It promised to be another ordinary working day. Nothing out of the ordinary... come to work, have a word with co-worker (to whom you have no particular feelings either way) while changing, take a glass of water, turn on the music on the shitty computer and set out a plan for another working day.
That was, until she showed up.
To tell the truth, I had no fucking idea how to describe our relationship. I made crude jokes about her tits and ass... usually when she wasn't within earshot. She made sarcastic quips about my intelligence(or rather, the lack of it) and usually made sure that I heard them clearly.
Then we had a coffee, talked about random nonsense, exchanged more sarcasm with each other and usually had a good laugh at the expense of one of us or the random coworker we chose to badmouth on that particular day.
It was a good relationship, as far as I was concerned. Not that I would mind if anything more came out of it, but I sincerely doubted that would ever happen.
As usually, she left her lab coat unbuttoned. Which left her see-through T-shirt(and her black bra underneath) on a very open display. I almost wished she'd button up, since I just couldn't draw my eyes away from her tits. They weren't big... well, not Lolo Ferrari big anyway. But they were well developed, perky and looked absolutely delicious. I was pretty sure my glances didn't went unnoticed, but she didn't seem to mind.
There was something... off... on her today. Her face, her posture... it all talked about it. There was no naughty light in her eyes, no indignant anger... they looked empty and dead. I've seen her like that before.
"So, what's bothering you?"
We've always been direct with each other. She sighed a little.
"I'm having a deja-vu... from couple of months ago."
Her partner(not husband, as she herself insisted when I got it wrong) was cheating on her, I knew. It was kind of a public secret and caused her quite some grief, unslept nights and tears wept. I've always considered the guy an idiot. There was this gorgeous, sexy, funny, hard working(and sure, sometimes annoying but ultimately, still very desirable) woman right at home and he was banging some other floozie. Maybe it had something to do with good ol' pragmatism... they were saying she was his superior.
Didn't make him any less of an idiot.
Truth be told, while I was feeling honored by the fact that she was comfortable enough around me for her to share this little tidbit of her life, it also made me a little uncomfortable. Still, what could I do? A smile was the best I could offer.
"I really wish I could help you with something more than a couple of empty words. But as they say, time heals all wounds."
Yeah, that probably was as pathetic as it sounded. Scratching a back of my head embarrassingly, I chuckled quietly.
"Sorry, not really good when it comes to the whole relationship thing."
I had hoped for a smile, however small it may be. All I got was a small nod of acknowledgment.
"Gonna take a lot of time to heal
this one
..."
Jeez, so much about diffusing the situation. No idea where to go from now.
"Maybe... maybe you just need something to get your mind off of everything. I know this place where they serve the best Peking duck..."
Wait, what? Was I really saying this?
Surprisingly enough, that
did
get a smile out of her.
"I'm not much for Chinese. Friend of ours is a sanitary inspector... you wouldn't
believe
the things he tells me. But you
would
want to stay away from Chinese restaurants as well if you'd know."
Ok, a little too much information... knowing myself, my imagination would run rampart with this. But okay, it was a start, she was talking.
"Personally, I would like to try Mexican. Haven't been yet and I hear good things about their cuisine."
"Didn't knew you like it spicy."
A small peal of laughter.
"You only live once, you know."
"Well, in that case... there's this small Mexican joint next to a movie theater. We could go watch a movie and then have something to eat?"
Her mouth wrinkled upwards a little more.
"Fifty Shades Of Grey?"
I had to roll his eyes at that, though I couldn't help but smile as well.
"I already told you... if it's porn you want to watch, I can hook you up with some real shit, not that sorry excuse."
She punched me in the shoulder lightly, her mirth obvious, though she tried to hid it behind a facade of resentfulness.
"And
I
told you that Fifty Shades Of Grey is
not
pornography!"
"We've had that argument already... do you really want to go down that road again?"
She sighed.
"No, I guess not. So, you serious about this?"
She received a shrug of shoulders in response.
"You only live once, you know."
Truth be told, if there was the chance of seeing her again in that one part black,
very short
dress that left her gorgeous legs exposed, with a lacy sleeves that accentuated her tits so nicely, well... that alone would make everything totally worth it. And spending a night out with hot co-worker instead of boozing myself at home, playing games... there wasn't really much choice between those two.
"Great! So shall we say... Friday?"
"You have a baby sitter for the kid?"
"You know I can leave her with my mother in law or my neighbors. Besides, she's a big girl, she won't miss me if I'm gone for an hour or two."
"Good. Then it's a deal. I'll meet you in front of theater on Friday."
"Looking forward to it."
She didn't see me smiling to myself after she left.
"So am I... so am I."
Friday evening
"I need a fucking drink!"
"Language!"
Oh, seriously?!
"Of all the times, now you're giving me the grief?"
"Oh come on, it wasn't
that
bad!"
I couldn't help but laugh a little bitterly.
"Let me put it this way: there are movies that are so bad that they are good. Then there are bad movies."
"So which was this one?"
"It was bad-bad!"
She had to laugh at the projected indignity.
"So what's still keeping you around?"
"Three things. First, like I've said, the thought of the drink. Second, the thought of food... surprisingly enough, I'm still hungry after seeing... that."
I've let my eyes wonder over her body, my admiration obvious.
"Third... well, it would be your dress."
My wish didn't came true. No sign of the black dress. Instead, she was wearing a sleeveless pink dress that left her shoulders bare, with a puffy skirt, reaching to her knees. It offered less of her magnificent legs to the world, for which I was sorry. It did offer great view of her cleavage though and
that
I certainly didn't mind. So while she didn't wear exactly what I had wished for, I couldn't deny she was still very lovely and very sexy. The pink tiara in her short hair, although cheap plastic(it was her daughter's, I knew), only enhanced her loveliness.
"Though to be fair, I never imagined going out with a Pink Panther on Friday evening."
The comment had earned me a smack to the back of the head.
"Don't be such a dork!"
"All I'm saying, you're looking very... pink. Very sexy, I hasten to add! But... pink."
The left corner of her lips curled upwards in a well known sarcastic grin.
"Do you
want
to get bitten?"
"You're such a tease."
"Oh, you're horrible!"
"And you wouldn't have me any other way. But if you really need something to bite, I propose you wait a little longer. We're here."
We were standing in front of a brightly red colored building, with lanterns lighting the way inside. Cozy looking. And something smelled nicely.
We were led inside by a waiter who played a stereotype of a loud and obnoxious Mexican a little too well. Luckily, when we were sited behind the table with a floor length table cloth, the guy seemed to remember he had some more important business to conduct and fled the scene quickly.
I was sure my dirty glares and the ever-so-subtle-drawing-the-imaginary-blade-across-your-throat motion had nothing to do with it.
The menus came on soon after. As promised, the first thing I got was a tequila... three of them, actually. She looked a little incredulous about this, but also slightly amused. They brought her salad(big surprise there), some rice and some hot chillies.
"Wouldn't you like some meat with that?"
"Wouldn't
you
like that!"
It took me couple of seconds to get what she way implying. I hoped a slight crimson hue on my cheeks would be attributed to the alcohol.
"And you call
me
horrible?"
"Hey, you thought about it!"
"I