Chapter Four: On The Beach
A Jim and Mary Story
Jim and Mary have taken Isobel on a sailing vacation with them, and the three of them are now sharing a makeshift bunk in the cabin of their charter boat. Isobel likes the sex but is afraid she is being used.
Mary came up from the sailboat's cabin and found Isobel sitting in the cockpit nursing a cup of coffee and staring out to sea. She turned on a smile.
"Good morning, Isobel." She couldn't think of a better conversational opener for the woman with whom she and her husband had spent the night having sex. Isobel's reply was brief and distant.
"I made coffee."
"Oh, lovely. But I think I'll make Jim some tea."
"Please yourself, but the coffee's still hot."
Mary hesitated then put her hand on Isobel's shoulder.
"Last night was good. For us, I mean. We liked it."
Isobel kept her eyes on the horizon.
"Well ..." In light of Isobel's lack of response Mary didn't see a way to pursue the conversation. Isobel's occasional fits of bad temper could be unpleasant but were something that Mary could deal with, but her sullen moods were something much more difficult. She hoped it wasn't going to be another day of sulks.
She went below and busied herself in the galley, while Jim watched her from the makeshift bed that the three of them had shared.
He had woken even before Isobel and had watched her get up and make coffee for herself. He hadn't moved. He had been enjoying the sensation of lying stuck to his wife's back by sweat and spent fluids from the night before. His morning glory had been nestled between Mary's buttocks as he ran over in his mind the excitements and the passions of the day before and the night the three of them had shared in the sweaty confines of the cabin.
The tryst with Mary and Isobel had stirred sensations he didn't know he could have. It was like awakening a teenage monster in a half-century old body. He had never been with two women before and the sensations he had experienced had overwhelmed him. He had never had the intensity of feeling in his skin and the powerful sense of his own vigor that he had experienced with their shared bodies. It was still exciting to think about, and although Mary had left the bed, leaving him to cool in the morning air, his erection still pulsed hot against his stomach.
He watched Mary as she made the tea. He had a hard time reconciling the woman he had married all those years ago with the woman whose body he had shared with Isobel. It was a side of Mary he hadn't even imagined. He had, of course, imagined threesomes. What man hadn't? But if ever such a thing had been mentioned between them it had certainly never been pursued.
Mary climbed back on the bunk with two cups of tea.
"Hello, lover."
They pursed their lips and kissed. She flicked his prick with her fingers.
"You're pretty sporty this morning."
"You were pretty sporty last night."
"We all were." She snuggled up to him. "Did you have fun?"
"You bet. You?"
"Mmmm. Though I wonder if it was a good idea."
"I know. I thought about that too. Where's Isobel?"
"On deck."
"Is she OK?"
"I don't know. I think she's in a funk."
"Why?"
"You know what she's like."
"Well, you know it's gone so far we can't change it, can we? Do you think we should pretend nothing happened?"
"No, not really. It was exciting, but..."
"I know. Yesterday was a blast for me but I don't want to wreck the holiday or our relationship."
"Yes," said Mary. "I know I kind of started it so it's partly my fault, but sometimes I get really jealous sharing you with her. Don't you ever dare do her when I'm not there, will you?"
"No, of course not. But we can stop it right now if you want. All we've got to do is tell Isobel."
Mary laughed. "Umm, no -- I don't want to stop right now. It's too exciting, but I sure am looking forward to having you to myself."
"Well, we agreed we'd have fun so let's do it, and then when the holiday's over, that's it. It's over."
There weren't that many days of their sailing vacation left anyway. They would enjoy today in the quiet of Chatham Bay. Tomorrow they would have to leave for Bequia where they would celebrate Mary's birthday with a slap-up meal ashore. The following day they would make a final dash across the channel between the islands and return the boat to the charter company on St. Vincent.
"I hope we'll always have fun whether we're on holiday or not."
He reached out and gently massaged her breast through the fabric of her night shirt. She pushed his hand away.
"Don't be an ass -- it's too early." She laughed at him.
He stroked his cock quietly.
"Well then I think I'll try Isobel." He grinned at her.
Mary shook her head. "I wouldn't. I don't think she's in the mood."
"We'll see about that."
Jim climbed off the bunk and headed for the cockpit.
"Good morning Isobel."
He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into his naked body, his cock snagging in a fold of her tee-shirt.
"Shit, Jim. Get off me." She shrugged herself loose. "It's too early."
Jim laughed. "That's what Mary said."
"No, I mean it. Piss off and leave me alone."
Jim's penis began its droop towards the deck and Isobel sipped her coffee in silence.
"Are you mad at me?" asked Jim