"So, what's the plan, Stan?"
Well, first thing is, CJ wasn't asking a guy named 'Stan'. No, she was actually directing her question to her next door neighbor, Julie. They shared a duplex 'shotgun house' in one of the older neighborhoods of New Orleans.
The second thing is, neither was involved, married or had a significant other, so on this Friday night-and most other nights, truth be told-it was Julie's turn to come up with some ideas for a night out for the two of them.
"Oh hell, CJ, does it really matter? We'll go out, eat too much, drink too much, talk about how we're going pick up that guy or this guy and we wind up coming home alone and masturbating...well, speaking for myself anyway."
"So, maybe we're going about this all wrong, Jules." Jules was CJ's nickname for Julie, of course.
"I'm listening."
"We go to bars or restaurants with bars and look around for some hard-leg to take home to fuck. Don't know about your latest one-nighters, but mine have been much less than satisfying."
"Well, If I'm going to be honest....," the statement left unfinished by Jules as she pour them both another glass of cabernet.
"I know, I know," CJ responded as she reached to take the offered glass. "Maybe, we ought to consider changing teams."
Julie arched an eyebrow questioningly as she took a long pull at the cabernet.
"As in munching girl-carpet?" Jules asked, followed by another long pull at the wine.
"That's not a very flattering description...I much prefer the more delicate description, eating pussy," CJ said in a serious voice that she could not hold and soon began chuckling.
"I thought you were serious there for a moment," Jules said after a second or two.
"What makes you think I not?"
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"And you have experience with, uh, that?" Julie asked, her tone more curious than accusing.
"Some...not a lot, but a couple of sleepovers in high school combined with some sneaked liquor from a parent's stash and, well, a couple of times some stuff happened that wasn't totally terrible."
The silence was deafening.
Grabbing another bottle of cab, a slow smile, well more of a smirk, began creeping across Jules' face. Pouring them each another glass, Jules clinked her glass against CJ's saying, "And I thought I was the only one with secrets."
"Ohhh?"
"How 'bout we order in and get shit-faced without worrying about getting pulled over."
"Be okay with me," CJ answered, her mind trying to fathom where this was going, "sooo, yes."
"Yes?"
Silence.
"I've had a couple of trips into girly-land," Jules finally said, answering CJ's unasked question.
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
Continuing after a heartbeat, Jules further said, "we'll eat in, get shit-faced, and tell each other about our times playing with other girls."