Simon cut the cards, Christine dealt.
Alex suggested predicament poker, which was predictable enough.
My name is Jo and I sleep with all of them, quite regularly.
Not seriously, not as a planned or committed thing, and we all have secrets from each other, but we are, quite casually, in each other's beds whenever there are no other propositions on the horizon. We have a permanent fuck-buddy relationship that has endured adolescent jealousies, time apart, political arguments and an inexorable drift in the direction of a middle age we are all giving a cheerful finger to from the mid thirties.
We are all bisexual, as well. When I said "each other", I meant it. In fact, for one whole year Simon and Alex didn't sleep with anybody else. Christine and I entertained ourselves during that time, but it was too boring for all of us and didn't last.
At the moment, Christine and Alex were experimenting exclusively with each other. Normally, that would mean Simon and I became regular boff buddies. But, things just haven't worked out this time.
Simon had gone through a rapid string of girlfriends and numerous one-night boys, and I had strung along a couple of boys and a girl, but we were both a little bored with just the two of us and were missing the other two. This night was as inevitable as it was potentially enjoyable.
It had been some time since all four of us have been around a table together. The sexual tension in the air could be smelt.
"Right!" Christine said as she started dealing out the cards. "All the losers of every hand have to truthfully answer questions set by the winner."
There was general ribald laughter at this.
"The winner," she continued, "has to remove one item of clothing."
There was general applause at that.
"These questions," Simon asked as he picked up his cards. "The same ones for everyone or one for each?"
"Same one for everyone," Christine replied cheerfully as she sorted her hand.
In predicament poker there is no point in betting or bluffing and no point in folding. The only real skill is in what to discard and get re-dealt, and we all turn over together.
It makes for a quick game and one that encourages drinking. When we plan on using it as a prelude for sex, we stay sober. Christie had made up several pitchers of iced tea.
I thought I had a good chance on the first hand, but Simon managed to pull off a royal flush.
"Right!" He said gleefully. "When was the last time you sucked cock?"
"Jumping right in, then?" Christine asked with a laugh. "Two hours before you got here."
"You, last year!" Alex said.
"Last Sunday night, and I am gagging!" I contributed.
I got the biggest laugh.
"Is this just one item of clothing?" Simon asked hopefully. But he was already pulling his shirt over his head and didn't need the regretful but standard answer he got.
It looked for a second as though Simon was going to win the second hand as well, but Christine smugly turned over her cards last and was already taking off her blouse as we stared at her hand.
"When was the last time you licked pussy?" She asked sweetly.
"One hour before they got here!" Alex said instantly.
"Last Sunday night and I am gagging," I said, almost as fast.
Simon had his mouth open but laughed instead when he heard me, and had to start again.
"Three days ago at lunchtime!" he gasped out.
Simon did win the next hand, took his pants off (we all have bare feet inside) and asked when was the last time we had been spanked.
Christine and Alex gave the same answers. So did I.
"All right!" Alex said. "Less boring questions next time!"
As fate would have it, Alex won the next hand.
This meant that I was sitting with two boys with no shirts and one girl in her bra. I was rather happy about this, even though they now knew that my favourite sex toy was a double penetration vibrator. Simon's was still a butt-plug, and Christine nominated Alex but we forced her to choose again and she selected a strap-on dildo, which surprised nobody.
It was finally my turn to win it next, which was interesting because I was not wearing a bra. I tried to act coy at the chorus of cat-calls but my nipples responded for me.
I demanded to know what was the most orgasms they had ever had in one session.
Simon lead with two, a little shamefaced. Alex claimed four, and not surprisingly Christine top-scored with seventeen.
My personal record was eight, which looked good next to anyone but Christine.
Christine lost her bra next round but found out that we all had the same fantasy celebrity threesome of Scarlet Johannsen and Nathan Fillion, and accused us of being boring.
Alex joined Simon in underwear next, and wanted to know our favourite chaser for cum.
Christine chose whiskey, Simon chose beer and I won a moral victory by saying "more cum!"
Christine took her skirt off next, revealing matching underwear ("It is not a fucking coincidence!" she protested when Simon suggested it) and pondered for a few seconds before declaring that we all had to reveal our favourite position for threesomes.
"Right!" Simon said, rubbing his hands together. "Getting serious now! On my back, with a woman sitting on my face, and anybody going down on me."
"Going hard at a girl who's going down on another girl," Alex declared.
Both of those descriptions got me a little wet, and flustered, and I had to endure a chorus of "Come on, don't be shy!" when I hesitated a quarter-second too long.
"Getting fucked hard by Alex while going down on Christine!" I retaliated.
"Later," Christine shot back without missing a beat.
Next round, I lost my pants. "Now, you really should have gone with matching underwear as well," Simon said when my black lacy boy-leg panties were revealed. I ignored him.
I was also, unfortunately, at a momentary loss for a question.
"You've got ten minutes to fuck a complete stranger," I began, as an old memory surfaced. "What position do you use. Man and woman!" I added as they looked a little impressed at the question.
"Both," Alex whispered. "Damn..."
"Bent over, holding onto something, while he fucks me as hard as he can," Christine began, "Aaand, fingering each other, up against the wall, tongues locked together, tits out."
Damn, that got me wet as well.