Friends Upgrade (4 page)

“Hang on, I’m not finished.” He took his two fingers and massaged the sides of her clit. “How does that feel?”

Judith couldn’t answer. She just sloshed around in the tub and moaned out every orgasm that hit her.

“If you think that feels good, I have another treat for you.” He sat her on top of the tub, holding her up and bracing himself, making sure they both wouldn’t topple over. “Have you ever felt a wet cock in an oil-slicked pussy?”

She shook her head and before she knew it he slid into her.

“Oh, God! Yes!” She arched her back, pumping her hips to meet his thrusts. Something rang out in the background....

Judith shook her head violently. It had been thirty minutes since she got in the tub. The ringing of the phone brought her back to reality. She sighed heavily, sad. The only time she felt comfortable being intimate with Doug was in her dreams or fantasies. Was she going to settle for this forever?

She checked the display on her cell. Doug.

“Okay, get yourself together girl.” She took a deep breath before answering. “Hello.”

“Hello, hon, just calling you letting you know I got home safely.”

“Thanks.” She absently mindedly rubbed her lips. Hearing his voice awakened them again.

“Getting ready for bed?”

“Yep. I’m getting out of the tub now and drying off. I’m about to crawl in between the sheets in a few seconds,” she said as she did just that.

“Um, about what happened...”

“Yes.” She’d hoped he wouldn’t bring that up. She had enough erotic thoughts of them to keep her busy for the rest of the night.

“I’m not apologizing. On the drive home, I could still taste you on my lips.”

“Doug...”
No, no, no!
Not after that fantasy she just had. Her vibrator didn’t have enough battery power.

“Let me finish. What’s wrong with you and I sharing a kiss, and I’m not talking an innocent kiss. I mean a real passionate, I feel something more than brotherly love kiss.”

“Nothing, it’s just that....”

“Yeah, we’re friends. But this friend would like to be with you right now, in bed, holding you, stroking her hair until you fall asleep.”

“That...that’s so sweet. But what brought this on and why so sudden?” She got more comfortable in the bed. She looked over to her right and imagined Doug beside her. Thinking about his long lean, hard body against hers as he described what he wanted to do to her, she felt her arousal leaking between her legs. Nothing new this night, except she always got wet and horny on her terms, not his.

“Sudden? I don’t think so. Even a friend can think of his friend in less than...platonic ways. Does that disturb you?”

Yeah, it did and it didn’t help his voice sounded sexier than it ever had in the ten years she’s known him. And did he just want her for a roll in the hay? Was it just being physically attracted to her since he’d known her for years and was curious? She didn’t want to delve any further in that line of thinking. Just thinking about any kind of sex with Doug was too much for her senses.

Judith wondered why she even bothered to take a bath before getting into bed. She knew she would be relieving herself as soon as she hung up the phone with him.

Why couldn’t he look like a gremlin? It would have been easier for her to tell him to knock it off with the flirting. But noooo. She purposely punished herself every night, by listening to his words before going to bed and touching herself until she climaxed two or three times.

Did Doug engage in such nefarious acts as he spoke these beautiful words to her? He sounded different, that’s for sure. What did he look like when he stro— No, she couldn’t go there, not now. She would be masturbating until dawn!

This ritual had to stop. But she didn’t know how and didn’t really it want to.

“You needed to stop teasing,” she giggled nervously. “I have a long day ahead of me. I really need to get some sleep.”

“Brushing me off again, hon? A guy could get a complex. I’ll let it go for now. I have patience when it comes to you.
A lot
of patience. But there’s going to be a time when sleeping will be the furthest from your mind. Good night.”

They disconnected. She didn’t want to comment on that last statement. That would open Pandora’s Box.

It got her thinking about this vacation. Should they be together—alone? She had to diffuse the situation before it went any further. If not, only bad things could come of this.

Chapter Three

Monday sucked. Doug couldn’t concentrate on anything. He had Judith on the brain—and still on the lips. He should have thrown her over his shoulders, did a Tarzan yell and made mad love to her. But he respected her boundaries. Damn he was too nice.

After his phone conversation with her last night, he hadn’t got any sleep. He buried his head in his hand, thinking about what he engaged in while talking to his “best friend”. Stroking his cock as always, imagining himself in her bed. He even got a headset to talk to her so both hands would be free.

What a pervert.

As they talked, her voice pushed him closer and closer to the edge. The image of her sweet mouth wrapped around him played in his mind over and over. That familiar fantasy popped up again, when she mentioned getting out of the tub.

It had gotten to the point that he only thought of Judith in a sexual manner. She meant more to him than that. He wanted her mind body and soul. But not having her at all got him frustrated, so his thoughts were less than pure—and frequent.

This problem, if he wanted to call it that, needed to be rectified.

After he got off the phone with her and finished jacking off, he came up with the perfect plan.
Wondering
what it would be like to be with Judith intimately didn’t cut it anymore. Time for action.

Doug stood in the middle of his shop, watching another car pull in before glancing at his watch. Lunchtime. He needed to get the ball rolling.

He handed the client over to Raul since he did all the rim and tire jobs anyway, went into his office and shut the door. Thumbing through his organizer, he found the phone number to the Shangri-La Pleasure Bed and Breakfast.

He did manage to tell Judith something useful last night. He had the brochure of the place in his hand and read her some of the amenities Shangri-La had to offer. However, he failed to mention that they only catered to adults and had a deal with the adult toy store across the street. Shangri-La gave guests a five hundred dollar gift certificate for their first visit. Sweet.

He dialed the number.

“Shangri-La Pleasure Bed and Breakfast, this is Connie. How may I help you?”

“Hello, Connie. I would like to make a reservation for my friend and myself.”

“Friend?”

“Yeah, trying to make her more.” Detailing a Sherman tank would have been easier, he thought wearily.

“Ahh. If you really want to upgrade your friendship status, you’re in luck. We have our Super Solitude Sexy Suite available.”

“The super, sexy sui— Say that three times fast.” Doug chuckled.

She laughed and continued. “It’s the ultimate in erotic getaways. Huge custom bed shaped like a heart. Silk ceilings, ostrich feathers, Kama Sutra kits, mood music...”

“I get the picture. I’ll take it. Can I book it for a week?”

“Certainly.”

“If things go well, I might extend it for another. It’s our vacation.” He had to be optimistic; otherwise, he couldn’t go through with his plan.

“Hmm, I see. I will tentatively book you for two weeks. This suite goes fast.”

“Fine.”

After he shelled out seventy-two hundred dollars, they emailed him two gift certificates for the adult store. Hurdle number one. Telling Judith once they got there why they have the kinky suite—hurdle number two.

As if on cue, his cell rang. Judith.

“Hey, hon.”

“I forgot to remind you...”

“Already made them.”

“Cool. What’s the name of the place again? Are we going to get a brochure or something?”

Questions, questions.
“Um, some weird foreign name. Look, hon, I thought you left this up to me. Now trust me. This is your birthday gift, remember. Now how surprised would you be if I told you every little detail? Besides, they ran out of brochures since their opening, and with printing and all of that...you know. Their website is still under construction, they’re so new.”

“Okay, okay, you got me. No more questions. They must be doing great business just by word of mouth. Did they tell you what we have? What kind of theme did you get us?”

Just like a woman. He didn’t want to straight out lie to her, but at the same time, he had to say something. “Didn’t I just say no more questions and you agreed? They said it was their nicest suite. In fact, we were lucky to get it at such short notice. The theme is solitude. That’s all I’m telling you.” Okay, so he omitted some things.

“Sorry.” She giggled. “But that sounds fantastic.”

“Yeah, and they gave us gift certificates to a store they have a deal with.” Oh shoot, he didn’t mean to mention those.

“I’m not going to ask where to.”

“Good.” He let out a mental sigh of relief.

“I really can’t wait now.”

“Me either. From what they described, we don’t have to do a thing. Just total solitude.”
But we could have lots of fun
. All kinds of wicked scenarios popped up in his head.

“That’s what I’m looking for, except from you of course. Boy, I can’t wait. This is going to be a vacation to beat all vacations. Just sitting back and having people wait on you hand and foot.”

“I’m glad we’ll be taking it together,” Doug said in a huskiness that wasn’t intended.

“Me too.”

He thought he would feel her out a bit. “Maybe....”

“Yes?”

“I was just thinking, that maybe, we can get to know each other even better.” Just thinking how much better, got him hard again. He needed to stop this, or he’d be in a constant state of arousal.

“Better than we do now?”

“You never know the real person until you spend a long time alone with them. I mean really alone.” She’s not taking the bait. Damn!

“You don’t have a prison record, do you?”

He leaned back in his chair and laughed in spite of himself. “No, I don’t. But would that make me more interesting if I did?”

“Honestly.”

“Hey, I try.” He looked at his watch. “I won’t be able to do lunch today. I want to get as much done as possible this week before we leave.”

“Same here. Okay then. I’ll talk to you when you come pick me up to go home.”

“Cool. See you later.”

Letting out a sigh of relief, he sat back in his chair. She had no clue about the room and what it had to offer.

He knew he would have a lot of explaining to do once they arrived, but then it would be too late to change plans. He hated the deception, but she just about freaked out from the kiss he gave her last night. No telling what she would do if he gave her the full details of their vacation.

Raul came into his office later that afternoon, with the list of clients and the jobs that needed doing.

“Whoa! Who wants their Hummer pimped out in Hello Kitty?” Doug asked, looking at the work order.

“I don’t know, man. Some chick,” Raul said sitting down in a chair in front of Doug’s desk.

“I should hope so,” Doug said.

They both laughed.

“So what are you doing for vacation, bro?”

“Judith and I are spending the week at a new bed and breakfast.”

Raul gave him a knowing smile. “So you’re finally going to make your move?”

“What do you mean finally?”

“Come on, man. Everyone here knows you got the hots for her. The guys in the shop were wondering when you two would knock boots.”

“Gee, there must be a Hallmark card for that,” Doug said.

“Sorry, but you know what I mean.”

“Yeah, I do.” Doug sighed placing his hands on the desk. “I just need for her to stop seeing me as one of her shopping buddies.”

“Man, you think she sees you like that?” Raul tried to hide his chuckles behind his hand.

Doug shrugged. “We ain’t sleeping together. And I’ve seen the inside of more malls and boutiques than Paris Hilton.”

Raul laughed, then said, “No, man, I think she has it for you, too. You know how some women are. Maybe she’s afraid to say it.”

Doug cocked his head in thought. Something’s up, he knew that much. She’d been avoiding his questions and changing the subject so fast it made his head spin. The attraction couldn’t be denied however.

But Judith had also made it clear that they we’re just good friends. Again, whenever they joked about sex, if it got too hot, she backed down and pulled out the old, ‘I’m so glad we’re friends and we can joke like this without feeling any pressure.’”

He would feel pressure all right, and he always felt the need to unzip his pants to relieve it.

“We’ll soon see, Raul. Short of coming right out and asking her to be more, I don’t know what else to do. I don’t want to scare her off and risk her becoming distant.”

“I see where you’re coming from. But, dude, aren’t you torturing yourself with the way things are now? How long can you keep that up before you say enough is enough? Good luck.” Raul left the office.

“Thanks.” Doug said at the closed door.

****

Quitting time and Doug got in his car to pick up Judith. He loved car pooling with her and taking his car. Especially since she had a pink Caddie from all those makeup sales. His cell went off, as he got closer to her office. “Hello.”

“I’m over in Lot A.”

“Cool.”

He drove over there and sure enough, there she stood in her navy suit and white blouse buttoned up to her neck, hair pinned back in a bun, and she had on her comfortable shoes. Sounded dowdy but to him, she took his breath away.

“Hey, hon!” Doug said pulling the car near her.

She climbed in and they drove off. “How was your day?” she asked while straightening her seatbelt.

“Great, got something in you might be interested in.”

“Oh?”

She took out her compact to powder her nose. He loved those little feminine touches she brought to the friendship.