I looked at the incoming call number. I wasn't sure what I was feeling to be honest. It had been over 3 months since we'd spent the weekend together. I honestly figured I wasn't ever going to see or hear from her again.
"Hi Linda, how are you?" I said after hitting the talk button.
"Good Scott, very good. How are you?"
"A little surprised to be hearing from you after all this time," was my reply.
"Yes, I can understand that, but I have an explanation. Buy me lunch?" she responded.
I hesitated. I wasn't really sure how I felt about this, but since I didn't really know what 'this' was my curiosity got the better of me.
"Sure when and where?" it was still early on a Friday and I wondered what she had in mind.
"One o'clock today work?" she asked, "You pick the place."
"Sounds good. You know Brent's Deli?"
"Yup, see you there at one," she signed off.
I sure as hell hoped she hadn't decided to give into her husband. If she had it wasn't going to be with me, that ship had sailed.
I'd know soon enough, but I am not a patient man.
I arrived at the restaurant by quarter of and got us a booth where we could talk. She showed up about five minutes later, looking just as gorgeous as I remembered. She was wearing a casual pant suit that flattered her body, not that almost anything wouldn't. It was tight across the chest showcasing her near perfect boobs. Her hair looked beautiful, but the thing I noticed most was her smile was beaming and it reached her eyes. Something I realized I'd hadn't always seen before. Damn, my cock twitched, hardening at just seeing her!
I stood and waved. She saw me and headed my way. I got a quick kiss on the lips before she slid in first. The first thing I noticed, no wedding rings! That spoke volumes I thought.
By now you know I'm direct and to the point. I nodded at her left hand and raised my eyebrows. She obviously understood my meaning.
"He wouldn't let it go Scott. I tried. I told him the week after I spent the weekend with you that if he needed me to be with another man then we were finished!"
"He told me he could let it go if that's how I felt. He lasted one week and brought it up again! I gave him one last chance and after another week he told me he felt that since he was my only experience I should at least have one other."
Wow, that was an interesting piece of news!
"That was it; I told him I was done! He begged me to give him one more chance! I did and he made it one more week and then brought it up again. He is never gonna let it go!"
"I saw a lawyer the next day. After 60 days we were divorced. He didn't fight it and I asked for nothing!"
"Now I'm sharing an apartment with a longtime girlfriend, working at a job I don't like very much, waiting tables at a not so nice place, and trying to figure out the rest of my life!"
"I wanted to see you, so I found the courage to call you, I was afraid you wouldn't even answer!"
"Linda, why on Earth would I not answer?"
"I know I put you through a lot, and thought you might not think of me too kindly!" she replied
"Linda, I am very glad to see you. I have feelings for you and your call rekindled them. I wasn't sure if I would ever see you again, but I'm glad I am!"
That brought a big smile to her face again.
"Well, I knew how you felt about seeing me again if I was still married to him," She said.
"And I wanted to see you again," she said softly.
"I'm glad; I wanted to see you again too."
We ate lunch in silence.
"I need to get to work," she said "I mostly wanted to thank you for everything you did for me."
"Most men would have handled it differently and I would have ended up very miserable! I really appreciate you and owe you a lot!" she said.
"You owe me nothing Linda. We are friends and that's what friends do for each other," I said meaning every word.
Did I want to fuck her; yes more than ever, but we had been honest with each other and where we went from here remained to be seen.
"Linda, I'd like to take you out on a real date, what do you say?"
"I'd love that, but my work schedule is hard on anything that resembles a social life," she said with a sad look.
"So when is your next day off?" I said undeterred.
"Sunday."
"And how about Monday?" I asked.
"Off then too, that's my 'weekend'."
"Great, how about dinner on Sunday night?" I asked.
"Sounds fantastic," she said clearly meaning that she was excited to have an opportunity to be together too!
"I'll pick you up if that's ok, what is the address?"
She wrote it on a napkin and slid it to me. I looked at it and knew generally where it was. I slipped it into my pocket and said, "Seven?"
"Perfect," was her reply.
"Scott, thank you so much for everything! I'm really looking forward to Sunday night, but now I need to get to work."
"OK Linda I'll see you Sunday. I'm very much looking forward to it," I said.
I sat there for a very long time, trying to figure out the whole situation. In the end I knew I was totally confused! I didn't know what I really thought nor where she was in this equation either.
I was pretty busy the rest of the day, so I didn't dwell on Linda much, but Saturday and Sunday were a different matter. I had almost nothing to do and as a result my mind was a mishmash of thoughts. By Sunday afternoon I'd finally pulled my head together and realized the only course of action was the one I normally took! Just let things unfold as they may and see where it leads.
I did know one thing; I hoped we would end up in bed together. It was why I'd asked her about Monday. I wanted to know if spending the night with me was an option. It seemed like it would be if she wanted. One thing I knew I'd have to make clear was that she didn't 'owe' it to me. If we were going to sleep together I wanted it to be because that's what we both wanted, not because she felt she needed to make something up to me. I really didn't think she would do that, but was going to be certain.
At about 4:00 I got a text from her.
"dress code?"
I had to think for a minute. I decided on a little neighborhood Italian place. A mom and pop operation.
"casual" I replied.
I lived in one of those areas with a lot of restaurants and bars like that. There were a couple of small bars nearby that had music even on a Sunday and I remembered how much I had enjoyed dancing with her.
Her apartment was only about 15 minutes from my place and the restaurant I'd chosen was only a few blocks from my place as well. We could walk if I parked in my garage, but I didn't want it to appear as if I assumed we were going to spend the night there, so I planned to park in the restaurant parking lot.
I headed out at 6:45 and got to her place right at 7:00. It was in an older building but well maintained it appeared. I rang the intercom bell and she responded immediately.
"Come on up. It's apartment 6."
And then the buzz that announces the lock is open sounded and I pulled open the door. Number 6 was on the second floor and though there is an elevator I grabbed the stairs. By the time I got there, she was standing in the door waiting. I was pretty sure by now that she was not the kind of woman to keep you waiting just for the hell of it.
"Come in," she said gesturing into the apartment.
"Thank you, I will. You look just as gorgeous as always," I said, meaning every word.
She was dressed in one of those pairs of jeans she had that look sprayed on. And a casual top that showed plenty of cleavage; not so much as to look slutty, but plenty to attract attention. Light makeup as usual. The woman just didn't need it.
Again with no false modesty she simply said, "Thank you."
I glanced around. The place was neat and clean as I would expect, but quite small. After a moment a short, quite pretty woman came out of one of the rooms.
"Scott, this is Nikki, my roommate."