Eighteen-year-old girls just don't really do that much for me. That may sound ridiculous coming from a guy, but I'm 35 and have always liked older women, or at least women within a few of years of my age. The last few months have been somewhat unpredictable for me; I thrive on being a planner and hate unpredictability. I'm having to change careers, or at least jobs until I figure out a longer term plan and waiting tables in a restaurant inside a casino is a big change for me, having been in the military for much of my 20s. I recently finished my bachelor's degree and my new career path is a work in progress. In other words, I'm not sure what I want to do for the long run. I work with many younger people, most of whom are very cool and non-judgmental that I'm an 'old guy' but many of their mannerisms are unconventional to my conservative ways. Like I said, eighteen-year-old girls are alien to me, not even legal age to have a drink. There have been two or three I've worked with in the last few months that I'm not sure if they are hitting on me or just trying to play me for a fool in front of their friends. But it's even worse that I've known one long enough who is doing it constantly and I had to wait for her to turn eighteen. She was very deliberate letting me know when she was no longer considered a minor.
Monica is a very cute, very petite brown eyed blond who likes to flirt with lots of guys. She is four foot eleven and weighs maybe 95 pounds when carrying two large plates of food. She knows she is cute and those who have known her longer than I have seem to ignore much of her flirtatious behavior. She is always acting like she wants me for some reason. I'm not a bad looking guy by any means, but why would she want me? While out having beers with legal age coworkers, I was told by the 'cool kids' that she has always liked older guys. They even called her Lolita. From what I was told she has already dated guys in their late 20s. Nevertheless, I just smile at her advances and play everything down.
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Some of us from work were over at Monica's and Amy's apartment on a recent summer Tuesday hanging out for a few beers and some pool time. It was early summer in south Mississippi and hot. We all have odd off days in the casino business and most of us work the weekend shift. That's when the tips are the best, of course. Amy is Monica's roommate, a neighbor and friend growing up and a big sister type who is several years older, 24, I think. I know her from her ex-boyfriend Rick who is one of the cool kids, also 24. They had dated but weren't any more and Rick has moved on and is dating an older chick, Lisa, who I think is about 28. I don't think Amy is seeing anybody right now.
We were all just lounging around having a few beers, most of the group late sleepers from the shift work. The three girls were in bikinis. The only two guys were myself and Walt, my closest buddy of the cool kids. Monica and Amy were there since it was their apartment pool, as well as Jackie, a smoking hottie from the casino who I considered out of my league. Jackie wasn't drinking as she had to work that afternoon. She was a bartender and shift leader with ambitions of going higher in the hospitality industry.
Monica wasted no time in announcing to me in front of everybody, 'Hey Chuck, I'm eighteen now. I'm legal, ha-ha'. She had actually turned eighteen a couple of months ago, I just ignored her all this time.
Again I played it down and she was used to this reaction from me. She kept it up even after I refused to make a spectacle of her new status while others around the pool just smirked and wondered why I didn't respond. It wasn't easy for me at my age to connect with all of the younger crowd, but Walt said quietly off to the side, 'shut her up' as I knew he got tired of her antics. So then I thought, what the fuck? She won't stop until I give her some kind of response.
So it was then I said, "Well, Monica I guess I'll have to give you your birthday spankings in private at my place".
Even the crickets stopped to listen after I said this.
'Oh yeah', she said. 'I can't wait for that'.
I got some funny looks from Amy and Jackie after saying that. That seemed to shut her up for the time being. I wasn't concerned because I was confident Walt was the only one of the present group who even knew where I lived, and that little comment I made would soon be dead and forgotten. I saw it as just teasing her back a little for all the times she teased me.
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Two days later while I was sitting around at my cottage apartment having a few cold beers my phone rang. This was not a common occurrence since I didn't have that many friends, especially working weekends and off during the week. On the other end was Monica.
"Hey Chuck, I'm coming over to redeem your offer of my birthday spankings", she said with a giggle in her voice. "I just got off work and should be over in about ten minutes"
"No wait!" I said.
My mind was going through scenarios as to how she got my number and knew where I lived. I lived in a small cottage behind a house in a residential neighborhood that I rented from an older senior citizen who was very hard of hearing while most of my young acquaintances lived in apartment complexes. I enjoyed this set up as I like to listen to my music loud at times. I guess it wasn't an impossible task to find my place, having mutual friends. People talk about lots of things. I was just trying to stall. Even though I was certainly no slob, my place could use a quick touch up. If a woman was going to come over I always wanted to give a good impression. Even if it was this young eighteen-year-old that I honestly wanted nothing to do with.
"Did you just get off work?" I asked. It was a little after three o'clock on a Thursday afternoon. I already had the beginnings of a beer buzz having had no plans to go anywhere or see anybody.
"Yeah, I was supposed to work longer but we were slow, so I got to leave early", she said.
My first thought was that I couldn't back down now. She's eighteen and if something bad happens she's going to tell everybody. And if something good happens she's going to tell everybody. So I started making something up on the fly.
"Since you just got off work, go home, take a shower and then call me before you leave. I may have some special instructions for you", I said.
"OOHLALA", she replied. "I like the sound of that!"
Yep, this was definitely the same girl who liked flirting with me. Maybe she did really want me. Given that I was almost twice her age, I still found it hard to believe. Maybe this was some kind of conquest for her to one-up her young friends.
About 45 minutes and two more Bud Light Platinums later my phone rang again.
"Hey Chuck, I just got out of the shower and I'm naked", she giggled. "What are my special instructions?" she asked, with emphasis on special instructions.
"Well", I said after having had all this time to think about it. "Come over and bring about five or six pair of panties, different styles, colors and a few small shirts or tank tops.
"OOHLALA" she said again. "Sounds like the Chuck I've been waiting all this time for!".
"Well, like I said, birthday spankings. Don't think too much into it" I countered.