I looked at myself, with just a bit of pride. I guess I've still got it, I thought to myself. As busy as I am with my demanding job, my MBA program classes, and house where something always seemed to need repair, I still appreciated the occasional gaze from a man, even if I truly had no time or interest at the moment. Earlier today, I was at the supermarket with my 19-year-old daughter, and one of her friends who worked there asked if I was her sister. It was one of those days where a simple compliment put a little smile on my face.
It was an emotional moment too. My daughter was in her very first semester of college, and had come home for a Halloween party, her first visit since she had left. And she was going back home tonight. And other than a few special moments, she had spent the entire visit completely pre-oocupied with her friends and the party. And later this evening, my baby would be heading back to school. That alone was going to be hard. I had forgotten how much I missed her.
At least my daughter had included me one night, where they were trying on their Halloween costumes. I got some serious laughs when I broke out the old blonde wig I had kept from my college days. As much as it looked hilariously good, I was happy to have chosen a practical short hair for the past 20 years. But still. I felt sexy. And slutty. Either times have changed, or I had just not realized how slutty the wig looked. But hey, it was Halloween.
But today was also a few days away from that time of the month, that moment in time where a woman sees a double chocolate chocolate-chip cake and knows she has to have it. Then she also goes to the ice-cream aisle and buys chocolate-chocolate chip ice cream to accompany the cake. It was going to be hard enough watching my daughter drive away. Add a little bit of hormones to the mix, that twitch down there after the compliment, it was going to be an emotional and hormone driven couple of days. I jotted down "AA Batteries" on the grocery list. This wouldn't be a good time to not have batteries.
It wasn't helping that my daughter and her friends had spent so much time at the house. Normally when the hormones kick in like this, I need a little private time where I slip my little egg vibrator in my laser smooth pussy to clear my head. I still liked how my pussy looked all bald. It was over ten years ago that I blew a bunch of money on laser hair removal to be sexy for my ex, my daughter's father. Such a waste, how long it had been since anything but my vibrators saw it. Like I said, I was busy. And being only about once a month where the hormones made me a little crazy, I guess chocolate, more chocolate, and my egg vibrator did the trick.
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Amber and I did have a nice morning though, shopping and doing little chores in preparation for her drive home. In a bit, her two best friends, Savannah and Chris would be arriving to load up the car and driver her the three hour drive off to her college. They were also starting college, but the two of them were staying in town, attending the local commuter college, only my daughter was going away. I had already dealt with the disappointment of not being the one to drive Amber back to school. She wanted her two friends to drive her up, instead of me. I suppose that was why I picked up the three-pound bag of mini-chocolate bars while we were out shopping.
They were a cute little clique together. Amber, my gorgeous daughter, who grew up with a good head on her shoulders, but had very suddenly transformed from tall and gangly to tall and stunning. Savannah, who had always been an exotic beauty, but the boys her own age had been too stupid to notice how gorgeous she was until just now. And Chris, who was just so damned nice and helpful, a good-looking young man really, except he seemed to have a knack of seeming almost invisible. I always thought to myself that it's the quiet ones you have to watch out for.
Amber had always joked about her friend Chris, that she thought he was gay. I could tell he wasn't, based on the way he always hung around. I used to sometimes chuckle to myself at what an ass-kisser he was, always offering to help clean up or cook. Then I would feel guilty. Why would being well mannered and well-bred be something that counted against him? If all young men were more like Chris, the world would be a better place. I was glad for Chris and Savannah though, my daughter had two very good, lifelong friends. I should be so lucky.
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Amber had been up all night the night before, (and the night before that, and the night before that too) having a last night out with her friends. It caught up with her, and she said she was going to go upstairs for a quick nap. It was a great Idea, I told her I'd wake her up when her friends came over.
Chris was the first to arrive, right on time of course. I knew that when Chris and Savannah said they would get to the house at a certain time, that if they drove separately Chris would be right on time, and Savannah would be an hour late. And when they drove together, they'd both be an hour late, of course, due to Savannah. When that happened Chris would say all the right things and apologize profusely, without blaming Savannah. I don't know what got into me, but I decided to have a little fun with poor Chris.
"O.K., Chris, 'fess up. Who is it? Amber, or Savannah?"
"Umm. Wh.. What?" Chris stammered.
"I know you're not gay, Chris. And I see you always here, but you never make a move or ask either of the girls out. I want to help you Chris, you don't need to be so shy. The one thing I can't tell, is it Amber or Savannah you have a crush on?"
After a long pause, he responded. "Umm." Poor Chris, I was embarrassing the hell out of him. I started to feel bad. He exhaled. A long, protracted exhale. With no idea what to say.