Kathryn and Bryan sat down beside each other. On Kathryn's other side was Sandy. Veevee sat across from Kathryn, Sally across from Bryan, and Peter across from Sandy. Hank and Jim sat across each other from the narrower ends of the table.
"So what do you plan on doing Kathryn?" Veevee asked after swallowing a mouthful of salmon.
Kathryn paused from before a forkful of smashed potatoes, "I want to be an English teacher. Leaning towards high school."
Sally nodded, "That's a nice profession. Hard work though."
"Mmm," Kathryn nodded, then swallowed before answering, "I know. I've been warned by many. But I like to teach, and I loved English class."
"How about you Bryan?" Hank asked as he cut into a juicy piece of prime rib.
"Computer science. Was always good at them. Have a knack for it." Bryan answered.
Sandy looked over as she scooped out some lobster meat, "That's great you two already know what you want to do. I'm still kind of undecided. At a crossroads. Thought about being a swimming instructor. But then I've also thought about going into Law. Paralegal. I'm not good at arguing. Gives me heartburn." She said as she slowly slipped the forkful of lobster into her mouth. She slowly chewed the meat as she stared into Kathryn's eyes.
Kathryn smiled, and speared a piece of her filet mignon. She also slowly put it into her mouth, and slowly chewed the meat as Sandy licked the butter off her lips.
Bryan looked across the table to Veevee who was watching the two girls with a smile. She saw Bryan watching her, and winked at him.
Eating with her right hand Sandy snaked her other onto Kathryn's thigh feeling her silky smooth leg. "This is some great lobster, you want some?" Sandy asked her, batting her eyes.
Kathryn swallowed, "I've never actually had lobster before. Um...Sure, I'll try some."
Sandy brought her hand back up to pull some more meat out of the shell, then dipped it in her butter bowl. She then turned slightly and held the fork up for Kathryn. Kathryn leaned forward and opened her mouth, letting Sandy feed her the lobster.
Kathryn chewed slowly, getting the taste of the lobster on her tongue. She swallowed and shrugged, "It's alright I guess. My family was never really into seafood, so we didn't get it. Dad's a meat and potatoes kinda guy."
"It is an excellent lobster. At least you tried it. A lot of people won't eat lobster because their looks." Jim said, scooping from his own lobster.
Sandy leaned in towards Kathryn, "You have a little butter right..." She reached up and trailed her finger slowly across Kathryn's lip wiping up the drop of butter, "here." She finished, and brought the finger up to her mouth sucking the butter in. "Dee-lish." she said with a grin.
"You want some of my filet mignon? It's excellent too." Kathryn asked Sandy.
"Sure. Give it to me, babe." Sandy replied and opened her mouth, and wagged her tongue at Kathryn.
Instead of using the fork Kathryn picked up a piece of the meat and placed it in her mouth with her fingers. Sandy closed her mouth around the meat, and Kathryn's fingers, "MMmmm..." She moaned and drew her head back.
Kathryn was breathing a little harder by now as she watched, and felt, Sandy suck on her fingers a little bit. Then she glanced around the table and blushed. She quickly withdrew her fingers from Sandy's mouth and resumed eating.
Bryan saw that, and quickly leaned in towards Kathryn, whispering, "That was hot."
Sandy chewed,and swallowed, then turned back to her food, letting up a bit as she saw Kathryn's reaction. "The filet mignon is really good. Can you pass that platter around?" She asked. Jim glanced at her as he reached for the platter on his left.
"Hey Kathryn..." Peter started.
"Please, everyone...call me Kate, okay?" Kathryn stated with a smile.
Peter smiled, "Okay, Kate. After dinner Sandy and I are going to go to the nightclub, care to join us?"
Kathryn glanced at Bryan raising and eyebrow. Bryan quickly swallowed his mouthful of food, "Sure, Peter. That sounds like fun. Especially since Kate taught me how to dance." He answered with a wink to Kathryn.
The rest of the meal was free of any other overt flirting, though there were a lot of significant glances between Sandy, Kathryn, and Veevee. Peter tried to get in on it, but had to resign himself to flirting with Sandy as Kathryn always looked away from any glance from Peter.
After finishing the meal the younger couples enjoyed some wine, since only Peter was the only one of legal age to drink, and they actually weren't in International waters yet. It also let the meal settle a bit. The Menards, and Walkers decided to order some coffee and cake for desert.
As they were about to leave for the ships nightclub Sally escorted them to the door, "Now, Peter...don't be getting too drunk. And don't get in trouble trying to get your girlfriend or Kathryn and Bryan drinks, okay? It would put a damper on the rest of the cruise."
"Okay, mom. You don't have to worry about that." Peter said as he leaned over and kissed his mother on the cheek.
"When you get back we have to talk about something," Sally whispered to her son.
Peter straightened up and looked at his mother quizzically, but was only answered by a wink from his mother. |