Nikki hung up the phone with her boyfriend smiling and giggling. He was finally home from college, and although he had to work with his dad all day he was definitely coming to the party tonight. She called Lisa a few minutes later. Manicures and pedicures were definitely needed, and she wanted her best friend to talk to. Lisa didn't answer so she sent texts too. Ever since she had met her new boyfriend, Eddie, she hadn't been answering the phone as much.
They had sex a lot. Lisa said that he liked it two or three times a day. Ever since Joe had moved to Seattle to go to U.W. Nikki was lucky to get it once a month. He apologized a lot, and he was just so busy. Joe had school, and football, and study groups, and hardly any time for her or them. She had been filling the time with Lisa. Shopping, hanging out, and whatever. Still, since she'd met this guy Lisa was busy all the time too.
The new boyfriend was older than Lisa, and she said he was smart, funny, and a gentleman. She'd never been a sex fiend before. She had enjoyed sex, and told Nikki little details about it. This time she wasn't saying as much except he was 'endowed' and they had sex all the time. Nikki picked up her keys and her purse and headed out to the mall. She wanted to get something sexy to wear for Joe, to remind him what he was missing.
It wasn't as much fun alone, but it was fun. She found a black dress, cut low and short. It was stretchy and revealing without making her feel like a complete tramp. She felt a little naked in it though. She couldn't wear a bra and her choice of panties was severely limited. She ended up buying the tiniest thong she had ever owned. It was like dental floss and gauze. Nikki's mom called half her panties butt floss anyway. She hated wearing no panties under a dress, she felt too vulnerable. She was definitely going to need to wax, get her toes done, and her nails though. Maybe if she was perfect she could convince Joe to go to State and move closer to her.
Waxing was torture, but the pedicure and manicure made it a little better. She ended up reading Cosmopolitan, some ancient issue, while she soaked. Did women really think like that? Did they think that the sex was so good that they'd lose the ability to talk? Did they really do all those things? Nikki liked sex, and she thought that Joe was pretty good at it. She could cum with him in less than fifteen minutes. She even came more than once several times with him. She rushed home late, showered, and ran over to Lisa's to help with the party.
Lisa greeted her with red-rimmed eyes and upset. "I had a fight with him, and I don't know if he's coming back and Oh my god you look amazing!" She looked me up and down for a minute, and she felt like a pet in a shop window. "Joe's in town too?", was all she said. Nikki nodded and walked into the trashed apartment. They spent the afternoon in Lisa's sweats cleaning and scrubbing. Sweats and Nikki's new panties were a bad match. She felt naked, vulnerable, and uncomfortable most of the day. Finally at eight o'clock the apartment looked presentable and Lisa took another shower and put her dress back on.
Looking at herself in the mirror at Lisa's was somehow different than looking at herself at home. She felt sexier, and definitely more vulnerable in a good way. She couldn't decide if she liked it, and she knew that she'd definitely like it better if she could hold on to her boyfriend while she looked like this. She knew that other men would be looking at her too. She never minded that when she was with her man, but sometimes when she was alone she felt vaguely threatened by the whole idea of being on display like this. Being hunted, like prey.
She had some drinks with Lisa and kept checking her phone every five minutes wondering when Joe was going to show up. She was trying to be a good hostess. Lisa was taking a while to get ready and she wanted to be relieved of her hosting duties so she could enjoy her time with her boyfriend. She'd taken extra care of the spare bedroom. with any luck she'd be using it soon. She couldn't wait to see him.
The party was getting busy and she caught a guy looking at her. He was definitely cute, short hair, a little scruffy on his face and dressed well. She liked men who dressed up a little bit. He was wearing a pair of slacks and a collared shirt. He wasn't skinny and she had caught him staring at her cleavage when she had leaned over to get something out of the cabinet in the kitchen. The dress definitely had the desired effect, and he wasn't creepy about it. He smiled a little sheepishly when they had made eye contact. He knew he was caught and he sort of tipped his glass her way and nodded. Most guys just stood around with their mouths open. Sometimes real jerks made some obscene gestures. This guy was cooler than that.
Lisa was drinking pretty hard. It was obvious that she was upset, and if this had happened yesterday she probably would have cancelled the party. As it was she had an apartment full of people and was trying her best to just soldier on. Her liquid courage was going to get the best of her and Nikki tried to calm her down, but she wasn't having any of it. Lisa switched to shots and Nikki switched to plan B. She tried to delay and divert each new drink that Lisa wanted. It was always a losing battle, but nothing ventured nothing gained.
She was going down the hall to the bathroom and she felt someone looking she turned around to see who it was and the cute guy was just standing there admiring her ass. She almost reached down to pull her skirt down, but Joe was late and she was a little drunk so she put one foot in front of the other and rolled her ass at him. At least someone was appreciating all of the work that she had done today, and she thought she should give him a little something to think about. She didn't quite wink at him when she closed the door to the bathroom, but she caught his eye again.
Nikki got the text when she was in the bathroom. Joe was with his dad, drunk, at Hooters, and he wasn't going to make it to the party. She got emotional, then stopped herself. It wasn't like he was out with his friends exactly and I'm sure his father missed him just as much as she did. It just frustrated her and made her mad. She couldn't even run to get him, she was too drunk herself. She thought that maybe he wasn't being truthful with her, but she didn't have any way to prove that either. She wasn't sure what she was feeling exactly except neglected. Especially when Joe had been so funny the last few months at school. She put herself back together
