The big dinner bell is rung, and everyone heads toward the tables. The dishes on the table do not match. The knives and forks are all in a two-pound coffee can. Everyone settles in, passes the napkins and the coffee cans. Matt and Amber smile at each other. The place is almost full.
“I think we are doing fine Amber, we got a place to sit, a drink, a plate, utensils and a napkin.” The tables do not have tablecloths, but Matt is not about to ask for one. He also notices there is no menu. He is not going to ask for that either. He plans to act as if he eats here every day and do whatever the guy next to him does.
“It’s cute Matt, how do you keep coming up with neat places?”
The restaurant is designed to feed a bunch of lumberjacks. The food is served in large bowls or platters. It is placed on one end of the table. People take what they want and pass the item to the next person down the long table. The food is piled high on the platters and keeps coming. There is fried chicken, ham, a couple vegetables, potatoes, rice, and bread. It is all set up as if to feed a room full of 300-pound football players.
When the main courses are over, they start with the desserts of homemade pies. Whole pies start at one end of the table and work their way down. As the pie tins empty, someone brings a fresh one.
“Matt, I’m glad we played this afternoon. I don’t think I can be sexy after this meal.”
“I undid the button on my jeans a half hour ago. I’m not sure I can get my ass off this bench.”
“It was so good!”
“Yeah, what there was of it.” Matt is joking of course.
They do manage to get up from the table. He is glad they only have a short drive back to their cottage. Once inside, they lie on the bed, on their backs. They do not bother to take off their clothes. He holds her hand while they wait for their dinner to be digested. They are so full they do not think they can go to sleep.
“Do you wanna take a walk? Maybe the ocean air will revive us.” Matt is not sure they are revivable. He is so full from dinner a walk might help.
They stroll around the property on the walkway near the bluff…overlooking the ocean. It is too dark to see the water, but they can hear the surf crashing against the rocks. They walk slowly with their arms around each other. It is a beautiful night at a magnificent location. At the corner of the property, there is a gazebo right on the edge of the cliff. They stop there a little while. He has his arm around her in the cool air. She looks up at him, and they kiss. They are like high school kids on lover’s lane, necking in the car. The kissing is passionate and tender.
After a half hour, they head back to the cottage, get naked, and crawl into bed. They snuggle close with the coolness of the ocean still felt in their bodies. They drift off to sleep with visions of lumberjacks cutting down trees, and stuffing their faces with food at the cookhouse.
***
While Amber was off to Mendocino with Matt, Kelly decided to shop for a bookcase for her bedroom. She has been putting it off for a long time and has books and stuff stacked all around the house. She had looked at several office supply stores but never found one that worked for her. She is surprised to find a perfect bookcase at the big home improvement center. They actually have several she likes. Kelly settles on a large one that is six feet tall and four feet wide. It comes in a huge box, has numerous parts, and weighs a ton.
She wants it, but there is no way it can fit in her car. In addition, she has the problem of assembling the thing. She asks the cute sales guy, “Do you deliver?”
“Not really ma’am. Do you have a friend with a pick-up truck?”
“I have a friend with a truck, but he is going to want sex in return.” Kelly does know a guy with a truck, but she does not want to call him. “What about assembly?”
“We will assemble it for you for free, but you would still have the problem of getting it home.”
“I don’t suppose any guy here at the store would have a pick-up truck and want to help a lady in distress.” Kelly is going to exhaust every possibility.
“Well, I have a truck, but you would have to wait until after 8:00 PM, when I get off work. I could swing by on my way home.”
“I have two questions for you, are you married? And do you like beer?” Kelly is thinking she has done pretty well giving guys beer. She smiles waiting for his answers.
“Not married and a beer after work would be heaven.”