"You're back," Tephe said happily as Adam and Lorelie entered Lorelie's house.
"Welcome back," Rowena said, her nose twitching slightly, causing her to raise an eyebrow in mild surprise.
"Did you have a good time?" Erkath asked with a smile.
"Very much so." Lorelie replied with a bright smile before adding with a frown, "Apart from the match, that was just disappointing."
"We know, your comments to the press are blowing up all over the universal subspace network on Xer-verse and the newscasts," Rowena informed them.
"Have the Abes commented?" Lorelie asked curiously.
"No. The entire team is suspiciously quiet. Normally, after a game, the club and players comment on Xer-verse, even if they lose, this time only the Oasis Fangs are commenting on there." Elkath replied.
"There is definitely something strange going on," Lorelie mused.
"I expect the Abes have told the players to stay off Xer-verse for now; however, that won't last, and one of them is bound to post something eventually," Rowena added before changing the subject and saying.
"By the way Malgath contacted me, he wants you to do a call-in to The MMM Show."
"No real surprise there, he probably wants to ask me about the date," Lorelie replied.
"Well, when he contacted me before, it was just suspicion, and I expect he wanted to try and get the truth out of you. However, now that you have revealed to the press that you were indeed on a date, he will probably attempt to find out more information about Adam."
"Isn't that a bit of a risk? I mean, most people think I'm a Terran the first time they see me, and Malgath hates Terrans and could use that to damage Lorelie's reputation." Adam interjected.
"I wouldn't worry about that," Rowena replied with her signature smirk before explaining. "First off, Lorelie is the biggest celebrity in the universe right now, not even Malgath can compare to her. And second, I already warned him about that."
"You did?" Adam asked in surprise.
"I figured it was better to inform him early that you're not actually a Terran before he sees you and jumps to conclusions.
Sorry, I guess I should have asked for your permission first, but since I was already talking to him and since it will help avoid any misunderstandings, I figured it was appropriate."
"That's fine, you're more experienced in matters regarding the entertainment industry, so I will adhere to your opinion."
"How mature of you." Rowena replied with a smirk before asking Lorelie, "So are you going to do the call-in?"
Lorelie thought for a moment before looking at Adam.
"It's entirely up to you," Adam replied
Lorelie smiled at the trust he placed in her before saying, "Since I already informed the press, it won't hurt, plus it will help prevent some of the inevitable rumours."
"I will let him know then," Rowena said as she sent Malgath a message using her uniband.
"I thought I heard your voice," Stacey said as she entered the room before walking to Adam and kissing him.
Adam was slightly surprised since this was the first time Stacey had acted openly intimate with him in front of others; however, he quickly returned the kiss.
Lorelie looked at the two kissing but didn't show much of a reaction, while Rowena smiled, Tephe observed curiously, and Erkath chuckled.
After kissing him for a few minutes, Stacey broke this kiss and, while smiling at Adam, asked, "Did you have a good time?"
"We did," Adam replied.
"Good." Stacey said before turning to Lorelie and asking, "Let's go have that conversation, shall we?"
"Sure." Lorelie replied before turning to Adam and saying, "We will be back soon." After which, she also kissed Adam.
Tephe once again just observed curiously while Rowena and Erkath both showed surprised looks this time. They never expected Lorelie to be so forward.
After Lorelie broke the kiss, she and Stacey left the room.
Not long after they left, Rowena looked at Adam with her signature smirk and asked, "So you only reached second base then?"
Adam showed a look of surprise as Erkath asked in a confused tone, "Second base?"
"It's a phrase from Adam's home world," Rowena replied before explaining what it meant.
"How novel," Erkath replied after hearing the explanation.
"How did you know?" Adam asked suspiciously
"Don't be so suspicious, it's not like I was watching you or anything. "Rowena replied with a light chuckle.
"Then how did you know?" Adam asked again.
"The smell."
"Excuse me?"
"Brood have exceptionally sensitive noses," Rowena began to explain, "It comes from when our race was more primitive and we used to track our prey via their smell. I can tell that while Lorelie still has her virginity, she did climax. However, I can't smell her fluids on you, which means you made her climax without touching her private area."
"I see, I hope for your former husband's sake, none of them ever cheated on you," Adam replied, making Erkath chuckle.
"One or two of them did," Rowena replied with a darker smirk than normal.
"What did you do to them?" Adam asked.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Rowena asked as her eyes started to glow faintly, and as she smiled, her fangs appeared."
"No, actually, I don't," Adam replied with a slight gulp.
"Smart choice, it didn't end well for them," Erkath said with another chuckle while Rowena's eyes returned to normal and her fangs vanished before she returned to giving her signature smirk.
"Still, I'm surprised you didn't claim her virginity; you know she probably would have given it to you." Rowena said
"There's no rush, I'm not into forcing women… unless they like that, of course," Adam replied with a smirk.
"Kinky." Rowena replied before both she and Erkath started laughing, and Tephe wore a confused look.
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"So, since you kissed him before, I take it you are also Adam's lover now?" Stacey asked as she and Lorelie sat down on the balcony outside.
"Yes, he has accepted me; however, we are yet to actually make love," Lorelie replied with a slight blush.
"That's not surprising, honestly, with your personality, I would have been surprised if you had gone all the way on the first date," Stacey replied.
Lorelie nodded in response before asking, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Two things, first thing is that we need to decide how the group is going to work."
"Shouldn't Adam be here for this then?"
"No, what I mean is how it will work with Adam's women. I personally have no interest in finding another guy besides Adam, do you?"
"No, Adam is the first man I have ever felt an attraction towards, and I can not see myself being attracted to any other man."
"Then I suggest we set some ground rules for the group… hang on, we can't keep calling it the group because that would imply that Adam is part of it when we are only talking about his women."
"Why not use that name that Adam used before then, the one from his home world?" Lorelie suggested.
"You mean harem?"
"Yes, that."
"That could work, ok, so when we talk about the harem, we are only talking about Adam's women, so you and me," Stacey said as she looked at Lorelie for agreement.
"That sounds good," Lorelie replied.
"Ok, so as I was saying. I suggest we set some ground rules for the harem as the first two members."
"Do you anticipate more joining?"
"Can you honestly say there won't be with how quickly both of us fell for him?"
"You have a point."
"Exactly, but that's more about the second thing I want to talk about, so we will come back to that. So first off, we need to decide what sort of harem it will be, a queen one where one of the women has more authority over the others, or an equal one."
Lorelie thought for a moment before saying, "I'm more in favour of the equal one. I know as his first lover it would be your right to be his 'queen', however, queens get challenged, and do you really want to be constantly worried about his other women challenging you?"
"Are you saying you have no interest in being the queen if we went that way?"
"Not right now, presently all I want is to work on my new music and enjoy my time with everyone while travelling around… and being loved by Adam, of course."
"I see." Stacey replied thoughtfully before saying, "You're right that I don't want to be constantly worried about that. I would rather spend that time making love to Adam.
Well, with the equal harem, all the women are equals, and we would have to share Adam and time alone with him equally between us, though that doesn't mean we can't share him at the same time occasionally."
"Have you ever done something like that?"
"What, sharing a man with other women?"
"Yes, but at the same time, I mean, I think it's called group sex, right?"