Sylvie had gone ahead of me by a couple of weeks to visit with family in Denmark before we met up. A cousin of Sylvie's was having a 50
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birthday party and about eight of her cousin's friends were all going to share a VRBO rental house near a beach after which Sylvie and one of the friends would be meeting me in a hotel in Amsterdam. The three of us were to spend one night in the hotel together before this friend went on to her connector flight back home in Germany.
Work had been really busy and I hadn't had much time to think about the upcoming holiday, other than looking forward to seeing my wife again. However, as my day of departure approached, my thoughts did occasionally stray to our first evening in the Amsterdam hotel. Who was this girlfriend of Sylvie's cousin? Hopefully staying in the same hotel room for an evening wouldn't be awkward.
Before leaving, I had texted Sylvie and asked some vague questions about our one-night roommate. She must have sensed my trepidation because Sylvie followed up with an enthusiastic short text (and a photo) of her new friend, Samantha (Sam, for short): "You'll love Sam, she's got lots of positive energy and is really funny, we've been having a great time out here. Miss you. Love, Sylvie" The picture was a close up (head and shoulders) of Sylvie, her cousin, and two other friends smiling while the wind blew their hair and the ocean glinted behind them. Sam, the text under the picture said, was beside Sylvie.
Sam was a bit of a stunner. She looked younger than Sylvie and I (we're both just turned 50) and was taller than Sylvie (who is about 5'7")...I'd put her around 5'10" with dark straight hair, an olive complexion, and startling blue/green eyes. I started to look forward to our first night in Amsterdam.
When I arrived, tired and slightly jet lagged, Sylvie met me at a bus stop near to the airport.
"Hey there, lover," she smiled and we shared a warm kiss and a long hug. "It's so good to see you again".
"And you...I've missed you" I replied.
"Sam's back at the hotel room. She figured we'd probably want to meet up ourselves before you met her".
"Sounds reasonable. How far to the hotel?"
"It's about 15 minutes walk...hope you don't mind?"
"Not at all, after being cooped up in an airplane for seven hours, it'll be great to stretch my legs".
I only ever travel with a carryon backpack, so going for a walk after a flight is no trouble and as we started Sylvie passed along some details of the last couple of weeks and some of the good times they had all had for her cousin's birthday.
After the initial excitement of exchanged stories (I didn't have much to add about how work had been for the past two weeks). The subject drifted to Samantha just as we were nearing our hotel.
"So..." started Sylvie. "You should probably know..."
"Spit it out, what's up?" I joked.
"Well, as you may have noticed in the picture that I sent you, Sam is really beautiful..."
"She's almost as good looking as you, my love" I smiled and gave her a one-armed hug while we continued walking.
"Sure, sure" she laughed back. "Well, as you know a bunch of us were sharing a small house together and getting to know one another, and, well...I had no idea at first, but..."
"What is it? You're really hedging on this...is everything okay?"
"Yes, sure, it really shouldn't be a big deal, but I just thought you should know before you meet her...she kind of asked me to let you know in case you had a problem with it".
"A problem with what?" I was beginning to wonder what the heck was going on.
"Well, Sam's...trans"
"What? What do you mean?" I knew what 'trans' meant, of course, but somehow needed this surprise spelled out for me.
"She's actually transitioning to becoming a woman...she used to be a man."
"...okay, I don't think that's a big deal, it's not like affects us or anything...when you say 'transitioning' what do you mean?"
"Well, she has breasts and she still has a penis, but it's quite small..."
"How do you know that?" I interjected.
"Well, I accidentally walked in on her when she was finishing up showering one night. It was pretty awkward actually, as I hadn't even really suspected her situation until I saw her naked."
"How did that pan out?"
"We were both really apologetic about it at first, and then Sam apologized and said that all of the others knew, but that she just hadn't really thought about telling me. I told her she certainly didn't need to feel that she had to tell me about her private life, and then we laughed it off and were fine about it from there on. I actually think it helped us to be more relaxed together...she had probably been worried about how I would react if I knew right from when we met."
I nodded, and paused..."what do you mean, 'small'?"
"We didn't get into details, but I think that eventually she may get the entire surgery and changeover done, but at present the hormones have made her penis and scrotum really...small".
"I guess you got a pretty good look at her, then" I chuckled, I was joking with her, and she got it...visibly relaxing.
"I'm glad you're cool about it, I knew you would be, but..."
"Yeah, it's not a big deal. Nothing I need to be jealous of, right?"
"What do you mean?" she smiled, looking slyly down and to the side.
This immediately brought on some uncertainty for me "...it's not like you two...did anything did you?"
Sylvie blushed deep red, but responded immediately "No! Geez! We were in a houseful of friends and...I have you."
"Oh, so you're saying if you weren't in a house full of friends you might have checked her out some more?" I joked again.
Sylvie remained silent, which drove my curiosity and ignited a small spark of inquisitive jealousy.
"Have you two done anything together since arriving here yesterday afternoon?" I asked.
"No, silly! I'm not cheating on you, if that's what you're worried about. But we're pretty relaxed around one another now that Sam's aware that I'm cool with her, and I've seen her naked a few times now...and she's seen me naked too".
This was a bit of a surprise, as Sylvie is usually pretty conservative about being seen by others. She has a great figure (32 C bust and fit body with a full (but trimmed) bush of pubic hair, which I love) and is a beautiful woman (in my opinion) who never needs to wear makeup, but she's never been overly confident in her own looks or demonstrative with her sexuality or body. She usually wears pretty conservative clothing in public, and it was a surprise to hear that she was comfortable with letting someone else see her naked."
As we entered the hotel and started up the stairs I chuckled to myself, a few different scenarios were playing out in my head, but I was about to meet a person I'd never met before who'd seen my wife naked and whom I'd be sharing a room with for the night. "Anyways" I sighed "It's not like we're sharing a bed or anything".
"Oh" Sylvie paused at the door as she went to open it "...about that".
The door opened into a very small room, almost completely dominated by a bed of approximately queen size (which was actually two mattresses side by side, a pretty common European sleeping situation). It only took a quick glance to see that there really wasn't any reasonable way to split the mattresses apart as side tables took up all of the remaining lateral space.
Sam wasn't in the room, but there was a note on the bed saying "Gone for a coffee...back in about an hour or so, Sam".
This gave me a chance to soak in the situation...Sylvie and Sam had ostensibly slept in the same bed together last night.
Sylvie and I always sleep naked at home, which begged the question "Did you sleep naked with Sam last night?"
"I wore my panties" Sylvie responded "I actually forgot to pack pyjamas".
"What about Sam?" I asked. The spark of jealousy was beginning to ignite.
"Sam slept naked, but it's not like we were cuddling or anything, she slept on her side of the bed." Sylvie paused, and then got a cheeky grin on her face "Aww...are you jealous?" "Don't worry, my love" she quickly added "there was no 'hanky panky'".
I felt (mostly) reassured, smiled, and gave Sylvie a kiss and a squeeze before adding "Maybe you can give me a tour of this mansion?"
Sylvie laughed "Won't take long. This..." she waved her hand at the bed and side tables "is the bedroom, living room, dining room, and rec room" and this "she opened another door near the foot of the bed "is the bathroom".
The bathroom was also small, with a toilet, sink and small shower...only room enough for one person at a time.
Before I could make any further comments on the size of our accommodations, there was a know at the door. "That'll be Sam" Sylvie remarked.
As I poked my head out of the washroom, the door opened to a gorgeous tanned woman with luxurious straight dark brown hair dressed in an orange/red sundress. She smiled broadly at Sylvie and then turned her gaze (and smile) towards me.
I felt like I was blushing, she was very attractive, and knowing what I knew about her made me feel somewhat awkward and conflicted. She was the first to break the momentary silence "Hi, I'm Sam. You must be Matt...I've only heard good things about you." This last with a quick glance to Sylvie.