"Deepthi, honey, I think you're way overthinking this, but if you really want me to, I can call him up and cancel the dinner. Seriously, it's no big deal either way." I called to my wife through the door to her walk-in closet.
"I know, honey... I'm being too much right now, really. Of course he can come for the weekend. He's your friend, after all." My beautiful Indian wife, Deepthi replied to me, trying to hold back her uneasiness with our weekend guest who was to arrive shortly.
Until this time, all that I knew about my college friend Rajesh and my wife Deepthi is that at one point in their past they had briefly dated, became incompatible, and moved on. From what I knew the relationship wasn't particularly long, or particularly intense. Deepthi rarely came up when Raj and I spoke, and Raj rarely came up when Deepthi and I spoke, except when I was in Boston or he was in San Jose and we would take the opportunity for coffee or golf.
Interestingly, though, things had taken a turn for the weird since I let her know Raj would be attending a conference in Mountainview and that I had offered Raj to stay with us on the weekend before he moved to the conference hotel. She began obsessing over her appearance a bit—dieting--which I never felt she needed to do... Deepthi is a little full figured, but with her large top and round hips, I never felt she was out of proportion or anything.
A couple days ago she asked me, "How come you never asked me why it didn't work out with Rajesh and I?"
I responded as honestly as I knew how by saying, "Because it has never been important. You and I got married and time moves on. I didn't ask about any of your other boyfriends, either."
I hadn't. I felt that a person's past was their past, and that I should always judge someone by how they dealt with me—and my wife had never given me any reason to care.
Earlier today, however, she asked me the same question, but a slightly different way, saying, "Are you sure you don't want to ask me why I broke up with Rajesh?"
"Oh, big break-up, huh? Sorry, hun, but I'm just not going to open that can of worms." I replied.
She moved quickly on in our conversation, asking if I minded if she tried to cook an Indian dish when Raj came for dinner. I don't eat much Indian food, and Deepthi has become as American as apple pie in her eating habits, but I think she just wanted to try to do something nice for our guest. Of course I thought it was a great idea, and if the Tandoori didn't fill me up, beer or whiskey certainly would when Raj and I moved on to discussing our golf games.
She laughed and set about the kitchen with purpose, but I could tell she was stressed.
"I can wave him off, hun. He can afford the hotel." I said.
"Nonsense. We'll have a great time." She replied, and that was that.
Well needless to say, Raj showed up at 730 as planned, we had a great dinner—everyone laughed and had fun. Nothing out of the ordinary occurred. Aside from being an incredibly enjoyable catchup with an old friend and golf buddy, nothing of import at all occurred. We ate, we drank, we chatted into the evening, and then we went to bed. My wife was even a little turned on from the extra wine after dinner and we made love—something she never does when her parents stay in the guest room—but other than that, it was just a normal night. The lovemaking put us both right to sleep and there wasn't another thought of Raj's impact on our weekend.
In the morning I made my way downstairs to cook breakfast. My wife tried to make Indian food for dinner, but I'm the chef in the house, and I was going to load us up with carbs in the form of pancakes, bacon, eggs, and breakfast potatoes. Raj came down while I was taking things out of the refrigerator and asked if he had time to shower and I told him I had at least 45 minutes to an hour (because of the potatoes) and that he should come down whenever.
"Is the water good enough for two showers here?" Raj asked.
I had heard Deepthi starting the shower as well, and I replied, "I've never had any complaints. I have a tankless whole-house water system."
Breakfast took a little longer than normal, since I was roasting the potatoes in the oven AND juggling the pancakes, but by the time I was finished with breakfast Raj was downstairs and Deepthi came before I had finished making latte's for everyone. We had an enjoyable breakfast—it really is my strongest meal in the kitchen—and then Raj and I headed off for our 10:20am tee time.
Raj and I had a lot of fun on the links-styled course we played. It suited my game a little better than his, but mostly because I'm longer off the tee than most of the trouble. We drank spiked Arnold Palmers and talked about old times, current jobs, his conference, Deepthi, etc.
I beat him by 5 strokes and he gave me $5 and said he'd see me at home later—the airport called and had a bag they'd lost and since it was nearby he wanted to grab it rather than waiting up to 8 hours to have it delivered.
"Raj, when I'm at your house you're always going out of your way for me... at least let me return the favor when we're here." I said to him as I offered to let him head home to clean up while I picked up his bag instead.
He thanked me and headed south towards my house and I headed up the freeway to the airport. I got there easily, in about 20 minutes, but a jackknifed tractor-trailer kept all the lanes going south from the airport closed for almost a full hour before we got moving. By the time I got home two hours later I was happy I had saved Raj the trouble, and I hoped it had given Deepthi time to get over whatever weirdness was afflicting her the days prior to Raj's visit.
They were both happy to see me when I got back—I heard their voices outside by the pool and I heard the rolling babble of our spa so it was good to see them smiling and laughing with some champagne open. I needed to shower before I joined them so I told them I was going upstairs to clean up and that I'd rejoin them later.
I showered and changed into my swimsuit and joined them in the hot tub, where we finished a couple bottles of champagne, told old stories, and talked golf smack. Finally we got out of the spa and went inside to cook dinner. In short, it was another great night with me displaying my prowess at the grill, accompanied by a little more wine, and then a second night of sleep-inducing love-making with my beautiful wife Deepthi. On Sunday, unfortunately, I needed to head to my office for a couple of hours before Raj and I could hit the course together. He had a rental car so he was free to go ahead of time whenever he wanted. I suggested he go practice before I got there and kicked his ass again and he told me he'd "...probably get in a few holes before we tee off together in the afternoon."
We were playing another course in the area, but his suspect short game would keep him from beating me again. When I got there for our 1:30 tee time, Raj seemed a little more up for the challenge but still fell to me by 5 strokes, losing a couple on the last two holes. I had to leave my driver in the bag for several of the driver holes because of the wind, and he hit some fabulous "make up" shots to keep it close so it was really a fun round all around.
We ate at Yellowfin Bistro for dinner that night, bringing an awesome weekend to a close. In the morning, Raj would head to his conference hotel and most likely be too busy with client dinners and meetings the next few days to come by before leaving again, so we made the most of it. We drank reasonably at the restaurant, but when we got home, the single malt started flowing, and we all got pretty hammered, especially Deepthi—who loves a good Ardbeg, but can get torched pretty quickly when she's not careful.
She wasn't careful. We moved our party back out to our spa and our otherwise fun, but uneventful weekend took a turn for the eventful when Deepthi tried to step over Raj to pour another plastic cup of whiskey, but she slipped and fell onto him. Raj caught her and kept her from getting hurt, but he got a huge handful of Deepthi's huge boobs when he did, and she couldn't quickly regain her balance so he basically just held her up by her shoulder and tits until she could. Raj and I were staring at each other and laughing about it the whole time and even Deepthi began laughing when she realized her predicament and she just sort of fell into her seat sandwiched between Raj and I.
"Feel great, don't they?" I asked him as Deepthi lay back with her head lolled back on the coping of the spa and her boobs prominently displayed at the bubbling waterline.
"They look great." Raj answered.
Deepthi's eyes were shut and I could tell she was drifting into the coma of single-malt nighty-night land. I looked at Raj and Raj looked down at my wife's bikini top. I called my wife's name and she didn't even stir. Raj and I exchanged glances again and without nodding, it was understood that I had in fact given him the nod.
Raj cautiously moved his hands up to my wife's boobs and slipped the triangles covering her nipples to the sides of her breasts and said again, "They look great."
"Feel great, don't they?" I asked him, in perfect symmetry from where the whole thing began.
Raj reached for his iPhone and gave me the "can I?" look.
"She'd kill us both if she ever found out." I replied with a smile.
The synthesized classic camera shutter sound played through the iPhone's speakers a few times, then Raj put his phone on the table next to mine and we soaked in the view of my wife's awesome boobs for a while longer. Raj helped me get her out of the spa and carry her up to our bedroom with me and we laid her gently on her side and admired her topless form. "You gonna get her out of that wet suit or just sleep in a giant wet spot tonight?" Raj asked me with an evil grin.