This is a boy meets girl story. With all characters being 18 years or older and is a pure piece of fiction. This for me is the first time I have written a piece for others to enjoy. Please enjoy the story and any helpful criticism or compliments are welcomed.
It all began when I moved out of home with some friends and we shared a house for a while. The freedom of living by our own rules and the fact we could do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted was great. I was living in the house with one of my oldest school hood friends Michael and his sweetheart Jess. They as a couple were easy going with Jess happy to play the mother hen role and keep us fed and the house clean. Jess was short in stature at about 5"2, sporting dark hair, pale green eyes and an average build. Michael loved her to pieces and worshiped the ground she walked on which was great for them as they were a terrific team. Michael was 5"9, of stocky build and had the start of comfy gut. I myself was 6"3, had short trimmed black hair with green tinted hazel eyes, I have a muscular build without being cut, a natural sportsman type. I like to keep myself physically active and I worked in the automotive industry selling parts to mechanics and the general public. We all had steady jobs so renting between us was great.
So, it came to pass after a few months I came home from the gym on a Friday evening to find a bunch of familiar cars owned by friends parked in the street around our home. I drove into the garage, parked and grabbed my sports bag from the passenger seat and proceeded into the house.
Coming through the door the sounds of a weekly catch up was apparent and the smells of the BBQ, full of steaks, sausages and chicken filled my senses with heavenly aromas and the sound of beer bottles clinking together out on the patio piqued my interest enough to go and say a quick hello and begin the unwind from the week into the weekend.
The warm evenings of summer made my gym attire completely acceptable around the table. I had a light green tank-top that hung from my neck and accentuated my shoulders and arms, I also had on a pair of black sports shorts that were loose but comfortable and my usual electric blue gym shoes and sport socks. I was completely happy right here, kicking back chatting with some of my friends and catching up on the week's events. I saw Jess pull her phone from her pocket and promptly leave the room.
A few moments later Jess casually walks back out to our patio party carrying a gargantuan plate of salad and set it down in the middle of the table, but to my surprise in tow was a friend of hers that I had never met in person till now. I could feel Jess's eyes fall upon me as she introduced her friend to our group.
"Hey everyone this is Claire. She is a good friend of mine from years back". We all gave polite acknowledgement of our new guest and went back to the conversations at hand, all except me that is. Jess had always waxed lyrical about her friend Claire and was always adamant that she would be a good match for me. I'd always taken it like a grain of salt because I thought she was just taking the piss in a joking kind of way, but boy was I wrong.
Wow! was my internal thought of Claire. Standing at a tall 5"7 or 5"8' she literally stood out. I have to admit I'm attracted to taller women. She had shoulder length sandy blonde hair, pulled back into a neat pony tail with a loose fringe that framed her face. Her skin tone had a hint of Mediterranean ancestry to it and was smooth, well cared for and blemish free. Claire sported a smile that was instantly disarming and had cute matching dimples below her happy cheek bones. Dressed in a modest casual pink lace cotton top, it flowed naturally down her slender frame and over what looked like a pert set of C cup sized breasts, it then continued down over her torso to sit just over the waist of a well-loved hipster style blue jeans that complimented every heavenly contour of her shapely buttocks and legs. This beautiful woman took care of herself as she had definitely seen time in the gym. Claire was amazing right down to her manicured feet sporting casual strapped mini heals and painted gloss pink toenails.
My gaze flowed back up this angelic view before me to Claires big doe looking brown eyes, that were as I realized to late looking directly at me. Shit! my brain snapped back to reality as I realized I had been busted having an obvious look and my cheeks flushed mildly at my predicament. Both Jess and Claire didn't miss it either and took a quick moment to look at each other and both gave a gentle chuckle before Jess continued toward me with Claire in amused pursuit.
Jess began a more personal introduction "Claire this is my housemate Rick, he looks big and scary but is really just a big teddy bear and wont bite".
"Unless you ask me too"! my response escaped my lips before the sensory filter in my brain kicked in. My cheeks flushed again as my brain caught up with my libido, leaving me sitting there lamenting my stupid comment.
"Good to know" came the spirited reply from Claire accompanied by a not so obvious cheeky wink and a flash from that disarming smile.
"You can sit here, between me and Rick" Jess said, pointing at the chair next to hers and rolling her eyes at me in amused shock. With that subtle direction from Jess, Claire made herself at home on the vacant seat next to me.
"Umm sorry about that" The words Stumbling out as I tried to make amends to Claire. "I was just a little flustered!" I continued "Jess and I love to rib each other whenever we get the chance". My apology was received with another beaming smile.
"Happens to the best of us" came the genuine heartfelt reply.
"Let's start again, my names Rick" as I extended my hand toward her.
"Claire" she said clasping it delicately with her own petit hand and giving it an energetic shake.
"I'm very pleased to meet you". And carefully I pulled her hand up to my face and gave it a gentle peck with my lips. Now Claires cheeks gave a slight flush.
The party continued with light hearted conversation and combined with the good food and a glass or three of alcoholic lubrication had everyone very relaxed and jovial. I did note that throughout the evening I was seeing some positive signals. One time I made a small joke that made Claire laugh and she touched my thigh, where her hand remained for a brief period to long, allowing me to feel the warmth of her hand and her fingers felt as if they were lightly grasping as they trailed away. Another pleasant surprise was while I was chatting to some of the other guests, I would catch Claire looking at me, almost studying me when I would unexpectedly look back at her to see if she was still interested.
As the night progressed, I found myself chatting more and more to Claire and less to the people around me, to the point that I missed the initial goodbyes of some of my friends and found that minutes had turned into hours and it was now in the late p.m.'s.
The house was emptying of our guests.
It was at this point Jess came back and asked Claire "Are you alright to drive home or would you like to stay in the spare room?" I couldn't miss that Jess's eyes fell on me again as Claire gave her answer.
"Umm I can't remember exactly how many drinks I've had, so if you don't mind, I think I might crash here tonight". Jess gave me a very subtle eyebrow lift and my loins gave a twitch. Had an opportunity just presented itself?
As we cleaned away the last of the party mess, I offered to show Claire the room that would be hers for the night. Jess and Michael said there good evenings and headed for bed and I led Jess to the spare guest room that just so happened to be across the hall from mine. "Seems suitable" Claire said looking over the sparsely decorated room that contained a King sized single, bedside table and a lamp. "Where's your room?" she asked with genuine interest.
"Just here" as I twisted the doorknob and pushed open the door to my room, revealing my large King size bed located to one side in the middle of the wall space, below a large window. Around the rest of the room was a doorway leading to my ensuite bathroom, a bank of cupboards that housed the usual clothes and stored materials, a small desk containing my digital camera, laptop and charging dock for my phone. I walked over and proceeded to draw the curtains on the window for the evening.
"Dooo I have to go to bed now?" Claire teased.
"No" was my truthful answer.
"Good. I've been enjoying our conversation and was hoping we could continue it in private." The last word piqued my interest. That was the moment that I decided to see how far I could push things with this beautiful woman, but first.