It was a cold winter's evening. A Wednesday, seven fourteen. I was curled up on the sofa, my chocolates on the armrest and my hot chocolate on the coffee table, pulled up to be within easy reach. I was getting right into my latest Maeve Binchy novel and as I reached for my third and absolute last until tomorrow chocolate the front door bell rang. The outside front light came on with the motion sensor and I could see that someone was standing there.
I closed the book, got up, I was really, really, comfortable there you know, and went to the front door. On opening it I saw a lady, I think "woman" is a bit coarse, in her early thirties , dark blue track suit and carrying a clip board. She looked very nice and was clearly nervous; I liked her.
"Yes?" I asked. It was a long "yes", an "I am listening "yes" not a grumpy "yes"- just to be clear.
"Oh, um, well, look you probably wouldn't be interested, um, so look I'll leave you in peace, sorry to have disturbed you."
She made to turn and, well, run away would be the right description, but I didn't want her to.
"You must want to say something. What?" I did that gesture where you push both your palms up in a sort of balancing act.
"Um, well, I was supposed to find new members for our fitness club and-"
'Fitness club? Boy, I'm interested, absolutely. It isn't one of those flash ones with the big fees though is it? I don't like those."
"No, its just a group of us and Elaine said we should try to get some new members and we all had to knock on twenty doors and you were the last one for me, thank God."
"Hey, look come in, OK? I'm freezing here and I'm wearing more than you," I told her.
I had to repeat my request but she finally accepted I was serious and came inside. I got her to sit on the sofa while I went over to the kitchen and put the jug on.
'Oh Hi, by the way, I'm Gwen"
"Um, hi Angela."
"Hi Angela. Tea, coffee, chocolate? Oh have a chocky too, go on."
"Coffee would be nice, if its not, you know, too much trouble."
"Coffee coming up. So, fitness huh? What sort of fitness: zumba or aerobics, dance, what?"
"No, um, wrestling."
"What Hulk Hogan wrestling sort of thing?"
"Oh no, more greek style really."
"Oh OK. So... what, um, do we wear? Leotards, that sort of thing I suppose?"
"No."
"No, what? No leotards?"
"No. We don't wear anything. Oh look I'm sorry, you won't be interested so, look I will go now, I'm really sorry to have troubled you and-"
"Shut the fuck up! Please? Thank you. How do you know I wouldn't love to wrestle naked? Hmm? Ya don't. So stop it. OK? Just stop."
"Really."
"Yes really."
I reheated my luke warm chocolate in the microwave. Then brought her coffee and my hot chocolate over and sat beside her.
"My God, you're a nervous wee thing aren't you?"
She looked down and nodded.
"This evening must have been hell for you. Were people really nasty? I've never done door to door so you did better than me, if that makes you feel any better."
She shrugged and smiled, "Yeah, I guess."
We had our drinks and she started to relax.
"This wrestling costume. Have you got yours with you?"
She looked puzzled, then it dawned on her what I was suggesting.
She looked down and very quietly said,"yes."
"Well can I see it? I'd like to know, you know, what it looks like so I can see if I can get one the same perhaps."
She rolled her eyes at me, gave me a little smile and stood up. Her track suit top was unzipped and eased off her shoulders. She wasn't wearing a bra and her breasts were a good size,some droop but that was good for me. Mine droop a little, hey I'm thirty seven, so they should.
Her track suit bottoms followed. No panties either. dear oh dear. And shaved too. Very nice.
"Well I have something along those lines," I slipped my dressing gown off and pulled my nightie over my head. I wasn't shaved, trimmed but not shaved and I was a lot flabbier than her and a lot paler. I did need to do something that was for sure.
'So this wrestling, it is just girl girl I take it?"
"Um, yes and to be honest you really need to be lesbian to enjoy it-"
"Count me in." I said quickly. Sorry I couldn't stand another race for the door.
'Oh?" she smiled,"OK."
"I guess you're pretty good, huh?"
She shrugged,"I guess."
"So you could overpower me and have your way with me if you wanted? Me being a self confessed lesbian an' all."
'Oh, I would never do that!" she was horrified.
'I would never hurt you. ." Instinctively she held me at the shoulders.
"That's nice. And thank you. You're really lovely. You live alone don't you?"
"Well, yes, how did you guess."
"If you were married your husband would be in a car or waiting at the footpath and same if you had a girlfriend."
She nodded.
"Would you like to try a bit of the wrestling?" she asked.
"OK but go easy on me, yeah?"
So we got into that wrestlers' crouch; she looked for an opening and I tried to look like I knew something. She grabbed my left hand and pulled me forward, turned her hip into me and putting her left hand under my hip she had me horizontal in mid air. Pivoting she brought me round in full circle and placed me as lightly as she could but still with some force- enough to knock the wind out of me- on the carpet.
"Oh wow! You are so good at that. What next?"