"Leading by example, my ass!"
Carly made her way to her office and grabbed her safety gear. She'd just been told by her boss that not enough employees had participated in the job shadowing program and that all staff now had to participate as a way of leading by example. She was told she was to spend the rest of the morning shadowing two electricians. She would have to stay late to complete the work she had planned for the day. And it's not like her boss was going to do this job shadowing program himself!
She made her way to where the electricians would wait for her. Once she neared the area, she recognized Kyle and Jake and felt relief. They were the nice ones. She'd been really worried that she'd be stuck with grumps Tony and Mike or with the conspiracy theorists Chad and Steve. The day was already looking up. And it didn't hurt that both were easy on the eyes. Too bad they were in relationships. Oh well.
They greeted her and told her where they were going. Great, they were going to an area of their plant that was up a series of stairs and rather dirty. Not that it really mattered. She didn't care about getting dirty. They made their way up there and as she got to the top of the stairs, Carly realized that the guys were no longer right behind her. She could hear their voices so figured they were not that far behind. They emerged only a few moments later and took her to the equipment they had to work on. For the first little while, they explained to her what they were doing and got her to help out a bit. It wasn't that bad to job shadow after all but the push to do it today was still annoying her.
They were almost done the task when Kyle stopped "Carly, can I ask you something?"
"Sure! Shoot."
"Were you a girl scout as a child?"
Jake laughed and shook his head. "It's Boy Scouts or Girl Guides, silly!"
Carly laughed at both of them and said "No, I've never been a scout or guide, why do you ask?"
Kyle said "Well, you know how their motto is 'Always prepared'?"
"Yes, I've heard that."
"Well, I've noticed that you have come prepared. You should know that although it's a big order to fill, I can."
Carly wasn't following "You can what?"
"I can fill it. So can Jake here."
"What???? I'm not following you at all."
"What you have in your back pocket. Both Jake and I can fill it."
Carly reached for her back pocket and felt it. She started laughing. She looked at the back of his head and then at the back of Jake's head and shook her own. She pulled out what had been in her back pocket and held it up. "Though Jake here does have longer hair, there is no way he fills this hair elastic and neither can you Kyle."
It wasn't the first time someone had mistaken the hair elastic for a large condom but mostly it had been her girlfriends teasing her about how she'd never find a man that big. And here was Kyle claiming both he and Jake could fill it!
"Maybe not with hair..."
"Kyle!"
"Well, I can! And so can Jake here..."
"Whoa there! You're married! And you... you've got a girlfriend!"
She looked at both of them and thought how it was too bad they were attached because it had really been a long time for her and they were two great guys she really liked. Kyle answered.
"Not anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"Amy and I split up a month and a half ago. And Susan left Jake three weeks ago. So both of us are single again, as are you. So we thought that the three of us could get together and maybe have a little fun, you know, no strings... and as I said, both of us can fill that elastic."
Carly looked at both of them, her jaw having fallen open in surprise. Jake was nodding to confirm yet still wasn't saying anything. They were single? They were suggesting...
"You can't be serious!"
"Why not? You're single, we're single, there's no harm to anyone."
This was going a little fast. But she was definitely intrigued and interested! But these were co-workers. They'd have to be super discreet!
Jake finally spoke up "And it's not just about sex, Carly. We figure we can be friends and just hang out too. From the conversations we've had with you in the past, you seem like someone we could have fun, candid and honest conversations with. You know? Conversations where we can drop the filters and the politically correct and just be honest without being judged."
"Oh, there's judgement! Everyone judges. You're judging me right now! But hey, we can judge but we must agree not to condemn."
Both of them nodded. Jake said "Good point and good choice or word! So many people are quick to judge and condemn! They stand up on their pedestals, claiming high moral fortitude yet they themselves doing worse when they believe nobody's looking."
"And what do you mean by honest conversations. Does that mean you lie the rest of the time?"
"No, of course not! But a lot of times, we don't ask direct questions because we're afraid to offend. Or we don't want to answer with total honesty because we're afraid of being judged or condemned. So we play games, we play coy, we joke, we use detours. It would be nice to ask direct questions and get a direct honest answer sometimes. And you strike me as a person with whom this is possible."
"I am. Now if you had permission to ask a direct question right now, what would you ask?"
Jake looked down at her chest and back up to her face and asked "Are they real or did you get implants?"
He was right, most people didn't dare ask directly and her twins were big. She wasn't a skinny person yet despite that, the twins still stood out prominently.
"They're real."
Kyle asked "And what size bra do you wear?"
"I wear 34 or 36 and cups H, I, or even J depending on the brand and the style."