Did you ever want to believe something so badly that you ignored information that contradicted it and attached more credibility to things that supported it than they deserved? That is what happened to me. I should have known better, but because I so wanted so much for it to be true I was fooled.
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I'm Gabe Gaston. Since my never-used middle name also starts with a G I guess that my parents loved alliteration. I'm a fairly normal guy, maybe a little bit bigger, smarter, and fit than normal but nothing special. At 28 I wasn't married, not having found the right woman -- or at least the right woman that I knew was interested in me.
Because I'm a nice guy who never says anything bad about anyone else and will help out anyone in need I have lots of friends, some married, some single. Two of my married friends that I'm closest to are Bill and Audrey Scanlon. I do lots of things with them as a couple, and individually.
I met both Bill and Audrey in college; they're both a year older than I am and have a couple of young kids. Bill and I often go to sporting events together (Audrey has no interest in them) and we also team up to play tennis doubles. Bill hates stage plays while Audrey loves them so many times when it's not date night for them, and when I don't have a date, Audrey and I go to plays together. Not only does Audrey love plays but she has a real interest in them because she used to be a fairly accomplished actress and makeup artist herself in college and Community Theater before they had kids. Audrey and I also sometimes work out at the same health club at the same time.
At a barbeque hosted by Bill and Audrey I met a single friend of theirs by the name of Gina Grayson -- a "GG" just like me. Gina was 27 years old and probably the sultriest woman that I had ever met in my life. Apparently Audrey knew her from Community Theater where Gina often had the female lead in plays. I was stricken by Gina upon meeting her -- maybe the elusive "love at first sight" for me.
Gina had a very interesting and distinctive gravelly voice. I could see how that would intrigue audiences and business contacts alike. Also she had a distinctive perfume that while understated was intoxicating.
Audrey noticed my attraction to Gina, and seemed to encourage it. Audrey had always been super friendly and nice to me -- even in college -- and seemed happy that I liked her friend.
Although I initially had a good time at the barbeque I ended up bummed after Gina's date arrived -- late. Her date, Winston, had everything over me when he made a grand entrance in his Ferrari convertible including looks. I had to reluctantly admit to myself that Gina was out of my league. It seemed like Audrey could sense my angst, hugged me, and gave me a quick kiss on my cheek, ending with the line -- just to make me feel good I'm sure -- "Any woman would be honored to mate with you."
It was maybe two weeks after the barbeque when I had almost forgotten about Gina when I got a call on my cellphone at work early afternoon that said "Unknown Caller" on my Caller ID. I really can't take calls at work in the early afternoon because I work with a team where we always meet from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. on weekdays and individual calls are greatly frowned upon (and forbidden if the boss is in the meeting).
After work that day I checked my messages -- I had three. The first two were just my sister asking a casual question and Bill wanting to know about going to a game the upcoming weekend. The third one was interesting.
The third message-leaver had a gravelly voice that I immediately recognized as Gina's. Despite having almost purged her from my mind the second that I heard her voice my nether regions started to tingle.
The recorded message was: "Hi Gabe; I don't know if you remember me but this is Gina Grayson; I met you at Audrey's party a while back. I thought that we had a very interesting discussion. Maybe we could continue it sometime. My number is xxx-xxx-xxxx. Sweet dreams!"
"What the fuck!" repeated itself for a full minute in my brain. The sultriest woman I had ever seen in my life -- who I thought had a stud boyfriend -- was calling me? And what was the "sweet dreams" ending -- did she suspect that I dreamt about her after the barbeque (I had)? I tried not to attach too much significance to it -- to get my hopes up -- but I sure was intrigued. I called her back and got "Hi; this is Gina. I can't answer right now but please leave a message."
The voicemail I left was something like "Uh...hi Gina, this is Gabe returning your call. It was nice to hear from you. I would love to talk with you some more; when convenient please give me another call. Bye."
Gina and I played telephone tag for at least the next five or six days. Her messages were -- in one word -- provocative. I started to hope that maybe she really did have an interest in me; I sure had one in her. Finally I did get ahold of her one Thursday night. "Gina here -- my caller ID says it's you Gabe, is it."
"Oh, we finally get to talk," I chuckled.
For the next few minutes we just chatted about things going on in our lives. It was odd that there was a significant delay between when I said or asked something and her reply. When I inquired about the delay she laughed and said "I'm playing with myself so don't be concerned."
My dick instantly inflated when she said that. I was at a loss for words and then even more lost when after another delay she followed that up with "Say, Gabe; I have a very unusual situation. I don't have an exclusive relationship with Winston -- you know the Ferrari guy that you met at Audrey's house -- but despite the fact that he dates other woman he gets really pissed if he thinks that I'm going out with someone, but I want to keep him interested for reasons I'd rather not go into. What that means is that sometimes I get horny and need a release. Is that something that you might be willing to provide?"
I was at a loss for words; and I was also sure that I hadn't heard her right. After I stuttered something unintelligible for a few seconds she interrupted and continued. "Sorry to lay that on you but Audrey says that you're a guy who can keep a secret and may have some interest in me. Why don't you think about it for a while and we can talk more; bye, bye, and sweet dreams." Then she terminated the call.
The hell with "sweet dreams;" I masturbated as intensely as I ever had before in my life shortly after I put my cellphone down and was more drained than ever after I squirted a record number of times.
The next day Bill and I went to a sporting event while Audrey watched the kids, and Saturday Audrey and I went to a matinee while Bill watched the kids. I was anxious to talk to someone about the situation with Gina and the only one I could talk to was Audrey. However, even with Audrey I was nervous.
As we went for coffee before the matinee started as she put one hand on mine Audrey said "OK, Gabe; spill. I know that you're agonizing about something and you're nervous to talk about it but you know that you can with me. I'd never betray your confidence."
I looked in her eyes and sighed. "That obvious, huh?"
"Sure is," she chuckled, "let me have it never to be repeated to another."
I sighed and then said "I've been talking with your friend Gina on the phone; and she said something very provocative the last time that we talked."
"You have?" Audrey asked, apparently quite surprised.
"Yeah -- has she said anything to you about me?"
"Well she did ask some questions about you, including about whether you could keep secrets. I told her that you could be trusted completely to keep a secret. I didn't think much of it because Gina is a very unconventional woman who sometimes has random thoughts and proclivities. I didn't get the impression that she was going to talk to you, however. I thought that she has a fairly strong -- though not exclusive -- relationship with Winston."
We talked some more; I told her what Gina had said at the end of our last conversation. She smiled and told me "If things progress you should go for it; what do you have to lose?"
Then she hit me with a surprise. "By the way, the play that we're going to today at Community Theater stars Gina as the female lead -- what a coincidence."
"You're serious?" I asked -- Audrey usually gets the tickets for the plays (I insist on paying her for mine every time) and I trust her taste since it conforms almost exactly with mine so it's not unusual that I don't know what the play is that we go to together until slightly before it starts.
"Yes," she laughed. "You may not be able to recognize her because she wears facial prosthetics and a wig, but we can see her in the dressing room after the play; she's invited me."
"Uh...yeah...but won't it be awkward after our phone conversations?"
"I don't think so; she certainly won't say anything about them and you shouldn't either; just pretend that they never happened," Audrey replied with a big smile.
"Sounds like good advice," I responded, then I paid the check and we walked arm-in-arm the two blocks from the coffee shop to the theater.
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Audrey was right about not recognizing Gina by sight; she looked entirely different. However, her voice was easy to recognize and was even more intriguing in a stage play than it was in normal conversation. The play was an avant-garde play by a relatively unknown American playwright who I wasn't familiar with. Both Audrey and I enjoyed it, and Gina and the male lead were both excellent.
Fortunately, Gina greeted us warmly backstage -- still in her facial prosthetics and wig -- and the conversation was not the least bit awkward. She was surprised when as we were talking a messenger brought her a dozen roses with a card that read "From Audrey & Gabe," which I didn't know anything about but which Audrey had obviously arranged. Gina gave both Audrey and me a hug and a kiss on the cheek; her kiss with the facial prosthetics was very unusual. I noticed that again she had the same understated perfume on that she had at the barbeque.
On the way back to the Scanlon household I humorously chastised Audrey for not telling me about the flowers. She laughed "I didn't know when I arranged for them about what you told me in the coffee shop -- but I can only see it helping you."