It was just after midnight when I got back. After I had received the call, I had eased up on the drinking, so I wasn’t drunk. I managed to go up the stairs without making a sound. I even remembered to avoid the fourth step that creaks. One day I am going to fix it.
I stopped when I got to our bedroom, and then I put my ear to the door. Avril was asleep, and she was snoring. I then tiptoed to the spare room.
As I opened the door, I wondering if she would be awake, waiting for me. No, I could see that she was asleep. She was going to get a surprise, and it was one that I knew that she was going to like.
I didn’t take my clothes off, I just got into bed. I then leant forward to kiss her neck. My lips touched her, before I realised.
I muttered, “Oh Fuck.”
I quickly moved away. Please god, don’t let her wake up. But he wasn’t listening.
“You’re in the wrong room.”
I quickly got out of bed, then I muttered, “Sorry, my mistake.”
It wasn’t Tina, it was my Mother-in-law. Avril had said, “She is coming to stay.” The line had been bad, and I must have missed the part where she told me it was her Mother that was visiting. I had assumed it was Tina. This was embarrassing, and I just hoped that tomorrow, when Avril was told about it, she would find it funny.
As I turned to leave, she spoke again.
“Don’t go.”
I looked at her. Was she being serious? She must be, because she was smiling. Then she started to take her nightie off.
As I moved towards her, I realised something.
I would now be able to cross my Mother-in-law off my Bucket List!
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Thanks for reading my story.