by Mia Moore
"Riley!" Shari's voice was loud but the corners of her mouth twitched.
That was one thing about Shari and me. She knew me so well...knew that half the time I'd say anything for shock value. Although it was true about Zach being a complete hound for eating pussy. The thought sent a jolt of hot lust to my clit.
I looked over at Liam again, keeping my expression folksy and friendly, like nothing was out of the ordinary. "How much farther do we have to go, Liam?"
Chapter 4
Liam's Wonder Lust
Oh my God. I felt like I'd walked into a girl's locker room or something listening to Riley talk about her sex life with Zach. Did Shari say things like that about me? Did Riley know the exact length and girth of my dick? Did she know how often Shari and I had sex? The special place I liked to be touched when I came?
And as for her last comment looking all innocent and such, 'how much farther do we have to go?' Well, I could tell her one thing about that. My cock was straining in my shorts and I'd had to raise my right leg to hide the bulge. Didn't she know what talk like that could do to a guy in his mid twenties? I huffed a sight. Of course, she knew. That was what it was all about.
"How much farther? How much farther do you think?" Christ, it was a weak comeback when I'd wanted to say something funny that would put her in her place but when your dick is oozing pre-cum, the brain isn't getting all that much blood flow, if you know what I mean.
"It's another hour or so, I think Riley." Shari's comment was punctuated by the growl of her tummy, causing both Riley and I to smile over at her. "Anyone else hungry?"
"Starving! All I had was an apple for breakfast. I could use a coffee too." Riley grinned and her fingers slid through glossy black locks of her hair pulling it away from her face.
With her high cheekbones and the slant of her wide eyes, her Mexican heritage showed through. Sometimes there was even a hint of an accent in her words. Shari had told me her mother was Mexican but her father was Anglo. Maybe that spirited streak came from her mother's side of the family.
"There's a drive-thru coffee shop about two miles ahead. There was a sign a while back. Think you can wait that long?" My own stomach was empty and I could use a leak as well. A drive through would save time. With the air blowing into the windows, it was like a furnace in the truck. After a long bitter cold winter, air conditioning was something I only liked to use when the temperatures were brutal. The lake would sure be nice to get to, as fast as humanly possible.
"A coffee shop! Are you kidding? I'm starving. I'd like a diner with greasy home fries, eggs and sausages."
This time I couldn't resist. "Big, thick long sausages I bet." If she was trying to shock me, then I could play that game too.
"What's that supposed to mean? I want to eat not get fucked." She smirked. "Nice try, Liam."
FUCK! She was waaay better at this game than me. I could hold my own in kidding around with guys but this was different, kidding with a woman like Riley.
"Hey you two! Enough with the one up-man-ship. You're both funny but my stomach isn't laughing. Plus, I'm squeezing my legs together I have to pee so bad." Shari jerked towards me and a high pitched laugh shrieked from her lips. "Stop!"
"So this isn't a good time to tickle you?" Riley grinned and her fingers dug into Shari's sides.
"If she pisses on my leather seats, you're paying for the cleaning, Riley!" I gripped the steering wheel tight to keep it steady from the antics beside me.
"Okay. Okay." She winked at Shari and her hands drifted slowly back onto her own lap. "Remember when we used to have tickle contests? We'd time each other at how long we could stand it?"
I risked a peek at Shari and noticed how flushed her cheeks had become. Was it the heat in the truck? Maybe I'd break my own rule and turn the AC on.
"Yeah. I remember." Shari's voice was low, barely above a whisper. A look passed between the two friends and for a moment I felt like a total outsider. It must have been great growing up together and still being friends as adults.
Chapter 5
Shari's Secret
When Riley tickled me, it did make me want to pee my pants but there was something more as well. There was a small thrill that tingled in my clit at her touch, at the smell of her perfume in my nostrils and the softness of her skin. I kept my eyes on the dashboard, avoiding looking down her top when she leaned into me. Avoided looking at the swell of her ivory breasts, the lace edging of the black bra looking like sin against her pure skin.
When she mentioned the old times, when we were silly girls tickling each other, once more a picture of us laying naked next to each other, kissing, flashed in my mind. I didn't want to think about that. Not then, sitting between the guy I adored and my best girlfriend...maybe not even ever again would I dare to think of it.
I whispered my answer and immediately turned to face Liam. "Seriously? I could stand a real breakfast as well. It may be the last hot and fresh meal we'll have for two days." This wasn't entirely true. But in my books freeze dried meat, and vegetables that you heated with water didn't really constitute a real meal. Survival yes, but scrumptious, no.
"All right. I'm out-voted, I guess." Liam strained forward and pointed. "That looks like a diner up ahead. A real greasy spoon joint."
"Thank God. My tonsils are floating." Riley was never one for mincing words. She turned to Liam. "Hey! Can I give you some money towards gas? This truck's gotta be guzzling it."
Liam shook his head. "Thanks for the offer but it's okay." He flashed a smile at her and for the first time I had hoped that the competitive thing they had going was fading.
"Okay but I insist on buying breakfast." Riley's leaned forward and her hand crossed by me to lift Liam's shirt sleeve higher. "A scorpion huh? I would have tagged you for an eagle or some tribal tatt."
He grinned and his eyes were twinkling when he looked over at her. "Yeah, silent but with a deadly sting. I like that idea."
I noticed her lips spread in a small smile and she rolled her eyes. "Okay, you got me on that one. Mine's not deadly." She pulled the right side of the shirt's neckline lower, exposing a bumble bee hovering. Holy cow, it had to be almost on her nipple. That must have hurt.
The truck stopped right outside the window of the low, yellow diner and Liam turned to her with a wide grin. "Maybe not deadly. I'd say you were going for the 'sweet as honey' thing, right? You probably have a flower tatt somewhere below the bee."
For the first time I saw Riley's cheeks flush pink before her eyes narrowed and she smirked at him. "Wouldn't you like to know." She opened the door and popped out of the truck.
Liam was about to open his door but I elbowed him in the ribs, stopping him cold. "Hey. Do you think you could lighten up on Riley? This is gonna be a long weekend if you two keep this up. The trying to outdo one another is getting old."
He glanced at the front of the truck where Riley was walking past, on her way to the door of the diner. "She started it, talking about Zach and their sex life. She's going for shock and awe and I'm just giving her back a little taste of her own medicine." He leaned over and kissed my lips lightly. "I have the feeling that Riley is not challenged too much. Don't worry, I'll go easy on her."
I sighed and then scooted under the steering wheel following him out of the truck. I might have more luck talking to Riley and getting her to rein it in a bit. God! I loved both of them but if they kept teasing each other, it might get out of hand. I paused with my hand on the door handle as it hit me. They were both a little jealous of each other...a little jealous because of me and trying to get closer to me. It wasn't going to make it any easier but at least I had a handle on what was going on.
When we were inside, Liam pointed to the side and took off towards a sign that read 'Buck's'. I smiled seeing Riley come out of one that read, 'Doe's'. It looked like the folks who owned the diner took the wilderness thing to heart.
I slid into the green leather seat of the booth closest to me. The restaurant only had a few other custom
ers, a couple of old guys and a young family. Riley took the bench seat across from me and leaned forward with her elbows on the worn, wooden table. A waitress in a light blue uniform, snapping gum between her jaws appeared and thrust menus at us.
"Coffee?" She was a woman of few words.
"Yes, please. My boyfriend will be with us in a minute. So make that three." I opened the menu and my eyes wandered over the pictures of eggs, pancakes but my mind was on something else. I glanced over at Riley, watching her dark eyes. "Liam's a bit more conservative than you, Riley. Can you ease up on the graphic, sexual talk about Zach? I mean, Liam and Zach are friends and I'm sure Liam doesn't need to know about Zach's sexual proclivities."
She set the menu down and her jaw dropped open and then closed with a snap. "Since when did you become such a prude?"
My stomach tightened into an empty knot. "I'm not a prude! It's just that we don't have to talk about sex all the time. There's a presidential race on...there's funny stories from work...I mean...Really? Telling us that Zach loves to eat pussy?" I glanced up at the sound of a door closing and Liam walking over to the table.
I shot a look at Riley before turning and smiling at Liam when he took a seat next to me.
The waitress appeared once more and set the steaming cups of coffee in front of us. "Ready?" Her voice held the tired, over-worked nonchalance of service staff everywhere.
Riley's eyes narrowed and a glint was in her eyes meeting mine before she turned and smiled up at the waitress. "Do you have Oktoberfest sausages to have with a couple scrambled eggs? I like them a lot better than the skinny little pork ones."
The waitress's head drifted back and she looked at Riley blankly for a moment. "I'm sure I can get cook to fry one up for you."
I suppressed a sigh and turned once more to the menu. Oh God. This was all because of Liam's comment in the truck earlier. I had a stinking suspicion where this was bound to go. I smiled at the waitress and handed the menu back. "I'll have the number four combo. Can I have bacon instead of the sausages?"
Liam grinned at Riley and his eyebrows bobbed. "You're buying right?" He turned to the waitress and smiled. "I'll have steak and eggs, a side of pancakes and home fries."
The waitress laughed. "You're a growing boy!"
"Hey! I work at the hospital. I don't own the joint." But Riley laughed when she said it.
The waitress took the menus and was still chuckling as she walked away.
Riley turned to Liam. "I wish I could eat like that. If I did, I'd be the size of a barn. You're so lucky."
"Don't worry about breakfast. That's the one meal you shouldn't skimp on." Again, the false sense of a truce filled the air and I felt myself slip deeper into the padded seat.
"Easy for you to say. You're a personal trainer. You practically live at the gym. You don't look like you've gained an ounce since high school." Riley brightened and she let out a soft laugh. "Speaking of which...do you remember Bob Armstrong, the quarterback in senior year when we were freshmen?"
I froze in my seat. Remember Bob? Holy fuck, I'd gone out with him for two months! I'd actually lost my virginity to Bob in the backseat of his parent's Oldsmobile. I didn't want to go down this road with Liam sitting next to me but what else could I do, without it looking really weird. "Yeah. What about him?"
"He came into the Emergency Ward last week with an ingrown toenail. Can you believe it, but he hit on me? I was helping the doctor with the dressing and he came right out and asked me out to dinner?"
My mouth dropped and I leaned forward. "What! He married Amy Carter and they have a little baby. What a jerk!"
Riley rolled her eyes and her smile was tight. "Yeah. As if...Especially after what you told me about him."
Liam's hand paused mid way to his mouth with the coffee. "What was with old Bob?" He turned and his look was pure innocence.
My mouth went dry and my mind was going a mile a minute. Liam wasn't the jealous type but still, I wasn't sure that he'd like hearing details. I was trying to come up with a reasonable answer when Riley once more spoke up.
"We used to call him 'Bob the Bunny'. As soon as he got it in you, he'd come like a rabbit. Shari didn't know the difference at first. She was a virgin after all, but I put her straight." She snorted. "Yeah, like I'd ever go out with a guy like that, even if he wasn't married."
Liam's voice dropped to almost a whisper when he turned to me. "That was your first? You never told me." He smiled and shook his head. "It's a wonder you ever wanted sex again after an experience like that."
A long sigh of relief rushed from my chest. I hadn't even been aware I'd been holding my breath. He wasn't upset or shocked. But then again, Bob's jack-rabbit tendencies sure made Liam look good. Hell, he could go all night long. Well at least until he knew that I was satisfied. I'd never known a guy could be such a considerate and passionate lover.
Riley laughed and slapped the table in front of her, looking at Liam. "Yeah, her first. How about you studly? What was your first like? I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours."
Liam looked around at the dining room and then his head jerked to the kitchen area which our waitress was exiting, carrying a large tray of food. "Later. When we're back on the road, I'll tell you. It's kind of a funny story." He chuckled and his eyes met Riley's. "Actually, yours is probably X rated so we'd better wait."
Riley sat back and gave a small hoot. "You got that right!"
Chapter 6
Riley's Tale
When I climbed into the truck after Shari, there was a lightness in my chest that hadn't been there before breakfast. Was it the food or the fact that Liam had seemed friendlier and more open during our break? He'd even managed a grin, when I'd eaten the sausage, pantomiming like I was giving head. It was the first time that I felt completely relaxed around him. Hell! I was even looking forward to hearing about his first sexual experience. One of these days, I'm going to write a book--a collection of stories of different people's first time having sex. It would be bound to be a best seller!
I leaned forward, gazing past Shari, flashing a broad smile at him when we were back on the highway. He was actually kind of sexy in a rugged he-man kind of way. I liked the tatt and the way it rippled over his muscular arm. When he grinned there was even a small dimple in his left cheek and the cleft in his chin was so cute. "Okay I'm all ears."
He chortled and there was a mischievous smile on his face when he looked over at me. "There's a lot more to you than ears, Riley!"
My stomach did a little cartwheel, happy to see that he'd noticed. I risked a peek at Shari to see how she was with this little harmless flirtation but she was smiling too, completely at ease. I winked at him and laughed. "You have no idea, man. Quit stalling. Out with it. How old were you?"
He shook his head and his fingers flexed wide on the steering wheel for a moment. "This is crazy. Talking like this to you guys, but here goes...I was thirteen."
My hand was out in a flash, slapping his chest. "Get out! Thirteen! You little horn dog." I thought I'd started young but he had me by a couple years.
"Yeah. I'm serious. It was my best friend's older sister. She was seventeen and totally hot. I was always watching her when I was over at Jeff's, which was a lot believe me. She had a summer job and had to stay at home when the family took their vacation. I started hanging around when she was home from work. Well, one evening we were watching a movie sitting on the sofa when out of the blue she kissed me." Liam's voice had become soft and he shook his head in bewilderment at the memory.
"Okaaay?" I wanted to hear the rest of it, not see him get lost down memory lane.
"Well, that's it, I guess. She turned off the movie and lead me to her bedroom. The rest, as they say, is history." He slapped the steering wheel for punctuation.
"Come on! What was it like for you? Did she take your clothes off or did you? I want the Penthouse version. Details or I won't tell you mine." I looked over at Shari and rolled my eyes.
She picked up on it, right o
n cue like we'd always done. "She's right, Liam. That's pretty weak. At least with my thing with 'Bob the Bunny', you got some details." She looked over at him and smiled. "Was she a virgin like you?"
Liam's head jerked back and a loud guffaw burst from his lips. "No! She'd had a couple of boyfriends and she knew her way around in the sack, let me tell you." He smiled softly and sighed. "She liked to teach me...I think that was part of it, too."
Shari shot me a look, bobbing her eyebrows, enjoying Liam's tale as much as I was. "Teach you? What did she do?"
Liam looked over at us and his smile was shy all of a sudden. "You know...she showed me what she liked. Where to touch her and how soft..." He let out an exasperated sigh. "Fuck! Do I have to spell it out? Her clit!"
"But you fucked her didn't you?" I got the clit part. Hell, I'd even had to give a few of those lessons myself.
"You two are awful, you know that?" Liam's eyes were narrow with laughter and his face was flushed. "Okay...I guess I was like 'Bob the Bunny' the first time. Hell, I didn't even get it in before I came all over her stomach. She understood though. That was when she gave me the anatomy lesson. Maggie was wet and moaning when I got hard again. When I slipped it in her, she came like thunder. Fuck. I came like thunder...that time, the next and even a fourth time that night."
Shari turned to him and her hand stroked along his thigh. "So what happened after? When the family came back from vacation? Did you still get together with her? What about Jeff? Did he ever find out?"
Liam took a deep breath while I sat on the edge of my seat waiting for his answer. It was a sweet and innocent story that touched my heart.
"We got together twice after that during the summer. Actually I think it had a lot to do with her hormones. She was always super horny right before her period and I was always ready. She was pretty smart about us getting together. I don't think Jeff ever suspected. In the fall, when we went back to school, it ended. She started going out with someone her own age."
