"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."
"Or women." CJ added which brought another smirk on Jules' face.
"Definitely want to hear about that," laughed Jules......
CJ volunteered to walk to the corner neighborhood eatery and pickup up a couple of shrimp salads for supper while Jules would hit the shower. CJ dropped off the salads at Jules' place and took a quick shower at her place, next door.
"Damn, they sure know how to make the best shrimp salad in the world, don't they," CJ asked, licking a smear of mayonnaise from the corner of her mouth afterwards.
"Yup."
Salads eaten, they took a quick walk-about the neighborhood, stopped at the liquor store for some more wine and some rolling papers.
They both had a fondness for the herb.
Jules took over the rolling duties since she was the better of the two of them at rolling doobs. CJ would freely admit that she was all thumbs and toes when she tried to roll. CJ topped off their wine and sat down on the other end of the couch.
"So, who goes first?"
"You, of course, bitch, you brought it up," smirked Jules then lighting the doobie, taking a huge hit and then handing it to CJ for her toke.
"First time, I was fifteen, physically a bit more mature than my friends." CJ as a mid-twenties adult had a very impressive pair of thirty-six 'C's.
"The girl who hosted the sleepover had been trying to cozy up to me a bit more than usual for the few weeks before the sleepover but it didn't really bother me so I didn't really think about it. Anyways, she snuck up a bottle of whiskey and we, there was six of us, began drinking and telling stories, you know."
Jules nodded her head, took a toke and handing it over to CJ.
"Anyway, Betty...that was her name, she wrangled her sleeping bag next to mine in the basement den but sorta' away from the other four girls. They, the other four girls, crashed quickly and soon, it was just Betty and I that was still awake...she turned off the lights and helped me zip up my bag but only about half-way...she got into hers but didn't zip hers and we turned towards each other and had 'whispering conversation', you know?"
Once again, Jules simply nodded. This new weed was good and between the wine and weed, both gals were fast approaching zone-out land.