friend β female β was wearing β or barely wearing. "That is some dress, where the heck did you get that?"
"The designer made it especially for me, it was a gift," Anne said as she hugged Donna first and accepted a kiss on the cheek from Tim. "He got the better end of the deal, he was a dead fuck."
"Oh-my-
gawd
, you'll never change," Donna laughed at her friend's candor. "I'm currently between lovers as well and Tim just broke it off with Lynn."
"Really?" Anne leaned close. "Why can't you seem to find the right one, Timothy?"
"Because none of them are ever as interesting or sexy as the two of you," Tim said with the same candor Anne had displayed.
"Okay, that's Tim's reason explained, what about you, blondie?" Anne put her hand on top of Donna's. "I've seen some of your choices and, well, some of them were
choice!
" She laughed. "The last one ... were you with ...?"
"A girl this time," Donna sighed. Her friends had known of her bi-sexuality since the 11th Grade and both of them were fine with it. "I don't know β when I'm with a girl, I want a guy. When I'm with a guy, I want the softness of a woman. I know, I know β I'm an idiot. I really don't want to settle down and have to make a choice," she confessed.
Tim, wanting a break from all the seriousness, ordered coffee and dessert for the trio. After over a dozen years of friendship, he knew them like a book. Donna liked darker roasts, Anne favored lighter blends and not one of the three of them liked flavored coffees. All three of them loved cakes and pastries and as they were all very active, they could indulge. Tim ordered three different desserts and knew that they would all be taking bites from each other's plates. There were very few times they weren't on the same page about anything.
"Are you coming to dinner this Saturday?" Donna asked her companions. Tim had a mouthful of Biscotti and couldn't talk, so he just nodded.
"I've been on a shoot in Rome for a month," Anne grinned. "I starved myself, one of your mother's huge Italian meals will be my salvation," she said as she hugged Donna again.
"She's always saying you're too skinny, when she isn't telling me I should find you a husband," Donna laughed. Anne turned to Tim when Donna finished.
"Could I stay at your townhouse tonight?" Anne asked Tim. A casual observer wouldn't have noticed Tim's reaction, but Donna did and she wasn't going to let it slide.
"What's wrong with your place?" Tim questioned.
"I rented it out to friends for a month and I came home a week early," Anne sighed. "Oh come on Tim, we always have fun."
"
That
is precisely what I am afraid of," Tim groaned.
"Okay, what am I missing here?" Donna wanted to know.
"Er, well, it's just that ... man, I didn't want to say this ... whenever Anne stays at my place and the two of us are
between
relationships, we always end up ..."
"... fucking like bunnies," Anne finished the sentence for him.
"Holy shit," Donna said and gulped the last of her coffee. She flagged down their server and ordered another round for all of them, feeling that they would be needing it.
"I know, I know," Timothy said, burying his face in his hands. "We're friends and shouldn't be doing this, but ...''
"No, no, that's not it," Donna said as she looked directly into Anne's dark eyes. "I meant that I thought
I
was the only one!"
Now it was Tim who was taken aback. He looked over at Anne and then, at Donna. "You two?" Donna giggled nervously and nodded. "Since when are you bi-sexual?" He asked the attractive black model.