This first chapter will be a bit of a slow burn but fear not, the sex is cumming! After reading some reader comments from my previous stories I decided to devout some additional background for context. Hopefully, I've found the right balance. I continue to welcome your critique, suggestions and requests!
Chapter 1 A Fresh Start, New Diggs and a New Friend
The breakup had been as crappy as any I suppose. Sadness and loss on both sides eventually led to the realization that trying to understand how it all fell apart, really didn't matter anymore. After three months of pain and anguish dealing with finances and shared belongings, the hard emotions had given way to the practicalities of finding and planning a new life -- alone. The bitterness of what brought the relationship to an end had gradually receded. The unknowns of a fresh start thankfully occupied the focus of today and hopefully tomorrow.
It was only supposed to be a short term arrangement when I answered the ad to share a two bedroom apartment with a woman ten years my junior. I figured I would be back on my feet and ready for a place of my own within six months. Two years and counting is a scenario I never would have imagined. It seems like so long ago, that first meeting with Hannah at our -- no, make that her apartment.
It was the last Saturday in March and still cold enough outside to feel like winter. This girl with blonde curls and sparkling brown eyes gave off an outward sense of confidence that was beyond her age. I felt drawn to Hannah that very first meeting. Like myself, Hannah's body was toned and in good shape. Given the age difference, she likely worked at it far less than I.
The apartment was less spacious than the house I had left behind but more than enough room for two girls on opposite work schedules. The very next weekend I moved in and began unpacking my clothes and the few things I had taken when I moved out. Fortunately, the room was largely furnished complete with a four poster bed with a canopy above. It wasn't new by any means but the mattress was firm and I was more than happy to have it. Looking back, the distinctive wear marks on each of the tall posts should have piqued my curiosity but at the time, I just chalked it up to the bumps and mars that come with used furniture.
The two of us settled in pretty quickly as roommates. Despite our respective busy work lives, we managed to cross paths during the week and soon found ourselves spending more time together on the weekends. I quickly learned that Hannah was as outgoing as her personality had suggested and when it came to pot and alcohol, it was readily apparent that she could go with the best of them. Often after a night out for dinner or to the local pub, we would head home to drain one last bottle of wine whether or not either of us needed it.
It had all seemed so easy and comfortable back in those early days when I thought of us as equals. As our friendship grew, we began to share more and more with one another. I learned that Hannah had fast tracked her way through University and was already two years into a job that might turn into a career. She had dated quite a bit it seemed but was vague on the details and I respected the limits to her disclosure without pushing for more.
I was similarly vague about the breakup with my ex and liked that she did not pry into my history any more than I had of hers. Whatever circumstances had preceded us becoming roommates quickly felt like old history as our friendship and closeness grew. I began to feel the desire to share more with my newest friend but something in my gut made me hold back. But that was then. That was before I had either lost control or perhaps more honestly, chosen to yield control.
The first subtle change in our relationship came when Hannah met her current boyfriend, Jake. Though quick-witted and a little too cocky, he had a great sense of humor and I could see why Hannah liked his company. Personality aside, Jake was quite a looker and not one that I would have brushed off at the bar had he given it an honest effort. He worked in construction and the heavy lifting and long days in the sun had sculpted his body into a fine looking specimen indeed.
The more time I spent with Jake, the more my fondness for him grew. As a trio, we always had a great time together. The new couple never seemed bothered by my presence and always offered to include me in their plans. With very little in the way of my own social life at that time, I almost always took them up on the offer.
Hannah and I still managed to carve out time 'just for the roomies' as she would say, but obviously it wasn't what it had been in the first three months before the arrival of Jake. I wasn't anywhere near ready to hit the singles market yet and was usually happy to go along as the third wheel or spend some good time alone with a new book. The other change in our routine was the end of the night. It was during this period that I came to realize just how thin the walls were. Not only could I hear the unmistakable sounds of sex, I could often make out parts of their conversations before, during and after the act.
At first, I tried to politely ignore my new friends' long nights of pleasure but even with a pillow over my head, I could still make out the primal noises. It was the imagination as much as the sounds that had me abandoning any notions of minding my own business. Soon I was rubbing myself in time and trying to arrive at orgasm at the very moment I'd hear the announcement of Hannah's.