This morning was unusually cool, I noted, stepping out onto the patio with a glass orange juice and the morning paper. I thought about sitting outside but the cool air tearing through my cotton pants and t-shirt was now causing me to reconsider. I walked back in long enough to pull a sweatshirt out of the laundry pile, too lazy to walk upstairs and find a clean one, and parked myself at the table outside. Peace and quiet, I thought, as I heard the birds rustling outside my yard and beyond the gold course, in the desert behind my home.
The rest of the early morning was calm and uneventful, Ann got dressed and headed into work for a few hours today; I wasn't working this week, trying to enjoy some time off between the holidays. So I sat in my chair and read the paper, trying to judge whether or not the bowl games played today were worth a 4 hour investment in front of the television. Tough decisions, I thought laughing at myself.
My serene morning was momentarily interrupted by the sliding of the arcadia door, as I glanced over, I saw Tina standing there in a black sweatshirt with white sweatpants on, socks and wooly slippers, her hair pulled back in a pony tail. It wasn't the sexiest I'd seen her, but she looked cute, and about 5 years younger than her mid twenties.
"It looks peaceful out here," she began, "would it be okay if I joined you outside?"
"Sure," I said kind of flatly; it came out more gruff than I intended. But I was mildly annoyed at her interruption anyway. I went back to reading the paper, trying to ignore the sections about the presidential candidates, and how they all stood in the polls. I couldn't stand reading any of this until about 3 months prior to each election anyway. All of this 'posturing' was really just feeding the news media circus.
I expected Tina to pull up a chair next to me, but she walked right past me and out to one of the lounge chairs over by the pool. She adjusted the back so it was nearly upright, and gently placed herself into the chair.
Alright, I thought, back to peace and quiet. My attention to the paper began to lag, I began thinking of what Ann and I had spoken about last night. I certainly wanted to spend some time with Tina, and frankly, the fact that I'd been given the green light from Ann sexually, I was excited. But this was still a delicate situation, with a delicate girl and I couldn't take advantage of this. As Ann had said, I was to be her lesson, and that came with some responsibility.
Either way I wasn't wasting the first day reading the freaking paper. I folded it neatly and placed it on the table and made my way over to the lounge chair next to Tina and sat down facing her.
"Hey there cutie!" I started cheerfully, sorry if I seemed annoyed when you came outside.
"It's okay, I knew you wanted to quiet time this morning," she replied pleasantly. Good, I hadn't upset her.
"You know, Ann's going to be at work most of the morning...why don't we do something to keep us occupied?" I mentioned.
"Ann and I actually talked before she left for work," she said "she told me that you and I should spend some time together!"
"Really?" I sounded more surprised that I meant to.
"Nice try, she told me you and her talked last night," she paused, and I laughed at my Ann, setting us both up. "That must have been what you two talked about in between me going in the house, and you two fucking out there by the fire," she giggled.
"You saw us? I thought you had gone to bed!" I exclaimed.
"I did, but I got up again to grab some water and saw you two from the kitchen," she replied quickly.
The thought that Tina had seen Ann and I in the throes of passion by the fire was at first embarrassing and then exciting, someone watching us clutching each other, thrusting into one another, I actually found myself getting aroused at the thought.
She continued, "The two of you looked beautiful together, I could tell it wasn't just fucking, you were more passionate, that it was more like making love...like in the movies!"
That was an interesting last statement referencing making love and only in the movies. Thinking of nothing but sex now, I tried to get Tina to open up a bit more, "When was the last time you made love to someone Tina?"
"I don't think I ever have," she stated a little shy now.
"You can't honestly expect me to believe you are a virgin?" I scoffed.
"Ha," she laughed, "I've fucked guys before, but nothing like what I saw last night..." she paused, "and the night before in the hot tub," she said smirking again.
She'd seen Ann and I together the past two nights! Holy Crap, it was exciting to know that we'd been seen, but I also realized that we couldn't continue like this if I was supposed to be getting closer to Tina, sex with Ann going to have to move behind some closed doors for a while. No matter how much progress Tina and I made during the day, she could distance herself from me again with nights like the last couple. I wanted to do what's right for her. Then I thought sadly of what she'd mentioned before, about never making love to someone.
"Tina, why do you think you've never experienced that?" I mentioned.
Tina responded bluntly, "I don't think I've ever found a guy who respected me."
"That's the most intelligent and introspective thing I've heard you say all week!" I smiled at her. "Let's get out of here and go do something!"
"Well, I need to go to the mall and buy some new clothes...want to give me a ride?" she requested.