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Another house shakeup, with Robin’s extended goodbye, and a discussion about plans for the future, including some major ones.
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Work was all about getting everyone caught up on the most recent changes and putting together some documentation for creating a program to customize our work for other countries’ needs.
I insisted on a sit-down with Chris, to pull our notes together on the new work and to finish our trip report. She was reluctant at first, but finally agreed. We used the smallest conference room since it was just the two of us.
We started out all business and got through the new work stuff, but discussing our trip report was a little shakier. “How should we describe the meetings with your favorite Colonel?” I teased.
She blushed. “Don’t get started, Jack.”
“The official ones, Chris. Jeez, get your mind out of the gutter.”
If anything her blush was growing more intense. “Productive. They were ecstatic with the results. We got more money for training out of them, and several likely updates. This project is going to be around for a while.”
I slid closer to her, and saw her hands nervously fidgeting with her pen. “How’s everything on the home front?”
“A little better I think. We had a few good talks, and some nice quiet moments too.”
“Quiet? You? I find that hard to believe.”
“Yes quiet. As well as very nice, thank you.” She gave me a quizzical look. “How much of your adventure did you share?”
“Pretty much everything with Debbie. I wasn’t planning on it, but she could see right through me. The girl has some kind of sixth sense. Things were rocky for a bit, totally my fault, but I think it’s stabilized now. The whole trip opened my eyes a bit,” I confessed.
“Me too.”
“Everything alright between us?” I asked.
“Better than alright, I think,” she said with a smile. “If we can put the craziness behind us, I think we can be good for each other.”
“As friends?”
“As friends, as co-workers, as team-mates,” she said.
“Good. You know I like you a lot, even fully clothed,” I said, lowering my tone.
“Same here. But we still have to keep things professional.”
“I know. But I’d like to think we were friends before all this started, and it would be natural for us to remain friends. Publicly.” I smiled at her. “Hell, if I stopped flirting with you it would probably raise some eyebrows. Why should you be the only gorgeous female not subjected to my advances?”
She laughed. It was nice to see she was relaxing. She’d seemed tense when we started. “Good point. Let’s not get too carried away though. You can even hint at progress, if you’d like, it might explain my occasional lapses, but progress only, no homeruns.”
“Understood. As long as we’re going to play it that way, want to open another button for me? Put second base in play?”
“Jesus, Jack! You are completely incorrigible!” She sounded peeved, but her hands opened the top button, revealing a little more cleavage. “Satisfied?”
“Hardly. You know what it takes to satisfy me. Better than most. Let’s say I’m happier.”
She organized her papers. “Tell you what. Send me the preliminary trip report from your end, and I’ll merge the two. We need to breakup this meeting, before I forget all my promises to myself.”
I got up and stood over her, peering down her shirt. “Fun, that’s all. I won’t push it. I promise.”
“Please, Jack. I need you to be strong for us,” she said turning in her chair, looking at my crotch.
I reached down and cupped her chin in my hand. I tilted her head back. “Eyes up here, wild thing. I’m only human you know.”
“Hmmm. I know otherwise.” She licked her lips salaciously, and I had to step back before we got carried away.
I could see her instant embarrassment. She was blushing again. “God. What you do to me, Jack! Get out of here, just smelling you nearby made me wet. It’ll be a while before I’m over you.”
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I was late getting home, with so much to do, and getting to work as late as I did. I’d even made a short stop on the way to do a little shopping. I had some ideas for the bedroom that needed supplies. Not that things were getting stale, or boring, just the opposite was true. But I wanted to move the relationship along in some new areas, which I was relatively certain would be more than welcome. I was starving by the time I got in the door.
Robin found me shortly after I arrived, slipping comfortably into my arms. The kiss was nice, not too desperate, but very friendly.
“Mmm. Welcome home, handsome,” she said softly.
“Where’s everybody?” I asked, looking around the empty main floor.
“New schedule. Most of the kids don’t get picked up until around six, some staying as late as seven. Debbie will be in soon to start dinner, no more than 30 minutes, leaving Beth and Amie to close up.”
Of course their workday would be long, dealing with early drop-offs and late pickups. I’d have to speak to the girls and get more details about the new trade-offs and long hours.
“Let’s get you changed,” she said, pulling me along by the hand, heading to the bedroom.
She turned around just inside the door, posing for me. “Like the shirt? I wore it just for you.”
It was tight, accentuating her sizable breasts. There was a large number on the front, in block characters like a sports shirt. “68”. Underneath it in small letters was written “You’ll owe me one.”
I grinned. No subtleness with Robin. “I like it.” I opened the drawer at the side of the bed, and put my latest purchases inside, before turning back to the naughtier sister.
“Good.” She started unbuttoning my dress shirt. I thought about my recent decision to stop being with women other than Debbie and Beth, but recalled Cathy’s suggestions and the performance of the night before. It seemed reasonable to continue playing with the women in the house, as long as Debbie, and Beth somewhat, were still the center of most of my attention. Beth had all but said her fellow co-ed was fair game.