"I have never been so embarrassed in all my life," Susan uttered.
"Sorry," Charlie said, "It just happened."
"Farting so loud that everybody in the room stops talking just happens?" she mocked.
"I had those burritos," Charlie said, "I've never done that before. Give me a break."
"If it's not one thing it's another with you," Susan said, "Those were important people."
"Oh important, I forgot," he said, "Posturing around people we don't know who have no relevance in what we do. Yes that gets us ahead."
"Those people can get us into the Emerald club," Susan said, "I've been trying to get us in for years."
"In order to pay the $4000 per year dues, yes, very important," Charlie mocked.
"You know what your problem is?" Susan asked.
"This should be good," Charlie said.
"You're boring. You won't take a risk. You won't meet people to make connections," she said.
"Well I was thinking that making those club connections would be a little boring. Once we got in that is. I'm just not use to that posh upscale club stuff," he said.
"Boring," Susan said, "Boring social life, boring sex life."
"Never had complaints in the sack before you," Charlie said, "Perhaps you should examine your own needs, however extreme they may be."
"Oh I know what this is about," Susan said, "I just asked you a simple thing. I told you it was ok if you say no, and that I still love you either way. Let it go Charlie."
"My wife of 12 years wants to spice up our sex lives by involving outsiders," Charlie said, "That's natural?"
"Hey you were getting a bargain," Susan said, "Two for one. Me and my own younger cousin. But I told you that I didn't want to upset you and if you didn't want it was totally ok. But you got all weird about it."
"Weird? Yeah a bit," Charlie said.
"I said it was ok. She was just going through a rough patch and needed some attention. I thought I was creating every guy's fantasy. Sex with two women, one only 18 that had only had sex once. She agreed but asked for one stipulation. What was that do you remember?" Susan said.
"Yeah, so we could teach her things," Charlie said, "Dammit Susan I thought it was a trap or something. Some way to see if I would cheat."
"Really?" Susan asked.
"Yeah of course," Charlie said, "Do you honestly think I would turn that down if I thought it was legit?"
"Well I kind of wondered," Susan said.
"Damn Susan, what guy wouldn't want that thrown at him?" Charlie asked.
"I know, that's why it freaked me out," Susan laughed.
"Does she still want to?" Charlie said.
"Kinda lost your chance," She said, "Boyfriend now."
"Naturally," Charlie said.
"Hey I can make it as tight as a near virgin puss if I want," Susan teased.
"Think that if you want," Charlie grinned.
"Hey!" Susan said as she slapped his arm.
The two argued back and forth often, but always came back to common ground. Charlie couldn't help but have her cousin on his mind the rest of the ride home. It was true she was fantastic and now he felt rather stupid Although Susan was often demanding, and saw herself always wanting better situations, she did have a point about what had happened that night. Charlie should have trusted her more. Being stuck in a situation where no one is the winner, can take its toll on things. It did for them. But that was about to change a little.
"Hey um, didn't you talk to Kate about leaving all the damn lights on?" Susan asked as the pulled into the driveway.
"Yeah twice," Charlie said, "Gotta put a stop to this."
As the two got out of the car and went to the front door of their house they both had become a little irritated. This had not been the first time they had asked their regular sitter to be a little more frugal with the electricity. After using the key, they set their jackets down and took off their shoes in the entry way. Susan yawned as she called out for their eighteen year old babysitter they regularly used to take care of their eight year old child. She didn't answer. Susan hurried into the kitchen with the lights on of course and didn't see her. She started to call out again as she rounded the corner to the family room, but stopped midsentence.
"Oh for chr...Charlie!" Susan stuttered.
"Ah dammit!" Charlie said as he looked down at Kate sprawled out on the floor.
She was not wearing anything and her clothes were nowhere to be found in the room. She was lying on her back on the floor. A bottle of their wine was empty beside her, and the end of a pot joint sat in one of Susan's dinner plates. Clasped in Kate's hand was a rather large rubber appendage. A smaller one was near the bottle of wine. Playing on the TV was a porn movie. In a bit of shock, they both looked down at her nude form. Charlie couldn't help remarking inwardly at her beauty. Her short slender form with medium breasts seemed so innocent while she was unconscious. Her long brown hair was splayed in every direction like a rock star in mid pose. He knew he had to look away or else keep staring and probably get noticed.
"She better have had her fun. Because when I get done with her, I" Susan started to say about their eighteen year old babysitter.
"How long has this shit been going on," Charlie said into the air.
"Bobby why did you break up with me?" Kate said with a slur as she rolled over, still unconscious.
"Maybe not very long," Susan said, "They just went dancing last weekend."
"She's always been such a nice girl," Charlie said, "I wonder how it could come to this."
"Well, we need to get her in a safe place. I'll call her mom and tell her we need her overnight," Susan said.
"But she's done being our babysitter," Charlie said, "Gonna go check on the kid."
They were both upset for obvious reasons. It didn't need to be said that she had flaked out on a serious responsibility and anything could have happened. But they had a long history with Kate and her family and had been friends for many years. They watched Kate grow up, and actually use to babysit her once upon a time. Charlie looked down at his sleeping daughter, then went back down to catch the last of Susan's call. It seemed as if they could cover this up to avoid embarrassing the family. They would deal with this and maybe even fix it. Charlie was sure that Susan would want to find out why.
"Well her parents are actually still out of town," Susan said as Charlie entered the room.
"Oh I thought they were getting back this morning," Charlie said.
"Something about having to tie up some more things before they left," She said, "How's my girl?"
"Nude, blitzed, and in a lot of trouble," Charlie said.
"I mean ours, dummy," Susan said annoyed.
"Asleep," Charlie said, "Seems like she took care of business before...taking care of business."
"Well," Susan said, "We can put her in the spare room and let her sleep it off. Then talk in the morning."
"Yeah but have you seen her clothes?" Charlie asked.
"No actually," Susan said.
"Well we need to cover her somehow," Charlie said, "I obviously have to carry her and well...rather uncomfortable you know."
"I thought about telling you to go toss her out on the lawn. But you're just going to have to pick her up and deal with it," Susan said, "I'll find a robe and put it by the bed for morning. She can find her own clothes."
"Fine, but you told me to handle her like this," Charlie said as he knelt down to pick up the sleeping babysitter.
Charlie struggled but eventually was able to get to his feet with her in his arms. She moaned a bit once then still asleep put her arm around his neck. Charlie looked over at his wife who had a grin on her face.