Friday night I went out with some guy friends and got some much needed male bonding I had been neglecting. Saturday morning rolled around and by the time I finally crawled out of bed to nurse my headache it was already past noon. I flipped open my phone (this is 2003 by the way so the smart phone wasn't a thing yet) nothing from AJ.
"Hmm, oh well!"
I turned a basketball game on to soak away the day. About an hour later I got one quick text from AJ.
"Totally forgot it's President's Day weekend. Monday is a holiday, so Darrell isn't leaving until Monday night now. Sorry. I'll call you when I can."
"Shit" I thought to myself. "No pussy for a bit." I went back to the game and wasted the rest of the day. Around supper time I decided to go out for a bit to eat and hit up Murphy's bar, like I often do on bored nights. After dinner, a few drinks, and a few dart games with some locals I decided to head home. Checked my phone again, still no text from AJ. She did live not far from there, not even that far off my route home, so I thought I'd do a quick drive by just for the fuck of it. It was about 9 o'clock so it was already dark when I slowly cruised on by. Her house is a corner house, so I did the slow creepy drive by as I rounded the turn. I noticed that the only lights on at the time were coming from Dana's room, and the master bathroom - the rest of the house was dark. Oh well, what could I do?
I really creeped myself out though as I pulled back into my driveway. Why was I acting like a jealous husband? I was the asshole getting in the middle here. I had no right, yet somehow all those days and nights with AJ left me feeling a bond and a connection to her.I knew it was wrong, but in my 22 year old brain at the time I just didn't care. She was, and still is gorgeous. At that time she was only 23. She was a gymnast in high school, built like one too. Short, with muscular legs, a tight ass and abs you could bounce a quarter off. Even after childbirth you couldn't even tell she'd had a kid except for one tiny little stretch mark about 3" above her pussy. She was a pretty good high school gymnast too, the only reason she didn't do it in college is because of another body part of hers that often got in her way. Her tits! They were simply just too big for gymnastics. Most gymnasts are flat, with small hard breasts, but AJ's were big and supple. She had to wear the very tightest of bras when she competed because they kept growing and getting in her way. DD's just won't work in the sport of gymnastics.
It wasn't just about her tight little body and her incredible good looks though, I actually enjoyed her company. I enjoyed being around her and hanging out with her. Yes, I know how fucked up that was, but hey, I couldn't help how I felt.
The next day Sunday, I still hadn't heard anything else from AJ and was starting to care. I knew I shouldn't but I did. I must have checked my phone a hundred times, but still nothing from her. The day was boring and monotonous. I went to my mom's house for the afternoon to distract myself and actually pretend I had a somewhat wholesome life. I left there around 7pm and instead of driving by AJ's again I decided to just go ahead and give Dana a call to see what was up.
"Hello," from Dana's end of the phone.
"Hey, it's Jeff. You busy tonight?"
"Not really, no. Just watching a movie. Same shit on all weekend. Why" What's up?"
"I wanted to know if you wanna go grab a drink? Maybe at Murphy's?" I asked her.
"Sure, when?"
"How about now!"
"Let me grab my coat", Dana responded. "I'll meet you there."
Her trip to Murphy's was only about a 5 minute drive. I was still coming from my mom's house so still had 30 minutes to go. By the time I got there Dana was already on her 2nd Old Fashion. I gave her a hug, ordered a beer, then after a few minutes of small talk I got down to the gossip I was really seeking.
"So, how's it going with Darrell back home this weekend?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes then took another sip.
"I'm not sure how to read your eye rolls Dana?"
"Let's just say I'm not his biggest fan."
"Why? What's going on?"
"Look, you really don't want to know. At first I thought I was keeping AJ's secret about you just because I am her friend and don't want to get in the middle of things and also I'm getting to stay there rent free - so thought I kind of owed her. But now I'm doing it because I think Darrell is an asshole and she deserves to be with someone better. She ought to divorce him first of all," shew said while taking another drink.
"What are you talking about Dana?" I had to ask. "What's going on over there?"
"Look, they fight all the time. Saturday morning first thing, he hadn't been home for 12 hours and I heard them yelling and screaming at each other!"
"About what?" I asked.
"I'm not getting involved," she replied while finishing round two and ordering another drink. "I just stay in my room until the screaming stops! But it goes on almost all day. All the time every day since he's been home. They fight, then they fuck!"
She caught herself and my reaction didn't help.
"What do you mean they fuck?" I asked.
"Nevermind, I told you that you don't want to know."