Author's note: This is a draft I wrote in a couple of hours. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. In order to understand this story, you really should read Tinkerbell (chapter 1).
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It had been two weeks since Marylin had been with Lucy and Ward. That night, after the sex, the conversation had been awkward, as Marilyn started to sober up and began to realize what had just happened. After they sat down, Marilyn talked about work and the weather, clumsily avoiding any talk of the encounter the three friends had just had. Lucy and Ward had left half an hour later and Marilyn had gone to bed, postponing the cleaning until the following day.
Once in bed, she couldn't go to sleep. Too much had happened in the last few hours, and she kept replaying the scene in her head. She had never done anything like this, and she tried to find an explanation, a way to categorize this experience within her life. In spite of her shyness, she had always enjoyed sex a great deal, and often tried to initiate it during her marriage to Ryan. During the last few years they were together, however, their relationship had deteriorated to the point that moths went by without the couple being intimate.
Her experience with Ward and Lucy, although exciting, weighed heavily on her mind. She had enjoyed it, but she felt guilty and embarrassed. She was confused, and even a little ashamed. She felt that she had lost control. Not in the sense of irrationally being unable to stop, but simply that she had gotten carried away. She had behaved in a way that she never had in the past, and this bothered her. It must have been the alcohol, she thought, trying to rationalize it.
Marilyn felt that she needed to speak to someone about what had happened, as a way to process the situation. But it couldn't be Lucy. After all, it was Lucy whom she had been avoiding since that night, aided in part by the Spring Break and Lucy's yearly trip to the beach with her family. After thinking about it for a couple of days, she decided to call Yvonne, her closest friend.
Yvonne had been adopted from Korea when she was just a few months old. They had known each other since childhood. Even though Yvonne lived in Chicago and they only saw each other once every couple of years, the two had remained close throughout the years. They had gone to college together, and continued to be roommates for two years after they had graduated from University of Oregon. Now Yvonne led a typical middle class life: she had two children, a nice house in the Lincoln Square, attended church regularly, and had a well-paying job as an executive in a transnational furniture company.
But it hadn't always been this way. When they were younger, Yvonne had been the more daring and adventurous of the two. She had been willing to engage in one-night stands and had an openly sexual public persona. Before marrying her husband Gary, she had experimented widely with sex, and had been willing to try almost anything. She had had multiple partners of different ages and ethnicities, and although Marilyn didn't know all the details of her friend's sex life, she remembered the "adventures" that Yvonne had engaged in her twenties. At the time, Yvonne's behaviour had caused a rift in their friendship, since Marilyn thought it was risky and irresponsible to be so promiscuous, and had told her as much. Eventually, they had patched things up, and when Yvonne met Gary, she finally settled down. But that was precisely why she was the right person to talk to, not only because they were best friends and Marilyn trusted her, but also because Yvonne had the "right kind of experience".
In contrast, Marilyn had been shy and even insecure, and was definitely seen as more bookish. She didn't exercise, and wore thick glasses until she graduated from college, when she finally decided to get contacts because it might help her get a better job. When she married Ryan, she had only had sex with one other man, and it had been a frustrating and unpleasant experience. Part of her shyness was due to her personality, but her self-image as a chubby nerd played a part in it too. It wasn't until she had moved to New Mexico and started to get in better shape that her self esteem and self confidence improved. Even though she wasn't slender, but rather remained on the thicker side, she was better proportioned, and her clothes fit right, which made her feel good about herself. She was more friendly and outgoing, but at the same time remained somewhat reserved with people she didn't know.
Finally, on a Saturday she dialed Yvonne's number. "Hey, Mary Belle, how is it going!" said Yvonne when she picked up, calling Marilyn by the nickname that only she used. "We hadn't talked in almost a month."
"Over a month, Y-Belle", responded Marilyn, "over a month".
They talked briefly about Yvonne's two kids, about her husband's new job, about each other's families, and even had time to discuss the possibility of getting together during Yvonne's next business trip to New Mexico. Eventually, Marilyn got around to what was in her mind. "I need to ask for some advice, Y-Belle. The other night... How can I put this..."
There was a long pause. "Yes?" interrupted Yvonne
"Errrr..., I had an unusual sexual experience... encounter?"
"Oh, wow! I hope it was a good encounter."
"Well, you see, that is what I don't quite know or I am not sure how to feel about it."
"Why? Are you ok? Nothing bad happened, did it? Did someone force you to do something?"
"No, no, no, I am fine. It wasn't anything bad per se, I'm just... I don't know how to interpret it, I don't know whether I liked it, or whether I am suppose to like it..."
"Ok. Tell me more. What happened? I hope it wasn't your first time doing anal", laughed Yvonne trying to lighten up the mood and dispel her friend's hesitance. Marilyn laughed along, nervously. Just as with other aspects of their personalities, in discussing their sex lives Yvonne was more open and direct, whereas Marilyn was more reserved, even with her friend.
"Well, how to put this... I had sex. With two people. At the same time There, I said it."
"Mary-Belle, you had a threesome?!! I can't believe it! What happened? HOW did it happen? I never thought you would do this kind of stuff!" Both women started to giggle, Yvonne out of amazement and amusement at her friend's "adventure", Marilyn due to her apprehension about discussing the situation.
"You see, that is my point. I am kind of confused. I don't know exactly what happened, what led to this."
"Well, there is always a first time for everything, as they say. But tell me more. Who was it? Was it with two guys?"
"God, no! Do you remember my friend Lucy?"
"Yes..."
"Well, she and her friend Ward came over the other day. We started to drink some wine, we were chatting, having a good time. and after a while, we decided to watch a film I had received from Netflix. It turned out to be this super erotic movie. Ward and Lucy were cuddling, I went to the store to get more alcohol, and when I came back they were almost having sex in my living room! And then, I don't know, they continued to make out, one thing led to another... and we ended up in my bedroom. The three of us."
"Wait, wait, wait. Wait a minute. How did we go from watching a movie to a full on threesome? Who the hell is Ward?"
