I drove down to Jack and Angie's a couple of Saturdays after our Truth or Dare incident. The plan was to have dinner at their house and then go out.
I wasn't sure when I would see Jack and Angie after what happened the last time I stayed over.
"Is Jack okay?" I asked Angie while Jack was outside, tending to the steaks on the grill. "About the craziness last time?
"He's fine," Angie replied. "He liked it. Trust me. Don't worry."
What did she mean, "He liked it?" I was afraid to ask her what she meant. Angie must have perceived that questions were swirling in my head.
After a minute of silence, Angie said, "Jack's fine. Don't worry, Duncan. He would have liked much more to happen, I'm sure.
Angie's clarification didn't do much for my confusion. I still had as many questions - pretty much the same questions.
"Hope so," I said before escaping the conversation. "Glad he's not mad. Going to check on him."
I went outside and found Jack at the grill, lost in the music and his steak tending. "You Can't Always Get What You Want," by the Stones, was raining wisdom down through the outdoor speaker above us.
When we were almost done with dinner, still at the table, and I became drunk enough, I addressed what happened last time again and said, "So, are we all cool regarding the craziness last time?"
"Totally cook. Are you cool?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, totally," I replied. "I just don't want things to be weird."
"Nothing's weird. You two can make out if you want. I'm serious. It's all good."
"Jack?" Angie said, shutting him up with some serious eye contact.
"What? You know you want to," Jack continued.
Angie looked somewhere between infuriated and embarrassed.
"Am I lying, Angie?" Jack went on.
"Just ask him," Angie replied. "Don't put this on me."
The conversation was getting weird. Ask me what? What the hell were my friends talking about?
"Fine. Duncan, do you want the mess around with Angie? We'd like you to if you want."
"What? Why?" I asked in confusion, looking towards Angie for clues.
"He wants to watch," Angie responded, spilling the truth, finally.
"It's kind of hot to watch her," Jack said. "I'm not gay or anything."
"Have you watched her?" I asked. "Other than what she did with me last time?"
"Can I answer him?" Jack asked Angie.
"Up to you," Angie replied.
"I watched her once with a guy we met last year at the Newport Jazz Festival."
"Wow," I said. "What did they do? You fucked him," I asked Angie.
"Yup," Angie said. "Cat's way out of the bag now, Jack."
"Wow," I said again. "How was that? Was it hot?"
"I would say lukewarm," Angie replied. "At best."
"Yea, I agree," Jack said. "So, now you know I was serious when I asked if you wanted to get with Angie."
"Have sex with Angie?" I asked. "I couldn't do that. No offense Angie, you're hot. Not that you'd probably want to anyway."
"She wants to," Jack said.
"Jack shut up," Angie said, irritated with her husband.
"Doesn't have to be sex, " Jack said. "You two should just make out and see how it goes? Let's pick up and then talk about it."
The three of us cleared the table and cleaned the kitchen. When we were done, Jack and Angie disappeared into their bedroom for a while. I waited for them on the couch in the living room. I figured that they were arguing or fighting. I was stressed out but had some thoughts I wasn't proud of about Angie.
"Sorry, Duncan," Angie said as she and Jack returned and sat down next to me. "We had to discuss some things.
"Please don't fight," I said.
"We're not fighting, I swear," Angie said.
"That's good," I said.
"I hope we didn't shock you too much at dinner," Angie said. "Can we just forget the conversation?"