**********

Not long after College, when I first started working at The 
Nursery, I was shocked when a truck would pull up around 
back to have plants, bags of top soil, mulch or whatever loaded 
and the driver would get out and say;

"Could you go up and see if one of the guys will come back and 
give me a hand loading this?"
 
The first time that happened I sort of just stood there in a state 
of shock, like....what the hell am I? It kind of hurt my feelings 
ya' know?
 
"That's what I am here for." I said in a cold manner right back at 
him.
 
"Oh....okay...." He sort of hands me the yellow order slip, but I 
could tell he was hesitant to do it. Then he says "Here let me 
help you with that, kinda' have a bad back, that's why I asked if 
one of the guys up front could help." 
 
So let me see if I understand this jackass, he is now pulling the 
old martyr-bad-back complaint, just so he can make another dig 
at me because I tell him 'I am all the help he needs!' and I am a 
'Girl!' 

Well I was no longer ready to cry, but now fuming mad....down 
right pissed off....so I stand up and touch him on the shoulder 
and say, "Why don't you just get up in the truck and I'll throw 
them to you and you stack them any way you want."
 
He kind of stares at me funny and then awkwardly climbs up 
into the bed of the truck. I then proceed to toss him the bags 
faster then he can keep up until he snaps "Hey! Slow the hell 
down!"
 
To which I shout back "Why? Are you so weak and slow you 
can't keep up?" So great, I'm expecting to get fired because I'm 
betting he's going to run up and complain to my boss, and I've 
been on the job for only about a week now. But instead I'm 
surprised....it sometimes takes a lot to surprise me because the 
man (maybe in his late 50's) just makes this kind of smirk and 
says "Okay you got me there." I knew what he meant and he 
was basically admitting he was wrong for what he insinuated 
earlier. Now, and I have a big smile on my face as I type this, 
he requests that 'I' help him load his truck every time be pulls 
up. Even if someone else happens to be around back he will 
ask "Could'ya go get Corbin for me?" (Imagine your best hick 
accent while reading that).


**********


My cell phone went off around 2:00 am waking both of us up! 
That's right, both of us, Nikki and I.

But it was Dale so I answered because he never calls this late, 
he then asked in that agitated tone 'Is Nikki there with you?' I 
said 'Yes'.

"You know what!" He growls but never finished his sentence, 
made some deep agitated breaths and hung up on me, PUNK! 
But Dale will not be discouraged (although I wish a lot of other 
guys would get discouraged and get lost) seems most people 
assume Nikki and I dating was more of a ploy to break up with 
our respective boyfriends. Anyway Dale shows up on my 
doorstep the very next night, which annoyed me because I had 
just gotten off from work and was tired but actually we needed 
to talk about something very important so it all worked out.

"Hi there." He said when I opened the door I responded in kind, 
there was that awkward ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend thing going 
on.

"Sorry about last night, I shouldn't have hung up on you."

"Yeah don't do that again! Very rude!" I snapped, then could tell 
he wanted to immediately say something in response but was 
biting his lip.

Finally, "Can I come in?" 

"Sure." I stepped aside and then closed and locked the door.
 
"Nikki not here, for once? I'm shocked!" He quipped looking 
around.

"Really? You were always excited to see Nikki when she came 
around, now your glad she's not here?" I couldn't help but be a 
smart ass.

"Well that was before I knew you two were dating, besides all 
the guys get excited to see Nikki. You as well, but I guess it's 
double the pleasure since you two are dating." He banters right 
back at me.

Since Dale was here I decided to settle another issue that has 
been bugging me, to let him know that dating Tiffany was OUT 
OF THE QUESTION! He is NEVER to date that bitch! 

"Come in my room and sit down for a minute." I say in my 
somewhat bossy tone, I tend to get very bossy around guys. 
But I have to admit Dale was looking very, very hot! A little 
scruffy and not his usual well-groomed self, I like that rugged, 
handsome look sometimes (On men, not women). Definitely 
that chemistry is still there between us, always has been and 
always will!

"I have a favor to ask Dale." I sighed and nervously wring my 
hands together as I paced the floor to collect my thoughts.

"A favor Corbin?" He sat down at my desk and slumped back a 
little looking shocked, that I had the audacity to ask something 
like that, "Better be a small favor." He said and even smiled a 
little which caused me to smile.

So I began speaking as I continued to pace the floor in front of 
him, but suddenly I realize that he is not even listening to me! 
How do I know that? Because I can tell! You know when 
someone is 'tuning' you out, he isn't even looking up in my eyes 
adding insult to injury. AMAZING! What is wrong with him? 
What is wrong with you guys! You SIMPLE MINDED Goofs! 
How did Dale drift off in a matter of only a few seconds! 

"Pay attention!" I snap my fingers close to his ear and then 
place my hands firmly on my hips.

"Sorry! I can't help it! Your ass...it's just...so perfect!" He 
stutters out with a sheepish smile and stares up at me with 
some attempt at an innocence look. I look down at my jeans 
'My god here we go again' and now I'm getting very irritated 
because I might loose my train of thought, I have something 
important to say and he is checking out my ass!

"I'm getting irritated!" I snap.

"Can I touch you?" He says and reaches his hand out.

"What? NO!" and push his hand away.

"You always used to let me touch you." Dale huffs and looks 
like he has some justification for being offended.

"We're not dating anymore Dale!" I say getting more abrupt.

"I bet Nikki gets to touch you anytime she wants! Okay fine, 
sorry I said that, I'll look at your breasts, I love them equally as 
well." Dale says with a faint smirk. Now I am biting my lower lip 
not to smile, that was kind of a funny comment, but also I am 
clenching my fists because I want to punch him in the arm, 
maybe that will get his attention!

So I start over, again; "Pull out of your juvenile nose-dive for a 
few seconds!" and now he appears to be listening "Look what 
ever happens between us Dale," And I now stand perfectly still 
in front of him, even pausing until he makes direct eye contact 
with me "You are never, EVER to go out with Tiffany!"

Dead silence. Oh I know he heard me all right.

"I don't understand." He looks at me with this blank stare.

"Don't act dense!" I actually yell and jab my finger almost into 
his nose, which causes him to momentarily sit-up straight, "You 
know what Tiffany is all about Dale!" I then lower my voice and 
try not to get really angry. Dale's shoulders slump a little and he 
seems momentarily confused and lost in thought. My softer, 
gentler side comes out as I reach down and run my fingers thru 
his hair, the thick waves of his hair, that reminiscent feeling. 
Dang it I need to get a grip!  

"Corbin why are you doing this?" He sighs and seems to get a 
little angry, "What does Tiffany have to do with anything!"

"She's a conniving, backstabbing, bitch Dale, you know this!" I 
yank my fingers from his head, he is damn lucky I didn't take 
any hair with them.

"Well maybe only to 'you' she acts that way." Dale stands up as 
our argument suddenly starts to escalate "She seems nice to 
everyone else!"

"I don't care about any of that crap! It's all a bullshit charade! 
You will never date her, do you understand me! Never! EVER!" 
my voice is on the verge of yelling as I crisscross my finger in 
the air to make a 'X' in front of his face.

"Okay, then you stop dating Nikki!" Dale raises his voice and by 
now we are like nose to nose, and yelling.

"This is not a negotiation Dale!" and I punch my right forefinger 
into his shoulder to further drive home my point.

"It's always about what you want! What about what I want? And 
I don't give a damn about anyone else, certainly not Tiffany! 
You should know me better then that! All I want is YOU back in 
my life!" His hands suddenly come to rest on my shoulders as 
his eyes tear up. Wow! Now my heart is racing hard, that 
chemistry that is so strong between us erupts back to the 
surface again and I did not expect this at all! Not just a big 
flame here but like an explosion and I reach up and grip his 
shoulders as he pulls me against him, our eyes lock in for a few 
seconds and I know where this is going! Oh my god! I want it, 
and he wants it, our history flashes before my eyes, the many, 
many great times we have had together!

"I love you Corbin." He whimpers.

"You know I love you too." I sigh as his head is tilting and I am 
opening my mouth, how much I've missed our kissing, we 
begin with a slow open and deep kiss as his arms move around 
my waist pulling me in tight. We are both moaning as we kiss, I 
then feel him lean back some lifting me up to my toes, 
anxiously I draw my legs up and wrap them around his waist, 
locking my ankles behind his back. Doesn't matter that we are 
fully dressed, the position and close embrace conveys how 
much our bodies ache for contact, my crotch grinds against the 
erection inside of his own jeans. This is nuts! Love is nuts! 

I feel his body tense as he moves to lower us down to the bed 
where we stretch out, holding and continue kissing for several 
minutes. He wants to really start getting intimate by moving his 
hand up under my shirt but I put the brakes on, I need to get a 
grip....again! I slowly pull away and give him a sad smile as the 
tears well up in my eyes, I watch his head slowly rest back into 
my pillow as Dale continues to study my expression.

"It feels wonderful be close with you like this, I miss you so 
much." He sighs and fights to keep his composure, but his 
cheeks tremble as he begins to cry. He wraps his arms around 
me as we lay there for just little awhile "I miss touching you, 
your smell, holding your body close to me."

Now this is NOT how I expected the conversation to go. The 
plan was to give a stern lecture about Tiffany and then I kick 
him out of my apartment, but what can I say, I can get swept 
away in a romantic moment, my big strong ex-boyfriend 
sweeps me off my feet. Ahhhhh...so very nice!

It was very late but I told Dale he had to go back to his place, it 
was an emotional goodbye at my apartment door as we stood 
holding and hugging one another.

I wonder if I will ever be this physical with Dale again? 

The conversation that evening wasn't just about the topic of 
that idiot Tiffany, more importantly the past few days had been 
a torrential downpour of concern from my Parent's and Dale's 
parents. Everyone was calling everyone else to find out what 
was going on, how could this have happened, that we 'needed 
to work it out' because we belong together. Our Parents were 
distraught over the breakup and couldn't understand...some 
didn't want to understand, some were in denial saying that our 
little break was just a phase and we would be back together in 
no time. Painful lectures from my Mom and Dale's 
mom...yeeshh!...what a bunch of busybodies all up in my 
business. Yet I was cutting them some slack because we left 
out a very important part of the entire story, that Nikki and I 
were the reason for the break-up. We didn't feel that both 
families could handle the 'whole truth' in one big lump sum. 

Once all of the emotions settle down then I will let my Parents 
know I am dating another...*gulp*...girl. 

'Ahhhh! My daughter's a lesbian!" My mom will go running and 
screaming around the neighborhood, 'Where did I go wrong!!! 
It's all those damn sports she played!!!' (Yeah, blame it all on 
the Sports again). I wasn't so worried about Dad, my gut told 
me he would support me no matter what, he always did, well as 
long as I was home on time, got good grades, did well in sports, 
and I didn't let guys get to close to me. He was he a mess 
when I went off to College. But he needn't worry, I was very 
tame and kind of boring to tell the truth.

Tiffany I admit is physically attractive, but a mentally deficient 
girl, and she continued to lash out at me indirectly with 
insults/slander. She hated me for one simple reason, because 
Dale wanted me and loved me! It's as simple as that, she had it 
in her mind that she and Dale were going to be married one 
day and I stood in the way of her obsession over him. So there 
was a petty side of me that got great satisfaction over the news 
that Tiffany was even more confused/perturbed to find out that I 
was bisexual and now dating a girl, which meant Dale was free! 
Tiffany should be elated right? Wrong! And here is why; Tiffany 
couldn't understand how Dale could remain undeterred by me 
dating Nikki, Dale continued to pursue reconciliation with me. 
Now this truly insulted Tiffany's pride, she was even more 
furious with me now! And I wasn't even dating Dale, gotta love 
that strange twist of events! 

In some ways I felt bad for her, to so totally believe that you 
love someone and to not have that love returned must be 
crushing. Oh whom am I kidding, I didn't feel bad for her at all, 
Hahahaha!! Booo Hooo Hooo, poor Tiffany, try as she might, 
Dale kept giving her the big brush off, to which I would give her 
a little smirk whenever I would see her on campus. Even 
broken up I had cast my spell over Dale! 

I really don't know how Tiffany and I never came to physical 
blows, I guess opportunity never came around, and believe you 
me I would have loved to beat the crap out of her! :) Listen to 
me will ya'? Talking so tuff and sure of myself!


**********


I was looking down at the tile floor, sweating profusely and 
feeling pretty damn good, I was starting to get my focus back 
into the game, the Coach had even commented that she was 
damn impressed with my concentration and team play today.

"You go girl." Nikki said and affectionately rubbed on my back, 
she stepped over the bench and opened her locker next to 
mine. Nik's touch sent a shiver thru up my spine, my head was 
still down and suddenly the fog had lifted, I was looking at her 
dirty soccer shoes, the socks and guards that protect her shin 
and strong calf muscles. Her soccer shorts are long, so only the 
briefest of skin shows, but I stare at her tan, muscular thighs, 
dripping with sweat, a tingle runs up my spine and I feel her 
effect on me. 

"Hey," I grabbed her right hand with my left and gave a gentle 
tug indicating I wanted her to sit, Nikki's left hand ran thru her 
hair and over her ears as if she was thinking about something 
and she smiled a little, her hair like mine was damp with sweat. 
Most of the other girls were already gone or in the shower by 
now so there was some privacy to be had. She sat down next 
to me and looked over as I swallowed hard and held Nikki's 
hand even tighter, I felt her squeeze mine back. The past few 
days had been very tough emotionally dealing with the break-
ups and now all the repercussions. 

Softly I spoke as I spilled my guts to my exotic Portuguese 
girlfriend, "You're my whole world Nikki, my whole world, it's so 
overwhelming to think that you are my future," Tears streamed 
out of my eyes and down my cheeks. Suddenly I didn't feel like 
I was making sense and leaned away, in fact I turned my head 
away embarrassed, "I just overanalyze everything, I guess I just 
end up wasting so much precious time, I don't know how you 
put up with me."

The corner of my left eye caught her face moving in close to my 
left ear, I smelled the intoxicating, glorious sweat coming off her 
body and of all her other wonderful scents. 

"I love you, that's why I put up with you." She whispered.

A bustle of noise snapped us to attention and once again we 
were making ourselves look busy, standing and digging thru 
our lockers, "I'm just going to shower here, you?"

"Yeah, might as well." Nikki sighed. I wrapped a towel around 
my midsection, slipped on my flip-flops and walked toward the 
showers passing some noisy girls just leaving. With all the dirt 
and sweat it was easy to mask our tears.

"No hanky-panky you two!" A couple of them shouted at us.

"Ho ho ho, ha ha ha" Nikki mocked them in return and I even 
smiled.

I felt like I was moving so slow motion, removing the towel and 
hanging it up, the initial spray of cold water didn't even register, 
I kept turning the handle until the hot water was finally coming 
out. I glanced over to my right and found Nikki only a couple of 
shower heads away from me, I shuddered and found myself 
admiring her body like I have done a thousand times before, 
each time feels like the first though. Her body reminded me of a 
sculpture, flawless in its design and beauty, her toned muscles 
revealed themselves in every movement. The glossy sheen of 
water really brought out her tanned skin, but her skin was 
naturally dark anyway, yet for some reason her exotic heritage 
was really on display now. 'And this amazing creature of raw 
sexual beauty is my lover' I ponder and smile as a rush of 
sexual thrill surges thru my naked body. Now I have the urge to 
touch myself as images of us float thru my brain. Nikki looks 
over at me again and we smile at each other, I watch her eyes 
sweep up and down and it feels wonderful to have her look at 
me like that, her expression telling me she wants me so bad.

*POP* 

A harsh smack on my ass echoes throughout the showers 
"AHHHH!" I shriek and I am literally grabbing my own ass from 
the painful smack. Nikki is laughing as I turn around to check 
out the smarting red mark on my left butt cheek.

"Hey sexy!" came next from the girl that had just appeared 
almost out of nowhere.

"What the hell!" I blurt out, very irritated. It was Dana she had 
just come wheeling around the corner and slapped me on the 
ass, hard, really fucking hard and she was now standing to my 
immediate right.

"Shit you scared me!" I took a deep breath and kept rubbing my 
left butt cheek "That really stung!" I complained. Nikki kept 
watching with this look of pure amusement on her face.

"Good!" Dana smiled, "Can I do it again?"

"Hell no." I said and twisted around again to check out my ass, I 
could literally see her hand print on my bare butt, "Shit" I 
moaned and kept rubbing.

"Damn Nikki," Dana looks over at my girl, slowly rubbing the 
soap over her shoulders, "You are looking hotter then ever, you 
know what, you should never wear clothes, it's a sin to cover up 
that body."

"Hi Dana." Nikki smiles and blushes.

You see Dana was an out-and-out lesbian, she had her hair cut 
really short, kind of spiky, and had that masculine air about her, 
she even walked like a guy. She is a combination of what I call 
pretty and handsome, easy on the eyes overall, and (this part is 
most annoying) she was always slapping me on the ass which 
irritated me at first, not because I was totally offended but 
because she did it ALL THE DAMN TIME! Walks past me in the 
locker room...POP! On the soccer field...POP! 

"Get away from me!" I used to protest but Dana would just say 
things like "That beautiful ass of yours is just begging for a 
slap!"

Dana got very 'forward' when she was drinking too, coming up 
to me and saying things like "If I didn't have a girlfriend I would 
take you to my bed tonight and every night!" She also would hit 
on Nikki all the time, but it was different, she would always hug 
Nikki and bump into her, she wasn't as physically aggressive 
with Nik because she said Nikki intimidated her. I guess I can 
understand that 'Intimidation' comment, Nikki is extremely 
smart, and her exotic beauty seems to radiate sexuality, 
(You've seen the type, wouldn't matter if she was filthy dirty 
from playing soccer, or in sweat pants/shirt, or in formal 
evening wear, she radiates that I've got a *hot* sexy body aura. 
So yeah I guess a lot of men and women would find her to be 
intimidating. A few tenured Professor's have found themselves 
fighting off big trouble as they succumb to temptation and tried 
to pursue something with Nikki.)

Nikki would have been all set with modeling as a career, 
Victoria Secret...you name it...but she was told to loose her 
athletic physique, that was the deal killer. Her body was well 
toned from years of sports and Nik had a fantastic set of abs, 
but that is not 'the look' a lot of the runway and high-end 
fashions are going for.  

My drifting mind snapped back to the moment by Dana's voice.

"Hey, you and Nikki want to come over tonight and eat dinner? 
Sam and I are going to order in some Chinese, we could all 
hang out, chill and just bullshit? What do you say?" Dana 
looked over at me and then Nikki, then back to me.

I looked at Nik and shrugged, "Yeah, that sounds good, Nik?" I 
looked over at her.

"Okay, what time?" Nik added.

"Six'ish" Dana said and flipped off the shower, "See you guys 
then."  And strutted out of the shower still dripping wet. 
"Gheesh, if you two take any longer you'll shrivel up." She 
called out right as she turned the corner.

I smiled and quickly finished up, leaning over to scrub my 
forever grass stained knees. I heard Nikki's shower shut off and 
she was reaching for her towel now, I froze watching the last 
cascade of water as it rolled off her back and over her perfectly 
round, firm ass. It was an ass that flexed with every movement 
and step, crap her body was so incredibly fit and toned. I can't 
believe I am looking at another girl and having these thoughts, 
but after awhile I stopped fighting it and became so much 
happier!

Nik gave me a warm smile as I was now reaching to shut off my 
own water, she was wrapping the towel around her body by 
now, but my heart had started to pound harder with every beat 
as I reached for my own towel, quickly I wrapped it around my 
torso. 'So close now' I thought as she walked toward the exit, 
but she hesitated just in front of me while giving me this bashful 
smile and look, tilting her head down a little. I had to trust my 
instincts as I reached over and grabbed her right wrist, Nik 
didn't resist in the slightest and what a relief, 'UH OH!' I thought 
and turned my head to sneeze.

"Sorry." I chuckled, Nikki laughed and took the initiative this 
time! 

She wrapped her arms around my neck, we both knew that I 
sometimes sneezed when I get excited. Nikki wasted no time 
and tilted her head off to the right and I mirrored her move, 
without hesitation we were in a deep kiss and it was wonderful, 
raw, and emotional. Not to mention highly erotic to be kissing 
after a hot shower, still dripping wet only the cotton towels 
separating our nude bodies. And just like that, after a few 
weeks of doubt, anxiety and staying away from one another, we 
were both instantly in one another's arms again and exactly on 
the same page. I have a powerful attraction for Dale, but you 
have to understand that my attraction to Nikki is many times 
more potent, that's why she is in my arms now and not Dale. It 
lasted only a minute as we got ourselves under control, 
affection wise that is, Nikki surprised me as she lost her 
composure and let out a quick sob, quickly lowering her head 
onto my shoulder, I simply stroked her hair and whispered 
"Everything is going to be okay." Even if I didn't know that for 
sure, but I was telling myself to be the strong one for Nik now, 
that she had been such a pillar of strength for me, always trying 
to guide the two of us in the past, looking for the philosophical 
and spiritual approach to things. I had come to rely on that so 
much, but I could tell it was my turn to be strong for her, and 
me.


**********


Things seemed to be improving overall, life seemed to be 
calming down for me. I had started to get myself oriented for 
graduation and making that big transition from College to Work 
life. 

Nikki and I even had the sit-down-talks with our Parents, which 
went better then expected. My poor Mom was in a state of 
denial at first, she then went into a bit of a funk for days, but my 
Dad really worked at helping her try and understand that they 
needed to be supportive of my choices. Hey, it's my life you 
know, I can't live it based on how other people *think* I should! 

Nikki's experience was a little more involved, she had a large 
family, her direct family was here, but her large-extended family 
was in Portugal and they are extremely tight knit, so that took 
some more time. If you tell one person in her family something, 
then everyone must be notified immediately and long-drawn out 
conversations take place....aunts, uncles, nephews, cousins, 
great grandparents....distant relatives. What a headache. 

My family is very small, so it doesn't take much effort to inform 
everyone, there is my Mom, my Dad, and my Grandmother who 
lives in Germany (she refuses to speak English, she could if 
she really wanted, but she doesn't want to, so that's that.) 
Actually there is more to my family then that but I will have to 
decide later how much history I go into, if at all. Hahaha! Yes! I 
have secrets! Dark Secrets that my family doesn't speak 
of....and we don't speak of. I am already breaking one of the 
secrets by speaking of that of which we do 
not.....uhm....suppose to speak of? I've lost my train of thought, 
not making any sense now. 

*Aghem* moving right along......


*********


As you kind readers are aware I am opposed to Fraternity's and 
Sororities, I despise those little-elitist-snobby-gangs. I made no 
secret of this fact, but I did catch a little crap for it because; 
A.) My ex-boyfriend Dale was a member of a Fraternity and a 
big shot Football Star, and 
B.) My good friend Sharon was a member of a Sorority and had 
mucho connections Socially.

I was invited/pestered/harassed to join Sorority's, but 
repeatedly declined (as Groucho Marx once said 'I don't want 
to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.')

But every once in awhile Sharon would still invite me to a 
conference/meeting/whatever just to hang out and I thought 
nothing of it, although I knew she was hoping to ease my 
hostility toward such 'gangs'. (I do admit that I am guilty of 
frequenting many a fine party by both Fraternity's and 
Sorority's, so what can I say?). 

Well Holy Shit! It seemed like this was THE gathering of 
Sorority girls, but the whole event had a somewhat tense 
overtone to the evening. I came attired in my typical fashion 
statement, flip flops, tee shirt....you know the drill folks. I liked 
looking like I don't belong.

So I'm next to Sharon just relaxing in my chair scoping out this 
massive gathering, trying to figure out what all this is about, and 
now I get the feeling like my presence is causing a bit of a stir 
amongst some of the girls. But so much gossipy crap was 
going on I thought I was just reading too much into it.
 
"What's this all about Sharon?" I lean over to my left trying to 
get her attention, but her damn mouth is moving a hundred 
miles an hour. So I have to do some detective work on my own 
and go to stand up, well that sure gets Sharon's attention, 
because she is now grabbing my left arm pulling me back down 
"Where are you going?" She asks.

"I'm getting bored I need to walk around." I sigh.
 
"No please just stay right here okay, please just wait till I'm 
done." She grips my left forearm tight.
 
"Okay, okay." I groan and sit back down. She smiles and pats 
me on the back, rubbing and scratching my shoulders with her 
fingernails, God I love that, that is the best feeling. Sends 
soothing tingles up and down my spine. But damn my tummy is 
growling as I think about food. I take a deep breath and lean 
back in my chair doing another glance around. I had just 
finished scanning the room when my head paused, I was now 
looking to my right and this girl is looking me dead on, she's not 
gossiping, or any of that social drama, she's just looking at me 
and slowly smiles, not a full blown smile but just a slight one. It 
had a warm quality to it so I kind of smiled back like a goof ball, 
cause it seems friendly enough. I don't recognize her but I can 
tell she's kind of big, not fat, but just big and tall, looks pretty 
damn athletic, but she also looks new....like new to the school. 

I can't make heads or tails of any of this, come to think of it, 
now that word was spreading Nikki and I are dating a lot of the 
lesbians on campus had zeroed in on us, and then I got the 
creeps. Is this girl hitting on me?
 
Okay enough of that, the meeting seems to be winding down 
and it turns out some resolution is reached because Sharon is 
all smiles as she makes her way back, but I can tell she has a 
lot on her mind. She is such a little schemer.
 
"Sharon what the hell is this......"
 
"SHHHH!" She hushes me and leans in close "Please I'll 
explain when we get back to the apartment." But I'm getting 
irritated now 'cause I feel like I am being *used* for something 
and I don't like it one bit.
 
So here is the low-down, Sharon had used me as 'a ringer', 'an 
ace' to be played, and all I had to do was just sit and be quiet, 
everyone there would just assume I was taking sides with 
Sharon and her Sorority (Well not just me but all of my 
connections with Dale, Nikki, Soccer Team, and so on, and on. 
Get the bigger picture?). Sharon had been planning this days in 
advance, her innocent invitation wasn't so innocent and put me 
right in the middle of an ongoing rift amongst several groups of 
girls and Sororities. 
  
What does it take to have a relaxing week? Hell, I'd take a 
relaxing day!


**********

"You think Dana has an ulterior motive?" I asked as I drove us 
over there to her apartment.

"Probably, but we'll see." Nikki was nervously adjusting her skirt 
and top, flipping down the passenger side mirror to check her 
hair a few times.

"You look beautiful." I smiled over at her.

"Thank you, so do you." Nik sighed and reached over to rub my 
thigh.

"But I'm not going to sit around and be lectured about being 
'openly gay or bisexual' by some pot head." I suddenly spouted 
out loud.

"I don't think she will do that, besides, she's been thru 
everything you and are going thru." Nikki sighed nervously.

Nik was right, we had no clue what we were doing and we had 
never discussed our feelings with anyone, ever! Yet we both 
knew Dana just wanted to be supportive as we struggled thru 
something she and Sam had already been thru a couple of 
years ago. And yes, Dana is a pot head but don't let that fool 
you, she has an impeccable GPA and is a great Soccer player.


*****


"Wow!" Was the first thing Dana blurted out when she opened 
the door, "You two are a couple of knock outs!" Of course Nik 
and I had to endure Dana's usual groping, squeezing of our 
asses when giving each of us a hug. 

But that's ok, that's just Dana.

Sam (short for Samantha) was back with the Chinese as we sat 
around eating, both Nikki and I had our guard up, emotionally 
that is, but a few drinks later and I was starting to relax. Really 
relax.

Dana stood up and walked over to the small cabinet opposite 
the couch where Nik and I sat, it was a simple piece of furniture 
that housed a TV and stereo system, she pressed a button and 
soon soft music was filling the room. She turned and in what 
seemed like one fluid motion she was sitting down facing us, 
Indian style on the floor. Her right hand reached over to a 
drawer and pulled out a bag. 

'Great, here we go.' I privately sighed.

"Either of you want one?" She held up the bag and that's when 
I started to get all twitchy and nervous because it was a bag of 
skinny rolled marijuana joints, I think. 

"No way." I said sternly.

"Nope." Said Nikki.

"Do you mind if I go ahead?" Dana looked up from the floor 
before lighting it.

"Sure." I shrugged and looked at Nikki, Nikki just smiled and 
said "Fine with me."

No it wasn't fine, I hated drugs and would normally have flipped 
out, the same with Nikki, on top of that I was having to 
suppress my fears of the police busting down the doors in 
some drug raid, with a COPS video crew plastering our pictures 
all over the TV...Ahhhhh, My life is ruined!

"You okay?" Nikki whispered and gripped my right wrist.

"Huh, yeah." I smiled and brushed the sweat off my cheek.

"Oh I love this one!" Dana inhaled long and deep, her body 
softly swaying to a song by Sting. 

I leaned forward and lowered my head to catch some of the 
words, it was a beautiful melody, "What's it called?" I asked.

Almost the same time, Nik and Dana said, "I burn for you." To 
which Dana winked at Nikki. 

'Wait! Why did she wink at Nikki! My girlfriend! Grrrr!'

'Your making Corbin blush." Sam smiled at my apparent 
uneasiness.

I guess we were all blushing a little by now, and then Dana 
passed her joint to Sam who had taken a seat next to her on 
the floor.

'And your love flows through me  
Though I drink at your pool  
I burn for you, I burn for'

"That's nice." I said softly as I sought to listen more intently.

'And your love flows through me  
Though an ocean soothes my head  
I burn for you, I burn for'

"Help yourself to some more drinks." Dane pointed to the 
kitchen, well that snapped me to attention and I jumped at the 
invitation, I needed to relax some more and stood up, "Nik?" I 
looked down.

"Yes please."

I sat back down and handed Nik her glass, once we had taken 
a few sips Dana started talking and I got nervous, very nervous, 
my right hand brushed against Nikki's left and we both 
instinctively wrapped our arms around one another and clasped 
hands.

Dana was grinning ear to ear and watching us, "What?" I asked 
and cocked my head suspiciously.

"You two, that's what," Dana smirked and shook her head, 
"Together at last huh?"

Nikki was looking straight at Dana and Sam, giving them her 
wonderful smile, but I was just looking down at my lap, 
adjusting my skirt nervously, feeling like some big dork, all 
embarrassed and shy.

"You know," Dana started in again, "I knew you two were great 
friends, that much was obvious, that chemistry was there, but 
then again you both were dating two very *hot* guys so that 
threw me off at first."

"Seems that it wasn't that much of a surprise after all, a lot 
gossip was going around for some time before this." Nikki said, 
which prompted me to look up and smile.

"Yeah, true enough, but I guess I wanted to discard it as 
nothing more then idle gossip." Dana shrugged, "But now, here 
you two are."

"Here we are." I say softly, more to myself then aloud, which 
elicits a few caressing strokes from Nikki across my right 
forearm and thigh.

There were no great revelations and I am not sure why I 
thought there would be, but as Nikki explained later, it was nice 
just to be able to openly talk about our feelings for one another. 
Sam and Dana were wonderful, they listened and never 
lectured, we felt like we could trust them (even if Dana is a pot 
head).  After all, Nik and I have only had each other to talk to, 
and forget about my friend Sharon, she makes a great 
sounding board sometimes, but she always brought her own 
prejudices and agendas to the table. 

By the end of the night Nik and I were cuddled together on the 
sofa as we talked with Sam and Dana, it felt so nice to be 
openly affectionate with one another. Not that we haven't been 
before now, just no looking over our shoulder type of stuff.

But things got carried away. Soon Dana and Sam were spread 
out on the floor, getting very cozy, and all the lights were turned 
down, and then Nikki and I stretched out on the sofa, also 
getting very comfortable 'with each other'. It wasn't too long 
before we were kissing, this didn't seem to bother Dana and 
Sam at all, infact they were a little bit ahead of us in that 
department. Out of the corner of my right eye I could see one of 
Sam's hands snake down Dana's shorts. I had maneuvered 
over Nikki, who proceeded to pull her fingernails up my outer 
thighs until hooking the hem of my short skirt, she continued to 
pull upward! I had on underwear but it was a thong, so my butt 
was totally exposed to the open because Nikki kept pulling up 
my skirt! I was so horny I didn't care, our kissing was so deep 
and intense as our bodies ground against one another.

"Look at that Sam," I heard Dana say, her voice a little 
breathless from their own make-out session, "Is that a perfect 
ass or what." 

I blushed deeply and smiled. I could feel Nikki's lips smiling 
back at my embarrassment.

"Indeed it is." Sam sighed and I looked over, their eyes were 
riveted to my exposed butt.

We didn't go as far as having sex on the couch, but the 
intimacy continued beyond anything I have ever done in front of 
another person, or couple in this case. Dana then gasped 
several times, Sam had brought Dana to an orgasm, fingering 
her under her panties. This motivated Nikki and before we left 
we had all cum at least one time. 


**********


So the whole Sorority meeting came back to haunt me. Thanks 
Sharon! You conniving good for nothing...ARRGHHH! 

I'm in the women's shower after some heavy lifting, and I'm 
feeling really good to, that pumped feeling where I got my heart 
racing and sweat oozing from every pore. So I take a quick 
shower to rinse off and put my bathing suit on, because now 
I'm looking forward to getting into that Jacuzzi and letting those 
jets workout some of the tension from my body. Oh boy...here I 
come! Like some giddy goof I have a big grin on my face as I 
set my towel down and slip my left, then right, leg in, easing 
myself into the hot bubbling water. I close my eyes and just 
tune all my troubles out the sizzling bubbles have this calming 
effect as I sit and can feel everything just melting away, the 
only thing that would top things off would be to have Nikki here 
next to me. But no matter we have a date this evening and I got 
all excited in my tummy and my butt scooted around on my 
seat because now I'm am getting turned on. 

'Huh?' My head jerks up 'cause I sense someone else was 
suddenly stepping into the Jacuzzi with me, I look up and this 
girl is looking down at me dressed in a dark, blue one piece 
suite.....damn....it's that girl....that girl from the Sorority 
meeting, the one that was looking at me. She has one leg in the 
tub already and pauses when she sees me look up at her. 

"Do you mind if I join you?" She asks in a polite tone.
 
"No, not at all." I say. Actually I do mind, I was resting. So I try 
and give the girl a hint by immediately laying my head back and 
closing my eyes.
 
"You were at that meeting the other night, were you not?" She 
asks. 
 
Just great she wants to have a conversation with me now? So I 
slowly pull my head up and blink a few times, my right hand 
brushes some sweat from my eyelids as I study the girl, I've 
never really gotten a good look at her and now she's only a few 
feet from me. She's bobbing up and down a little bit, her chin 
touching the swirling water as she simply stares at me. She's 
got wavy, brown hair down to about the middle of her neck. I 
don't know how I would classify her looks, she's got that 
unusual shape to her face that is almost 
masculine.....handsome even? Her complexion is light and her 
eyes are dark brown. She has a somewhat square jaw line, 
strong chin, but a nice perfect, clean smile that compliments 
her face. Her nose is straight but performs a slight bend when 
she fully smiles, and I wonder if it's been broken before.
 
"Your not in a sorority are you?" She asks and the left corner of 
her mouth slightly curls into a smile.
 
"No, you?" I ask.
 
"Yep, so I was just curious why you were there because it was 
a member's only function. Sharon upset a lot of people bringing 
you along." 
 
"I'm sorry, your name was?" I tense up a little getting irritated 
with this line of questioning and besides I would really like to 
know with whom I am talking. Well the girl actually blushes and 
her right hand comes up and covers her face out of 
embarrassment, it was actually kind of cute.
 
"I'm Courtney, I transferred a couple of weeks ago from Penn 
State." She sits up and leans forward to extend her right arm to 
shake, so I oblige her and grasp her right hand with mine. And 
now I'm wondering if she knows my ex- from High School Erik? 
(He goes to Penn State) Funny huh, small world.
 
"I'm Corbin." But I think she already knew that, odd how so 
many people I don't know seem to know my name....very odd! 
"And to answer your question I wasn't aware of a 'members 
only' formality or anything else. I just tagged along at Sharon's 
request." I shrugged and rolled my eyes.
 
"That's cool." Courtney smiles "Your buddy Sharon is full of a 
lot little mischievous tricks." And rolls her head around on her 
fairly strong looking neck. I still can't figure out this girl's angle 
but I hope this doesn't turn into a Sharon-bashing speech, I 
don't like people talking bad about Sharon, I'm allowed to, but 
no one else :)

"I bet she's not the only one." I quip and can feel myself getting 
irritated.
 
"Yeah, but nobody's in her league." Courtney gives me this 
hard stare and that's when I decide I've had enough of this 
pointless banter and go to stand up. My sudden movement 
seems to startle Courtney some as she gets this perplexed, 
worried look on her face. My right hand grabs the railing to my 
right to steady myself as my left reaches for my towel when I 
hear.
 
"Please stay." She says and slowly sits up her face breaks out 
into this big smile.
 
"Why?" I ask in a pretty firm voice and figure I need to make a 
decision quick cause I don't like having this girl eyeing me like 
she is. She's not giving me any kind of sexual look, but she's 
studying me, looking at my arms, legs and over-all 
physique....like she is analyzing me, assessing me. So I decide 
to get a little mouthy with her as I place my left hand on my hip, 
right where the cut of the suit is. "Are you getting a good look?"
 
"What?" She suddenly looks up at my face.
 
"Are you done checking me out, would you like for me to pose, 
or turn around so you can see the back of me?" I shrug in a 
very nonchalant manner.
 
"Don't get defensive Corbin, please sit down for a minute." 
Courtney waves her hand to my former resting place.
 
"On one condition." I groan.
 
"What's that?" Courtney looks up, putting on this innocent act.
 
"You tell me what this is all about?" I demand and she simply 
nods 'Yes', to which I slowly settle back into the water, still not 
convinced she's going to be forth coming, but want to hear her 
out anyway.
 
"Yes I admit I was looking at you." Courtney pipes up as I 
adjust myself back into the water, but I'm not relaxed anymore, 
"Your in awesome shape, but I'm not here to talk about that."
 
"Good." I snap.
 
"I'm here..." Courtney sighs "...because of why you were at that 
meeting."
 
"I told you why...." my voice with a hint of anger.
 
"Yeah, I know you told me why and I believe you, but now I 
need to tell you something." She says and still maintains this 
incredibly calm exterior, a real poker-face expert. "As a Sorority 
member I was there because I wanted to support my Sisters." 
Courtney turns towards me now as I watch her left elbow raise 
and prop up on the edge of the Jacuzzi. "Now the secondary 
reason has to do with Sharon." Courtney gives me the first real 
hard glare of our entire, thus far, civil conversation. "If Sharon 
messes with our Sorority again I'm going to put the screws to 
that bitch anyway I see fit. We are fed up with her bullshit." 
Courtney says in a flat, a-matter-of-fact manner. "Now I know 
you are Sharon's buddy..." Courtney suddenly smiles "...and I 
expect that you would do anything within your power to help 
Sharon if you thought she needed your help, right?"
 
"That's right." I look at her with my own hard, cold expression. 
Courtney's eyes drift from my own and seem to look down at 
the bubbling water that surrounds us before glancing back at 
me.
 
"Even though you know Sharon is in the wrong?" Courtney let 
out a deep sigh, but I don't respond, I just sit and stare at this 
girl, getting more impatient. 

"So look Corbin...." Courtney gives me a really sweet smile 
"....don't worry, I like you as a person, I didn't expect to like you 
and I didn't want to, but you seem decent enough, however if 
Sharon pulls one more stunt and you decide to take her side, I 
will kick her ass and yours." 

My mind is spinning off in a million directions now as Courtney 
goes to stand up, I remain sitting in the Jacuzzi. I must admit 
she had an intimidating physique, her thighs, calves and....well 
I think you get my point, I admire beautiful strong bodies on 
both men and women and Courtney was not only strong 
looking but she carried herself like she knew she was.
 
"Fuck" I moan quietly when I hear Courtney leave the pool, my 
heart rate slowly starts settle down into a normal pace. 

Anyway I felt like I could actually do something good here, to 
talk with Sharon and maybe get her to chill for the next few 
weeks. I hope Sharon listens to me otherwise I just might have 
to literally punch some sense into Courtney.



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