I pressed the doorbell and waited at the entrance to the large house. I was admiring the beautiful jasmine creeping up the ornate marble pillar when my friend's girlfriend, Tiffany, answered the door.
"Hi Darren, come in," she said excitedly with a welcoming smile. She had an oven mitt on one hand and a pair of tongs in the other, and there was a mouthwatering aroma emanating from the kitchen.
"Something smells great!" I said as I stepped past Tiffany through the door.
"Me, or the food?" quipped Tiffany with a cheeky grin.
I leaned over to smell her hair before replying with the same cheekiness, "Both!"
Tiffany laughed. "Brad is in the lounge," she said, then turned around and made her way back to the kitchen. She was wearing ripped denim shorts that barely covered her ass, and a loose fitting singlet that didn't reach her midriff. I stared at her ass as she walked down the hall, watching her hips sway side to side. Suddenly she turned around again to ask me something and caught me staring at her.
"Oh, Darren, can you... were you staring at my ass?" she asked, leaving her mouth slightly ajar and putting one hand on her hip, as if she were scolding a child. But I could tell from her demeanor that she was only pretending to be annoyed and that this performance was just more flirting. The difference was our exchange at the door was just harmless banter, whereas now I sensed a deeper sentiment from Tiffany.
"No, I was... was just..." I stammered.
To my relief, Tiffany winked at me with a devious grin before turning her back and disappearing into the kitchen before I could invent an excuse. I made my way towards the lounge room where I found Tiffany's boyfriend, Brad. I wondered if he heard any of the conversation exchanged between me and Tiffany.
"Hey Brad," I said nonchalantly as I entered the lounge. Brad was sitting on a comfortable-looking sofa, watching TV.
"Oh, hey Darren," he greeted me casually, shifting his gaze towards me only for a moment before returning to the TV. He gestured for me to sit on the sofa next to him. If he had heard anything, he didn't let on.
I sat down on the sofa and we made small talk as we watched the program—some documentary about animals in the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa.
I'd known both Brad and Tiffany since high school and we remained good friends. We'd arranged to visit tonight to catch up before they flew to the other side of the world in a few days. Brad had accepted a new job in Sweden, and they planned to live there indefinitely so I wasn't sure when I'd have the chance to see them again. They had already packed up all their belongings in boxes and had sold their house. The house we were currently sitting in belonged to other friends of theirs who were on holidays, and they'd been asked to house-sit for them. The timing worked out perfectly so they had gladly accepted the offer. The house was huge and very clean. Everything looked expensive. I was a little jealous of their free accommodation; a mansion they had all to themselves to explore and enjoy. I bet there was a Jacuzzi tub upstairs. I was starting to daydream about all the naughty things I'd get up to with a hot girlfriend like Tiffany if I was in Brad's position when my thoughts were interrupted by the narrator's voice.
"The Topi antelopes of the savannah engage in intense orgies," the narrator said calmly over the top of a scene of wild antelopes engaged in a mating frenzy. "The female antelopes," the narrator continued, "only remain fertile for about a day, so they need to make the most of it. They will have sex with multiple partners, sometimes more than ten, and will have sex multiple times with each one."
Brad chuckled quietly to himself like an immature schoolboy who'd just heard a sex joke. Then he surprised me by asking a very direct question.
"Ever tried that?" he said without taking his eyes off the screen, clearly referring to the erotic mating practice.
I pretended to not understand the question. "Tried what?" There was a chance I'd misunderstood his question.
"You know..." he trailed off, becoming more coy with the burden of having to rephrase the question more explicitly. "Have you ever shared a girl with another guy?"
"Heh, nah," I said trying to sound relaxed and modest. In fact, I had never been with a girl. I was in my mid-twenties and still a virgin. That didn't bother me—I knew I'd find the right girl and settle down with her eventually. But that didn't mean I didn't think about girls—or sex. I could feel my penis start to move around in response to our short dialogue of threesomes. Brad knew I was single, but he assumed I'd been with girls before. I didn't correct him.
Thankfully, Tiffany walked into the room, breaking the awkward silence that had ensued. However, the appearance of Tiffany in her tight denim shorts and revealing top didn't help calm my penis or libido.
"Dinner is ready," she said, smiling at us both.
"I'll give you a hand setting the table," said Brad, getting up off the sofa to join Tiffany in the kitchen.