Mike heard the car horn honk and looked at the clock on his bedroom wall and smiled. Mary was always right on time. She had said she would pick him up at 7 and it was now 7 on the dot. He grabbed his coat and keys and walked down the hall to the living room. A couple of minutes later he climbed in Mary's car and they were on their way.
They were headed to a small bed and breakfast a few towns away for a surprise party for their friend Gina. Actually, Gina was more of Mary's friend. They had worked together for nearly two years. Mike had been out with Gina a few times when there was a group of folks doing something together, but he wasn't sure that made them friends.
Tonight was Gina's 40th birthday and several of her friends had put together a surprise party for her. They had rented an entire bed and breakfast that a friend of a friend owned. They hired a band and a caterer for the party and had spared few expenses to make this night really special. The idea was that everyone could just come and have a good time and nobody had to worry about being the host. Also, since there were several bedrooms anyone who needed to could spend the night.
Mary had invited Mike a few weeks ago and he agreed even though he probably wouldn't know very many people there. Mike had known Mary for a few years now and they had originally met because she had been a friend of his fiancee. His fiancee eventually broke up with him but he had managed to stay friends with Mary. They would sometimes hang out together on weekends when neither of them had a date. They were both around 30 and had similar tastes so it was easy for them to hang out. Sometimes Mike wondered why he hadn't ever tried to "get serious" with her, but it just never felt like the right thing to do.
"So tell me again about the party," Mike said as she drove along.
"Gina's turning 40 and we just wanted to do something really special for her," Mary said. "She hasn't had the easiest of times over the past couple of years and we wanted to try and give her a sort of fresh start tonight." Mike knew that Gina's husband had suddenly left her nearly two years ago. He apparently just announced over dinner one night that he thought Gina was getting too old and dull and he needed someone younger to make him truly happy. The next day he was packed and gone and apparently had remarried a trophy wife almost as soon as the divorce was finalized. Needless to say, Gina was devastated as she was left to pick up the pieces with her two daughters. The only good part for Gina was that her ex was a high priced doctor so he made a lot of money. Gina was able to win a very large ruling in her favor in divorce court. It didn't make them wealthy but Gina and her daughters were able to keep their house and lifestyle.
"Can you believe her husband left her because she was 'old and dull'? Good God," Mary continued, "she doesn't look a day over 28 and she keeps herself in great shape." Mike also knew the dull part was bullshit because Gina always seemed to be the life of the party. Mike had noticed that Gina always seemed to be genuinely enjoying herself when they had been out together before and that she seemed to light up a room or a conversation when she entered it.
"What do you suppose the real reason he left her was?" Mike asked.
"Other than he is a selfish dickhead? I would have to say her tits weren't big enough based on the overinflated bimbo he's with now." They shared a laugh about that comment as they pulled up to the party.
They went in, grabbed some drinks, and started to mingle. As he suspected, Mike didn't know many people but the people he met seemed really nice. He guessed there must have been 40 or 50 people already there. It was a good thing the B&B was a huge old house so everyone would fit. He mingled and tried to meet as many people as he could before the party officially started. He thought that his prospects for a fun evening were looking up. Suddenly someone who had been looking out the window shouted, "Here she is!"
Gina and her daughters were driven here by another friend with some weak cover story about wanting to see the place for some visiting relatives to see if they should stay or not. Everyone moved against the walls of the huge living room and waited. Soon the doorbell rang and the owner of the B&B answered. The friend gave the cover story and they were invited in. As they stepped in everyone yelled, "Surprise!" and the band went straight into a set. Gina looked truly surprised and happy when she realized what was happening. She warmly greeted her friends who had organized the party and circled the room exchanging hellos and thanking everyone for coming.
The party went on for an hour or so when Mary and the other organizers went up to the microphone and addressed the group. They thanked everyone for coming and talked about how they hoped this party would be a fresh start for Gina after she had wasted so much time and energy over the past 22 years on Roger. At the mention of the ex's name everyone booed and hissed. They continued and told Gina to party as hard as she wanted since they had reserved a room especially for her and her daughters and her kids had packed an overnight bag for her. Everyone cheered as someone handed Gina a shot. She immediately downed the drink and handed the glass back.
The band started playing again and the party continued into the night. Mike had been having a great time dancing, drinking, and flirting with a couple of single ladies he had just met. He was already pretty sure he wasn't going to get anywhere with either of them but he kept trying figuring he had nothing to lose. As the night progressed he had been noticing that Gina, as usual, was being the life of the party. She was usually either dancing or whooping it up in a conversation as she rested for the next dance. Mike also noticed that Gina was getting pretty drunk. It seemed like every time her glass was empty someone was handing her a drink.
The band started an up beat number and most everyone started dancing again. As he danced he watched Gina and couldn't help but admire how fine she looked. Mary wasn't kidding when she said she could have passed for 28. She was wearing a pair of tight jeans and an oversized red turtleneck sweater that hung low enough to cover her ass. Her brown hair was just short of shoulder length. Usually she kept it straight with a simple part to one side, however with the sweat she worked up while dancing and all the party guests hugging her it was starting to look a little disheveled. She was also wearing short black boots with chunky heels just tall enough to accentuate her ass and tits. A fine looking lady at any age, Mike thought.
All the dancing started getting to him and he decided to take a break. He grabbed a fresh drink and plopped down on a sofa so he could still watch the action on the dance floor. Another woman that he had been keeping an eye on throughout the night was stepping onto the dance floor. Mike had never seen her before tonight. She was much younger than him, he guessed her about 20 or so, and he couldn't help but admire her. She had been buzzing around all night talking and taking pictures, so she obviously wasn't new to this crowd. She entered the dance floor with about 4 or 5 others around her age and it was soon apparent that she was at the center of this social group.
What had initially grabbed Mike's attention about her earlier in the evening had been her clothes, or her top more specifically. She wore a black top that was in the style of a men's dress shirt with a collar and buttons up the front. Her top, however, was completely shear. Underneath she wore a spaghetti strapped tank top so her shoulders and arms were bare underneath the shear top. The bare skin under a shear top look always turned Mike on, so when he first had seen her he was drawn to her. Aside from the top she had red hair (it looked like a dye job to Mike) that hung just a bit lower than her shoulders. She was tall, thin, and quite a knockout. To top off the look she wore skin tight black pants, and judging from the look of her ass she was either wearing a thong or nothing at all under them. She wore boots similar to Gina's that accentuated her height.
Mike realized he must have been staring when Mary sat down next to him and asked, "Don't you think she's a little young for you?"
Mike was a bit embarrassed at being busted staring and answered, "I suppose. She is a looker though. I've never seen her before, do you know who she is?"
Mary laughed and said, "I wouldn't get any ideas. That's Gina's oldest daughter Stephanie. She just turned 21 a couple of months ago."
"Gina has a 21 year old kid? You've got to be shitting me?" Mike couldn't believe Gina's kids were that old.
"Gina and Roger were high school sweethearts," Mary explained, "she got pregnant right out of high school with Steph. Erica, her youngest turned 18 this year."
"Unbelievable," Mike said. He felt kind of weird about having been lustfully admiring both Gina and her daughter at nearly the same time. "Changing the subject, where have you been all night? I've hardly seen you."
"Oh," Mike thought he saw Mary blush a little as she spoke, "I've been hanging out with a new guy from work. I've noticed him at work recently and had the chance to finally meet him tonight. He's been showing me around one of the bedrooms upstairs." Mary flashed a wicked smile making it clear exactly what the guy had been showing her upstairs and got up off the couch to get a new drink. "Lay off the youngsters," she joked as she disappeared in the crowd on the dance floor.