Author's note: My first heartfelt thank-you goes out to Little Alison for her never ending encouragement and support. Without her, you would not be reading this story right now. My second heartfelt thank-you goes out to Viola Moon for her usual outstanding job of editing this story. Without her, you wouldn't enjoy this story as much.
As per usual, all characters are fictitious. And any characters engaging in sex are at least eighteen years of age.
I Once Had a Girl or
Should I Say She Once Had Me.
This improbable story gets complicated quickly, so I'll try to stick to the basics.
My name is Janet Miller, and I have a daughter named Dane. This story begins when my husband, Martin (Marty), was still alive.
I worked for many years as a line cook at a family-owned 'wanna-be' fancy restaurant. That may sound boring, but I credit that fast paced job for keeping my tall, full figured, mid-life body in decent shape. I mean, who needs a gym when you're on your feet and running around all day.
One day, a new waitress named Lisa joined our team. She was young and petite, with an hourglass figure. She had bright hazel eyes, thick shoulder length black hair, just cute as a button. Along with having a bubbly personality, Lisa was kind, enthusiastic and somehow always happy. She was the kind of person that you naturally wanted to be around.
My initial thought was that she would make a great friend for Dane, who was a year out of high school. Not that my daughter needed me to pick out her friends. It's just that I thought Lisa would fill the gaps in Dane's small circle of friends.
Lisa and I hit it off right away, even though I was twice her age. Me being forty-eight, and her twenty-four. We laughed often and she always got my 90s references. We connected on so many levels.
I guided Lisa in understanding how the cooks and the wait staff interacted back in the kitchen. I told her that we had a lot of fun and not to get offended, Dirty words, jokes and sarcasm were a constant occurrence.
Lisa came from one of those chain restaurants where, I'm sure, the environment was quite different. But she quickly adapted to our ways, telling dirty jokes right along with the rest of us. It was funny to see a wholesome faced girl like Lisa dropping F-bombs.
I told Dane one day what a nice person Lisa was and that I thought the two of them could be friends. Dane did not like that I was trying to 'fix her up' with a friend. In fact, she hated the idea.
When I mentioned to Marty how fun Lisa was, he said, "she sounds like a hoot." So we invited her over anyway. She came over the following Friday night for a few drinks.
Marty, Lisa, and I had an enjoyable evening laughing and drinking out on our large patio. Lisa was witty, entertaining, and you would have sworn she was our age the way she spoke about our similar interests.
Dane was upstairs in her bedroom in silent protest. Well, maybe not silent, she had a long distance boyfriend, Ed, whom she video chatted with often.
After several months of having a great time with Lisa every Friday, Dane finally came out of her self imposed exile and joined us. Within minutes, Dane was laughing along with us. Lisa's fun loving personality and infectious laughter was impossible to resist. Soon, every Friday night, the four of us were inseparable. Lisa was like a second daughter to me and Marty.
During the warm summer months we ended up going to a different ice-cream joint every Friday evening. Returning to our patio for a glass of wine afterwards. That's when Lisa started retelling stories from her not-so-long-ago teenage years.
She started by telling us that she was definitely daddy's little girl, and would do anything for her. But her mom was the controlling and demanding type. That's why, the day Lisa turned eighteen, she left her parents house and moved in with her best friend Nicki.
Lisa said, for the most part, she repaired her relationship with her mom, although there was some lingering resentment. Living separately helped, but her mom still wasn't the warm and fuzzy type. Unlike her dad who was.
I always felt a motherly connection with Lisa. So it was no surprise that when we went on those ice cream trips, Lisa would always sit next to me. When I mean 'next to' I mean hips, legs, arms and shoulders touching. I didn't mind. I just figured she was looking for the motherly love she never got from her own mother.
I have to say that I enjoyed the close, bare skin touching. Even on warm nights, I found the extra warmth of our connected bodies comforting and enjoyable. I felt loved. I missed that kind of attention from my own daughter.
Dane loved me for sure, but she was at that age where she needed to show that she didn't need her mother. Dane was trying to be independent, but with only a part time job at a pizza shop, and no ambition for college, she was stuck living with us. Don't get me wrong, I loved having Dane around. She was, however, struggling to find her way in life.
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Two years passed, and we continued to enjoy our fun-filled Friday nights. Lisa was practically one of the family at that point, and was often part of our birthday and holiday celebrations. Our 'mutually adopted' mother-daughter relationship strengthened over that period as well.
Lisa didn't date patrons or workers at the restaurant, (a great policy, don't get your honey where you make your money) so she used several dating apps.