Strange Arrangements

This is the story of a guy, his ex wife, and her new girlfriend all living together until he meets a lady.

My ex wife, Jo, is an attractive woman. She was about 5'3" 110 pounds. She had black hair that now had streaks of gray hair showing through. I routinely teased her and told her that those were her racing stripes. We had been married for a little over fifteen years before we got divorced.

No kids, but that wasn't for a lack of trying. She'd gotten pregnant several times but each time it resulted in a miscarriage and we finally decided that it wasn't in the cards for us. The emotional toll got heavier with each pregnancy and I think that was our breaking point. That pain was the reason I had gotten a vasectomy and she'd decided to have her tubes tied.

After she'd gone through menopause, she changed. Not necessarily for the worse, but with her new openness to experiences meant she was wanting more than what I could offer physically. We had lots of discussions and while some of them started off rather painfully, they ultimately ended in our mutual decision to divorce in order to give her freedom. Our divorce was more of a case of friends deciding to remove marriage from our lives. Jo had mentioned that she felt that perhaps she was becoming attracted to women, but felt it would be wrong to pursue those feelings while we were married.

We'd had discussions about possibly bringing a woman into our relationship, but Jo had felt that it wasn't something she specifically wanted and didn't want a woman that was interested in guys, or as I later learned, interested in me. She had mentioned that she was quite jealous, at least while we were married.

As we worked through the logistics of divorce, covering everything from the pets, to money, to the house, one thing that never quite made the discussion topics was dating after the divorce or more importantly, how it would work since we still lived together.

To make matters more complex, we still had sex, somewhat frequently. I enjoyed this new side to both Jo and our relationship. Divorce took some of the legal stuff out of our relationship but left the fun so to speak. Initially neither of us were really looking for other partners. That changed during dinner one evening.

"Jim, can I ask you a question?" I nodded since I had food in my mouth.

"I met a woman at the gym and we've become good friends and might be headed towards being more than friends. I feel that you and I owe each other the courtesy to ask, but would it be okay if I invited her over sometime?"

"Thank you for asking, I am honored, of course you can. I guess we never discussed that, but yeah, I trust you and I'm okay with it."

Jo's eyes lit up, "Thank you! Her name is Stacy. She's a little taller than me, but about the same size and is a few years younger than me. She's a super sweet, genuine person and I'm certain that you'll get along great with her. I think she's confused as to why I still live with my ex, and trust me when I tell you, I've had to explain that to more people than I should. I just wanted to ask you so that it wasn't too awkward if she came over and maybe stayed the night."

"Jo, you're good. Like I said, I trust you and I hope things click for you guys."

We finished our meals and made small talk about all sorts of things. In the back of my mind, I knew that at some point in time, our fun would stop. If anything, Jo had always been a woman with a strong belief in what was right and wrong. And cheating was never, ever considered right.

I noticed one evening that Jo was getting ready to head out on a date. She'd asked my help in zipping her dress up.

"Hot date with Stacy?"

"Not sure how hot it'll be, but yes, I'm going out to dinner and maybe a few drinks with her. We may end up coming back here if that's okay."

"All good. I'll make sure I'm in my room to make sure things aren't weird."

"No need, she wants to meet you."

"Okay, I'll still make sure I give you guys plenty of space."

"Thanks Jim, I really appreciate this."

I gave her a quick hug, "Have fun tonight Jo, I can tell you're a little anxious or nervous. I'm sure you'll be just fine." She was a bit teary eyed.

"You know if you start that your makeup will run, but come to think of it, it might match your racing stripes."

She started laughing. "Thanks Jim, you ass. I guess I'll have to dye my hair if I get a second date."

"You'll not get a second date... I'm sure Stacy will love you just as you are!"

She gave me a big hug. "Thanks Jim, you have no idea how nervous I am."

"You're perfect, don't stress about it. Stacy liked the woman she met, so no need to change to be someone else. Also, if you guys have a few too many drinks, let me know and I'll come get you."

She smiled and headed out the door.

It was a little before 10 PM when they got home. I was in the kitchen getting some water when they came in.

"Hi Jim, do you have a few minutes?"

"Sure."

"Jim, this is Stacy, Stacy this is Jim." I extended my hand, which she accepted.

"Hi Stacy, it's nice to meet you. Jo speaks highly of you."

"Hi Jim, it's nice to finally meet you as well. Jo also speaks highly of you, too."

"I don't want to hold up your evening, so ladies if you don't mind, I'll excuse myself and head back to my room. It was nice to meet you Stacy. Also, if you guys are up for it, I'm cooking breakfast in the morning, pancakes and bacon...Have a great evening."

I went back to my room and finished my evening as I usually did, watching YouTube videos.

I wasn't listening for any noises which may explain why I didn't hear any. I slept pretty soundly, regardless. I got up in the morning and took a shower and shaved, got dressed and went out to the kitchen to start some coffee and breakfast.

Jo and Stacy came out of her room both wearing oversize t-shirts, looking like they had a good evening.

"Good morning ladies, coffee?"

Almost in unison, "Yes please!"

Jo had looked at Stacy, "Jim makes an awesome breakfast by the way."

Stacy smiled, "The smell of the bacon woke me up!"

I poured each of them a cup of coffee and went back to making the pancakes. "Please enjoy the coffee as I get everything ready."

They sat at the bar and were talking over their coffee. I got everything ready and sat some plates in front of them and then put the platters with pancakes and bacon.

"Do you guys mind if I have breakfast with you?"

Jo was first to speak, "Jim, of course. After all, it's rude to decline an invitation to dine with the chef."

Stacy followed pretty closely with, "Please, do join us!"

We sat and had breakfast at the kitchen bar and made small talk about all sorts of things. I wanted to ask how their evening went, but didn't want to seem rude, so I decided to not mention it.

"Well ladies, it's Saturday morning, any plans for the day?"

Jo spoke first, "Nothing really planned I guess, maybe hang out for a while. Anything you want to do Stacy?"

Stacy smiled at Jo and blushed a bit. "I can think of a few things I'd like to do."

I chuckled. "Looks like you guys have some plans after all. I'm headed to the store, do you guys need anything?"

Jo asked, "Could you grab a few bottles of a nice red wine? I'll transfer you some money later."

"No need, consider them my gift to you guys. Just text me if you think of anything else."

I put the dishes in the dishwasher and headed out.

I got back several hours later and the girls were in Jo's room. I didn't think anything of it and got all the groceries put away. I left the two bottles on the counter so that Jo would see them and headed back to my room to do some research for a project I'd been working on.

About an hour later I got a knock on the door. "Yes?"

The door opened and it was Jo. "May I come in?"

"Please, what's up?"

"I need to get ready and take Stacy back to her place, but wanted to thank you for being a great guy and cooking us breakfast."

"Jo, you know that I'll always be here for you. No need to thank me for that."

She walked across the room and gave me a hug. The scent of sex hit me, confirming what I knew. Damn.

"Jim, thank you again. I want to talk about some stuff when I get home okay?"

"You got it."

I watched as Jo walked out. I noticed that while she still had the oversized t-shirt on, she didn't have panties on.

I had lost track of time but heard them both say goodbye when they left and as soon as I saw Jo's car pull away, I had my dick in my hand. The scent of Jo earlier along with what I envisioned they had done resulted in me shooting several large ropes across my desk. It had been a while since I'd jerked off, so I wasn't expecting the mess I created. I laughed to myself and went and got some paper towels and some cleaner to get rid of the mess I made. I also thought this would be my new normal since Jo had found a new partner.

I had taken a break from the project and had taken a nap. I woke up when Jo came and climbed in bed with me.

"Can I take a nap with you?"

"Of course. No need to ask."

We both went to sleep and woke up a bit later. Jo being the quick study, "It smells like you have been cleaning in here."

I began to laugh, "Yep, my desk was a mess, so I had to clean it."

"Just the desk?"

Still laughing, "Well the mess was confined to the desk."

Jo had this big grin, "I think I understand... What caused you to make the mess?"

"When you came in before you guys took off, I could smell the sweet aroma of sex and that along with my imagination of what you guys had been doing made for a quick mess."

"I guess I hadn't thought about the fact that I probably smelled like wet pussy."

"Yep it got me wound up."

"Jim, I'm flattered. I guess I hadn't thought about you jerking off."

"My thought is that since you guys are going to be a thing, what you and I had been enjoying would go away."

"Yeah, I hadn't thought about it quite like that, but yeah, maybe. Stacy and I have been talking quite a bit and I've told her that you and I still had sex even though we are divorced, and sleep in separate rooms."

"If I may ask, what were her thoughts when you told her that?"

"She honestly thought it was pretty hot. She didn't quite ask if it would continue to happen even though she and I were becoming a couple, but my guess is that it is sort of understood that it would stop."

"That makes sense and probably wouldn't need to be discussed. In all honesty, my thought was that you guys are now a couple and that you guys would be exclusive with each other."

"What about you Jim, if Stacy and I become a full time couple, what do you do?"

I laughed, "Well, that is a great question. I guess I continue to make messes until I meet someone."

Jo started laughing. "Try not to wear him out, okay."

"Too late."

We laughed together and fell back asleep for a bit.

"Jim, I'm going to go to my room now and clean up. I'll cook us dinner and we can talk more later if that's okay?"

I was stretching, "Sounds great to me. Let me know if you need help with anything."

"I got it. I checked the fridge, how about steak with roasted potatoes and asparagus?"

"Yes please!"

She laughed, "Get cleaned up and I'll have dinner ready in about an hour or so."

I had gotten up and continued on a CAD project that I had been working on.

"Jim, dinner's ready."

I went out to the dining room and I was a bit surprised. Jo had gone all out and actually set the table with our nice dinnerware and even lit some candles.

"This is really nice Jo, what's the occasion?"

"Us, we're the occasion, plus do we really need a special occasion to enjoy a nice meal together?"

"Fair enough. Thank you for getting everything ready."

We had finished our dinner and enjoyed a nice bottle of wine together and had an awesome conversation. Mostly it was regarding how she had met Stacy and how they managed to move from friends to lovers.

"Jim, what do you think about Stacy?"

"She seems like a nice lady. I've only just met her, but she seems like a genuinely nice person."

"Stacy was married before as well. Her and her husband had what I would consider a typical bad divorce and that is what she thought all divorces were like. It's also why she was so surprised when I explained our arrangements. To me it seems normal, but the phrase she used initially was that we have a strange arrangement."

"Let me get this cleaned up. Why don't you head over to the couch and find us something to watch and bring the bottles with you."

"Bottles?"

Jo laughed, "well the bottle we had for dinner has less than a glass left in it, and I'm sure we'll need another glass or two."

"You got it. Thanks again for a great dinner!"

I grabbed our glasses and the wine and headed to the living room.

About half an hour later, Jo came in and flopped down on the couch next to me. I handed her a glass of wine, freshly topped off.

"I couldn't think of anything to watch, so I put on 'What we do in the Shadows' if that works?"

"I can use some laughs, that's an excellent choice!"

We sat there and watched a few episodes and had finished most of the second bottle of wine.

"Damn Jo, I've not drank this much in quite a while and I'm feeling it."

"Yeah, me too."

"Jim, can I talk to you about something?"

"Of course. Always."

"As you had sort of mentioned that I had smelled like sex earlier. That was my first time with a woman. It was also Stacy's first time with a woman. It was pretty passionate, but still sort of new to both of us. Don't get me wrong, we both had a good time, but I felt like something was missing. I really enjoyed her touch as she explored me, but I miss having you in me. I need to talk this over with Stacy obviously, but I'd really like to keep our fun as well if she's up for it."

"Well, for me, of course I love that idea, but I understand that Stacy would have to agree."

"Jim, I'm in a weird state of mind. I want to be with you tonight, but I don't want to have sex. Can I sleep with you without us having sex?"

I winked at her, "I think we can. We did earlier after all. I promise to keep my hands and other parts to myself."

That got a chuckle out of Jo. "Thanks Jim. I'm going to take a shower and I'll be in your room when I'm done."

"Sounds good, I need a shower as well. See you in a little while."

I got out of the shower and against my normal routine, I put on some boxers and got in bed. A few minutes later Jo came into my room with her oversized tee shirt.

I patted the bed next to me and she crawled in bed next to me and we were both knocked out almost immediately. I'm certain the wine was the reason, at least for me.

Morning came with a knock on the door. It startled me awake and I got up in my boxers and ran to open the door. It was Stacy. I opened the door and invited her in. She looked down at my boxers which made me self conscious. I glanced down and realized I had an erection.

"Stacy, please make yourself at home, I'll get Jo."

I walked over to my room. "Jo, Stacy's here."

I heard her say, "Shit" as she jumped out of bed.

I was standing there awkwardly. "Stacy, it's not what it looks like, we were just sleeping together... Well that didn't sound right. We only slept in the same bed. Hell, I'm not doing well at explaining this..."

"You're good Jim, I understand what you were trying to say."

Jo stumbled out of my room and ran over to Stacy and gave her a big hug. "Hey Stacy, thanks for understanding. Jim was right. We did sleep together, but didn't have sex. I can explain more later."

"Jo you're good, I trust you guys. Plus it's not like we ever promised to not do this stuff."

Jo leaned in and gave her a kiss which she returned.

"Ladies, I'm going to lay back down. I had way too much wine last night and I may need to sleep this off a bit."

Stacy laughed and looked at the table in the living room. "You guys had both bottles?"

We both nodded. "Yep and it's been a really long time since I've drank that much and I'm feeling it."

Stacy was still laughing. "Next time, it won't be so bad if we split it three ways."

I laughed, "Now you tell us... Ladies have a great morning, knock on my door if you need anything."

I went back to my room and fell face first onto the bed, not realizing that I didn't close my door. I was knocked out.

I got up several hours later and took a cold shower. I was still feeling rough around the edges, but the shower did help out. As soon as I dried off, I went and laid back down and pulled the sheet over me.

I finally got up around noon. I stood up and stretched and noticed that not only was my door open, but Stacy was standing in the hallway watching me. I quickly turned my back to her and went over to the closet and got dressed.

I went out to the kitchen to get a sports drink to help with my dehydration. Stacy was sitting at the kitchen bar.

"Hey, how's it going? Sorry for being a poor host. I've not had that much to drink in years. I'm also sorry for not having my door closed."

"You're good Jim. It's not like I haven't seen one of those before."

I laughed, "Still, you shouldn't have one show itself unannounced. Plus you and Jo are, I'm not sure how to say this. You guys are a thing maybe. I'm sorry if I'm butchering this stuff, I don't mean to be disrespectful."

Stacy got a kick out of that. "Fair enough, but almost every guy I've ever texted has sent me a dick pic, so the surprise is sort of worn out. As for me and Jo, we've not really had the talk where we become more than friends I suppose. So no worries there either."

I laughed with her. "I guess it's not really that funny, but sort of sad. I am still sorry though. Is Jo still knocked out?"

"She got up a bit before you did, but was sick to her stomach. She threw up for a while and then took a shower, brushed her teeth and went back to sleep."

"I did pretty much the same thing minus throwing up. After you came in this morning, I had to take a shower. I needed the cold water on me just to get the funk of my hangover off of me and literally as soon as I dried off, I went back to sleep."

We both noticed Jo rubbing her eyes as she made it over to us.

Stacy walked over to her and put her arm around her. "Feeling better?"

Jo nodded, "Better than earlier, but still not great."

I opened the fridge and handed Jo her favorite sports drink, Fruit Punch. "Stacy, do you want one?"

"No thanks, I'm good. Sorry for waking you guys up this morning. I was in the area doing some shopping and thought I'd stop by."

"You're good. You are also welcome here anytime, right Jo?"

Jo looked up at me and smiled and then to Stacy, "Yep, you are always welcome here."

"Thanks guys. I'm going to finish my shopping. Jo I'll call you later okay?"

Stacy gave Jo a hug and kissed her and then gave me a hug and walked over to the door.

We waved to her as she walked out.

"Jo, just so you know. My door wasn't closed and when I got out of bed this morning, well Stacy saw me naked. I turned away as soon as I saw her. I apologized to her. I'm sorry about that, I just didn't want you to think that I had been intentionally flashing your girlfriend."

Jo laughed out loud. "Damn Jim didn't even wait for me to tell her, huh? We've not had a discussion about our relationship yet. I'm not sure that we're girlfriends, but I do like the way that sounds."

"Regardless, sorry for flashing your friend. Also when I opened the front door for her this morning, I did have on boxers, but had an erection and she noticed that as well. I hope I'm scaring her away with my awkward behavior."

"You're good. I'm sure she's seen one of those before."

"Thanks, but mine is generally shown on request only!"

That got a good laugh out of Jo. "Next time, remind me that we don't drink that much, please."