It all started when Tom broke his finger. He was helping to move some of his elderly Father's furniture when the middle finger of his right hand got caught between the shelf he was carrying and the door frame. A quick trip to the hospital and Tom's middle finger was in a brace.
As injuries go, the finger was pretty minor, but being right-handed Tom quickly found a world of inconveniences. Everything took a little longer to do, and some jobs were nearly impossible without at least a little thought.
He was complaining about it to his friend Gayle during an instant messenger session.
Tomcat: Busted my finger today - it's making typing a bitch
Gayle Force: Oh no! Are you going to be all right?
TC: Yeah, but I can tell it's going to be a frustrating six weeks - Lots of things I can't do.
GF: Anything I can do to help out.
TC: Well there is one thing - ah never mind.
GF: What?
TC: I could use a hand at one thing, but I doubt you'll agree.
GF: Again, what?
TC: It involves lubricant...
GF: Sure.
TC: I'm joking of course.
TC: Wait, did you just agree?!?!
GF: Yes.
TC: You realize I just asked you for a hand job?
GF: Yes.
TC: God. Now I'm beat red and my heart is pounding.
GF: lol
GF: I win!
After logging off, Tom couldn't get the exchange out of his head. She couldn't be serious could she? It wasn't as if he really needed someone to jerk him off - his left hand was perfectly OK; plus, he has an assortment of toys to get himself off with.
The problem was that Tom and Gayle were "just good friends", which is to say, Tom would have dropped everything to have sex with Gayle, but Gayle didn't see him that way. Tom was the archetypical urban nerd and Gayle liked country boys. Tom knew it, so he limited his attraction to surreptitious glances and double entendres. They flirted, and they both knew that a flirt was not a promise.
Or at least, that was what Tom thought until that night online. Now there was a glimmer of hope for something more. Normally this would fuel a week's worth of masturbation fantasies. But this time, Tom went to bed hard and untouched. He drifted off imagining Gayle's hands on his cock.
The next day, work proved to be as difficult as he had thought it would be. Working with a computer all day necessitated that he relearn how to type with one finger out of action. By the end of the day his hand was cramped in addition to the dull ache in his finger. He also had to contend with a general buzz of low-level horniness all day. Every time he thought about his hand, he also thought about Gayle's promise (in his mind it had grown from a throwaway line to a promise). Despite the cramp in his palm, Tom signed on when he got home and immediately noticed that Gayle was online.
GF: So how was your day.
TC: It was OK, my hand was giving me problems, but I'm learning to cope.
GF: Is it throbbing?
TC: Nah, more of a dull ache radiating from the fracture.
GF: I wasn't talking about you hand.
TC: Oh that - well, it's only been two days since my last, uh, session. I'm not desperate yet.
TC: Although I am looking forward to a helping hand.
GF: I bet you are.
TC: I haven't quite decided if you're a tease or a NightinGAYLE.
GF: Oh, definitely a nightingale.
TC: And how can I know that for sure?
GF: I'm a good girl...
GF: ...with kinky bits.
TC: Coming to the party tomorrow?
GF: Of course - I'll have some happiness just for you.
Tom signed off and just sat there. Every sentence in their chat session had sent a rush of blood to his groin and now he was rock solid.
My drop-dead gorgeous friend is going to give me a hand job tomorrow, he thought.
He resisted the urge to whack off right there, instead going to bed. It was a long night, with the thoughts that raced through his head preventing him from relaxing enough to fall asleep. Eventually, exhaustion set in and he passed out. He dreamed of Gayle's body, her face, her legs, her ass - but mostly he dreamt of her hands.
At the party the next day, Tom thought, "Ok, just keep it cool, you're two friends out with a bunch of other friends having a good time. She was probably just kidding, so don't make a pest of yourself."
Gayle had shown up wearing a short skirt and a tank top, a combination that made the most of her long legs, small breasts and spectacular ass. A belly button piercing and multiple bracelets topped off the ensemble. Also along was her young son, Dylan.
"You know we're going out clubbing tonight, don't you? I don't think your six year old will get past the bouncer," said Tom.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Something came up and I have to take him to Edmonton. Can I have a rain check for the dancing? I know it was last minute, but I thought I'd at least make an appearance before I left," she said.
"That depends, do I get a rain check too?"
"Of course, I'd never leave you... short handed," she giggled.
Was her smile just a little more impish than usual, Tom thought, or is it just my imagination.
"Do I at least get a good-bye hug?"
She held her arms open and Tom rushed in. They hugged warmly. As they held each other, Tom whispered "I had no idea you could be such a tease".
"Count on it," she whispered back.
They let go of each other and Gayle turned to walk back to her truck, where her son were waiting, oblivious to the exchange taking place.
"I thought you were a nightingale?" Tom asked.