It had started way before the birthday e-mail, a few months before actually. There had been flirting and smiles and quiet conversations and even some shared lunches at work but nothing concrete. When Julie found out Robert's birthday was coming up, she thought of several ways of celebrating. However, after much thought, all she did was send an e-mail.
Julie was working the night shift and Robert was working the day shift so they would only see each other at shift change and then, only for a few minutes. The e-mail she sent went like this:
"So it's your birthday today. I thought I'd bake a cake and decorate it with candles and walk into the control room with all the candles lit and have our team mates sing with me. Then, I realized this could trigger our fire suppression system so I nixed that idea. I also thought of bringing in a bouquet of balloons and then remembered one of our midnight conversations where you told me you didn't like big fusses so I nixed that one too. Finally, this is all you get, an e-mail. I hope you'll have a great day and an evening filled with whatever you would like. Now, normally, birthday wishes come with a hug and a kiss. If you want them, come see me in the lab before you leave after shift change."
Julie had sent it just before her night shift was over and Robert was coming in for his last shift that week. She still had one more night to go and would then be off for a few days also.
As Julie went into work that night, she was a bit nervous. She wanted Robert so much but up to now, he'd shown only limited interest. He'd actually told her that he was somewhat intimidated by her, mostly because of her higher education – she had a bachelor's degree, he had only grade 12. She told him not to get hung up on the difference in education, that it didn't define her or him for that matter.
When she walked past the control room on her way to the lab, Julie waved at Robert and he nodded back. No smile. Julie was disappointed and figured he would not pop up in the lab. She went in and exchanged the information with the day shift lab operator and told him to go home. She then put her bag and lunch away and took her safety equipment out from her locker in the corner of the lab - glasses, gloves, safety shoes. As she was bending over to put her shoes on, Robert surprised her by yelling "Where's the lab rat?"
Julie straightened up and turned around and tried to steady her nerves. He laughed and asked "Did I scare you?" "As usual, of course!" By then, she was smiling too. He walked up to her and stood very close and said "I've come to get that hug and that kiss you promised".
Julie was ecstatic. However, she didn't want to get carried away or scare him away. She put her arms around Robert's neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek and hugged him, saying "Happy birthday". His arms wrapped around her waist and he said "Somehow, I expected a bigger kiss than that". Surprised, Julie pulled back a bit and replied "You're a big boy, if you want a bigger kiss, go ahead and take it!"
Robert barely let her finish the sentence and kissed her fully on the mouth. Within seconds, she felt his lips opening and let her own open up too. Soon, they were deeply kissing. Julie's head was spinning and she figured she'd died and gone to heaven. Finally, the kiss ended and Robert pulled her into another hug. After a few minutes, Julie broke the silence "This was really nice, but we're at work. Maybe you should go. After all, your carpool buddies must be getting impatient by now." Robert cleared his throat and, without pulling away, said "I should go but I can't. See, I've got this little problem..." With that, he pressed his hand on the small of her back and brought her closer to him and she could then feel his erection. "There's nothing small about this problem." With that, he laughed and said that she wasn't helping things. He did not want to go face anyone else with a tent in his pants.
Julie pulled away and got Robert to turn around and face the lab counter. She then told Robert to think about sitting in the control room and having the machines in bad cycles with this and that problem. Within minutes, Robert's hard-on disappeared and he turned around. "Thank you, that was quite convincing. Remind me not to have you tell me bedtime stories like that, they'd give me nightmares!" And with that, he left the lab.
With Robert gone, Julie went to work and while she had difficulty concentrating, she managed to get by. She kept thinking about the kiss and how it had awakened her passions. It had been a long, long time since she'd last been with a man and now, she really wanted Robert. Around 4 am, the phone in the lab rang. Julie, figuring that it was the control room calling, picked up the phone and said "What's up". Julie was surprised to hear Robert's voice "I'm up and so is my little problem... I can't stop thinking about our kiss and can't go to sleep with this hard on."
"Do you want me to tell you about the problems at the plant again?"
"No, try something else"
"Well, gee, I can see only a few other options..."
"What are they?"
"Well, you could get up and go take a cold shower. Or you could get up and do some housecleaning. Something to get your mind off the kiss. You could read the bible too."
At that point, he started laughing. "Any other suggestions?"
"Sure. Instead of trying to fight it, you could give in to it."
"What do you mean?"
"Go with it, keep thinking about it and play with yourself until you get your release. Or, you could hop in your car and meet me at my place in about 3 hours, after my night shift."
"That's too far away, I can't last that long. Why don't you talk me through it."
Julie was stunned. So much so that someone could have pushed her over with a feather. Nonetheless, she wasn't going to let such a golden opportunity slip away.
"Where are you in your apartment?"
"I'm sitting on the sofa, why?"
"Mmm. Well, just imagine me there with you, we're standing next to your sofa, kissing like before. We've got our hands roaming all over each other's bodies. I am running one hand through your hair. I love your hair, it's so soft. My other hand is slowly making its way down. I'm feeling your shoulder, your arm and then your back and all the way down to your rear end. I like your rear end, especially in those jeans that you dislike because the bottom hem keeps rolling up. Those fit your ass so nice and snug."