"Hold the door," a woman's voice yelled out as the elevator doors closed.
I was tired. It was the end of the week, a crappy week at work, and I just wanted to get to my condo and lock the world out. I did not want to wait for anything. Social convention, though, made me push the open button and slide my hand through the door.
"Thank you," the young blond gushed, as she led a man with curly dark brown hair, a shirt open at the neck, and a pair of tight, faded jeans. She looked familiar, but I had just moved into my place two months ago and I still did not know all of the residents. He threw himself against the back wall and pulled her into his arms and kissed her hungrily. I punched my floor. They ignored me.
I like sex and intimacy as much as anyone. Actually, I love sex, but for some reason I just don't enjoy watching others. I've watched a porn movie or two with boyfriends in the past, but part of me just doesn't get it. "I can do that," I think, and it would be a lot more fun if it was me and not them. The guy had his hands all over the woman, on her ass, rubbing her back, and she kissed him back as she was thrusting her pelvis against his leg. She moaned. Loudly.
The door opened and I stepped out, expecting them to allow the door to close and the elevator to sit until called. She suddenly broke her lip lock on him and led him from the elevator. I turned to the right and they followed me. I stopped at my door and they walked past me and stopped next door and opened the door.
My cat Gizmo greeted me at the door, weaving between my legs as he purred. I scratched his head, he purred louder, and I fed him. After changing into a pair of sleep pants and an oversized Tee shirt, I poured a glass of wine and started dinner. After two glasses of wine, the cat was asleep on the couch, dinner was ready, and the stress of the week was starting to become a memory.
It was a very nice May night and I decided to eat on my balcony. I poured another glass of wine, put my pasta, salad, and bread on a tray and walked out to the balcony. I sat down, and looked over the wooded area while sipping my wine. The stress was leaving me.
It started with a giggle, soft at first, then louder. Maybe it was the wine, but it took me a minute to locate the sounds. I looked to my left and on the next door balcony I saw my elevator companions on their patio, standing, kissing, and their hands groping and feeling each other. The woman would giggle and the guy gave out a guttural moan. Their balcony was illuminated with several candles which back lit them and case fluttering shadows on them and the walls around them.
Part of me wanted to go back inside. But I was tired. And hungry. And it was a nice night. I sat on my dark balcony, partially hidden by a vine growing on a trellis. I could try to ignore them while I ate dinner. My pasta with pesto and a red sauce was fabulous with the fresh French bread and the over indulgence of butter. I finished my third glass of wine and went back for another. I sat down, looking out at the clear sky, the early night stars slowly appearing over the horizon. All was right with the world.