Ann: A Love Story Ch. 65

"What does THAT mean?"

"Oh...she was just talking about my habit of giving things that I love to other people. She wanted me to be able to do that, and not end up being without one."

"What do you mean...you like to give things away?"

Ann took my hand, and said, "Its just part of who I am, Neil. When I have something, and it's brought me a lot of happiness and joy, sometimes...not all the time...but sometimes, I love to give that happiness to a friend that I know needs it more than I do."

"Wow...like what?"

"Well, with Missy, it was a necklace."

"What kind of necklace?"

Ann sighed a little, her face twisted in anguish, saying, "Look...just don't lecture me, okay? And for God's sake, don't EVER mention this to my Mother."

"Oooookaaay," I said, worried that I'd accidentally touched on a sensitive subject.

"It was a family heirloom. It was my Great Great Grandmother's necklace...and I gave it to Missy."

"Well, I'm not sure why you'd think I'd lecture you. I'm sure you had a reason...what is it?"

"The necklace had a lot of turquoise in it...and I wore it more because it looked good with some of my outfits than because it was a family thing. The first time Missy saw me wearing it, she kind of freaked out a little."

"Freaked out...why?"

"Oh...it was in a good way. Missy's half Navajo...her mother is a full-blooded Native American. And I guess my Great Great Grandmother was too. Now, I don't pretend to understand the significance, even now...but there was something about that necklace that was really important to Missy's heritage. It was some kind of personal thing that had to do with her Mom...and her childhood. And she asked me where I got it."

"Wow...that IS a little freaky," I said.

"And that's why she freaked out. She ended up telling me a story about it...the history of the setting, and what certain parts of the inscriptions that were on it meant. She knew all kinds of things that had her literally shaking as she explained them to me. And it was pretty obvious that it meant a lot to her...so..."

"So, you gave it to her," I smiled.

"Well, not then. I had to think about it...you know...the repercussions. It's not like every time I do something like that it's just on a whim...although that happens a lot of the time. But, I thought about this one, and the fact was, it was always going to mean more to Missy than it was ever going to mean to me. I'd had it for 10 years, and I never bothered to find out anything about it...and the truth was, I'd only worn it a couple of times. But Missy knew everything about it the second she saw it. So I ended up giving it to her for her birthday."

"Wow Ann...that is so incredible. And don't think I'm lecturing, because I'm not...but do you regret it?"

"No...not at all. If you would have seen the smile on her face, and the tears of joy, you'd know like I knew the second I gave it to her...I did the right thing."

"And you're worried you're Mom is going to be upset that you didn't keep it in the family...right?"

"Yeah...because in my mind, I DID keep it in the family."

"How do you figure that?"

"It's just another one of the things my Mom and I never saw eye to eye on when I lived in California," Ann said. And then her eyes grew wide, and she got this surprised look on her face as she exclaimed, "WOW!"

"Wow...what?"

"I just said I 'lived' in California...I think that's the first time I said that out loud. I mean, I know it...and I've thought it. But saying it like that...wow," she said shaking her head.

I took Ann into my arms, and hugged her. "I know...it had to be hard to leave your friends behind."

"That's just it, Neil. I know I had Uncle Marty and Aunt Helen out there...but after that first year, I didn't see them all that much. Holiday's mostly. But there were some Holiday's when I didn't go see them, and my Mom used to really get angry with me about that. She said I should make my family more of a priority. What she never got, and still doesn't, really, is that my friends ARE my family. That's how I treat them, because that's how I think of them. And I'm always going to be that way. When I gave that necklace to Missy, it was because she's part of my family."

"There's nothing wrong with that, Ann," I said as I held her.

"I hope you mean that...because I have a feeling our phone bill is going to be one of our highest bills. I'm not losing touch with the people I love. And I can see me talking a lot on those nights you're working those odd shifts and I'm home alone."

"You can talk all you want...we'll figure out how to pay for it when the time comes," I smiled.

~*~*~*~*~*~

We were about halfway to the little town we'd both called home at one time or another. And Ann let out a little sigh as we got closer and closer to our final destination.

"You okay, babe?" I asked.

"Yeah...you," she said, trying to perk herself up as she sat up straight in her seat.

"Tell the truth...what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm still thinking about not living in California anymore. Just hard to believe I'm back here. This is going to be an interesting couple of months."

"It won't be that bad, Ann."

"Easy for you to say...you're leaving in a couple of weeks and getting away from here. I'll be stuck in that drab little town again, living with my parents. I know things are better between me and my Mom now...but there are still a lot of ugly memories there."

"There are some really good ones, too."

"You can't be serious, Neil. Nothing good every happened to me in that town," she said, her mind stuck back to that last time she actually lived there.

"Well...something wonderful happened to me there...I met you," I said as I looked at her.

"Oh my GOD! I'm sorry, Neil. I was just..."

I laughed and said, "It's okay, Ann. I knew what you meant. And 4 months ago, I would have said the same kinds of things. There was nothing about living there that I found particularly endearing at all. All it brought to my mind were bad memories for me too. But when I think about it now, it's the place where my life with you began...and that's such a happy memory, all the others seem to fade away."

Ann put her hand over to mine, holding it. "You're right, baby. That IS a good memory."

"Look, I know that doesn't make up for me having to leave you behind here for a while. But you'll be planning a wedding, so I hope that helps," I smiled.

"HOLY SHIT! I almost FORGOT about that! I've got a WEDDING to plan!"

"See...it's going to go by faster than you think. We're going to have a busy couple of months. I know it's going to suck being apart again, but I think we can figure it out."

"You know...I don't want to think about that right now," she said candidly as she shook her head, like she was getting cobwebs out of it. "I'd rather talk about something happier."

"Okay...what do you have in mind? Want to talk about the wedding, since I just brought it up?"

"You know, that's a pretty big subject. I don't want to start talking about that and have to stop...we're not that far from home. Let's do that this week sometime, when we have more time."

"Okay, so what do you want to talk about now?"

"I think I want finish this trip talking about what I've been thinking about ever since you came down the escalator at the airport and walked into my arms."

"Yeah, what's that?"

"Anything that's about sex, baby," she said with a giggle.

"Oh...so you want to talk about you? Because YOU...are sexy," I winked.

"Aw...thanks baby," she smiled. "Actually, if you're asking...I was wondering, what do you think Penny and Garrett are doing right now?"

"Probably the same thing they were doing just before they left our room," I laughed.

~*~*~*~*~*~

And what Penny and Garrett had been doing in our room...was fucking each other.

After Garrett came from Ann's blowjob, and I finished fucking Ann, Ann had commented about how good my cum tasted to her. That led to a brief discussion about how Penny had never tasted cum before. And from there, Ann sort of set the stage for her doing it for the very first time, by mentioning to Garrett that he was still calling the shots when it came to what Penny would do sexually during their weekend together.

Penny was hesitant at first, but some gentle persuading by Ann gave her a boost of confidence. It seemed like Penny could tell that Ann was being not only honest, but enthusiastic in her feelings about tasting cum, and that seemed to sway Penny. So, she leaned over her husband's flaccid cock, and started seductively licking up the remnants of the big load he shot all over his freshly shaved pubic mound.

The moment Penny took a big glob off of Garrett's lower stomach and held it on her tongue for him to see, making a low moan as she did, Garrett's cock moved. When she swallowed it and told Ann it was just a delicious as Ann had told her, and she was now kicking herself for not having the guts to taste it years before, his cock twitched as it started to come to life, growing before our collective eyes. And when Ann said that it tastes even better when you get it fresh from a cock exploding in your mouth, and Penny replied that she couldn't wait to find out, Garrett was rock hard and throbbing.

When Penny finished cleaning up Garrett's last load, she immediately went about helping him make his next one. She climbed on top of him, and started fucking him right there on the bed in front of us. Ann grabbed the camera, making sure she took a couple of pictures of them together. But she also made sure she had a couple of exposures left, for what we hoped would be a memorable finish.

And our new friends didn't disappoint. Garrett flipped Penny over, and started fucking her from behind much like I'd done to Ann...and just the change in position had Penny cumming almost the second he rammed his fat cock back inside her. And that had Garrett exploding shortly afterwards. But not before he announced he was about to cum, and Penny spun around and fell to her knees in front of him like Ann had done to me just a half hour before. Penny took his cock into her mouth as she jacked it off.

Her hand was flying back and forth over his shaft, trying to make him cum almost frantically. Maybe she was just trying to make it happen quickly so she wouldn't have time to think about what she was about to do and change her mind. But the way that Penny was acting, it looked like she was just eager to taste more of Garrett's sperm, and show him she was a changed woman.

Garrett wasn't taking any chances. Penny had handed him 'the keys' and he wasn't letting her have them back. Both of his hands made their way to Penny's head, grabbing her gently, but firmly by the hair...keeping her locked onto the tip of his cock as she stroked the rest of it.

Penny began squealing with delight when her husband's load started hitting the back of her throat. She swallowed the first gulp fast, and then she let him keep pumping onto her extended tongue, holding it still as he emptied his balls into her mouth for the first time ever. The loving groan Garrett exhaled from his lungs showed his excitement over what Penny was doing. He let go of the grip he had on her hair, instead just letting his right hand rest there, stroking her silky strands tenderly.

Penny made sure she showed Ann her mouthful of sperm, and Ann made sure that was the last picture on the roll. The proud look on Penny's face as she held out her tongue a little, opening wide for the camera, was not only sexy as hell, it was kind of cute.

When she swallowed, Garrett helped her to her feet. "God, that was so...powerful," Penny said at the time.

"What...my cock?" Garrett laughed.

"Yeah...that's part of it. It's so hot feeling that big thing going off in my mouth...and it tasted SO much better than I ever thought it would. But I also felt...strong. I can't explain it...it's like I felt more like...like..."

"A woman?" Ann said with a grin.

"YEAH...is that weird?"

"No...not really. It makes me feel so feminine when I suck Neil's cock and let him cum inside my mouth. But I think the word you're looking for is empowered. I get a sense of feeling in control whenever I do that, and it makes me feel so alive."

"Wow...yeah. I never would have thought that. For some reason, I always felt like it would be degrading," Penny said, her face puzzled by her reaction.

"Penny, there's nothing degrading about wanting to please your man sexually, or any other way really. As long as he respects you, and loves you for it, there's no shame in using your body to make him happy. He's only going to make him want to do the same for you. Besides Neil and I can feel the love you two have for each other. We even talked about it."

"You talked about us being in love?"

"Yeah...truthfully, that's one of the reasons we feel so comfortable with you. I don't think any of this would have happened if we didn't know for sure that you two were solid as a couple, and totally devoted to each other. I just hope we didn't do anything that made either of you uncomfortable."

Penny looked at Garrett, and she hugged him as he smiled at her. Garrett spoke for his wife when he said, "No...everything was wonderful. It was more than wonderful...it was perfect. It's hard for me to say this, but I feel a little bit like a newlywed again. I know I have a lot more to learn about my wife now, even after 15 years. I can't thank you and Neil enough, Ann."

"Oh God...me too," Penny said, her voice sounding dreamy. "This has been such an amazing Anniversary!"

~*~*~*~*~*~

"So, do you think they're fucking?" Ann giggled.

"Sure...or they just finished. Or they're getting ready to. They don't have to go home, so I'm thinking they're going to be busy the rest of the night in one way or another."

"If they don't run out of energy."

"We haven't...and we've been going at each other like teenagers since I met you at the airport."

"You had trouble there that last time," Ann said, her lip pouting a little.

"Because we didn't have time to stay Ann. Please don't make it out like I didn't want to...or that I couldn't. I just needed more time."

"I know, baby. I was just teasing."

The car went silent for a little while after that, but I wasn't upset about Ann's playful jesting, and she knew it. I began thinking about the day we spent with Garrett and Penny, since it was still fresh on my mind. I'd had a great time with them, and it had nothing to do with the sex. That was just an incredible bonus. They were genuine people; fun and honest, and they had indeed become fast friends.

And that struck me, because of what Ann had done at my request. She'd given Garrett a blowjob, and I was totally okay with it, just like I had been with Chad when we'd played the erotic board game. What we'd done with the McCray's also kind of felt like a little game of sorts. But what hit me was how Ann being with Chad, and now Garrett, had felt okay to me, while just the mere thought of her sucking off Johnny, the bellboy at the hotel in Salt Lake City, had made my spine shiver that night.

That's when I realized that it all had to do with who the person was, and how I felt about them....it mattered. Was I comfortable, or not, with who they were as a person? Sure, I'd judged Johnny...maybe even unfairly, because I didn't really get the chance to know him. But I didn't WANT to get to know him that way, or frankly, any other way, really. Garrett and Penny were different from the start, because they were a couple in love and we knew that the nanosecond we first met them.

And that made me think of THAT as being the true common denominator. Chad adored his wife Dana. I thought back quickly to Tina and me in that hotel in Northern Virginia with Kyle and Melody. Kyle absolutely adored HIS wife. And there was no doubt that Garrett loved Penny the same way. So any perceived threat of doing damage to their marriages, or them affecting my relationship with Ann, seemed extremely remote.

Each of the couples were willing participants, and the things I had done with them, either with Ann, or before that Tina, seemed to stimulate them and draw them closer. In all those cases, I viewed it as not just a short-term turn on for them. My gut told me, based on what they'd said at the time and how they acted, that Kyle and Melody, and Chad and Dana, and now Garrett and Penny, were going to continue to reap the benefits of the sexual encounters that were shared with them for a long time to come.

I suppose the thought of that sounded a little conceited, but when it came to what Ann and I had done together with the two couples we'd been with, I could only go with what each couple had said to us, and trust that they were being honest about it. All I knew was that I had no regrets over what we'd done with either couple, and I know I would have if I'd ever seriously entertained the thought of having Johnny be with Ann. But that was how I felt...I never thought about what Ann may have been feeling. And when I thought about that, it kind of gnawed at me a little. What if she wasn't okay with everything, but didn't have the heart to tell me.

"Babe...can I ask you something," I said, wanting to get that feeling out of my system as quickly as I could.

Ann smiled, her reaction almost bubbly. "Sure."

"Were you okay with how things ended with Penny and Garrett?"

"What do you mean? You don't feel like they're really our friends?"

"No...I feel great about them. I'm talking about the...sex."

"You mean how they ended, between the two of them...or are you talking about us?"

"I'm talking about you...and Garrett...and then me."

"Oh...THAT," Ann laughed. "What do you want to know, baby?"

"I just wondered if you were okay, you know...with...all of it."

"Am I making you think I'm upset or something?"

"No, but...well...it's not like Garrett was Chad, you know. You knew Chad for a long time. And I know I'm in charge...well, I was then. Look, I just don't want you thinking that every guy we just meet, you might end up..."

Ann put her hand on my leg, trying to calm my brain, which was racing as I tried to get my thoughts out. "Calm down, Neil...what are you all worked up about?"

"I'm not worked up, Ann. I just want to make sure..."

"Are you worried that I think you're going to start making me have sex with just any guy we happen to meet?"

"Well...sort of. I mean, not fucking...but, you know."

"Well...ARE you?"

"NO...God no. I just..."

Ann smiled and said, "Look, baby, I know this is all still part of us figuring out who we are as a couple, and what we want to do to have fun. And so far, I think we've not only had an amazing time, I think we've REALLY been on the same page. I can't think of anything we've done on this trip that I not only didn't love, but I also wouldn't do again if the circumstances were right."

"Including being with both me and Garrett at the same time?"

"Is THAT what you're worried about?"

"I'm not worried. I guess I'm just confirming that you were okay with everything."

"Neil, just the fact that you feel you need to do that is just one more reason why I love you so much."

"Need to do what?" I asked, a little confused.

"To make sure I'm okay with it. I love you for that."

"So, you were really okay with that then?"

Ann smiled and said, "Okay...here's the thing. I know this might sound a little hypocritical, but there's a big difference in how I feel about men and women."

"What?"

"Since we started this trip, I've had sex with three women that I'd just met...Maryam, Molly, and now Penny."

"What about Tina?" I laughed.

"Well...yeah, technically. But I really felt like I knew her already...and you know that. With the other three, I literally just met them. And I could feel them...inside me. I could feel who they are as people."