She smiled when she realized her "friends" were still asleep, but not for much longer. "An interesting question," she thought, "while we are all very ...close "friends", should we now consider each other to be spouses as others have intimated." She softly chuckled at the idea of trying not to wake her "friends". "The idea of being an equal member in a clan of twelve spouses would have been laughable before coming here. Although, the five of us were moving in that direction before we were brought. ”“Beth, neither of us needs to work. I would be thrilled to support you. You have plenty saved up both in savings and in your 401k. Get loose. If you want to work, become a consultant or get a new job after you take some time off.”I paused, “Beth, I’ve missed you. I guess that, if you don’t quit and come with me, I may have to quit traveling. The two I left with just wanted screwing and joined up with other folks. It’s not the same to travel alone when there is someone I want with me.”Beth. ***** When we got home, Katie disappeared into the library, and Josh went down to the basement to take his anger out on a punching bag. I waited until I could hear Josh's muffled snarls as he pretended that the innocent punching bag was Ken's face. I then snuck upstairs in the library. Katie was sitting on the window seat, reading Tom Sawyer. I knocked on the door and she jumped, looking around startled. I came over and kissed her lightly. She sank back into the window seat, and allowed me to. After deleting the history from my laptop, I logged off and closed it, then began to pad down the hallway.I don’t think I would have heard it on a normal night; in fact, even if I had, I might have written it off. Tonight was different though, and as I tested the creaky floorboards as I silently crept to the bathroom, I heard a telltale slapping noise coming from my brother’s room. I knew the noise instantly; after having watched as much porn as I have, it registered in my mind automatically..