'Are you sure me being here isn't going to cause any problems? I really don't mind leaving if it does' said Jen as she sat drinking tea in Claire's kitchen.

'For the last time no! She's mentioned in the past she'd like to meet you so you stay put' said Shannon, who was just on his way to collect Keri from the airport. Because of the hectic nature of his schedule this was the first time he would see Keri for longer than just a day in three weeks. The only day he'd been able to see her was when she'd flown down to Sacramento to watch him in a Sunday night match before having to fly back in the early hours of the morning to make it in time for her first lecture of the day at 11am on Monday morning.

'Okay, consider Jennifer's ass welded to this here seat then' she said, shaking herself about on the high kitchen stool and laughing as he gave her and Claire a kiss goodbye each and raced out of the door with Jeff in tow to go and collect Keri. Jeff had stated he needed saving from 'a barrage of girl talk' so had decided to accompany his friend to the airport to save his ears if nothing else.

Even though his relationship with Jen had ceased they were still very good friends, which was good considering she and Claire were very close too. And he thought it was great that his last girlfriend and current one were eager to meet each other. But no one could have matched the eagerness he felt right then at seeing Keri again; he'd missed her so much he was sure he could feel his heart hurting with every lonely beat it made, dramatic and over romantic as it sounded it was just how he felt. He knew he was completely, head over heels, 1000% in love with her, and now all that was left was to let the lady herself know.

There had been many times since seeing her briefly two weeks ago where he could have told her, felt the words charging up from his throat and into his mouth but he had bitten them back. This was the kind of thing he wanted to tell her to her face, not over a phone line or instant messaging box. And for Keri the feeling was mutual, much to the amusement of Rachel who of course knew how the two sides felt yet didn't let on to either. She knew that in testing herself in another bout of extended periods of time apart from her man that she would know for sure it was love, and the feelings of love that progressed within her heart were the strongest she'd ever felt. Just three months after they first began dating, and two and a half since they actually got together properly and already what she felt for Shannon was something a million times bigger than the love she'd felt for Christian after two years with him.

How he made her feel inside was nothing short of euphoric, she'd never known such happiness before with anyone save the close relationships she shared with her friends and family, but this was something else entirely. The sound of his voice made her skin break out in goose pimples, seeing him smile made her heart skip a few beats, and even something just like the sound of him laughing made her feel so happy she was surprised all the love and happiness inside her hadn't caused damage as it pulsed contently through her body constantly. She was so happy nothing could make her frown. She even handled her pet hate of bad drivers with a more chipper attitude, surprising the hell out of anyone used to her usual verbal tirades against lesser skilled/intelligent motorists on the roads of Anchorage.

Looking out of the window and watching the plane begin to descend towards the runway below Keri took the chance to quickly re do her makeup and give her newly dyed hair a brush. She'd got fed up of her extensions constantly pulling at the back of her head from the tightness she weaved them in with, so had decided to give it a rest and instead decided to have it dyed a darker shade of blonde, leaving a bit of its original platinum colour on the top layer of her tresses streaked through with the other two darker shades of blonde the girl at the salon had worked through her hair. She loved it, and Shannon seemed to be of the same opinion when he saw her too.

'Your hair looks gorgeous. And look how much of an observant boyfriend I am, y'all didn't even tell me you were having it done and I noticed straight away' he said as he hugged her tight in the airport.

'So whaddya want, a medal?' she said sarcastically, stroking his arms through the black hoodie he wore.

'Nah, a blowjob will do just fine' he laughed, watching her do the same.

'What, here?' she asked with a raised eyebrow.

'Shut up and grab your bag' he replied, taking her hand and pulling her off in the direction of the row of small shops where Jeff had stopped to buy an enormous bunch of lilies for Claire.

'So c'mon Nero, what did ya do wrong?' she asked after being given a usual huge welcoming hug off the big man with red and blue hair.

'My wife loves flowers, and I love buying things for her' he replied as they walked along, with Shannon grumbling 'more like making it up to her for the demise of Ted'.

'Who's Ted?' she asked.

'Ted would be one half of Bill and Ted, you know those two African fellas that lived either side of our front door? Well Claire being Claire she decided to call them Bill and Ted, and last week I broke Bill, and Ted followed three days after that' said Jeff, referring to the expensive and precious statues that had took pride of place either side of the front door of their home before Jeff had broken both of them moving in furniture for their newly decorated lounge.

'Ooooooh I bet she was pissed!' said Keri with a wince.

'Very' said Jeff, reaching around Keri to thump Shannon in the arm as he laughed at the memory of Jeff being roared at by his very angry wife after Ted's head had been broken off his body whilst one of the new couches was being negotiated through the door.

'And you'll be four grand lighter in the wallet when you have to replace them' said Shannon, still laughing.

'Oh I did that already man! Believe me, my wife is the last person I wanna piss off and I'm man enough to admit that, my woman is scary when enraged!' he laughed.

'Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact she wouldn't have sex with you until you did would it? I can imagine that's the kind of thing Claire would do for revenge' said Keri as they walked through the revolving door to the side of the main airport entrance.

'Ahhhh you know my wife well it would seem' chuckled Jeff. He thought himself lucky he'd at least been allowed to sleep in their bed with her and not be relegated to one of the two guest bedrooms she was so angry with him. And so the conversation lead away from the two African stone carvings that had met an untimely end thanks to Jeff and lead onto many other subjects throughout the near hour long drive back to Shannon's, where Keri dropped her bag off and gave the dogs some fuss before they drove over to Jeff's place to meet the others.

'Oh I probably should have mentioned this sooner, but Jen's inside. I hope that's okay' said Shannon as Keri got out of his car, Jeff having walked on ahead to his house.

'Yeah of course it is, why wouldn't it?' she asked, adjusting her short black leather jacket over the grey fitted t shirt she wore and closing the car door.

'I dunno, as cool as you've been with the idea of meeting perhaps the only ex I've been able to keep as a close friend, I just wanted to make sure you weren't uncomfortable with the idea of meeting a friend who.................' he trailed off, making a thoughtful face.

'Who you used to have sex with' she finished for him. 'Shannon I'm cool with it its okay. Besides, it's me you poke your dick in now and as long as it stays that way, all is good' she said, walking two fingers up the centre of his chest as she spoke to him, a sparkling smile lighting up her face as she laughed and wrapped both arms around his neck. And just standing there laughing at what she'd said to him, and feeling happy Jen's presence really wasn't a problem he found he couldn't keep a lid on what he held within any longer.

'I love you Watkins, you know that?' he said.

'Yeah I do, just like you know I love you' she said, reaching up to his level and kissing him as they both smiled widely. Some say it's the first wonderful thing to look forward to in a new relationship, hearing the one you love speaking those words to you. In the fading afternoon light on the long driveway containing many shells of and half built cars (the fruits of Jeff and Claire's hobby) it certainly was wonderful for them. It was just a simple admission that had been weeks in the coming, nothing overblown or fancy, just words of truth.

'She's very sexy, if I was a guy I would! Oh and she's really nice too' said Jen a little later on as Shannon walked into the kitchen alone where she was sitting with Claire and the dogs at their feet.

'So is that a 'well done Shannon and I approve of your choice in girlfriend?' he asked, coming around the big square table in the centre and sitting opposite them.

'It is buddy; you've done very well for yourself. And I know I'm a hard act to follow' she said, laughing at her joke as she stood behind Claire resting her chin atop her head.

'Except the fact you snore like an elephant with sinusitis, that part I can live without! The worse I got with Keri is she's a bed hog, but all I gotta do is kick her and she moves. Except one time when I...' he said before he was cut up.

'Kicked me too hard and I ended up on the floor. Dating a wrestler should come with a health warning, they're too damn strong for their own good' said Keri as she walked into the kitchen, reaching out to fuss Zeus who fluttered his tail happily at her presence. She stood scratching his head while giving Shannon dark looks, still remembering how she'd flown out of bed and ended up in a heap on the floor while everyone else laughed, especially Claire who had heard the story twice before. She sympathised with it, sometimes she'd wake up unable to breathe because Jeff had rolled on top of her in his sleep. Neither had been able to work out if it was him trying for nocturnal sex or just throwing himself around the bed and lying where he fell.

'I made it up to you though' he said with a quick wink, making her smile and shake her head softly.

'And that's as far as that story goes!' she said, holding up her hands and still shaking her head as she walked around to Shannon and stood behind him, resting her head on his shoulder and draping her arms around his neck, feeling his hands stroke them as he turned to kiss her cheek. It was a loving gesture this much she knew, but the erotic impact it had on right then was strong. Quite simply, she'd missed sex. And any little touch right then only reminded her of that fact and fuelled it through her even further in the form of adrenaline. When it was just them sat there she could hardly keep her hands off him.

'Is this a none so subtle way of telling me you wanna go back to my place?' Shannon asked as he felt one of Keri's hands sliding between his legs and the other up underneath the tight white t shirt he wore. She answered him with the kind of kiss that indicated to him perhaps the desire that had begun to consume his girlfriend might not wait out a twenty five minute drive, and so he went to plan B.

'I'll be back, wait here' he said, untangling himself from her wandering hands and giving her full and slightly flushed looking lips a kiss before leaving the kitchen in search of Jeff. He found him outside throwing a Frisbee for Kiri.

'Can I ask a favour man?' said Shannon as he came to a stop by his side.

'You need to bang the ass off Keri and wanna make use of a room?' said Jeff, making his friend laugh a little with the accuracy of his guess.

'Yes' he said, scratching his chin and still laughing quietly.

'Go on, off you go' said Jeff, waving his hand back in the direction of the house and looking amused as he threw the green Frisbee out for Kiri again.

'Thanks Jeff' replied Shannon, turning and almost running back into the house and grabbing Keri around the waist, disappearing up the back staircase from the kitchen and managing to have her jeans undone and her t shirt off before they'd even reached the first of the spare room doors. Once inside Keri felt herself pressed back against the door firmly, the dark wood cool against her back as she pulled Shannon's t shirt from his body and then felt his hot flesh press to hers, a deep ache of arousal beginning to throb throughout her core as they kissed and moaned softly, breaths coming out in sharp bursts through their noses as he picked her up and carried her over to the bed.

'Damn I missed my woman, and damn I want her bad' he whispered as he ran his tongue between her breasts, hands yanking her jeans down in urgency to get her naked, bending to touch his tongue against her clit and then run it down to her pussy once he had freed her body of the material confines covering it. He felt her legs brush the side of his face as he pulled them over his shoulders; her small feet resting on his back while his tongue ran in slow upward strokes from her opening to her already swollen bud.
And as usual he could feel his cock hardening without her even touching him as arousal pulsed throughout his body, hands gripping her legs painfully hard as his tongue drove deeply into her folds, hearing a sudden burst of loud music coming from downstairs...................

'Okay what's with Laterallus being blasted at volumes of a thousand for my blue and red haired lovely?' said Claire in reference to the Tool album Jeff had put on.

'Shannon and Keri just went upstairs. I'm saying no more' said Jeff with a sly smile while Jen and Claire just looked at each other and shook their heads.

'Some things never change then' remarked Jen, remembering from her own experiences how much of an 'any time, any place' kind of man Shannon could be.

'Oh no some things never change. The sky remains blue, the grass is forever green, and Shannon Moore never stops being the horniest little bastard in all of North Carolina' said Claire whimsically, falling into hysterics with a snickering Jen at the end, who was laughing so much it included her trademark snort which only made Claire laugh harder, adding to the music and drowning out any kind of noise that may have come from above..............

'Mmmmmmm that feels real fucking good' groaned Shannon, closing his eyes and taking in a deep shuddering breath as Keri held his cock deep in her throat, tightening and releasing a firm grip around the base of his shaft before sliding her mouth back up to the head, moaning all the while as he thrust two fingers into her and rubbed her clit with his thumb from her side on knelt position next to him. After a few minutes she felt her body being pulled around, and guessing what he wanted she manoeuvred herself around until she was astride him, feeling her hips pulled back and his tongue push against her clit as her lips slid down his cock again.

'Oh, oh god that's incredible, mmmmmmm' she moaned as she felt his tongue circling and pushing against her wet flesh, his hands running from the back of her legs up over her ass, a deep grumble coming from his mouth as he sucked on her clit, the feeling of her massaging the head of his cock firmly with her lips while her long fingernails stroked his balls almost too good to withstand. Meanwhile downstairs..............

'Can't you just go holler to them that we're going out? C'mon Jeff! It's just hit five, that means I got an hour to get to Henry J's to take advantage of happy hour with Jen! Oh come on!!! I need to go out and drink my bodyweight in Bacardi!' begged Claire, hanging on Jeff's arm.

'What are the chances of getting you to shut up if I say no?' he asked, pulling her around from his side into his arms.

'Slim to none' she said, pulling a thoughtful face.

'Okay go put shoes and lipgloss and whatever else you gotta put on and I'll call a cab' said Jeff, rolling his eyes and kissing the top of her head as Claire bounced in his arms and then shot off shouting 'JEN GET YOUR BOOTS ON WE'RE GOING OUT NOW!' excitedly. Which just left him to go and tell the other two, which is something he did with his fingers in his ears because of the noises he was met with halfway down the hall.

'We're going out meet us at Henry J's when you're done bye!' Jeff shouted all at once and extremely quickly, not waiting for a reply that wasn't likely to come anyway since both of them were rather occupied at the mouth at that moment.