Chapter 1
Writers note: This is based on a true story. Names and some details have been changed for privacy reasons. If you haven't already, read the beginning of Joe and Emma's story in "Meeting Joe pt1&2". The bulk of our relationship was online and virtual, and took place via chat on an app. I have attempted to capture this as it sets the tone and has crucial information, so the beginning chapter is a bit dialogue heavy. I'm not a professional writer by any means, just trying to capture some memories. Enjoy.
I woke up before my alarm, and just laid in bed grinning. I was tired and exhausted from the drive to meet Joe, and still couldn't believe I had the nerve to go meet him in person. Everyone in the house was still asleep, so I rolled over, grabbed my phone, opened up the chat, and couldn't help but smile more as a new message from Joe popped up.
Joe: "Good morning!"
Emma: "Good morning."
Joe: "How did you sleep?"
Emma: "Like a rock, I passed out pretty quick. Something must have tired me out."
Joe: "Cant imagine what."
Emma: "No idea, guess I need to get to adulting and hop in the shower to start the day."
Joe: "Wish I was there to watch."
Emma: "Wish you were here too."
I rolled out of bed, my vanilla, man child of a husband still sleeping even though he had to leave for work in 45 minutes. Standing in the shower, I continued to think about my day with Joe the day before. I looked down at my thigh, and a thumbprint size bruise was there, Joe's thumbprint. I knew he grabbed my thigh before we left the lake, but I didn't think it was hard enough to bruise. Lucky for me I was clumsy and always bumping into things, my husband would never notice. Not that he looked at me without clothes anymore anyways. He hadn't in over a year.
The day went smooth..... kids to school, husband at work, me working from home, and random chats throughout the day with Joe whenever we had a few free minutes to hop on the app to chat. I finally finished cleaning for the day and headed to bed, my husband as always stayed up on video games. This I didn't mind anymore as it gave me time to chat with Joe.
Joe: "How was your evening?"
Emma: "Pretty good, uneventful. Same shit different day pretty much, other than being more tired than normal lol. How about you?"
Joe: "My day was pretty good, nothing new. I think I have a writing task in mind for you. Tomorrow morning you will wake up to an email with instructions."
All I could think was, what the hell was he planning? Great, now I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight thinking about what it is.
Joe: "If you complete it satisfactory, there may be a reward in order."
Emma: "Hmmm, wonder what it could be?"
Joe: "Guess you will just have to find out. Or not."
Emma: "Well I am going to head to bed, I hear him shutting down the video games which means he will be heading to bed too."
Joe: "Goodnight Emma, sleep well. (Kiss emoji)."
Emma: "Goodnight, Daddy. You too. (Kiss emoji)."
I turned off the chat and switched over to Facebook as my husband walked in the room. He changed into pajama pants, laid in bed, and went straight to scrolling on things on his phone, as always and didn't say a word to me. We both laid there for a while. I put my phone down and went to roll over and go to sleep. My husband, self-centered and oblivious, laid there still scrolling. I could see him pulling up random pictures of women from Facebook, and I could see him saving them to his phone, yet again. I grabbed an extra shirt and laid it over my head trying to block out his screens glare and turned my energy and attention to better things. Like what may be waiting for me in my email in the morning.
I awoke in the morning and had to squint when I opened my eyes. My husband was on his phone, again. I could see him scrolling more pictures and zooming in on women on the site he was on. He noticed I was awake and immediately swiped out of the app and rolled over to face me.
"How about we do something tonight?" He said and winked.
Ugh, every time. He wondered why our sex life was lacking, and it was shit like this. He never asked on other days, only on days that he was looking at other women on his phone. If that wasn't bad enough, the sex wasn't even any good. No matter how many times I talked to him about the need for foreplay, and that squeezing my tit twice like a stress ball does not equal adequate foreplay, he never got a fucking clue, and always thought he did a great job.
"So, what do you think?" He asked again.
"I don't know, maybe." I replied, "I think we're out of lube."
"I can go pick some up after work." He replied as he got up and went to take a shower.
I laid in bed longer thinking about my selfish husband who continued to make me feel like I didn't matter That I was just a warm body there for him and that was about it. That he thought a lube run like that was normal. That was the saddest part as well. Him, and most of the men I had ever been with, all thought the need for lube for sex was normal. Or maybe there was just something wrong with me in that area. Maybe I was the one with the issue and was unable to really get aroused with anyone. I'd only been with 9 men to date, most were vanilla relationships, 3 were Dom's. All but 2, there were always issues in the sex department, and lube was needed most of the time. Also, the majority were little foreplay, lots of thrusting, he came, and was done. So, since that was all I got most of the time, I never enjoyed any of it.
Yeah, the issue was most definitely me.
I tried to push the thoughts out of my mind and began to think of Joe again. When we met yesterday, I didn't have any issues getting wet with him. It had been several years since I got so wet that my panties were soaked for the ride home, but it made me remember how great being touched could feel, that someone was possibly interested in me for me, and I was not just there to be a warm body. Though, I was still getting to know Joe, and it made me worried that maybe I read him and the whole situation wrong.... Maybe he was just looking for another warm body too and I was no different than the next chick on a website.
My phones notifications went off, interrupting my thoughts. It was my email, and it was from Joe. Before opening it, I logged into the chat app and a message from Joe was already waiting.
Joe: "Good morning sunshine!"
Emma: "Good morning!"
Joe: "How are you this morning?"
Emma: "Doing ok, just waking up still, about to hop in the shower."
Joe: "Wish I was there to watch."
Emma: "Me too, could be fun."
Joe: "Don't forget you have an email task this morning. Once you finish it, there may be another."
Emma: "Hmmm, another? Guess I better open it up and see what it says.... I'll have to do that later; he's getting out of the shower, and I need to get going and shower myself."
Joe: "Have a good morning, Emma."
Emma: "You too."
I couldn't move fast enough to get showered, dressed, and the kids to school. Finally, I was home alone and able to get into my email.
"To: Emma
From: Joe
Subject: Task
When I mentioned a task last night, I bet you didn't imagine a writing assignment.
This should be fairly easy for you. Or not.
For your first assignment, list the top 10 realistic expectations you have going forward. What you'd like to do, try, experience both online and in person.
There is a second assignment in my draft folder. Send me a chat message when you have completed and returned this one and I 'may' forward the second."