Show And Tell (5 of 5)

Britney returned earlier Saturday morning than she usually did. Beth’s family had early morning plans. She was surprised to see Dad’s car in the driveway. He didn’t usually get back from Selena’s until mid-morning.

Surprises continued to present themselves to Britney that morning when she didn’t find her father in the family parts of the house or his office. She saw that the door to her parent’s bedroom was open and glanced inside. When she got a glimpse of her mother and father asleep in the bed and probably not wearing pajamas her automatic reaction to pull her head back tried to kick in. It failed. It was derailed because she had spotted a figure standing at the end of the bed. It wasn’t her mother. It was Selena and she was looking at her parents. She wasn’t wearing any clothes. She also wasn’t moving.

Curiosity got the better of her and using her hand to shield her eyes from the tableau of her parents in bed, she crept up behind the mannequin to look at the Disk beneath her. Tapping the controls, she found out Selena had been transformed around one o’clock and was scheduled to be restored an hour from now.

Britney stood up behind the mannequin and whispered in its ear, “I won’t want any real details, of course. But, you will tell me how you ended up here instead of Mom.” She retraced her steps and closed the door to the bedroom.

An hour later, Britney heard movement in the hallway. Someone had gone into the guest bedroom. She waited a moment and knocked on the guest bedroom door. “Come in, Brit,” Selena called from inside. She was finished getting dressed, buttoning up a blouse she had taken from her stash of clothes she had been keeping at the house for years now.

“Good morning. Can we talk now?”

“Sure. So that I don’t give you too many details, ask me some simple questions.”

“Did you and Dad go out last night?”

“No, we managed to snuggle on the sofa and watch TV last night. It’s been too long since we did that on that couch.”

“Did you eat?”

“Ashley made the three of us dinner.”

“Did she watch TV with you?”

“No, she went upstairs and onto the Disk right after she ate. Daniel cleaned up after dinner.”

“Then when it was later, you and Dad went upstairs? That’s when you traded places with Mom?”

“Certain bedroom activities took place before that happened.” In response to Britney’s surprised face, Selena said, “And I observed more activities afterward.”

Britney held up her hands, waving them in a warning motion. “We’re done. I’m good,” Britney said, her face was beet red as she tried to fend off the images trying to form in her mind. “Congratulations. And stop smiling like that at me.”

“You’re cute when you’re embarrassed. I hope your congratulations aren’t premature. I thought it was a perfect evening. I hope your parents feel the same way. And thank you.”

“What?”

“For not stealing my head.”

“I hear that one more time I’m going on a headhunting spree.”

*****

Selena stayed with them all day. In the evening the four of them watched a movie together. The three women sat on the sofa while Daniel sat on the stuffed chair.

Britney stood up first when it ended. “I have homework to do. Good night, Selena.” She hugged her as she said good night.

“Good night. Just so you know, I’m staying tonight.”

“Oh? That’s cool. Good night, Mom. Good night, Dad,” she said, hugging them as well.

Daniel watched as his daughter left the room and listened to hear the sound of her footsteps on the stairs before saying, “You’re staying?”

“If you’ll both have me. I figured we’d do what we did last night.”

“I’m game,” Ashley said.

Daniel laughed. “Sure. Although, my ability to get off twice two nights in a row is probably pushing our luck.”

“And I’m glad I went second last night,” Ashley said. “I wouldn’t want have to get up and swap without falling asleep cuddling.”

“We could just alternate by night. I’ll be the mannequin all night tonight. You can do it all night tomorrow night.”

“You’re inviting yourself to stay here every night,” Ashley said.

“I’m finally accepting Daniel’s invitation that I move in after saying ‘No’ for the last six years. If you’ll have me.”

Daniel looked at Ashley who laughed. “I wouldn’t have minded. Well, I probably would have minded six years ago. But two or three years ago it wouldn’t have bothered me at all.”

“What about your apartment?” Daniel said.

“We’ll worry about that later. I’ll probably still go there to grade papers. Finals are coming up. We’ll discuss it when I’m on summer break.”

“I guess we’ll see you when we go upstairs,” Ashley said.

“I’m first?”

“Your idea. You’re first.”

Selena gave Ashley a hug. “Works for me, good night.” She kissed Daniel and said good night before going upstairs.

“You’re okay with this?” Daniel said after waiting to hear Selena on the stairs as he done with Britney earlier.

She kissed him. “I’m ecstatic about it. I get to spend half my nights as a mannequin if she’s in bed with you. And I get to see you happier than you’ve been since I returned.”

“Am I happier?”

“You are. You sly dog you,” she affected the voice of certain cartoon character as she called him a sly dog. “The harem begins.”

“Please. Do not seek out a third member. I couldn’t handle three women.”

Ashley laughed. “Now I’m curious in what way a third woman would break you.”

“Maybe that was reverse psychology.”

“Genius. Let’s go to bed. She should be ready to watch us by now.”

When they got to the bedroom, Ashley took Daniel’s hand a led him over to the mannequin looking toward the bed. “You aren’t feeling any weirdness, right?”

“No, should I?”

“Give her a kiss good night.”

“Now, maybe a little,” he protested. He kissed the mannequin. “You know how that makes you feel. Think it’ll hit her the same way.”

“I think watching you do that hit me that same way. C’mere you.” She pulled him backward and they tumbled into bed.

“Easy, young lady. I’m not as resilient as you are.”

“Hush. Let’s put on a show.”

*****

After a few weeks of taking turns as the mannequin, it felt normal to all of them. Britney expressed her happiness that Selena was around most evenings and mornings.

On Fridays, they took turns having date night. Whichever woman’s turn to be the overnight mannequin it was would spend the entire evening as a mannequin so the other woman and Daniel could have a quiet date on their own.

One Friday, Ashley asked Selena to meet her in the bedroom. It was supposed to be Selena’s night on the Disk. “What’s up?” Selena asked.

“I love you,” Ashley said.

“I love you, too, Ash.”

Ashley stepped right up to Selena. “I mean…” She kissed Selena. Their lips pressed softly yet firmly against one another. When they separated they could each tell both of them had had their eyes closed. “I mean I love you.”

Selena answered the unasked question by kissing Ashley. This time their lips parted and their tongues danced together. Their hands moved up and down the other’s body, conducting the music of their tongues’ dances. They found themselves in bed. Selena’s tongue licked at Ashley’s nipples. Ashley’s soft kisses on Selena’s neck caused Selena to make a noise she’d only heard Selena make when Ashley was a mannequin observing Daniel’s foreplay with Selena.

“That wasn’t fair,” Selena said between squeals. “I can’t… I can’t believe you… You used Daniel’s move on me.”

“It obviously works.”

“We should stop.”

“Yes, we should for now. I have a better idea.”

When Daniel got home Britney was heading out. “Be prepared,” she said.

“For what?”

“Not telling.” She called back to him from the walk path on the lawn.

At that moment, Ashley descended the stairs. She was wearing a beautiful gown. Her hair was done up with too many bobby pins. Her make up was flawless.

“Oh, my,” Daniel said. “Did you make special reservations for date night?”

“Yes. Come upstairs.”

He followed her upstairs. “What’s up here?” It took him a moment to realize the Mannequin Disk was unoccupied.

Selena stepped out of the en suite bathroom dressed to the gills much like Ashley was.

“You’re going with us?”

“No,” Selena said.

“It’s your turn,” Ashley said.

He followed the gaze of both woman and they landed squarely on the Disk. “I’m the mannequin tonight?” He laughed, only slightly nervously.

“It won’t kill you. And it will follow form. The two of us never get to go out on date night.”

“And if we go out together, we should get the bed.”

“I can’t fight your both. Is the Disk all setup?”

“You’ll be you again around nine tomorrow morning.”

“Be sure to face the bed,” Selena said.

“Look at the pillows, not the middle of the bed.”

“Yeah, I made that rookie mistake the first time.”

“Have a wonderful evening ladies.” He kicked the activating switch with his foot and turned into a mannequin.

“We’d kiss you goodbye, but it would smudge our lip gloss,” Ashley said.

“Don’t be mean. We have time to reapply it.” Selena said. She kissed the mannequin on the lips. Rose lip gloss was left behind on the mannequin.

“Fine.” Ashley kissed it as well. She also slid her tongue along the mannequin’s lips in a manner she knew was most stimulating in that form.

“Good night, Daniel,” they both said.

As the house grew quiet, Daniel had little to think about besides how that last kiss had made him feel all gooey inside.

Several hour passed before he heard distantly the front door open. Drunken laughter pealed from the two ladies returning home. Their laughter proceeded their arrival in the bedroom.

“There he is,” Ashley said. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him. “Miss us?”

Selena swatted Ashley ass. “My turn.” She kissed the mannequin a little longer and said, “Miss us?”

It had been a long time since Daniel had seen either of the two women drunk.

“Help me with this,” Selena said. She turned her back to Ashley.

Ashley grabbed her from behind, cupping her breasts. “This?”

“The dress, silly.”

“Oh, good idea.” She unzipped Selena’s dress and turned around. “Me, too.”

“Like this?” Selena said with her hands full of Ashley’s breasts.

“I don’t mind.”

“What?” Daniel thought.

The two women were kissing. Ashley’s dress had only come partially off. She finished removing it as they heavily petted one another and moved onto the bed.

“They weren’t wearing panties,” Daniel thought.

He was treated to an animalistic display of love making. He felt it lasted far longer than any love making session he’d ever been involved with with either woman. For hours they explored each other’s bodies like new lovers do. They satisfied each other several times before they fell asleep cuddling together.

“I should have taken notes,” was Daniel’s last thought before he zoned out.

*****

Daniel was shocked awake by the Mannequin Disk restoring him to flesh. Before him, the two women who were his lovers were still entangled in each other’s arms as they slept.

He considered slipping into bed with them but decided food was more important. He hadn’t eaten dinner. He went down to the kitchen.

“Good morning, Dad,” Britney said.

“Good morning, Dear.” They hugged. “How’s Beth?”

“How’s Beth? No, no. How are you? How’s Mom and Selena?”

“I can say with certainty they are feeling great and probably very hung over. In fact, I’ll be right back. Can you make me some eggs?”

“Sure. Do you think they’ll be down soon?”

“No.” He grabbed two water bottles from the fridge and left them on the nightstand next to the bed. He took a quick shower before heading back to the kitchen. A plate of eggs was waiting for him.

“Shower?”

“Yeah. Have these been sitting long?”

“No. A minute or two at most,” Britney said. She waited until he had a forkful of food in his mouth say, “So how was your first time?”

“What?” He said, managing not to choke himself.

“Being a mannequin. How was your first time?”

“Oh. Yeah. About what I expected. Boring.”

“Just boring.”

“Do you want me to delve further into what I observed last night?”

“Probably not,” she laughed. “Were you surprised about Mom and Selena?”

“Did you know?”

“I caught them canoodling once after school.”

“What did they say?”

“They didn’t see me, I think. Neither of them mentioned it to me.”

“I was surprised. But, they demonstrated that their date was a real date in front me before they left. I got to think about it and not much else for several hours before the main event.”

“Ick.”

“You asked.”

“How long until no one spends the night as a mannequin?”

“What images are conjured by my saying ‘A week at most’,” he said.

“I shouldn’t have asked.”

“No. Now, can I ask ‘How’s Beth?’”

They had been talking about other subjects, such as Beth, for a while when Ashley breezed into the kitchen. “Good morning, Brit,” she said giving her daughter a hug. She tossed an empty water bottle in the recycle bin. “Good morning, Dear.” She gave Daniel a lengthy kiss and a less than chaste hug.

“Get a room.”

“It’s occupied.” He said.

“She won’t mind,” Britney retorted.

“She wouldn’t. But she’s still asleep,” Ashley said. “Can you…?”

“Eggs? Will Selena be here for eggs soon?”

“No, she’ll be hung over. These old folk can’t handle their booze like someone my age.”

“More quotes for the testimonial page for spending a decade as a mannequin,” Daniel said.

Britney served the eggs and then excused herself to go do some homework.

Daniel waited till she was gone before saying, “You are much friskier than I remember.”

“I’m young and alive, Daniel.”

“You were that before.”

“Yes, but I was also the mother of a five-year-old. Britney today doesn’t require all day supervision.” She said between mouthfuls.

“Who kissed whom first?”

“I don’t really remember. We both wanted it and were unsure how to approach the other, I think.”

Selena was less chipper when she joined them in the kitchen later. She kissed them both before getting a cup of coffee brewing. “Well?”

“Brit tells me you’ve been canoodling for a little while now.”

“Of course, she knows,” Selena said.”

“She saw us?” Ashley said.

“She’s rather observant for someone who can lose something for a decade.”

“That’s mean.”

“It’s true,” Daniel said. “I think she’s been studying online videos to improve her observation skills and her memory. I think she started as soon as I allowed her to access the Internet.”

“Better than spending time following pop culture stuff,” Selena said.

“Maybe that’s how she finally found your foot.”

“That’s not important any more,” Ashley said. “Are we all good?”

“Better than good, I think,” Selena said.

“If this works, I’m fine with it. But, I feel like I’ll always either be the one in the middle when you two disagree or the helpless target when you do agree.”

The ladies laughed.

“Of course,” Selena said.

“That’s the burden you bear when you love two women. Are you man enough for the both of us?”

“I will enjoy finding out the answer,” Daniel said. “No one is using the Disk tonight?”

“Not me.”

“Not me. And not you.”

“Good,” Daniel agreed. “Once was plenty.”

“Oh, it wasn’t that bad was it?” Ashley said.

“As I told Britney, it was as boring as I expected. At least until two drunkards came into the bedroom rather late last night.”

“You told her that, too?”

“Don’t remind me how drunk we were,” Selena said. Ashley scooted her chair closer to Selena and kissed her. Selena broke it off after a long moment. “No more. My head is still pounding.”

“Oh, my poor baby.” Ashley hugged her. Selena relaxed into her embrace.

She was still holding her when Britney came into the kitchen. “I’m guessing things are good?”

“You can take the Disk back to your room. We won’t be needing it on a daily basis any more,” Ashley said.

“Oh? Is Selena going home today?”

“I am,” she said to the confusion of the married couple. “I have to pick up some things. I’ll be back this evening. And most evenings to come.”

“Yay!” Britney shouted.

“Not so loud,” she said with a wince.

Ashley made cooing noises to the woman draped in her arms.

“Stop that. I’d prefer that we keep the Disk,” Selena said. “I’m betting we’ll still have someone spend the night on the Disk just for Daniel’s health.”

Ashley laughed.

Britney said, “I don’t need to be thinking about stuff like that.”

“There’s a simple solution,” Daniel said. “Your birthday is in a few weeks. I hear there’s a new model Mannequin Disk that you might like to own.”

“Really?” Britney said. When her father nodded, she let out a loud squeal and gave him a huge hug.

“Not again,” Selena said. “More coos please, Ash.”

“Coo coo coo,” Ashley said.

“Sorry, again. I’ve wanted my own Disk since Mom returned.”

“We know.”

“I’m so glad for all of us now that you’ve settling this situation,” Britney said.

“We’re happy as well,” Ashley said.

“Oh, what’ll be different for you?” Daniel asked.

“My biggest mistake has become my greatest accomplishment,” Britney said. There was obvious pride and triumph in her voice. “Mom now loves Selena. Selena loves Mom. They both love Dad. Dad loves them both. You all love me. Right?”

“I think we all knew that.”

“I’m off the hook. If not for my mistake, there would be less love in the world.”