I pulled into John and Teresa's driveway thinking about all the times I visited them over the last three years. John was my associate at work who seem to have it all, beautiful home, beautiful wife and daughter. While I am the other hand divorced and without a family of my own. I rang the doorbell and waited a couple of minutes and rang it again when no one answered. After a couple of tries I went to the side of the house. Looked over the gate. As I suspected they were in the backyard enjoying the late afternoon sun.
"Hey John. It's me Dave."
"Come on in," he called.
As I walked around the side of the house I could see Teresa and Kami swimming in the lap pool. I sat down next to John and he poured me an iced tea.
"Hey buddy what brings you by?"
Just as I was about to answer Teresa steps out of the pool as she walks over to the table and grabs a towel to dry herself off. I couldn't help but admire her lean swimmers body. Refocusing quickly I say "I've got these tickets to the opera for tomorrow night but my date canceled and I don't want to go alone. I thought both of you could use the tickets and have a night on the town. I also have reservations at Maxim's for a late dinner. It's on me if you would like to go."
Teresa laughs. "It figures, John and I are going away for the weekend. And we would have loved to have gone and seen Madame Butterfly. I took Kami several years ago but I don't think she really understood it. And it's such a lovely opera and so inspiring."
Just then Kami walked over from the pool to dry herself off. "Oh Mom I was just too young to really enjoy. But I do remember how elegant everyone looked during the intermission."
As she was talking my eyes drifted over her magnificent 18-year-old body. She had changed from a awkward girl to one voluptuous woman.
"Well Kami, why don't you take the tickets and take your boyfriend with you.I think you'd really enjoy it now that your little older. It would give you a chance to be elegant and beautiful as well" Teresa said, "Would that be okay Dave?"
"Yep, I think you'd really enjoy it, it's my favorite Opera." Dave replied.
Kami blushed and said "When I told Jimmy that Mom and Dad restricted me to the house while they were gone and told me not to have any parties or any boys over he decided to go surfing with the guys for the weekend. So I don't have anybody to go with."