A week reunion with Amber's old friends

"A week starting when?" Amber said on the phone. "Uh-huh, that would work well. A sort of reunion. What a lovely idea." She listened, her eyes wandering upward, then laughed. "What, you wanted me to say it again? Okay."

Amber cleared her throat and put the phone on speaker, waving to her crew member Julia to come and listen.

"I TOTALLY know what you mean," Amber said, putting on the tone of a cheery ocean liner steward. "You want my tongue loosening your rosebud for your husband!"

There was a happy sigh over the speaker. "Oh, I'm SO glad we picked this cruise line," Veevee Menard. "May I kiss you all over under those cute little cruise shorts, Captain?"

"Required, ma'am!" Amber said. "Part of lifeboat drill is talking to the little man in the boat!"

Veevee laughed.

"And of course, as captain, one learns to appreciate ass kissing!" Amber added.

"I'm a very good butt kisser, I hope you remember," Veevee said.

Julia had a big smile on her face. She held up her hand and made a motion of putting on a wedding ring. Three times, then a pause, then four times.

Amber winked at Julia and nodded. Veevee had been present last season at the cruise with the threesome and foursome weddings as a friend of the couples in the foursome. In fact, Amber, Veevee, and the younger four had become intimate on an ocean liner cruise where Amber was a ship's steward.

"I remember very well," Amber said. "I would be pleased to invite you to visit my poop deck."

Julia made a wry smiling face. The captain was getting cheesy again. She puckered up her lips and lowered her eyelids, touched her middle finger to her moist lips and blew a silent kiss at the captain.

Amber's nostrils flared with a deep breath. She motioned for Julia to sit down beside her and put an arm around her waist.

"All right, Veevee, let's make this happen," Amber said. "Let me copy this down. Who's going to be there? How many?"

Julia picked up a pen. Amber squeezed Julia's hip as Julia copied down the cruise details Veevee gave.

"Any special plans?" Amber continued. "Uh-huh?"

Amber massaged the back of Julia's neck. Julia rolled her shoulders.

Veevee asked, "Will you have the same crew? Julio and Julia? Peter said they were wonderful."

"Just a second, let me check," Amber said. She put the phone on mute and laid it on the corner of the desk.

Julia looked at Amber, eyes open in a question. Amber bent her head to Julia's, kissing her. Julia's lips softened and parted for Amber's tongue.

"Did you like Veevee and her husband when you met them last year?" Amber asked. "Do you think you might enjoy playing with them?"

"Sì," Julia said. "She was a nice lady."

Amber kissed Julia again. "Good. She was a very nice lady to me when I first met her."

Amber picked up the phone and took it off mute. "Yes, Julio and Julia will be there for your cruise," she said.

"That's wonderful," Veevee said from the speaker. "I thought they were delightful young people."

"I could not agree more," Amber said. She hugged Julia tightly to her side.