This story, like all my stories, is a work of fiction. All characters are age 18 or older. Any similarities between any character in this story and any real person are unintentional and coincidental. As always, your comments are welcome.
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"What do you want for Christmas?" Lisa asked as she fiddled with some garland along the mantel.
"I don't know," I replied. "A threesome?" Half-kidding, I smirked at my wife.
"Okay, how about you, me, and Santa?" Lisa said, not missing a beat. "I've always wanted to try my luck with an older man."
I frowned.
"That's not what I meant," I said.
"You only said a threesome. By my count, that's three. You didn't say who the third had to be."
Lisa had quite a way with words. Even though we had only been married for a few years, I gave up on trying to keep pace with her wit early on. I was no match for her under normal circumstances, and today she was in rare form.
"Guess I'll need to come up with a new idea," I responded.
"Aw, come on, Johnny," she replied. "You can't even let me have a little fun?"
"Not when your fun involves an old man with a bushy white beard and a shriveled pecker. Not really my type."
"Maybe one of his elves then," my wife responded, clearly not about to give up on her little joke.
"Nope, I don't think so. Still not my style."
"Guess that means no threesome for you then," Lisa said as she chuckled to herself.
"I guess not," I answered, laughing along with her.
"For real then, what do you want?"
"I don't know. I'll have to think about it. Maybe a couple books and some tickets to a baseball game or something."
"Boring."
"Well you didn't like my idea."
"Because it was silly."
"No, you made it silly when you suggested that the third person should be a fictional old man."
"If you say so," Lisa answered. She smiled warmly.
If I'm being honest, I wasn't completely joking when I suggested a threesome. Did I think Lisa would go for it? No chance. Still, it was sort of a fantasy of mine, even though I knew it would probably never happen.
Lisa and I had a pretty standard marriage. We met in college, married in our mid-twenties, and settled down in a city apartment after we married. Now in our late twenties, we weren't quite ready to start having kids, but we weren't exactly wild, either. At this point, a Friday night didn't involve clubbing or anything else crazy. We mostly spent our weekend evenings sharing a bottle of wine and half-watching some uninspired romantic comedy until one of us fell asleep.
Still, family life wasn't too far around the corner, and I couldn't help but think about one last hoorah. Lisa had spent a semester abroad in college. She traveled around Europe on the weekends, and she met all sorts of interesting guys from interesting places. Who knows what she did with them. She never told me; I never asked. But my sense is that she got her fill and never looked back.
As for me, I didn't have a similar experience. I went to the local state university where I studied almost nonstop and couldn't afford any fancy international excursions. I got a good education, but the experience was largely unadventurous from start to finish. I never really experienced the wild college parties and spring break trips. Maybe it was just folklore, yet I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to live on the wild side for just a day or two.
"Johnny!" Lisa exclaimed, just shy of shouting.
I promptly exited the fantasy world in my head and returned to real life.
"Are you going to help me or what?" she continued.
"Sure. With what?" I asked.
"I need to put the star on top of the tree. Make sure I don't fall off this chair. I swear you buy a taller tree every year. One of these years I'm going to break my neck trying to decorate it."
Lisa had already dragged one of the tall chairs from the kitchen counter over to the tree. She climbed onto it, steadied herself, and leaned into the tree to put the star on top.
As she did, her bottom extended toward me. She had on a pair of loose but not baggy sweatpants, and when she bent over, I got a nice view of her round ass. I placed my hands on her hips as she put the finishing touches on the tree, but once she stood upright on the chair, I couldn't help but have a little fun.
I grabbed her sweatpants at the waist and gave them a gentle tug. Her pants dropped below her thighs, and I got a great view of her bum, which her thong did little to conceal.
Startled by the abrupt pantsing, she fell backward off the chair and into my arms. I fell onto my back β Lisa on top of me β and squeezed her tight. I reached my hand down past her belly and into her undies. I could feel the stubble brush up against my palm as it descended further.
"Maybe this could be my Christmas present," I said.
"You wish," Lisa answered, as she turned her head around, closed her eyes, and kissed me on the mouth.
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Monday morning came quickly. I sat at my desk, only half-focused, and trudged through some past-due paperwork. It wasn't exactly stimulating, but at least it was a mindless way to ease into the workweek.
I checked a few numbers against the company's sales contracts. One thousand eight hundred eighty-two. Check. Seventeen thousand one hundred twelve. Check. Five thousand ninety-four. Check.
My cell phone buzzed in my pocket. It was Lisa.
"Is it okay if Jill stays with us for Christmas this year?" Lisa asked.
"I thought she was going to the Caribbean with her boyfriend?" I replied.
Jill was my sister-in-law. She had dated the same guy for almost two years, so the request came as a bit of a surprise.
"She was. But they broke up over the weekend."
"What happened?"
"Long story. I'll tell you more tonight."
"Okay," I said. I was curious. They seemed reasonably happy, though something did seem off with them lately.
"So can she stay with us?"
"Sure. Just for Christmas?"
"Well, I was actually thinking she could stay for a couple of weeks. I don't want her to be lonely around the holidays. And we'll both be off work anyway."
"No problem. Happy to have her."
"Perfect. I'll let her know. Thanks babe," she said.
"You bet," I answered.
Deep down, I was hoping for a quiet, low-key holiday season. It had been a crazy year at work for both of us, and a little downtime would let us both unwind while spending some time together.