Continued.
That did it. Julie spun around and openly glared at him.
Bill had been expecting it, though. He grabbed the nurse by the shoulders and pushed her against the corridor wall. They were next to some old bulletin board with a picture of a red Volkswagen pinned on it. Bill couldn't help but notice that under it, half a sheet of paper was scribbled with the headline 'Slug Bug For Sale.'
Bill came in close to Julie, much closer than he'd dare if this were a woman he'd run into at a bar. He ended up with his chest pressed against Julie's head, and her boobs mashed against his abdomen.
Julie stared up into his face, disconcerted because she was so angry at being teased. All of a sudden she had a man's body squashing her into the wall. And that look Bill had on his face, she hadn't seen that look on a man's face in ages. The nurse shivered.
Bill brought his mouth in closer, only to have Julie quickly turn her head aside. This didn't deter him, as his lips grazed against her cheek before he began planting kisses on the older woman's face and neck. He clasped both her hands with his and stretched their arms out to either side as he continued his sensual barrage. Julie's smell penetrated deeply into his nostrils; she smelled of herbs and spices, of the woods, and of smoky leather all at the same time. He even paused from his kisses to take in more of the strange, nearly masculine fragrance.
"What is that perfume you're wearing?"
"It's called Cabochard." Julie sounded breathless for a moment, before she chuckled nervously. "It's for a strong woman, or so the advertisement said."
Her head was still facing sharply away from Bill's.
"So, it's true." Bill said. "You have forgotten how to kiss."
He pulled his head and chest back to gauge her reaction. Julie's cheeks were blushing, cute, rose-colored blossoms. Her mouth was open slightly, exuding quick breaths. Still, the ghost woman refused to face him.
Slowly, Bill released her hands and stepped back to encourage some space between them. He'd probably gone too far, he realized.
"I shouldn't have done that. I shouldn't have teased you, either. I'm sorry."
When Julie did not reply, but quietly lowered her head, Bill assumed he'd really offended the woman. Who was he kidding? He was no Hank, he was just the dumb lackey who made noises in empty buildings and pretended to be a ghost for a stupid TV show. Suddenly embarrassed, Bill decided he should leave.
"I'll find my own way back to the lobby, I guess."
He'd taken about a dozen strides, when he wondered if he should thank Julie for having helped him out earlier. When he turned around to do so, he discovered that she'd vanished. He could have still used her help, he lamented, as he resumed his stroll.
"What a night, what a night." Bill mumbled, as he came to another stairwell.
Hoping he wouldn't end up descending into a bloodthirsty pack of ghosts-turned-flesh, and get chased all over the hospital by them, he took a deep breath and started down.
"Bill, wait." Julie's voice called out to him.
He turned back, unnerved that the woman had crept up to only a few feet away from him, without him even knowing it. Or perhaps, she'd just materialized there.
"I was married back in 1969." Julie revealed. "I just didn't wear my wedding ring while I was at work, because I didn't want to risk getting my finger pulled off by one of the crazy people that stayed here. I suppose my husband's been dead for a long time now."
"Well, I never said thanks for how you helped me out, so thanks for that." Bill said. "And I'm sorry if I was a little forward with you."
"No, you were right." Julie had that uncomfortable look on her face. She quickly turned her head aside. "I have forgotten how to kiss a man, and how to act around a man, because it's been so long since I've been with one." She chuckled. "And my Terry, he wasn't a terribly romantic sort, anyway."
Bill hardly knew what to say next.
"Will you," Julie looked squeamish. "Will you try again with me?"
There was so much desperation in the woman's voice, so much loneliness, that Bill gave up on any thoughts he had of upstaging Hank. This wouldn't be a passionless, one night stand, he promised himself. It would be two human beings coming together, fusing together to produce a brief, but at the same time eternal expulsion of love and tenderness. At that moment, he felt more like a romance novel hero than he ever had in his life.
Bill stepped over, looming next to the expectant nurse like a promise of bliss. "Are you going to kiss me like an old lady?"
"I'll show you how old ladies kiss." Julie crossed the dwindling divide between them, grasping at Bill's collar and jerking his head down.
The woman's lips pressed hard on his, bringing a sensual heat into his mouth that gave him goose bumps. Bill deliberated over pinning the nurse against the wall again.
Instead, Julie pushed him. Suddenly, Bill found his own back pressed against the hall, and her smaller body pressed steamily against his. Their kisses became a wrestling match, their heads armaments that warred against one another. Heat began to sizzle from where their lower halves touched.
Julie drew her head back, her eyes wide, her lips quivering with desire. "Who's against the wall this time, mister?"
In reply, Bill reached around the woman's back and grasped the great swells of her butt. He squeezed a buttock tight in each hand and was rewarded by a full, lusty moan from Julie. She forgot her kisses as he kneaded and played with her ass. The woman simply set her head against his chest and let the carnal sensations course through her like small tidal waves.
"Not bad, for an old lady." Bill kept up his teasing.
"I'll show you an old lady." Julie grunted, snatching at Bill's wrist, and directing him over toward the stairwell. She nearly started dragging him up the stairs. "Come on!"
"Where are we going?"
"The faculty lounge on the third floor." Julie replied.
Like a pair of horny teenagers, the excited couple throttled up the stairs and down the first long hallway they came to. They passed an older black man in a janitor's suit, who wielded a mop and broom and glanced back at them in irritation.
"You watch you're step over that'a way, I just mopped up and it's still slippery..."
His voice was cut off as Julie detoured Bill into a side door with an opaque glass window on it. The glass rattled as the door slapped shut.
Bill took in the wide room. To one side, he saw a wide table with a polished wood top. On it were an old-style coffee maker, alongside a small assortment of ceramic mugs, and a nondescript box of pastries. Two large round tables, also with polished wood tops, took up the center of the room. Toward the far end sat a couple of long and identical couches, each one a dark and leathery root beer brown, both showing signs of wear on the armrests.
A studious looking man stood by a window, wearing a dark gray business suit nearly entirely covered by a smock similar to Julie's. He glanced at Julie and Bill with a look of casual interest. Lastly, a portly woman sat on one of the couches. She was probably a secretary, Bill guessed, as she wore a dutiful coat and skirt of dark brown polyester, and an orange blouse with some sort of large ribbon on its collar.
"Both of you, get out of the lounge!" Julie ordered, quickly scampering over and pushing at what Bill assumed was a doctor. "Get out, get out!"
"What's gotten into you, Julie?" The man allowed himself to be herded toward the door.
"Nothing yet!" The secretary belched out a loud, raucous laugh. "But just give her a minute or two, and you'll have your answer!"
"Doctor Wellman, you need to leave." Julie was adamant as she pressured the man toward the door. "I need to have this room to myself so I can talk privately with my new friend. Go to your office and finish your coffee there."
"Talk, she says." Wellman smiled. "Julie, you look like you've just seen a live one!"
The portly secretary was already on her feet and striding across the room. "Let's go, doc. I've been wanting to give you an oral exam for a bit, if you know what I mean."
"Oh?" Wellman's eyes rose. "Well, in that case, I'll meet you in my office!"
Bill jumped back and yelped as the man vanished before his eyes.
"Didn't expect that." He mumbled in his defense.
The secretary came in close to Julie. "Are there any more live ones in the building?"
Julie nodded. "I saw at least two more."