Max and Mini were already half way to their first classes when Mini put her hand in the air for a high-five and Max slapped it and then they headed off in different directions as the hallway filled with students.
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Back at home, Meredith had showered and put her make-up on and was nearly dressed when she heard a double rap on the back door, followed by the door opening. Meredith was certain that it was Nadia. She was the only person who knocked and entered. She walked from the bathroom into the hall until she could see into the kitchen. It was in fact Nadia. Meredith said, “Good morning Sweetie. Pour yourself a coffee and have a seat. I’ll be out in a moment.
As always, Nadia was immaculately dressed. Meredith checked her image in the bathroom mirror and was satisfied that she was every bit as well dressed as Nadia. She threw herself an air-kiss in the mirror and walked into the kitchen and kissed Nadia, who was leaning against the counter with a cup of coffee in her hand.
Meredith poured herself a half-cup and sat down at the table in her usual seat. Nadia came over and sat down in Steve’s usual seat. Meredith said, “Now what’s so important that we just have to go shopping for today anyway?”
Nadia smiled and said, “Halloween costumes.”
Meredith had a quizzical look on her face and replied, “You’re kidding. Halloween costumes? Why?”
Nadia sat back in her chair and said, “Well, It’s a long story, but I know you’ll just love it, given current events.” Meredith had a confused look on her face and she motioned with her hands for Nadia to tell her story.
Nadia told her story: “Well, three years ago, before we lived here, Dan and I were swingers. You already know that. We were hosting a Halloween party for many of our swinger friends and their swinger friends. There must have been twenty people there. Everyone came in costume and most of us left our costumes on and it made for an exciting night of having sex with people you couldn’t recognize.”
Nadia took a sip of her coffee and continued. “Danielle was eighteen and in high school and Ariel was nineteen and was home from college that weekend. They were going to their own Halloween costume party for their teenager crowd across town. It was being hosted by the parents of one of Ariel’s friends so Dan and I agreed. We were sure there would be drinking so we had them arrange to spend the night there. It was all set and we had the house for the night and what a night it was. We had never been to a costume swinger party before and it was a huge success.”
Meredith pulled herself out of her chair and poured herself a full cup of coffee and said, “Go ahead. It sounds exciting.”
Nadia continued, “The kids were long gone in Ariel’s car before our first guests started arriving. The party wasn’t actually on Halloween night so we didn’t have to worry about little kids coming to the door. We pulled all the shades like always. We had an hour of talking and drinking and flirting before the first couple found a spot on one of the blow-up beds strewn everywhere in the house. It wasn’t long before everyone had paired up and there was moaning and groaning and screams of passion and heavy breathing coming from everywhere. It was incredibly hot.”