Let me start by saying that I really don't know why I did it. Why I even stepped outside just at that moment. I mean, I know why I stepped outside, I was aggravated and wanted to cool off instead of picking the same fight like I always do. Because I'm tired of the freaking Ultimate Fight Championship, and I'm tired of High Life Beer, and I'm tired of "Babe, you're blocking the TV!" every time I try to have a normal human interaction with my husband. God knows why I even try anymore, it's not like he's interested in anything that's going on in my life - it's not like there even is anything going on in my life. I mean, I like Dancing with the Stars and all but I'd rather go dancing with him, if he would get his ass off the couch.
So I stepped outside, because I knew if I didn't we'd end up getting into it again, it's the same fight, every week, we are living in sitcom reruns, and it sucks. I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree, but I am smart enough to know that getting married at 19 was way too young, I know it now, 15 years later, but back then I was too in love with being in love to pay attention to the nagging doubts. A word of advice - not that you probably need it - watch out for those nagging doubts, cause they are watching out for you. It seems like the harder you try to ignore them, the more they multiply, and before you know it they've pretty much taken over and turned everything sour.
I didn't used to be like this, I swear to god I was a nice person at one time. Now I can't remember the last conversation I had with some one where I wasn't complaining about Brian, or the weather, or the state of the world, or whatever. Whatever. I get so tired of feeling like that I could scream. Usually, though, I just step outside. I don't smoke, except when I do, but I keep a pack of cigarettes around, just in case I need an excuse.
It was kind of cool that night and I hadn't put on my jacket when I went out on the porch. I was still too pissed to go in and get it. You know the kind of pissed, when you can't help slamming things around and moving really jerky and quick - what Brian calls "havin' a bug up your ass." God I hate it when he says that to me, it's just plain ignorant.
I decided I'd walk around the house, thinking it would warm me up and give me a chance to clear my head. We live kind of out of the way, on the side of a hill, we share a driveway with one other house, but that's it, no streetlights or fences or anything. It's pretty quiet, especially since Kathy moved out of the other house. We were friendly and she would come over sometimes and listen to me bitch, bless her heart, but she got a job in Austin and that was the end of that.
Another woman moved in, but she never did more than nod when she passed by our house, so we didn't take the trouble to get to know her. I was kind of curious about her, probably just because she kept her distance. I have to admit I have this habit of making up stories about people, just in my head, so it's no harm done. I know it's kind of silly and childish, but it passes the time, kind of like soap operas, or those cheap romance novels my grandmother was always reading.
So I had a bunch of stories about the mysterious lady next door floating around in my head - she's a fugitive bank robber, hiding out from the law - she's the ex-girlfriend of some kind of crime-lord in the witness protection program - she's an FBI agent on the trail of a serial killer, like Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs - stuff like that.
I was walking around in the dark, distracting myself with my tall tales, and I noticed that there were two cars parked next to her house, when usually it's just the one. Now, I'm not nosey, but I did get interested, probably because I had just been thinking about my neighbor's secret life, and how it was so much more exciting than my own little ho-hum small town life.
It was weird to see another car there, because she rarely has anyone over, and I don't recall ever seeing another car there that late in the evening. Not that it was really late, but it was after dark, and a week night - a time when most people are settling in for the night, wherever they are. Another thing that struck me as odd was that there didn't seem to be any lights on, anywhere in the house, not even the porch light. And if there were two people in there, what were they doing with no lights on?
I know what you're thinking. But, at this point, I can honestly say that sex was about the farthest thing from my mind. It had been so long since I even thought about having sex with Brian, it didn't even occur to me that other people may have been going on about their business and having sex lives in spite of me and my situation. I did like having sex, but that was a long time ago, and even though I do my wife-ly duty - that's about all the further we go with it. Brian's a three minute man on a good day, and we don't see many good days around here, thanks to Miller Brewing Company, if you know what I mean.
I was more concerned about things like - what if the serial killer found out she was on to him, or the crime-lord sent his goons to "take care" of the loose ends. Before I knew it I was standing right up behind the two cars. From there I could see that the blind on her window was halfway up and there did seem to be a dull glow in the room, some sort of light, but not bright like a lamp would have been.
I took a few more steps hoping that I wasn't going to hear any muffled screams or chainsaws gunning. I saw a quick movement, just a shadow, really, on the far wall. And I heard something, but I wasn't quite sure what it was, it could have been something dropped to the floor, like a book or a board, I just couldn't be certain, so I moved forward just a few more steps. I was totally freaked out, I can tell you, something was going on in there and I couldn't believe what I was doing, but I just had to know what it was!
A split second later I heard a man's voice, but I couldn't hear what he said. Then I saw the movement and heard the sound again. It took me a second to realize that the movement was actually a reflection in a big mirror that was leaning up against the far wall. I hadn't see any people yet, just the movement in the mirror. I knew there was definitely someone in there, though. . Then a woman's voice rang out "I..I don't know!"
I was already in front of the two cars by this time, only a few yards from the window and the hair on the back of my neck was standing up. I had to clamp my mouth shut to keep my teeth from chattering, and it wasn't from the cold! That sound again, but this time there were several, close together.
I could see into the mirror on the far wall now and I couldn't believe what I was seeing! A woman, my neighbor, was lying face down with her ass in the air, naked as a jay-bird, except for a black rope that was tied around her wrists and hanging down her back. And behind her was a man, but I couldn't see his face in the mirror, and he was spanking her bottom like nobody's business!! She was moaning and tugging at the rope, but not really making much of an effort to get away.
I just couldn't comprehend what was going on. He stopped spanking her after what seemed like forever and put his hand over where he'd just spanked and kind of caressed her. He said something to her, then he moved his hand down, out of view of the mirror, and I looked at the ground, imagining how embarrassed I would be if some one touched me that way.
But of course I looked back up, I had never in my entire life seen such behavior. I've seen pornos, of course, Brian used to love to call me into the computer room when he'd found some nasty display of lesbian anal virgins assaulted by dildos, or horny young house wives being gangbanged. I would usually smack him on the back of the head and stomp out in disgust, listening to him laughing and telling me I had a bug up my ass again.
This was totally different, these were real people, and one of them was my neighbor!! I could hear her voice clearly, "I don't know how I did it, I don't know. Please!" The man was talking to her again and suddenly he started spanking her even harder than the first time. She squealed and twisted this time, I know it must have hurt her, because it sure didn't sound very nice. She kept sinking lower and lower, trying to get away I guess, until I couldn't even see her, because of the angle of the mirror.
The man moved as she moved staying right with her, but finally he stopped and I heard him say "Is it too much?" His voice was deep, sometimes it was hard to make out the words, but I could hear the tone of it. I would have though he was a gentle person from the sound of his voice, but he sure did spank the hell out of my neighbor.
I don't know why, but I was starting to feel protective of my neighbor by that time. Just who was this guy and what did she do to deserve this kind of treatment? I felt sorry for her because I could hear her sobbing as he spanked her and I remembered being a kid and getting spanked and how it not only hurt, but it was humiliating too.
I heard her say "No, it's not." but I could tell that she was bluffing, her voice sounded sulky. I couldn't see anything so I stepped to the side of the window. Now I could actually see them both in the flesh, not just as reflections in the mirror. I felt a new surge of excitement, and went through another bout of disbelief at the whole situation and realized that I couldn't stop myself from looking, I literally could not stand to look away. I was afraid that he was going to start laying into her again, because she lied to him and said it wasn't too much for her. I felt like I had to stay and keep an eye on him, to make sure he didn't really hurt her. At least that's how I justified it in my head.