-- This is not a new story; I had it up here previously and removed it to clean up and revise a little; then life interfered and it took longer than I had anticipated. --
Gabriella snaps to attention in her seat and pokes my side. "There she is!"
I lift my eyes from the glass of Merlot I've been contemplating -- I don't want to say anxiously but, yeah, I admit it, anxiously - for the last few seconds to see the door close behind her. The bright afternoon light that briefly filled the rather somber-looking Italian restaurant disappears. The flood of street sounds fades and the music returns, Dean Martin crooning about how love came just in time, she found him just in time.
"She" is a deeply tanned Asian woman in her twenties, black hair parted in the middle and falling just below her shoulders, wearing a yellow sundress that ends just far enough above the knees to hint at what is covered. She is holding her sandals in her left hand, apparently unconcerned about any "no shoes" policy Madre's Finer Italian might have.
Gabrielle waves a little shyly. It takes the woman's eyes a couple of seconds to adjust to the somewhat dimmed lighting before she spots her, waves back, and heads for the table.
Before she gets there, Gabi says, in a low voice, with just a trace of her Colombian accent, "I really want to thank you for this."
I glance over at her; her hair is about the same length as the newcomer's, but decidedly auburn. "You're thanking me?"
She kicks me under the table. "Shut up!"
She gets up, straightens her black skirt, brushes off her blue print blouse, and approaches her. They both pause, not quite sure how to greet each other, considering what the plan for the evening is, and settle on a quick embrace. The only indication that this not just a simple, innocent meeting is the Asian woman's hand slipping down Gabriella's back and resting and extra moment on her butt.
Gabi blushes and resumes her seat while I rise and pull a chair for our guest. Well, actually I'm the guest, I think.
Before she sits, she turns and gives me a quick hug, but without the ass-grabbing.
"You must be Leo. I'm Asami."
I take my seat. "Morning Beauty, right?"
She pulls her chair forward. "That's right. You know Japanese?"
"Most people just call me Lee. But, no, I'm just fluent in Google Translate."
To her credit, she doesn't give a fake little laugh. She drops her sandals onto the floor, slides her chair over to the still-blushing Gabi, takes her hand, and kisses her fingers. "Well..." she says, and all Gabriella can do at the moment is giggle.
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A week ago, on the first really hot night of the summer, Gabriella and I were lying naked on lounge chairs on my deck. In the semi-darkness a few feet away, just out of the halo of the soft yellow porchlight, hummed the filter of the above-ground swimming pool.
I was thankful I had resisted the urge to take it down after the divorce. Troublesome as it was -- and anybody with a large aboveground pool knows these things can be troublesome -- I had figured it would make the kids less resistant to the bimonthly weekend visitations. I was correct, mostly. Having the girl next door come over to skinny dip was a plus.
The high wooden fence around us, originally put in to protect my stepdaughters, provided enough cover to protect the two of us from the prying eyes of anyone else in the neighborhood, although I suppose someone with a drone could have gotten an eyeful. I can't say I would have minded, though. At forty four, I had no problem being seen cavorting with a 26 year old woman, even if we had never actually had sex. But let them believe what they want.
She set her Corona on the table between us. Her hair was still wet from the swim. "I have to tell you something." She turned and propped herself on one arm. "I think I need your help."
I sipped my beer, turned, and allowed myself a long look at her. She was leaning on her left arm facing me, her breasts still winning the battle against gravity, her pink nipples hard, undoubtedly from the cold water, her belly showing just the slightest sin of an endearing paunch, her right thigh crossed downward over her left, not quite covering her hairless vulva, one bare foot resting in front of the other. It was a perfect recreation of some of the famous "reclining nude" paintings of the past.
"It's about time," I said, pretending to reach for the towel that covered my waist, trying to use humor to camouflage my real desires. Not like Gabi hadn't figured it out.
Her momentary pause was full of import. "You might be closer than you think." Just the statement, just the thought, was enough to stir me to attention. The head of my cock pushed hard against the towel.
"Really?" I tried to sound as casual as I could, but I'm pretty sure my voice cracked a little.
Her face flushed a little, and she hesitated a little before she went on. "I met a girl online a couple of weeks ago. Asami. She's an Asian girl." She sat up, picked up her beer, and swallowed hard. She continued after she set the bottle back down. "I never thought I'd be attracted to a girl before, but there we were, talking, and I was really getting turned on by her."
As her voice picked up speed, her accent became a little thicker. "We talked again two nights later and she asked to see my tits. We both ended up getting naked for each other on cam."
Her right hand dropped between her thighs and she began to absent-mindedly stroke herself. My own loins began to respond to her movements. "And then last week we just masturbated for each other." Unable to find words for a moment, she took a breath and broke into her familiar giggle.
"Calm down, sweety." I tried to maintain my cool, older-guy-who's-seen-it-all demeanor, but couldn't help the fact that my hand was under my towel trying to discreetly stroke my dick. The image of little Gabriella naked in front of a computer playing with herself in front of another naked young woman was just impossible to ignore, not to mention her casual touches as she remembered it.