Emboldened by Fred casual belief that the girls would not object, George headed to a storage box in the spare bedroom upstairs. Upon climbing the stairs, George became beset with doubt.  He had the feeling that this would probably not go off as well as they hoped.  Was he really comfortable with Fred and Vicki being naked in the same room?  And even if it brought Fred and Beth together, would there be an impact on Vicki and him?  If he hadn't set out on the journey with a single-minded determination, he probably would have stopped before he pulled out the dog-eared deck of cards.  He grabbed a few packs of Bicycles while he was there and headed back.<br/><br/>Jumbled thoughts went through his brain as he descended the stairs and it wasn't until he actually returned to the living room that he realized all his doubts were just silly notions, probably due to stress and hunger.  He knew from experience the card game was fun, and he had no reason to believe that tonight would stray from earlier results.<br/><br/>He flashed the deck to Fred when he returned and set about rearranging the furniture with Fred's help so that they could sit around the coffee table, using endtables to hold their food and drink.  The couch would be on one side and the lounge on the other.  Without thought, he moved Beth's drink to one end of the lounge and his to the other, inadvertently setting the seating as Fred and Vicki on the couch and He and Beth on the lounge chair, with each boy sitting across from a girl and a girl on his left.<br/><br/>Fred    Vicki<br/>coffee table<br/>Beth    George<br/><br/>"Thanks for the help, Fred.  It's a shame we didn't get to know each other better back in college.  Of course we thought we had little in common except that we both wanted Vicki.  I know there's got to be more to you than just that.  Hell, I know you like poker, at least, and so do I, so there's a start.  We need to connect, for Vicki's sake."<br/><br/>George waited hungrily; his hunger encompassing more than food at this point.<br/>