"Hello, Antony. How are you?" Jerilyn smiled across the table at Rain whose foot had gone from Jerilyn's calve to massaging it's way between her legs.
"I'm great! Work is going so well. All our hard work and sacrifice is finally paying off." His enthusiasm, as usual, carried through the phone.
"That's wonderful!" Jerilyn grabbed Rain's foot and pulled it against her pussy. Rain squeaked in surprise and jerked her foot back. Jeri stifled a laugh.
"What was that?"
"Sorry, I'm having lunch at a friends. I surprised her."
"You're with a friend? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt anything."
"You're fine. We're cleaning up. Now she has to do it all by herself while I talk to you."
Rain stuck her tongue out at Jerilyn but cleaned the dishes.
"Even so, I won't keep you long. I wanted to update you on work. It went really good and I thought I'd be able to come home tonight and spend tomorrow with you, but I hit a snag." He sounded like a day with her was the best thing in the world. "So, I'm sorry, but I can't make it home until next Saturday at the soonest."
"I'm sorry honey. Do you want me to come down there for a while tomorrow or during the week?"
"I would love that." Antony sounded so sad Jerilyn wasn't surprised when he said, "But you better not, I have so much to do by our anniversary. When I'm around you, I can't concentrate on anything else. I need to get this project done."
"Okay, if you're sure."
"I am. Have fun with your friend and I'll call you later this week."
"Okay. I love you."
"I love you too. I wish I could be around more to show you how much I love you, but you'll see soon. Bye, bye."
Jerilyn hung up the phone and stared at it for a second.
"Is something wrong?"
"Nothing new." Jerilyn sighed and started for the door. "I have to go home for a while. I have some thinking to do."
"I love you naked and it isn't a problem for me," said Rain, "but shouldn't you put on some clothes before you walk outside?"
"Oh my god!" Jerilyn felt her face burn as she looked down at her nude body. Her blush went so deep it spread down to her breasts. "It's like those nightmares when you're naked at school. In the light of day I knew forgetting to get dressed was impossible. Now here I am walking outside naked. I'll never take getting dressed for granted again."
Rain laughed so hard tears poured out her eyes. "I can't breathe!" She doubled over holding her stomach. "I shouldn't have said anything. I can only imagine what would have happened if you got caught." Rain went into another laughing fit. "Oh god, was your door locked?" Rain's face turned red as she kept laughing.
"It's not that funny." Jerilyn walked back to the table and threw her panties at Rain. "Gag yourself with those." She pulled her pants on then picked up her blouse. Judging by the stain on it, she had been very turned on. Oh well, nothing to do about it now.
By the time Jerilyn finished dressing, Rain had stopped laughing. "I'm sorry babe, but the look on your face was priceless." She tossed the panties back on the table and stopped Jerilyn before she opened the door. "I knew the timing was bad. How was your conversation with Antony?"
"Like all the others." Jerilyn sighed, that wasn't entirely true and Jeri didn't want to lie to Rain. "Actually, there was something a little odd about this one."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, I need to do some thinking first."
Rain cleared her throat and glanced away. "You're not mad because I laughed, are you?" She smoothed her hair and looked at Jerilyn from beneath her eyelashes.
"No, no, of course not." Jerilyn hugged Rain then kissed her. She meant the kiss to be brief but when Rain's soft lips crushed against hers she had to linger and let their tongues dance. "I'm sure I'll be laughing soon too. I just have something on my mind right now. I'll call you later."
Rain moved behind the door so she didn't give anyone in the hall a show.
Jerilyn walked in her apartment and took her blouse off. She leaned against the door, feeling the cold wood against her bare back. Every time she got comfortable with Rain, Antony called and confused her. He sounded so proud and excited about his business. She relived the conversation, smiling at how happy he seemed with the direction his work took. He seemed so proud of the sacrifices they made. What did he mean by their sacrifice? She made all the sacrifices, not him. He got to go to work and have meaning to his life. All she got to do was hang around an empty apartment.
The apartment, their home, looked like a show room. No one looking in for the first time would believe anyone lived here. Jeri realized no one did live here. Her husband lived at work and she lived . . . she didn't live. She existed like a robot doing unneeded chores day in and day out.
The wall held generic pictures and they had generic furniture. Hell, even the kitchen appliances where generic. Rain's apartment wasn't generic. Everything about her place showed her personality. The burnt orange couch pillows and the family photos on the walls screamed Rain's personality.
Jerilyn stared at the walls and furniture and wondered about her personality. When she was with Rain, she was more adventurous, more free spirited. Did she absorb the atmosphere or was that her true personality when she wasn't stuck in this apartment? Only she wasn't stuck in this apartment. She never had been. At first she stayed and waited for Antony because that's what a good wife did. As he spent more time at work, her waiting became a habit. With a sickening realization she knew she was as empty of personality as this immaculate apartment.
"To hell with that!" She threw her blouse into the room. It landed on the arm of the couch and slid to the floor. It could bloody well stay there. She took her pants off, turned her back to the room and tossed them over her shoulder. They hit a lamp, knocking it askew, and hung half off the end table. They could stay there until they walked off by themselves and she'd sooner cut her hand off than straighten the lamp.
The pictures had to go. They weren't right or sentimental, they were things taking up space on the walls. The walls could stay empty until she found something she liked or something that held meaning for her. It had to be hand made and one of a kind. There was no shortage of places to go to find things she liked. Farmers markets and boutiques were all over the city.
Once she had the walls cleared, she looked around for her next change but the place was already a blank canvas. Jerilyn slumped on the couch. There wasn't even anything to clean. Well, there was one thing she needed to clean. She had to reek of sex.
Once in the shower she ran her fingers across her hairless mound. The smooth skin felt odd; the newness felt erotic.
When she finished showering, she dried off and searched her closet for something to wear. She found a very sexy formal evening gown, the perfect thing. She hadn't worn it since the last time Antony took her out.
As she pulled the fabric over her body, the dress reminded her of the good times. They went places where she learned and laughed and discovered herself. Or so she thought. Thinking about it now, she never had a chance to find out who she was. When she lived with her parents, they restricted her life. Then she married Antony to escape them, but in hindsight she went from one set of restrictions to another. First she was a good little churchgoer, then a good little housewife. Her sister talked about experimenting at collage, but Jerilyn never went so she didn't have the chance.
Jeri wanted to blame Antony but it wasn't his fault. If anything he was trapped too, only worse. All he did was work so he had even less time to explore himself. That wasn't quite fair, he started working hard to give them a good life but he got deeper and deeper into responsibilities until his business took over his life. She shared some responsibility, but she never asked him to be a workaholic. She could have gotten a job.
It was time for Jerilyn to stop thinking so much and act. Now that she was clean and dressed sexy, what did she want to do? Simple, she wanted to play. She wanted to express her own personality and since Rain played such a big part, she should come up here.
