Chapter One: Westward Ho
My name is Mark. Last summer I got transferred to L.A. as part of a promotion at the accounting firm I manage. My wife Jennifer and I uprooted everything and moved west. While I obviously had work, my wife, a high school teacher, had to start over.
She looked for a job for a few weeks to no avail. Then by chance she saw an ad on Craigslist, looking for on-set tutors for a TV production. She answered the ad, met with the producer's assistant and was basically hired on the spot. The show they were working on was some California beach teen soap opera, like The O.C., but without a network deal yet. The "stars" were basically unknown. My wife was hired to spend 2 hours a day tutoring 5 kids in their mid to late teens. The youngest was 15, the oldest 18. 3 boys, 2 girls.
Now, my wife is pretty smokin. She's 29, 5'6", slim, in shape, and just plain sexy, to me anyway. She definitely doesn't have the West Coast look. She's fair skinned, dark haired, and green eyed, with a smile that won't quit but a no-nonsense demeanor. She's smart and hot. How I landed her, I'll never know.
Actually, sometimes I worry about us. I'm 10 years older than she is. Our sex life was ok I guess, but prior to moving west, after 5 years of marriage, things had started to cool down a bit. Then, moving west added some stress in the mix. Since we'd moved, sex had dwindled down to 1 or 2 times a week.
But things perked up a bit when Jen got the tutoring job. I think she was feeling sort of down before she found work. But a week or two into the job, she would come home in a great mood, and even a little frisky. Sex started picking up to 2 or 3 times a week, and sometimes even more.
Finally, I asked her about it one morning.
"So, I guess California is finally starting to agree with you." I smiled.
"Why do you say that?" Jen asked.
"Well, you seem, I don't know, more..."
"More what?" she queried.
"More...alive!"
Jen giggled.
"You mean... in bed"
"Yeah, there." I said. "And happier in general."
"I am!" she exclaimed.
"Well I'm glad. So is it the tutoring gig? Must be pretty exciting working with young hot actors all day..." I teased.
"It's usually not all day" she corrected me.
"Usually?"
"Well, sometimes I am there for more than my 2 hour shift, because sometimes they have to pull someone to do a scene when the light is right, so I have to wait til they're done filming and finish the session later. Like today, Trevor had to go do a pool scene, and he wasn't done until 2.".
"Ah. I see. Trevor?"
"Yeah, Trevor Belair. You've never heard of him?" Jen asked.
"Sounds like a porn star's name." I joked.
"He could be a porn star!" Jen laughed.
"What do you mean?" I leaned in.
"You know, he's, umm..."
My wife was blushing!
"Hung?" I asked.
"Kinda, I guess. I don't know. Maybe!" Jen stammered.
"You're blushing! And getting flustered! So you've seen this boy's package?" I mock-shock teased.
"Well, not in the flesh, er. I saw him today in a bathing suit, you know, like a Speedo." she offered.
"In the tutoring RV? He was wearing a Speedo in your class?" I asked.
"Honey, it's a TV set. People walk around in costume all day." she replied, getting a tiny bit defensive. "And today we were shooting at a pool, all day."
"I see. So he walks around in a tight Speedo and he's well hung and you couldn't help but notice. Ahem. Well he wore a shirt at least, yes?" I asked.
"What's with the 20 questions?" my wife sneered.
"What's with getting all defensive?" I retorted.
"I'm not being defensive, I just don't know where this is going."
"Well of the two of us, I'm not the one hanging out with half naked 18 year old studs all day, and commenting on their packages! But I'm just teasing anyhow. I guess you can look. No harm there, right?"
"Yea" said Jen, smiling. "No harm in looking."
During the next week or so, our sex life continued to escalate. It was getting to the point that Jen wanted it more often than I did. One particular night, after we had just finished making love, she wanted to do it again.
"What's gotten into you lately missy?" I whispered.
She purred back. "Not enough!" Man is she hot.
"No, seriously, what is getting you so wound up these days?" I asked, leaning back, looking at her up and down.
"Honestly? Promise you won't get mad?"
"Yes, honestly, and no, I won't get mad." I replied.
"Well, I think Trevor has a crush on me. No, he definitely has a crush on me."
"And that's making you horny? I don't understand. And how do you know he has a crush on you?" I said.
"It's more complicated than that. Mostly I think it's cute. But it does make me feel more attractive, and frankly, I don't always feel that way with you. We got a little stale in certain areas before we moved here, but I think things are getting better, and the attention of a guy, no matter how old or young he is, can make a girl feel nice!" Jen reasoned.
"Ok, but how do you know he has a crush on you?" I asked.
"Well, he kinda stares at me when I'm reading something or writing on the overhead projector. And he brought me flowers once. And..."
"And what?" I asked, getting a bit anxious.
"And he asked me out. Isn't that cute?"
"Out? For what, ice cream? When did he ask you? What did you say?"
"For coffee. He asked me today. I said maybe another time."
"Another time? He knows you're married, right?" I was getting a little annoyed at this point.
"Welllll...." Jen paused. "Not exactly. See, Leena, the producer, told me the kids would react to me better if I seemed to be their age...less of a teacher authority and more of a friend. She said I don't really look 29, but that my wedding ring gives me away. So I take it off when I go on set."
"What? That's the craziest thing I've..."
"I know it's weird, but it works. The girls confide in me. The guys listen to me. Everyone's grades are up and I'm due for a raise in 2 months. I'm not messing with a good thing." said my wife.
"Yeah but your little Trevor wants to mess with your good thing!" I exclaimed.
"He's not little babe. Trust me." she said in a lower voice.
With that, Jen got up and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. I stewed in bed a bit, but started to doze off. About 20 minutes later I awoke to a buzzing noise coming from the bathroom. Was she using my electric shaver? Then I heard a gasp. I got out of bed and went for the bathroom door. I was just about to open the door to see if she was ok when I heard another gasp, followed by a more familiar sound...a low moan. Then the buzzing stopped and I could hear a wet rubbing sound. Then the buzzing started again and I could hear her breathing getting raspy and staggered.
My wife was getting herself off in the bathroom. Alone. Without me.
I lept back into bed and pretended to be sleeping when she came out. I lay there, trying to figure out the discussion we'd just had, and the random masturbation session I'd just witnessed. It started to dawn on me. I was starting to think this guy Trevor wasn't the only one with a crush.
Chapter 2: A Kiss is Just a Kiss, Isn't It?
A couple more weeks went by. We didn't discuss Trevor again. Sex between us started to wane a bit, which was ok with me because I was having trouble keeping up. I didn't ask Jen about the night in the bathroom.
Then I caught my bi-annual flu. It never fails to pack a wallop and lay me out for almost a week.
"Good morning babe" my wife greeted me, with a kiss on the forehead. "I made you breakfast. Toast and lots of OJ. Drink up." I was full blown into the flu. I felt miserable. My wife doted on me all weekend. She took great care of me. But here it was Monday and I still felt like crap, so I called in sick to work.
It was October in Los Angeles. Still plenty warm. My wife's TV show had been picked up by a major network. Her salary had doubled. The cast and crew had doubled too. So she was off to the set early this particular morning, leaving me to fend for my sick self.
"Don't worry honey, I'm going to try to get out early today and come back to take care of you." Jen said.
"Thanks" I sniffled. I took some more meds and crashed out. At about 1pm, I awoke to the sound of the front door opening. I heard Jen put her keys on the table. Then I heard her giggle. Then a "shhh". What the? I was just about to get up to go downstairs and see what the hell was going on, when I heard Jen coming upstairs. She came into the room.
"I left early babe, so I can take care of you."
"Is someone else here Jen?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's Trevor. It was too cloudy and windy today, so they cancelled the beach shoot. Trevor drove me home, and I'm just going to go over a few things with him for his GED test in January. We'll be quiet, I promise. But remember, he doesn't know about us. I told him my brother was staying with me for a while, so please honey, just go along with it". Jen pleaded.
"Whatever." I said. "I'll just stay in bed".
I was pissed. Here I was, sick in bed, and my wife was giggling downstairs with some 18 year old TV star stud. In MY house. And I can't even leave the bedroom without pretending to be my own wife's brother? Twisted. I was too out of it to care much though. I fell back asleep.
About an hour later, I had to go to the bathroom. On the way, I quietly opened the bedroom door and peeked over the balcony down to our living room. My wife and the kid were on the couch, with books and papers, apparently studying. It seemed harmless enough, but they were sitting mighty close. I watched them a bit more then went to the bathroom, then got back in bed.
30 minutes later, Jen came into the room with some soup for me.
"How's TV boy?" I asked, sounding annoyed.