Author's Note: This is a first submittal for me, one of many I hope. Please let me know what appeals, and what needs more work. Your feedback, positive or negative, is very important to me!
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It was completely random, really. She was traveling from the south to Washington for a conference, reaching out to find a companion. He was browsing the personals section of an erotic literature website for the first time.
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CATHERINE: I'll be in Washington September 15-16 and would love to meet a sexy silver fox for dinner, maybe dancing, and maybe more. I'm looking for an attractive, articulate, well-dressed man in his 50's or 60's with silver or salt-and-pepper hair for an enjoyable evening or two but nothing serious. If you're under 50, bald, or looking for more, please don't reply. Check my profile and send me a PM if you're interested.
CHARLES: It's unlikely that I'll be in Washington for your rendezvous, but there is nothing that I would like more. I'm in St. Louis, but fly privately with great flexibility. I'm 55, 5'11", 175#, fit and attractive, with a full head of hair (lol) that is graying but also light brown. I fly a personal airplane, often from the Midwest to the South, so I may be in your neighborhood...
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Thus it began. There was a flurry of online messages, moving quickly to email, and then phone calls. Experiences and fantasies were discussed openly, sensually, hotly. Sexually-laced teasing became the norm. They exchanged erotic short stories designed to communicate desires and elicit conversation. A few explicit videos were shared, increasing the heat and accelerating the learning about activities of interest, and those to avoid. Within a week a rendezvous was scheduled in her home town -- nine days after first contact - with her giving only a 50/50 chance of it leading beyond the public setting. In the days just prior to the visit, the communication became even more personal, and concrete in the planning, and the odds improved to 65/35.
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CHARLES: I'm thinking of a trip that would involve an overnight, making lunch or dinner possible on Wednesday, or lunch on Thursday. Interested? I suppose breakfast Thursday would also be an option. How do you taste with melon?
CATHERINE: My preference is a long, leisurely lunch on Wednesday. I can meet for a late lunch then take the rest of the day off. As for how I taste with melon...there's only one way I can think of to find out! It's certainly a delicious thought though....very sensual...very sexy....mmmmm.....I'll be thinking of that image all night.
I'm SO aroused by you, by this, by the plans for Wednesday. I'm starting to wonder if lunch will be enough. I'm getting greedy for you now. Can I have you for lunch AND dinner? If I do decide to join you in your room, I will not be able to bring all the toys in the toy box. So you might bring an extra tie or two. I have a small fantasy regarding a man's tie...
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She shared her fantasy, and listened intently to his. Accepting his invitation to visit a website devoted to sensual, erotic massage, she began to be drawn into his hope for an afternoon of exploration and increasing pleasure.
And the day arrived...
It didn't seem possible. Nine days before, they each had no idea of the other's existence. Yet now, at 1pm on a bright afternoon in Memphis, they were about to meet after a torrid correspondence. He traveled to her this time, intent upon discovering the possible "chemistry", but knowing full-well that the heat was there, at least online.
Charles arrived early, checked into the historic Peabody Hotel, freshened a bit after the trip, and then wandered down to the restaurant. Catherine was due to arrive any minute. He hesitated at the maitre'd station, but elected to be seated. Reaching the table, he turned as he heard her approach, his eyes lighting up as he caught her beaming smile. While the polite kiss of each other's cheek was chaste, it was clear that the smoldering online heat had just been stoked.
The initial tension was thick. Neither of them had experience with online dating. They were married, but not to each other. That he had just traveled a couple hundred miles for this lunch, in the hope that it would lead to "more", was the table's centerpiece. Yet they worked through the tension, toying with their salads as they became more comfortable, laughing at the absurdity of the situation, and letting the strong mutual attraction take over.
Catherine had decided some months before that she would seek a lover. Happily, Charles personified her fantasy -- fifteen years older with sandy/silver hair, tan and lean, wearing a navy blazer with a starched white shirt and club tie. As she watched his blue eyes sparkle behind frameless glasses, she knew immediately that she would spend the afternoon in his room, living out some of the steamy scenes they had teased one another with online.
Her beauty had somewhat surprised Charles. The only picture he had seen was of a demure professional in a smart business suit, her face framed by bold glasses. The woman across the table, wearing a red silk dress, enticed him with a warm smile and a wicked twinkle in her brown eyes, unmasked by the contacts that had replaced the glasses. She appeared much younger than her forty years. He found himself adjusting his trousers, clearly affected by the increasingly overt sexuality of the conversation and the anticipation of what might be, waiting for the right moment to suggest a trip upstairs.
"I'm going to give you my key to Room 829. I'd like you to go there, freshen up, and I'll see you there in ten minutes," he said, wondering if he had moved too soon as he slid the hidden keycard across the table. Catherine lightly caressed his hand as she discreetly palmed the card, "If you'll excuse me, I have someplace to be," she purred. He arose as she did, accepted her kiss on his cheek, and watched admiringly as she walked away, her hips swinging saucily in the curve-hugging dress, her three inch heels making her 5'1" frame appear taller.
Catherine stepped behind the door as she opened it for Charles, using it as a shield to prevent anyone else in the hallway from seeing that she stood there only in red lace panties and matching bra. That was the signal to Charles that this opening act was to be the fantasy she had shared online. Taking his cue he closed the door and slowly removed his jacket, placing it on a nearby table. Looking deeply into her eyes as she stood before him against the wall, Charles deliberately rolled up his sleeves and removed his tie. He unbuttoned his shirt, and slid out of his trousers, which had been spotted over lunch as a result of his arousal and a consequence of removing his shorts before.