Kelly was a real trooper, but her work required her to be on audio calls most of the day. With the construction going on and with all the people in the house most of the time, it was becoming really difficult to concentrate. She had fairly frequently begun to take Shelle up on her offer of a place to come and work. With just the two of them there, it meant also that they could forego the masks. She had even spent the night on a couple of occasions. Those big, cushy recliners were okay, although it wouldn't be the way she would want to sleep all the time.
On this day it was Friday and near the end of the month of July. She had a bunch of invoices that the stores had been generated from the eleven stores in her region that would become accounts receivable and due for invoicing on the first of August. Kelly had spent these past several hours cross-checking the invoices, sorting, and beginning to create the accounts receivable invoice for those that would be sent out on 8/1. It was a sort of tedious, once-a-month effort. Today's nearly total concentration was the most intense day of the process, each month.
She'd been aware of Shelle moving about in the kitchen, since the workstation Shelle and she had set up for her was right next to the kitchen. Most of the day she became more and more aware of the amazing aromas emanating from there. On her way to and from getting herself more coffee, she had stopped to gaze through the lid of the crockpot at the roast, potatoes, carrots, celery, onions - that was what was openly visible to her.
As usual, she had heard Shelle using her headset and mic to be on calls or online meetings for a good portion of the day. Kelly had some of those as well, but none today and nothing with the volume and intensity of the things she overheard Shelle being involved with.
It being Summertime and warm, all the windows in the little house were open, letting the breeze blow through. They were both dressed in gym or running shorts and tank tops, barefoot, Shelle's hair was in a ponytail to keep it off her neck. Kelly had this kind of streaky blonde hair, darker at the roots and all quite natural. Shelle had taken her to where she got her hair cut a few weeks ago and it was cut in a cute, short, pixie-ish style. She recalled seeing the old movie "Top Gun" and if asked to describe her hairstyle, it would be much like Meg Ryan's had been in that movie.
The point though is that she had seen Shelle come into the kitchen several times, getting more coffee, making something for lunch, checking on the roast, adding the potatoes and veggies when it was time. She had such a tan and even her cute feet showed barely any sock lines, even though they had worn golf shoes and socks quite a bit lately. She did often put her favorite tanning oil on her legs and feet, and sit outside in the sun while breaking for lunch or just getting away from the meetings for a few minutes. So her tan legs and feet and arms and her cute little shorts and top and her always reaching up or bending to get something from the cabinets - showing off her cute belly - well Kelly was almost trembling with the way it made her tingle.
"It's Friday! It's 4:30! Another freaking ten-hour day! That's enough!" she heard Kelly say from her work setup in the bedroom. Then she heard her bare feet padding across the floor.
"Are you done, Kell? I am! I wanna go take a walk! I'm SO tired of sitting!"
"I'm done!" Kelly replied with an accentuated click of her mouse. "It's the weekend! And oh my God, that roast smells wonderful!"
Shelle smiled at her. Grinned actually. She reached for Kelly's hand.
"The roast won't be done until about six o'clock. It's warm and wonderful outside. Let's take a walk. Maybe we'll go over near Garfield and see if there's anything interesting going on there."
The neighborhood was within several blocks of a small, private college campus. Garfield Street had always been a small Business District supporting the college and there were coffee shops and a little pub and several little shops and restaurants. There was always a lot of foot traffic and it could be quite busy, even at this time of year when the main body of students weren't on campus.
Shelle had always just slipped her bare feet into athletic shoes, for almost everything and now was no exception. Kelly had mostly worn flip flops when she first started to hang out with Shelle, but learned and came to also like, having some tennies on. So off they went, and to the casual observer, they might be sisters, so near to the same they looked.
They didn't immediately turn toward Garfield Street. Instead, they went in the opposite direction. C Street ran for about a mile, through the nice, residential neighborhoods and then they jogged over a couple of blocks to Park Avenue, which ran all the way back, through a similar neighborhood, that became 'More Collegey' as they grew nearer to the campus. They walked that couple of miles at a decent pace, to get the exercise, before arriving at the college end of Garfield Street and beginning to easily stroll along.
Outdoor dining was okay now, so parking on the street had been stopped, allowing the restaurants to set up tables on the wide sidewalks and the people to walk near the curbs. Strolling along, their hands brushed and Shelle took Kelly's hand in hers. It wasn't known whether others noticed the immediate rising of nipple bumps in their tops, but it was quite certain that they both noticed. They stopped to look in the window of a small antiques shop. Even though it was Summertime, they had a Christmas village on display. They saw their reflection in the window, their eyes meeting, hands clasping a bit more tightly.
"We should be getting back to the house or the roast will over-cook," Shelle stammered.
They were back at the house in a few minutes. The small beef roast was delicious and the potatoes and simple veggies gave it an old-fashioned, down-home charm that led both girls to eat more than they normally would. There was only one small container of leftovers. Shelle slipped that into the fridge, grabbed a couple of beers and they went out back to enjoy the last little bit of daylight in the warm, evening air.
They talked softly about the coming weekend, their tee time on Sunday. They would be playing in a foursome with Shelle's Uncle and a bowling/golfing friend. They talked a bit about the past week, the pandemic, mostly just enjoying one another's company. They were both very excited about the new "Steps" their friendship had taken, but both too shy to talk about it much right now.
As the last light faded, Kelly said it was about time she got home. She gathered up the few things she had brought in the morning and, both barefoot they went out to Shelle's Jeep. Before getting in, she moved up close to Shelle and without saying a word, gave her a long, wonderfully damp kiss.
It was about 2:00 AM. Shelle was in bed, naked with her pussy still wet from masturbating after all the day's events - and especially that last kiss. She was asleep, but not a deep sleep, so the sound of her phone woke her easily. She felt relief when she saw that the caller was Kelly and not some family member calling with probably some kind of bad news at this hour. A former neighbor of her Aunt Sue had called and her husband, who was working from home, had tested positive for COVID-19. She was going to stay at Kelly's place while he hopefully had only several days of symptoms. Kelly asked Shelle if she could spend a few days with her because it was going to be "awful" at her house with that many people there.
