Waking Up
VOLUME 6: THE GIRLS THAT CAME WITH THE RAIN TAKE A BREAK
As dawn broke, Alice stirred from a restless slumber.
She blinked awake, momentarily disoriented to find herself sharing a bed with Zed and Betty.
She kept perfectly still, listening to the even rhythm of their breathing, wondering how they could seem so at peace after the chaos that had transpired.
Alice sat up cautiously.
Zed was still sleeping, but his morning wood made a tent of the comforter. Alice's gaze dropped, catching the unmistakable bulge beneath the blankets.
She glanced at Betty, still lost in dreamland, then back to Zed’s sleeping face.
Betty turned toward Zed, burying her face in his neck.
A twisted thought took root in Alice’s chest. She inched closer, her movements slow and deliberate like a hunter closing in.
Her hand hovered over the comforter, her heart pounding a wild rhythm. This was wrong, so fucking wrong, but that only fueled the thrill.
-You’re mine just as much as hers, Alice breathed.
Zed's hand found Alice's in his sleep as he tossed his head on the pillow. Alice startled at the sudden contact, his hand curling around hers.
His grip was warm, almost comforting, and it pissed her off. She wasn't supposed to crave his touch, or his proximity. She shouldn't want to melt into the curve of his body until they fused into one.
With a shuddering exhale, Alice carefully extracted her hand from Zed's grasp, fighting the urge to replace it with something else entirely.
Meanwhile, Betty's hand found Zed's ball sack and squeezed it gently like a plush toy.
Alice inhaled. Unwanted excitement shot through her.
-B-Betty! Alice reached out impulsively to shake her awake. Wake up!
-Hey sis, Betty said groggily. She slowly opened her eyes, lifting her chin onto Zed's chest.
It was her fourth morning waking up next to Zed, and she was getting used to it.
-It's so much less crowded this time, Betty said with a smile.
-Crowded? Betty, wake the fuck up! Alice hissed urgently, grabbing her sister's shoulder and shaking her roughly. Look at what you're doing! Groping him like some bitch in heat! Isn't last night enough for you?!
-Last night was pretty tame by recent standards, Betty said with a chuckle. I hardly remember, she added, wiping her lip.
Alice gaped at Betty, astonishment and horror warring on her face. She released her sister's shoulder as if burnt, her hands balling into fists at her sides.
-Tame?! Betty, we... I mean, YOU... I can't even...
Betty looked up at Alice with concern, lifting herself a little higher.
-Are you ok Alice? Do you want to go home after all?
Alice whirled around at Betty. Her lips peeled back in a snarl, revealing clenched teeth.
-Home? Really? And leave you here to... to...
She gestured wildly at the rumpled bed and the telltale bulge, her voice pitching higher with each word.
-Don't be that way Alice, Betty said with a pout. You know if you tell me to go with you, I will.
Alice paused, taken aback by Betty's offer, then threw her hands up in exasperation.
-Unbelievable. Even now, you're trying to appease me, aren't you?
-Yeah, sis, I love you, Betty offered.
Alice froze.
-Love? Bet, you can't just throw that word around like confetti, especially not after…
-And I love what's happening here, Betty added.
She gave Zed's cock a languid stroke and watched his sleeping face twitch in reaction.
Alice grabbed her sister's wrist, yanking her hand away from Zed's crotch.
-Stop it! Just stop touching him like that, okay?
-Fine, Betty huffed.
She gave the head of Zed's cock a gentle kiss before getting up out of the bed to join Alice.
-Don't! Just... don't come near me right now, Bet. I can't, I won’t.
-What is it that you want Alice? Betty asked, trying not to sound flustered.
Alice took a deep breath and glared at Betty, clenching her teeth again.
-Want? I don't want ANYTHING from HIM! Alice spat out. And you... you weren't supposed to WANT him either! We agreed, remember? Men are tools, toys, NOTHING MORE! Certainly not worthy of sappy kisses and professions of love!
It was a wonder Zed hadn’t awoken.
-He's still our fucktoy, Betty insisted. She grabbed his cock with her hand again while addressing Alice.
Alice shuddered.
-Ugh, Bet, could you BE anymore crass?!
She turned away abruptly, unable to witness the lewd display a second longer.
-You always say you wanna use men, Betty said. Here's a man who's letting us. Why are you complicating it?
Alice turned back to Betty.
-Complicating it?! Oh, that's rich coming from you, Miss Innocent!
-I'm keeping things simple, Betty said. She started to stroke Zed's cock closely, glancing over at his face to look for a reaction.
-Keeping it simple?! Is that what you call THIS?!
She gestured wildly at the scene.
-Bet, please, you're better than this.
-I deserve this, Betty said, squeezing on Zed's cock. We both do.
Alice scoffed bitterly. She glared at Betty, then at Zed's prone form, disgust and reluctant arousal battling within her.
-Better than this? Spoken like a true fool in love.