Chapter 2

Tom met realtor Amy Bishop at the hotel the following morning. She was a personable lady, a few years older than him. She said there were a few furnished apartments that she thought would interest him.

Amy, as she was driving to the first apartment, explained that a factor in the amount of rent charged was the view from the apartment. Rents of apartments that gave westerly views were approximately ten to twenty-five percent higher than those that gave easterly views. The westerly view was very scenic because of the mountains. Amy pointed out a few places she thought would interest Tom, they passed by on the drive.

Tom was impressed by Amy’s knowledge of the features of the apartment building she showed him. He complimented her on her knowledge. She responded by thanking him and said she was familiar with the features as she resides in an apartment on the sixth-floor west side. The both of them laughed at her saying this.

Two furnished apartments in this building interested Tom. Both apartments gave easterly views, but the one on the eighth floor of this ten-story building garnered Tom’s interest more than the apartment on the third floor. With the rents being similar, Tom said he would rent the apartment on the eighth floor.

After signing the lease agreement, he took out his checkbook to pay the rent and security deposit. Amy said that was not necessary as the arrangement they have with Mid-Home is that those costs would be deducted initially and monthly from his paycheck. He wasn’t sure if doing that was good or bad, but he knew it was convenient.

Tom was on a late afternoon flight for his return to Austin.

To be expected, there was a large group of graduates, friends, and relatives for the graduation ceremony. Syndicated columnist Paul Conners was the featured speaker. He gave a humorous keynote speech saying graduates should not be afraid to go for what they want to do in life. Paul cited himself as an example of this by telling how he became a columnist. Tom’s parents were proud of their son receiving an MBA Degree.

Tom and his parents celebrated his graduation when the ceremony ended at a restaurant. Tom could see his mother was a little sad that he was officially leaving the nest and going to work in Boulder, Co. His parents said they would come out to visit him sometime in the future after he settled in. Tom thanked them for what they had done for him and said they were always welcome to visit.

Before Tom left for Boulder, he knew he wanted to say goodbye to Vanessa. He also thought it could be some time before he could hook up with a woman in Boulder. Because of that, he wanted to get his fill of lovemaking before he left for Boulder.

To his delight, Vanessa was of the same mine. Once they were in her apartment, they were all over each other. Her clothes became scattered along with his. He took her the first time with her bending over the sofa while he was behind her with his hips pumping his shaft into her. She usually was not verbal when they made love, but this time, she was telling him he should go hard and deep. He tried his best to accommodate her request.

His thumb was pressing on her rosebud as he was doing this. She was enjoying the pleasures Tom was giving her. Van told Tom not to get any ideas of putting his shaft into any other of her orifices as she was an old-fashioned girl and only made love one way. He complied with her request with only his thumb pressing on her rosebud.

After they both had their orgasms, they told each other of the enjoyment they had in making love in this manner. With neither of them saying anything, they instinctively knew it was time to go to the bedroom. That resulted in them being on her bed again doing the nasty. Van had given him head, enabling his shaft to penetrate her. Van was in the superior position, rapidly moving her hips while she was bending low enough for him to nurse on one of her stiff nipples.

Tom could tell that Van was having an orgasm by how she stiffened and moaned. She collapsed on him with his shaft still in her. He could feel her internal muscles milking his stiff shaft because he had not yet cum. What she was doing, along with her tongue probing his ear, gave him sensations that were sufficient for him to achieve his orgasm. His hands on her ass had spread her cheeks, and his fingers were toying with her rosebud. His doing that seemed to encourage her milking efforts.

She moved and lay alongside him, asking him how he liked what she had done.

“I like it, I like it,” he said humorously, causing her to laugh.

It was one great night of lovemaking and an enjoyable way for them to say their goodbyes. Van said she would keep in mind his invitation to come out to Colorado to visit him in the future.

It took Tom some time to pack his car, mainly with his clothes and other items. He gave one last look and mentally said goodbye to UT and Austin. He now was on his way to Boulder.

Arriving at his apartment, Tom unpacked and settled in. He did a little shopping and continued to wonder about how working and living here would be. Tom knew working would be different than attending classes, but how big of a difference that would be was the question on his mind.

When Tom went to work at Mid-Home, he was introduced to Russ Casey, the head of the IT Department. Russ was a personable older individual who greeted Tom and gave him an overview of what was happening in the unit. In giving Tom this briefing, Russ mentioned the current hot projects. Russ introduced Tom to the staff, a young group of people. It looked to be an even split between men and women.

Tom was initially assigned to rotate through the unit to learn what each member was doing. Russ Casey told Tom this was a way for him to familiarize himself with how the unit was operating. At the end of the week, Tom knew he could contribute to this unit’s operation.