Road to Re-Awakening

Owner, Landlord and Computer Repairman in One

I went into the office on Monday for the first time since Sean had started and it was a great experience.  The older workers all were happy to see me.  The "You look great!", "I'm glad you're back" and "You're a sight for sore eyes" comments were coupled with a lot of hugs.  I also got several comments about the tattoo that was visible below the short sleeved company polo shirt and the earrings.  Most of the surprise faded when I explained about the symbolism in the ink reflecting Jan's importance to my life.  "Ron got one too, but that was last year when I was only feeling sorry for myself" I said.  The last few comments reassured everyone that I knew it was time to move on while still remembering my wife. 

Sean showed me around the place, pointing out the doorway that led to the unit next door that we had now taken over.  "That much growth in revenue needed more space" he told me with a big grin.  It reminded me that I needed to look at the books and see just how well we were doing.  My office was where it had always been and there was a large office cube outside it where Sean worked.  I didn't do any work that first day and I'm sure I disrupted almost everyone else too.  

On Friday, I came home from work and had a long walk with Walker and Sylvester.  I'd always thought that people who walked cats were strange but this was a very different situation.  Sylvester would cry the entire time they were separated, even when it was just a quick run to the back yard for Walker's bathroom break.  Walker wasn't happy either and kept looking back at the house for his lost buddy.  Once I let Sylvester join us, he kept close and never got into trouble.  My visions of him chasing a squirrel up a tree and getting stuck never happened.  He did like the picnic table, since it made it easy to climb on Walker's back and get chauffeured around.

After a quick dinner, I was settling in with a glass of whiskey thinking about my first week back at work.  The knock on the door was a surprise and seeing Corey there was an even bigger one.  "Can I talk with you?" he asked after getting several kisses from Walker and a few leg rubs from Sylvester.

"Sure, what's up?" I asked.  He looked more nervous than I'd ever seen him.

"I have a problem.  My lease is expiring and they just told me that they are raising my rent a lot.  I'm going to look for a new place this weekend, but I remembered your garage apartment.  Have you thought about renting it out?" Corey asked.  

I could tell that he was worried and wasn't sure whether it was from almost being homeless or from asking me.  "I really haven't.  It's going to take some work to clean it up and get it ready for anyone to live in there.  When do you need to be out of your current place?" I asked.

"The first of the month.  I'd already told them that I was going to renew at the old rate.  But when they gave me the contract to sign, the price was way more.  I can't really afford to stay there if they jack up the rent like that" he said.   

It didn't take much thought and after a brief discussion I found myself with a tenant.  Saturday had me going through the boxes and airing out the apartment.  The appliances worked except for the refrigerator and the bathroom needed an overhaul since the faucets and toilet all leaked.  Almost as bad was the nasty vinyl on the floor and ugly tiles covering the shower area.  One call to my friend Amy's husband had him over to look over the bathroom situation.  He was a contractor and had done some work on the main house over the years.  We drank a beer while he measured and talked.

"How nice do you want to make it?  I know you and Jan were pretty picky when I did your master bath" Bill asked.  He gave me several prices from "builder grade" on up.

"Nicer than builder grade, not as nice as the house" I replied.  We agreed on a price and he told me he'd look at the kitchen to make sure it was up to grade.  He choked when I told him we only had a few weeks, but I'd help where I could.  Helping to rip out the old bathroom and do the painting brought the price down too.  

Sunday morning, I got up early and was at the home improvement store picking up supplies.  Tarps, tape and masks to keep the dust from coating my lungs filled the cart.  I got a couple plastic 50 gallon garbage cans too.  When I got home, Corey was waiting for me on the front step.  "I thought you might have changed your mind and disappeared, but I heard Walker inside" he said with a grin.

"Crap.  I forgot to tell you to wear some grubby clothes.  We're working today.  The apartment needs a lot more work than I thought" I replied.

His face lost the grin immediately and I knew he thought that he might have to go look for another place.  After I explained what we needed to do, his energy level shot back up.  Corey tossed on a pair of sweatpants that he had in his car and was ready for work.  He was a hard worker and once we'd protected the floors and a few walls, we started demolition.  It was a long day of labor but the apartment was all ready for Bill's team to take over.  With several garbage cans filled, I asked Corey if he'd help me move the sofa, tables and chair downstairs to the storage room.

"What do they look like?  If they're nicer than what I have I'd like to use them... if you don't mind" Corey asked.  We pulled the covers off and he took a look at them.  "These are your cast offs?  They're way better than what I have" he said.

I was probably going to donate them and if he could use them, why not?  He was really happy with some new bits for the apartment and I think both of us were happy we didn't have to move them downstairs.  We just pushed them off to the side and called it a day.  With the garage locked up, we went back in the house.  "Go grab a shower while I toss something together for dinner" I told him.  After rummaging a bit in the fridge, I had some breaded chicken breasts cooked and a pair of bowls filled with salad greens.  Nothing fancy, but quick and easy.  

The text from Bill the next day was "Holy shit.  I wish all my clients prepped this good."  All I really wanted to do was to make sure that he could start doing the skilled work right away.  It was nice to hear that all of the effort Corey and I put in was appreciated.  I was surprised at how quickly Bill's team progressed and told Corey we would be painting whatever we could over the weekend.  Saturday was prep work and Sunday would be painting.  There weren't too many holes to fill and sand so Saturday was a short day.  Walker and Sylvester appreciated that, since it meant they got a lot more attention and were able to play in the back yard while Corey and I sipped several beers.  

Sunday started early with a quick breakfast before we started painting.  We were taking a break when my phone beckoned.  Sophie had been a long time friend of Jan and mine.  She was about five years younger than us but we all got along and had remained close over the years.  She was a tall woman that moved gracefully, had a devious smile and a quick wit.  Our friendship had been both social and sexual with both of us.  Her partner, Sara, had remained solely on the social side but knew of our occasional meetings.  

"Hi!  Can I borrow you for a little bit?  My computer is acting up again and you did such a great job fixing it the last time..." she said.  Corey and I had almost finished painting the bedrooms, bath and kitchen in his future apartment.  The bathroom was almost finished and was waiting on the final pieces to be installed.  Bill thought he'd be done by Wednesday.

"Sure.  You still have that old thing?" I asked. 

"Yes.  Not everyone gets the latest and greatest every year or two.  It does everything I need... except now, since it shuts off every five minutes" Sophie replied.  I remembered the last time I fixed it when I got about two pounds of dust and crud out of it and it was probably in the same shape now.

"Come on over in about an hour.  You doing anything for dinner?" I asked.

"No, I just dropped Sara off at the airport.  It will be leftovers for me tonight" she replied.  

"Plan on staying then.  I'll make something better than leftovers" I told her, quickly looking at my watch.  We finished up the last of the painting and then ran back to the house.  I zipped through the shower and had just tossed on a pair of jeans when I heard the car pull up.  A t-shirt went on and then I ran down the stairs to open the door.  My hair was still damp and I was barefoot when she came in.  

"Uh... Ben?  Have you been a bad boy?" she asked.

"No worse than normal, why?" I asked back.

"I see a very big tattoo and some pierced ears that I don't remember you having before.  It has been a few years, though" Sophie said.

After a laugh, I replied "Yeah, my son and his boyfriend are a bad influence.  All recent additions.  I got some ink as a memorial to Jan.  The piercings were just done on a whim."  She smiled and I wasn't sure which part connected with her more.  

"Well, whatever makes you happy.  We've all been really worried about you" Sophie said.  Before I could reply, Corey walked out into the living room, also looking a little damp from his shower.  Sophie turned and saw Corey standing there.  I think both were a little shocked and after a moment Sophie said "I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"  She flashed me a wicked grin before glancing back at Corey.

"No, we just finished up painting the apartment over the garage.  Corey, this is my friend Sophie.  Sophie, this is my friend Corey" I said to introduce each other.

"Very nice.  Where did you find him?" she asked and I knew exactly what she was thinking.  She knew I used to occasionally meet up with guys so I'm sure she thought that Corey was a hookup.

My chuckle was brief but Corey's red face remained.  "I met him at the shelter when I went to find..." I said, looking around.  I realized this was the first time I had a stranger over to the house since Walker and Sylvester had come to live with me.  "My new pets" I added before walking around trying to find them.  Corey helped and we found the furry ones cowering in the corner under a table.  They were uninterested in meeting anyone new right then so once Sophie saw their eyes staring back at her I suggested we go to the office and I could take a look at her laptop computer.  

As expected, the insides of the computer were caked with fuzz and the fans wouldn't turn.  I vacuumed every little corner, using a soft brush to get some of the more persistent bits free.  I looked up and Sophie had moved next to Corey and held on to his waist.  Since they were about the same height, her chin was on his shoulder.  Her eyes told me she was much more interested in him than watching me clean up the inside of her computer.  Once the cover was back on, I fired it up and asked "Five minutes before it shut down?"

She replied "Mmhmm" but with a little bit of a moan to it.  Looking back at them, Corey was now right behind her with his hands holding her shoulders.  He might have been grinding against her too, but I wasn't sure.  Ten minutes later, I heard the fan on the computer kick in and was happy I wasn't going to have to do any more.  I shut it down and put the last of the screws in the cover before sliding it back into the carry bag.

"Thank you very much, Ben.  I'd like to show my appreciation but I don't want to leave Corey here all alone..." Sophie said and I knew right away what she was insinuating.

"While the cats away, the mice like to play, huh?" I said, knowing that Sara wouldn't mind Sophie having a little extra-curricular play time.  Corey's eyes were darting back and forth wondering if what he thought was about to happen was real.

"It's been a while since I've had the pleasure of two studs at the same time" Sophie said.  The gasp from Corey was loud and got big smiles from both Sophie and I.  The three of us were up in my bedroom a couple minutes later.  We began a three way makeout session and I was surprised at how willing Corey was to be a part of it.  After several minutes, I felt Sophie reach down and unbutton my jeans and then her hands moved away.  I assumed she was now taking care of Corey's shorts.

My hand reached under her blouse, pulling it up until she backed away from us and let me pull it over her head.  Sophie took the opportunity to tug Corey's tee over his head while I unclasped her bra.  She turned to me with a devious smile and pulled my t-shirt off.   "Oh... you have more surprises" she said, staring at my chest.  All I did was grin back to her, but Corey gave me a wink, I'm sure remembering how I responded to his tongue flicking over the nipple piercings a couple weeks before.

We finished stripping down and then crawled on the bed naked.  The makeout session continued and I was the first to make my way down her body.  I had an advantage since I'd had sex with Sophie a handful of times before and knew the things that aroused her but Corey's advantage was that he was much younger and fresh meat.  I've always found three ways to be hard since you need all three of you to interact well and it can go off the rails if one tries to be too dominant or isn't interested in one of the others.

Sophie did love getting attention from two men.  My only other three way with her was with Jan and I and MFF sex is very different than MMF.  Once the foreplay was morphing into oral sex the energy clicked up a few notches.   I knew Sophie loved having someone go down on her, so I made sure that I was the first.  While I was giving her most of my attention, I was able to steal a few glances and see her sucking Corey.  I found out later that we both seemed to wick it up at the same time, which really got her excited.  After a while, Corey and I swapped spots and I got to experience what was making him moan and grunt so much.

We swapped again but I didn't plan on just eating her out.  When my tongue began to tire, I moved up and with a few minutes of teasing her, my cock slid in.  Corey stared at me, watching me slowly enter Sophie's pussy.  The grin on his face told me how much he was looking forward to taking my place.  It was going to take several minutes before I was willing to cede my position.  Eventually I did and heard a loud moan from Sophie as I pulled out.  She looked a little disappointed that I was stopping so soon, but I wanted this to go on a while and swapping back and forth between Corey and I would allow both of us to last.

While I climbed along side her and we began to kiss, Corey moved down and entered her.  His moan was considerably louder and deeper than hers, but both were enjoying it.  Just like my experience with Corey, it might have been a while since he'd had sex with a woman, but he was no rookie.  We swapped back and forth a few more times until I couldn't hold back any more.  It was a long orgasm that had my entire body shaking.  I wondered if Corey would take my place or just stroke himself off since I knew some guys had a phobia of going inside a cum filled hole.

Corey isn't one of them.  The look on his face told me how much he enjoyed it and he was more aggressive this time.  Sophie urged him on too, which I'm sure helped.  A low, loud grunt came out of his mouth when he came.  After the last pulse, his eyes closed, his head rolled back and a huge grin covered his face.  

When he finally pulled out, he laid on the other side of Sophie and we all shared a long kiss.  Eventually, we ended up in the shower together.  While there wasn't any sex, there was a lot of body contact and kissing.  We all were still in our post-orgasmic high when we got dressed and went down stairs.

"Well, I don't think my original dinner plan is going to work.  I'll make something a lot simpler and save the souffle for next time" I said, getting two nods back.  All three of us helped make dinner, they chopped the salad while I boiled the pasta and put together an easy white wine and clam sauce.  Our eyes darted back and forth as we ate, all acknowledging how much we enjoyed our play time.  

We talked all through dinner and slowly the pets came closer but were never more than a few inches apart and kept at least ten feet away.  "Aww, they're so cute now that they aren't hiding.  You should let the dog know he's not supposed to be that friendly with cats" Sophie said, laughing a bit afterwards.

"They grew up together and are best friends.  They got even closer in the shelter since they were both scared after losing their human.  I like that they don't care about stereotypes and love who they want" Corey said.   I nodded and smiled back at him.  Several minutes later, I got up to clean the table and Corey soon was helping.  Sophie stayed in her chair, finishing her glass of wine and looking back and forth between Corey and I and the two furry ones.  

Sophie got up after she finished her wine and the dishes were cleaned and turned to me.  She wrapped her arms around my body and gave me a big kiss.  "You don't know how much I've wanted to do something like that with you" she told me.  A moment later, she turned and hugged Corey telling him "I hope this is not the only time we meet."  She left with her computer bag slung over her shoulder.  There was a bounce in her step that wasn't there when she arrived.

As soon as she was gone, the pets came over and gave us a good sniff.  "Thanks for letting me be a part of that.  I've never done anything like that before but it was a lot of fun" Corey said.  It was good to see him not embarrassed about getting thrown into a potentially awkward situation and go with it.

"Well, I didn't plan on anything happening but I guess Sophie did.  It was good to see you having fun with both of us.  Things like that can be difficult unless everyone is into each other.  I can give you her number if you want to meet up with her some time.  I just have to warn you that she can get a little aggressive at times" I replied, grinning.  His shy nod told me he was as interested as Sophie appeared to be.