Loosening Up Bk. 05 Ch. 01-04

Scarlett teased, "Cone on, what else would you say to me? That the rampant sex will be too much for me and that I'll run from your gates screaming about how deviant you all are?" She laughed, "Give me a fucking break. I'm not that insensitive or unaware about what you bunch of nymphomaniacs and horny men do in your spare time. I even did some research based on what I pried out of Owen. He can become quite talkative when I turn on my charms and he's had two or three glasses of champagne. I kind of like the idea of polyamory, at least the way you seem to practice it."

Dave muttered but started to smile, "I'd tell her that we make time for people that are genuine and that want to be our friend. I'd explain that we aren't pretentious; that a person's star power might blind us temporarily, but that we come around and start looking at the authentic person quite quickly. I'd tell her that she's more than welcome to stay, but that she'll have to use either a local hotel or one of my guest rooms, because we don't have any presidential suites available for her entourage."

Scarlett came around the men so she was standing between Owen and Dave who had stood when she'd first spoken. She sat in an open chair facing Dave who then sat. "I'm here. Owen volunteered your guest room. The only entourage I have is my four-year old daughter Rose who is parked in your media room watching the Cartoon Channel. I need a vacation without any possibility of the paparazzi finding me. If I get started on some romantic entanglements so much the better. If it happened to be with you, assuming your wives tolerate me, that'd be the best. Owen told me the whole story of the Circle, each of the members, and especially you." She smiled.

"But ... you ... you're ... we are ..." Dave was increasingly smitten by the beautiful woman.

Scarlett looked around, "So, besides the beach and sex, what else do you do to have fun around here? Personally, I'm ready for either one." She fixed Dave in her stare. If there was ever an invitation, this was it. "I think I prefer the latter about now. Also, at the beach someone is probably going to recognize me, so your pool seems a much better deal. Am I allowed to stay?"

Dave studied the gorgeous movie star and thought about what was happening. He made a point of pinching his thigh to ensure this was really happening. It was.

Dave bowed slightly to her, "Please stay and accept our hospitality. Do NOT feel you have to do anything you don't want to do. We are very egalitarian, sharing, non-exclusive, and not at all monogamous. We don't get jealous. We love each other a lot. We're also exhibitionists and voyeurs, and we don't discriminate on any basis.

"If you want to avoid our seamier side, my recommendation is to retire early and not pay attention to what goes on in the core living room, the patio, or the gazebo."

Just then Holly came out from inside the core with Matthew and a young girl about four years old. Matthew and the girl were holding hands. Holly and Matthew were wearing bathing suits. Well, Holly wore a monokini.

Holly came up to the group, "Hi, I'm Holly. I was helping out with the babies but they're all asleep now and this pretty young thing was watching television, but Matthew came along and sold her on the idea of going swimming. I guess you're her mom; would it be all right? I taught Matthew how to swim. Maybe I could give Rose a lesson or two while we all play in the pool. She told me that was her name."

Rose begged Scarlett to let her swim.

Scarlett said, "I'm Scarlett. I didn't bring a bathing suit for Rose, then again, she probably doesn't need one at her age if that's all right with everybody."

Holly said, "Great. No problem around this place. Come on Rose, let's get you all set up and you can tell me about how much you can swim. Let's see what we can do."

Scarlett watched Holly and Rose go over to a chaise near the edge of the pool near the steps at the shallow end. Holly picked up some towels. Matthew executed a perfect swan dive into the pool from the diving platform that Dev had built for him to use. He wasn't that interested in a naked Rose.

Holly coaxed Rose into the pool by way of the steps and then started to teach her about holding her breath and her natural ability to float after she had lungs full of air. Scarlett watched her daughter very carefully.

Dave said, "Holly has a baby in the nursery – Zoe Faith. I'm probably the daddy."

She laughed, "Yes, Owen said that you seem to have little swimmers that understand what they're supposed to do once they start swimming."

Owen laughed and looked at Dave, "I think those are the exact words I used. Your name does seem to be associated with a lot of the births and pregnancies occurring around the Circle."

Owen turned to Scarlett, "When you mate with this man, you might want to be sure your prescription is up to date and you've been taking them as you're supposed to."

Scarlett laughed, "Oh, no problem, although it has been a while since I was with anybody. If I even look sideways at a man some publication will have some huge story about the two of us in some deep, dark, romantic entanglement with a thousand complications."

Dave asked, "How'd you sneak out of Hollywood, or dare I not ask?"

Scarlett looked at Owen. "My assistant helped. Rose and I were smuggled out of my home when she left at the end of the day yesterday. I'd already talked to Owen. She whisked me to the nearby general aviation airport where Owen had his plane, and I rushed onboard with Rose and our luggage. No one followed us or saw me at the airport, I guess. A red-eye flight right to your little airport and here we are. We even slept on the plane. I suspect Rose's internal clock is a little crazy, but she did sleep most of the time last night."

Owen went over to the bar and came back with several more bottles of Summer Ale. The group sat and talked, and watched Holly showing Rose what she wanted her to do. Rose was doing it, often yelling at her mom what she'd just accomplished.

After about twenty minutes, Rose demonstrated to everyone a perfectly acceptable dog paddle, even more amazing because she wasn't wearing any water wings or anything for that matter. She swam from one side of the pool to the other. Holly looked very pleased with herself, too.

Scarlett marveled, "I never would have guessed that she'd learn that so quickly. We don't have a pool at our home, so the opportunity just hasn't been there for her to swim. I'm so pleased she's learning this."

She turned to Dave and said, "Owen showed me to your guest room. I hope that's all right. He explained about the pilot and his girlfriend also living with you temporarily in the other guest bedroom. Maybe that's what I need to do, live with you temporarily. I also saw your immense bed. I love it. I think I'd love to be made love to in it, too. Maybe you could show me later. Owen says you have some special skills that women just love."

Dave blushed. "They're nothing that special." He remained incredulous that this A-list movie star had shown up and wanted a physical relationship with him. He wasn't sure he'd be up to the task to please her or make her happy during her vacation with them. He felt sure he'd wake up from his dream any second.

"We'll see, I hope." She smiled at him and gave a wink.

About five o'clock Cricket came bounding across the patio and launched herself into Dave's arms. She smothered him with kisses, and glowed with love as he kissed her back.

As they parted, Dave said, "Cricket, please meet my new good friend, Scarlett."

Cricket smiled at the movie star. "Hi. I thought you looked familiar. Welcome to the Circle." The movie star didn't at all intimidate her. Scarlett could have been one of the neighbors from just outside the gate.

"Cricket is a cute name."

"I hop around a lot. The name stuck from when I was a quite young. I've never used my real first name, or even my last name all that much. I sign my checks, credit card slips, and driver's license Cricket, too."

Dave explained, "Scarlett is going to stay with us for a couple of weeks."

Cricket speculated to her, "Escaping the paparazzi?"

Scarlett laughed, "Exactly. Do I need to buy your silence?"

"Nope. Nobody here will say a word. We're very good at keeping confidences, and I've only been here about six weeks. I'm not a member yet."

Scarlett looked between Owen and Dave. "Oh, there are members? I'm sorry. I didn't realize this was private or a club. Owen just dragged me along once I expressed my hopes to visit here. He did call you the Circle repeatedly; I should have guessed."

Dave smirked, "More like a cult as some see it. Being a member means you probably have some intention of moving in here, although we have some distant members who visit frequently including my mother and a family on the east coast of the state."

"What does it take to become a member?" She sounded interested.

Dave checked his watch. "Come with me while I tend bar for my friends. You'll get to meet everybody, too. The answer to your question is to get to know everybody and have everybody know you, in a loving and friendly way."

Cricket followed along, "This is the best place in the whole world. It's a spiritual oasis, but not like going to an ashram or something like that. Plus, Dave is so special as a man. If you can make love with him, you'll find out."

"You've done that?" Scarlett asked as they walked a few paces behind Dave.

Cricket smiled broadly. "It's the highlight of my life, of my day, and certainly of my night. I love him with all my heart, and I want to be his fifth wife. I also love the other men and women in the Circle."

"Wow, you seem to have it all planned out."

"I'm writing a book right now – three actually. They're novels and each is in different stages. Living here in the Circle has given me hundreds of ideas. I'm getting ready to send the first one off. I've sent book proposals out to various companies and agents, and now I have a draft of my first book. It's entitledCrystal Clear."

Scarlett said, "Let's talk later. I may be able to help you. Let me ask, have you ever written a screen play?"

"No. I sense there's a big difference, but we can talk about that later – maybe over dinner. Oh, here's your daughter."

"Mommy, I had to get out of the pool. Holly told me I was turning into a prune. What's a prune?"

Scarlett cuddled her naked daughter wrapped in a towel and went to help her get back into her play togs. Dave heard something said about big raisins.

At the bar a few minutes later, Dave and Owen helped introduce everyone to Scarlett. Dave watched the reactions to the movie star more than the star herself. Everyone was very accepting, and held back on the more obvious questions. She'd met many of the Circle at the Halloween party, but couldn't remember many of the names. Dave made a bet with himself that at the end of two weeks, she'd know everybody intimately. She was warm and outgoing, and obviously gave of herself as she inspired others to do the same to her. She also inspired laughter and happiness with whomever she talked.

Cricket and Scarlett talked about the membership criteria and the Circle philosophy and tenets. Scarlett knew a lot of what was said from her talk with Owen a week earlier. Dave didn't have anything to add when Cricket turned to him and asked what she'd forgotten to say. He gave her a wink.

Bobbie and Maddy had been back a couple of weeks from their honeymoon in France. The Friday meal was a gourmet feast, yet healthy and light. The influence of French cooking could be tasted by all especially in the sauces and dressings. Bobbie got a round of applause as she came out with her own dinner in hand after most of the others had been served.

Scarlett said, "Do you eat like this every night?"

"Pretty much. There are always a few folks absent as there are tonight, but then we almost always have visitors such as you and Rose. Cricket is new and lives with my wives and me. Lisa, who you met a few minutes ago with her boyfriend Jim, is new but also not a member. He'll disappear right after dinner since he runs a nightclub down the trail. They normally don't get cranked up until after nine."

"Do you think I might get to see his club during my visit?"

"Sure. You know the risks of being seen as well as I do – probably better. We're good at disguises, especially Alice, my wife."

"Point out your wives again, please."

Dave gestured around at the three tables to the four women. Alice and Pam were both holding their child in their laps as they ate doing coo-chooing sounds and such to keep them awake and interested. Pam was occasionally nursing and the bare boob was out and ready to provide to little Bobby.

Scarlett got into a discussion with Dev about his construction business. That in turn led to Dave getting a verbal update from Jack and Ty about the progress on the Townhouse 2 project on the road to the Circle's airport.

Scarlett allowed, "Building and homes and decorating fascinate me. I watch HGTV – Home and Garden TV – all the time when I can fit it in."

Cricket allowed, "We have cable, so you can watch it just about any TV set you can find. It's channel 665. I especially likeFlip or Flop."

As Dave listened in, he realized that Cricket was intentionally keeping the conversation from becoming an interrogation of Scarlett – the movie star. She involved her in talking about Rose, what her home was like, and then got others talking around her about topics she knew everyone was interested in. Scarlett didn't mind in the least, and he thought might be appreciating the diversion of attention.

After dinner, Dave was on cleanup, so disappeared for a while. Scarlett came into the kitchen as he was packaging the leftovers to put in the small refrigerator in case someone wanted a late meal, snack, or lunch tomorrow. She started to help him package up the food, much to his surprise.

Bobbie came in and made a few suggestions. Some pots and pans were put in the industrial dishwashing unit, which fascinated Scarlett. She said, "This is all so efficient. It's a restaurant only everybody works here sooner or later; well, except for Bobbie, and I guess you work here all the time."

Dave threw a little test at Scarlett without her knowing it. "Bobbie just got back from her honeymoon a couple of weeks ago."

"Really? That's great. Dave said you live in the first townhouse project. Is your husband part of the Circle?"

Bobbie laughed. She'd no doubt already encountered this situation. "Sorry, don't have one of those. My wife is part of the Circle. She cares for all the babies in the nursery – Maddy. She was four down from you at the table with two of the babes."

Scarlett digested that and said, "I think that's so cool – the two of you, I mean. I'm glad you did what you did. That's brave and I applaud your willingness to be audacious."

Bobbie said, "Even though we have our preference in our marriage, we also participate fully in all the Circle activities without sexual bias one way or the other." She laughed.

"Will you have children?" Scarlett asked.

"Maybe in a year or two. I won't, but Maddy would like her own and I fully support her – I'm eager for us. We'd like two. We'll get one of the men in the Circle to be the daddy if we even end up knowing who it is."

"Paternity?"

Bobbie explained, "Most of the current crop of babies have some degree of uncertainty about who the donor was. Since Dave gets around, so to speak, he might have more babies than what he knows for certain about."

"I heard that earlier," Scarlett said with a chuckle. She glanced at Dave who was blushing.

Bobbie said, "I think that finishes things up here. The automatic washers will do their thing and you'll be ready to cook in the morning, I assume?"

"That's my plan," Dave replied. Brunch will start about eight-thirty tomorrow morning for those interested.

"You cook?"

"On Saturdays, Sundays, and many holidays. I do custom breakfasts. If you have favorites you can tell me tomorrow morning. If the weather's nice, we'll all be on the patio again."

As Dave, Scarlett, and Cricket walked out of the kitchen together, Scarlett asked of Dave, "What now?"

Cricket tittered. "This is when you get to make love with Dave. If you're willing, I'd love to help. I really like you."

Dave said, "Cricket, that's very presumptuous. I think Scarlett, despite our teasing earlier, is probably going to turn in and read or watch television." He turned and nodded at Scarlett to be sure she knew she was off the hook for anything physical.

Scarlett said, "Really? I don't get my wish from earlier? That's not good. I really would like to do just what Cricket suggested."

Dave stopped and teased, "A few questions should be asked if you're serious: public or private? Outside or in? Alone or with friends?"

Scarlett smiled, "I've never had a third person present. I've never been watched. I've never made love outside."

Dave said, "Maybe we should ease you into this place a little more before we spring all of that on you at once. Let's go inside. Maybe you'll allow just Cricket to join us. She's spiritual and very romantic, even with a member of the same sex." He continued to watch Scarlett to make sure that she was serious. His disbelief continued to run rampant through his head.

Scarlett looked at Cricket, and then reached down and took the small girl's hand. "Come with us."

Dave led the movie star and Cricket to the bedroom and shut the door.

Cricket and Dave started to kiss Scarlett all over. He noted that the initial shock and awe he'd felt at having a movie star in his presence had faded over the hours they'd spent together. She was a gorgeous and responsive woman. He was pleased to see she also responded to Cricket and not just him. Piece by piece each item of their clothing got tossed onto a chair.

Scarlett whispered, "I like to have my breasts played with and sucked on."

"You have gorgeous breasts," Cricket told her. She pushed the star back on the bed and latched on to one of her breasts as Dave did the other. He was also stroking and kissing other erogenous zones. He was skilled and put everything he knew into his romancing of his new friend and soon to be lover. Scarlett kept saying encouraging things and kissing anybody and any body part that came near.

Dave moved lower as Cricket loved the 'upper' Scarlett. She tasted like a fine wine that had been aged to perfection. He told her that repeatedly in different words as he worked to drive her to distraction. For a while she reversed the tables and sucked on him, trying to turn him on and drive his libido to new heights. He then switched things back when he felt stirrings in his groin. It was too early in their meeting to experience what he was feeling, but he did.

Back with his tongue and fingers doing their dance around Scarlett's shaved pussy, he started his ploy of adding fingers, carefully fisting her, and then searching for her two interior sensitive spots. She tolerated his fisting as Cricket told her how wonderful it was. From the G-spot orgasms she had, he guessed she'd become convinced he knew what he was doing. The A-spot orgasm ten or fifteen minutes later rocked Scarlett's world. She passed out from the overload of sexual pleasure. Cricket and Dave licked his hand clean and then he cuddled Scarlett into their bodies as Cricket spooned behind her and smoothed her breasts and chest and Dave held and kissed her.

Scarlett's eyes blinked open and she looked at Dave. She whispered in a deep and sexy voice, "I love you. What you did to me and for me is something I'll never forget. You too, Cricket. I love you. I wanted something romantic to happen on this trip, but I had no idea beyond that vague notion. Now, I know it happened my first day here. I'm completely in love with you both with fireworks and sparklers and walks in moonlight and everything. What's happened to me here is the most romantic and intense and loving and spiritual thing anybody has ever done to me or with me. I want you to make love to me now. I need to love you back the only way I know how."