Chapter 19 A Vixen's Night Out
It was Monday. Nora and Ryan were getting their gear together as they had planned to go on a road trip with their sons that included camping and visiting various national parks.
"Something is going on with Aiko and Gerald," Nora observed. "Aiko told me that Gerald had to go on a two-week business trip, something about a team-building exercise. When I asked her if she was staying or going with him, she said Gerald had something planned for her but Aiko wouldn't say what those plans were. I tried to get more info out of her but she told me to wait until we got back from our vacation. It was all very mysterious."
"Don't worry about it," Ryan replied. "Just don't let your curiosity about her divert you from enjoying our family vacation."
"Oh, I suppose you're right, hon."
The couple loaded their gear in the trunk and a small trailer which they had rented for the occasion. They called their boys, jumped into the car and began their road trip.
The first two days went smoothly enough but, by Wednesday, the weather started to take a turn for the worse. On Thursday, it rained so hard that their excursions were washed out. It became too wet and muddy to erect their tent. The family was forced to rent a hotel for the night. The local news reported that the storm would last through the weekend. There was an elevated risk of flooding in two of the parks that they had planned to visit. Campers were advised to stay out of the parks.
The family was miserable. The boys complained that they wanted to go home.
"This is turning into a disaster," Ryan grumbled. "The forecast is rain for the next few days, apparently because a huge storm system has stalled."
"I think we should go home," Nora said. She wasn't very happy about spending her vacation at home but what else could they do? Spending their days inside a car and their nights in a hotel room was not what they had in mind for their road trip.
"I've got an idea," said Ryan. "Your parents took the boys last time. Normally, my parents would have taken them for a weekend around this time. Maybe we can take the boys to my parents' place and have a little time for ourselves?"
Ryan called his parents. He was relieved to learn that his parents were available and would be glad to host their grandsons for an extended weekend. The couple could be 'childless' for three whole days.
"We're kind of lucky, aren't we?" Nora said. "We have two sets of grandparents who love to have their grandsons visit them. Because they take turns, taking care of them is not as burdensome. We get a weekend to ourselves once every three weeks or so. They each see the boys about once every six weeks, enough not to be a burden on them but enough to make them happy to see them. It works out very nicely."
The family turned around and headed for Ryan's parents' house. Two hours later, they dropped off their sons and headed home. They unpacked the car and the trailer.
It had been an exhausting day and it was late. After taking their showers, the couple turned in for the night and were soon asleep.
* * *
On the following day, a Friday, the couple were lounging about wondering what they would do with three days without children. There wasn't much work to do around the house because they had made a point of getting everything done and in order before they had left for their vacation. In fact, they were bored. Aiko and Gerald were away while the other couples in their swinging group had other commitments.
The couple watched some television. Nora was sitting next to Ryan in the crook of his arm. He had his arm around her shoulders and was affectionately stroking her upper arm.
"Can I ask you question, Nora?"
"That's a silly question," she answered. "Of course you can ask a question. I'm your wife."
"I want to ask a question about our swinging lifestyle."
"Oh?" She looked at him questioningly.
"I want you to give me an honest answer," he added.
She strung out a long "Okay" and sat at attention, wondering what was on his mind.
"You like showing yourself off, right?"
"Yes," she blushed slightly. "I guess that's obvious by now."
"Why?" he asked.
"Because, when men stare at me and lust after me, it makes feel attractive, desirable and sexy."
"But I've always thought of you as all those and hot too," he said, kissing her.
"I know, dear, but it's not the same. I know you find me sexy and attractive but I never really believed that other men would think so too. I was really frumpy and dumpy-looking when I was a teenager. At the time, I was self-concious about it and it's kind of stuck in the back of my mind ever since."
"You were frumpy," he agreed, "but being petite and curvy doesn't make you dumpy," Ryan reassured her.
"I know that now," she conceded. "Other men, not just you, do find me me very attractive too," condeded. "Swinging really helped me gain confidence in my looks."
"You've always looked wonderful," Ryan said emphatically.
"You're sweet, hon, but it's not the same thing. We have a special connection that goes beyond just looks," she explained. "It's far more than just sex between us. We have a much deeper connection between us, love and family and the sense of being each other's match."
"You're right, hon," he agreed. "I've seen some extraordinarily beautiful and sexy women. I even dated a few. It's true you were plain-looking when I first met you but you had that special indefinable something that made you stand out above everyone else."
"You're so sweet," Nora replied. "But why me? What was that indefinable something? Why not someone else?"
"I think it's wrapped up in your personality and also, I think, in our shared values. Whatever this indefinable quality is, it trumps both beauty and sexual attraction. You're hot. That's true. Plain clothes cannnot hide the way you ooze sexuality. Maybe your pheronomes have an especially strong effect on me. You could dress like a frump and I would still find you very sexy."
"Thank you, sweet heart," Nora said as she cuddled him more closely and then began to kiss him.
As they snuggled, Nora asked, "So, why are you reminding me about my newly discovered fondness for exhibitionism?"
"When I married you, I didn't think you were the least bit kinky. Although we have wonderful sex together, you didn't come across as an adventurous type. How wrong I was! So, I'm wondering what else is to be discovered in my sexy's wife's sexual psyche."
"Well, I could ask the same from you," she answered. "You wouldn't be asking me unless your devious mind is thinking about something that involves me." She looked at her husband with a twinkle in her eye. "If you want me to tell you what's in my psyche, you have to tell me what's in yours first."
"But I asked first. So you go first!" he objected.
"No," she replied, "you raised the question. If you want me to put myself out, you have to show good faith by putting yourself out first."
Ryan sighed and then nodded and added. "My fantasies only include consenting adults and no means no."
"Those are no-brainers," Nora said. "I'm getting the sense that you're hinting at something wild."
Nora's perceptiveness made him uncomfortable but her emotional intelligence was one of the things he loved about her. "Let's agree to this first," Ryan continued. "If one of us doesn't like the other's fantasy, we agree to drop it, and never ever mention it again. Even more importantly, we agree never to hold what we say in this conversation against each other in the future."
"Agreed," she said. "We give each other a fantasy hall pass with no limitations and no recriminations on anything we say within the 'consenting adults' framework. You go first," she repeated. "Start with the biggest turn-on you've never done," she encouraged.
Ryan had planned to work from small turn-ons to large turn-ons as a means of testing his wife's receptiveness to what he had in mind, but she was effectively asking him to skip all that. He hesitated and then said. "Actually, my greatest turn-on revolves around you."
Nora hesitated for a moment. She knew her husband had a voyeur streak. She reminded herself about the fantasy hall pass they had just given each other. She truely trusted her husband as he was an honourable man. "Well," she asked nervously, "what's your biggest turn-on? Whatever you say will not be held against you," she added.
Ryan was satified by Nora promise but hesitated for a few moments anyway. Finally he said, "The thought of having another man breeding you when you're ovulating really turns me on," he confessed.