It Could Have Been Anyone - Part Two
By Cal Bishop
Author's Note
I wrote Part One of this as a one-off for the Halloween contest, but I enjoyed the characters and premise so much that I decided to keep going. Part Two picks up right where Part One left off. There isn't any actual sex here, this is more plot-moving and character-establishing, but I hope there's enough innuendo and implication to keep the characters' (and readers') interest. Don't worry, the next chapter is coming soon and there's plenty of sex in it.
After the Halloween Party
"You were right, you know," she said. "Your costume is better than I thought at first. Why, under that mask, at the party, it could have been anyone!"
They both laughed.
They looked at each other silently. Eventually the silence became awkward.
Finally Ben cleared his throat, his eyes still locked on hers, and said, "Actually, there's something I should tell you..."
"It wasn't you the first time, was it," she said.
"No. How did you know?"
"Does it matter?"
"No," he said after thinking about it for too long. "Ali, I'm so sorry, it was just supposed to be a stupid joke that got out of hand, I don't know what I was thinking but it doesn't matter, I never should have put you in that position, you must be furious..."
She put up a hand to stop him. "I'm not mad," she said by reflex. "Well, I take that back. I'm kind of mad! You tricked me into having sex with someone I had just met that day! What were you thinking?"
He shrugged. "I wasn't thinking. I swear! I didn't plan it, it was just a stupid... game. I had no idea what would happen, and Gene didn't either, he tried to switch back with me, but by that point, it was too late to stop!"
She winced in frustration, but also a little guilt.
I did get a little crazy myself, and definitely more aggressive than usual
. "That's ridiculous... but I believe that you didn't plan it, and no one got hurt, except maybe their bedspread."
Alicia chuckled ruefully and hugged Ben. "
You
aren't mad, are you? I did have sex with someone else, after all. I have to admit, I kind of suspected it was someone else while I was dancing with him. I mean, we had already been feeling each other up, but it was before I took anything off."
He frowned, then scoffed and hugged her back. "No, I'm not mad. It doesn't matter who had touched what when you figured it out, it's still a position I shouldn't have put you in. No pun intended. And, honestly, it was so fucking hot I don't even mind!"
That drew her up short. "What?"
He blushed and waved his hands in front of him like he was trying to shape the words manually. "I mean, it looked amazing. I saw the whole thing from the bathroom. I snuck out into the hall right before you went to clean up. I never thought about what Gene calls 'the lifestyle' until now, and, I mean, you're always hot, but seeing you fucking someone else was the hottest thing I've ever seen!"
She was disturbed to find that she knew what he meant. Every element of the party had been strange, the whole evening had been erotically charged, it had felt all along like anything could happen...
She found herself getting hot and bothered while Ben continued talking. "It was so intimate even though I was in another room, I could see how passionate you both were like I was there but I could only touch myself, it was like, like..."
"A dream," she finished.
"Sure," he agreed.
She shook herself. "Well, yeah, I guess it was hot. I mean, of course it was. I have to admit, the sex was good."
That's putting it lightly
, she blushed. "But lifestyle? Come on. Doing that again would be a horrible idea. What if Vivian gets jealous?"
"I don't think that's likely to be a problem," Ben laughed. "Didn't you just tell me about her and Frank?"
"OK, well, what about you?" Alicia asked. "Are you sure it'll never bother you at all, seeing me with your childhood friend? Or forget about jealously, what about the opposite problem? What if someone develops... feelings?"
Ben said nothing.
"It was an accident that turned out well, and that's it," Alicia finished. "I'm going to go take a shower now. Do you want to join me?"
"Sure."
She took the Sally wig off first and scratched her head, giving her light brown, shoulder-length hair some long-overdue freedom.
The shower took a long time. As always, Ben enjoyed getting handsy. She appreciated his help getting the blue off her C-cup breasts, even though it wasn't strictly needed, but they were both tired.
It was well after 2 AM when they finally got into bed. He shut off the lights and spooned her and she expected they'd both go straight to sleep. But when she closed her eyes, she saw someone in a Batman mask. She didn't know if it was Ben or Gene, and she realized she was getting wet. She rubbed her ass against Ben's crotch and he responded.
"I thought you were tired," he said.
"Well, maybe not too tired," she answered with a giggle as she shrugged off her pajamas and turned to embrace him.
A few days later, over dinner, Ben asked her, "So I wanted to ask, what would you say to a double date with Gene and Vivian? We could take them to that new Filipino place, Purple Patch, and see what develops."
"Develops? What's going to develop?" Alicia asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Probably nothing. All I'm saying is, if something does develop, I think we can be flexible," Ben said smoothly.
Alicia narrowed her eyes, suspicious of how smoothly he said that and whether the double entendre was intentional, but she agreed.
They wound up getting reservations for that Friday. Alicia wore a gray sweater dress; no cleavage, but it was elegant enough for the restaurant, and tight enough to display her curves.
Alicia and Ben arrived first; no surprise, since it was in their neighborhood, but the other couple was only a few minutes late. Vivian was wearing a tight green blouse, once again showing off her cleavage, and businesslike slacks.
How often are her hookups mutual things with Gene, like Ben seems to want this to be?
