Activated Pt. 19

I make my way back down to the shelter and slide next to Mike, asleep in just a few minutes.

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Whoa! I thought I was having an erotic dream but I woke up to Mike going down on me. I am not sure what got into him this weekend but Sandy likes a lot! I start to moan, he is really good at this. Suddenly he's slowing down and moving, I open my eyes as he enters me, I'm can't help but scream at that. I really hope nobody is down here because I can't help myself, as I get closer I seem to be getting louder. Mike keeps pounding away, he reaches down to play with my tits. The climax hits me and Mike unloads in me, I'm breathing heavily and my skin seems extra sensitive.

"Come here man that I love.", Mike rolls over looking at me in the eyes, he really loves my eyes.

"Good morning my dear, have a good run?"

"It was fine but the part after was even better."

"You are so beautiful." He brushes some of the hair off my face and gives me a long kiss which makes me melt a little.

"We need to get up soon, not too soon mind you, and wash the bedding before breakfast."

"I guess we should get it over with." He starts to get up and my hand strikes out like lightning and pulls him back down.

"Missed that 'not too soon' part? I need a few more minutes of cuddling and kissing." For the next 10 minutes I am all over him but eventually we have to get up and scoop up all the sheets and blankets. "Wait a sec, give me your clothes."

"What will I wear?"

"Nothing until I wash it, and I might have you dance for me."

"I think I will just wear yesterday's clothes until I can change. Can you text your Mom to bring over our backpacks?"

"Spoilsport, I was hoping for my own version of 'Magic Mike'"

He squints at me, "How long have you been sitting on that joke?"

"No comment."

We dress, my running outfit and his clothes from yesterday, bringing the laundry down to the laundry room.

"What was that room we just walked by?"

"Oh, exercise room. Got a really nice treadmill, I bought that for them, some weight machines, a hot tub, good stuff."

"You guys thought of everything."

"End of the world comes, this is the place to be."

We ran the load through the washer and had just put it in the dryer when the intercom announced, "Morning everyone, pancakes, sausage, bacon and turkey bacon, come down to the kitchen."

"Pancakes! We can come down after and make the bed, hurry Mike!

He followed me to the wine cellar exit, I know the shelter like the back of my hand but someone could get lost. I'm going to have to think about that, maybe an interactive map for the screens downstairs. That goes on the to-do list.

We come up from the downstairs pantry to find Calliope and Rebecca mixing the batter and cooking. I look at the bacon and sausage that Rebecca is cooking and raise an eye, she catches my expression. "[I don't eat it but there is no problem cooking it, I don't get worked up about it.]

"[And what were you two doing down there?]"

I'm going to switch to English before Mike thinks us crazy women are talking about him. "We ran out of beds upstairs so Mike and I spent the night in the shelter."

"[So that is why we didn't hear crazy sex sounds all night.]"

Rebecca breaks out into laughter at that.

"What did she say??"

"Oh nothing, just a knock-knock joke."

Greg PoV

I pulled off the condom and placed it in the trash all the while Jo was kissing me. It started last night, we turned after Alex cleaned my clock in poker. The first night here we just cuddled in bed together, when we started dating Jo wanted to take it slow, which I am fine with. Last night we got in the room and she started kissing me very intensely followed by 7 words, "It's time, do you have a condom?". We used two of them last night and one this morning, only have one more with me.

"Good morning tiger, what got into you?"

"You did."

"I sort of set you up for that joke."

"Yes you did."

"We didn't really talk last night, I was fine waiting till you are ready."

"I decided I was ready. Sooo very ready."

"I just don't want you to think I was pushing you into anything."

"You sure pushed into something last night and this morning."

"You are going to keep making jokes? This is a new side of you."

"I'm going to pass on the joke about seeing sides of me. You are wonderful, and I figured I was ready if you were."

I ran my hand along her body and she shivered in response. And then the intercom went active, "Morning everyone, pancakes, sausage, bacon and turkey bacon, come down to the kitchen."

"Well, we can do this later."

"Oh you bet we can, and you need to buy more condoms."

We got dressed and went downstairs, Calliope and Rebecca were cooking, with Betsy, Sandy and the Mikes eating.

"Calliope, this weekend has been amazing, you are amazing."

"Aww, thank you for being here Greg and Jo."

"I texted my Mom about your painting and sent her a picture. She wanted me to pass on how wonderful it is, she's a big Lincoln fan."

Calliope just blushes.

Alex enters with Jen, who is barely awake it seems.

"Ok, announcement time, we have a ton of leftovers from last night and when you fly home there is no way I can finish them. Save room for lunch, and no getting into the deserts till then, I'm looking at you Sandy."

She timed it perfectly, caught Sandy with her mouth full of pancakes.

After breakfast I tracked Sandy and Mike down, "Hey guys, got a sec?"

"Hey Greg, what's up?"

"I wanted to thank you both, for introducing me to Jo and inviting us to spend this weekend with all of you."

"I really didn't-" Mike nudges her. "Um, I mean, you are welcome. You're one of the gang, both of you."

"You guys make a cute couple, take care of her Mikemeister."

"You bet Greggorious."

I squint at him, "Hmmm"

I leave them to look for Jo.

Calliope PoV

The doorbell rings, that doesn't happen so often. I was busy cleaning up or I would have at least seen someone approaching. I glance over at the pad and my eyes go wide. Michael joins me at the door.

"Hey there, I have a delivery for Calliope Bard."

"Yes, that's me."

He goes to the van and comes back with a vase filled with I'd guess 36 roses. Michael takes the vase and I pluck the card from it. At this point the whole house is clustered around the door, a few 'ooohs' and 'ahhhs'

"It's from Mr. Stevens, thanking me for the amazing picture."

The delivery van pulls away and I see another pull up, this is crazy.

"Hi, I have a delivery for a Miss. Bard."

"Yes, that's us."

Greg is by my side to take this one in, a really fancy Edible Arrangement, a boutique of strawberries and a plate of small cheesecakes, Sandy insists on helping, go figure.

"Greg, watch she behaves." I look at this one's note, from the Spitfire gallery also thanking me.

I'm about to go inside when another car pulls up, this time it isn't a delivery but Heidi and the kids. This I can handle.

"Well hello there, come on in, does anyone like strawberries?"

I get a warm hug from Heidi, and we move into the house. Michael put the flowers on the center of the table and everyone was just looking at the berries. "Well, go on, dig in."

I got a single strawberry. It was my fault, I unleashed college kids on food, what did I expect?

"Heidi, girls, let's go over so I can paint you, if you stick around after there are some leftovers for lunch."

"Calliope, last night was delicious, thank you so much for having us."

We made our way to the studio and I pull out the camera, "Let's try something, we'll do a few poses and then we'll choose which one I paint. We spend the next 20 minutes trying various poses and and even some expressions. We go over to the area where I have another big screen setup for viewing, I'm scared to ask how much they spent on big screen TVs, maybe they got a bulk discount.

The girls really liked the one with all of them making faces at each other but Heidi wasn't having it, not going to waste this chance on a silly picture. I decided at that point I was going to paint that one later and send it to them. We settled on a dignified picture, with warm friendly expressions, not a stiff pose. Heidi looking at her girls with love. Yes, that will make a good painting. I get my paints ready and rotate the easel so it pointed to the screen where the picture is.

"This is going to take..." I take a look at the picture, "maybe 45 minutes, want to head back to the house? It is kind of boring watching me."

"Girls, why don't you go back and hang out with the kids there, I'll keep Miss. Bard company."

"Sure" "Sounds good"

I wait till they are back in the main house to start to paint. "Got to warn you, I sort of tune out the world. Also the house sort of locks down the workshop when I do."

"Oh wow. I'll just watch you paint quietly."

"Alright, let's do this." I pick up the brushes...

"Calliope, you were focused for 42 minutes."

"Calliope, are you okay?"

"Oh fine, how does it look."

We take in the picture, I made a few changes from the digital picture it seems, I have noticed I do that sometimes.

"Oh, it is incredible."

"I think so too. Let's go back to the house, I could use some juice or something. Oh drat, I just had an idea and it is going to cost me."

"What's wrong?"

"Oh nothing, I think I need a little kitchenette here in the workshop with a fridge, I tell the red tornado and she's going to go crazy setting it up."

"Well, probably worse problems than that."

"Quite true. The painting, you can take it home today but best to leave it out for a few days before shipping it or framing."

"We'll take extra care of it."

We return to the house and I see the girls talking to Jen, Alex, Jo and Greg about college life. Sandy comes up to me, "How did the painting go?"

"Really good, we took some digitals first then I painted the one they chose. Where is Mike?"

"Last I saw him he was asleep in Becca's room, apparently the poor dear is tired."

"Well, yesterday was a big day for all of us. I'm going to sleep most of tomorrow I expect." I pause, "I have an idea I want to run by you. What do you think of a little kitchenette in the workshop, fridge and such for after painting snacks?"

"Not a bad idea, can you excuse me for a moment?"

We watch her walk away, I hold up my finger for a moment. "Parnassus, where is Sandy Card?"

"Sandy Card has just entered the first floor of the workshop."

"Told ya."

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Noon came and we started to break out the leftovers, time for another announcement.

"One second before we dig in, after this I want to take a group picture out on the lawn in front of the house everyone here in that picture, no excuses!"

As we were eating we got another flowers delivery, this one was from Mr. Carlson and his wife. She wrote a nice note about the picture I drew for him. I guess his exclusive with Euterpe really helped his career. Nobody has figured it out like him and the gallery keeps telling the others I'm not interested, I guess he deserves the exclusive.

I have to hand it to the cattier, they packed everything up well and even gave us detailed instructions to best reheat the dishes. Just before noon Mr. and Mrs. card arrived and we dug in. It was a little like last night but a lot less formal, as with the strawberries, the leftovers didn't stand a chance when faced against the force that is hungry college students. Good, after tonight it is just the cats and I, plus Michael when he doesn't have that pesky school stuff.

"Sandy and Mike, want to help me setup? The equipment is over in the workshop."

"Oh sure."

They follow me over and I grab 2 tripods, my camcorder and digital camera. We exit the workshop door onto the lawn and I start to figure things out. I walk out to a place on the lawn and it just feels right. "Okay, over here I think, the light looks good at the moment too. Sandy, can you round them up. Michael, let's setup here."

We get the tripods setup easy enough, I do some minor adjusting.

"Mike, so how are you doing this weekend?"

"You are kidding right?"

"I just want to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves."

"Going to be tough to top this weekend."

"I'm glad to hear that." At this point everyone starts to arrive on the lawn. "Alright eveyone, form up here. Mike, turn on the video recorder and come over here."

I make sure the camera is lined up and take a few shots as they are getting ready. Out of the corner of my eye I see Heidi and the kids, I turn directly to them, "Get in there, no exceptions." They start to move into the mass, there are a lot of people here. I direct them a little to balance the shot, trying to keep couples together when I can. Ok, looks good.

"Okay, I'm going to run in there, big smiles everyone. Not using the timer, going to use the remote so just keep smiling." I rush over and take my place in the center and snap a few. Just then Sandy shouts, "On the count of 3 everyone say 'Calliope' 1, 2, 3!"

"CALLIOPE!" I snap a few pictures and it lasts for about 5 seconds before everyone converges on me for a big group hug. Don't cry, don't cry!

"Thank you everyone, this was so wonderful, I love you all. Let's go inside for a bit, the bus will be here around 4:30 to take the NC crew back to school."

Jen comes up to me, "On the verge of crying?"

"I'm getting as bad as you."

"Drink water, stay hydrated."

I go back inside and sit on the couch, my Michael sits next to me. Heidi and the kids are going to head out so I ask Michael to go get their painting from the studio. "I'll send over the digital pictures if you want too."

"Oh that would be great."

Michael comes back with the painting, "Just lay it flat for a few days, the paint is probably fine even now but I play it safe."

They all give me a hug and head out.

Mr. and Mrs. Card come up next, Steven and Lily, I really need to work on that.

"Calliope dear, how are you holding up?"

"Exhausted but in a good way."

"We're going to get going but if you need anything we're not too far away, please call us."

"Thank you, I will."

Sandy and Mike help me carry the equipment back to the workshop and everyone else scatters. Sandy makes sure to upload the camera contents to the workshop network storage. I'll take a look later, I have a few pictures I want to paint but I really want to put it off till later this week. Probably not a good bet I will wait though, I have so little self-control.

I spent the rest of the afternoon in my comfy chair in the living room, someone seemed to check up on my every few minutes, mostly my Michael. I just wanted to rest and enjoy all the energy in the house. At 4:20 the smaller shuttle bus arrived and things were coming to an end. I headed out to send them off and every one of them had hugs and the most wonderful words for me. Hopefully nothing was forgotten and they were off at 4:30.

"Cali, I've got to head back to school, I have an early class tomorrow. You going to be fine?"

"Yep, might not hear from me much tomorrow, going to try and rest up. Just me and the cats."

"Please send me a few texts tomorrow, let me know you are fine? I'll let you know when I can stay over next."

"It's fine, study really hard, I'm good."

He says he loves me and gives me a kiss that makes me melt a little. I wait on the lawn until he drives away, feed the cats a little early and collapse onto my bed, out like a light at 5pm.

Sandy PoV

Wahoo!! I know we're very close to returning to boring school but I'm going to stay excited till the last moment. The shuttle bus takes us right into the hanger where our plane is waiting, looks like it is the same one.

We get in and make ourselves comfortable, we are early so Heather checks if we want beverages. We are soon enjoying sodas and coffee. More selfies and pictures of each other, have to take them so we can prove it happened.

"Hello again, this is your captain speaking, we will be closing up and taxiing onto the runway shortly. We should have you at RDU in about an hour. Shortly after we'll at cruising altitude Heather will be around to refresh the beverages and serve dinner.

Dinner?? I can almost hear her in my head, 'well, I didn't want you kids to go home hungry'

The door closed and Heather checked we were all buckled in and asked what we wanted for dinner, chicken of salmon.

In 20 minutes we were at cruising attitude, the sky as the sun set at this height was like something from one of Calliope's pictures. I snap a few pictures and send them to her, the glare on the glass doesn't help but knowing her she will still make something amazing from it.

"Mike, come here, I want to show you something."

"Oh sure."

I lead him back to the lavatory and close the door, pressing him against the wall in a kiss.

"Um, Sandy?"

"Mike, we are cruising at maybe 30k feet or higher, there are 5280 feet in a mile."

"Oh!" He gets it now, "Aren't you worried someone will hear us?"

"I'm going to try my best." I start kissing his neck and helping him drop his pants. He reaches under my skirt and finds his mark. I'm not so fond of sex while standing but he felt so good tonight. I couldn't help but keep kissing him as we made love, one of his hands was on my ass to steady me or just to feel my ass, I'm good either way. I bury my face in his shoulder as it finally hits. Wow, wow, wow, that was pretty good. We clean up a little and I sneak out first, Mike waits about another minute. I don't think anyone noticed except Jen who leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Welcome to the club."

I weighed replying I didn't know what she was talking about but it wasn't like I didn't get the idea from her in the first place. I just nod as Heather delivers my chicken, perfect timing.

A few minutes later something else delicious is in the air, Heather comes out with fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Best weekend ever! I fire up the video recording on my phone, I get the gang eating their cookies, laughing and going on about this weekend. I pause it, "Everyone on 3, 'we love you Calliope'", I start it back up "1, 2, 3, We love you Calliope!"

That's a keeper.

I feel the Jet starting to descend, "This is your captain, we made good time and we'll be setting down shortly. Let's all help Heather with the trash and make sure you are buckled in. I didn't start it but the whole cabin starting clapping in appreciation. The captain came back on the speaker, "Thank you all, it was a pleasure to fly with you this weekend."

Like all good things it had to end, the jet came down quite gently and taxied into the hanger. We all made sure we had our backpacks and phones and made out way out of the plane, representatives of the charter company were waiting to escort us back to the departure area in little airport carts. No walking for the elite eh?

We actually talked it out, Betsy was going to uber back to Duke solo, Jo and Greg are going to head to the dorms, the rest of us back to the apartment. Alex has his car there and is going to take Mike back in the morning, after Jen and I ravage them one more time.

While waiting for our rides there is more hugging. We get into our rides heading to our homes away from home.

I have to admit, I've been sort of slacking, I need to finish up the security system. I have been relying on the silver cylinder which is amazing but I still have no clue how it works, I don't want to depend on it. A week or two and I'll have something up and running, something that can reach out to it for techomagic if needed. This is how I did it at Parnassus. Also this is an apartment, I can't do my crazy tech stuff here because we'll be out of here eventually. Still can't wrap my mind around that.

We get inside and with little fanfare we all head to our rooms, we're been running at full speed since Saturday, time to relax.