I was just moved into the apartment and was looking around to find out what my new neighborhood was like. The apartment structure was two stories with ten units in each floor. One side faced a rather nondescript parking lot while the other had a spectacular view of the river. That was probably the reason that I rented here. The two-bedroom apartment wasn't that great, but the river view more than made up for it. My apartment was near the middle on the second floor.
Across the street was a small strip mall that contained a bakery, a Mexican restaurant a thrift store and a mini market. Down the street to the south was mostly residential and to the north a gas station, a large grocery store and drug store along with a dry cleaners and other assorted shops.
I had just accepted a new job and had moved here from out of state and didn't know anyone in town except a few people that I was going to be working with. This was my second job since completing graduate school in business and marketing. I had just turned thirty and was looking forward to making strong professional advancements in the new company that I had taken a job with.
I had not married, as career and education had taken president over other things. I had dated a lot, but had not had a serious long-term relationship. I just hadn't found that right woman yet.
As I was unpacking I heard a knock at the door. When I answered there stood a young woman in her late twenties with two Pepsis in one hand and a bag containing tacos from the Mexican restaurant across the street in the other hand..
"Hello, I'm your neighbor, Rose, do you have time to take a break from your moving?" She asked.
"Yes, I think that I could use a break. My name is Jerry, won't you please come in." I said gesturing for her to enter.
How do I describe Rose? She was nice looking, but not a raving beauty. She had long brunette hair. She had a full bust, but not overly large. Her nipples seemed to stand out on their own. She wasn't thin, but she wasn't over weight either, maybe a few extra pounds. You could almost call her full figured, but not quite. She had a pleasant face that was not hard to look at all, but again not a raving beauty. She had nice legs and a nicely rounded ass. She was not thin, but yet attractive on many levels. Most of all she had a very outgoing personality.
"I brought you a little snack, as a welcoming gesture. Where shall I set them down?" She asked.
"Here let's set at the kitchen table," as I cleared it off.
"Very considerate of you to do this." I said as we set down.
"Thank you, I did it more out of morbid curiosity than anything else. I just wanted to know who was moving in next door and more about them."
She seemed very pleasant and very easy to talk to. I felt that I just wanted to open up to her immediately. She was wearing a sleeveless White blouse over a pair of mid thigh shorts. The look came across and fresh and conservative while providing a very feminine appeal.
We talked as we ate and I learned that she had come from a well off family and had recently completed her masters in psychology and was trying to decide what she was going to do next. Her parents were not putting any pressure on her to do anything so she was just leisurely moving along. Currently She was doing some volunteer work at a local women's center.
When we had finished she gathered up the trash and put it in the trash can in the kitchen. "I'll see you again soon," She said, as she was leaving, "Have a good evening." As she closed my front door
I hadn't accumulated a lot of stuff so unpacking and setting up my apartment didn't take long. I had arrived on Friday and by Sunday I was finished. I had seen and said hi to Rose a couple of times as I came and went. She seemed friendly enough and maybe even attracted to me a little. Of that I'm not completely sure as I have a history of not reading those kinds of thing well.
I started my new job on Monday and by that Friday I was eyeball deep in it. There were a few good looking ladies both married and single at the company where I worked who seemed interested in me, but it was my personal policy of hands off at work. Again during the week I had seen Rose several times in passing, mostly in the evening. On Thursday she had asked me to take in a movie with her and I had accepted the invitation.