That same night Lydia rang Annie, and they agreed to meet over lunch next day; Lydia told Annie that she needed to talk to her urgently.
Annie said she could make it although she had a morning and an afternoon shift.
During the intimate discussion between the two best friends, Lydia fully explained the situation, her experiences with Harold and her suggestion.
Lydia was pleasantly surprised that Annie accepted at once to meet with Harold.
The first meeting was to be in the company of Lydia, in a public place, for an informal chat over coffee.
Annie would not decide anything immediately after that meeting, but she would first discuss her findings and feelings with her partner, and together with Lydia and Harold they would then decide on how to go from there.
A date and time were chosen from the ones Harold had given Lydia, and the place was a popular lunchroom in town. That would make it perhaps less intimidating for Harold, Lydia said.
Annie had an afternoon shift on that day, so she would have to leave by 12.30 PM at the latest.
On the chosen day, Harold and Lydia first had sex after Lydia had fed her twins. At the end of the morning Lydia dropped the babies at her parents and came back to pick up Harold to go to the lunchroom in time for the meeting with Annie.
They found a table in a quiet corner. Harold was excited and curious at the same time.
Annie entered the lunchroom some ten minutes later than the agreed time, 11 AM. "An urgent phone call," she excused herself when she gave Lydia a quick kiss and shook hands with Harold.
"Annie, meet Harold, Harold this is Annie," Lydia introduced them to each other.
When Annie shuffled around the table, Harold had a good first look at her. A healthy-looking woman with a pleasant smiling face and a full head of blond hair. She was wearing a flower blouse, jeans and half high boots.
What struck Harold at once were the bulges and the strain in her blouse from holding what looked like a massive bosom.
Lydia ordered coffees and conversation started spontaneously.
Annie seemed pleasantly surprised by Harold's appearance. Lydia caught her several times furtively glancing at the young man. Lydia and Annie blinked at each other occasionally to confirm their conspiracy.
Lydia kept the conversation going thanks to her easy-going manners and her humour.
Harold soon noticed from the language she used that Annie was far less sophisticated than Lydia. Annie did not shy away from using terms like 'shit' and 'fuck'.
Harold imagined that she talked about 'cock' and 'cunt', instead of 'penis' and 'vagina', as Lydia did.
To his surprise that actually contributed to the arousal he felt by Annie's presence and manners.
They talked about innocent topics such as Harold's entry at university to study medicine and Lydia's preparations for her imminent departure and Annie told them about some of her recent experiences at the hospital where she worked.
All three were of course aware that the true purpose of the meeting was for Annie and Harold to make up their minds as to whether or not they could consider a relationship.
They refrained from alluding to this however and that gave the conversation a certain erotic tension.
Lydia kept inspecting the faces of Annie and Harold to see their reactions and expressions.
She noticed that a telltale bulge had appeared in the front of her lover's jeans.
She clearly saw signs of arousal in Annie's eyes; she knew her friend intimately.
Several times Annie caught Harold staring at her bosom from the corners of his eyes and that made him blush.
Annie was used to such looks from males but now she felt a peculiar and pleasant arousal. She was flattered by the attention of this young and attractive male.
Suddenly Annie looked at her watch and jumped up from her seat. "Oh shit, my next shift starts in half an hour," she exclaimed, "have to rush now, I still need to wash and change clothes!
"I'll call you tonight," she said to Lydia and to Harold, "it was very nice meeting you young man!"
Off she went!
Lydia and Harold remained silent for a few minutes.
She looked him in the eyes and said' "You fancy her, don't you?"
Harold blushed profusely. He was a bit embarrassed that Lydia, his idol, had noticed his interest in another woman.
"How did you guess?"
Lydia smiled and simply laid her hand on the bulge in his trousers. "You cannot hide your arousal from me anymore, my lover; I have learnt how to recognize it. Besides I saw it in the way you looked at her.