Hello :)
Thanks to those who have read my last short post here. Here's another one. I hope to build up on it and that's why I've placed it here in the romance category. Hopefully I can spin a worthy tale.
Any errors found are my fault and i tried to correct them. I probably did a not so good job.
Any sexual activity involves people 18 years and older.
Comments, feedback and suggestions are welcome.
Thank you for reading.
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I was bored, and that's how I met her.
It was a Saturday, and I had been indoors all day with my friends. We'd been playing a game on the console for so long that I lost interest. Plus, I was a bit hungry, and I needed to get some things from the store before it got closed for the night. So 10 pm saw me leave my apartment to go to the nearest store in the neighborhood. It was a 5 minute stroll. I'd done it every day but today I figured I'd do something different and so I did. I talked to her.
Her name was Lisa and her mother owned the store. They lived in the neighborhood and for the three years that I'd lived there, we'd never spoken a word to each other well, unless you counted heys and hi's. Dark skinned with ever-present braids and dark brown eyes, she was nice to look at and on that night she wore a spaghetti strap crop top and daisy dukes. Let's just say she had my attention. I made sure to get my supplies first, get em checked out and packaged before I made my move. It was pretty much just the two of us so I kept my stuff on a counter and said hello. Then I asked if she was bored, seeing as she was alone. She was using her phone, but she looked up when I talked.
"Yeah, I am," she replied.
"What if I stayed and kept you company?" I asked, one eyebrow raised.
"Oh thank you" she got up and pointed to the corner at a solitary chair. I took that as my cue to get it and I brought it and placed it just a little bit close to where she sat and dropped it. I sat down and we started talking.
"You're probably wondering why I'm here eh."
She laughed. "its surprising."
"Hmm", I shrugged.
"It is!" she said, her voice a pitch higher sounding amused. "I've lived here for so long, and we haven't had an actual conversation even when I'm here at the store."
"Uh I'm shy around pretty girls?" I said with a silly grin on my face.
"Yeah, right," she laughed. "It's Ben, right?"
I was surprised that she knew my name and it showed on my face. She just laughed.
"Oh I know your name," she said with a smirk.
"Now you have me at a disadvantage," I said, "I don't know yours."
"I'm Lisa."
"A nice name" goes well with the body I thought. She was about 5'6 just a few inches short of my 5'10 and she had a lithe body. Her breasts were a handful from what my eyes could see, and I imagined they were really soft. She wasn't wearing a bra. That much was obvious as her nipples were poking at her top. Her midriff was exposed and so were her legs. She looked good. How hadn't I seen this before? I would've...
"Thank you," she said, pausing my train of thought.
We talked for about an hour and then she had to lockup the store and go home. I picked up my stuff, made sure to get her phone number and then bid her a good night. It was way better than being home with the boys. At least for that night.
I texted her immediately I got home and we picked up from where we left off. She told me about her need for hugs constantly and I told her I could help with that whenever she wanted and was available to get it. She was skeptical but she eventually accepted. We talked for hours until she told me she needed to go to sleep. She had work in the morning. Apparently, she worked mornings and then at night, she helped her mom out at the store. I told her good night again, and she went off to sleep.
And so began my nightly visits to the store and the occasional hugs whenever she asked for it. I kept her company and sometimes even helped out and as usual when I got back home, I continued texting her. This continued for about a week and then things got even more interesting.
One night after she locked up, she walked with me to my apartment building. She asked for a hug, and I acquiesced. We hugged and I held her waist as we talked for a bit and then she reached up for a kiss. I hesitated just a bit, and I think she was disappointed about it. I wasn't ready for that and so I just reacted, pulling back. I hugged her once more, and I told her I'd text her when I got to my apartment.
I did and while texting, we started talking about relationships. She told me about her past relationships and I told her about my last relationship. We talked and talked about what we wanted and needed. What went wrong and all that. Then she told me she was getting comfortable with me, and she liked our hugs. It wasn't a long conversation that night because she was a bit tired so she went to sleep after a short while.
The next night, I was prepared to correct my mistake of not kissing her. So I went down to the store hoping to charm her into trying one more time. As usual we talked about random things and then she said,
"It's weird that I like you so much already when we only just technically met a few days ago."
Now I'm not a hunk or god's gift to women but I'm not bad looking either. I had curly brown hair, brown eyes and I worked out a bit so I was fit enough. No bulging biceps or huge chest muscles either but I attracted my fair share of girls.
"You do?" I asked, my ego starting to swell. I still got it, I thought.
"Yeah, but I'm not looking for a relationship at the moment."
When she said this, I instantly flashed back to a movie I saw recently, Friends with Benefits, with Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. If only, I thought.
"Me neither" I said. "Relationships would feel like a burden to me right now." I added.
"I just want peace of mind. I don't want all the stress that comes with a boyfriend," she sighed.
"I think we can do something about that."
"What?"
"Friends with benefits?" I explained further. "you get the friendship perks and some boyfriend perks as well without the couple label."