My girlfriend of a good 18 months had left me just before graduation, complaining about my lack of direction, she was always much more driven than I was, and the sort of person who sets goals for themselves and then goes out and achieves them, she was probably working on a master's or post-grad or something. I could never really be bothered with anything of the sort, but things seemed to work out for me anyway.
So there I was, a young English literature graduate living in Paris, one of the most romantic cities in the world, but feeling that I would never find true love, mainly because I wasn't looking.
I had been living in the apartment for a couple of days when I first noticed the very attractive woman across the hallway. She looked to be about in her mid-thirties, early-forties at a stretch and had the sort toned figure that most women would kill for, as well a gorgeous arse that a could not help but notice as I stood next to her in the elevator. In fact, I was staring at it so openly that she must have noticed that I was doing so. Myself, I have a fuller figure, a size 12, that I'm happy with and I've received the occasional comment about my body, my arse in particular.
I couple of days later I was standing in my bedroom, slipping on a light summer dress and nothing else except sandals, as I was about to go for a walk, as it was the height of summer and it truly was sweltering, as I heard a knock on the door. It took me completely by surprise, as I wasn't expecting anyone to come a-knocking, particularly someone I had not buzzed in.
I made my way over to the door, hoping into some shoes as I crossed the living room, and peeked through the peep-hole and there she was, the beauty from across the hall, looking as gorgeous as before. I swung the door open and smiled hello.
"Hi there," She said in a remarkably sexy voice, "I'm sorry we haven't had time to talk yet, I'm Josephine, and welcome to the building." Fortunately, having grown up in France, I was fluent in the tongue; otherwise I probably would not have understood a word of that.
"I'm Clea, it's a pleasure to meet you," I don't know what it was, but I was getting a definite vibe from this woman and I was starting to think she was into me too. Of course, it may have been my increasing desperation to get laid, but still...
"Likewise, I was hoping you would join me for lunch, I was just going to knock together a salad." She said, gesturing over her shoulder. Her voice was enchanting, kind of deep, yet still beautifully feminine. I could have listened to her talk all day, but it seemed she was expecting and answer.
"I'd love to" I said, smiling.
With that she turned and I followed her into her apartment, I was unsurprised to she it was larger than mine. After all, my father had only used the place to stay when her was called to Paris for business, which was rare, so he didn't need that big a place, or any place at all really, it was just more convenient than a hotel, he said. I think my mother was glad I was living in the place now; it meant she didn't have to think he was keeping a mistress there.
She shut the door and locked it behind her, something I only half noticed at the time, before making her way to the kitchen, or rather work surface that divided the main room in half. She gestured for me to take a seat in the lounge area and I did so.
"Would you like a drink?" She asked. I realised how thirsty I was and nodded and emphatic yes. "What would you like?" She opened up the fridge and I stood to look inside. I saw a can of coke and asked for it, and as she bent down to pick it out I saw she had on no underwear beneath her skin tight jeans. She stood, turned and caught me staring at her. She smiled again and handed me the can. I sat again and started drinking.
We began talking, mainly about me, her asking me questions such as what I did for a living and the like, establishing that I was Jean's daughter, whom she had a nodding acquaintance with. Then she told me a little about herself, her lifestyle, she was a 37 year old divorcee, now an open lesbian, and as I soon leant, a very intelligent, funny person. She told me something I can't remember now that made me laugh so hard I spilt coke down my dress.