I understand that some of my readers don't care for Caitlin and Travis but they've insisted on butting their way into my story. And, trust me, their nice people.
The two weeks is drawing to a close and what the future holds remains unsettled.
Thanks to LarryInSeattle for editing.
Enjoy. I appreciate thoughtful comments and suggestions, so don't be shy.
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"Uh, is it okay if I go work on my painting?"
The four of them, Jon, Jess, Travis, and Caitlin, have been lolling in a post-orgasmic haze. The only movement has been that the ladies now faced each other, in between the men. Jon's head remains at one end and Travis' at the other. Jon has been absent-mindedly stroking Caitlin's butt. She chuckles.
"If one of us said 'no', what would you do?"
Jon surprises her by rolling over and kissing the back of her shoulder. "I'd probably stay but I'd be distracted."
"Go on, Jon," Travis laughs. "If you stay here the insatiable desires of these two over-sexed women will sap your artistic energies."
Jon shakes his head, as he scoots to the end of the double-wide chaise lounge. "I don't think so. I think they're charging my batteries."
Travis nods, not giving any sign of moving anything but his head. "I was joking. I totally agree."
"Are you guys going to fool around some more?" Jon's voice betrays no concern, no jealousy, nothing but curiosity.
"No, not unless you rejoin us," Caitlin answers quickly.
"If I did, what would you do?" Jon asks in the same tone.
"Go down on Jess," Caitlin answers without hesitation.
"Then why do I need to be there?" Jon's confusion is apparent in his voice and face.
"We only make it with other couples," Travis explains.
"That doesn't make any sense. If I know about it. If I am okay with it. Why do I have to be there if I'm not actually participating?"
"But you would be," Caitlin protests.
"By watching? Rubbing your back while you eat Jess' pussy?" Jon nods toward the easel. "I can watch from over there."
"Maybe it doesn't make total sense but that's just the way we feel comfortable with this. It's our way of making sure everyone involved is okay. People can say they're fine but their actions may say otherwise," Travis pauses. "You know like the first time we tried this."
"Not the same," Jon says, shaking his head and stretching his back, totally unaware that doing so put his cock just beyond the reach of the trio on the bed, all of whom are eyeing his dick. "I said I was okay, mostly, with joining in. What I wasn't okay with was eating your cum out of Jess' mouth."
"Fair enough," Travis concedes.
Jon shrugs. "This confuses the fuck outta me. On the one hand, we act like there's this set of rules that we have to follow so that this is all okay. But the rules don't really make any sense." He looks at Travis. "Seriously, dude, if Caitlin made it clear she'd rather fuck me than you, you'd be okay with that? Even if she said she loved you more? Really?" He shakes his head. "Jess you'd really be fine if I said I love you but would rather fuck Caitlin? That doesn't seem right."
"I don't think you can separate sex and love like that." Jess offers, after thinking for a moment. "If you love me, you'll naturally want to fuck me more than Caitlin."
Before she's finished, Jon is shaking his head. "Uh-huh, in the past you've said love and sex
are
two separate things. That you can have sex without love."
"Of course, I did and of course, you can," Jess retorts. "That doesn't mean sex and love are totally divorced from each other. I never said that. I said that in some circumstances, they can be separate, not that they're always separate." She shoos him away with one hand and a smile. "Go paint. You're making my head hurt." She rolls to her knees and reaches for him. He bends. They kiss. "Did you have fun," Jess whispers.
Jon nods. "Yeah, I did," he confesses.
"Good, so did I. Now stop worrying and go paint."
He kisses her again, then makes his way toward his easel and paints.
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"Is that how they'll look?" Gloria whispers, nodding toward the canvas sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall at the end of the dresser. "If we force them to be apart."