"Steve and Lisa are coming over for dinner," I said to my husband.
"OK, but they've already been here for dinner three time within the last three weeks," he said.
My friends say my husband is controlling, which may be accurate, and doesn't really bother me in the sense that he truly likes to have me all to himself.
"Well, it's too late now, there going to be here at seven," I said.
Me and Lisa met at the nail salon and just hit it off from the start. She's the classic blond surfer girl, big and curvy. I'm tall, thin and someone could say statuesque. We both like to share and laugh, which brought us together in the first place.
When Lisa and Steve arrived, I greeted them both with a slightly overly friendly kiss, but I wanted Lisa to know that I had no intention of letting hubby control the evening agenda.
"We're having lobster bisque, spinach salad and steak tartar," I said, as we all gathered in the kitchen and toasted to our success.
After the guys left us alone in the kitchen, Lisa informed me that she and Steve were going on a two week vacation and asked if I wanted to join them.
"We'd love to have just you, if that the way it has to be," she said.
Well, I know hubby can't make it, and as far as me, let me think it over," I said.
The thought of spending a week "alone" with Lisa had my mind racing.
One thing we both share, unlike the men in our lives, is an attraction to the drama and the ups and downs of life. To me it is like the crema on an espresso, the necessary fragrance of life.
"Steve has some adventures planned for himself, so it will just be you and me for the most part," she said.
I couldn't help but wonder what part of her that would be and I knew from the few times we'd kissed and the few secrets she'd shared, that Lisa had a side to her she apparently kept hidden from Steve. In a sense, that was another thing we had in common.
Me and Lisa both live in conventional worlds, and have reputations we simply cannot afford to tarnish, for the good of family and marriage. But we both understand the meaning of the words "behind closed doors."
"Love the way you're got your hair in a braid tonight. You look like a naughty librarian," she said.
"The pleated skirt and white blouse, you look so cute."