Allen took a sip of his beer and glanced over at his best friend Joey and his date Lisa moving together out on the dance floor. Allen couldn't even start to call what they were doing dancing, with Lisa pressed against Joey's torso while he had both hands beneath her leather miniskirt from behind.
Allen snorted in amusement and glanced at Jenifer, Lisa's friend sitting across from him. She had barely said a word or even glanced at him all night which was a bit disappointing. The two women couldn't have been more different, with Lisa tall and slim, almost anorexic with long black hair and enough makeup for six women in an Egyptian Goth kind of style, while Jenifer was short and curvaceous, with enough padding to keep Allen's interest going, shoulder length auburn hair and gorgeous blue eyes. She even had a small, upturned button nose that he always thought was so attractive.
Jennifer glanced up and said something, but with the throbbing base and music he shook his head.
"What?" Allen had to shout back.
"It's ok!" Jennifer shouted, "I know you're here because you're Joey's wingman, you can go find someone to dance with if you want!"
Allen's eyes widened in surprise as Jennifer glanced away.
"I'd rather dance with you if you'd like to!" Allen shouted after a moment.
The song ended just in time for Allen to find himself yelling 'like to!' like an idiot in the sudden calm. Jennifer looked up and made eye contact with him and snorted at his expression, their eyes staring into each other's for several heartbeats until Jennifer glanced out onto the dance floor.
"Looks like Lisa and your friend are done dancing for a bit," Jennifer said with a grimace.
Allen followed her gaze and watched Allen leading the way to one of the more relatively secluded couches along the far wall that already had a handful of couples making out. While Allen watched he saw at least two couples giving oral and shook his head before looking back at Jennifer.
"I'd still love to dance with you on the next song," Allen said.
"It's fine," Jennifer hastily replied, "I mean, you don't have to just because, and I'm a horrible dancer anyway."
"I'm not asking because I have to," Allen replied with a smile, "I think you're way prettier than your friend and would love to dance, but if you don't want to that's fine too."
"Really?" Jennifer said with a doubtful expression on her face.
"What, the not dancing part or the you're beautiful part?" Allen asked.
Jennifer snorted and shook her head but was at least smiling now.
"How about both?" Jennifer said.
"It's fine if you don't want to dance annnnnd I really do think you're beautiful," Allen replied, "So if you don't like to dance, what do you like to do."
"Ohhh, trying to be slick, and no, I don't do any vertical dancing on the first date either," Jennifer shot back and then glanced towards where Joey and Lisa were laying together on the couch, his head already between her thighs, "Unlike certain friends of mine."
"What? No! That's not what I meant," Allen quickly added, "I meant, seriously, what kind of stuff do you like!"
Jennifer looked at Allen for a moment and then shrugged, "I know I'm overweight, but I do like hiking and paddleboarding, and I swim almost every morning before I go to work.
"Normal stuff I guess, but I only do the club thing when Lisa bugs me to."
"Joey's pretty good about dragging me out too," Allen replied, "So where do you like to hike?"
"I love Ramona Falls and Sleeping Beauty between Mt Adams and Mt St Helens," Jennifer said.
"No way!" Allen said with a huge smile, "I went to Ramona Falls last week!"
"I never get to do as much hiking as I want because Lisa doesn't want to do that sort of stuff and I can't go by myself with all the cougars and bears and two legged critters," Jennifer said, "I know it's stupid to worry about, but I still do and don't go on long hikes by myself."
"How about Saddle Mountain or Silver Falls, have you ever gone there?" Allen asked.
The next thirty minutes seemed to fly by while they talked about hiking in Oregon and Washington, and after mentioning the Native American pits on a hike overlooking the Gorge in Washington even started talking and arguing about Gobekli Tepe. The fact that someone besides himself even knew what Gobekli Tepe was surprising enough, but Jennifer was smart and confident enough to even debate him about the assertion that it had been built by hunter gatherers or not.
"There's other Tepe's though!" Allen argued with a wide grin, "And those do show habitati..."
The music started playing at that moment and drowned out Allen's words who glared up at the ceiling. Allen looked across the table at Jennifer who was smiling back and realized that he had taken her hand without even realizing it at some point while they talked. Her flippant comment about not dancing vertically with anyone on the first date crossed his mind, but his smile only widened as he leaned over and kissed her.
Jennifer's eyes widened in shock, but after only a second those beautiful blue eyes slipped shut. Suddenly it was Allen's turn to be surprised when he felt a tongue press between his lips to caress his own. Allen wasn't sure how long they kissed but was absolutely positive it had to have been ten or twenty minutes nonstop when he finally pulled away even if the song was still just starting to play.
"Hey, uh, would you like to get out of here so we can hear each other?" Allen shouted.
Jennifer pulled her hand away and suddenly had the look of a deer in headlights. She quickly glanced towards the couches where Joey and Lisa had disappeared to, but a dozen dancers now blocked them from view. When Jennifer finally looked back it was easy to see how nervous she suddenly was.
"I don't know..." Jennifer shouted back.
"I don't live to far from here and there's an all night IHop like a half mile away," Allen shouted, "We can get something to eat and then I'll pay for an Uber for you when you want to go home!"
Jennifer looked back towards the couches a second time before making eye contact with Allen and giving a barely perceptible nod.
"Ok," Jennifer shouted back which sent Allen's heart hammering in his chest.
Jennifer stood up and after another glance towards the couches began to make her way towards the front of the club, Allen hurrying to walk next to her and take her hand. Jennifer glanced down in surprise and then gave Allen a smile before they made it out onto the relatively quite street.
"The IHop is a couple of blocks up here," Allen said as he led Jennifer down the street by the hand.
Jennifer gave his hand a squeeze while she walked beside him, Allen's eyes drawn to the black skirt and white crop top that left a few inches of Jennifer's stomach exposed. Lisa's outfit had been little more than a strip of cloth covering her nipples and leaving her cleavage and even her underboobs exposed along with a patent leather black miniskirt, the V of Lisa's lower stomach below her bellybutton on full display. Jennifer's outfit was every bit as sexy without being so 'come fuck me now' over the top.
"Give me a second, I hate these things!" Jennifer suddenly said and stood on one foot while holding Allen's arm to unlace first one and then the other of her high heels. Allen grinned as he glanced down at Jennifer's bare feet with the bright white edging of a French pedicure on her toenails before starting to walk once more after she put the heels in her purse.
"You are so tall," Jennifer said a minute later as she looked up at Allen's eyes, the top of her head not even reaching his chin now that she was barefoot.
"That's not a bad thing I hope, is it," Allen asked as he stared down into Jennifer's eyes.
"Oh... ah... no, not a bad thing," Jennifer said and blushed as she glanced away.
They walked on in silence for another block, Jennifer's fingers entwined in his as cars passed by on the busy street until IHop came into view.
When Allen reached a line of bushes that cast the sidewalk into a little shadow he gently pulled Jennifer to a stop and took her other hand. Holding both of hers while he stared down into her blue eyes.
"I meant what I said," Allen said barely above a whisper, "You are soooo much more beautiful than Lisa."
"Oh, stop," Jennifer said, but smiled at the compliment.
Allen leaned down slowly, slow enough so that Jennifer could pull away if she wanted but found her leaning up to meet his kiss instead. Allen felt her soft lips press against his, her tongue quickly slipping between his lips before she tilted her head slightly, reached a hand behind his head and pulled him against her. Jennifer moaned while standing on tiptoe, their mouths pressed hard against each other while Allen's hands caressed Jennifer's exposed back. Suddenly Allen jumped, his eyes widening in surprise when he felt a hand rubbing and squeezing the growing bulge hidden beneath his cargo pants.
Allen's outfit for the night had been a light gray polo shirt, something that the tag had said was pale oak of all things, and a pair of kaki cargo shorts with Teva's. Nothing fancy, but not the most easy access and he felt Jennifer struggling with the zipper at the front of his pants.
"Jennifer?" Allen asked, his own hands slipping down to caress the back of her thighs below her skirt.
"Did you say you lived close by?" Jennifer suddenly asked, her fingers slipping inside the gap that his zipper had made when she had finally managed to pull it down.
"Yea," Allen breathed as Jennifer found his still soft erection and gave him a squeeze, "But... I mean, you said..."
"Lisa's already fucking your friend if I know her," Lisa said between pants, "So maybe.... maybe just this once... maybe I lied just this once.
"Do you want to take me home?"
Allen leaned down to find Jennifer's mouth again, his fingers sliding up beneath her skirt and finding the silky cloth of her panties blocking any further exploration.
