I finally rolled out of bed, pulled on a T-shirt, and headed downstairs.
Roger and Stan were at class but David, Bobby, and Al were sitting in the living room, Al playing something on the xBox One, David and Bobby on their laptop computers.
"So," I said, taking a sip of my iced tea and sitting in the overstuffed wingback chair I had used for decades, "I'm thinking I'll tell Samantha that you guys are interested in meeting her and tell her to spin Michael, her husband, some yarn about me winning a weekend spa vacation and inviting her along. Sound about right?"
Three grins greeted that and I laughed.
"Keep that up and I'll get jealous and tell her I've changed my mind," I said.
David, always the take-charge guy, jumped up, bounded the six feet between us, took my hand in his, kissed it, and said, "you know you'll always be number one with us, Jean."
I smiled.
"But," he said giving his Groucho Marx eyebrow waggle, "you DID offer us the variety pack so you can't back out now. You might get a spanking."
I threw up my hand (not the one holding the iced tea) and said, "you win."
So I called Samantha and asked her to meet me for coffee at the local coffee shop.
I dressed, well, let's say less modestly than I normally would. The blouse was semi-sheer and the red wonderbra put about four inches of cleavage on display. The skirt was above the knee. I rummaged through my underwear drawer before giggling and saying, "fuck it" aloud before closing it, foregoing panties. The shoes were moderately high-heeled pumps. My hair and makeup looked good I thought, my reddest lipstick highlighting my face. As I looked I wished Stan was here.
I went downstairs, the heels loud, and fingerwaved to the guys in the living room.
David beckoned me over and I went.
He ran his hand up the back of my thigh, finding my bare ass, and grinned.
"Good girl," he said, patting where he found skin.
I actually blushed as I pulled away, but I did put extra sway in my hips as I walked away.
They whistled and I blushed more.
It was a nice day and I put the top down on my little PT Cruiser convertible, my personal adventure in midlife crisis.
When I got to the coffee shop, unimaginatively named
The Coffee Shop
, Samantha had a table for us. I ordered the Coffee Ultra, black, and large, and sat with her.
She looked me up and down and said, "Jesus Jean, you look great."
I blushed again and covered by taking a sip of my coffee.
"Soooooooooooo," she said, looking at me under lowered lashes.
"Okay," I said, "are you serious about wanting to, well, join me?"
"Jean," she said, smiling at me, "I haven't thought of anything else since the meeting."
"How will you handle Michael?" I asked.
She laughed, a hint of bitterness in the sound, and said, "you mean presuming he even noticed?"
I smiled and said, "well, I suppose so."
"Look," she said, leaning across the table and touching the back of my hand lightly, "if it doesn't happen at a car show or on the 14th tee it's unlikely he'll even notice if I'm not around. But I'll handle it."
She paused and added, "if it turns out you guys are interested in a fat girl."
I laughed at that.
"Okay," I said, "here's the deal. Tell Michael that I won a spa weekend for two at, wait a minute."
I pulled out my cell phone and quickly googled "spa weekend programs near me."
I scrolled through, looking for somewhere far enough that he wouldn't decide to drop in.
"Okay," I said, "tell Michael that I won a spa weekend for two at Breckenridge and I'm taking you."
Her eyes were big.
"You're serious, aren't you," she said.
I just grinned.
"Oh God Jean," she said, "I'm sitting in a puddle. Come home with me?"
I raised one eyebrow.
"And just what do you have in mind if I do?" I asked.
She giggled and said, "Jean, this is the most daring thing I've ever done. I want you to help me figure out what to wear."
So I said, "Okay," paid the bill, and followed her home.
Chester, my husband, and I had been to Samantha and Michael's socially before Chester died. They had a big house in one of the upscale suburbs, on the golf course of course. Chester and Michael had both been golf addicts.
"Something to drink?" she asked as we went in.
"Beer is fine," I said.
She opened two beer bottles of a brand I didn't recognize but the labels seemed to have some Chinese or Japanese writing on them.
Inside she was giggling like a schoolgirl as she led me down the hall to her bedroom.
"Let's see," she said, stepping into her big walk-in closet while I sat on the edge of the bed, sipping the beer which was very good.
In a couple of minutes, she opened the doors and stood, doing a slow turn.
Samantha is a big woman. I'm a thick chick but she's a true butterball.
What she had on seemed to be designed specifically to make her look even fatter. The blouse was full and sleeveless, showing off the size of her upper arms, and those upper arms were impressive with big soft fat pads that, well, "wobbled" is the word, with each movement. The skirt was knee length, a sort of grey color, and if anything made her look even bigger. Flat shoes left her legs lacking tension.
I gave a thumbs down sign and she giggled and closed the doors.
A few more sips of the beer and she opened the doors again.
It was even worse.
This was a one-piece thing, a muumuu if I remember the word right, in a bright floral pattern, making her look immense.
"Oh Jesus Christ," I said, getting up and marching, a bit unsteadily, that beer was potent, into the closet.
"First," I said, pointing imperiously, "get that monstrosity OFF!
She giggled and blushed and said, "there's nothing under it."