I looked at Marcy.
“Give us a minute.”
She got up and moved up a couple of seats. I liked Alice and didn’t want to toy with her feelings. It was one thing to tease and joke around, but something told me she might be a real friend. Maybe more than that someday; who knew? The other thing I needed to consider was John. I could tell he really loved his sister. I liked John, too, and wanted to become friends with him. If I messed things up with her, I was sure it would hurt our friendship.
“Alice, we’ve been playing some games up to this point. I like you and John. I don’t want to do anything to jeopardize our friendship.”
She looked deep into my eyes and then shocked me.
“Kiss me.”
I didn’t hesitate. I brushed her lips with mine and then eased into a slow, sensual kiss. She ran her hand up and brushed my jaw. It felt like an electrical shock. I parted my lips and found her tongue caressing my lips. We soon chased each other’s tongue in a game of tag. We didn’t have a lot of time, so I broke the kiss and looked her in the eye.
“Wow, thank you. That was special,” I said.
“I like your confidence. There’s something about you. Hell, less than two minutes after meeting you I was chasing you across a room.”
“I think we both owe John. If he hadn’t tried to stop me from meeting you, we would never have been curious.”
“It’s the whole forbidden-fruit thing. It did pique my interest.”
“What’s it going to be?” I asked.
She grinned.
“I’m in.” She raised her voice so Marcy could hear her. “Marcy, we’re in.”
Alice and I went back to kissing. It remained pretty PG-13 until Alice grabbed my package. After that, it was game on. Somehow, Alice lost her panties before we got off the bus. I stuffed them in my back pocket. Luckily, Marcy let us get off first, and noticed the lacy garment peeking out of my pocket and stuffed it in so it didn’t become a problem.
THE BUS PULLED UP IN front of a large two-story brick home that looked like it was built in the late ’20s or early ’30s in a Colonial Georgian style. It was the President’s home. The place was full of people who just reeked of money. This was the core group that kept the athletic department afloat with cash.
I pulled Alice into the mixer and scanned the room. I was surprised to see one of my favorite actors, Lori Winnick. She was a gorgeous woman for being in her mid-40s. A man about her age had her cornered. I heard Alice and Marcy gasp as I made beeline to Lori. Alice had no choice but to follow me because I had a firm grip on her hand. I glanced back to see Marcy rooted in her spot, not sure what to do.
“Excuse me, Miss Winnick, I wanted to come over and introduce myself and my date for the evening. This is Alice Phillips, and I’m David Dawson.”
The man talking to her looked irritated, but I didn’t detect any irritation in Miss Winnick. She shook both our hands and then looked at Alice.
“I follow recruiting pretty heavily. Are you related to John Phillips, the All State quarterback who’s visiting this weekend?” Lori asked.
Alice’s smile was infectious. It was obvious she was very proud of her brother.
“Yes. John received an offer today, and he accepted. Kentucky has always been where he wanted to go to school. He and my dad are over the moon that he’s coming here. He would love to meet you.”
Lori suddenly realized she hadn’t introduced the man standing next to her.
“I’m sorry, this is Teddy Wesleyan. He’s a major donor, and I’m trying to talk him into helping me with a project.”
“Sir, are you the same Wesleyan as in Wesleyan Academy?” I asked.
He finally seemed to warm to our interruption.
“Yes, my great grandfather started the Academy in 1941.”
“My best friend, Tami Glade, just received your first scholarship. Sir, you’ve no idea what a difference this is going to make in her life. You won’t be disappointed you picked her to be first. She’ll make you proud. Would it be okay if I shook your hand?”
“Yes, I met Tami at the banquet when it was announced. We have high hopes for her.”
He shook my hand and was happy to see his money was going to good use. Miss Winnick smiled at him.
“Teddy, it looks like you’re in a giving mood,” she prodded.
“Okay, Lori, I’ll fund it.”
She grinned and gave him a big kiss, lucky bastard. She turned to Alice.
“Come on, I want to meet your brother.”
She grabbed Alice’s hand and they worked their way through the crowd. I said my goodbyes to Teddy and found Marcy where I’d left her.
“What the hell, you’re here ten minutes and you’re talking to Lori Winnick as if she’s your best friend?” Marcy asked.
“I know. That was a big mistake. The bitch stole my date.”
“I see that. Let’s go see if we can get her back.”
“Nah, leave her alone. I think she’s having the time of her life.”
I grabbed Marcy and made her go with me as I made the rounds of the room to meet the donors. My dad had always made Greg and me do this type of thing. He said you never knew when something like this would pay off. We eventually made it to a library where we found Miss Winnick in the middle of all the recruits and their families. Alice was right beside her, and they were having a great time. When I walked up, Alice gave me a wink.
Lori was laughing at something one of the recruits said.
“Okay. Where is this mystery David guy? I have to meet him.”
Alice smiled and pointed at me. Lori gave a look of mock horror.
“You, you are so bad. You got them condoms as a gift?”
“Hey, we’re talking about teenage boys full of hormones away for a weekend where there are hot college girls running around. If something were to happen, better safe than sorry.”
“I hear you have your own YouTube channel. I want to see it. Something about you being Superman,” Lori said.
“You guys are so going to die,” I said as I gave them all a dirty look. “Okay, I have it in my favorites in my browser.”
I hit play on the video and handed to Miss Winnick. It was fun to watch her reaction as the video played. She looked at me with concern.
“Were those boys okay?”
“Yes, both of them were uninjured, just a little shook-up,” I assured her.
Marcy made an announcement.
“Okay, the bus has been pulled around to take the guys to their social gathering. As soon as it drops them off it’ll come back and take everyone else to the hotel.”
As Marcy got the recruits headed to the bus, I went with Alice to talk to her parents.
“I’m too young to drink or go to a party like the rest are. Marcy’s going to take Alice and me to get something to eat, and we’re just going to hang out for a while. I just want to make sure it’s okay if Alice comes with us.”
Mrs. Phillips seemed to be the decision-maker. I was glad it wasn’t her dad. Dads never wanted to see their daughter in any potential situation where a guy like me might violate them.
“Do you want to go with David?”
“Oh, yes. I like him, Mom. I want to get to know him better before he has to leave.”
“Aren’t you worried about the long-distance thing?” her mom asked.
“Sure I am, but right now we’re just seeing if we can be friends. I want to spend the time to find out,” Alice responded.
“Okay, Sweetie.” She gave me an evil look. “Do you have enough condoms?”
“I hope so. If I need more than six, call the paramedics.” Whack. “Ow!”
“DADDY!”
“No, I deserved that one. Sorry, Mr. Phillips,” I said.
“You kids better get running before my husband decides to overrule me. Have fun.”
WE CAME OUT AS THE bus pulled away. To my horror, John wasn’t on the bus. He was talking to Marcy. My perfect evening for my first official threesome was going up in smoke. I was almost 100% sure Alice wasn’t going to do anything in front of her brother. John saw the look on my face as we got near and started laughing.