I first saw her in the food line. She was beside me feeding her plate with salad. With the way she was hunched over I couldn't resist looking down her black blouse. I was discrete. I hit her with a few indirect glances, looking in her direction but not exactly at her. Her cleavage was mighty; her breasts were very well developed. Then when she stood up to slide further down the line, I could not restrain myself in examining her lower body. Her ass filled that tight denim skirt perfectly. It stopped just before her knees and was to die for. Staring at those back pockets was hypnotic. Moving down her legs, she completely her appearance with a pair black pumps.
My parents invited a bunch of their friends and acquaintances to this barbeque. I thought it was unfair to me because they intended it to be a bash for their company so my own pals were out of the question. It was tough trying to mingle with people who were a generation above me. To me it was a lost cause.
The only worthwhile thing that did come out of this outing was Mrs. Swanson. She was nothing like the girls I saw around my university campus. For one thing, she was easily 15 years my senior. She was so developed and experienced. I wasn't sure where she fitted in as a friend to my parents. Everyone knew where she lived but not much more than that. Word was that she was courteous enough so it was a wonder why she never garnered much attention. She was certainly a gorgeous woman. Her red hair and brown eyes were certainly an oddity, but I liked it. She only wore a bit of makeup because she was so naturally radiant.
We both finished grabbing our food and found separate places to eat. People were scattered all over our back yard. There were mostly groups of four or five. Everyone was chatting about with at least one other person except for me and Mrs Swanson. We sat about twenty feet across from each other. As I munched on, I watched her pick at her own food and play with her cell phone. Her skirt tightened into a convenient little place mat for her plate. Her skin coloured hose was so delightful to look at.
Again I pondered the anomaly of this woman. She was absolutely gorgeous, yet she ate alone? Why was she even alone anyways? Where was Mr. Swanson? Did he even exist? If he did, I never saw him. I saw HER a lot though. Whenever my parents sent me to do random chores in the front yard I'd sometimes see her hanging around on her lawn. She was one house over on the opposite side of the street. Thus my view of her was pretty good. Somehow she dropped her phone and it landed under her chair. With a plate on her lap it was awkward manoeuvring to find it. She hunched over and reached down to try to feel out with her hands. She was having a difficult time but eventually retrieved. All the while I got a nice peek of a dark coloured bra.
Maybe it was because I had to find out about her for myself and maybe it was because I pitied her for sitting in solitude, but I got up and sat down next to her. Her beautiful face lit up at the sight of my presence. I got to see those pink lips and white teeth at work. "Oh hey Jakey!"
"You know my name?" I didn't know why I said that. Certainly, it was out of nervousness but seeing as I was fine a few seconds ago, I didn't know what came over me. I guessed that her playfulness in pronouncing my name really threw me off.
"Of course I do Jake. It'd be really bad of me not to know the names of my hosts, wouldn't it?"
Her smile made me smile. "Yeah, I guess it would."
"I see you Jake, outside your house mowing the lawn or raking leaves. If it's warm enough with your shirt off too..."
She laughed. So did I. Very nervously. I blushed at the statement. I didn't know where she was going with it so I changed the subject to something that was certain to go somewhere. "Sorry if this is a little intrusive, but is there a Mr. Swanson?"
Her expression dropped a tiny bit but she still maintained her smile. "No. There was...but he left. We had kids pretty earlier so they're all grown up and moved out. SO, it's just me." I think I heard a sigh accompany those final two words.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear."
"So am I."