Toby and Veronica have kind of a weird relationship. She only met him after we had all gotten back together again, after our horrible year, because when all that happened, she was busy with stuff going on with her own family and with moving back to England and all, so she missed that part. But we’ve told her everything, of course, and she actually thinks the whole thing is just hilarious.
But anyway, she and Toby act like they've been best friends forever. They both think the other is one of the coolest people in the world. They have the same sense of humor, they like the same things, and stuff like that. And they can sit and just talk about stuff for hours after the rest of us have gone to bed.
Sometimes, if we’re all watching a movie and there’s a scene, or someone says something that isn’t remotely funny and not even supposed to be, Veronica and Toby can suddenly just fall apart laughing because there’s a joke there somewhere that they’re probably the only two people in the world that gets.
Or, we can be talking about something or discussing something, and they always agree with what the other one says; they don’t even have to say it but just exchange a look or a nod.
And she’s just in awe of all he knows, and it’s like he’s taken her under his wings or something.
And it’s weird because, despite all that, it’s never about sex with them.
You’re probably thinking, ‘That’s actually the norm for most people; you know that, right?’ But you’d think it should be about sex constantly. With the way they fawn over each other, and with Veronica being who she is.
Everyone and everything is always about sex with her.
But it’s just not a thing with them, and I think it’s partly because Veronica just doesn’t have daddy issues like we do, but mostly I think it’s because she feels safe with him, like there’s no hassle. I mean, she’s basically spent most of her life stealing guys from girls, and girls from guys, and with us and with him, she can take a break from that, like he’s the one guy that sees past her looks and her sexuality, and she just absolutely adores him for that.
And what’s weirder is that Veronica is the one girl Lucy sometimes is jealous of.
Well, actually, there’s one other, one of our neighbors, but I’ll tell you about her later, and Lucy is more annoyed with her than jealous of her anyway.
But with Veronica, she sometimes gets jealous. And she doesn't have to be at all. I mean, you could put Veronica and Toby naked and drunk in bed together with a box full of sex toys, and they’d spend the night talking about whether Ufos are spaceships or time machines.
Seriously, they actually had that discussion once. For hours.
And the thing is, that’s in a way worse than if they just fucked all night.
So Lucy got it in her head that that's what they had to do.
It’s not like Lucy and Veronica aren’t friends or anything. Or that Lucy doesn't like her. They are, and she does, and everything is good between them. And it’s not like Toby means anything by it. He just enjoys Veronica’s company, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I mean, we all do, Lucy too. It’s just that she feels left out sometimes, and that never happens unless Veronica is there.
That’s why whenever Veronica shows up, there’s a second or two when Lucy is a bit of a sour puss, but then she gets over it, and she’s happy to see her.
And that happened when they got home that time too, when Veronica had come to stay with us, and we were there with Emma.
They were both in the shower. I was just cleaning up a bit, and Veronica was done first, and she came out of the bedroom just as Toby and Lucy walked in.
Toby’s face lit up when he saw her, and Lucy’s face kinda did the exact opposite.
But just for a few seconds, like I said, and then she smiled too, and they all hugged.
Veronica stayed for two weeks, and we had a great time. We went out a lot, mostly just us girls, and Emma even came with us once. At first, that night looked like it was going to be a complete disaster because she was too young to get in anywhere, and she kept eyeing up Cait and me, even though we didn’t really do anything.
But then we managed to sneak her into this place where the bouncer just didn’t seem to care at all.
Veronica quickly hooked up with some guy. We hadn’t even been there ten minutes, and she was making out with someone on the dance floor. And I think, because of that, Lucy was suddenly in a great mood, and she danced with Cait, leaving Emma and me just standing there.
“Do you want a drink?” I said.
“Yeah, okay,” she said, so I left her there and went over to the bar. It took me forever to get the bartender’s attention, and when I got back to Emma, some guy was trying to pick her up.
She was standing there with her arms around herself, staring at the floor, and he had a beer in one hand, and he was stroking her arm with the other as he talked.
I jumped between them, facing him, and I pushed his hand away.
“Time for you to go,” I said harshly.
“Why the fuck would I do that?” he said.
“Because she’s obviously not interested, asshole.”
I turned to Emma, and the guy disappeared, mumbling something about 'fucking rug munchers', and Emma looked at me like I was her knight in shining armor.
We finished our drinks, and then I asked her if she wanted to dance, but she shook her head.
“No,” she said. “Can’t you and I go somewhere?”
“You mean leave? Just you and me?”
She nodded.
“Sure, I guess,” I said.
I tried to get Cait to notice me, but she and Lucy were at the far end of the dance floor, slow dancing real close, staring into each other’s eyes, so I just texted her phone.
‘Heading outside for a bit. Don’t leave. Back soon.’
I bought us a pizza slice each, and then we just strolled around in a park that was nearby. She held my hand, and I let her, and we soon found a bench and sat down, and finished our pizzas.
There was no one around, and then suddenly, she grabbed my hand again and pulled me with her, and we ran across the lawn and to a giant tree in the middle of it. It had a thick branch sticking out, just four feet or so from the ground, and when we got to it, she pulled her pants down, and then she leaned on the branch all the way over so her feet were dangling in the air and she had her hands on the grass on the other side.
And even though we were out in the open, which meant that if someone were around, they would see us from far away, I pulled her panties down and stuck my tongue in her pussy.
“No,” she said and kicked with her feet, and I realized that wasn’t what she wanted, so I stood up and started to spank her.
I hit her once, and then again, and then one more time, and before my hand struck her ass for the fourth time, she was already coming.
I was afraid she was going to fall over and break her neck or something, so I grabbed the back of her jacket to hold her up.
“No, grab my hair,” she said, so I did that, and it must have hurt because I was basically lifting her up by her hair, but she was wheezing and moaning, and then I spanked her more.