You've done it to me again, I'm sat here shaking, knowing that my front door will be knocked on any time now and as I pace around the room I can't help smiling to myself. We've known each other since we were children, played all the playground games we could in primary school, followed each other through secondary school, crammed for exams in sixth form and then were parted for a while, only to be reunited one New Years Eve several years later.
Meeting up with you that night made my head swim and it wasn't due to the amounts of party spirit I had consumed. There was something about you that always managed to make my heart skip a beat, I think they called it swooning in olden days, that heady rush of excitement, lust and sheer unimaginable joy that you were looking at me, that you wanted me
Now here we are, six years later and you still make me swoon, it hasn't been the easiest of relationships, you are away so much with work, but my loneliness is washed away every time I look into the eyes of our son.
I'm walking round the living room, listening for the sound of your arrival, shaking slightly as I always do whenever I hear your voice or see you. A quick glance at the clock tells me it's 17 minutes past 1am, it's not unusual for you to appear at silly o'clock times, it all adds to the mystery you tell me each time I complain when you ring. Inwardly I have cursed myself a million times over about giving in to you and allowing you to invade my sleep, but there is always something about the intensity of your voice that weakens my reserve. So once again as I turn to walk to the door and let you in, my heart pounding in anticipation, I silently forgive you, turn the handle, and am caught by the cold night air that touches my skin seconds before you do.
There you are, with that silly grin, introducing a friend of yours; I ignore the unease inside me, greet Dave, and grin as you whisper "shut the door before I am forced to hang my jacket on your nipples instead of the coat hook."
Once inside I panic, I'm short on beer and only have a few ciggies left, you offer to walk to the nearest 24-hour shop and I tell you not to bother. We sit for a while, talking about nothing in particular, passing around a cigarette. I notice Dave looking at me and am slightly embarrassed when the topic of conversation turns to sex, mainly masturbation techniques, I escape to the kitchen to find another beer while you and he discuss the average amount of wanks a bloke will have during the course of a week.
Blissfully unaware of my surroundings, I jump when I feel your warm lips touch my neck, that one kiss that can turn me on in seconds flat and leave me wantonly begging for more. You grin and continue kissing my neck, your hands reaching round to caress my left breast. I moan as you pinch the nipple, my head falling back to rest on your shoulder. I can hear the smugness in your breathing as your other hand casually drops to my hip, your fingers making slow circular movements over the fabric of my trousers.
I'm brought back to reality when I realise Dave is leaning against the door frame, watching intently and I push you away, flushed by the intrusion. He says not to mind me and as I walk past him and run upstairs I hear you laughing with him. You follow me upstairs, I'm angry and we have a whispered argument about your friend, why he is here and I spit the words of refusal to play a three way scene. You look hurt and storm of to bed.
The hostess in me takes over and I go back downstairs to make sure your friend is comfortable on the sofa, throw him a duvet and turn to go back upstairs.
"Don't go" he says and pats the seat next to him. Feeling guilty that he has been brought round here and then left in a strange house, I sit with him for a while, we talk about his career, my ambitions in life what we did for the holidays, the usual smalltalk two strangers make. His hand starts stroking my arm and I pull it away, reminding him that I am yours and stand to leave the room. He apologises and beckons me to sit again, tired and mad at you for not defending me in any way, I sit, and we resume our conversation. This time his hand starts stoking my leg and for a while I am too afraid to move it away, I do not know your friend, he could be a violent rapist for all I know. The whole time he is touching my leg, his hand creeping up towards my thigh, I silently pray that you will reappear and tell him to back off, but you do not come. He senses my concerns and leans into me saying that it's ok, you have given your permission for him to fuck me so I should just relax. That did it. I stood up, knocking him backwards, said goodnight and came upstairs to find you.