Inspired by the candy by the same name. Mine was chocolate! Enjoy!
-Serendipity Kat
Tootsie Pop
The tall African-American woman walked briskly through Central Park on her way to a meeting. Her chocolate brown eyes scanned briefly over the information packet that she should have read last night seeing as she would need that for her meeting. She was meeting several other top lawyers in New York to go over possible positions. Her boss had finally decided that Joanne was good enough to be placed into one of the top law firms in the city.
Her black heels clicked importantly as her black business suit hung snugly against her full figure. Looking at her from a glance, one would think that she had no worries on the world, but on the inside her nerves were racing. She was excited and scared about the meeting which was going to take place in about an hour.
Her eyes continued to glance over the information and occasionally she raised them to appraise the situation around her. As she did this for the umpteenth time, one scene in particular caught her eye. She stopped suddenly and stared. There, sitting on a park bench under the partial shade of a tree, sat a woman. She was obviously Caucasian and had long dark curly brown hair. She was wearing flared pants that had been torn in several places and a dark red spaghetti top underneath a jean jacket. Her eyes were closed and her head was bobbing up and down gently to some invisible beat as she listened to her walkman. One hand was tapping on the bench and in the other was a Tootsie Roll Pop. Joanne's eyes were fixated on it as the woman brought the sucker up to her lips. Her bright red lips were full and soft-looking. Joanne wet her own lips and continued to stare. The woman parted her lips and slowly inserted the sucker into her open mouth. Joanne watched those red lips caress the chocolate candy hungrily. There was something so simply sensual about the way her lips spread open as the sucker popped back out. Joanne felt her knees go weak and it was all she could to stay upright.
Suddenly, though, another movement caught her eye. There, circling her with a camera was a blonde-haired boy. Joanne's spirits fell. The exquisite female was apparently taken. She looked at her watch and seeing what the time was, started to walk away, but then she heard the boy say,
"Maureen. Maureen! Mo, come on!" Joanne turned her head back around and saw the gorgeous female open her eyes. They were a lively emerald green. The woman smiled slightly and replied,
"So, stop worrying, Marky! We'll be there soon." And then, Joanne caught her eyes and held them. The other woman, Maureen, smiled and again slowly inserted the sucker into her mouth and swirled it around before releasing it with a loud, "POP." She then winked and turned to go with the blonde man.
Joanne, stunned, watched them walk away, focusing on the woman's hips as they swayed from side to side. Maureen. She'd remember the name and the face. And she'd never look at Tootsie Roll Pops the same way again.
