Most of the living room was hidden in darkness as Pete sat in the blue glow of the TV. The autumn chill was yet to set in with a vengeance so his bedding was pushed to one end of the couch as he sat in his shorts and t-shirt. He'd hoped to find something half-dirty to watch. Failing that he'd been tempted to poke through his brother's room in order to find some porn, but during his channel-surfing Friday night had turned into Saturday morning and Diana, his brother's girlfriend, had just arrived home from her night out with her friends.
Diana was currently ransacking the kitchen on a quest to sate her drunken hunger. Pete's brother, Andrew, was away, he was increasingly away these days. He'd been promoted recently and, contrary to everyone's expectations, he'd taken it as a sign that he should work harder. Although he'd never said it out loud, Pete thought Andrew had turned into a complete dick and wished he wasn't dependent on his older brother for somewhere to live. Over the last few weeks Andrew had begun suggesting that Pete pay him rent, and even Diana, who rarely got involved in their inter-family disputes, spoke up to tell her boyfriend he was being ridiculous.
Pete listened to her staggering around the kitchen like a bear in a campsite. Maybe she wasn't as bad as he'd thought.
The door opened a crack and he looked up to see Diana's face peering in at him in the half-light.
"You're awake," she observed pushing the door fully open. Pete nodded. "what's on?" She asked as she stood beside him.
"Nothing," Pete replied sleepily, "I was about to go to sleep," he lied.
"Budge up," she said sitting beside him.
Pete grudgingly shifted a few inches along the cushions to make room for her. She sat eating a few slices of bread and dropping crumbs on the floor.
"Good night?" he asked.
"Not particularly," she said, flatly, between bites. "It's Friday and your brother's away which means I'm not getting any."
Pete shifted uncomfortably, not sure how to respond.
"Oh," he said finally.
A long silence ensued as they sat and watched the TV. Diana finished eating her bread and kicked her shoes off on the floor. Both her and Pete now sat slouched into the deep cushions, each occasionally catching their eyes closing, only to open them again apparently seconds later only to find something they didn't recognise on the TV. Pete had given up waiting for Diana to go to bed so he could lay back and tire himself out with a slow bout of self-abuse, with a sigh he pulled his legs up and leaned sideways to rest his head on the arm of the couch to his right.
"D'you want me to move so you can stretch out?" Diana asked as she sat up and edged forward without waiting for a response.
Pete extended his legs along behind her and dug his bare feet into his duvet folded at the end of the couch. Diana leaned back again, squashing his shins under her back.
"Are you going to sleep?" She asked and Pete mumbled a yes.
"Do you mind if I keep watching this, it's starting to get good?" She turned to look at him.
"No," Pete sighed half opening his eyes to see what it was she was watching.
His eyes stayed open as he watched a girl on the screen drop to her knees and take a man's cock in her mouth.
Typical
, Pete thought,
finally something good and she's sitting here with me
.
He surreptitiously looked across at Diana, her face was bored and blank in the gloom. He lay and watched the action for a few minutes before realising with horror that the effect it was having on him was clear in his boxer shorts. He made a point of noisily sighing as if in discomfort before twisting his body around to lay face-down, hopefully concealing his erection. Diana shifted herself too to let Pete turn his legs, then she too sighed in discomfort. Pete quickly discovered how uncomfortable laying face-down could be, he raised his arms and folded them as a pillow under his head, this also afforded him the ability to keep one eye on the screen as the film continued. Diana sighed and shifted her weight again.
"Do you mind if I lay down Pete?" She asked quietly, apparently thinking he was sleeping.
"No, 's OK." he muttered.
Diana lowered her body in front of Pete's and lifted her legs up to rest her feet on to the far arm of the couch, beneath the duvet. Pete opened his eyes again to look over the top of her head and watch the TV, the couple on the screen were banging away now, the woman's face contorted in pleasure.
He slowly slipped into a light sleep, the flickering light occasionally waking him again, each time his eyelids would open a crack and witness more of the film. He wasn't sure if Diana was still awake or not, her body was now slumped against his side and her breathing was light and steady.