A faint beeping was going off somewhere in the distance. The coffee pot, Mason thought as he opened his eyes to the morning light illuminating the bedroom through the curtains. He stretched out under the soft sheets of the bed and realized he was alone. It was Saturday, so he was in no rush to get up, but his wife, Jane, clearly felt differently. She had a habit of waking up early to exercise almost every morning, which added to the structure of her days since she had given up working to stay home with the kids.
Mason and Jane had been married for five years after dating for two before that. He had first laid eyes on Jane at a Halloween party he had been invited to while interning in law school. She had gone as Cleopatra with an elaborate and well-made costume featuring a long white dress with a high slit. It showed off her long, toned leg and a relatively modest mid-drift to emphasize her slender midsection. Mason spotted her early on and noted that she had the attention of every male at the party -- single or not. He had gone as a secret agent, which meant he just wore his suit from work and added sunglasses. Not an inspired outfit, but it was easy. When he finally had enough drinks in him to have the courage to shoot his shot, he got his first taste of Jane.
He had made a mutual friend introduce him and after a little small talk had asked her out the following weekend.
"I hope you'll put more work into a date than you did your costume tonight," she had teased him, though she agreed to let him take her out the following weekend.
They had hit it off immediately and were soon exclusive. He had been in his last year of law school, and she was a recently graduated English major looking for work. Mason had been a collegiate athlete on the swim team at university and kept himself in good shape. He knew most people considered him pretty handsome, and he figured the combination of looks and his prospects had been enough for her to give him a chance.
Jane, though, where do you even begin? She had been a feisty and strong-willed woman when he had met her and could hold her own in an argument even with his buddies in law school. She was well-read and kept herself in shape with a constant regimen of pilates, weights, and spin classes at the local gym. She had briefly worked as a school teacher at the local middle school but they had decided to have her stay home with the kids after their son was born. She was a patient and loving mother. He couldn't ask for more.
Mason also knew he was lucky that unlike some of his friend's wives, you could barely tell Jane had even given birth, which was undoubtedly partly due to her constant exercise and active lifestyle. Now, Jane wears her dark brown hair shoulder length. She usually has subtle low lights to add texture. She had kept her figure and the years had been generous. Her small B-cup breasts were a little fuller than when they had met and seemed exaggerated due to her lean, toned tummy and long legs on her 5'5 frame. Her thighs and butt were slender but muscular due to her regular use of weights. While he was hesitant to ask his wife, he estimated she probably still weighed around 110 pounds. She had an elegant sense of style that had become a little more conservative over the last few years after becoming a mom.
When they started dating, Jane was no prude and was the more experienced of them. He knew she had had several long-term boyfriends but had avoided asking too many questions because it was all in the past. With that said, Jane knew what she was doing in the bedroom, and the sex was phenomenal. While they had started going at it like rabbits, with a kid and life, that had eventually slowed down, and they had to work to keep things fresh. This led to the invention of Saturday Date Night, and the sexual tension leading up to it had an impact.
Life was good on this particular Saturday morning, he thought. It was the end of May, and the weather was getting warmer by the day. He had gotten a nice raise recently as he moved up to junior partner in the law firm he worked for. The pay raise had already allowed them to finish construction on a pool and start doing other things they had been putting off. Just in time to enjoy it over the summer, he thought. To top it off, the kids were with his parents for the weekend, so they had the house to themselves.
He rolled over and picked his phone up off the nightstand. 7 am. He quickly scrolled through a couple of emails before he flicked over to his texts and opened the chat with his wife.
"Already out of bed? I was hoping Date Night would start early," He sent with a winking emoji. It didn't take long to get a response.
"I'm a classy lady. I need to be wined and dined first," She teased back. A second message came almost immediately. "Are you finally going to tell me where we're going tonight?"
Mason smiled. He had gotten reservations relatively last minute at one of the fanciest restaurants in the city by using connections of one of his partners. They had represented the owner in a divorce a few years back. It was a decent drive from their house in the Suburbs, but he knew Jane would react positively. The distance to the city was about the only drawback to where they lived. They had found their house in a relatively older neighborhood with oversized lots, lots of character, and a state park behind the property so no other homes could be built behind them. This offered lots of privacy in addition to the 6-foot wooden fence they had around the property. They had a neighbor on both sides, but the houses weren't on top of each other, and only one of them had a second floor that could potentially see over the fence but the woman that lived there was in their 70's and kept to herself.
He focused on his phone again. The lead-up to the date nights was always his favorite. "I'm sure I could be convinced to let it slip," he responded.
"Is that right?" came the reply. He was trying to think of a clever response when a picture popped up from his wife. She was sitting in one of the chairs on the back patio with her knees pulled up to her, making a pouting face while drinking her coffee. She wore brand-name shorts and a sweatshirt he hadn't seen before. With the increased household budget he had also let Jane increase her clothing budget. She seemed to be taking advantage of it.
"That's not going to work today. It's too good of a surprise!" He shot back.
"I hope that's not the only big thing you've got for me tonight," she answered. Mason was always surprised at how good his wife was at teasing him.
"Come upstairs and find out," he said, hoping she would take him up on it.
"I said tonight! Dinner first. I'm not that easy," She teased.
"I guess you don't want to know where I'm taking you," he said, hoping her curiosity would get the best of her.
"Hmmm, what would it take to 'let it slip,' as you put it?" Jane asked in her following message.
Mason had several fantasies that they had explored over the years, though most of them were relatively tame and limited to the privacy of their bedroom. He didn't have to ask for much because Jane was a superstar in the bedroom. He had heard other men talk about their wives and how they would lie there during sex, how it was always the same. That sure wasn't Jane. She wasn't just attractive. She loved sex and was good at it. Jane was classy, educated, and came from a good family, but when it came to sex, she didn't hold back. She loved dirty talk and was an active and vocal participant in bed to the point that a neighbor in their former apartment complex had once commented to him about it. The awkwardness of that interaction aside, it had turned him on even more to know other people could hear her. He had never told her about that comment because he didn't want her to stop. Her dirty talk made him feel like a sex god and was one of his favorite parts of her sexual arsenal. He found the idea of people seeing or hearing his wife extremely erotic but he always shied away from admitting that to Jane. He was feeling adventurous this morning, though, and knew he could always play it off as a joke.
"What are you wearing tonight?" He asked her back.
"Hard to say since you won't tell me where we're going. What do you want me to wear?" she answered, immediately putting the ball back in Mason's court.
He thought momentarily about what he thought he could get away with. "I was thinking of a little black dress. The shorter, the better. Heels. That's it." He texted back.
She sent back the emoji with a raised eyebrow, and then "..." appeared as she was typing. It disappeared for a few moments. Then it appeared again. He could see he had surprised Jane a little with this request.
"So only a little black dress and heels. Nothing. Else. Right?" her response came up on his phone. Mason swallowed. Not much got past Jane and she had picked up on exactly what he had meant.
"Nothing. Else." He answered and then waited anxiously for her response.
"Hmmm. That's awfully scandalous, and I'm not sure I have a dress for that. Are you open to bargaining?" she asked playfully.
He laughed. Jane would exact a heavy price from him if he were going to get her to go out in public that exposed. She probably already had something in mind that she wanted.
"Go ahead and give me your counteroffer," he told her.
"I'll wear what you asked next Saturday night. You have to let me go shopping this week to find the right dress," Jane sent back. "that is if we can go look at some of the car dealerships," He sighed, of course. Jane had wanted a new car for a while, and though they had the money, he had been holding her off until they saved up more.
"That better be a hell of a short dress," he texted back.