I was rolling into my parking spot and from the corner of my eye, I could see the engagement ring on my left hand, ring finger. There was no way I was tossing it or returning it. The ring Jordan gave me was absolutely beautiful, and nothing could make me think otherwise. If anything, I was making a bold statement of some sort, or whatever. I walked out of my car, and into the lobby of my apartment building. It smelled of baked goods and some spicy foods. I realized it was a neighbor's son's birthday, and also that she had invited me a few weeks back, but I lied that I would be out of town. I wanted to relax in the jacuzzi, but there they all were, interacting and shit. I was going to go upstairs and ignore my feelings with potato chips and court case bingeing until I saw someone outside, at the party at the far end helping herself to whatever was in the punch bowl. I normally would not have gone for a chick like her, but she was stunning. You would think after months and months of failed connections, I would be tired of the up and down, but I walked straight to the party with my best flight issue story in mind for Mrs. Green.
The moment I stepped onto the scene, I was immediately and wildly approached by a stampede of sugar-high children from ages of about three to five. "HI ALISSA, THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY PARTY! DO YOU LIKE IT?" I tried to keep a straight face at Michael, the toddler I used to babysit, as he socialized with me in a manner he considered normal, with blue frosting all over his face. "Yeah! This is awesome! Nice frosting." I pointed out. He giggled and flailed his arms rapidly as he ran to all of the kids playing freeze tag. I then heard a familiar voice-- it was Ms. Green. As she approached me, it seemed as if she were undressing me with her eyes. I now remembered why I took a rain check. This divorced, bi-curious mother in her forties had been trying to get in my bed for years, and I was yet again dumbfounded by how she could not take a hint to my disinterest. "Hey, no more Ireland?" It was the first country that popped into my head during my excuse to bail. I shook my head no, with a sly grin on my face. "I had to stay in town for a meeting with my trading crew. They had some new idea that just could not wait." "Money over everything" She replied. She was so bad at hiding her attraction to me. Sometimes, it felt like she wanted me to know. For some reason, although not attracted to her, her longing for me turned me on a bit. She was so open, so comfortable in her sexuality-- to me at least. Word on the street was her marriage ended because he couldn't "keep up". "Do you want some lemonade?" I nodded my head yes in excitement as she walked me over to the juice bar. "I should mention that here at the adult table, we add a little 'spice' to our drinks". She winked at me as she continued to pour me a drink, assuming I wanted to be drunk on Vodka lemonade.
She handed me the crystal glass, and invited me over to the adult jacuzzi, where about six other parents were getting drunk, and somehow tuning out twelve children clearly out of their minds. Almost all of them exchanged looks back and forth as I approached with her, three jealous glares, and the rest just alcohol-infused flirtatious looks at every part of my body. "Hey y'all, this is my neighbor Alissa-- she used to babysit little Michael until he got big enough for after camp and soccer". "They grow up so fast don't they?" A hot Asian woman stated. "Yeah, they really do". I replied in a failed attempt to flirt with her. "Which one is yours?" Another woman asked. I stopped for a moment and chuckled. "No kids, none yet." "No hubby?" Another interjected, seemingly shocked. "Nope, no hubby." Everyone looked as if I had just made a rabbit disappear into my magician's hat. "Who doesn't wanna pop that cherry? You're hot. Why single? Are you crazy?" The Asian woman said. All of the middle-aged drunk women burst into laughter. "Don't mind her, she doesn't mean no harm." Ms. Green interjected with a sarcastic smile on her face. "I'm into women." I admitted to them all. "That explains it all! But there's adoption, egg transplants, or whatever the lesbian couples are doing these days, sunny side up or some shit." Another woman slurred. "I guess I'm just not there yet. More into my career." "That's the way to go". Asian woman replied. "Young, sexy, single, and rich." She sipped her drink and glared into my eyes rather seductively. "So this is Penny, Tracey, Audrey, Phoebe, Kim, and Alicia." They all waved at me, and the Asian woman pointed at herself. "Phoebe" she giggled between sips.
I stepped into the jacuzzi and felt the bubbly warm water tingle up my legs, and it only went further up my body as I sat deeper inside, being mindful of my mixed drink. I was going to need it around these people. They told jokes for hours, slurred their words during so many of them that I couldn't understand most of them. I felt the alcohol work it's way around my body and heat me along with the water. I was in bubbling hot water full of drunk, horny, married women, and the hottest one couldn't keep her eyes off of me. As I was deep in thought, I felt a touch on my thigh. I felt alarmed, and I looked over at Ms. Green, who was trying to play it off as an accidental touch. "Oops, sorry! It's just so cramped in this tub" "Let's play a game" I heard Phoebe drag her words in a way that just could not be taken seriously. It should be illegal to be that drunk. "Never have I ever" She yelled. "Never have I ever had a threesome." She started. "Oh, and if you want to do this dirty thing, you have to say: 'I wish' okay?!?! Everyone snickered. "I wish," said Ms. Green. Everyone turned to look at her and burst into laughter along with the sexually frustrated divorced woman. I went after. "Never have I ever swallowed female cum." Everyone but four put a finger down. "I wish" Blurted Phoebe, Kim, Alicia, and Ms. Green at the exact same time. I couldn't help myself. I blushed in disbelief at the freaks I was sitting in a circle with.
Later that night, on my way to my apartment door, I turned to find Ms. Green walking towards me. "You okay? Want any leftovers?" I thought of the lifetime supply of food I bought the night of my party, and yet I still somehow felt that I could make space for more." "Sure. I'd love some." She pulled her keys out to open her door, which was about three doors down from me, and drunkenly turned the key in the lock in an attempt to get inside." "I'll be over there in five." When finally arriving inside of my apartment, I was greeted by my Shih-tzu, who was barking loudly, and jumping halfway up to my chest with excitement. I walked over to my couch and dropped my lifeless drunk body onto it. Seconds later, I heard three soft knocks at my door. When I opened it, I was greeted by Ms. Green, in an outfit so revealing that there was no way sex was not on her mind. This was different than what she had on at the party. "I brought snacks." She said seductively.
