Laura had a much nicer apartment than my dump, which was what an earlier generation might have called a "bachelor pad." My place was fine for one guy, clothes on the floor and dishes in the sink, but Laura had a different background from me, and her apartment reflected it. Hers was tidy, elegant even, with matching hardwood furniture, marble floors and countertop. It was a big place with several bedrooms -- she had moved here years ago when she was married, and had kept the place in the divorce somehow. I could imagine. Laura is confident and strong-headed. When she wants something she ends up getting it, even if you don't see her do anything. It's like magic.
Like me. There was a company picnic, I was hanging out at the beer keg with some guys, and the next thing you know I'm driving this beautiful woman back to my place for a wild afternoon of lovemaking. I can't even remember how we met. She must have said something to me, I don't know, it just happened. People tell me I have a terrible memory, I don't think that's true but there are definitely gaps here and there. I just don't know how it happened. It had to be magic.
After that first day we always went to her apartment. It was much nicer and also I think she liked being in control a little bit. And it didn't smell like dirty socks. Laura had a queen-sized bed and we would be out of our clothes as soon as we'd stepped through the front door. She seemed to be up for anything, which was strange if you knew her. Yes she was a beauty but she always played it straight at work. I never saw her flirt, never saw her laugh at an off-color joke or comment, I don't think she dated anyone in the couple of years I worked down the hall from her. But man oh man she was a ball of fire when you got her alone.
After a couple of months she finally said, "Doc, I think it's time for you to meet my family."
I had heard a little bit about them. She had two sisters who were also divorced, and her mother, also divorced. I never heard about a father, or any exes or boyfriends or anything. "So, your mom and sisters?" I asked.
"That's it," she said. "We get together every month for a nice dinner at my mom's place. It's usually just us, but do you think you could come this time?"
"Sure," I said. We were in her bed, naked, cuddling and cooling down after a hot hour of sexual athleticism.
"Well let me warn you, it's kind of a formal affair, almost a ritual for my mother. She likes everything to go so-so. I mean, we all have fun, but it's not like something you show up at in jeans and a t-shirt."
"Okay," I said. "That's cool. I've got a couple of suits for work."
"I don't think a suit," Laura said. "I picture that wine-red shirt you have, maybe with the tie with the dark paisley on it. And you have some dress shoes, I know." You see how she liked to be in control.
"Oh yeah," I said. "I can do that."
"You can't go wrong bringing some red roses," she hinted.
I smiled. "Got it. Red roses. I won't forget."
"So what we do," Laura said, "Is, first of all we have a glass of wine and socialize in the kitchen while we get the dinner ready. My mother does most of the work while we keep her company, actually. Or two."
"Or two what?"
"Or two glasses of wine. Well, we don't count. More than one."
"Sounds like my kind of people," I said.
"Mom keeps a few bottles in the refrigerator. I think you'll like my family," Laura said. "And I hope they'll like you. This is the first boyfriend who's come to one of these, and they will definitely be judging you. Actually the first person at all who wasn't part of the family."
"Okay, I'll be good," I said, giving her a reassuring kiss.
"So we chat for a while, then have dinner, then we change and go into the salon for cocktails."
"Change?"
"Yes," she gave me a look. "I think it will be okay. We have some more feminine clothes that we like to wear. It makes us feel pretty -- this is something we've been doing for years. I mean, as I said, there has never been a man at one of these dinners, I hope you don't think it's too much."
"Should I bring something to change into?"
Laura laughed. "No, I don't think anyone expects that. You just be your handsome self and we will all have a lovely time."
"I'll try to be a gentleman," I said.
"Once we get into a couple of bottles of wine I think everyone will be relaxed and friendly."
"It sounds like fun," I said. "I hope they like me."
"Just don't tell that one joke about the girl and the elephant," she said.
"Oh yeah, I won't." Laura laughed and gave me a hug.
"I was just kidding," she said. "You can tell them any joke you want. They might like the one about the elephant. My mom's from the old country, you know, and she might not get it, but our family is known for our sense of humor. We all enjoy a good joke."
I admit I began to get a little nervous as the big day approached. I was picturing a portly old-country mom and her stout, red-cheeked daughters, with Laura being the exception, the beautiful one. I expected the mother to be strict and no-nonsense and Laura's sisters to be, I don't know why I thought this, uneducated and dull.
The plan was that the daughters would arrive at their mother's house early to help her prepare dinner, and I would come at six o'clock for wine and conversation and then dinner. I checked my shirt the day before and decided to iron it. Shined my shoes. Went to an actual florist for actual fresh roses. Laura and I talked on the phone the night before, ticking things off the list, making sure I didn't forget something and look bad to her family, especially her mother.
It was a Saturday evening when I drove to the apartment. I was familiar with the place, it is one of the nicest buildings in the city, old brownstone with a comfortable, well-lit parking garage with an elevator. I parked, fluffed up the roses, took a deep breath, and headed up to the sixth floor. The elevator was tiny but I had it to myself, at least.
I could hear sounds through the door as I approached, women talking, laughing. There might have been some music playing, pots and pans clinking. I knocked on the door and waited. Knocked again.
The door opened and a gorgeous older woman smiled at me. "You are Doc, I hope?" she said. "And not some homicidal maniac or something." She was wearing a royal blue velvet minidress with, I swear, a mile of cleavage. She had blond hair up in a bun. Red lipstick, otherwise not overly made-up. I held out the roses. "Oh, so beautiful," she said. "Come in, won't you?"
I stepped in and saw Laura emerging from the kitchen. She was wearing a beautiful golden dress, also featuring her breasts pressed together with a deep cleft between them.
"You look so beautiful," I said to her. "I actually feel like I'm underdressed."
She looked at me with an expression of horror and froze.
"Is something wrong?" I asked.
She looked at her mother. Two other beautiful women, similarly dressed, came out of the kitchen and stopped, looking at me in shock.
"Doc," Laura said. "Did you forget something?"
I mentally reviewed the things I was supposed bring, the paisley tie, flowers, the time. "I don't know," I said. "Did I?"
"Did you decide not to wear pants?" Laura asked, barely concealing a tone of outraged sarcasm.
I looked down in horror to see that I had completely forgotten to put on trousers before I left my house. My shoes were shined, socks matched, and then ... skin. My hairy legs. Luckily my shirt-tail hung down to cover my privates.
"Oh my God," I said. "I'm so sorry. Let me go home and change."
Laura's mother, who I learned like to be called Madam, raised her hand imperially for a few seconds while the chatter faded, then gave me a benign smile and waved her hand to caution her daughters.
"Ladies," she said. "This is a good opportunity for us to practice our etiquette. Laura's friend Doc is almost certainly embarrassed at this moment, and it is our duty to put him at his ease." Turning to me. "Doc, I'm sorry about this accident, but we won't let it ruin our evening. It doesn't really hurt anything, does it? Just an oversight."
"I have nightmares like this," I said, my face blushing deep red. "I dream I go somewhere and discover I am not wearing any pants."
"It doesn't have to be a nightmare," Madam said. "My daughters and myself will do all we can to make this a more pleasant dream for you."
She came over and gave me a kiss on the cheek, setting a good example for her daughters. I shivered slightly when she placed a hand on my forearm and said, "Welcome to my home, Doc. We are just getting ready to have a lovely dinner, and we are honored to have you as our guest. We have heard so much about you from Laura."
Laura had stepped back and was shaking her head in disbelief, but it seemed the family was simply going to overlook my faux pas. A gorgeous sister in a subdued, dark red dress with tiny spaghetti straps barely supporting her full breasts stepped up and gave me a kiss on the cheek. As she leaned in I felt her tits brushing against my chest. Touching my forearm, she looked into my eyes and told me her name was Lila.
The other sister, called Bridget, approached me and gave me a kiss on the cheek and a little hug, which amounted to holding me in place with one arm while she rubbed her firm breasts from side to side across my body, before she stepped back to join the others.
Laura said, "Well it looks like Doc enjoyed that."
I looked down and saw that my dick was hard, and had snaked out from under my shirt tail. I quickly put my hand over it. "I'm so sorry," I said.
"Sorry for what?" Madam asked merrily.