The Highway to a Memory

Pete was on the road somewhere in Indiana, his usual territory, much closer to home back east. He was covering the area as a last minute thing, the trip already booked when the company had to move on from the person who covered it. Pete had another 100+ miles to go, with nothing but satellite radio on in the rental. He drove on, looking around at the area he'd never thought he'd be anywhere near. Although he realized a long time ago, most places look alike, only the names change. As he drove he saw a sign for French Lick, home of Larry Bird, flashbacks to his younger days and the glory of those teams.

A couple more miles and he noticed another sign for Jasper, he tried to recall why that name stuck in his mind, and he racked his brain a while then shook it off and drove on to his hotel. He settled in and did some work to kill the afternoon, then headed out to find dinner. Pete settled in at a local place, knowing from many years on the road, to find the hidden gems. The waitress, Hayley was friendly as anyone he ever met, everything you hear about Middle America people. She was a college student (aren't they all) working away and getting through. After dinner he asked her for a place to grab a drink, not the college bar type place, just a casual easy spot. She made her recommendation, and he went off.

He was sitting at the bar, nice not too quiet, not crazy loud and busy, he talked up the bartender about this and that as his drink was put down on the bar. Pete chatted with the bartender until the next customer ordered a drink. Pete reached for his glass, lifted it in a semi toast 'thanks Hayley' he paused a second 'Hay-ley' and suddenly, his eyes widened.

Pete sat at the bar stunned for a minute, then a small smile crossed his face as he took another sip, and his mind wandered back over 25 years, to the first time he met her. He was the college student, working, night's weekends and going to class all day. The restaurant was pretty busy and the hours were there for the taking. It's a casual atmosphere behind the customer view plenty of banter to go around, after work was more of the same.

He worked a lot with an assistant manager, a transplant who was in the service and filled in time at the restaurant for extra money. One day a girl walks in the restaurant and heads to the back room, "Hi sweetie" she said to Pete, which was odd for a kid of 19 to hear as he had no clue who she was. After a few minutes she came back out front and talked to the crew getting ready for the nights business. She turned to his "You must be Pete, I'm Lisa and Neil has told me a lot about you". Pete shook her hand and figured out it was Neil's wife who had to go back home to Indiana for a family issue. She bounced away out back, almost skipping as she walked, her barely 5'2 frame small tight body, more cute than hot, he gave her the quick once over as she disappeared into the store room again.

As Pete had been there only 3 weeks he had never met her, but over the next year they worked together a lot, while Neil tried to not work every day Lisa did, sometimes in the food business it's unavoidable. Though when they did work together, they stayed away from personal chat, while working, and on a busy night, it's pretty easy, everyone was close knit in this place and friendly banter was the norm. Lisa called everyone sweetie or hunn, Pete responded by calling her sweet lady, and they became the hit as they played off each other without a second lost between them, sometimes trying to one up the other.

One day Pete called and Neil answers, "I need an hour, I'm still at school, I'm going to see the professor, trig is kicking my ass and I just don't get this shit" he said. Neil said it was ok and he'd cover it just be there asap. Shortly after an hour had past, Pete came in and went right to his work. He thanked Neil for understanding, "Go get with Lisa, she's a math wiz, she can help if you're stuck, meet her here some afternoon or come by the apartment, she's a big help" he offered. Lisa said the same thing that night, offering her help, math just came to her, she gets it. A couple weeks go by and Pete is still struggling with school. "There are only so many times I make an offer to a guy before I just don't offer anymore", Lisa said.

They met at the store the next day and went over some stuff, she explained it easily and it started to make sense. They agreed to meet again and review for his next test. They met and as she explained it she put her hand on his back as she leaned over, while watching him work the problem. She would occasionally rub his back or run her hand down his arm as he worked. Over the semester they met, at the store and their apartment, he brought a bottle of wine to their apartment as a thank you for all the help he had received. "Thanks but this is unnecessary, I miss doing stuff like this" she said. Pete laughed, "Wanna go take my final?" Lisa gave him a big tight hug, as tight as her little frame could squeeze.

Lisa told Pete she had an interview for a full time job at good money, and she needed to get away from the restaurant, working with the hubby isn't always great when you see each other more than planned at work. Pete mentioned the place was about a mile from his house and Lisa offered to help review for his final after her interview.

A few days later, Pete was at the desk in his room when he heard the door open. He had told her don't knock, just come in, follow the sound of the radio, she'll find his room. Sure enough within a minute she was standing in his doorway. He looked over at her, all dressed up real pretty, nice dress, strap heels hair down, which she always said was half down her back and she wasn't kidding. "I need to take these shoes off, I'm not used to heels", she said as she undid the straps and slipped them off.

For a girl of 26 she was tiny, not even 5'2 and tiny frame, she smiled as she leaned over his shoulder to see what he was working on. He walked her through the problem so she could tell what he was stuck on, she leaned over him, her small firm boobs against his back, and she pointed out where he was going wrong and explained the formula. He looked back and she knew he got it. A couple more formulas and he finally smiled, and thanked her for all the help. She poked him in his side and he jumped, "ohhhhhhhh, someone is ticklish" she said as he poked him a few more times, he jumped up and poked her back, she squirmed she tried to swat his hands away while still poking at him, he moved her hands away and kept at her, they were both laughing as each tried to get the best of the other.

They got closer and closer to each other; she stopped, and stared at him. They moved so slowly, closer, closer, until they both reached and they kissed, long and longer still. They kissed over and over, holding each other tight, not stopping or unlocking from each other. Neither of them did anything but kiss the other, he could feel her soft gentle lips on his, her arms around his neck, his around her waist, both holding on tight. After many minutes, they broke off, staring into each other. The room was stone silent, they stared and stared, he didn't know what to do, or say. "I need to go" Lisa finally said. "OK" he answered and she reached for her shoes and headed to the door. Pete didn't move and he let her leave without a word.

They went back to working together, though with his school schedule he was on limited hours to get classes done. When they were together, they acted as if nothing had happened. As finals approached he took some time off to study and get projects done. One day he was home, he heard a knock on the door, he went to answer and Lisa was there. "Saw your car, thought I'd stop and see how studying was going", she said as he let her in. He updated her as she followed to his room, sitting on the single bed as he went back to work.

She pulled her shoes off again and leaned back over his shoulder as he walked her through the latest problems. She helped him a lot less than the last time she was there. When he was done, she put her arm around him,"nice work sweetie, you're going to do fine" she said. "All thanks to you" he answered. Lisa smiled as she hugged him again, "you -- did -- all -- the - work" with each word she poked him in his side. Of course he jumped and spun around to poke her back. Only this time he grabbed her hands in one of his and poked her again and again, she was laughing harder and harder, squirming as she tried to move away. "I give, I give" she said while he poked her again.

Again the room was deafeningly silent, as she held his hands; he didn't realize she was slowly pulling closer until their lips met again. They kissed as last time, long unending, after many many minutes of kissing she let his hand go, he felt her touch the front of his shorts, he immediately felt a twitch inside them. Lisa could feel it too, and she took her hand and ran over the front of his shorts, he was quickly getting hard and he couldn't hide it from her. They continued kissing as she made him harder, his cock straining against his shorts. He took his hand and ran it down her dress; he pulled it up enough to get his hand between her legs and rubbed her pussy through her panties. He hadn't done this very many times, he went slow rubbing on her as best he could trying to hold her dress up enough to reach under it.

She fumbled with the catch on his shorts and after several tries, she broke off the kiss "help me" and went back to kissing him, Pete undid his shorts and she slid them down, now rubbing her hand over his hard cock, his cock was glad to be released a little more, still confined under his briefs. Pete continued to slowly rub her through her very thin panties; he could feel the hair on her pussy through them as he held her dress up with his other hand. Lisa broke off the kiss and reached behind her back, unzipping her dress and it fell to her feet. She stepped out of it and her lips met his again. Her hands went to work on his cock, and he could feel her pulling his briefs down, which he stepped out of, his hard cock straight out before him. Lisa took his hand and led him the few steps to his bed where she got on and pulled him onto it.

He looked at the woman on his bed in her bra and panties, her small tight tits pushing against her bra, her pussy clearly visible through the thin mesh panties. "Make love to me sweetie" she said in a soft gentle voice, he climbed on the bed and kissed her again and again. His hand went back to her panties and rubbed her pussy through them. He slipped a finger under them, and found her pussy soaked. He played with her as best he knew how, and her tight pussy pulled his finger into her. After playing with her for a bit, she held his hand against her pussy. "Make love to me" and released his hand. Pete pulled her panties slowly off her hips, as she lifted them, and he dropped her panties on the floor.

He moved between her legs and hovered over her body, her bra the only thing she had on. "Sweetie" she said in the same low quiet voice, he lowered himself onto her, into her, her tight pussy taking his cock in. As he went into her she slowly wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck. Once fully inside her she locked her feet around him, keeping him deep inside her. He knew what she wanted but her legs were so tight he couldn't move, he stayed inside her, feeling her heat around his hard cock. She moved her legs a little and he pulled out so slightly, she tightened her legs and he pushed into her. They made love like this for quite a while; she helped set the pace she wanted, holding him tight around his neck and kissing non-stop. She held him tight and tighter still as she felt him pull out and slowly push his way back into her time and time again, her legs locked, holding him to her.

They said nothing the entire time; only their kisses and their movements were all they had. Pete's hands were under her holding her close as they continued. Pete broke away from kissing her after a long while of slowly pulling in and out of her tight body, "I can't hold it any longer" he said, hoping he wasn't disappointing her. She held him even closer around his neck, "I don't want you to hold back" she said before kissing him again. Pete felt a rush through his cock and into her. Lisa locked her legs around him tight as could be as he released into her, using her legs to slowly push him into her as he came in her. She held him locked tight, long after he finished, kissing him still. Lisa finally unlocked her feet and he moved to lie next to her.

A few minutes of deafening silence, "I got that job today, I start Monday", Lisa said. "And he's giving his notice in a week, he's got another job lined up starting first next month, so in 3 weeks were both gone" she said. Pete didn't know what to say "I'm glad you got a better job, him too, you deserve it." They lie in silence again for a bit, finally Lisa got up and reached for her clothes. Pete watched her dress as he slowly out his clothes back on too.

"I need to go" she said. "I know" he said back. "Let me know how finals go and I'll see you soon" Lisa said as she grabbed her shoes. "I will" he answered as she walked out his door. 2 weeks later Lisa comes back to his house, she knows he's in his room and let's herself in. He told her his good grades in school and she hugged him. "What happened last time can't happen again" she said, "I don't regret it one second, but I don't want to hurt you or put you in any funny spot if we see each other again" she said in one big breath. "Ok I understand" Pete answered. They talked a little more and Lisa left him with one last kiss on the cheek. Pete went back to work after school was over for the year, Neil came by now and then as did Lisa usually separately, and no hint of anything that had ever happened.

About a year later Lisa found herself in Pete's room again. "We're moving we need to go back towards home and help Neil's parents with their home and business. They talked for a little while about his plans for after school and what his future hopefully held. Lisa wished him well as he did to her, she hugged him tighter than ever, "I'll never forget you", she whispered and with one last kiss, and she was gone.

Pete snapped back from his memory to see Hayley and 3 of her friends come in and grab a table, she smiled and he waved back. After one more drink he paid his tab, and left enough for a round for Hayley and her friends, a silent thank you for the great recommendation, and for bringing back a long lost memory.