Jack's finance Sue drove home with a ferocious headache and a sense that everything had shifted just a little bit in her world. A few weeks ago, she had taken up the drunken offer of Jack's best friend Robert, taken him home, and had mediocre sex with too much guilt. Jack and Robert's wife Tina had spent the same night in separate beds, something that seemed to surprise Jack. But Sue knew Jack well, knew his loyalty to their impending marriage, knew he would be curious and tempted, but wouldn't follow through. Now everything had changed. She drank too much and Robert and Tina's house, although she remembered Jack putting her to bed. When she woke up, there was no sign that Robert had visited her during the night (and she remembered he was even more drunk). But Tina had come into their spare bedroom in midmorning, rousing her from her hazy hangover sleep, and made her coffee while she prattled on and on about what a great guy Jack was. As Sue drove home she realized what had happened. Jack and Tina had slept together, and maybe had planned the whole evening in advance.
When she got home, Jack engaged in his usual Saturday routine: a long run, followed by a sauna then a lazy lunch on the back deck. He was just finishing his sauna, standing in a towel in the bedroom, looking for khakis and a shirt.
"Did you sleep with her?"
"Yes." Jack looked directly at her. After a long pause, he crossed the room towards her. "I am not sure what to say."
Sue wasn't sure either. She had never had sex before Jack, an admission that got the entire situation started. But Robert had been a disappointment, which she told Jack the following day, in great detail, at his request. She knew he had been both disappointed that it even happened, but pleased by her reaction -- after telling him how unsatisfied Robert left her, Sue couldn't get enough of Jack. They made love in the morning, had afternoon laughing giggling sex over the weekend, and fucked like mad animals three nights in a row. On the third night, she straddled his hips and brought herself to orgasm with her fingers while he watched and waited for her to let him slide inside.
But now she felt confused and uncertain. Had he enjoyed making love to Tina? Did they 'make love,' or was it just raw sex? Did they plan the whole evening? Did he? Did she? Sue let him wrap his arms around her and she slowly slowly eased herself against him, relaxing against his chest, finally letting out a long long breath. She felt as if she had been holding her breath since that dinner party weeks ago.