The wild weather blew itself out, and by Monday morning the skies were clear, and the evidence of the passing storm was everywhere, with fallen branches and localised flooding the most obvious signs.

The residents soon cleared away the debris and once again the village looked as beautiful as it always did. No-one organised anything, it was just what the residents did. They waited out the storm, and then they all came out and started to clean up. A couple of the local farmers came down and moved the heavier obstructions with their tractors. Those that had chainsaws, cut fallen trees into smaller pieces to be removed, everyone worked together. And afterwards, they’d meet in the pub, or the little coffee shop to talk about their weekend as they always did.

In the middle of the afternoon, four of the five friends met up in the coffee shop. Beverley was working, but the other four men to talk about their weekend. Once they were settled and they chatted briefly about the weather and the clean-up, their attention turned to their weekend.

All of them agreed that it had been a great night. They had played drinking games in the past, usually in the pub, and they all enjoyed it. Everyone thought it, but it was Gina who said it.

“I wonder who Beverley fantasises about?” She asked.

They all glanced at each other and that was enough. The conversation started as they tried to work out who was the object of their friend's fantasies.

“To be honest, I wasn’t even sure that they still had sex, never mind fantasies,” Laura said.

Their friends were lovely people, and important members of the group. But they always felt that they were a little bit outside of the group. They didn’t always get the jokes, and Beverley in particular rarely contributed to the conversations whenever the women got onto the subject of sex. Their focus switched to the poker game and how relaxed she seemed.

“I never for one moment thought that she’d strip to her underwear.” Jaq chipped in.

The others agreed.

“But to be fair, she has a lovely figure, and a lovely pair of breasts, she shouldn’t hide them all the time under those heavy jumpers that she always wears.” She continued.

Gina added that she had been surprised to see that she trimmed herself, she’d always thought of her as a natural kind of girl, like herself. The others agreed but were more interested than she had looked so closely at her panties. She smiled at them and reminded them that whilst she was very much a guy’s lady, she did like to see a pretty woman. They all knew of her desire to experiment with a member of her sex, and she’d even suggested, usually when drunk, that she’d like to try it with each of them at some point or other.

They decided that as the guys would be at the pub watching the football on Wednesday, they should have a girls night at Laura’s place again. Gina sent Beverley a text message telling her as much. Then the conversation turned to their guys and the card game.

“Gina. Everything you’ve said about David is true. Those tight shorts that he wore left nothing to the imagination.” Jaq smiled at her friend who wasn’t embarrassed and just grinned back at them.

“I told you girls, he’s huge.” She replied.

Laura quickly added.

“Mind you Jaq, You said that Ken was average, what I saw the other night wasn’t average honey. That was big.”

Jaq blushed a little and nodded.

“And he knows how to use it too.”

The women laughed.

Wednesday arrived and with the guys settled in the pub, the women gathered in the farmhouse. The fire was roaring, the room was warm, the curtains were drawn, music played softly in the background and two bottles of wine were open and stood on the coffee table as the women sat around on the sofas and chairs.

They re-capped their coffee-shop conversation for the benefit of Beverley who missed it. She too agreed that Saturday had been a lot of fun and when pushed, she confessed that she and Nick had made love when they went to bed. That prompted Gina to admit that she and David had also made love, which Laura already knew as she was one of the couples that she and Alex had heard when they went up to bed. It turned out that all five couples had made love that night, some quieter than others.

Jaq laughed.

“We should have swapped at half-time. You know, brought on a substitute.” She said, using the football reference.

The women laughed, Laura noticed that Beverley smiled but looked serious. She asked her what was on her mind.

“Oh, I was just thinking. I don’t think that I could do that.” She said.

The laughter slowly died away as Laura asked her what she meant. Beverley looked at them all.

“You know, what Jaq said. Swapped at half-time.”

Gina and Mandy exchanged glances.

“Why not?” Gina asked. “Haven’t you ever wondered what it’d be like to have sex with someone else? Someone in our group?” Gina asked.

They were now all looking at Beverley, the only sound was Ed Sheeran as he sang in the background. Beverley looked up, she was red-faced. She bit her lip and nodded.

“I have, but I love Nick.”

Gina, who was sat beside her on the sofa put her hand on hers.

“Bev, it’s sex not love. It’s a bit of fun, fantasy. No-one is saying that we do it.”

Beverley looked at her.

“I don’t think that Nick would be interested.” She whispered.

She had surprised the others by her admission. It was a conversation that some of them had covered in the past, usually on a drink-fuelled evening like the one that there were on.

Laura spoke.

“Are you kidding Bev? He’s a guy! Of course, he’d be interested. Its most guy’s dream, to have sex with their wife’s friends. You should ask him about it.”

The others joined in and soon the conversation turned to one that they had covered before, but never as a five.

Gina clapped her hands to get their attention.

“Okay girls, some of us have done this before. We all said on Saturday that we’d fantasised about someone in the group. So, we will go around everyone and I want you to say which two of our guys you’d most like to sleep with. No reasons yet, just names.”

Everyone fell silent. She continued.

“I’ll go first.” She paused and noticed that everyone now stared at her in anticipation.

“Ken, and Nick.”

Beverley gasped, she couldn’t believe that she’d said her husband’s name.

Laura went next.

“Okay guys, my two would be, Geoff, and Nick.”

Again Beverley looked shocked.

Jaq was next. “Nick, and David.”

Mandy chose Alex and Nick.

Finally, it was Beverley’s turn. She looked so embarrassed. The others waited for a response, they were so curious to know who was the object of her fantasy.

She fumbled with her glass’

“Er, Alex, and David.” She whispered.

The noise level increased as the women chatted about their choices. Beverley looked at Gina.

“Why did you all choose Nick? We are not really like you all. We are geeks. We love you all, but we are so different.”

Gain slid her arm around her and hugged her.

“Hey. None of that. You are an important member of our group. We love you both. And why did I choose Nick? Why did we all choose Nick? Honey, Nick is a lovely, sweet man, just as you are a lovely sweet woman. You are both so innocent and naive. I would love to open up his eyes to what the world of sex has to offer. And I am sure that the others would say the same.”

She looked around the room and the others nodded in agreement with Gina.

“Honey. If I was to ask the guys the same question, do you know who would come out on top of their list?” She continued.

Beverley shook her head. Gina smiled.

“You.”

She blushed and hung her head.

“I don’t think so.” She mumbled.

Jaq picked up her mobile and began to type out a text. Beverley looked at her.

“What are you doing?” She asked.

“I’m telling Ken to ask the guys the same question. I’ve said to him to text me the name of the woman who comes out on top.”

Beverley was surprised.

“I’m telling you, it won't be me.”

Jaq laughed. Laura asked what was funny.

“Ken just replied. He said ‘how much have you had to drink?’”

They laughed as Laura topped up their glasses.

It took five minutes, but then her phone beeped. She read the message and smiled. She held up her phone and passed it around the women, they each read it and passed it to the next. Gina smiled as she handed it to Beverley who stared at the screen.

‘I’m sure that you knew the answer before you asked. It was unanimous - Beverley’

She blushed and took a large drink of her wine. Then she looked up.

“I don’t understand why.” She said.

Gina cuddled her again.

“Oh, honey. You’re sweet, you’re beautiful, even with those glasses.”

She smiled.

“But I, we all imagine that you and Nick are pretty basic in the bedroom, am I right?”

Beverley trembled. Gina kissed her cheek.

“Oh Bev, there’s no need to be nervous. We are all friends here. We want to help you, and Nick. I know, you sit and listen as we tell you some of our favourite things that we do in the bedroom.”

They went through the range of things that they all enjoyed, and almost unanimously they agreed that it was receiving oral from their husband. Beverley blushed. She shook her head when Gina asked her if Nick did that to her.

“He said he doesn’t know how to. He’s tried, he’s watched porn on-line and copied it, but, well he said that he can’t.”

Laura stared at her.

“Bev? When was the last time that he gave you an orgasm?”

Beverley lowered her head and shrugged.

“I can’t remember.”

There was a collective sigh in the room and the friends almost subconsciously agreed that they needed to somehow help her, to help them both.

Meanwhile, at the pub, Jaq’s question had started a debate amongst the guys about what they were up to back at the farmhouse. Nick was confused. First, he wondered how his wife was handling being with the women whilst they discussed who they’d all like to sleep with, and second, he couldn’t believe that his wife had come out top of the guy's lists.

He had to find out, so he asked Alex. Alex told him what Beverley had been told. They thought that she would be fairly inexperienced and each one of them would love the opportunity to show her something new.

“Apart from that. She’s so sexy man.” He said.

Nick was astounded by their reaction and quietly pleased too. He knew that hearing that news would make her feel good, it would give her a big confidence boost. He constantly told her how beautiful he thought she was. But she always said that he had to say that, he married her. But now she knew that he was right. The others all fancied her too.

Alex sat beside him and nudged him.

“So. You have a thing for my Laura then?”

Nick blushed, he did, and he only revealed it because everyone else at the table had done so and he knew that he had no choice. He nodded. Alex smiled and said.

“Cool. So we’ve told you why we all have the hots for Beverley, tell me what it is about Laura that you like.”

Nick looked at him.

“You’re kidding, right? She’s beautiful. She’s so nice, she always hugs me and asks me how I’m doing. She pays attention to me when I talk, even when I know that I am boring her. She’s a lovely person Alex, you are a lucky guy.” He said.

Alex smiled.

“You know why she does that? She likes you. And I bet, when they did their lists, she picked you.”

Nick gasped.

“No way! Me?” He exclaimed.

Alex nodded.

“Here, I’ll prove it to you.”

He picked up his phone and sent his wife a text, he asked her who came out top of the guys with the ladies. A matter of seconds later her reply came. Alex glanced at the screen and held it up top Nick, it had one word on it.

“NICK.”

Nick was shocked, he couldn’t believe it. Then their conversation was interrupted by a huge cheer as Newcastle scrambled a late equaliser and the pub was suddenly filled with noise. The landlord only showed football on the TV whenever England, or the local Premier League team Newcastle United were playing. And tonight’s game was an away game at Manchester United.

At the final whistle, the bar was busy as everyone seemed to want a drink at the same time. The mood was good, their team had scrapped a point and everyone would head home happy. At their tables, the guys discussed why they thought thee girls had asked the question.

Ken said that his wife had told him that they’d had coffee together earlier and they had reviewed the weekend and everyone had thoroughly enjoyed it.

“Jaq said to me that she thought the general mood of the group was that they might be open to discussing some more adult games, or pastimes.”

That got the other’s interest and questions were asked, He smiled.

“Guys calm down. You know what the women are like, they tend to get carried away, but I will say that after Saturday, and the revelations, and the strip poker, Jaq again said to me how much she’d enjoy a little no-strings sexy fun with her fantasy guy.”

Everyone’s eyes fell onto Nick, he glanced around.

“What is everyone looking at?” He asked.

Ken smiled.

“You’re Jaq’s fantasy guy too Nick.”

Back at the farmhouse, far too much wine had been drunk, and the conversation was back onto fantasy sex. All of the women we less inhibited due to the amount of alcohol consumed.

The five women sat around the central coffee table as the conversation became more focussed. Gina seemed to be the one in control of things as she took centre stage.

“Okay ladies. Hypothetically speaking. Assuming that our partners are all in agreement with a one-night mass swap. Who would go through with it?”

She looked around the faces that all stared at her.

“Hypothetically.”

There was silence for a few moments, then Jaq spoke up.

“I would!” She smiled.

Gina was next to say that she would. Followed by Laura and then Mandy. All eyes turned to Beverley. She fidgeted with her glass and looked embarrassed.

“I don’t know, I mean Nick.”

Gina stopped her.

“Nick agrees to it, Beverley. And in our hypothetical situation, he’s already in the bedroom with Laura.”

The women laughed. Beverley laughed and smiled.

“Then yes, of course, I would.”

Gina smiled.

“Okay, that’s good. Remember Beverley, it’s only hypothetical.”

Beverley nodded.

“Yeah I mean it’s not likely that it would ever happen.” She said.

Laura grinned.

“Never say never, Bev.” She smiled.