Foster Davis had been a widower for just over two years when his daughter and a friend were returning from a semester in France the week before Thanksgiving. Tall, forty-something and in good physical shape with a distinguished touch of gray at his temples and salted throughout his professorial beard, he was lonely for companionship he easily could have had were he so inclined. But somewhat lost following his wife's death, he stayed single and mostly celibate. He missed his children though. His son, a newlywed, was visiting his in-laws for the holiday, so Foster anxiously awaited Megan and her friend at the airport on the cold and rainy Saturday afternoon. The plane long had disgorged its passengers when a pretty girl in the baggage area approached him pulling a luggage cart and addressed him as if she knew him.
"Mr. Davis, you do have Megan's eyes" the brunette said confidently, "I'm Jennifer."
"Hello" he said cheerfully as she shook his hand. Five foot seven or so with medium-length, dark brunette hair, she had sparkling green eyes, a friendly smile, a healthy girl-next-door complexion and the feral grace of an athlete. She was feminine but looked fit and agile in a way that only training could provide.
"Is Megan still in customs," he inquired, looking over her shoulder for his daughter.
"You didn't get her email" she realized as she saw the confusion in his eyes.
"No, I didn't" he confirmed, puzzlement turning to a slight pique, "I didn't get a phone call, a text message, or a smoke signal either," he added, failing miserably at trying not to sound too irritated.
"She's still in France" she smiled tentatively as she raised her eyebrows over intelligent eyes. "Customs fucked up her, sorry, screwed up her visa, so she's stuck there until tomorrow to work it out, but she managed a direct flight home. There's no problem though, so don't worry. She said you'd worry and that I was to take care of you," she added. "She'll be home by tomorrow evening; I have all of her flight information. I hope you don't mind that I beat her here" she added as she noticed his disappointment and concern.
"Not at all" he added cheerfully, once again, and tried to recover, sensing that she perceived his distress. "You are more than welcome, of course. Megan has told me a bit about you as well."
"I hope not everything," she chided good-naturedly.
"Just the good stuff" he said as he took charge of her luggage cart, and they made their way to the car.
They chatted amicably as they began the journey from BWI to Columbia in the late afternoon drizzle, fog and heavy pre-holiday traffic. Jennifer was on Megan's lacrosse team; they both were twenty-two, college seniors, French majors, and both intended to study international law in graduate school. Jennifer seemed lithe and confident to him from their conversation. As they finally reached the car he finally noticed that she was leggy in her gray sweats and sneakers, and he noticed as well a magnificent derriere hidden underneath the formless sweats as he watched her bend into the back of his Mini Cooper to stow her luggage. Her wool sweater and down jacket ensured that her upper torso was still a mystery, but he tried to banish such thoughts as he drove and they chatted about France.
At his house he got her settled in his son's former room, now the guest room, across the carpeted hall from the master suite and next to Megan's room. She jumped at his offer to freshen up after the long flight, complaining that she could still smell jet fuel on her clothes.
He left her alone to unpack as he prepared to leave to buy beer for the girls and Scotch for him, as well as his weekly lottery ticket. She didn't answer as he called to tell her that he was leaving, so he walked to her door and knocked softly. Getting no response he pushed the door open to find her sound asleep, no doubt tired from her flight. She lay sprawled on her stomach with her arms crossed, cushioning her head; she was still in her sneakers and they hung out over the end of the bed. It was then that he took stock of the full and muscled derriere that accented her backside. Her sweats were twisted where she fell asleep and pulled tight where her ass curved under to her inner thighs. The seam dug into the deep crack between taut cheeks and faintly outlined the seams of what appeared to be thin triangular panties underneath. He sighed deeply and vaguely remembered a team picture with her muddy in her lacrosse uniform, which was all of her body he would permit myself to think of for now. She was twenty-two and a friend of his daughter's he reflected as he fought to dispel an image of her in little other than sweats or less.
"Enough" he mouthed softly as he closed the front door behind him and made his way to the neighborhood drugstore. He wasted some additional time and bought sundry items for the three of them before he headed home. The house was silent as he entered, and thinking her still asleep he was quiet as well as he put away his purchases. He made his way to his bedroom and consciously avoided looking into the guestroom as he passed the door still slightly ajar; "out of sight out of mind" he softly declared to no one in particular as he stretched out for a nap on the dreary Sunday afternoon.