They were sitting on the couch, and Marlena was completely bored. It was raining and too late to go anywhere, not that they wanted to go out anyway. Marlena let out a loud sigh as John continued to go over the work he brought home. She was getting kind of ticked off at being ignored. Yes, she had work she could do too, but that’s all both of them had done lately – work. And all work and no play made Marlena bored. Her voice was a bit more edgy than she wanted it to be when she finally spoke.
“John, can that wait until tomorrow?” He looked up at her, realizing for the first time in a while that she was still there.
“I suppose.” He immediately noticed the anger in her eyes. “I’m in trouble.” “What would you like to do instead?” She softened just a bit.
“I don’t know. You usually have pretty good ideas.” John swallowed hard. “From the look on her face it better be a damn good idea too.” He thought for a moment.
“Um, o.k., how about a rousing game of Yahtzee.” She almost laughed in his face.
“Yahtzee?”
“Yeah, good, wholesome, family fun for all ages.” She rolled her eyes.
“Thank you Milton Bradley.” “Why did I let him choose?” John came back into the room with the box in his hands. “John, are you sure you want to do this?”
“Trust me Doc, I think you’ll like my amended rules.” She arched an elegant eyebrow at him.
“Amended rules huh?” Marlena tried to keep the amusement from her face as her husband explained.
“Yep. We’re going to play three separate rounds, but whenever one of us can’t place a score on the board we have to pay a penalty.”
“What kind of penalty?”
“Something of the other person’s choosing.”
“So, if you can’t place a score, I get to make you do whatever I want?” Again John swallowed convulsively. “I think I just dug my own grave here.”
“Yep.” Marlena’s eyes darkened and a small smile stole across her face.
“I think I like your idea. Let the games begin.” For a few turns they were both able to place scores without a problem, but then Marlena rolled four threes and a five. She had nowhere to place the score and John let out a yell of triumph which earned him a dirty look from his wife.
“Hmm, let me think, what can I make you do?”
“Get on with it Black. I think I should invoke a time limit.” He looked at her with as much lust as he could.
“Take off your socks.” She laughed out loud at him. “You look at me like you want to throw the game out the window and ravage me right now, and all you ask me to do is take off my socks?” She did, and then she threw them at him. “You are certifiable John Black.” He just laughed, glad that she was coming out of her black mood. On her next turn, she again couldn’t place a score.
“I think you fixed this game.” Her stomach did flip-flops at the look she was getting from John. “So what do I have to do this time?”
“Kiss me.”
“Well, that’s pretty easy.”
“For at least three minutes.”
“Would you like me to go get the egg timer?”
“At least it would get used.” She grabbed a pillow off the couch and threw it at him. He wagged a finger at her.
“Ah, ah, ah, where’s my kiss?” Marlena crawled over to him on her hands and knees slowly, letting his anticipation build. When she finally reached him, she took his hand and kissed it. He rolled with laughter.
“What are you doing?” Her eyes danced with mischievousness.
“Kissing you. You never specified where.” He grabbed her behind the neck and brought her mouth to his for a searing kiss. They lost all track of time and were both breathless when they eventually parted.
“Your turn Sailor.” They each took a few more turns and John couldn’t put the score he got anywhere. Marlena let out a whoop of delight.
“O.K., I guess I deserved that. What are you going to make me do?” She locked hazel with blue.
“Strip. I want you naked.” The grin she got was absolutely sinful and John headed to the stereo. He searched through some of the CDs that Belle left at the penthouse until he found the one he was looking for. He glanced over his shoulder at Marlena, who was completely intrigued by what John was doing.
“You want me to strip for you baby, I’m going to do it right.” When the music blasted from the speakers, she fell over in a fit of giggles. John started to strip to Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy”. First he took off his socks and waved them around before throwing them at his wife, who was clapping and cat-calling to him. Next he unbuttoned his shirt in time with the music and peeled it from his shoulders. John undid his belt and whipped it from the loops, snaring Marlena with it and pulling her into a hot, wet kiss. After he released her, she went back to the cat-calling.
“Yeah, baby, I want it all off.” He grabbed her hands and made her unbutton and unzip his pants, but before he could back away, she grabbed him and licked her lips. He moaned slightly but kept his composure, after all this was his idea. John was parading around in just his silk boxers, but the song was almost over so he whipped those off, swung them around on his finger, and threw them at Marlena. He sauntered over to the small stereo and turned it off. As he made his way back to his wife, he couldn’t help but ask one question.
“So, how was that?” Marlena was still twirling the boxers on her finger.
“Oh my. Are you sure you don’t moonlight for Chippendale’s?”
“Nope. There’s only one woman I want to strip for.” He leaned over and kissed her again. “I believe Doc, that it’s your turn.” Again she couldn’t place her score.
“Now I know you have this rigged. I’ve lost three times to your one.”
“Maybe I’m just lucky.” He wiggled his eyebrows up and down at her.
“I’m not commenting this time. What do you want me to do?”
“Let me undress you.” His stare sent shivers down her spine.
“Well, I suppose I do have to pay the penalty.” John approached her in the same manner she approached him for his kiss. It was a slow, predatory crawl that had Marlena breathing a little harder before John even got to her. The first thing he touched were her lips. He took them with his own and made love to her mouth, his tongue sliding in and out, over and around hers. Slowly he unbuttoned her blouse, kissing every inch of newly exposed skin, making a wet line between her breasts. They were sitting on the floor and Marlena’s head was thrown back onto the cushion of the couch. She sat forward a bit as he struggled to lower the thin material over her shoulders. His nimble fingers had her pants undone almost immediately and she lifted her hips slightly to let John lower them down her legs.
“Doc, you’re so beautiful.” She was sitting there in just her powder blue bra and panty set, and John’s foot “accidentally” kicked the cup with the dice in it.
“Oops. Sorry Doc. Do you feel like looking for all those little dice tonight? I mean if you want to keep playing…” Marlena made her husband shut up by fusing her mouth to his and running her tongue along the roof of his mouth. When she pulled back and looked into John’s eyes, there were no words necessary. John scooped her up and carried her upstairs. He had every intention of taking her to the bedroom, but she stopped him.
“John, I want you right here.”
“In the hallway?”
“Yes. I don’t want to wait any more.” She pulled him into another hot kiss, making sure he knew exactly how impatient she was. Her bra and panties were dispensed with and John backed her up against the wall. She wrapped her legs around his middle and he entered her fast and hard.
“Oh God, John. I love the way you feel inside of me.” John’s hands were braced on either side of Marlena’s head and her arms were wrapped around his neck. “Don’t hold back, push me hard.” She ran her tongue around his ear and moaned as he pummeled her with his rock hard shaft. Her sharp cries of impending orgasm fueled John’s lust and he rammed into her one final time with a tremendous shudder. Marlena came right after him and used the last of her strength to hang on to John. He caught his breath and then carried her the last two steps to the bedroom where he placed her on the bed and lay down next to her. He ran a finger down her cheek.
“I’m sorry I was so caught up in my work earlier. Ignoring you is not something I should ever do.” She rolled on her side and looked into his gorgeous blue eyes.
“Thank you for realizing that, and thanks for finding us something fun to do. I don’t think I’ll ever play Yahtzee by the normal rules again.” He leaned down and kissed her slowly.
“Does that mean you’re up for another round?”
“Not quite yet, but I definitely think you’re up for it.”
“I’m always up for it with you.” She slapped his arm playfully and they lost themselves to their kisses once again.
The Jarlena Journal 