"Come on! Time's a wasting, and we don't want to get stuck in traffic," I said as my friend Becca dragged her suitcase out onto her front porch.
"I'm coming, I'm coming, geez, you act like five minutes is going to be the end of the world," she replied as she dug her house key from her purse.
"Well it has been like six months since we've got to do anything outside the house and without the munchkin," I said.
Becca was my BFF, my sister from another mother, oh hell, she was just about my everything. Not to say I didn't have other friends. We just clicked, and we had known each other for so long that we might as well have been one person.
But she had gotten knocked up by that no-good piece of shit Tommy Dawson, who disappeared a couple of days after he found out. So between her struggling to make ends meet as a single mom and baby duty, we haven't been able to really do anything together that didn't involve changing diapers or laundry in over six months.
Today was the first day she had agreed to let Michael stay with her mom and I was treating her to a weekend at the spa up state. So I was a bit anxious to get on the road. Road trips were kind of our thing, and a couple of days of pampering sounded really nice.
She got her front door locked and then came over to give me a hug. After which I grabbed her bag and made my way to the trunk.
We got loaded up and headed out.
The drive wasn't bad as we managed to beat morning traffic and the route was pretty scenic going through the mountains. We managed to get to the spa and checked into our room, then headed down for a late lunch.
We enjoyed an afternoon of pampering, first up was massages and some time in the essential oils sauna.
By the time we got back to our room, it was pretty late.
"Thank you for this, today was great, and I can't wait for tomorrow," Becca said as she lifted her suitcase onto her bed.
"You mind if I pump out here?" she asked.
"Of course not, not like I haven't seen you pumping and nursing a few times before," I answered.
"I know, but always better to ask," she responded.
"You want some room service?" I asked as I thumbed through the menu.
"Maybe a snack, and one of those green tea things we had at lunch, that was so good," she answered as she dug through her bag.
"Fuck!" she exclaimed a moment later.
"What?" I asked a bit puzzled.
"I forgot my pump!" she responded with some frustration evident.
"Oh, well, is that going to be a problem?" I asked. Yes I know I should have known that was a problem, and I probably did, but hey I'm 27 and kidless and didn't have any prospects for kids on the horizon, it wasn't top of my mind.
"Yes, I'll need to go get another one I guess, otherwise I'll be a leaky mess, my boobs will ache, and my body will start to think I don't need milk anymore," she answered.
"Ok, well let's go get one," I said as I put my sandals back on and grabbed my clutch.
So guess what... Middle of the mountains, nine-thirty at night, yeah not many places open, and you can't grab a breast pump at the local seven-eleven. So we ended up at the spa, and after checking with the front desk, learned the only place that might have one wouldn't open until morning. The only other option was to head to the nearest town, and this time of night with the winding roads, that was a two-hour trip.
"Guess I'll just have to wait," Becca said as we finished up with the front desk and made our way back up to the room.
We decided it was best to just get some sleep and we would go to the local shop when they opened at nine.
That was until about two in the morning when I heard her rustling about. I woke to see her using a towel to dry her bed.
"Everything OK?" I asked.
"No! Look at me, I'm a leaking mess, and my tits hurt," she said in frustration as she turned toward me to show me her bare breasts with milk dripping from her nipples.
"What can I do to help?" I asked with sincerity.
"Unless you have a breast pump or a nursing baby, probably not much, I'm just being whiny," she huffed.
"I can do it," I said before my brain really had time to process that thought.
"You can do what?" she asked quizzically.
"I could nurse you," I said, realizing how stupid that sounded as I said it.
"What like suck my tits?" she asked a blend of shock and confusion on her face.
"Yeah, I guess, I didn't really think that through," I answered.
"Yeah that would be a little weird, you sucking on my tits," she chuckled out.
"I mean, I guess, but it would work wouldn't it?" I pondered allowed.
She just looked at me like I had lost my mind, then turned off the light above the nightstand and got back into her bed.
I was lying there wondering if I had just made things really weird between us for way too long. Then the light came back on.