"Did you get it?" Andy's voice sounded excitedly through the speaker before I even had a chance to say hello. I was cradling the phone between my ear and shoulder struggling to drive my house key into the lock on the front door. I had three bags of groceries, a pile of mail, and my workbag that I was, not so successfully, trying to manage. Finally, I was able to unlock and twist the door open. Stepping inside, tossing everything onto the table, I refocused my attention on Andy's question.
"Get what?" I asked with genuine curiosity.
"The invitation I sent! Dad's birthday is in a couple weeks and I thought it would be so much fun to rent out the old restaurant and surprise him. Get everybody back together to sling drinks like old times! Cam and Jackie already said they're in. Still waiting to hear back from Jack but it won't be the same if we don't all commit!"
I hadn't thought about the restaurant in forever. It had been five years since Andy, Jenna, and their dad Kurt had sold it. I had just started teaching English at a middle school and was trying to figure out how I was going to manage teaching and bartending. I loved that family so much I couldn't see myself ever quitting. When they decided to sell, I was gone a few weeks later. That place was an anchor for me throughout my late teens and early twenties. The people there, employees and customers both, became like family to me. After I left, most of those relationships stayed intact, some inevitably faded.
Jack. That was a name I hadn't heard in awhile. I felt my panties moisten just thinking about him. We used to have a lot of... fun. My thoughts drifted to busy nights. Jack behind the bar and me on the floor. Both of us knew how to work a crowd. How to flirt with pretty much anyone. Get them to loosen up, open their wallets a little more. I'll never forget the first night we fucked. The way his hands felt on my tits, his mouth on my neck, his tongue on my nipples then lower. How his dick felt sliding into my dripping wet pussy. How it tightened around him as he thrust deep inside ...
"Hello?! Eliza? Are you still there?" My reverie was broken by Andy's slightly impatient voice. "Are you in?"