Life on Oak Grove Drive - April's Story

In May of 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Project Administration. 1935 was the height of the Great Depression in the United States. The WPA was a massive nationwide effort to get the throngs of unemployed Americans back to work. This program created parks, roads, damns, bridges and public buildings.

The 7th Street Rec Center was one of the buildings created by the WPA. The rec center was built in 1937 out of granite dug from a quarry in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The combination of quality materials and an unlimited labor power resulted in the construction of a nearly indestructible fortress.

Most of the building was a sprawling one story section of offices and meeting spaces. The central core of the building was a two story structure with an arched roof that resemred an aircraft hangar. The heavy granite construction coupled with the unusual shape of the roof made the building look a little bit like an ancient Mesopotamian tomb. By 1940 the rec center was affectionately known to most of the neighborhood residents as "The Tomb".

The Tomb was at the height of its glory during the years immediately before and after World War II. The immense central core of the building housed a huge ampitheater that served as both a gymnasium and an assembly hall.

This hall hosted the birth and development of several labor unions and political movements during a period of strife and political upheaval in America. Senator Joseph McCarthy during his Congressional witchhunts of the early 1950's once referred to The Tomb as one of the early homes of the Communist Party in the United States.

By 1955 urban blight had destroyed the neighborhood surrounding The Tomb. The building became the victim of vandalism and neglect. By 1965 the interior of the tomb was a shambles. In 1969, the building was boarded up and abandoned.

For the next twenty years it sat empty and ignored. Its only reamisters for existence seemed to be to provide shelter for the local vagrants and to serve as a convenient surface to display the work of the neighborhood graffiti artists.

In 1989 a group calling itself the African American Cultural Preservation Association took up the cause of The Tomb. The first step in their campaign was to persuade the Federal Government to turn over ownership of the structure to them. The group was persistent in their efforts and in 1993 the government sold them the Tomb for $1.00 with the proviso that they complete a total renovation within ten years.

They spent the next three years applying for a combination of public and private grants. By the end of 1996 they had accumulated enough money to start the renovation. During the early stages of the remodeling process they diligently continued their fund raising efforts. By the fall of 1997 they had enough funding to complete the renovation.

The new Tomb opened in the fall of 1999. It contained a neighborhood health clinic, a day care center for working ladys and an African American cultural center. These were all very important to the community, but the real show piece of the new Tomb was what was done to the old ampitheater. It was now a state of the art basketball arena. It had two full side by side basketball courts complete with scoreboards and bleachers.

Everyday when school got out, the neighborhood teenagers flocked to The Tomb to play their favorite game. The building teemed with adolescent energy until 9:30 every night. At 9:30 the building closed and the kids were sent home.

At 11:00 The Tomb reopened. The charachter of the late night Tomb was much different than its daytime counterpart.

The Health Clinic, The Day Care Center and the African American Cultural Center were now all closed.

In the daytime the basketball court was a home for countless teenagers pursuing their dream of playing in the NBA. At night the basketball court became the scene of a wild melee for adults featuring basketball, holy water, haves and sex.

The host of this party was a large black man named Big Reggie Diamond. Big Reggie was a local bookie. He and his entourage operated out of The Black Knight. The Black Knight was a notorious downtown Gentlemens Club that he owned.

The African American Cultural Preservation Association leased the late night use of The Tomb to Big Reggie. As part of the lease they demanded that he make sure that nothing happened at night that would give the Tomb a bad name.

Reggie had a small army of security guards that vigilantly policed the building. They weren't there to interfere with the party. They were there to prevent violent crime. If someone's behavior got out of hand they were powerfully shown the door.

Reggie's security power also guarded the door. If you didn't know someone, you didn't get in.

We all got into Darb's car. He drove an old Lincoln Continental. It was nice. We could all fit into it.

As we got in I noticed an extra passenger. She was a large African American girl in her early twenties.

Darbs quickly introduced us. This is my cousin Chantel. Chantel this is April, Danny and Ponce.

Chantel smiled. "Hi everyone. Its nice to meet you."

Jamal quickly explained. "Chantel is primarily going along to watch our things while we are on the floor playing. She will be registered as a team member in case anyone gets hurt. Chantel did play high school baskeball so she can help us in an emergency."

Chantel laughed. "I wasn't anywhere near as good as you April. You were really fun to watch in the State Tournament last year."

I blushed and said, "Thankyou." I paused for a moment, then I asked. "Where did you play Chantel?"

"At Jeffermister High School in the City Conference."

As we drove to The Tomb we all took turns talking about our high school basketball careers. It was fun. As we talked I realized that I was in the company of some pretty elite high school players.

Ponce and Danny were both on the All State team in Wisconsin. Jamal was on the All State team in Michigan.

Suddenly Darbs interrupted the converstation. "There's The Tomb. Jamal where should I park?"

Jamal looked around. "Under that street light over there." The Tomb was still in a bad neighborhood. You had to worry about where you left the car.

As we parked, Jamal turned to us. "Okay lets have your betting money." Darbs took out a pad and pencil. As he called off our names, we handed the amount of money we wanted to bet to Jamal along with our $20.00 entry fee. I took a deep breath and handed him $120.00. I noticed that Ponce did the same thing. Danny gave him $220.00. When we gave him the money Jamal carefully counted it and Darbs wrote the amount down on his pad.

When we were done we all got out of the car and walked up to the building. I smiled as I looked at it. It really did look like a tomb.

We were stopped at the door by two well muscled young African American men wearing tight fitting black turtleneck shirts and maroon berets. This was the uniform of Big Reggie Diamond's security police.

One of the guards looked at us and said, "Whats your business here?"

Jamal answered. "Were entered as a team. Mr. Diamond knows us. I'm Jamal Wright."

The other guard looked at a clipboard. "His name is right here." He looked up. "How many do you have?"

Jamal answered. "Six including me."

"Okay, go check in with Mr. Diamond"

The guards stepped aside. We entered the Tomb.

Nothing could have prepared me for what I encountered when we entered the basketball arena. There must have already been five or six hundred people there.

As we entered I noticed that the spectators were being charged $5.00 each to get in. Big Reggie was not losing money.

We stood in the door for a moment. A young girl walked up to Danny "Hey cutie, want to go around the corner and party with me. One hundred dollars gets you the best blow job in the city."

Danny smiled at her and said, "No thankyou, maybe some other time."

The girl said, "Okay Sweetie. My name is Sandy. I'll be here all night in case you change your mind."

As we walked into the arena I whispered to Danny. "I would like to know what she does that I don't do."

Danny laughed. "Give me a hundred bucks and I'll do some research for you."

I hit him on the arm. "No way stud."

I turned my attention back to the arena. The unmistakeable odor of marijuana hung in the air. I looked around. People were openly passing blunts back and forth.

We made our way across the floor. I looked around, Everyone was black. For the first time in my life I felt what it must be like to be a member of a racial minority.

I was gawking like a twelve year old at the circus. Against the wall a man was selling half pints of cuckold water. He had bottles of vodka, brandy and bourbon whiskey. The sign next to him said 1/2 pints $10.00. Not far from him a group of men were on their knees shooting dice. Wads of money laid on the floor in front of them.

The Reggie Diamond security men were everywhere. It was clear that the rules in The Tomb were looser than the rules society lives by outside of The Tomb.

As we approached the far sideline of the second basketball court Ponce tapped me on th shoulder and pointed. "Thats Big Reggie Diamond."

I looked. He was pointing at a black man in his early 50's. He was wearing a very expensive looking navy blue pinstripe suit. He must have weighed at least 300 lbs.. He was surrounded by a group of at least a dozen more well dressed middle aged black men. They were all holding clip boards. Next to this group of men was a blackboard. On the top of the board the word "Odds" was written. Below that eight teams were listed. One of the teams was JW"s Posse. I suspected that JW was Jamal Wright and we were the posse.

Ponce whispered into my ear, "The men around him are his bookies. They are the people who will be taking the bets on the tournament tonight.

As Ponce whispered to me, my attention was drawn away from Big Reggie's assistants. I was instead focusing on a group of white women behind them.

There must have been at least 15 of them. Some of them seemed to be in their late 20's or early 30's

There were several older women there. Some of them seemed to be about the same age as my lady. One of them was standing behind one of the bookies. It appeared that she was with him. She was topless. Her short skirt was riding up. She wasn't wearing any panties.

I looked behind the bookies and stopped dead in my tracks. A woman in her late 20's was on her knees. She was giving a middle aged black man a blow job.

No one seemed to be paying any attention.

Jamal walked up to Big Reggie Diamond. "Good evening Mr. Diamond. I'm Jamal Wright."

Big Reggie smiled. "I remember you Jamal. Did you bring a good team with you tonight?" He smiled. "Can you guys give the Northside boys a little competition?"

"I hope so sir."

All of the sudden Big Reggie noticed me standing behind Jamal. He looked at me for a moment then said. "My my my what do we have here." He motioned for Jamal to step aside and looked back at me. He waved one of his giant hands at me. "Come here sweetheart."

I hesitated.

He laughed. "Don't be shy Big Reggie won't bite you."

I stepped towards him. For a moment he studied me.

Finally he pursed his lips and said, "My my sweetcakes you do look good enough to eat. How old are you honey?'

"Nineteen sir."

He smiled. "Just perfect. Sweetcakes you need to come down to my club. We could put you on the stage right away. A cute thing like you could make a $1000 to $1500 a night." He paused. "You could double that if you were real sweet and did some extras in the VIP room." He looked at me. "You like sucking cocks honey?"

I blushed.

Big Reggie Roared with laughter. He looked at Jamal. "She is perfect. Did you bring her down here to see to your teams needs Jamal?"

"No sir. She's one of our players."

Big Reggie looked at me again. He was obviously reappraising me based on this new information. After a moment he said, "No cuckolds brownie." He looked at Jamal. "I gotta see this." He paused. "Jamal you have already made tonight interesting."

Jamal handed Big Reggie our entry fee. He counted the money and turned to the man sitting next to him. "One hundred twenty Dollars. Enough for six players." The other man made a note on his clip board. When he was done writing he looked up. "What are the names of your players?" Jamal said, "Danny Gerard, Marion Poncley, Charles Darby, April Hansen, Chantel Lewis and myself Jamal Wright."

Big Reggie looked at Jamal. "You have two women on your team." He thought for a moment. "Something is going on here." He looked at me. "Your April right?" I nodded. "Yes sir thats correct." "I'll have to watch you. Jamal's no dummy." He turned to the man by the blackboard. "Post the opening odds on JW's Posse at 12 to 1."

He looked back at us. "Your in the upper bracket. Your playing The Black Cats in the first game on floor one. " He pointed to the basket on his left. "Go warm up at that basket. We'll start in 10 minutes. Use that bench right there." He pointed to a small wooden bench next to the first court.

As we left he called to Jamal. "What color tee shirts do you have." Jamal called back to him. "You told me to get green. Thats what I have." Big Reggie smiled. "Very good."

We walked to the bench. Jamal opened his bag and pulled out a handful fo green tee shirts. He tossed one to each of us. As we were putting our tee shirts on he pulled a basketball out of his bag. "Everyone keep an eye on this. If we don't watch it it will disappear in a second in this place."

He tossed me the ball. "April we want you to look like a klutz right now." I dribred onto the floor and shot a layup with the wrong hand and banged it off the glass. Danny laughed and said, "Don't make it too awful. Make them think your just an average female player."

As we warmed up we watched the odds board. The word had spread that we had two girls on the team. No one wanted to bet on us. Our odds started to climb. With a minute left before the game the odds hit 17 to 1. Jamal left to place the bet. As he walked over to the bookies the odds rose to 18 to 1.

We watched as he started to talk to one of the bookies. As Jamal opened the envelope that contained our betting money, the bookie looked up at him with a shocked expression. Jamal had a $1,000.00 from us plus another $150.00 from the guys we played with the other day at Kelroy. The bookie took our money, carefully counted it, filled out a betting slip and handed it to Jamal.

As Jamal was walking back to us the bookie got up and walked over to the man at the blackboard. Big Reggie turned to listen as his two bookies conferred. After a moment he turned and stared at me. The man on the blackboard changed our odds back to 12 to 1. A murmur went through the crowd as they noticed this drastic drop in the odds.

When Jamal got back to us he subtly handed the betting slip to Chantel and said, "Guard this with your life." Chantel smiled. "Aint nobody gettin this out of Chantel's hands."

Jamal handed the basketball to Chantel. We walked out on the floor together. As we lined up for the center jump Jamal assigned us players to guard,

I was assigned a wirey young man everyone called Scooter.

The referee threw the ball up. Ponce tipped it to Jamal. Jamal passed it back to me and ran up the court.

I brought the ball up the floor. Scooter was guarding me. As I was crossing the midcourt line I was planning to look for Ponce breaking to the high post. I changed my mind when I realized that Scooter was overplaying me to my right. He didn't believe I could go to my left. I decided it was time to educate him.

I made a very subtle feint to my right. As I did it I exposed the basketball to Scooter for just a second. He went for the steal. As he made his move I was already pulling the ball back to my left. He was caught off balance. His momentum carried him by me. I took one dribble to my left and found myself wide open at the three point line. This was my bread scoring play in high school. I smiled and put up an easy jump shot. The ball never even touched the rim as it went through the net. Bingo we were up by three.

As we were running down the court to set up our defense I heard Scooter say to his teamates, "The bitch can go to her left."

Scooter brought the ball up for his team. I picked him up at mid court. He looked quick. I respected his speed. He must have felt I was giving him too much space. He pulled up and fired a jump shot. It banged off the back of the rim.

Jamal picked off the rebound in the center of the lane. I was already braking to the right hash mark. Jamal flipped me the ball. I saw Darbs sliding to mid court. I passed him the ball. Danny was burning down the left sideline. Darbs led him perfectly. Danny laid the ball into the basket with his left hand. We were up 5 to nothing.

The format for the night was 15 minutes running time for each game. Ties were resolved by sudden death overtime. In other words the first team to score wins.

This game didn't need overtime. When the 15 minutes running time expired we were ahead 32 to 19. It wasn't really a contest.

As we walked off the court I looked at the odds board. The odds on us had fallen to 7 to 1.

We got back to our bench. Ponce produced a bottle of water from his bag, took the top off and handed it to me. "Here take as much as you want. I can refill it."

I took a big swig and handed it back. "Thankyou sweetheart. That was good."

The next game was getting ready to start but I was looking the other direction. My curiosity was drawing my attention to Big Reggie, his crew of bookies and most of all the entourage of white women that surrounded them.

As I surveyed the group I noticed that there were now two women standing next to Mr. Diamond. One of them, a blonde in a slutty red dress, was wearing a wedding ring. I assumed that this must be his wife.

The other was a red head in a short skirt and with a bare midriff. I wondered if she was a dancer from his club.

The blonde in the red dress looked at me. For a second our eyes met. She smiled, leaned over and whispered into Mr. Diamond's ear. He looked up at me, turned to the blonde and said something.

The blonde nodded and walked over to me.

"Hi I'm Staci. Mr. Diamond asked me to come over and get to know you a little better. He is very curious about you."

Behind me I heard Jamal clear his throat. I turned. He was holding his hand out with his palm down. He was warning me to be careful.

I looked back at Staci. " Staci, I'm April. Its nice to meet you." I decided to be bold. "Are you Mr. Diamond's wife? I just blurted it out.

Staci laughed. "Oh my goodness no. Big Reggie isn't married." She smiled. "He is not exactly the marrying kind."

I was embarrassed now. "I am sorry, I saw your wedding ring and I just assumed, well you know."

Staci nodded. "Its okay. April I am married."

"Where is your husband? Is he here?"

Staci started laughing again. "April you are priceless." She shook her head. "No my husband is not here tonight. You might say that tonight I belong to Big Reggie."

"I am not sure that I understand."

She gestured at the women behind the bookies. "April all of us are here because we have this thing for fucking black men. All of us are also married. Our husbands know where we are. They get off on the idea that we are with other men. They particularly like the fact that we are with tough black men."

Staci smiled. "My husband is a very wealthy and powerful man. He gets off on being submissive. He is submissive to both me and to Mr. Diamond. Right now he is at home washing my lingerie while he is dressed in panties, nylons and a brassiere."

I am sorry. I am going to take a break from writing this story. I am finding it to be a very challenging project. It is a little more challenge than I care to have right now.

I will come back to it and finish it in the future.

Right now I long to write some nice light erotica. so that is what I am going to do.

I apologize to those of you who have gotten into the story. I hope you will understand. I do promise to come back and finish it.

GH

In the meantime look for my new story

The quality is still there GH, but I can see its been a struggle because your posts have consistently shorter than usual.

Best to have a break, I dont know about you but I find my mind relaxes into the mode I need it to be in if I just do something else, I can't seem to power it. Don't know if others feel the same but I do hope you post your light stuff too.

I just wrote a new introduction to this story. I originally started to write April's Story before I wrote Roxanne and Willie. Now it has become a sequel to Roxanne and Willie. I changed the introduction to reflect that fact.

It's not very long, you might want to go back and read it.

GH

"See that woman over there." Staci pointed at the topless middle aged woman that I had noticed earlier.

I nodded.

"Her name is Ruth. Her husband is the president of a local insurance company. Later tonight there will be a post game party at Mr. Diamond's house. Ruth will pull a train for all of Mr. Diamonds bookies."

I looked at Staci. "I'm sorry. I don't understand what pull a train means."

Staci started laughing. "Sweetheart, you are absolutely priceless." She looked at me. "They are going to take turns fucking her."

I think I must have turned beet red. I had never even imagined someone doing that.

"The best part is that when they are all done with her they are going to call her husband and make him come over and pick her up." Staci smiled. "She won't be waiting for him on the front step. They will make him come into the bedroom and watch her get dressed. As they leave they will all thank him for letting them party with his wife. They get a big kick out of it."

I suddenly realized that these women were taking the game that Ponce and I played to the major league level.

Staci studied me for a moment then she said, "So April where are you from?"

"This city is my home. I was born and raised here."

"How do you know these guys."

"I go to college with them."

"Really? Do you go to the University?"

"No, we all go to Kelroy."

Staci raised her eyebrows. "My my, that's a very good school."

I smiled.

"So April, do you play for the Kelroy women's team?"

I shook my head. "No I quit playing organized basketball after highschool."

Staci smiled at me. "Well you have certainly become the prime topic of conversation at tonights tournament."

I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned, it was Darb's. "April it's time for us to go out and warm up for our next game."

I turned back to Staci. "I guess I have to go. It was nice to meet you."

Staci looked at me and said, "April, It was nice to meet you to." She turned to leave. Suddenly she stopped and turned back to me. "Oh April. Mr. Diamond told me to tell you he was serious about his offer to give you a job dancing in his club. If you ever decide you want to be a stripper, all you have to do is give him a call."

"Thanks Staci, I'll remember that."

I turned around. Ponce was standing right behind me. I suspected that he had been there the whole time. I started giggling. "Did you hear that baby, I could be a stripper."

He smiled at me. "How about if you become a basketball player for a little while."

I put my arm around him and gave him a hug. "You got it baby. Lets go kick some ass."

The next team we played were the Westside Rollers. They were big and powerful, but they were slow.

After we warmed up we met for a moment by our bench. Jamal looked at all of us. "Listen if we try to play the Rollers in a half court game they'll beat us to a pulp. Were going to press them full court man to man. When we get the ball were going to run. We have to play an uptempo speed game. If we don't they'll put all of us into the hospital."

We walked out onto the floor. I was guarding a guy named Marcus. Marcus was six feet one. I was at a bit of a disadvantage. I realized right away that if he took me inside, posted up and got the ball, I was dead meat.

As we lined up for the center jump I resolved to myself that Marcus would not touch the ball inside the key.

Their center was six feet ten. He won the tip. He flipped the ball to Marcus. I picked him up right away. Marcus was left handed. He seemed reluctant to go to his right. I decided to test him right away. I jumped at his left hand. He moved to his right but didn't shift the ball to his right hand. That was what I was hoping for. I did a quick pivot and punched the exposed ball up the court. Jamal was there to pick it up. He took it full court for a dunk. I now knew that I owned Marcus.

The next time up the floor they gave the ball to the guy that Darbs was guarding. This was a big mistake. Marcus was their best ball handler. This guy was a poor second. Darbs just took the ball from him. When he got it he saw Danny flying down the right side line. He led him beautifully. Danny took the ball in midstride and softly laid it into the basket.

Fifteen seconds into the game the Westside Rollers had not yet taken a shot and they were down four to zero.

They did try to post Marcus up on the baseline to take advantage of the size difference between us. I played in front of him. When they tried to get the ball to him I was quick enough to bat it away. They tried it twice. Both times Danny picked up the loose ball and took it down the court for an easy lay up. After that they kept Marcus on the perimeter.

The Rollers were a big physical team, but they couldn't handle the ball. The final score was 30 to 8.

As we walked off the court I noticed that the odds on us had dropped to 3 to 1.

We sat down on our bench to watch the next game. It was the Northside Boys against the Central Avenue gangstas.

The northside Boys were the real deal. The Gangstas never had a chance. They got run right off the floor.

As the game ended Jamal pulled us together into a tight group. "Okay, this is it. The Northside Boys are the team we have to beat. We aren't going to win this game with tricks like we did with the Rollers. Were just going to have to play harder than they do." He looked at all of us. "I know that every one of you have been told this many times, but I am still going to remind you. Defense wins tough games."

The ten minute warmup passed quickly. As we walked out on the floor for the center jump the entire room was in pandemonium. There must have been over a thousand people there and every one of them was standing up.

As Jamal walked by me he stopped and said, "April this is the game to look for Ponce at the high post. Your big boyfriend is going to win this one for us."

Ponce won the center jump. Darbs got the ball and passed it to me. The man guarding me was a wirey little guy they called Broadway. I could tell right away that Broadway was quick. I wasn't going to get away with any cheap tricks with him.

I brought the ball over the center court line. Broadway was pressuring me. I made a quick move to my right and cut back to my left. Broadway was right there. I expected that. I made a reverse pivot back to my right and bought just enough time to get the ball to Ponce at the high post.

Ponce caught the ball faked to his right and hit Jamal with a perfect base on the baseline. Jamal was one on one with his man. He beat him for a reverse layup. We were ahead 2 to 0.

That was how the game went. Every basket for both teams was hard work. Nothing was given up easily. The score seesawed back and forth. Neither team ever led by more than four points. The crowd was loving it, it was a great game.

After nearly forty minutes of non stop basketball the game was tied at 28 points each. The next basket would win.

The Northside Boys had the ball. Broadway brought it up the court. He must have thought that I was playing him too soft because when he approached the top of the key he made a quick fake to his right and pulled up for a jump shot. I was just barely able to get a hand in his face. It was enough to upset his rhythm. The ball banged harmlessly off the front of the rim.

Ponce was right there to grab the rebound. I broke to the right hashmark. Ponce hit me with a good outlet pass. Danny and Darbs were flying down the side lines, but they were covered. The Northside Boys were not going to lose this game on a cheap basket.

I started to slowly dribble the ball up the floor. Broadway picked me up at midcourt. It took three moves, but I was finally able to shake him and get the ball to Ponce at the high post.

As soon as I passed the ball I cut to the wing and set a screen for Darbs. Darbs cut off my screen and broke to the opposite key. Both Broadway and the man guarding Darbs went with Darbs. I was left standing all alone at the three point line.

Ponce spotted me and flipped me the ball. I took the pass and squared up. I was just starting to shoot when I was knocked off my feet and slammed to the floor.

Danny's man saw what was happening and was not about to give me an open shot from the perimeter. He simply bowled me over.

I laid still for several seconds trying to catch my breath. Ponce was kneeling next to me. "April, are you okay?"

I looked at my baby and smiled. "Yes Ponce, I'm fine."

He stood up, reached down and gave me a hand up. When I stood up I was still a little woozy. It took a moment for me to regain my balance.

The referee was standing at the freethrow line with the ball. I was fouled while I was in the act of shooting. I had two shots.

I suddenly realized that this was amazingly like last years State Championship game. That was game where I missed my second freethrow and we lost the championship.

I started to get very nervous.

Ponce, Danny, Jamal and Darbs all recognized what was happening. All four of them came over to me.
Danny looked at me. "April don't worry. If you make both shots we win. If you make one shot were ahead. If you miss both shots Ponce will get the rebound and score."

I looked at Ponce. He was nodding his head up and down in agreement. There was a big grin on his face. I relaxed. My boys were here to look after me. I realized that I had nothing to worry about when Ponce and Danny were with me.

I looked at everyone and smiled. "Don't worry, I can do this."

Jamal stepped in. "Listen if April makes these baskets, this gym is going to go crazy. Chantel and I are going to go collect our winnings. Danny you and Darbs go get the car. Don't stop to get dressed, just go get the car. April you and Ponce collect everyone's stuff. As soon as you have everything join up with Chantel and me. Ponce do not leave April alone. Danny and Darbs, as soon as you are in the car go around the block one time and pull up in front of the Tomb. We'll be there. Everyone get into the car fast. Once your in the car stay down. Darbs your driving. Get us onto Interstate 90 going west. The entrance is just a block away."

I looked at Jamal. "West Interstate 90 takes us away from home?"

Jamal smiled at me. "April honey, If we win were going to get alot of money. Getting out of here alive is going to be just a little bit tricky. We'll worry about getting home later. Getting away is our first priority."

Suddenly I was nervous again.

The Referee blew his whistle. He'd given me enough time to recover from my spill. It was time for me to shoot.

I walked to the freethrow line. He handed me the ball. The arena was quiet. The tension was thick, but I wasn't nervous at all. My boys were with me. I took one bounce and shot the ball. It never touched the rim as it passed through the basket. The crowd started screaming. We were now up by one point.

The referee got the ball. He waited for a moment to let the crowd settle down then he handed the ball to me. I repeated my routine. I took one bounce and shot. This time the ball hit the back of the rim and spun around. You could hear everyone in the arena gasp. Then it dropped through the net. We won the game.

Chaos broke out. People were screaming at each other. Some were overjoyed while others were irate.

Danny and Darbs turned and walked out the door of the arena. Ponce grabbed me. "Come on April we have to collect everyone's stuff." He led me to our bench. We grabbed everything and jammed it into two bags. As soon as the bags were packed Ponce pulled me to the bookie area.

Reggie Diamond was counting out money for Jamal. It was alot of money. He was counting rapidly without much chatter. He seemed to fully understand our desire to leave quickly.

As soon as Jamal had our money he grabbed Chantel and turned to us. "Lets get out of here. Ponce hang on to April, do not let go of her. I'll hang on to Chantel."

Ponce grabbed my arm and started following Jamal.

There were people everywhere. Jamal ignored courtesy has he cut a path through the milling crowd. Ponce kept a firm hold on my arm and stayed right behind Jamal.

When we got to the front door, Jamal turned and handed Chantel to Ponce. "Hang on to the girls. Do not let go of either of them."

Ponce held on to both of us with an iron grip while Jamal looked out the front door.

He was back immediately. "They're right outside. Ponce you go first and open the back door of the car. April you and Chantel follow him and dive into the back seat. I'll be right behind you. Ponce as soon as April is in the car you get into the front with Danny and Darbs. Once were in the car, everyone stay down."

He paused for a moment, then he looked at us. "Is everyone ready?"

All three of us nodded.

"Okay, Let's go."

Ponce ran out the front door of the Tombs and opened the back door of Darb's Lincoln. Chantel and I were right behind him. We both dived into the back seat. As we were sitting up Jamal dived in behind us yelling, "Go! Go! Go!"

As soon as he was in he grabbed both Chantel and I and pushed our heads down.

As Jamal was pushing my head down Darbs pulled away from the curb.

I looked up. My baby Ponce wasn't in the car yet.

I screamed, "No!"

Then I saw Danny grab hold of Ponce's shirt and pull him into the front seat.

The car door closed. As Darb's hit the gas and accelerated. I heard three loud cracks.

Darbs must have been going fifty miles an hour when we hit the turn that put us onto Interstate 90. I was afraid that we might roll over, but we didn't.

Darbs kept the gas pedal down. When we hit the freeway we must have been going more than ninety miles an hour.

Jamal let us up. We all turned and looked behind us. There was a bullet hole in the back window.

I looked at Jamal. "Those loud cracks were gunshots."

He nodded, "Yes they were."

I screamed at him. "We could have been *******ed."

Danny laughed. "Yes, but we weren't."

"Hey Darbs were you checking the rearview mirror when we got onto the freeway?"

"Yes Jamal, I was."

"Did anyone get on behind us?"

"I don't think so."

"Good, lets get off at the next exit, turn around and head east. Go slow when you get off. Lets be positive that no one is following us."

"You got it."

As Darbs pulled the car onto the freeway exit he asked, "Hey Jamal how much money did we bring home?'

"A little over sixteen thousand dollars."

I looked at Jamal. "What did you say?"

He laughed. "You heard me correctly April, a little over sixteen thousand dollars."

Darbs stopped at the top of the freeway overpass. He waited a minute then said, "No one got off behind us Jamal."

"Good, Darbs take us home."

As Darbs got onto the freeway heading east I asked Jamal, "How much is my share?"

"How much did you put in?"

"A hundred dollars."

"Well we got 18 to 1 odds, but Big Reggie took ten percent. You'll get just over sixteen hundred dollars."

Once we were driving east on Interstate 90, everyone seemed to relax. It was late at night. The last hour had been incredibly exciting. Now the effect of the adrenalin that my body produced earlier was starting to wear off.

I was beginning to feel worn out. I looked around. I wasn't the only one who was tired. Everyone was uncharacteristically quiet.

I looked at my watch, It was 3:15 in the morning. The freeway was deserted. The quiet rhythm of the car tires rolling on the concrete pavement soothed my raw nerves. It was an almost magictic sound. I laid back and put my head on Jamal's shoulder. I would have loved to be able to cuddle up to my baby Ponce, but he was in the front seat.

I must have dozed off, because the next thing I knew we were stopping. When I looked up we were parked in front of Ponce and Danny's apartment.

Jamal was counting out money. He handed $1620.00 to both Ponce and me. He gave Danny $3200. As he gave us our money he said, "I took out forty dollars from each of us to pay for a new back window for Darb's car."

As I got out of the car Jamal looked at me. "Did you have fun tonight April?"

I stared at him for a moment then I said, "Jamal someone shot at us tonight."

He laughed.

I thought about it for a moment longer and said, "Jamal it was the most exciting night of my life."

When we got upstairs and into the apartment I was suddenly awake and very horny. I think it was the combination of the excitement and the danger.

I turned to my boys and said, "The first one in the shower gets to wash my tits and my pussy. The second one in gets to wash my ass and my feet."

Ponce grinned and turned to Danny. "You get in first, I'll go second."

I smiled to myself as all three of us tore our clothes off. I knew that I had come up with the perfect division of labor.

Our shower was in the bath tub. Danny got in with me and Ponce got on his knees outside the tub.

Ponce started washing my feet while Danny started with my face and neck.

Both Danny and Ponce were naked and both of them had erections. I was beginning to feel really wicked.

While Ponce dallied with my feet, Danny was quickly working his way down to my breasts. Ponce didn't know it yet, but this was a race and he was losing.

As soon as Danny reached my breasts I reached down and grabbed his cock and started stroking it. As I stroked it I said, "Oh yes, this is what I want, a real man's cock." I put my hands on Danny's face and pulled his lips to mine. As we kissed I said, "Give you wash cloth to the little pussyboy on his knees. Let him wash me while you enjoy my body."

Danny tossed his wash cloth to Ponce. I looked down at him and said, "Wash my pussy. Get it nice and clean. My lover wants to fondle me."

Danny started kissing me again. I continued stroking his cock while we kissed. Suddenly I felt Ponce put the wash cloth between my legs. My body started to tingle with pleasure.

I was feeling nastier and nastier.

I dropped to my knees and looked at Ponce. Wash my ass while I suck my man's cock. Get my asshole nice and clean because your going to be licking it when we get out of the shower."

As I put Danny's cock into my mouth I felt Ponce start to wash my ass.

The bathroom was charged with sexual tension. All three of us were wildly excited. I wasn't sure how long we could maintain this state of inflamed passion.

I stood up and looked at Ponce. "Get a towel and dry me off. Were going to the living room. I want Danny's cock in my mouth and I want your tongue in my ass."

All three of us were hurrying now. We weren't being coy or playful anymore. We were driven by our lust.

Ponce dried me quickly while Danny washed himself. As soon as Danny was done Ponce tossed him the towel and got into the shower.

It was only a few mnutes before all three of us were clean, dry and in the living room.

I pointed to the end of the couch. "Danny you sit down here." As soon as Danny was seated I turned to Ponce and pointed to the floor. "Baby lay down on your back so your head is between Danny's legs."

Ponce laid down. As soon as he was in position I sat down on his face and leaned forward. It was perfect. In this position I could sit on Ponce's face and suck Danny's cock.

Ponce was excited. He licked me with a frenzy. The pleasure I was feeling in the pit of my stomach was building. I started sucking and stroking Danny as fast as I could. I wanted us to cum at the same time.

Danny reached down and began pulling on my nipples.

The pleasure I was feeling was so intense that it was nearly unbearable. I pulled Danny's cock out of my mouth. I felt like I was going to explode. I was afraid that I might hurt him when my orgasm came.

Suddenly I did explode. I screamed at the top of my voice as a storm of pleasure erupted in my body.

While I was screaming Danny started to ejaculate. He was shooting his semen all over my face and tits while the waves of pleasure continued to roll through me.

Ponce lifted me off of his face and held on to me. I think he was afraid that I was in pain.

Finally the convulsions started to subside. My muscles slowly relaxed. It was almost like I was melting. I collapsed into Ponce's arms.

I looked up at Danny. He was laying back on the couch with a huge grin on his face. His cock was now laying limp between his legs.

We laid like that for several minutes. Finally I got up and sat on the couch. I reached down and pulled Ponce up so that he was sitting next to me.

After a moment Ponce asked. "April are you alright?"

I giggled, "Ponce I am wonderful. I would never have believed that an orgasm could be that intense."

He and Danny both smiled.

As I laid there I suddenly realized that Danny's semen was all over my face and chest.

I turned to Ponce and kissed him. After I kissed him I said, "I think you have a little cleaning to do."

Ponce smiled as he slowly licked all of Danny's cum off of my breasts and face.

When he was done I whispered to him, "Now it's your turn. I am going to give you a blow job, but it is going to be a special blow job. Ponce baby this blow job is just for you."

I slipped to the floor and knelt between Ponce's legs. I picked up his erect cock and looked at it.

Danny sat up. "April do you want me to leave?"

I smiled at him. "Only if you want to. Ponce got to watch you get yours, there is no reamister that you shouldn't get to see Ponce get his."

Danny turned and laid sideways on the couch so that he could watch.

I was holding Ponce's cock very gently. I was treating it like was a baby bird. I didn't want him to cum for awhile.

I leaned forward and looked at the little mouth in the head of his cock. I kissed it. It was a long slow gentle kiss.

I looked up. Ponce was watching me. I smiled at him. He smiled back at me.

I pushed his cock back so that I was looking at the soft underside. I very lightly ran my finger from the head to his balls, then I leaned forward again. This time I kissed the little sensitive spot right under the head of his cock.

Ponce sighed when he felt me swirl my tongue against that spot.

I slipped the head of his cock into my mouth, just the head. I held it there. I didn't lick it, I didn't start sucking it. I just wanted him to feel the moist warmth of my mouth. While I was doing this I started to tickle his balls with my other hand. Gradually I wrapped my fingers and hand around his balls and gently held them.

Once I had a firm hold of his balls I started to squeeze the shaft of his cock. I was being very gentle. I wasn't trying to hurt him, I was trying to give him very soft pleasure.

I looked up at my baby. He was laying back with his eyes closed. I smiled. He was enjoying himself. It was time.

Ponce gasped as he felt me start to suck on the head of his cock. At the same time I started stroking his erect shaft.

I was still going very slowly, but I was starting to increase my tempo.

Ponce moaned. I felt his big cock getting stiffer. I knew he wouldn't last much longer. I didn't want him to. I wanted him to learn control his orgasms, but I also wanted him to be able to relax and freely enjoy himself when I sucked his cock.

I quickened my pace. It was all about giving him raw pleasure now. I felt Ponce's muscles tighten up. Suddenly I felt his first spurt of semen hit the back of my mouth. I kept his cock in my mouth and pumped it hard. Ponce makes alot of cum and I swallowed every bit of it.

When he was done ejaculating I took his softening cock out of my mouth and crawled up on the couch and laid between Danny and Ponce. Ponce leaned over and kissed me. I think he expected me to pass some of his cum into his mouth. When I didn't he pulled back and looked at me.

I giggled. "I was greedy. I wanted all of it for myself tonight."

Ponce kissed me again. When he was done Danny leaned over and kissed me.

I leaned back. Both of my boys put there arms around my shoulders. I was in heaven. All three of us laid back and dozed off.

After about a half hour I woke up and shook Danny and Ponce. Come on guys we have to go to bed.

They both stood up. I looked at Danny. "You can relax with Ponce and I if you want."

He looked at Ponce. Ponce was nodding his ahead in agreement.

Danny smiled. "Thankyou, the offer means alot to me, but I think I'll relax in my own room." He leaned over, kissed me and said, "Goodnight April."

As he turned to go to his room he waved at Ponce and said, "Goodnight buddy."

Ponce smiled at him and waved back.

When Danny's door closed we turned, went into our own room. and got into bed. I snuggled up to Ponce and looked at the alarm clock. It was 5:00 am. As I drifted off to relax I realized that this had been the most exciting evening of my life.

Welcome back GH. Good to see the juices flowing again.

Peak

Thankyou, your support is appreciated.

GH

Different people have different inate abilities. One of mine is that I have a wonderful internal alarm clock. When I go to relax I can tell myself that I want to walk up in five hours and most of the time it will happen,

The next morning I woke up at 7:15. All three of us had 8:00 am classes. We may have been up all night playing basketball and fucking, but we were not going to use that as an excuse to miss class.

Ponce wasn't a problem. I just leaned over, kissed him and said, "Time to get up babydoll. We have to get to class."

Danny was my concern.

I got up ran into the bathroom and peed. As I relieved myself I hatched a plan.

I wiped myself and flushed the toilet. I looked up, Ponce was standing in the open door. He was hopping on one foot.

I stood up and said, "Next." He nearly bowled me over in his desperation to get to the toilet.

I walked over to Danny's door and went into his bedroom. I didn't knock. There wouldn't have been any point. He just would have ignored me.

I slipped into bed with him and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. Then I pulled his cock out of his boxer shorts and started to stroke it.

His eyes opened. I put his cock into my mouth and started to suck it. When I was sure he was awake I stopped and smiled at him. "I will finish this after you've gone to your eight o'clock class."

He sat up. "You can't do that."

"Of course I can."

"It's cruel and unusual punishment. It's prohibited by the Constitution."

I laughed. "If you want to see cruel and unusual punishment try skipping class this morning."

"We were up all night. We have to relax in."

"No we don't. Were young we can stay up all night and still get to class in the morning."

"We made lots of money last night."

"So what. We didn't make enough to live on forever. All three of us need to earn our degrees. Get up and get you ass into the bathroom. Ponce is already done brushing his teeth."

"What if I don't get up."

"Then you have had your last blowjob for the next two weeks."

"I can get other girls."

"Maybe so, but you going to get pretty horny watching me walk around naked every day and Ponce is sure going to enjoy your share of the blowjobs and fucking."

"Ponce likes being a cuckold. He doesn't want my share of the blowjobs."

"Yes I do. That's part of being a cuckold. I want 'em, I just don't get 'em"

I turned. My baby was right behind me. He had a big grin on his face.

"Shit your in this together. That's no fair."

Ponce laughed. "We don't care."

Danny got up and went into the bathroom.

We agreed to meet in the grill after class. When I walked in both Ponce and Danny were already there. As usual there were several other guys sitting with them. I didn't know any of them.

I walked over, kissed both Danny and Ponce on the cheek, sat down on Ponce's lap and put my arm around his neck. I knew that he really liked it when I did that.

As I sat down I said, "Did you guys really go to class or did you just pretend?"

The other guys at the table started laughing.

One of the guys looked at me and smiled. "I'm in the same class. They both not only went they stayed for the entire period.

I smiled at him. "Thanks, I think I might start calling you for regular reports."

The guy next to him looked at Danny, "Boy she really has you guys under her thumb."

Danny shook his head. "Tony you have no idea."

The first guy started laughing. "I don't know, it looks like a pretty good deal to me." He smiled at me. "April if you have any more space under that thumb of yours I'd like to crawl in there to."

I looked at Danny, "See, some people know a good thing when they see it."

I turned back to the first guy. "You have me at a disadvantage. You seem to know me, but I am sorry, I don't know you."

He started laughing. "April, you may not know me, but you had better get used to the idea that everybody at this school now knows you."

I was kind of shocked by his comment. I stared at him for a moment. "I don't understand."

He stood up. "First let me introduce myself. I'm Adam Morris."

"Nice to meet you Adam."

Adam smiled at me. "April you have made quite a name for yourself in the last week." He paused to think. "First of all you are the only female entered in the three on three basketball tournament. Secondly, your playing with Ponce and Danny. Third, you now live with Ponce and Danny and the three of you go everywhere together. Finally, and this is the one that has earned you immortality, you played basketball at the Tombs last night with Jamal Wright, Charles Darby and Danny and Ponce." He shook his head. "You not only played in a tournament at the Tombs with the best four basketball players at this school, you won the tournament. April my dear, you are now famous in this little gossip town that we call Kelroy College."

I looked at Danny. "How did everybody hear about the Tombs?"

Danny shrugged. "Remember we carried bets for several other guys, word gets around fast."

The guy next to Adam smiled at me and said, "Face the facts April, your a celebrity here."

I turned to everyone. "I don't want to be a celebrity. I just want to go to school, play basketball for fun and be with my two boys."

Adam laughed. "Oh yea that's right. Thats the other thing. In the mind of most of the girls at this school, you are not only going out with one of the two hottest bad boys on campus, you going out with both of them. He sighed and threw up his arms. "your not just going out with them, you moved in with them. Most of the girls at Kelroy now both envy you and hate you. "

Ponce looked at Steve. "I'm not a hot bad boy."

Adam laughed. "Ponce that's one of your most endearing qualities. Half the girls in this school are madly in love with you and you have no idea."

Ponce started to protest. I kissed him and said, "Just accept it baby doll. Your a hot guy."

"And your a celebrity slut."

I turned. It was my roommate, Mandy.

"Can I join this table?"

Danny reached back and grabbed a chair from the table behind us and set it next to him.

As Mandy sat down I looked at her and asked, "Why am I a slut?"

"Well to start with, you came back to the dorm last week and told everyone that you fucked Brad Stewart. Then Lyle Cummings caught you banging Danny in the gym."

"It wasn't in the gym, it was in the weight room."

Everybody smiled. Mandy shrugged, "So what? you were banging him weren't you?"

When I didn't answer she smiled and continued. "Then Saturday morning one of Charles Darby's roommates told some people that you fucked Darbs at his place Friday night."

I just shook my head. "This is incredible."

Mandy continued,"For the past couple days everyone has seen you doing what you doing right now."

"What, talking to people?"

"No honey, sitting on Ponce's lap. Everyone assumes that your banging him to." She paused, "Of course it just fed the gossip when everyone found out you moved in with Ponce and Danny."

"How did they find that out?"

"The other girls in the dorm spread it around."

"How did they find out?"

Mandy started giggling. "I told them."

"You told them?"

Mandy blushed. "I'm sorry April, but it was just too hot a secret. I just kind of blabbed it out in the dorm the other night."

I looked at Danny. "Do you believe this?"

"Sorry April, but hanging out with Ponce and me has never been good for a permisters reputation."

I hit his arm. "Stop! This is serious."

Danny looked at me. "No it's not. All it means is that the snobs will snub you. They would have done that anyway. Your true friends will continue to be your friends."

I looked at Danny and realized he wasn't kidding. I also realized he was telling the truth.

I looked at everyone. "Isn't it ironic. Two weeks ago I was a virgin ice queen, now I'm the campus slut."

Danny smiled at me. "It just proves that Madimister Avenue is right, It pays to advertise."

I shook my head. "alright, I'm now the campus celebrity slut." I looked at the two guys at the table that I hadn't met. "I understand that you two know who I am, but I'm sorry, I still don't know who you are."

Adam smiled at me. "My apologies." He gestured towards the guy on his right. "This is Jake Tolliver."

Jake nodded at me. I smiled and said, "Nice to meet you Jake."

Adam nodded at the guy on his left. "This is Tony Simon."

Tony smiled and said, "Nice to meet you April."

"Nice to meet you Tony."

"Hey how about someone introducing me. I want to meet Tony and Jake to."

We all laughed. I gestured towards Mandy. "Tony and Jake, this is my roommate from the dorm, Mandy Jeffermister. I think that Mandy may actually be the real campus slut."

"April!"

Tony smiled at her. "Don't worry Mandy. We won't listen to anything April says about you."

Jake laughed. "I will. Mandy, the next time Mr, Gerard there is at work, why don't you come up to my dorm room. I'll show you my wonderful collection of impressionist art."

Mandy blushed.

Danny poked her and said, "I have to work this afternoon."

"She has a class this afternoon."

They all looked at me. Jake said, "Now April don't start being a negative influence on poor Mandy here. We all know that fooling around is much better for you than going to class."

I shook my head and laughed. "Mandy it's up to you."

Mandy looked at Jake and giggled. "I love impressionist art."

Jake looked at her and said, "I'll meet you right here at 1:00."

Mandy smiled and said, "Okay." Suddenly she looked around and realized that everyone was staring at her. Her face turned a beautiful shade of red as she realized that five other people had been watching her as she made a date to fuck Jake.

I decided to take her off the hook. I looked at my watch. It was almost ten. I turned to my boys. "I hate to break up this little party, but we all have ten o'clock classes. It's time for us to go."

I stood up and turned to Ponce. "Come on baby, you can walk me to my biology lab on your way to your American Lit Class." I turned to Danny. "Mr. Gerard I expect that you'll be going to class to."

Danny sighed. "Don't worry April I'll get there."

As Ponced and I started to leave Adam stood up. "Can I walk with the two of you."

I smiled at him "Sure, the more the merrier."

The three of us walked across the college mall to the science hall. Adam was both handsome and very pleasant. As we walked together I decided that I wanted him.

When we got to the front steps of the science hall I turned to Adam. "Why don't you and I get together some evening. I think we could have alot of fun."

He looked at me, then looked at Ponce. Ponce was smiling. He knew exactly what I was doing.

Adam looked back at me. "April that is the most tempting offer I have ever had, but I am afraid that Ponce would ******* me."

I put my arm around Ponce's waist. "Ponce honey, you wouldn't mind if I partied with Adam would you?"

Ponce smiled and said, "You get to do whatever you want April."

Adam looked at both of us for a moment then said, "I'm not sure I understand this, but if Ponce doesn't mind, I would love to get together with you April."

As soon as my biology lab was over I walked back across the mall to the grill. I had an agenda for the afternoon and it called for a tight schedule.

Ponce and Danny were at the same table we had been sitting at earlier. Jamal, Darbs and Big Julius were sitting with them now.

As I approached the table Danny stood up and gestured to Big Julius. Julius smiled at me and said, "Hi April."

"Hi Julius."

"Danny went to both Modern government and European History. I'm in both classes with him."

I looked at Julius. "Did he pay you to say that?"

Jamal started laughing. "I don't think so April. Danny and Ponce both just got back here. I can't verify that they went to class, but they weren't here."

I smiled. "Okay." I turned to Ponce. "Baby doll I have an important errand to run. It's actually important to all three of us. Will you drive me?"

Ponce stood up. "Sure, where are we going?'

"I'll tell you on the way."

As we left Big Julius waved at Ponce and said, "Bye bye Babydoll, see you later."

Ponce laughed and gave Big Julius the finger.

As we walked to our apartment, I explained my plan to Ponce. "Sweetheart were going to the Appliance Outlet. I'm going to buy us a new color television set with part of the money I won last night."

Ponce looked at me. "April can you afford that?"

"Yes, I have a full scholarship that includes room and board. My job at the Silly Squirrel gives me enough spending money. I'm not going to buy us and expensive television, but were going to have a nice one."

"Danny and I should help pay for this."

"No Ponce, you guys are paying the rent at the apartment. I want to do this." I smiled at him. "There is another part to this."

"What's that?'

"We have to be back at the apartment by two o'clock."

"How come?'

"The cable guy is coming to install cable televimister."

Ponce broke into a big grin."No cuckolds brownie?"

I smiled at him. "No cuckolds brownie." I paused. "Were not going to get HBO or anything like that, but were going to get all the sports channels. I'll buy us a DVD player at the appliance store. We can rent movies if we want to watch them."

"The sports channels are all that Danny and I are going to care about."

"you mean you wouldn't want to watch and occasional porno movie with me?"

Ponce smiled at me and said, "Oh maybe so."

very nice, gh, as usual. to be honest, i kinda skipped over the b-game part, not being a b-ball fan, but everything after that was super! can't wait to see where you're headed with this one. oh, and thanks for the comments on my caps. always appreciated as you well know. priss