"An elf? You saw an elf? You can't be serious," Sylvia almost screamed at her friend. "Julie, what in the world are you talking about? That is absolutely nuts, saying you have seen an elf. Seriously, where did this come from?"
Julie and Sylvia were still in the changing room, wrapped in towels, recovering after their weekly work-out at the gym. Looking at them, the first thing that would have struck the casual observer would have been the dramatic contrast in their appearance - Julie was tall and slim with small neat breasts and long dark hair, whereas Sylvia was several inches shorter, a bubbly blonde with a curvaceous figure and full breasts. Despite this, they had much in common.
They had met and become best friends at university, and had been bridesmaids at each others weddings. There was nothing they didn't tell each other. They had even bought houses in the same village so they could stay close to one another.
Their friendship and taste in the same things had extended to husbands. Both had married older men who were well established, and had a high work ethic, which sounds good, if you don't care about being noticed after the honeymoon.
Neither had children yet and, at thirty-two and thirty-three, they were getting a little concerned. But with husbands that never were around or seemed uninterested in anything but work and golf, they were hesitant to even bring it up. What if this was all there was with their marriages? Would children bring them the happiness and changes in their boring lives that they so wanted?
And now, here was Julie telling the most outlandish story. "I am telling you the truth, Sylvia, do you think I expected to meet an elf? You should have seen him, talk about drop dead gorgeous. Completely different from that waste of space of a husband I am lumbered with. All he thinks about is golf, although from the shape of him, you would think he spent more time in the club bar than out on the course. And when he is home, all he does is slump in front of the TV watching Sky Sport."
In the circumstances it was hardly surprising that the topic of sex regularly cropped up in their conversations, and they often shared the most intimate secrets.
As Julie put it that morning, "When he does want sex, all he does is paw my boobs for a few minutes before climbing on top of me - a few thrusts it and is all over. Then he just rolls over and goes to sleep. He hasn't given me a decent orgasm in years, and I have to finish myself off, while he snores away beside me. Thank goodness for my little friend."
"Tell me about it," Sylvia groaned. "Pete's even worse. It's ages since he even tried make love. I get so frustrated. Can I tell you a secret? Sometimes I answer the door to the postman wearing just a robe. You should see his face when it accidentally falls open to give him a quick flash of my boobs and pussy. I get so aroused that I have to go and masturbate as soon as the door is closed, imagining that he is watching me."
Sylvia!" Julie exclaimed, "you are so naughty. I don't think I would be brave enough to do that."
"That's not all," Sylvia went on, "last week I went out into the garden to sunbathe when the man next door was cutting his lawn. I knew that he was watching me when his mower stopped, so I slipped off my bikini, and quite innocently started to apply sun tan lotion, especially on my boobs and between my legs. I was so wet, and I nearly came there and then. He may be middle aged and going grey, but he's not bad looking, and he's been on his own since his wife passed away two years ago. You know, I'm seriously tempted to invite him round for coffee one morning soon. I will wear something provocative and revealing, and make sure he gets a good look. Maybe I might even persuade him to fuck me. It would be so good to feel a nice cock inside me again, and I'm sure he must need a woman after being alone so long."
Julie was rather shocked by this, "Sylvia, you couldn't. You are married, even if Pete isn't very attentive. Think of your vows."
"It would serve him right," replied Sylvia, with a sigh, "and I bet he isn't so rude to his secretary. Perhaps he's having an affair with her, and that's why he isn't interested in me. But you're right, I did promise to love and honour him. It's just that I get so desperate."
Julie just sat in silence for several minutes, but suddenly said very quietly, "I've never been tempted to try another man, and up to now I have been satisfied with my vibrator, but I have started to wonder recently what it would be like with a woman. I mean, that wouldn't really be cheating, would it?" She leaned forward and stroked Sylvia tenderly on the cheek.
"Alright then," Sylvia said, somewhat flustered, "convince me. Tell me all about this, erm ... elf ... of yours. How did you meet him? It's not as if they are very common about here, or I think I might have noticed, especially if they're as gorgeous as you say. It would be nice to be romanced by a handsome creature once in a while. Dammit, it would be nice just to be noticed - the only figures my hubby is interested in are the ones on a balance sheet."
Julie took a deep breath and said "I knew you wouldn't believe me, I didn't believe it myself, but if you will just listen I will tell you how it happened. However, you must promise not to laugh, I'm absolutely serious, and this is not something I have made up."
Sylvia nodded and leaned forward attentively, so Julie continued with her story.
"It was a few days ago," she said. "It was such a nice spring day that I thought I would go for a walk in the woods behind our house. I just wandered without paying much attention to where I was going. Well, after about an hour I found myself in a little clearing at a junction of several paths in a part of the woods that I didn't recognise. The trees were much denser, blocking out the sky, and the paths were overgrown and quite difficult to make out. I realised I was lost, and I started to feel panicky. I knew that I couldn't stay there because it was obvious that few people came that way, but I couldn't even remember which path I had come down. I had no idea which way to go. I then started to feel frightened, and just sat down on a broken tree stump and burst into tears."
"Oh Julie, how terrible, what did you do?"