Josh came to pick me up at the train station, and just in time, because transit was closing it up and I was getting shunted outside into the chilly October night. He got out of his car and embraced me in a big hug -- not tight enough to make me squeak, but a pretty good one. On the ride over to the friend's house where he was staying, we chatted about his (extremely cool) job, our various friends, and so on.
The house was just about brand new and extremely nice. His friends must have just moved in, because there wasn't even furniture in half the rooms, and the wall between the kitchen and dining room was sort of skinned -- apparently they wanted to open it up and were in the middle of that process. So, very nice house, probably the nicest one I've ever spent real time in. Josh was a lot punchier and more energetic in person than how he'd come across in text -- I was a little intimidated, to be honest. But we had some wine, which got me more talkative. Then he got out some vegetables and kitchen implements and put me to work slicing and seasoning tomatoes and breaking the tough ends off of asparagus. Not that either of those things are hard to do, but he complimented me anyway. Somewhere in there, he touched my hips, moving me out of the way so he could get to a cabinet. Somewhere, we toasted our first date. And somewhere, we kissed for the first time -- he was a very gentle, tender kisser, and I could feel electricity darting from my solar plexus up into my ribs and breasts. We kissed a few more times while cooking, really nice, sweet, slow kisses,
Dinner was genuinely delicious, tofu marinated really well with the veg I had prepped, and we shared some laughs and talked about me being an ex-model. He was curious, but clearly didn't really know what to do with it. That was a turn I was going to take no matter what, though, because it's just what I used to do, so oh well. He picked up the dishes (I asked, but he didn't let me help), and then came around behind me. I'm honestly not sure how we managed to kiss, because I was in this big high-backed chair, but we managed it somehow. He slipped a hand under the top of my dress and pinched one of my nipples, hard enough to get my attention, and then caressed me -- and no, I didn't have a bra on. Of course not! I said, "we should get out of this room," and he led me into the living room.