I recently had my 35
th
birthday. I have never been one to celebrate my birthday, and in fact I try to ignore it. But this year a few friends from work pulled me out to a bar for drinks and I didn't have to pick up the tab. One actually brought one of those silly balloons, which I found sweet, but very embarrassing. But after a few beers I thanked everyone profusely and made my exit and went home to my condo. I live alone and currently don't have a steady girlfriend. Sometimes I actually relish being alone but the life style of a monk wasn't exactly what I had in mind for a fulltime thing.
I decided I could use one more drink and poured myself a glass of wine, sat down and cued up some Miles Davis while I sipped my wine. I was getting a bit melancholy when my cell phone beeped with a ring tone of a
SMACK!
and a cry of
OUCH!
It was my older sister, Jen.
"Hey Jen, what's up?"
"Happy Birthday little Bro," she shouted! "How's my sweet Mathew on his birthday?"
"Thanks, Big Sis. I really appreciate you remembering and I am doing just fine," I said.
"Remembering? Hell, I've been planning something for your big 35." She said. "I have a present for you."
A present? What on earth was she thinking. We don't normally exchange birthday presents. Maybe a funny sarcastic card or a text message that explodes into confetti, or something like that. But a present was unusual.
"That is sweet." I said with real brotherly gratitude mixed with a bit of sarcasm.
It really was nice she was thinking of me. Jen was a few years older and as kids we got along and I always thought she was great. As we matured into adulthood, we did get closer, partly because my Mom and Dad kind of shut the door on her, so to speak. See, Jen is a Lesbian. She didn't come out until she left home, but my parents just never could handle it. I think that made me reach out to offer her some moral support. I really love Jen an she has always been a good big sister, and she really is a sweet person. However, the fact that she is also kind of into a S&M lifestyle didn't help with the family as you can imagine. Somehow it never really bothered me about how she lived. She was still Jen and, well to be honest, sometimes she would share some of her great porno films with me from time to time. Some of the light bondage and spanking films were really great. Just being honest.
"You are going to LOVE my gift," she purred.
"Again, your sweet, but I don't really need a pair of felt lined handcuffs right now," I joked.
"What are you doing right now, this minute?" she quickly asked. I could tell at least she was excited about whatever she had planned.
"Just drinking wine and sitting on the couch," I told her.
"Well, you need to be alone when this gift arrives," she said. "No girlfriends, no boys, nobody. You will want to unwrap this one alone. I assure you."
Now she was getting my interest up. What was she talking about? Alone? Unwrap? I knew she was sweet, but this sounded almost devious or something.
"Are you up for some fun tonight," she asked. I could just see that sly grin of hers.
"Now I'm getting nervous," I said with a tone that was a bit sterner.
"Trust me. It comes with instructions and I promise you'll love it. All I ask it to keep an open mind. I will be a bit offended it you return it before playing with it."
My big Sis certainly has a flare for the dramatic I thought. My next thought, in my current slightly inebriated state, was what the Hell.
"Ok. OK, send it over," I happily replied.
"It's on the way," she gleefully said. "And have fun. Birthdays only come once a year." With that she hung up.
As I set down my phone, I couldn't help but smile. I had no idea what my Big Sis had in store for me, but I did trust her. Well, kind of. I got something to eat in the kitchen even though I wasn't very hungry. Just as I finished the doorbell rang. Damn, that didn't take long I thought.
I opened the door expecting a UPS guy or something and there stood a girl in a little black summer dress holding an envelope. She is a delivery guy? She was a petite blond and was, well, one of the cutest girls I had ever seen. The little black dress was one of those with spaghetti straps and rather low cut. It was obvious from a quick glance that she was well endowed as they say. I stood for a moment a bit stunned.
"I was told to give you this," she said as she handed me the envelope.
"Oh. Thanks." I stammered. I was not sure what was going on but I could always count on my Big Sis to keep things interesting. "Pardon me," I said as I realized we were just standing in the doorway. "Please come in."
She came inside and I invited her to sit down on the sofa. She went and took a seat without saying anything, but she kept looking at me intensely. I sat down across from her and just looked at the envelope. It had my name on it and was sealed. I was a bit nervous for some reason, but thought why not and opened it. It was from my sister.
Dear Little Brother:
The young lady who delivered this letter is named Alice. She is your gift. Before you freak out, let me explain. She is not a hooker. She graduated with honors from UCLA in bio-chemistry and is brilliant. She works as a researcher for a large Fortune 500 company. She is a friend and you might say we play in the same fetish theme park, so to speak. As you know, some folks are just wired differently.
She has been sent to you because she has been bad and as such, she needs to be disciplined. Don't think you are not up to the task, for I know which films you like from my library.
Your instructions are as follows:
She understands she is there to be disciplined and she is to obey your commands. All of your commands.