"That looks like a light lunch Brad."
"Hi Lucy. Yeah, I'm trying to lose weight. I'm down six pounds so far."
"That's great. Tell you what, if you manage to lose twenty pounds I'll go on a date with you."
For as long as I can remember, I have divided people into the Givers and Takers. I always try to be a Giver, but a lot of people are Takers. Brad is also a Giver, every time I have a problem with my computer, he is there to help. He doesn't just fix the problem, he also does his best to explain it to me. And not in a condescending way.
That's why when I learned about Brad's dieting efforts, I looked for something I could give in return.
Daniel is a Taker. I mistook his attention when I first started here as genuine interest. After an alcohol fuelled office party, Daniel followed me home and we ending up having sex. I'm a Giver after all.
Afterward Daniel was always hounding me for more sex. A couple of times I relented just to stop the endless pestering, but he was never satisfied.
He was forever trying to take me anally, despite me always telling him I did not do that. We would be having sex and regular as my period, his penis would 'accidentally' be pushing at my asshole part way through the event. Each time I was able to prevent it.
Worse, Daniel started treating me like his girlfriend in the office, letting our fellow coworkers know that I was putting out for him. Eventually I had to let Daniel know that we were done. This might sound easy to you, but as a Giver, I always find it hard to say 'no' to people.
While Brad is also a Giver, he's still not someone I would normally consider for a sexual partner. He is grossly overweight for one thing. I know its shallow of me to rate him this way, but looks do matter.
# # #
A month went by and then Brad told me had done it and had lost twenty pounds.
"Hey, that's great. I guess I owe you a date now."
"You know Lucy I would never hold you to that."
"Brad, it's fine. I'd be happy to go out somewhere with you."
"Well, perhaps we could do something together."
Here it was, I fully expected the usual wine and dine, or perhaps a movie, but Brad thought of something nicer. Like I said, he's a Giver too.
"Well, I'm still trying to lose weight, so would you be interested in joining me for a hike up Stone Peak on Saturday?"
Actually that sounded pretty good. I used to hike a lot, but had kind of fallen out of practice.
"Sure Brad, that sounds like fun and great exercise too."
So that is how I ended up doing the trail with Brad. We had a pleasant morning walking. Afterward he did take me for cake and coffee, but we pulled up out the front of my apartment by 3 pm.
"Thanks Brad, that was nice. Let me know when the next twenty is off and it will be my turn to pick an outing."
# # #
Come Monday we are back in the office. I'm heading to the lunch room for water when I overhear Daniel mouthing off to Brad, "So did you fuck her?"
Brad replied, "We had a good time."
"Yes, yes, but did you stick your cock in her."
"Lucy is not an object Daniel."
"Ha, so she rejected you in other words."
I'd heard enough and was furious. I'm not sure how Daniel even found out that I had had a 'date' with Brad. But I wasn't about to let Brad take any more shit from Daniel.
So I walked in and opened my mouth without really thinking carefully, "Brad, the day you lose another twenty pounds you can have me."
Daniel snorted, "Well at least I already got mine."
"And if you want it again, you'll need to lose twenty as well," I responded.
At least I should be safe on that count, Daniel didn't look like he had twenty to spare.
Daniel wanted to make sure he had it right, "So to be clear, if either of us lose twenty pounds, we get you willingly for a whole night to do as we like?"
That wasn't really what I had said or meant, but I didn't want to quibble, "Yes, Daniel."
# # #
A month went by and neither man claimed a date.
A second month and still no taker.
One day I happened to notice that Brad was looking a lot trimmer.
"Hi Brad, how's the exercise program coming along."
"Great, I'm down another thirty-seven pounds."
"That's wonderful, how come we haven't had our date?"
"Oh Lucy, I would never hold you to that. I know you only said it to put Daniel in his place."
"Brad, honestly it's fine. Let's go out and we can just see what happens."
I'd already made up my mind to honor my agreement with Brad. With all the weight off he was still heavy, but not what I would call flabby.
Brad said, "Well it is your choice of what we should do."
"Great, let's go out to the coast for a walk and picnic."
"Sounds great, I'll pick you up on Saturday."
# # #
On Friday night I prepared a picnic lunch with sandwiches, fruit pies, and wine. Brad picked me up early the next morning and out of town down some minor roads out to a long nice stretch of coast that has been popular with my family for years. It's not great for swimming, but does have a long stretch of sand and interesting driftwood.
At the beach, Brad shouldered the backpack with the food and drinks while I carried a smaller pack with a picnic blanket, towels, and a few other bits and pieces. The morning air was cool, but we quickly warmed up as we started walking.
As soon as it was warm enough, I stopped to take off my skivvy revealing a skimpy white top that exposed both my midrib and a fair bit of cleavage. All part of my plan to make this an experience for Brad.
I knew from experience that there was a nice little private cove. We strolled along chatting easily, playing games like saying what animals the various pieces of driftwood reminded us of.
At some point I casually slipped my hand into Brad's and we continued along lightly swinging our arms. His hand was warm and I took pleasure running my thumb slowly over the back of his hand as we went along.