We had been fighting all week, to be honest I don't remember what started the argument, but here we were sitting silently as we drove to the south side of town. My husband Tom mumbled
"I hope we're not here all night" as we turn onto my friend Sarah's street.
We had been married for 4 years and I knew how he disliked going to my friends dinner parties. He would tell you that the dinner part was great, but after the woman finished their 2nd and 3rd glasses of wine and got clucking, he was stuck trying to make small talk with their husbands. Most of which he didn't care for.
"We'll be out of here by 10:30pm." I promised him as he parked the car.
As we walked up to the door, I slipped my arm inside of his and said, "You clean up nice". This was the first smile I'd seen out of him in a week. On the front porch I stepped forward and rang the doorbell then returned to my spot next to Tom. I felt his hand on the small of my back slip lower to just above my ass. I returned the favor gently massaged his behind, I quickly removed my hand when the door opened and Sarah let us in.
Dinner was wonderful as usual, Sarah is such a great cook. I was seated opposite Tom, he was eating quietly as the conversation and wine began to flow. Filling my wineglass for the 3rd time I had all but lost track of Tom. Linda was talking about how she was going to redecorate the baby's room.
This is when it happened, the moment the words left my mouth I knew I was in trouble. Kim was trying to get us all to go to the living room and play a new party game she had just bought. And I said
"Oh no we can't play, Tom will have a hissy fit if we stay out too late."