John is sitting on the couch lost in silent thought when his wife Emily comes down the stairs drying her hair with a towel. She walks over to the couch and plops herself down next to her husband.
"We didn't get a chance to talk upstairs; you kind of took off before I got in the shower. So, now that it's over, what did you think?" Emily asked.
"I don't...I don't know." John said.
John was sitting on the couch hunched over looking at the ground. His wife Emily was sitting beside him rubbing his back lovingly.
"You didn't like it did you? No...you didn't. If you'd liked it you would have been all over me as soon as Steve left despite saying that you wouldn't. What was so bad about it?" Emily asked.
"Can we...can we not talk about this right now?" John asked.
"Sweetheart I want a truthful answer not one that you've had time to think through. I want to know what you really think about it and how you really feel." Emily said.
"Okay fine. I hated every bit of it. From the moment he walked in the door I hated him and I hated what was going on." John said.
"Why did you hate Steve the moment you saw him? I don't understand." Emily said.
"No, of course you don't. It wasn't so much Steve; it was you that I hated at first. I hated the way your eyes lit up; the way your cheeks flushed red. I hated that I saw an excitement in you at just meeting him that I've only rarely seen in you for me." John said.
Emily hung her head.
"Oh. I had no idea that I looked that excited. I hope you understand that my excitement was because of the situation. The whole thing had been more than 3 months in the works from the time I met Steve online until he finally came over today. That's a long time to think about something and get excited by it. When he finally arrived I was very excited. You might not see me that excited frequently, but I'm excited every day just by being near you." Emily said.
Emily took John's hand in both of hers. John knew that his wife was trying to ease his mind, but it wasn't helping.
"So you hated Steve because of how excited I was to meet him?" Emily asked.
"That's the first reason I hated him." John said.
"What else did you hate him for?" Emily asked.
"When you opened the door and let him in he introduced himself to you, he shot a smug smile in my direction, and then he grabbed you and kissed you. He didn't even have the decency to introduce himself to me before he started in on you." John said.
Emily nodded slightly.
"That wasn't very polite of him. I can understand why you'd be upset by that." Emily said.
"Yeah...I consented to him coming into our home for this and he didn't even introduce himself or shake my hand, or thank me for allowing it to happen...nothing. It was very disrespectful for him to come into our home and just start kissing you like I wasn't even here." John said.
"I guess I deserve some of the blame for that as well. I didn't turn and introduce you like I should have. I'm sorry." Emily said.
"Within the first minute that he was in this house I had seen you excited to a level that made me uncomfortable and I was disrespected by the man that I had allowed to enter our home. I came this close to stopping things right then and there." John said.
He holds his hand up to show a short distance with his thumb and forefinger. Emily seems surprised.
"You were really that close to stopping it?" Emily asked.
"You bet your ass I was. I had known that you were going to be excited about it...you wouldn't have wanted to do it if it didn't excite you. I was prepared to see you getting excited, but seeing you get that excited for someone else made me uncomfortable...I didn't like it one bit. Then the guy disrespected me by not introducing himself and barely even acknowledging my presence before he started kissing you. I came within an eyelash of throwing up my hands and saying that it was over and throwing his ass out of the house." John said.
Emily could see that John was highly agitated so she began rubbing his back again.
"John, if it bothered you that much then why didn't you stop it right then?" Emily asked.
"Because I'd agreed to let you try it. I didn't want to go back on my word...though I came very close. I knew the first few minutes would be difficult for me, but I figured that things would get easier as they went along...they didn't." John said.
"What do you mean?" Emily asked.
"After you'd kissed in the front hall for a minute or so you went into the living room. You sat together on the couch and started kissing and touching each other....right in front of the picture window. The curtains were open Emily...I just hope that nobody saw the two of you before I was able to scramble over to shut the curtains." John said.
Emily's eyes went wide in shock.
"Oh my god...I didn't even think of that. Anybody that happened to look through the window before you closed the curtains could have seen me and Steve on the couch. Oh god...I'm sorry John...I hope nobody saw us." Emily said.
"Yeah...me too. When I looked back to the couch from the window I saw him groping your chest. I knew that was probably going to be happening, but I didn't like it. I especially didn't like it that you didn't push his hand away. You've been batting my hand away quite frequently when I try to feel you up while we're making out." John said.
Emily looked down at the floor.
"I'm sorry John. I know I don't like you to do that when we're just making out, and I didn't like Steve doing it either. I let him do it because it was just a part of the overall experience and I wanted to be open to the whole thing. He wasn't doing it for very long." Emily said.
"No...you're right, he didn't. He moved his hand down between your legs and you parted them quite easily for him...much more easily than you do for me. I suppose that was just another case of being open to the whole experience...but I didn't like that you were doing something else so willingly for him that you don't do as willingly for me...your husband." John said.
A tear rolled down Emily's cheek.
"I'm sorry John. I didn't even realize. You must think I'm horrible." Emily said.
"No...I don't think you're horrible sweetheart. I'm just not very happy with some of the things that you did, the ways that you did them, and the way that you reacted to some things today with Steve." John said.
"I guess I can understand that. I wasn't even aware that I was doing some of the things that I was doing." Emily said.
"I came damn close to putting an end to it for a second time when you made your way to the guest room. By the way, thank you for not taking him into our bedroom." John said.
"I could never do that. Our bedroom and our bed are just for us...nobody else. What happened that made you think about stopping it the second time?" Emily asked.
"I was following behind you and when you led Steve into the guest room he slammed the door in my face and I heard it lock. If you hadn't opened that door right away like you did I'd have kicked the door down and put a stop to it." John said.
"I knew when I heard the door close and saw that you weren't in the room that I had to open the door. Our agreement was that you would be there the whole time to watch." Emily said.
"Given our agreement, when Steve slammed the door in my face he once again disrespected me. If someone disrespects me twice in my own home under normal circumstances I would throw them out. Steve was very lucky that you opened that door when you did." John said.
"I'm sorry that he disrespected you like that John." Emily said.
"Yeah...I know. The next thing I didn't like was the way he bit your nipples and the way you let him do it. You've given me a black eye when I tried to do that once. I suppose that was just more of you giving yourself fully to the experience." John said.
"Yes. John...it's clear that I allowed Steve to do a lot of things that I don't often allow you to do, but I hope that you understand that what happened with Steve was a purely sexual experience. What you and I have goes far beyond simple sex...we make love." Emily said.
"Yeah, I know...but I still didn't like seeing you let him do things that you don't let me do very often." John said.
Emily frowned.
"I'm sorry John...I really am." Emily said.
"Yeah...I know. It didn't seem that you were that upset by it, but Steve only went down on you for a few minutes. You never even came close to having an orgasm even though it was obvious that you were incredibly turned on. I always make sure that you have an orgasm before I move my face from between your legs. If it was supposed to be a full sexual experience then he short changed you on that, which didn't make me very happy." John said.