Exploring the Frontiers of Love

Note: As per my other stories, the character names are all changed on the off-chance that there is someone who recognizes any of the descriptions of living arrangements or furniture. If this is the first story of mine that you are reading, I have stories before this - while the other stories are not necessary to read, they do help to build up some backstory to where I was in my life at the time. Once again, while the verbal interaction may not be accurate, the physical interaction is to the best of my recollection.

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The last month and a half had been a blur. I had written finals for my first bunch of college classes (and done quite well), been home for the holidays, and was now getting off the train on my way back to college. It was cold as hell outside, and there was snow everywhere, but it was nice to see some familiar faces waiting for me when I walked outside.

“Rob!” Judy yelled, waving me over to her car.

“Hey, thanks a lot for picking me up,” I hugged her hello.

“Hi, Rob,” Ashley smiled from beside her. She had gotten in the day before and demanded to be there with Judy to pick me up.

“Hey there,” I smiled, kissing her hello. “Let’s get going – it’s freezing out here.”

We drove back to campus, and I lugged my bags up the many flights of stairs to my room. We talked about how everyone’s break was, laughing and being happy to see our new friends again. We had gotten really close over the few months living together, and it was easy to see some of these people as ‘best friends’. It’s hard not to when you spend all day with some of them.

“What time does Bill get back?”

“His dad is driving him up. He’ll probably be back around nine or ten,” I told them, looking at my clock.

Ashley looked at the clock too, probably thinking the same thing I was – if we were going to have uninterrupted sex, we had about an hour or two to do it. She looked at Judy, clearly trying to send some kind of telepathic message for her to scram, but it wasn’t working. I didn’t mind putting off the sex for a little while – I had spent a lot of time with Alexa over the break, and while I was comfortable with Ashley, I still felt guilt for being able to fuck her more than my own girlfriend.

“How’s Alexa?” Judy asked.

“She’s great. She said to say hello to you. She thinks you’re sweet,” I told her.

“Sweet. Story of my life,” she rolled her eyes. Judy had gotten with a few guys in the first term, but hadn’t managed to have any lasting partners.

I hugged her to me, playfully giving her a fake noogie, before giving her a kiss on the cheek and telling her it’d happen and to just have patience. She thanked me and sat down on my bed. I sat down beside her and put my arm around her.

“So, Judy… Bill’s going to be back soon.”

“Ya, you said that,” she replied.

“So… could me and Ashley like… can you go for a little while?”

“Oh… oh man… ya, sorry,” she blushed, standing up and quickly trotting out of my room.

Ashley closed and locked the door behind her, before taking a few steps and jumping into my arms. The force knocked me on my back and she ended up beside me, kissing me gently.

“I missed you,” she told me, smiling gently.

I missed her too in a way. She was almost like a second girlfriend at this point. I spent more time with her than my own girlfriend, had probably had more sex with her than my own girlfriend, and slept with her even when we weren’t fucking.

“I missed you too,” I finally responded, playing with her hair.

She put her head on my chest, and I began to wonder how this was going to work. I wasn’t supposed to have feelings for any of the girls I slept with, but I had developed genuine feelings for this girl in just a few months. Here she was, just lying in bed with me, the both of us fully clothed, and just enjoying the proximity of each other. We ended up like this for about thirty minutes without realizing it, just holding each other, before I heard a key in the door.

“Knock knock, don’t be naked,” Bill said, purposely loudly, as he entered the room.

“Fuck off,” I laughed at him.

“How’s it goin, bud?” he asked as I got up to hug my friend hello.

Even though we lived so close to each other at home, I hadn’t seen him in a few days.

“It’s good, man. Your dad not come up with you?”

“Nah, he wants to get home before midnight. Do you two want some privacy? I just need to unpack a few things,” he said, quickly putting things in the closet.

“It’s ok, Bill,” Ashley said from my bed. “We were just hanging out.”

“With the door locked… riiiiiiight,” Bill laughed.

“No, for real,” I told him.

“Cool, well Erin should be back already. I’m gonna go see what she’s doing. I’ll catch you guys later.”

“Can we talk?” Ashley asked me, as I lay back down beside her.

“Ya, what’s up?”

“I don’t expect you to say anything in response, but I just have to say it.”

I sat up, looking down at her.

“Go ahead,” I told her.

“I think I… I think I love you,” she looked away.

I searched for the right words. “You know I can’t… I won’t break up with Alexa,” I began.

“I know… that’s fine. I understand. I just needed you to know,” she told me.

“Ash… I love you too… it’s just... well you know how fucked up my relationship with Alexa is. But she’s my girl.”

“I know. I like her too, Rob, really.” They had gotten along well after that initial evening together. We had slept together, the three of us the last time Alexa visited as well. “Do you think… do you think Alexa would be open to something like that?”

“Something like what?” I had no idea what she meant.

“Like… could we… the three of us.”

“Like what… a three person relationship?” The idea seemed confusing.

“I don’t know. Not seeing you the last three weeks was awful. I wanted to call you so many times, but I didn’t because I knew you’d be mad.”

“I wouldn’t have been mad,” I told her. “Alexa might have, but I like you. I like spending time with you.” I grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at me. “I really like fucking you, too,” I laughed, smiling encouragingly at her.

“So… what do you think?”

“I have no idea how that would even work,” I told her.

“Well… you said Alexa was going to come here next year, right?”

“We’re not sure yet. I might go there.”

“Oh,” Ashley’s head dropped again.

“Look… we have months to talk about this,” I reassured her. “Come here,” I held out my arms, hugging her to me. “I promise we’ll talk about this, ok?”

“Ok… sorry.”

“You don’t have to apologize,” I told her. “I get it. If Alexa comes here next year, I’d be pumped to live with the both of you,” I laughed.

“Do you think it could work?”

“Hypothetically, I don’t see why not. We could even save money getting a big one-bedroom or something,” I joked. “Can I ask you something?” I didn’t wait for affirmation. “Wouldn’t you get jealous?”

“Ya,” she answered. “But at least I’d get to have you sometimes, right? You still fuck other girls and then come to bed with me anyway… that part would be kind of the same.”

She had a point. She had also changed a lot in the last four months. When I first met Ashley, she was a strong, confident loudmouth. Now, she seemed submissive, and I hadn’t heard her blabbing things to anyone. I wasn’t ready to put her to the ultimate test, but I knew eventually I would have to see how trustworthy she had become. Over the holidays I had told Alexa (as per usual) about my encounters. Since I hadn’t seen her in over a month, I told her all about Bill’s sister and Bill’s mom. She thought it was hilarious, and urged me to fuck his mom again if I ever got the chance. The question was, when would I be able to trust Ashley on that level? I hadn’t really seen her mad, so I had no idea how she would act if she was feeling malicious or that she needed to get back at me for any reason.

We talked for a while longer, about how our breaks from school had been, what we did, and what classes we were beginning on Monday. Eventually we both fell asleep.

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The first week back had gone by in a blur. I had been enjoying my time back with Ashley, but she seemed genuinely concerned about what was going to happen to ‘us’ after the school year was over. I had spoken to Alexa about it on the phone and she seemed interested in the idea of living with the both of us, but still wasn’t sure if she would be able to transfer to my school for the next year.

“What a weird situation,” Bill said after I explained what was going on. “So not only is Alexa ok with you sleeping with other chicks, but she would be ok with you living with another girl.. and her.. together?”

“I guess,” I laughed.

“Man… share the fuckin’ wealth, Rob,” Bill joked.

“I don’t get it, man.. I just go with whatever works,” I told him.

“I doubt Erin would go for something like that. She doesn’t even like when I talk to other girls at parties and stuff, even if she’s there.”

“She seems nice enough, man. I wouldn’t worry about it,” I reassured him.

“I’m not… it’s just bullshit that you get to fuck whoever you want and I’m not allowed to even talk to other girls.”

“Well shit, man… I kind of didn’t think this far ahead. I figured we were going to live together throughout college,” I confessed.

“We still can. Nothing’s been decided, Rob.”

We went to get dinner, putting the conversation on hold as we joined some people from our floor for the meal.

After dinner, I decided to do some research about Alexa’s school – applications for transfer probably didn’t have to be in until near

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