Is This Really What She Wants? Ch. 04
by DontJudgeMe
"Honey, you about read-wow!" I exclaimed as Barb came out into the kitchen, the vision of her completely chasing my impatience away. Okay, we were still late but she looked stunning! She was wearing a little, red dress that dramatically highlighted her slender form, leaving her shoulders and collarbone bare and only reaching mid-thigh. She even wore heels, red open-toed pumps, raising her maybe five centimeters. I'd never seen the dress or shoes before, they had to be new.
Her make-up was also more pronounced that usual. A bit more mascara and eye-shadow and blood-red lip that really drew my attention, and matched her dress well.
"You like?" she smiled, her teeth white against her red lips.
"I... yeah! But... aren't you a little... ehh..."
"I want to dress up a little, is that a problem?" she asked in a voice that had quickly turned challenging.
"Of course not, honey," I quickly agreed, reading the room quite clearly, "you look beautiful."
"Thank you," she said with a mollified smile. I was just wearing a shirt and jeans, my usual uniform when going to our parties - I almost wished I'd known she'd dress up, I could have worn a suit.
Kneeling down to tie my black sued shoes, I looked up at Barb who had a strange expression on her face.
"What?" I asked as I stood back up.
"Nothing, nothing," she said quickly. Way too quickly. Something was definitely up, and it wasn't all that difficult to figure out what was on her mind. Helen. Barbara hadn't seen her since the night when she and I shared that first kiss in Lisa-Ann and Tim's kitchen.
"Not nothing," I replied, "what's the matter? Helen?"
"Why would
she
be the matter? Why would I care about
her
?" she all but spat at me and we both looked a little shocked at her outburst. Was my wife losing it?
"I..." I began, not really knowing what I was going to say. Helen had not really been mentioned outside the bedroom, so I had no idea how to navigate this conversation.
"Are you gonna be with me at all tonight? Or does she need all your attention?" she said, in a cold voice, completely contradicting what she'd
just
said.
"Eh, look, Barb," I tried, caught off guard. Her face fell and she herself looked shocked at her own words.
"I'm sorry," she said quickly, "I didn't mean it like that. It's just... Okay, yeah, I am thinking about her." She looked down.
"Look," I began, "I'm sorry if-"
"No, I'm sorry," she interrupted me again, "that was... uncalled for."
"Barb," I said in a serious voice and waited until she looked up into my eyes, "do you want me to... to end things with Helen?"
"Would you?" she asked in a small, vulnerable voice.
"Of course," I told her and drew her into a hug, "you're my wife, and I love you. That's all that matters." But even as my arms embraced her, I realised that I didn't
want
to end things with Helen. I
really
didn't. What the hell was going on with me?
"No," she said after a little while, "no. I'm just silly."
"You sure?" I asked, catching her eyes again.
"Yeah," she said with a smile, "yeah, I am. It's so... I dunno, exciting. Emotional. I get jealous sometimes. But then... the sex... and it's such a... a rush. I can't really describe it."
"Yeah, I understand," I agreed, trying to show compassion while hiding the relief I felt.
"And you... deserve the best. You're the best husband I could ever have, and you deserve a sexy girlfriend," she said.
"And a sexy wife," I grinned at her, trying to lighten the mood. She gave me a half-smile that seemed to say 'you have to say that but we both know it's not true.'
"Let's go," she murmured, ending all further discussion. Probably for the best, so off we went. This month's hosts were Greg and Marianne who lived about a five minutes walk from us - though had I known Barb would be dressed to the nines, we might have taken the car - especially since she walked a little unsteadily in her heels. But then I'd have had to stay sober to drive. Still, it felt a little unnerving to escort such a beautifully dressed woman down our usual street. Maybe because I felt under-dressed?
"So ehm..." she said after we'd walked a few minutes down the street, interrupting my musings "I'd like you to... if you could... if you get a chance to, eh..."
"Yeah?" I wondered.
"I'd like you to hook up with her tonight. At the party," she said and swallowed while looking at me out of the corner of her eye and chewing on her lower-lip.
"What?" I exclaimed and stopped to look at her.
"While they're all there. I'd like you to... with Helen," she repeated.
"You just complained she steals all my attention, and now you want...?" I asked.
"I said I was sorry! Just... forget about that. It was... it was nothing," she assured me, finally meeting my eyes head-on, "I'd really like if you could..."
"Barb, really? You want us to sneak up into Greg and Marianne's bedroom or something?" I wondered, disbelief clear in my voice.
"Or... maybe their basement? Or... or garden, once... everyone's good and drunk, maybe?" she suggested.
"Honey, we're gonna get caught. Someone's bound to notice..." I pointed out, "especially since... well, Helen's not exactly quiet, you know."
Her eyes lit up at that little tidbit and I could almost feel her excitement.
"Barb, I'm not fucking Helen at the party, okay?" I said slowly and deliberately. Christ, I couldn't believe I even had to say that. Weird that I had to specify that I wouldn't do it
at the party