Sincerely, For the First Time
Date: 2/17/2017,
Categories:
Straight Sex,
Author: Just_A_Guy_You_Know
... like she had anything else on under it. She was carrying a bag of pretzels, an open bottle of merlot, and a couple of wine-glasses. "How about a night cap?" She asked. As she moved into the dimmer light of the living room, the nightgown became an opaque pink. She poured a drink for each of us, and sat down. Kevin still had an old working NES (the original Nintendo console). I remembered how we used to get stoned and play Super Mario 3 all the time. "You wanna play?" I asked, offering her a controller. "No, you go ahead. I'll just watch." In 15 minutes, I'd gotten through the first 4 levels and the first castle, losing a couple of lives in the process. "Do you mind if I lie down?" Kelly asked. "Yeah, sure." She grabbed a throw pillow from the sofa, put it in my lap and then put her head on top of it. I could feel the back of her head against my stomach. I played for another twenty minutes, getting the second magic whistle and warping to level 7. "Andy, I want to tell you something." "If it's about tonight, really I'm sorry." "It kind of is, but it isn't. It's about Kevin." "What do you mean?" I asked. "You know how I said that Kevin was out of town working this weekend?" "Yeah, in Darlund, right?" "Right. I mean, well, not exactly..." she trailed off. On the screen I landed in the jaws of one of the piranha plants and had to restart the level. "The thing is... Kevin and I are splitting up." "What?!" I lost another man down a hole. "How? Why?" "Where? When?" Kelly mocked. ...
... "No, I mean, what happened?" "Mostly nothing. This has been coming for awhile. It's just that neither of us wanted to admit it. We kind of just grew apart. Kevin had his career, and I had my interests, and things just kind of fizzled out." "Jesus..." "Last week, I found out he'd had an affair, or is having one - I don't know - I guess that's where he is now. I mean, I know I should be angry, but if I'm to be honest, I've known this marriage was on life support for a couple of years. It was just a matter of time." "Kelly, I'm so sorry." A tear had started running down her cheek. I brushed it away with my hand. "I didn't know." "I didn't want to ruin the reunion. It seemed like everyone was really looking forward to it. So we agreed not to tell anyone until after. You're the first person I've said anything to. Not even my parents." "Is there anything I can do?" I asked, trying to make sense of everything. "No. Just be here with me, okay?"She was starting to tear up. "Okay," I agreed. Kelly sat up, threw her arms around me and gave me a big hug. I returned it, holding her tight to me. After a minute, she kissed me on the mouth, quickly, and lay her head back in my lap. "Thanks," she said. "You're really a great guy, you know." I was so confused. I wanted to kiss her again, more deeply, but I didn't know how she'd react. Her kiss was ambiguous. It could have been a just friends peck. It probably didn't mean anything else. The last thing she needed was for me to make the wrong move, ...