Cindy was exciting, energetic and sexually precocious. Her light-hearted approach to life and its passages was somewhat startling at times, but refreshing, and it brought a brisk new breeze into my life that had been missing for some time. I was just enough older to be surprised at her directness, especially in matters of the bedroom. To be completely honest, I must confess to a little frustration with her casual treatment of our relationship, the way she took it for granted and ignored what were, for me, the norms of courtship. Still, she was a hot little package and I could never have stayed away when she wriggled her ripe little butt and smiled her invitation. When she was with me, she was there one hundred percent, aggressive, uninhibited and generous. She never refused any position or act that struck my fancy but joined eagerly in any experiment sometimes laughing and adding her own delightful twist. I regarded her voracious, youthful appetite for sex with wonder and gratitude.
Dana was an entirely different being. Very tall, very blonde, very introspective and, to all appearances, very cool and self-possessed. She owned her own business, a small bookkeeping and accounting firm with an office in the same building where Cindy worked. That's how we met. I went to a party in Cindy's office and there she was. I couldn't help but notice her; she was an incredible Scandinavian blonde. And tall. I'm six-four but she was just below eye-level with me, and in only two-inch heels at that.
And all six-feet-plus of her was put together exactly right. She had a figure that could not be hidden even by the severely tailored business suit that she was wearing. Half the men in the room were having trouble keeping their eyes off of her and the other half weren't trying.
Her pale blonde hair was pulled back in a severe bun at the nape of her neck but it did little to diminish the sensual beauty of her classic features. Lips full and ripe and a little petulant; smooth, even, well-tanned skin with only a hint of makeup; frosty blue eyes that noticed everything and revealed the well-ordered intelligence behind them but also sparked with quick humor when something struck her as funny.
After Cindy's introductions the three of us stood in a corner and talked for a while. The two of them were very easy together, relaxed and casual the way women are when they genuinely like one another. This seemed more surprising after a few minutes of conversation. Cindy was very wise and knowing for her age but she was still something of a girl. Dana was a mature, sophisticated woman, cultured and refined. I remember wondering how two personalities at such different stages of development had come together in what was obviously a genuine friendship; it seemed unlikely somehow.
Inevitably, others invaded us. Again, Cindy made the required introductions and the three of us were drawn apart by conversations. While I was talking to Cindy's boss, I caught Dana's eye from across the room and she stayed locked on a moment or so longer than I would have expected. Whenever I caught Cindy's eye, I got her patented devil-may-care smile with eyes to match. Once, she drifted over and pinched me on the butt.
"Having a good time, sailor?"
"Sure, but when do we get out of here?"
"Any time you want, BUT, I've been summoned to the family domicile for some reason and my father wouldn't be put off, said it was ‘awfully important’.” Here I received her patented soulful look from under her lashes. “Another time though, --- promise!" She drew the X on her heart with her finger and pecked me on the cheek.
That killed the evening and any desire I had to hang around an office party. Still, I lingered long enough to be polite. At last Cindy broke free and headed my way.
“I’m off. If you don’t mind, would you give Dana a lift? Her usual ride took off at five to pick up her kids and she’s stranded . . . Dana, that is. You don’t mind, do you? She lives in your part of town and . . .”
“OK, OK, no problem.”
“Oh, don’t be so disappointed. I’m not going to disappear for good. Call me this weekend, OK?” She gave me one of her most fiendish smiles while she copped a feel of my butt with her free hand and I grinned back.
“That’s better,” she said, “now I’m going to get our coats and I think Dana’s ready so we can go down together. Just be a sec.”
If I had been less absorbed with my own problems I would have caught the whiff of mischief in the air, but I was still a little selfishly miffed because Cindy and I wouldn’t be shaking the sheets later on. You know how it is: when you, been looking forward to rock and roll it’s hard to settle for jazz.
Cindy parted company with us in the parking lot and scooted off in her mustang convertible --- the vanity plate read “Sin D.” I wondered what Papa thought of that. I unlocked the passenger door of my Mercedes and handed Dana into it. Her knees and long slender calves flashed in the streetlight and I suddenly realized that I was at loose ends for the evening with a beautiful woman who seemed to have no plans either.
“I’m hungry,” I said, “there’s a good Italian place a few blocks away, how about some dinner?”
“Sure,”
The menu at Il Ristorante d’Toscana was extensive and included all of the standard dishes as well as some of the less well-known northern cuisine dishes that I especially liked. We ordered wine and studied the selections for a few minutes. Then she let her menu fall closed on the table and leaned back against the booth.
“Oh, I can’t decide,” she said. “I’ve made decisions all day long. Order something for me, will you? I’m tired of working. I want to be carried along for the rest of the night.”
There was a subtle undercurrent of electricity in her voice that sharpened my attention. She smiled across the table at me and held my eyes for a few seconds, then dropped hers demurely. I got the message . . . I hoped.
The rest of the dinner was passed in languid conversation, wandering wherever I happened to guide it. If she had seemed icy at the office party, she was thawing nicely now. By the time dessert arrived, she was glowing with warmth and eagerness, leaning across the booth, to smile and laugh softly at my conversational sallies.