Chapter 8, Hawaii

A few hours later...

Friday night. After dinner and a shower she was in the kitchen in her PJ's, enjoying a strawberry smoothie. The mixer and the kitchen looked like they had gone through war.

Cleaning will take some time.

She picked up the phone and opened the text menu. Travis. Gotta tell him everything!

'Hey man, I gotta talk to you asap. Meet somewhere tomorrow?'

Taking a few more sips she patiently stared at her screen. Nothing.

Her father entered the kitchen, he was still in his pilot's uniform. "Hey dad!" She kissed him on the cheek. "Where d'you go today?"

"Hey Jade. Good to see you. Nothing special, just a routine Atlanta flight."

"You want a smoothie?"

"Absolutely. I'd love one." He gratefully took the treat. "I was meaning to ask you something. Tomorrow morning early I got a flight to Hawaii. Weekend there. Back on the monday afternoon. Do you want to join me? The flight is only half-full, perhaps you want to invite your friend as well?"

Her eyes widened. One of the wonderful benefits of being a pilot's daughter was that she got to see exotic places... almost for free! Compared to the other kids at Pinecrest high she'd seen an amazing amount of cities and countries.

And quite often she could bring a friend. Camille regularly joined her, making for an even more enjoyable trip.

"That sounds great! I'd love to see Hawaii again."

"I knew you'd like it. But we leave early. Set your alarm for 5 AM."

"Will do dad. Thanks!"

He left, taking the smoothie with him and she rushed for her phone. Perfect timing! Call him now!

Fortunately he picked up. "Hey gorgeous!"

She giggled. "Travis! I got a plan..."

Of course he liked her idea. How often does one get invited for a weekend in Hawaii?

As she finished her phone call she smiled shrewdly. This is gonna be a wonderful weekend!


"I can't believe this is happening!" Travis' face was radiating excitement, "we're going to Hawaii!"

"Believe it," Jade giggled, "look around."

With wide eyes he inspected the Terminal, the gate, the airplanes behind the huge glass windows. "Awesome."

"I get the impression you haven't flown much."

"Right. Just once, when I was 12 years old."

She playfully slapped his shoulder, and turned her voice into a well-known commercial, "hang out with me... fly the friendly skies!"

They both laughed. "How's this gonna work?" He asked, obviously trying to imagine his upcoming days, "we're in a hotel?"

"Yep. We've got a room. You and me. My dad's got a room. He'll be sleeping most of the time to recover from this flight, and prepare for the next."

"And..." She raised a finger, "it's not just any hotel. it's pretty luxurious. Food. Drinks. Pool. They got it all!"

"Sounds great! Let's also visit the beach... perhaps rent a board?"

She squeezed his thigh. "Very much an option! You promised me surfing lessons."

Boarding the plane was quite uneventful (for her, Travis seemed to cherish the experience). As her father had predicted, the plane was only half full, meaning they had a nice empty section all to themselves.

She waited till after take-off.

Right. Here we go.

She relaxed in her chair and turned towards him. "Hey. I gotta tell you something."

"Alright."

"First and most important... I need you to know I really like you. I wanna be with you."

"Sounds great!" He was beaming. Affectionately placed his hand on her knee. "Likewise."

"Good. Now... I need to tell you... yesterday afternoon, I had sex with Vicky. And Scott."

"What?!"

"Please hear me out. It was just sex. It is you that I truly want."

Silence.

He hesitantly rubbed his chin.

"Jade... this is... I t-thought you didn't like Vicky?!"

"I don't! She's arrogant, mean and smug. Cares only for herself."

"Then why did you... " He was struggling, pushing out the words, "have s-sex with her?"

She laughed out loud. "Oh my dear Travis! Have you seen her body? She's one of the sexiest people I know! She's almost irresistible! When I had the opportunity yesterday... I took it."

"...oh. But waitasecond... she's a girl! Are y-you..."

She laughed. "Oh yeah Vicky is very much a girl! I like boys. And girls. Both."

"Oh wow... "

Silence. She didn't move. How was he going to take this?

"How about Scott?"

She shrugged and casually waved her hand. "He was just there. He actually helped me to get to Vicky."

Travis gasped. "He did what?"

"I know that sounds odd but his presence helped me to get Vicky. It's Vicky I truly wanted. So... I don't think I'm made for a monogamous relationship."

"Oh..."

Travis was quiet for awhile. When he finally spoke, his voice was calm and thoughtful.

"So you wanna see other people?

"Only as frivolous, pleasant encounters. You are my boyfriend."

"I w-want... I want you to be who you are. Our relationship should not feel... restricting to you."

"But...?" She breathed.

"Well it's unconventional what you're asking... but t-this is 2022. Let's be who we are."

"That's very kind of you!" She gently kissed his cheek. "Are you sure? I know I'm asking a lot."

"I t-think I'm sure. Perhaps I just need some time to think about it more."

"You know..." she grinned with a lecherous smile, "there's also a fun benefit to having such a kinky girlfriend like me."

"Oh?"

"Yep. If I'm allowed to see other people, so are you."

His mouth fell open. He never even considered the option. Sweet boy.

"You're saying... you mean..." He tilted his head.

"Absolutely." She giggled. "Hihi. Name one girl in school you'd like to be with. If even for one evening.

He started blushing and she ruffled his hair. "Don't be shy!"

"I only want you Jade."

"I believe you. And I want you! That's exactly why we're going on a weekend together. You want me, and I want you. Clear." She took a sip of her soda, "now let's say you could have an evening of casual, hot sex with anyone in our school, who'd you choose?"

His blush intensified. The words 'casual hot sex' were nearly breaking his teenage brain. "Ehmmm... I guess..."

She squeezed his thigh. "Don't be shy. I'm interested in your choice."

"T-Triss. I think she's very sexy... and her hair is beautiful."

"Good. Triss. Who else?"

He'd never blushed so hard. Jade was making him see the girls of the school like they were all... available. Attainable.

"Camille..."

That caught her by surprise. "Really? I didn't expect that!"

She didn't think it was possible but he turned even redder. "She's kinda cute... "

Jade giggled. 'Cute' was one way to describe her. She would have chosen 'elegant' or 'graceful'. Camille was one of her best friends, and they'd known each other almost their entire lives. She was not tall, about 5 foot 3, and her physique could be described as 'petite'. Gorgeous curly brown hair. Delicate facial features. She moved with charming, small steps and her vocabulary was a bit more eloquent than the avarage teen. She often wore bright, feminine clothes like pink or yellow dresses. For some reason Jade'd assumed Travis would not be interested in her. She felt delighted to be wrong.

"She is cute. I like her too. A lot." Her intonation could mean soooo many things but he didn't seem to notice. "Well I just told you I had sex with Vicky and Scott. It would only be fair if you did Triss. Or Camille. Or both."

He felt his mouth going dry. The way Jade was talking about such wild wicked things was incredibly... arousing.

"Jade... I..."

"Gotta go the restroom. Be right back."

She actually didn't have to go but wanted to give him some time to process all that information. So she took a good amount of time to check her hair, straighten her clothes, apply a tiny bit more lipgloss. She winked at herself in the mirror, "can you handle that, my dear Travis?"

A good fifteen minutes later she returned to her seat. He was sitting still, frozen in the same pose when she left.

"Hey man."

"Hey."

"What do you think of all this?"

He smiled from ear-to-ear and pulled her in for a hug. "I think I've got an awesome girlfriend!"