It was a beautiful, sunny Friday afternoon.
I was standing outside my building, waiting for my buddy to pick me up, as we were going to shoot nine holes of golf.
While I stood there, I heard the sound of heels on the sidewalk coming in my direction.
I glanced over, and saw an incredibly attractive, young lady.
Blonde hair, great body, and legs that wouldn't quit.
She was wearing a loose, white blouse, and very short black skirt, that was snug against her shapely hips.
Her blonde hair cascaded down over her shoulders, and framed her beautiful, tanned face.
She didn't appear to be wearing much makeup, either. Just a natural look about her.
Given that the shades I was wearing, were somewhat mirrored, I was able to stare, without looking like I was staring.
She was much younger than me, as I was forty-seven. But still, I was allowed to look.
At least that's what I thought.
I was a bit surprised, when she seemed to look in my direction and a bit of a smile came to her face.
It was even more of a surprise when she slowed her pace a bit, as she approached where I was standing.
"Nice day for golf," she said, out of the blue.
I pretended to just notice her, for some dumb reason, and smiled back. "It is stellar, isn't it?"
"Is this building five-twenty," she gestured behind me towards my building.
"No, it's five-ten," I replied. "Five-twenty is probably that one over there," I gestured across the intersecting street.
"Oh, great," she said as she glanced over her shoulder. "Thanks very much. Enjoy your game."
"I think that's highly unlikely," I said with a nod of my head. "But I thank you, anyways."
She smiled broadly at that comment, and I swear my heart melted a bit.
Then, she gave me a short wave, and turned to head across the street. As she walked, I stared right at her backside.
The skirt she was wearing was incredibly tight, and she swayed her hips with every step she took.
That,
I thought to myself.
Is a woman who knows how good she looks, and doesn't mind showing it off. I heartily approve.
I was taken aback when she glanced back over her shoulder. However, she still seemed to have a smile on her face.
Just then, my buddy's minivan rounded the corner. I could see he had his head turned to watch as the young blonde walked away.
He pulled up in front of me, and finally glanced over at me through the open window in the passenger door.
"Did you see that," he asked with a smile.
"Am I blind," I replied with a chuckle as I hoisted up my clubs and pull-cart and headed to the back.
My buddy and I chatted about the young blonde for a bit, as we headed to the course. We hooked up with another friend there, and played our nine holes.
Afterwards, my buddy drove me back to my place, and was going to come upstairs for a drink.
Just as he pulled up to the spot he'd picked me up at a few hours ago, I saw her again on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street.
"Eyes left," I gestured with head to my buddy. "It's her again."
My buddy took a moment to admire the view, as I got out of the van.
I hoisted my clubs and pull-cart out of the back, and my buddy joined me and picked up the cart.
As I hoisted up my clubs, and got up onto the sidewalk, I noticed that the young blonde, was just cutting across the street to the side my buddy and I were on.
As she got to the sidewalk, she paused as she glanced in our direction.
She gave a short wave, which I returned. Then, she held out her hand, and gave a 'thumbs up'.
I took that as her way of asking if gold had gone well.
So, I smiled and shook my head, and extended a 'thumbs down'.
She moved her body in such a way, that I think she laughed a bit. Then, she gave another short wave, and turned to go on her way.
My buddy was up at my place for about an hour. We had a drink, and a few smokes, as we watched some golf, and a ball-game.
When he got up to leave, I went to the fridge and pulled out a container of some leftovers.
He graciously thanked me, and said we'd talk over the weekend, and to book golf again for the following Friday.
Saturday was another gorgeous day. I was up bright and early, and set about my routine.
Shower, clean the bathroom, run a vacuum through the place, do some dusting.
Then, it was off to the grocery store.
When I got back, I began preparing a tomato sauce. Once it was in the pot, and simmering away, I washed up the food processor, and then set about my next task.
Cleaning the balcony.
I headed out with some soapy water, a sponge, and a cloth, and went to work on the table and chairs before I got to the wide ledge of the balcony itself.
It was only around ten-thirty, but there was some action down below.
I was about half-way through the balcony ledge cleaning, when I saw something to my right that caught my attention.
Holy shit,
I thought to myself.
That's her again!
And it was. The same young blonde from the day before. Dressed differently, but it was definitely her.
Today, she was wearing a pink tank-top, and very short shorts. A pair of sandals on her feet, and her hair tied back in a pony tail.
I could see the ties of a bikini top at the back of her neck.
I would love to see that in a bikini,
my 'dirty old man' brain thought.
She was about exactly opposite to me on the other side of the street, when she stopped, and seemed to be looking in my direction.
I pretended to keep clearing the balcony ledge, but there was no denying it. She was looking in my direction. She even pulled her sunglasses down a bit.
As I moved to begin on the section that had me facing in her direction, I pretended to just glance up and notice her.
She gave me a smile, and a short wave, which I returned. She lingered for another moment, then pushed her shades back up, and went on her way.
There was still that great wiggle about her, as she walked, and I took a deep breath as I watched her.
I had headed back inside, and continued with my day's chores.
With golf on TV, I was in the kitchen, fixing up a lasagna. When that was done, and in the fridge, and the dishes cleaned, it was now time for leisure.
So, I headed out for a rollerblade.
As I went along, my mind kept coming back to the young blonde. How cool would it be to pull up at the beach I usually stopped at, to see her there?
I figured the odds were low. And, as it turned out, she was not at the beach I stopped at.
The visuals that were there were still nice though.
After a few hours of sitting on the beach, being a dirty old man, but not overtly so, I had gotten back home.
I put shit away, and wasn't ready for dinner yet, so I poured myself a glass of wine, grabbed my cigarettes and headed out onto the balcony.
Ostensibly, it was to grab some more sun, which was still beaming away, but in truth, it was to take in any potential visuals.
Even though I had the table, and chairs, I hoisted myself up onto the ledge, which was wide enough for me to sit on without worry of toppling off.
I lit myself a smoke, and took a deep drag and exhaled slowly.
Fifteen minutes later, it was another 'holy shit' moment.
Across the intersecting street, there she was again.
The young blonde was just turning the corner, as she talked on her phone. She didn't seem to be in the best of moods.
She stood about directly parallel to me again, and then hung up her phone, and tossed it into her tote bag.
Then, she fumbled about in her tote, and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, and sat down on the brick wall that lined the yard of the building opposite.
She was just about to light her cigarette, when she paused, and seemed to be looking in my direction.
A smile, and a short wave followed.
I smiled and returned the wave with a toast of my wine glass.
A moment later, and she was across the street, on the sidewalk that ran alongside my building.
She told me she'd just bailed on her friend, because, in her words 'her friend's boyfriend was being an asshole', and she relayed that she was stuck, because her mother wasn't going to be able to pick her up for several more hours.
I was a bit taken aback by that comment. Why she needed to wait for her mother to pick her up confused me.
Still, not being an idiot, I offered that she could wait at my place.
A few moments later, I was downstairs letting her into the building.
"Amanda, by the way," she said, as I let her into my apartment.
"Patrick," I replied with a nod. "Pleasure to finally be on a first name basis."
She laughed, and I swear my heart melted a bit.
Amanda had produced a bottle of wine from her tote bag.
"I was supposed to have dinner at my friend's, and I brought this," she explained. "But with the shit going down, I just had to get out of there."
I had poured Amanda a glass of wine, from the bottle that was already open, and we were out on the balcony.
She sat in one of the chairs, while I hoisted myself back up on to the ledge.
The chit-chat began.
I learned that she was twenty-three. She had just moved to this town a few months ago with her mother, after her mother's divorce was finalized.