Chapter 28 - Rendezvous at the Hot Tub
Not every evening had to be wild and crazy sex for Ted and Carol to enjoy one another. They loved spending time together, loved snuggling, were masters of the art of foreplay and made love to one another much more often than they engaged in uninhibited wild and crazy fucking. But it was also true that if they had not also woven into the fabric of their marriage those times that they "pushed the envelope" in reaching for new experiences in recreational sex, some of the excitement in their marriage would have probably dwindled and their love for one another would not have remained so passionate. So they could wait a week before joining Claude and Jean in their hot tub, but by the time Friday rolled around they were looking forward to it.
Jean had ordered sexy minimal swimwear from a catalog for the two of them and it had arrived on Thursday, so they were ready to show off their new swimwear to their friends when they arrived. It was about eight o'clock on Friday evening, and the evenings were getting shorter so that it was fairly dark outside. Carol said, "Let's just go over there in our swimwear. No one is out at this time of night and besides that it's dark so no one will see us, and even if they do, we are covered up in all the important places." The idea appealed to the exhibitionist in Ted. In addition to the very small string thong bikini, Carol was wearing earrings and jewelry in her navel, and had touched up her makeup. She threw on a pair of four inch wedge sandals. Carol liked looking good. They left the house through their front door, and just as Ted finished locking the door and they had started walking down the walkway from their house to the sidewalk they noticed the neighbor girl walking toward them, walking her dog. They greeted the girl cheerfully. Ted had to excuse themselves, saying, "You just caught us walking over to our neighbors' to use their new hot tub."
She responded with, "Have a nice time," and they had passed one another.
Carol gave a slight tug to Ted's arm and said, "Sorry, I forgot about her."
Ted replied, "She didn't seem to mind," and they were approaching the gate to their neighbors' back yard. Ted knocked and Claude was right there to let them in. Once he let them in, he turned to lead them to the hot tub and it was obvious he was wearing a thong. Jean came out of the house with a tray of drinks and set them down on the edge of the hot tub. Claude helped Carol and Jean into the hot tub while Ted got in unassisted. Jean sat next to Claude, Ted and Carol sat opposite them. They started out with the typical topics of conversation that came up whenever they got together: how work was going, the weather, and now that it was early fall and elections were heating up, they even talked a little bit about politics. All four of them were interested more in issues than in a staunch support of one political party or another, so they could talk about the pros and cons of issues and where various candidates stood on the issues without anyone getting bent out of shape.
Eventually Jean piped up, "I know you guys wanted to have some time to think about what we did last week and where we might go from there. Claude and I have talked about it, too. Like I said on Saturday, after you left on Friday we had the best sex we've had in a long time - maybe the best sex ever. So we'd like to continue what we started on Friday. But, reading between the lines, it seems as though you may be a little more experienced than us and have thought some things through that we haven't. So I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter."
Carol told them about how they had discussed how their sexual relationship could be different if they were not going to have children: that sex could be more of a recreational activity for them since they would not he having children or trying to maintain a nuclear family. They also saw the danger in getting involved with other people. So she went on to explain that they had determined that certain populations would be safer for them to include in a more open marriage. Teenagers who had reached the age of majority would be one relatively safe group because neither one of them wanted to become a sugar-mommy or a sugar-daddy to an unemployed or underemployed teen. And, because neither Ted
nor Carol had been in an "in group" in high school, they felt they might actually be able to help such teens who had been left behind and were feeling like they were lacking the sexual experience that most of their peers had.
They had also thought that, under the right conditions, including a person of another race might be relatively safe, because both Ted and Carol had been raised as WASPs to the extent that neither one of them felt they would be easily tempted to forsake their partner for a person of a radically different culture. Then they also thought of the possibility of hooking up with an older person who was married, but whose partner for one reason or another no longer wanted to have a sexual relationship or was incapable of a sexual relationship but had given the still sexual partner some kind of permission to meet his/her sexual needs.
The most difficult people to include in a circle of those with whom they might have recreational sex were people like themselves - same race, same culture, same economic status and fewer barriers to keep a recreational relationship from becoming a romantic one.
"I see what you mean," said Claude. "That is a real danger. Does that mean that what we did together last Friday was a one-time thing? It really spiced things up for Jean and I, and I'd hate to lose it. Can we set up some boundaries that would allow us to continue but at the same time would keep us from crossing the line into ruining our marriages?"
They discussed this for some time. It was not long into the conversation that both Jean and Carol, being secretaries wanted to have pen and paper to take notes. Jean got the supplies and they wrote down their suggestions, beginning with being careful not to have too much extended eye contact, and avoiding saying things like "I love you," to one who was not their partner. They agreed that they would only meet in their group of four, and never have a twosome with their neighbor. They also agreed that any one of the group of four could stop the group from meeting for a month simply bay saying, "I'm beginning to get bad vibes from this." Then a month later they would get together and discuss whether they should resume doing things together, or put it off for a while longer. Those "bad vibes" could include a person feeling like he was developing feelings for a spouse not his own, or where he was feeling that maybe his spouse was developing feeling for a spouse not her own, or just where they are concerned that another person in the group was developing inappropriate feeling for another one in the group. When the "bad vibes" card was played, there would be no questions asked so that no accusations would be made and no one would have to "confess" to having inappropriate feelings.
When they could think of nothing more to add to the list, they all agreed that the list could be brought up and talked about again and modified as necessary as they had more experience with one another.
This had been heavy work and people were emotionally drained. Ted suggested they get out of the hot tub and dry off. He, himself was going to use the restroom and then he would be ready for another drink, and maybe a few munchies. And if Jean did not have any munchies, he was ready to run home and get a couple of bags of munchies and a carton of dip. As it turned out, Jean had the munchies, but she had forgotten to buy dip. So while others were using the restroom, Ted ran home to get the dip. Sure enough, as he was coming out of his house with the dip, there was the girl and the dog. Fortunately it was too dark for the girl to see Ted blush, but he felt he had to say something, so he said, "I was just getting some dip," as he showed her the carton.
"Enjoy," was all she said.
As Ted was about ten feet past her, he just could not help himself and suddenly turned around to look at the girl. Sure enough, she had turned around to check him out. "Enjoy," he said as he proceeded up the driveway that led to Claude's back yard. Now it was the girl's turn to blush.
They sat down in lounge chairs facing one another each with a plate with munchies and dip and began to think of things they could do with one another. Ted had come up with a somewhat sophomoric game that needed to be fleshed out. It had possibilities, but would be a rather long discussion again, so he suggested that they drop it for the night and think about it for a while, and maybe next time they got together they could flesh it out and give it a try. "But for right now," he said, "I'd like it if we could have some slow music playing and do a little belly to belly dancing."
It did not take much more than a minute for Claude to disappear into the house and the music to start playing. The electric lights were shut off leaving the patio surrounding the hot tub illumined with just the tiki lights. Each person danced a couple of numbers with his spouse when Claude suggested that maybe they should switch partners. It was during this second dance that Ted put his hands on Jean's ass and pulled her in tight. She felt Ted's cock grow hard in his thong. Claude soon duplicated Ted's action and pulled Carol to himself. She quickly had her hands on his bare ass as well.
"I've been waiting for this," she said. "You feel good, especially that lump against my belly." She gave him a short kiss, then one that lingered for a while. Then they played with open mouths and dancing tongues, before pulling back together again and placing her head on his shoulder.
Both couples stayed in tight embrace for one more song. Ted started gently pulling on the back of the top of Jean's bikini. She finally took the hint and announced, "It's getting too hot, I've got to take off some clothing." She reached around back and took off her top.
"You're right," said Carol, and did the same with her top. Now bare tits were smashed against bare chests as the couples danced with their neighbor's spouse.
"You feel good," said Jean before she kissed Ted. Ted, took one hand off of her ass and placed it on her left tit and started to play with her nipple. Jean's nipples were sensitive. "Oh, Yesss," she hissed as sensations surged through her body from her nipple to her clit. "Just like that. Don't stop, Oh fuck!" she exclaimed as she drove one leg between Ted's legs to rub her pussy on his thigh.
