When my husband Rick suggested hosting a key party, I can't say I was 100% enthusiastic. In fact, I was quite nervous. We'd talked about the swinging lifestyle before, even explored a few couple's profiles online, but it all seemed too risky. It wasn't until my married best friend brought it up during after-dinner drinks at my home, that we saw a real opening.
"Are you telling me you guys never thought about it?" Donna asked.
Rick and I looked at each other. I wasn't sure he was going to spill the beans so I spoke up. "We thought about it, but there are some weird people out there."
It was at that moment that I noticed the smile on Donna's face and the devilish way she kept glancing at my husband. Her husband Mark was apparently in the same mindset, as I caught him staring at my chest a few times. I almost thought I caught him winking, but it could have been my imagination.
Eventually, Donna mentioned that they'd discussed the possibility of swinging with another couple we hung out withβByron and Tiffany. As soon as she mentioned Byron, I have to admit, I felt a little tingle in my panties. He was a tall slice of man with smoldering eyes and a toned physique. I'd rubbed out more than a few while fantasizing of him climbing between my legs and plowing me through the mattress. While Mark wasn't too bad to look at and I was sure I could do him if I had to, I'd tackle Byron before he could undo the first loop on his belt.
"So it's all set then?" Donna's voice startled me out of my daydream.
"What?" I asked. "What's all set?"
She rolled her eyes and grinned. "Jesus Nicole! Haven't you been paying attention? The key party! Rick said you guys would host it next Friday."
I looked at Rick. He shrugged and reached over to pat me on the leg. "It'll be fine," he said.
"So what do you do at key parties?" I asked. "How does it work?"
"From my understanding, it's just like a regular dinner party or gathering," Donna said. "Except afterwards, the men put their car keys in a bowl and the women reach in. Whoever's key the woman picks, that's who she goes home with."
"Well what if I pick Rick's?" I asked.
"Then I guess you stay with your husband."
"Oh no," Mark said. "We're not having that. If we're really doing this, we have to employ the 'No Wife' rule. You pick your spouse, you go again."
"So it's the four of us, plus Byron and Tiff?" I asked.
"That's the plan," Rick said.
"That's all it better be," Donna said while taking a sip of wine. "Whatever you do, don't tell fuckin' Sandra and Gerry. If I pulled that asshole's keys out of the bowl, I think I'd kill myself."
"He's not that bad," Mark said.
"Then you can fuck' him and I'll go home with the woman who pulls your keys."
"Seriously?" I said. "You'd rather 'lez out' than fuck Gerry?"
"Not only would I make out with a chick, I'd spend the weekend as community property in a Serbian woman's prison before I let that creep touch me."
We all laughed. I understood where she was coming from. Gerry was a slimy, balding, pot-bellied salesman, yet in his mind, he was the second coming of George Clooney. He was always flirting or making lewd comments toward me or Donna whenever his wife wasn't looking. The way he looked at me, those creepy eyes scanning my entire body, made my skin crawl.
"Now wait a minute," Mark said. "Sandra's not too bad on the eyes. I don't think it's fair to exclude her because her husband's an asshole. I mean, no disrespect, but Tiffany's put on a little weight, yet I know both of you wouldn't mind giving Byron a go."