"It's not that I don't trust you," she said quietly. "You know that right... It isn't you." She was a little drunk, the words slurred together at times.
Dinner had gone well. During football season their Friday nights were spent under the lights at the local high school but as summer approached their older son was off to spend the night with friends, their daughter, only 10, was off to his mothers. Christina had made a salad and a sort of vegetable casserole. He had grilled small steaks and large slabs of salmon. They drank wine, Charles, Christina and her sister Tammi. They talked about nothing in particular, drank, ate, and it was only when it got late that things became tense.
Charles had been wary. The two women were sisters, shared everything and were very close. They were also bitter rivals, mistrusted one another and only saw each other once a year or so. When she had decided to turn in Tina had suggested Tammi get a cab. Tammi said she thought she would just crash there. She hadn't even checked into the hotel yet.
Tina had watched her husband react to the tension. He could never understand. The look on his face was sympathetic. Why the hell didn't she just stay at the house, they had room, but he also recognized his wife's determination and wisely kept his mouth shut.
Eventually, tired, drunk, and a bit worked up Tina relented, showed Tammi to the guest room and pulled Chuck into bed. They had drunken sex. She liked drunken sex. He tried things he wouldn't when he was sober. She let him do things she wouldn't when she was sober. Tonight it had been licking her while he pressed two fingers in the front door and one in the back. It had left her with a sort of overwhelmed afterglow.
"You know I trust you, right?" she repeated again. Once, and he would have believed her but now that she said it for the third, maybe fourth time, he was suspicious.
"You don't have to worry," he said.
"You don't know her," Tina said quietly. "Don't get me wrong. I love her, I just... I know her. She wouldn't do it to me mean... She would never, like, set out to hurt me. She just doesn't think."
"Well, I think. I think you are worried about something that just won't happen."
"Uh huh."
"First. she's your sister. That makes her my sister. It would just be... icky."
"Uh huh."
"Second. It wouldn't matter if she was your sister. If she was a stranger. If she was a bikini model. I wouldn't do that to you."
"UH huh."
"Third..."
"Third?"
"Third... She isn't my type."
"Bullshit," Tina said.
"True."
"She is every man's type." Tina had a life long insecurity when it came to her little sister. The woman wasn't just the smart sister, she was the hot sister. At 33, she was more beautiful than ever. She had perfect breasts, a trim waist, a flat belly, and long thin legs. Hell, if she wasn't her sister, Tina would want to fuck her. "Do you have water?" Tina asked.
"No."
"You always have water."
"I'll get one."
"No."
"Honey,"
"Yeah."
"Relax."
Tina watched her husband roll out of bed. "Put on pants," she said. he groaned audibly, pulled on his jeans, and headed for the kitchen. His wife was crazy but it was okay. He sort of liked it.