A few days after getting back, Flick and I went on a date in the city. Well, I say a date. It was basically everything we usually did, plus a few drinks. We wandered the streets and alleys and visited the best dingy, over stuffed bookshops we could find.
Our favourite was down a flight of stairs, half underground basement. The upper windows were street level, the shelves were bowing with the weight of books and piles of old paperbacks stacked on the ground. We rarely left with fewer than three each, and this time we doubled it.
'We have this one right John?' She was holding up Moby Dick.
I looked at her.
'It's the hardback you idiot! The one you've been looking for!'
I walked over and checked it out. It was the one I'd read when backpacking through Europe four years ago and left on a train seat somewhere. Obviously not the same one, but the same edition. I'd read it at least three times.
'Oh, wow!' I kissed her. 'Sorry I doubted you.'
When we finished at the bookstore, Flick and I were going to meet Lydia and a couple of their best friends for dinner and drinks, and the girls had decided to share our relationship with them.
I was fine about this. I'd told a couple of my close high school friends, although it was easier for me - I'd grown up interstate and my friends wouldn't be over every few weeks to gawp and couldn't gossip with mutual friends. I hadn't said anything about the girls blossoming love for one another - nor would we, to anyone. Quite aside from the opprobrium we'd likely face for such a taboo, it was enough for most people to accept that I was dating twin sisters. But Flick and Lydia had been on edge.
When we first started opening things up between the three of us we'd all began reading up on open relationships and polyamory. Shocking right? Three intellectually minded people at university diving straight into books for answers?
Yet it was strange. The more we read about the poly lifestyle, the new language and ways of describing things, the less it spoke to us. At first it was really helpful - compersion resonated perfectly, giving us a way to put into words the overwhelming joy we got from seeing each person taking pleasure from the others. Eventually we realised that we didn't really need the technical language or tools to help our relationship grow, or understand what we were feeling. For us, it felt right, natural, and we had begun our expanded relationship by being open and communicating. It just... worked.
I wouldn't want you to misunderstand - all three of us got a lot out of reading that; Sex at Dawn, The Ethical Slut, all those standards. We just didn't need it a lot ourselves, but each to their own. Some of it came in handy when talking to other people about our relationship at least.
'You what? Hahaha I knew it!' Lijuan's reaction was about what we'd all expected given the sly jokes she made whenever we all hung out. 'How long have you been sharing John?'
Flick blushed, Lydia giggled and said 'Uh, about six months I guess.'
'You skanks! Why didn't you tell us earlier?'
'Li!' Flick was laughing now too, and looking around. The bar wasn't packed, but there were enough people around that someone might over hear.
'We were still figuring things out between us, and you know, didn't want to rush it too much,' I put in.
'Also too busy fucking like rabbits I bet,' Li said.
'Yep!' Lydia cackled as she agreed.
Allegra and Benita were more muted in their reactions, though Nicholas was laughing at Li and the twins. Probably at my face too. I wasn't prone to blushing but the public reveal of our relationship combined with Li's ribbing had my cheeks going red. Plus, I was a bit nervous - these were the twins (and by now, my) good friends and I cared about how they'd react. And I didn't want them to think I was taking advantage of the twins either.
'So... like, how does it work?' Allegra spoke up. 'Do you alternate beds or something? Don't you get jealous?' She stammered a bit. 'Um, do you share a bed?'
The twins turn to blush now. 'No! I mean, no, we don't share a bed. And we don't have a roster or anything, but it just kind of works out I guess,' Flick said. 'Some nights I sleep with John, some nights Lyds does.'
'Weirdly I haven't been jealous though. Neither has Flick,' Lydia said as she smiled at me. She was on my left, Flick on her other side. Lydia leaned over a bit and kissed me on the cheek. 'John's really good to us. Kind, and treats us well.'
Nicholas laughed. 'Not surprising, really. I've seen you pissed off before Lydia. Wise to make sure that doesn't happen.'
Lydia kicked at him. 'Mmmhmm. You better believe it.'
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The following week Lydia had a bunch of assignments handed out, all due at the same time. We kept things low key, Flick and I. Cooked dinner for Lydia as much as we could, have her the odd massage and a lot of quiet time for her around the house to study.
Except Friday nights. She had two full days break, always took Saturday morning off to sleep in and go for a run, and Friday's became our treat night.
The first one was nearly a repeat of our time camping, though with a bit more space to spread out and fewer mosquitoes.
The second Friday was a little less rambunctious - Lydia was tired - so I went down on her for a long, languid orgasm while her sister sucked on her nipples and they kissed. I rose up and made love to her, slowly.
The third Friday was our crescendo. It began with me alternating licking Lydia and Flick as they laid back and panted, holding hands. I sat back and they both went down on me, kissing up and down my length. I stared, always amazed. Lydia sat up, kissed me, then kissed her sister again before shuffling down the bed. I watched, eyes going between the twin sisters. And widening, as Lydia's fingers trailed down Flick's back, down her butt and...
Flick jerked, pulled off my cock and looked back. 'Lydia!' Then dropped her head, and moaned.
'Come on sis. You know this is what you want. My fingers? Slipping into you? And...' she made an adjustment. 'Mmm just there.'
Flick jerked again - Lydia had slid her now wet fingers into her twin's butt.
'You know, you seem to really like having fingers in here Felicity.' She reached forward with her other hand, pushing her sister back down to my cock. Her breasts trailed on Flick's back. 'I think, it's time we did a bit more exploring. Hmm?'