The waitress leaves to get the check after we tell her, "No, thank you." to the request "How about some dessert?"
I look over at Ann. With a smile I say, "Would you like to do something a little different tonight?"
Her blue eyes narrow slightly, showing her laugh lines and she says, "Maybe. No ropes?"
"No ropes."
Her smile is a little bigger now. "No blindfold?"
"No blindfold. I know you don't like that. And no ice, I promise."
Her smile is now a knowing grin. "What will I have to do?"
"Not a thing," I say, " just enjoy."
"Tell me!"
"No. Just trust me. You'll love it."
I can see she is interested, both by the not knowing what to expect and the anticipation of what it could be. She runs her tongue around her lips and shift back and forth on her chair. Both sure signs she is getting excited.
"OK, sure," she says.
The waitress returnes and I pay for the meal. When I help Ann with her coat I make sure I run my fingers lightly over her neck. A sure erogenous zone.
We talk of nothing much on the ride home, just what two old married people talk about. The kids and their spouses, our jobs, will the car hold up much longer. Twenty-seven years of comfort and understanding.
When we get home there is a flurry of activity. Put the cat out, lock the doors, turn out the lights, make sure the coffee is ready to brew first thing in the morning.
Before long we're in the bedroom. I brush my teeth and while she's busy in the bathroom I put on some silk boxer shorts but ask her to stay dressed. Taking her into my arms, we kiss and I slowly dance her to the foot of the bed and have her kick off her shoes. While she does that I go into the spare room and get the free standing full length mirror. I place it so Ann can see herself from head to foot. I'm pleased to see she has also removed her earrings.
Standing behind her I breathe into her ear and whisper, "Watch what I'm doing, don't look at me. Look at my hands, feel what they're doing but don't watch me."
From her shoulders my hands slide up into her hair. Her eyes droop closed as I massage her scalp.
"Keep your eyes open. Watch ."
My hands come down softly across her face, across her lips, down her neck to the top of her chest. The top button of her blouse pops open and my hands slide around the outside of her breasts, back over her flat stomach, over her hips and down as far as I can reach. Then back up along her arms to her shoulders and gently massage. Ann lets out a moan and I feel some tension leave. My hands move back to the buttons and slowly open each one.
When all the buttons are undone my hands slip under her breasts on top of the blouse. Sliding up they cup her breasts and my thumbs rub over the nipples. Flicking them through the blouse and the bra I can feel her nipples getting hard. Pulling the blouse open, my hands rub the silky lace of her bra and I feel her nipples harden even more. Pulling up on the front of the blouse, it comes free of her slacks, then slides off her shoulders and is tossed aside.
My fingers move caressingly up her arms, across her shoulders, down her chest until I'm caressing her tits again. While doing this, I softly kiss her neck and shoulders with feather like touches of my lips.
My hands stroke down across her stomach and stop at the button of her slacks. I twist the button open and lower the zipper. Putting my hands inside the waist of her slacks causes them to fall to the floor. I go down on one knee and gently lift one leg then the other until the slacks are free and get tossed aside.
She is wearing pantyhose and I curse the day they were invented. My fingers grip the waist band and pull them down. They cling like the second skin they are and I have to peel the legs off. Finally they're at her feet and she steps out of them. They are also tossed aside.
With my hands on her knees, I slowly stand up, kissing and nibbling her back and shoulders and running my work callused hands up her thighs, across her panty covered pubic area, over her stomach and stopping on her bra. I cup her breasts and feel her nipples harder than ever, then with one hand in front I move my right hand behind her and undo the bra strap. Ann lets out a soft moan when the bra lets loose, this has always been a sexual charge for her. She's looking me in the eye again, so I repeat, "Watch yourself".
"But I want to look at you," she says.
"Watch my hands, see and feel what I'm doing."
Her eyes shift back to my hands as I slip the shoulder straps off her shoulders and let the bra slip down her arms and drop to the floor. Now with her tits exposed I slide my hands from her shoulders over her chest onto her breasts and knead them firmly, flicking my thumbs over her nipples until they harden like little grapes. Her breath has quickened and now she's almost panting.
My hands slide smoothly down across her stomach and slide into her panties. I rub the pubic hair and slip my fingers between her legs to rub the outer lips. She is enjoying this, I can feel her dampness. My hands move to her hips and ease her panties down and she steps out of them.
She is now standing before the mirror nude. My hands move up to her ribs, inches below her tits.
"OK, now," I say, "put your hands on top of mine. That's it, good. Now move my hands anyway you want. Anyway you like."