"Austin is still talking about you. You made one serious impression on him."
Barb and Wendy were on side-by-side elliptical machines at the gym, working up a shiny sweat.
"That's nice to hear," Wendy said, looking a little embarrassed. "How much does he tell you?"
"I get more out of him than you might think," Barb said. "He's easy to torture."
Wendy looked over at her friend. They were both breathing hard and sweating, but Barb looked like a sleek animal, like she could work that machine until the bearings all burned up. It was the same way she looked when she was over at the house for play night, absorbing Matt's cock like a thoroughbred.
It had been almost a month since Wendy and Matt were at Kay and Bobby's house, the night Ashley and Austin were there. Wendy was astonished by Austin that night, by his stunning 'young stud' looks and his sexual skills. She was just as astonished the next day, when Barb called her to see how the evening had gone, talking to her about Austin like he was one of the regular swingers. It struck Wendy odd, and in the weeks after that it all seemed odder. Wendy had a powerful suspicion that Barb was fucking Austin, but incest wasn't the kind of thing she was comfortable talking about.
"How long are we goin'?" Barb asked, as every muscle in her body worked the machine smoothly. She looked at her watch. "Another ten?"
"Jesus!" Wendy said. "Okay." She put her head down and tried to meditate into the effort and the movements. A drip of sweat fell from the tip of her nose.
—
Wendy drove out to Kelsey and the girls' house, thinking she'd find Richie there on a day he didn't have classes. It was a weekday and everyone else was working. Everyone but Austin. He had the evening shift at the sport center that day.
"Oh. Hi," she said when he answered the door in nothing but his skintight boxer-briefs. "Is that your car? I wasn't sure who was here."
"Hi Wendy. Yeah, that's mine."
"Where's Richie? I thought he'd be here today."
"He was. He just went over to Abby's I think."
"Shoot. Okay. Well, I'll just leave this. It's just a shirt I told him I was going to get."
"Okay. Come on in. Want a drink or something? How are you and Matt?"
"Oh. Okay, maybe just some water. I'm really dry all of the sudden. We're good. How's life treating you? I see your mom a lot."
"Oh, yeah, that's so cool you guys work out all the time," Austin said. He picked up a bottle of water off the counter, opened it and handed it to Wendy. "I was serious when I said I wanna sneak in there. Mom told me the shower's so fun with you."
Wendy looked surprised. "I still can't believe she told you that."
"Now I know why she likes it."
"Why?"
"Because you cum really nice."
Wendy looked surprised again, and her horny juices were starting to flow. "Did Kelsey teach you how to sell?"
"To sell?"
"Never mind. And why is your mother telling you those things?"
Austin shrugged his shoulders, like that kind of conversation with your mother is normal.
"I shouldn't be here..." Wendy said, letting her gaze drift down Austin's body, "...alone with you."
"Oh, sorry. I'll get dressed."
"No, that won't matter," Wendy said. "Knowing Richie might show up is enough to keep me in check."
"Too bad," Austin said. "I had a really good time."
"At Kay and Bobby's, you mean? I'd say good time is a vast understatement," Wendy said, her pretty face blushing pink.
Austin smiled in that way that made her melt. She was in trouble and had to get out of there. "You'll tell Richie I was here?"
"Sure. Stop by any time. It's really nice to see you."
Wendy bolted. "Bye Austin," hung in the air behind her.
—
The next morning, Koop was out in his yard, picking up twigs and raking up some of last year's leaves from around his shrubs. After a warmer that average February and March, spring had come early to upstate New York. Wendy saw him through her window, pulled on a light jacket and trotted over to talk to him.
"Hi Koop. So nice to be able to clean up early, huh?"
"Boy, I guess. That was my kind of winter. Easy."
"And warm," Wendy said, smiling coyly, thinking about the evenings they'd spent together.
"Nice and warm," Koop smiled.
"You know I'm new to everything, so I'm hoping you can help me figure something out," Wendy said, putting her nervous hands halfway into the front pockets of her tight jeans. "I'm getting a feeling that Barb and Austin are more than just mother and son..."
Koop let the question sit there for a few moments before speaking. "Wendy, I can't really talk about that. You should ask Barb. She'll tell you. She's in Kelsey's honesty is everything camp."
"So there's something worth asking about then?"
"Do me a favor, okay? Keep an open mind. I'd hate to see weird shit happen to all our friendships."
"Oh. Yeah. I wasn't freaked out about it or anything. Well, maybe a little, but not in a bad way. It's just that...well, I shouldn't say I guess. Oh, fuck, I'll tell you. Matt and I were with Kay and Bobby, and Austin was there, with a girl Kelsey knows. She's a daughter of one of the couples."
"Ashley?"
"Yeah! How did you know!"
"Other than Kelsey, she's the only daughter I know of. She was at the Christmas party."
"She
was
? Oh my God, and
you've
been with her?
"It's not so bad, Wendy. I'm only one step ahead of you guys."
"Wow," Wendy said, looking surprised. "It's all so mixed up, isn't it? Everybody's just fucking everybody."
"That's sort of how swinging works," Koop said, with a hint of a smile. "Isn't it what you expected?"
"Kind of, I guess. I guess I didn't really think it through. The just getting involved part took so much brain power..."
"Yeah, I had some overload, too, when Kelsey was steering me in," Koop smirked.
"It's funny, I knew Kelsey was swinging with the same people as her parents, and I knew Richie was involved and I somehow, oddly, came to grips with that, but the whole kids thing is...it just leaves me scrambled. I can't wrap my head around it. Just how involved are they with their parents?"