There was just something about her. From all the way across the crowded reception hall, she caught Larry's eye. Larry had been thinking about cutting out early. He had been invited to the wedding of a friend of a friend mostly to be a "seat-filler" he thought. Or to even up the number of unattached males to females. But it seemed that most of the ladies had "paired off" with other guys and, with no promising prospects in sight, he was ready to head out. Until he saw her.
Larry walked the long way around the large room until he was behind the lady in question. She had her brown hair up in a style that revealed a delicious-looking neck. But Larry was having a hard time getting a sense of her body. She wore a long pale-blue cocktail dress with a jacket or blazer over it. It looked odd from across the room and looked odd now that he was almost directly behind her. She was not very tall, maybe 5'1" or 5'2" compared to Larry's 6'2". As she stood at the edge of a group of couples, she was swaying to the music in a way that confirmed Larry's long-distance appraisal that she had a pretty face. But that body. Larry surveyed up and down and couldn't get a read.
"Take a picture. It will last longer," a voice intoned.
Startled, Larry looked up and the mysterious lady had caught him "sizing her up". He blushed and looked at the floor sheepishly.
"What's the matter? Did I embarrass you? I didn't mean to. That's just something I say when I notice someone looking at me," she said with a funny smile.
"I'm Larry. Sorry if I was staring," he managed to say softly.
"Denice. And it's really ok. I'm flattered, with all the pretty girls that are here tonight," she said.
Denice had a vaguely foreign accent that Larry couldn't place. He was becoming more and more interested in her. He decided against leaving and asked Denice to dance. The DJ had just put on a slow song.
"I'm really not much of a dancer. I'm kind of clumsy, I guess. But if you want stand in one place and sway, I'm game," Denice said with a smile.
Larry took her by the hand and they found an empty corner of the dance-floor. He took her in his arms and began to get a sense of Denice's body. She was stacked! His hand sank into the loosely hanging fabric of the blazer until it found her waist, which seemed tiny and flared out to what Larry assumed were nicely-rounded hips. As they swayed he held her just close enough that her bust brushed against his chest, or rather his mid-section. Larry tried not to grope his new friend and played it as cool as his sudden excitement allowed. Soon the slow number was over and they fled the dance floor before the manic "club music" became too loud.
They tried to talk over the din, but it was futile. Larry took her by the hand and led her outside. The evening was warm and quiet.
"This is much better," Larry said as he smiled at Denice.
"Oh yes. It was too noisy and kind of stuffy in there," she agreed. She looked up at the stars and slowly turned away from Larry. He watched her as she slowly spun around looking skyward. As she did, she unbuttoned and slipped off her blazer. Larry's jaw dropped.
Denice looked at Larry and saw him staring. It was her turn to blush. When she finally caught his eye, they giggled like children.
"Yeah, you see why I try to cover up," Denice admitted. "It's either that or wear big, baggy, sweaters. And in the summer that really doesn't work."
"Wow," was all that Larry could get out. "Denice, you're gorgeous! Are you a model or something?"