"Okay, I have all of the comfort foods, a chick flick, and I am ready to listen." Jane sat on the sofa adjacent to Shalah and across from her roommate/best friend. "Now…..spill."

Shalah's eyes flicked across both women's faces before taking a drink from her glass and starting.

"Remember when we did that favor- at the club after Thanksgiving?"

Both girls nodded.

"It was so- so exhilarating. It was like I could feel every part of myself up there. I liked it…..a lot."

"No crime in that…..I had fun too." Jane didn't understand the problem. Her roommate looked at her and gave her a slight shake of the head to be quiet and listen, then both turned their attention back to Shalah.

"I went back for more. Barry offered me the same deal and I took him up on it. Thing is…..I haven't told Duncan and I don't want to stop right now. I like how it makes me feel."

"Are you afraid that Duncan will judge you?"
"No…..yes, I mean-" she swallowed hard. "I hope that he wouldn't but-"

"But what if he does….." she small woman could relate to everything that Shalah was saying. It wasn't that long ago that she was in a very similar kind of situation herself. Both ladies had turned their attention on her. "Ted and I weren't working as a couple anymore, then that summer Trent and I kissed. It awakened something in me that I didn't know was there. I needed…..something, but I didn't want to use Ted. He's a good guy. So when Barry asked for my help with the presentation to his father for the club, I guess the seed was planted. I wasn't sure if I could actually go through with it, but I also needed some kind of release from the feelings that I was having without having to actually tell Trent anything concrete, so….."

"You worked it out- er, danced it out on stage," Jane surmised.

"Yeah, it helped me a lot." She shifted to a more comfortable position and ate a few of the popcorn from the bowl before her.

"What happened when he found out?" Shalah cautiously questioned.

She flashed back to the heated conversations following Tom's unauthorized reveal of that area of her life. "Trent was understandably upset, but more about the fact that I didn't tell him. He wasn't exactly a fan of me working there, but not telling him was like a lie by omission. We worked through it by talking though and now with him on the road, it's important that our trust stay intact."

"What if he- Duncan doesn't understand?"

Jane looked at her friend helplessly.

"Then don't you want to know the truth now? Doesn't he deserve the truth as well?"

Shalah's eyes reflected the range of emotions running through her.

"Be honest with him about what you're doing and why you're doing it. That way all of your cards will be on the table and for better or worse, you'll learn how he feels about it."

I know that you're right Jane, but what if Duncan bolts? We just got back together really.

"Thanks guys," Shalah ate some of the m&m's. "How's Anthony?"

"He's great- we're great. We had a really good talk- about Jesse and stuff."

Both ladies looked at Jane expectantly.

"I told him that I love him- well kind of in an indirect way. He was sleep." She looked at both of them and was surprised at their lack of surprise. "So you guys suspected. When?"

"Well, for me it was when you didn't refer to him as though you were dating him for sport- like a huntress the way that you usually do." Shalah admitted taking a swig from her glass.

"For myself it was when I found out that you had spent the night and broke one of your own rules. The look in your eyes when we were talking…..it was…..nice."

Jane cleared her throat and raised a glass.

"To us three and the lucky guys in our lives."

Here, here's were had by the other ladies and they all drank.

"Now that we have taken care of the matters of the heart," Jane leaned in towards them slightly, "tell me ladies what's your favorite position- sexually that is."

"So many to choose from," Shalah thought out loud. "I am currently a fan of what is commonly referred to as 'the cowgirl', only I like it when he's sitting up- so that we can kiss and stuff. Your turn." She directed to the young woman in glasses that had shrank back into her seat.

"I don't know what it's called, but…." She spoke somewhat shyly at first, but you could hear her courage growing as she spoke, "I would say that it starts out as missionary, but our legs are scissored so that one of each of ours is on the outside. This allows for closeness and excellent penetration."

Managed to say all of that without blushing…..progress.

"I do believe that the turn is mine." Jane looked at each of them before speaking. "Mind you this choice is only what I am choosing right now and is definitely subject to changing at any given time. I like it when he kisses me fiercely, preferably against a wall and positions me so that I am able to…..ah, help via another wall and we maintain eye contact."

All ladies remain lost in their own thoughts for a few moments before Shalah toasted their respective men and started the movie. They stayed up late, each making calls to their respective mates and talking about everything that they could think of until one by one sleep took them all.