"You're not my type," he said, not meeting my eyes.
I scowled at him, trying to discern whether he was truly lying or just being ignorant. At 5'3, blonde, and curvy, I'm EVERYONE's type. "What do you mean?" I asked, confused and insulted.
"You're not my type. Plain and simple."
Uh-oh, I thought. He sounded more resolute with that one. "And what IS your type, then?" I probed further.
"You're the 'my best friend's girlfriend' type, a type that I avoid like the plague," he responded sounding 100 percent sure of himself this time.
"We've been through that already." I was getting tired of that argument. "Your best friend and I are swingers. Get it? Non-monogamous. WE FUCK OTHER PEOPLE!" I punctuated this last line by wrapping my arms around his neck and pressing up against him.
"And does he know that the other person in this case is me?" he asked, incredulous still.
"For the last time, YES. We've discussed it, and we've decided that it would be okay for you and me to fuck. Just once, you know, for the fun of it." I smiled up at him, pressing closer. Considering my point made, I stretched up to kiss him, pulling his face down to meet mine. At the very last possible second, though, he pulled away, much to my chagrin.
"I just can't. For God's sake, I'm going to be the best man in your wedding!" His eyes were pleading, and I felt a moment's pity for him, but then my lust rose again, and I remained firm in my resolve.
"How long have we said that we've wanted to fuck each other? Since the beginning, right? Remember 'if we'd met each other first,' and all that? Aren't you the least bit curious?" My voice became huskier as I spoke, resolving in a purr, "Don't you ever wonder what it would be like with me?"
"All the time, but goddamnit, I just can't, okay? Lay off!" He pushed my hands away from their position around his neck, and stomped away from me, back inside, back to my engagement party, from which I had been conspicuously absent for almost half an hour.
I lit another cigarette, and took my usual place at the banister of the porch, shivering in the cool February breeze. I took a deep drag and tapped the ash away, watching the sparks scatter out into the night air. I decided that I had pushed him too far, been too insistent.
The fact was that I had been lusting after my fiancรฉ's best friend for almost the whole of our year-and-a-half courtship. Wandering eyes had never been cause for concern between us; my lover had been more than accepting of my lustfulness. We regularly engaged in three- and foursomes, and even occasional trysts. In fact, his acceptance of my multiplicitious bisexuality had been one of the many reasons that I had fallen for him.