Anne
Getting to know her and coming to an understanding.
I think our greatest sex organ is between our ears so I try to leave something to our imagination. If you need or want graphic details please check out the great authors that offer those tales.
Anne lives in my building. Like me she lost her love. In her case it was about four years ago and mine passed two years ago. After several months of thinking and stewing about it I finally got the courage to call her and ask if she would be willing to go to lunch with me. I was happy when she sounded eager. And the lunch turned out great. What should have been maybe an hour turned into over two.
The next week we went to lunch again. The third week we did it one more time. I listened to her life story and she listened to mine. It turned out we had lived within five blocks of each other as children and went to the same high school. With her being several years younger than me our paths never crossed or if they did we did not remember it.
I was pleased when one morning she called, "Would you like to go for a ride? I need to get out for a while. The walls are closing in." The fact that she was willing to call me and ask for something was great. I felt that maybe a bridge had been crossed. We spent about four hours driving and talking. It was all very comfortable. Like two old friends spending time together.
Expect for the fact that I was getting feelings for her and did not have a clue on how to tell her that. So being a first class idiot I acted. After one of our lunches as we rode the elevator up I hugged her shoulder and then I just kissed her. Not a deep kiss, just lips meeting for a second. But I had a reaction in the lower part of my body. Cripes, had it been that long that a quick kiss raises the temperature that quickly. Would my pants split if it had been a deep kiss?
As the elevator stopped at her floor she hadn't said a word. She walked out and turned to give me a look that I could not read. Then the door closed and I was alone.
Shit...I had screwed up, big time. Now what do I do? Pretend it didn't happen. That I had not forced myself on her? Or try and mend the damage? I had to try. Like I said earlier, I had feelings for her and if it wasn't going to be romantic then being friends was the next best thing. I could live with that if necessary.
So I then next morning I called her. Frankly I was too scared to call her that night. Maybe a little time and she would calm down, hopefully. "Good morning."
Her response left me a little hope. At least she took my call and answered back. So I blundered on, "Could we maybe talk sometime? When it's convenient for you? Please."
"Sure. How about now? I have coffee on and a couple of sweet rolls. Come on down."