It was at the park when I first noticed her. A woman in her 50s I guessed, sitting crossed legged on her blanket, eating her picnic lunch, reading a book and enjoying the warm July summer sun. Like most days, now that school is out, I sit at the park, feed the birds and enjoy reading my Danielle Steele novels when I'm not working. I landed a nice summer job for the town I live in as a painter.
My job was go around town and repaint all the fire hydrants. That's it! For the most part, the job is easy, no stress and I could work on my tan for the summer. I usually sit at the park by the fountain on my days off and soak up some rays and like some other days off, I did the same today. While I was people watching, I think everyone does that, I glanced at the woman sitting not far from me and she gestured as if to say hello. Caught by surprise I acknowledged her gaze and went back to reading my book. Strangely enough I found myself stealing glances from time to time to admire this older, classy looking woman.
She was wearing simple kaki colored shorts, a sleeveless T-shirt and her hair was short to just above her shoulders. She dressed just average but there was something about how she wore her clothes that made her look stunning. She wore make-up but not too much like many older women do and she wore lovely jewelry. Not gawdy, but most appropriate for her. My mind began to wonder about her and what she did, who she was, and how many lovers she had in her life. I wondered what I would look like at that age and couldn't imagine myself that old. How silly I thought, at 22 I've got better things to do than to daydream like that. I must be reading too many romance novels.
Later that week, I saw her again at the same spot in the park and like before, she was enjoying the sun, feeding the birds, and reading her book. We exchanged brief eye contact and another hello as I walked by to my favorite spot just a few yards away. On this day, the sun was peeking in and out and there were times that it looked like rain.
Suddenly I heard a loud thunder and the sky opened up dumping a deluge of rain. Others in the park hurried for cover and I was soaked right through my clothes. The woman came to me holding her blanket over her head forming a tent and asked if I would like to come under. I quickly moved under her blanket relieved to get out of the rain a little and noticed her warm smile as we made small talk about the rain. I felt nipples go erect from the chill of being wet and noticed her staring at me. Actually she had fixed her gaze on my breasts. I looked down, and to my embarrassment, my breasts were clearly exposed through my soaked white T-shirt. I didn't wear a bra today as like most days, and the form of my breasts and clear view of my nipples were visible and on display. I hardly ever wear a bra in the summer and today I wasn't expecting to be in a wet T-shirt contest. I must have turned ten shades of red as I tried to cover myself with my arms. The woman smiled. "I'm so embarrassed," I said.
"Don't worry about it" she explained "it's only us ladies here"
We laughed and began walking towards the parking lot. "By the way I'm Rose" I said as I extended my free hand and "I'm Beth" she introduced herself.
The two women walked toward the parking lot and the rain began to fall heavier. Beth's car was close and both women jumped in. Rose was sticking to the leather seats of the Lexus and was feeling cold. "Where's your car Rose?"
"I rode my bike today," I said. "It's chained up over there.
"Well there's no way you can ride that in this rain and you're soaked. You're catch a death of cold" she said with a genuine concern. "I only live a few blocks away, why don't you come to my house and we can throw those wet clothes in the dryer and come back for your bike later." Beth said.
"I wouldn't want to put you out," explained Rose.
"Nonsense, it's no trouble at all" as Beth put the car in gear. As Rose sat shivering, the women made small talk and a short distance later, Beth pulled the Lexus up to the driveway and as if on cue, the garage door opened and allowed them to enter. Rose was still cold from being wet and noticed her nipples very erect from the cool air of the car air conditioner.
