This story is a recount of my first time being shared. It's something I had always been open to and when the perfect opportunity arose I had to take it. It was an amazing experience that I hope to repeat, but in the meantime, the memories are bringing me a lot of pleasure. I hope you enjoy!
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Sally always loved a night out with her co-workers. They had a nice tight knit group of ten or so who tried to go out for dinner and drinks a couple of times per year. Most times, the conversation centered around work - gossip, office scandal, promotions, etc. and as the night progressed inevitably moved to D&Ms and hours of dancing, sometimes until last call. Hangovers the next day were a given.
Happy hour drinks were going down a treat and they managed to find a few roof top bars to enjoy the mild spring night. As hunger started to kick in the group made their way to Chinatown in search of dumplings and Peking duck. They piled into a small joint, nothing fancy but the dumplings there are always a crowd pleaser.
Sally was seated at one end of the table with Michael and Charlie, two of her closest friends. Michael took charge of ordering the food and Charlie picked a few bottles from the wine list, so Sally just had to settle back and enjoy the company. About half way through the meal Charlie was busy on his phone so Sally enquired who he was texting.
"It's Josh, he's out with some mates and wondering where we are," replied Charlie. Josh was another colleague who was always a lot of fun to party with.
"Where's he?" asked Sally.
"Marble Bar, he wants us to come for a drink," replied Charlie.
"Tell him we'll come if he's paying!" joked Sally.
Charlie texted Josh, and then burst out laughing when the response came through. He quickly replied back and put his phone away.
"What did he say?"
"Nahhh, it's nothing," Charlie smiled.
"It didn't look like nothing to me!"
"I'm not showing you what he wrote."
"So he did write something cheeky about me!" Sally had expected he would after the dancing the last time they were all out together. Charlie wasn't giving in and quickly tried to change the subject.
Dinner continued with lots of laughs and lots of wine. Once the final dumpling was demolished, the group went in search of another bar to continue their fun conversations. Others from the group slowly started heading home but Sally was pleased that her closest friends seemed to be out for the night. From bar to bar they went in search of dancing. Their favourite cheesy music dancing joint had a line a block long and it was at that point a few more called it a night, not wanting to wait in line.
And then there were three. Disappointed to not be going dancing, Sally fed her arms through Michael and Charlie's and led them to one last bar for "just one more drink". Hotel Hollywood was just around the corner. The clientele there is always an eclectic mix of bohemians, English tourists and gays, and the music playlist is nothing but cheese from an old iPod nano on a docking station.
After grabbing another drink and finding a corner by the stairs Charlie very cheekily reminded Sally that Josh was still out, and sick of begging to see what he had messaged about her earlier in the evening she decided to change her approach. "What's it going to take for you to show me that message?" she asked. Charlie pointed a finger to his cheek and tapped it a couple of times. Sally smiled brightly and leaned in to kiss him on the cheek. "Not a bad start, but it'll take more than that," he laughed. Sally gave him a playful whack on the arm and feigned shock to Michael, "can you believe this guy?"