Chapter 3
The food was delicious. Kim raved about her grilled chicken salad, as if she had only had it today, for the first time. Jess couldn’t stop herself from finishing the large bowl of French onion soup. The girls sat outdoors at an intimate table for two. Its corner location granted them the privacy they desired while enjoying the beautiful outdoors.
This particular bistro had been a regular spot for the girls over the past three years. The Maître d knew Jess and Kim by name and always remembered to ask about Mark and Charles. Ramon was quite the ladies’ man, and the girls always enjoyed his playful banter.
They talked over the noise on the street from people working, talking, and strolling by. Kim conversed with Jess about her fashion sense and proceeded to explain the inspiration for today’s outfit, her bright pink jumper. Her inspiration was how great her cleavage and derriere looked while wearing it.
Jess laughed loudly, almost spilling her lemon water drink.
A few patrons turned to find out what the commotion was. After seeing these two beautiful ladies laughing, they seemingly chalked it up to girls just being girls.
Jessica looked great herself wearing a long spring dress with floral print. Her matching toes peeked out of the bottom of her dress in sandals sporting flower décor, and of course, her clutch was on point with this year’s neutral Michael Kors.
Jess was sipping her water after finishing her amazing meal, casually looking around to pass some time. Kim was across the small table writing a work email on her smart phone tapping 90 to nothing with her thumbs.
Just then a handsome and confident young man walked up to the table. “Excuse me, Miss!” he said walking into Jess’ line of sight and personal space.
Jess looked up from her chair. Standing in front of her was a well-dressed and very well groomed 23 or 24 year-old guy smiling right at her. His expensive jewelry shined, and his eyewear was next year’s model.
Jess’ first thought was this guy is very attractive. However, she wasn’t born yesterday, and this fuck boy didn’t stand a chance.
“Hi, my name is Dillion,” the young man reached out his hand. Jess politely reached out and shook it. “I wanted to come over and let you know I saw you from over there and had to say hello,” Dillion proudly pointed across the street.
“I stopped to get this for you.” Dillion pulled a flower from behind his back smoothly. Jess laughed, raised an eyebrow and asked him if that line worked already today? She took the flower and placed it on the table.
Dillion admitted it had worked a couple of times earlier today, but she was the most beautiful woman he had seen. So, he had to try.
Jess was grateful and enjoyed the show, but she let Dillion down nicely.
Kim, however, still busy on her phone gave Dillion the shoe away motion like he was a fly or gnat. She did not even give him the time of day to look up from her email.
Jess chuckled but felt a little bad.
She took this opportunity to make sure she hadn’t missed anything important from work. She played around on her phone across from Kim for a few minutes.
The two girls were tapping away when the Maître d walked up with a serving tray. “To the two beautiful women on the patio,” he said boldly, loudly, and exclaimed with a fake accent. He raised the shiny metallic tray in his white gloved hand. Then he set two cups down and filled them with hot, fresh tea and served the girls. “Your tea has been served madams!”
The whole restaurant turned and clapped as if he had just sung Happy Birthday. The girls were delighted, and his excitement made it a fun event.
He bent down and changed his tone, formally telling the women the tea was from the two gentlemen at the bar. The girls turned around to see their guys. They raised their beers from across the room and smiled ear to ear. They obviously thought they did good with their little joke.
The girls couldn’t help but laugh at how stupid their prank was but felt special at the same time. The guys walked over to say hello. They exchanged kisses and pleasantries, before finishing their drinks and heading back out to meet some of the guys.
“God! Charles pissed me off this morning! I want to be mad right now, but I can’t help but smile.” Kim told Jess after putting her phone down.
“He’s too much fun to be mad at,” Jess empathized.
“Yes! He’s like hating the dog that’s so lovable, but so stupid!” Kim said being mean.
“Don’t be like that, he loves you unconditionally!” Jess teased.
“I know, even more infuriating!” Kim became worked up for a moment.
“Hey, you guys want to go to that new restaurant on the Pier next week?” I’ve been wanting to go.
“Yes, us too! Let’s make it a date!” Kim exclaimed, changing her mood quickly.
“Deal,” Jess agreed.
“That boy who was over here earlier was really cute!” Kim looked at Jess with raised eyebrows.
“Yeah! He was a cutie, but a bit too young. And I’ve already got the sefaköy escort one I want.” Jess answered honestly.
“If we were younger…” Kim joked.
“You didn’t even look up to see him.” Jess pointed out.
“I see everything!” Kim replied looking at Jess with a weird little smile.
This conversation made Jess think of a certain man she knew, when she was younger. The sex games her and Mark had been playing were keeping some old memories around, and kept Jess aroused often. Her cheeks blushed. Jess looked down at her toes and wiggled them.
“What’s got you all hot and bothered?” Kim asked, interested, if it would work for her.
“Nothing!” Jess tried to escape the conversation. “Just the tea.”
“Yeah! Yeah!” Kim shrugged her shoulders and did a little dance move from the waist up shaking her big perfect tits!
Jess laughed at her friend.
“This will get me my own Dillion!” Kim joked, confidently.
A distinguished gentlemen was sat at the table next to the girls, “Have a great Meal, Sir!” The Maître d said, then walked away. The gentleman wore a perfectly fitted light colored suit. He picked up the menu and looked up towards the girls. “Ladies,” the man said with a smile and twinkle in his eye. He bowed his head and went back to reading the menu.
The girls stared at him. This man had charm. He didn’t need to talk to express it, you could see it in his attire, body language, and face.
Jess turned to Kim, there’s your Dillion, she joked.
“Mmmhhhm.” Kim agreed staring too long at the man.
“But! Even though I am mad at Charles, I will keep him around.” Kim said, looking back to her friend. “He has been rocking my world!” Kim looked away, talking before thinking.
“Oh, yeah!” Jess said flirtatiously. Asking Kim with an eyebrow raise.
Kim paused for a moment trying to decide if she should talk about it. She gave in. “We have really been going at it lately. I mean at it. Like we are kids again.” Kim smiled almost laughing. A little proud and shy to reveal the truth, but she could trust her friend.
“Really?” Jess looked on intently.
“We did stuff at the movies!” Kim told her friend happily, but in a whispering voice so the man next to them could not hear.
Jess’ head turned, and a devious smile appeared. Happy for her naughty friend.
“That’s kinda weird timing! Since Mark has been back, we have been active too!” Jess tried to be modest and held back the full extent of her sexual relations with her partner.
“I’m not sure why, but I am very happy about it!” Jess excitedly stretched the truth.
“I have an idea!” Kim said quickly, again not thinking before she opened her mouth.
Jess looked at Kim questioningly. “Why?”
Kim was surprised. She looked at her friend with her mouth open a little. She tried to think quickly. Kim just decided to be honest, besides she couldn’t think of anything else to say at the moment. “I think playing around with Charles last week, gave us a jump start!”
“I’ll bet it did! You two were about to get down and I was kind of stuck watching!” Jess laughed. She relived the embarrassment, and her cheeks became flush.
“I’ve still been joking with Charles, calling you Cinderella.” Kim said, deviously thinking of how to spin this conversation and get her own feelings out in the open.
“Yeah, he did give a great massage,” Jess didn’t want to sexualize the experience with Kim’s husband.
“You were crazy hot! Absolutely gorgeous!” Kim admired her friend.
“Thanks, but WE were hot!” Jess shot back correcting her.
“You two looked like a movie, when he knelt down and put those heels on you.” Kim held her hands together and brought them to her chest, feeling the moment.
Jess’ face turned red. She blushed at the story. She had pushed those feelings aside, since that night. She knew there was nothing between her and Charles. They were friends and he was with her best friend, even though she did feel like Cinderella in that moment. Charles was the perfect gentleman.
“Yeah, I guess,” Jess replied. Trying to play it off and change the conversation.
“We had the best sex of our lives after you left! I was sore for three days! Kim braggingly overtold her friend.
Jess hadn’t forgotten about her own mind-blowing sex she had been having lately, she was just trying to change the subject at the moment.
“Did you tell Mark about how good you looked! God! I wish I had pictures!” Kim went on.
“Yes, I did tell him.” Jess kind of looked down talking in a lower voice.
“Your legs were to die for!” Kim wouldn’t stop. She leaned over to see if she could see them in the sun. “Let me see.” She told Jess.
Jess obliged and straightened her amazingly long legs in the air. “Here!” she said pulling her dress up past her knee, hoping this assault from Kim would end soon.
“Great tan.” Kim complimented as she gazed up and down Jessica’s beautiful body.
This act brought attention şehzadeler from the man next to them, he looked up from his phone and admired all of the beauty in front of him.
“See,” Kim said as she pointed to the man next to them. “Everyone knows how sexy you are!”
Jess laughed at her friend, much like how they laughed at their men earlier in the café. This did bring on an empowering feeling for Jess and her confidence skyrocketed.
“I know you loved my legs; did Charles say anything about them?” Jess asked jokingly in a sexual tone, playing the game for Kim.
“Yes! You did it for us!” Kim took a deep breath, obviously playing a particular moment over in her mind.
“Oh, I did!” Jess questioned, with eyebrows raised.
“Yes! You! Did!” Kim realized she had said too much. She looked down quickly and grabbed her drink with both hands fidgeting with her fingers.
“Wait! What did you talk about?” Jess became very interested in her friend’s previous response.
“Just how you looked super sexy, and you should wear my heels again,” Kim said trailing off embarrassedly. Her face became a little red. Kim did not get embarrassed or blush. Jess needed to hear more.
Jess turned into an interrogator. She flipped her hair and ran her fingers through it. “Kimberly.” She said in a serious tone. Jess tapped her fingers on the table patiently. “You aren’t telling me the whole story.” She leaned in with straight posture and a straight face. She wanted an answer.
“Yes, we talked about you.” Kim admitted to her friend. Her shoulders slumped a little and her body language implied she had been beaten. “A lot, over the past few days.”
Jess looked on, patiently.
“I never feel insecure, and you make me feel insecure.” Kim started. “You make him laugh and smile. You are so pretty.” She went on. “But I love the way you smile and laugh.”
Kim tried to find the right words and the right way to say them. She turned away from Jess. “You are my best friend and I love you.” She paused.
Jess still looked on. Her face letting on she has become very confused.
“Your personality is the best! You and Mark couldn’t be better.” Kim went on blabbering, not making eye contact.
Jess reached across the table and held Kim’s hand. Kim looked up at her friend and took a breath.
Kim now talked slowly and clearly, “I want you and Charles to have some kind of closer connection and relationship.”
The weight had been lifted off of her shoulders. Kim now waited in suspense for a response she knew was unlikely to be comforting. She played with her drink cup and continued to look down.
Jess took a breath. “I’m not exactly sure, what you mean?” She let a moment pass.
“You want Charles and I to hang out together away from you? As friends?” Jess clearly asked, looking at her friend and trying to read her body language.
“Or are you asking me to have a sexual relationship with Charles, Your Husband!” Jess became a little louder.
Kim looked up at her and pleaded with her expression to please not embarrass her more. She couldn’t feel more shame asking this of her best friend.
Kim said in a quieter tone shakily, “I don’t know what I’m asking, I would settle for any of those options. You could be friends or lovers; I just want you two to be closer. You both mean the world to me.” Kim started to cry. “You two mean the world to me and your happiness brings life to me.”
Jess sat back. It hit her. Kim wasn’t asking for some sexual experience. She was asking for more life. She wanted them to share Joy. She wanted some emotional connection we don’t have words for. She wasn’t asking for herself, but for the three of them to experience some kind of euphoria or nirvana.
Jess’ body loosened. Once she understood sex wasn’t the motivator she opened her thoughts.
She comforted her friend. “Come on let’s go get some ice cream by the park.”
Jess opened her clutch and grabbed some cash. She didn’t bother to count it she just threw it on the table and helped Kim from her chair.
Kim wiped her eyes as Jess helped pull her up. Kim used the small table to balance herself momentarily before she straightened up.
“Oh, honey.” Jess said as she wrapped her arms around Kim and gave her the most comforting hug while rubbing her arms.
Then Jess pushed Kim back by her upper arms, still holding onto her. “Look at me,” Jess seriously told Kim. Kim looked at her friend still very unsure, wiping her face.
“I know this was a very hard thing to say out loud. And to me. No matter what happens we will be best friends.” Jess reassured Kim. She held Kim again nurturing her emotional friend.
“Come on let’s go,” Jess grabbed Kim’s hand and lead her through the restaurant and out the main door.
Jess slowed down her pace a little, once they reached the sidewalk. Kim was still ashamed, walking behind Jess and being pulled by her hand. Her shoulders slouched and her head hung. Much like a mother trying selçuklu escort to herd her child.
“What flavor are you going to get?” Jess asked Kim. “I’m going to get that new Mocha Chocolate Chip. Maybe two scoops.” Jess Smiled while looking at Kim.
She pulled her friend closer and parallel with her, as they continued walking towards the ice cream shop.
“I’ll bet they have that Strawberry Cheesecake flavor you love so much!” Jess knew what to say. Kim loved that flavor. A smile broke through Kim’s saddened face.
“Two scoops it is!” Jess theatrically proclaimed to everyone in their vicinity.
Jess ignored the serious conversation and focused on the well-being of her best friend, Kim. She would have plenty of time to process it later.
The girls ordered their ice cream and waited quietly by the counter. Kim still looked down, grieving her feelings.
“Check it out,” Jess nudged Kim. Kim looked up and around to see what Jess was referring to. “Those girls are talking about how cute your outfit is!” Jess explained. Kim saw three teenagers looking at her and discussing the current fashion, while eating their ice cream. “You were right. Your cleavage looks amazing!” Jess couldn’t help but laugh at her own joke.
“My butt too.” Kim said, still feeling down and fighting the urge to be happy.
“Damn right your butt, too! So hot!” Jess joked around, her mood now back to the fun-loving attitude the girls had before they had the serious conversation.
A very large smile broke through. Kim was feeling a little better. “Thanks for helping me feel better.” She said to Jess.
Jess hugged her again; she wanted Kim to feel better.
“Order 457,” a large man in a white apron with various ice cream colors stained throughout, yelled.
“That’s us,” Jess said to the man.
He handed the girls two, two scoop cones. The girls instantly became happier, as they tasted the cold treat.
“Come on,” Jess signaled to Kim with a head tilt and a full mouth. Kim followed; they both left the store.
While the girls waited at an intersection for the walk light at the crosswalk Jess asked, “how is your Strawberry Cheesecake?”
Kim turned with a smile and a full mouth. Careful not to get brain freeze, she answered “delicious!”
Kim was feeling much better.
The girls walked into the park. The manicured landscaping and bright gardens brought a change of mood and pace. They pointed out their favorite flowers to each other, knowing the other already knew. They exchanged stories of their childhoods and genuinely laughed together.
They had each finished their cones and sat on a clean bench next to a small, well-kept pond. The girls enjoyed the beautiful day feeling the wind and looking at the bright flowers, water fountain, birds, squirrels, ducks, and the goose chasing some little kid. The girls were in no hurry to move from their comfortable and scenic seats.
Jess became serious. “Now, talk to me about this.”
Kim dreaded the question but knew it couldn’t remain on the back burner forever. She braced herself straightening her arms and grabbing the front of the bench next to her knees.
She calmly explained, “when you were with Charles and I the other night, I saw something. I don’t believe you or him ever had any sexual feelings towards each other. But you two match. The way you laugh at each other and complement each other both physically and your personalities. It just works.”
Jess pondered.
“I saw it long before you two shared a moment.” Kim explained to her friend. “The icing on the cake, was just after your Cinderella heel fit perfectly. I wanted him to kiss you! You were too beautiful not too.” Kim paused, looking into Jess’ eyes, sincerely.
“You two felt something, that was obvious. I watched it. I wasn’t jealous or angry. I tried to figure it out. I was happy, actually. I was actually turned on because I was happy. The joy I felt just thinking about you two sharing any kind of intimacy was unlike anything I’ve ever felt. It was like my heart was full and satisfied to the point my eyes fill with tears. I want to see you both smile.”
Kim continued, “after you left, we truly had the best sex of our lives. I know deep down it’s because of you one way or another. I assume it affected him, but I know I felt it.”
Jess sat in silence. She was at a loss for words. She had been propositioned a few times, actually, to go home with a couple. This was something much different than that.
“I have a man I love.” The first words that came to mind escaped Jess’ lips.
“I know,” Kim said. “I would be more than shocked if anything did actually materialize. I just needed to tell you two, out in the open.”
Jess was still searching for words. And questions.
“So, you want me and Charles together?” Jess double-checked.
“Yes.” Kim nodded.
“Like sister wives?” She questioned her sanity.
“I don’t know, maybe?” Kim answered. “I don’t have any idea how stuff would or could work.”
“Are you attracted to me?” Jess asked maturely.
“Not like a lesbian type of way. Like some kind of emotional thing. And with my husband.” Kim answered as honestly as she could.
“You know I would never leave Mark?” Jess had to put this out in the open.
“I’m your biggest fans!” Kim said excitedly, as tears welled up in her eyes. “I love you guys!”
