Beat around the bush

Talking about some of your plans for the evening so formally was bound to do the opposite of what you intended. Making everyone feel on edge and pressured to do anything was a surefire way to make the night fail.

But making people feel comfortable enough to make jokes like Rebecca had or how Sarah had been willing to wear her current outfit, those were the kinds of things you wanted to incentivise.

“Well if any of you ever need a hand, or two, then I’m happy to give them to you all. You don’t even have to ask” you joked, placing one of your hands on Rebecca’s thigh as you did so.

There was also a realisation that nothing was going to happen without you being the first to initiate and while you were happy to do so, it was impossible to be in six places at once, meaning you had to pick your moments.

With that topic coming to an end, another one sprang up with less awkward pauses and the next felt even more natural after that. The topic of your exams came up with you, Emma and Sarah getting the chance to speak, each of you having similar experiences in that you felt more prepared and confident coming out of the tests than you would have first thought.

Even college plans came up and Lucy was able to chime in with her experience as well as Rebecca regaling some of her college stories.

At some point, Emma gave you a wink when she caught your eye and she let one of her feet touch your leg before drifting up. She stopped when she could rest the heel of her foot on your chair between your legs and just lightly placed her toes against your crotch.

The conversations continued and she made no further advances, just making sure you knew her presence was there and nothing more.

You were sure however that both Sarah and Rebecca had seen what was going on as they each seemed to start acting differently. It wasn’t enough for anyone else to notice but Rebecca placed her hand atop yours that had been resting on her thigh, even moving it further up and between her legs where you could really squeeze her leg.

Sarah was a bit more noticeable as she physically nudged her chair to be closer to yours, being so close that your arms were together. It became increasingly difficult to continue eating so you rushed the last of your meal, not wanting to get too full but also finding yourself not wanting to waste any of the delicious food in front of you.

Plus with Sarah’s low cut top, it was easy for you to get a quick side glance that was incredibly alluring, teasing you in a way that Emma could clearly now feel against her foot.

“I have been meaning to ask, have you all got any summer vacation plans before you do end up going to college? I don’t know if you all normally have a family vacation planned or if it’s not something that has come up yet” Rebecca asked, at first directing the question towards you before looking around the table at everyone.

With everything going on, you hadn’t even thought about what you would do once the school year came to an end. Your mind immediately went to what arrangements you would need to make in order to start your college life like where you would all live and your moving costs.

But you didn’t think that would take much time at all with all of you chipping in. Which left you a whole heap of time to… well do whatever you wanted I guess.

“I… Haven’t really thought about it” you admitted, doing a glance around the table to see if anyone else had any thoughts.

Nobody came up with anything immediately so you continued to just speak your thoughts aloud.

“Well once the exams are over, that frees up me, Emma and Sarah. And I assume you Rebecca? Lucy you are already on your summer break and Mom, you are usually free?

So that just leaves you Grace as the other person stuck with a job. Or unless anyone has anything scheduled?” you joked, trying to see where people could potentially fit in a holiday.

“I should be free to take time off whenever I need it. And as long as I don’t schedule you in for a shift at the gym then you will be fine too” Grace joked back, your part time job now feeling pretty freeing given you knew the boss.

“There are a couple of teacher check-in’s at the school but I can either work around them or just not turn up. They aren’t exactly mandatory but I know I’d get an earful if I didn’t attend so I’d rather not have to deal with that if we can help it” Rebecca confirmed, grabbing her phone to check some dates.

Mom also gave a nod to you that she would have no plans. You could see that her mind was elsewhere but given you were with everyone, now didn’t seem the best time to pry.

“Alright so we can all be free. The next question is where could we go?” you asked, getting a lot more of a response this time.

“I wouldn’t mind somewhere with a beach” Emma suggested, getting a few nods.

“I do like skiing though” Grace added, also getting some support.

You ended up sitting back for a moment as two distinct camps ended up forming. One preferring to get away from the heat and go for a winter sports vibe while the others wanted to head off to a lakeside cabin where you could all enjoy the peak summer experience.

Both sounded equally pleasant to you but you knew that between the six of them, the chance of it being a tie and you making the final decision were almost guaranteed knowing your luck.

Emma and Sarah were stuck in wanting the summer cabin experience. Sarah as she wanted to go swimming and you were pretty sure that Emma just wanted to see everyone in their swimsuits. Not that you didn’t fault her as that was also the first thought in your head.

Grace, Rebecca and surprisingly Lucy wanted the ski trip, Lucy likely thinking about being in a nice warm cosy lodge rather than hitting the slopes.

That did mean however that the vote was currently swayed in the ski trip direction. Everyone looked at you before you put your hands up. The next target however was Mom who was still locked in her thoughts, only realising that the attention was on her when everything went quiet.

“Ahh… I think I’d prefer the lake trip personally… but…” Mom said, evening the votes out but still not quite able to speak her mind.

The attention was still locked on to her even with the vote split and you could feel that this wasn’t going to be a good topic to stick to at this moment.