It had been some time since we had accidently had sex in front of my sister in law Caz. It was clear her and Jim weren't on the best of terms, but they appeared to be just getting on with it. We had been at a few family get togethers and while she hadn't said anything, I felt like our relationship had changed - I caught her looking at me a few times and thought she may have given me a flirtatious look or two. I don't know if I was imagining it though.
Anyway, I had a big weekend coming up. My daughter and I were going to a concert together, which is kind of our thing. It was about 5 hrs away so we were driving down Friday afternoon, staying in a hotel, concert Saturday then back home Sunday morning. While we were into more or less the same music, we liked different bands. This was one of my favourites and one she wasn't that fussed about, but she loves live music so happy to be my buddy for the weekend (and I was paying!). While we were away, my wife was also going on a Spa weekend with some of her pals, which they do a couple of times a year.
I had gone to work on the Friday morning but was finishing early so we could hit the road just after lunch. I finished up and got home to find my wife getting her stuff packed, but no sign of my daughter or her car.
"She's been called in to work," my wife answered my enquiry to where she was, "someone called in sick and they need her to work the weekend. She didn't want to let you down, but she really needs the money. Anyway, Caz was here for a coffee when she got the call and she says she quite fancies seeing them and she'll go with you instead. You've to pick her up in 45 mins".
"What the fuck?", I was gobsmacked. "I don't want to spend the whole weekend with your sister!".
Yes I really did. This didn't add up, I doubted she had even heard of the band we were going to see and now she fancies seeing them?
"She's managed to get a room booked in the hotel you're staying in and I said you had paid for the tickets anyway, so you might as well go with her, rather than cancel or go on your own," she added.
At this point I had to concede it was a solution and went to get something to eat before leaving. 45 mins later, I pulled up at Caz's house. She answered the door with a smile.
"Hope you're ok with me coming with you?" she asked.
"Of course," I replied, "just glad to have someone to go with and not waste the ticket. Didn't realise you were into them, though?".
"Not really into them as such, but wouldn't mind seeing them," she replied.
I still thought that was strange, but she grabbed her bag and we jumped in the car and headed off. We hadn't gone far when she owned up.
"Actually, I don't really know them at all. Getting away for a weekend last minute just sounded great."
"Fair enough," I laughed, trying to make light of the situation, "Anything to escape the housework, eh?".
"Well, I may have had other motives too...."
"Such as?".
"I have another confession to make," she replied. "I didn't actually book another hotel room.... I just asked them to change yours from a twin to a double. Hope that's ok?".
The look she gave me made it clear that would be more than alright, although I didn't want to make any assumptions...