"Look, maybe he did get some pictures of you two in the sack, and some of me lying naked on the couch. That doesn't mean he's going to show them to anyone." Sandy didn't believe her statement anymore than Lucy or Jimmy did, but it reassured her somehow. She knew that Jimmy was probably right. She remembered thinking last night that Ed had been watching her on the couch before he came back into the room, unbuttoning his shirt. Still, his motives might be harmless enough.
"All I know is that I don't want anyone to have pictures of Jimmy and me in the sack!" Lucy said heatedly, but a little unconvincingly. "At least I don't want my parents to see them," she added, and she giggled as if realizing what her statement meant. "Heck, it might be kind of groovy to have some pictures of us together," she laughed, and glanced in Jimmy's direction.
"If that's as far as it goes, fine! I just wish I knew what he really wants with them," Jimmy said. He searched his memory trying to recall some of the stories he had heard around the campus about Ed. Vaguely he recalled something about a hushed-up scandal involving Ed and a local teenager, but for the life of him he couldn't remember any of the details.
Sandy suddenly jumped and ran to the window.
"I think I hear a car coming," she said, "maybe it's Ed now!"
Jimmy and Lucy joined her at the window and they watched Ed drive up in an old sports car. He waved to them casually as he got out.
"Listen, you two stay in here while I go out and find out what the hell this is all about!" Jimmy ordered, his voice calm and self-assured now. "I'll get this thing settled!" he added as he went out the door.
Sandy and Lucy watched as Jimmy joined Ed Walsh by the side of the car. They were soon engaged in animated conversation that the two girls were unable to hear.
"Jesus Christ, what a way to start a vacation," Lucy said wearily. "I think I'll have a glass of wine to settle my nerves. Care to join me?" she said to Sandy as she went to the bar and poured two full glasses of wine.
"Hell, yes! Why not?" Sandy replied, joining Lucy at the bar and gulping down the wine. It warmed her whole body as it went down, and she almost gagged. Lucy sipped hers more slowly, but was soon pouring out more for each of them.
"You know, Ed really threw it to me last night," Sandy announced suddenly, and she felt light-headed as she watched Lucy's face for a reaction. She was still a little worried about the possibility of Ed having pictures of her in the nude, but she couldn't help the desire that was building up in her loins.
"I gathered as much from the way you've been defending him," Lucy responded. The two full glasses of wine were beginning to affect her speech. She was slurring her words slightly as she spoke, and her head was full of images of how Sandy and Ed must have been fucking together. "You made it on the couch, huh?"
"Yeah! And he wasn't taking any pictures then… I'll guarantee you that!" Sandy said simply. She was thinking about the possibility of the pictures again, and she was sure that Ed didn't intend anything sinister. "You two must have had a good time yourself, last night!"
"I wanted to get under the sheets, but Jimmy was in such a hurry he fucked me right on top of the bed. Ed must have really gotten some good shots of us!" Lucy sounded almost proud in her statement, as though she wouldn't really mind having pictures of the two of them fucking.
"If he's as good at taking photographs as he is at fucking, I'm sure they'll be good!" Sandy laughed. She wanted to get laid again, and the wine was making her feel like going out to Ed and pulling him into the lodge. She hoped that Jimmy could get everything resolved quickly and that they could resume where they left off this morning.
"I still can't help wondering why he would want those pictures! I mean, why should he take them unless he wants something out of it?" Lucy said, pouring another glass of wine.
"Maybe he wants to fuck you, too!" Sandy replied, laughing at the expression that suddenly crossed her friend's face.
"If what you say is true, that wouldn't be so bad. Christ, my pussy is getting wet just thinking about getting laid!" Lucy said, gulping down her drink and sprawling on the soft couch.
Sandy followed her friend's example and drank another glass of wine. Her mind was confused and clear at the same time. Anything would have been all right with her at that moment, and she was getting anxious for the boys to come in so that they could join in the drinking. She held up her glass. "Cheers! To a set of good pictures!" she toasted.
"I'll go along with that!" Lucy responded, beginning to laugh at her friend's wit. Both of them were still laughing as the front door opened and Jimmy and Ed walked in, their arms loaded with more cases.
"Hi, girls!" Ed said, smiling as he dropped the cases on an armchair. Jimmy set his down on the floor alongside the chair and watched Ed go back out the front door.
"Not more movies," Lucy groaned. Jimmy walked to the bar and poured out drinks for Ed and himself before answering her.
"Everything is okay. Ed will explain it to you when he gets the rest of the equipment," he said, sitting down on the couch next to Lucy.
Sandy was giggling when Ed came back into the lodge with the remainder of his equipment. "Come on, one of you two… tell us what's going on?" she said.
"I'll explain it all as soon as I can sit down," Ed replied, out of breath. He sat on the couch next to Jimmy and Lucy and he took the glass Lucy offered, drinking it down in one long pull. "Jesus, you make a strong drink!"
"We're dying of curiosity, Ed. What about those pictures you took? Or did you take any pictures?" Lucy demanded.
"I have them right here!" he said smiling, and he pulled a brown envelope out of his jacket pocket. He handed the envelope to Lucy, and Sandy jumped up and sat on the arm of the couch to see. Lucy pulled a stack of black-and-white photographs out of the envelope, and she was immediately shocked by their pure clarity. On top of the stack was a picture of Sandy lying naked, full length, on the couch just as she had suspected, only the lips of her mouth looked white, and Sandy noticed that fact right away.
"Hey, how come I look so funny?" she questioned, and she took the photograph out of Lucy's hand and thrust it at Ed. He didn't take it from her, surprised that she didn't get angry immediately upon seeing it.
"It looks like hell!" Sandy said. She watched the fascinated Lucy thumbing through the stack of prints. The top ones all seemed to be of Sandy. She could see that in some of them she had her hand clasped tightly to her pussy. Suddenly, Lucy came to a photograph of her and Jimmy. It had been snapped at just the right moment. Jimmy was leaning over her, his erect cock pointed straight down at her hair-lined widespread pussy, and she had a look of excited passion on her face.
"You bastard! What a sneaky thing to do!" Lucy said, but her eyes were glued to a close examination of the picture. The pictures got even better as Lucy continued to examine them, and they showed her and Jimmy in the process of fucking in many different positions.
"Did you walk into the room with them?" Sandy asked incredulously. She was astonished by these photographs, and just looking at them made her excited.
"I had to. They were so busy they didn't even notice me!" Ed replied cockily, and he laughed rather sadistically at his own statement. He got up and walked over to the bar to pour himself another drink.
"God! If my mother… or my father… ever saw these, they'd lock me up in a convent!" Lucy said, and her face was turning red with embarrassment and anger. Yet, at the same time, Lucy thought it was a good joke on her and Jimmy.
"Don't get angry, honey! Ed wouldn't let anyone see them… would you, Ed?" Sandy said, the idea of what the pictures meant finally sinking into her brain. She knew what would happen if her parents ever saw them! They would kill her!