Almost two weeks had passed with no call from our physician. Diane and I had talked several times and had decided decidedly both, "She's not going to call us" as well as, "We need to give Susan time." Those options changed almost daily. I remained optimistic that our evening with Susan wasn't a one-time thing.
* * *
The kids were off to school and Diane was thinking of what she needed to get done today before the weekend. She'd already taken care of groceries so perhaps today would be "Laundry Friday" so that was out of the way.
With the water running in the kitchen sink as she rinsed dishes from breakfast, Diane almost didn't hear the telephone ringing. Trying to quickly dry her hands before picking up the handset she thought to herself, "Who would be calling her so early--it's not even 8 a.m.?" With semi-wet hands she grabbed the phone and didn't bother to view the Caller ID on the handset.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Diane? It's Susan."
There was a pause on Diane's end--before she realized her heart was instantly racing. It had been almost two weeks since Susan had walked out of her front door and it had crept in and out of Diane's mind that they might not hear from Susan again.
"Oh...hello. I'm sorry--my hands were in the sink all wet so it took a minute to get the phone and, well, you don't care about that Susan. How are you? "
Susan replied, "I'm fine. I won't keep you long but I was wondering if, well...I've been taking some Friday's off recently. Today is one of those days and I wanted to see if you'd be interested in coming over to my house for lunch. The boys are all at school and I've got the day to myself--until school's out, of course. I assume Jim's at work so it will just be the two of us."
Suddenly Diane's stomach knotted up. She was certainly available--but it seemed so "sudden" to her. She made a quick decision.
"I'd love to have lunch with you. What time and where?" Diane replied.
"Why don't you plan to come over to my house--we can eat outside since it's such a beautiful day. I don't get to enjoy my house very often when it's like this so let's plan on you coming here. Very casual Diane. You don't bring anything except yourself and a smile!"
Susan provided Diane with her address and directions before hanging up the phone. Diane leaned against the counter and realized her heart was beating a thousand beats a minute.
"I wonder if I should call Jim?" she thought. After consideration she decided that it was simply two women having lunch so no need to alert her husband. "Two women having lunch--that's certainly true but it's a little more complicated than that!" she thought to herself.
After finishing some clean-up, Diane began to prepare for her lunch date. She showered, along with shaving her legs and arm pits, to be as presentable as possible. Diane stood nude and looked at herself in the large bathroom mirror and thought to herself, "You're not going on a date woman! It's lunch with your 'friend!'"
Despite that thought she couldn't help but think back to 13 days prior when that 'friend' was standing in this very same bathroom stark naked with Diane and her husband. The same 'friend' who her husband had intercourse with on their bed as Diane watched and rubbed herself intimately as Diane watched her husband make love to another woman. Watched as the 'friend' received her husband's semen. The same 'friend' who Diane had French kissed. And the same 'friend' who had licked Diane in the most intimate of places on her body.
Diane looked into the mirror and realized that her daydreaming had caused her nipples to become erect. As she reached up to tweak her left nipple, she thought about masturbating but then decided against it since she was so clean.
Diane walked into her bedroom and picked up a pair of moderately conservative panties--yellow hi cut nylon--and a lacy bra that, as she put it on and hooked the clasp between her breasts, allowed her erect nipples to be quite visible through the material. She elected to wear a white cotton sleeveless blouse and a pair of navy shorts along with matching sandals. Looking at her dresser mirror, she felt good about her appearance.
* * *
Diane arrived at 11:30 a.m. as requested and parked in Susan's driveway. She only began to feel nervous as she walked up the front walk. Diane reached to ring the door bell but the door began to open at the same time and she saw Susan as it opened.
The two women exchanged hello's at the doorstep and Susan invited Diane in, closing the door behind her. Both women looked at one another and Susan said, "I'm not sure what the proper greeting should be for us Diane? Do we shake hands? Hug?"
Diane nervously laughed and replied, "How about a hug?"
They embraced momentarily and as they broke apart from the physical event they both realized how awkward each felt at this moment.
Diane noticed Susan's attire--makeup, hair done nicely and sporting a white cotton sleeveless dress adorned with blue flowers. She thought it was the prettiest she'd ever seen Susan--especially when every other time she'd seen her Susan had a white lab coat on over her clothing other than the night at the party. Susan was not a physician who wore makeup or spent an extraordinary amount of time on her hair prior to heading to the clinic. With three boys and a very early morning start most days, prep time was not possible.
Susan gently took Diane's hand and they walked out through the house to Susan's backyard. Under an umbrella at the center of the table was a pair of place settings along with salad, rolls and other appetizers. There was also a bottle of white wine in an ice bucket. Two glasses were soon poured as the women sat down and chatted about many different subjects during their lunch. But surprisingly to Diane, sex was not part of the discussion. Family, children, Susan's work...all the things that two friends might otherwise converse about in a similar setting.
It was unusual for both women to consume wine with lunch so it wasn't long before they felt the effects of the alcohol in their bloodstream. As a result, they both relaxed and became more comfortable with one another. As each made eye contact with the other, their minds roamed back to the events the last time they were together at Diane's house--and Diane's bedroom.
Sensing an opportunity, Diane decided she should take a step towards addressing their previous experience together to make sure it wasn't a barrier to continuing their conversation.
"I have to admit Susan that I had sort of thought that Jim and I wouldn't hear from you after you left our house. I'm not sure why but I thought that perhaps it was a pleasant, one-time thing."
Susan paused while staring at Diane. She had a smile on her face as she looked deep into Diane's blue eyes.
"Diane--I was certain when I left your house that I would contact you again. 100% certain. I had the boys here last weekend, and besides, I didn't want to be too pushy. And to be honest, I wanted to make sure you and Jim had time to review our time together to make certain it wasn't causing either of you any regrets."
It was Diane's turn to pause in contemplation before replying.
"After you left Susan, Jim and I went back upstairs and had as good of sex together as we've had in years. You obviously got both of our libidos so high it was probably dangerous for 'old folks' like us!"
Dropping her voice to almost a whisper despite the fact there was no one else around, Diane said, "Jim came three times that night--once with you, twice with me!"
Both women chuckled at that remark as it was delivered by Diane.
"So you don't think there was any negative impact on you two after I left--maybe not that night but a few days later?" Susan asked.