Age:26
Location:Germany
It was wintertime in southern Germany. My baby was only a few weeks old when my husband was unexpectedly pulled off his post as cadre and deployed. He had been gone for a month and I hadn't heard from him since he left. I didn't even know where he was. I watched the news on AFN every day to see if they mentioned a conflict anywhere. Nothing.
I had always known that I could be in such a situation. I knew the drill and I could survive. That was all I could expect. It wasn't fun. I had been to the commissary to buy baby supplies and a few groceries the day before and that normally small task had required far more effort than usual because of the weather and having a small baby.
The two young black men who had been my best friends for the past year and a half,and had often helped me with such things had been gone for several weeks too. They were happy that I had the baby before their ETS dates came. They got to see the baby the wagging tongues on post had been speculating would be black.
The possibility of me being totally alone like that had always existed,but it hadn't happened until then.
It was late morning. I had just put my baby back in the crib after breast feeding. I was wearing only my bathrobe when the doorbell rang. I had come straight from the shower to feeding the baby. I wondered who it could be. Everybody we had known well had left and we hadn't really made an effort to meet more people. I'm thinking,I look like hell. I was thankful that I had brushed my hair out immediately when I got out of the shower. My last thought before I opened the door was that despite my ragtag look,I smell nice.
He was in uniform,a senior NCO. My ******* chilled and I started to go faint in a split second as the most dreaded thought of all entered my mind. He must have seen my expression,because his first words were "Your husband's OK."
He called me by my name and explained that he was there to see if I needed anything,pointing out that the weather had been bad,and that he knew I had a small baby.
I invited him in and asked if he would like a *******. I quickly suggested that I could make coffee. Virtually all Army NCO's will ******* coffee at that time of day. After 5PM it's more likely to be beer or hard ******* for most of them.
As the coffee brewed,I explained that I had called a taxi to go to the commissary the day before and that I was well set as far as supplies. Then the small talk started about places and people we might both be familiar with. He had only been there for a few weeks,but had been in Germany twice before.
He was a handsome black man around forty years old. He wasn't good-looking in a smooth way,but rather rough cut. He was about six feet tall and medium built. His complexion was dark. He had more body hair than average,and was very muscular. I noticed how pronounced the muscles on his forearm were as I handed him his coffee.
It doesn't take much for me to become aroused in the presence of such a man. It doesn't now,and it certainly didn't then,after several weeks without sex. My hubby and my black friends had fucked me only a few times since I had the baby,then they were all gone.
He sat at the end of the couch as we talked. I had gotten up several times while making the coffee,and had gone to the crib to check the baby,walking past him each time. His ever-so-subtle observation of me as I moved around the apartment told me "maybe,just maybe",he might be interested.
He was divorced and lived on post. They had separate living quarters for single NCO's there. He had named several people on post,mostly senior NCO's who I had seen and recognized their names from seeing them on their uniforms,but there was really nobody left there who I knew well. All of our friends were gone.
I wasn't well prepared. I wasn't even dressed,and I knew I looked like hell. I had been working out and dancing some in the previous weeks. My baby fat was starting to come off,but I still had a long way to go. His excellent physical condition prompted me to mention mine apologetically,telling him that I had been making some effort to get back in shape,but that I knew I needed to do more. My comment about my body brought complimentary remarks and encouragement from him. It wasn't the perfect opportunity,but it was the only chance I had. If I didn't take advantage of this unexpected and slim chance to get some sex,I might not have gotten another chance at all for weeks or even months.
(to be continued)
I'm really sorry,but I have to finish this later. This is not intentional. There's something I have to get done that won't wait.