Bronwyn gave Grace a quick tour of the house, the most interesting part of which was the basement, which was neatly laid out with free weights, a pull up bar and other equipment and...a large square area of wrestling mats.
"Ted did all this" said Bronwyn "It was just an empty shell and he finished it. When he was 15 he built his own bedroom and a bathroom down here so Nic and I could have our own rooms. Now he holds down a full time job in construction putting himself through law school." she pointed to some boxing gloves hanging on a rack and smiled "He can also teach you to box if you like. He taught Nic and me and a heap of his girlfriends!" Grace's heart was pounding now as she imagined it and tried to visualise this brother Ted that Bronwyn was clearly so proud of.
When they came back upstairs Bronwyn's mother Madison, who looked more like Nicola's slightly older sister, was in the kitchen, dressed in a gym uniform. "Oh I wondered whose car that was" she said absently as she turned. "Hello Darlings!" she said gathering them both into her arms and hugging them, then holding them lightly around the waist "You must be Grace. Goodness you are so beautiful! Have you two been having fun?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh Mum it's been the best." said Bronwyn "Grace kicked my arse and it was her first fight ever!"
"What an impressive young woman you are" said Madison pulling Grace into her for another hug and smiling at her expression "you may think it's an unusual attitude for a parent to adopt but I firmly believe that it's healthy for young women to fight. In fact I think it's unhealthy to suppress our natural instincts and desires. Bronwyn, I want you to bring Grace home for dinner soon! But you two must excuse me, I have some urgent paperwork to attend to." she said.
Bronwyn kissed her affectionately on the cheek "That's OK Mum, we're having dinner with Grace's parents tonight."
"Oh lovely Bron." murmered Madison.
Grace couldn't help hugging Madison and kissing her other cheek "Wonderful to meet you Mrs de Rose."
"Madison please dear, that makes me feel 100 years old - and I'm only 43!"
As they walked down the neatly tended front path Grace realised there was a tall, obviously well built man inspecting her car. Any doubt as to his identity was resolved by Bronwyn running and jumping up, wrapping her legs around him and crying "Ted!" before she kissed him on both cheeks. He held her easily as he returned her kisses and said softly "Bron." Then he turned to look at Grace and she felt her pussy go "thump" as his gaze pierced her. His dusty construction clothes did not detract from his striking dark eyes and hair and deeply tanned skin, there was...a wildness about him.
"You must be Grace?" he smiled "Even Bronwyn's description didn't do you justice. I take it this sleek little number is yours? Do you know how to really drive it?" he mocked gently.
The voice! The deep sexy voice! A man's voice, not a boy's. Still, best not to take any nonsense from him. "Come for a ride with me and I'll show you." said Grace and gave him her best pout, which, with her full lips, had been known to reduce...boys, to quivering wrecks.
Ted just grinned at her and said "OK".
"We'll be about 10 minutes." said Grace to Bronwyn as she and Ted strapped themselves in. Grace had removed her shoes and socks and to drive barefoot. She knew her relatively short school dress would ride up enough to give Ted a good eyeful of her bare thighs. Also known to reduce boy's to jelly. She moved the seat forward slightly and tightened her seatbelt. Ted meanwhile had somehow managed to fit his large frame into the cramped passenger seat. Grace almost laughed when she realised how far above the windscreen rail his head projected. He would be well in the slipstream. She pulled on her driving gloves, which were needed for serious driving with the thin and potentially slippery plastic steering wheel and put on her sunglasses, because they made her feel hot.
Lips pressed together she started the engine, careful not to over rev it and pulled out smoothly in first gear then ran it all the way out before a lightning change into second. She knew the roads fairly well so she had already mapped out the route she wanted to take, including a very twisty, challenging stretch through woodland. The engine rose to a high pitched wail as she expertly worked the gears to keep the high revving engine "on cam". Through the tight corners, down to hair pins, she double-declutched to keep the revs up and power out of the corners. On an open stretch she briefly took it up to over 100 mph and chuckled at Ted trying in vain to get his head down behind the windscreen. As they roared up to where Bronwyn stood, still waiting patiently, Grace drove past, changed down, then reefed the handbrake to execute a perfect 180 degree turn before burbling up to the kerb where Bronwyn stood and pulling up, leaving the engine running.
Grace removed her sunglasses and fixed Ted with her best withering stare, known to melt glass and asked curtly "Good enough?"
Ted smiled at her and despite herself she melted, then he said "You're even more beautiful when you're angry. It's going to be so much fun teasing you." and got out.
He hugged Bronwyn and said "You're in good hands." to which she replied "I know." before taking his place and they were off.
"Infuriating" said Grace.
"I know." said Bronwyn.
Grace wondered just wtf Ted meant by his comment about teasing her, did he mean... throughout their married life? She fervently hoped so.
Bronwyn punctured her thoughts by saying "Feel free to fuck Ted if you want to."
"What?" said Grace "But what about us?"
"Us is us. I love you Grace but I'll never try and put a cage around you. What we do with Monica, David or Ted or anyone else doesn't affect us. We'll always be us." said Bronwyn.
"But...he's your brother.." said Grace.
"Yes and I want the best for him and from where I'm sitting that's you. Anyway he'd never be so narrow minded as to try to come between us - he'll respect what we have together just as I would respect anything you want with him. And the same goes for Nicola. Mum, however is off limits. That would be gross." said Bronwyn.
Grace spluttered helplessly.
"On the other hand, it would lead to the mother of all catfights." mused Bronwyn.
Grace, laughing helplessly, "Fuck, don't make me laugh when I'm driving."