It bothered her a bit to realize that Lily was very much interested in the twins. She worried about that as she and Lily went through the many rooms with Carol. There were several rooms filled with bookshelves and there were thousands of books and Carol told her, smiling sympathetically, that she would be expected to list and catalogue each of the books.
"And that's only part of it," Carol said. "There are several music rooms just filled with music and recordings and you will grow old listing and evaluating everything. I wish that I could be helpful but I just don't have the patience such a task would require. So, I told Lennie he'd better hire someone. When the real estate agent told us that two young and pretty girls had rented the guest house, Lennie thought of hiring you."
"I'm glad that he did," Norma said.
It took a long time to explore the big house and Lennie joined them on the second floor. He explained that the estate had belonged to his uncle and the man had died and the house and all of its treasures had been left to him. There were lots of passageways and subterranean rooms in the big place and he and his friends were still doing some exploring.
It was explained to Norma and Lily that Lennie and Carol were living together and the two boys were houseguests, very young boys who would not prosper too well in the outside world.
"Leslie and Mark are happy here with us," Lennie said, "and we are happy having them with us. I'm sure that we will be glad to have you two with us, too."
Later, they were invited to stay and have lunch with Lennie and Carol and the boys and Lily insisted that they accept. They feasted upon sandwiches that Carol fixed and while they were having some coffee, Lennie suggested that the two girls could move into the big house, if they wanted to and that way Norma could save all of the money that she would earn.
"We can rent the guest house to someone else," Lennie said. "It is just an idea but do think about it. You will be spending most of
your time in the big house, you might as well live here."
"Lily has to go to school," Norma said, not too sensibly.
"The twins go to school, too," Lennie said. "The school bus picks them up right outside. You think it over. It might be a good idea. No hurry."
Their visit in the big house was a time of great cordiality and when they finally went back to the tittle guest house, Lily was very much impressed by the people they had met as well as the house itself.
Norma talked it all over with Lily while they did their housework and by the time the day was over, it had been pretty well decided that they would move into the big house and live there for as long as they could.
The following day, Carol and the boys helped them to make the move. They had very few possessions of their own and not very much clothing, but they moved what little they had into a big double room; but even before they were settled, Lennie suggested that each girl have her own private room.
"That way," he told Norma, "if you have to work late, or you want to, you can do so and be undisturbed."
That seemed to be good thinking and Norma would up with her own room on the second floor while Lily had a smaller room on the third floor. The twins were extremely cordial to her, Norma thought, and Carol offered to loan her anything that she might need in order to become settled in more comfortably and when she got a chance to talk to Lily, Norma was very much impressed by the happiness that her young sister displayed. Lily took to living in splendor with the easy adjustment that the very young seem to make.
She and Lily helped Carol with their dinner and they ate elegantly, sitting at a long dinner table in a dining room and the sparkling linen and gleaming china and good silver made Norma realize that she was living in a brand new world.
There was a light wine for dinner, too, and Norma tried to refuse tasting any of it but Lennie and Carol were insistent. Remembering the experiences she had encountered the last time she had something to drink she was timid, fearful, perhaps, and she tried to leave the wine alone. But, after she had tasted the first glass, she discovered that the pale fluid was delicious and she let Carol fill her glass again and again.
The dishes were dispatched easily and while the dishwasher dealt with them, she and Lily sat in the vast living room, watching the color television set. There were several good programs on and by the time the others were thinking of bed, she was almost asleep. Just before she said good night, Carol brought a tray to her and they all had some more wine. Carol laughed, wrinkling her nose, and promised that drinking the wine so close to bed time could be quite interesting.
"This wine affects some people very oddly," Carol said. "Some people have wild and very erotic dreams after drinking it."
"Now you tell me," Norma said, smiling.
The twins had gone to their beds a long time earlier and Lily had caved in much earlier, too. Carol and Lennie were with her sharing a nightcap and she was glad when they finally let her go off to her room. She was already beginning to feel a drowsy lassitude that she was quite candidly enjoying. She was tired and she'd had a busy day. She was beginning to enjoy a small measure of security for the first time in her life.
She climbed into her bed and she became one of those who were the victim of wild, erotic dreams after drinking the wine. But, there was a new element and a new dimension involved in her dreams. She was able to experience sensual and sexual experiences of remarkable depth and clarity and she enjoyed it all. That was odd, a very new dimension for her. After all, how could she find anything pleasant in a sexual experience? She had always been the ice maiden and she was not going to change, not ever.
The dream began in a very ordinary way, and it was not like the usual dream, where there was no beginning, no end, just bits and pieces of fantasy. This was orderly and she was kept quite busy for the entire night, it seemed.
It all began when Carol and Lennie entered her room and she thought that Carol was exceptionally lovely in a flowing, sheer peignoir that barely concealed any of the splendid body it was intended to hide. Carol smiled down at her and she held out her hand and Norma took it. Carol helped her to a sitting position and when the brunette took her pajama top into her fingers and opened it, baring the proud young breasts, Norma was not at all upset. She was filled with a sudden boldness that made her want to show her pretties to Lennie and Carol. Carol helped her to stand and she was passive as Carol's hands removed the lower half of her pajamas and then she was naked, gloriously naked, and filled with surging and demanding passions. She was so glad that it was just a dream because she would have been horribly embarrassed to have Carol and Lennie actually see her nude. She knew that she was probably much too modest, but, so long as she was dreaming she was glad that she could unwind and be comfortable with her own person.
"She is fantastically lovely, dear boy," Carol said to Lennie.
"Yes," he said, smiling at Carol, "she is. Very much so."
Lennie was wearing a robe and while she stood, smiling at him a bit uncertainly, he took her hand in his own, then he opened his robe and she saw that he was naked and he had an immense erection.
He placed her fingers around his huge organ and when he told her to move her hand up and down on his flesh she obeyed, happy in the knowledge that she was giving him pleasure. She glanced toward the doorway as she heard some strange sounds and she saw that the twins were there. They were setting up some lights and some cameras and they were filming the scene. She cried out in protest and Carol moved close to her. The brunette kissed her gently, sweetly, and she told Norma to be a good girl.
"It is only a dream, Norma, dear," Carol said. "It doesn't matter what happens in a dream. You know that. In the morning you will not even be able to remember any of this. So, just enjoy it all, and perhaps if you like these kind of dreams, we will have wine again with dinner every night."