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The Blonde At The Bar
By Thatllbemethen
19 December 2006
We all know a Loretta.................Don't we?

The Blonde At The Bar


Every few minutes the blonde at the bar scanned her surroundings for attention. Each time she was convinced another pair of love-struck eyes had turned in her direction, locking in on her gorgeous locks. Maybe, the naughty and more lecherous eyes amongst them, were concentrating on her luscious curves. Either was good.

One pair of eyes in particular was admiring everything about Loretta. This pair of eyes was also keeping a wary eye on all his wife's other admirers. Harry and Loretta had been married for an age now. Harry the almost faithful husband and Loretta the almost never faithful wife.

Loretta swung her head about again, but this time it came to a stop, and stopped. She watched the man approach, and then, as he did so, turned smiling to her husband and announced "Harry, this is my boss." Loretta's boss greeted her happily with a slight but nevertheless noticeable nervous laugh. Loretta's boss looked down at his feet, at Loretta's legs, quickly back up to Loretta's face, across to Harry's stone face, speedily returned to Loretta's face and her smiling red lips. Loretta could not speak for smiling.

Harry finally recognised the awkward silence and put his other, jealous, thoughts out of his head. Harry extended his hand and introduced himself, "Hello, er……Mr boss. I'm Harry…...Loretta's husband."
"Donald," Donald informed him, "Nice to meet you Harry," he added.

Loretta continued to smile at Donald, even using her teeth Harry noticed, and strangely her tongue. Harry thought Loretta looked a little out of breath, as her breasts heaved and her breathing became heavy.

Donald continued, "Well Leta, is this your local pub?" adding with a smile "I bet everybody knows you here." Donald's smile seemed unnecessary to Harry. Also, unnecessarily long, as another awkward silence loomed. Harry deftly combatted the lack of conversation, (although a glut of smiling and staring), with "I think the cat's got Lorries tongue, she's not used to having both bosses at the same time."

Harry was not articulate. He knew the words had not come out exactly as he had meant them earlier that evening. Even so, he had not expected Donald to look quite so embarrassed or for Loretta to burst into a gasping, almost choking laughter. Thinking about it hours later though, he now understood both the look and the laugh. He also resigned himself to accepting the fact that John had become Donald, just as Stephen had become John, and god knows who had become Stephen beforehand.
 
Harry leaned over and kissed Loretta, whispering "Goodnight babe," but Loretta was already sleeping and dreaming and smiling.

Reviews

Written by Fledermaus (3448 comments posted) 19th December 2006
This poor Harry, yes, poor Harry, not poor Donald ;) 
It's sometimes said that a man who maries an ugly wife is a happy person... 
 
Nice piece, but the part about John and Stephen was rather confusing.

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3450 comments posted) 19th December 2006
I'd rather say -We all know a Loretta and Harry, one makes the other. 
This reads like a very condensed soap plot. You've managed to cram a lot into a such a short story. I feel I know the couple very well. I know you concentrated on Loretta but it was what was going on with the pair of them that intrigued. I thought it was quirky and original 
cheers 

P.S  
"It's sometimes said that a man who marries an ugly wife is a happy person..." but I wonder if the ugly wife is

Written by Snodlander (507 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Nice piece. A couple of points: 
 
"but this time it came to a stop, and stopped" 
 
Did you mean for her head to stop twice? 
 
"lack of conversation, (although a dearth of smiling and staring)" 
 
It seems to me there was no dearth of smiling, but a glut.

Written by Thatllbemethen (83 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Thanks commenteers, all gratefully received. 
 
Fledermaus I live to confuse. 
 
BBS You can be happy but still not satisfied I think. 
 
Snodlander Glut is the word for me. Stopped was just my peculiar emphasis. 
 
Thanks again one and all 
 
Great!
Written by Clifftown (642 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Really enjoyed this, a lovely easy read and you make the characters so familiar. 
 
You're right...we all know a Loretta - and a Harry!
anyone got Lorettas phone number?
Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 20th December 2006
I liked this piece because i was able to project into the characters. in that sense you were spot on when you said we all know a Loretta. 
 
Keep up the good work!

Written by Phil (6845 comments posted) 21st December 2006
A very easy and entertaining read. Poor Harry, but as BBS sasys, one makes the other. (sometimes) 
Enjoyed. 
 
Phil.

Written by Toad (105 comments posted) 21st December 2006
a particularly smooth read

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