The girls were getting ready for their monthly night out on the town together. They planned on going to one of the bars in the city for some cocktails and then to a club for some dancing. Emma was applying a bright red lipstick to her full lips to match her top.
"I hope there are some cute guys out tonight. I haven't had sex for way too long and I plan on picking up tonight." She looked at Jane in the mirror who was staring back at her.
"Emma! "
"Oh don't act so innocent. I've heard about some of your antics!" Jane turned a bright shade of red herself. "Anyway, why is it ok for guys to take a girl home for a one night stand but it's not ok for a girl to ask a guy home?"
"It's not wrong." Amy said. "I've had my fair share." She grinned.
"You sure have!" Emma laughed. "I'm so glad you're getting married! It's about time you gave someone else a turn for a change." Everyone giggled.
"Yeah, well I'm not married yet! So game on!" Amy joked.
"Where's Megan?" Jane asked.
"She had to work back late again. She's meeting us out at about 10 o'clock."
They all finished getting ready and headed out the door.
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"This place is awesome!" Amy shouted to be heard over the music.
"Yeah, one of the girls at work suggested we come here. She said it gets really busy after about 11." Emma stirred her cocktail with her straw. "There's Megan!" she waved her friend over. "Hey! Glad you could make it."
"Sorry I'm late. The boss wanted me to stay back and finish a presentation for a meeting first thing on Monday morning. What are we drinking?"
"Cock sucking Cowboys!" Amy leaned over the bar and ordered Megan a drink.
"Uh, Amy? Is that that you ex over there?" Jane pointed to a corner of the bar where a group of guys were sitting. Amy squinted her eyes and tried to focus on the faces in the group.
"Which one?"
"The guy with the white shirt on. Isn't that Darren?" Amy scanned the group and saw the familiar looking mop of hair on the head that she had come to love about 10 years ago.
"Yeah, I think it is." She felt her heart skip a beat. "Should I go over and say hello?"
"No Amy. Don't. You know how much he hurt you when he broke up with you. You're happy now. Don't ruin that." Emma advised.
"It's not like I'm going to go out with him again. I'm sure it can't hurt to just say hello." She finished the rest of her drink and started walking over to him. "Hey Darren." She touched him on the arm and felt that he was still very muscley underneath his shirt. She had always loved a guy who looked after his body.
"Amy! How are you?" he turned and gave her a hug.
"Good. And you?"
"Yeah good." He looked her up and down. "Wow. You look great!" he noticed that she had lost at least 15 kilos since the last time he saw her. She was wearing a tight black skirt with a button up top that showed her cleavage off nicely. Her dark brown hair was down around her shoulders, she wore long dangly earrings and she smelled devine. He loved it when a woman dressed up nicely to go out. Too many women wore jeans everywhere nowadays. He liked his women to look feminine.
"Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself." Amy ran her eyes over Darren's tight shirt. Damn he looked good. He still had his long hair that hung in tight curls around his broad shoulders and strong jawbone. "What have you been doing with yourself?"
"I moved down here a few years ago and I've been working for a transport company and studying part time as well. How about you?"
"I'm working in an office for a property research company. Oh, and I got my dive certificate!" her eyes lit up at the memory.
"Oh, wow. I've got mine too. We should go out for a dive one day!"
"Yeah, I'd like that." She smiled. She couldn't believe she was standing here talking to Darren like they were old friends. She remembered when they were together like it was yesterday. She met him through a friend and he came to her work one day and offered her a lift home. He ended up coming back for dinner that night, bringing a bottle of wine with him. He totally swept her off her feet and she fell for him after about 3 months. He was her dream man. He loved the outdoors, he loved animals, he was smart, kind, passionate and sexy as hell! But, best of all, he wasn't shy! She remembered the time they video taped themselves having sex one night and she blushed at the memory.
"What's that smile for?" he asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just reminiscing. That's all."
"Can I buy you a drink?"
"Sure. I'm actually here with the girls, but I'm sure they can do without me for a few minutes." They both headed over to the bar and ordered another drink. They sat down at the bar and looked at each other.
"Talking about reminiscing, do you know my favourite memory about you?"
"No. Tell me." Amy was intrigued.
"I remember that time that I saw you at the local nightclub and you were wearing a wig and I didn't realize it was you until you turned around."
"Oh yeah, I remember that."
"That was hot!"
"Oh yeah? Want to know what my favourite memory of you is?"
"Sure."
"When you came around for dinner and I cooked a stir-fry with noodles in it and you ate it off my body. Now that was hot!" Darren smiled and looked away.
"Are you seeing anyone at the moment Amy?" she hesitated. She didn't want this moment of familiarity to end.
"Actually, I'm getting married soon."
"Ah right." He raised his eyebrows. "Congratulations. I wish you all the best. You deserve it."
"Thanks Darren." Amy felt embarrassed for some reason. She couldn't put her finger on why though. It was like she had just admitted to a lie or something.
"I mean it. You really do deserve to be happy. I heard that you had a lot of trouble getting over me when we broke up and I hope that I didn't hurt you too much."
"Thanks." She hesitated, but decided to tell him the truth. "I did spend a lot of time comparing everyone I met to you and no-one ever measured up. But I think that's a good thing though. At least I wasn't dating losers." She laughed.
"Do you think we could start afresh? A whole new friendship?" Amy thought about it. It took her about 5 years to finally get over Darren. Could she handle a friendship with him now, 10 years down the track? Or would it bring up old feelings again and harm her marriage in the long run? She was happy now. She loved her fiance and she doubted that being friends with one of her ex's would ever come between them.
"Yeah, I think that would be nice. Here's to new friendships." She held her glass up and Darren touched the edge of it with his.
"New friendships." He looked down at her cleavage and felt himself grow hard. He was going to enjoy this new friendship. He was sure of it.
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Amy was still sitting at the bar with Darren talking about old times when Emma, Jane and Megan came over and announced that they were leaving.