Chapter 2
It was the following Saturday. I hadn't managed to cancel my date with Max because as hard as I searched for it I couldn't find the business card Max had handed me the first time I met him. I would have to just wait till he got here to tell him that I wouldn't be able to go out with him.
Around six, I got into the shower before I could proceed to dress and be ready for my night out with the girls. I had barely rinsed off the soap when I heard the doorbell ring. It was still too early for it to be Max; it had to be Kylie who had showed up earlier than planned.
I wrapped a towel around my body, headed to the door, unlocked it and walked back towards the bathroom.
"You're early babe. I was in the shower."
"Well, I hoped to catch you like this; didn't think it would
actually
happen though."
I wiped the water from my eyes and noticed that it was Max who had entered and not Kylie like I thought. Instantly I was very aware of my nakedness and tugged the towel tighter around my body.
"Ummm... I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else." I managed to utter.
"So you had a little romp planned with someone before our date?" He said, sounding a little angry.
"What! No, no. No, that's not what I meant." Why was I panicking? I didn't owe this man any explanation.
"I thought you were my friend Kylie. She tends to show up unexpectedly like this." I bit my lip and added quietly, "like the other night."
"Unexpectedly, huh?" He asked.
"Yes." I replied enthusiastically.
"So why did you say I was early?"
Oh god! I thought to myself. Here's where I explain to him that I was going to stand him up. I had hoped to be dressed while having this conversation. Somehow being naked was taking its toll on my confidence.
"Can I get dressed first?"
"Is that germane to the question somehow?"
"No, but I'd just feel a little more comfortable if I wasn't this naked right now."
"Funny you should think that when here I am thinking how much more comfortable you could be completely naked."
I opened and shut my mouth. I wanted to respond with something witty or cutting or anything really other than standing around like an idiot, the way I was. I wasn't used to the kind of blatant sexually charged banter Max made it a habit to engage in.
Realising it was probably best to just get this conversation out of the way I clutched the towel tightly against my body and walked to stand behind my sofa- having a piece of furniture between me and Max made me feel more secure, somehow.
"I wanted to call you, but, I lost the card you gave me. I can't have dinner with you tonight." I saw Max open his mouth to protest and so I rambled on quickly with my explanations.
"You see, I had previously made plans with my friends for tonight which I cannot cancel and so I was going to call you and cancel our date, but, I couldn't find your number and I'd forgotten that I had plans for tonight when you asked me for dinner because I really wasn't thinking straight at that time at all and I didn't remember till Kylie reminded me later that night and I opened the door just now thinking that Kylie had shown up early to pick me for our girl's night out. So I'm sorry but I can't have dinner with you."
Sheesh!
I closed my eyes, in embarrassment. I had sounded like some nervous bumbling teenager and not the mature, sophisticated woman in her thirties I was supposed to be.
I opened my eyes to see Max staring at my cleavage. Some time during the wild gesturing that went along with the speech I'd just given, my towel had managed to slip a little lower to expose more titflesh than what I would ever consider decent for a public display. I pulled the towel up higher effectively breaking the spell that Max had been under.
"So, lemme get this straight; you're cancelling on me?" He asked, advancing towards me. The sofa no longer offering the illusion of safety it did only moments ago.
"Ummm," I gulped, "yes."
"No."
"No?"
He had reached around the sofa and was only a step away from me.
"No. You're not cancelling on me."
"B-b-but..." I objected.
"I can join you."
"It's a girls' night out." I explained.
"Which club?"
"The Warehouse."
It was a new place that we'd been meaning to check out for many months but didn't have the opportunity to do so before due to conflicting schedules. As the name suggested, 'The Warehouse' actually used to be a warehouse before it got a new lease on life as a nightclub.
"What time do you need to get there?"
"We'll be going there around nine o'clock but a few of us are meeting up before that to catch up and grab a bite."
He looked like he was weighing his options before he said, "Okay," and casually walked out of my apartment. The whole thing felt rather anti-climactic. He hadn't set another date, he hadn't asked me for my number or even given me his; after all the sexual tension between us, he had just walked out. I couldn't help but feel more than a little disappointed as I got dressed.
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"Oh em gee! Girl, you are getting laid tonight." Kylie was yelling at Jade who had shown up directly at The Warehouse in a micro mini skirt that appeared to be moulded to her rather generous ass.
We'd arrived there around fifteen minutes earlier. Catching up with the girls over a pizza had been fun as always and made me wish we could get together more often than we were able to. We grabbed Jade and headed to the bar section of the club. The place was really popular at the time so even that early it was fairly crowded.
"Hey, this skirt looked much longer on the mannequin."
"Yeah, but I bet the mannequin didn't have your booty." Kylie teased.
"If you got it, you gotta flaunt it!" Jade said while pushing her butt further out.