Seventeen
When Nat opened the door to his apartment, he immediately smelled a delicious aroma of pot roast or something of the like. It reminded him of his grandmother's house when she would cook brisket for the Jewish holidays. Anika was in the kitchen wearing a short apron that went down only to the middle of her thighs. Underneath, it appeared she had on a skimpy, satin top that was sky blue in color. She was wearing a pair of very short jean cut-offs with a little bit off her ass hanging out below. She turned around when the door opened to reveal the very low-cut apron and the lovely cleavage underneath.
"I didn't know you had a girlfriend here," said Misha, quietly.
"Yeah, I forgot to tell you she's living with me right now while she's working on this special project of mine, but she's not exactly my girlfriend," said Nat, confidently side-stepping the issue.
"She's really pretty!" exclaimed Misha, with a hint of jealousy but also a little hurrah, as well.
Anika put down her spatula and walked over to Nat. She leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek and then looked over at Misha and back to Nat.
Nat jumped in, "Anika, this is Misha. She's a friend from high school and I ran in to her randomly at the cafΓ© today. We've been catching up."
Anika put her hand out for a shake and then pulled Misha in for a kiss on the cheek as well. "It's a pleasure to meet you," Anika said, softly.
Misha was surprised and flattered by the kiss, not used to the European custom. "No, the pleasure is mine." And it
was
a pleasure for Misha as she was finding Anika increasingly more attractive and she liked her scent and the sound of her voice, as well.
Nat continued speaking to Anika. "I thought Misha could maybe join us this evening. Sorry I'm getting back so late."
"Uh oh, do I have to make extra-large portion for an American girl? I know how they like to eat a lot..." she joked, a bit nervously. "I kidding. That's fine. Yeah, I didn't want you to be too hungry so I just decided to cook instead of us going out. I'm making goulash. Is that OK with you guys?" Anika asked curtly but humbly. Misha and Nat both nodded.
"Misha was gonna jump in the shower. Let's eat in like half an hour," said Nat.
"That's OK for me," said Anika. "By the way, I need to talk to you about some business things, quickly...in private."
"Ok, I understand." he said with a serious tone. Then he pointed down the hall. "Misha there's the bathroom. There's clean towels in there and you can change into some of Anika's clothes, which you should be able to find in the master bedroom, second door on the right." He looked at Anika, tentatively, to confirm.
"Yea," said Anika. "You're welcome to anything you find."
"You're not gonna shower?" said Misha to Nat, having hoped he would join.
"Take your time. I'll be in, in a bit." said Nat. Misha got excited again and walked off towards the bathroom.
Anika raised her eyebrows to Nat, smirking. Nat gave her a nod. And that was that. She leaned in to give him a real kiss on the mouth and they french kissed for a while. He grabbed her butt that was barely covered by her shorts and then she pulled off. "Wow, you smell like all kinds of sex!" she said, snickering.
Nat laughed. "It's been quite an afternoon."
"Well, we do need to talk for a minute. Do you want a glass of wine?"
"That would be great," he said as he made his way over to the couch. Anika brought him a glass and clinked his with her own glass as they shared a deep gaze.
"First of all," began Anika, "I'm very grateful that you asked me to move in with you. I'm eager to spend more time with you. I didn't realize before, but I was getting quite lonely without my husband...well, I should say ex-husband....out of the picture." Nat knew that this was part of his programming, but he acted surprised nonetheless.
"Wow that's crazy! Are you OK?"
"Yeah," continued Anika, "I wanted to be done with it. It was a little tricky to reach him in Syria but I was pretty convincing on the phone." She hesitated with a little eye roll. "I might have blackmailed him a bit." Nat laughed. "But I faxed a couple documents and now that's over. And now we can focus on us, and our mission."