The day was slipping into its evening gown, that time when the birds finally shut up and go to sleep. When people make a wish upon the first star that dares to pierce the darkening blue veil deep in a summerâs yawn. That time when sailors go hunting for any strange pussy hot enough, and drunk enough to try on something just a little different than their usual menu of settled in, leisure chair, pork & bean farts smelling husbands.
Her name was Betty Sue Bishop, a thirty something, former high school something, formerly happily ever altered to what she now considered a houseslave to a toad, and his three toadies. Betty Sue, along with her married, semi-married, divorced, and still single former high school competitors, all women, entered Bo champs grill, and cocktail lounge still buzzed from their success at the bowling finales. As usual, their team the Pink Damsels had taken second best soundly trampling the Purple Can-Cans, and were looking to celebrate with a little flirt teasing, a little dirty-but-not-too-dirty-dancing, and a lot more drinking.
âHey, whatâs the matter, Betty Sue?â Asked Darrel Raspkin after ordering the first round of drinks; at one time the only peroxide blond Cheerleader at Dixie High to not take on the entire football squad, thus landing the quarterback hunk Joshua Eubanks as her husband.
âSame old same, Darrel,â Betty Sue sighed. âThree kids, and a lazy slob more interested in the damn TV than me, thank you very much.â
âShe found Andy jacking off in the toilet again,â Mary Jo Atkins chimed in with her giggle. The only prom queen at Dixie High to turn the other cheek, and marry a very intelligent, now highly paid nerd.
âThatâs better than finding him with his secretary,â Betty Sue shot back, putting Mary Jo on notice that she wasnât going to take any of her bullshit about how wonderful life is after divorce tonight. The woman was sterile after all, and had no children to consider other than herself.
âMaybe you should try finding an occasional fling on the side,â said Nancy Carpenter, the only one in the group who had an open marriage agreement with her husband, who was bi-sexual anyway, and had only married her as security for his job. Their two children, a boy 7, and a girl 5, both looked thankfully like their natural honey blond mother.
âAnd it doesnât have to be with a guy,â added Jessica Tate huskily, the only single woman in the group, and that because of her preference for women more often than men as bed mates had nearly rocked the townâs senses 12 years before. The only true free spirit of the group Jessica divots out her living playing golf in the WPGA.
âDamsels! Iâm shocked!â Darrel gasped
âYeah right,â Nancy chuckled, âand that from a woman who insists that getting even by sleeping with the pool boy after catching her husband fucking the next door neighborâs Co-ed daughter is much more satisfying than divorce.â
âWell it was,â and Darrelâs serious tone had them all giggling.
âHey! Thereâs those sailors from the bowling alley,â Jessica pointed at the entrance to Bo champs that theyâd just come in through only a few minutes ago.
âWhat makes you think that theyâre sailors?â Mary Jo asked.
âThey told me when I was getting the beers, they hit on me in the bar,â Jessica replied.
âWow!â Betty gasped, âWhoâs the tall dark, and arrogantly handsome bastard in the Greek fishermanâs cap?â
âHeâs the captain of their Tug,â Jessica said, âI believe they called it the Pompous Pussy, or something like that.â
âThe Nigger?â Darrel gasped.
âThe cute colored man,â Mary Jo corrected sternly, noticing the four men heading for their table.
âColor hell,â Betty Sue whispered as they drew up to their table, âthat man is as black as the scab on my heart.â
âHello Ladies! Iâm Captain Perry Wolf off the Tugboat Prissyâs Pride, and this is my crew. This ghoulish white matchstick on my left is Willy Sounder, my chief engineer, and these twin-tanned bookends on my right are our deckhands John, and Jimmy Jones. Would you Damsels care for some drinking company? Weâd be more than happy to pay for all the booze.â
âIn that case,â Betty Sue stood up with a little wobble, and grabbed a chair from the next table over, âyou can sit by me, Captain Wolf.â
âBetty Sue!â Darrel chastised, but made room next to her for John as Mary Jo made room next to her for his twin brother Jimmy.
âIs it true what they say about sailors?â Jessica stared down Sounder.
âThat depends,â replied the chief engineer brashly, âbut I do like to eat seafood.â
âYouâll do,â Jessica giggled, and pulled a chair next to her then patted it with her left hand invitingly.
âWhat was that all about?â Betty Sue whispered to Jessica as Captain Wolf ordered a round of drinks for the table, his own being a single malt scotch.
âIt just means he eats pussy,â Jessica giggled back loud enough for everyone at the table to hear.
They were half way through the first round, and getting to know each other when a local four piece combo started setting up on the stage next to the dance floor. Captain Wolf had become a river rat by way of a round about excursion on every kind of vessel on the seven seas after being at the head of his class at Kings Point Academy. Only to find that his life as a Pilot on the Mississippi, in charge of his own Tug Boat, was a better way to enjoy his wife and family life than being away for months at a time. And by the time the third round arrived, the combo was playing a slow song, the women were two sheets into the wind, and Captain Perry Wolf knew as much about Bettyâs life, as she knew about his.
âCare to dance?â Captain Perry asked. Not totally oblivious to the two buttons sheâd undone in her bowling blouse to show off her cleavage.
âI certainly would,â Betty Sue replied, and almost fell off of her high heels when she stood up too fast.
âEasy girl,â Darrel coached, still sipping on her second diet-coke as the groups designated driver, but managing to flirt with John never the less.
On the dance floor Betty Sue melted into Perryâs muscled front, hanging off of his broad shoulders by her arms clasped around his neck. His combing fingers in her long silky burnished hair finally finding her lower back, and settling carefully just above her butt. He smelled of old spice, and fresh salt air laced in pipe tobacco as he gently swayed with her to the music with a rhythm reminiscent of an old three masted schooner plying the tea trade. The world slowed its gyrating around her as they glided as one around the dance floor through three more songs, or at least enough for her to realize that his hands had slipped lower by then.
âYou two looked like you were glued together out there,â Darrel said sarcastically once they were alone in the ladies restroom. âYou arenât thinking of taking Nancyâs suggestion to heart, are you?â
âAnd what if I were?â
âWell, itâs your soul, Betty Sue. I know youâre on the pill, but you might want to think about buying a couple of those,â and Darrel pointed to the condom dispenser, âThe one that says STUD might fit him.â
âHeâs married,â Betty Sue threw back adding a touch up of her lipstick.