Chapter 7

When they pulled into the driveway, Victoria saw several of the girls look through the window. It was obvious they had been waiting for them. It took everything she had to put a smile on her face and walk into the house and be nice to the girls. Victoria knew just how bad they all wanted Drake and she already felt protective over their relationship.

“Are you ready for some dinner, Drake?” Emily said as she was the first to greet Drake at the door.

Victoria instantly got pushed aside as all the women made their way over to Drake and wanted to talk to him. She took her cue and went to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of wine. It had been a long day, but having dinner with all the other women was going to make it even longer. Victoria knew she was going to need some wine in order to make it through that dinner without leaving.

All she wanted to do was grab Drake and bring him up to her room and show him what she had purchased at the store. It wasn’t anything too wild, but it was a first step for her in the wild department. Victoria wanted Drake to know that she was willing to try new things and get a little freaky with him.

She sneaked up to her room with her bag and tucked it away in the drawer next to her bed. It felt nice to be alone up in her room for a little bit and Victoria knew she had to push herself to go back downstairs. Being around that many women was going to be difficult and knowing they wanted to fuck the man she had just spent the day with was going to be even tougher.

Victoria hopped into her shower and relaxed for a little bit before she finally made her way back downstairs. It felt refreshing to have a fresh start to the night and she knew she would need that if she was going to be able to deal with all the ladies and the festivities of the night.

“There she is,” Sophia said as Victoria made her way into the dining room for dinner.

“Sorry, I had to freshen up a bit.”

“It’s good to have you joining us,” Drake said.

A smile flashed across his face and Victoria instantly felt more at ease. The way his dark blue eyes looked at her, she felt like she could have been the only person in the room with him. Obviously, she wasn’t, though. As she looked around and saw all six of the other women sitting around the table.

Victoria made her way to the opposite end of the table so she was sitting at the head of the table and looked directly toward Drake. It was an oddly comforting place to be opposite him, even though all the other women sat between the two of them.

“What did I miss?” Victoria teased.

She knew very well that none of the women missed her at all. She was sure they would all claw her eyes out at the first opportunity when Drake wasn’t around. But for the time being, they were being nice to her and that was perfectly fine with her.

“We were just talking about our favorite meals,” Drake offered, when no one else decided to fill Victoria in on what was going on.

“Oh, great. What is your favorite meal, Drake?”

“I was just telling all these lovely ladies that I couldn’t decide. I really like steak but I currently feel like I’ve played with enough red meat for a while.”

Victoria and Drake both laughed out loud and everyone in the room knew that the two of them were laughing at an inside joke. Some of the women sat nicely and seemed to enjoy the joke, but a few of them seemed really annoyed.

“Oh, yes, I will also avoid red meat for a while too.”

Victoria loved that Drake had been willing to throw in a private joke just for her. It made her feel comfortable almost instantly. She needed anything and everything that Drake could do to make her feel more comfortable. Just sitting at the dining room table with all of the other women had her feeling very out of control.

“You two look like you had a great day together,” Scarlett said.

Scarlett was the only one of the women who seemed perfectly comfortable with Drake spending the day with Victoria. There was something about her that seemed comfortable with all of the women.

“Yes, it was lots of fun,” Victoria said.

She felt like she had a friend in Scarlett, or at least not an enemy and that was really helpful to her. Victoria made a mental note that she would have to talk with Scarlett the following day when they were at home all day long. Scarlett wasn’t scheduled to have her date with Drake until the last night. Victoria felt bad for her, that was a long time to wait for some private time with Drake.

“So, ladies, what did you all do around the house all day today?” Drake asked as he looked at Emily sitting next to him.

Drake did a great job of paying attention to each of the women and Victoria admired that a lot. In a normal situation, it might be weird that he was paying attention to several women at once, but in their circumstances, it was necessary. Each of the women was there for him and they had spent the whole day without him, so it was nice of Drake to take the time to talk to everyone.

While Emily and Drake talked a little bit some of the other women joined small conversations with each other. Victoria could hear some of the women getting snotty about the others, but she also could hear the women who seemed much more mature and able to handle the whole situation.

Scarlett and Lauren seemed to be like best friends already and Victoria watched as the two of them laughed and talked together. Lauren looked like she had a crush on Scarlett and Victoria couldn’t help but watch the interaction of the two of them.

Lauren was bubbly and full of energy; she also seemed pretty ditzy, at least from what Victoria could see so far. Maybe she also liked women? From the way she kept batting her eyes at Scarlett it sure looked like she did.

Not that Victoria cared at all. She was actually freer sexually than most people thought she was. Just she normally only showed that side of herself when she was in a committed relationship. Victoria didn’t feel like it was necessary to do outlandish things to show people how sexually free she was. She was perfectly happy with regular “normal” sex, and if the man she was with wanted to try other things she would talk about that with him.

Suddenly Victoria started to worry about what Drake was going to do with each of the other women on his days with them. She realized that those women were going to want to sleep with him too and her stomach turned over. She couldn’t imagine Drake being with each of them and being as comfortable as he had been with her, it made her sick to her stomach.

Just like that, Victory lost all of her confidence and decided to sneak back off to her bedroom. She didn’t need to be around everyone else while they were eating and talking. She tried to tell herself it was the grown-up move to make. Let Drake have some time with the other women over dinner, but deep down she knew she had left because of her own insecurity.

About ten minutes after she got up to her room there was a knock at the door.

Victoria jumped up to answer it, thinking it had to be Drake coming to talk to her. She was disappointed when she saw Samantha standing at the door.

Victoria hadn’t expected Samantha to come to the house at all during the week. It seemed a little odd that she was so comfortable helping Drake set up his week with all seven women. But then again, Samantha had probably been involved in many different things for Drake over the years. There was a certain level of confidence that Samantha had and Victoria was mesmerized by it. Victoria wished she could present herself with the level of self-assurance that Samantha always seemed to have.

“Oh, hello Samantha. What are you doing here?”

“I just wanted to check in with you and see how your day went?” Samantha said as they both sat down on the couch in the corner of Victoria’s room.

“It was a lot of fun. One of the best days of my life for sure.”

“Then why aren’t you downstairs with everyone having dinner?”

Victoria looked down at the ground. She couldn’t help but remember how Samantha had touched her face seductively during the interview. Never, before that moment, had Victoria ever thought she would have found a woman attractive. Now she was certain that she did find Samantha attractive.

It was a unique feeling and Victoria didn’t really know what she wanted to do with it. She still very much found Drake attractive and all of her sexual fantasies were about men, but when Samantha was around there was a little bit of excitement and Victoria thought it might be fun to try sleeping with a woman some time.

“I just wanted to give him time with the other women, I guess.”

Victoria looked down at the ground and Samantha lifted her chin up. She was firm with the movement and forced Victoria to look at her.

“You need to be down there. If you want him, you’re going to have to fight for him. All those women down there are going to fight for him.”

It was a good point and Victoria knew it was, but she just couldn’t see herself fighting for Drake’s attention. That just wasn’t the type of woman she was. Victoria would let Drake know she cared about him and wanted to get to know him more, but then it would be up to him to make the next move.

“I don’t know how to act around all those women.”

“Just be yourself. There will be some that you’ll get along with and some that you won’t. Spend some time talking to the ladies, I bet you’ll be surprised at what you have in common.”

“I’ll try. Did you come all the way up here just to give me a pep talk?” Victoria jokingly asked.

“I came over to help Drake facilitate a little get to know everyone game tonight. I wasn’t about to start the fun without you down there. I think Drake really likes you and you need to step up and stay focused this week so he doesn’t forget that.”

Victoria felt comforted by Samantha’s pep talk. It was nice to hear from her that she thought Drake liked her, because Victoria certainly felt like he did. At least when they were alone together she felt like they were perfectly matched.

Samantha stood up and pulled Victoria up with her. The two women made their way down the stairs with Samantha holding Victoria’s hand and leading her all the way.

“What is the game we are playing?” Victoria asked.

“Spin the bottle.”

Victoria’s hands instantly started to sweat as every bad high school memory jetted through her mind. It was impossible to forget all the parties she had gone to and never been picked for the silly high schooler games. Even as a somewhat confident adult, Victory felt herself getting nervous at the idea of playing such games.

“But there’s only one guy,” Victoria managed to say as they reached the living room.

“Very true. It’s going to get interesting tonight.”

“Are you going to play?” Victoria asked.

She instantly regretted asking the question. Victoria didn’t want Samantha to think she wanted to kiss her or something like that. She genuinely just wanted to know if Samantha was going to join them for the activity.

Samantha laughed and stopped at the bottom stair. She let her hand come up to Victoria’s face and gently moved it down her cheek like she had done at the interview. Victoria felt a strong urge to kiss Samantha, but not strong enough to force her to move forward with the action.

“Would you like to play with me, Victoria?” Samantha said quietly.

Victoria’s eyes got big and she didn’t know how to respond. She had never kissed a woman and in any other situation she would never think it was a good idea, but there was something about Samantha that did excite her. Victoria wouldn’t have minded spending “7 minutes in heaven” with a woman like Samantha. But she also didn’t want to come out and say she wanted to kiss her, Victoria instead just turned her eyes toward the ground again.

“You need to stop looking at the ground all the time. Drake likes a confident woman. I know you are confident. Don’t let this situation take away the self-confidence you have inside of you. Keep those eyes up and focused on Drake. Got it?”

“Yes,” Victoria said with a smile.

Samantha didn’t wait for Victoria to answer the question about if she wanted to play with her. Sam already knew that Victoria would definitely be willing to play a little kissing game with her if that situation came up. As much as Samantha was totally up for playing with any of the women at the party, she didn’t want Drake to know that she was, so she would have to keep that side of her to herself for the time being.