The next day, a Saturday, I did a little grocery shopping and on my way back to my apartment ran into my neighbor for the first time. We met at the door leading up the stairs to our apartments above the stores. Her place, it turned out, was right next to mine. She told me her name was Teri and that she'd just moved in the weekend before. Seeing I was juggling two grocery bags, she grabbed one and told me she'd help bring it up to my apartment. I panicked for a second, trying to remember the condition of my place after my solo scat session the night before. I knew I had cleaned up pretty thoroughly, but wondered if all the smell had dissipated. For the first time I wished I had restricted my activity to the bathtub and not the couch, but it was too late now.
I unlocked my door and we walked into the living room. I immediately began sniffing as unobtrusively as I could, thankfully not detecting anything. I'm so used to that smell, however, and find it not the least bit offensive, I often can't even notice it. The kitchen is off to the left, and we went there to put the grocery bags on the counter. I tried desperately to think of a way to keep her in the kitchen, but before I could come up with anything she had walked into the living room. Other than a desk chair, my leather sofa was the only piece of furniture I had to sit on. She didn't sit right away, but stood in front of a little bookcase I have behind my desk perusing the titles. I opened the sliding door leading out to a balcony, which I kicked myself for not leaving open before I left earlier.
Finally she sat, choosing one end of the couch to place her, now that I found time to notice, cute, well-trimmed ass in. "Would you like something to drink," I asked. "Water? Coke? A beer?"
She opted for a beer and I got one for each of us. With her sitting at one end of the couch, I sat at the other end so we could share the coffee table. I took a sharp glance at the empty space between us, which was where I had spent most of my time engaging in my solo scat session the night before, but all looked to be clean and in order.
"I guess all these apartments have the same layout," Teri said. "Mine looks exactly the same. I like your furnishings, though. This leather couch is really nice."
"Thanks," I replied. "I got it at a clearance sale."
"Are you into leather?"
"No. I like it, but I'm not obsessed with it or anything."
"It's convenient, though, isn't it. Easy to clean." She looked at me and smiled, like we were sharing a secret. That struck me as a bit odd, but we were talking about other things before I could think much about it.
We chatted very easily for the next half hour, facing each other with our bare feet tucked under us, getting to know each other. She was in her late twenties like me; was of medium height, also like me; and had dark-brown hair and light brown eyes, both neither like me, where I'm a blonde with greenish eyes. She worked for a computing cloud company and before moving here shared a place with two other women, college grad students who eventually finished their degrees and found jobs in other cities.
"The three of us became lovers pretty quickly," Teri said, "though I always felt a little like the odd girl out since I was a bit older and worked already. But we got along splendidly, and we were fantastic in bed together. Oops, am I spilling too many beans with that?"
"No," I said chuckling. "If you don't mind telling, I don't mind listening."
"What about you, Jenna" she asked. "Do you have anything to tell?"
"You mean anything like that? No, no lovers right now, boy or girl."
Teri looked at me and smiled. "So you're interested in both?"
"I suppose so," I admitted, "but mostly girl." I surprised myself hearing that come out of my mouth. There are some colleagues I've worked with for years I've never said that to, and here I just blurted it out to Teri, someone I just met 15 minutes earlier.
We conversed some more about this and that, but often circling back to past experiences with various lovers. Again I was surprised, pleasantly so, how easy it was discussing such things with her. Finally, she reached her hand across to me so I would hold it, which I gladly did. "If you're not doing anything tonight," she suggested, "how about the two of us grab something to eat and go to The Fandango. Ever been there?"
"The dance club? Sure, a few times."
"Well, I haven't yet, being new here, but I've heard of it. What do you say?"
I agreed it would be a great idea. At the same time, still grasping her hand, I slid across the couch until I was right next to her. We continued talking about different things, never letting go of our hands, until finally we just gazed at each other and kissed. It was a sweet kiss, warm and tender. I reached my arm around her shoulder and leaned into her for a deeper one, but she stopped me.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" she said with a laugh. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to be a spoil sport now because I have a hair appointment at Theresa's Salon in twenty minutes. I'm really sorry. I liked the way this was going."
"Me, too," I agreed. "Maybe tonight we can continue what we started."
"I'd like that." We stood and gave each other another kiss and added a hug this time. "Come over around 8:00, okay?" she said.
"Fine," I said. Then I added kiddingly, "Will I still recognize you after your hair appointment?"
"I don't know," she joked back, "The pink and purple streaks might throw you."
"Okay," I returned. "I'll wear the gypsy dress and tie-dye bandana my mother had from her hippie days."
"Perfect!" she laughed. "We'll make a great pair!" We hugged again and she left.
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