The Ravishing of Constance Ch 05
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The rout of Constance seemed to signal an end to any disturbances for lunch. Maurice hung around for a while at the other table in the courtyard, staring at us, but saying nothing as Jason and I cuddled with our girls and listened to Jessica bragging about how good the freshman cheerleaders would be this year. I had to laugh at that since Kelsey, Matilda, Kathy and Millicent had all made the cheerleading squad.
Jason seemed a bit preoccupied, but volunteered nothing about his brief conversation with our German teacher despite Letty's attempts to coax the truth from him. Still it was a very pleasant time until the bell rang to signal that it was time to return to class.
Our final academic class for the day was chemistry. This was normally a sophomore class, but Jessica had suggested that we would get more out of a science class than another elective. Her father's influence had allowed us to skip forward and take the class early. The teacher was a Mister McMichael. He seemed completely uninterested in the class and students, droning on about his plans for the school year after rushing through taking roll.
We all sat quietly, if impatiently as Mister McMichael completed giving us his initial lesson. He finished speaking just a second before the bell rang releasing us from class, and then shouted to remind us that we were expected to read the first chapter of the textbook by Friday.
Jason and I stood up at the bell and gathered our packs. Jessica just shook her head as the girls quickly began throwing notepads and pencils into bags. "We'll all meet after practice," Jessica called out as Jason and I ran from the classroom.
"Are you ready for some football?" Jason asked.
"Pain and suffering," I said with a smile as he headed to the locker room.
We were met at the entrance to the locker room by Coach Durant. He nodded at the majority of the players before pulling Jason and me aside. He led us into the locker room and to a small office with large windows. There was a couch in the office and he pointed towards it.
"Sit please," he said.
Jason and I stood in the doorway looking at each other as Coach Durant walked around the desk in the room and sat in an office chair. He noticed that we had not moved and shook his head. "Please," he said again. "Sit down, this is nothing bad."
I sat on the right side of the couch. Jason dropped into the left side, leaving the center empty. Coach Durant scowled for a moment. He then looked directly at me. "Rumor says that both of you were seen with upper class girls," he began. "And they also say that one was a rather popular cheerleader last year."
Jason snorted. "Both are cheerleaders this year."
I could see Coach Durant sit up in surprise. "Leticia Agosto is a cheerleader?" he gasped out. "And yes, I've heard of her reputation for being very militant about how cheerleaders are indecent."
Jason managed to look smug and embarrassed at the same time. "She said that it wasn't fair that only Mark was going to be dating a varsity cheerleader this year and worked with Ashley all summer to learn the routines. We found out yesterday afternoon that she made the squad."
Coach Durant turned to look at me. "So the rumors are accurate then."
"I never heard no rumors," I said.
Jason snorted, but Coach Durant merely nodded. "Fine, I know it is not really my business, but I wanted to know what kind of boys you are. Mark, do you have any worries about the team accepting you?"
"I practice hard and do the best I can for the team," I replied. "They shouldn't worry about more than that, and if they do, that's up to them. I'm here to play football."
"Same with me," Jason said. "I want to get along with the others, but my first concern in playing my best and helping the team."
"Really?" Coach Durant said dubiously.
"What's this about?" I asked. "I mean, the fact that I'm dating Ashley isn't exactly a secret, but I can't see how it might affect the football team."
"I just wanted to gauge how you would deal with the jealousy you might encounter," Coach Durant said. "Mark, you are going to be the starting fullback and nickel safety. Jason, you'll be starting at tight end as well as our primary pass rush end. You are the only two freshman to make the first team."
Jason and I slapped our hands in a high five. "We won't let you down," Jason promised.
"See that you don't," Coach Durant said as he stood up.
Jason and I stood as well as Coach Durant started to walk around the desk. We were turning toward the front door when Coach Durant spoke again. "Mark, I've heard that you have the CAP to volunteer. Just how high is it?"
I shrugged. "I have a seven point five."
"Is that how you talked Ashley into dating you?" he asked.
"We agreed to start going out before we knew my score," I replied. "Neither of us had taken the time to test before the President announced that testing was now mandatory. We went in after that announcement and it turned out we tested on the same day. We met in the hallway just outside the testing chambers and decided to pair up."
"She always seemed so aloof," Coach Durant said. "How has she taken the news that you'll have three others with you?"
Jason laughed as we opened the door to return to the locker room. "She understood that from the start. I even remember that she was the one who first approached the other girl that has become part of their family."
"Family?" Coach Durant asked. "You're still on Earth?"
"Thank you Captain Obvious," I replied. "Just because I'm on Earth doesn't mean that I can't find women who want to leave this planet with me when I'm picked up. Ashley tries to be near me all the time as does Lenore."
"Lenore?" Coach Durant asked.
"Mark's other hottie girlfriend," Jason said. "Some of the team saw her the first day of practice."
I felt my face heat up. "She's important to me," I said.
Coach Durant shook his head. "Well, it's your funeral. Just remember that your teammates might become a bit jealous and if they do some might take it out on you in practice."
"Such is life," I said with a shrug as Jason and I found our assigned lockers and began changing for practice. The other members of the team were also throwing material into lockers. We could hear coaches calling for the team to get on the field quickly as there was a lot to practice for the week.
Even after meeting with Coach Durant, Jason and I were two of the first to run to the field. The coaches for the varsity were standing on the sideline near the west thirty yard line while Coach Grisham and Coach Durant were standing near the east thirty. Jason and I jogged up to them and looked around.
"You might as well warm up a bit," Coach Grisham said. "Knowing how it worked last year the sophomores will take their time today."
Coach Durant shook his head. "They do this every year, even when we punish them every year for doing it."
Jason and I decided to warm up with some burpees. We challenged each other to do them faster or make the pushups one handed as we waited for the rest of the team to head out. Several of the players began shouting at us when they arrived and then turned to throwing footballs. Jason and I had each completed more than one hundred burpees when Coach Grisham blew a whistle.
"I see we are all finally out here," he said slightly scornfully. "And as usual some of the freshmen actually look like they want to practice while you sophomores come in strutting like you already own your starting roles. Well, once again, that's not true. Now, line up and we'll start with some stretching before we get practicing."
Coach Grisham got everyone lined up and ran us through several stretching and warm up exercises. Despite the practices of the previous two weeks several of the sophomores were clearly struggling to complete the exercises. A couple actually collapsed on the ground as Coach Durant blew the whistle and shouted. "Everyone gather around me and kneel!"
Jason and I were smiling as we jogged over. Jason nudged me and pointed to the track that ran around the field. Coach Durant ignored the existence of the pickups and watched as the rest of the team staggered into a rough semi-circle around him. He scowled at the last two players to take a knee.
"This team has a game on Friday and based on these simple warm-up exercises, we are not ready. In fact, the only two players who might be ready are freshmen. You sophomores need to pay closer attention and practice harder. We only have thirty-four players and don't have time to coddle those who aren't ready to play. Today, we are going to start practicing some of our basic offensive and defensive plays. When I call your name, you will run, not walk to the pickup trucks parked on the track. There you will receive your pads, helmet, jersey and playbook.
The coaches started by calling out the names of the teams sixteen sophomores. I was a bit surprised to see that we had so few players. Roger was kneeling next to me and shrugged. "Some of them were taken in pickups. Usually by girlfriends."
"Nothing wrong with that," I said. "Hopefully they understood that their girlfriend was going to be top dog in the relationship though."
"What do you mean?" another freshman asked as Maurice jogged over to the trucks to collect his gear.
"I have a female friend with the CAP to volunteer. She's still looking for a guy who she can trust to be what she needs in the household," I replied.
"She just needs me and my big cock!" one of the freshman shouted out.
Jason burst out laughing. "Oh hell no!" he gasped out.
Coach Durant wandered over to stand behind Jason. "Do I amuse you?" he said. "Is this process fun?"
"No coach!" Jason said as he froze.
"Good," Coach Durant said. "Now we are going to start calling all of you freshmen. Run don't walk to the trucks."
"Parker, Mark!" Coach Durant shouted.
I jumped to my feet and started running to the trucks. Two men standing in the back of one of the trucks turned to wave me over to the back of that pickup. The short jog was refreshing. I stopped at the back of the truck and stood looking at the lowered tailgate.
"Parker, Mark," one of the two men on the truck said. "Jersey number thirty-five. There also should be a box of pads for him."
The other man was digging through a pile of boxes. He came up with a cardboard box. This was handed to the first man and then passed on to me. I looked at it and could see a clear label indicating that the box contained home and away jerseys. As I gazed at the box a second box was dropped on top of it followed by a white binder.
"Move and set it down," the man in the truck said. "More players still need to get their gear."
I staggered away from the truck and found a shaded spot between the track and the grandstands to set the boxes down. Coach Grisham was shouting at the players. "For now get your helmets out and put them on. We'll be checking fit during practice. Tomorrow we'll be practicing in full pads so make sure you put everything away in your locker tonight. Also look at pages three through six in the playbook. Those are the plays we will be working on today."
I was pulling out the playbook when Jason jogged up carrying his own set of boxes. "I got number eighty-nine," he told me.
"I want to see helmets and jerseys. You have two each home and away," Coach Durant.
I opened up the boxes and found my helmet. I said nothing to Jason as I reverently pulled the helmet from its box and examined it. Several pads tumbled to the ground.
"What's that?' Jason asked.
I looked down at the pads. "I think they are used to adjust the fit."
I checked the boxes and found a road team's jersey to put on. Coach Grisham was shouting for everyone to assemble around him on one of the thirty yard lines. "And bring your playbook!" he commanded.
I grabbed my helmet and playbook and ran back onto the field. Most of the sophomores were already wearing their helmets and chatting calmly with their teammates. My helmet was a bit tight around the ears, and I had to adjust the chin strap before it was comfortable. Next, I opened the playbook and started looking at the four plays the coaches had said we needed to review.
The plays were some rather elaborate option plays designed to be run from a shotgun formation. I noticed that the fullback normally lined up directly beside the quarterback on the same side as the tight end. The first two plays gave the quarterback the option to hand the ball to me. The third was a designed sweep where I was supposed to step around the quarterback and seal off any pursuit, while the final play was a pass play. The assignments for the fullback were basic, but I could see that there were quite a few variations that could be added in the future.
Coach Grisham waited until the last player arrived in the growing circle. He waited for just a moment and then nodded. "Right, listen up. Today we'll be starting with a walk-through on the plays. Once Coach Durant and I think you know the plays, we'll add the defense practice. There is to be no hitting today. We have a game on Friday and can't afford any injuries. So now, first team offense, line up at the forty yard line for the first play. Lucas, you are the quarterback."
Jason and I jumped up and ran over to the forty. There was a ball sitting between the hash marks. One of my teammates, a sophomore wearing the number fifty-nine, stood over the ball, facing the far end zone. The first play had me lining up seven yards behind the line of scrimmage and just to the left of the quarterback. I found my spot on the field and crouched in a set position waiting for the next instructions from the coaches.
Coach Grisham waited while the rest of the starters got into position. The quarterback slapped me on the back as he got into position. "I better not get sacked," he said scornfully before turning to look at the coach.
"If you've read your playbook you should know this play," Coach Grisham said. "It's going to be our primary running play. Tanner snap the ball."
The center sent the ball back. Lucas was not ready, but still managed to snag the ball.
"This isn't a game, but I better not catch you goofing off!" Coach Grisham howled at Lucas. "Now, on this play after the snap the quarterback turns toward the fullback. That's to your left Lucas."
Lucas turned toward me; I held my arms apart as if I expected to receive a hand off. "Mark has it right I see," Coach Grisham said. "Linemen, you'll be blocking the players in front of you. If you can the proper move will be to push them to your right. Now Lucas, you can if you choose hand the ball to the fullback, who will run directly at the line of scrimmage. For now pull the ball back, and start running a sweep to the left. Jenkins, you should be shadowing him."
I started to run toward the line of scrimmage. "Parker! This is a walkthrough, just step forward and out of the way!" Coach Grisham exclaimed. "Meanwhile, Lucas on your run if you think you'll be stopped, you can pitch to Jenkins. For now pitch it. Jenkins, you'd try to take the ball outside."
A moment later the whistle blew. "Good, now any freshmen who want to line up on defense can. Try to be in your normal position. We'll walk through it two more times and then start to go at full speed."
After that the practice became what seemed like an endless repetitions of the play. Lucas refused to hand the ball to me, always choosing to run himself or to pitch to any of the three running backs who joined us on the field. The second quarterback Terrence was more willing to allow me to keep the ball, but on three occasions stuffed the ball into my arms hard enough to cause it to bounce off my chest. I avoided fumbling, which only seemed to annoy him. Eventually, he treated me like Lucas did and barely faked handing me the football.
Eventually I got a break from the offense. Most of the other first string players lounged on the sidelines after being pulled, but I jogged back out on the defensive side of the ball. Jason joined me and we had a merry time disrupting the flow of the play for the second stringers.
Some time later Coach Grisham had us walk through the second and third plays from the book. By now Jason and I had discovered that Lucas avoided directing the play in our direction when possible. I said nothing, but concentrated on following through on the coaches' directives and learning the plays quickly. Jason appeared to be doing the same.
Finally, after we had worked on each of the four plays Coach Grisham blew the whistle and brought play to a halt. "Gather round!" he shouted.
I joined the rest of the team as we streamed toward Coach Grisham. We formed a rough circle four players deep around him. There was some playful shoving as some of my teammates tried to stand next to friends. Coach Grisham allowed this to continue for a moment and then blew his whistle again.
"Take a knee!" he shouted.
Everyone immediately turned to face him and then dropped to one knee. Coach Durant pushed through the circle to stand next to Coach Grisham. The assistant coach had a scowl on his face.
"I'm not happy with the effort today!" he exclaimed. "Our first game is this Friday. That's four days away. These four plays need to be instinctive. We don't use a complex offense with lots of different plays. You need to know these and to know them well."
Coach Grisham had a frown on his face as he turned around slowly. He seemed to examine each of my teammates as he surveyed the field. "Tomorrow we'll be going into a bit more depth with the practice. It will be in full pads. First team, wear a home jersey, everyone else wear away. And tomorrow you better be ready to practice within ten minutes of the start of the final period. Anyone who isn't ready will run laps for the first hour of practice. Now get to the showers and get home."
"And don't slack off on your homework because you are on the team," Coach Durant shouted. "The district has been known to hold surprise tests designed to make sure that athletes are really learning. Failing one of those makes you ineligible for the next year."
"Dismissed," Coach Grisham shouted as several of my teammates jumped up and started to run towards the locker rooms.
I waited for the crowd to clear and then spread my legs and started a series of stretching exercises. I was working on stretching my hamstrings when I realized that Jason and Maurice were nearby. Jason had joined me while Maurice had a confused look on his face.
"Why are you stretching now?" Maurice asked.
"This is a good time to stretch," Jason said. "Our muscles are already warmed up thanks to the exercise and this will help them cool back down."
"Where did you hear that?' Coach Durant asked. "You shouldn't remain on the field after practice has been called."
"One of the men we worked with over the summer," I said. "He admitted that the idea is not accepted by everyone, but it can't hurt and I'm not sure I want to deal with the politics we'd see in the locker room."
Maurice sighed. "You noticed?"
"Hard not to," I replied. "Lucas didn't want to hand me the football at all and Terrence kept trying to make me fumble it when he did hand it to me. Coach, if they are that way in games the other team will quickly figure out that I'm not a real option. Perhaps I should stick to defense."
Jacqueline nodded to Michel and Salvador. They moved in on Rob, seizing him before he realized that they meant to. When he uttered a loud protest, Michel smote him a hard blow in the belly, and Rob coughed out his breath. He raised his head, inhaling with a thin gasp, and Constance saw bewilderment and pain in his eyes. She was as revitalized as if she’d been dipped in clear spring water, and with Rafe’s help in untying her, got out from under William’s unconscious body. Her dress fell back...
A hushed eternity spun out as William deGranville, Jacqueline’s weapons ready to end his life with a slash or a shot or the both at once, stared wide-eyed at the pirate woman. Her ultimatum hung in the air, and the crowd leaned forward expectantly, breaths held, to hear his reply. ‘Not that!’ Constance shrieked, the words erupting from her. ‘No, Jacqueline, anything but that, please, if you have any mercy in your heart –’ ‘I … I will do as you … as you demand,’ her father said, shuddering. ...
Constance woke feeling sated in body and mind. This was a state that she welcomed, and she lingered long in the bed she’d made up on the floor in a corner of Jacqueline’s cabin. Warm tropical sun slanted through the portholes in dustmote-dancing beams, playing over the brass and the rich wood. She closed her eyes and dozed to the swaying of the ship. All was quiet. The sea was calm, the winds low, and the sailors no doubt recovering from their lengthy debauch of the day before. She wondered...
Constance woke the next morning to the discomfort of something digging into her shoulder. She rolled, blinked, and sat up. A necklace was on the bed. She had lain on it in the night, and impressed its shape into her arm. The necklace was an inexpensive thing, a silver chain with a pendant of a flower in painted enamel. Not just any flower, either, but a daisy. She remembered Lord Cuthburt saying something about a bauble. This must be it, then, a gift he intended for Daisy. Another...
Breakfast the next morning was an ordeal for Constance. She had managed to discreetly leave the room last night as Eva, Enrique, and Robert succumbed to their weariness. While they slept on the carpet, in the midst of their strewn clothes, Constance sought the solitude of her own bed. She had been awakened early by Rob, who was cross with her for leaving. He told her that unless her manners improved to the point that she did not desert her duties when they had company, she’d regret it. ...
The meeting at the rendezvous point went according to Jacqueline’s plan. Constance remained aboard the Falcon, with a skeleton crew, as the longboats carrying the captain, her first mate, and an armed contingent of pirates escorted Lady Beatrice ashore. Marie, too, stayed behind. They used the spyglass to witness the exchange. Beatrice, her bruises bearing testament to her cruel handling, was nonetheless pretty in her gown of cobalt blue. She gave no outward sign of being the same woman who’d...
Constance emerged slowly from sleep, as if wakefulness were a tower and she had to ascend from the lowest dungeon. Her every muscle ached, particularly those around her jaw. Her nipples throbbed. Her cunny and bottom felt sore and stretched. Memories of the previous night’s orgiastic encounter flipped through her mind like a shuffled deck of cards. She should have been mortified. That she had comported herself in that fashion, lewdly abandoning herself to three men while a woman who hated her...
A balmy evening breeze stirred the curtains of Constance’s window. She tipped her face into the welcome scents of mingled salt air, flowers, and spicy food being cooked in the village below. Festival time. How she had loved the festivals as a girl! Strange to think of it like that. Only a year ago, she’d gone to the festival with her father, the two of them enjoying the revelry of music and dancing. That time now seemed ages past. She was no girl anymore. Rob had seen to that. A...
The long days of the next week blurred into a sameness for Constance. She fell into a melancholy of the spirit, losing interest in reading and painting and all the other activities that had delighted her only a short while before. She slept late, and frequently napped her way through much of the afternoon, and the rest of the time was passed in absently wandering the garden or just sitting, sitting on her balcony and staring out at the distant line of the horizon. Nana Eva finally became...
The Falcon fired a cannon blast, a single warning shot. It was apparent even to Constance that the Ricarda had no hopes of outrunning the other vessel. Whittington gave the order to come about, and surrender. ‘On your head be it,’ Cuthburt said to the captain, glowering darkly. The two of them had been arguing bitterly since the sighting of the pirate flag. Lord Cuthburt wished to fight. Captain Whittington said that those who resisted the pirates were treated in the most barbaric fashion....
Constance passed several miserable days in her lonely room. She was permitted to roam the fortress or the village, but escape was impossible because there was no way to leave the island save by ship. And all the ships were those of the Black Falcon’s fleet. They ranged from swift sloops to monstrous galleons bristling with cannons, and every man, woman, and child in Falcon Bay was loyal to the Merlions. She had Marie for company, and took a peculiar sort of comfort in knowing that her mother...
Lady Beatrice screamed at the first touch of Marie’s tongue. She fought the men holding her with desperate but futile strength. The pirates whistled and clapped and urged Marie on, their excitement quickly becoming visible in the erections that strained at their breeches. Constance, frozen in place by the porthole, looked on in mingled embarrassment and horror. She knew that she should not watch this cruel abuse of Beatrice, that she certainly should not be warmed by it, and yet she was...
Lord Cuthburt’s ship was the Ricarda, a stately vessel that proudly flew the British flag and held a crew of fifty stout men as well as a few women – a cook, maidservants, the captain’s wife. Most were having a night ashore, leaving the shop moored at the docks. In the cool darkness of the hour before sunrise, when the eastern horizon was touched with the faintest blush of rose, the deck was quiet. A sole watchman dozed by the mast, a lantern resting beside him. Constance crept aboard, her...
The balmy sea breeze stirred her golden hair as Constance de Granville walked onto the balcony overlooking the harbor. She tipped her head back to allow the cooling air better play over the curves and hollows of her throat. Below, the docks of Veradoga teemed with activity. Constance could hear the ribald laughter of sailors, pleased to be in port at last, mingled with the singsong chant of the local merchants hawking their wares. Silver from Spain, fine clothes from France, silks and exotic...
She had a bed of her own, in a spacious lovely bedroom with drapes of gauze that fluttered like the softest wisps of clouds. She was alone in it, but by choice this time. No unkind chastity belt bit into her skin. Yet she had been wearied to the very bone and wanted only sleep. Her weeks of deprivation had culminated in the day’s adventure. What had begun as a public shaming and horrendous breaking of the most primal taboo – being bound and displayed to the eyes of all of Falcon Bay, and then...
‘Go and fetch the Lady Beatrice,’ Jacqueline said. ‘See to it that she’s clean and dressed, and fit to meet her family.’ ‘You wish me to do this? I am no maidservant.’ Constance gestured to Marie, where the chestnut-haired girl was sleeping curled in a tangle of linens on the floor, in Constance’s makeshift bed. ‘Why not Marie?’ ‘Be sensible, Constance,’ scolded Jacqueline. ‘Do you imagine that Beatrice will be at all pleased to see our wicked little Marie? All matters considered?’ She...
Many thanks go to PapaGus and Deryk for their assistance in preparing this story for posting. Everything was at the hurry up! Really!. My employers had just taken over a much smaller concern that had recently gone to the wall. I think the company probably got everything on the cheap from the administrators. In spite of my own having been very successful in recent months, and completely swamped with work, our management was somewhat in a panic to bring its new acquisition into the fold, and get...
Constance sat on the edge of her bed, brushing her hair as it dried. The balmy silver of the moonlight filtered through the gauze of the netting at her window, there to keep the bugs away while still allowing the cool night air to permeate the room. It was high summer, and the days were brutal. The sky was burnished pewter, the sun a blazing coin, the sea a flat green mirror stretching to the horizon. A lethargic doze lay over Veradoga during the day, muting the babble of the marketplace, and...
"…she can watch and learn if she wants. Then she can see how she should handle a cock.” Placidly she kept on sucking my rod while the approaching car had just stopped. Judging by the sound it was Constance’ piece of junk. Basically I did not care about the results for the relationship between the two sisters. And from their mother, my former teacher, I would hardly get a tongue-lashing. So I decided to simply enjoy the mouth and tongue on my dick and to wait for what would happen. And this...
There she was cowering in front of me. Sucked her first dick, got cummed over her face and in her mouth, swallowed all of it and was fingered by her own sister to a squirting orgasm. What could there be more?Well, first Steph was standing next to me and swung her leg over me, place a foot on the arm rest and was holding her pussy in my face. Only now I realized that dawn had come in between since it was light enough so that I could see the drops of pussy juice glitter on her bald lips. “Sweety,...
After Steph had maneuvered Constance between my legs I could see the panic in her eyes. She had watched us sucking and fucking each other, had even tried some cum but it seemed as if she wanted to bug out. Immediately she wanted to get away from my cock which was still covered in her sisters pussy juice. But she just grabbed her neck and pushed her face mercilessly towards my throbbing dick. “Don’t make an act out of it! Watching us did turn you on and you already know how his delicious cum and...
I had published this here some time ago in German and was asked to translate it. Hope you enjoy and let me know if you do. Then I might translate the other parts as well. During my time at the university I had a short and pretty boring relationship with Constance. She was rather unexciting and sex with her was pretty bland but I simply had nothing better to do and to fuck by that time. Besides she had a small pad near the campus. Driving five minutes in the morning beats the hell out of 45 mins...
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Ashley jumped behind me, putting her hands on my shoulders. I reached up with my right hand to stroke her right arm. "Ashley, I don't think that's helping," I said. Ashley's mother glared at me, but quickly turned to concentrate on her daughter. "Ash, why are you hiding behind Mark? You came here to get tested. I'm not going to punish you for your score." "I agreed to have Mark take me," Ashley said. "My score isn't good enough, but his is." "What?" Beatrice squawked....
Becky picked up most of us. Matilda and Kelsey were riding home with us for the first time all week. Becky noticed as they jumped into the minivan. "I have extra passengers," she said. "I'm glad I didn't bring Angelique. She wanted to come" "Awww," Kelsey and Matilda said in unison. "We wanted to see her." "I haven't gotten to play with her all week," Kelsey added. "You choose to go home with Jessica," Jason pointed out. "Well," Kelsey said. "I don't go home with...
I stood up and walked toward the door, leaving my unfinished drawing on the easel. Jessica gave a cry of annoyance, as I walked away. I heard her easel crash to the floor behind me as I left the building. Outside, I walked a few feet from the door and then turned around. A couple minutes later Jessica stormed out of the classroom. She walked right up to me and slapped me across the face. "How can you embarrass me like that!" she hissed. I said nothing. Instead I pointed to a bench set far...
Sergeant O'Malley stepped to the center of the room and looked at me. "Son," he said. "You have to be one of the bravest fools I've ever met. Did you just tell this man that you wanted to make a sex slave out of his daughter?" "No," I replied firmly. "I told him that I would protect his daughter and love her. In my home she will be a partner, someone who can assist me in raising our children and providing a happy and enriching environment for all who live there." The Sergeant...
The incident with Hillary left everyone a bit skittish for the rest of the trip. Sunday we packed the vans early and headed for home. Lenore was a bit worried that I would blame Angelique for some reason. I kept telling her that it seemed more a case of bad timing and a desperate woman. The others seemed to feed off of my indifference. The initial drive back to the hotel had been tense as everyone in the van looked over their shoulders. I had taken the front passenger seat, but made sure to...
Jason and I walked over and sat on the ground with our teammates. One of the sophomores looked over at me. I realized that it was Derek Goodman, one of the starting defensive tackles. He looked over at Maurice. "You brought a couple of freshmen over." "Why not?" Maurice replied. "They put more effort into practice than most of the sophomores. I expect them to make a difference on the field." "Not if Lucas and Terrence have their way," the other sophomore said. I realized it was...
The varsity game ended in a huge loss for the upperclassmen. The crowd actually started to get uneasy with half of the fourth quarter still to play. Several recent graduates and parents started shouting at the players, cursing them for their poor play. It got bad enough that the faculty advisor for the cheerleaders sent them away from the field with two minutes left in the game. The exodus of the cheerleaders signaled to Morgan that it was time for our group to make its way out of the...
Fortunately, the rest of the protest was rather peaceful. My brother stopped the few anarchists who had shown up hoping to use the protest as cover for some robbery attempts. Jason, Ashley, and I found that someone had already warned people on the route of the march. Buildings were closed, and many had placed boards over their windows to protect them. The three-mile march proved to be no more strenuous than a weekend jog. Jason was the first to notice that the marchers were having trouble...
The next two hours were a blur of exercise and pain. Sergeant O'Malley never broke a sweat as he first had everyone run around the clearing while he promised to train us to fight and then he proceeded to show us a series of dirty tricks and holds we could use to disable an opponent. When Jessica, Jason, Morgan and I were too tired to continue, he had us lay down while he took the ladies around and showed them how to break free from any hold a person might try. It was exhausting, but at the...
The game ended up being a bit of a snooze. Carolina's defense created three touchdowns before the second quarter was half over and then cruised to the ending. The halftime show was loud, but otherwise forgettable. Angelique and Erica both ended up falling asleep during the third quarter. Angelique climbed into her mother's lap to sleep. I ended up with Erica in my lap. I had spent almost no time with the young lady, but she was smiling in her sleep. Thomas tried to stay awake. He...
The rest of the day at school passed quickly. Jason and I sat with Julio and Walter at lunch. Jason spent most of the time trying to cheer up Walter. I said little, but did discover that Julio and Walter were going to attend a one-day seminar that was reported to help young men improve their scores. Both had scheduled tests for the upcoming Tuesday afternoon. Jason and I both offered to walk with them to the training center. Jessica did stop by during lunch. She teased Julio a bit. Her...
The rest of that first week of school quickly established a number of patterns. It started that night when Jason and Letty arrived home just after eight. Both were smiling. Neither one was willing to fully explain what had occurred over the dinner they had with Jana, however, the conversation that evening was interesting. It started when Jason knocked on the door at the top of the basement stairs. Ashley, Lenore, Angelique and I were downstairs playing a game of Chutes and Ladders. I had...
After the morning break we had to head to German. Jason was clearly unhappy with the prospect of seeing Miss Kirke, if that was her real name now that we had discovered her previous occupation. However, Letty convinced him that missing class would only alert her to the fact that her activities had been discovered. My sister grabbed his arm as we walked from the courtyard. "I'll protect you," she whispered just loud enough for Jason and me to hear. "I'm sure Kelsey and Kathy will help as...
The television switched back to the same newsroom we had been viewing earlier. The same anchor now had a visible stack of notes in front of him, but was looking at a teleprompter. "Hello again, this is Martin Sherman, and I'm anchoring the lead-in to tonight's Defense Forces Special as some people are now calling it. This show is here to demonstrate how someone with a six point five CAP or higher will select his companions. We have been told that this is actually more organized than most...
My fears for my father's reaction proved to have understated just how mad he would be. The man destroyed every wedding picture he got his hands on and ripped all of my mother's clothing to shreds that night after Mrs. Roberts brought Matti and me home. Ashley did whisper to me that she had left her phone number with Lenore. The sad woman had tried her best to do a great job as a waitress while the group of us ate in stunned silence. We heard nothing from her for the rest of the week, and...
I muted my cell phone. "Everyone is fine with this correct?" I asked. Letty giggled. "It sounds like you'll have fun. I'll stay out for the most part. I'm Jason's sex slave and should be seen naked and at his feet." Ashley laughed. "Oh, that's so wrong its right. I agree though. Mark, it should be mostly you with Jason, Jessica, and Morgan offering the most support. We already know it will probably be about you." "This song is not about me," I said firmly. "I never thought...
My weekend passed quickly. Not from a time perspective, but from a feeling that I never was able to give Ashley, Lenore, Angelique, Kelsey and my friends all the attention and time they deserved. A huge part of me was feeling a bit frustrated when we returned to school on Monday for Homecoming week. We had heard that the freshman were going to have a float for the homecoming parade and game on Friday, but Jessica and I had been unable to find out who was organizing the efforts. Jason...
By some miracle there were no bodies on the ground when the field vanished, and the crowd dispersed. Even the boy who had attacked me managed to crawl away to receive medical attention. There still was plenty of emotional trauma. Several young men ran out of the restaurant with tears pouring down their faces. Mall security stopped several of the men. Most were shirtless and two were carrying a collection of women's clothing. It soon became clear that the boys had lost girlfriends to the...
I let everyone know about the reappearance of my brother. No one was very worried about him. Mike had proved to be a coward. The only worry was that he might try to catch one of the girls alone. Morgan used some contacts he had through his construction work and a week later gave everyone in our group pepper spray canisters. School continued. The teachers were increasingly distracted though, and the lessons suffered. Some of the teachers spent most of their time trying to chat up the students...
The next morning, I found myself wrapped up on my now unzipped sleeping bag with a young girl hanging on each side of me. I was dressed in boxers for sleep while my sister and her best friend had found long t-shirts they used to cover their bodies. They each had a hand on my chest and my hands were resting on their hips as we cuddled under a blanket. Absently I gave each of them a few tender rubs before I sat up and turned the alarm off. Kelsey shifted and growled in annoyance, but neither...
My three morning classes were quiet. The teachers seemed a bit distracted, and the students just wanted to whisper about the President's announcement. Most students were speculating on the special show to be on television in two weeks. No one seemed to have a clear idea of what to expect. I stayed silent as the others continued to gossip. It was not due to a lack of interest in the possibilities. My issue was that I wanted to have facts rather than rumor, and other than Jessica, there was...
"Hello. This is Gerri." "Hi, Gerri. Patrick. How are you all?" "OK. Too much baby poop." "Not my fault. Is your father-in-law around?" "No. He took about two dozen Merino lambs into Roma." "Oh. Do you know if the band's over by the creek?" "They were last week. Why?" "I need to send a message. Could you drive over?" "One of us can. But there's a price." "What?" "I need to know how the art critic's doin'." "She's fine. She's off at an opening right...
Jason lived up to his promise in the second half. He not only recorded two more sacks, but on the last one, stripped the football and then managed to recover the bouncing ball and run it in for a touchdown. Everyone on the defense was patting his helmet when he walked over to the sideline still carrying the football. "Take it easy," Coach Grisham told him. "There are only two minutes left in the game. We'll let the backups play." I walked over to the benches. Jason followed me. He...
My thoughts after the pickup proved true. Ashley and Lenore rarely let me leave their sight during the days leading up to the New Year. Jason and Jessica had the same issue. A simple plan to go for a run in the park quickly became an organized march as their companions demanded to go with them. Becky was the worst. She clung to Morgan. Beatrice had called their employer and tried to explain the issues, but was not sure she was successful. She succeeded in getting Becky a week off without...
I held Ashley close. There was a musical chime coming from the backpack at her feet. She giggled and looked down at it. "Mark, that's my cell phone. Can you grab my bag?" I shifted to the left so I could use my left hand to reach the bag. My right hand Ashley held pinned against her pussy. She was rocking gently against my hand as I picked up her bag and lifted it to the table. Once it was on the table Ashley dug through a side pocket to find her phone. "It's Mom!" she exclaimed as...
It must have been only a moment, but I came awake with my arms wrapped around Ashley. She was lying there senseless. I pushed my body off hers and rolled to the side. Once we were lying next to each other, I began offering loving kisses. "Will it always be like that?" Ashley asked with a sigh. "I wish it will be," I replied as I held her. "That was just about perfect." "I know," Ashley said as she put her arms around me and squeezed me. "I never expected that." "I love you," I...
Ashley and I were quiet on the drive home. We were pulling into the driveway at my place when Ashley quietly asked. "Mark? Should we have offered her a chance to leave Earth with you?" "No," I said firmly. "There was no connection. Both of us think Kelsey is sweet and adorable. With Lenore it seemed like we came to the same conclusion about her sadness. And we know they get along with each other. I liked that Connie was willing to help when I had to intervene in the fight at the store,...
Chastity followed me as I walked over to the table. When I stopped to look around the room I could see a very nervous look on her face. “Problem?” I asked. “That orientation makes the ship seem very complex,” Chastity said. “It is. It has to be in order to allow us to travel into space,” I replied. “But I can’t even understand why I have the CAP to be a citizen. I always hated fighting. My parents were always fighting. I got into acting because there was a small theater group in my...
The rest of the weekend was in some ways idyllic. After we finished eating the pizza, Mrs. Roberts drove us home, stopping to drop off Walter. Jessica called her father, and had one of his employees come to pick up Kathy, Millie, and her. They promised to try to spend more time with us. Mr. Cunningham told us he would be showing up later before driving away from Harrard's. I rode home with Mrs. Roberts. Ashley let me know that she was not excited by the idea of spending a night in a cold...
"Your father is trapped in the Ukraine?" Becky asked. "That's what he told me last night," I said. "He said some kind of intelligence agency arrested Valery and he lost some of the paperwork required to leave." "Why the tour then?" Jason asked. "I guess the band owes the unions some favors," I said. "My father said they would make sure he can travel back here with the band. Supposedly they use a choir and he'd be part of it when they fly here." "Your father sings?" Jason...