The Subject Ch. 18

Hey everyone! This chapter is light on sex and more on plot. The following chapters jump back into the hot and heavy stuff. I hope you still enjoy it. 😊

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It was just after noon when the doorbell rang. Carrie, now in t-shirt and jeans, opened it and in came Katy and Kaia. Katy immediately saw Bess and smiled at her a knowing smile. Bess blushed a little and returned it.

Kaia then saw Leroy walk out of the kitchen.

"Leroy! Didn't expect you here!"

"Plans change, Kaia. This is a much better place to be anyway, with my girlfriend and my...girlfriend-in-law."

All of them looked at him, very confused. Bess figured it out first and giggled.

Katy looked back and forth. "What? What does that mean?"

Bess hunched a bit and blushed some more. Carrie then figured out what Leroy meant. She walked over and put her arm around Bess's waist.

"Bess and I are girlfriends."

Katy's eyes widened and she bounced. "REALLY? Yay!" She ran up to Bess. "Yeah?"

Bess, her shoulders very tight to her neck, nodded shyly, and kissed Carrie.

Kaia then put it together. "Ahhh! She is the girlfriend, and you are the boyfriend, so she is like an in-law to you."

Leroy shrugged. "It's not a great joke."

Kaia nodded. "You are right."

"I'm being self-deprecating. You don't HAVE to agree with me."

"I'll remember that."

Katy was saying, "So, I guess it was a good date last night!"

Both girls nodded.

"...and Bess stayed over last night?"

Carrie nodded again. "Yup!"

"...and this morning? Was this morning as fun as last night?"

Carrie nodded one more time. "Especially with Leroy here."

Katy gasped. "No! Did they both...?"

Carrie just raised and lowered her eyebrows a couple of times.

"Oh Em Gee! How did they both fit??"

Bess then chimed in. "With persistence and a lot of lube."

She and Leroy then fist-bumped.

Carrie shook her head at that. "Bess, sometimes you are as much a boy as he is!"

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The teens had all congregated in the living room. Katy and Kaia sat on the couch, and Leroy took one of the overstuffed chairs. Bess and Carrie leaned against each other, still standing.

"So, Carrie...did Bess tell you who her date was on Thursday?"

"She did!"

Leroy looked over. "You went on a date?"

Katy nodded. "With a boy!"

"Nice! Who was he?"

Bess smiled. "Mr. Bentley."

Carrie put hands on hips. "Hey! I had to take you inside me to get that information!"

Bess tried to act natural. Carrie gasped. "Was all of that just to get in my pants?"

"Did it help?"

"Maybe..."

"Good!" Bess then kissed Carrie and the redhead smiled.

Leroy said, "Anyway. You went on a date with Mr. Bentley?"

Bess nodded.

"How was it?"

Bess blushed thinking about that night.

"No shit!"

Bess nodded to Leroy, smiling. The other girls smiled as well.

"Okay, so...which do you like better? Boys or girls?"

Bess considered the question. "Well, part of me is completely into girls. I think I feel about girls the way you feel about them. How soft they are...their curves...the feel of them." Leroy nodded in understanding.

"But part of me loves boys...their muscles...the power they have...the feeling of being inside me." The other three girls now nodded.

"I have a girlfriend now, and I love it. But..."

Katy said, "Just say what you want, Bess!"

"...I'd love to have a boyfriend."

Carrie guided Bess to the couch and the two sat down. "So, let's find you a boyfriend!"

"Carrie, it's not that simple! I'm not built like a girl. What's a boy gonna say when he sees me for the first time? He's gonna freak!"

Bess shook her head. "And even boys who have seen me. Leroy! Would you date me?"

Leroy stuttered for a moment, then shook his head.

"Bess, I gotta be honest. I don't know if I would."

A pall settled over the room. Carrie lightly gasped. Katy's face fell. Kaia got a little angry. Bess nodded in defeat.

Leroy continued. "I mean...after knowing what you got, I think I would have to...hmmm."

Bess, already depressed by Leroy's expected answer, was assuming he would just ram the point home the more he analyzed it. "What?"

"Well...huh...I...umm..."

All of the women there were frowning and watching Leroy work through his answer.

"You know what? Fuck that! Bess...yeah, I think I would date you."

Suddenly, the pall dissipated. Kaia's anger bled away. Katy's face brightened and she looked at Carrie. Carrie looked back, a little teary. Bess was frozen.

"...what?"

"Well, I was thinking...'well, she's got a dick'. Okay, sure...but would that be the only thing I would think about when choosing to be with a girl? Nah."

He looked right at Bess. "You're smart, Bess. You're real cute too! And since you've become more social, you've got a nice personality! So...yeah...I would totally date you." Katy and Kaia shared a big high-five.

Bess was thunderstruck. She got up, walked over to Leroy and hugged him. She whispered, "Thank you."

He hugged her back. "Least I could do."

"You keep using that phrase. I don't think it means what you think it means."

"That would be inconceivable." Bess's eyes widened. Leroy smiled and whispered, "It's Carrie's favorite movie. We watch that film, I get SO much pussy afterwards!"

Bess put her hand over her mouth in surprise. "I love that movie."

Leroy leaned in. "So...much...pussy."

Carrie cleared her throat. "What are you two talking about?"

"'The Princess Bride', baby!"

"Omigod, I LOVE that movie!"

Bess and Leroy shared a smile.

Katy then said, "Well, what about the ot..." She then looked at Carrie. "Oh...um...never...never mind."

Leroy looked at Katy, then at Carrie and sighed deeply. "Hey baby...this is gonna sound really shitty, but do you mind...I dunno...stepping out for a bit?"

Carrie was confused. "What?"

Another sigh. Leroy looked really sad now. "So we're going to talk about 7^th period. And unfortunately..."

"Oh! I gotcha...of course...I'll get out of here." She moved to get up from the couch.

Bess shook her head vigorously, sitting back down next to Carrie and grabbing her shoulders to keep her from leaving. "No, no! I don't want Carrie to have to leave! That's not fair!"

Carrie kissed Bess and smiled. "Listen. This class...this class is why you're all here. Seriously."

She looked at Katy and Kaia. "Would you guys be together if it weren't for that class?" They looked at each other and both shrugged.

Then she looked at Bess. "And you, Bess. Would you be ANYTHING like you are right now if not for that class?"

Bess's eyes went wide as she considered the question. "N...no...oh wow."

"And Dara. Would Dara have reconciled with me if it WEREN'T for that class?" The four others sat, stunned as they realized the implications on all their lives from this one class.

"So, I for one would not want to see ANYTHING happen to that class or your places in it! I still don't know what goes on there, but I know that it needs to be there, for all of us." She kissed Bess, who responded back happily.

"Okay, I'm going to take a nice long shower. When y'all are done, let me know. Or, better yet, my boyfriend and/or girlfriend can join me. Have fun, guys!"

Bess watched her go. She looked back at Leroy. "I...think I'm completely in love with her."

Leroy nodded. "Yeah, I can see that. Don't run off with her though. I'd miss her too damn much."

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Once they could hear the shower water running, they turned back to the subject at hand.

Katy said, "So there were a lot of boys that saw Bess on that day. Maybe one of them?"

Bess shook her head. "Who knows how they really think of me, though. I don't know if I have the strength to just walk up to one of them and ask, "Hey, what did you think about my dick?"

Leroy said, "Well, I can think of two guys that might be good..."

Everyone went quiet. Bess turned. "What? Who?"

"Well, just after your session with Marcia, and let me say once more, that shit was FIRE. You and Marcia were SO hot! Anyway, after that, and after the Q&A, some of us were talking, just shooting the shit. A couple of the guys were talking about you, Bess and almost out of nowhere, Tim Callahan said, "Well, I'd take her out."

Bess blinked. "He...he did?"

"Yeah...now, we all know Tim. He can be an idiot that will just say shit, but he sounded sincere."

Katy nodded. "I like Tim. He's a sweet guy." Bess nodded with a slight smile.

Kaia said, "Who's the other one?"

"So, it's Lance Kirkland."

Bess swallowed. "Lance?"

"Yeah. On Tuesday, there was still some talk about you, and a couple of the guys in the class were...well, they were talking shit about you. Not nice stuff...and...and I don't know why I didn't speak up. I really should have. I feel kinda crappy that I didn't say anything. I'm sorry, Bess."

"It's okay, Leroy. I'm just glad Dara didn't hear them."

"Too true. There would have been blood. Anyway, Lance is there and rips into them! He says something like, "Leave her the fuck alone...she's a good kid." It got a little tense, but the bell rang and everyone took their seats. But dude was MAD. What they said pissed him off big time!" Bess swallowed. The implication that she might have allies in the class besides Dara really shook her.

Kaia nodded. "Well, that bodes well."

Bess said, "I guess. I'm still not sure..."

Leroy shrugged. "What I just asked?"

"Huh?"

"What if I just asked the guys in 7^th if they'd date you?"

"What do you mean...you would just...ask?"

"Yeah...as we're hanging out, we'd be talking about girls, and I'd say, 'what about Bess Ulrich...would you date her?' and see what kind of response I'd get."

The three girls just looked at each other in utter confusion.

Leroy laughed. "Guys can be incredibly simple when it comes to this stuff. 'You wanna date this girl? Nah! What about that girl? Hell yeah!'"

Bess asked, "Would you do that?"

"Yeah...it's no problem, Bess. Least I can do." Then he smiled.

Katy clapped her hands once. "Alright, I think we start with Leroy doing a little recon, and we figure out good candidates. Good, Bess?"

Bess smiled. "Y-Yeah...yeah."

Leroy said, "Come on, Bess. Our girlfriend is going to get waterlogged. Plus, any X-rated stuff we do to her we can wash right off."

Bess giggled, then looked at Katy and Kaia. "You guys will be okay for a little bit?"

Katy nodded. "Take your time. We'll find something to do." She immediately removed her top and motioned for Kaia to do the same, which she did.

Leroy paused and watched the two Subjects start to play. "Maybe we should wait here and watch them for a while."

Bess hurried past him. "Come on, boyfriend. You can watch them five days a week. We have a girlfriend to please."

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It was just after 2pm when everyone's phone started chiming. The girls and Leroy looked around in interest, then each grabbed their own phone.

Bess saw it was an email notification and opened the email that had just come in.

******

From: Chen, Tianyu

To: Ulrich, Elizabeth; Jenkins, Kathleen; Walsh, Carolyn + 5 others

Cc: Sanderson, Marcia; Hagen, Dara; Chen, Akane + 1 other

Please join us for a special ceremony celebrating the addition of Miss Marcia Sanderson and Miss Dara Hagen to the Chen family, joining beloved daughters Akane and Lily as cherished sisters.

Dinner will be served.

Dress code is come-as-you-are.

******

"OMIGOD!", Katy exclaimed. The room was abuzz with excitement as each of the girls read their copy of the email. Carrie ran over to Leroy to show him as well.

Leroy looked up. "Wait. Bess? Is your real name 'Elizabeth'?"

"Um...yeah. Only my parents ever really use it."

Leroy nodded. "You like Bess better, yeah?"

"Definitely." She then looked at Carrie. "'Carolyn' is a beautiful name."

"Thanks. I use it on stuff I have to sign and official documents. It was my grandmother's name, so my grandfather likes to still call me it."

Kaia looked at Katy. "You don't look like a 'Kathleen', coro. You are definitely a 'Katy'."

"Yeah, even my mom never calls me Kathleen. It's on my birth certificate, but I'm sticking with Katy."

Kaia smiled and kissed her. "My Katy." Katy giggled and nuzzled against her.

Bess looked again at the list of names. "Hey guys...excuse me for a sec...I gotta make a quick call."

She went into the other room, swept through her contacts, clicked on one, and let it ring.

A moment later. "Hello?"

"Hi, Mist...um, Carl...how are you?"

"Good, Bess! How are you?"

"Good! Hey, did you get the invite from Lily's dad?"

"I was just reading it."

"Are you going to go?"

"I don't think I would miss it! You?"

We're all going to be there. Can I ask you something...?"

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Bess smiled as she hung up the phone, walking back to the living room.

Carrie saw her enter. "Everything okay?"

Bess nodded. "Yeah." She sighed.

Carrie moved over to her, concerned. "What is it?"

"So, I noticed that Mr. Bentley is going to be there. I just checked with him on whether his wife will be there, and he said she will be."

"Is...is that a problem?"

"So..." Bess looked at Katy. "...I happened to meet Michelle Bentley, and she..."

Katy suddenly remembered something her mom had told her about Bess and Michelle. She put her hand to her mouth in realization. "Oh...OH!"

Bess looked at a very concerned yet very confused Carrie. "Carrie, Mrs. Bentley is determined to...have me. Sexually."

Carrie's eyes went wide. Bess nodded. "I just want you to know what's happening there. Mr. Bentley is going to try to keep her under control, but she is evidently resolute. She doesn't know my secret, but it won't be long before she figures it out. She is VERY desirable."

"Well, I certainly can't blame her for wanting you, but I'll protect you, babe."

"Carrie, she may go through you to get to me. From what I'm told, she's a very tenacious woman. I know you aren't into girls, but she's...different."

Katy nodded. "It's true. My mom can resist her, but it took awhile. At one point, Michelle had my mom take a personal day so that she could fuck her over a three-day weekend. Literally, around the clock. I'd bring them food and water to make sure they were okay, and Michelle would pull me in when my mom had to use the bathroom. She never used toys, but she sometimes..."

The others stopped when they heard the trepidation in Katy's voice.

"Michelle has small hands. So it's not hard for her to...you know...". Katy held one hand up, then made a fist.

Carrie gasped. "She does that?!"

Leroy said, "Holy shit!" Bess and Kaia were utterly confused.

Carrie turned to Bess. "Do you know what 'fisting' is?"

"OH! Oh my god! She does that?!"

At the same time, Katy whispered something in Kaia's ear, and Kaia went a little pale.

Katy then nodded to Bess. "At one point I came into the bedroom and she was literally elbow-deep in my mom." The room was shocked to silence.

Kaia asked, "Did she...to you...?"

"Ummm...yup."

Carrie stammered. "Wha-what was it l-like?"

"Insane. She was only able to get her hand in there. But she opened it and I could feel her fingers...I squirted all over her."

Bess was white. Carrie hugged her. "We'll protect you...won't we, Leroy?"

Leroy nodded soberly. "L-Least we could do."

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"So am I even invited?", asked Leroy.

Carrie shook her head. "I don't think they thought you'd be around, Leroy. My invite does allow me to bring someone, and Bess has her own invite, so you're my plus-one!"

Bess looked down at herself. "The dress code is 'come-as-you-are', but I don't really want to go in jeans and a t-shirt. We've got some time, right?"

Carrie looked at her phone. It was just about 3pm, and the invite said 6pm.

"Yeah, we got plenty of time."

Katy looked at her clothes. "Yeah, that's probably a good idea. I wasn't prepared to go to something special like this."

Kaia shook her head. "Me neither."

Katy looked at the others. "I think I'll bring Kaia home so she can change, then we'll swing by my place and do the same."

Bess cut in. "How about everyone meets at my place? My car is big enough to carry everyone...we can all go as one." Katy and Kaia nodded.

Leroy said, "I'll swing by my place and change too, I think. Bess, text me your address?"

"Sure thing!" Bess then looked at Carrie. "Do you...maybe want to come over to my house?"

A smile crept across Carrie's face as she saw Bess's mannerisms change as she asked that question. "Whyyyy?"

Bess started swaying slightly back and forth and she started to flush. She also put her chin down on her chest and looked up with the biggest eyes. "Maybe...maybe you can...meet...my parents?"

Carrie grinned. "You want to show off your hot new girlfriend?"

Still swaying. "...yeah."

"I would love to go to your house." Bess smiled at that, and they kissed.

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"Hey Janet?"

"Yeah?"

"Bess is back...and this time with a different girl!"

Janet Ulrich sat up on the couch. "Not Katy?"

"Nope...I think it's the Walsh girl..."

"Carrie?"

"Yup...that's her."

The front door opened. "Hi guys!"

"In the living room, dear!"

Bess and Carrie walked into the living room. Janet was rising from the couch, and Mark leaned forward in his recliner, getting up right after his wife.

"Mom, Dad...this is Carrie Walsh. Carrie, this is Janet and Mark...my mom and dad."

Carrie shook both parents' hands. "It's a pleasure to meet you both."

"And you too, Carrie! I think I know your parents. Sylvie and...Jeff?"

"That's right, ma'am! They're away for the weekend right now."

"So what's going on?"

Bess said, "We're going to a kinda special dinner at Lily Chen's place, and I wanted to wear something a little better than jeans and a t-shirt."

Carrie smiled. "I think she looks great in jeans and a t-shirt, but that's just me."

Janet frowned a bit, then smiled. "So Bess...are you and Carrie just...friends? She hasn't been over before..."

"Um...well, Carrie and I are...dating."

Janet and Mark looked at each other. Carrie immediately assumed there was going to be some negative comment regarding two girls dating, but she got just the opposite.

"Oh, honey, that's wonderful!" Mark nodded. "That's so great!"

Janet asked, "Do you guys have a minute to chat?"

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They sat around the kitchen table, talking about their first date.

"We kind of were introduced by my boyfriend, Leroy."

Janet said, "Oh, you have a boyfriend too?"

"Yeah, we've been dating for almost two years now!"

"And Bess, are you and Leroy...?"

"No, mom...we're just friends. You can actually meet him...he's meeting us here, as well as Katy and Kaia."

Janet perked up. "Oh...Katy's coming over? That great! We love Katy, don't we dear?"

Mark nodded. "We do."

Bess narrowed her eyes and stared at her parents. "Let's...ummm...let me show you my room, Carrie!"

Carrie could tell there was something going on but didn't press. "Okay!"

Janet smiled. "Sounds good. Should we...not disturb you...until your friends come?"

"No, mom...we're just hanging out!" Carrie giggled. Janet smiled at her, and Carrie smiled back.

The two girls went into Carrie's room. The parents looked at each other, and Janet sat on the couch. Mark came over and sat next to her.

"Our little girl is...dating."

Mark shrugged. "Our little girl is 18 years old. And our little girl has already had sex at least a couple of times."

"I know, but...Bess has always had a thing for Carrie."

"Yeah?"

Janet nodded, remembering the time she walked in on her daughter pleasuring herself with Carrie's name on her lips. Janet was able to get out of the room without Bess noticing.

She kissed Mark and smiled. "I guess they can't be little forever."