(All characters on this story are eighteen years of age or older. I thank my friend OmegaZone for all of his help, input with this story, and editing help with my story. Thank you.)
Everybody said "Start your garage sale on Thursday! Lots of people drive around on Thursday to buy all the good stuff."
On Thursday, my sale started with a downpour. It rained an inch and an half in three hours. I just sat in my window waiting for it to stop. Just before noon, the rain stopped and when the sun came out so did I. I quickly put the tables out on the driveway, then put the boxes of sale stuff out and I waited for the people to come.
By two o'clock, one person had stopped on to browse without buying. Two cars had slowed down, but never stopped.
Bored and hot in my jeans and sweatshirt, I went into the house for a soda and to change my clothes. I put on an old sleeveless t-shirt of my husband's and a pair of light blue nylon jogging shorts.
I went back to the drive and grabbed a lounge chair. I pulled the chair over to the middle and stretched out in the sun. I grabbed a book out of one the boxes and began flipping through the pages.
Sometime later, I realized that I had fallen asleep and that I wasn't alone. I opened my eyes just a little to see what was going on.
When I had fallen asleep, I had been sitting with my feet up on the lounge and my knees together. As I slept, my legs relaxed and my legs had dropped to each arm of the lounge leaving my crotch wide open for anyone to see. I saw this through my half open eyes. I also saw a man crouched over a box of books about five feet from me. As I watched him, he picked up a book glancing at it. As I watched his eyes, I noticed he was looking at my crotch. I closed my eyes and considered what he might be seeing. I remembered that I had worn an old pair of partial see through panties that day, but I didn't remember if they were intact or if they had any holes in them.
I eased my eyes open a little again and saw that the right leg opening of my shorts had gapped open considerably away from the inside of my leg. From his position, he must have been able to look right into my panty crotch. I took a deep breath, as if I was waking up and he quickly dropped his head to look at the books in front of him. I closed my legs and rolled over onto my left side. I then realized he could probably look up my shorts at my ass now. I took another deep breath and started to sit up. He turned away a bit and continued to look at the books.
"Oh, hi" I said, stretching a bit. "I guess I dozed off."
He said, "Hello, I just got here." He looked as if he was in his mid thirties. He was tall and had an athletic build. The sun had darkened his face but bleached his hair to a golden blonde.
I asked him if he was looking for anything in particular. He gave me a curious look and nodded, but he didn't say anything. He went back into the garage to look at the clothing. He wandered around for a while and then asked me to come over.
"Excuse me," he said, and motioned with his hand for me to come into the garage.
I walked back to him and asked if he needed some help or if he had a question.
"Yes, I do," he replied. "I hope you don't take this the wrong way." He waved his hands in a circle and continued. "Are all these clothes yours?"
"Most of them are mine. I have a few from my sister also. The ones that have the yellow tags are hers and the ones with the blue tags are mine."
"Do you, uh," he paused for a long breath, "do you have any lingerie?"
"No, I didn't put any out. Why do you ask?"
"I have this, …… unusual hobby. I collect women's……underwear."
He must have seen the expression on my face as my eyebrows went up, since he added, "If you think I'm weird or something, I'll leave."
"That's a strange hobby, but I guess it isn't any more weird than collecting string or gum wrappers. I'm sorry I don't have any underwear for sale."
"I'm sorry too," he said and turned away to leave, then spun around as if he had just had an idea.
"Hey, I'll give you ten dollars for the panties you are wearing right now, twenty dollars if you let me watch you take them off, and thirty dollars if you let…… me take them off you."
I glared at him with all the energy I had within me.
"You get out of here right now," I yelled at him, making a fist with one hand and pointing at him with a finger on my other hand.
He wilted away as if he was a child being told that he couldn't go outside to play.
"I'll go. I didn't think that you'd understand. I'm sorry."
He looked so pathetic and sorry that my anger melted away like snow in the sun.
"What am I supposed to understand?" I asked of him.
Without looking up at me, he said, "I have a special problem. I haven't been able to have any kind of normal sex life for years now. My wife left me for another man. I can't have a relationship with other women because of my problem."
"And what problem is that?" I asked with a bit of wonder in my mind.
"I can only get.…..uh.…..aroused.…..when I…..uh…..can smell a woman's panty crotch."
He glanced up at me and continued, "I know by the look on your face that you think I'm some kind of a perv. I'm not, really. I just have special needs. I'll go now."
As he started to turn away. I heard myself telling him to wait. When he turned back to me, his whole face was light up like a kid in a candy store.
"Maybe we can work something out." I said.
"I'll double my offer."
"Okay, but right here in the back of the garage. I've got neighbors and if I scream, they'll come running."
I knew that it was lie since all my neighbors were at work, but he didn't know that. I lead him back behind the table that stretched across the width of garage. It was piled high with clothes, books, and useless stuff I wanted to get rid of. The pile of stuff on the table would prevent anyone driving by from seeing more that our heads and shoulders.
He fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a wad of cash. Peeling three twenties from the roll, he stuck the rest in his pocket and handed me the money with one hand while tucking the rest of his money in his shirt pocket. I took the sixty dollars and after a moment of thought, slipped my hands up under my t-shirt and tucked the money in my bra.