Neve carried her tray over to their usual table, Yvonne was already there, early as usual.
'Your message said, "Top Secret", I hope it's something scandalous.'
'Depends how it turns out, how are you by the way?'
'Well, it's nice to get back to some sort of normality, COVID played havoc with my sex life.'
Neve and Yvonne were both divorced and had enjoyed playing the field, they'd also been friends since they met in the pre-natal clinic, they even gave birth to a son on the same day, Yvonne just a few minutes ahead of Neve.
'I've been offered a villa for six weeks, four bedrooms and two of them are en-suite, early September to mid-October.'
'Good news but you could have told me that over the internet, why the secrecy?'
'I want it to be special, I want our sons to come with us.'
Yvonne looked around, there was only one other customer, an elderly gentleman reading his newspaper and drinking his coffee.
'Oh, oh, why would they want to join their mothers on a holiday?'
Yvonne turned her chair around and whispered to Neve, this caused the gentleman to raise his eyebrows and slightly lower his paper, for he had glimpsed the lady opposite was wearing stockings, her white thighs shone, he licked his lips.
'Well for one thing they'd only have to pay for their air fares and whatever money they want to spend, after all they've achieved their Masters' degrees and they're going in for a Doctorate, a long, cheap holiday would appeal to them, surely.'
Yvonne could see Neve was thinking about it, 'it's got a lovely outdoor swimming pool as well.' She added hoping this would help Neve make her mind up.
Yvonne sat forward in her chair, her skirt stayed where it was, she showed her thighs.
'There's a gentleman opposite trying to look up your skirt, do you still wear stockings?'
Yvonne discreetly adjusted her skirt but, in the process, showed the stocking top, Neve saw him smile.
'You've made an elderly man very happy, what did you do, give him a flash?'
'No, well not on purpose, do you still?'
'Yes of course, in fact they're making them more comfortable and cheaper, I wear them all the time.'
They ate, deep in thought.
'I haven't seen Digby for ages,' Neve broke the silence, if we could spend six weeks together it would be more than I've seen him all year.'
'Same with me and Guy, and' she drew out her breath in a long sigh. 'I may have a plan which would guarantee them accepting our offer.'
Neve looked apprehensive, some of Yvonne's schemes could be a bit wild, workable but wild.
'And what is your scheme?'
'Well, I get the impression that all the university work that they are doing is having a negative effect on their sex lives, so we take them to Italy, luxury villa, swimming pool and two sexy mature ladies.'
At this point Neve choked on her cream cake.
'Us, you mean us, having sex with Digby and Guy.'
'Well, yes, I go with Digby, and you go with Guy.'
'Yvonne, that's all very well but we're like aunties to them, when they were young, they even addressed us as aunty, remember. I mean it would be almost akin to incest.'
'Nonsense, we've grown apart from them this last year or two, they probably see us as two "cougars", let's be honest, have we ever had trouble attracting men?'
Neve pondered this comment, they fitted the accepted picture of "cougars" to a startling degree, 'I agree with your assessment but how do we get them to join us in the first place?' she sat back as though Yvonne wouldn't be able to answer.
Yvonne pushed forward again, this gave the gentlemen another glimpse of stocking top, Neve crossed her legs.
'The thing is Neve we must come clean and tell them exactly why we're doing this, I think they will jump at the chance.'
'Neve sighed, 'if you introduce the idea and do the explaining I'll back you up, okay.'
Yvonne nodded her acceptance; they swung their legs round as they were leaving the table and this time; they both gave the gentleman a glimpse of stocking tops and white thighs.
(When telling his friends of his breakfast treat, he swore to them he could hear the swishing sound a lady's stockings made when she crossed her legs, best blimp I've ever had he insisted.)
Meanwhile over a hundred miles away Digby and Guy were discussing their mothers. 'The trouble with having such attractive mothers is that they tend to be less motherly, I don't mean that in a bad way but at school all my friends talked about her, I got into fights with them when their comments were disrespectful.'
Guy nodded, 'same here, but I must say, with all due respect I find Neve incredibly attractive.'
'Likewise, I find Yvonne attractive, sometimes I wish we weren't friends, I could tell you what I really think, feminine, elegant, sexy, self-confident, able to talk about subjects other than babies, no pressure for us to get married and make them grandmothers.' They laughed at the last point, "no way", they thought "no way".
The ladies parted after formulating a plan, Yvonne was to contact her son Guy, she sent a message on her iPad to have a face-to-face talk after dinner. It had the details of the possible holiday and included an enticement to ensure the two sons said yes!
"........... so, as well as a private outdoor swimming pool we can also offer you something else, tell me when you are free."
Guy told her half past eight, she made sure she was ready, removing her bra she wore a transparent black blouse.
Guy stared for a moment, a frown, unsure of what he was seeing. 'It's a good job Digby isn't here; you forgot a vital garment.'
'What,' then looked down,' oh that, I've been on a dating website, I thought I'd make an impact, no bra and see-through top.'
'Did it work?'
'No, I didn't fancy him when I saw him, he was ten years older than his photograph.'
'Too young for you then, what's dad, twenty years older than you isn't he, anyway, is this what you meant by an enticement, topless around the pool?'
'No, nothing so mundane as two mature ladies exposing their breasts, I mean full blooded sex.'
Guy's jaw dropped, stared for what seemed like minutes, 'of all the crazy conversations I've had with you this one takes the biscuit. Sex with who, some local prostitutes?'
'No, of course not, I meant with me and Neve,' she tried to sound matter of fact, Guy stared.
'You and Digby, me and Neve, has she agreed to it?'
'Yes, can you talk Digby into it?'
'I'll talk to him in the morning, you realise that we must both agree, I'll contact you tomorrow, same time.'
The following day Guy got in touch with a positive answer, they were all set to go.
August seemed to drag for the ladies, the sons were busy working on their doctorates. But inevitably the time for the holiday arrived, the only drawback was that Yvonne had to go down to the head office to replace someone off sick, it meant that Neve travelled with the two sons and Yvonne would use an airport close to the head office.
The three of them arrived at the villa, hot, they quickly unpacked and went straight into the pool. Neve wore a bikini, like Yvonne she had the same body in her forties as she had in her twenties.
Having cooled off they dried themselves and walked into town, they went into the nearest restaurant and ordered food.
'I've just heard from Yvonne,' Neve told the boys. 'Bad news I'm afraid, looking down at her phone, she's going to be delayed by a day,' she let out a deep sigh, 'it means we'll have to delay things until she arrives.'
Guy was chewing on his pizza and shook his head, he swallowed and then spoke, 'no it doesn't, we have an agreement, you provide me with sex and my mother provides Digby with sex.'
'Yes, but she's not here.'
'That's irrelevant, we're agreed, we'd provide each other with a good time, if you renege then we'll be leaving first flight out tomorrow.'
Neve looked quite shocked, but felt a bit light-headed, it was such an abrupt statement, she gripped her thighs together, 'shouldn't that be a decision made by both of you?'