It was during the next show that she began to feel tired. She was frustrated with her indifferent husband and tried to remain open to any move he would make. The voices on the TV were boring and the wine was making her sleepy. She didn’t know that Brad put a sleeping pill in her wine. It wasn’t long before Marie was having trouble keeping her eyes open. Pretty soon she dozed off.
It was dark when she woke up on the sofa. There was a blanket on her, TV was off and Brad was gone.
“What the hell…” She mumbled sleepily.
The clock on the wall said four in the morning. Still half asleep she got up and stumbled into the bedroom. Brad was in the bed sound asleep.
“Damn him.” She cursed softly. “What’s the matter with him?”
Without changing into her nightgown Marie crawled into bed next to him, feeling very weary and quickly feel asleep.
The next day she was bitter about his lack of attention. She gave him every chance to have sex and he just blew her off. His loss, she thought angrily. She got up and realized it was nearly noon. The sun was already out and Brad was in the kitchen.
“Morning Honey.” He said as she entered the room. “Want some coffee?”
“Yeah, sure.” She answered blandly. “What happened last night.”
“You fell asleep.” He told her smiling. “I guess you had a hard week and you were tired. You looked so sweet I didn’t want to disturb you.”
“You should have woke me up.”
“I know. But…well…you know…” He replied ambiguously. “By the way Marie, why don’t we get away for the weekend.”
“Get away?”
“Yeah. Lets go up to the cabin for a couple days.” He suggested with a grin. “We both have been working hard lately and haven’t spent much time together.”
Marie was still sleepy and a little confused. She took a sip of her coffee and tried to clear the cobwebs from her brain before answering.
“The cabin? We haven’t been there in years.”
“I know. But we could use a little time together you know. Its so quiet there I bet we can have a lot of time to reconnect, and you know…have some fun.”
Fun? Marie’s mind cleared and her eyes suddenly opened. Was he hinting about having sex? After leaving her hanging last night she wasn’t expecting this.
“Fun huh?”
“Yeah.” Brad chuckled. “I know I’m not that romantic. But if we got away from our normal routine, maybe something would click. Its just for the weekend because we both have to work on Monday. But it could be fun. How about it?”
She shrugged her shoulders. “I guess so. We have to go to the store and get some things.”
“I already have everything we need. I went shopping yesterday.”
“Well aren’t you the boy scout. Always prepared I see.” She giggled.
“Yeah. Have to be prepared.” He laughed back. “I think we should just clean up, dress and head on out. Let’s start our weekend right now.”
Marie was becoming more anxious the more she thought about it. Why not? A weekend away in the woods with her husband might get their loving relationship back on track. The way he was talking she might even get to seduce him.
“Okay. Let me get changed and I’ll pack a bag.”