This story is part four of the series "Friends", which follows four twenty somethings as they grow personally, professionally, and sexually. Alan and Lisa are a married couple. Tim is their best friend from college, who has just started dating Audrey, i friend of Lisa's from work. This chapter can be read in isolation, but the characters and plot line make more sense if you have read the earlier parts.
This story alternates between action and long stretches of character building. And once again, this episode is told from Lisa's perspective.
This episode starts the morning after "Movie Night" ends, when Alan and Lisa had watched their newly made video for the first time.
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I wake up to an empty bed. And I hadn't even slept in all that late this morning. I throw my kimono around me and go in search of Alan. Probably in the kitchen making breakfast, I thought. Looking around the bedroom, I notice the tripod, the fancy selfie stick things, and the three big lighting units are all gone. Alan must have cleaned that up yesterday while Audrey and I were out. I hadn't noticed last night.
In the kitchen, I find fresh coffee, more fresh fruit ready for breakfast and a hot loaf of... apple cinnamon bread?, guessing from the luscious aroma emanating from it. But no Alan.
Only then do I notice the note sitting next to my coffee cup. He knew where I would go first.
Morning lover girl.
I needed to do something for work, so I'm in the study. Come grab me when you are ready for breakfast.
Kisses
I pour my coffee and bring it with me as I go back to the study to fetch my husband.
"What's the emergency?" I ask. "You don't usually work Sunday mornings."
"Well you know our showcase is coming up in just over a week. Apparently, I can't take an afternoon off without things going to hell. At least, the video well was worth it."
"Worth it? -- that was the sexiest thing I ever saw. At least the first half of it before you distracted me!" I say teasing him.
We had made a home porno Friday night. He had spent all afternoon turning our bedroom into a mini-studio, including four camera angles. He then spent hours yesterday morning editing it all into an incredibly professional looking video. He's obviously seen it all, but we got hot and heavy while watching it together last night, so I missed the second half. Except for one clip that he had put on my phone and I had shared with my best friend Audrey. Alan and I were planning on re-watching it today so I could see the second half.
My pussy is growing damp as I remember the first half and anticipate what the second half will look like.
But he breaks the bad news, "In between editing, I ended up putting in probably three or four hours yesterday for work and I will need to work most the day today, probably until dinner, which I guess will have to be a quick meal out somewhere. I'll still be able to watch the movie again with you, but not til this evening. I'm afraid it's going to be a week of long days. But I have insisted on leaving Saturday evening open for Audrey and Tim to come over. Have we decided what we are doing?"
"No, I suspect I'll talk to Audrey about it on Monday," trying not to sound too disappointed.
I know the showcase is the first big test for the project he's been leading for over a year. I guess the flip side of his work allowing to take off an afternoon on a whim is that it may sometimes expect him to work long hours.
"But let's forget about my work for a few minutes and grab breakfast. Ham, tomatoes, red bell peppers and cheddar for your omelette, I assume?"
He wraps an arm around my waist and we walk back the kitchen.
We had a pleasant, if uneventful breakfast, delicious as Alan's cooking usually is.
Oh god, I just figured out why Audrey was talking up his curry last night. I mean the curry was good, but she just kept going on and on about it. She was buttering him up, hoping he would say yes to her watching our sex tape. The deal was that Alan and I had to both agree before anyone else could watch it. Alan is pretty protective, not wanting to share me with anyone.
I chuckled to myself about her ploy. Alan is human and likes being complimented, but he is also very arrogant about some things that he is sure that he is good at, making him almost immune to being buttered up. Those things include his work and his cooking. On the other hand, pressing her tits against him in a hug last night might have helped her cause.
Almost like he knew I was thinking about Audrey, Alan announces, "I had a thought about your pool problem."
It takes me a minute to come up with some context for that announcement. I had wanted Audrey to teach me how to play pool -- she is apparently a serious pool shark -- but we didn't have easy access to a table. Our first attempt at a bar nearly turned into a disaster and I don't think either of us want to risk that again.
"My group's break room has a foosball table and a pool table," he explains. "I could bring you and Audrey in for a few hours on Saturday mornings. But not until after the showcase, of course. Too many people working weekends in the office until then."
"That's a great idea. I'll tell Audrey about that on Monday as well." That really would work well. Alan could get some extra hours in while we had fun on the table. Alan tries really hard to maintain a good work-life balance, but it frustrates him at times not to get done as much as he wants to. If he was single, I bet he would work 80+ hours almost every week.