It was a warm Wednesday morning and Kim was enjoying some lazy time with the kids off to school, just waiting for Jill to show up to share some coffee and some conversation. Now that Pete had gotten the promotion she could be a stay-at-home mom and, so far, she was loving every moment of it. She read a lot, shopped a lot and day-dreamed some, even some fairly erotic day-dreams. Then there was the familiar knock on the side door and Jill came in as she usually did, fixed herself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table across from Kim.
"Kids all okay?" Kim asked.
"Sure, all homework done last night and they were actually anxious to get to school today." She took a long slurp of the hot coffee. "How about you?"
"All good," Kim answered. "Anything special going on with you?"
"Not much although tomorrow is Chad's birthday and I need to pick up a present today."
"What are you going to get him?"
"Eh, he wants a new camera. The old one stopped working a few months ago and he's been moaning ever since."
"So, is that what you're going to get him?"
"Well," Jill began rather glumly. "I suppose, but as soon as he gets that camera he'll want to take some pictures."
"Yeah, that's what you do with a camera," Kim giggled.
"Pictures," she said, raising her eyebrows. "You know, pictures," she continued, shaking her head.
"Ohhhh," Kim replied. "I get the picture," and she laughed as did Jill. "So, will he get to take some pictures?" They were such good friends they could talk about almost anything.
"I just hate to do that. It would bother me that they exist. I don't know. Maybe I'm just a prude." She looked at Kim who was now strangely quiet. "Wait a minute. Didn't Pete just show us his new camera last weekend?" She watched Kim shake her head. "Oh, and he wanted to take some pictures too, I'm sure. I guess it's a man-thing." Still no reply from Kim. "Wait another minute. Did you let him take some pictures?" Now she noticed a slight reddening in Kim's cheeks.
"Well, he's wanted to take some for a long time and, with the new camera he was really excited but, like you, I didn't want to. Unfortunately he knows me very well and," her cheeks reddening even more, "when I get a little, well, excited, sometimes things happen that wouldn't happen otherwise."
"This is sounding interesting so keep going," Jill said excitedly.
"Well, he's always telling me I'm a babe and how great and sexy I am but I look in the mirror and I'm not sure I see it. But, a couple of nights ago when we were upstairs and, well, you know, he was saying it again and I just wondered and he wanted to take a couple of very nice pictures as he described them and I wondered what I'd look like in pictures rather than in the mirror so . . . . I relented and he took some pictures." The redness hadn't left Kim's cheeks yet.
"How were they," Jill questioned, anxious to hear Kim's answer.
"Well, they were nice and . . . . god this is hard . . . . but I liked them and, I guess I could see in them a little of what he was talking about."
"Wow, that's exciting. I know if Chad gets that camera he'll be after me again." She looked at Kim. "Maybe, knowing you did it, I might relent a little but I'm not sure yet."
"So, are you going to give him the camera?"
"I don't think he's expecting me to get it for him so it would be a big surprise. I might just go ahead and do it." She looked back at Kim, her mind churning with what she had just heard.
"You're dying of curiosity aren't you?" Kim suggested.
"I suppose I am. It's only natural you know." She laughed. Kim was silent for a minute and Jill studied her. "What evil thing are you contemplating? I know that look."
"So, you think you might let Chad take some pictures of you?"
A deep sigh from Jill. "Lord, I suppose so. It would make his day."
"How about making his birthday a special one?" Kim said with a sly grin. "Why not give him two big surprises. First the camera and second," she paused and held Jill's eyes, "second, give him some pictures that he'll enjoy."
"What?" was the quick reply.
"Give him some pictures that will surprise, delight and excite him."
"Are you kidding?"
"Nope. I did it."
"But that was different."
"This would be different too. Would he love that?
"Oh shit, he'd go nuts but how can I do that? I don't have the camera yet or anything."