Sarah Gets Playful

Twenty minutes later, Dan emerged from the bathroom. He’d showered and changed into some nice loungewear. Nothing fancy but a comfortable pair of shorts and a fitted black t-shirt. Most important of all, they were clean and stain free unlike his roommates’.

Walking back towards the apartment’s living room, Dan was still beside himself at the situation. He felt bad leaving Sarah alone again so soon after getting home but a thrill rose from another part of him.

For a long time, Dan had harbored a fantasy about seeing Sarah flirt, tease, and more with another man. It was a frequent theme they played with in the bedroom and now Sarah was an expert at saying the right things to push his buttons.

Thinking about Sarah with Lester and seeing them standing so close together and ordering Chinese food caused this fantasy to creep back up with ****. The idea of Sarah giving someone so beneath her and Dan her attention just riled him up. It was such a taboo concept that Dan couldn’t stop thinking about it. Lester was also completely unthreatening to Dan which was a nice safety net for this fantasy.

As he made his way into the living room, Dan was a bit disappointed to see Sarah sitting by herself on the couch. “Where’s Lester?”

“After he told me what he wanted to order, he went back into this room.” Sarah eyed her husband’s outfit approvingly. “Black suits you boo.”

“Thanks.” Dan smiled “I’m pretty sure you picked this out for me.”

“I did.” Sarah gestured for Dan to sit down next to her. “The app says the food is on its way, we ordered your sweet and sour chicken, I grabbed some Cantonese chow mein and barbecue short ribs and Lester wanted…..”

While Dan’s stomach was certainly hungry and making itself known, another organ was in the driver’s seat.

While Sarah was still giving Dan the run down of what was coming for dinner, he blurted out “So tell me for real, what happened here today.”

Sarah paused and eyed him. The look on her face made Dan think she was both annoyed at being interrupted and amused at his inability to be cool under pressure.

She stared at him silently for a few seconds and with a smile began to recite the day’s events. Dan waited patiently as Sarah updated him on the phone call with her mother. She was deliberately giving extra detail about the phone call to **** him.

She then told him about her yogurt and how Lester had interrupted her in his birthday suit.

“I have never seen him walk around here naked. Granted I am at work most of the time but it's still weird.”

“mmm-hmmm.” Sarah nodded her head agreeing. Then she told him about the lovely shower she took and how when she was done she realized she was locked out of the bedroom and Lester had to help her get the door open.

“And you were wearing just a towel while this was happening?” Dan asked.

“mmm-hmmm,” Sarah confirmed in a very manner of fact way. “Lester did offer to let me borrow some of his clothes but thankfully it didn’t have to come to that.”

Dan was speechless. Not only did Lester get naked in front of his innocent wife but he had also seen her just in a towel, standing inappropriately close to her. A million questions were running through his head and he didn’t know which one to ask first. Which detail or clarifying question was most important?

Sarah was eyeing him waiting for a reaction. She didn’t pick up on Dan spreading his legs to suitably adjust himself.

Dan opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by a knock at the door.

Sarah gave him a teasing smile “I guess the food is here.” She stood up making a show of swaying her hips as she walked towards the apartment door. Dan’s eyes were glued to her ass swaying back and forth that he almost missed Sarah looking over her shoulder at him, catching him staring.

Shaking away the daze of Sarah’s mesmerizing butt, Dan got up and moved to grab some drinks from the fridge. As he returned to the living room with two glasses of water he stopped in his tracks.

Across the room standing at the entrance to the hallway was Lester. He hadn’t seen Dan, his eyes were looking intently at something. Dan followed his eyes which led to Sarah’s butt as she finished up paying the delivery guy.

When he looked back at Lester, his roommate was staring back at him. Dan had his share of confrontations at school and in the workplace but this was different. He felt it in his gut. It felt primal. Like two lions on the savannah competing for a single zebra.

Dan confidently stepped forward into the room making his presence felt. He put the glasses of water down on the coffee table. Lester’s shoulders were hunched and he appeared smaller. That was easy.

Dan strode across the living room to Sarah who was turning around holding two big bags of takeout as she shut the door. In his periphery, Lester seemed to melt back into the hallway. Dan took the bags of food from Sarah which were heavier than they appeared and brought them over to the couch.

“Food here?” Lester asked, as if he had just entered the room.

“Yes just getting it out now,” Sarah said she opened each bag and started unloading its contents onto the table.

Dan laid out three plates and utensils on the table. He didn’t love the idea of dining with Lester but here they were. One of the perks of having a roommate.

Lester began peeking under the lid of each dish Sarah unloaded. Eventually, he seemed to find what he was looking for. He grabbed the dish and walked away, down the hallway towards his room. There was an audible click as his door shut.

Sarah and Dan exchanged a confused look.

The couple sat down and began to get ready to eat.

“So I guess it's just us for dinner then,” Sarah said when it was apparent Lester wasn’t coming back.

“I’m honestly fine with that.” Dan shoved a piece of sweet and sour chicken into his mouth. “I’m guessing he didn’t offer to split the bill with us earlier?”

“Nope” Sarah took a bite of chow mein.

The thoughts of their earlier discussion were replaced by Dan’s hunger. Now that the delicious smelling food was here, all he wanted to do was devour it. Sarah seemed to be hungry too as she reached over and took some of his sweet and sour chicken.

After several minutes of indulging himself and overeating, Dan sat back and said “I was thinking. Maybe we can cuddle up here on the couch tonight and watch a movie.”

“Oh, that sounds nice. I can’t even remember the last time we just sat and watched a movie together.” She began clearing the dirty packaging and putting any leftover food in one container. “Any good movies you want to see?”

“Ladies' choice,” Dan said, trying to gesture in a chivalrous way.

“Ugh you know I’m just going to be scrolling through Netflix for like an hour.”

Dan stood up and took some of the dirty containers from Sarah’s hands. “Well, you better get started looking then. Sit down, I got this.”

“You sure?” Sarah asked.

“Yeah, besides your the guest here in my place.” He winked at her.

“This is very true. I hope you roll the red carpet out like this the next time I visit.” She sat down grabbed the remote and turned the TV on.

“I’m just glad to hear there is going to be a next time, after all, you went through today.” Dan tossed this out there trying to reengage the conversation from before.

“Oh, it wasn’t all bad. Nothing I couldn’t handle.” Sarah answered. She didn’t elaborate further, fully intending not to say anymore. She held all the power here and she knew it.

Dan continued to empty the table, putting dirty plates into the dishwasher, throwing out the garbage, and packing the leftovers away in the fridge between the towers of Lester’s microwavable meals.

As he finished up and reentered the living room Sarah said “Found one.”

“Yeah? What are we watching?” Dan asked.

“I think I found the perfect movie. It's based in World War Two about an American soldier who gets injured and is taken care of by a French nurse…”

Dan cut Sarah off “and they fall in love but he has to go back to the front lines and she writes him every day. Right? Something like that.”

She eyed him with faux anger “Yes, something just like that in fact.”

Dan shrugged “Alright cool, let's do it. As long as I get to squeeze you close while we watch it.”

They sat down and began to play the movie when Sarah asked “Do you think that's the last we’ve seen of Lester tonight?”

Dan didn’t take his eyes off the screen “well I assume he’s going to come back out with his dirty dish soon.”

“I wouldn’t be so sure. When I was in there earlier he had old dirty plates all over….” she trailed off realizing she was opening the door back up to him.

He gave her a pass for now. “Well I’m not about to get interrupted here, I’ll go ask him if he wants to watch the movie and grab his dish.”

She laid a hand on his thigh and he went to get up. “No, what if he says yes? I want it to be just us.”

Dan stood up despite her protests “He isn’t going to say yes, trust me.”

Sarah paused the movie as Dan headed down the hallway to Lester’s room. He could hear some sounds emitting from inside but couldn’t place them. He knocked.

No answer.

He knocked again, this time harder bordering on a bit aggressive. He winced hearing how loud it ended up being.

“Enter,” said Lester’s voice through the door.

Dan turned the knob and opened the door. It was dark and he couldn’t see much. Lester was illuminated by the light coming from his computer screen. The light also showed Dan the mess that was Lester’s room.

Dirty clothes were thrown just laying on the floor amongst piles of dishes and other objects Dan couldn’t place. The bed behind Lester looked like it had never been made and Dan swore that he could see a bag of Cheetos tucked under the pillowcase. He was frankly surprised no obnoxious smells hit him when he opened the door. How the hell did Sarah take those pictures in here without breaking her neck?

Having decided he got a full appreciation for this room and a new level of disrespect for his roommate, his eyes settled back on Lester who hadn’t looked up from his computer screen. Dan stood there for a few seconds waiting for Lester to speak.

When it was clear he just wasn’t going to, Dan cleared his throat and asked “Hey there Lester. We’re going to watch a movie, wondering if you might want to join.”

“Which movie?” Lester’s hand was moving his mouse and he kept his eyes glued to the screen. Not acknowledging Dan’s presence at all.

“‘Letters to the Frontlines’. It's a World War Two action romance movie Sarah found.” Dan stared at Lester waiting for him to look up.

But he didn’t. “I’m raiding in WOW tonight.”

Dan was starting to get annoyed that Lester wouldn’t even give him the courtesy of looking up at him. He was completely different than the Lester who showed them this apartment, to begin with. “Okay cool. Alright well, have a great night then….”

Dan slowly began to close the door. Lester stayed silent and continued staring at his computer screen.

Dan shook his head and walked back down the hallway. Little jerk.

“We’re good. He isn’t going to be coming out the rest of the night.” Dan sat back down putting his arm around Sarah.

She nuzzled into his frame, dragging a blanket across her bare legs. “How do you know?”

“He is deep into his world of warcraft at the moment.” Dan smiled. “I doubt even you could distract him right now.”

“Don’t be so sure Mr. I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve you know.” she pressed play on the remote the movie started.

“Oh I’m not saying you don’t, I’m just saying he is in hardcore nerd mode right now.” Dan looked down and saw a pouty look on her face.

“Not even these could distract him?” She brought her arms together, pushing her breasts against one another, threatening to spill out of their black tank top.

Dan cleared his throat. “I stand corrected.”

“Good, that's what I thought.” She turned her head back to the movie and settled in.