āHey, listen to this one,ā Jim said, with that funny sort of snicker he had about his laugh. And he began to read a story from the Penthouse Forum. I donāt remember what it was about, but it was hot and Fran and I laughed.
They had come to my parents“ house to join me in raiding the liquor cabinet while my folks were away on a short trip. Not too admirable on my part, for we were in our mid twenties then and we had enough money to buy our own drinks, but free booze is free booze, eh?
Anyway, I had picked them up for an evening together and suggested that we see what there was at my folksĀ“ house, and there we were downing gin and tonics. Whenever someone finished a drink, I was busy at the counter cutting limes and mixing another. Weād been through three apiece when I pulled out a handful of Penthouse magazines and suggested that we look through the forum for stories that we each thought were of interest. Starting on our fourth drink, our inhibitions were lowered and we were having fun.
Weād known each other since early high school and had always made the most of whatever situation. However, apart from the usual sexy innuendoes, weād never gotten to the point of revealing fantasies. At least, thatās what it seemed we were doing as we leafed through my Dadās old stash of magazines. Jim and I were āwannabeā musicians and Fran was Jimās steady girlfriend since forever. At this point, I was divorced and just generally looking for whatever I could find in the way of company.
After sharing a few stories, each taking a turn at reading one, the tone seemed to change. It was still all in fun, but the stories began to center on those that dealt with threesomes. After reading one in particular, Fran blushed--or so it seemed to me. Maybe it was just the gin screwing with her blood pressure. At any rate, it was a very well-written, highly erotic account of a couple and an old friend getting it on. We lingered on that one and talked about it a bit, joking that maybe that could be us.