I just wasn't expecting that.
But maybe we should start on the beginning.
My family and I started attending this church, roughly a year and a half ago.
We had gotten to know the Pastor and his wife pretty well, some might even call it a friendship.
It was a smaller church, so everybody knew everybody.
My wife and I, along with other couples of the church would go out from time to time, including Nick and Elisa.
They were the pastors and very good people.
Anytime we would hang out, the conversations were very innocent and friendly, but one night when we all got together, we played the game "That's What She Said". If you have never played this game, it has many Sexual Innuendos and the dirtiest mind usually wins.
Elisa won and I was intrigued.
Our friend group would joke around a lot with her. saying things like, "Wow! leave it to the Pastors Wife to win a game like this!"
She didn't get embarrassed, not at all actually. She would smirk a little and show off her dimples.
And that is where I started to pay more attention to Elisa.
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Elisa always described herself as "Sorta Rican" and she had the complexion to match. She has naturally tan, dark hair and dark eyes.
Her frame is curvy, with larger hips but a smaller chest.
More and more I would think about her in ways that wasn't very...Brother In Christ manner.
Eventually, I got more involved with volunteering around the church. So, with it being a smaller church, it meant I was around her even more.
We never put ourselves in situations where we were in a room alone together but we were close to each other often.
One time I particular, we were cleaning up after an event, everyone is standing around talking and I happen to get a glimpse of Elisa's butt.
As mentioned before, she was curvy and the jeans she was wearing definitely showed her curves.
My gaze seemed to go on for ever, until I snapped back into reality when everyone started laughing.
Then our eyes met. Was a caught? Did she know? Or was it just a simple glance at each other.
She didn't give any facial expression of being shocked our put out. Just a smile...and dimples.
The day goes on, week goes on and back to the normal lives of our friend group.
Randomly I get an alert on my phone. It's a Facebook alert. I open it up to see that it is a Friend Request from Elisa.
Now, I am not the kind to go around and adding women on Social Media but, if one were to follow me and I already follow their significant other, I will oblige but keep it very public in anything that I would comment on.
I accept the friend request, wondering, while all of a sudden now?
Sunday rills around and I see Elisa in the Lobby of the church.
"Oh my gosh! Are we Facebook Friends!" I jokingly say.
"Oh yes!" she laughingly responds.
We go about our conversations with everyone else.
As church gets over, another opportunity presents itself where I have full view of Elisa's butt...you know what, forget the goody good talk..Her ass was in my direction.
This time though, it was like she would do things to draw attention to it. She would put her hands on her hips and rub them every once in awhile.
Just when I would change my view..so I wouldn't get caught...she would do something else, like put her hands in her back pocket or slighly bend over to pick something up.
It just seemed like it was targeted towards me.
And then it happened, the gaze over the shoulder.
I for sure met her eyes. Elisa very proudly gave me a smile.
All I could do was give the nod and smile of shame as to say...you caught me.
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A few weeks go by, and there's not much to tell. Elisa and eye had very normal interactions, you would have never known that anything happened. Until...
I'm an early riser. As a 40 year old, sleeping in is a thing of the past. I am always up before my wife, so I do a lot of TikTok and Instagram and Facebook to pass time.
Buzz. My screen alerts me that I have a message on Facebook. It's Elisa
"I always hear you talk about how you are an early riser. So I took a chance that you were awake." she wrote.
"Ha! Well you would be right! Random...but right!"
I responded back.
"To what do I owe this random message?"