Introduction:
Part one of a long slow story centered around a young adventurous couple who get tempted into the swingers lifestyle, and are interested in trying everything at least once.
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Chapter 1
Bournemouth this May was cold and damp. Dark clouds littered the sky, and it had rained without pause for the entire drive down from Guildford. At first it started as a light drizze, but intensified the closer they got to the town, becoming a deluge that monotonically drummed the roof of the car. The radio presenter glumly reported that this was going to be the wettest weekend on record, as she attempted to uplift moods across the country by playing uplifting tunes. Once Katie finally pulled into the carpark in front of the Grand Beach Hotel, her car pointing towards the sea she let out a small sigh, closed her eyes, and breathed deeply.
"That was the toughest journey I've had in years, how are feeling?" Alex said, unbuckling his seat beat as he put his hand on Katie's lap.
Katie turned her head to look at him. Her deep brown eyes amplifying the warmth and appreciation her soft loving smile radiated.
"I am just delighted to stop driving. I'd prefer to jump off a cliff than to do that again."
Katie sighed. "Four hours with no visibility, crawling along slowly, changing route every which way due to landslides. If I could read a map half as well as you could I would have swapped with you!"
Alex reached over and brushed her fine brown hair up and over her ear. Her freckles spanning cheek to cheek were softly lit up by the Victorian wrought-iron black street lamp they pulled up next to. "You're a star for driving, thank you. At least the big day tomorrow starts as four, we'll have a long lie in and stare out at the sea. How does breakfast in bed sound?"
"Sounds amazing! Let's do it!" Katie said, a big smile appearing across her face, two dimples forming on her cheeks. "Thank you for bringing snacks, I don't think I could have coped tonight without them."
Alex gave out a little chuckle. "The number one rule about dating Katie is, a well fed Katie is a happy Katie." He said jovially.
Katie laughed and gave him a quick kiss. "At least we're here now. Shall we go in?"
Alex looked forwards down the hill and to the sea. He gave a little shake of the head. "Can you believe this? We're less than a hundred metres from the sea and I can't see a thing, even with your headlights on. I hope Tom and Jasmine are okay."
"If they call off the wedding tomorrow we can we get them drunk and take them back to our room." Katie said half-jokingly. "I know you wouldn't mind sleeping with Jasmine."
Alex raised his eyebrows and looked over his thin black rimmed glasses. "As much as I'd like to sleep with Jasmine, let's be honest, really you just want to sleep with Tom."
"That's not fair." Katie said with mock indignation. "I don't want to just sleep with him, I want to sleep with both of you at once. I just imagine one inside of me, another in my mouth. It sounds like a lot of fun. In all my years I've never once had a threesome." Katie said with a pout.
"Me neither Katie, me neither." Alex said. "However, Tom has rejected your advances more than once. I know it drives you mad and you somehow always get what you want, but this time I think even you have to give up. I don't think Tom is going to be persuaded. How about this, next time we're on holiday we'll get Tinder again and see if we can find someone?"
Katie sighed loudly. "I don't like losing. We never find anyone hot on Tinder on holiday."
"We'll find us someone eventually. For now you'll have to put up with just me." Alex said, a small smile forming around his clean shaven face.
"Well I love you, so that's perfect." Katie said, looking into Alex's sapphire blue eyes with a small smile.
Alex checked his watch. "Come on, let's get in before we fall asleep out here. It's already 10 and we need to find some form of dinner."
Katie and Alex looked out. Run-off water overflowed from the gutters, forging streams of water which flowed down the hill onto the beach. They ran as quickly as they could, grabbing their luggage from the front boot of Katie's pride and joy, her brand new mid-blue convertible Porsche Boxster S. It was a present to herself. She had worked 80 hour weeks for months last year, helping her employer win lawsuits, saving them hundreds of millions. For once she was compensated as she felt as should have been, a promotion up the corporate ladder and a hefty bonus and pay rise to go with it.
They headed inside, checked in, and headed up to their room on the sixth floor. After opening the room's door with their keycard, they shuffled through the narrow corridor and past the bathroom and wardrobes. At the end of the corridor Katie's eyes widened at the sight of the room. The first thing she noticed was the floor to ceiling windows spanning the entire sea facing wall. To the left, the king double bed pointed towards the window. To the right a maroon leather sofa sat in front of a coffee table, pointing at a large screen TV. A small dark wooden table was set up next to the sofa, with four chairs tucked neatly underneath.
"This is lovely, thank you handsome." Katie said, throwing her arms around Alex's firm neck, and her long thin toned legs around his waist, giving him a big kiss.
Alex caught her and held her tight behind with both hands. "You're more than welcome. I thought you deserved a little bit of luxury, we never managed to get away to celebrate your success at work."
"That's very lovely of you. I'm going to grab a shower, please can you find some food? I will eat anything."
Katie unpacked and grabbed a quick shower as Alex sourced some food from the kitchen. They only had sandwiches left as the chef had gone for the evening, and he returned upstairs, food in a silver platter, in an attempt to add a bit of class to the dinner on offer.
As Katie was still in the shower, Alex set up table. He laid a patterned white and red checkered tablecloth, lit two dark red tapered candles, and opened the bottle of Merlot.
Katie emerged from the shower with only her pants on. Despite being together three years, he still found everything about her irresistible. A smile ran across his face as his eyes made his way up from her hips, past her thin waist to her firm bell shaped breasts. Katie draped her arms across her chest, and looked at Alex with a wry smile.
"Not tonight, it's food and bed for me," she said, as she changed into her pyjamas and sat at the table.
"Thank you for finding this, the candles are beautiful," she said with a smile.
They ate as the rain droned relentlessly against their window. After eating they headed to bed. Katie fell asleep almost instantly, as Alex laid in bed imagining what the big white wedding tomorrow had in store.
Chapter 2
The ceremony may not have been ideal, but it was beautiful. Fold-up white chairs were set out parallel to the sea in a giant marquee, with bouquets tied to each leg of the marquee. The translucent marquee sides were down for the duration of the ceremony, except for a brief respite in the downpour that allowed group pictures to be taken. Two hundred guests attended in all, and they headed back to the room to get changed into their evening clothes. Katie put on a sleeveless cobalt blue dress, tight at the top accentuating her breasts, and loosely platted below her waist down to her knees, with a slit up her right leg. She dug out her special jewellery, two single stud diamond earrings, a thin square watch surrounded by small diamonds, and a royal blue pendant. Alex changed into a dark navy dinner jacket to match Katie. Silver buttons adorned the wrists and button stance, with a matching handkerchief in the breast pocket. He slipped a black and white diamond spotted bow tie and cummerbund on, and put his arms around Katie's waist from behind.
"You look incredible in that, I want to throw you on the bed right now," he said, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Very tempting," she said, turning around to face him. "You look very handsome tonight. We need to get dressed up more often, but let's hold that thought for later, all the food will be gone if we don't leave now."
Alex deflated slightly, and Katie pulled him closer and whispered in his ear "Let's instead make this night an evening to remember. Let's dance and get drunk as we used to, and you can have me in any way you want afterwards," she said, pulling back to face him, her eyes burning into his.
Alex kissed her forcefully, pulled back and said, "that's a deal."
She put her three inch heels on to match Alex's height, and they headed downstairs to the hotel ballroom for the reception.
Walking through the large double doors Katie looked ahead and smiled as she bobbed her head to the live band playing what is possibly the only song about cheating which is acceptable at a wedding, Mr Brightside. Katie urgently grabbed Alex's hand, and pulled him into a queue for the food. Alex, conscious that Katie had not eaten for a few hours, happily followed.
"How beautiful is this," he said, looking around, a sense of wonderment on his face.
"It looks amazing! The chef here is meant to be fantastic. It's odd to have a buffet dinner for a wedding but this looks incredible," Katie said quickly with a big smile. "I think I'll have the chicken. Or maybe the duck. I might see if I can get both!"
"Not the food!" He said in exasperation, "The room."
Katie looked around and took the room in. The grand white wallpapered walls were lit up with downlights on every side, with a large white reflective dance floor centring the room. A huge chandelier adorned with sparking crystals was suspended above it, full of bent tip antique-esque candles. Tables were dotted around the dance floor, and two bars flanked the live band on the stage.
They grabbed their food and headed to the nearest empty table, and Alex decide to take advantage of the open bar, and came back a bottle of Moët. A few vague acquaintances joined them over dinner, and after enough drink to get Alex dancing, Katie dragged him onto the dance floor. They partied for a bit, said hello to the happy couple, and eventually headed over to the wedding cake for a sugar boost. Sitting down Katie sent Alex to get more champagne, as their bottle had run dry. Alex checked his phone as he queued at the bar, and when he looked up his eyes were caught by a blonde in a tight fitting low cut backless red dress, showing off her sizeable breasts and thin waist. Her mouth was small, her nose dainty, and bright red lipstick complementing her outfit. She gracefully walked over to him giving him a smile.
"You must be engrossed in that, I've been staring at you for some time now," she said, giving him a wink. "I'm Clara by the way." She stood on her toes and whispered into his ear "you're much hotter up close."
Alex, momentarily taken aback by the bold approach, regathered himself and smiled. "I'm Alex, nice to meet you. I'm sorry, I'm actually here with someone tonight, and she wouldn't take kindly to me flirting with someone else." Alex replied, hoping he'd let her down gently.
Clara smiled. "We both know Katie wouldn't mind you talking to me, she's not the jealous type, and you haven't even heard me out," she said, mocking indignation.
Alex's head moved slightly to the side as he contemplated her for a moment. "Go on then," he said.
"My boyfriend Brandon is the groom's cousin, and they both look near-on identical. He was telling Brandon in the stag do one of his regrets is that Katie had hit on him so many times in the past, but it was never the right time, and he wanted more than just sex. What he doesn't know is his cousin and I are, let's say, a lot more liberal," she said, letting the last syllable hang, looking up at him with her sky blue eyes.
