Hall Pass Ch. 65 -- Down by the River
By: LewdLuke
We all lay there together in recovery for the next half hour. Linda spoke first. She asked, "Are we still going to the river?"
Nobody answered her right away. Frankly, I didn't especially want to go. I would have been happy to fry some fish here and have a nice dinner. Then we could play with the girls in the hot tub and maybe the pool while we drank some whiskey. I thought getting a little buzz and fucking one of them slowly for a long time before sleeping was a good plan of action. I was thinking about taking my Linda to our bedroom. I had a strong feeling that Larry was thinking along the same lines. He had reached over and kissed Caroline a few minutes earlier.
Caroline answered Linda's question first. She said, "I still want to go."
After that, there was no decision to be made. It was my job to keep the smile on Caroline's pretty face. We were going to the river. I said, "We only have a couple hours of daylight left. We need to get moving.
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It was still half an hour before dark when we rode into the river bottom. The site Larry and I had chosen for our cookout was only a minute's ride from where we came down off the bluff on the old jeep road. Caroline was mesmerized by the beauty of our surroundings in the last light of day. She was riding behind me. I could feel the excitement in her. I chuckled. I could also feel her firm titties pressing against my back.
I remembered a beautiful oil on canvas landscape painting I had seen once. It was by a man named R.D. Enright. I think it was called, "Quiet River." I had a chance to purchase the painting just after his death in 1983. I wished that I had bought it. The value of his work has appreciated significantly. That painting could have been a rendering of this place. It might have been. Mr. Enright was a resident Texan at the time of his passing.
We unloaded our gear. Caroline and I had come in on the bigger machine. We carried two ice chests. One had food the other drinks. We also had all the cooking utensils and an assortment of dishes and flatware. Linda had an aversion to plastic forks and paper plates. We never used them unless it was just too inconvenient not to.
Larry and Linda had carried four folding chairs, two heavy blankets, a Coleman lantern and a large tarp that we could use for a ground cloth if we encountered wet earth.
I moved our cooking pit a bit closer to the river. I reasoned that we wouldn't need the shade of the cottonwoods because we were here later than I thought we would be. We could also see the sky better from the open area. That would be important after dark. I got the cooking fire started so that the wood could burn down into coals.
Larry fixed drinks for him and me. We sat in the folding chairs, watched the fire burn, and took a few minutes to unwind. I sensed that he didn't want to talk so we just quietly enjoyed the evening.
The girls excused themselves and walked off down the riverbank together. They held hands as they went and their movements were light and energetic. From the distance and in the low light they looked as if they might be two high school girls looking for some solitude so that they could share their secrets.
There was no apparent awkwardness in their interactions. They were enjoying being together and sharing the end of a beautiful day in a beautiful place. It was obvious that they were friends. It wasn't so obvious that they had become lovers earlier in the day. I remembered the first instant that I had seen them naked together. The monster moved.
They were both beautiful but they didn't look anything alike after you got past their size and shape. They were both small but Caroline was a little taller and maybe a few pounds heavier. Linda was barely a shade over five feet tall and the last time she mentioned her weight she had claimed a hundred and seven pounds. I've never seen her over a hundred and ten. I nicknamed her, Tinker Bell. She looks like a cute blond pixie. Caroline's hair and eyes were darker. They certainly both looked good in boots and jeans.
I watched them hunker down close to the ground. They were probably examining animal tracks in the wet sand. I could see the country girl that was born and bred in Caroline. Linda is what we call a galvanized country girl. She was born and reared in town but it was a small town on the edge of the big city. She has been in the country for many years now.
I thought about which one of them I would want later. I chose Caroline after I thought about it. This would be our last night together for a while and I can have Linda anytime. It would probably work out like that naturally. I don't think any of us were ready for the swap to be over. Emotionally charged sparks were still flying between Caroline and me. I wondered if my thoughts were selfish.
Larry broke our silence. He asked, "Should I get the bonfire started?"
I replied, "That old dry wood will light easily and burn quickly. Let's not start it until after hard dark. Maybe it will last as long as we are here." He nodded. Since we were talking, I decided to ask while we were alone, "Were you surprised when you first saw the girls together?"
He looked up at me and laughed quietly. He answered, "I was astonished but I wasn't terribly surprised." He continued, "I had a notion that Linda might be bisexual. Everyone at the club knows of the relationship that the two of you have with Barb Porter. She is known to be a true Bi." He paused for a moment and then said, "There is another thing. I know that Caroline had at least one female lover before we were married. There might have been others." Then he asked, "Were you surprised?"
I answered, "I'm surprised that it didn't happen sooner." I elaborated, "Linda claims that she isn't bi but she does enjoy playing with the girls. She never had a homosexual experience before we opened our marriage. Since then, however, she winds up having sex with most of our female swing partners. I think bisexuality is far more common in women than it is in men." I opted not to mention the fact that Caroline had asked me how to approach Linda for sex. I did add, "They have known each other for almost a year and they became fast friends almost immediately after they met. I'm surprised that this didn't happen sooner.
He said, "I really got turned on watching them. I hope I get to watch them again sometime."
I changed the subject for a moment. I said, "Let's have another quick one before they come back. I refilled our glasses. I handed his drink to him and said, "I've got to say this. You are handling your first foursome situation much better than I thought you would. You seem to be handling it far better than I did my first time."
He replied, "I've had a long time to get used to the idea."
I said, "Still, the first time you physically see the woman you love with another man is at least a highly charged emotional experience. I experienced some raw jealousy and some serious anger my first time. I covered it up pretty well, I think but not as well as you have. Are you having those feelings?"
Larry looked at me sideways and asked, "Are you telling me that you had sex with my wife this afternoon in the pool house?" He paused and said, "I guess I missed it."
Of course, I knew he was bull shitting me. His face cracked into a grin and we laughed together.
He said, "Seriously, Luke, I'm not having too hard of a time with it. This is going to be good for us. You have convinced me that swinging has been good for you and Linda. It's going to be good for Caroline and me too. It's going to save our marriage. Really," he said, "Caroline and I have talked this out. To me, sharing her with you and Linda is a small price to pay for salvation. Especially after I fucked up the way I did."
I remained quiet and absorbed what he had said. I began to understand what was going on inside his mind. He had accepted the blame and responsibility for his misdeeds when he cheated on Caroline. He was also accepting the consequences. Of course, I understood too that his having access to Linda was making it easier for him. Linda enabled him to make the best of the situation. He was making lemons into lemonade, so to speak.
He said, "I want to come clean and tell you another truth."
I said, "I'm listening."
He made eye contact with me and said, "Linda completely occupies me, body and soul when we are together. She knows my feelings and misgivings. She helps me when the need arises. She is outwardly the most beautiful woman I have ever met. She is even more beautiful on the inside and that is a true rarity. I have wanted her since the first moment I saw her and I damn near fucked that up too. I was so rude to her at first. My mind wasn't right that evening. Caroline had just told me that she intended to have you as a lover.
I can't believe that we have found a way to share them with each other. I hope I am not dreaming." He paused and said, "This is all surreal to me. I can't believe it is really happening."
I said, "Here they come, Larry. Look at them. They are both special. We are indeed two very lucky men." We had to let it drop there.
Linda came to me, gave me a quickie kiss and whispered her magic words in my ear. Caroline touched base with her husband and then came to me. She said, "Come walk with me before we cook." We excused ourselves and she led me away. She held my arm in both of hers just as Linda does when we walk together.
Caroline asked, "Are you angry with me for seducing your pretty wife?"
I chuckled and replied, "You should be asking Larry that question. You told me you wanted to do it. I think it was a big surprise for him."
She said, "Linda took care of that for me. She said it excited him and turned him on. He said he wanted to watch if it ever happened again."
I asked, "Will it happen again?"