I pulled into the parking lot. The restaurant was packed and the only available parking space was way near the back, squeezed between a pickup truck and a minivan. My current car was larger than my old one, and parking without scraping another car took me a few tries to get right.
I hopped out and made my way to the restaurant, a bouquet of roses in hand. I was dressed in a tailored suit. It was a special occasion.
Inside the restaurant I spoke to the hostess and she pointed me to the table I'd reserved. I sat and ordered a bottle of wine and two glasses. I wasn't a fan of the stuff, but my date liked it and today was, if I was earnest with myself, more about her than it was about me.
I had told her to meet me at 6:30, and it was only 6:10. I settled in and waited, thinking about my day.
I worked an office job now, having finished my degree the year prior. I'd been lucky to find a decent entry level position at a company in the same city I had studied in. The job was fairly dull, but that was good for me. I could switch off at work and save my mental energy for outside work hours.
And oh boy did I need it.
I'd moved into a nice little apartment not far out of the city, 2 bedrooms with all the regular amenities. But I only slept there about half the time. The rest of the time I would be out with my girlfriend. Sometimes just on a date. Sometimes staying at her place. Sometimes engaging in... less vanilla activities.
It was the latter which was exhausting me. It seemed that the longer we were together the wilder the things she wanted to do. Threesomes had become fairly regular for us, occurring perhaps once every 2-3 weeks. Sex in public or outdoor places was almost every day we were together. I had thought myself to have a high sex drive, but it was nothing compared to hers. She would come see me on my break at work to ride me for the entirety of it. I had begun to wonder if it was possible to have too much of a good thing.
But I had to catch myself with this line of thought. Things were going really well right now. It had been over three years since Divya had announced her intention to go back to India. It had been exactly three years I'd been in an official relationship. Tonight was a special night, I had a gift for my now long term girlfriend, kinda a next step forward. I nervously patted my pocket to see that the small item was indeed still there.
The restaurant door opened and a gorgeous woman walked in. More than a few heads turned.
She wore a shimmering crimson dress with a slice up the side to show an enticing section of smooth thigh as she walked. Her hair was straight and black and fell like a waterfall past her shoulders, enhanced with a thick braid around the back of her head. She had a heart shaped face with flawless tan skin, full lips coloured to match her dress and dark, almond shaped eyes that sparkled with vivacity. Her dress was cut low and revealed just a hint of cleavage from the slightly above average sized, but perky and firm, breasts beneath.
She spoke to the hostess briefly, who turned and pointed. She then made her way over to me. I hurried to get up and get her chair for her. She smiled.
"Happy anniversary darling." Her posh British accent and smooth, almost sultry voice sent a small shiver down my spine. Somehow even after three years Valerie still had that effect on me.
I gave her the bouquet.
"You look utterly entrancing hun," I said.
We both sat. The waiter was with us almost immediately and we ordered our food.
"So how was the the Bursly Concert?" I asked, referring to the recent event Valerie had attended, where she had been an opening act for the popular artist Alfred Bursly. The event had been on the other side of the country, so I hadn't attended, due to work.
"Oh it was just lovely darling. I missed you there, but the people loved me! I think it was my biggest performance yet, though Jackleworth was close. But my manager had three different agents contact him immediately afterward. It's happening Sam! This is my big break!"
Her excitement was palpable and infectious. I took her hand across the table.
"I'm so happy for you. You deserve this. You've worked so hard."
She smiled brilliantly to me.
"What about yourself darling? How has work been?"
I shrugged. "Nothing exciting. Just kinda... chugging along. Had to pick up some new knowledge about a programming language I'm not very familiar with, but that's kinda dull talk for the dinner table."
We started talking about other things. Just small talk. New episodes of a show we were watching together. The ugly relationship of some mutual friends of ours that was falling apart. A new guitar Valerie was going to use money from the concert to buy.
Eventually we finished dinner and I worked up the courage to ask the big question. Our desserts arrived.
"Hey, Val... I was wondering something..."
She raised an eyebrow as she scooped ice cream into her mouth. "Oh? What's that darling?"
I lifted the key out of my pocket and placed it on the table.
"Would you... ahhh... would you like to move in with me?"
Silence.
Valerie looked at me like a deer caught in headlights. I felt my cheeks flush and I looked down at my food, embarrassed. But before I could tell her not to worry about it, she replied.
"That's really sweet darling. Come with me, I have something for you too."
And she got up, then took me by the hand. We made our way across the restaurant to the bathrooms. Valerie looked around to see if anyone was watching and then pushed open the disabled bathroom door, and locked it behind us. Immediately afterward she was upon me, her hands grasping my neck and shoulder and her lips interlocked with my own. I picked her up and lifted her onto my crotch, and she wrapped her legs around me.
We released each other a moment later and started ripping our clothes off. I undid my belt and unbuttoned my shirt and pants. Valerie hiked her dress up and wriggled her panties off.