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My alarm cranked out its warning at half past six. Ugh. I slapped it off and went to roll out of bed, but my left arm and the side of my chest was being held down by something. My breath caught in my throat for a second, until I remembered Neo and what transpired last night. I looked over at her. She appeared to still be asleep, so I carefully slid my arm out from under her. I silently stepped out of bed and took a deep breath. The whole room smelled like our sex and my face smelled like her pussy. Awesome. I tip-toed out of the room and into the bathroom.

When I got into the bathroom, I hit the lights and turned on the shower, then I flipped up the toilet seat and took a long morning piss. By the time I was done, the shower had heated up, and I jumped in. Scrubbing my hair and face with soap, I mentally ran through last night's events. It had been a pretty amazing night, that was for sure. I felt exhausted though, and I was worried I'd perform poorly at work; I knew the date was worth being sleepy. I finished my shower and ran a comb through my hair while I brushed my teeth. Then I slapped on my deodorant and walked back into my room. Neo wasn't on the bed.

"Neo?" I called out. No lights were on in the rest of the apartment, but I found a note on the coffee table: I had a great night, you are amazing. I'll call you later.

My morning class went smoothly, and it was a kick-back day of being introduced to everyone and shadowing the cold call crew. Around four thirty, everyone was packing up and I was saying goodbyes when my phone buzzed twice, telling me I had a text message. It was Hinata.

Jaune told me about your new job. Congrats! Why didn't you tell me? :-(

I didn't know how to reply, so I decided to think about it on the drive home. Also, I had a study group for my business law class around eight in the evening. Maybe I would get back to her after that. When I got off the freeway at my exit, my phone started ringing. I checked the name and flipped it open, with a smile on my face.

"Hey Neo."

"So, I know you are supposed to wait two days and all before you talk to a new lover, but I think we should make an exception because it was so amazing last night. What do you say?"

I couldn't help but laugh.

"Sounds like a plan to me. And I agree with you; it was amazing last night." I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. All thoughts of Hinata vanished.

"When can we hang out next?" she asked.

"Oh wait. You want to hang out again? I thought I was just another notch on your bedpost, 'the most, cutest boy in the whole school' shagged rotten by Miss Trivia Vanille and then left on the side of the road like a used condom. Did you get a diamond tiara from your sorority yet?" I hoped she realized I was just being sarcastic.

"Actually, we get military-looking medals. And yes, I did get a gold star for carving your name into my bed post. But, their jealousy isn't that satisfying unless I can wear you on my arm and rub their faces in it every day." She seemed to spit it out at the end. Damn, girls were catty.

"Well…" I started to mentally go through my schedule. "I can do lunch tomorrow, but then I am booked till later this weekend. Free for lunch tomorrow at eleven?"

"Ahh crap, I have a solid block of classes from ten o'clock till two. We'll have to hook up this weekend. I'll call you Friday, so we can plan something."

"Okay Neo, talk to you Friday."

I pulled into my parking garage and walked up to my apartment. I set my books down and popped open my phone to text Hinata back.

Sorry, I didn't think you would care that much.

By the time I had arranged my study material on the coffee table, she had messaged me back.

I do care. I was thinking about the trip this weekend. Jaune is staying in a separate room. If you want to share the room with him, maybe you can come? I don't think he would mind, and I want to see you again.

Holy crap this girl was persistent. The thought of her, Jaune, and me with her family, trapped on an almost tropical island, too far away for me to swim to the mainland, sounded like a terrible idea.

Sorry made plans already. I am a social butterfly and need to be booked fourteen days in advance. Tell your sister I said happy B-day. :-)

There. That should shut her up. If it was a party for her sister, it should be about her sister, not about seeing me again. I set the phone down and went back to work, but it beeped again.

Don't play hard to get.

Dammit. How did I reply to that? This was getting out of hand. There are only a few ways I could take that message, and they all involved flirting with me. I shut off the phone and tried to go back to studying, but it was too late; Hinata kept darting into my thoughts.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. I thought to myself, as I covered my face with my hands. I changed out of my work clothes, into my running shorts, strapped on my iPod, and ran for what felt like two hours. When I got back to my apartment, I made myself a spinach salad with some tuna fish, grabbed a shower, and headed to my study group.

When I walked into the room for the study group, I suddenly recalled what Neo told me about them last night. There were eight other girls in the group already in the room, and they were in a tight circle giggling to themselves as I walked in. The conversation suddenly stopped, and they all looked at me. A few started to turn red, and I guessed I was probably the topic of their conversation. I sighed to myself and set down my study materials, then we began the session. Now that I was looking for it, I could easily see what Neo meant. Only a few of the girls were actually paying attention to the topics being discussed in the case study. The other six seemed to be totally distracted the whole night… by me.

As I left the group, I started to think about my four other classes and their study groups. They were all the same. Hell, some of the same girls were in them. Was I even getting anything out of the sessions? After careful thought,

I realized I normally over-prepared for them and was already weeks ahead of the class material. If I stopped going, would that free me up to study more on my own? Maybe I could spend more time with Neo? When I got back to the apartment, I checked through my class planner and started to feel like I had been taken extreme advantage of. I was meeting with these girls, twice a week, for every subject. Often times, I would prepare an hour ahead of time and wind up teaching the whole group. At least twenty hours of my week was being dumped down the study-group hole. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. Then I went to my computer and sent out emails to each of my five groups:

Friends,

My new job has me really busy and I'm not going to be able to make study groups any more during the week. Can I just meet up with you all for an hour, the weekend before finals?

-Ruto Redfox

It was half past nine. I took out my phone to see if there were any texts I may have missed, but I realized it was still off. I left it that way and headed to bed.

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"So what kind of car were you thinking about?" Neo yelled over the radio and sound of her engine. We were on our way to the Thousand Oaks Auto Mall. It was about fifty minutes away from my apartment, but it was in Ventura County instead of Los Angeles. The sales tax was lower, and it bragged to have the most dealerships in one location. I didn't really know if the claim was actually true, but I had driven by it a few times going to various guitar performances, and it seemed to have an amazingly large amount of cars.

"A quiet one!" I yelled over her radio and stuck my tongue out at her. She stuck hers back out at me and turned her radio off. The engine was so loud that we still had to shout.

"What is your price range?"

"I was thinking twenty… maybe thirty at the most. Depends on what I find."

I wasn't really good with cars, but I knew that Neo had a mechanic friend, so she may be able to call him for advice. Also, I couldn't think of anything else we could do this weekend besides sit around my apartment and fuck each other's brains out. Which still sounded like a good idea, but wouldn't prevent me from being embarrassed when I parked my trusty Honda in the work parking lot. Besides, the thing had over 300,000 miles on it and needed to die already.

She pulled off the freeway when we saw the mile of dealerships. "Let's try Honda first," I said.

She rolled her eyes, and drove down the main drag to the end, where there were Hondas. I saw a BMW dealership and thought of Jaune, which made me think of Hinata. She hadn't texted me since last Wednesday. I hope they are having a good time in Catalina.

We got out of the truck and walked into the dealership. I counted to eight before we were jumped by a sales dude. He was all smiles after he looked over Neo.

We ended up test driving about twelve different cars of various makes. Eventually, I narrowed it down to three I liked to drive, and finally settled on a Subaru. Mostly because of Neo.

"Subarus are good because they have all-wheel drive and are fast. Besides, Hondas and Toyotas are so boring. You are too good looking to be in a boring car." We spent most of the night haggling with the salesman, and the finance guy, to get the price I wanted, with the interest rate below the return on my inheritance savings.

"Damn, you didn't give them an inch. I'm bringing you when I buy my next car." She tried to stifle a yawn with the back of her hand.

It was about nine o'clock, and the finance guy, Neo, and I were the last to leave the dealership. But I had the keys to a black Impreza WRX hatchback. We hadn't eaten all day, but I hadn't noticed, then I remembered how much food Neo ate and felt my heart swell with affection for her. She must be starving, but hadn't complained the whole day.

"Hey, I think there was a pizza place across the main drag that is probably open. I'll buy you your own large pizza for being my car buddy today. I'll even give you a ride over there in my new car. Sound good?"

Her face lit up with the mention of food.

"Hell yeah! It sounds good. Shotgun!" she yelled to no one particular as she jumped into the passenger side of my new car.

The restaurant was good, and Neo did almost knock back a whole pizza by herself. It also looked like they served award-winning beer, but neither of us were twenty one.

When we got back to my apartment, I parked the new car in the old spot. I put the Honda on Craigslist for $400; it would sell quickly. I had a small financial panic attack when I realized my old car was worth about one month's payment on the loan for my new car. Then I calmed down and shrugged. Life goes on.

Neo wasted no time once we got into my apartment.

"I am so ready to sleep in tomorrow," she called behind her as she walked back toward the bedroom. She took off her long-sleeved shirt in one, casual motion and threw it on the floor of the hallway. I caught a glimpse of her pale white and toned back as she began unbuttoning the back of her bra, then disappeared into my room.

I walked to the kitchen and filled up two glasses of water. We were going to need them.

"Oh Ruto!" she called out from my room. "I seemed to have forgotten how to take my pants off. I'm such a dumb girl. Can you come here and help me?" I could hear the laughter in her voice.

I went back into the room with the glasses of water. She was laying spread eagle on my bed. Her chest was bare, and I could see her nipples were already hard. She had her thumbs stuck in her jeans front, with a huge smile on her face.

"You see~~. It's this button thing here. It's just too, gosh-dang complicated for me to do~~." Her pointer finger tapped on the brass button at the front of her jeans.

I set down the glasses of water and jumped on the bed over her. She started to giggle as I rained kisses down on her stomach and tickled her sides with my fingers.

"No! No! No! — Don't tickle me! — Kyhahahaha~~~!" she tried to yell between fits of giggles. Her body squirmed under mine, and I tried to pin her arms so I could have my way with her. She was too quick though, and after about thirty seconds of tickling her, I transitioned to licking and kissing her stomach and chest, while I rubbed her breasts with my hands.

"Ohhhh~~, that is betterrrrrrr~~." She moaned and then gasped as my mouth found her rock-hard nipple and bit it gently.

I got bored of teasing her nipples after a few minutes and moved up to her face to lick, bite, and kiss her delicious neck. Her arms started to tug at my shirt, and I paused to help her pull it off me. We both moaned as our naked upper bodies made contact. This was the second time we were having sex, and we spent extra time touching and relishing the way our bodies felt against each other.

My teasing of her neck was having the effect I wanted. Her breathing was coming in deep gasps, and each of her exhales were a forced "ohh," "ahhh," or "goooddd," Her hands started to massage my cock through the front of my pants, with an urgency.

"I want you inside of me so baddddd~~," she whispered in my ear, and then bit my earlobe.

I growled into her mouth as I kissed her. My tongue forced its way to the back of her throat and then scraped across the roof of her mouth. Her hands finally unbuttoned my pants and slid the zipper open. She reached in over my boxers and wrapped her hand around my cock. She started stroking it as she sucked on the tip of my tongue, pulling it back into her mouth. Both the sucking of my tongue and her rough stroking of my dick pushed my arousal even higher than I thought it could possibly be.

Her pants came off easily; they were some sort of slick nylon, not jeans, and I pulled them off with her underwear in one movement. She was already pretty wet, and I could see the lips of her pink pussy glistening through the small amount of pubic hair. I really wanted to lick it again, but she pulled me back to her face for another deep kiss. Her free hand tried to pull my pants off further, but she couldn't from the angle her other arm was pulling my head in for a kiss. I broke off the kiss and stood up, pulling my pants the rest of the way off, standing nude before her.

Her pink and brown eyes drank me in as she looked me up and down. Her left hand started to rub her left breast and she sucked on the fingers of her right hand. Her legs started to spread and shake in anticipation. She was so fucking turned on and I was too. I could smell the sweet wetness of her pussy, and I hadn't even gotten my face in it yet.

I only stood like that for a moment before I lay back down on the bed beside her. I pushed my left arm under her head and wrapped my right leg over her left, to trap it against the bed. I kissed her again while my right hand slid down her stomach and started to rub her wet pussy. Her gasps of pleasure filled my mouth as I slowly pushed the tips of my pointer and middle finger into her. Her pussy was dripping wet and felt like smooth velvet. Once the tips of my fingers became lubricated with her pussy, I started to rub around her clit in short, vertical patterns. I was rewarded by her hips bucking with the motion of my hand whenever I slowly rubbed across the sensitive nub.

She was repeating my name like a mantra at this point, and her eyes were closed. Her left hand had a death grip on the sheets, and her right hand stroked my back gently as my mouth went back to sucking on her nipple. My fingers were now so drenched with her wetness that I was able to slide my full pointer and middle finger into her warm, wet slit. She cried out in pleasure when I did this.

After a few minutes of my hands masturbating her, I could feel her hips start to gyrate in the patterns of the orgasm I recognized from last Tuesday. I decide I didn't want her to come yet, so I stopped my stroking and reached into my nightstand for the condoms. Her eyes flashed open when I stopped rubbing her clit, but she smiled and moaned again when she saw me grabbing the condom package.

It was a bit difficult to get opened with my right hand slippery, but I was finally able to. My dick was so hard; I think I could use it to drive nails, so the condom slid on it without any problem. I looked down at her face as I positioned my cock at the entrance to her slit. She was biting her lower lip, and her eyes were hungry. I pushed my cock into her, as deep as I could, in one solid thrust. She was so wet that it went in without problem, and we both moaned in unison as I suddenly filled her.

I withdrew almost all the way out, and then I grabbed her hips and pulled her down toward me as I pushed in again. Hard and deep. It was kind of a weird angle for my cock; it was so hard and erect that it didn't want to point horizontal, just straight up. The angle of our bodies meant it was scraping the top of her vaginal wall as I fucked her. It wasn't exactly comfortable for me, but she began cry out in pleasure as I increased my tempo, so I figured I didn't need to be that comfortable as long as she got her orgasm.

I was in no danger of climaxing at this angle, but she was practically screaming with pleasure. Her hands were grabbing on to my arms, on her hips, and I could feel her nails digging into them. I started to increase the tempo of my thrusts so I was really pounding her. She pulled down on my arms so she could keep constant penetration with my cock.

"Oh my god! Oh fuck! Oh god! Auuuuuuuu~~! Ruto, fuck that feels so good!" she started screaming. My neighbors definitely heard her. Oh well. I was breaking into a sweat and my breath was coming in gasps. I thought I was in good shape from running almost every day, but slamming my cock into her at this tempo was wearing me out fast. I figured I could only go for another minute before I ran out of gas. Luckily, as soon as I started to plan my transition to the next tactic, her hips started to buck again.

"I'm coming. Oh my god. Don't stop. Don't stop!" she yelled as she grabbed the pillow and pulled it over her face, like she had the first time she climaxed with me.

I could hear her muffled scream through the pillow as her bucking increased to a frantic pace. Timing it as well as I could judge, I pushed my cock into her as deep as it would go, while I pulled down on her hips. I felt my tip push against her cervix and I held it there. Her pussy clamped down hard on my dick, and, for a few seconds, I couldn't really tell where she ended and I began. Then her pussy started to spasm around my cock as her body thrashed. Her climax seemed to last five minutes, all the while her body tried to pull away from my penis, but I had a death grip on her hips, and my dick didn't move from the spot against her cervix.

Finally, her body relaxed, and her hips fell back onto the bed. She pulled the pillow off the head and looked up at me with complete adoration on her face.

"Wow" was all she could get out between deep breaths. I smiled down at her and moved to reposition my body.

I slipped half way out of her, but I hadn't come. My dick was still rock hard, and I needed some release. I sat back on my shins and pulled her butt down to touch my knees. I was kneeling on the bed with my body straight up, so I moved my hands to her thighs and gently pulled her legs straight out in front of me. This allowed me to get my cock deep in her at an angle that was more comfortable for me. I started off slow again, pushing it in very deep, and then slowly pulling it all the way out. Her pussy was so wet that it made amazing sucking sounds as my cock left her and then slid back into her. Within half a minute, her eyes were closed and she was moaning again.

This position was still missionary, but I was able to lift her hips off the bed and get better access. It felt amazing, but I kept the thrusts agonizing slow, and deep. I wanted to enjoy her pussy as much as I could tonight, and I knew if I picked up the pace, I would come really quickly.

"Ohhh, Neo, your pussy feels so good. Your body feels so nice against mine," I said, to her while I slowly slid in. I hadn't been doing much talking during this session, so I figured she may like to hear me compliment her. I was right. She opened her mouth as if she was in pain, and gasped out a response.

"Your cock is so fucking hard. Oh my god. You are going to make me come again. Oh. Oh. Ohhhhhh~~~!" she cried out as her hips started to buck. Wow. I wasn't close yet, but her coming again put me over the edge. I started to slam into her again, but, at this better angle, the wet sounds of our bodies' lovemaking became urgent as we raced toward orgasm. When it hit both of us, we moaned in unison. I felt my cock spasm four or five times as it filled the condom with my cum. Her orgasm lasted longer than mine, but not as long as one she enjoyed ten minutes ago.

I lay panting on top of her, recovering from the work out. She was moaning soft, mewing sounds of contentment from underneath me. I looked down into her big, double colored eyes and gave her a deep kiss. She returned it with a zealous passion. My dick was still hard in her, so I carefully grabbed the base of the condom and pulled out. I heard her shift in the bed and saw her reach for the glass of water.

"Would it make you feel weird if I told you that you were the best boyfriend I've ever had?" she said as she finished a huge gulp of water.

"Ummm, I guess that is a great compliment. Unless I'm the only guy you have been with." I peeled the condom off and threw it in the trash. She eyed my dick hungrily from the bed.

"Holy crap, you are still hard."

"Yeah. It doesn't like to calm down till like, twenty minutes after sex."

"Seriously?"

"Well, it feels like that, but I am probably exaggerating. I just get excited easily and stay that way forever."

"That's good for me. Ummmmm." She sighed again. "I'm going to sleep like a baby. Let's just eat breakfast in bed and then screw all day tomorrow?" She arranged the covers of my bed around her and turned off the lamp on the nightstand.

"Sounds good to me. I'm going to go brush my teeth and get ready for bed. Be right back."

"Oh yeah, I guess I need to do that, too. I'll go after you," she said sleepily.

When I got out of the bathroom, she was already passed out.

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The next day was Sunday. We did have breakfast in bed; we did screw each other right after breakfast, and then we went for a drive through the Malibu Canyon area and had dinner at a little hamburger joint on the beach.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you something," she said between a mouthful of french fries. I looked at her around my burger, with an eyebrow raised. "I'm going to be out of town next weekend. We are playing Fresno State on Saturday and then Cal Poly on Sunday. So, I won't be back till super late Sunday night."

"Ahh, that sucks. Can we see each other this week?" I really was disappointed.

"I really want to, but I am going to be swamped with practices and getting my school work done." She must have seen the disappointment on my face.

"I totally want to see you though. Ummm, how about coming to one of my practices? We are having a scrimmage against those bear-loving bitches from Westwood on Tuesday night at our gym. It isn't a real game, but you could come hang out, and we could probably do some extra-credit physical activities afterwards." She looked pleased with this idea. "The game is at half past seven, in the second gym."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. I'll totally come and see you."

After the burgers, we took a long stroll on the beach. The water of the Pacific was too cold to walk through, even though it was a warm November night. When we got back to my apartment, we fucked like rabbits again, and she spent the night.

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I was on the way to Neo's game, when Jaune called me. "Hey Jaune, what's up? How was Catalina?"

"Oh man, it was really fun!" He launched into an in-depth description of what he did each day. Hinata's parents sounded richer than the Catholic Church. They took a private yacht over there, stayed in a mansion on the beach, complete with maids and cooks. Then they spent the days snorkeling, kayaking, and eating.

"Was Hinata's family cool with you?"

"Dude, they were totally awesome. Her dad and mom are down to earth, and I was able to get to know them really well. I think they like me, a lot." He sounded like he was walking on a cloud.

"That's because you are so likeable Jaune. Everyone loves you! Wasn't it Hinata's sister's birthday or something?" I had forgotten why they took a trip over there, during an off season.

"Oh yeah. Check it out. They got her into this, like, crazy art school in Italy. She is going there next year to study."

"Whoa. Are they looking to adopt? I'd love to go to Italy."

"Haha yeah, they can adopt me too. They are really cool dude. I guess Hanabi has, like, three or four degrees in heavy sciences, like biology and engineering. Apparently, she is on this art kick and just got back from Oxford, doing painting and shit there. They pay for her to go to a different school every year."

Ahh, so the sister's name was Hanabi.

"I recall Hinata telling me she was pretty smart."

"Yeah, she was nice. Didn't talk to me much, but that was fine. She probably thought I was some dumb jock. I was just happy to be invited to hang out with them."

"Sounds like you had a great time, Jaune."

I just parked my car and was walking toward the campus gyms. I had never been to the kinesiology area of school, so I didn't know exactly where I was going. I hit the button on my keychain, and the car beeped and locked. New cars were sweet.

"Oh shit, dude, I forgot to tell you; I got a new car."

"Awesome! What did you get?"

And I told him about the day at the auto mall. I left out the part with Neo. In retrospect, I just didn't feel like telling him about it while I was en route to the game. Maybe if I had been talking to him when I was on the couch at home. We small-talked for a bit longer about classes and his LSAT study course. Then I found my way to the second gym.

"Hey Jaune, I just got to the volleyball game, so we'll have to talk later," I interrupted him.

"Volleyball? You don't like volleyball."

"Yeah, but I like girls. And girls play volleyball," I said with a smirk.

"Hahaha, that's true. Oh crap, I totally forgot the reason I called you. We're going to be hanging out this weekend. My parents are out of town and asked me to house-sit their new place. They said I could have a few friends over. I figured we could hang out Saturday, BBQ or something, then hit a club at night, maybe we could all spend the night. Their new house has, like, six bedrooms."

"Hmmm, that could be fun."

I thought about Hinata being there, but the way he said it meant he probably wanted his new group of friends to be there. Neo was going to be gone, so I figured it would be fun. Besides, the last time I hung out with them, I had a great time and ended up getting a sweet job out of it.

"Yeah, I'll come. Can you text me their new address and what time you want me to come over?"

"You got it, dude. Love ya!" and he hung up.

I closed the phone, checked the time, and walked into the gym. I saw the net up and about thirty tall girls practicing drills. I looked for a place to sit and saw that the bleachers on one side were not extracted, so I went to sit on the other side, where there were observers. Since this wasn't an actual game, there were only a handful of people observing in the stands. Maybe like twenty or so, most of them seemed to be parents or younger volleyball players from the local high school.

I just grabbed the closest seat in the second row near the door, and I ended up on the same side of the court as the Westwood girls. I contemplated moving, but then reasoned this way I could see Neo's face when she was hitting the ball. It might be funny to see how similar her facial expressions were when she was concentrating on hitting the ball to when she was doing other… activities. With that colorful hair of her, I found Neo easily in the crowd of girls. Her hair was tied back into a ponytail, like most of her teammates, but she seemed to be hitting the ball back to her partner easily. I really had no idea how this game was played.

After fifteen more minutes of warm up, both sides paused and got into a tight circle. They each wrapped their arms around each other and leaned their heads in. Okay, that was kind of hot. Then they broke up, and all but six girls left each side. Looks like there were six on each team.

"Hi Ruto!" someone yelled at the top of her lungs from the other side of the court. I looked over and saw one of the girls who was on the court getting ready to play, jumping up and waving to me. It was Nora, a girl who was in a few of my classes, and I think she was a sorority sister of Neo's. Nora was the closest thing you could get to a class clown in my business classes, and she had been in a couple of my study groups. All of the girls from my school looked over at me and erupted into laughter. Neo had a big smile on her face as she waved to me. I tried not to turn eight shades of red when I realized even the girls on the other team were looking over at me, with a puzzled expression.

Neo's coach barked an order, and the girls put on their game faces instantly and bent half-way at the waist. Neo was up front, near the net. A whistle blew and one of the Westwood girls served the ball.

I couldn't really figure out what was going on during the game, and I felt like a bit of an ass for not even looking up the rules online, but I could tell you one thing for damn sure: Girls' volleyball was awesome. All the girls were tall (except Neo), in great shape, pretty, and made sexy grunting noises when they threw their bodies around the court to smack the ball over the net. I looked around and couldn't believe I was the only college-age guy sitting in the stands.

Neo seemed to be really good at the game. She had this cat-like leap where she would bend her whole body backwards like a bow and then snap it forward, slamming her fist into the ball, spiking it down where none of the other team's girls seemed to be standing. I lost track of how many times she did this, but she did it way more than any of the other girls playing. She also seemed to be able to jump higher than most of the Westwood girls, and she blocked them from spiking the ball over the net many times.

The game lasted a bit over an hour. I didn't see any score board, but it seemed to end suddenly when Neo spiked the ball one last time. Her teammates let out a cheer and the other team seemed depressed. I guess we won.

The girls crossed through the net and shook each other's hands, then they retreated back to their respective sides to talk to their coaches. My phone beeped with a text. I flipped it open, hoping it was Jaune with the address. It was Hinata.

I am so excited you are coming this weekend! We are going to have tons of fun.

Okay, I am going to choose to take this to mean she is just really excited to see me, and not that she is hitting on me. I quickly typed one back to her.

Should be fun. Make sure Jaune gets me the address!

"Ruto?" a voice called to me from above. I looked up and was surprised to see Lucy standing in front of me. She was wearing a blue and yellow volleyball uniform. I hadn't even noticed her playing, but I had been concentrating on Neo, only sparing a glance to Westwood girls when something interesting happened. Lucy was flanked on each side by a teammate. A beautiful pink haired women with her hair tied in pigtails and an equally-beautiful, red eyed Asian girl with short silver hair. Lucy looked surprised to see me too.

"Hey Lucy! How is it going?" I scrambled for something to say. I closed my phone and smiled at her.

"Really good! I saw you walk in and I thought I'd come say hello. Oh, this is Sherry Blendy and Alice Nakiri," she said, nodding to the pinknette and Asian girl. I stood up and shook both their hands.

"Nice to meet you both," I said to them. They checked me out and smiled back at me.

"I was really surprised to see you, but then I remembered you went to this school… and maybe you knew some of the girls we played against?" Her statement bent into a question at the end, and I could see her fishing for info. Her warm brown eyes met mine, that look even prettier than I recalled, and she probably wasn't wearing any make up.

"Yeah, I am dating one of the girls on the team. She invited me to see the game tonight since she is going to be traveling this weekend." I didn't know if I was using the correct terminology. Were they matches or games?

"Oh, that is really nice of you to come see the match. Who are you dating?" she asked innocently, while she broke eye contact with me to glance over at Neo's team, which was still huddled around their coach. I didn't realize I was answering till the words already left my mouth.

"Trivia Vanille, but most people called her Neo."

"You're dating Neo?" the Asian girl, Alice I recalled, said a little startled. The three of them looked shocked, and I was suddenly confused.

"Yeah… Umm, why the surprised look?" I said, searching their faces for a clue.

"Oh, nothing bad," Lucy said quickly, with an apology. "She is just really good. She's on your varsity team and is only a sophomore. She is probably going to make Big West Honors this year."

"Yeah, she is fricking killing us," Sherry moaned. I noticed that fact during the match.

"So, how long have you been dating?" Lucy said. It was a prying question, and I was actually surprised she asked it, but I couldn't think of a way of not answering without pissing her off. I also figured I would be hanging out with her and Jaune's crew this weekend, so I wanted to be on good terms with her. So telling her it was none of her business probably wouldn't be a smart move.

"We went out a few times last semester and just started hanging out again last week." The three of them bobbed their heads as they listened to what I said.

"Oh, so it is not that serious," Lucy said. It was a statement and not a question.

My phone beeped. It was in my left hand, and the three of them looked at it as I glanced down. It was Jaune with the address. I slipped it into my pocket. My face looked annoyed as I realized they must have thought I was annoyed at the phone and not at them. Or maybe they figured I was annoyed with them, but they just didn't care. Girls.

"Hey darling," Neo said as she stepped in from my left side and wrapped her arm around my waist. She kissed me on the cheek and then looked at the Lucy and her friends. The look was not friendly.

"I invite you to a game and you end up distracting the other team. I think I found a new secret weapon," she said coyly.

"Hi Neo," Lucy said, flatly. "See you around, Ruto." She looked back to me and winked, so Neo could see. Then they turned and walked back to the other girls on their team, packing up their gear.

"So, what did you think about the scrimmage?" she asked me, but she was looking at Lucy's back. It seemed like she was trying to figure out how to shoot lasers out of her eyes.

"It was impressive. You are really good!" I said. I squeezed her hand and her attention turned back to me. Her eyes twinkled, anger forgotten, as she looked at my face and smiled. She loved being complimented.

"Of course I'm good! I kick ass at everything I do."

I laughed with her.

"Let's get out of here. I'm starving! Let's go grab giant burritos or something."

She slung her gym bag over her left shoulder, waved to her giggling friends. She locked her right arm with mine as we walked toward the door. I noticed she glanced over her shoulder at the blue-uniformed girls before we got out the gym. Probably to make sure they were watching us leave.

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The week went by quickly. Eliminating the study groups really helped, and I felt like a weight had been released from around my neck. I was kicking ass at work too. I started making cold calls and was actually able to get ten appointments my first week. This was better than they expected. I was introduced to all of the advisors and started to get to know most of them.

They all had their own style when they worked with clients, and I made sure I asked them as many questions as I could. I even fixed some of the computers in the office that hadn't been working; I just reformatted the hard drives, and reinstalled the operating system, something Jaune and I learned one summer in high school when we built a pair of computers.

I also ended up driving around a whole bunch in my new car to kill time. I didn't really need to make any trips, but I was really excited to be enveloped in the new car smell. The Subaru felt like a rocket ship compared to my old Honda.

Soon enough, Saturday morning rolled around, and I started packing my weekend bag to hang out at Jaune's place. His parents' new home was in the hills of Calabasas, a ritzier suburb than their last home. It was on the edge of Los Angeles County and a thirty minute drive from my apartment. The drive there was a blast in my new car, and I got to test the cornering, since the house was high up in the hills.

I got there around eleven; Jaune said to be there before twelve, and I figured I could use the extra hour to check out the house, and catch up with him. The place was hacienda style and huge. A flag driveway led my car up past a Spanish-style garden and to a four-car garage. I didn't see any other cars there, so I parked behind the closed garage door closest to the right. Jaune answered the door when I rang the bell.

"Ruto!" he yelled and gave me a bro hug. He was wearing jeans and a loose, yellow-collared shirt.

"This place is huge. Can you show me around? Is anyone else here?" I didn't want to occupy all his time if anyone else was around.

"Nope, you are the first one. Hinata called and she should be here in fifteen. No one else has called yet." He led me through the entryway. The place was all white marble and dark wood.

"Let me show you your room first." He led me up the stairs of the main entryway, down a few doors to a room that seemed larger than my apartment. It had one of those four-poster beds raised so high off the ground I would have to climb in. It also had its own fireplace, couch, desk, and bathroom.

"This is the best guest room, dude. Check this out." He opened a curtain on the side, and I could see the room had a balcony that overlooked the backyard. From a glance, I could see the yard had a huge pool, jacuzzi, and about fifty square yards of perfect green grass.

"Wow Jaune. This is a guest room? It is bigger than my apartment!" I was impressed.

"Yeah, this house is off the hook. It is like, 7,000 square feet or something. I think Hinata's house is really huge. Probably makes this one look like a chicken shack."

He led me through the other rooms. They were all fantastic and had their own bathrooms and balconies. He showed me the downstairs area, which had the living and family rooms, and the kitchen, which was all black granite and seemed at least twice the size of my apartment; finally, we took a tour of the backyard.

The backyard was probably the most impressive part of the house. It had a black-bottom pool with various waterfalls, and rock landscaping connected it to a Jacuzzi. There were palm trees circling the perfectly manicured grass area, and the patio was dotted with heat lamps, patio tables, and various walking paths. Near the house was an outdoor kitchen with one of those steel industrial bbq's and steel sink. The best part was the view though. Since it was near the top of the mountain range, you could see over the San Fernando Valley and into parts of Ventura.

"I bought stuff for us to bbq for lunch. It is such a nice day!"

He was right. Novembers in Southern California were almost as hot as the summers. It was probably seventy-four degrees.

"Did you mention something about us going to a club tonight?"

Jaune and I weren't twenty-one yet, and I didn't know how we were going to get into a club. We walked back into the house.

"Yeah, Gray is taking care of that. He said he knows of a restaurant that has dancing and music. Should be fun!"

I walked over to the huge mantle over the TV. There were a bunch of pictures I wanted to look at.

"Want something to drink? I have iced tea!" Jaune yelled from the kitchen. He was so excited to be hosting.

"Tea sounds good."

There were a bunch of pictures of Jaune and his parents while he was growing up. Some of them even included me. I recognized a trip we took to Yosemite when we were in seventh grade. A lump caught in my throat when I saw a picture of both our families together. It was probably on a Fourth of July, block party. We always spent Fourth of July together. I held back my tears when I looked at my mom. She was picking me up over her shoulder like I was a sack of potatoes. Jaune looked surprised as he glanced away from the camera at my mom, who had probably just yanked me up.

The next picture was too much for me. I don't think I'd ever seen it, which probably meant Jaune's mom took it. Jaune and I were probably eleven or twelve. We both had water guns in our hands and were soaking wet. My mom was kneeling down beside us, squeezing both of us to her. She looked like she was wet too. I remembered the summer we got those guns; we had a water fight every weekend. Normally, it was us against mom. She looked happy and beautiful. I missed her so much.

"I miss her too, Ruto. Auntie Kushina was great." Jaune handed me a large glass of iced tea as I wiped tears from my eyes with the back of my other hand. We stood there a few moments looking at the picture in silence.

"Has it gotten any easier?" he put his hand on my shoulder and rubbed it.

"Yeah, but then something like this happens out of the blue. I'll get better. Hanging out with you and your friends really helps. Thanks for inviting me." I looked back at him and hoped he could see my sincerity.

"No problem, Ruto. You're my best friend and brother." The doorbell chimed across the house.

"That must be Hinata." He darted off toward the door. I wiped my eyes a little more and hoped no one could tell I had been crying. I took a long drink from the iced tea and sat down on a bar stool in the kitchen.

"This place is going to be totally fun." It was Gray's voice. He rounded the corner. "Hey Ruto! How's things?"

He seemed pretty happy to see me, which was kind of surprising, but maybe he pulled the stick out of his ass.

"Really good. How are things with you?"

He pulled up a barstool next to me and set down a few grocery bags filled with beer and other alcohol. Looks like he was old enough to buy it for us.

"I'm doing great. I was just telling Jaune about the restaurant we are going to tonight. It's this Spanish place that teaches salsa dancing. We can eat and then spend a couple hours dancing. I think the girls will like it."

I smiled and nodded. Gray was a pretty smart guy. I agreed they would probably dig it.

"Oh, so I wanted to tell you about this new band I saw…" and he launched into another discussion about the Los Angeles music scene.

The doorbell rang again. Laxus and Mirajane came in, carrying more booze and a roller board suitcase. We made our greetings again. Mirajane looked amazing, her snow-white hair was pulled up in a high ponytail, and she was wearing a light-blue, feathery-looking blouse over a super-tight pair of dark-blue jeans. She had glittery sandals on her feet, and her toe nails matched her blouse. Laxus wore a tight, green golf polo that showed off his muscles. I remembered to be careful when I checked out Mirajane, or he may decide he didn't like me anymore and beat the snot out of me.

I made sure to thank Laxus again, and then I spent some time picking his brain about what I should focus on in the office to please his grandfather. He normally interned there during the summer and had some good ideas for me. Gray sorted the alcohol into the fridge and asked if anyone wanted a drink yet. Everyone declined till lunch was ready, and he helped himself to a beer.

"Hinata just called, and they are ten minutes away," Jaune said as he walked into the kitchen area and closed the phone. "Which one of you wants to help me get the bbq stuff ready?"

I got off the stool and walked toward the fridge with him. We grabbed various packs of meat, buns, vegetables, and cheese to take out back to the bbq.

"Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on," Jaune said to Gray. "The master stereo is next to the TV."

Jaune and I made our way to the back and fired up the industrial grill. Then we chatted for a few more minutes about the house while we prepped the food for cooking.

"Hi guys!"

We looked up from the grill to see Hinata, Lucy, and Juvia stepping out onto the back patio. All three of them looked amazing, but my attention was drawn to Hinata, who had been the source of so much internal strife the last few weeks. Her long, dark-blue hair was parted in the middle and tied into loose pigtails on each side of her head with dark, purple ribbon. She was wearing one of those Spanish-style shirts that fell off both shoulders and seemed to be held up just by the swell of her breasts and will power. It too, was purple, white, and had small, yellow dots to match the ribbons. I could see the delicate framework of her collar bones and neck muscles underneath her milky, white skin. The shirt flowed down into a faded pair of black jeans that were rolled up high at the ankle to reveal a set of leather-encased stiletto heels. Her pale lavender eyes locked onto mine as she walked toward us. She had a lollipop sticking out of the corner of her mouth. It was the perfect accent to go with the pigtail, ribbon look and balanced the more mature style of her off-the-shoulder blouse and leather shoes.

It appeared Lucy seemed to prefer to dress more conservatively. She was wearing a one-piece, turtleneck sweater-dress in a dark-red color. It was amazingly tight on her body, and the pleated part of the skirt began low on her hips and fell down to just above her knees. The sleeves were short, showing off her well-defined arms and a diamond-studded, white-gold watch on her left wrist. Rising from her feet to mid-calf was a pair of shiny, brown stretch boots. After my eyes drank her in, I realized the she wasn't the most conservatively dressed of the three. The tightness of the sweater dress left almost nothing to the imagination, and I could make out the lean muscles of her flat stomach, the lines where her thighs became her hips, and the firmness of her perfect breasts. No, she looked sultry.

Juvia was the one I was least interested in, but she was still made up like a beauty queen. She had a smooth, blue silk blouse that frilled down at the bottom with more silk lace. It was cut low, showing off her large breasts. She had a brown pair of bell bottoms that accentuated her ass. I couldn't make out her shoes, but they looked like gold high heels. She had brass-colored jewelry hanging from her ears and around her wrists. Her blue hair was clipped back with a matching piece of brass.

"Damn. I think we are under dressed," I said to Jaune as the girls walked up to us. They looked like they were ready for the club right now.

"Yeah. You all look smoking hot." Jaune nodded as he looked at each of them.

"Thanks!" Hinata said as she leaned up and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. Then she looked over to me.

"Thanks for coming Ruto!" she said like it was her party and she didn't think I could come. She reached over and gave me a tight hug and kissed me lightly on the cheek.

I awkwardly hugged her back, nervous she may repeat what she did last time. My brain relaxed when she let go of me and stood back so Juvia could hug me. Hinata seemed to have set the precedent, because Juvia also hugged me in the same way and kissed my cheek.

"Twice in one week! I can get used to seeing you that much," Lucy said as she got her turn to hug and kiss my cheek.

"Twice in one week?" Hinata questioned. Juvia turned to help Mirajane bring out drinks for the newcomers.

"Yeah, we saw each other at a volleyball match earlier this week. Oh, by the way Ruto, Alice wants your phone number, but I don't have it. Can I get it so I can give it to her?" She had a smirk on her face.

"I didn't know you played volleyball," Hinata inquired.

"I don't. I was actually just checking out the girls." I was starting to get embarrassed we were talking about me so much. But then I decided to egg them on so I continued: "You know, what isn't to like about volleyball girls? Those tight, short-shorts, the grunting when they dive to hit the ball. They spend most of the game either on their knees or hugging each other in a tight huddle. It's a real turn on."

I looked at Lucy and winked. I had thrown her off her game, and she was startled for a second.

"So, is that the type of girl you like?" Hinata asked. Her lavender eyes seemed to bore into mine.

"Well I dunno, maybe—"

"He likes the athletic girl ones who are star players!" Lucy said, with laughter in her voice. She gently pushed my shoulder as she looked at Hinata.

"I thought Neo was going to claw my face off for talking to him. Can you say possessive? Not that I can blame her," she finished, as if I wasn't even part of the conversation anymore.

"Neo?" Hinata looked at Lucy in confusion.

"My girlfriend," I said, as I looked at them both. Something had caught on fire over the bbq, and Jaune was frantically trying to flip some burgers, so he wasn't paying attention to our conversation.

"Oh, I didn't know you were dating anyone. Why didn't you bring her? I want to meet her," Hinata exclaimed. She seemed really excited I was dating someone. This made my mind confused again. Had I just imagined everything that happened? How about the texts? She seemed genuinely happy for me, so maybe I read our interactions completely wrong.

"We just started dating, and she has some out of town games. You'll meet her eventually, I'm sure." I looked at Hinata and then Lucy. Hinata looked pleased and Lucy was frowning slightly.

"Guys, burgers are almost ready. Can someone go grab some plates and the veggies?" Jaune shouted over to us. I took this as a good opportunity to get out of Dodge, so I high-tailed it inside to the kitchen.

"Jaune is ready for the plates and condiments," I said to Mirajane, Gray, and Laxus. They nodded and the four of us grabbed the stuff and took it back out to the bbq.

We all sat down at a large picnic table by the grill. Gray decided he was on drink duty and took orders from everyone. Everyone got something containing alcohol, except me. I just asked for a refill on my iced tea.

"No booze tonight, Ruto?" Laxus asked across the table as he slathered mustard on his burger.

"I'll be the designated driver tonight, but I can only fit four other people in my car." For obvious reasons, I never drove while even slightly buzzed.

"I think I can fit eight people in my car," Laxus said. "I'll check it out after we eat. May be a really tight fit. Worst case, we can just take two cars."

"I like tight fits," Lucy said naughtily, and everyone laughed.

The meal was great, and Jaune got tons of compliments on his culinary skills. He also got compliments on his parents' house. It was a nice house.

After lunch, Gray, Juvia, Hinata, and Jaune cleared the table. The rest of us relaxed by the pool and chatted. I asked Lucy if she traveled much for volleyball.

"I had a match this morning and I am going to be gone next weekend. We're going to Arizona." She lay back in her chair and sighed. "Ahhhh, food coma." Her eyes half-closed and her skirt rode up her leg to her mid thigh as she sank into the chair.

"Do any of you know how to salsa dance?" I asked.

"I've taken a few years of ballroom, so I know my way around the dance floor okay," Mirajane said.

"I've watched every single episode of Dancing With the Stars, so I should be good," Lucy said. Everyone burst out laughing.

"I have no absolutely rhythm. So I'll be one of those guys." Laxus smiled. "But it will still be fun. I haven't embarrassed myself in public in far too long. How about you?"

"I've got rhythm, but only know how to do the high school hug. Good thing they are going to teach us."

"Ahh let me check on the car. I need to see if I can arrange the seats." Laxus got out of his chair.

"I'll join you, Love," Mirajane said. She smacked his ass and then followed him into the house as he rubbed his butt in mock pain.

"Are you going to be my dance partner tonight?" Lucy asked me, nonchalantly. Her eyes were still closed. I thought about it for a second.

"Sounds good to me. I'm actually excited about it." I liked learning new things, and everyone trying to stumble through it would be fun.

"I'm excited about you being my partner too," she said as she opened her eyes and smiled at me. "Maybe I'll be able to get you to come to one of my matches when we are playing at home?" her lips twisted into a half-smile.

"Maybe," I said cautiously. I didn't really like where this was going. Not that I wasn't flattered, but I'd imagine Neo would be trying to tear Lucy's head off if she heard this conversation. "Neo may have a problem with me coming to see one of your games."

"So? Didn't you tell me you just started dating? Does she have you whipped already? Poor boy." She could have said this in a cruel manner, but instead it was light-hearted and sarcastic.

"No I'm not whipped. I just—"

"Are you guys exclusive?" She was sitting up more in her chair and leaned over to interrupt me with the question.

"No," I said, flatly. It wasn't my policy to sleep with multiple girls at once, but I didn't want to tell Lucy I was sleeping with Neo. It was none of her business.

"Good. That is all I wanted to know. Oh, I still need your phone number." She took her phone out of her leather Prada purse and looked over at me expectantly. I gave her the number, and she made sure I typed hers into my phone.

"Did you think Alice was cute?" she was pressing buttons on her phone.

"That was the silver haired girl, right?"

"Yeah, she is Japanese-American like you, and she is into you. Soooo… do you?" She stopped tapping buttons on her phone and then looked at me with a smirk, green eyes flashing.

"I thought she was cuter than…Sherry?" She nodded. "But, she isn't as pretty as you are." Which was true in my opinion.

"So, you think I am pretty?" Lucy stopped smiling.

"Of course, I'm probably not the first guy to tell you that you are," I fired back.

"No. Guys tell me all the time. It is still good to hear it. Especially from you." Her face twisted for a second, but now I was interested.

"Especially from me?" I leaned forward with my eyebrow raised.

"Yeah. You are totally hot. But you thought Alice was cute right? I mean, obviously she isn't as hot as me, but you like her." She was trying to change the subject.

"I didn't really get to talk to her. I just said hi."

"Well, she wants your phone number, so I just gave it to her. Maybe, she'll call you," she said, with laughter in her eyes.

"Oh geez," I moaned.

"Haha don't be such a prude. She has a great body and is crazy in bed. You'll enjoy her." She waved her finger in the air like she was trying to test the weather. I almost spit out my tea with how blunt her statement was.

"How do you know she is crazy in bed?" My brain went a million directions at once. She read the confusion on my face and laughed loudly.

"Oh Ruto, you haven't been hanging out with enough volleyball girls. We don't have any secrets. Also, it gets pretty lonely in hotel rooms when we are traveling to matches and there are no boys nearby."

She looked like a cat that had just eaten a canary. I had to pick my jaw off the ground. I felt my cock start to get hard when I thought of Alice and Lucy making out (in their volleyball uniforms of course) on the bed of some hotel room.

"And the best part about Alice, the part you will really love…" she glanced over my shoulder at the door, and then leaned in close as she started to whisper. I leaned in automatically so she was softly whispering in my ear. "…is that we share everything."

Her breath came out in a sultry whisper. I sat back up in shock and looked at her. Okay. Now I was rock hard and my head filled with me on that bed, with the two of them. Lucy looked at me for a few seconds, with a smug smile on her face.

Then she burst out laughing.

"Ahahahaha~~~~! She bent back on her chair and grabbed her sides. Her skirt rose to the top of her thighs and I could make out the contours of her sleek muscles. She gasped at me in between laughs. "Oh my god! Guys are so predictable. You should see your face right now. I got you so good!"

She laughed so hard she actually snorted and covered her mouth in embarrassment with her left hand, but didn't stop laughing. She had set me up. I started to laugh with her. The intensity of the conversation dispersed. Visions of her, Alice, and I together on the bed evaporated.

"What's so funny?" It was Hinata; she and Jaune were coming back to sit at the table.

"It is Ruto. Oh geeeez, he is hilarious. I love him," Lucy said, with a smile. "I need to go to the little girl's room before I pee myself with all this laughing. Be back." She sprang out of her seat and gave me a big smile as she walked past me toward the house.

Hinata and Jaune sat down, and the three of us engaged in small talk. Eventually, the rest of the gang joined us. Juvia and Gray seemed to be into each other now. I figured that was the best outcome of the situation, so I was pleased.

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