She smiled at me, that smile that made me melt and I couldn't help but smile back. She undid me in just that instant with her smile and deep brown eyes. The uniform was form fitting showing off her beautiful physique and I had to concentrate not to stare at the beautiful D Cups standing perky beneath her polo. Her stomach was flat and she had a fine definition to her legs that were hugged by the tight pants and I couldn't help but imagine them unsheathed and beautiful. I tried to focus on what I was doing, just placing an order for my breakfast but that twinkle in her eye made me stutter and she winked at me.
"It's okay, I know what you're getting," her voice was soft and filled with a gentle southern accent that had filled my dreams for a few years now. I smiled and I know I blushed as she went to making my breakfast. I stepped back from the counter as she got the ingredients and put them together just the way I liked. She knew my sandwich because I'd been coming there every morning for the past 3 years and this morning was no different. I didn't know just how different my morning was going to be.
We were the only two there and for a Monday morning that was quite odd but she chatted happily asking how my daughter was. We talked for a few minutes before she put my sandwich into the toaster then a very sad look came over her face and I knew she hadn't meant to let me see it. She tried to recover but she knew I saw.
"What's going on?" I asked. I hated to think of what could have caused her to look this way, I wanted so badly to help even if it was just to listen.
"No, it's nothing. I'm fine." She tried to play it off.
"You know, Kels, I've been coming in all this time and I've thought we became good friends. I'm interested and want to know, you're not burdening me." I got closer and she looked into my eyes and smiled sadly.
"I know, it's just personal and stupid." I smiled.
"Everything is personal and stupid to someone. I promise it won't go any further than us." I looked at her for a moment and saw her look go from searching to determination and she nodded.
"Can you lock the door while I run to the back?" She turned and disappeared into the back but not before she set my sandwich out of the toaster on the counter. It was left forgotten there as she disappeared. I went to the front of the store, turned off the open sign and locked the door from the inside. I couldn't imagine what it was she wanted but I assumed it wasn't anything that bad.
She called my name a few moments later and asked me to come to the back with her.
Equipment lined the small kitchen and I poked my head in, looking for her. She was standing in the back by the door with her back to me. I came towards her slowly, making sure she could hear me as I approached as I naturally walk softly. I am almost a head taller than she was so when she turned to face me she had to look up into my eyes and I saw how wet they were with the beginnings of tears. I didn't wait for an invitation as I gathered her into my arms and pulled her tightly against my chest.
She fit perfectly against my body, her cheek resting against my chest as I held her and rubbed her back tenderly, feeling her arms going around my waist and clinging to me like I was the last thing on earth holding her there. It didn't hurt but I knew what desperation was and knew how it felt to hold something solid when you needed it so I let her squeeze me as hard as she needed. I rested my cheek against the top of her head and held onto her, letting her dictate the length of the hug which was a minute or more. I felt my shirt get wet with her tears and simply didn't care as long as this is what she needed.
She pulled away from me but only enough to look up at me and smile with half her normal smile, it didn't reach her eyes. "Just as solid as I always dreamed you would be." She gave a little girlish giggle and rested her head against my chest again, sighing in contentment. I didn't give her words much thought as I smiled and held her. We stayed like that while she spoke again, very quietly.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to just break down with you. You have no idea how badly I needed someone to hold me and just feel safe for a minute." She paused I didn't know if she wanted me to speak but I didn't. "I've had a rough couple of days and you're the only one who's seemed to notice. And when you did ..." she breathed in and the rest of her words came out in a rush, "it was just such a relief like someone had finally seen. And it was you and it just felt like I needed this, you and your solidness like a great mountain that just holds onto me and keeps me safe." She sighed out and hiccupped a little.
"Kels, you don't have to explain anything to me. I'm glad I can do this for you. Sometimes you just need someone who's listening and it's okay and they don't think any the worse of you for it." I automatically pressed my lips to the top of her head gently and felt her freeze against me. I silently kicked myself for that. "Sorry ... I didn't mean to make you ..."
"No...it's not that." she was so still against me but I didn't let go. She wasn't pulling away just still and then as if she decided something she pulled back from me, not letting her arms come lose but just enough to look up at me. "Kiss me." it was soft and quiet, a request more than an order but I needed no more invitation than that and bent down to place my lips against hers. They were soft and warm and when our lips touched, an involuntary groan escaped her mouth.