Author’s Note: This story is a complete work of fiction from the get go and is intended solely for the readers to enjoy. My thanks to EasySpeak for the work of editing this story so that it makes sense and makes it easier to read and understand.

Carrie and I met after we had both graduated from college but, I was a year ahead of her. She was a very pretty and shapely young woman and had gone to a different university than I did.

I remember telling her I wish we had both attended the same college and we could have met earlier in college. But, that couldn’t have happened since I had gone to college at the state university and she had gone to a well-known well-respected women’s college.

My degree was in a little different but allied discipline than hers and we both ended up working at the same company and we interacted with each other in our work. In addition to being a very pretty and shapely young woman, Carrie was very intelligent and she was quick to respond with excellent thoughts as well. I remember her telling me that she graduated near the top of her class which was better than my academic performance at the state university.

We had been assigned to work on a project that required both of our expertise to complete the project and I was assigned to be the team leader. Carrie was always cooperative with me in the performance of our work and she had contributed equally to our work on the project. She was not one of those people who always had to outdo others and she was willing to accept my ideas as much as I accepted hers.

Carrie and I got along very well at work before we were assigned to undertake the project. When we were assigned to put the project together we had a dead line which was the end of the current month.

She and I worked on the project diligently and made good progress on it. Two days before the end of the month we completed our work on the project and had written a report to management showing the results of our work on the project.

With the completion of our report both Carrie and I took it into the department Director’s office and presented it to him. The Director perused the report and asked a few questions about our work and the report which we each responded to him in that regard. He thanked us for our work and said that he would read our report in detail and would respond to us with his thoughts, questions and remarks.

A few days later, Carrie and I were asked to come to the Director’s office to discuss our report. He asked a few more questions and requested that we make a few minor changes to the report. His remarks were that he thought our work and our report was very good and when we made the requested changes he said that it would be an excellent report specifically when submitted to the President of the company for his review and action.

The Director said that when the report was finalized he would present it to the President of the company. He went on to say that when the President reviewed the report that he would very likely be suitably impressed with the quality of our work on this project.

That would mean he would put a memo of good work performance in each of our personnel files and a bonus that would be added to our next pay check. With the memo of good work performance we could each expect to get an above average merit increase as well.

At the end of the next month Carrie and I both found that we had received a onetime bonus in our check for the month. When Carrie informed me that she had received a bonus in her pay I told her, “Carrie, I think that this weekend you need to let me take you out to eat at a nice restaurant. Without your excellent work and participation we couldn’t have done such a good job. And we would not have gotten the rewards we did for our work.”

Carrie’s eyes and face lit up and she said, “Oh, Dean, you did as much work on our project and the report as I did. Maybe I should be taking you out to eat rather than you taking me out to eat.”

“Carrie, I have been thinking about asking you to go out with me. And this is a good opportunity for us to go out and let me show you my appreciation for your great work and your cooperation in doing the work required for our project. That also includes your invaluable contribution to the preparation of our report.”

“Ok, Dean, you have convinced me and I’m already hungry. What night did you have in mind to go out?”

“I was thinking about this coming Saturday night if that is convenient for you.”

“Sure, would six o’clock be Ok for you?”

“I’ll be there but, I need to have your address and your personal phone number.”

Carrie gave me the info I had requested and that Saturday evening I picked her up at six as we had originally agreed. We went to a local steak house and she ordered a small Filet Mignon with a small lobster tail. I ordered a T-bone steak with a bottle of good wine to go with our meal.

During our meal we talked about ourselves. I asked her about her family.

She said, “My family lived in a town about 200 miles from here. My Dad still lives in the house that my family lived in.”

“Well, what about your Mom?”

“We lost our Mom a couple of years ago in a car accident and it really devastated our family. I know my sister and I had a hard time getting over losing her and I don’t think our Dad has ever really gotten over losing her either.”

“Do you have any Brothers or other Sisters, Carrie?”

“I don’t have any Brothers but, I do have just the one Sister and she and I have an apartment here in town. We have lived together since we both graduated from college.”

“Do you see your Dad very often?”

“We see him occasionally but, it’s not all that often. We talk to him on the phone pretty often since he wants to continually keep track of us. However, he was here to see us early last fall for the end of summer holiday. My Sister and I always like to have him come to see us since he takes us out to the mall and then out to eat.

He likes to tease us about taking us to the golden arches to get us a happy meal like he did when we were ten years old. He always drives by the golden arches to tease us and then he drives on to a nice restaurant like this. My Sister and I will very likely drive down to spend some of the Christmas holidays with him.

What about you, Dean? What about your family?”

“Oh, my family lives in a small town about fifty miles from here and my Mom and Dad still live there. I have a younger Brother who is going to college here in the city and my little Sister will be starting college here next fall.”

“Do you get to see your family very often?”

“Yeah, I get to see them fairly often since it is only about an hour’s drive for me to get home to visit with them and it is easy to make a weekend trip down there to see them. My Mom generally calls me and says that my Brother and Sister are going to be home for the weekend and she would like for me to drive down there to have the family get together for the weekend.

Some weekend I’d like to take you down there with me and let you meet my family, Carrie. I’m sure that you will really like them when you do meet them.” We continued talking about ourselves and our family and other subjects during our meal. We finished our meal and then we finished the bottle of wine by splitting up the remaining wine in the bottle between our two glasses.

On finishing the wine I asked her, “Carrie are you ready to leave the restaurant?”

She replied, “Yes, I am, Dean, and thank you for such a delightful meal tonight and such a pleasant evening, too.”

“Would you like to go to a dance club when we leave here?”

“I’d love to but, my Sister and I have plans for tomorrow and I really need to return to our apartment and prepare for tomorrow.”

On arriving at her apartment I walked her to the door and I told her, “I really liked having you with me tonight, Carrie. I’d like to take you out again if you would like to go out with me again in a week or two.”

I pulled her to me and kissed her as she put her arms around my neck and kissed me. Then she opened the door and she quickly disappeared inside her apartment. A couple of weeks later I stopped by her desk and said hello to her.

I asked her “How have you been, Carrie?”

She said, “I have been fine and I have been wondering about you and how you have been, too, Dean.”

“I have been fine but, I have been very busy. This is the first time I have had an opportunity to stop by your desk to see you and talk to you. I just wanted to ask you if you are free to go out Saturday evening to eat and maybe go to a movie that you would like to see”

“I’m sorry I can’t go out this weekend but, I’m free next weekend if your invitation still stands, Dean.”

“It sure does. I’m looking forward to seeing you then. Do you like Italian food or Mexican food? I also know of a good Chinese restaurant that has very good food, too.”

“Any one of those is good for me and I’ll let you choose the one that you like the best.”

“I’m particular to the Italian food and if you agree I’d like for us to go there. And don’t forget you need to choose the movie that you want to see after we go eat, too. I’ll plan on picking you up at six o’clock like the last time if that is still a good time for you.”

“Yeah, six o’clock is still a good time and that should give us plenty of time to eat and then get to the movie theater before the movie starts.”

“Ok, Carrie. I’ll be there at six to pick you up then.”

I didn’t have the time to stop by and see Carrie at work before the Saturday we were going to go out to eat and to the movie. On Saturday evening I arrived at her apartment and rang the doorbell at six as we had previously arranged. Carrie met me at the door and she looked just gorgeous.

As she opened the door, I said, “Hi, Carrie. You look very pretty tonight.”

“Hello and thank you, Dean. Please step inside for a moment while I get my purse and we’ll be ready to go then.”

She turned and walked into the bedroom and immediately returned with her purse in her hand. The pretty dress she was wearing displayed her beautiful form very well showing her hour glass figure. Her figure was complimented by her beautiful shoulder length honey golden blond hair and her gorgeous sparkling blue eyes.

We arrived at the restaurant and during our meal we had a very comfortable conversation. Of course, the ease of our conversation was facilitated by the delicious meal and the bottle of wine we had enjoyed with our meal.

Carrie said, “I’m glad we chose to come to this restaurant tonight, Dean. The food has been very good and we may need to come back here again sometime in the future. Thank you for bringing me here tonight. Are you ready to go to the movie theater now?”

I called for and paid the check and we left the restaurant for the movie theater. Carrie had chosen an “R” rated romantic comedy. She said as we went into the theater and chose our seats, “I think you are going to enjoy this movie tonight, Dean. It’s a romantic comedy and everyone I have talked to about it says that it’s a great movie and we should really enjoy it.”

Once we had settled into our seats we made small talk between ourselves until the movie started. When the movie started I lifted the arm rest between our seats and we snuggled up against one another. I put my arm around her shoulders with my hand on her opposite upper arm and pulled her to me. Carrie turned her head and looked into my eyes and I just had to kiss her at the very start of the movie.

Not to be outdone, she kissed me back very sweetly. I thought this evening was starting out very well and I just hoped that it continued that way. The movie was funny in some scenes and it was very erotic in other scenes. We both laughed at the comedy of the movie and during the erotic scenes of the movie Carrie snuggled up even closer to me than she had originally.

The erotic scenes of the movie raised my passions, especially having a very pretty and warm soft young woman sitting right beside me with my arm around her. I knew she couldn’t see the bulge in my slacks but, I wondered just how damp her panties were getting as we watched the movie. We continued to kiss affectionately during the movie and she responded even more affectionately than she had previously.

It wasn’t long before she laid her hand on my thigh and gently squeezed it. She then turned to me and kissed me. I knew that she was very aroused when she did that for me. I gently squeezed her and kissed her back as passionately as I could. Carrie kind of purred to me as she nuzzled my ear and said, “I just had to do that, Dean.”

“I’m glad you did because I was thinking about doing the same thing for you. You are so soft and warm tonight, Carrie. I think you picked a very good movie for us to watch tonight, Honey. I have really enjoyed it but, I think I have enjoyed you as much or maybe even more.” as I turned to kiss her again.

When the movie ended we waited a little while in our seats until most of the crowd had left the theater, then we got up to leave. Carrie held my hand as we were leaving the theater and I asked her, “Carrie, I have a bottle of wine in the fridge and some fine chocolates, would you like to come to my apartment with me for a glass or two of wine and a couple of the chocolates?

We can watch another movie on the streaming service if you would like to do that.”

“Sure, Dean. I’d love to do that with you.”

I was very happy that I had cleaned up my apartment and everything was put in its place and the dishes were all washed so I really didn’t look like a gross slob. I knew there was a reason my Mom had made me clean up my room and do the dishes when I was still in high school.

Going to the mall and getting the box of good chocolates and stopping by the liquor store and getting the bottle of wine turned out to be a good move even though I’d had my doubts at the get go. The chocolates were pretty expensive but, I thought it was worth the expense.

My Dad had bought those same chocolates for my Mom on special occasions and they were the melt in your mouth kind that Mom and my little Sister both really liked. Of course, Dad and my little Brother and I thought they were pretty good, too; although we weren’t addicted to them like my Mom and Sister were.

When we arrived at my apartment I unlocked the door for us and let Carrie in first and I followed her. I had left one of the end table lamps on so that she wouldn’t be stumbling into the furniture when we came in.

On entering the apartment I shut and locked the door. As I turned back to Carrie, she put her arms around my neck and kissed me. She said, “Thank you for all that you have done for us this evening, Dean. I have had a really great time with you tonight.”