She's A Keeper: Pound Town

She's A Keeper is an ongoing story about Penny, who's working on fucking all of her ex-boyfriend's friends after he broke up with her, much to his friends' delights. The plot of this story is chosen in part by my patrons, who vote on what happens next throughout, and I am sharing the completed "episodes" here. Parts 1 and 2 get deeper into the story, but there is a recap written into this part and the basics are this: Dane broke up with Penny, Dane's friends decided they would compete with each other to date her so she'd stick around, Dane's friend Nola challenged Penny to sleep with everyone in the friend group, and Penny just found out the small town she lives in has a sex club.

This story features side characters in an open relationship and someone having sex with multiple partners. If that upsets you, I suggest not being in an open relationship or having sex with multiple partners.

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Harris

Pookie: What the fuck is wrong with your friends

Me: They don't get random no-context texts from their girlfriends asking what the fuck is wrong with their collective friend group when they're hanging out with their fuck buddies while she's supposed to be getting ready for roller derby?

other things, probably

Pookie: Other things definitely.

sorry. I'm just pissed off and derby doesn't start for another forty-five minutes so I can't even elbow my anger away

fine. Emma's in the shower and then probably needs a break. I made her squirt so much she slid off the couch lol

she's okay, that's actually hilarious

is. As is her couch. She's got that performance fabric that's kinda like leather. Easy clean up, thankfully, although I have to remember to tell her she's out of paper towels

why are our friends pissing you off?

let's see. I'm still pissed off at Dane for breaking up with Penny in the first place. And the fact that he dragged you into it because he needed some excuse to end things with one of the hottest girls on the planet since he was too much of a coward to do it and potentially piss off his friends.

Pookie: I guess I'm not pissed at Beau and Kellen. I haven't heard from them for a while.

again, they're best friends with Evander and Evander is a fucknugget

surprising. Evander's usually a fuck-chicken-tender at best.

Pookie: He turned her down

, what?

. All that talking up I did about how everyone wants to fuck her and we all like her so much, and what does Evander do?

. Penny. Down.

Me: I really thought he was into her. What even happened?

was at the grocery store and she thinks Evander might have seen her and Tobin making out

? Where did Tobin come from?

Pookie: He drove her to the grocery store to get cheese

. So the mac and cheese thing really worked, then

. Except I'm pissed off at that asshole too

Me:... at Tobin?

, you know I'm always on your side, but I don't think anyone's ever described Tobin as an asshole in his life. He's probably the nicest dude I've ever met. And I've literally met the Pope

work that factoid into way too many conversations

yes, I'm pissed at him too. Because the whole reason Penny texted me was to ask if I knew anything about Pound Town

just jumped out of the bathroom to ask me if I'm okay because I'm laughing so hard

joking

. He's taking her to a sex club.

you're pissed at him for taking her to the sex club because you don't like Pound Town? Or because you're going to have to live up to whatever unforgettable experience she has there once it's your turn to fuck her?

Me: Or is it that you're regretting making yourself the prize for completing the challenge because Tobin gets to be the first one to corrupt Penny?

because the dumb ass just fed her a bunch of mac and cheese before taking her to a sex club. Like, she might be fine, but that's a heavy meal to eat right before getting the sense fucked out of her

not even gonna get to try anal, Harris

right

motherfucker

Tobin

I thought everyone knew about Pound Town.

Not everyone went to Pound Town--or, as it was actually called, Essence--but it wasn't some big secret. I was pretty sure all our friends had been at some point. Maybe not Dane. But Harris had for sure, since that was where he'd found me fucking his girlfriend that one time. And I'd seen some of the others there a few times, not that I'd ever told anyone because it didn't really feel like my information to share.

But Penny?

Penny definitely hadn't known about Pound Town.

"We don't have to," I said as her face turned redder and redder, her round eyes even bigger and rounder than usual and her mouth half open. "If it's not your thing, it's fine."

"I just... how?!" she exclaimed. "This is such a small town! How do we have a sex club?!"

"The hippies," I answered.

Penny nodded. "Right. Of course. The... hippies."

"You know about the hippies," I said.

"Yeah. Totally. But in case I didn't, remind me what, um, that means?"

I tried not to laugh. "It's why Aurora Flats is a little more progressive than you'd expect from a small town like this. Years ago, this group of people bought, like, a big chunk of land and started their own sort of mini-town just outside of town."

"Like a commune?" she asked.

"Maybe. I guess that might be why my dad used to call them communists. Anyway, they were part of why this place grew the way it did and stuff. And one of the places they built in the mini-town was a building they called, like, the Essence of Pleasure or something like that. Once they realized people who weren't part of the mini-town wanted to check it out, they started running it as a sex club."

"That's now referred to as Pound Town," she said.

"I think some people refer to the mini-town in general as Pound Town, but that's what they mean, yeah."

She kept nodding. "Right. That makes sense. And you go there?"

"Sometimes." I shrugged. "It's a nice place. After they started pulling in a shit-ton of money from memberships, they rebuilt the building. And it's super safe and stuff. Lots of paperwork and a wristband system and stuff. Like, if you were to go, you'd have to wear a blue band."

"Because I'm not a member?"

"Sort of. It means there's no STD test on record."

Her lips rounded into an O. "So people know they have to use condoms."

I nodded. "And there's the stoplight bands. If you're there and open to messing around with others, you get a green band. Yellow means you're open to being watched or interacted with, but not touched. And red means you're not interested in being approached."

Penny nodded again. "Right. That's... responsible."

"Yeah. But anyway, I figured I'd just mention it. We can stick around here."

Her head kept bouncing. "We could, yeah."

The words trailed off in a way that didn't quite sound complete. So I waited a moment, letting a silent pause stretch between us.

"Or..." she finally said.

"Or what?" I asked.

She wasn't quite looking at me. "Or we could, um, check it out. If you... if you like it."

"I'm not a platinum member because I don't like it," I said.

Her neck snapped towards me. "You're a platinum member?!"

"Yep. I figured it was worth the investment since I was going so much."

"I thought you said you only go sometimes!"

"Well, yeah," I said. "Like, I'm not there right now. But I don't go just to have sex or whatever. There's a hot tub and sauna and stuff. And the Snack Bar. It's a cool place to just chill sometimes."

Another nod. "Okay. And... and if I don't want to, like, mess around with anyone but you..."

"Then we both put on red wristbands."

She looked up at me. "Well, I would probably. But you could wear whatever one you wanted."

"If I'm going with you, I'm going with you," I said. "My wristband's gonna match yours. And it's not set in stone. You can change your wristband throughout the night. They're mostly general guidelines to help people set boundaries, but you're responsible for deciding how firm those boundaries are for yourself. I've definitely worn a yellow one but decided to mess around with someone like I was wearing green."

"Okay," she said softly.

"You seem nervous."

"Of course I am," she said. "But I'm also, um... you know..."

"Wet?" I suggested.

She burst out laughing. "That's one way of putting it."

I grinned. "So you want to go?"

She swallowed hard and nodded again. I decided no matter what we ended up doing there, we were going into the hot tub at some point. Her neck was bound to get sore if she kept nodding like that.

There were showers at Pound Town, but Penny asked if she could take a few minutes to shower before we went. Of course I said yes; for one, it was up to her what she wanted to do, and for two, the showers weren't private. They didn't even have separate locker rooms for men and women, let alone shower stalls.

For three, it gave me time to make a phone call I'd been itching to make for a while.

He didn't pick up the phone the first time I called, which wasn't unusual. So I called again, and he still didn't pick up, which also wasn't unusual. The third time I called, he answered on the second ring.

"You know you can leave a voicemail, right?" Evander said, his voice tired. "Or send a text?"

"You barely ever respond to my texts," I said. "And you never check your voicemail. You brag about it, actually."

"I know." His voice was flat. "Don't you have some cheese to go mac with Penny or something?"

"We've already macked the cheese. Penny's in the shower."

"That was fast. Did you even take time to eat first or...?"

I frowned. "Uh... yeah. We just ate. Like I said."

"That wasn't the--never mind." He sighed. "What do you want, Tobin?"

"I wanna know what the hell all that was at the grocery store."

His response sounded bored. "What all what was?"

"You know what I mean."

"What, you're mad I didn't congratulate you for winning Nola's little game?" He scoffed. "Sounds petty, but fine. Congrats on snagging Penny in less than a day. Is there anything else or can I go now?"

"It's not like that. I didn't 'snag' her."

"It's not?" he asked. "So you're saying I didn't see you making out with your new girlfriend like fucking teenagers in a grocery store parking lot? It was some other guy named Tobin who looks exactly like you?"

"No, I mean it's not like that," I said again. "Yeah, we were making out, but she's not looking for something serious right now."

Evander was silent for a moment. "Is this your way of saying you want me to keep this on the down low or something? Because fine, whatever. I don't want to be involved in your drama."

It took a lot to piss me off, but Evander was apparently really good at it. "That's not even close to what I'm saying. At all. But I'd rather you not get the wrong idea because her kissing me isn't gonna stop her from kissing other people. And I don't have a problem with that."

"How benevolent of you," he said.

"Yeah, well, given how shit went down with Dane, I think she needs to be shown how valued she is. By everyone