Between Boyfriends (Book 1 in the Between Boyfriends Series)

Chapter 20

"Ah, Jan," Lisa moaned, her words muffled slightly because of the position of her head. "That feels fantastic. Mmm. Why didn't we do this before?"

"I'm sorry, Lisa," Jan apologized. She was breathing hard because of the exertion. "I was worried that I wouldn't do a good job, and I didn't have the right equipment."

"Ooh, me next, please?" Becki begged. She was seated on Jan's couch, her eyes filled with envy as she gazed at Lisa. "Do you think you have time to do me too, Jan? Pretty please?"

"Sure, Becki. I really need the practice if I'm going to get the job." Jan changed positions and walked around the massage table.

"When's your interview again?" Becki asked while Lisa continued her moaning.

"Tomorrow morning," Jan answered and grabbed some more massage oil. "Alma said to come in at eleven when business is slow. If she likes what I can do, I've got the job."

Jan rubbed the oil between her hands and bent over her new massage table. She'd finally pulled it out, along with her new oils, sheets, and textbooks, and offered to practice on her friends. Her interview with Juan's cousin was less than twenty-four hours away. She had known about it days ago, but had procrastinated as usual.

Becki scooted a little closer from her perch on the couch. Jan thought she would fall off next time if she wasn't careful. "I'm sure you'll get the job. It looks like you're really good at giving massages."

"I'll say," said Lisa, her voice muffled by the headrest but intelligible.

Becki frowned. Jan decided she'd better start on Becki soon or things could get ugly.

"All right, Lisa. Let's give Becki a turn. You can rinse off in my shower if you want. You don't want to let the oil get on clothing if you can avoid it."

Lisa whined for a minute but Jan was firm. Becki had started giving her puppy dog eyes and Jan couldn't resist any longer. Lisa reluctantly wrapped the sheet around her and went to rinse off.

Jan watched her walk out of the room and then turned to the couch to tell Becki she could get on the table. The couch was deserted.

"I'm ready."

Jan looked down and there was Becki, all ready on the table and stripped down to her underwear beneath a new sheet. Jan had asked the girls to strip down so she could practice draping. She needed to be able to uncover the part of the body she was working on while keeping the rest of the body covered for modesty and warmth.

Jan snickered and got to work. Becki's enthusiasm was contagious. Jan was determined to give her the best massage of her life.

The next day, before she went to the interview, Jan needed to have a chat with Juan. She still hadn't been able to ask him about Becki. The last time they had talked was when she had called him back last week after leaving Wireless World (now dubbed Moral-less World). He'd beseeched her to reconsider applying for the job at Alma's office. Their massage therapist had gotten too large with pregnancy to reach the table. A replacement had not been found. Juan had told Jan that Alma had been begging him to quit the restaurant and fill in permanently since Trisha went on leave. His Aunt Josefa had heard of Alma's plans and threatened Juan with death by poisoned taquito if he abandoned his responsibility to her. Juan had worked himself into a panic describing the situation to Jan. She thought that his family had a little too much control over him.

"I've asked everyone from our old class and no one is interested," Juan had told her in hushed tones. "They all say they want to concentrate on school without distractions. I think they're either too lazy to juggle work and school or they're not brave enough to give massages for real until they've had more training."