Tony was about the first thing I saw when I arrived at his party. I hadn't seen him in over a week, and it was his birthday, so I had something very special in mind for him tonight. He was talking to Cassie and another man I hadn't met before when I joined them.
"Happy birthday, Tony," I said, and leaned against him as I kissed him on the lips.
"Thanks, Lisa," he replied.
"Hi Cassie," I said, as I gave her a kiss.
"Hi darling. Have you met Martin?" she asked.
"No," I said, and put my hand out for him to shake. "Hi Martin, it's nice to meet you."
"You too, Lisa," he said, shaking my hand firmly.
"It's Martin's birthday as well," Cassie said. "He's in my Bible study group, and when I found out it was his birthday I had to invite him along."
Looking at Cassie, I said, "Are you..." as I raised one eyebrow. I was curious whether this was Cassie's latest man
"No," she replied firmly.
"Are you having a fun birthday?" I asked, looking at Tony.
"Well, the party's only just begun. But I guess I can't complain too much considering I'm a year older."
"I have something special which I'll give you later," I said with a sly smile.
"What?"
I moved my mouth to his ear and whispered, "Your birthday blowjob, silly."
"There's no time like the present, Lisa," he said.
"No, I want to say hello to everyone first," I said. "Excuse me."
It had been fun telling Tony I was going to give him head tonight. It had been especially fun telling him right in front of Cassie and her friend. I wanted Tony to anticipate his present, to build up a little excitement about it. I was going to come back and take him off to the bedroom after I had said hello to everyone else at the party.
Ezra was across the room and I walked over to him smiling.
"Hi Ez," I said, as I put my arms around him to give him a kiss.
"Hi," he said, as he stepped back, avoiding my embrace and kiss.
I looked him the eye and asked, "What's the matter, Ez? Are you mad at me?"
"You've been a busy girl, Lisa," he said, in a low voice, outrage all over his face and posture.
My stomach filled with butterflies, here it was, the moment I knew had to come. I'd been looking forward to it and dreading it. My men had obviously been talking and Ezra had found out about the others. This was when I would find out what my friends really thought of me. It was exhilarating, knowing there were people who knew what I had been doing, but I was also feeling vulnerable, I could feel the tears ready to burst forth if I handled this poorly.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Me, Paul, Jim, all in one week. That's pretty busy."
"Is that what's bothering you? What I do with them has nothing to do with you and I."
"It's got everything to do with me. With us. I thought I was special. I thought we did something special. I never hoped to have you as my girlfriend, but I thought I meant something to you. Now I find out you're doing it with everyone. I'm just one more guy to you." As he spoke his shoulders slumped lower and lower and a forlorn expression grew on his face.
"It's far from everyone, Ez. It's some of my closest friends. I wanted to express what I feel for my friends in the most intimate personal way I could, you amongst them. You are special, Ez, you're all special to me.
"If I want to have sex with my friends, and they want to have sex with me, I will. You're one of them. I thought you were happy about being with me. I thought we had fantastic sex. Would you rather I slept with them and not you?"
"No," he said, beginning to look rejected.
"Just because I'm sleeping with them doesn't mean you're any less important to me. I'll make it up to you, you'll see."
"How?" he asked.
"Anyway you like," I said. It was clear to me that Ezra was understandably confused, I had drawn him into a situation that no one could ever really be prepared for. I needed him to understand that while he wasn't my boyfriend he still had rights, that there was give and take in our relationship, whatever one might call it. I'd go to almost any length to prove this to him, but it would take more than words.
He thought for a moment. "Tomorrow night. I want you tomorrow night. Any plans you have, change them. Tomorrow night, you're mine." His face was a mask of determination. I knew I couldn't refuse this request and remain his friend.
"Okay, I can do that for you."
"I want you to wear something special for me, will you do that?" he asked, his expression changing slightly, still determined, but with a mischievous curl of the lips.
"Maybe, what do you want me to wear?"
"Something short, sexy, easy to take off. Maybe a wrap."
"What have you got in mind? It sounds naughty."
"It's a surprise. You'll like it though. But this is for me, to show me I'm special to you, okay?" he asked, the determination was gone, and now he looked like nothing more than a mischievous schoolboy with his hand in the cookie jar.
"Okay, sexy, I'm all yours tomorrow night, to do anything with that you want."
"You know that top's see through from a distance, right?" he asked, leering at me.
His sudden shift of direction caught me completely off guard, and I didn't have the faintest notion of what he was talking about. "What do you mean?" I asked.