Trish opened the door at the sound of the knock, at roughly 5:30 in the evening.
“Hey Ilyana. Come on in.”
Ilyana smiled and greeted Trish with a hug. “Thank you for having me over.”
“Not a problem. We don’t mind company.”
“Nope, not in the least.” Chance remarked, heading into the main room from the kitchen.
“What’s new with you?” Trish asked as she took a seat.
“Not much.” Ilyana said, following suit. “My brother has a date tonight with Mandy, and Michael showed up to hang out at our place. I left him and Sergei alone.”
“Why?” Chance asked.
“I should backtrack a little. Yesterday, we had a spa day. It was great, and we had fun. Afterwards we went out to dinner, and no one was home when we got back to Mandy’s place. After polishing off a beer, we decided to have some fun and play Spin the Bottle. Let’s just say it was rather interesting.”
“Well the is I’ve got to hear.” Trish said, leaning forward a little with definite interest.
“The most interesting bits were Timur and Mandy kissing, myself and Mandy kissing – which, if you’re interested, by the way, was great; and Sergei kissing Michael. He seemed to get into it a little, which is why I left the two of them alone. Sergei needs to hook up with someone for a change, even if it’s only short term.”
“Damn it, now I wish we’d been there. More people means more fun.” Trish said, a mischievous little grin on her face. “You’ve got me curious as to how Mandy kisses now.”
“The combinations would be entertaining.” Chance chimed in.
“Maybe it’s something we should do again. See who all we feel like inviting. You know, it’s funny – a lot of us are all so open-minded that we don’t mind any of this.” Ilyana said.
Trish changed gears. “What about you? Are you hooking up with anyone?”
“Sadly, no. There’s no one to hook up with, as far as I know. Not that I’ve met anyway. Why, do you know someone? They’d have to deal with Timur and Sergei – they’re…overprotective.”
“I don’t know if you do or not. Which way do you swing?”
“Either. Just keep and eye and an ear out for me, okay?”
“Sure.”
“Yea.” Trish and Chance spoke at the same time. Ilyana laughed.
“I like you two. It’s fun being around you, and you are good friends.”
“The same could be said of you, Ilyana.”
The girls smiled and hugged, while Chance looked on, lost in thought a bit.
“Whatchya thinkin about, babe?” Trish asked.
“Honestly?” she nodded. “You two ladies plus Mandy all together, being, well, sexy with each other. I can’t help that I’m surrounded by attractive people all the damn time.” he grinned.
“Seriously though, aside from the sexual thoughts, it’s honestly something I’d like to try and photograph. You know, tasteful-like.”
“Like Suicide Girls?”
“Something like that, yeah. It would be a new format for me, and my subjects could come to me this way.”
Trish leaned over and gave him a kiss. “Maybe we need to turn the basement into a studio then.”
“You know, I’ve never seen your work. Could I?” Ilyana asked.
“Sure. Trish, could you get my laptop?” she nodded and headed upstairs, coming back a few minutes later with the computer. Chance opened the lid and clicked around a little until he pulled up where his photos were stored, double-clicking on the first image to bring it up, then turned the computer around so Ilyana could see and browse through.
“These are amazing.” Ilyana said after looking through them for a bit. “Anyone should be flattered if you take a picture of them. I can only imagine the things you could do with the techniques you’ve demonstrated in these.”
“Thanks.” he said, blushing a bit.
“Well, what say we settle in and watch a movie or two?” Trish asked. The other two nodded in agreement.
“Ilyana, you’re welcome to stay as long as you want, ok?”
“Okay.” she said with a smile, then helped pick out a movie for them to watch.