Easing the Tension
Author's note: Hello, people. Back with another one. I just came to a realization that it has been a year since I had started this story. I remember saying on an A.N. on the first chapter that it wasn't going to be a very long story. Well, things changed, as you had seen, but I am not going to make this really long because there really isn't a lot left to tell.
It had only been roughly an hour since Franklin and Liz had gone to Franklin's house in Vinewood Hills. They sat in the living room in silence. They didn't look at each other. Not because they can't look at each other after everything that had happened in the past few days. Though it was related, but that wasn't the reason.
No, the reason was because they were under stress from everything that had happened. How could everything have escalated to where it had come to? What's puzzling about all of this was how a lot of this started happening the past few days. But for all anyone else knew, this could have been in the plans for a little longer than what it seems.
It was nighttime, and Franklin and Liz had come back to the house in the hills. Liz sat on the couch as she looked at the floor and then out the nearby window to look down the hill and then at the floor again. Franklin had walked up and saw that she sat there in complete silence. She hadn't said a single word since coming back. But could anybody blame her? After what she and Franklin have been going through, it's hard to keep their minds at ease.
"Liz." Just from hearing someone say her name was enough to break the silence as she jumped from the sound. She looked up and saw Franklin standing before her.
"Hey, baby, you okay?"
Liz sighed. "It's been a rough few days, Franklin. I can't think straight. We would still be out in the desert if those Vagos didn't try going after anybody we know."
"I know what you mean, girl," Franklin said as he sat down right beside her. "I'm finna settle this shit soon. I'ma take care of that fool and then things will be much better."
"You do know that if you shoot him, the others will come after you, and they might come after me, too."
"I know how gang shit works," he said. "I was into that shit until I met Michael and then shit got better. Not that what I did with them was any better, but I got outta the hood and I am away from all that shit."
"But you're still doing things for the CGF, right?" Liz said. "I know that your friend Lamar tries to put it down for the set."
"Let me let you in on something, girl," Franklin said. "Lamar is a dumbass. He my boy and all, but that fool act like being a gangsta is all fun and games and shit. But I know this, some boys and girls from my hood is dead. I knew some OGs who got killed over dumb shit. I had to save that fool from Ballas tryna execute his ass at a mill."
Liz replied. "What about the fact that you two got my car back from Alonzo?"
"I wanted to get it back for you," Franklin said. "But I had no fucking idea that the Vagos would strike back the way they did. From what it sounds like, Alonzo wanna get in so badly, that he used the car, and me, and you as a fuckin' excuse to put it down for his set. At least his boy was able to see that shit."
"So what are you going to do?" she said.
"The only thing I could do," Franklin then took a deep breath. "I'll have to do what it takes to get the green light off a me and you. Then I'm finna take care of Alonzo. I can't let him do nothing to you."
"Baby, please, don't." A tear rose from Liz's eye.
"What else can I do? It feel like that asshole ain't gonna stop until you and me is dead. So what do you want me to do?"
Liz didn't say a word. She saw that there was no other way out of this. Franklin had seen a lot of bloodshed; whether it was from anything he did in the gang life or the heists he took part in. He had seen a lot of deaths occur right before his very eyes, some of which were caused by him.
She leaned in and hugged him just then. Franklin started to hug her as well, and then they looked right at each other and then leaned in to kiss each other. They kissed some more until Franklin started to unbutton Liz's shirt a bit as well as her pants.
"Wait," she said.
"Hold up, what's going on?" Franklin said.
"I'm too stressed out right now," Liz said.
"Okay, we ain't gotta do this."
"No, that's not what I meant. I want a little extra action to help ease all this tension. Yes, I know we fucked in the motel room, but I need more. I want to know, do you still got the numbers to those strippers you fucked?"
"Hold on, you wanna do a little thee way? Is that what you saying?"
Liz nodded. Though sex with Franklin is great and all for her, but with all the stress that she has been dealing with, she needs a little more action to help ease all this tension. For her, it was the only way to get her mind off of it.
Franklin sighed. "Okay, I'ma call one of them." He looked at her once again. "You sure you wanna do this?"
"Positive, baby. I need to get my mind off all of this."
Franklin sighed. "Okay. I'll do this." He went to the contacts section of his Badger phone and looked under I for Infernus.
Should I call her? He turned towards Liz again and thought of another potential candidate, as this one lived close as well. He passed J and decided "no" to Juliet and then went to N and passed on Nikki. Those two lived a little far and he saw that the mood is in full swing at the moment. He passed on Infernus as he knows that he had her more times. Then came across S for the last candidate and made the call.
Franklin held his phone to his ear as the phone rang and once it went through, a woman's voice said, "Hello? Franklin?"
"Hey, Sapphire."
"Franklin, Baby F," the stripper said in a rather seductive tone. "Been too long. How have you been? You want to have some fun?"
"Actually, yeah, I do, but I need you to come over here," Franklin said and then turned towards Liz.
"Oh, this is a surprise," Sapphire said. "Each and every time you either pick me up from the strip club or come over if you want some fun."
"This is different," Franklin said. "My girl and I want a little fun."
"Your girl? You got a girlfriend now? Wouldn't have guessed it, but I'm up for a little fun. I'm working at Hornbills right now, but I'm about to get off soon."
"Tell you what," Franklin said. "I'ma send a cab over so you can come to my place."
"I will be there, sexy," she said in a very seductive tone.
Franklin then got on the phone with the Downtown Cab Co and told them to send a cab out to Eclipse Boulevard in West Vinewood, where Hornbills was located.
Time had passed and then the doorbell buzzed at the front. Franklin and Liz looked up. Franklin told Liz to stay put as he went to the door and looked through the peephole and then opened the door, as a Caucasian brunette woman stood before him wearing a trench coat with a look of seduction on her face.
"Hey, Baby F, ready for some fun?" The seductive tone couldn't have been more obvious that she was ready for some action. She walked in and looked around.
"What a place you got here," Sapphire said. "How come you never brought me here?"
"We always fucked at yo' place," Franklin said.
"You know, it wouldn't have hurt for you to bring me here. Shit, we could've had a little fun with Infernus as well. I know she had it bad for you. I would've done it. Don't think I didn't know you two were fucking as well." She gave a seductive purring sound and winked her left eye.
Liz then walked up and saw the stripper openly flirting with her boyfriend in front of her. "Um, hi."
Sapphire then turned her attention towards Liz. "Well, Baby F, is this your girl?" She then went up to Liz and got pretty close. "Well, you know. Franklin's got some pretty good taste here. Aren't you a pretty girl?" She then looked her up and down. "And you got quite a body on you. Wait until we get those clothes off of you."
Liz didn't know what to think at that point. While she wanted to have a little three-way action, she saw how openly sexual this woman was. She wouldn't be surprised if this woman was a nymphomaniac. She couldn't say a word and froze a bit.
"Come on, let's go have some fun right now," Sapphire said. She started walking away.
Liz stood there and slowly walked. Franklin looked at her and then walked towards her.
"What's wrong? You havin' second thoughts?"
"I didn't expect her to be this horny," Liz said.
"Girl, I know she a freak," Franklin said. "But I'm tryna help you ease your stress. You said you wanna have a little three-way, you got it. Besides, I remember how horny you was when it was all sex between us."
He was right. Before they started dating, whenever Franklin would go pick her up from the ULSA campus, she would talk dirty to him a lot. She had even suggested that she would get her roommates in on the action.
"Okay, you made your point," Liz said.
Sapphire turned around and faced the couple. "Hey, come on, what are you waiting for?"
Franklin walked ahead to lead the two ladies downstairs to the bedroom. The moment they went into the room, Sapphire wasted little time in unbuttoning her trench coat while dancing in suggestive way. She started with the top buttons as she moved her hips from left to right and front to back. She unbuttoned the rest of the coat and kept the coat closed until she quickly opened it, revealing some sexy purple lingerie. She was not wearing the purple corset that she often wore when she danced at the Vanilla Unicorn. This time, she was wearing a lacy purple bra and a lacy purple thong. She also wore a silver chain around her neck.
Liz went right for Franklin and started unbuttoning his shirt and he did the same thing to her, and then Sapphire went right behind Liz and started to unbutton the rest of her shirt from the bottom. She leaned in right by Liz's face and then pulled one of half of the front and then the other and helped pull her shirt off of her.
Franklin took off his undershirt and undid his pants and took them off. He went right behind Liz and undid her belt and then unbuttoned and unzipped her pants and then slowly pulled them down.
Sapphire went right for Liz and then started running her hand down her face, then down her neck, then down her chest and even cupped her left breast. She continued to run her hand down her body, and then leaned in and kissed Liz right on her lips.
Liz initially felt uncomfortable, but in a matter of seconds, she then wrapped her arms around Sapphire as she reach for the back of her bra and unclipped them, while Sapphire did the same thing to Liz. Franklin came in from behind and wrapped his arms around her from the bottom and ran his hands up her stomach and up to her boobs and cupped them as he started kissing her on the neck. Meanwhile, Liz was running her lips down Sapphire's naked body.
So much fire within the three people in that very moment, with Liz running her lips and licking Sapphire's chest and stomach, Franklin leaned in and kissed Sapphire on the lips and then tongue-kissed her. She then reached towards Franklin's boxer shorts and put her hand down there and started playing his manhood.
While Liz was down there, she slowly started to pull down Sapphire's thong and went to town with a little finger action. Sapphire gasped and her mouth opened and her eyes closed. Franklin then cupped Sapphire's boobs and squeezed them and moved them in different directions. After having Sapphire play with his cock, as well as the excitement from being so close to these two women, Liz felt a slight poke in her butt.
Liz turned around and ran her hands down Franklin's pectorals and then knelt and slowly pulled down his boxer shorts. She stood back up and Sapphire approached Liz from behind and pulled down her thong as well. All three people were completely naked at that point. Liz knelt once again and Franklin sat on the bed as she put her mouth on his dick and started licking on the head and then wrapped her lips around and went up and down.
Sapphire tapped her on the shoulder to signal to her that she wanted a piece. Liz moved as Sapphire went right for Franklin's erect penis and she started sucking and licking away. Liz gently pushed Franklin for him to get on his back. She climbed onto the bed and straddled right over her boyfriend's face. Her legs were spread apart and she lowered herself. Franklin stuck his tongue out and started to lick her vagina in different ways. One way he did it was by moving his tongue in a way to write out letters of the alphabet. Liz's eyes closed and her mouth opened.
Liz got up and sat on the side for a bit. Sapphire released and signaled for her and Franklin to switch places. Sapphire lied right on the bed, as Franklin started kissing her chest and stomach, even licked her belly button a bit. He even got her to sit up so that he could wrap his lips around her enormous boobs. He sucked and licked, as well as put his face in between them. He gently pushed her to lie on the bed, as he moved his body back and put his face in between her legs. Liz climbed onto the bed once and did the same as before, except it was to Sapphire this time. Franklin started going down on Sapphire as well. Sapphire started to moan and groan, as did Liz. They wondered if it was time for Franklin to go in. At least go in one of them in that very moment.
Liz turned around to face Franklin. "Fuck me, baby."
From under Liz, Sapphire moved forward to look towards Franklin and said, "No, fuck me first."
"I got an idea," Franklin said. He reached for his drawer and found a pack of condoms. He opened a wrapper for a condom and put it on. The two naked women sat there and watched.
"Okay, Liz, let's do this doggy style," Franklin said. Liz then went on all fours, and then she looked at Sapphire to lie on her back. Franklin put some lube on his condom-wrapped dick and then went right in and started going to town. Liz moved her face down in between Sapphire's legs and started licking away. Franklin slapped Liz's butt and then squeezed her butt-cheeks.
Liz moved her face up as Franklin started going a little harder. "Oh, me gusta, papi! Si! Si! Eres muy grande!" She said that she likes it and that he is really big.
However, Franklin stopped a bit before he was on the verge of finishing, as he felt it was now Sapphire's turn. However, Sapphire wanted to take control this time. She told him to lie on his back as she climbed on top of him and then guided his erect penis into her vagina and then started riding him. It wasn't long until Liz got behind Sapphire as she was riding him and then cupped her breasts and squeezed and moved them around. She leaned in closer and Sapphire moved her face toward Liz's face and they started kissing and then tongue-kissed. Sapphire started to go a little faster and it wasn't long until both she and Franklin started to moan as Franklin had now hit the climax. It seemed that Sapphire was done, too, as she was exhausted and then fell right on the bed. Liz then lied down next to Franklin on one side, with Sapphire on the other side.
"Man, that was great," Liz said.
"Oh, you two were amazing," Sapphire tried to say it in her seductive tone, but it didn't sound as seductive as before as she was clearly tired from the sex.
"You two were good," Franklin said. "But man, I am so fuckin' tired."
Franklin got up to get rid of the condom as he entered the bathroom nearby. He got back to his bedroom and saw the two ladies were now asleep. It's no secret that they were exhausted from that threesome. It wasn't long until he climbed into bed and lied in between them. He fell asleep not long after.
The next morning, Franklin woke up with the two women sleeping right next to him on opposite sides. They were all naked, too. It wasn't long until Liz woke up and then wrapped her right arm around Franklin.
"Baby, you were so good," Liz said.
"So was you, as well as Sapphire right here," Franklin said.
Liz tapped him on the shoulder.
"What was that for?" Franklin said.
"Never mind," Liz said. "I will say that it eased all of the stress. I guess I really did need it."
"Yeah, you did. But it was all good in the end."
"I'm going to get up now," Liz said. "I might make myself some breakfast."
Liz then got up and soon enough, Sapphire woke up.
"Man, that was incredible last night," she said.
"Yeah, it was," Franklin said while looking up at the ceiling. "Anyway, thanks for this. My girl needed to take some of the edge off. I'm finna call you a cab and then you can go home."
"Oh, Baby F, are you serious?"
Franklin sighed and gave her a look.
"Okay, okay, I will get my things and I will get out of here," Sapphire said. "By the way, we should do this again sometime. Maybe we can get Infernus involved as well. She tells me that she longs for you big black cock again."
Franklin laughed, "I'll think about it."
Sapphire got up and put on her thong and then her bra and then finally her boots and trench coat. Franklin got his phone and called the cab company to call in a cab so that Sapphire can get a ride home.
Meanwhile, Liz walked around upstairs in a bathrobe and was looking through the fridge to make something. She found some eggs and bacon. She reached her hand inside the refrigerator until she heard the doorbell ring.
Who could that be, especially this early? She thought. She walked towards the door and opened it and there stood an African-American woman in her mid-20s, with a black man who appeared to be older than her.
"Hello, may I help you?" Liz said.
"Is Franklin here?" the woman said.
"Um, yeah, but who are you?" Liz said and then looked at the man. "And who are you?"
"I am Tanisha and this is my husband Jayden. I am an old friend of Franklin's from way back. I heard he has been going through stuff and I wanted to see what was up. Also, who are you?"
"I am Liz, I am Franklin's girlfriend."
At some point, Sapphire walked up to the front door and said bye to Liz and winked at her, as well as raised her eyebrows twice.
"Okay, what's going on here?" Tanisha said.
"This seems kind of weird," Jayden said.
It wasn't long until Franklin got upstairs and went full stop when he saw Tanisha and Jayden standing there with Liz, who was in a bathrobe no less.
"Oh shit, Tanisha, what are you doing here? You didn't say you were coming over."
"I just thought I'd drop by," Tanisha said. "This is my husband Jayden, by the way."
Franklin politely shook his hand.
Tanisha said, "You didn't say nothing about no orgies going on up in here. I saw that ho walk out of here just now."
"It's a long story," Franklin said. "Both of y'all come in. I see you met Liz already, and I'm sure you saw Sapphire."
"Yeah, Sapphire, she looks like a prostitute," Jayden said.
"She's a stripper and what happened here ain't none of your damn business," Franklin said. "So what brings yo' asses up in here?"
Tanisha said, "Lamar and your aunt told me about how some of those Vagos tried to shoot up the old hood. I hear you are having problems with the Vagos. I thought you were done with that life."
"I am done with that life, but my girl used to date a Vago asshole and now I am dealing with some shit with those assholes."
"When did you start digging on caramel, Franklin?" Tanisha said.
"What's it to you?" Franklin said. "I date who I want to date. Besides, I care about her, so I'm protecting her. She's staying here for bit until all this shit settles with those Vago cats."
"So what's going on? Why are there problems with the Vagos and what does your girlfriend have to do with them?" Tanisha said.
"I got some issues with her asshole ex," Franklin said. "See I own the Downtown Cab Company and one day I gave her ex a ride from the university campus to go meet with her. This guy was a sexist asshole, the way he talked to Liz, I wanted to smack him right there. Then he started some shit with me, so I kicked his ass. However, he been wanting to get back for beating his ass, as well as taking back Liz's car from him. He wanna get involved in his set so badly that he went after me and Liz."
"So that's all that happened?" Tanisha said. "I mean how do you know your girl ain't involved in all that shit and she was just some typical hoodrat who just wanted to get out of the hood?"
"Excuse me?!" Tanisha did not expect Liz to be nearby when she said that.
"What did you just say? Did you just call me a hoodrat?" Liz said.
Tanisha's jaw lowered and her eyes widened a tad as she saw Liz, still in the bathrobe walk up to her.
"Oh no, I didn't mean it that way," Tanisha said. "I mean I have seen girls from the hood trying to get out anyway they can by meeting someone. I mean I was talking about in general. I have seen skeezers and hoodrats trying to meet some rich guys to try to get out of the hood."
I wouldn't be talkin', girl. Franklin thought, as Tanisha was born and raised in the ghetto but then met some doctor. "I don't know what you be saying, Tanisha, but Liz here go to college and shit. She ain't no hoodrat."
"Like I said, that's not what I meant," Tanisha said.
Jayden cut in, "She just means that it's typical for some people from the wrong side of the tracks to try to get involved with someone because they know it will get them the life that they want. It probably means that some will try anything to get out of the hood, as a lot of girls from the hood or even trailer park types will try to meet a rich guy so that they can get his money."
"That's what y'all really think?" Franklin said. "Just cuz I got money and a big house, y'all think that Liz is really after that. I may have gotten outta the hood, but me and Liz got something good going on."
Liz then cut in, "You two don't know me. Yes, I may be from the barrio or the hood and all that shit, but I love Franklin. Yes, I really do love him. I know that what you saw when you first got here seemed a bit sketchy, but I am no fucking hoodrat. I had dealt with my share of assholes, whether they beat me or cheated on me, Franklin has actually been one of the better guys that I have ever dated."
"Just saying, but I'm surprised you haven't moved in with him yet," Tanisha said.
Liz looked at him, "It might happen. It probably will, but right now is not the best time."
Franklin looked towards Liz and told her that she should go take a shower and get dressed, and that he'll handle matters here from here on in. Liz walked away, while Franklin stood there before Tanisha and Jayden.
"Tell me, why did you guys really come up in here without calling me first?"
"We just thought we'd stop by. I didn't think that your girlfriend was here, along with that skeezer I saw getting out," Tanisha said. "Your aunt and Lamar told me about a lot of shit be happening on Forum."
"Hold up, you talking about Sapphire?" Franklin said. "What happened here ain't none of your goddamn business. Second, Liz and I have some problems that we tryna fix. I'm finna handle Liz's asshole ex."
"Remember what I told you before? You need to grow up. You ain't changing. Just cuz you live large, that don't mean you better than your old friends."
"Girl, have you looked in a mirror lately?" Franklin quickly responded with such loudness in his voice. "Not to sugarcoat shit, but you act like I abandoned fools, when you flatout walked on me and quickly started dating some motherfucking doctor here and it wasn't long until yo' ass got married. So you live out in Rockford Hills or some shit. Yes, Liz is from the hood, but she tryna make something of her damn self. As for her not living with me, I ain't said it finna happen, but I ain't felt this way about a girl since you left my ass. She might move in, we'll see. And what's this talk about me liking 'caramel' or some shit. Just cuz she's Mexican, that don't mean shit. I mean I fucked a few white girls and some other types. It don't matter to me."
"Never mind," Tanisha said. "I didn't ask for this to happen. I just wanted to check in on you."
"You could have called first," Franklin said.
Jayden cut in, "Look, I get what you were trying to say, but you had no right to disrespect Tanisha like this."
"You think I'm dissin' her? After what I see on LifeInvader, I'm actually glad that I moved on," Franklin said. "Don't tell me that I am dissin' her, because I have known Tanisha a lot longer than you have. I know her a lot better than you do. Yeah, that's right. How long have you known her?"
"Fuck this, I don't need this," Jayden said. "Come on, honey, let's go."
Jayden approached the front door while Tanisha stood there and looked right at Franklin. "Tanisha, what are you waiting for? Let's go, now!"
Tanisha slowly turned around and slowly walked towards her husband. She turned and gave the "call me" hand gesture to her ex-boyfriend/old friend before she walked out the door.
It wasn't long until Liz got out of the shower and put on some clothes that she had with her when they took that trip out of town, even if it was for one night. Franklin then went and took a shower himself. Not just to clean himself up from that wild night of tawdry proportions, but also to help ease some stress after what he and his ex, and his ex's husband talked about.
Right when he got out and got dressed, Liz had prepped some breakfast for him. Franklin approached the table and started eating. It really wasn't much but he ate as much as he could.
"Are you okay, baby?" Liz said.
"Just got a lot on my mind right now." What was odd about this was that Liz was under a lot of stress, but after last night, she had eased a lot. It seemed that he had found the stress that Liz had.
"Okay, I saw that you and your ex didn't really part on the best of terms."
"She broke up with me. Plus, her husband had no right to tell me shit when I got a lot of history with her. With all the shit we been dealin' with, I finna get this shit sorted soon."
It wasn't long until Franklin had finished his meal. Liz had made him a breakfast sandwich. Franklin was impressed by her ability to cook. It wasn't a lot, but it's the thought that counts.
Right after he finished, Franklin got up and grabbed the keys to his Bagger.
"Where are you going?" Liz said.
"I got some shit I need to handle, but I got to do this all by my lonely." He took out some money and loaned it to Liz. "Look, go and call up your girls. Call up Tracey, whatever. I know she wanna hang out with you. You two got along those times. You can even have them come here. Just stay out of Rancho or Forum. I got to go handle some shit right now."
Liz didn't like how this sounded. She knew that Franklin was walking into a pit of danger, but there was no way around it. This stuff needed to stop one way or another.
"Just go, but please be careful, okay?" Liz said. "When I said that I love you, I really mean that. I care about you a lot. I don't want to lose you."
Franklin then gave her a hug after she said that.
"I'll be back," he said. "Just call up your friends or something. I won't be long."
Liz nodded her head and then turned away. Franklin had left the house and put on his helmet and started up his bike and was now off. What he was about to do was anybody's guess? Either he was going to handle this stuff on his own or call up Lamar, or maybe even Trevor to help him sort everything out. Either way, it was possible that he was walking into a death trap.
Another note: Wow, what a chapter I wrote. I went all out on the sex scene and I had also planned for Tanisha to make an appearance at some point. This was a pretty fitting way for her to appear, as well as her husband.
I also must note that I had debated between Sapphire and Infernus for the threesome. While it may or may not have seemed gratuitous, having sex in that situation really helped bring the tension off of the characters. As for Sapphire and Infernus, I debated because of proximity, but the reason for Sapphire is because judging by how she was portrayed in the game, she had the feel of an actual nymphomaniac. I mean, yes, Infernus, Juliet, and Nikki were open about their sexuality, but with the seductive voice of Sapphire and the things she said in the game, she was more overtly sexual than the others, almost like she could be a potential sex addicts anonymous member. Kind of like Jennifer Aniston's character in the Horrible Bosses movies, if you ask me.
I feel that there are a few more chapters to go. I'm going to try to hit 20. There will be an epilogue, as well. So there will likely be about three more chapters to go.
Until next time, peace out.