I first met Louise when she was a student working at my factory. I was only a couple of years older than here so we often hung out with the same crowd, doing the usual stuff – pubs, parties. I’d known Louise for a couple of years on and off, until I was transferred to another unit at the end of the country.

After a few months I took advantage of the business expense account and revisited my old stomping ground. I called a few of my old mates who met up with us & partied a while. Louise came too. As it was a work night there was no massive party, and one by one we drifted off, until we decided to call it a night & head off back to the hotel. Louise came with us as her flat was that way, but being the party animal she was it didn’t take much to persuade her to come back the room and raid the mini-bar. One by one the lads left, ‘til it was just Louise and I, buzzing from the alcohol.

“I’d better be going”, she said, standing & reaching for her coat. Drunk enough to want to try my luck, and being able to blame the knock-back on the booze, “you can always crash here – the bed’s plenty big enough” I suggested, almost innocently, trying to give enough leeway for deniability if she started thinking I was taking a liberty by hitting on her. She didn’t even pause, “OK – saves me walking home in the cold”

We crashed on the bed, lying close to each other, slightly touching but still both being cagey, not wanting to commit. A few drunken giggles later, she said she had to sleep. We got undressed at either side of the bed – stealing glance to see if it was just jeans being lost, or more. More there was – being a bloke I stripped down to my boxers with no problem, and had to hide a massive grin when K reached behind her to unhook her bra. I immediately lost my boxers and climbed under the duvet, joined by Louise in just her black knickers – slightly larger than a thong, but not much. “Wow” I though, “I’m going to have a fuck”

Louise had her back to me in a classic “you make the first move” style – by this stage I had a lot more confidence of where this was heading, so make the first move I did.