James and Claire had been happily married for over 10 years and still had a good sexual relationship - good, but nothing unusual. Despite having a relatively open relationship - including sharing some of their fantasies - with one another, they had never had anything other than a monogamous relationship. This, although they both admitted that - as a fantasy at least - the idea of another man sharing their bed was a turn on for both of them. It was a hot summers weekend when things changed.
One weekend in August, Oliver - a good friend of both of theirs - came up to visit them. Unfortunately, Sue his wife would be unable to join them as she was attending a conference. Claire and James had known Oliver for years and both liked his easy-going attitude and his open and humorous approach to life. He was a tall, good-looking bloke and had even been the subject of one of their fantasies and so when the idea came to James, he decided that he would talk to Oliver about it and see how he reacted.
Having spent the Friday evening sitting on the terrace and drinking wine together, James closely watched Oliver and Claire chatting and laughing together and became convinced that they liked one another for him to put his plan into action.
The next day after breakfast, Claire disappeared off in the car to get some shopping, leaving James and Oliver lounging about on the terrace. With his heart thumping, James decided to approach the subject.
'Oliver?'
'Yes.'
'What do you think of Claire?'
'What do you mean? I like her - I think she's great!'
'Er, I mean physically ...'
Oliver looked over at James to see if he was serious or not.
'You really want to know?'
James nodded.
'Well, let's put it this way - if you hadn't married her, I would definitely have tried to get off with her!'
'So you would screw her if you had the chance?'
'What's up with you? You asked me ...'
'Hey, I'm not pissed off with you, I just want to know, that's all.'
'Hmm. OK. Then yes, I would screw her if I had the chance - but not as long as you two were together ...'
'And if I said it was OK?'
Oliver's mouth dropped open as he realised what James was saying.
'Do you mean? You want me to ...'
'I'll come to that in a second, I just want to hear what you think.'
'Well, I don't know. I mean ... I have always fantasised about screwing her but to actually do it? And what about Sue?'
'Hey, it's not easy for me either - I just have this idea and I wanted to hear what you think about it.'
'What idea?'
With that, James explained what he had in mind. As he did so, Oliver got more and more excited. He made a few suggestions and then James asked:
'So? Are you game?'
'Er, yes ... no ... oh shit, I don't know! What will Claire say? And what if Sue finds out?'
'It's the same for me - I have no idea how Claire will react. We've fantasised together about similar things, but whether she would actually go through with it ... and as for Sue, as long as Claire doesn't tell her anything, your secret's safe.'
'OK, let's do it, but one thing must be clear - I love Sue and I have no intention of starting an affair with Claire. So if either of you two get cold feet, then we stop straight away. I am not putting our friendship on the line here.'
'Fine by me - I am the one here who risks losing everything!'
Just then, the garage door opened and Claire drove in. James and Oliver went out to help her unpack the groceries. Once everything was packed away, the three of them went out to the back terrace, where James spread two large thick blankets on the wooden floor. The terrace looked out onto a private pond, which was surrounded by a ring of trees, and bushes that acted as a kind of fence, blocking the view of anyone that happened to walk past. That being said, they were unlikely to be overseen as the house itself was on the edge of the village and looked out onto open countryside. The nearest public footpath was at least 100m away.
Claire looked from one to the other.
'What's up with you two? You've been acting strangely every since I got back.'
'Nothing.'
'Right! Then why do you keep exchanging those looks with one another?'
'Looks? Us?'
'Yes! What is it?'
'Nothing. Really. While you were shopping, Oliver and I came up with an idea that we want to try out. And for that, we need your help.'
'What idea?'
'It's nothing to worry about! I'll explain it all to you in a minute. First of all, we have to get a few things ready and then we can start.'
'Start what? Come on you guys, give me a break here!'
'It's a kind of game.'
'Game?'
'Yes. Look just bear with us and don't get too worked up or worried. You have nothing to worry about and you can stop the game any time you want, OK.'
'Er, OK.'
'Good. Now just wait here a second.'
With that, James stood up and disappeared into the house, returning a short while later with an olive green silk scarf.
'What's that for?'
'To blindfold you.'
'What kind of game is this? I'm not sure I like this.'
'It's a kind of guessing game. So just wait here quietly while we get things ready.'
Claire sat there on the blanket wondering what was going on as James and Oliver disappeared into the house. She began to feel even more nervous as she wondered what the two of them were up to. The possibilities were too many to consider, so she tried to calm herself down by telling herself that James would never let anything happen to her that could hurt her. The suns rays on her body were warm and made her feel a little drowsy. She lay back onto the blanket and had just started to relax as Oliver and James returned.
Unbeknown to Claire, Oliver and James had stripped off completely and were now both naked and sporting healthy erections as they returned to the blindfolded women. James was carrying a small video camera and plugged it into the external mains socket on the wall before switching it one.
'Are you back?'
'Yes. So we're ready to start the game. It's called "who's who".'
'"Who's who"? And how do we play it?'
'That's very easy. You have to try and guess who we are. We will give you an instruction and then you will be touched on the head. When you have been touched on the head, then you follow the instruction and try to figure out who the person is. When you are touched on the head again, you stop what you are doing immediately. Then we repeat the process with the next person. Afterwards, you have to tell us which of the two people were which.'
'Er, OK. But don't do anything nasty like giving me a spider to hold - I will scream the place down if you do.'
Oliver and James looked at one another and grinned.
'No, no. Nothing like that. Promise.'
'There is just one other thing. This is a competition. So their is a prize if you win and a penalty if you lose.'
'OK. What's the prize?'
'We will take you out to a restaurant of your choice and there is no price limit.'
'Sounds good. And the penalty?'