Hi All: Although I am a non-fiction writer/editor, this is my first Literotica submission, my first attempt at fiction.
I welcome all construction feedback/suggestions.
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She offered me a ride just as I reached the sidewalk outside the building where the interesting talk about women and pay equity had taken place. She looked OK, nice in fact. It was early spring, and it still felt kind of chilly, so I said "sure." As she leaned over to reach the passenger door handle, I noticed as her plump breasts pressed up on the seat and into the top of her v-neck sweater. I always noticed when things happened like that, and said a quiet thanks to the great mystery that delivered such joy in unintended ways.
"Where to?" she asked, smiling at me, implying we could go anywhere.
"Ah, I live by the Standish Metro station, and there is a nice little bar there. Would you let me buy you a drink for giving me a ride home?," I offered.
"That sounds great. I just moved here and don't know where to go. I don't even know where that station - Standing, did you say?" Which way do I turn to get there?" she said.
"The Standish station is that way" I said, pointing left, smiling at her misunderstanding.
"Oh, OK, left we go" she responded. "And hey, I'm Katie Hayborne. What's your name?"
I realized I had just started a journey with a complete stranger. "I'm Pat Simkin. Where did you move from? I asked, with just a little trepidation. I didn't want to seem nosy, but it was conversational too, right?
"I moved from the great North West, from Seattle, because I got a job offer. I'd been looking for a long time, so although I loved Seattle, I thought if I had to go..."
"What kind of work do you do?" I asked, noticing that she wore a lipstick that really worked. For one, she had lips that were kind of full, and the fuscia color really brightened her whole face, which was framed with blond hair that looked tousled. There were rolling waves and long layers falling from the top of her head to below her shoulders.
"I'm a reporter. I got a job on Beth Smith Show on WADX, the women's radio network. It's all online, which is great, 'cause internet radio is the fastest growing media right now, so there's some security in this format.
"Turn here, right I mean, turn right here," realizing we were almost there. "That's great about your job. I'm an old radio reporter/producer, and just been thinking I should start a labor podcast as I continue to look for a full-time job with a union. There's the place just on the left. See it?"
"Oh, It looks so cute," Katie opined, turning her car into the parking lot in front of the Bacchus Oaks. It was a neighborhood hangout that was busy enough for anyone to enjoy without scrutiny. There were actually stately oak trees at the edge of the parking lot, and those trees were just starting to generate their annual brown pollen strings, another sign of the imminent spring, one that caused me red eyes and sneezing, but that was miles away from what held my interest now. Katie parked, and we got out and walked together over the crunchy gravel in the lot.
We entered the dark space and headed for a booth in the back. "What can I get you?" said Sammy who was at our table almost immediately. She was the server who always wore low-cut sweaters and tops, which showed off her very attractive upper assets. Although she was older and smoked, I wondered if I could get a chance with her sometime. She seemed flirtatious with me, so my hope lives eternal.
"I'll have a beer. What do you have in bottles?" Katie asked sweetly.
"Take a look a the list on the back of the menu" Sammy replied, flipping the menu over, winking at me.
"Bring me a Fat Boy, Sammy," I chipped in.
"You got it darling" Sammy answered. "See anything you like yet" she asked Katie.
"I'll try one of those Fat Boys. Thanks," Katie said.
Sammy left to get the refreshments. I thought I noticed Katie glancing just below my face. I wasn't sure, but I had that feeling. "Could it be? Oh my, this could be delicious," I thought.
I have been on my own for almost a year, ever since Jos decided to move to California without me. We had been falling away from each other for months, so it wasn't such a shock when she sat me down and gave me her news: she accepted a new position at a California hospital where she was going to be a director of patient care. I miss her though, and the curve of her aquiline nose, which pointed directly to her most spectacular set of breasts, so firm and high, with a "sky jump" curve that closed the circuit that started on her face. All that is true, but I was hungry to move on and I was beginning to sense there might be a start to that brewing tonight.