"We're quite a pair, I mean look at us," Melissa said after tossing her armload of branches into the huge pile covering their front yard.
"Yeah, pretty grungy, but hey this should be the last of it," Harry replied, dragging two garbage bags full of debris next to the large pile.
"Well, finished until the power comes on, then we've got to get the inside of the house straightened up."
"The inside looks good to me," Harry replied.
"Yeah, good if you are in the middle of a camping trip. I mean with all the ice chests, MREs, cans of tuna, crackers and that god-awful canned ravioli..."
"Canned ravioli? I grew up on that stuff, used to eat it every day for lunch."
"Well that explains a lot, I think I need to have a long talk with your mother," Melissa replied pulling off her gloves and wiping the sweat from her forehead. "I guess I need to wait until the phones are working again to do that."
Harry pulled her into his arms and said, "You know it has been nice. I mean in almost three week we haven't had a single coitus interruptus call. Doesn't your mom know we have taken other measures?"
"Hey, it's not just my mom interrupting us," Melissa said, squirming out of his arms. "Besides, I'm getting a bit tired of the hot sweaty thing, I mean it was different and kind of fun, but all I want to do now is feel the cool air blowing over my naked body as I come."
"And just how do you plan to do that?"
"Well, we do go to John and Mary's to take showers, they have power and air conditioning."
"Oh, and what do we do, 'Oh hi John, Melissa and I are gonna need a few extra minutes while we fuck on your bed.' I don't think that will work."
"You're right of course, but I've been thinking," Melissa said, pausing for a moment, "Mary has been out of town for about a week and well, we have been talking about..."
"Getting adventurous?"
"Well... yes, and we know John and Mary, even talked about them as possibilities," Melissa said in nearly a whisper.
"And so, what do we do? Just go in and say, 'Oh John, Melissa and I would like to borrow your shower and by the way, we'd like you to fuck her too.' Just like that?"
"Not just like that, but I was thinking, why not I get in the shower and maybe you have a beer with John and well, ask him if he would like to join us. Even if we just play around in the shower, you did say the thought of you watching another man touch me and me touch another man kind of turned you on," Melissa said, running her fingernails lightly up Harry's thigh.
"Okay, okay, we'll give it a try, but just this once."
They quickly put away their rakes, and other tools, tossing their gloves onto the workbench in the garage before rushing into the house and locking it up. Hurrying out to the car, they climbed in, gave each other a quick kiss and as Melissa snuggled up next to Harry like they were still in high school, they backed out and drove over to John and Mary's house.
John and Mary lived just two blocks away but it was like driving from a third world nation into the lap of luxury as they passed the houses still waiting for power, the traffic light and street lights all out into a neighborhood with power. It wasn't just the sound of the A/C units, the lights and activity, the mood suddenly seemed to change. The people working outside all smiled and didn't seem downtrodden like the people in the unpowered areas.
Harry pulled up into the driveway and nodded toward the porch light. Melissa smiled broadly as she climbed out of the car. When John answered the door Harry said, "I noticed the porch light on, was that just to rub it in."
John smiled and turned it off, "No, sorry. Back before I had power, I left the light on so if the power came on when I was at work I could have a nice surprise coming up the driveway. I guess I just left it on."
John stepped back from the door and motioned for Melissa and Harry to come in. "How's the cleanup going for you?"
Melissa said, "We finally got the yard all cleaned up, now as soon as we get power we can work on the house."
"Well, the shower's all yours Melissa, you want a beer Harry?" John replied heading toward the kitchen.
Harry looked back at Melissa who nodded and waved her hand at him encouragingly. Harry nodded back and watched her turn and prance out excitedly, before heading into the kitchen. Once in the kitchen he reached out, grabbed a cold beer from John and held it up to his head.
"Yeah nothing like a cold beer."
"I'd forgotten what these were like," Harry replied, opening the can and taking a long sip. He lowered the can from his lips, but before anything else was said, he took another long drink.
"You really do miss them," John noted.
"Yeah, you already had a few," Harry said, nodding to the empty cans in the trash.
"Well, with Mary gone I just guzzle beer and watch whatever sports are on."
"Pretty boring?"
"Well at first it was nice, but after a few days I got to missing her, a lot, if you know what I mean."
"Well, Melissa and I talked and ah, well... we talked about that, and ah, well I'll just say it... would you like to join us in the shower?"
"Oh right, just hop right in," John said laughing. When Harry didn't reply he stopped, looked right in Harry's eyes, looked toward his master bedroom and then back at Harry. "You were serious weren't you?"
Harry nodded.
"Melissa is okay..."
"She brought it up."
"And you're okay..."
"I asked you didn't I?"
"And you won't mind me touching and ah... ah... with Melissa?"
"That's the idea."
"And what will you do?"
"Watch."