New Friends

We met Alex and Pam at church. They'd recently moved into town and were looking for a place to live. Kathy and I were on the hospitality team and introduced ourselves. In the conversation we recommended areas and talked about the town in general. Alex was a little older than me, tall with gray hair and blue eyes. Pam was short with a fuller but nice figure and short brown hair and deep brown eyes. Alex was in industrial machinery sales and had just taken over the regional management for his company. Pam was a stay at home wife who dabbled in homebased cosmetics sales.

Over the next few weeks, we got to know Alex and Pam a little better. Kathy became a customer for Pam's line of cosmetics, and I helped Alex move some furniture out of storage. One Sunday, we invited them to our house for lunch after church. The food was nice and after some careful thought, because we did meet them at church, we decided to have some wine with it. We talked about our backgrounds and our experiences with the church and the different people we'd met, expectations and even some of the horror stories about church hypocrisy you hear about.

Our church was one of those we were glad to say that welcomed people with all kinds of backgrounds: We had recovering drug addicts and alcoholics, a couple of people who had done time, and even a couple sex offenders. I knew about those only because I was on the governing board. We admitted that we were far from perfect ourselves and enjoyed the openness of the congregation.

"We noticed that too," Pam said. "We're happy to be here and we've felt welcome from the start and are beginning to feel like we belong."

Alex added, "We were getting in to things pretty deep in Dallas and needed a change." He exchanged a look with Pam.

"Things that started taking over our lives," she added.

"Man, I know how that can happen," I said. "We've gone through that a few times ourselves. Maybe not the same kinds of things but it's easy to get overwhelmed, isn't it?

Alex looked at Pam, who nodded, then he said, "It'll come out anyway sometime, we might as well tell you. We got into the swinging scene in Dallas. It wasn't planned, it just happened and before we knew it we were up to our necks in it."

Kathy blurted out, "Oh my god!" then immediately apologized, blushing.

I couldn't help but glance over at Pam and look her over. She looked back.

Kathy said, "We've never met anyone who was into.... that before. How did you get into it?"

She immediately apologized again by saying, "I'm so sorry. None of our business."

"It's OK, it's easier than you might think, and you might be very surprised," Pam replied. "We met some people who knew some people and one thing led to another. We found out some people that we would have never guessed were into it. We'd appreciate it if you kept it to yourselves."

"We certainly will, of course," I answered. "You know, those things that are considered 'sins of the flesh' are the hardest to combat." I said, trying to change the subject. "What matters is that you're here now and very welcome." I could tell that Kathy's mind was racing.

Kathy and I had talked about people that were into swinging, sharing and cheating before, but only in concept. I admitted to her that I'd thought about it, but wasn't sure I could ever go through with it. I mean, who doesn't?

That night in bed Kathy asked me, "Could you ever be with another woman?"

"I might, it would depend on the circumstances and as impossible as it sounds, I wouldn't do it without you knowing and approving."

"What would you think if I was with another man?" Kathy asked as she reached down and caressed my cock.

I briefly pictured her with some of our friends in my mind and said, "If you wanted to, I think it would be kind of exciting. Would you want to? Would you do that to say... Tim Stevens?"

Kathy thought about it for a minute, stroked me and said, "I don't know. If I did, I would only I do it if you were OK with it too."

"It might be hot."

Then she surprised me by giggling and asking who I thought about. When I named off a few, she commented, "Phyllis Johnson has a nice body, Tanya Stevens would probably do it with you." Then she laughed. "She'd probably want me too. What about Pam? Would you have sex with her?"

I smiled and said, "I don't know what's on your mind but I like it. We barely know them but yes, I think I would. And yes. I thought about it when they were telling us about swinging in Dallas. I also thought about you and Alex."

"Hmmm. There's a thought," she said as she caressed my chest and nibbled on my nipple.

Neither one of us were virgins when we married. She snuggled closer to me and asked me to tell her about my first time. "I was 18 and it was my friend's mom. I stayed over at his house one night and I saw her in just a tee shirt, checking on us. I got up for a drink of water and went into the kitchen. She was in there too, waiting for me." As I went on with my story, Kathy got

closer and was getting more and more excited. I was very surprised at her reaction, but loved it. She pushed her leg up over mine and I could feel her warmth and wetness against me. She was grinding on my leg and rubbing my cock with her fingertips as we talked.

Kathy seemed to enjoy every detail and asked a lot of questions. "Did your friend ever find out?"

"I don't know how he could keep from finding out, but I don't think he ever did," I said, remembering it clearly.

"How many times were you with her? Or was it just one time?"

"We saw each other whenever we could for a few months," I said. "She taught me a lot."

"Did you use a condom?"

"No. She didn't like them"

"I don't either."

"Did she suck you?"

"Mm Hmm."

"Like this?" Kathy leaned down and took me in her mouth. She took her time running her tongue all around my cock and then sucked me in deeper.

I didn't leave anything out. Kathy loved the details. She got up and straddled me but told me to keep talking. The more I talked the hotter she got. I told her about some the other women I'd had before we married. She rocked faster as I talked.

I said "Maybe we should swap with Tim and Tanya Stevens."

Kathy's eyes widened. She tossed her head back and began to shake, moaning "Oh god yes."

Afterwards, while we were spooning, she asked if I had any regrets. "Not at all but I'm glad we're together and I wouldn't change that for anything."

I was a bit hesitant, but I asked about her first experience. She was also young when it happened.

"It was before I started college. He was a guy I babysat for." Kathy said. "I had a crush on him and flirted with him a lot. One night they had both been drinking. When they came home, she was really drunk. I helped him put her to bed and she passed out. He asked me to help get her clothes off. I was surprised when he asked me to take off her bra and panties too. When I did, he started kissing me and feeling me up."

I cupped her breast, squeezed it and asked, "Wow, how did that feel?"

"It was weird, but really hot"

I was even more surprised at my own reaction to her story. "Right there in their bedroom? With his wife laying there?" I asked.

"Mm hmmm." She said.

"That's kind of hot. Did he take you there?" I asked.

"No, he took me into the guest room and we did it there."

"How was it?"

"I was scared. I didn't know what to do or what to expect. It hurt a little, but not as much as I thought. It was also pretty messy."

I pictured her, younger, naked and with someone else. I found it interesting that we had both experienced our first time with older people. I was also as hard as a rock. She told me about some of her experiences in high school and college. How some were better than others. My cock slid between her cheeks. I thought I'd be jealous or at least resentful. But it was more of a turn on than anything I'd experienced before. I moved her up on all fours as she continued to talk. When I slipped inside her again, I had visions of her with other guys. It was hot.

I couldn't get those thoughts out of my mind all the next week. I'd be talking to a friend and picture him with Kathy, wondering if she would go to bed with him and what things they'd do. We had dinner with some old friends and I imagined swapping with them, thinking that would be the ultimate "hall pass".

We went to the mall one night. Kathy pointed out an attractive woman and asked, "How about her?" That started a game. We'd point out different people and talk about having sex with them. When we would be alone in the car, we'd talk about people we knew from work and from church. Some were funny. Some we could see as definite possibilities.

The next Sunday, Kathy wore a lower cut sweater that showed just a little more cleavage than usual and a skirt with a small slit up the side. I didn't say anything except to tell her she looked really nice. A little while later, after the service, we talked with Alex and Pam in the lobby.

"We weren't sure you'd want to talk to us again." Alex said. His eyes drifted to Kathy's cleavage then he looked away.

"Why would you think that?" I asked.

"Well, given the things we were into before coming here...." Alex trailed off.

"Everyone has a past," I said. "I've had thoughts like that before as well. Isn't that just about the same? I'm sure everyone has". I don't know why I thought I needed to tell them but I went on. "Both Kathy and I had been with other people when we met".

Kathy was blushing and biting her lower lip.

Kathy invited them over to our house again, but Pam said that she already had lunch started and that they'd like us to come to their house instead. We had a wonderful meal and a couple glasses of wine.

Alex got up and said, "Usually one glass is my limit but why don't we move to the living room and I'll open another bottle."

Kathy sat down on the couch, crossed her legs and smiled, thanking Alex when he topped off her glass. I sat down next to her and sipped on mine. Alex sat in an overstuffed chair across from Kathy and Pam perched next to him on the arm of the chair with her arm around his shoulders. "I have to ask," Kathy blurted, "what was it like? I've always wondered."

"What was what like?" Pam asked.

"You know... Swinging." Kathy forged ahead. "Was it always a party? Could you, umm, choose? Was it always the same people? Were they all mostly the same age as you and Alex?" She blushed when she realized that her torrent of questions betrayed how much she had been thinking about it. She continued. "I'm sorry. I know that's in the past, but I'm just curious. I totally understand if you'd rather not talk about it."

I laughed and said "Sorry guys! Once Kathy starts thinking about something she won't let it go.

"It's OK." Pam said smiling. She looked at Alex, who nodded, and then she said "It was a big adventure at first. We started out with just another couple, kind of like... this."

I glanced at Kathy and thought, Wow! Are we really having this conversation?

Pam went on. "Then the people we knew introduced us to others. Some were older than us and some were younger. They introduced us to more and the circle gradually expanded."

"So sometimes it was a party with several couples," Alex chimed in. "And sometimes it was just us and another couple. Sometimes it was the same people but yes, you could always choose, and you always went knowing something would happen.

"You mean sex?" Kathy asked.

"Yes," Pam answered.

"Did it ever bother you? I mean seeing each other with, umm, others?" Kathy asked and then pressed on. "Or did it happen in other rooms?"

"I'll admit, we were both really nervous at first. But everyone made it so easy," Alex explained. "There was no pressure. The first time we were both in the living room another couple at their house. Pam was actually the first one to try it. I thought it would be really awkward but it wasn't, in fact, it was really exciting. The first time I watched Pam undress in front of another man was incredibly hot. It's not for everybody though. If you haven't talked about it and agreed to it beforehand, I wouldn't try it."

Alex looked at Kathy as she re-crossed her legs and then his eyes met mine. He knew she was getting excited. "At the parties, it's not like everyone shows up and takes their clothes off." he went on. "There's a lot of talking, flirting and mingling. Most people have a couple drinks to loosen up. You meet new people and get to know each other. Sometimes couples will pair off and go to a bedroom. Someone will usually start things off by undressing. At our first party, Pam and I were talking to another couple and before I knew it, the guy had one hand on Pam's hip and was fondling her breast with the other."

Pam was blushing. She said, "I knew something like that would happen and expected it, but I didn't know whether to run or scream, so I just stood there. There were already a few others that were taking their clothes off." She smiled. "I remember looking at Alex and he wasn't any help at all. He just looked at me and shrugged." She looked at Alex. "Didn't you?"

Alex continued relating the story knowing it was exciting both Kathy and me. "I didn't know what to do either. I was as mesmerized as Pam was. Mark, I think it was, unbuttoned her top and then he unhooked her bra. I don't think I've ever seen Pam as turned on and excited as I did that night. There were a lot of eyes on her since she was the "new girl".

Kathy gripped my hand tightly as Alex spoke. She drained her glass of wine and squirmed in her seat, re-crossing her legs. "It wasn't long before the only thing Pam was wearing was her wedding ring." He glanced down and looked at Kathy's ring. I could tell he was mentally stripping her just like I was glancing at Pam doing the same thing.

"More wine hon?" I asked Kathy.

She managed a whispered "Yes please." I looked over and the bottle was already empty.

"Are you sure you're OK with telling us this? I know you're trying to put it all behind you," I said.

"We don't mind if you don't. It's part of what made us what we are," Alex replied. He smiled looking at Kathy and added, "And it seems like you like hearing it." Kathy blushed.

Pam got up and walked into the kitchen to get another bottle of wine. I asked where the bathroom was. When I got back she was pouring another glass of wine for Kathy. Alex had gone back to their bedroom.

Pam set the bottle down and sat back on the arm of the chair where she had been sitting before. "It's a little awkward at first being close to another man, knowing there's some chemistry there," she said. "Just like now. If Steve sat here and Alex sat by you, Kathy, it might feel that way."

She looked at me with her eyebrows up as if to gauge my reaction and patted the seat where Alex had been sitting. "Try it," she said.

I walked over and sat down in the chair where Pam was perched on the arm. My shoulder was pressing against her hip. Kathy looked at me and I realized I could see right up Kathy's skirt whenever she moved. Alex must have seen it too.

When Alex walked back into the living room, Pam said, "I was just telling Kathy and Steve how it can feel a little awkward at first." He looked at us all and then sat down next to Kathy, close enough that their legs were touching. "See Kathy? It feels different in this context doesn't it?" Pam asked.

Kathy was beet red and gasped, "Oh my god."

By this time the sexual tension in the room was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Pam seemed to enjoy seeing our discomfort. Alex put his left arm up behind Kathy on the back of the couch. "Pam looked like a deer caught in the headlights," Alex said, picking up the story where he left off. I noticed the subtle change; he was a little more descriptive. "Her nipples were hard like they are now and I could see her hands shaking." We all automatically looked at Pam's breasts. Alex grinned. It had worked. I was picturing Pam walking around the room naked.

I noticed that Kathy was every bit as aroused as Pam was and she put her glass down to keep from spilling it. "Mark touched her breasts, her tummy and her bottom while he led her over to the bar." Alex continued, "What he was doing was showing her off to everyone in the room."

"I'd never felt so self-conscious in my life," Pam interjected. "I can't begin to describe what it feels like to have another man's hands all over you when your husband is watching. Others had seen me naked before, but never a room full of people. Mark was really good about helping me to relax though. He quietly told me I could probably have my pick of the guys that were there."

"I was about to burst watching Pam as she was walked around the room," Alex said, continuing the story. "Mark held her hand or had his hand on her somewhere the whole time." Alex's hand slipped down to Kathy's shoulder as he continued talking and he squeezed it. She looked at me, but didn't move his hand. "He whispered in Pam's ear and nuzzled her neck as they mingled with the others. He led her to the couch and then he took his own clothes off."

I looked at Kathy and envisioned Alex doing the same thing with her. The expression on her face told me that the same vision was flashing through her mind. Alex went on. "Mark's wife Liz was standing close by and asked me if I was OK. Several people had already mentioned that "No meant no" regardless of when it was said or by whom. When I nodded OK, she hugged me. I didn't even realize it at the time because I was focused on Pam, but she was naked too".

Alex was obviously enjoying his role as storyteller. Kathy was blushing but I could see her chest heaving as her breathing quickened. I'm sure Alex could feel her arousal next to him as he spoke. "Everyone was watching as Mark's umm... cock stood up rigid in front of Pam. He put his hand on her head and pulled her close until she took him in her mouth. Then he took down her hair."

I glanced up at Pam's face. Her hair was in a long brown ponytail. Her lips were perfect. Her eyes met mine and she smiled. When I looked back, Kathy was squirming on the couch. None of us it seemed, wanted to break the spell. I felt Pam's hand on the back of my neck, her fingers tickling the hair on the back of my head. Tingles shot through my body and I couldn't help but feel myself getting rock hard.

Alex caressed Kathy's ear and neck with his fingertip. Then he slid his fingers farther down and caressed the bare skin of her chest just above the neckline of her sweater. This guy was seducing my wife right in front of me and not only was I OK with it but I had a raging hard on.

Kathy's eyes were wide when they met mine. I smiled and shrugged. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back. Alex took that as permission and his fingers slipped under her sweater and into her bra, teasing the top of her breast. Kathy's nipples were hard, pushing through the thin fabric covering them. He reached up with his right hand and unbuttoned the tiny pearl buttons of her sweater one by one. She didn't move to stop him.

Pam put her arm behind me and was playing with my ear. I moved to put my arm around her hip and she leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Shhh. Just watch."

Kathy's bra was black with silver roses in a lace pattern. The clasp was in the back. Alex cupped Kathy's breast with his right hand and reached behind her with his left, unhooking it.

Alex quietly continued to tell the story. "Mark was hard as he stood in front of Pam. She didn't even look at me before she took him in her mouth." He looked over at me and asked in the same soft voice, "Do you like to suck cock Kathy?" She simply nodded with her eyes closed. Her legs were uncrossed now and it was obvious that her panties matched her bra. Alex pushed her sweater and her bra strap off her shoulder and she shrugged out of it as if she was hypnotized.