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Share Us
We both go silent and stare at each other.
Is this real life? Us admitting that the threesome we had with Laney was the best sex of our lives?
“I…I miss it.” Mason’s brow furrows.
“Yeah, I mean, I guess it’s awesome that it happened.” I don’t say I wish it could happen again. Because I have no tools to figure out how to make it happen.Not when Laney is so distant. Not when we are two best friends obsessed with the same woman.
Mason swallows. “Listen, I talked to Seth about it.”
I almost jump out of my seat. “You what?!” I guess I wasn’t reading wrong into the way Seth was asking his questions.
“Just after you like encouraged Laney and me to…you know.”
“get together for the night?”
“Yes.” He shrugs. “I was confused. Don’t be upset with me for bringing it up, I just needed someone to talk to about it, and things between us were still so…I don’t know, unsure.”
Unsure is a good way to put it. Careful and unsure that it made sense for us to keep moving forward with whatever was happening when we both wanted Laney. Wanted toshareLaney.
“He brought something up to me. Something I didn’t have to confidence to say when we were up at the cabin. But all this time away from Laney and you, I can’t shake it.”
I tick my head to the side, curious. “What is it?”
“What if we…the three of us…” Mason purses his lips.
I lean in closer. “What if we what?”
He takes a deep breath. “What if we were in a poly relationship? You, me, and Laney?”
I’m not sure what to say, so I keep quiet.
“We could both date her. Be together. But we wouldn’t be ruining our friendship, and we could…” Mason examines my expression and starts to backtrack. “It’s stupid, you’re right.”
“No, no, that’s–” I’ve never been poly, never considered it as something for me. Monogamy has only ever made sense because that’s what peopledo. At least, that’swhat society would like you to believe. “Yes. Yes, we should.”
Mason beams, pink tint in the apples of his cheeks.
I haven’t made him smile like that in what feels like years.
After Laney broke up with him, the smiles came less and less. And then when we became at odds, fighting for Laney’s attention, every smile was tinged with competition.
I can’t believe I never considered an alternate path for us.
Our lives have been anything but ordinary. Why should our love lives be any different?
Our lovelife. One life, shared with Laney.
I swig back the rest of my scotch. “This is…”
Mason nods. “I know, it’s hard to process.”
“So…how do we do this?”
My friend rubs his chin, his usually clean skin peppered with stubble. “Well, obviously we need Laney to agree.”
“Right, obviously. Duh.” I don’t know how I’d even broach the topic with her when she’s not talking to me.
Thankfully, my friend picks up where I falter. “I can… Let me talk to her.”
