"High Gina, its Kent." I recognized her voice the moment she said hello. She was Amy's beautiful, buxomly roommate.
I had met her a couple of times when I dropped by to pick up Amy. The two were almost direct opposites. Amy was a small, petite, kind of skinny blond while Gina was a tall, dark haired, olive skinned beauty.
"May I speak to Amy?" I kind of hoped she wasn't in, so that I could talk to Gina for while.
"Kent, I've got some bad news for you. You know, when you met Amy, she had just broken up with her boyfriend, Mark. Well, Wednesday, Mark called, begged her forgiveness, and asked her to marry him. She packed an overnight bag and went off with him. I haven't seen her since."
"Oh, I see." The dejection in my voice wasn't so much for the loss of Amy but rather because it was Friday and I didn't have any other plans for the weekend. After my ten-day schedule on the cruise ship, I had three days off and was looking for some R and R, which I hope included sex, before I had to report back on Monday morning.
Her voice was full of compassion when she said, "Don't take it so hard, if you just want to hang out, I could use some company."
"That sounds good, how about dinner at the Outback?" Things were definitely looking up.
"Thanks, but I have been at the gym all afternoon and I'm not quite up to it. But, I'll tell you what, pick up a pizza and a nice Italian wine, and we can watch television or something."
Or something! You bet your ass "or something," but I said, very politely, "Thank you very much, that sounds lovely. What do you like on your pizza?"
"Extra cheese and pepperoni."
"You're on. See you shortly."
The moment I hung up the phone, I called the local pizza parlor and placed the order. I told them it was a rush job and I would be there in ten minutes. I had already dressed for an evening with Amy so I left immediately. I made a quick stop at the booze store, picked up a two-liter bottle of Chianti, the pizza and was ringing Gina's bell exactly 22 minutes later.
She answered the door barefoot. She was dressed in what looked like men's pajama bottoms and a sleeveless blouse. She smelled fresh and clean. I guessed she hadn't been out of the shower long because she was drying her hair with a towel. She said, "My, you are quick. I hadn't expected you for another half hour or so. Come on in and make yourself at home."
I deposited the wine and pizza on the dining table and said, "Boy, you smell good." When I added, "Good enough to eat," she gave me a funny little sideways look but didn't say anything.
We chatted aimlessly while we ate the pizza and drank the wine. We talked about my job on the cruise ship and her job as an oral hygienist. She told me she had an unusually hard workout in the gym this afternoon and had a muscle spasm in her back.
When I said, "I can massage that out for you," I got the same funny little sideways look she had given me earlier.
"Are you kidding, what do you know about massage?"
"Who's kidding? I went to school to learn to be a masseur." It wasn't a complete lie. I had two weeks of massage school before they caught me doing some extracurricular work on one of the female instructors and expelled both of us.
"Okay big boy, you're on. Give me a minute or two to get ready, then come into the bedroom."
I could see her unbuttoning her blouse as she limped away. I wasn't sure what to expect when I rapped on the door two minutes later, but I was pleasantly surprised to see her lying tummy down, completely nude except for a towel which was strategically placed across her buttocks. Her face was turned towards me and her arms were at her sides, hiding her breasts.
"There's some body lotion on the night stand." She was turning her head away from me when she said, "Now get to work, and don't miss anything."