Here I was, waiting for the elevator, again. That's the problem with working on the tenth floor, I thought. I pushed the down arrow, again. Yeah, that always helps. There should be more than two elevators in this big building. I wish I hadn't needed to come in on a Saturday, especially a gorgeous beach day like this. Just another slave to the dollar, but this slave was making her escape!
I had finished up my work fairly quickly without the usual workday distractions. My beach bag was over my shoulder, I hadn't wanted to leave anything sitting in the car in the nearly deserted parking lot. Just my luck, someone would break a window for the bag, just to find my swimsuit and beach blanket. I judged that I still might be able to spend a couple hours soaking up the sun...if this elevator EVER came.
Startled momentarily by the sound of footsteps behind me, I turned to see who else had been stuck working today.
"Hey Tom. Catching up on some work?"
I'd had my eye on Tom since he started at the office three months ago. From the moment I saw him, I hoped he would ask me out. He's gorgeous, tall (okay, almost everyone is tall to me, but he was a good head taller than my 5'2"), sandy blond hair (cut short, yet fashionable), crystal-blue eyes that you could just sink into and a fit, tanned body if his nicely-muscled arms were any guide. His sense of humor meshed well with my own and he wasn't all caught up in his own ego like most men in their mid-twenties. We'd had intelligent and thoughtful conversations in the break room. I learned that he had broken up with his long-time girlfriend recently (they'd grown apart) and didn't want to rush into another relationship. I swear I'd nearly blurted out, "What about just sex?" Of course, I wanted more than that, but sex was pretty high up in my thoughts considering how long it'd been since I'd last had any. Instead, I'd told him that waiting was probably best. Still, when I bent over at the water fountain, holding my long hair back, I could feel his eyes tracing my curves. Nobody could prove I sometimes waited to get water until he was headed that way, right?
"Yes, Jen," Tom replied, breaking me from my reverie. "Following the never-ending paper trail I'm afraid."
"These darn elevators are taking forever," I smiled back at him, pushing at the down button again. "I want to get to the beach while there's still daylight."
Bing.
"Your chariot awaits, m'lady."
We moved into the elevator, exchanging small talk as the floor numbers clicked down. A grinding sound and an abrupt stop almost caused me to fall. Only Tom's hand on my arm kept me upright.
"Tom..."
"Yes, Jen?"
"Tell me the elevator didn't just stop."
"Jen, the elevator didn't just stop."
I glanced around in disbelief at the unmoving car and then gazed at Tom.
"Do you always do what people tell you? Exactly?"
"Just you," he said with a small smile.
"Funny, but I would appreciate it more at the beach with a drink than stuck in this piece of junk elevator."
"Oooh, an invitation? Let's see, there should be an emergency button or something around here."
Tom examined the panel and pulled open a little door set in it, revealing a telephone.
"Even better, I hope," he said.
"If we get out of here, of course you're invited," I responded to his earlier comment, my stomach fluttering a little bit. Had I waited too long to say something, did I sound stand-offish? Desperate? I was over-thinking this, wasn't I?
"I'd like that, been working too much recently."
He opened the cabinet and picked up the telephone handset. I could hear it ringing. Tom gave all the relevant information, listened for a moment, and hung up.
"Good news, or bad?" I asked.
"An hour," he said with an apologetic grimace.
"There goes most of the day. And of course there's no AC in here."
"At least the phone worked, I was worried for a minute. I'm sorry, Jen."
"Not like it's your fault, Tom. I'm just glad I'm not alone. I'd be pretty scared."
"Then, I'm glad I'm here, too," he said warmly.
"At least we won't have to stand. I have my beach blanket."
We spread the blanket out and settled down to wait. Within minutes, we were sweating pretty heavily. It was getting stuffier and hotter quickly.
"I'm glad that I didn't have to wear a suit today," Tom blew out.
"I wish I had worn shorts and not this sun dress, I was planning on changing later," I said, managing to fan my chest and face a little by gently flapping the bodice of the pale yellow dress.
About 15 minutes later, our clothes were drenched, and the heat was becoming nearly unbearable. We were both trying to fan ourselves, but to little avail.
"Jen, do you mind if I take off my shirt? I'm dying in here."
"Go ahead," I said, fighting back a smile.
Tom stood up and took off his shirt, much to my enjoyment. If I HAD to be stuck in an elevator, at least there was this. He had a muscular chest, not too hairy, gorgeous. Not overdone, but solid and strong. Very tan also, apparently I wasn't the only sun worshiper. He was so nice, so good looking, and I just knew he was interested in me. But it seemed he would never make a move, hurt from the demise of his last relationship. Life is so unfair sometimes.
Fuck it, I thought. I'll never have a chance like this again. I stood up as well and said to Tom, "I'm going to take off this dress, I've already sweated through it. You won't see anything that you wouldn't have seen at the beach anyway." Without waiting for a response (beyond his blink of surprise), I drew the dress over my head.
I stood before Tom, dressed only in a dark pink satin bra and matching panties with lace around the edges. I knew that the bra exposed most of the top and inner slopes of my handful-sized breasts and the panties showed off my slim, toned waist accentuated by the curviness of my hips and firm bottom. I hadn't lied though, he wouldn't have seen much more at the beach...if I had been wearing a very small bikini at least. I brushed my long black wavy hair back from my face, and smiled at Tom. His eyes had grown quite wide, and he had sucked his breath in involuntarily.
"Oh, my," Tom whispered. "Now, I'm really hot! It seems we're going VERY casual."
In a moment, he had pulled down his slacks, and stood in boxers.
"Okay, we're even now."
I giggled. I hadn't expected THAT!
"Uh, Tom." I worried my lower lip between my teeth.
"What?"
I glanced down his body. "Never mind."
Tom's eyes followed mine, to where his boxers were noticeably tented and then his eyes met mine. "At the beach if I had seen you looking that hot, I could have jumped in the cold water."
"That's because of me?" I couldn't look away from his eyes, as much as I wanted to. But, I've always had great peripheral vision, thank God.
"Now I know you're teasing me," he murmured, his eyes as warm as his tone.
I shivered. I'd wanted, I'd hoped, but I hadn't expected. But, I wasn't going to blow whatever was happening here. I moved over to him, close enough that he could feel my breath on his chest. "If it's for me, I should get a look, don't you think?"
He drew his breath in as my fingers stroked his chest, trailing downwards. I gave him a chance to stop me, but he remained silent, gazing at me. I slipped both hands into the waistband of his boxers, pushing them down his thighs and exposing the generous circumcised length of his shaft to my gaze. He leaned back against the elevator's wall, his breathing shallow and quick.
"Mmmm please Jen," Tom moaned.