"What's up with your neighbor? Has she always been so bitchy?"
I looked at Emily. I think her name was Emily. She had approached me at a sports bar only a few hours before when she recognized me as her former Graduate Student Instructor for an American Lit class. She was now standing beside the bed with a tissue in her hand wiping away my cum that was dripping out of her bald pussy. I shrugged hardly knowing anything about my neighbor other than she was very quiet, studious, went to church every Sunday, and that she despised my existence.
My anonymous neighbor had pounded on our common wall in response to Emily's moans and repeated declarations for me to fuck and spank her harder.
"I gotta go. I've never done this before and my boyfriend's going to be wondering where I'm at. We should do this again sometime. Maybe invite your neighbor. I've always wanted to be with a girl. Is she cute?"
"Cute? I guess if you're into that wholesome church girl look." In reality I had never actually checked out my neighbor. She had straight brown hair. Maybe blue eyes. Perhaps brown? Based on all of the dirty judgemental looks that she was always giving me the morning after each of my random hookups I should at least have known the color of her eyes. I couldn't even imagine the shape of her body since she was always so covered up. Hell, she even wore turtleneck sweaters in the sweltering heat of July. Who does that?
I walked Emily to the door. I was still naked. She leaned in and kissed my cheek while giving my well - ridden dick a playful tug.
"You're fun. I'll see you around." I couldn't tell if she was saying that to me or specifically to my dick.
I could see my neighbor's condescending eyes looking out her window across the porch of our shared duplex as I closed the door.
"Fuck it's hot." I thought to myself waking up a few days later. My head was throbbing and I was dying of thirst. A curvy redhead was asleep next to me. I laid there for a few minutes trying to recap the evening before. All I could remember was that I had gone to the strip club with one of my coworkers and had brought home one of the strippers for two of us to share. Braeden must've gone home already.
She opened her eyes looking tired and hungover.
"Any chance you can give me a ride to my apartment?" she asked reaching for her purple lace bra.
I smiled and nodded, causing my head to hurt even worse.
She spent the whole ride to her place talking about how frustratingly hot this recent heat wave had been. From what I had heard it was only supposed to get worse. I must have been driving on autopilot due to my hangover and I didn't even notice that the streetlights weren't working.
I got home eager to strip naked and sleep off the rest of my hangover.
A few hours later I awoke to loud pounding on my front door. I quickly threw on a pair of old basketball shorts and was disappointed to see my neighbor standing outside looking annoyed.
"Hey," I said not quite sure why she was standing at my door.
"I'm locked out. I left my keys and phone in my apartment." She was wearing a long sleeve dress that extended to her knees, solid cotton leggings, and clunky shoes.
"Do you want to use my phone to call anyone? Parents? Landlord? Friends..." My voice trailed off as I considered the fact that I had never seen her with anyone else. Plus, it just dawned on me that our landlord was on a camping trip for the next few days and out of service.
"My parents live two states away and say that I'm a disappointment. None of my friends are in town and all of my coworkers hate me. So here I am."
She was visibly annoyed with her situation, and probably the fact that her only resource was me, a guy she clearly despised.
For being annoyed, she was actually somewhat cute. She had shoulder length chestnut brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, blue eyes (I was right!), a few noticeable freckles, and a cute smile.
"Do you want to come in?" I asked instantly wondering whether or not I'd regret this offer.
"I don't really have a choice."
She walked in grimacing at what I thought was my fairly clean and well taken care of apartment.
I walked up to the air conditioner and hit the on button. Nothing happened. I then walked up to the light switch and still nothing.
"Have you been sleeping all day? Don't you know that the power is out in four counties due to the heat wave? You probably were sleeping after staying up all night with that whore and your friend."
There was an awkward silence for a few moments after her scornful statement. I wasn't actually offended. If anything, she knew exactly the types of girls I like. I was tempted to ask her to leave because of her bad attitude, but felt bad that she didn't have anywhere else to go.
"I'm going to take a shower. There are cups above the sink if you're thirsty. Make yourself at home," I said trying to diffuse the situation.
I stood under the cool water of the shower for a long time. It felt refreshing and my hangover was nearly gone when I remembered that my neighbor was probably in my living room judging every life choice that I had ever made.
I quickly got dressed and walked to my living room to try to put out that potential fire.
"Your library is pretty impressive. I didn't know that you liked poetry. Neruda's one of my favorites."
I stood in the hallway confused. Her whole demeanor had changed. She looked relaxed sitting on my couch with her bare feet on my coffee table.
"You even have a lot of Ginsberg. I love the Beats too. I wasn't allowed to read any of this growing up, but I found ways," she said with a devious twinkle in her eyes. "What's your name by the way? I'm Alyssa."
I had always figured her to be a prude and now she was commenting on writers whose poetry is some of the most sexually charged in existence.
"Eli," I said extending my hand. Her skin was soft and defied her tough exterior. "Look, if we're going to be stuck inside without any electricity. Might as well make ourselves comfortable. Plus, everything in the fridge is going to go bad due to the power outage. We should use it. What sounds better? Mimosas or margaritas?"
She looked at me for a second without saying anything. Pushing a strand of her sweaty hair behind her ear she shrugged. "I dunno. I've never had alcohol before." She sounded curious, but also slightly offended by my question.
A moment later her voice quivered as she asked, "What's sangria?"
I laughed figuring that she had just read about it in one of Neruda's poems.
"It's a spanish wine, with fruit, and I think brandy. I don't have any brandy, but I have the other ingredients. Do you want to try it?"
She bit her lip nodding.
"I put out some clothes that an ex had left over. She was probably your size. It's honestly the best I could do. Why don't you take a cold shower to get out of the heat and I'll have the sangria ready for you when you get out. There are some extra toiletries on the bathroom sink. Feel free to use whatever you'd like."
I was encouraged by the change in her demeanor and wanted to seize the moment. I didn't necessarily want to fuck her. I just wanted to make the day and my new guest a little more tolerable.
Alyssa emerged from her shower wearing my ex's old floral print sundress. Her bulky bra stood out against the dress' thin spaghetti strap and low cut. There was an evident tan line well below her knees. Her skin was a pasty white from the tan line to her mid thigh where the dress began.
I handed her a wine glass filled with sangria and sliced fruit. She quickly downed it.
"Slow down. That's a little stronger than regular grape juice. Plus, the afternoon is young and you don't want to get too crazy."