I'm Ron. I'm forty, an average sort of person, I suppose, although I have been accused of being arrogant at times. I'm divorced, long divorced, with two children. Cathy is currently living with her mother while Rick shifted in with me a year ago, as it's more convenient for him while he's at university.
I arrived home early from work one afternoon. There was a young lady sitting in the front room, watching TV. She was quite an attractive young lady, too. I silently congratulated Rick on his taste. I assumed that this was the wonderful Jessie Rick had raved about and she was waiting for him while he was getting changed or something. Unusual, these days. I wouldn't have been surprised to find Rick's girlfriend sitting on his bed watching while he changed.
I tapped on Rick's door and stuck my head in to let him know I was home. It turned out that he was preoccupied and didn't notice the tap on the door or me sticking my head around it. Neither did his preoccupation.
Rick's preoccupation was female, and very attractive. I'd still give the young lady in the front room the prize, but Rick's young lady was nice. Very nice. And I could see just what he saw in her because it wasn't hidden by a lot of clothes. Or any clothes, for that matter. I suppose that was fair enough. If Rick was getting changed, he'd stopped at the undressed stage, and hadn't got around to the dressing stage.
From the way Rick and his friend were familiarising themselves with each other's body I assumed that it would be a while before either of them showed any interest in getting dressed.
The question that immediately came to mind was, if that was Rick's girlfriend, who was the young lady in the front room? A spare? Curiosity dictated that I find out.
I tossed my briefcase, tie and jacket onto my bed and headed back to the front room.
"Good afternoon," I said, walking into the front room. "I'm Ron, Rick's father. And you are?"
The young lady jumped, looking startled and embarrassed. Probably because she suspected what was taking place in Rick's bedroom.
"Um, I'm Melanie. I'm a friend of Rick's. He's, uh, getting changed. I'm just waiting for him."
"Ah. Well, I'll just go and hurry him up for you," I offered, turning towards the door.
"No! Ah, that is, there's no need. He'll be out shortly."
"I don't mind. You know how boys are. He'll drag on forever if not prompted. Quite frankly, they can be worse than girls at times."
"No, no. Don't disturb him," Melanie said quickly, looking slightly worried.
"I don't think I could disturb him right now," I said smiling. "I glanced in when I first came past. Care to tell me what's going on?"
Melanie blushed. She didn't exactly know what was going on but she would probably have been able to make a wildly accurate guess.
"Um, I'm Jessie's sister," she mumbled. "I'm supposed to keep an eye on her while she's out on a date."
"Ah. You're the chaperon, there to make sure they don't do anything you wouldn't do," I suggested. "How old is your Jessie and how old are you, for that matter?"
"Jessie's eighteen, so she's an adult. I'm twenty. It's just that my mother is a little over-protective at times and wants us to go out together to watch out for each other."
"In this case, by steering fathers away so there won't be an unwanted case of coitus interruptus. Somehow, I don't think that's what your mother intended."
Melanie had a nice blush now. She looked away and didn't say anything.
"So, you sit out here not knowing what takes place in the bedroom, and the TV being on loudly means that you won't hear anything. Of course, it would also drown out any cries, of 'no, stop' and 'oh, how could you do this to me'."
Melanie looked indignant.
"Rick wouldn't hurt her. He's nice. If she told him to stop, he would. Not," she added carefully, "that I can see Jessie telling him to stop. I think she's more likely say 'again, please'."
"I'll go along with your assessment of Rick," I agreed, "and I don't know Jessie so it would be rude of me to comment. Actually, I wasn't wondering if the TV would drown out Jessie's noise, as such, as wondering if it's loud enough to drown out yours."
"Mine?"
"Yes. Seeing Rick and Jessie preparing for action had got me highly aroused, and you're the only person available to help me out. I thought it might be fun to demonstrate to you what I think your mother wanted to prevent happening."
Melanie blinked as she digested this. Then she sat up a little straighter.
"Are you saying that you're going to try to have sex with me?" she asked, sounding shocked.
"I do like a girl who's quick on the uptake," I murmured.
"Really? And am I also to infer from your comments that if I say no you'll try to force me?"
"You could infer that," I said thoughtfully, "But, unfortunately, I think not."