Ch. 11: Saturday evening at the hot tubs
You'll enjoy this more if you read chapters 1 through 10 of "Kim and Me" first.
Kim headed into the bathroom to wash up, while I pulled the steaks from the broiler. Perfect! The fat was slightly brown on the edges and the steaks were nice and juicy. I set the broiler pan on the range for a moment, then I put on an oven mitt and got the potatoes from the oven (without burning myself for a change). The potatoes went on the broiler pan and I grabbed a fork to serve with.
I took the broiler pan to the table and speared a steak and a potato onto each plate. The broiler pan got tucked into the dishwasher and I put the oven mitt away. The bottle of A-1 sauce was grabbed from the refrigerator door and parked on the table. I'd already fetched Kim's wine glass from the table and I topped off both our glasses and sat down. I was ready for Kim to join me at the table.
Or so I thought. Kim came to the table in the kimono she'd been wearing a few minutes before, but she'd spent her time in the bathroom applying decoration. As she sat down, I saw that she now had sprays of body glitter on her face and breasts. I felt yet another surge of lust for her.
"You are the most inventively sexy woman I have ever know, Kim!" I said. "How do you keep doing this?"
"I have a few toys and props tucked into odd corners of my bags. I wanted to surprise you," Kim said simply. She sat down at the table and inhaled. "Wow, that smells like exactly what I wanted for dinner." She picked up her steak knife and fork, cut off a small piece, and put it in her mouth. A look of bliss rolled across her face. "Dazzling!" Kim swallowed and was about to cut another piece of steak when she noticed that I hadn't moved and said "Are you okay?"
"I'm just in awe of how incredibly hot you really are," I said. "I'm at a loss to express it, although several other body parts may want to chime in on the subject."
"Ohhhhh!" Kim said. "Well, you do bring this out in me. I'm sure you'll have a chance to see more when we get to the hot tub place." I still wasn't moving and she leaned forward and said in a whisper, "I love you, too, John. Eat your dinner!"
I laughed, at myself as much as anything, and dug into the steak. "Oh, God, yes, that turned out nicely!" I said. I poured a little A-1 near the steak and went to work on it for a minute or two. Kim was doing much the same thing to hers. After about half my steak was gone, I broke open my potato and started applying butter, sour cream, and chopped scallions. Kim paused in her attack on her steak to do the same. The potatoes had come out perfectly, too, with crispy skins and steaming right to the center.
Dinner was so good, we didn't even play with each other's feet under the table. Almost the only sound was the clink of cutlery on the plates, although we would break free occasionally to look at each other and smile.
When I'd finished my steak and potato, I went for the salad. I dished up a healthy portion on my plate, then I offered the salad to Kim. She nodded, so I ladled a good bit of salad on her plate as well. I crunched through the salad. The tang of the Caesar dressing cut the rich fat of the steak and the butter cleanly.
My plate was clean and I was feeling very well fed. I picked up my wine glass, had a swallow, and stretched out a little. Kim was still working on her salad, but she smiled when I trapped one of her legs between mine.
"That was just wonderful, if I say so myself." I sipped more wine. "You like hanging out with a good cook?"
"I love hanging out with you, John. But the fact that you like pampering me makes it all the better," Kim said. She poked at the last few bites of salad on her plate, crunched happily, and set her fork down with a clatter. Like me, she picked up her wine glass and had a large swallow, after which she sighed happily... then suddenly let out a loud belch.
"Oh, God, excuse
me
!" Kim said. She blushed prettily.
I chuckled and said "No problem, honey, it was a fine meal and a good belch seems the perfect compliment. Thank you."
Kim leaned back a little in her chair and I felt her feet playing with mine now. The kimono had spread open and I could see splashes of different colored glitter decorating her skin. I shook my head gently.
"Before we get involved in an exploration of exactly where that glitter may have been applied, let me bounce a few ideas off of you for the evening," I said.
"Okay. Whatcha got in mind?" Kim said, running her foot up my calf.
Well, we could continue with any of the entertainments we've already been trying this weekend. Including the glitter."
"Those have done well for us, I agree."
"We could get to the movies we rented," I continued.
"Also a possibility. Anything else on the table?"
"Or, and this is my suggestion, we head out to Tubs in the U District and rent a hot tub and sauna room for an hour or two."
"So we combine getting dirty and getting clean all at once, is that it?"
"Eeeeeyup!" I said.
"I'm sold. What do we do?" Kim said.