I don't really think of myself as a whore. I don't think that I seem like one. So it was a little surprising when someone offered me money to have sex with him. The offer seemed to come out of nowhere. It took me off guard and because it was so sudden, I really didn't take it seriously. The funny thing about it was that the offer came from someone I used to babysit while I was in high school.
I ran into Michael at the library where I was studying for class. He had just started college and saw me sitting alone with a pile of books, so he came and sat with me. I was 6 years older than him, but I had taken some time off from college, so he had a chance to start college before I finished. So now we were going to college together. I was happy for him because I know that financially he had to be having a difficult time paying for college. It was nice to see him, and I was happy that he came over to sit with me.
I started babysitting Michael and his younger sister, Jill, when I was 16. His mother, Laura, was working as a nurse and after she got divorced, she needed someone to come over to their house and take care of Michael and Jill for a few hours in the evening. I would generally cook their dinner, do some house cleaning and help Michael and Jill with their homework. If they got their homework done early we would play video games until Laura got home from work. It wasn't a very hard job and I didn't make much money doing it. It was just nice having something to do after school and Michael and Jill were easy to look after.
In my mind, Michael, though he was now an adult and in his first year of college, was still the kid that I was hired to take care of. I wasn't too surprised when Michael told me that he had the biggest crush on me back when I used to babysit him. I'm sure he had a crush on a lot of older girls that he knew back then. I was a little bit stunned though when Michael told me that he wished that he could have had sex with me. I was a bit surprised that he was so straight forward with me about something like that. I was embarrassed.
I blushed pretty deeply when he told me that, but I assured him that I couldn't have had sex with him back then because he was just a kid. He just smiled looking at me and asked, "what about now?" I was a little shocked by how forward Michael was being. I can't imagine that he learned to talk to women like that from his mother. Fighting back my total embarrassment I responded back by asking him, "Do you want to get slapped?"
Michael apologized. I wasn't sure if he was really sorry. I don't know if Michael even knew what he should be sorry for. I kind of felt bad for him. He had somehow managed some misplaced confidence, but I had a sense that behind it he was still worried about how I would respond. I didn't want to destroy his ego, but his advance just didn't seem appropriate given that I used to be his babysitter. Then he asked the question I really wasn't expecting. He asked, "what if I paid you?"
At first I didn't know what to say. I thought if I just rejected his offer completely, he would just keep trying to talk me into it. I decided that I would counter his offer with something that he couldn't possibly afford. I would make it so ridiculous that he would just give up the whole idea. If he tried to say that I was asking for too much, I would just pretend to be offended that he didn't think I was worth it and accuse him of not being honest when he said he had a crush on me. It seemed like a good plan. So I told him that if he put a thousand dollars on my Cash App, I would go to his house and have sex with him.
I thought for sure that would put an end to the whole thing. I don't think that Michael had anything more than a part time job. There was no way that he was going to come up with a thousand dollars. Even if he had that much money, I had doubted he would waste that much money just to have sex with me. That wouldn't even make sense. I was right though. He didn't have that much money. He wasn't insulting about it. He didn't tell me I wasn't worth that much. All he said was that it would take him some time to get that much money.
I felt pretty awkward giving him the cash tab for my Cash App account, but I felt pretty confident that he wasn't going to be able to come up with a thousand dollars. Even if he did, I just felt that he would realize that was a lot of money to just throw away on something like this. I felt like I just found a way to gracefully decline Michael's offer, but Michael looked like I just agreed to the whole thing. At any rate, I felt like the matter was resolved without me needing to hurt Michael's feelings. I was relieved about that.
A few days went by after my conversation with Michael. I didn't forget about our conversation, but I wasn't thinking about it either. I was nearly finished with my last class of the day. I felt my phone vibrate so I took a quick look at it. I had a notification on the screen and couldn't believe what I was seeing. I just received a thousand dollars on my Cash App. Suddenly, there I was, sitting in class, my heart racing and dreading the message that I knew I was going to get. I was afraid of what the message was going to say, but I was also suddenly afraid of what my answer was going to be. And then I saw it. Suddenly on my screen was the text message from Michael. All it said was, "Can you come over at 4PM?" I took a few minutes to think about my answer. After a couple of awkward minutes, all I said was, "yes."
I was shocked and my heart was suddenly racing. I couldn't believe this was happening. I couldn't believe that Michael was able to come up with a thousand dollars and that he would just send it to me on my Cash App. There was nothing to stop me from keeping the money and just not show up. There was nothing to stop me from giving the money back. I could have at least done that. Somehow Michael knew that I wouldn't do either one. And then the realization sank in. Michael had just bought me. I had just sold myself to him.
I left class a few minutes early and rushed home. I wanted to freshen up. I wasn't sweaty or dirty or anything but I wanted to look nice and be fresh and ready for when I got to Michael's house. I took a quick shower when I got home and put on some make up. I didn't get too fancy. Just something to bring out my eyes and some lipstick. Then it occurred to me. I didn't know how Michael wanted me to look. I was strangely worried that I wasn't going to appear the way that he wanted me to look. I was suddenly amazed at myself. I was wanting to dress up for Michael and I was worried that he might want me to dress all slutty for him and I didn't even ask.
I decided not to get too fancy or slutty. He paid for me, so he would get the slightly more dressed up version of me that he would normally see. I put on a sundress, with only a bra and panties underneath. No sexy stockings or lingerie or anything like that. I didn't even have anything like that. Most of the guys I date have pretty simple expectations and I have pretty simple expectations of them. This was really the first date I would ever go on where I was going to worry about expectations. It's funny that I was even considering this a date. As far as I knew, this was just going to be sex, and yet I was worried about how I looked. More worried than I would have been if this was prom night.
After looking at myself one last time in the mirror I left for Michael's house. I decided to walk since he lived only a few blocks away. His mom somehow managed to keep the house after the divorce which must have been difficult to do in our neighborhood on one income. Michael was still living at home. His sister was still in high school and his mom was still working as a nurse at one of the hospitals in town.
It didn't take long before I was standing on the front porch of their house. I knocked on the door and was soon slightly horrified. I tried not to show it. Jill answered the door. She smiled and rushed towards me and gave me a big hug. She told me how awesome it was that I came over to help Michael with his homework. I was completely embarrassed. I hugged her back and told her how great it was to see her again, as if I wasn't there to have sex with her brother, for money.
Jill invited me in and explained that Michael just got out of the shower and was getting dressed. I kind of laughed at our sudden mutual obsession with our personal hygiene. I was also kind of happy about that. I doubt Michael with have been filthy or unpleasant smelling, but the fact that he wanted to shower before having sex with me kind of indicated that he cared how I felt. I hadn't really thought about that before I got there, but his consideration of my feelings actually meant a lot to me. Considering why I was there, it shouldn't have mattered, but it did.
When Michael finally appeared, I was sitting on the couch in their living room talking to Jill. As Michael entered the room I stood up and gave Michael a hug. He gave me a tight hug in return and told me how happy he was that I was there. I kind of felt bad. I would have gladly come over to his house to help him with his homework if he had asked me to. I would have even done that for Jill. But that wasn't why I was there and I almost felt like I didn't deserve to be greeted with kindness. I was there to have sex with him because he paid me. Michael's kindness suddenly caused me to feel an odd sense of shame.