Chapter Six – George's Adventure Begins
George sat in his car in the rush hour traffic, cars jammed bumper to bumper, moving at a crawl. Instead of being annoyed as he usually was, he was thinking about Jasmine and what she had told him last night. She had had a sexual encounter with Rick in the park. He was a little jealous, but he was also extremely turned on by the thought of Rick fucking his wife. George also could not believe Jasmine had told him what had happened the previous evening and she had agreed to try an open marriage. 'Now that is a totally horny thought; I get to have my cake and eat it too!'
How was he was going to get his adventure going? It had been a very long time since he had approached a woman other than Jasmine and he was a bit worried that he had forgotten how to pick a woman up. He dreamed about the brunette in the coffee shop and he dreamed about Marne, Jasmine's best friend. But dreaming was so much different than actually pursuing and he wanted to pursue those dreams. So the big question was, how?
Just how was he going to learn to make love to another woman? He knew Jasmine so well, her smell, her movements and exactly what she liked and although he loved her very much and was comfortable with her, he wanted more. Maybe that comfort was the problem, he was craving variety and so was Jasmine. A horn honked behind him jarring him from his thoughts; slowly he inched forward only to come to a stop once more, his mind still wandering and dreaming of what he really wanted to do.
"Ahhh, hell! This is ridiculous." George muttered and pulled into the mall parking lot and turned around.
He drove back to the coffee shop; he was going to be late for work anyway. Still muttering to himself, he drove back to the little coffee shop and the brunette who worked there. By the time George arrived, he did not know what he was going to say or do, but if he was going to pursue these dreams; he knew he needed to act upon them. He could see her, her dark chocolate brown hair cascading down her back, the curls twisting with a mind of their own. She always wore her long hair pulled back from her round face. Her skin was clear and it looked smooth and soft, how he wanted to touch it, feel its softness beneath his fingers. Her eyes were clear sky blue, the color of a summer sky.
George had to adjust his suit pants a little bit as he got out of the car; it seemed they were a little tighter than before. He walked into the coffee shop and ordered his usual, a large black 'house special.' There she was, the brunette. She looked as beautiful as she always did. She was somewhere in her early thirties. George wished he could run his hands through that long brown hair, messing it up and letting it touch his bare skin.
"Sir, what would you like?"
'To fuck your brains out.' he thought.
"Large 'house special.' Black. Thanks"
It was quiet in the shop this morning; in fact they were the only two at the counter. The cook was in the back doing something in the kitchen, he had no clue what, but she or maybe it was a he, was making a lot of noise. George sat at the stool looking around the almost deserted coffee shop. Soon she brought him his coffee. "It must be good, you order the same one each time." She said with a friendly smile.
'Here's my chance.' he thought.
"Yeah, I do like it, you make one of the best cups of coffee I have ever had."
"Thanks. Are you going to be late for work today?"
"Yes, but I can't get there on time, huge traffic jam five blocks over. I may as well wait here, than in my car than listening to angry people in traffic jam. My name is George by the way."
"Makes sense. It's so quiet in here right now your company is welcome and I'm Miranda."
They sat and talked for twenty minutes and George got a refill to go, he hated to leave but he knew he could linger no longer. He drove to work and heard her voice in his ear all day. His day flew by and soon it was time for him to go home to Jasmine. He was driving home when he saw Miranda waiting for a bus. She was still dressed in her ugly coffee shop uniform and she looked tired. He pulled over and rolled down the window.
"Hey, are you ok?"
She looked up and he saw her fatigue etched upon her face. "Oh, hi. Yes I'm ok, just tired. I missed my bus and I have to wait thirty five minutes for the next one, which will make me late for my other job."
"Want a lift Miranda?"
"Sure."
She climbed into his sporty white car, relaxing into the soft leather upholstery. "Thanks, you're a lifesaver George."
"You're welcome Miranda. I'm glad to help out. Where to?"