I was happy to see Angelica when she showed up on our back deck one Saturday in late July. "Hey Greg," she shouted when she walked out back, "long time no see." It had been. I hadn't seen her nine months or so and I was happy today that I'd get to be around her ebullient presence all afternoon.
To that point my summer was a wash out. I was preparing to leave Savannah for the Midwest to work on a PhD. At the time I was living in a house with two other guys, Frank and Matt who were pretty good company. Despite that it was a rough couple of months. My fiancé, Anne, broke off our engagement. I spent most of the summer by myself preparing for the fall, playing golf, and occasionally hanging out on our back deck with an assortment of my roomies' friends. Most of them were great people and I looked forward to spending the occasional weekend afternoon on the back deck with a cold beer and the charring beef on the grill while chatting up Matt's friends, a number of whom were attractive women. I had kept my hands to myself though, not wanting to really get into so soon after the disaster and with me leaving shortly.
Angelica, Angie for short, was different; I couldn't resist flirting with her. We met the year before at the university where she worked in the graphic design department. I was helping organize a talk for a distinguished visiting lecturer and needed her help. Angie was easy to talk to and always full of questions. She had a mischievous glint in her eyes, especially when she smiled—her nose scrunched ad her eyes squinted just a tad. "What's up buttercup?" she'd always giggle to me in her twangy Southern accent when I entered her office. I always gave her a hard time because she was local and came from money; she'd attended the right schools and played the dutiful role as debutante as a teenager. "Why do you sound like you're a cowgirl from Muskogee or Austin if you're supposed to be one of these rice baron girls?" I'd tease with a wink.
She looked gorgeous and it was good luck that she happened to run in Matt's circle and showed up on the deck that afternoon. I noticed her physical presence in a way I hadn't really before, and was happy that my "hottie radar" decided to go back into operation. She was of an average height, maybe 5'5" and average weight. Her hair had been long and wavy before but now it was shoulder length and straight. Her blue eyes danced like always and a sexy spate of summer freckles danced across her nose and her chest. Angie was in her mid-thirties, but had the coltish flirtyness of a college girl. I tried not to stare too long, but it was tough. She had on some form-hugging denim shorts with yellow tank top and brown sandals. Her legs were shapely and stemmed into a wonderfully rounded pair of hips, which I quickly took note of. I've always loved hips because they are so feminine with their smooth roundness, and hers were especially fetching. When I hugged Angie hello that afternoon it was tough not to let my hands drift down over them. That wasn't all there was to appreciate, she had a wonderfully rounded ass, small and perky breasts, and a golden tan from lying out—a summer girl, my favorite weakness!
We spent the day talking on the back deck in the sun. She found out I was leaving and pretended to pout about it. "But hun," she whispered while people milled around us, "how will I get the chance to act on these impulses I have when I'm around you?"
I swallowed and looked her in the eyes and smiled, "I don't leave for a few days, feel free to do what you want." She giggled at that and winked. The day went on and we ate and drank and I noticed she was gone. It upset me because I thought we had something going on. All day she had let her hand gently fall on my forearm as she leaned in to tell me something private, or patted my gently on the back when I passed, and I had even caught he admiring gaze as she checked out my ass and made a observation to her girlfriends. Maybe she was just a flirt.
I was in the house putting up some dishes as the remaining partygoers lounged outback, waiting fore the tiki torches to be lit and for long night of bullshit stories and jokes to commence. The warm southern night was cooler than normal—a slight breeze off the ocean cooled things a bit, even a few miles inland. I heard a car out front and saw Angie pull up—I looked out the front screen door and she waved at me. Then she put her finger to her lips in a "shh" signal and beckoned me.
I eased out the front door quietly and jogged out to her navy blue Jetta. Her passenger side window went down and she told me, "Go grab a quick shower, dress casual, and meet me back out here in twenty minutes."
"What for?"
"Your going away party kiddo," she smiled. I hustled back into the house and quickly shaved, showered, put on some fresh summer cloths and my flip flops. I glanced back out and saw Angie waiting so I eased back out the door into the night and climbed into her passenger seat. She smiled, giggled, leaned over and gave me warm kiss on the lips. She smiled and pulled the Volkswagen away from the curb.
We drove towards the beach. "I'm going to take you to my favorite place," she told me. "Good oysters, good drinks, right on the water."