We've all been friends since high school and some of us go back as far as grade school. We meet once a month in a different town where one of the girls lives so we don't get tired of the same place time and time again. We usually meet on a Friday night and if we have to go out of state like to NY or PA we make reservations at a nearby hotel/motel so we don't have to drive home.
Five months ago we were having dinner here in NJ and we decided to try and brand new place that opened. There are eight of us and of the 8, 2 come in from PA and 1 from NY. We usually get together about 7-7:30 and we close the places down. This new place had a band playing if you dined near the bar area and that's usually where we hung out in other places. I got there first as I was dropped of by a co-worker because of all weeks for my car need to go in for repairs and he offered to drop me off because he didn't live far from the place. I invited him in so I could buy him a drink or 2 since he wouldn't allow me to pay for his gas or the tolls and he said he would. I was excited as I had a secret crush on him and I think he does on me but neither one of us ever said anything to each other.
Let me tell you about Heath which was short for Heathcliff and he didn't like the nickname Cliff. Heath was a very attractive black man, about 6'2", he shaves his head and has a thin lined beard with broad shoulders, muscular chest and was in great shape. He said he lifted weights when he was younger and every now his friend invites him to the gym as a guest so he does a little lifting. He is 48 years old and has the darkest eyes and skin I have ever seen and has the friendliest smile and personality. Let's put it this way, he has it all.
Now about me, my name is Alissa and people call me Ali. I am 53 and I have a fairly decent figure since I lost over 125 pounds and have been able to keep it off now for 4 years. I'm about 5'1" tall and have shoulder length blond hair and green eyes. I have always had a nice chest 42D and now I have a 24" waist. I was engaged once to a white guy who was a friend of Amber's husband Sam, but he end up cheating on me and I was lucky to find out before we got married. He had wondering eyes and liked women a lot more when I wasn't around.
Back to our night out and having drinks with Heath. We went to the bar and we ordered our drinks and while we were waiting I excused myself and had to text Amber where I was sitting and where to tell the others to go to when they got there. We had a little small talk about work but that ended quickly as we said it was the weekend and we don't need to worry about work until Monday. I invited him to stay with us and he said he would feel like he was intruding but he did promise to come back. He was going to run home and change and had to do something but he would maybe join us for dessert.