Natalie took my and looked to me to respond. "Yes. Until two years ago I was a government researcher until my report was leaked to the press and I became highly visible. Then I disappeared from view. Natalie was also an invisible researcher also. We were well known within our community but not outside of it. Then this recent event has had our names and pictures all over the news for weeks. I think that I have had more than my fifteen minutes of fame and I want to go back to being a normal guy leading a normal life. Natalie might feel differently but that is what I want."
Natalie added, "I agree totally with Jeff. Being so public was not a comfortable feeling for me. I am very content being just an average person."
Monica responded, "I can understand that except that both of you are far from being average and it shows. I will need to tell the board who is making the donation so they can formally accept it and give you the tax exemption that I am sure you will need. But they are used to keeping donors names private. Do you have any information on the four people you would like to dedicate this too?"
"Natalie probable knows about John but neither of us knew the others well; only as co-workers. I can get some information on them from Washington I think."
"That would be nice and their next of kin if you could. We would like to send them an acknowledgement of the dedication."
"I'll see what I can get."
"Great. Now Sheila, what do you have for them?"
"I called the green house guy this afternoon and told him that we might want to go ahead with the project now. He was excited as his business has slowed a little like it normally does at this time of year. So, he will meet you for dinner Wednesday night at the restaurant in town to go over the details. He said that he would be there at 6:00. Is that alright with you?"
"That works perfectly. I will call my banker when we get off at the B&B and tell him to expect a call from him to confirm the financial arrangements or do you need a cash donation and then order the materials yourselves?"
"We can do it either way. As long as we can call on any warranty issues, we are fine with it."
"I'll do it whichever way that will let us get it up before winter. I want to grow things during the cold and start seeds early for spring."
"Then we have a go. The formal go will be after the board meeting next month but Monica has already talked to three of the board members and there won't be any problems."
"That is great news. I am also going to go forward with herb garden and hopefully have it functional over winter."
"That's great but remember, we only feed staff and a few visitors so the whole herb garden doesn't need to be covered. Here is the cooks list of things she would like. The ones with stars are first priority; the others are secondary but desirable."
"I'll check to see which of these grows best in this area."
"Thanks. We have enjoyed having you here with us and look forward to the winter. We have a lot more time to talk and work then."
"We are looking forward to it too." We all rose and I carried the dishes back up to the dining hall. Monica went to the evening service while Natalie and Sheila got a cup of coffee and talked for a moment. Then Sheila left to go to the service also.
I went to Natalie asked if she wanted to go to the rest of the service. She smiled and said that we probably should but she had a better idea. Unfortunately, the better idea would have to wait because it had been a short service and everyone started filling out. So we went to get an ice cream. We were joined by Heather and the other two volunteers who sat with Nat at lunch. The five of us went outside and found a bench near the dining hall to sit on.
Natalie introduced the two girls as Diane and Marcie. They were both students at Washington State and were here for another two weeks.
Diane started the conversation, "Natalie, at lunch you said that you felt that there was a future for polyamory families. How exactly do you think that would work?"
"I'm not exactly certain but I know that they do work. There are already a number of multiple partner families in the country that I know of. I did a paper in college on the subject and there were a couple of things that stood out. The first was that there had to be a dominant leader. Families don't work well when two of more people are always striving to be the dominant one. That is true even in normal one man-one woman relationships. That doesn't mean that the relationships are master/servant ones. It is more like a 'managing partner along with other partners' relationship."
"Does that mean that these will all be male led relationships?"
"Not necessarily but that will probably be the norm. Guys are competitive and try to control their lives. A woman can lead but she then will have to find away to balance those competitive issues."
"Are you and Jeff going to have a relationship like that?"
"I don't know. A lot of that will depend on Jeff. He can definitely be the managing partner for sure. But he might not want to manage two or more women."
"So let's say that a year after you got married, he came home one night with a hot young thing and announced that she was moving in with the two of you. Isn't that going to bother you?"
"Yes definitely. But it would also say that then we had a master-servant relationship and neither of us wants that. However, since I am bi and he isn't, if we together found a woman that we both liked and felt strongly about and she was receptive, then that could become a viable situation. I actually think that that is a very reasonable relationship because there are so many women who consider themselves bisexual these days. They could have their own relationship within the framework of the larger one. It also allows for a great deal of sexual diversity within the family and we know that sexual boredom is often the seed that leads to the breakup of a family."
"What other advantages might occur? I can see the sexual diversity for sure but that also seems a little shallow and limited. There has to be something else at work to make this viable, isn't there?"
"You are exactly right on that point. The sexual diversity is important but only one dimension. The greater benefit is an economic one. Consider a two person relationship. They each work and the family has a nice income and life. But when they have a child, the income goes down, the costs go up and the stress increases on everyone. Now let's add a third person to that relationship. She may not be career oriented to the same degree as the others. If either woman has a child and the third woman takes over the household and child care as her job and role, then the income stays up, the costs do go up but not as much because the child care is taken care of, and the stress is level is reduced greatly. At some point it becomes impractical but three or maybe four people would be about the practical maximum I would guess."
"That makes sense but that also means that you are looking for a certain type of woman for your third."
"Maybe, maybe not. Look at the two of you. You are both young and ambitious. In ten years, are either or both of you still going to be that way or will one of you have a strong need to be a mommy and a caretaker? You don't know for sure but the odds say that one of you will want that. You can be a girl couple with a male friend with benefits or you can enter into a relationship with a man and work your leadership issues as you go. That's one of the reasons I felt that these relationships had a place in the future. There is a lot of flexibility and the ability to adapt as time goes on plus I really am drawn to the idea of reduced stress in a relationship. There was a lot of stress in my first marriage but with Jeff, even though we were involved in a very stressful situation, I felt more relaxed than I ever have when I let him make the decisions for us and I supported him in every way I could. Jeff, do you have a comment to make?"
"I'm a little late in this discussion and I am still trying to absorb what Nat just said; but I will say that during our adventure I didn't always feel like I knew what to do. There were times that I felt that anything I did would be wrong. I always talked things over with Nat and as she said, she let me make the decision. The fact that she had that much trust in me and my judgment and then that she supported me in my decision gave me a lot more confidence that even if I made a wrong choice, we would come out of it ok. I can also say that we bonded more closely than I have ever felt with anyone in my life. I'm older than she is but right now, she is half of my heart, one of my lungs, arms, and legs. She is part of me and I really don't know how I would be if I went back to my old life. But I also have no desire to go back."
'Wow, this is pretty impressive. How would you go about looking for someone like that?"
I looked at Nat and she just nodded for me to reply. "I guess that I would say that you can't go looking for it. You just live and allow it to find you. As I look back, I probably had twenty opportunities for something good like this but I was too wrapped up in other things to let it just happen. This time I didn't really have much of a choice. We came together out of mutual need and we came out of the other end as one."
Natalie added, "I agree with Jeff. I don't think that you can make it happen; all you can do is be open to it when the opportunity arises. Hopefully none of you will be caught up in something like we were, but there will be opportunities in different forms for you."
I said, "Marcie, you have been quiet. What do you think?"
She smiled and said, "I want Diane to take me to our room and fuck me."
Natalie smiled and said, "I think that the two of you are on the verge of a good poly relationship and haven't found it yet. You already have the core relationship working."
Diane stood up and pulled Marie with her, "Good night all; I must see to my girl. We will see you at breakfast." They headed for their dorm.
I said, "Heather, you have been quiet too. Do you have anything to say?"
"Yes; I wish Cindy was here to fuck me tonight too. But I only have a couple more days to wait."
"Then we will walk you to your dorm and wish you sweet dreams."
I took one of her hands and Natalie took the other and we walked her to the volunteer dorm. She gave each of us a hug and went inside.
As we turned to go to our room, Natalie said, "Now it is time for you to fuck me, lover."
As we walked back, I asked, "Did you really mean what you said tonight?"
"Honey, I believe it intellectually and I think that it is very possible even for us; but as I said, I don't want to go look for it, but if it arises, I would be open to considering it. I have a feeling that Becky might be good for us if she and Tim ever break up but I am not going to hope that they split. Heather would be nice but she is so young that I doubt that she is ready for something this sophisticated. The one thing I didn't say was that it would take intelligent people acting intelligently to make something like this work."
"That makes a whole a lot more sense when you add that in."
"I think it can work at all levels but it would be a lot harder with a plumber, a waitress, and a secretary for sure. Their goals tend to be focused on today and tomorrow. It takes people with a longer vision to see the potential in a relationship like this."
We went in and got in bed and as she promised, she took advantage of every bit of energy I had in me. But then she gave me every bit that she had too.
In the morning, I repeated myself by going to get coffee for us but this time I brought tea for Sheila which she rewarded me with a kiss. Natalie wanted a kiss too and then Sheila wanted another one too. Well, that went on for several minutes until we were all giggling. As Natalie and I walked to the dining hall, she said, "I think that tonight we will be having Sheila visiting us if you don't mind. She is getting horny again."
"You make the bedroom decisions. It is your call."
"I just want to make sure that you don't have any problems with her."
"None. I like her, I feel comfortable working with her, and I like the way she looks too."
"She looks even better without clothes on and she cums really nice too."
"I guess I will find that out tonight, won't I." I grinned.
"Yes, you most certainly will."
We ate breakfast and then went to work. The first thing I had one person do was wet the new area down very thoroughly. I wanted to probe it with a pitch fork before I ran the tiller over it. The rest of us planted lettuce until break time and then we probed the area together. We dug up two old cast iron skillets, several plates, a couple of ceramic crocks, and assorted knives, forks, and spoons. We set those aside and then took one of the tillers and began working out way out a row at a time. During this, we unearthed more small items including a couple of rings and a bracelet. When we finished for the afternoon, I had one of the girls go get Sheila and the others went to clean up. Sheila came down with Natalie and was surprised at the things we had found. We boxed them up and I carried them to the office. She would have the curator of the small museum we had look at them when she came up over for the weekend.
I went and took a shower and changed clothes. Then I went to dinner and sat with Natalie and Heather. Shortly after that several other visitors joined us and we got to meet some new people and go through the "who are you and where are you from" routine. So far, everyone we had talked to had been interesting and enjoyable. I didn't expect that everyone would be that personable but so far I liked everyone.
After dinner we went to services and then to ice cream. We walked Heather back to her dorm and then went to our room. Sheila was waiting for us with a bottle of wine opened and three cups. She poured us each a glass and the three of us sat on the sofa in our small living room and talked. Natalie was in the middle. After a few minutes, Natalie's arm was around Sheila's shoulders and Sheila's head was resting on her shoulder. Then came their first kiss and then the second which lasted much longer. I began caressing Natalie's arm and thigh.
A few minutes later, Natalie had the smaller woman move onto her lap and they kissed more passionately. Then Nat took my arm and slid it around Sheila's back and let her move into my embrace. Sheila made no effort to reject the effort and I leaned down to kiss her. She met me eagerly and sucked my probing tongue into her mouth. That was when I discovered that Sheila was indeed a very passionate woman but that she did not initiate contact. When Natalie or I initiated contact, her response was eager and passionate. Natalie told me later that this was the way it was with her husband too. He wanted to control things and she was happy responding to his initiatives. While I was kissing Sheila, Nat slipped her hands under her bulky sweater and began caressing her breasts. Sheila moaned in my mouth at her first touch and sucked harder on my tongue.
I felt Natalie doing something and lifted my head as she raised Sheila's sweater over her head and tossed it aside. Now I saw what Natalie meant; Sheila's breasts were full and probably a nice B-cup with erect nipples on the tip. They were well hidden under the heavy sweaters that she normally wore. Natalie's mouth sought one of her breasts and Sheila shuddered and moaned. I went back to kissing her and was met with even more enthusiasm. I pulled her arms around my neck and they went eagerly and her fingers began playing with the hair on my neck. I felt Natalie move again and then she gently pulled my head down until one of Sheila's nipples was pressing against my lips. I opened my mouth and ran my tongue over the firm tip and received a moan for my efforts. Meanwhile, Nat was undoing Sheila's pants and wrestling them off her legs. Our prize was now naked on our laps and in our arms.
Natalie whispered in my ear, "Bring our baby to bed. I think all of us are ready to explore each other."
I easily lifted Sheila and stood up. Natalie went to our bed and pulled the covers back so I could lay Sheila in the center. Then we both knelt next to her. Natalie said, "I'm going to warm her pussy up for us; you let her get a taste of your cock." Sheila was lying there with her eyes closed but she was breathing deeply. I saw Natalie spread her legs and crawl between them. I moved up a little and let the tip of my cock touch her lips. Her mouth immediately opened and let the crown inside and sucked on it with enthusiasm. Slowly she pulled the rest of it inside until I was bumping the back of her throat. She didn't stop however until I was in her throat and my pubic hair was against her mouth and lips. The she pulled back and continued to suck a full mouthful of me. I felt her tense up and freeze for a moment as she came from whatever Natalie was doing.
Natalie waited a minutes and rose and said, "Sheila honey. Let him go and get on your hands and knees and come make love to my pussy. Without hesitation, Sheila released me and crawled between Natalie's legs and began licking while holding her hips. Natalie nodded to me so I got behind her and slipped my cock inside the waiting pussy. She was fairly tight and it took a few extra adjustments until I was fully inside her. I could feel her muscles contracting against me and then she froze again for a few minutes. When she released the grip on my cock, I began to slowly thrust in and out of her. Her hips immediately began to move to meet my every move. She rolled in a way that her clit rubbed against me on each stroke. She came two more times before I felt myself about to cum. I looked up at Nat and she smiled and nodded her head so I just kept moving and was deeply inside her when I spit out my first load of cum. That triggered Sheila to explode around me and a deep moan escaped from between Natalie's legs. I looked and Nat was in the throes of an orgasm at the same time. I heard Sheila lapping up her sweet cum.
When I finished I just stayed still until I softened enough to slip out of her. Sheila rolled over on her side with a huge smile on her face. Natalie said quietly, "Honey, go clean his cock up for him. When he is ready again, he will fuck me and you can watch and help."
Sheila moved and took me in her mouth and cleaned every drop of our mixed cum. Then she lay back on her side but held me in her hand and began gently stroking me. Natalie snuggled up to my back and caressed my chest and abs. She was also lightly humping my ass. She whispered in my ear, "Do you like that, honey?"
"Mmm, yes I do."
"I thought you would. Just relax and let Sheila and I to enjoy you until you are ready to go again."
It didn't take long especially after Natalie pushed Sheila's head down and she inhaled my cock again. When I felt ready again, Natalie asked, "Are you ready?" I nodded and felt her roll onto her back. "Sheila lover, bring Jeff to me and put him inside me."
Sheila rolled me over to face Natalie and coaxed me between her legs without ever letting go of my cock. When I was in position, she rubbed the tip against Natalie's clit and up and down her slit to get it wet and then she put me right at her entrance and held me there while she began to push my ass with her other hand. I slid into Natalie's waiting pussy and once again felt that was where I was meant to be. Sheila removed her hand in order to let the last part of me to enter. Then she lay and caressed my ass as I move inside my love. Natalie met my thrusts and began moaning with passion. As our movements and passions increased, so did the intensity of Sheila's caresses on my ass.