Since she had left there was no need for silence anymore, so Bill slipped through the dark naked as deftly as a cat burglar. He had his long awaited ice cold beer and the night to himself. He was still naked as a jaybird, loving the dark, the slight breeze, the sounds of insects thrumming as a low backdrop.
Bill's mind was churning from his experiences of the past couple hours. He had finally connected with Crissy, having sex with her in the pool. He had learned his wife Janie had become lovers with Crissy's husband Em. He had a dinner invitation for himself and Janie this coming Saturday evening. He had a lot on his plate.
He was taking his second hit of the cold beer, enjoying the blast of cold in the back of his throat, when his phone buzzed. Picking it up, he saw it was his wife Janie, away on a business trip. He clicked to accept the call.
"Hey, good looking", Janie said in his ear, her soft drawl as always hooking his attention.
"Hey yourself ", Bill responded.
"I just got off the phone with Crissy. She said she visited you a little while ago."
"Uh huh", Bill replied, not knowing just how much Crissy had told Janie about her little visit.
"She said she had a really nice time, Bill. She said you were a really good fuck."
Bill's interior voice spoke up, saying "Ok, that cat is well and truly out of the bag."
"Crissy has been doing a lot of talking. She told me about Em and you."
"Bill, I'm sorry, I wish I'd told you. I didn't plan for it to happen. Crissy DID plan it though. She and Em had been talking about us, how attractive they found us, and about our little problem..." Janie's voice trailed off.
Janie and I had become stuck in a rut, both busy as dervishes at work. Our sex life had descended from great into ok, then into 'same old, same old', into occasionally. Bill had thought more than once that if things continued to deteriorate, they'd be having 'hallway sex', passing each other in the hallway muttering a low "Fuck you" to each other as they passed by.
"Janie, we have to talk."
He heard her sharp intake of breath at the other end. "Bill..."
He cut her off, saying "Janie, I love you. That hasn't changed. Maybe we've lost our way a little, I don't know. I do know that I want for you to be happy. I'm glad Crissy called you and told you about her 'visit'. At least I don't have that hanging over my head. When will you be home?"
"I'll be home on Monday. We have to change out some defective hardware, do a run test, check for bugs, make sure everything is good to go. It will be fine, just going through the process from this point. I'm looking forward to seeing you, Bill."
Bill was listening with one ear, knowing he had Sunday to think about the future and what it might hold.
"Bill?" Janie asked. "You're not saying anything...are you angry with me?"
"No, baby. I'm not angry. I've just had a lot happen, gotten a lot of information dumped in my lap."
"How IS your lap, Bill?, she asked a bit coyly.
"My lap is a little tired but quite happy, thanks." He smiled into the dark.
"Mmmm, I like the sound of that", she cooed into his ear.
"When you get home Monday, can we make some 'just us' time to talk honestly?"
"Yes Bill, definitely. It's been long over due, don't you think?"
"Yeah, I guess it is. We can work things out Janie. I'm sorry about tonight, I didn't intend for Crissy's visit to become a pool orgy." He started to say "Shit happens" but didn't see how that would help things.
"I'm glad you're not angry with me, Bill. I want you to know that I love you, and that I'm committed to us. I can't explain it very well on the phone. I guess sometimes shit just happens."
Bill rolled his eyes and replied "I understand, baby. We'll talk on Monday. I have to go, my beer is feeling neglected."
"I love you Bill. You just remember that until I get home."
"Love you too, Hillbilly." Bill called her hillbilly as a pet name. She was from Kentucky and was a city girl, and hated that Kentucky had a redneck reputation, which is why he called her hillbilly.
The dark was complete again, the call ended. He took a slug of beer, reached down and caressed his cock. It stirred like a sleeping dragon, a thrill going through it.
Draining the beer, he found his way inside. He got a paper plate, opened the fridge and built a snack. "A man has to maintain his energy", he told himself. A couple slices of ham, some cheese, a few olives, and a sweet pickle were his intended prey.
Munching away, he thought about Janie and her homecoming. He found he was nervous, anticipating seeing her. He was almost like a kid looking forward to his first real date. His cock stirred again thinking of her, thinking of his neighbor Em being inside her.
Bill finished his snack and cleaned up his debris, washed his hands, brushed his teeth and slipped naked between the sheets.
Sunday dawned clear and hot. Bill puttered around the house, watched a little baseball on TV, but couldn't get into the game. His mind kept wandering to Janie, wanting her home again, just wanting her.
Monday finally came and Bill was glad. The hours with nothing to do but think had been frazzling to his nerves. He knew Janie would get back around six, so he left his job at four. He hit the market, got a few things for dinner and raced home.
He hit the shower and paid special attention to his 'naughty bits'. Janie called his cock and balls his 'naughty bits' in a really cheesy British accent, perhaps the result of a few too many British TV characters. He loved it when she said that, having an interest in her 'naughty bits' as well.
He heard the door open just after six and Janie walked in. For a moment they simply looked at one another, then Bill smiled at her. She smiled back and just that simply the glaze of frost in their relationship melted.
She came to him and he was aware for the first time in a long time of how her breasts pressed against his chest as they hugged. He could have sworn in court that her nipples were hard. He felt his trouser snake stirring.
They kissed, and it was a kiss unlike any they had enjoyed in a long long time. Bill tasted her mouth and tongue, really tasted her, and wondered how in the hell he'd been blind, taking this woman for granted.
"Mmmm, you feel good baby", he said, being a master of understatement.
"You too, Bill. You don't know how good." Bill did know though.
"Would you like some wine?"
"That would be fantastic. I'm glad to be home. These trips get longer every time, it seems."
Bill went to the fridge and got a couple chilled white wines and returned to find Janie sitting on the sofa, perched on the edge like a bird ready to take flight. He knew she was nervous, knew this was the dreaded conversation. He handed her a wine and they both sipped.
"Bill, I'll start if it's alright. I want to say I love you. I apologize again for not telling you my feelings. I should have and that's wrong."
Bill responded with his own "I love you too, Janie."
She continued "We've let things go off the rails a bit in our relationship, what with work demanding so much of both of us. I've been distracted, not focused on us like I should have been. Do you feel the same, Bill?"
He agreed, saying "Yeah, it's true. We've both kind of been off in our own little world, doing our own thing. That doesn't make us bad people, does it?"
"No", she laughed. "If anything, it probably means we're normal."
"Anyway, Crissy and I had been talking and I told her of our little problem. She told me that she and Em had been through much the same thing a couple years ago. I asked how they'd solved their problem."
"Crissy told me they had a talk, one just like we're having. She said they agreed that things had become stale and changes needed to be made."
Bill noticed her chest starting to flush in the Vee of her top. He saw little patches of blush appear on her cheeks. She looked sexy as hell.
"They came to an agreement Bill. They agreed to allow each other to have other lovers. Crissy said it did wonders for their relationship, injected a whole new level of excitement.