I'd like to take a quick moment to acknowledge the Literotica community's positive comments and votes for my debut story, Group Camping. Thank you!! This story involves the same people with the same narrator -- Sal -- as before.
Enjoy!
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Before you go judging me you should know:
I'd had a
really shit day.
A classic alarm clock failure had me running out the door unshowered, wearing the first thing I pulled out of my closet. So much for maintaining a good impression at the new job.
Let me say this - if I had
known
that cab drivers in the city were planning a strike, I would have planned a vacation day.
To the guy on the subway - a packed train is
not
an acceptable excuse to press your groin into my hip. And PS - I've had bigger.
The barista at the hipster cafe in my office building lobby took no shame in blatantly ogling me while he handed me my coffee (though I do agree, my tits looked amazing in that shirt), and then my phone buzzed, which surprised me and made me jump.
Which is when I found out that Skinny Jeans hadn't totally snapped the lid on the to-go cup.
Which is when I found out exactly
how
hot a double-shot Americano with scalded milk can be.
So while I was standing in the ladies room, awkwardly pressing my crotch against the blessedly cold tile wall so as to angle my blouse directly below the hot-air-hand-blower-thing, my phone buzzed again.
Two text messages, both from my cubicle-mate:
9:45 AM:
I assume I haven't seen you yet because you're with the creepy copier guy printing the glossies for 2day's presentation???
9:51 AM:
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU THE PRESENTATION STARTS IN 5 MINUTES
And then, of course, I dropped my phone.
Because I was drenched in overpriced coffee and late for a meeting for which I had
not
yet printed glossies. And because I had just dropped a brand new smartphone worth half a month's rent, I exclaimed the only thing that seemed appropriate:
"Jesus Fucking Christ!"
And then, because they had to pee before our 10:00 AM meeting to discuss my firm's pro-bono promotion of their new after school program, two nuns walked in to the ladies room.
Tile walls magnify and echo sound surprisingly well.
So.
No chance I'm
not
going to Hell.
Somehow I kept it together through the
three hour
meeting, and didn't even get called out later for my shoddy attire. When I told my cubicle mate how surprised I was that I didn't even get a reprimanding email, she explained that our boss is dealing with some hush-hush sexual harassment in the workplace charge. Evidently he'd just as soon go ahead and quit his job before making any sort of remark about the camisole that I was trying to pass off as appropriate work clothes since the whole hand-air-dryer thing had ruined my actual blouse.
She'd assured me though that as soon as he gets the charges dropped, we can expect Mr. Hands-y to make a return.
Great.
I worked through lunch and was watching the sun set over the artificial horizon of my it's-not-really-a-cubicle-because-it's-designer-and-we-paid-a-huge-wad-of-money "workspace" when a calendar notification popped up on my computer.
7:30 PM: Don't forget to look in on C&M's place while they're gone!
Shit. That's right. I had told Cara that I'd look in on their apartment while they were on vacation.
I threw the rest of my work into my bag and tried to ignore the dirty looks of the dinner-at-their-desks workaholics as I made my way to the elevator.
The creepy copier guy farted as he walked in behind me and I learned that I can only hold my breath for about nine floors before I start to get lightheaded.
It was totally dark by the time I made it to Cara and Micah's apartment building. They're in a district that Micah
swears
is about to go trendy, but clearly hasn't even made it to the safe-if-you-don't-drive-a-nice-car phase yet.
I consider visits there a success when I can make it in and out without bearing witness any public urination.
When I got to their floor I noticed that nosy, old Mr. Lackie across the hall had left his door open. He says he does it for the "fresh air", but we all know he does it so he can keep an eye on the comings and goings of his neighbors, and to scold people he deems too loud, or too inappropriate.
I wasn't in the mood for a rambling speech about women in the workplace or my revealing shirt, so I did my best to tiptoe past Lackie's door, and took great care to unlock and get in to Cara and Micah's place as silently as possible.
With one look around, I could tell that someone had been in the apartment recently. Even in the dark it was clear that things were out of place. I dropped my bag on the couch and surveyed the scene.