Copyright © Daniel Choquet 2019
One
"First you have to tell me yours."
"But I asked you first."
"Sorry, that's my deal."
There was no getting around it. That look was familiar. Sybil was not going to budge on this.
"Well, let's see... Okay, I guess I've imagined you and another woman."
"Oh, come now. Is that the best you've got. Typical male fantasy."
"But I'm telling you the truth."
In spite of the feigned disdain, I thought I read something in her sparkling brown eyes. She was intrigued.
"Okay, who is she?"
This was getting dangerous. If I told her truthfully, I could be getting into tricky territory. It could get messy in a hurry.
"I'm waiting."
"Okay, maybe Miriam."
I was getting a silent stare. A mouth open stare. This could not be good.
"Well, you asked. You shouldn't open the door if you don't want to see what's inside."
The stare was turning smirkish. A good sign.
"Well, at least it's realistic. I don't know her that well, but sometimes the way she looks at me ... So in this fantasy ... what does she do with me?"
"Hey, I've told you my fantasy. It's your turn now."
Sybil was squirming a little, and playing with her glossy dark brown hair. Twisting it in her fingers in that endearing way. I couldn't believe she could be turned on by my standard male fantasy.
"What does she do with me?"
"Well, what do you think? I guess she starts by kissing you, one hand playing with your hair. Then the kiss gets more serious and her hand explores a little."
Her breathing was obviously quickening. I really did want to hear her fantasy, but this was getting fun. Getting hot. I wondered where I could take her with my description. And the thing was, even though I was basically making it up on the spot, seeing her getting turned on was making it all affect me. I guess my truthful fantasy was simply seeing my wife turned on, period. And it seemed like that was the road we were on now. But I wanted to go to the next step.
"Okay, your turn."
"Are you sure you're ready to hear it? You might find it kind of ... disturbing."
"No, I promise. I think just the idea of it being your fantasy is all I need."
"Okay. My fantasy is a threesome."
"Well, that was easy. Practically my fantasy, in a way. With the addition of me participating. I love it."
"Sorry. Not that kind of threesome."
"You mean another guy?"
"I knew you weren't going to like it. But don't forget: This was all your idea."
Then I realized something that made me slightly ill. It could be that I was wrong about more than I thought. What if she didn't even imagine me being part of it at all? My pride was starting to get in the way, but I had to ask.
"So you, another guy, and who is the third?"
"Oh honey. You poor thing. You, of course! The idea of you with another guy turns me on like crazy."
"Me with another guy? What the hell?"
"Well, why not? Honestly, I can't believe you men. You think it's so hot, the idea of your wife and another woman, but the minute the idea of you doing the equivalent thing comes up ..."
"I'm not having anyone sticking his thing up my ass."
"Okay, that's cool. How about if he sticks it up mine?"
That was startling. No immediate rejoinder to that. She was waiting for an answer, so I had to think about it.
"You think you'd really like that?"
"Maybe I should tell you some more stories about before we met. But that wasn't really what my fantasy was about. Okay, so you don't have to touch him. But maybe you could help some other way."
"Some other way?"
"Yeah. Like he's a real friend and you want to give him a really nice present."
"What sort of present?"
"Me, of course! Remember, this is my fantasy. Nobody promised that you were going to like it."
This was getting crazy. But the craziest part was that I didn't want to stop hearing about it.
"Okay, so in this fantasy: You said I'd be helping in some way. What's that about?"
"You could unwrap his present for him. I know, he'd be perfectly capable of doing that himself, but I like the idea of you doing it. I'd be wearing some sort of sexy nightgown and you'd stand behind me and lift the hem. Then you'd tell him to go ahead and touch me there. He'd be reluctant so you'd help him"
"There you go again with the help thing. I really can't imagine what you mean this time."
"You could take his hand in yours and bring it up against my pussy. I think that's all the help he'd need and then he'd start doing it himself. Feeling. Squeezing."
"I thought I didn't have to touch him."
"Oh really, Jake. Guys shake hands all the time. You're only touching his fucking hand! You aren't playing with his cock or anything. Although come to think of it ... that would be so unbelievably hot."
I tried to imagine the scene. And I wondered if I'd ever feel like doing something like that. And what I couldn't let go of was the knowledge, now revealed so vividly, that this was Sybil's fantasy. That this was the idea that turned her on. Maybe what she masturbated to. And the truth was that really, my biggest fantasy of all was simply the idea of my wife experiencing her own greatest turn-on. And maybe I had an idea now of just what that might look like.
Anyway, we were just sharing our fantasies, after all. Nobody was talking about doing anything.
Two
As the workday neared its end, my phone buzzed. Sybil. As a freelance writer, Sybil, unlike her husband, didn't have to go to work, or rather, she did, but that just meant her home office. I didn't really mind my traditional drive to work, though. Being cooped up in the house I'd just go stir crazy. But for Sybil, it worked.
"Hey, sweetie, what's up?"
"Just wondering if you had an idea of when you might be getting home. No problem if you need longer. Just some idea."
"Probably no later than 7. I was planning something fairly quick for tonight."
It was my night to cook, so perhaps Sybil was just getting hungry.
"Oh that's fine. But food wasn't really why I was asking."
"Okay, so what then?"
"Sorry. Surprise. You'll find out when you get home."
Her teasing was obviously calculated to be intriguing, and it was working.
"Well, I can't wait. But I won't bore you with my guessing. I know it wouldn't work anyway."
"You have that right. Anyway, see you 7-ish."
I was lucky to have a scenic drive home, and traffic problems were rare, but it was late winter, still too dark to really take it all in. Besides, even if it'd been daylight, I probably wouldn't have been paying that much attention to the scenery on this occasion. Trying to guess what the surprise was. Almost certainly something she'd bought for the house. Sybil, like a lot of women, really liked to shop. And although I never wanted to challenge her purchases, I did have the feeling that she felt obligated to buy at least something every time. So the question now was, what would she have thought we needed this time? It was only a 12 mile drive with few stop signs, so I hadn't ended my speculations by the time I pulled into the driveway. I came in the side door and into the kitchen.
Sybil looked particularly stunning. Just a simple brown skirt, but it came pretty high up. And a matching sweater, through which I thought I detected some evidence -- Was it excitement? Maybe I was imagining things.
"Okay, so what's the big surprise?"
She used her eyes to direct mine to the person sitting on the couch over in the living room area.