It was well into mid morning before we both woke up to the sound of pots and pans and dishes being shuffled about in the kitchen.
Hurriedly, Laura headed for the bathroom across the hall while I used the one in the master bedroom. A tangled sheet hung over the side of our marital bed, liberally spotted with what was obviously an overflow of bodily fluids. I had to smile as I stepped into the shower and did a thorough job of cleaning myself to a presentable state without wasting too much time. I finished and was leaving the bedroom when I caught Laura, still nude, streaking for the bedroom we had just left, to get her clothing. She had wrapped one of the large bath towels around her, but it left a great deal of an admirable body open to view. She had washed her hair and it had a towel fashioned into a turban wrapped around it. I stopped her with one hand and handed her one of the oversized cotton terrycloth robes we kept for occasions like this. She was too embarrassed to look me in the eye, but mumbled a soft "thank you" as I held it by the shoulders and let her shrug into it while the towel she had been wearing fell to the floor.
Barefooted on the soft carpet, we went into the dining room together. Linda was in the kitchen, laughing as she pushed Les back to get to a platter of steaming scrambled eggs and bacon.
"Get those in there," she told him, pointing to the dining room, "while I get the toast." She looked up and saw us as we entered. "Sit everyone, let's eat before it gets cold."
The frivolity of the moment almost died before Les, preparing to sit down, instead walked up behind his wife and kissed her softly on the cheek and said 'thank you," equally softly.
"Is that the best you can give her?" Linda asked, laughing. She turned to me and gave me one of her 220 volt kisses, inspiring me to return it. "Thank you for last night, honey," she said loud enough for all to hear. "We had a great time, how about you?"
I looked at Laura whose face was red with her embarrassment before answering.
"The only thing that could have made it better was for it to have been longer," then I bent forward to kiss Laura on the lips, "thanks to you," I added, "and to you too," I added, kissing Linda once again.
Linda was still smiling broadly as she looked at the still red-faced Laura. "And how about you, Laura? Did you enjoy yourself last night?"
"Yes, I did," she admitted without raising her eyes until she looked up and saw her husband smiling at her. "I have to say that I never expected anything like that, or like this either, "she said a smile starting. I would never have believed sex could be so much fun. I guess that I just never thought of it like you two do. You and I need to talk."
"I agree," my wife said, "but for now, let's just eat before it gets cold."
With breakfast over, and everything put away, Les and I adjourned to the living room. He and his wife had thought they should leave and began making motions in that direction, but I knew that wasn't what they needed. Not right now. First Linda and I needed to get some thinking going the right way with our novice couple.
Linda encouraged them to stay "at least until noon," we suggested and Linda reminded Laura that they needed to talk. Soon both were heading out to the swimming pool while Les and I sat across from each other in comfortable lounging chairs in our living room.
We couldn't hear what our wives were saying in the pool, but it didn't surprise me when I saw Linda hug Laura and the two sat side by side on the pool apron.
"You know, you and I are two of the luckiest guys in the world," I told Les. "Look at those two together out there. You would never have guessed that they would have been swapping husbands if you hadn't enjoyed it like we did."
Les hung his head for a minute, then looked up and began talking. "Earl, I would never have believed it could happen like it has. I can't thank you enough for giving me the pleasure of knowing Linda or for taking such good care of Laura. I didn't think I would be able to convince her to have sex with you, but you obviously turned her into someone who wanted it as badly as I did. I've always wanted her to do something like this, but I've never been able to get her past the point of 'thinking about it.' What did you say to her?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary," I waved dismissively, "and only the truth. First I told her that you loved her and Linda loved me, so what was happening was that the two of you were only in this for pleasure, not out of some steamy affair. Then I started telling her that there wasn't a reason in the world why four people who were friends for as long as we have known you guys, shouldn't just push that friendship a little farther along. You aren't over the hump yet. Laura is a beautiful, sexy woman who I was just fortunate enough to screw, but whether or not it will happen again is up to you and her."