Ann: A Love Story Ch. 73

"You know what's inside, right?"

"Well, no...not really. I mean, I know...but there were a lot of them, so I really don't know."

"I mean, you know what they're going to do...right?"

"I'm already there, Heather," I said, looking at my crotch, which was starting to grow in anticipation.

"It's not too late to change your mind, Neil. But if you pick a card and you want to use it tonight, you have to tell me before you open that envelope."

"I know that, Heather."

"I'm just reminding you. That's what a good teller would do...remind you of all your banking options."

I sighed again, and looked at my watch. "I'm really going to be late, Heather."

"Then don't go upstairs. Pick the card, and hope it's what you want. If it is, then we just need to hook up before midnight. I can get away for twenty minutes and meet you somewhere, and then you can go back to the party. If it's not...take a second card, and hope THAT'S what you want. And if that still isn't it, you can technically pick two for tomorrow. And in case you don't remember, tomorrow is at 12:01...and Carol's at the party!"

I stared at the envelope in my hands, trying to decide what to do.

~*~*~*~*~*~

The 'party', was a company party. It was actually a Launch party for all of the management, engineering and front office employees that were already on board. And they were having it in the large banquet room of the hotel. And while I knew that Carol would be there, it never dawned on me that it was a Friday night...and that Saturday started at just after midnight.

Sure, they weren't normal banking hours...but that was part of the fun. As long as Carol or Heather was willing to hook up, it only mattered what day it was. And that meant that I had both Heather and Carol with me on a Friday night, and the party would certainly go past midnight. If I played my cards right...which in this case meant actually pulling the right cards, I might be able to get a blowjob from Heather before midnight, and another one from Carol AFTER. And if I was daring...who knows...maybe I could get four of the right cards, and I'd be able to save two of them for later in the week so I wouldn't have to keep gambling and losing. Again...not that eating a beautiful woman's cunt was like I'd lost a bet. But this was a game, and they had certainly had the better of it so far.

And Ann had the upper hand in OUR game, because of the envelope I held in my hand.

The envelope contained pictures...the pictures from our trip from California to Indiana. Well, obviously it wasn't all of them...Ann had sent a ton of them in the bigger envelope, broken out into little groups by number. What was in the envelope was a sampling of them, designed specifically with the intent of turning me on in some way. I knew that, because Tina has sent me a list of ones the she had been given by Ann to create special packets to tease Ann with...but again, I hadn't used them yet. I also knew the gist of the contents because Ann had already had me open one packet.

That one contained a picture of Ann, in my favorite pose; her legs spread wide, ass toward me, bent over at the waist as she grabbed her ankles. And it wasn't just one picture like that...there were nine of them, showing Ann posing in front of the welcome signs for each state we'd passed through on that trip. That particular envelope told me I couldn't open it until Sunday...and that I had to call Ann when I did. We ended up cumming together, which meant we each had to pay back our respective bankers.

Worked up just by holding the envelope, and knowing that I potentially had both Heather and Carol at my disposal, I told Heather I would take a chance and pull a card her, and I'd wait to see what happened with that one before I committed to another card for her, or one for Carol. As I opened this envelope, I was surprised even more. There were no pictures inside at all. There were just blank 3 by 5 index cards, masquerading as photos. On the top one, was a handwritten note...from Ann. It simply said, 'Your second surprise is at the party! The first one is standing in front of you.'

"What the hell does that mean?" I asked.

"I can't tell you about the second one...it's a surprise." I was so stunned by being fooled by the package that I just stood there with an idiotic look on my face. Heather tapped me on the arm and said, "Neil...are you ready for your first surprise?"

I shook my head a little, coming to my senses. "I guess...what is it?"

"Come with me," she said with a grin.

~*~*~*~*~*~

It was quick, and efficient. And it was long overdue as far as I was concerned. And as Heather sucked on my hard, pulsing cock, I realized it was also as good as she had advertised.

Heather had pulled me down the hall towards the rooms of the hotel on the first floor. As we passed the elevators, she pulled a key out of her blazer pocket, winking at me as she slipped it into the lock to one of the rooms. As soon as the door closed behind us, Heather dropped to her knees in the little hallway and reached for my zipper.

"What...what are you doing, Heather? This isn't part of the game."

"No...it's part of Ann's surprise. She knows you've been going forever without any relief. So, I'm supposed to take care of you."

"But..."

"No 'buts' Neil. We don't have that much time. You need to trust me, and your girlfriend."

"Fiancée," I said, correcting her.

"Yeah...even better. Now relax. I'm sure she'll explain it all later," Heather said as she pulled my rock hard cock out of my Dockers."

"But why you? Why now?"

"The 'why me' is because Ann called and asked me, and I said yes. And the 'why now' is because you and I are here, and I have your cock in my hands. Any other questions?" she asked, smiling up at me, licking her lips.

I leaned my head back as Heather licked the underside of my cock, and then moved down to my balls to suck on them as she stroked my shaft. Seconds later, I had to lean back against the door to keep from falling over as she took my prick deep in her mouth and started sucking me.

It was an amazing blowjob, and I knew I wasn't even getting Heather's best. She didn't have time to take her time, and do what she would have normally done for me. But that didn't mean I was being shortchanged in any way.

Heather's head was bobbing up and down on my cock, and my right hand instinctively went to the back of it, my fingers digging into her hair. She grabbed my balls with her left hand as the fingers of her right circled the base of my shaft, jacking it, moving it along with her mouth as she moved back and forth.

It had been so long since I'd had anyone touch my cock besides myself that I quickly felt my orgasm building in the balls that Heather was so expertly massaging. Normally, I would have tried to fight off my climax, and most of the time I would have been successful. But I needed to cum. Not just for my sanity, but also because I needed to get to the party.

Heather knew I was close, by the way I was moaning and the way my balls where churning in her hand.

Pulling off for a moment, Heather jacked my shaft as she said, "Cum in my mouth Neil...I want to taste you like you've tasted me so many times."

Heather placed the tip of my cock against her extended tongue, her mouth open and smiling. Her right hand was flying back and forth along my saliva slickened shaft...her left continuing to play with my balls.

"Oh...FUUCCKKK! I'M CUMMINNNGGGG!" I yelled as I started blasting my load past Heather's sweet lips.

"Ahh," Heather cooed as she felt my sperm splash against the back of her throat.

She swallowed my load, sucking at the head when I'd finished pumping into her mouth, wanting to get every last drop. I was panting as I leaned against the door while Heather s up. Leaning in to kiss me, she hesitated for a moment, and I grabbed the back of her head and pulled her to me, tasting a little of my cum in the process.

"Ann said you might do that," Heather giggled. "That is so sexy."

"So are you, Heather. This was quite a surprise."

"Well, there's one more waiting for you. We need to finish with the cards so you can get to the party!"

~*~*~*~*~*~

I wasn't as horny as I was before, but I'd already said I was going to pick a card. So there we were back at the front desk, Heather behind it, and me standing in the lobby.

Heather put the deck of 'Branch' cards on the countertop, and I pulled the top card. Instead of saying Heather or Carol, it said that I could 'choose closest branch', which was a good sign. That meant either girl I wanted. Then I pulled from the 'Transaction' deck, but instead of getting 'hand' or 'mouth', I got the dreaded 'check your balance' card, which meant I could be spending money...and a lot of it.

"Uh oh," Heather said as she reached for that third deck marked 'Balance' and placed it on the counter. That was the second time I'd had to draw from that deck, and Heather knew I was suddenly nervous. "Are you going to be picking any other cards on these decks?" she asked, pointing to the 'Branch' and 'Transaction' piles.

Thinking my luck was the same, I shook my head, changing my mind about picking four cards. "No...this is likely going to be costly enough," I said.

Heather fanned the deck of "Balance' cards across the countertop in a semi-circle, much like a dealer in Vegas. "Why don't you pick one that way...instead of off the top? Then you'll at least know this was fair."

Reaching into the center of the half circle, I pulled out a card and flipped it over. I was stunned when I read it.

It was like something out of Monopoly. The card said, 'Bank Pays Dividends', and the fine print stated that I would get to double the last transaction I made, in my favor.

"Does this mean what I think it means?"

Heather read it, and then she pulled out a paper from the box the cards were contained in. "The rules say that it means whatever the last transaction you did last...which I believe was a 'mouth' because you ate me yesterday...and you get TWICE that back in dividends. AND...because you got the 'closest branch' card first, that would mean it would be two from me, or two from Carol...or...one from BOTH of us."

"At the same time?" I said with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, no. I mean, you'll get two blow jobs, but not at the same exact time. But, we could be in the room at the same time."

"You mean midnight?"

"Yep...I get off at eleven...and I can get you off again after that. Congratulations, Neil. Here, why don't you go to the party and tell Carol she's going to be sucking a fat cock tonight," she said, handing me the cards to prove it to Carol.

"All right...I'll see you in a few hours, Heather. And thanks for my...surprise. You were amazing."

"So were you. I can't wait to have that big thing go off in my mouth again. That was fun."

~*~*~*~*~*~

Instead of heading upstairs like I'd originally planned, I turned to the left and headed towards the banquet rooms. As much as I wanted to clean up, it was close to nine...and the party had started three hours before. It was going to be my first chance to meet a lot of the people that I'd be working with, and I was so late, I figured that some of them might have already left. In fact it was odd, because as I walked down the long hallway to the last banquet room of the three they had, I couldn't hear anybody.

"Hell...they all left. This sucks," I said to myself as I made the last few strides to the big open doors and turned into the room.

When I turned that corner, I was hit by the blast of a huge cheer, the entire room yelling "SURPRISE" in unison, and that was followed immediately by a loud, raucous chorus of singing...to me.

"How the hell do they know it's my birthday?" I said to myself in shock.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Carol gave me a huge hug, and then she pulled back and said, "So...were you surprised?"

"Uh...yeah. How did you know?"

"You filled out your paperwork, and I had to file it. You're birthday is on the forms a couple of times," she smiled.

"But this...how did you get all these people...I don't even know most of them yet."

"Thelma. She's been with us for a while...she was the first Supervisor Jeff hired. And she was telling everyone what you did at the plant last week. And I don't think I said this, but kudos to you for that...way to stand up to Husky and Starch," Carol laughed.

"But Fred and Conrad were singing too. How..."

"Peer pressure...what were they going to do? Boo? You already made them look bad once. As dumb as they are, they weren't going to do something stupid in front of Andy."

"But Carol, you even got a cake," I said as I ate my dinner...which was fresh. Carol knew I was going to be late, and she had the kitchen prepare mine once I arrived at the hotel. And she got that information from Heather, who sent someone to tell Carol once I arrived. And that message was the catalyst for Carol to quiet everyone while Heather stalled me a little bit, by sucking my cock.

"The cake was Angela's idea. She said you couldn't have a birthday without a cake."

"Wow...that's so...wow."

"Yeah...Angela really likes you."

"What?" I said in a bit of a panic.

"Relax...not sexually. She just thinks you've been great to her, and she appreciates your helping her like you have."

"Wait...what about that message from Ann? The note telling me that my surprise was at the party."

"Surprise," Carol laughed, her arms held out wide.

"But...how?"

"It's Ann, Neil. Do you really need to ask?"

"Actually...yeah, I do."

"Okay, well, I called her once I found out your birthday was going to be on the same day as the party, and I asked her if she thought you'd be embarrassed if I did this. I wanted to do something to make you feel at home, and to kind of get everyone to think about this company as a family. Ann said she thought you would love it. So much so, that she agreed to help with the note."

"I do love it, Carol. I just can't believe you did this for me."

"Why not, Neil? I can never thank you enough for what you've done for me. This is just a small way to show my gratitude."

Looking around the room, I saw all the employees that I'd met over the last hour or so, most of them mingling with their significant others by their sides. I sighed and said, "I just wish Ann could have been here for this."

"Yeah...I know you miss her. But from what you told me a little bit ago, Heather and I are going to get to help take some of that edge off in a little while. That is if you have an edge left. Knowing Heather, she might have just sucked it right out of you."

"You...you know about that?"

"It's Ann, Neil. Of course I know about it. What better way to keep you occupied while I got things ready for you in here. I just hope you still have some, you know...left for me."

"You know...we don't have to do that tonight. I should probably stick around 'til the end since everyone did all of this for me tonight."

"Everyone? Neil, they yelled 'surprise', and sang 'happy birthday'. They were already here for the party. The only people that went out of their way were Angela and Thelma."

"And you," I smiled.

"Yeah...but it looks like I have an anterior motive now," she snickered.

"What's that?"

"Tonight, silly. You, and me...and Heather."

"I told you...we probably shouldn't do that tonight."

"Sure we should. We HAVE to."

"Why do we have to?"

"Because, Neil...everyone deserves to have SOME kind of sex on their birthday!"

"I just had..."

"That doesn't count," Carol said with a laugh.

"Why doesn't it?"

"Because...you weren't in your birthday suit!"

~*~*~*~*~*~

As birthday surprises go, it actually was a pretty good one. I never would have guessed that anyone in my new company would have taken the time to recognize it, not to mention celebrate it. Of course, Carol was right...there was already going to be a party to welcome everyone to the company. But it was a little overwhelming to have people I was literally meeting for the first time wishing me a happy birthday, and in a way, thanking me for making the party even more of a celebration.

I'd never gone out of my way to be the center of attention in anything. It just wasn't something that I craved. Mind you, it didn't make me uncomfortable. But it wasn't something I actively sought out. And to have people congratulating me because...well, because I was older? That seemed a bit odd to me. But I remembered the mantra of my college roommates, who lived by the creed 'any excuse for a party'.

But the party, as it were, started to wind down around ten-thirty, which dumbfounded me a little. After all, it was a Friday night. I was sure that the event would go on past midnight, what with the free food and free drinks. Yet the majority of the crowd had left, deciding to head home. There were a handful of people that stayed behind, and they decided to move to the bar to hear the live band playing. And Carol and Angela were two of them, first pulling me into the bar, and then dragging me onto the dance floor.

In fact, I don't think I left the dance floor for almost an hour. Carol danced with me first, for a couple of songs, and then Angela cut in, dancing with me for a couple more. It wasn't the dirty dancing I'd done with Ann months before...or with Heather a couple weeks before, but they were both showing off their bodies. I'm sure there was a little alcoholic influence, at least with Angela...but it was all in good fun.

When I'd finished dancing with Angela, I started to walk off the dance floor. That's when I saw Thelma sitting with the group, but kind of off to the side. It wasn't like they were excluding her...it was more like Thelma felt obligated to sit apart, like a self-imposed segregation. Standing at the edge of the dance floor, I looked at her, and smiled. She looked to her left, and then to her right, thinking I was staring at someone else. When I motioned for her to get up and join me, she froze and shook her head back and forth like a frightened seventh grader at her first dance.

When I walked over to her and held out my hand, she nervously stammered, "N...Neil. I don't dance."

"Sure you do," I said, still holding out my hand.

"Uh...no...I don't."

"Sure...you do," I nodded.

"No one's ever asked me to dance before, Neil. I don't dance."

"That means you haven't danced. It doesn't mean you don't. And now, I'm asking...Thelma, would you like to dance with me?"

"Neil, I know you're being nice and all...and I thank you for that. But in case you haven't noticed, I don't look like Carol or Angela."

I leaned down and took Thelma's hand, looking her into her eyes. "In case you haven't noticed, I don't look like them either. Now let's go," I said as I pulled her too her feet.

Thelma and I danced to three straight songs. She was self-conscious during the first one, staring at the floor at the beginning. But I lifted her chin with my finger and told her to just look at me, and not to worry about anyone else. By the middle of that song, she relaxed. And by the end of the last one, she was beaming. In reality, Thelma was very graceful. She was light on her feet, and had a genuine sense of rhythm. I even caught her giggling a couple of times.

When that third song ended, I knew that Thelma was tired. So we started walking off the floor as the band kicked in to the next one, Thelma leaned in and said, "Thank you Neil...that was...wonderful."

"You're a great dancer, Thelma. And it was my honor."

"I think I should let someone else dance with you. Do you mind if I sit down for a while?"

"I do," Jeff said as he took Thelma's hand and led her back to the floor. Thelma's eyes flew wide open as he started dancing with her. I don't know if she was more shocked that she was right back on dance floor, or that it was her boss who dragged her there.