ELAINE
Elaine and I had known each other about six months. We met when I began working as a security guard at the apartment complex she worked at. Elaine was in her early fifties, a twice divorced mother of two. I was 25, single, a recent college dropout. We couldn't have seemed more different.
But we shared a couple common interests. We were both avid readers, loved movies, and had grown weary of the single life dating scene. We were both quite content not having anyone else in our lives. Her two children, a daughter who had just left for college and a son who was a junior in high school, were the only people she had in her life. I had a cat.
But one of our co-workers, Dirk, a fellow I had recently begun playing Dungeons and Dragons with, loved to go out bar hopping on the weekends, and sometimes took Elaine with him, just for her to get out of the house. One of his favorite bands had a fellow gamer of ours in it, so we would go see them whenever we could. It was on one of these nights that Elaine and I really had a chance to get to know each other.
Her first marriage ended because she and her husband grew apart. She told me they were never really that good together, so it wasn't that great a loss. But she didn't like being alone with a two year old daughter to raise, and jumped at the first guy who showed any interest in her. A year later, her son was born. Two years after that, she found her her second husband in bed with one of his co-workers. Elaine took the kids and left that night.
Elaine and I began spending a lot of time together. When we were at work, we'd have lunch together. When we were on breaks, we'd sit on the back porch of the rental office and smoke. The rest of the staff seemed to realize long before we did what was happening, but Elaine and I were both too wary of relationships to acknowledge it.
One Thursday afternoon, Dirk invited me to go see THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS with him the coming Friday night. Elaine heard us talking quite excitedly about the movie, since Dirk and I were both huge comic book fans as well as fans of the original Brandon Lee "Crow" movie.
"Boys and their comic books," Elaine said with a grin, after listening to us debate whether the comic book or movie version of the original Crow story was better.
"I'm sorry," I said, walking toward her desk. "Feeling a little left out?"
"Why don't you come with us tonight then?" Dirk asked her, thinking that although Elaine didn't enjoy comic books, she was a fan of good movies.
"I would," Elaine said happily, "but I haven't seen the first one."
"That doesn't matter," I told her. "This isn't really a sequel. It's just another story set in the same kind of vein as the original. And I know you love love stories, and the first Crow movie is one of the greatest love stories ever told."
"A comic book movie is a great love story?" Elaine asked dubiously.
"The Crow is," Dirk answered. "So yeah, come with us."
Elaine pondered it for a moment, then nodded. "Sure. Even a bad movie is better than another Friday night at home with nothing to do."
Friday evening, we finished locking up the office and gate house, and Elaine said she needed to go change. Dirk and I waited in the office as Elaine headed into the ladies room. A few moments later, she came out and I think my eyes must have bulged out of my head. Elaine was dressed in a pair of tight fitting jeans and a tan blouse. I had never seen her dressed so casually. At work, she wore knee length skirts when it was hot out, and nice looking dress slacks on cooler days. The blouses she wore to work were always of the long sleeved variety as well. The blouse she now wore was sleeveless.
Elaine was a big woman, but she was also quite tall, so she carried it well. She had thick legs, a plump middle, and nice average sized chest. Her face was round and quite beautiful, and her shoulder length dirty blond hair was always nicely styled. Her usual work shoes, plain colored flats, had been replaced by a pair of Nike walking shoes. But what really amazed me was her ass. I'd never really looked at Elaine in a sexual way before, but seeing her in those skin tight jeans really showed off her ass, and it was amazing. It was large, but well proportioned for the rest of her body. Looking at it as she walked to the front door, I suddenly wondered what it would look like without pants on.
The three of us walked over to my car, a 1983 Ford Mustang convertible. Dirk lived on the property and Elaine drove an AMC Gremlin, so it was usually me who drove when we went out. Dirk hopped into the back, Elaine took the shotgun seat, and I got behind the wheel. The drive tot he theater was short, as the theater was only a mile away.
Once we got inside the theater, I began noticing more and more things about Elaine that I had never really been aware of before. Like the freckles that were peppered across her shoulders halfway down her upper arms. I had often noticed how beautiful her hazel eyes were, but had never really looked deeply into them. I noticed the slight double chin she had, and the soft rosy glow of her cheeks when she laughed. I also noticed now more than ever how her impressive bosom shook when she laughed. Once we found some seats, we sat down, Elaine between Dirk and I. I looked down as the house lights began to dim and noticed Elaine's hand beside me, and I was sorely tempted to place mine over it. But I didn't know how she'd react to that, so I just repressed the urge.