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Now the ladies were sat in his living room with champagne flutes in their hands, glasses that Stan was filling. \par \par After filling his own glass, Stan once again lifted his own. \'93To us.\'94 He said, simply, and the three drank a toast to their new relationship with one another. \par \par Once they\rquote d drunk the glasses down, Stan refilled them and then sat back. \par \par \'93Now, that\rquote s better. We can talk without having to lower our voices or worry about passers by.\'94 He grinned, \'93 Anne, that was one heck of a bombshell you dropped on us in the pub. On the other hand, all three of us have been thinking of something similar, you just articulated it first. So you have the floor!\'94 \par \par Anne stood and took a mock curtsey. \'93Thank you, thank you!\'94 she said, sitting down. \par \par \'93Right. I\rquote ve been reading up on some of this. What we\rquote re talking about is a polyamorous relationship \endash one where all three of us are in a romantic relationship simultaneously. This lucky dog here,\'94 she indicated Stan with a hooked thumb, \'93is in love with both of us,\'94 indicating herself and Denise, \'93and we\rquote re in love with him!\'94 \par \par \'93With you so far!\'94 said Denise. Stan nodded. \par \par \'93What we should do now is work out what we want out of the relationship, what we do to }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 get}{\insrsid12731157 that, and some idea of the practicalities. Your situation is doubly complicated, Denise, because of Elaine and Susan.\'94 \par \par \'93Ummhmmm. Yes, but\'85 well, later. First off, what }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 do}{\insrsid12731157 we want?\'94 Denise asked. \'93Well, I want to be able to be with Stan, here, to love him, to spend time with him and be romantic with him, to }{ \cs16\i\insrsid12731157 make love}{\insrsid12731157 with him. Stan?\'94 \par \par Stan sat for a moment, trying to work out how to answer. \'93I\rquote m not sure what to say! This whole thing is completely outside my experience. I love you, Anne, you\rquote ve got to believe that first, but I find I can\rquote t hide it; I love you too Denise. I want }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 both}{\insrsid12731157 of you. But isn\rquote t that wrong?\'94 \par \par Denise spoke up. \'93Pah! Who says it\rquote s wrong, Stan? Am I }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 wrong}{\insrsid12731157 to be with Elaine and Susan? Am I }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 wrong}{\insrsid12731157 to be bisexual? Are }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 they}{ \insrsid12731157 wrong to be lesbian?\'94 \par \par Stan felt suitably humbled. \'93Sorry, Denise. No, you\rquote re not wrong of course. You have every right to your feelings. It\rquote s just that\'85 well. I was brought up traditionally, I guess. Lord knows I\rquote d find it hard to explain this to my mother, and my father would be sitting there winking at me as if I\rquote d managed to work the best scam ever!\'94 \par \par \'93Yes, Stan,\'94 Anne broke in. \'93But we\rquote re different people to your parents, in different times. Conformance to the norm isn\rquote t quite so socially }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 necessary}{\insrsid12731157 now, as Denise just pointed out. Plus, we don\rquote t exactly have to advertise what we do.\'94 \par \par \'93So, do you still think it\rquote s }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 wrong}{\insrsid12731157 , Stan?\'94 asked Denise, with an arched eyebrow. \par \par \'93When you put it like that\'85 no! Just different, I guess,\'94 he answered. \par \par \'93Vives les diff\'e9rences!\'94 Anne quipped. Denise giggled, and Stan added \'93Quelles diff\'e9rences!\'94 \par \par \'93Anne?\'94 Denise asked, \'93What do }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 you}{\insrsid12731157 want?\'94 \par \par Anne sobered. \'93I want Stan to be happy. I can\rquote t be happy myself unless he is, and he\rquote ll never be happy unless you\rquote re in his life. I realized that for certain when I saw you two dancing the Tango together, and I\rquote ve been wrestling with myself ever since.\'94 Stan\rquote s wry comment of \'93Did you win?\'94 earned him a cushion thrown in his direction. \par \par \'93Denise, one thing. Are you going to want me, too, in this?\'94 Anne asked. There was anxiety in her tone. \par \par \'93\'94Well, I want you to }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 be}{\insrsid12731157 in this, Anne, of course! But you\rquote re asking \lquote am I going to want to have sex with you\rquote , aren\rquote t you?\'94 Anne nodded, and Denise answered the question. \'93Yes, of course, but only if you were willing. You\rquote re }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 beautiful}{\insrsid12731157 Anne, and as sexy as hell as well \endash not always the same thing. Of }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 course}{\insrsid12731157 I\rquote m attracted to you. But I would never push that if you didn\rquote t invite me. Let me ask you something though: How about the three of us together at the same time, where you and I are both taking care of Stan? Would }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 that}{ \insrsid12731157 be too much for you?\'94 \par \par Anne looked uncomfortable. \'93I really don\rquote t know, Denise. Honestly, I don\rquote t know if I could. It\rquote s going to be hard enough to }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 share}{\insrsid12731157 Stan at all, let alone actually be }{ \cs16\i\insrsid12731157 there}{\insrsid12731157 taking part. I think I\rquote m going to have to take things slowly, Denise. Stan, if you\rquote re thinking of frolics in a threesome, don\rquote t get your hopes too high!\'94 \par \par Anne took a deep breath. \'93Okay, practicalities. How do we do this?\'94 \par \par Stan answered first. \'93We each have separate houses and I\rquote m guessing we\rquote ll be wanting to keep it that way.\'94 There were nods from the others. \'93So, who visits who?\'94 \par \par \'93Well, I know you\rquote ve got the bigger house, but it }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 would}{\insrsid12731157 be nice if sometimes you were to visit me, Stan,\'94 said Anne. \'93I expect Denise feels the same way.\'94 \par \par \'93Yes, although my little cottage }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 is}{\insrsid12731157 a little cottage, I do have room for a double bed!\'94 Denise replied. \'93So sometimes, yes.\'94 \par \par \'93Okay. So if you two aren\rquote t going to be, er, \lquote fooling around\rquote I guess, then, what? Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays one, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the other and on Sunday I get to rest?\'94 \par \par \'93Well, that\rquote s certainly one way, Stan,\'94 said Anne. \'93Another question: If we\rquote re going to be \lquote We Three\rquote , then what do we say about seeing others?\'94 \par \par \'93Others?\'94 asked Stan. Anne just looked at him. \par \par \'93Don\rquote t play the innocent, Stan. You\rquote ve eyes and a brain in your head \endash but sometimes you let your \lquote little head\rquote think for you. If, say, Pamela from the dance group were to come on to you, would you be thinking, \lquote Well, I\rquote ve got Anne, and Denise, why not add Pamela too?\rquote \'94 \par \par Anne was serious, Stan saw. \par \par \'93Anne, don\rquote t think for one moment that I\rquote d betray either of you. You were, of course, dead on the money with that threesome remark. You\rquote re right that I probably would think that way, }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 for a moment.}{ \insrsid12731157 I would never go behind your back, or Denise\rquote s back, though.\'94 \par \par Anne turned to Denise. \'93Denise? That means other women, too, of course.\'94 \par \par \'93No, I agree with Stan. If we do this, it\rquote s got to be something we do just as if it was a normal relationship, no cheating.\'94 Both women nodded agreement, but Denise added \'93If anyone wants to change the arrangement, we\rquote ll have to talk about it. That means if we want to drop out, or if we want to add someone new. For example, what if I fall out with Laney and Susan? I might meet another woman \endash and you know, I need to express that side of me just as much as I needed to express my hetero side while I was with }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 them}{\insrsid12731157 .\'94 \par \par Anne answered, \'93Yes, Denise. Actually, what we really, really need to make sure we }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 all}{\insrsid12731157 do is }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 talk}{\insrsid12731157 to each other, all three of us. If there\rquote s }{ \cs16\i\insrsid12731157 anything}{\insrsid12731157 we feel we need to bring up, we should make sure we do that. That\rquote s what all the websites I\rquote ve read say.\'94 \par \par \'93Extensive research, eh, love?\'94 grinned Stan. Anne blushed a little but nodded. Yes, he really }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 did}{\insrsid12731157 know her. \par \par \'93Okay,\'94 said Stan, \'93let\rquote s assume then for the moment that we\rquote ll go with the alternate day idea.\'94 \par \par \'93But remember that Denise will still have to be with Elaine and Susan. That\rquote s going to take time out.\'94 Anne added. \par \par \'93Mmmhmm.\'94 Denise answered, \'93They\rquote ll be okay though, they know how much I wanted this, how hard I was screwing up my courage \endash all for no reason, thankfully! Yes, they\rquote ll need time \endash but I\rquote ll have three or four days of the week for them anyway, and as it is we only see each other about that. Apart from Elaine at work, of course.\'94 \par \par \'93Yes, and that\rquote s something we need to talk about, too,\'94 Stan said. \'93How much are we going to reveal at work?\'94 \par \par \'93That\rquote ll need thinking about. Probably nothing to start with,\'94 Anne answered. \'93It\rquote s not that I\rquote m ashamed of us, more that I think it could become a barrier, and, as a woman in a man\rquote s world, I don\rquote t need another hurdle to overcome.\'94 \par \par Denise nodded agreement. \'93Yes. That\rquote s why I haven\rquote t said anything to }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 anyone}{\insrsid12731157 about Elaine, Susan and me. Well, apart from Elizabeth.\'94 \par \par \'93Elizabeth is completely trustworthy,\'94 said Stan. \'93She didn\rquote t even tell me.\'94 \par \par \'93Why\rquote d you think I told her? Dope!\'94 Denise said, sticking out her tongue. \par \par \'93Don\rquote t do that unless you\rquote re planning on using it!\'94 Stan said. Then he paused. There was only one way this could end, now. \par \par Everyone seemed to notice the sexual tension suddenly present. Finally, Stan put his glass down, got up and walked over to Denise. He reached down for her. She took his arm and stood. \par \par In a moment they were in each other\rquote s arms, kissing, softly, tentatively at first, but then with increasing }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 need.}{\insrsid12731157 As Stan became more comfortable with the idea of kissing Denise while Anne was }{ \cs16\i\insrsid12731157 there}{\insrsid12731157 , his tongue invaded Denise\rquote s mouth, finding her own. It was the most intimate thing he\rquote d ever done with Denise, and his manhood hardened. Denise ground herself against him, her green satin dress now bunched in one hand as he felt her ass with the other, pulling her against him. \par \par Stan spared a moment to glance at Anne, his love. His }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 other}{\insrsid12731157 love. She was sitting, watching intently, with a look of surprise, perhaps bewilderment on her face. He broke off his kiss with Denise, who lunged after him for a moment before reopening her eyes. \par \par Stan moved towards Anne, reaching out for her. Anne allowed herself to be pulled upright, and Stan looked deeply into her eyes, searching for\'85 something. \par \par \'93Are you okay, Anne? Are you sure?\'94 he asked, gently concerned. \par \par Anne shuddered for a moment, then nodded firmly. \'93Yes, Stan, I\rquote m sure. It\rquote s just that the reality of seeing you kissing someone else is a little different from just thinking about it, no matter how hard I tried.\'94 \par \par Denise looked stricken, and seemed about to say something, but Anne held up her hand. \par \par \'93It\rquote s okay, I tell you. I just needed a moment.\'94 She walked over to Denise. \par \par \'93Tonight I want us to celebrate, not to feel down. I want you to make love to Denise \endash not just have sex, }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 make love}{\insrsid12731157 . I also want to make love to you, myself, but if that doesn\rquote t happen, well, there\rquote ll be other times. But tonight we }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 enjoy}{\insrsid12731157 .\'94 \par \par She reached forward, put a hand on the back of Denise\rquote s hair, and pulled her forward a little, placing a peck on the crown of her head. \par \par \'93You,\'94 she said, and reached for Stan, giving }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 him}{\insrsid12731157 a full kiss on the mouth, \'93and you need to get ba ck to where you were. I want your prick oozing, and I want her pussy dripping. Then I want you two in bed, while I look after myself. Come and fetch me when you\rquote re done, you two.\'94 \par \par Stan didn\rquote t know what to say. Denise }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 acted}{\insrsid12731157 . She reached for her co-lover and kissed her, not an all-out passionate kiss, but one full of love, a sister\rquote s kiss. \'93 You can come up any time, you know.\'94 She told her, softly, but Anne shook her head. \par \par \'93I\rquote m not sure I could handle that, not yet. I\rquote ll put some of Stan\rquote s music on, and drink some wine, and lose myself in a book for a while.\'94 Anne\rquote s eyes were bright, but her expression was resolved. She finished with a softly voiced command, \'93Go!\'94 \par \par Denise took Anne\rquote s hand for a moment, then released it and whirled to Stan. She felt almost shy as she reached for him and said, \'93Stan\'85\'94 \par \par Stan took her hand and led her upstairs. On the way up, his last glance at Anne showed her smiling up at him, blowing him a kiss. \par \par Relieved, Stan bounded up the stairs like a teenager. Denise followed, now giggling. They entered his bedroom and Stan pulled the redhead towards him. \par \par Once again the fires built. Stan could feel his dick, painfully constrained and awkward in his trousers. He reached down to it but Denise forestalled him, saying, \'93Let me!\'94 as she undid his belt one-handed. \par \par Stan reached behind her, looking for the dress fastenings. Not finding them, typical male panic began, but Denise simply finished pulling his belt out of the loops, tossed it unconcernedly on the floor and took his hand, placing it u nder her left arm. He found the zip there and pulled down, dropping to his knees as he did so. \par \par He pulled the dress down, and Denise responded with a wiggle that helped it on its way. She was wearing simple, white, lacy panties, and a matching bra. Denise reached behind her and unhooked her bra while Stan watched, looking up, spellbound. As her breasts came into view he was licking his lips in anticipation. \par \par He wasn\rquote t disappointed. Deep, deep in his mind he\rquote d fantasized about seeing Denise\rquote s tits many a time but now that had become a fantasy fulfilled. The first of several, he knew. \par \par Denise\rquote s breasts were full, honest to God }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 tits}{\insrsid12731157 that stood firmly in front of her. Round, paler than the surrounding flesh, and with pink, erect nipples, the small bumps on the s mall areolae caught the light like goose bumps. \par \par He began to reach for them, but she stopped him, pulling back playfully, saying, \'93Not so fast, Stan! Let\rquote s see some of you, first!\'94 \par \par She leaned forward, lifting his chin, guiding him up. Then Denise began to undo Stan\rquote s buttons. There were two very prominent buttons on show for Stan to play with, so he did, just lightly scratching each of the two hard, pink nubs with a fingernail. Denise hissed but didn\rquote t pull away. \par \par With the last button undone it was easy t o slide the shirt off one arm at a time, Denise turned her lover and pushed, sitting him on the bed as she did so. Then she stood back a step and posed for him, wearing just her white, lacy, panties, breasts firmly jutting, nipples erect and proud. Sudden ly she pulled down the panties, stepping out of them and kicking them away. \'93Ta-da!\'94 she called, once more displaying herself. Stan saw the neatly trimmed natural red hair and he growled and stood, reaching for her. Denise put a hand on his chest, stopping him. \'93You\rquote ve still got something to show }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 me}{ \insrsid12731157 , Stan!\'94 she told him, and fell to her knees, grabbing the waistband of his shorts and pulling them down in one motion. Stan\rquote s erection sprang free, bobbing in the cooler air. He knew it was hard and full, and judging by Denise \rquote s pleased expression she wasn\rquote t disappointed either. \par \par He felt Denise put a hand on his prick, lightly rubbing up and down, as if testing the texture of the tool before using it. Denise looked up for a moment, their eyes meeting, and then she looked back at Stan\rquote s oozing dick. \par \par Stan watched, fascinated, as Denise put out her tongue and licked up the dewdrop of pre-cum that was glistening there. \'93Mmmm,\'94 she said in approval, before once more beginning to jack him one handed, the other hand busy between her own thighs. \par \par \'93You like the taste?\'94 Stan asked, and Denise answered him, \'93Mmmhmm. Salty-sweet, but I need a larger sample to give a full opinion.\'94 She smiled at him slyly then opened her mouth, just taking the head of his prick into her mouth f or a moment, swirling, tasting. As she did so Stan closed his eyes. \par \par For a while he simply sat, one hand on the back of Denise\rquote s head, the other holding him up, while Denise knelt between his legs, just the tip of his prick in her mouth, still sliding one hand up and down his now solid member. He felt her tongue sliding around the sensitive head, then probing the small slit at the top. Then he felt her lift off and heard her take a deep breath. \par \par Stan opened his eyes in time to see Denise\rquote s mouth descend on him, engulfing his cock, sliding deeper and deeper. She reached a limit and pulled up a moment, then began again, wetting and licking as she did so. Denise\rquote s full attention seemed now on his dick as she tried to get all of him inside her mouth. She didn\rquote t quite manage, but Stan was more than satisfied as she began to bob up and down, now once again with one hand out of his sight, disappearing between her thighs. \par \par Stan began to thrust involuntarily, and Denise easily moved with him, controlling the movements, not allowing him to go too deep, too fast. \par \par Denise varied her moves by sometimes taking his dick out of her mouth and running her tongue backwards to the base, then briefly tonguing his balls, before slowly, teasingly sliding her tongue, or sometimes her cheek back up to the tip. She would then lick her lips and begin again, taking him deeper and deeper. \par \par Denise began to really go for broke, sucking hard, sliding him slowly out of her mouth, then opening her lips and forcing herself back down. She increased her pace, jacking him harder with her hand. \par \par Stan felt }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 everything}{\insrsid12731157 to do with his cock, and }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 nothing}{\insrsid12731157 anywhere else. His whole universe had shrunk to the one place, his dick and what was happening to it. \par \par Within minutes Stan felt himself approaching the brink, and quietly warned Denise, \'93Soon Denise, soon!\'94 Denise tried to smile around his dick but kept up her efforts, jacking him in counterpoint to her mouth. She moved her other hand, fingers slick from her juices pressing between his anus and his balls, massaging the spot there. \par \par With a deep groan Stan }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 came}{\insrsid12731157 . Denise gave a delighted short cry and backed off him a little. Stan felt jet after jet of semen streak out of his dick, but that was }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 all}{\insrsid12731157 he felt. Moments later he fell backwards across the bed, tempora rily spent. He saw moving spots across his eyes when he finally opened them, and found Denise now lying on the bed next to him, twirling a fingernail lightly in his chest hair as it rose and fell with his breath rasping in and out. She had a dreamy expres sion on her face, somewhat pleased, like the cat who\rquote d just got into the cream. \par \par They lay together for a while as Stan\rquote s breathing eased and his mind returned to function. He looked across and saw Denise there, looking at him, eyes bright, challenging perhaps, but affectionate, loving. He knew that he\rquote d become one of the luckiest people in the world. Not one, but two wonderful women who loved him, that he loved right back. \par \par Stan collected himself and rolled to her, kissing her without reservation, enjoying the mingling tastes in her mouth. He pulled back a little and asked her, \'93Well? What does the connoisseur think?\'94 \par \par Denise smiled languidly. \'93Lovely. The best fruits, well-pressed!\'94 She brought one hand up from between her legs where she\rquote d been gently fondling herself, and fed it into his mouth, telling him, \'93Here\rquote s a sample of something of mine. Care for an extensive taste test?\'94 \par \par Stan smiled. \'93I\rquote d love to!\'94 he told her, and they rearranged themselves. Denise lay in the centre of the bed with her legs spread and knees up, and Stan began. \par \par At first he licked the inside of her knees, lightly, teasingly, and then he began to slowly move along the inside of one thigh. Just before he reached the top Stan kissed her, almost at the crease of thigh and body, sucking deeply, then transferred his attention to the other thigh, once again starting at the knee and slowly, slowly licking his way towards her fragrant centre. He repeated this sequence, but this time stroked the leg with one hand, lightly, using just the sens itive pads of his fingers. \par \par All the while Stan was acutely aware of Denise\rquote s open, weeping pussy, lying in wait for him. While he was dying to indulge himself, he wanted to slowly bring Denise to the boil, to extract every bit of pleasure he could from the act, to show her that he loved her. But the scent of her was almost overpowering, acutely enticing. \par \par He slid a finger along her folds, catching the moisture in her russet curls. Using this he slid back and opened up her body, finding the cavity there, ente ring without resistance. He slid his finger into Denise and twisted it, crooking, and Denise arched her back with a short sharp cry. Stan almost thought he\rquote d hurt her, but when he tried to remove his finger he found a hand snake down to prevent him. \'93Please Stan, more!\'94 she told him, and Stan obeyed. \par \par Stan lifted himself a little closer and licked up and down her folds, tasting her, loving what he found and using his tongue to draw abstract patterns on the sensitive, swollen, pink flesh. Denise opened up fu rther, lips puffy and pink with arousal, her moisture indeed oozing and almost dripping around his finger. \par \par Finally moving up her body, Stan rained kisses on her mons and lower belly before dipping his tongue into her navel, swirling it around in the sensitive flesh there. Denise moaned and flinched a little, but she didn\rquote t stop him. Stan lifted up a moment, allowing his hand to slide up and over one of her tits while catching her eye. He saw love and lust in equal parts there, and thought he probably looked the same. Certainly he felt a burning }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 need}{\insrsid12731157 . He was not a little surprised to find himself }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 hard}{\insrsid12731157 again, already. \par \par Denise drew him up with one finger under his chin. Stan went willingly, he wanted, he needed, he had to have her. \par \par She lifted her forefinger to indicate \lquote wait a moment\rquote and reached for her purse. She delved inside and pulled out a foil packet, saying softly, \'93Better safe, Stan,\'94 before opening it. Stan had little recent experience with the things, but scooted up on the bed to let Denise lovingl y unroll the latex over his cock as it stood proudly for her. Then he moved back between her legs and nuzzled at her nipple for a moment or two. \par \par Denise then reached down with her free hand and grasped his dick, sliding it around in the wetness of her cunt before placing him at her entrance. \'93Now!\'94 she told him, pushing herself up towards him as Stan thrust down. \par \par They slid together easily. Stan felt her muscles rippling, twitching as she held him there with one hand behind his head and the other on his as s. Wordlessly they began thrusting at one another, slowly but deeply, bodies arching, straining in the age-old duet that was raw, plain, animalistic }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 fucking}{\insrsid12731157 . \par \par They accelerated \endash neither could help it. It was just as well that Denise had drained Stan earlier. There was no way he\rquote d have been able to hold back otherwise. As it was he was able to keep going long enough to feel Denise shudder beneath him as she cried out \'93Stan!\'94 and then wailed, loudly and with increasing pitch. The sound and the feeling of her cunt }{ \cs16\insrsid12731157 milking}{\insrsid12731157 him was too much for Stan and he came into the condom, pulsing a couple of times, eyes clenched. \par \par Stan recovered and began to roll away but was held in place by Denise who grasped his dick, holding the condom in place, before letting him move. He stayed close and lightly stroked the spent form beside him, lovingly trailing his fingernails over her breasts and stomach before leaning forward and kissing her shoulder. Denise took a deep breath before turning towards him. \par \par \'93Stan, that was wonderful. Thank you!\'94 she told him. \par \par \'93Don\rquote t worry, it\rquote s me who should thank you, Denise. From the bottom of my heart. Thank }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 you}{\insrsid12731157 !\'94 \par \par They cuddled for a while, not speaking, not even really thinking, just }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 being together}{\insrsid12731157 . But finally Stan realized they had unfinished business. \par \par \'93Anne.\'94 \par \par Denise answered sleepily, \'93Huh? Oh, Yeah.\'94 \par \par \'93We\rquote d better be getting dressed and go downstairs to Anne\'94 \par \par \'93Yeah. You\rquote d better take care of that, too,\'94 she told him, pointing at the condom now almost falling off his shrinking penis. \'93Um. Stan, can we do that again? Please? Soon?\'94 \par \par Stan kissed her tenderly. \'93I\rquote d like that Denise, I\rquote d like that. But we have to go to Anne, we mustn\rquote t neglect her.\'94 \par \par \'93Yeah. But I don\rquote t want to get up!\'94 \par \par Denise rolled over and off the bed however. \'93I\rquote d better go to the loo before we go downstairs, love. Actually, we must both }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 reek}{\insrsid12731157 of sex \endash best a shower, I think!\'94 \par \par Stan leered, and she went on \'93Okay, yes, }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 together!}{\insrsid12731157 \'94 and laughed at his happy-puppy expression. \par \par They both went to the bathroom together. Stan grabbed s ome toilet paper and wrapped the used condom in it before putting it into his waste basket. Denise sat on the toilet and peed. Stan watched, a little surprised, as she did so without concern for him being there. \'93You\rquote ve just seen and done }{ \cs16\i\insrsid12731157 much}{\insrsid12731157 more than watch me pee, Stan. I don\rquote t mind.\'94 Stan\rquote s erection betrayed him, he was turned on. \'93Ooh. You like to watch a girl peeing, Stan?\'94 she cooed at him, and Stan turned away, embarrassed. He heard Denise stop, wipe and flush. Then she was beside him, turning him towards her. \par \par \'93Stan, please don\rquote t be shy about anything with me. So you just discovered a little fetish? So what? Believe me, that\rquote s mild stuff. Let your libido hang out with me for a while, I think we\rquote ll have fun together. There\rquote s a number of things I\rquote ve not tried, and I want to!\'94 \par \par Stan still looked sheepish. Surely it was }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 wrong}{\insrsid12731157 to like that? Then he reflected that it was supposed to be wrong to make love to one lover while the other waited downstairs. }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 That}{ \insrsid12731157 reminded him that Anne }{\cs16\i\insrsid12731157 was}{\insrsid12731157 waiting downstairs, so he moved to the shower and turned it on. \par \par They only fooled around a little in the shower, Stan washing Denise\rquote s boobs while she cleaned his penis and balls. 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