The first time I met her she wasn't even trying. Jeans, old trainers and a black vest top. Her messed-up pink hair almost made her glow. She was by far the most beautiful woman in the room. I stood across the room from her, leaning against a wall with my beer in hand. Losing the thread of the conversation I was having as I watched her. She finished her drink and leaned over to place her empty glass on a table, giving me a great view of her ample cleavage in the low-cut top.
Our eyes met for a second before she turned back to her friends, a hand in each of her back pockets. Her forearms forming an arrow pointing to her round, perfect arse. I imagined moving up behind her, cupping my hands round those perfect cheeks, pressing myself against her. I tore my gaze away, forcing myself to concentrate on the conversation happening around me. I drank, and tried to listen to my friends, but my mind kept wandering back to the way the fabric of her jeans hugged her flesh, how her hands in her back pockets emphasised her breasts, how she exuded an air of confidence most of us could only dream of.
I needed to distract myself, so I strode over to the window and began rolling a cigarette. Perching awkwardly on the windowsill as I lit up, I sensed someone standing behind me. I turned and saw her, smiling at me as she licked the paper to finish her own cigarette. Placing the tip in the corner of her mouth, she patted her pockets before grinning apologetically at me.
"Can I borrow your lighter?" she asked, taking the cigarette between two fingers. I held it out to her and she leaned over towards the flame, closing her eyes as she inhaled. The tip of her cigarette glowed into life and she leaned back, holding the smoke in her lungs for a moment before blowing it towards me. She settled herself next to me on the windowsill, the bare flesh of her arms goosepimpled from the cold breeze. She shifted slightly so that our arms pressed against each other and I turned to look into her bright, blue eyes. She smiled, and took another drag on her cigarette.
"Enjoying the party?" I asked, trying to sound as confident as she looked. She gazed around the room for a moment before answering.
"It's ok," she said. "I'm Kirsten, by the way."
"Hannah," I replied, holding out my hand. She shook it, locking her eyes onto mine, holding on just a fraction too long. She smiled and raised the cigarette to her lips again. I was mesmerised by the way she flicked her lip ring with her tongue whenever she took a drink. I wanted to lean over and kiss her, to taste the smoke on her lips and the whisky on her tongue.
We talked idly as we smoked, I laughed at her jokes, she commiserated with me on my recent breakup. She looked straight into my eyes as we chatted, so that I was almost lost in those deep orbs of blue.
She leaned over me to flick her spent cigarette out of the window. I felt her breasts press against my mine and glimpsed the top of her smooth, pale buttocks as her jeans slid down slightly. I smelled the intoxicating mixture of whisky and smoke combined with her natural, earthy, musky scent.
I couldn't help but notice how much closer to me she positioned herself when she straightened up. She looked into my eyes and I could feel her warm, whisky-scented breath on my face. She moved her hand to the small of my back and applied just enough pressure to give me the courage to move my lips the two short inches to hers. She tasted even better than she smelled. I pulled her closer to me and sucked her lip ring, biting playfully. She flicked her tongue against mine and twirled her fingers in my hair, tugging gently until I broke off the kiss.
"Wait five minutes then come upstairs. Second door on the left." She looked back coyly over her shoulder as she walked away from me, grinning as she caught me staring at her arse.
I stood up and walked to the kitchen as casually as I could. Finding two glasses and a bottle of whisky I'd stashed earlier, I headed for the stairs, full of anticipation about what awaited me behind the second door on the left.