Muriel had said to me, "Viv has explained that this is a one time thing, pity, I could do this every week. I just need to try and and educate Sam."
"Yes you do." I replied.
Viv was in the hall ordering a taxi to take Muriel home. Then the pair of them sat in the front room so they could see when it arrived. I went upstairs to get showered and dressed.
I heard the sound of the taxi's horn, then Viv and Muriel saying their goodbye. I was coming down the stairs. Viv watched her until the taxi pulled away then she closed the door.
I stood behind her, I encircled her in my arms, the weight of her breasts on my forearm, the feel of them through the silk was so sensual.
She tilted her head back, "Well, that gives me hope that I can still enjoy sex when I'm eighty."
"I'm sure we will." I said, my lips brushing against her neck. She shivered.
"Oooh, the tingles that gives me... not Muriel's sort of tingles though!"
We both laughed, she turned around. We kissed tenderly, the kiss was the same as our first lover's kiss, the one that set everything in motion.
"I'll get dressed, can't stay like this all day."
"You can for me."
She smiled as she climbed the stairs.
We stayed at home the rest of the day, Viv cooked the meal, we watched TV and went to bed. Over the days that followed we settled into a normal routine. We shared the cooking, I found it quite relaxing to cook and my culinary skills were improving. We shared keeping the house straight and cleaning it. Viv took take of our laundry, she didn't want me anywhere near her clothes with an iron!
Our next door neighbour Mark, approached me one evening as I was taking the rubbish out.
"Hello Dave, is everything OK?" he looked genuinely concerned, he wasn't being nosy for the sake of it.
"I'm OK Mark, I guess you've noticed Yvonne isn't around then?"
"Yeah, that's why I asked." he leaned forward conspiratorially, "Who's the hot piece of stuff living with you? I haven't seen her before."
"Yeah you have, it's Viv, Yvonne's mum."
"Nah, she's a frum..."
"Frumpy old woman?" I interjected.
"Yeah..., but what..., really?"
"Yvonne and I are getting divorced, it hasn't worked out between us. There's no ill feeling. She'll come and say goodbye properly to you both and the other neighbours, when the time comes."
"I'm sorry to hear that mate, but how come her mum's living here?"
"Her mum and dad are splitting up as well and the atmosphere at hers is a bit, well... hostile? Not quite that, but not great. So Viv's living here to get away from Phillip. To be honest it's really good having her around."
"I'll bet, she could come and stay with us if you like?"
I smiled and shook my head.
He went on, "One look at her though and Mary would have none of it. What changed with her?"
"She was in a rut and had let herself go, she had no pride in herself, total lack of self-esteem. Then she woke up and did something about it."
"So are you two... you know?"
He didn't tap his nose but he reminded me of Eric Idle's Monty Python sketches, "Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean? Know what I mean? Say no more!"
"You'll have to wonder about that and imagine whatever you like. Tell Mary what's happened though, that will save me having to have this conversation with the other neighbours."
"I know what you mean." he said, laughing, (I was right about Eric Idle), "She'll be on the phone straight away."
My parting words were, "And stick to the facts, don't embellish them!"
We each went inside, I related the conversation to Viv.
"I'm glad you told him the truth, well most of the truth. What I mean is, I'm glad you didn't lie."
"I wouldn't. Let's see what happens now."
To be honest, over the next week or so nothing much did, well it did, but not in the way we thought. Viv bumped into a few neighbours when she was out shopping. They were sympathetic, kind words to say about me. Janice across the road came round and they had a coffee and chatted, not in a prying way, just supportive and welcoming.
Viv told me all about the various encounters she'd had.
She concluded with, "I don't feel uncomfortable living here, if you're OK with it and aren't haunted by the fact you were here with Yvonne, we could stay here. What do think?"
"I'd be OK with staying put. I like it here. There's not a lot of equity because we haven't lived here long, but... I still don't have the money to buy Yvonne out. So it'll have to be sold."
"What did you pay for it?"
"£6,495." I said, "The estate agent said to try it on the market at £7,250."
"If I remember you both took out a twenty-five year mortgage so this first year you'll have mostly been paying interest not reducing capital. So why don't I give you £500 and you give that to Yvonne to buy her out? By the time you've paid estate agent and legal fees that's far more than 50% of what would be left over."
"Er, yes, thank you. I was also putting it on the market because I didn't want you to have to tolerate gossip and such like. But if you don't see that as a problem?"
"I don't. I'll write you a cheque then that's sorted. You'll still have to get the mortgage in your name only and sort the deeds out but that can wait."
"Did you see any of the neighbours as a likely candidate for seduction?"
"Janice would be, I got the feeling she would be adventurous, but I don't want to, not living across the road."
She was pensive for a moment then continued, "To be honest, after Muriel I think I've pretty much got other women out of my system. It will always turn me on but I'm not going out of my way to make it happen any more. If it does it does, if not I'm fine. I'm happy with our sex life as it is. There's making a baby with Cathy on the horizon remember? Also, I've kept in touch with Amanda and she recently asked if she could come round and talk to the both of us."
"What about, what did you say?"
(I was starting to get hard, Amanda was hot.)
"She said she'd tell me when we're all together, I said I'd talk to you and get back to her. I think she wants to have a threesome but I don't want that until Cathy is pregnant."
We changed the subject.
As it turned out we had a call from Cathy the next day, she asked if she could come round that evening. Viv said yes because I was on the early shift and would be home. I got home around 2:30 and Viv gave me the news.
"Where will we do it?"
"I've prepared the bedroom, she'll be here around six. You go and shower, I've washed your bathrobe, please don't touch anything in the room."
I went to get showered and changed. I had a shave so my face was as smooth as it could be. I didn't think Cathy would appreciate feeling my stubble on her inner thighs, if that's the way things went. I was semi-hard the whole time.
The laundry basket was in the bedroom, I went in to put my dirty clothes in the basket and put my jeans away ready for wearing the next day. The bedroom had a delicate floral scent, nothing heavy. There were various unlit candles set up around the room, I sniffed one, they were scented. The bed had a white throw over it with some scatter cushions I hadn't seen before. The dressing table chair had a similar throw over it.
As requested, I didn't touch anything and went downstairs.
Viv started to go upstairs to get showered and changed, "I've opened a bottle of sauvignon blanc, have a glass of that if you want a drink, rather than lager. You don't want to have beery breath."
"Cathy won't mind, she drinks pints."
"Does she? Oh, well, she might not be drinking, better to have white wine."
I felt quite nervous, not sure why. The expectation of me succeeding I suppose. The pressure was on me to perform. I poured a glass of wine and went to relax until Viv came down.
She came downstairs looking radiant in her kimono, she poured herself a glass and came to sit next to me. She leant into me and lifted her legs onto the sofa.
"I've prepared some nibbles, canapes and such, they're in the fridge, I'll get them out onto the table nearer the time. How are you feeling?"