This is part 1 of a planned 3-part series, with an opening to write a possible fourth. This chapter has been re-edited.
Unlike everything else I have submitted, there is a core in this tale that really happened to me. There was an Amie, with red hair and small breasts. Fifteen years between us. Most of the rest is fiction.
I hope you will enjoy the story of Steve and Amie.
All sexual activity referred to or inferred in this story is by persons over the age of 18.
Dedicated to Amie
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"Hi."
My heart beat a little faster. I recognized her voice immediately. "Hi Babe, how are you?"
"I'm great! I'm at your home, sitting on the sofa, wondering when you're coming home.
"I'm naked."
Amie.
The center of my thoughts and dreams the past six months, and more than a few erotic ones. Ridiculous of me to act this way--I'm 15 years older. She's in her mid 20s-- but what a babe! Glorious red hair--I have such a weakness there.
Wonderful long legs that I've fantasized about in stockings. Small breasts, but I've always had a longing for small, sensitive ones. Eyes that light my fire. Oh, and wonderfully sensual lips--great for kissing.
That's all we'd done so far. Long, passionate sessions. Sure, a little groping, too. But I've never seen her naked, and now she was plainly offering herself to me!
We had met one glorious, spring day at the park. The weather was so nice, I did something unusual and made a sack lunch to eat at the park. I was sitting on the grass, having finished my lunch, reading a book.
She came walking by. I happened to glance up and see her and was mesmerized. Beautiful red hair... and those legs!
Our eyes met and she smiled. Then she came over and sat next to me.
She asked what I was reading and what it was about. We talked about a lot of random things. Sometimes the topic doesn't matter. She was so easy to talk to.
She asked whether I was married. I said my wife had died.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I really am."
As we talked, her eyes were full of life and she was, for some reason, interested in me. She made this clear by reaching over several times to touch my arm as she talked.
"I'm Amie."
"Steve."
"When our eyes met, I don't know what you were thinking. I saw a handsome man I would like to date. I've never been this forward with a stranger, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? If you'll unlock your phone and hand it to me, I'll enter my number so you can call me. If you'd like to go out sometime, I will definitely say 'yes.' It's up to you."
I waited a couple of days, debating whether I should call. Curiosity won out. Curiosity and lust.
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My wife had died of cancer a little more than two years before, although she fought it for six years. We had been married about 7 years when she was diagnosed. We had wanted children, but with no success.
Becky went to see her doctor and he wanted her to have a complete physical and blood labs. The good news: we found out why she was not getting pregnant. The bad news was a death sentence.
She fought her cancer valiantly for six years. The cancer won.
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I called her.
"Hi, Amie. This is Steve. We met in..."
"Hi! I'm so glad you called. Yes."
"Yes, what?
"Yes, I'll go out with you. What do you want to do on our first date?"
I had to laugh, but deep down I was also grateful. She took away my hesitation and nervousness.
"I'll let you choose. I'd like to have dinner with you. We can go to a restaurant, or I can cook dinner for us. I love to cook."
"Can I choose both? A restaurant this week and you cook for me next week?"
"I love that idea. That also means I don't have to get all nervous again about asking you out!"
"Why were you nervous? I already told you I would say 'yes!'"
"I haven't asked a woman out for 15 years. You're the first one since my wife died. I'm no better at calling a girl for a date than I was when I was 16!"
"I'm so glad men usually do the calling. I would be nervous. I'm really glad you were full of courage and called me!"
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We had a great dinner together at one of my favorite restaurants. She ordered steak, which surprised me a little. I expected her to order a salad or something lighter. Something someone her age would view as 'healthier.'
I love steak and love to grill. I tucked that away for the future.
The next week was at my house. I didn't want to ask about her address yet, so I suggested I pick her up at some neutral place for her.
"Why don't you want to pick me up at my apartment?"
Yeah, that was simpler. Clearly she trusts me.
I planned salmon filets in a lemon sauce, with rice and a tossed green salad. Since I was picking her up, I couldn't start cooking until we got to my house, but I had cut up everything in advance. I made the salad and covered it.
"Sit down and relax for a few minutes while I cook."