It was a great kiss, rivaling Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen in THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR and Neve Campbell and Denise Richards in THE WILD THINGS.
I was in the shadows and simply watched it, hypnotized by the intensity and passion of what I saw. The fact that it was between my wife and my best friend did not detract from the erotic impact of that wonderfully romantic caress.
I saw them kissing goodnight in the dark hallway after a long day at the nude beach and I couldn't deny how sexy and touching it was to watch them kiss. When I saw it I immediately felt they needed to sleep together and make mad, passionate love without me to interfere. As I watched I imagined his cock sliding inside her pussy and I decided right then that I wanted it to happen for them.
The beautiful kiss removed all jealousy and anger I may have felt before seeing them in such a long and heated embrace. When I left them kissing in the hall I truly wanted him to fuck my wife and consummate their bond, which obviously went far beyond just friends.
From that day on I could think of nothing but getting them together, finding a way to let my wife and my friend know I knew about their feelings for one another and wanted them to fulfill their passion, to be free to express their love.
Funny that I didn't react differently, but seeing them kiss made me accept their feelings and understand they loved each other. I respected them both and learned something that night about unconditional love. If I loved her I wanted her to be happy, and being with him sexually would obviously make her happy. I began obsessing about the kiss and how oblivious I had been about what was right in front of me. Like a man standing in water and not realizing he was in a flood until the water was at his chin.
I began seeing them in my daydreams, kissing and having sex while I watched like I had that fateful night. I felt remorseful because I had missed the signs and had not been aware of the bond they obviously had between them. I began to think about times we were together when I hadn't noticed their attachment, their fondness for one another.
I remember the night we skinny dipped at the beach and I had left them for an hour while I hiked back to the car to retrieve her camping gear. When I got back they were sitting together talking but the closeness of their bodies hadn't told me anything. When they playfully teased one another and touched and frolicked together I never heard the excitement in their voices, the affection in their movements, the sexual intensity of their words.
I began planning how I would let them know I knew and understood. How I would explain that I was not angry at them but irritated at myself for not knowing and being more aware, for not seeing the signals they had to be trying to send me. I felt I had let them down, the closest people I had in my life. I was determined to make it up to them, to let them have the time together they clearly wanted.
I began planning how I would leave them alone together, giving them the freedom to act on their feelings. I thought about how I could let them know I was okay with those feelings about one another, that I understood, that I actually wanted them to be able to be together and have the sex I knew they wanted.
I decided to leave for a while, putting them together like they would want, giving them freedom to be who they needed to be. I would travel and be gone for weeks, and they could do whatever they wished. I told her I would be gone for two weeks, and I also told her I knew how she felt about Jake. She listened, then she stared at me before she spoke.
"Did you see us?" she asked. I kissed her and nodded. "So, are you leaving me?" I said absolutely not. I told her I loved her, that if she wanted to still be married to me that I also wanted the same, that I understood about her and Jake, and I said he was my best friend and I wanted that to continue as well. "Are you giving us time together?" she asked.
"That is it exactly," I said. "When I get back you can tell me what you want to do." She smiled, kissed me and nodded. "While I am gone you two can have the time together that you have wanted, needed, and that now I want for you."
I called and told Jake what I had said to Claire. He listened quietly, then thanked me for understanding. "I love Claire," he confessed. I told him I knew he did and that I did as well.
"I will be gone for two weeks," I said. "In that time you will have her to yourself. We can decide what we are going to do when I get back," I told him. "Have a good time with her," I said sincerely.
She called me the first night I was gone. Jake had come over and they had set him up in our bedroom. She told me they had sex that afternoon on the patio, and I pictured them in my mind as she told me about it.
The second night, after I got registered in a motel in Monterey, I called at eleven. "Where is Jake?" I asked.
"Between my knees," she said with a giggle. I said I wouldn't keep her and she said she could talk and bite her lower lip at the same time. I asked how her day was and she said, "Fabulous." I asked her if her fabulous was in the backyard or in the house. "Both," she said.
"Two times in one day?"
"Three," she said. "You want to talk to Jake?"
"No," I said. "Let the man finish his meal."
It made me feel good that I could hear about their sex and enjoy it. As she told me what they had been doing the night before I pictured it happening and had to smile to myself as I imagined it. I saw him on his stomach with his face pushed against her sweet, splayed pussy, licking and sucking like a man possessed. I knew he liked giving oral from conversations we had had over the years, and I also knew how much she enjoyed being eaten.