As Mistress Commands

both of us liking what we found. After lunch, we had a light drink and told each other little stories of our childhoods. I felt a little out of my league, but Johanna was completely at ease. It rubbed off on me as well, or maybe it was the alcohol, but I doubt it... after all, I had only had two drinks in nearly 90 minutes on a lunch date, and I had drunk quite a bit more in the past with no ill effects, but I certainly didn't want to make a fool of myself. I started milking the last half of my drink.

When Johanna asked if I was ready to give her a hand at the house, I waved the waitress over and took care of the charges, then after I pulled Johanna's chair out again, she suprised me by slipping her arm into mine as we walked outside into the crisp fall air. I walked her to her car and she told me to get in, that it was okay to leave my car here for awhile. She drove one of those Porsche SUVs, an elegant silver one. I felt ashamed of the non-descript die cast hunk of metal I called a car, feeling once again out of my league. She didn't seem to be the 'show off' type as far as material things, though- she just knew what she liked. I felt a little more at ease.

After a few minutes, we found ourselves on a dirt road that wound through the woods for at least a quarter mile. I commented that you'd think the town would have had it paved by now, and she kind of laughed and said "Why would they? I can't name many towns that would pave a residential driveway... but I may have gravel laid down on it next year- it gets quite muddy in the spring." I was flabbergasted, and about to be full out astonished in a moment. The trees parted, giving view to a commanding view of the lake, with a 'summer home' larger than my dorm. There was a field perhaps half the size of the quad to one side, with a wrought iron handrail leading over the edge down to the water. When we parked, I could see them going about 30 feet to a dock that would have held a half dozen boats easily, although there was none there at the moment.