They were a young married couple who had moved in a month before, after the Grimes family moved. In their early twenties, both were gorgeous and fit, blonde as wheat and tanned to match. Ned left her tongue-tied the three times she’d met him, while Flora left her surly in jealousy, but of course there was no way her husband would be interested in a mousy little sixteen-year-old. Ah well, she finally consoled herself, when she was twenty-three, she’d marry herself a man who’d make Ned look like a broken-down slob, just wait and see.
She saw Fluffpuff run up to the house and duck in the bushes around the side. She sighed and ducked into the back yard herself. The houses were separated by large lots and no one would see her this late; even during the day she could probably go unobserved. Even so, she felt uncomfortable trespassing and promised herself the cat would never get out again if she had to hogtie her or chain her up in the basement; she then smiled and silently begged her forgiveness. Damn it, she thought, that wretched beast’s under their bedroom window! At least she figured it was the window to their bedroom since it was the only one showing light.
She crept slowly to the cat, which sat at the edge of the bushes that ended at the window, and quietly knelt down. She reached for her, but Fluffpuff backed into the bushes playfully, and she sat up in order to move closer. Just then she looked to her right and noticed there was a gap of two inches or so between the bottom of the blinds and the window sill. Feeling suddenly curious and naughty, she peeked in, noticing that the light angled down onto her shirt, leaving her face in shadow.
First she saw a bed stretching out before her; the head of the bed was against the wall a few inches past the window behind her. She lowered her head to look further into the room and suddenly held her breath in awe and pleasure: Ned stood profile to her, his chiseled body fully nude, and a pink column of flesh jutted out. It curved upwards fully erect, white with stark blue veins, throbbing slightly and culminating in a purple helmet flaring out at its base.
While Arlene was a top student and knew all about the male anatomy in the abstract, she had never seen better than a set of line drawings of a much more modest phallus flaccid and erect, from the front and side, and a schematic of how it fit inside the vagina; she hadn’t even bothered looking in her mother’s nursing textbooks to study the anatomy in detail. And to tell the truth, the thought of one hadn’t even really entered her head, apart from irritation when she felt something pushing against her when she danced slow dances with boys she liked, because once she felt that she knew they’d bug out when the dance ended and avoid her the rest of the night.
This, however, was a spectacular sight, and she stared happily as Ned walked around the room for a couple of minutes. Then the bathroom door opened and Flora came in as nude as Ned, and despite herself Arlene took pleasure in the sight of such a well-matched pair. Flora was tightly muscled, with a taut belly and flaring hips; her breasts were tight and firm, perhaps a little larger than Arlene’s, with the nipples poking forward through her blonde hair from pretty brown aureoles. At the join of her thighs a thick bush as light as the hair on her head was briefly visible, until Ned’s hand covered it as his fingers disappeared between her thighs. The thighs separated slightly as Flora’s hand reached down and grasped Ned’s cock, and soon the two were stroking back and forth vigorously as they kissed.
Soon Ned lay down on the bed, so close Arlene felt she could touch him, and Arlene watched dumbstruck as Flora stroked the cock with one hand and played with the swollen head with the other, running her fingers around the tip and the flare. Ned ran his fingers through Flora’s hair as she concentrated on stroking the shaft; Arlene nearly gasped as Flora lowered her head and took the head in her mouth. Arlene backed up so that she could get a better look at Flora’s face, and saw she was suckling on the head with her eyes closed while stroking the shaft, occasionally pulling away to lick the underside of the whole shaft from tip to hilt. After five minutes Ned started thrusting upwards, and Arlene saw a mischievous glint in Flora’s eye as she stroked the shaft and held the underside of the head against her lips, and though the glass of the window Ned’s groans could be heard. Arlene knew in the abstract about the male sexual response, and she leaned closer with eyes peeled to watch the ejaculation.
It was soon in coming and copious. Arlene stared in amazement as Ned lifted his ass completely off the bed and his hips locked, his cock throbbing, and suddenly a massive stream of white fluid shot out of the tip. It sprayed all over Ned’s belly and chest and was soon followed by a second, but then Flora took the head and much of the shaft into her mouth and sucked so hard her cheeks hollowed. Arlene expected the head to pop out of her mouth, but Flora rode the bucking hose expertly and not another drop was lost as the pulsing shaft drained into her. Finally Ned collapsed and Flora pulled away; her lips smiled as she stared at Ned and with a showman’s air swallowed.
Arlene was shaken and fascinated. She had never been too interested in the boys around her, certainly not sexually, and most of the boys had returned that favor, so she was swamped by what she had seen and her sudden desire to experience everything Ned and Flora had done. The attractions of sex were completely clear now, and she hoped Ned would soon make love to Flora. Could he? She remembered the jokes she had heard and feared Ned would be done for the night. Why, Flora might be as disappointed as Arlene would be then! Distractedly she saw Flora stretch out beside Ned and begin stroking his now much smaller cock as they kissed, but when Ned’s hand reached between Flora’s thighs and she spread them for him, Arlene was seized with a flush of desire and exulting anticipation and moved to the other edge of the window, almost into the bushes on that side, to see what Ned was doing.
Flora’s private space was fully exposed to Arlene’s view, and Arlene realized that her own parts felt as swollen as Flora’s were. Arlene had felt a few twinges before, but nothing like she felt now, and she stared at the thick hair matted with moisture above and around flushed lips a flaming pink. She lifted the hem of her dress and reached inside her panties and gasped when she felt how sodden she was; she reached her fingertip down and started rubbing her drenched lips, first curiously and then almost immediately with pleasure.
She soon found a hard little nub at the top of her lips that immediately became the center of her attention. Her loins felt flushed and numb yet sensitive at the same time, and she felt overheated and in need of breath, but rather than take a breath and relax, she began rubbing fast and hard.
She watched Flora’s vulva as Ned’s fingers rubbed more vigorously, then he started pushing two fingers inside her. Arlene followed suit, quickly pushing two of her fingers inside herself as her palm rubbed hard against her clit, exulting in the thick odor rising to her nose and the squishing sound hammering against her ears as she rammed herself hard, and then her amazement overflowed as Ned lowered his head to block her view. Flora’s hands grabbed his head and her thighs slammed shut around his ears, and with a sudden jab Arlene buried her fingers hard inside herself and fell into her first orgasm.
As her fingers twitched inside her, Arlene slammed her mount into her hand and restrained a squeal as a pleasure washed over her that she had never felt before. She felt her vagina pulsing around her fingers and felt her fingers rigid inside herself, and she thrust her hips repeatedly against her hand. After half a minute her release had ended and she knelt before the window with sweat running down her brow as Fluffpuff rubbed against her thigh with a loud purr. Sorry, she thought to herself, I have a different pussy to rub now, and after she caught her breath she looked inside to see Flora thrusting upwards as Ned had done, ass off the bed, thighs wrapped tight around his head and over his back, and she could hear Flora’s groans as she began climaxing.
The orgasm lasted nearly a minute. Arlene watched Flora’s neck and chest become red and stared at the twitching of her abdominal muscles as she pounded Ned’s face, and when it ended Ned pulled away enough for Arlene to see Flora’s gaping lips around his fingers. He kept working his fingers, and soon she had pushed his head back down. Arlene followed suit and soon climaxed again a minute before Flora did, and Flora’s third orgasm hit her five minutes later as Arlene relaxed.
After Flora came again, she pulled on Ned’s head and he rose above her, his cock fully erect again, and pushed her knees back so her pussy was open to him. Arlene positioned herself to best see his cock pushing against Flora’s lips, wondering how in the world something so massive could fit inside her, but they managed it easily. Arlene watched as their bodies moved against each other, the shaft of Ned’s cock glistening when she caught glimpses of it past Flora’s hairy mount; but as the central action was largely hidden by their bodies, Arlene focused instead on the responses of their bodies: The rippling of their muscles, the beading of sweat on their skin, the rigidity of their expressions as they thrust hard against each other, and the hypnotic jumps of Flora’s breasts as Ned rode her. After about fifteen minutes the steady rhythm sped up and Flora’s orgasmic screams were clearly audible; her orgasm set off Ned’s, and Arlene enjoyed the sight of their bodies pummeling each other to exhaustion.
Ned collapsed by Flora’s side and reached down under the bed; he handed her a cloth and she spread her legs, white juice oozing out of her, and began wiping as Ned got up and headed toward the light switch. Arlene ducked her head, picked up Fluffpuff (now lying there watching her) and ducked out the way she came. She walked down the path past four houses until she reached her back yard. The light was still burning in the kitchen, but otherwise the house was dark as expected, so her mother had not had to come home early. This sent a flutter of anticipation up and down her spine; her mother would be back from her shift in the predawn, so she’d have plenty of time to explore this new world and get her beauty sleep in before school.
She opened the door and closed and locked it before putting down the cat, then after saying good night to Fluffpuff, she went into her bedroom and undressed. She watched herself in the mirror and wondered if Ned would find her attractive under the right circumstances. She had never paid much attention to her looks, not in that way, and decided she had no idea what Ned might like. She thought again of his taut body nude and fully erect, and imagining the cock pointed towards her and responding to her, not Flora, she felt her desire rising again and sat down on the floor, thighs spread, and rubbed her breasts with one hand as the other teased her lips.
Would Ned want to kiss me there? she thought, and wondered how her lips looked compared to Flora’s. She positioned herself in front of the full-length mirror and stared at her own thick nest of black hair and the vivid pink lips glistening and swollen in the center. She spread her lips and then moved up to the mirror to see herself more closely. Yes, I look as good as Flora, she decided judiciously, at least where it really counts with men. She explored herself for a couple of minutes, imagining Ned was discovering her, and then began rubbing herself fiercely to a series of three climaxes that left her exhausted. Finally satisfied, she quickly showered and went to bed, where she slept deeply and had no dreams she remembered the next day.
In the morning she woke up at the usual time, ate the usual breakfast, chatted briefly as usual with her mother as she laid out a clean nurse’s uniform, confirmed her mother had the usual schedule for the next two weeks, caught the bus at the usual place and time, and sat in her class as usual, wondering why everything was still the same when she herself felt so new and different. The boys were as dirty and crude as ever, the girls were backbiting hypocrites as always, the teachers were bored and boring without change, and it was all she could do to focus on her book and the blackboard instead of what she had seen in the window and her mirror.
At lunch she sat alone until Jamie joined her. “Hey, girl,” she said.
“Hey, Jamie. What’s up?”
“The usual.”
Oh God, thought Arlene, please, can’t somebody have something new to tell me about? She smiled politely and asked, “Nothing new?”
“In this dump? Sheeee-it.”
They chatted for a while they ate lunch, and as they took their trays to the window they made arrangements for Jamie to spend the night Friday. The rest of the day passed as tiresomely as the morning had, and Arlene got home at the usual time and helped her mother clean up and make dinner. They watched TV for half an hour, then chatted with her mother as she dressed for work. “Is Jamie coming over Friday?”
“Yes, Mom, she’ll be here.”
Her mother nodded and said, “You should try to find more friends.”
“Everybody hates me.”
“Hon, they all think the exact same thing. Just try to be more outgoing.”
Arlene just nodded and kept her reply to herself, that they were all boring and silly. Soon her mother kissed her good night and left for work, and Arlene sat simmering in curiosity and lust until ten, when she figured the Campbells had decided to settle in. She slipped out the back in a dark dress and walked down the path until she came to their back yard. She walked in a few feet until she could see the bedroom window was lit and the rest of the house was dark, so she crept through the yard from tree to tree until she was crouched between the bushes next to the window. She looked around and saw she herself was invisible to anyone in the path and breathed more easily. She sat up then slowly and saw there was the same gap she could watch through, and rose a little further to see Ned and Flora nude and kissing passionately on the bed. Flora stroked Ned’s fully hard cock as he ran his fingers between her thighs, and soon she lay back and pulled Ned’s cock toward her mouth.
Arlene reached down and began rubbing as they settled into 69, Flora’s pussy fully open to Ned’s mouth and his cock half-buried in her mouth. They went hard at each other, and after ten minutes Flora spasmed uncontrollably in three swift orgasms in quick succession. Ned lifted his head then and stared into space as his cock slowly worked into her mouth to the hilt, and Arlene suppressed a giggle as Ned’s face contorted and his body tensed. Soon he screamed and Flora’s throat pulsed in vigorous swallowing for half a minute. He pulled away and lay next to Flora and Arlene ducked down to wait for the second act. As she waited she rubbed herself lightly, sore after her own two orgasms, and wondered how it felt to play with a cock. She thought quickly about the boys around her and crossed each one off the list without a second thought, and ended with a sad ugh.
Five minutes later she slowly rose again to look in and saw that Ned was on his back and Flora was stroking him; his cock had become mostly hard again.
Arlene lowered her head and slowly backed away from the window, and as she left the yard she saw the bedroom light was off. She returned home and watched herself climax in the mirror three more times, then showered and went to bed.
The next day after school, Arlene was chatting with her mother before work as usual, and got up her courage. She walked over to her mother’s night stand and opened the drawer. “What’s this?” she asked, holding up her mother’s vibrator.
“It’s my toy,” he mother replied with a smile and nary a blush. “All mine. You can’t play with it.”
“I want one.”
Her mother nodded. “Most women do. I warrant most young women your age already have one. I was wondering when you’d get curious.”
Arlene was taken aback and asked, “You don’t think it’s wrong?”
“Of course not. It’s perfectly natural. Just mind your business and I’ll mind mine, okay?”
Arlene nodded and stared slightly when her mother dug around in the drawer and pulled out a catalog. “Choose one. I’ll see what I can do.” Arlene thumbed through it quickly and picked one out. Blushing furiously, she held it up to her mother and pointed.
“Right.”
After her mother left for work, Arlene finished her homework and tried to read as she checked the clock distractedly until it was time for the next showing. The routine was much the same, except that Arlene finally got to see a full ejaculation as Flora drained Ned on her belly and chest before he recovered and entered her from behind. Arlene was more used to the mechanics of the acts and now watched to catch the poetry of the situation and the pleasure the two displayed so openly in each other’s bodies, and she began feeling a little twinge of guilt at trespassing, but it soon passed as her third climax swept over her. She went home, rubbed off quietly in bed, and woke the next morning to find a package on her desk and a large box of batteries, and beside them a small pamphlet on proper care and safety. Grinning wildly, she unwrapped her new toy and put it under her mattress for later exploration.
Friday finally came, and Jamie rode home with her on the bus. After dinner they sat and chatted with Arlene’s mom as she got ready for work. When she left, she said, “Okay, remember to be safe. No guests, no wild parties, no running around.” They nodded and she continued, “It’s Friday night so work will be hell. I’ll probably get in before dawn, but we’ll see.” She kissed them both good night and drove off. They did the homework they needed to do first quickly and then sat on the bed chatting.
“Jamie, I have a question.”
“Yeah?”
“What was it like your first time?”
Jamie smiled. “I wondered when you’d want the scoop. It was okay.” She told all the details, Arlene hanging on every word.
“Was he big?”
“You know Bill. Scrawny boy.”
“No, you know, was he big? Long?”
Jamie laughed, “Damn, Arlene, what’s gotten into you?” After a few seconds she said, “Oh, average, I guess. Nothing special. Couldn’t last worth a damn either, even with a condom.”
Arlene asked a few more questions. Jamie had done the deed a few weeks before and had been a little disappointed when Arlene didn’t care to hear about it, and soon Jamie warmed to the topic and gave Arlene a full description of the course of events from lousy first kiss to embarrassed silence afterwards.
“So you didn’t? You know, have fun?”
“I didn’t come, if that’s what you mean. Not till I got home and went to bed. Women never do, you know, not that way.”
“Some do.”
“Bullshit.”
“It’s true.”
“Oh, really?”
Arlene then said, “Want to see?”
Jamie smiled enigmatically and said, “You bet I do.”
Arlene filled her in on the details and at ten the two snuck out the back door and made their way to the Campbells’. They crept up to the window and saw Flora nude as she undressed Ed. Arlene leaned over and whispered very quietly in Jamie’s ear, “Right on time. We’re in luck.” Jamie nodded without tearing her eyes away from Ed’s cock. Matters proceeded pretty much as they had done in the past, but everything seemed new and intoxicating again for Arlene as Jamie watched in awe. When Flora leaned over and began sucking Ned, Arlene reached inside her panties and sensed that Jamie had done the same; when Ned flooded her mouth and Flora lost only a single drop, Arlene climaxed and heard Jamie gasp in pleasure at the same time; and when Ned finally climaxed inside Flora after fifteen minutes under her, Arlene heard and smelled Jamie’s sixth climax.
The two left then and returned home silently. After going into the bedroom, Jamie said, “Wow. Okay, you’re right.”
“Told you.”
“That was so hot. They’re like two…gods. They’re gods of sex. They do every night what I only dream about.”
Arlene was curious again. “Do you play with yourself a lot?”
“Of course. Every night, sometimes in the morning too”
They talked briefly about that and Arlene asked, “Do you have a toy?”
“No, I do it by hand.” After a second she added, “Don’t you dare tell anyone.”
“I won’t.”
Jamie sat back, clearly still hot and bothered. “That was so hot. I’m going to have trouble going to sleep.”
“Well, you know…”
“Yeah, I know. Let me go to the bathroom. I’ll be back in fifteen minutes or so.”
“You can do it here.”
Jamie looked at her for a few seconds and finally smiled. “I’d like that.”
Arlene stood and stripped herself bare, and after a second Jamie stood up and did the same. Arlene stared at her curiously, her dark black body thin and wiry with breasts a bit smaller than hers but a bush as thick. They sat down side by side on the bed and Arlene asked, “What did you like the most?”
Jamie said, “When he started sucking her. No one ever did that for me. Stupid boys.” They began rubbing, and soon they climaxed, but Arlene could tell Jamie was still as turned on as she was. She sat up and leaned back against the headboard and spread her thighs wide. “Here, sit in front of me.” Jamie nodded nervously and did so, exposing her thick black lips with the pink center visible as she stated stroking. They stared at each other, watching every tremor and hearing every cry, and after they had each climaxed twice more Jamie said, “Well, I think I can sleep now.”
“Me too.”
Embarrassedly they didn’t really look at each other after that. Jamie showered first, and when Arlene came back from her shower she had already fallen asleep. Arlene curled up next to her and enjoyed the warmth and softness of her side, and soon fell asleep beside her.
In the morning, they had breakfast with Arlene’s mother, who invited Jamie to spend the night again that night if she wanted; Arlene knew she wanted someone else there with her daughter while she was away. Jamie looked shyly at Arlene and said, “I’d love to. If my parents say I can.”
Arlene felt a wave of relief and said, “Yes, please! That was so much fun.”
She soon went home, and the day passed slowly until she returned. Again they chatted with Arlene’s mom as she dressed, then did homework until 9:30, hhen snuck out to keep watch for the show to start. The bedroom light came on just before ten and the two crept up to the window. To their pleasure, they saw Ned fully erect and waiting on the bed, and Flora soon came in fully nude as well. As they kissed, Arlene and Jamie whispered almost silently to each other, “They’re so gorgeous.”
Suddenly the bedroom door opened and another woman came in, a woman who appeared to be in her thirties, a bit plump and short, with full breasts and a thick black bush to match her black hair and almost black eyes. She joined them on the bed and began kissing Flora, while apparently only tolerating Ned. Arlene leaned over to whisper her amazement to Jamie, who had leaned over to do the same, and their lips collided. Arlene pulled back a little and looked at Jamie, who seemed shocked. She then smiled and leaned in to kiss Arlene softly and sweetly on the lips, and Arlene kissed her back after a second of shock.
They returned their attention to the bedroom, where the new woman had pinned Flora to the bed and begun making slow love to her as Ned rubbed her crevice. Soon she had worked her head down to Flora’s bush and sucked vigorously as Ned entered her from behind. Jamie was rubbing herself, and Arlene watched her as her face pulled back and a tight grin curled her lips, and then her climax was over and she leaned over. Arlene turned back to the bedroom and saw that Flora and the new woman were getting in position for a 69, and as Ned entered Flora while she began sucking the new woman, Arlene felt a shy hand work its way up her thigh. She reached down and pushed the hand to her aching pussy. She saw Jamie watching her and smiled back, and soon the hand rubbed her to a short, sharp climax. Jamie whispered in her ear, “That’s it, love, come for me,” and smiled at her happily when she collapsed against the wall.
They peeked up again and saw that Flora was riding Ned as the new woman sat on his face, and as they watched Flora leaned down and joined Ned in sucking her off. She cried out loudly and fell back, whereupon Ned pulled her down and thrust into her as Flora sat on her face. Arlene whispered, “Lt’s go back.” Jamie nodded and they rushed back home.
In the bedroom, they stared at each other nervously. Arlene swallowed and felt her heart pounding as she drew close to Jamie and put her hand on her cheek. She stared at the white of her hand against the jet black of Jamie’s face and then looked into her eyes, which were watching her carefully with a trace of fear in them. Arlene smiled and the fear disappeared, and she leaned in to kiss Jamie’s wide grin. They fell into each other and ran their hands in delight over each other’s form, caressing and squeezing, and soon they began undressing each other. Jamie pushed Arlene back on the bed and covered her with her body, rubbing against her as she thrust her tongue deep into Arlene’s sucking mouth, and with a cry Jamie began thrusting hard against the thigh Arlene had pushed between hers. She rode hard above Arlene, who stared up at her black breasts swaying free, and grabbed them to rub her hard nipples as Jamie suddenly climaxed against her.
The climax ended nothing. They were ravenous for each other and quickly stripped. Neither wanted to wait for the other, so Arlene pushed Jamie back on the bed and sat on her face, and as she bent down to Jamie’s pussy she felt the pleasure she had never expected to be quite so intense as Jamie’s mouth worked her fast. She looked at the swollen lips pushing out and the erect clit above it poking out of the thick thatch of kinky hair, and even after a shower the smell was thick and overwhelming. She pulled the lips apart to learn all she could of her new lover and chuckled when Jamie reached down and put her hand on her head and pushed.
Jamie pushed up her hips and met her half way. Arlene’s tongue flicked out and licked the lips. She pushed it inside her slowly as far as it would go and soon matched her rhythmic thrusts short and sharp against her lips. Jamie’s mouth was kissing and sucking her at the same speed that Arlene ate her at, and soon Jamie was pushing a finger inside her lips and into her opening. Arlene tilted her hips to allow her full entry and gasped as a second finger joined the first. Her climax came swiftly but lasted nearly a minute, and even though she thrust away without holding herself back in any way, Jamie managed to keep in position the whole time.
After the strongest orgasm she had yet had, Arlene returned to Jamie’s drenched pussy. She pushed two fingers inside her and fucked her as she licked her clit. Jamie soon came, but when it was over she locked her thighs around Arlene’s head and pushed up against her face as vigorously as before. Arlene settled down to steady work, and after another two climaxes Jamie relaxed her thighs and let her go.
Arlene curled up next to her and said, “Thank you, that was so great.”
“Thank you. I’ve never come like that before.”
As they lay there talking, Arlene caressed Jamie’ body, and soon Jamie pushed her back and knelt between her thighs. Arlene reached between the mattresses and handed over her toy. “Fuck me, Jamie,” she said. Jamie laughed and turned it on to the low setting. As she licked Arlene’s clit, she ran the tip of the toy against her lips, and as Arlene responded, the toy worked inside her. When she had it in nearly to its full length Jamie began fucking her steadily with it, and after five minutes Arlene climaxed and said, “Don’t stop.” The next orgasm was larger and left her finally satisfied. She pushed Jamie back and dived between her thighs and soon brought her off to a last orgasm, and the two fell asleep wrapped around each other.
A few hours later she was wakened by Jamie getting back in bed. “Sorry, love, had to pee.”
Arlene smiled, “Love you too.”
Jamie kissed her and they soon fell into another 69 with Jamie pinned happily underneath Arlene’s shuddering hips, and as Arlene sucked deep into her pussy she felt a draft of air. She looked up to see her mother staring wide-eyed at the two of them, but when she saw Arlene looking back she smiled, blew her a kiss, waved, and silently closed the door. Arlene returned to the more pressing business at hand and brought Jamie to a squealing orgasm that she was sure the neighbors could hear, then her own orgasm started. After groaning through a mixture of pleasure and utter exhaustion, she lay down next to Jamie and held her. They kissed and she said, “Mom’s home.”
Jamie went tense and Arlene added, “Don’t worry, she doesn’t mind.”
“How? What?”
“She saw us.”
“Oh my God, oh my God, I’m going to be sick.”
“Don’t, it’ll be fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“She didn’t interrupt us, did she?”
“No.”
“Okay then.”
Jamie laughed, “Cooler than my parents. They expect me to come home with a nice black boy, not a nice white girl.”
“At least I’m nice.” They laughed and fell asleep.
The next morning Arlene woke up sore and happy, and washed up as Jamie slept. She went into the kitchen and said, “Hi.”
“Hi.”
“Umm…”
“I’m glad you’re making an effort to make new friends.”
They laughed, Arlene a little hysterically from the stress flowing away, and she blushed and added, “Mom, can you get me another toy?”
“Another?”
“Well, for Jamie.”
Her mother thought and said, “We’ll see. I’m not sure that’s my place, really.” Soon Jamie peeked into the kitchen shyly, and Arlene’s mother said, “Good morning, Jamie. Sleep well?”
Jamie smiled, “Yes, ma’am, very well.”
“Well, come on in. I gather you’ll be spending a lot more time here now.”
“If that’s not a problem…”
“It’s fine.”
They talked, and after breakfast Jamie went to wash up. Arlene’s mother went into the other room and brought the catalog back to Arlene and said, “Here, let her pick one out. It’ll be your present for her. And she has to leave it here. I don’t want to have to answer any questions, understand?”
For the next two years Jamie stayed over three or four nights a week, and despite her worries this caused no major problems with her family. The two never did again go spy on the Campbells, however, for besides the fact they didn’t want to get caught, they felt it would have been greedy to look for extra when they had found what they needed.