So, my friends and I are at our regular Tuesday lunch date at the country club. We don't actually DO anything much except I get my nails and hair done that morning; and then we meet and share a bottle, or maybe two, of zinfandel and gossip and try to find the meaning of it all.
All of What we're never quite sure of, but we chitchat about who's not, you know, acceptable in Our social circles. And if you really want to know, we gossip about those IN our circle as well. Only when they're not present.
The girls never fail to get around to complaining about our husbands. Well, you know, you can't complain about strangers all the time; sooner or later it comes down to the person you're stuck with. Or stuck with until we can find a good reason or opportunity to, you know, not be stuck with him.
Now, the difference here is my friends never cease to tell me how their husbands never listen to them. I, personally, don't have that problem. Dick listens to me; he just doesn't Tell me things I should know. Either he is so busy he has a thousand things on his mind, or he meant to tell me, but since his secretary doesn't live here, the message never gets forwarded to me!
Ok, but I digress. Forgive me. I was sitting at this table listening to my friends' chatter when my husband's secretary phoned to tell me, 'Don't forget the pool service is showing up this afternoon.'
Don't forget!?! How about telling me in the first place, damn it. I think she knows more about what's going on in my life than I do. But I can't for a moment let her think so. So, I brightly said, "Oh, thank you for reminding me, Helen. I will take care of it."
Damn it. "I've got to go, girls. I'll see you on Thursday." I got up, grabbed my bag and headed for the parking lot; knowing since I'm the one who left first, they'll probably be talking about me the rest of the time.
Driving home the traffic wasn't so bad, but damn him. Why does he think I should not have a life aside from waiting around for the Pool Service to show up? Like a bunch of loser pool cleaners have power over how long I can gossip with my friends.
By the time I got home, I was more than a little pissed off. Pool service, huh? Well, if I gotta make my life revolve around here and Be Here, I might as well have a little fun with this. I showered, and dressed in my barest of bare black bikini. The one that shows, you know, Everything. I took a juicy novel and a tall glass of wine out to the pool.
Well, ok, the book was pretty good, and I felt the warm sun on my body. I love sunbathing, but sooner or later I want to seek shade and it was then that I heard the familiar Squeak of the back pool gate.
I glanced up from under my wide brim hat, to see these two gorgeous hunks of masculinity staring down at me.