Ethan Calling
"Hey E, what's up?"
"Why did you break up with Brian?"
"Well good afternoon to you too."
"Come on J."
"Ya know... It just didn't work out."
"Is it us?"
"No." I was answered with silence for too long. "Okay it's kind of us, but not what you think."
"Fuck, J!"
"No, listen. I didn't break up with him, so I could be with you, it's just... We're... electric. I mean, the way we fuck... it's everything, and I want it, now that I know it exists. I don't want to settle. I deserve everything, don't I?"
"Of course you do, it's just... this isn't good."
"What? Having standards isn't good?"
"No, us doing this. We're going to keep not inviting people to family stuff so that we can fuck. Then were going to start getting together by ourselves, and then were going to fuck. Then were not going to meet people because were together hanging out and fucking, and then we're in a relationship."
"Yes, I know thats how it usually goes down when fuck buddy turns into relationship, but we have the unique advantage of not being able to end up in a relationship."
"So something just happened? You didnt plan to break up with him before the cabins?"
"No I did. I wanted to be able to fuck you, but that's not to say this wasn't coming."
"Fuck. I'll see you at the cabin."
"Can't wait, favorite brother."
I pulled into the dirt driveway of the large main cabin. In the driveway were my parents' SUV, and Aaron's sensible family car. I stepped out and grabbed my weekender bag out of the back seat. As I walked up the stairs and through the door I was greeted with adorable baby laughter and fond greetings from the kitchen where snacking was taking place. I dropped my bag and went to make the hugging rounds.
"You made good time!"
"Yeah, traffic wasn't bad." I said stuffing a chip with dad's famous guacamole in my mouth.
"We're sorry to hear about you and Brian" my mom said with pity.
"Don't be. It just wasn't right."
"Couldn't have been that attached to him, we didn't even meet him" Aaron said just before he got an elbow in the side from our dad.
"Well you're not wrong, I wasn't that attached." I cheated on him with our brother without thinking twice.
"Well let's move on to bigger and better things then." My dad said, "like what's on the schedule for this weekend!"
Ethan and his son Peter arrived about an hour and a half after I had. They came in and got their greetings and snacks and both grand babies were instantly being fawned over by their grandparents. We all had a few beers and caught up, before mom directed everyone to which cabin they would be staying in. The site was set up sort of compound style with the large main cabin that had kitchen and game rooms with a master suite and surrounding sleeping cabins with one or two rooms and bathrooms. There were two sleeping cabins somewhat close to each other, and one on the other side of the main house. It was decided that Aaron and Demi would take the outlying cabin because 18 month olds tend to cry at night. If you're doing the math that puts Ethan and me in cabins next to each other.
We unpacked and settled and went to work on dinner. Everyone was working and drinking in the kitchen doing something and I just kept gravitating toward Ethan. When we were close, I could feel the electricity of our secret in the air between us. It was so hard for me to ignore. I knew it was essential that I did, but I kept thinking about it, and him, and what this weekend had in store. After a few winks and mostly innocent touches went unanswered by him, I started to wonder if something was wrong. I thought back to the call when he asked about Brian and wondered if he was still upset, thinking we were making a mistake or something.
We sat down to dinner around a big table and I took my place across from Ethan. Dinner was served and chefs were being complimented as everyone was devouring their dishes. I sat back in my chair taking a drink and a breather from eating, and I stuck my bare foot forward until the top of my toes felt the inside of Ethan's ankle. I was sure it was his because his eyes shot up to mine the second he felt the contact. I drug my foot up over his calf, to his knee and pushed forward resting my instep on the seat of his chair. When it was there and my toes were flirting with the inside of his thigh, he leaned forward over the table to cover my actions and the muscles in his jaw ticked as he tried not to look at me for too long. I on the other hand was staring. I loved seeing what I did to him. Every flexed muscle, every caught breath, every hard and hungry warning look in my direction was like catnip to me. I was pushing into the crotch of his jeans when I felt hot steel beneath my toes. I gave my toes a ripple over it and a quick graze up and down before my foot was in Ethan's firm grip. He pushed it back toward me under the table and dropped it once it was away from his seat.
"Another drink Ethan?" I asked coyly.
"Sure."
"Anyone else?"