When Sara got home she jumped in the shower and turned the water on as hot as she could stand it. She stood under the spray and let the hot water pound her body, turning her skin pink. She adjusted the water to a more tolerable temperature and pulled out the soap to scrub away the lingering scent of sex and the sweat that coated her body. As she washed, scenes from her encounter ran through her head like a movie. She started to get turned on by the replay in her mind and realized she was getting wet, and not from the shower. Sara shook her head and tried to put the images out of her mind. She washed from head to toe but she thought she could still feel everywhere that he had touched her. She dried off, combed out her hair and slid into a long night gown and tried to sleep. She tossed and turned all night and dreamed about having sex with strange men, in odd places.
The man from the bar also went home and showered. He smiled to himself while he washed as he recounted what he had done. Sara had the softest skin that he could not wait to caress again. He could still taste her and thought the taste was amazing. If he could bottle it and sell it he would be a millionaire. She was the most arousing woman he had ever been with, and he had been with a considerable number of women in his time. Just thinking about her made him so hard it was almost painful. He too had trouble getting to sleep that night. When he dreamed, he dreamed of her and all the things he had in store for her. He planned on seeing her again, as much as he could.
The next day Sara called her best friend, Marion. She lived across the country now, but they had been friends since second grade, and could talk about anything.
"You did what!" Marion yelled over the phone. Sara held the receiver away from her ear and flinched. Marion's voice was shriller over the phone than in real life.
"I met a guy in the bar last night," Sara said.
"And fucked him in the bar," Marion added. "And you don't know his name?"
"No. We didn't talk," Sara said. Now that she was relating the incident to someone else it seemed even tawdrier than she had thought. She was beginning to feel ashamed. "Mar, I really don't need a lecture. I feel bad enough about it," she said.
"I'm sorry. I know you must feel awful about doing something so dirty and sluttish. I'll stop now." Marion paused for a minute then said, "Was it good?"
Sara laughed and smiled into the phone. She could always count on Marion to make her feel better, after she made her feel worse. "Yes. It was amazing. I have never had better sex."
"Well you haven't had any sex in a long time so it had better have been good. It would suck if you went this long, finally had sex, and then it was bad. Want to tell me details?"
"I don't know what to say. We did everything. And he was great. It happened so fast and I didn't have time to think about it while it was going on. I could hardly walk out of there."
"Wow. I think I'm going to start going to bars again. Maybe I can get some," Marion said, laughing. Sara said goodbye shortly after and they hung up, promising to talk again next week.
Sara was in a good mood. She thought about Marion. Marion had always been svelte and blond. All through school she had had her pick of boyfriends. In fact Sara didn't think there had ever been a time that Marion was single after she had started dating in general. Sara had always been jealous of her. Next to Marion, Sara had always felt fat and unattractive. Sara stood in front of her mirror and turned this way and that, taking a good look at her self. If a man wanted her so much that he would lure her into a bathroom in a bar either she was prettier than she thought, or he was extremely desperate. But since he had tried to pleasure her she hoped it was the former choice. She looked in the mirror and thought about her body. She had always been larger but she didn't think she was fat. Her breasts were a good size and didn't sag; her butt was round but tight and didn't jiggle in a bad way. She didn't have any rolls or gross love handles on her sides. She was curvy. Her legs were long and looked good in skirts and her face was clear of acne and blemishes and had a nice, even skin tone. Her hair needed to be cut. It had no shape and was looking flat, but it had a good color. She decided to try out a new hair style and grabbed her phone to make an appointment.
The next day, after her hair cut she was admiring herself in the mirror again. She had gotten her hair cut shorter, in a bob, and the stylist had flipped the ends out. It looked very chic and flattered her face. She was happy with the results. As she looked at herself she wondered if the stranger would like it. She stopped herself then and wondered why she was thinking she would see him again. She wanted to see him again, but she doubted that she ever would.
A week went by after what had happened in the bar. Sara went about her life as usual. She didn't realize that she had made some changes other than her hair style. Without thinking about it Sara was carrying herself differently, more confidently. She was also choosing clothes from her closet that were a little more flattering to her figure. The men in her office that had never really looked at her were paying attention now. Sara didn't notice. She tried to concentrate on her work during the day but she still drifted into a daydream occasionally about her sexual adventure. She would start to blush when she did this, looking around to see if anyone had noticed. At home she was restless and went out more often. She walked around the mall and around town if the weather was nice. She cleaned her apartment from top to bottom and cleaned out her old clothes, making a list of new things she needed. Sara did a lot of mindless chores because she could not stop thinking about the stranger.