Chapter 25
The Intervention
The next morning, Paul and Nancy awoke in the guest bed and shook the cobwebs out of their heads before taking a shower together. While they were in the shower, Nancy decided they needed to conduct an intervention with Kyle and Deb to get them to realize what they were missing together. Paul reluctantly agreed and Nancy laid out the plan. "Just follow my lead," she told him.
They got dressed in the same clothes they had worn the previous night when they came over, and headed out to the kitchen. "God, I hope there's some strong coffee," Nancy muttered to herself.
When they got there, Kyle and Deb were already sitting around the kitchen dinette sipping coffee with most of a coffee crumb cake remaining on the table.
"Good morning!" Deb said in a boisterous tone. "Did you guys sleep alright?"
"Just fine, thanks," Paul replied. Deb and Kyle were both in heavy robes and their hair was still mussed from sleeping which gave them an almost comical appearance. Deb saw Paul looking at her hair and quickly combed her fingers through it. "I know I look a fright, but you'll have to forgive me. I'm not really used to having house guests in the morning."
That's okay," Paul said with a broad smile. "You look wonderful with bedroom hair." Deb quickly looked down again so that he wo0uldn't see the smile on her lips from his compliment. Nancy handed Paul a cup of coffee and the two of them sat down.
"How are you guys doing this morning?" Nancy asked her hosts. Deb glanced over at her husband and then back to Nancy over the cup of coffee held to her lips.
"We're doing great," she responded. Kyle nodded his agreement.
"I don't want to be too forward or get out of line, but Paul and I were talking and we think you guys might need some help seeing eye-to-eye on certain things," Nancy started slowly. Deb and Kyle exchanged concerned looks with each other and then back to their guest.
"So we thought we'd hold a small 'intervention' with you two to help you see what we already know -- you guys are a wonderful couple who are a better match than you may think," Nancy continued. "First, I want to tell you that we both love spending time with you and what we've noticed is that you both are very much in love with one another. However, you each are so concerned about how the other might react, that you don't share what you really think or feel. I'm here to tell you that your fears are completely ungrounded and you need to talk about your sex lives freely and honestly. I think you'll be happy that you did."