Adrienne smiled back and took Dayna’s hand. Both girls had seen pictures of each other, but first impressions always had to come in-person. Right now, Dayna was sizing up Adrienne as competition. My girlfriend was an inch taller at 5’10”, had bigger tits, and a fitter body than the eldest Evans daughter. Plus, Adrienne carried herself with the upright poise of a confident Hollywood socialite: dressed to kill, looking fabulous, and fully aware of it.
I was reminded of the way Dawn and Adrienne had first approached each other at camp with similar looks. But while there had been an obvious tension between those two on arrival, Dayna and Adrienne were merely evaluating each other as any pretty girl does to another. Adrienne shook Dayna’s hand and then smiled while looking around. “Nice digs.”
Dayna pumped the hand and snorted. “Yeah, right. It’s old and creaky, I know.” She released Adrienne and waved around. “But it’s three blocks from campus and it’s got four bedrooms and two bath.”
I arched an eyebrow. “Four?” I did the math: Dayna, Brandi, Dawn, Adrienne, and me ... five people. I glanced around. The first floor appeared to have living room/dining room, kitchen, a bathroom, and two bedrooms. Up the stairs would be two more bedrooms and a bathroom based on what I saw from the outside.
Dayna blushed and nodded. “Yeah, four. We set the lease and everything months ago, before we could have known Adrienne would be joining us. Plus, five bedroom houses are impossible to find in Berkeley without breaking the bank.” Then she looked sidelong to the door where the Eden and Emma were coming in, both 12-year-old girls carrying boxes of basic school supplies. “Uh, Dawn and Adrienne are going to be rooming together.”
My eyes went wide and Adrienne frowned. She hadn’t had a roommate in her life... ever. Hell, with her dad absent 90% of the time she’d had a whole HOUSE to herself for most of her adolescence.
But Dayna stepped between us and whispered, “That’s just a cover for the parentals and the twins.”
Presently, Brandi directed Eden and Emma into a bedroom on the first floor, the larger of the two from what I could tell. And as soon as they were out of sight, Dayna turned and grinned. “Don’t worry Ben; we four girls have worked out a rotation. You’ll spend Monday and Friday nights with Adrienne. Dawn gets Tuesdays and Saturdays. Brandi has Wednesdays...”
My eyes had flown open by now and Dayna just cracked up laughing. Adrienne grinned and shook her head. Brooke was passing by, heading for the door, and she said in a deadly serious voice, “You may have to double-up a few days. Seven doesn’t divide so easily.”
That got all the girls laughing, and then Dayna stopped herself by clamping both hands over her mouth to try and stifle the giggles.
The twins came back and then headed out the front door with our parents to ferry more gear into the house. Dayna smiled and patted my shoulder. “You shoulda seen the look on your face! Weren’t sure whether to feel excited or terrified, huh?”
I rolled my eyes and looked ready to kill Dayna. “Keep talking and we’ll see how you end up handling your two nights,” I growled threateningly.
The busty blonde just smiled at me and Adrienne and said, “You two are rooming together. Brandi said that you wouldn’t mind; but if it’s a big deal, we can work something out. You’d probably end up sleeping in the living room, but we can—”
“No, that’ll be fine,” Adrienne interrupted Dayna by touching her arm. Then my girlfriend turned and beamed at me. “I’ve been dreaming about going to sleep in your arms every night.”
I grinned. This year was going to be GREAT.
I never realized how much stuff I needed just to LIVE. Besides clothes, there were school supplies, bedding, towels, toothpaste, shampoo, computers, photos, assorted personal knick-knacks, etc. And Adrienne had a helluva lot more than me. So after several trips (and lots of sibling help), we managed to completely off-load Adrienne’s gear into “hers and Dawn’s” room and my gear into the other first floor bedroom.
Just when we were finishing up, Dawn herself arrived along with DJ and her parents. As expected, DJ made a beeline for Brooke. But to my surprise, my beautiful lifelong best friend went to my girlfriend first.
“Adrienne, hey!” Dawn stepped forward with open arms.
“Dawn! How was your summer?” Adrienne hugged the slightly smaller girl.
“Small” is relative. At 5’9” and with a healthy D-cup bosom, Dawn wasn’t small. In fact, with her Evans-family natural slenderness, she appeared much taller at first glance. Today she wore a simple white tank top over a sky blue camisole that brought out the color of her sparkling blue eyes in front of a backdrop of her sunny blonde hair, tied back in a ponytail. And the legs of her khaki shorts barely extended beyond her crotch, making her legs appear even longer. I shook my head wryly just watching the two gorgeous 18-year-olds embrace each other. From Dayna to Brandi to these two, I was surrounded by Amazonian beauties. Allie was right: I had a “type” and all four of them fit it. And I started to wonder again about Dayna’s idea of a “rotation”.
“August has been kind of a drag, actually,” Dawn was replying to Adrienne’s question. “After the incredible highs of camp, it’s always ... I dunno ... kind of a letdown, you know?”
Adrienne smiled. “Yeah. I won’t miss the bugs, but I missed hanging out with you, DJ, and Felicia.”
“Missed...” Dawn drawled sarcastically, rolling her eyes. “You can’t have been too bored having Ben all to yourself for a few weeks.”
Adrienne snorted. “To myself? Yeah, right. Brooke was always around, for one. And then a bunch of Ben’s girls all had to have one last farewell before going away: Heather, Candy, Allie, Helene. Believe me, we’ve been busy,” she laughed.
Dawn arched her eyebrow. “You don’t mind all that? I dunno. If I was still his girlfriend, I don’t think I could let him out quite that much.”
Adrienne shrugged and then grinned evilly. “Nah. As long as I get to join in. Think you had fun with Felicia?” Adrienne chuckled. “This one girl, Helene? We played her like a piano. Seriously, do-re-mi and the girl goes unconscious from too much pleasure. She wasn’t even into girls until we got a hold of her. But up until two days ago she practically had her face in my crotch 24/7.”
Dawn started giggling. “Speaking of faces in your crotch...”
Adrienne grinned, running her eyes up and down Dawn’s fantastic body before darting her gaze a little belatedly to see if there were any little ones nearby. Fortunately, Eden and Emma were on another luggage run. And for good measure, she checked to make sure all four parentals were out on the sidewalk, still chatting and catching up. “Later. I promise,” Adrienne replied with an extra husk in her voice.
Only then did Dawn finally come to me.
Tensing and taking a deep breath, Dawn turned away from Adrienne and walked over to me. Biting her lip nervously, she stopped a foot away and tried to smile. Her eyes swam with involuntary moisture. She hadn’t come to me first, but she’d been acutely aware of my presence. And I read so much in the deep blue pools of emotion she used for irises. A month after parting at camp, Dawn’s feelings for me hadn’t changed one bit. She was still madly in love with me. She still wanted us to be together ... forever. And she still wanted to marry me. But she couldn’t have me; not right now. She wouldn’t do that to Adrienne.
“Hey...” she began.
“Hey, you.” I felt stuck in an impossible situation, and a month of distraction had done nothing to show me any solutions. I knew how Dawn felt about me, but I loved Adrienne. I was IN love with her, and I couldn’t abandon her. I wouldn’t, even if I could. I still loved Dawn, wanted and needed her in my life, but I wouldn’t betray my girlfriend.