Ryan was working two part time jobs, wondering if he was ever going to find a full-time position and thinking that his choice of political science as a major was a huge mistake. When he was invited to interview for a research position with a lobbying firm that represented clients on women's issues he was excited, but careful not to get his hopes up too high.
Ryan reported to the firm a few minutes early and the receptionist, a very attractive blonde named Carla, invited him to have a seat. She contacted someone to let them know that Ryan was there. When she was finished, she wheeled her chair from behind her desk, revealing that she was wearing a short dress, crossed her legs and faced Ryan. They were running a few minutes late and hoped that wouldn't be too much of an inconvenience for Ryan. He assured her it wasn't. Over the next twenty minutes Carla engaged Ryan with questions about where he went to school and what he liked to do with seemingly few interruptions from incoming calls.
Ryan didn't consider himself to be a ladies' man, but had had a few relationships that ended in bed during his senior year in high school and college, lately though he was enduring a dry spell. Ryan's appreciated the attention he was receiving but was having a hard time keeping his eyes off those legs. All this combined to create a bulge in Ryan's pants that caused considerable embarrassment when Violet appeared, introduced herself and invited Ryan to the conference room for the interview. Ryan wasn't sure, but he thought Carla noticed as she wished him well.
Violet was an attractive redhead with a killer body, Ryan guessed her to be in her mid-thirties, but he wasn't very good at guessing people's age, especially women. Two other women were waiting in the conference room. The first was Alice a brunette, seemingly about Ryan's age, whose glasses and conservative attire made her appear kind of scholarly, sexy scholarly was Ryan's thought. The final woman was Ginny, she was definitely the oldest of the three, but Ryan struggled to put a number to her age. Her gray, no sliver hair, would place her close to sixty, but her smooth skin and somewhat athletic figure, suggested a somewhat younger age. For quite possibly the first time in his life a thought about having sex with a much older woman flashed through his mind as they shook hands.
Ryan quickly regained his composure and took a seat. Thankfully his erection had relaxed enough that he didn't think it was noticed. The interview began, Violet was the department supervisor, Alice would be a more immediate overseer, someone who would assign Ryan specific work and hold him accountable and Ginny was a vice president, whom he may occasionally be assigned to work on a special assignment with. The interview lasted about ninety minutes and focused mostly on his ability to work in an office where he was the only male and things like that. One question that seemed to come up several times in different ways was how he would feel about doing work that wasn't related to his specific job description. The interview ended with Violet explaining that the next step would be for him to come in and spend a part of a day with Alice to get a better understanding of the work he would perform, she asked Ryan if he was still interested enough in the position to do that if he were invited. Ryan assured her that he was and they shook hands and told him he would hear from them soon.
On the way out, Carla smiled and say something about things must have gone well for the interview to last as long as it did and that she hoped she would be seeing him again soon. Ryan surprised by this attention said something that the hoped didn't sound too stupid about hoping so as well.
Ryan had barely walked into the house and said hello to his mother when the phone rang. It was Carla calling to ask if he was available at 2:00 the next afternoon to come in and shadow Alice for a couple of hours. Ryan was scheduled to work at a coffee shop, but could call in sick or something, so he said that would work for him. Carla added that he should consider the fact that they decided to invite him back so quickly to be a good sign and to keep his afternoon free as he might be invited to join the group for a drink after work.
Ryan reported at 1:45 the next afternoon, Carla was on the phone, but gave Ryan a smile and a wave. She was wearing a white blouse that was unbuttoned enough to show enough cleavage of medium sized breasts that Ryan felt a stirring in his pants and looked away hoping to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment he experienced the day before. Only a brief moment passed before Ryan heard his name called, he turned to see Alice, today wearing a dress that revealed a little more clearly her shapely figure.
Alice showed Ryan around introducing him to about 12 other women whom Ryan might be working with. Ryan guessed the ages to be mid-twenties to mid-fifties, but was taken aback a bit by the fact that all of them were at least somewhat attractive and dressed in ways that made them at least mildly sexy. A couple of them made slightly flirty remarks. Alice showed Ryan a few things about the job, but mostly just asked about his personal life. Ryan didn't want to appear too nosey, so he only asked her a few questions, but did find out that Alice was 32, a little older that he had originally guessed, that she was never married, but had an eight-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. Since the girl's father had a more stable life she lived with him, but Alice saw her often.
Around four o'clock, Violet appeared and called the entire department together and reviewed some of the progress of the day, including Ryan's visit, then declared their work for the day complete and announced that anyone interested in drinks should meet at a bar around the corner from the office, Alice then announced that she was inviting Ryan to join in. Ryan was just a little uneasy about all this but accepted the invite.
Almost everyone from the department stopped in the bar, several of the women had a quick drink and left. The remaining group moved to a small table. It was Ryan, Violet, Alice, Carla, Roz, a light skinned African American woman seemingly in her early twenties, Margret, a short, but very full-figured woman Ryan figured to be about forty-five. Violet explained that she and Ginny would meet the next morning to decide whether or not to extend an offer but based on everything she had heard up to this point, she felt fairly confident that an offer would be forthcoming. Violet finished her drink and she and Roz who was riding with Violet excused themselves. The four who were left ordered another round of drinks.
