After college I worked in a fairly large office with both men and women. Most of the people there were older than me but there were a few in my section about my age, and we got along well together. In particular was one girl about two years younger than me that was assigned as my assistant. Cynthia was a strikingly handsome young woman in those days but was in a relationship with a guy that lived with her. They broke up and she immediately began exclusively dating another, older man, but never married. She and I became close friends both at work and after hours, sharing many a beer together and unwinding from the day. We were friends but I think we both felt some passion potential though the only time we ever embraced or kissed was once under the mistletoe right around Christmas one year.
Not long after that season I quit that firm, made some good decisions and some bad ones, and many years later as I entered the last few years before retirement I again found myself alone. With my work being a small fraction of what it was when the economy was better I found myself with plenty of time to browse around the internet in search of news, history, articles of interest, and to look up old acquaintances.
I hadn't thought of Cynthia in several years, losing contact with her after she had left the company we'd worked at together. A search suggested that she had moved a couple of hours away, up near where I had a small hunting cabin in the mountains. I found her old email address from years before and fired off an email just to see what might happen, expecting to never hear anything in return.
Two days later I got a reply, and a most enthusiastic one at that. She indeed had moved up into the mountain area and was living not too far from my little cabin. In my initial email I had suggested that perhaps we might share a beer sometime when I was up in the area, and she wholeheartedly agreed to the suggestion. Oh, and she still went by her old name, apparently never marrying her longtime partner.
A couple of weeks later I had an opportunity to spend a few days at the cabin so I sent a message of my dates up there, and asking if dinner at a pub one evening might be possible. The next day Cynthia replied that it would work, and suggested a pub that was centrally located, and a time to meet.
I was relieved that the time she had suggested was early enough to allow an early meal without being too awkward later in the evening, actually was feeling a bit nervous before setting out for the pub, like a school boy on a first date.
When I got to the pub I saw an expensive sports car already there that I knew was hers by the personalized license tag, which made me a bit nervous about recognizing her after not seeing her in over a decade.
Cynthia was always into fitness whether it was running or working out at the gym. She was fairly tall but very slim, at least when I'd known her earlier, with red hair and green eyes. She was a petite girl with small breasts and a tight ass. Too many hours in the sun and the tanning booth had prematurely wrinkled her skin, but her features always made it easy to overlook the wrinkles, especially her smile.
When I walked into the pub I immediately spied Cynthia in a booth in the front corner of the establishment. She hadn't changed a bit, or so it seemed to me. I knew I'd changed some the last decade or two though I still like to keep my 6-foot frame in pretty good shape. I still manage to lift weights at the gym and do other outdoor work, have most of my hair and almost none of it gray yet. My waist is a tad bigger than when I was a 20-something, but so is my chest, shoulders and arms from work at the gym.
I waved and headed towards the booth, Cynthia's smile radiant as I approached. I caught a waitress before I got to the booth and asked her to bring me one of whatever Cynthia was having, and then walked to Cynthia's side of the booth to greet her.
"Damn, you're still a fine looking hunk, Harley."
"Yeah, and you still need glasses, Cyn. You look even finer than you did thirty-five years ago." From there the conversation flowed around what we'd been doing, where we were in life, what we were doing now, and who we were living with. Turns out both of us were single, and she'd gotten a large sum from the estate of her live-in partner when he'd died a few years ago.
We knocked down a couple of the house brews, had a plate of fish and chips, had laughed easily and often during the conversation, and were having an after dinner drink when Cynthia came right out with something that had been on my mind ever since she'd replied to my initial email.
"Harley, you interested in sex tonight?
"Oh, hell yes, as long as you're included!" I'd had way too many nights of sex alone. I like my hand, but a woman is much better company in that avenue. Anyway, she smiled and looked me deep into my eyes for what felt like a long time.
"OK, then, let's get out of here. I'm horny, I'm sure you're horny, and my place isn't but about 15 minutes from here. You can follow me."
I paid the tab while Cynthia visited the ladies room, then I followed her to the parking lot and on out onto the highway. I wasn't familiar with the area where she lived now and was mildly surprised when she pulled into the entrance to a relatively exclusive gated neighborhood. She stopped and keyed the gate, texted me the guest code, then waited for me inside the gate.
Her condo was small but very nice. She had parked and gone inside just ahead of me, and when I knocked on the door she flung it open, threw her arms around my neck and put her lips to mine in a most passionate and sensual kiss. That the kiss surprised me is accurate, and to say it was erotic was an understatement. My whole body launched immediately into full alert and arousal. She pushed her slender hips hard to mine, shifting from side to side to feel my hardening and growing erection roll with her movement.
When she drew back from my lips she held my face in her hands and looked up at me. "It's been a long time since I tasted your lips, Harley, and I like it even more now than I did back then." I had to admit that this kiss was even more inviting than the lone experience under the mistletoe way back when. That day I'd wanted to pick her up in my arms and carry her back to the bedroom and heap hours of sex upon her body. That urge was way stronger at this kiss than back years ago. I was horny as hell and her body movements and language suggested she was too. Just because we are both approaching retirement age doesn't mean the urges and drives are diminished. Hellfire, I can attest that I jack off at least as much nowadays as I did back in those days, maybe more.
But back to the story, Cynthia took my hand and led me on a mini tour of her condo, with the last stop being at the doorway to her bedroom. Cyn turned and with a twinkle in her eyes she told me, "You know, beer makes me horny but tequila makes my clothes come off. You go find the tequila in the pantry and I'll be waiting in the here." She didn't have to tell me twice, that's for sure. With a huge grin I turned and headed into the kitchen and began flipping open cabinet doors in search of a shot glass, then found the tequila on the top shelf of the pantry. I poured a single shot and headed back to her bedroom.