Henry Watson was in turmoil on his way home. The lunch with his wife Dell and their friends Bill and Terry had been something of an embarrassment to him.
Bill was a medium height and stocky guy about their own age, in his early 30's. He nearly always had a lopsided grin on his face, while Henry tended to be a bit more reserved.
Terry was younger at only 24, barely 5 feet tall and slender. She had an almost pixie like look to her, a pretty heart shaped face with mildly pointed nose and ears that the long straight hairstyle parted down the middle appeared to aggravate.
Henry's wife Dell was a mildly chubby big busted blond, also barely 30. Henry was a shade older at 36, he was also large and solid although the spread of the beginnings of middle age was showing at his waist.
Terry typically wore slacks and a blouse, Dell nearly always had a simple house dress on.
Since they lived on the same block opposite each other they had become close friends. Sharing things helped a lot in the finances department, Henry's lawnmower took care of both yards, his garage full of tools saw to it that anything that broke got fixed. Bill and Terry had internet and Henry and Dell ran wireless off of that since they lived so close.
Same with TV, Bill put up one of those dish setups, a $50 tip got the "2nd room" wired right across the yard to Henry and Dell's house. Henry's large back yard faced Bill's smaller one, they often had back yard barbeques, and the four of them sometimes met for lunch when the women were downtown shopping.
Once a month or so a night out was at a night club with dancing. Both Henry and Bill loved to dance, something a bit rare with men. Of course that delighted the two women, so they took turns swapping partners to do some of the latest steps. On the fast numbers the women would try to outdo each other, acting as naughty as they dared in public, laughing up a storm.
Henry liked dancing with Terry, her slim body was light in his arms and she felt completely different than his wife Dell. Then Bill happened to mention that he loved dancing with Dell, that she matched every single movement he made easily.
"It's like the two of us are a perfect fit!" He exclaimed, the steady flow of drinks releasing the normal inhibitions of his tongue.
The four of them got quiet as the same thought crossed their minds.
"For dancing!" Bill added quickly, realizing the way that had been taken. Then he blushed as they all laughed, soon that was forgotten. All it ever was, was dancing. None of them did any rubbing up against each other or anything like that.
Henry and Bill sometimes took short fishing trips together, Bill had one of those leased from the government lots with a cabin at a nearby lake.
So of course Henry supplied the little boat, electric motor and oars.
Sometimes the women joined them and the four of them spent the entire weekend up there.
For at least three years, it was simply a good friendship.
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One long weekend they were all up at the cabin, which was just a main room, with two beds they kept separate by hanging a pair of old sheets between them, and a bathroom off to the side.
Power came in from somewhere, so there was a fridge, a TV, and a stove. Heat was supplied by one of both of them doing some wood chopping each trip.
The two beds they had dragged up there in Bill's old truck barely fit, leaving just a foot or so between them. They had to jiggle and scoot the beds around until finally on Henry and Dell's side there was about 18 inches left to the wall and two and a half feet on the other side so they could get the bathroom door open. This left just twelve inches between the two beds.
It was tight but they managed.
Henry and Dell both slept nude at home, but with Bill and Terry right there they put on pajamas even though with the lights out it was completely dark in there. Pajamas meant tossing and turning, both of them uncomfortable.
Finally after a half dozen trips up there and some gripes from Dell, Henry told her to not worry about it.
"But Bill is right there!" She said.
"It's blacker than the ace of spades in here, no way can he see anything at all and besides, there is the curtain."
The first time Henry lay there listening as Dell slipped off her clothing and hopped into bed with a giggle. He reached over and sure enough, she was naked. That actually was on the naughty side, both of them nude with Bill and Terry lying there just a couple of feet away.
It even got Henry a little bit fussed up, but there was no way in hell that Dell could ever be quiet so he didn't dare try to sneak one in.
No one noticed or said anything at all, so that quickly became the norm. Neither one of them realized that both Bill and Terry also slept nude, it just never came up.
In the mornings Bill would tug on his pants before heading outside, soon the sounds of his axe told them he was busy and Dell would hop up and pull her dress over her head. Then Henry would roll out of bed and get dressed, and head out to give Bill a hand or work on anything that needed done.
It worked, everyone was respectful of each others modesty.
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Then came the first incident.
Bill was outside chopping firewood, Henry was down at the dock fixing a spot on the tiny little fiberglass boat that had worn through from dragging it in and out of the lake. The trip before Henry was in the back running the electric motor when he noticed the water was less than a couple of inches from running in over the stern.
Barely making it to shore, they managed to drag the boat out. It used enclosed flotation chambers, and was supposed to be unsinkable.
Which it was, unless it had a hole in it.
Henry bought two long steel runners and a fiberglass repair kit and was busy fixing that so it wouldn't happen again.
Dell had taken the truck to town to buy more provisions so Terry took the opportunity to grab a quick shower.
Henry needed the scraper, he knew it was in the bottom drawer up at the cabin, so he went up to retrieve it, opening the door without thinking.
Terry was standing there just outside the bathroom door, bent over briskly rubbing her wet hair with a towel.
She was stark naked.
Henry came to a stop, standing there with the door open staring at her. Her small breasts were capped with soft round looking nipples, still puffed up from the hot water in the shower. She had a very large mass of pubic hair, but it did nothing much to hide her protruding outer lips.
She did not hear Henry open the door. He watched as she reached down with the towel to rub herself dry between her legs, squatting slightly to do it.
Then she realized.
"Oh!" She said, quickly jerking the towel in front of her.
Henry stammered an apology and retreated. The vision was in his mind the rest of the day, lord did that woman have a nice body. He found himself having a constant struggle trying to keep his erection down.
He never said a single word about that to Dell or Bill, thinking it was accidental and not a big deal, best to be left alone.
Terry told Bill, though, as he found out the next week at lunch.
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"I heard that you caught Terry with no clothes on last weekend." He said straight out.
Henry blushed furiously, noticing Dell looked at him in surprise. He also noticed that Terry was looking right at him with a huge grin.
"I..it was an accident, I was working on the boat and needed a tool." Henry said after a few awkward moments.