"This is wonderful," Tina said, looking around the table. "I love John to death, but I really needed some girl time. Things have been so hectic since my arrival."

"Here, here!" Brynn raised her glass of beer. "I propose a toast. To the men we love, thank God we have this chance to get away from them!"

Everyone around the table raised their glasses high above the center, the crystal twinkling in the candlelight. Clinking the glasses together in unison there was a group "Amen!"

"This is really one of the first chances we've all had to sit and chat the way we do online when we're home," Kath pointed out as she took a long sip from her wineglass. "I think that's one of the things I truly do miss when I'm here."

"Me too," NJ agreed. "All of our friendships started that way and although I love it here, I miss the intimacy between friends we all share in the chats. It's kinda hard to have that when we're all caught up with our relationships."

Meanwhile...Back at the lobby of the hotel....

"Come on, Guys...They'll never even know we're there..." Steve was badgering his brothers into a mission impossible spy game.

"We just sneak into the back of the Tavern and hide out in the storeroom, that way we can hear what *really* goes on when they all get together."

"Why would I want to listen to them prattle on about fashion accessories and shit..."Mannie still couldn't understand why Steve was so interested in girls night out.

"Mate.....They won't be talkin about fashion..."East was smiling and completely supportive of Steve's plan. Mannie looked confused. John and the others were smiling slyly, very tempted to join East and Steve on their game plan.

"What else would they be talkin about?"Mannie demanded to know. Bud smiled conspiratorially.

"I'm in,"Bud said, still grinning like a cat that swallowed the proverbial canary.

"Me too," John agreed. "This could be a lot of fun."

"What else would they be talking about?!" Mannie demanded again looking from one brother to the next.

"God, Mannie." Steve slapped him on the shoulder with an open palm. "You're just as naive as Norma. Just come with us and find out."

*The Mission Impossible theme plays as you see five figures sneaking though the dark grounds of the hotel, around the back of the tavern and slip inside the back door to the store room... du duh duduhdu.... They all squeeze as close to the half open store room door to try and catch the conversation in progress.*

"So... What does a blonde say after sex," NJ asked, taking all present by surprise, including the uninvited guests in the storeroom.

"Are all you guys on the same team?" Brynn finished with a guffaw. The others joined in her laughter.

"Speaking of what do you say after sex... what do *you're* guys say during sex?" Kath inquired with a devilish grin.

Everyone began to laugh wondering who should speak first as Rick approached the table with another round of drinks. He handed a napkin to Brynn, the first one seated around the horseshoe shaped booth. On the napkin was a printed note in Rick's distinguished handwriting that read:

'Thought it would behoove you ladies to know that you are not alone. There are five gentlemen outback hanging on every word you say.'

Deciding to have some fun with the new knowledge, Brynn was the first to speak as she nonchalantly passed the note to NJ who in turn passed it to Kath. From Kath it went to Trisha and from Trisha to Tina, until all five women understood what was going to happen.

"Steve isn't all that much into vocalizing until it comes to the orgasm, Brynn said. "Then when he blows he says everything from Good God woman to Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with ME!"

Back in the store room....

The only one truly surprised by this turn in the conversation was Mannie, the others looked at each other with a knowing smile, turning to Steve finally and giving him a silent "high five".

"Bud is quite fond of the phrase "Yeah Baby!" I think it's a good thing, I just go with the flow so to speak," Trisha said, falling into step with the program.

Bud's brow furrowing in confusion, having no memory what so ever of yelling 'Yeah Baby' at any time during their relationship.

"AHHG is about the best I get from East when he spouts," Kath piped in after Trisha was finished. The women around the booth howled with Kath's very descriptive imitation of East.

East's face now mirrored the expression that Bud wore. As Mannie still wore the same confused expression he'd been wearing since the conversation began.

"John is very loving and sweet," Tina began. "He talks to me and tells me how much he cares for me, but when it gets right down to the point of no return, well I call it an Alaskan thing. He howls."

"He howls?" The girls asked, almost in unison, shocked by Tina's admission.

John's face blanched a second before the crimson color rose to disturbing levels. Mannie looked over to his brother and mouthed the words 'You howl?' John shook his head vigorously indicating a no response, although his color and demeanor gave the truth away.

The women at the booth all turned in their seats, eyeing the one person yet to give a response to the question placed on the table for discussion. "NJ?"

Hearing the mention of NJ's name, Mannie knew it was her turn to divulge their most intimate secrets. This was what his brothers had dragged him here for? He elbowed his way to the front of the cramped storeroom to have a good listen, all the while holding his breath.

NJ giggled before giving her answer. "Mannie... he likes me to talk dirty to him."

"How dirty?" Brynn asked, eyebrows arched as far up her forehead as they could go.

"*Real* dirty," NJ could not stop her eyes from darting to the partly open door to the store room, knowing Mannie was hanging on her every word and most likely not happy at the moment. What she'd said, unlike what some of the other women had divulged, was completely true.

Mannie's jaw hit the floor.

"WOOHOO," the women cheered. "I didn't know the boy had it in him." Doing the victory dance and the swinging arms they fell into a chorus of "Go Mannie, Go Mannie, Go Mannie."

In the back... Mannie stood a little straighter, a smile playing about his lips. Turning to the other men he gave his head a little nod. "I'm a hit," he whispered.

The girls had dissolved into a fit of giggles, Rick, bringing another round leaned over and whispered; "You all are going to be in such deep shit. Good Job!"

"Oh, oh, oh," Trish asked like a child that had incriminating information on a sibling that she could not wait to tell. "What are their favorite positions?"

The girls hooted even louder with the continuation of the graphic topic, knowing their men were eavesdropping.

"East likes to take control of things," Kath said, not missing a beat. "He likes it whatever way he can feel dominant."

"Bud is the same way," Trisha chimed in. "I don't think he has a *favorite*, as long as we do it."

Tina began to giggle. "John is sort of old fashioned about it, we do it a lot in the missionary style. He say's it's because he likes to look at my face while we make love."

A chorus of "awes" went around the table before everyone turned to Brynn.

"Steve and I have this thing... We sort of like to spoon at night, so he likes to wiggle around a bit until he can get to me. It's such an incredibly intense feeling."

"Mannie loves that too," NJ squealed.

The crimson color that had invaded John's cheeks a short while before, now spread through all the men as rampant as the black plague.

"Well it's hard to do unless they have uh... the right sized equipment," Brynn said, smiling at NJ's enthusiasm.

"Which leads me to the next question." Kath gave a serious look at her friends before continuing. "I know they're all brothers, but I've been wondering about... well, are they all as big as East?"

East gave a proud-of-himself grin to his brothers.

Laughter erupted once again, and each girl measured the size with their hands. Glancing at the length each indicated, Trisha was the first to voice an actual analogy. "We're talking Peppridge Farm's here!" She did her best to imitate Steve's New Yawk accent.

Bud didn't know if he should be as proud as East, or horrified.

"I'd say they're all about the same then," Tina commented, after she'd checked everyone else's measurements.

Brynn nodded and gave the thumbs up sign.

Norma Jean, being the light weight that she was, had had a few drinks and was *really* enjoying her evening. "Mannie's hung like a horse!"

Once again... Mannie's jaw... hit the floor.

Everyone shrieked, turning red themselves. Brynn shook her head through her laughter thinking to herself; "I better rein her in or Mannie's gonna kill me."

Mannie thought to himself; "I'm gonna kill Brynn".

"Speaking of horse." Kath wiped away some of the tears that run down her face. "I got a horrid charlie horse one time during sex. I didn't have the heart to make East stop so I just rode it out for while. It got so bad that I actually started to scream. East, thinking that I was in the throws of ecstasy said; "You're most welcome ma'am". To this day, he still thinks that was the best orgasm I ever had."

East's self-assured expression faded to shock at Kath's admission. Disclosure wasn't so good after all. Bud slapped him on the shoulder. "Can't even tell an orgasm from a charlie horse. His joking was stopped short as Trisha spoke up.

"Oh yeah, Trisha nodded. Bud and I were so into it one time, he was a little... shall we say... enthusiastic and I moved so far across the bed that my head started pounding against the head board. I was almost unconscious by the time we were done."

"Mannie and I were all cozy one night, snuggled up in bed." NJ began her narrative and once again Mannie was all ears. "Mannie was looking for a good root..."

Kath interrupted. "Does he know that you know what that means now?"

"He has no idea;" NJ giggled, looking towards the back again. "Anyway, he took his big toe and gently slid it up the calf of my leg. I let out a scream...'Something's crawling on me!!!' I threw back the covers and jumped out of bed. You know the bush is always full of creepy crawly things and I'm such a" ... She searched for the right word. "Girl. Talk about killing the mood. That will certainly do it."

Mannie smiled to himself at the memory

"You know in the movies, how the love scenes are always perfectly orchestrated?" Tina blushed, shocked at what she was about to do. "I really got John into watching movies with me; it was our time to relax together. Well this one movie we watched, the love scene really caught John's attention and he decided he wanted to try it out to be kinda sexy and romantic with me. Well... remember that time my back was out so bad I could hardly walk?"

"Yeah?" The group replied in anticipation.

"The love scene portrayed a man, frustrated with desire, ripping the panties off the young woman. John must have thought that looked pretty good, but I can tell you this. It will *not* work unless there is already a tear in them."

"OH NO!!!" The girls chorused.

"Yup, after asking him *what* he was doing? I just said well, 'thanks for the wedgie Romeo.' He actually put my back out, jerking on my panties. So he says to me after I'm in pain... 'Should I call 911?' And I reply, 'for my back or for the wedgie?' I will *never* have a hemorrhoid problem."

Just as the room erupted into more peels of laughter, some of the girls falling to the floor in hysterics, everyone in the back room turned their eyes to John, desperately trying to stifle laughter of their own and give away their presence.

"I swear guys, I have no idea what she's talking about." John tried in vein to defend himself. The judgment had been passed and without a doubt his brothers had found him guilty of the offense.

Once the guffaws had settled and those that had taken up residence on the floor had reclaimed their seats, it was Brynn's turn to speak. "Ok, I gotta tell you this. A few weeks ago I was doing the oral thing on Steve and I must have moved at an inopportune time. I came up for air just as he was doing his thing. I had no idea he was *that* close or I would've held my breath a little longer. Let's just say... all over me. Steve sits up, sees what's happened and says in a dead pan voice. 'Got ya covered'."

NJ crinkled her nose and looked at Brynn. "eeeewwwwwwww."

"You have no idea; it was eeeewwww times ten."

"Wasn't he at all embarrassed?" NJ asked.

"Hell no, although he did offer to wash my hair. Other than that he was more or less proud of himself. He just came; he was a happy camper."

Steve nodded, agreeing with everything Brynn had said to her friends.

"You know, Foreplay is the best part of sex." Trisha said, taking the conversation in yet another sexually oriented direction.

All the women excepted NJ nodded or voiced their agreement to Trisha's statement. NJ asked; "what's foreplay?"

The girls stopped dead in the conversation and looked at her, shocked. "Mannie really is a Neanderthal." Brynn spoke first, already figuring herself as getting a good verbal lashing from Mannie.

"Oh baby you poor thing!" Tina said, exasperated.

All of the guys in the storeroom looked to Mannie trying to gauge his reaction to what NJ had divulged. "That's it," he said, slamming open the door to the store room and busting into the tavern itself. He went right to the table where all the girls were sitting, who were now giggling again. "You know *what* foreplay *is*, you just don't know that's what we call it!"

The giggles had fallen silent as the rest of the guys, with their cover blown walked into the tavern behind Mannie. It didn't go unnoticed by some of them that the women didn't seem a bit surprised to see them.

"You know Mannie, we were wondering how much it would take, how much bullshit we'd have to dish out to get you guys to come out of the closet o to speak." Brynn said through a sly grin, not at all surprised Mannie was the one to blow 'operation eavesdrop.' Mannie took a step back letting it sink in that the women some how knew they were back there.

"How did you know?' Bud asked more than a little perplexed.

The girls looked from one to the other. "It's a girl thing, call it women's intuition." Trisha replied.

Steve walked to the table, but before he took his seat next to Brynn, he simply raised his arms in the air in a totally victorious male and said; "I RULE!"

As the guys settled into the table with their partners, Rick brought in the beers. "So Mannie," Brynn said giving the table in front of her a sound smack. "You're hung like a horse?"

Mannie turned red again, bringing another round of laughter from the women but he could respond.

"John... I have a question." Kath said, looking across the table. "If you're a sheriff, can you even call 911?"

"Honestly..." John replied. "I have no idea where Tina got that, it never happened." He looked down at the woman sitting next to him. She smiled a little sheepish before giving him an explanation.

"We knew you guys were back there," she began. "What I said actually came from a skit that a comedian, Bill Engvall did awhile back. I just thought it would bring you out here for sure."

"Some of the things we said out here tonight were true, some of it, like Tina's example, were completely false. You guys didn't do yourselves a whole lot of good by eavesdropping on us. Actually we've probably left you more in the dark than you were before. You'll never know which was true and which was false." Brynn said, looking at each of the men in turn.

Brynn looked over to where NJ was seated next to Mannie, her eye catching the pool of drool that had begun to collection Mannie's shirt. "Looks like you need to take the lightweight home to bed Mannie, the poor girl is out cold." He smiled affectionately as he nodded his agreement. She took Steve's hand as she got to her feet, "I'm gonna leave now, you cover me."

"Got ya covered baby," Steve grinned.

Before getting up as well to make their way out of the tavern, Kath looked at East for a moment before speaking. "You're not mad at me are you?"

He glowered at her for a moment before letting his grin shine through. "You're gonna get the charlie horse of a lifetime tonight woman."

Bud and Trisha held hands as they walked to the front door. "I know one thing that was said that is completely untrue." Bud said, opening the door. "I have never in my life said 'yeah baby' during sex."

"There's always a first time for everything," she replied slyly.

"You need any help with NJ?" John asked, following Mannie to the door.

"Naw, mate, I'll sling her over my shoulder or drag her by the hair like a real Neanderthal." Mannie glanced at Brynn while he spoke, getting a wide grin in response. Now Steve was pulling on Brynn's hand impatiently toward the door.

NJ was able to rouse herself enough to give them a wave as Mannie did sling her over his shoulder and carry her to his truck. "Come on Angel; let's get you home."

John draped his arm over Tina's shoulder as they made their way back to the hotel. "One thing that you said that was completely true tonight. I really do like to look at you while we make love." He gave her a wink and a smile. Tina returned his smile with one of her own. Being the last ones to leave, John and Tina paused before leaving the tavern. "Good night Rick."

Rick smiled, thinking about the events of the evening and gave them a simple "Good night."