Call me Jerry. I was a stranger in a strange town. I know I'm stealing those opening lines from Melville and Heinlein but if you're going to steal, steal from the best. I had recently moved to Florida and I had made a few friends in my new home but had yet to meet that special someone. My business occasionally took me on the road so here I was in another new town, knowing absolutely no one.
I had not made love to a woman for several months and had resumed my relationship with mother thumb and her four lovely daughters. Of course by now there was the internet and sites like literotica.com to fuel the fire. I'm all for modern technology. At any rate, here I was - lonely and horny. I checked into a motel and found a restaurant/cocktail lounge close by. It was late afternoon, the cocktail hour, and the place was busy. I walked in, looked around and noticed an attractive woman sitting at the bar. She looked to be by herself and there was an empty bar stool beside her. I strolled over and, flashing my brightest smile, asked, "Is this seat taken?"
"Be my guest," she said. I sat down and sighed a deep sigh.
"Long day?" she asked.
"Long drive."
"Where did you drive from?"
"Jacksonville."
She asked me what brought me to town and I told her briefly about my job. She told me she was a widow and had been expecting to meet a friend for dinner but the friend had had car trouble and had to cancel at the last minute. I commiserated and we continued to chat. She had blonde hair and a very winning smile, altogether a very warm and open person. She was wearing a rather loose-fitting summer dress - this was Florida and it was summer - but I could tell that she was nicely put together. I told her some of my life story and she told me some of hers and there seemed to be some chemistry. I believe that you can sense pretty quickly if you have it with someone else. We had another glass of wine and I said, "Would you like to have dinner with me?"
"Sure."
"Here?"
"Suits me."
I caught the bartender's attention and said, "This pretty lady and I would like to have dinner. Can we keep the drinks on my tab and move to a table?"
He nodded and caught the attention of the lady who was in charge of those things. Luckily a table for two had just vacated and she led us to it. I followed my new friend to the table and admired the view of her from behind. She walked with fluid grace and confidence, the way a woman walks when she's content with who she is. We ordered dinner and continued the conversation. After dinner, while the waiter was bringing the check, I reached across the table and put my hand on hers and said, "I don't want to say goodbye to you."
She smiled at me, squeezed my hand and said, "Would you like to do something else?"
"Whatever you like."
"Would you like to follow me to my house?"
Bingo. "Absolutely," I said. "My car is next door at the Best Western. Wait for me in the parking lot and let me go get it and I'll follow you there."
"Okay," she said, with a shy smile and a twinkle in her eye.
I walked - hell I may have skipped - quickly to my car and soon fell in behind hers. I followed her out to the suburbs and pulled into the driveway at a nice one-story house. I pulled in behind her. By this time she was at the door. The yard was well maintained - as was she. She smiled at me, opened the door and I walked in. She closed the door behind us. Her home was comfortable-looking. It was obviously a woman's house but it wasn't fussy and frilly as some women tend to be. Score another point for her. She motioned toward the sofa and said, "Can I get you anything?"
"Well, I don't need any more alcohol but a cup of coffee would be nice, if it's not too much trouble."
"I only have decaf," she said.
"That's fine with me."
She went into the kitchen and I made myself comfortable, feeling all together very pleased and expectant about how things were progressing. After a few moments she came back into the living room, carrying two cups of coffee. She sat down beside me - not too close but close enough.
"That was fast," I said.
"Well I have one of those new foreign high-speed coffee makers and I only made four cups."
"Good thinking. Isn't modern technology wonderful?"
"I suppose," she said.