David eased his car into the driveway and up the short stretch of concrete into the garage. It had been a good day; the morning had involved a meeting with his staff and then, after lunch, he had spent the afternoon on-site overseeing the initial stages of an office development they had been working on for the last twelve months; everything seemed to be falling into place. Now he was looking forward to a relaxing weekend at home with Loretta and the kids. He grabbed his briefcase from the passenger's seat and climbed out. The garage door clanked and rattled on its tracks overhead as it shut automatically behind him.
"Home again!" he called to no-one in particular as he stepped through the connecting door that gave internal access to the house and pulled it shut behind him.
"In the kitchen dear" Loretta's voice came from the far end of the house. As he walked down the hall towards the kitchen a roll of thumping footsteps in the stairwell preceded Rosie as she careered down to meet him.
"Daddy!" and she threw her arms around him, squeezing tightly. Caught off-guard, David dropped his case and laughed as he put his arms around his daughter, returning the embrace and lifting her off her feet in a big bear-hug. The house was warm from the sunny day and she was dressed in just a tank top and shorts. Her hair was wet and perfumed from a recent shower and she giggled as he lifted her and then dropped her back down again.
"We're all in here," she said and turned and bounced through into the dining room. It was the happiest he'd seen her for quite a while and he initially put it down to her simply being free of exams and looking forward to the holidays. He stepped through to the kitchen, waving to Sam where he sat reading at the dining table. Rosie had disappeared into the family room and David could hear the sound of the TV. Loretta stood at the stove, the conductor of a maelstrom of pots and pans that either issued forth columns of steam or bubbled fragrantly as she stirred and tasted and added ingredients. He stepped up behind her and slipped his arms around his wife.
"How's my domestic goddess?" he murmured in her ear. She turned, smiling as she reached up to kiss him hello. He pecked her mouth, expecting it to be a chaste kiss but Loretta held him close and pushed her tongue through between his lips, stroking and teasing in a deep kiss.
Under her apron she was wearing one of the dresses he loved to see her in; a wrap-around full-length summery thing, the brightly printed fabric so thin that it would have been see-through but the fact that it was composed of many layers of overlapping pleats and folds afforded her some modesty. It showed off her figure beautifully and when he stepped up to her, wrapped his arms around her, running his hands over her lovely curves he could feel she wasn't wearing any underwear beneath it.
Her arms held him tightly as the kiss ended and she put her head on his shoulder, kissing his neck softly as he put his face in her rich dark hair and hugged her back. He straightened up and smiled at her.
"I'm so glad you're home dear," she said happily.
"Well, so am I," he looked over her shoulder. "What's for dinner? Something Italian?"
"Lasagne" and she turned and dipped out a spoonful of the filling for him to taste.
"Mmm, delicious as always."
"Do you feel like choosing a bottle of wine?"
"I can do that."
The Cabernet blend was two years old and went perfectly with the meal Loretta had prepared. David sat and quietly watched his family as they ate. Eventually he laid down his fork, took a sip from his wine glass and placed it deliberately back on the table before him. Three pairs of eyes watched the movement.
"Alright," he said, looking around the table. "What's going on?" He looked at Sam, who met his eyes for a fraction of a second and then nonchalantly lifted his own glass for a drink. David turned to Rosie, who sat opposite him. She couldn't sit still, fidgeting and jiggling in her chair as she met his eyes and grinned openly. Finally he turned to his wife. Loretta looked at him with a straight face but her dark eyes sparkled with suppressed mirth and he thought he saw a twitch at the corner of her mouth.
"Well?"
There was silence for a split second and then the table exploded with laughter, everybody looking at each other and then at David and then back to each other again. He sat through it with an affected look of martyrdom on his face until the giggling subsided. He turned to Loretta.
"So, what gives?"
Loretta cleared her throat.
"I think Rosie might be the one to tell you dear." And she smiled at her daughter over the rim of her glass as she took a sip of wine. David looked expectantly at Rosie.
"Rosie? Do you have something to tell dad?"
Rosie looked at the table.
"Um..." She flicked a glance sideways at Sam who, David noticed, seemed to be looking extremely laidback in spite of all the hilarity.
"Daddy..."
"Yes?"
"Daddy something happened today, something wonderful. I...Sam and I...and mom, she was there too..." suddenly the words came in a rush. "I'm not a virgin anymore. Sam and I did it and it was amazing and I want to do it with you too and mom said it was ok and I know that you and mom and Sam all make love together and I want to as well. Wouldn't you like that? I mean, think about it; all of us together, wouldn't it be just...just fantastic?" She stopped suddenly, breathing heavily from talking so quickly, realising everyone else was looking at her. Her father was smiling openly at her.
"Did you really like it?" he asked, watching her closely.
She nodded emphatically.
"Sam was so gentle," she glanced at her mother for confirmation and Loretta, smiling softly at Sam, nodded in agreement. Rosie smiled at Sam as well and David noticed he was blushing from the attention. "And it felt so good. Can we do it too?"
David looked around the table at his family.
"Well, I wasn't expecting this when I got in the car to come home," and he laughed in delight. He placed his hand over Loretta's where it lay on the table next to his. "Rosie, I think this is a wonderful thing that's happened and I'm glad you enjoyed it; sex and making love is supposed to be nothing but. Personally, I would love to have you join in with us and I'm sure mom and Sam aren't going to object." He looked at the others and they both nodded silently. "But I'm also sure that mom would be in complete agreement with me when I say that you need to be perfectly clear about what's happening.