Dex chuckled, accepting a pat on the back from the taller guy as he came over to him. He saw Jessie giggling and talking with all her other friends, Donna rounding out the group. There were a few girls that Dex didn’t know as well.
“What’s going on bud?” Dex asked. Blake started to say something but was interrupted as Ronnie and Alec joined them.
“What’s happening fellas?” the former asked, standing near Blake and Dex and taking a swig of his beer.
“Not much, man,” Dex said. “You and Lacey still doing the FWB thing?”
“Shit, this motherfucker caved and is actually dating her now,” Alec said, laughing at Ronnie as he joined the four.
“What can I say boys,” Ronnie said. “I got me a keeper. I ain’t braggin’ or nothin, but she let me put it in her dumper, and I got to say… them sporty girls are where it’s at!”
“Jesus Christ,” Lacey said loudly, only a few feet away with the other group. “The whole party can hear you, jackass.”
“I ain’t scared baby,” he said, turning and throwing his arms wide, spilling part of his beer. “My girl got a nice ass and I like to get up in that shit!” he yelled.
“Jesus,” she said, rolling her eyes. The group was laughing though, and she smirked and raised a single eyebrow at him.
“Aww… baby don’t be mad,” Ronnie pleaded.
“Keep up the shit and I’ll let one of your big dick friends put it up there and you won’t feel a fuckin’ thing next time,” she said.
The guys roared with laughter, pointing at Ronnie after that, but he smirked and shook his head good-naturedly.
“Bitch, please, if John fucked you in the ass you wouldn’t be able to fuckin’ walk,” he said, waiting for the laughter to die down enough to be heard.
The girls and guys both started laughing harder at that.
Lacey smirked and shook her head at the girls, then rolled her eyes and walked over. Grabbing him by the throat, she looked at him sternly and asked, “do you want to get some later?”
“Shit, I’m gonna be gettin’ it!” he answered arrogantly.
“Be nice, or…” she said, turning toward Dex and gesturing to his crotch. “I’m going to have fun with that, then making the rounds with the rest of your friends, cocksucker.”
Ronnie grinned wider, and Dex saw him giving her a look of defiance, daring her to do it.
Dex was laughing along with rest of the group, Blake even taking the opportunity to pat Ronnie on the back. He briefly wondered if it was going to get ugly, but Ronnie was quickly laughing just as hard as the rest.
Lacey pointed her finger at him. “Say the words,” she said.
“Or what?” he asked, still laughing.
“Ronnie,” she warned, looking at him directly.
“Shit… yes ma’am,” he said, grinning widely and holding up his hands in defeat.
“That’s what I thought,” she said, smirking and turning to go rejoin the other girls.
“God… damn I love that fuckin’ woman!” he said loudly, falling to his knees and grabbing her legs before she could step away.
“Get the fuck up, you drunk jackass,” Lacey said, after looking down and rolling her eyes at him.
“Aww, come on baby you got me all worked up!” he said loudly.
She sighed and glanced back at the group of laughing girls. “Donna, you like pathetic assholes, do you want this one?”
“Nah, his dick is probably smaller than that pathetic fuck I’m dating,” Donna said, ever the one to take at a shot at John even when she was taking one at someone else.
“Small dick guy with a big dick attitude,” Lacey explained, still looking over at the girls.
“Oh ho ho…” the guys called out as one.
“Damn baby, you got me down on my knees and you still swinging for the fences? Marry me.”
Lacey looked down at him incredulously, then back at her friends.
“Get the fuck up,” she said, looking back down at him again.
“Marry me baby,” he repeated, clutching at her legs desperately. He leaned down and started kissing her shoes.
“Oh… my… God…,” she replied. Dex was surprised to see her blushing as she extricated herself from him and walked back over to the group of girls, telling them that he was, “Such an idiot.”
Ronnie stood and turned to put his arm around Dex. “You know how much I love you baby,” he said, staring at her and squeezing Dex tighter. “You can go a few rounds with any dude here, any time you want. That’s fuckin’ love.”
Lacey rolled her eyes. “Jesus,” she said, turning back to the group. “Drunk ass,” she said, returning to the other girls and shaking her head.
Ronnie grinned widely at the guys and took a long pull on his beer.
John joined the group then. “What’s all the hollerin’? My girl being a mean bitch?” he asked.
Dex chuckled, nodding. “Lacey’s taking lessons from her,” he said.
John laughed. “Just don’t let her take too many of ’em. Lacey’s still in the minor leagues, but Donna’s a fuckin’ all-star at tearin’ a dude down. Ain’t that right baby?” he said loudly as he looked over at her.
“What was that, you pathetic worm?” she called out, drawing howls of laughter.
“Baby, my dick can only get so hard,” he replied.
“Don’t I know it,” she quipped, drawing more laughs.
“See… that’s how a motherfucker gets like to like the shit I like. Date a mean girl like Donna, eventually all that hate will just start turn your ass on.”
Donna grinned as the group laughed.
“God, y’all are so mean,” Cass said, though Dex saw that she’d been laughing along with the rest.
“Cass, sweetie, John loves it when you’re mean to him,” Erin explained. “Donna’s actually a very sweet woman.”
After that, the group dissolved into several different conversations at that point, and Blake cocked his head at Dex and the two stepped aside to converse privately.
“Hey, I gotta come clean man,” he said. “I’m feeling like I gotta admit something to you and I want you to know that if you want, you can take a shot at me, no hard feelings.”
Dex looked at him curiously, chuckling. “What’s going on?”
“I’m an honest guy and when something happens, I come clean and man up, and own that shit. You were a good guy and warned me about those two assholes playin’ grab-ass with Sandy at my party, and I appreciate it. I’m not one to go messing with another dude’s woman.”
Dex frowned, looking up at him. “What’s up man?”
“At your birthday bash, your girl got a little friendly in the pool. She definitely touched my dick a few times.”
Dexter chuckled, patting him on the shoulder and saw Blake’s look of surprise.
“I’m not making light of it,” he assured him. “I sincerely appreciate the honesty. Jessie’s… she’s like a little Tasmanian devil. If you get close to her, you’re going to get sticky. She’s a big fan of being flirty, as she calls it,” he said. “Honestly, I’m surprised that that’s all she did.”
Blake chuckled for a second, and then offered Dex his hand to shake. “So, we’re good?”
“Yeah, bud,” Dex said, shaking it. “We’re good. Thanks for letting me know. I have to expect it from her. It’s not something I just allow her to just go and do, but I’ve learned that you have to take it as it comes with her. She’s pretty incredible, and honestly, she’s worth it.”
Blake nodded, and the two talked a bit more. As the party continued, Dex mingled, talking with people and enjoying himself. He saw Jessie talking and having fun, mostly with the group of girls.
For a long time, he sat on a chair outside having a real, decent conversation with John about his former job and how dangerous it had been. Eventually, they strayed into why John liked to be humiliated.
“Well, shit, man, there’s probably several different things that happened that I don’t know about that really made me like what I like,” he said. “One I do remember is the first time I got a woody and got called up in front of the class. The girls on the front row saw it and laughed, which made everyone else see it and laugh. Hell, I honestly couldn’t tell you when it started to feel good to be insulted. Donna is really the keystone to all of this,” he said.
“How long y’all been together?” Dex asked.
“Shit, since I met her at a bar one night. I was laying my best moves on her and she was just laying into me. I wasn’t nearly as confident and cocky as I am now, but I was on a streak of bad luck and was determined to make her laugh. So, I tried some humor directed at myself, and she fuckin’ cracked. I knew I was in after that.”
Dex chuckled. “You guys are actually a really well-matched couple,” he said. “You ever gonna lock that shit up?”
John chuckled and looked around him curiously, then shrugged, apparently satisfied that Donna wasn’t in ear shot.
“I’m just waiting for the right time,” he said. “I’ve got a nice sized rock picked out, and I’m gonna go talk to her dad sometime soon.”
Dex was glad to hear the news and patted him on the back. “Man, that’s good to hear. I can’t really see her without you.”
John grinned, nodding. “I hear you, man. She’s incredible. Love of my life.”
Dex was touched to be part of the very real conversation that John was sharing. The usually boisterous and brazen young man had let his guard down, and that probably didn’t happen often.
“So, Donna said that you asked her about helping you push Jessie a bit?” John asked, looking at him.
Dex nodded. “Yeah, I guess you guys don’t have secrets.”
“Well, I know you’re cool with the little things she does, so I don’t imagine you’ll have a problem with the bigger stuff,” he said. “I mean, you haven’t actually seen her have sex with someone else, but you did see me and her fool around a time or two, right?”
Dex nodded. “It took me by surprise at first, to be honest. I mean, Donna warned me not to get close if I couldn’t handle her, and said that it was definitely just a matter of time before she got herself into a situation that she… didn’t want to get out of. You know?”