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: All characters appearing in this work are above 18 years of age and fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Note from author
: This chapter is written from the perspective of Dave, a 39 year old heterosexual man. I would love to know how you find this story, so don't forget to leave a comment. Enjoy.
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When I agreed to Gavin for dinner and drinks, I had hardly expected to be brought out into a sex parlour. But I have been around enough to not be surprised by the concept. My buddy John, however, looks completely clueless and I don't think he has ever been in a place like this. From what I know about him, his divorce really shook him hard because it was a twelve year marriage which ended with his wife cheating on him. John is a solid man, and he's been through too much in the last year that no decent guy should go through. I've suggested dating casually but he keeps saying that he hasn't been in the best mindset to handle it well. I disagree, but I don't want to force anything on him.
Gavin, on the other hand, has no idea about his situation and I wonder how it's going to go tonight. I have been to enough of such places to know what's about to happen, and I could use some TLC. But I'm just going to stay quiet and let John figure it out for himself.
On that list of expectations, being brought into a sex parlour by a workmate on a Wednesday night is at the fag end. Seeing my ex girlfriend walk in through the door, wearing the shortest dress known to mankind, is listed as low as
the Devil's asshole.
Lola, looking as radiant as ever, has noticed me right away and I detect a bit of shock in her face that slowly turns into a gentle, wry smile. She is dressed as some kind of a slutty 1950s waitress and I'm instantly reminded of our time spent together. She would dress up for me and we would have role play sex quite often. But that was two years ago. It's just a little strange to see her so scantily dressed in a public setting, especially after so much time and so unexpectedly, too.
As she sets her tray down, she reveals her low cut front which hardly leaves anything to the imagination. Gavin can hardly stop smiling and I think John is just now realising where he is.
I can't exactly say I'm happy to see her, but I'm not sad either. We broke up on amicable terms, she simply wanted to date more people and I had picked up on it, realising that I wasn't able to keep up with her demands. I'm nearly 40 and get mistaken to be about early thirties quite often. I had also realised that she had dated me primarily for my looks, and like most people, had judged the book by its cover thinking that I would be some kind of a playboy and sex addict, chasing skirts and breaking hearts.
I have dated enough, casually in my youth and been in serious long term relationships since then. Lola realised my sober nature a couple of months into the relationship and quite interestingly, I realised she simply wasn't mature enough for me. Good heart, top tier beauty, but I think she still has to explore her sexuality and I wouldn't want to be the one to hold her back. With no romantic feelings for her left in me after that realisation, breaking up seemed like the sanest thing to do.
For surprise number three tonight, I wasn't expecting to fall in love at first sight. But I can feel all my maturity and sense of Stoicism melt away when my eyes land on the plump brunette waitress standing right in front of me.
Gavin is already getting his hands on Lola, and they have my blessing. Feeling like the third wheel, I tell the girl, "I think we should move somewhere else."
The girl takes a look at Gavin and Lola, and giggles sweetly, nodding in response. I look around the hall to find us a space far enough from these two and the moaning I can hear from John and Mercy on the other side of the hall.
"Here," the girl says pointing at the booth right next to the entrance of the hall, the metallic door we came in through. She grabs my hand and leads me there.
Not wanting to make a move without talking to her, I gesture at her to sit across from me on the table.
"I'm Cassie, it's nice to meet you. I'm told you're Dave, is that right?"
"Yes, that's me. Nice to meet you, Cassie." I shake her delicate hand, but don't linger too long so as to not make her feel uncomfortable.
The thing I can't help but notice is how she is not completely topless like the other girls here. I wonder if she's new. Regardless, she is just too stunning for words. Her makeup isn't quite as dramatic as Lola's, but it is skilfully applied to enhance her large brown doe eyes. Her lips are coated with only a pale pink gloss. She is blushing hard enough to not require makeup, but you never know with women. Her soft upper arms have a faint splattering of freckles, as does her chest and moderate cleavage. She's a tiny plump, bottom heavy doll who couldn't be over 5 feet 3 inches tall, and looks dwarfed infront of me at 6 feet 3 inches, even as we're seated.
As I'm looking at her awestruck, I look up at her face to find her looking at me with nearly the same, if not as much amazement. I'm used to getting that reaction from women (and men) and it's always flattering to know the effect I have on people. But knowing how fickle looks can be and how incredibly easy it is to deceive someone with physical appearance, I use my power responsibly. So I'm not exactly surprised at her reaction.
However, I'd be lying if I said I'm not relieved to find that the norm is absolutely the case with Cassie. I can feel my heart racing in my chest at this realisation.
We start to talk about our interests and how Cassie got to work in a place like this. I'm shocked to learn that she is majoring in Physics and is genuinely passionate about it. It is quite hypocritical of me to think this way, considering I'm a nerd myself, astronomy to be specific, but people mistake me to have a playboy-jerk personality all the time. I'm thrilled to discover that a breathtakingly beautiful girl so young, 21 from what she's told me, has such encyclopaedic knowledge about the popular sciences, astronomy being one of them too.
Somewhere between talking about life and school, we ended up with our fingers intertwined on top of the table. We continued talking for a couple of minutes before I noticed that I've been sporting a very steady hard on this whole time and not done anything about it. My love for deep intellectual conversation coupled with her gorgeous, disarming beauty has gotten me into trouble today. I think I will genuinely be quite heartbroken if this doesn't go somewhere.
Cassie has relaxed quite a bit and downed her whole drink during our conversation. I've had a glass of whiskey and I'm starting to feel slightly buzzed.
"So, Dave. You're so smart and a God damned hunk, are you married?" Cassie asks me with a slightly goofy smile on her face. Yeah, she's buzzed alright.
"Oh God, no. Marriage hasn't really been a priority for me but I also haven't met anyone yet I would consider it with." I say, realising that saying this makes both of us instantly imagine being married to each other. Honestly, I wouldn't mind. This girl has me floored.
"Oh wow. I'm glad you say that you haven't wanted to yet. Because wanting to marry and not having that happen would be a different kind of hell..." Cassie responds, her voice trailing off as she's remembering something.
"Is that something you would like for yourself?"
Her face breaks into a little smile as she says, "Well, yeah, of course. I wouldn't have it any other way. I want the whole deal: marriage, kids and a white picket fence."
"Don't forget our massive backyard for sending rockets into outer space." I suddenly realise what I've said.
Our
. She notices my expression and chuckles, the sound of her young feminine laughter tickling my ears and making its way into my heart.
"That would be amazing. Can you imagine - the faΓ§ade of a
perfect
American life with a secret laboratory in our basement?" She speaks with her excitement bubbling up like a child's.
"FaΓ§ade?"
I put my hand to my chest dramatically with mock horror like a stereotypical gay man. "Are you trying to tell me we would only
pretend