In the year since Amy suddenly found herself a widow at the age of 35 she hadn't left the house more than a dozen or so times. More often than not she relied on her best friend Jenny to bring her things from the store, but she also did a lot of online shopping. Her Husband had left her a lot of money and she knew she would never need to work if she choose not to.
Craig, her husband died in a car accident while coming home from work one afternoon. Amy had been a happy housewife up until that day. She had loved her husband and devoted her life up to that point to taking care of him and their daughter Stacy.
Stacy, who was now 18 had left for college just a few short months after Craig died leaving Amy all alone in their large home. Amy had gotten pregnant with Stacy at a very young age and had married shortly after high school. It had been a good marriage and she had never even imagined her life without Craig.
Now a year after his death her life consisted of a lot of TV watching, and a lot of time on the computer. She did try hard to stay in shape, working out almost every day. It wasn't that she cared so much about what she looked like, or even her health. Instead this was her way of convincing herself, and more so the few friends she had left, that she wasn't giving up on life.
At 35 Amy was still a very attractive woman, she had long black hair that she usually wore tied back in a ponytail. Her D cup breasts accentuated her curvy figure. Before Craig had died she always wore nice clothes and often dressed up sexy for him. Nowadays she mostly wore sweatpants and a t-shirt, or some days she simply walked around the house in a pair of panties and a t-shirt.
Today she knew that Jenny would be stopping by with some supplies for her so she had decided to at least do up her hair a bit and put on a pair of jeans and a nicer blouse. She mostly did this so that Jenny wouldn't lecture her too much. Jenny of course constantly worried about her and often would come by to try and cheer her up or just to check up on her.
Amy was just finishing straightening up the kitchen, trying to make it look like she actually cared when she heard the doorbell. She sighed and took a moment to mentally prepare herself for dealing with Jenny. She answered the door and Jenny burst in giving her a hug.
"Hey Ames, how you feeling today? You look good."
"I'm good, Jenny. Thanks for stopping by," Amy replied as she noticed Jenny was carrying a large sack. "What's in the bag?"
"I brought us some refreshments," replied Jenny.
Amy frowned to herself, knowing that this meant Jenny planned on sticking around for a while. She didn't do this often, usually it was a half hour visit and then she'd be on her way. It was hard enough for Amy to deal with Jenny in 30 minute doses, anything much more than that became extremely difficult to deal with.
Jenny was already in the kitchen by the time Amy had closed the door and turned around to follow. Jenny was always like this, and Amy had always suspected that she was on some kind of speed or something, but had never bothered to ask.
Walking into the kitchen where Jenny was already busying herself by emptying the bag of "refreshments".
"So what did you bring?" asked Amy.
Jenny paused a moment before answering, "Ok, before you say no just hear me out."
Amy didn't like the sound of this, "Hear you on what, Jenny? I'm not in the mood for any surprises."
"No surprises really. I know you don't drink and never have, but I brought us some wine and I thought that... Well it might do you some good to have a glass with me and relax a bit."
Amy sat down at the table and sighed. Her mother had been an alcoholic and she had sworn to herself that she would never touch a drop of it, and she never had. Jenny knew this and even though she was known to drink quite often she had never before tried to get Amy to break her rules.
"Jenny, I don't know what gave you the idea that I'd have a drink with you, but you should know better."
"Oh Amy, you know I've always respected your vow to never drink, but you really do need to relax and let loose a bit. Come on just have one glass with me and I'll never ask again."
Surprising even herself Amy stopped to think about it. She was about to say no and ask Jenny to leave when a thought came to her. 'I'm no longer that woman,' she thought to herself. It was the vow of a woman who was happily married and raising her daughter trying to be everything that her mother wasn't. Her husband was dead, her daughter off to school and seldom even bothered to call her and check in. She suddenly realized that she wanted to break her vow simply for the sake of burying the woman who had made it once and for all.
"One glass," she found herself saying to a very surprised Jenny.
For a moment Jenny just sat there looking dumbfounded. "I ah I um, I... yeah great, let me pour, I brought glasses and cheese and everything," Jenny stammered.
She pulled out two glasses and set them on the table, then pulled a bottle of red wine out and popped the bottle open. Amy watched with growing anticipation, she found her stomach was turning in knots. She was quickly starting to doubt herself and her decision.
Jenny seemed to sense her friends growing doubt and hurried to pour the wine before she could change her mind. As soon as the wine was poured she slid a glass over to Amy and picked up her glass and tasted it, "Mmmmm this is really good Wine Amy, you're in for a treat."
Amy stared at the glass for what seemed like an eternity before finally giving in and picking up the glass. She thought to herself, 'It's now or never.' She tipped the glass and took a small sip, it was sweet and a bit bitter, but surprisingly good. She took another small drink and savored the flavor for a moment, then without even thinking about it she tipped the glass back and in several large gulps finished off the glass.
"Whoa, Ames take it easy girl, wine is meant to be sipped, and you're not used to it," Jenny warned. "Would you like a refill?"
Amy thought about it a moment, it was really tasty and it wasn't like she was going to get drunk on a couple glasses of wine... was she? Now that she thought about it she wasn't sure, but she decided to go for a second glass anyway. "Sure, but just one more."
Jenny poured her another glass and handed it to her, she was only half way through her first and decided to top it off.