I was like any other usual day. I was sitting at my desk totally immersed in a computer task when the phone rang loudly.
"Hello," I answered quickly and dazed. The phone seemed to be still ringing in my ears. I rarely received calls during the day so it was a complete surprise for someone to call.
"Hello, how are you?" Barb's familiar soft-spoken voice asked. Her voice calmed me a bit but the ringing was still echoing in my brain. I relaxed a bit more and replied.
"You scared me half to death."
"I'm sorry," she said speaking in a quieter voice.
"I'm ok now," I reassured her
"Guess what?"
"I'm in suspense, so tell me." I replied in a joking tone but still a bit tense.
"I bought a house. I hope to move in soon."
"Hey that's great, so you won the lottery?"
"Close enough. I got my divorce settlement I feel rich and free again."
"Wow, so what are you going to do with the money you got?" I grinned as I looked out the window and noticed an attractive blonde postal delivery lady walk by the open window who hesitated for a moment waved a hello, smiled and she continued on her way to my mailbox outside. Waving back with the phone on my ear I continued listening to Barb.
"$55,000 feels like a lot for me, " Barb replied.
"I am glad for you," I replied with a happy tone.
"I wanted to ask you. Would you be willing to help me move in to my new place? I'll treat you to a dinner and a movie."
"Hey, dinner sounds nice and a movie sounds like a great idea. It will give us a chance to catch up on things. Just don't expect me to be easy since you have become rich."
"What if I throw in some popcorn?"
"Ok, you got me," I replied jokingly.
"Hey that's great. It will probably take all day since it's just the two of us. I have quite a few things to move. Furniture and some large items I just can't do on my own. You can always stay over at my new place if you like." This could be interesting, I thought. I hadn't heard from Barb in months and now she calls me up from out of the blue having not heard from her in months and asks me to help her out, the hook a free dinner. It had always worked on me in the past and now it seemed was no different. I could never say no to her requests and I think even she kind of knew that. Since we had met we have always had a good casual friendship but not a close one. Over the many years we had been friends I always had a crush on her and I think she knew that. I felt, if she wanted me to be closer she knew I could easily fall in love with her. She always had other men in her life but they had come and gone. Something in the back of my mind was wondering if she wanted to change our loose relationship. It must have been 6 months since I had heard from her. Maybe she just wanted to rekindle our loose friendship. That would be nice I thought.
We were two different personalities. Barb had always been a good friend but I sort of disliked her over confident attitude. I had always been less than open in my feelings towards her in fear that she would not return them as I sort of had a fear of rejection, especially from her. My feelings for her were deep and strong as Barb was very attractive, very confident of herself and self-assured and I was not. I always had fantasies about her but I wasn't sure if she would ever consider me as an intimate partner, as I always tended to be too shy and reserved for her but there was a side of me that could change, if given the right persuasions.
I had known Barb about fifteen years and even today with the both of us in our late thirties she would continue to show her casual but flirtatious side of herself. There were also other times she could show herself to be very self-confident and a sexy looking businesswoman but even other times that she could be a quiet and vulnerable. She would always display her feelings openly whenever we were alone together at her place.
Barb was very beautiful and attractive. She had a slender body with perky breasts and a nice cute ass. There were times that Barb would display her casual home lifestyle and be dressed in a dressing gown that would barely cover her. She would usually wait for me to arrive before getting ready to go out for an evening of dancing or a casual dinner. I would usually patiently wait and read something as she had a shower and got dressed before we went out. Barb would sometimes make it known to me that it was not a date but just a friendly get together. Was this for my sake or hers? I was never sure why. She knew and saw herself as sexy, today on the phone was no different it seemed.
I arrived the next day at Barb's place at 8:30am as planned. A rented van was parked outside the front door with a plank resting from the van to the front door. I greeted her and walked throughout the house with her so she could show me what we had to do. Once a plan was made it was time to work. During the moving process throughout the day on several occasions Barb's would brush by me in very close quarters with either her breasts or ass in order to move around furniture or desks. Each time she looked at me smiling. I felt these occasions were deliberate. Of course I didn't mind. If she was trying to make an impression on me it was working.
After spending four long hours moving furniture, tables and chairs and boxes into the van we finally got underway and headed for her new place up-Island. We cleaned, painted unpacked, and moved her things into a beautiful new blue green trimmed single story house. Things seemed to be winding down and then Barb announced she was going to take a bath in her new bathtub.
"Let's take a break. I need to soak in a hot tub and relax. My arms and neck are killing me. Can we order a pizza and stay in and eat? There are some beers in the fridge," she said as she disappeared into the bathroom. I was tired as well and wanted to go home, but I thought she might be offended if I left early. Hunting in the kitchen I found a phone under a pile of papers, ordered dinner and found a chair in the living room sat down and began watching TV.
I reminisced over the day's events and thought about Barb's temptations and wondered what our sleeping arrangements might be. There was only one bedroom and the other rooms were stuffed with boxes. Home was a four-hour drive and I didn't have the energy for that. There was only one bed and a small two-person couch in front of the TV that would definitely be uncomfortable to sleep on. A plan rolled in my mind that we might watch TV together and after endure the long drive home. Sometimes, when we were alone at her old place, when she would take a shower she would sometimes leave the bathroom door ajar. I was convinced she did that to place the suggestion for me that she was available and naked behind that slightly open door. I then noticed that once again the bathroom door was of course ajar however, a little more open than usual. I could hear her moving about inside the bathtub. The water was splashing about rather loudly inside and I thought she maybe having difficulty getting used to the larger self-standing tub that came with the house. It was different from the smaller more modern ones these days.
Just then the doorbell rang. The pizza! Great I was starving. I opened the door, greeted the pizza boy and handed him twenty dollars which included a generous tip.
"Hey, thanks buddy! Have a nice night, ok," the delivery boy replied as he turned and headed down the stairs to the street.
"Your welcome," I generously replied.
Closing the door and with the hot pizza in hand I called to Barb,
"Pizza's here. Should I put it in the oven to keep warm 'til your ready."
"Ok, sure, I be out in a few minutes," Barb voice echoed a reply.
Walking into the kitchen I placed the two cardboard boxes it into the oven and turned it on low. Returning back to the living room I sat down again and began to watch the TV program that was on. A few moments later I began to hear moaning coming from the bathroom loud enough to concern me that maybe she had slipped or hurt herself. I got up, moved closer to the door and peeked inside. Her eyes were closed her head lay back and the water splashed about in the tub. Barb's wet shoulders glistened by the bare frosted bulb above her. Her head rested against the back of the bathtub tilted looking towards the door from where I was looking in from. I could imagine her supple breasts just under the water line and her hand down between her legs. I was becoming quite aroused and unknowingly brushed the door causing it to creak slightly. Barb's eyes opened slowly and seemed not at all startled to see me standing at the door looking in on her. I was caught and frozen not knowing what to do or say.
"I've been waiting for you," her soft voice said. Still in shock at being caught I looked down and away from her.