Visit #2 – part 4 Legal Dinner

9:00 pm Legal Seafood for dinner

We drove out to dinner, parking in the underground garage.  The elevator was broken, so we climbed the stairs to the lobby, then up another flight to the restaurant.  

We just made our 9 pm reservation.  The hostess escorted us to a booth with a view of the courtyard and left the menus.  A perky young waitress came over immediately and asked for our drink orders.  He ordered a Stella beer and I asked for iced tea.  

We sat staring at the menu.  Philip’s hand appeared under mine and stroked my hand.  The waitress returned with our glasses, and asked what anniversary we were celebrating!  I giggled and stared at Philip, wondering what he’d say.  He smiled at me and answered, “We’re high school sweethearts. I just found her after 30-something years.”  She replied, “Oh!  I would have sworn you were married!  Where are you from?”  I replied, “Here,” and Philip said, “D.C., here on business.”  She shook her head in amazement and wandered off.  

I told him I was surprised he mentioned we were sweethearts.  He said, “I hope that didn’t embarrass you.” I said, “Oh, no… that was very sweet.”  He squeezed my hand.

He told me about paella in Belgium. And the meal at the Hickory Steak House at National Harbor with an old friend.  She called him a liar in her thank you note because he didn’t admit it was a $350 dinner.  He told me about having to be in the hospital for a heart catheterization, being put on bp meds.  He asked me about my work.  
I couldn’t decide what to order.  We suggested various options to each other.  He was set on having the baked stuffed lobster, but I didn’t want to order it because it was more expensive than any entree I’d ever had in my life!  But he insisted, so we ordered soup, appetizers and lobsters.

We started with cups of the famous clam chowder with oyster crackers.  He tasted a spoonful, closed his eyes to savor it and got the most amazing smile on his face.  “That’s the stuff!” he declared.  He took another taste and declared, “This may be the best New England clam chowder I’ve ever had!”  I smiled and sipped my chowder. 

Next came the Mussels in garlic sauce and Crab dip with seafood chips.  I’m not a big fan of mussels, but I took one he offered and they were a garlicky delight!  We shared the dip and marveled at its smooth, rich taste.  


He chatted with the waitress about wines in a way that seemed to impress her.  She tried to talk him into several wines, but he ordered a glass of the Sonoma white.

At last, the main dish arrived – two 2 lb baked stuffed lobsters with scallops and shrimp!  The waitress set down the platters with a flourish!  They were incredible!  Huge!  We took photos.  The waitress came back with smaller plates – a baked potato with chives & butter for him and rice pilaf for me.  We dug in, savoring the tender lobster meat, the buttery crumbs and the other seafood mixed in.  I’d tried lobster many ways before, but never been able to afford a baked stuffed lobster, so it was a very special treat.  We talked about amazing lobster meals we’d tried over the years.  I told him about a 2.5 pounder I’d tackled on Block Island that required a hammer to get to the claw meat!  We enjoyed it, but admitted it was a little dry and a regular boiled lobster with butter might have been a better choice!  But we each finished off the entire thing!

The waitress cleared away the remains of the lobster and gave us the dessert menu.  I was totally full and could not imagine eating another morsel.  She returned quickly, and Philip ordered a McCallan’s highland scotch and a cappicino for himself.  He asked if I would share the Boston cream pie and I agreed, though I knew one bite would be all I could manage.  

The drinks came quickly, and then a surprise.  The dessert was an unorthodox Boston cream pie that looked like tiramisu, with a heart of whipped cream piped around it!  I blushed and Philip chuckled.  The waitress shrugged and said the chef was impressed with the tale of our reunion.  We took photos and nibbled at the sweet treat, continuing our banter.  

The waitress left the bill, and Philip insisted on paying. I think it was about $200 plus $42 tip.  He thought it was quite reasonable for all that food and booze!  And the very personal service from the waitress.  I asked if he had asked her to customize the dessert and he said no, but he wished he had thought of it!  


Visit #2 – part 3 In My Bed

Phil and I were kissing in the kitchen.  I unzipped his fly and stroked him, nibbled on his ear, and whispered, “I need you inside me.”  

He sighed, and pushed me away.  I half-expected him to say he didn’t want to right now.  

He strolled into my bedroom, stripping off his clothes.  I stood staring as his gorgeous body was revealed.  Once again, I was struck with wonder that I get to see his body, and then it hits me that I can touch him and every nerve in my body lights up!  

He sprawled across the foot of my bed on his back and grinned at me, looking down his body then back at me.  I marveled at the sight on him on my bed.  I know it’s considered tactless to mess around with someone in your own bed, but it seemed completely natural to see him there.  I had imagined it so many times! 

suddenly realized I was supposed to move.  I tossed off my clothes and climbed up his body, kneeling between his legs and putting my mouth on the instep of his right foot, nibbling my way up his thigh.  I tried to remember what he had described wanting in our chats.  I blew on his skin, and he trembled.  I took him in my mouth, twisting him up and inside as deep I could, sucking gently.  He moaned softly.  I stroked his balls with my other hand.  He propped himself up on his elbows and watched me as I bobbed up and down.  He moaned again and whispered,  “This is a sight… amazing to watch a beautiful woman suck my cock.”  I grinned and sucked him further down my throat.  He started to roll his hips, rising up to fuck my mouth.  

I had every intention of taking him all the way with my mouth and hand, but he grabbed me, saying, “I can’t wait… have to be inside you,” and pressed me down on my stomach, pulled my ass up and pulled me onto his cock in one swift movement.  He pounded in and out of me while I gasped, moaned and clawed the covers.  I tried to take in every sensation, but it was so hot… so good, that I quickly stopped thinking and rode wave after wave of heat as my brain shut off and my body took over.  

“Damn, girl… you were made for me…so hot… so wet..so tight,” he murmured in awe, punctuating each word with another thrust.  I shifted back to get him deeper inside me.  I should have been telling him something, but my breathing was coming in little gasps my head thrashed back and forth, and no words were available.  I started shaking all over, and made a low sound… he held my hips and filled me, moaning and trembling himself.  We collapsed.  

We twisted around and he put his head on my pillow.  I put my head on his chest, listening to his heart pound, stroking his shoulder and down his arm.  We cuddled and talked about the rest of the evening.  I really wanted to skip dinner but he was intent on ending the lives of another pair of lobsters.  

He got up to go to the bathroom.  I watched him clean up… such a handsome man!  I dragged myself out of the bed and wrapped my arms around him from behind, looking at us in the mirror.  Our smiles could have brightened the city for a year!  He turned, swatted me on the ass and went to get dressed.  

I took my turn in the bathroom then put on my black bra and the special top with the dark blue velvet and gold coins, showing off a little cleavage.  I mechanically added underwear, knee highs, dark slacks and shoes, then went out to the living room, where Philip was talking to my cat again.  He whistled when he saw me and wrapped his arms around me, feeling the top as he rubbed my back.  

We bundled up and headed out for dinner.  


Visit #2 – part 2 Connection

Eight Hours with Phil


5:35 pm Philip arrived!  


I was sitting on the arm of a couch in the lower lobby of the hotel, glancing nervously out the floor-to-ceiling windows.  I saw him striding purposely over from the parking garage!  

He hid behind a pole in the hotel parking area and peeked at me.  Big smile! I ran out to meet him.  Quick hug.  He let go quickly, aware that anyone could be watching.  We walked casually but quickly to my car inside the garage.  He asked if it was new?  Heh.  No.  He complained about the cold.  It was wicked cold outside.  We settled in to the car – me in the driver’s seat and him on the passenger side.  I offered to warm him up, and we collided for a deep kiss.  Oh… it always feels like where I belong!  We kissed for a long time, lips pressing desperately together, tongues dueling.  I moaned softly, rubbed one hand over his legs, and mussed his hair with the other.  He stroked my back and squeezed my breast.  He pulled away and said, “You better drive!” 

He had on soft old jeans, a maroon sweater, a blue-striped white dress shirt, and a chocolate brown leather bomber jacket.
5:40 pm Headed to Boston
I told him to reach behind me to grab a box of Pretzel crackers, and a container with two kinds of cheese and sliced pepperoni. He had talked about how his wife never has any snacks for him after a long day.  So I was determined to do better.  

He told me stories about his adventures in the military.   I talked but I can’t remember about what.  

7:20 pm We arrived at my place.  

He pressed me against the wall of the elevator and kissed me!  We went in and I showed him the view.  He said it was spectacular.  I beamed.  He said even with all my descriptions, he had not expected the view.  

Hubby arrived and I introduced them.  They shook hands.  I had told Philip that Hubby was cool with us, but I got the feeling he didn’t believe it.  So Hubby had suggested a quick meet.  There was a magic moment out on the balcony with Hubby cuddled close on one side and Philip on the other, trying to keep me warm and chatting.  It was so bitterly cold, couldn’t stay out there long.  They went into Hubby’s office and I went to the bathroom to give them a few minutes alone.  We chatted some more, and I walked Hubby out into the hallway.  As I hugged him good-bye, he whispered, “You didn’t tell me he was gorgeous.  Have fun!”  

Philip was leaning over, talking to my old cat lounging on my desk.  He’d been very feeble but raised his head and purred.  It was so sweet.  I was impressed that Philip took the time to pay attention to him.  Philip looked up and said, “He was really nice to me,” in a rather astonished way.  I smiled.  
I gave Philip the university t-shirt.  Figured it was a little thing, but something he could use and remember this trip.  He looked like a little kid as he opened the bag and dug it out.  He liked it!  It fit!  He wandered around looking at each room, asking about various items.

We went to the kitchen and he leaned against the sink.  I leaned against him.  We hugged and I marveled as usual about how well we fit together.  I rubbed his back and nuzzled his neck, breathing in his scent, noting all the places our bodies were touching.  I could not wait anymore.  I kissed him.  He shoved his tongue in my mouth and I returned the favor, thinking of other parts of his body I’d like to have in my mouth.  He wrapped an arm around me, and used his other hand to guide my hand between his legs.  He was already solid as a rock.  I rubbed him outside his jeans, then unzipped his fly and worked my fingers inside his clothes to touch his most sensitive skin.  He closed his eyes, his head fell back and he let out a sexy growl as I stroked him.  He squeezed my ass and whispered, “Oh yeah, girl, this is…mmmm…what I….ah..been too long,” and I smiled, knowing I had disrupted his ability to speak already.  I nibbled on his ear, twirled my tongue inside it, made a slight sucking sound that made him gasp, and whispered, “I need you inside me.”  

Visit #2 – part 1 Getting there

December 15, 2010

It doesn’t sound very romantic, but I prepped for this day like a general planning a major battle.  Despite my upcoming cancer battle, most of my attention for weeks focused on dreaming about what it might be like to see him again, and trying to make our time together fabulous!  I read about restaurants online, asked friends for recommendations and decimated lobsters all over town to find the right place.  I ended up making a reservation at a local chain I’ve tried but in a location I had never visited.  It fit Phil’s criteria – chowder, lobster, liquor – plus it had a private area with high booths so we’d be less likely to be seen.  It was too expensive, but I planned to help out with the cost.

I made up a detailed schedule.  I looked at maps – calculated drive times, parking places, meeting spots.  I used this visit as an excuse to clean up my place – had it cleaned by a pro team, and de-cluttered as I had not done in years.  I got my hair done.  I had the car cleaned inside and out.  I bought a simple gift and snacks.  I prepped my husband and sister to help me.  I took two days off from work.  I prayed for good weather!  I fretted about how I was going to share my life with him in less than 8 hours, when he’d had parts of three days to entertain me!

The day dawned clear and bitterly cold.  No snow!  Yay!  I was so nervous and excited I thought I would burst out of my skin!  All the details and driving and what he would be like kept me on edge all morning.  I just wanted to see him, to touch him, to hear him laugh…when you have a long distance relationship, the basics become so precious!

I fretted about whether to say, “I love you.”  I wanted to be able to say it in person… but decided not to worry about it, to let it out if it seemed right.  Even though there was the possibility, with his new post, that I would not see him again for years and might not even be able to communicate.

I arranged for my husband to borrow my sister’s car, and to stay overnight with a friend.  So we left home mid-afternoon and started the plan in motion.  I left him at my sister’s and headed out.  The theory was to pick Phil up, drive to my place, meet my husband briefly, have an hour alone, then go for a late dinner, maybe visit my office, then drive him back.  My first challenge was to find the meeting place.  I hate driving alone.  I went a little early so I would be there before it was completely dark.  I found our designated spot, and discovered it was right next to a fancy hotel!  I had somewhere warm and interesting to wait.

TEXT 

4:55 pm “At the hotel lobby. Lots of free parking.”
I went inside the hotel to use the restroom, checked out the gift store and the upper lobby, then sat in the lower lobby.  I got up to pace.  Then sat some more,  and paced some more.

TEXTS

5:10 pm Phil: “Leaving now. Be there in a couple”
5:10 pm “Hooray!”

5:17 pm FB msg to Betsey “
How did your day go? I made it, waiting impatiently for Philip! More later…”

I was so nervous… felt like I could not wait one more moment.  I kept taking deep breaths… reading Facebook on my phone… pacing… arrgggh!


Visit #2 Prep – Day before

Tuesday t-shirt
Between Phil and You
December 14 at 3:15pm
Hey, kid. Have they taken your last brain cell yet? Hope not!

Wicked cold today – hope you’re not outside much.
Having fun getting ready for dinner with an old friend. Went to buy you a t-shirt, got surrounded by 74,123 insignia clothing items! Whee!
December 14 at 3:18pm
Reading about places I could pick you up downtown. Several lots – you can park and stroll there, or call me to pick you up wherever. If you get a better idea from the locals, let me know.  Death to a lobster! See you tomorrow. Woot!
December 14 at 3:37pm
Checked my vacation days balance…two personal days I have to take this week or lose. So I get Wednesday and Thursday off! Feels like a good omen.  In more somber news, my dad was moved to a nursing home this morning.  They say it’s for five days of respite care, but I have the distinct feeling that he will never be home again.  I had so hoped he could die at home.  *sigh
Phil December 14 at 6:23pm
Will pray for you all.  Eating hot clam chowder and a big ass lobster roll. Yeah baby!  

December 14 at 6:30pm
Ooh! Wow… you really are doing your bit to decimate the lobster population this week! Hee! I’m chillin’ at home… waiting for NCIS to come on!
December 14 at 11:05pm
Hey, kid. Hope your dinner was wonderful and you got a chance to relax. Quiet evening for me. NCIS was a little silly, but I love all the Abby time. See you tomorrow! Sleep well, sweet man.

Visit #2 Prep – Raw talk

Phil December 15 at 7:41am
Good morning! Friggin cold this morning! May be a few minutes late tonight. Meetings finish at 4:30. Downtown lot near the hotel sounds great!

December 15 at 12:00pm
Good morning! We’ve got the coldest day of the year. Windy, too. Old Glory flying straight out! Scrapping plan for outdoor activities. 😉 Don’t stress… I will wait for you. With cheese. and crackers.  Look for my car. 
[texted him a photo]
December 15 at 12:08pm
Here’s a funny ad from Legal Seafood – talking seafood! 

At Legal Sea Foods, if it isn’t fresh, it isn’t legal. Sometimes when you have the freshest fish around, things can a little too fresh.

December 15 at 2:04pm
Heading out. See you soon!


Visit #2 Prep – Chat

DECEMBER 13, 2010 Monday Chat
10:18 PM Phil: hey girl
hiya
Phil: watchin hawai 5-0
Cool
Phil: what’s the plan for wed, besides ending a lobstas life
pick you up at 4:30 pm 
Drive to my place
Phil: got a dinner place picked out?
10:25 PM Looking at Legal Seafood

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From: Sassy 
Subject: Legal Seafood menu
Date: December 13, 2010 10:27:47 PM EST
To: Phil

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Just emailed you the menu
Phil: cool, remember you talking about that
Best chowder in the world
Broad range of seafood and LOBSTER!
Cioppino, baked, stuffed, steamed…Surf & turf
Phil: baked stuffed lobsta sounds fabulous
10:32 PM Phil: I’m sure I can get a beer there too
where is legal seafood?
Beer? Yup
near my place and my office
Phil: cool
10:37 PM You have scotch with you? Bring it?
Phil: sipping it now
name cheese you like to munch
10:38 PM gouda, smoked gouda, swiss, sharp cheddar, stilton, 
 wasabi cheddar, hot pepper
thanks
any particular crackers?  Ritz?  Pepperidge Farm butterfly?  Wheat?  
Phil: anything
10:41 PM Ok thanks
Would you wear a local university T-shirt or would that cause a scandal? 
Phil:  I’d wear a t-shirt
10:43 PM size?
Phil: 2xl
thanks
I promise not to buy anything that says Red Sox on it.  
Phil: won’t wear that
10:45 PM No kidding. 
Anything else you’re wondering about? 
Phil: think that covers it.
Sure you want to drive all the WAY HERE?  I can drive
I want you not to have to deal with Boston navigation 
I want to see you at 4:30 pm, not 6ish
You figure out where I can pick you up?
Don’t have to know now… just sometime before Wed. afternoon
Phil: ok, probably downtown
10:59 PM cool
How’re you doing?  brains coming out your ears?
Phil: brains are fried. gonna lay down
11:06 PM room okay?
11:16 PM Phil: yeah room is good, better than normal here. Bed is comfortable
People you know there?
11:17 PM Phil: yeah, a couple, old friends which is nice
11:18 PM cool
Phil: still drooling over the menu
11:19 PM Hee!  That’s a relief… 
Phil: looks incredible
I’m drooling but about something else…
11:20 PM Phil: gotta get my PT stuff ready for the morning, 
going to get up an hour early.  Not doing so well in the evening.  
No motivation, just want to have a drink and relax
Sure
11:23 PM what does PT stand for? Physical training?
Phil: Physical Training (work out)
11:23 PM Right.  I just keep thinking PT 109… duh
11:24 PM Phil: off to bed for me. good nite
11:25 PM Sleep well, sweet man
11:26 PM Sweet dreams

Visit #2 Prep – Nervous Lobster



Monday management

Between Phil and You

Phil December 13 at 1:23pm
A little mind numb at the moment. Tuesday or Wed will work for our Lobsta 
December 13 at 3:47pm
Hey, kid. Want to have dinner with me on Wednesday? 🙂
I can pick you up – what time and where? LOBSTER!
Phil December 13 at 4:35pm
Sure! I am done by 4:30.

December 13 at 7:00pm
Sitting in a project mtg. Have my publicity hat on… Not listening – thinking about lobster and you. 🙂 
Suddenly nervous… silly, I know…
Phil December 13 at 7:18pm
The lobster is the one who should be nervous.

Visit #2 Prep – Road chatter

Sunday start
Between Phil and You

Phil December 12 at 9:03am
Had a blast! Wineries were so much fun. On the road.  Heading to New England. Weather sucks.
December 12 at 9:16am
Good morning! I hope you have an easy drive. We’re under the same cloud – gray and wet. At least it’s warm! More cars than usual in the lot…
December 12 at 9:21am
Happy Football Day! Go team!
Phil December 12 at 10:00am
There we go! Go Bears! Hope they crush the Pats.

December 12 at 10:05am
Brat.
December 12 at 11:00am
I wasn’t going to say it, but just for that… GO PATS! And besides… you want the Pats to win. You really do. Admit it. It will make the play-offs better, right?
December 12 at 12:03pm
I’m a bad country song today… gloom, despair and agony!
I feel fine, but there is a lot of crap going on. I almost feel bad because I don’t feel worse… weird.

  • It’s raining.
  • Dad took a turn for the worse – sisters plan big powwow with Mom to get more help or send him to the nursing home. *sigh*
  • And my cat isn’t eating. Tempting him with tuna.
  • And I have surgery in 10 days.
  • And a sweet man is going to be less than 90 minutes away but I can’t touch him. Arrrgh!


So I need distraction! I’ll drop all that at the door and talk FOOTBALL! LOBSTER! And may be a wench. Hee!  Thanks for being a bright spot in my day, Philip!
December 12 at 12:08pm
here’s a fun thing… lobster claw shaped silver bottle opener! Hee!
Phil December 12 at 12:16pm
On the mass turnpike

December 12 at 12:39pm
Keep going to [directions to my place] Hee! I WISH….
December 12 at 12:52pm
I just made breakfast! (Don’t faint!) 
Ham and cheese omelet…toast…OJ. YUM!
December 12 at 1:00pm
You listening to an early game?
Phil December 12 at 1:08pm
Pittsburg game just started. Foggy as hell. Gonna grab some coffee. Hope the game is on TV or I’ll have to find a bar

[Philip called and we talked for almost 2 hours as he drove.]


December 12 at 3:50pm
Great chatting! Thanks for calling. Hope you’re almost there, and the rain stops. Let me know you made it?

Have fun watching football! I hope they show up this week. 🙂
Find me online later if you want to chat or… something. I’ll be back from dinner after 8:30 pm…
December 12 at 9:01pm
Hey, kid! Settled in? Home again, full of enchiladas! Great (short) committee meeting. Needed 7 people and had… 7 people! Then off to Margarita’s again.
December 12 at 10:52pm
no brain… oddly sleepy… bed. sleep well, sweet Philip… hope the conference is easier than you thought.



Sixteen Post-trip Answers

Before I left on my trip, my head was filled with questions.  I wrote them down, so I wouldn’t have to think about them so much and I could stay in the moment with Phil while we were together.  Here are the answers after my trip. 

1) Is everything I’ll need packed? 
Yes. Could have done with one more top for the surprise lunch at the club.
2) I hate flying. But I will do it for the chance to see someone or doing something really great. Will today be really great?
Yes!

3) Can I fly without getting sick to my stomach? Or picking up a bad cold?

Stomach – Yes! Did not get queasy at all.  
Cold – Remains to be seen. Was someone coughing right behind me on the way down.
4) Is this the first day of the rest of my life? Or just another random Tuesday on which I have an interesting adventure? Which do I want it to be? 

It felt like middle ground.  Which is a good place.  I wanted to have a good time.  Have sex again after 10 years.  But not fall madly in love.  Just middling.  It was that. 

5) Can you meet up with your first love again after such a long time and have it not be a disaster?

YES!

6) Can we talk in person as easily as we do on the phone? 

Even better. 

7) Will Phil want to touch a fat, old, married lady? Will I want to touch him?

Yes. Yes. YES!

8) Will the heat of our online sex translate into real life?

Didn’t seem quite as hot to me, but I expected that.  It was certainly hot enough.  The initial moments when he did what he’d wanted to do all his life were spectacular.  He is a fabulous kisser!  His fingers inside me were spectacular!  Hearing him moan when I had his cock in my mouth? Priceless. 

9) Will we ever actually make it to the restaurant?

Eventually. 🙂 Arrived at 5:15 pm. Got to the restaurant about 9:15 pm. 

10) Can Phil be unfaithful? Can I?
Yes.  Without batting an eyelash.  People who have lived without passion for so long will jump at a chance at it.

11) Will the chemistry of our teenage encounters still be there?

ABSOLUTELY! Worse! 

12) Will he be done with me once we’ve gone all the way? Will his conscience take over like it did when we were teenagers? 

Not yet.

13)  Will my body do what my mind wants to do? 

Just about.  Had a little trouble in some positions.  Not even sore!

14) Do I still love him? Does he love me? If so, is that a good thing or just a source of endless longing and misery?

Didn’t say it or even think much about it.

15) Will this be enough? Or will we do it again? 

Not enough.  MORE!  December?  Sooner? 

16) If the physical stuff doesn’t happen, can we still be friends?
Physical stuff happened, so this is moot.  But I begin to wonder about what happens in January when he moves.  
All in all, it feels like I am in just the right spot for now.