"Would you mind if we just stayed in tonight," Suzanne asked. "we have all weekend to go out and I'm a little tired from work?"
I glanced at Larry. "We can order a pizza," I said. "Since your date cancelled, we can just kick back here and hit a few clubs tomorrow night."
Larry answered that he didn't mind. Suzanne smiled and said "Good, I'll just take a quick shower and change. Pour me a glass of wine and I'll be right back"
It was a weekend of mixed emotions. I hated to see my old friend off. We'd spent a year together in DaNang and now he was going back on Monday. Suzanne and I would be leaving for a three year tour in England soon and might never see my friend again.
"I hate to see you go back in-country my friend." I said.
"Hey," he answered "its not like I'll be seeing any combat. Its Saigon this time. The only danger is I could get hurt falling off my wallet."
I laughed. He had a point. Still, I would miss his friendship. In the two years we had been back in the World, Larry had been a fixture at our place. Suzanne had made every effort to hook him up with a series of her girlfriends without much success. He had taken his divorce hard and was still comparing women to the one who had gotten away. Suzanne had tried one last time to set him up but her friend had cancelled at the last minute. This one had shown some promise, but the best laid plans of getting him a piece of American tail had been dashed. He'd already processed out of his barracks and was spending his last weekend at our place.
I heard the shower shut off and poured Suzanne a glass of wine. She appeared in the doorway a few moments later. She was wearing, or almost wearing is a better description, the new sundress she'd bought the weekend before. It buttoned down the front
and she had only buttoned it to her upper thigh. She stood in the doorway for a second, vamping for us. Extending her bare leg outward, she raised her arms over her head in a mock centerfold pose. "Well?" she asked.
"how do you like my new dress?'
The hard on in my pants was screaming its approval. I could only guess that Lary was enjoying a similar experience.
Suzanne laughed at our wide-eyed expressions. Her dress was cut very low in front and her large breasts threatened to spill out of thin fabric that struggled to contain them. It was clear that she was braless. The outline of her taut nipples accentuated the fact.
"I'll tqke that drink now." she said, slipping out of her pose and joining us in the living room.
"I'm sure that Nate has told you how much we're going to miss you." she said. Larry answered that he was going to miss us both as well. "Who is going to keep me in dates?
he said with a smile.
"From what Suzanne has told me, tonight's date was a sure thing." I said. "She wanted to make sure that you have something to think about on the flight to Saigon"
Larry laughed. "That dress will give me plenty to think about." he said with a blush.
"That's the nicest thing you could tell me." she answered. "Now spread out and let me sit between you two."
Larry moved to the end of the couch and Suzanne sat between us. She crossed her legs casually. The unbuttoned portion of her dress fell away, leaving her shapely legs uncovered to her upper thighs. Larry's eyes traced the length of her legs. He shifted nervously.
"I was a little wary of this dress," Suzanne announced. "You don't think its shows too much?"
"I can't speak for Larry," I said. "but of all the things I was thinking about it, showing too much is not one of them"
Larry managed a weak "Me neither."
Suzanne tugged at the top of her dress. "You'll be sure to let me know if my boobs come of this, won't you? she teased.
"After a few minutes, of course?" I answered.
We spent the next few hours sipping wine and remembering the times we had shared. Larry's uneasiness with Suzanne's exposure subsided with a few drinks. I caught him trying to position himself to see inside her top more than once. Suzanne's inhibitions disappeared as well. After almost continuously adjusting her top for the first hour, she began to let things shift as they might. When her nipples worked their way over the top of the dress, she casually tucked them back in. Not before Larry was afforded an unobstructed view of their deep pink hues.
"You still miss your wife?" Suzanne asked him
pointedly.
"Yes, I do." he answered. "I shouldn't after all that she pulled, but I guess when you;re the dumpee as apposed to the dumper you see things differently.