When John walked into the kitchen he found his wife Kelly facing away from him...she was talking on the phone.
"Okay...yes...yes...I'll ask him. No...the worst thing he can say isn't no...the worst thing he can say is yes." Kelly said.
Kelly hung up the phone.
"Who was that baby?" John asked.
Kelly was surprised to see John as he grabbed a beer out of the fridge.
"What? Oh it was my sister." Kelly said.
"Which one?" John asked.
"Emily." Kelly said.
"What was all that about the worst thing someone could say is yes? Is that someone me?" John asked.
"Yes...that someone is you." Kelly said.
"So...then what could I say yes to that would be the worst thing?" John asked.
Kelly took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly.
"The Super Bowl is on Sunday. Emily wants to know if she can come over." Kelly said.
"Sure she can come over...we're having a Super Bowl party...it's going to be me and the guys, but she's welcome to join us. Why would me saying yes to her coming to watch the game with us be the worst thing?" John asked.
"She doesn't care about the game...she's more interested in half time." Kelly said.
"Oh...is she a Springsteen fan?" John asked.
"Not that I'm aware of." Kelly said.
"Then why is she interested in half time?" John asked.
Kelly took another deep breath and exhaled it slowly.
"She wants to do something at half time...something other than watch the half time show on TV." Kelly said.
"Okay...what does she want to do?" John asked.
"She wants...she wants to...she wants to strip for you and the other guys." Kelly said.
John almost choked on the beer that he was drinking.
"What was that? Did I hear that right?" John asked.
"Yes...you heard me right John. Emily wants to come over and do a strip tease dance for all of you guys at half time. I promised her that I would ask you if you were interested." Kelly said.
John smiled.
"So she thinks that the worst I could say was no and you think that the worst I could say is yes?" John asked.
"That's right." Kelly said.
John thought for a moment.
"Did she say why she wanted to do it? I mean if she wants to strip there are amateur nights at the local strip clubs." John said.
"How do you know that?" Kelly asked sternly.
"Relax...some of the guys have taken girlfriends...even wives to amateur night...I haven't seen a woman other than you strip since my bachelor party. I'm just trying to figure out whether Emily just wants to strip or if she wants to strip for me and the guys specifically." John said.
"Well...I'm a little embarrassed by this, but she did mention a few guys by name that she hoped would be here." Kelly said.
"Oh really...was I one of them?" John asked.
"Yes." Kelly said.
"So Emily wants to strip specifically for me and some of the guys huh? That's very interesting. Why during half time of the Super Bowl?" John asked.
"She figured that half time would be long enough for her to do a really good dance...then the game would come back on and distract all of you...so you didn't try anything." Kelly said.
"Counting on football to keep us from ravaging her huh?" John asked.
"Something like that. I told her that I'd ask you...now I've asked you. I'm going to call her and tell her no." Kelly said.
"Now wait a minute...we might be married, but you don't get to answer questions like this for me. Your sister wants to know if it would be okay for her to come over and strip for me and the guys during half time of the Super Bowl. My answer to that is yes." John said.
He smiled.
"You've got to be kidding me." Kelly said.
"I'm not kidding sweetheart. If Emily wants to come over here and strip...I'm all for it." John said.
"John...there's no way that I want..." Kelly started.
"If you don't want me to watch her do it I'll leave the room, but if she wants to come over here and strip I'm sure the guys would love it." John said.
"You really wouldn't watch if I asked you not to?" Kelly asked.
"Of course. I mean I understand that she's your sister and I can see how that might make you uncomfortable. Just because you aren't comfortable with me watching Emily strip doesn't mean that you have to tell her no and ruin what I'm sure would be a nice surprise for the other guys." John said.
Kelly looked at John for a few moments.
"Well...as long as you're willing to leave the room when she does it I guess it would be okay." Kelly said.
"Okay then. You'd better call her and give her the good news." John said.
Kelly called Emily...who was very excited to hear that John had said yes.
On Super Bowl Sunday the guys were watching the pre-game festivities when the doorbell rang. John was on his way back from the bathroom so he answered the door.
"Emily...come on in...its good to see you." John said.
Emily moved in close to whisper in John's ear.
"I hope you'll be seeing a lot more of me later." Emily said.
"Yeah well your sister made it sound like she didn't want me to." John said.
"That's no fun." Emily said.
"Hey...talk to her...if she says no...I can't." John said.
"Well I'll just have to talk to her then." Emily said.
"She's in our room." John said.
Emily walked down the hall to the bedroom and John went back into the family room to watch the game. A few minutes before half time John walked into the kitchen and found Kelly grabbing a snack.
"Is it close to half time yet?" Kelly asked.
"Yeah...there's less than one minute left on the clock. Is Emily getting ready?" John asked.
"Yeah...she's getting into 'costume'." Kelly said.
"So should I make myself scarce?" John asked.
Kelly looked at John...then shook her head.
"No...you can watch. I talked to Emily about it and we both agreed that we'd feel better if you were there...just in case some of the guys get out of hand." Kelly said.
"So I'm the bouncer?" John asked.
"The bouncers get to see the show John...they just have to be prepared to step in if somebody gets rowdy." Kelly said.
"Okay. You're sure you're okay with me watching?" John asked.
"I guess so. Emily's going to sneak down here and wait in the kitchen...when its half time give her some kind of signal or something okay?" Kelly asked.
"Sure...I'll take care of it." John said.
John went back into the family room where the other guys were watching the game. The guys all cheered when they saw the interception returned for a touchdown on the last play of the half.
When the first half officially ended and the teams were running off the field John stood up.
"Guys, before you get up to go to the bathroom or whatever...pull out your wallets and take out your cash." John said.
"You're making us pay for the beer we're drinking? What kind of host are you?" Mike asked.