A few hours later, Mark pulled up to Double D’s and the two hopped out. Drake nodded as the two entered and then the three were seated.
Kimber came in and smiled. “Well, well, three days in a row and I see you’ve brought a friend!”
Mark smiled and nodded. “This is my new favorite restaurant and may I say that your breasts are looking spectacular today.”
“Aw, thanks sweetie,” she said, leaning close. “So what are we drinking today gentlemen?”
“I’ll just have a water,” Duncan said.
“And for you sir?” she asked, turning to Drake.
“Just a water is fine,” he said, “and he’s right, you look dynamite.”
She winked and turned to Mark, who was a few inches from her cleavage. “I’ll have a jack and coke,” he said.
“Alrighty!” she said. “Any appetizers today?”
“No thanks,” Drake said as Kimber disappeared. “So what’s the favor you need?”
Duncan nodded. “It’s business stuff.”
Drake nodded. “Okay. What are the dirty details?”
Duncan and Drake spoke about work for a few minutes, while Mark flirted with Kimber.
“So what’s going on with you shit-stick? How are things?” Drake asked looking up at Mark after Kimber had come back to get their order.
“As good as can be expected I guess.”
“Fuck you, Mr. non-stop friends with benefits.” Drake replied.
He held up his hands defensively. “What can I say, some girls just don’t want to commit.”
Drake flipped him off. “Man, I’d love to get some strange, or maybe let Molly go down on some chick.”
“Careful now, you’ll offend our buddy here.”
Duncan chuckled.
“By the way I figured out a way of explaining why it’s so exciting,” Mark said.
Duncan looked up then. “Oh yeah?”
“What are we talking about?” Drake asked.
Mark turned, “Well, a couple of Dunc’s friends admitted they were in an open relationship and it turns out that he and his lady were… shall I say… inspired by that thought this past weekend. Turns out that the thought of showing Kelly off a little bit might have excited them too.”
“Oh yeah? Mind if I give her a spin then?” Drake asked jokingly.
Duncan flipped him off.
“Just kidding bro, don’t unleash the fury.”
“So, do tell,” Duncan said.
Mark took a sip of his drink.
“Think about it like this. You’ve got a nice rifle. You’ve had this rifle forever, and this rifle knows you. You know all the little grooves and worn spots on the gun. You know the sound it makes when it fires. You clean it, take care of it. You love this gun.”
“So Kelly is the gun?”
“Yeah, but let me finish.”
“Please do,” Duncan said, amused.
“So your buddies know you have this gun. They’ve seen this gun; you’ve been out hunting together with this gun. You love this gun so much, you like to show it off. So you hand it to one of your buddies. They look at the gun, touch the gun, and admire the fuck out of this nice weapon you have.”
“You’re an idiot,” Drake said.
Mark ignored him. “It’s like this. This gun is yours, but the idea of someone else taking it and playing with it for a while is exciting.”
“I get that,” Duncan said.
Drake shook his head. “So someone told you that they were what… swingers?”
Duncan nodded. “Ed and Marie.”
“Goddamn, the one weekend we missed,” he said.
“Actually they told us they had an open marriage, which is apparently much different.”
“And you were curious why you and Kelly started humping like rabbits?” Drake asked.
“Something like that,” Duncan said.
“When they told you what did you think of?” Drake asked.
“Well, Marie giving some stranger head, I guess.”
“Right. So you were thinking about people fucking,” he said, “and you don’t know why that got you guys all hot and bothered?”
“Well yes and no. See she suggested that Kelly and I try a little bit of showing Kelly off. Like I take her out and let other people look and ogle her, but that I get to take her home.”
Drake nodded and finally understood Mark’s gun example. “Now I get what he was trying to say. It’s exciting because it’s wrong, it’s taboo. You aren’t supposed to let other people covet your wife. You aren’t supposed to get turned on by the thought of someone deriving pleasure from the sight of your woman.”
Duncan nodded. “I figured it was something along those lines. But I’ve told y’all before, both of us grew up in very religious households, just the sound of Kelly saying the word “fuck” is enough to make me hard as iron,” he said, just as Kimber came up behind him.
“Oh really?” she said. “Where is this piece of iron, handsome?”
Duncan blushed. “Sorry.”
As soon as Mark and Drake stopped laughing, they told him to quit apologizing. Conversation turned to work then, and soon lunch was over.
“Alright, just give my secretary details about the Merrin account and I’ll see what I can dig up.” Drake said as they were leaving.
“Thanks bud. I definitely will,” Duncan replied. “You and Molly coming to Saturday dinner?”
“We should, the babysitter is all lined up. Catch you guys later. Later meat-sheath,” Drake said to Mark.
“See ya dick-breath,” he replied. “Hey,” he said, hopping in the truck with Duncan. “Do you mind if I take a crack at your secretary?”
Duncan rolled his eyes. “Aren’t you fucking Becky right now?”
“Yeah, but…”
Duncan shook his head. “Wait, this is because she looks so much like my wife, isn’t it?”
Mark grinned. “I mean… it doesn’t hurt.”
Duncan couldn’t help but grin at that. “It’s a free country, but I’m pretty sure she’s seeing someone.”
Mark swore quietly.
“That’s not gonna stop you is it?”
“Hell no,” he said, and pulled out of the parking lot.
*****
Kelly and Marie had decided to have a salad for lunch, and had just sat down when Marie started in on her, asking about her sex life.
“So tell me…” she started
Kelly laughed lightly and shook her head.
“What?” Marie asked
“You. You’re just so predictable.”
“Well, if you aren’t going to let me sample that giant thing, I have to imagine what it’s like or hear about it from you.”
“That’s true I guess,” she admitted.
“Well?”
Kelly rolled her eyes. “What?”
“Don’t what me. How are you guys doing?”
“Us? Or my husband’s penis.”
The waitress coughed and smiled, causing Kelly to blush.
“Sorry,” she muttered.
Marie laughed loudly.
After the waitress finished taking their order, Kelly turned and shook her head at Marie. “You always manage to embarrass me somehow.”
“Well, you’re easy to embarrass. Seriously though, how are you two getting along with the whole blowjob thing?”
Kelly sighed, realizing that Marie wasn’t going to let her off the hook without talking about it.
“We’re doing fine. We’re still having sex nearly every morning and evening.”
“It sounds like the frequency was never your problem.”
“That’s very true, but I never said we had a problem. I just wanted to please him a little more.”