“Here we are!” She stopped the car and jumped out, and went to the trunk
to get out the food and a blanket. It was a nice park. Plenty of
trees, and gently rolling hills. And since it was in the middle of a
business complex, there weren’t any noisy kids around to break the
silence. We found a nice spot near some trees, on the “down side”
of one of the hills, and I spread the blanket. Sharon took off her
shoes and threw herself down on her stomach, her legs moving slowly back
and forth in the air. The dress she had on was very flattering, and
I noticed the curves and swells of her body. Her dress had pulled up
slightly, and I could see the backs of her thighs gently flexing as
she kicked back and forth… God, she was so entrancing! I
reluctantly broke my gaze away from her, and sat down next to her on
the blanket. Then, realizing I should appear more relaxed, I lay back
and stared up at the sky.

In my next letter to her, I suggested lunch. She responded by suggesting
a picnic lunch at the nearby park, and said she’d take care of the food
and the driving. We met at her car the next day, and let me tell you, my
heart was pounding a mile a minute! She was sooooo beautiful! I was
frustrated, because now that I was with her, I saw I didn’t have the
“guts” I had found so easily when writing over the terminal. Sharon
instantly picked up on my discomfort.

“Do I make you nervous?” she asked.

“Um, well, a little, I guess” I replied.

“Me too. I feel like I’m on my first date or something!” She laughed.
Her laughter and her confession made me feel more at ease. I was
determined that my shyness was *not* going to spoil our lunch! If I
behaved myself and played my cards right, I might even get a chance to
give her a kiss…

When Sharon wrote me the first letter, I had no trouble writing back
to her. Separated from her by hundreds of yards of wire, it was
very easy to talk, to tell her she was beautiful, to tell
her …. almost anything. I guess it was the same for her, too,
because within several messages we’d covered almost every topic -
especially sex! Boy, this woman had a *mind*, I tell you. I would ache
after reading one of her messages, and of course, I’d be unable to move
away from my desk for several minutes until the swelling went down!
When I told her that, she laughed, and said, enigmatically, “Good”.

As the days went on, we got to know each other better over mail, and I
began to notice certain changes in me, in my perception of the world. My
terminal held less and less of a fascination for me – that was the major
change. I noticed I was looking outside more, admiring the beauty of the
flowers, trees, birds, the squirrels that came up to the window – and
then it hit me: I was in love. Head over heels, up to my neck, and all
those old cliches suddenly somehow seemed applicable, whereas before
they were corny. My heart DID sing, my eyes sparkled, there *was* a
spring in my step – and everyone noticed. I was madly in love – and I’d
never even had lunch with the woman. Well, I would change that!

Over the following weeks, I managed to “conveniently” run into her around
the office. It seemed she worked in a different department as a
secretary. Her name was Sharon, and she soon began to dominate my every
waking thought – not to mention my dreams! I was getting increasingly
frustrated, because I was so shy and [...]