She nodded, trying to look like she was. The truth was that she was still a little bothered by the times that she’d had the vision of Don being hateful and aggressive with her when they’d been together. She didn’t want to let that ruin Dex’s night, though, and looked as convincingly happy as she could.
“Babe?” he asked directly, looking at her pointedly.
She sighed then, realizing that it was useless to try and deceive him. “I’m okay. I just… I’m still bothered by… you know.”
He frowned, nodding. Looking at his watch, he checked the time and looked back down at her.
“Why don’t we leave and go back to my house and relax or talk? he asked. “We’ve been here for a long enough.”
She wanted nothing more than to be alone with him again, to make love so that her stupid imagination wouldn’t get carried away and make her think awful things that didn’t happen.
“We can stay if you want to,” she said.
“Oh, I’m good to go home,” he replied. “Really. I’m just talking with Cass about stuff.”
Jessie frowned. “I don’t know,” she said. “We brought everyone, remember? Plus, you look like you’re having fun.”
He shrugged. “You’re the most important thing to me,” he said. “If you’re having problems, you’re all I’m concerned about.”
She nodded. “I know. I’m okay, I just… I’m all in my head and thinking of other things, you know?”
“What’s going on guys?” Donna asked, stepping close to them.
“Jessie isn’t feeling good,” he said. “I think we’re going to call it a night. Are you and John ready to go, or do I need to take him to go get his truck?”
Donna frowned and moved over to Jessie instead of answering Dex. “You okay?”
Jessie nodded. “I’m okay. But Dex is right. I’m just feeling kind of blah tonight.”
“I’ll stay here if you can go check with John,” Donna suggested, looking at Dex.
“I’ll be right back,” he said, turning and making his way past a few people.
“Talk to me, Jessie,” Donna said. “Is this about Ronnie? I hope that was okay. I wasn’t trying to get you in trouble or feel like you had to do that or anything.”
She shook her head, placing a hand on Donna’s arm comfortingly. “That wasn’t a big deal. I’m fine, I promise. I just don’t really feel like being here right now.”
“Jessica,” she said, looking directly at her.
She knew better than to try and lie to Donna. She could always seem to tell when she was.
She sighed. “I’m fine, I just… I’ll tell you about it tomorrow. I’m okay, I just can’t get things out of my head. Okay? I don’t want to talk about it right now.”
Donna sighed hard but nodded. “Okay hon’,” she said, frowning in that concerned way that she did.
Jessie pulled her friend in for a hug. “I’m okay, I promise. I’ll tell you all about it soon.” As she hugged her roommate and best friend, she saw Cass still standing close by.
After Donna released here from the hug, she stepped over to Cass’s side. “Cass, I’m sorry,” she said, drawing a glance from the young woman.
“For what?” Cass asked.
“Oh… I just… Dex and I are leaving, and I could tell that you were enjoying his company. I wanted to find out if you were hoping for some time alone with him.”
“Oh… uh… no!” Cass said too quickly, and Jessie caught a frown.
She realized then that Cass really did want some more time with Dex, and immediately felt awful.
“It’s not…” Cass started to say.
Jessie thought quickly, then remembered their mother asking where Erin and Cass were going to stay.
“You guys are totally welcome to come stay with Donna and me. I’ll bet you can sneak some alone time with Dex there?
Cass started to shake her head, but then blushed and smirked at her. “Is it that obvious?” she whispered, stepping close.
Jessie giggled.
*****
Dex
The party was decently fun. Jessie seemed to be a little out of it though, and not her normal rambunctious self. He was sitting on a deck chair listening to John talk to another guy about something when Cass came out.
John excused himself, and the other guy turned to talk to a girl on the other side of him.
“This seat taken?” she asked, looking down at him.
“Be my guest,” Dex said, gesturing to the empty seat.
Cass sat down, a drink in her hand.
“Having fun?” he asked.
“Yeah, I guess,” she said with a shrug. “I’m sorry for how crazy my sister is,” she added.
“She likes to embarrass you?” he asked, chuckling.
She nodded.
“Older siblings are always like that,” he said. “I’ve got a brother that’s a few years older than me.”
“Yeah?” she asked. “What’s his name?”
For a good while, they talked about their respective families. Her dad was still around, but out of the picture, and it was just her, Erin, and their mother. They liked to be open with each other and their mother was a really understanding woman.
She asked him about his family, and he was all too happy to tell her the details. She was nice, and he found her easy to talk to. There was a quiet sadness about her, and he supposed it was because she’d split up recently.
“I’m sorry about the girls and all that stuff earlier,” he said when there was a lull in the conversation. “My girlfriend is… unique.”
Cass snickered. “Well, Erin isn’t that much different, and it seems like Donna isn’t either.”
He chuckled. “It just seems like we can’t meet anyone that she doesn’t want me to have sex with.”
“Poor guy,” she said, smirking. “Must be rough for you to have to deal with that.”
Surprised that she was taking a bit of a shot at him, he grinned and stared at her for a second.
“Just kidding,” she said. “You’re cute, for sure. I don’t know why Jessie wants to share you so much, though. I wouldn’t.”
He chuckled but didn’t respond.
“Sooooo… do you really have as big a thing as they say?” she asked.
He glanced over at her again, hesitating, but then nodded. A blush was quickly covered up, and she looked the other way.
“Erin just infuriates me,” she said. “She has to out my problems in front of everyone. I mean, if Jessie had been told in private, and then came and talked to me and given me her blessing, I would be all for it. I mean, I am all for it, I just… God… this is so embarrassing.”
He laughed, enjoying watching her squirm a bit.
She took a deep breath before continuing. “I embarrass easily, and I just hate when she thinks she can control what I do, and thinks she knows what’s good for me. Part of me doesn’t want to even talk to you, but only because my sister told me I should.”
“And the other part?” he asked.
“Oh… we’re not discussing that part,” she replied, blushing and looking at a random group of people talking.
“Well, how about you and I just be friends?” he suggested, as they looked at each other.
She nodded, looking happy for a few moments. “That sounds great,” she said. “Plus, if our parents actually go out and start dating, it could get really weird, really fast.”
He laughed at that.
The party continued, and he found that he really enjoyed having Cass as a party companion. She didn’t hit on him or ask him about his dick more than she already had, and he found that he could open-up to her a bit more about non-sexual things that the other women in his life. It seemed like all they ever wanted from him was sex, which was fine, but did get old. After talking to her about trying to get to where he was okay to share Jessie and leaving out the part about her fucking his father, the two of them watched Jessie and a few others play a drinking game, safely from their chairs across the deck.
“So, you and Donna are trying to get her to get “flirty” as she calls it, with another guy, so that you can see if it bothers you?”
He sighed. “I know… it sounds nuts. Its just… I love Jessie and I know that she’s a rambunctious and flirty girl. Something that could potentially bother me is going to happen sooner or later.”
Cass nodded. “I get it. I may not be able to put myself in your shoes, or hers for that matter, but I get it.”
“Still, I appreciate you keeping me company. I’m a tad bit nervous about what might happen tonight.”
She grinned. “You’re welcome,” she said. “It’s been nice talking to someone without worrying about them hitting on me,” she said.
He chuckled. “I can imagine that it would be,” he told her.
A few minutes of conversation later, he saw her stand and stretch. “I’m gonna go check on my sister,” she said. “You and your dick gonna be okay by yourselves?”
He laughed, sighing and shaking his head. “Yeah, I think we’ll be okay,” he replied. “Talk to you soon.”
She winked and turned, heading over to where the girls were chattering. Dex stood, then went inside and to the bathroom. Finishing up, he felt his phone buzz and checked it. It was a message from Donna.
“Kitchen. Watch quietly from the front hallway.”
He felt his heart start pounding and took a deep breath. Opening the door, he stepped in and went directly to where Donna had told him to go. Luckily, the front hallway was darker than the kitchen, and he was able to sneak past the doorway to the bedroom beyond, and then back to the edge of the doorway and peered. No one saw him, and he took the opportunity to study the scene.
Ronnie was sitting on the counter, and he watched for the next few minutes as Donna, Lacey, and Sandy all apparently did a shot of Tequila by licking salt off the head of his dick. Cass was standing a few feet away with her sister, and she glanced over, looking at him sweetly a few times.
Erin stepped up, and prepped Ronnie so that she could take the shot, and yanked Cass forward. She’d been distracted, looking over at him again, and hadn’t seen Erin coming. Cass shocked him again when she actually leaned over and licked Ronnie’s cock, took the shot of Tequila, and skipped the lime altogether.