Ch. 14: Your Fault, My Fault -- Thursday
The alarm went off at its usual time Thursday morning, but Jan didn't turn it off as usual; didn't roll out of bed to be first in the shower and then push Tim out of bed afterwards. Instead, the damn thing just got louder and louder until Tim crawled over himself and hit the snooze button. 'Crawled over an empty space,' entered his mind. Then suddenly, it all came rushing in. Jan wasn't here because she'd had to get up three hours earlier so she could go in and take part in a VTC with some people in Holland.
She'd managed to get up on time, probably using a different alarm on her smart phone, and gotten washed and dressed and out of here without disturbing Tim at all. He was impressed, in a distracted manner. Not sure if it was her stealth or his deep slumber that was more responsible for him sleeping through her entire exit.
Regardless, he was on his own and managed to drag his ass out of bed after only using the snooze button once. He showered, shaved and dressed and then headed for the kitchen. Jan had put on a pot of coffee and it only needed a short zap in the microwave. While he drank it and ate some yogurt with granola, he sent her a text.
"Good morning, my love. How'd it go? Great, I'm sure!" With a heart emoji.
An hour later, as he settled into his desk and scoped out the overnight e-mails and the day ahead, his phone dinged with her response.
"Thank you, baby. Yes, it went very well." With a thumbs up symbol.
Then two minutes later his phone dinged again.
"Did you cum on my ass?!"
Tim laughed and thought about how to answer. He remembered how she'd looked as he crouched over her.
"Yes. Marble in the moonlight; how could I resist?"
"?" came her response.
"Later," he replied.
Later turned out to be about 5:45; his usual time for getting home from work.
He walked in the front door and saw Jan's coat on its hook in the foyer. Music was playing on the house system, but instead of the dance tracks of the previous days, it was a soft jazz; their more normal background music for winding down from days at their offices.
"Hey, baby, I'm home," he offered to the house.
"In the bedroom," came his wife's response.
He made his way down the hall, loosening his tie and the top button on his shirt as he did. The bedroom door was open and when he walked in he saw luggage and clothes on the bed.
Janice met him with a kiss. "Good timing," she said. "I think I've got everything we need and you can check to make sure I haven't missed anything." She moved back to the bed.
She'd not only laid out her whole wardrobe for the coming long weekend, she'd done the same for him. On one side of the bed were her dresses and casual outfits and on the other side were his. He laughed. "It's a little OCD, but hallelujah, you've saved me!"
He actually hadn't been sure what he should wear to the dance club, but she'd put together two outfits for him that perfectly complimented the Little Black Dress and the Little Red Dress she would be wearing. She even had shoes selected for him and he noticed they both had leather soles, which should make for smoother dancing.
"I know we're going to the same nightclub both nights, but we're going to different restaurants, right?" she asked as she moved around the bed straightening up socks and briefs.
"That's right," he admitted.
"So, I've only packed one sports coat for you, because it goes with both of your outfits and I expect you'll only be wearing it at the restaurants and not at the club."
"Oh my God," Tim said in a suddenly sad tone. "I've really fucked up."
Janice's eyes popped open in confusion. "What? Fucked up? What do you mean? Don't you want to go?"
Tim rushed into the room and took his wife in his arms. "No, no, no," he said firmly. "That's not what I mean. In fact, quite the opposite." He gently brushed Janice's hair away from her worried eye and ran his fingers over her high cheekbone and down along her chin.
"You look like a kid at Christmas," he said sweetly, planting a light kiss on the tip of her nose. "But it shouldn't be such a special, no; it shouldn't be such a rare occasion. I know how much you love to go dancing, but it's been years since I've taken you out. That's where I fucked up. I promise that it won't be years, not even one, before I ask you to dance with me, ever again." He looked deep into her eyes, hoping she saw that he truly meant what he said.
The way she threw her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss made it clear that she did. "Oh, baby! Thank you." She kissed him again. "Oh, it's my own fault too," she said. "I know you would have taken me if I asked, but I guess I just wanted you to ask me, not the other way around." She laid her head against his chest. "God, I didn't even know I was playing such a junior high school game until now."
He laughed into her hair. "I guess that makes us even, just a couple of junior high kids, still finding their way in the confusing world of love."
She turned her face up to him with a smile, but then her face got serious. "I'm glad we still have such...innocence...in our love. But we should also be way beyond that." She stroked his cheek, then with her other hand grabbed his crotch, making Tim jump.
Her voice became a growl as she said, "If I can tell you I want you to eat me, or fuck me, or spank me, then I should be able to tell you I want to go dancing."
Tim stroked her cheek. "Yes. And no." Then he put his other hand on top of hers in his crotch. "I love it when you let me know what you want, let me know that you do want it. But I should also never stop trying to seduce the most wonderful woman in the world." He gave her a longer, deeper kiss.
"Baby," he said. "Will you go dancing with me?"
"You bet your ass," she smiled; her lips still against his.
"And will you let me spank you?" he added, his grin going crooked.
She gave his face a playful slap. Then she squeezed his cock. "I did say that, didn't I?"
"Yes, you did."
"How about one of those golden showers instead?" she offered.
They laughed and kissed again.
Ch. 15: Ordering In -- Thursday evening
Tim did have a shower that night, but it was normal, not golden. He had it just before they sat down to dinner. But before that, he and Janice went through the clothes she had laid out and got their bags packed for the next day.
"Now, you're sure we're covered? You know I hate being dressed wrong for the situation," she said one more time after they closed up the bags.
He did know it; it was one of Janice's quirks. But a harmless one -- unless he let her walk into a place over- or under-dressed! Then he could spend days in the doghouse if she figured that it had somehow been his fault -- which she usually did. "Why didn't you say something?" was a favorite phrase.
"I promise you, babe, we've got it all covered. Casual days, hot dressy nights; no surprise tickets to the opera or a charity ball." He took her in his arms. "And if someone invites us at the last minute, I'll buy you whatever you need to feel properly armed and armored."
She tried to push him away as she gave him a, 'fuck you too, buddy,' look, but he held her tight up against him. "We're going to have a great time," he said softly. "And you are going to look great every minute of the day; I have absolutely no doubts about that." He bent his head down for a kiss and she gave it to him, although she pretended reluctance at first.
A rumble from his stomach broke them up with a laugh.
"Oh crap," she said. "I got so caught up in packing that I forgot all about dinner."
"That's okay," answered Tim. "We don't want to be cooking and cleaning up that much the night before going away, anyway. How about I jump in the shower and you order something in?"
"Sounds good to me," said Jan. "Hmm, we had Thai the last time, how about Chinese tonight?"
"Yeah, good choice. Go ahead and order some things you want to share, just make sure I get a bowl of Peking soup, okay?" He took off his tie and hung it on the rack, then started unbuttoning his shirt as he moved toward the bathroom.
"You got it," Janice said, heading toward the kitchen, where they kept the take-out menus.
Tim left his shoes outside the bathroom door and took off everything else except his briefs inside. It was going to take a while before the food would arrive, so he took his time and gave himself a shave before climbing into the shower. His hair was okay, so he saved the shampoo for the morning and just gave his body a good lathering. After toweling off, he put his dirty clothes into the hamper and went back into their bedroom. There he put on some lightweight jogging pants he liked for lounging around the house, although no underwear went on with them. On top was his standard plain cotton t-shirt. He slipped into a pair of felt clogs they'd picked up on a trip to Denmark and headed out to find Janice.
She was in the dining alcove, where she'd set out plates and utensils. Tim saw they each also had a glass of what looked like tomato juice. A bottle of vodka stood next to hers.
"I was going to make us Bloody Marys," she said. "But you've been so tight-lipped about our trip that I don't even know how early we have to get up in the morning, so I wasn't sure if we should drink anything."
Tim gave himself a mental pat on the back for having kept her in the dark so well, despite all her prying and bribing. Tuesday she'd given him a rare and wonderful rim and handjob, while trying to get him to spill the beans. All he'd spilled in the end had been his seed, all over her hand.
He picked up and opened the Absolut and poured a healthy shot and a half into each glass, turning the Virgin Marys into Bloody Marys. "No early start times," he said. "In fact, we're not even setting the alarm and are going to sleep in. Hotel check-in is not until 2:00 and our dinner reservation is not until 7:30, so we can take our time and take it easy."