Like me, I imagined that most people in the kink community were interested in going to an orgy. My other sub friends had all mentioned them in sort of a passively interested way. We could definitely see the perks, watch the porn, and divine our own fantasies.
Planning an orgy, though, honestly, just seemed like too much work. A threesome? Sure, if any of my lesbian couple friends were looking for a third. A foursome? If those couples wanted me and whoever I was dating at the time, maybe. Beyond that, there were so many schedules to match up, STD tests to consider, limits that needed to be negotiated. I mean, did you make a group text? An email thread? Carrier pigeon? The logistics were a mystery to me and, it seemed, all my other friends who might be interested.
So the reality was that I probably would never have gone to an orgy with more than two or three others unless one fell into my lap.
But, two weeks before Christmas, it seemed like one was about to.
My best friend, Andie, sent me a random text after a few days on vacation up in the mountains. Estes Park, a couple hours from where we lived. It was a series of screenshots with one line: "Maya -- you think they're cute?"
I didn't particularly have a type when it came to women -- if they could get me off and identified as a girl, I was usually down -- and Andie knew that better than anyone as she'd tried setting me up with a never-ending list of her friends, exes, and relatives. It piqued my interest that she even asked. I swiped through a handful of pictures. A couple, two women, probably in their early thirties. One was much more butch, taller, usually in a muscle shirt and sports bra, while the other preferred sundresses and full faces of makeup. Both were pretty in different ways. The butch had hooded eyes, high cheekbones, and a sharp jaw. The femme was short and curvy with a sweet, vibrant smile between full round lips.
I texted back: "Yeah, sure. Why?"
"You're into the whole strangers thing, right?"
"Andie...spit it out."
"Orgy!! Those two, us two, and two of their friends from some dungeon in Boulder. They'll come to us downtown. What do you think?"
"Everyone's clean and down?"
"Yeah, I've got the screenshots and everything."
I paused, rereading the texts while I finished up my breakfast. I'd gotten out of a messy, ugly breakup recently, one that every single one of my friends had seen coming for weeks. Immediately after, when I ran to Andie for comfort, she told me that it was time I started actually living my life instead of trying to U-haul with any girl who had a nice ass. I called her a hypocrite for trying to get me girlfriends over and over, but she insisted that the point stood regardless.
I'd been thinking about it ever since. There were a million things I wanted to try, places I wanted to go, foods I wanted to eat, and versions of myself I wanted to try on before I settled down, and I hadn't been honest with myself about that. Now, I was a few days from my 29th birthday. 30 loomed in front of me, an arbitrary but significant reminder that I was firmly an adult now -- and it was time to get fucked like one.
I texted back: "Why not?"
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The next weekend, Friday night, Andie stopped by my place to go through everything before we headed downtown. Andie and I had sex a bunch of times, of course. We were best friends and both gay and, frankly, the dating pool could get abysmal if you didn't have a friend to call up for a booty call once in a while. Lesbian dating is always harder -- lots of 'wow you're pretty,' 'no you're pretty,' on apps until both people ghosted. Analyze that however you want, but, regardless, having an extroverted, confident friend like Andie usually paid off.
It didn't hurt that she was beautiful and enticing, of course. Half-Mexican and half-black, she had countless unique elements to her look. Her most striking feature was long, lustrous brown hair, rippling with shades from near blonde to auburn to espresso. I knew she highlighted it but, still, it had this natural shine that caught the light, giving it a radiant glow. Whenever the sun hit it just right, she had a halo. Her deep brown eyes sparkled with intelligence and depth, always curious about the world and open to new experiences. Andie had a sculpted nose, delicately curved, and it scrunched up when she told terrible jokes. Her skin had a natural, healthy glow, and I often wondered what her trademarked secret was. I suspected genetics because she was always recommending serums and toners and creams and syrups and jams and mustards and whatever, but nothing could get my skin as clear and tan and taut as hers.
When she laughed, her eyes crinkled at the corners. We were both in our early thirties, but, while I kept my perpetual baby face, Andie was aging into a graceful woman, the kind you'd trust with your deepest desires. Today, like usual, she was dressed in leggings that hugged her toned legs and a loose tee; she'd probably just come from a spin class, her preferred workout that she went to as many mornings as she could.
As we settled onto my couch, some reality TV show low in the background, she broached the topic of the evening. "So, here's the rub."