We were sitting at Kristin's kitchen table, drinking a morning cup of coffee before getting really into the day's work. When the weather was uncomfortably hot, I would drive the hour or so to my friend's house and share her air conditioning for the day. I always found it so much more pleasant to work without sweat pouring out of me. We're both in our forties and work from our individual homes, for the same company. On the occasions (most of the time) when we do work from separate houses, we're on IM all day long, exchanging tidbits of conversation to make the day go faster.
It was a hot day in August and I had shown up at Kristin's a little after rush-hour. Her one son had gone to spend the day at the beach with friends and her older son, home from college for the summer, was still asleep in bed.
As we sat at the kitchen table, Kristin told me she thought one of her son's friends had the hots for her, but she wasn't sure. When I asked what made her think that, she explained Joey had been around quite a few times recently and while she dressed casually-but-covered around the house, thought she'd caught him checking her out a few times, especially her boobs and her butt. Her normal attire around the house was a ponytail, a t-shirt and workout shorts. Nothing revealing, but I could see just by looking at her she could make the fabric of her t-shirt pull tight across her chest and her shorts tight across her butt.
Figure-wise, Kristin's no model. She's definitely carrying a few extra pounds, mostly in the "right" places. Her torso is well-rounded, but she maintains a waist. Her limbs are a little on the thin side, so she usually hides her legs in public with pants. Definitely not a dress or skirt person! Her head is really attractive, though - if she wasn't pushing fifty, she could likely be head model. Firm jawline, good nose, smiling dark brown eyes. And a very, very approachable smile.
As she rinsed out her coffee mug at the sink, she bent over slightly and I had to admit, I'd kill for a rounded butt like hers, filling her shorts perfectly. Some women have all the luck. She was the one men would fawn over all the time. Me? I was practically ignored next to her. And I didn't begrudge her one little piece of the attention she got. She'd often complain to me she was getting too much attention, and not always of the sort she wanted, but every time I'd have to remind her she flirts without even realizing it, so of course she gets attention, especially from men!
Kristin explained that Joey had been coming over almost every morning, getting earlier and earlier, almost as if he was trying to catch her alone.
"How old is he?" I wanted to know. She replied he was eighteen or nineteen.
I winked back at her - "So, old enough to be legal, eh?"
Kristin then totally astonished me by pondering this, closing her eyes and pursing her lips as she considered something. Then she opened her eyes and broke into a smile.
"Maybe it would be kinda fun to tease him a little, specially if he comes over when Jim's at they beach and John's still asleep...."
"Okay....just be careful, please. You know you don't realize when you're flirting, so don't take it too far - err the other way, please? And anyway, if he does come over this morning, he won't try anything while I'm here!" I rationalized with her.
She lapsed back into thought again..."You know, I'm in exactly the kind of mood to let him play just a little bit, tease him more than he's ever been teased, show him how a real woman can drive him nuts...Tell you what, if he comes over before John's up and downstairs, could you maybe go into the basement and let me see if I can tease him a bit?"
I was stunned. This wasn't my best friend Kristin, this was some crazy lady! Was it worth trying to dissuade her? Probably not, once she got an idea in her head, she usually followed through with it.
"Hey, if you're really serious about teasing him, what if things get out of hand? What if he takes thing too far? How will I know to come upstairs and 'rescue' you?" I asked.
"I already thought of that one", she smirked back at me, making light of my concerns. "I'll leave my laptop right where it is on the table here, facing the kitchen and I'll turn on my webcam. You can watch via IM and if you see me in trouble, you can come upstairs and break things up, OK?"
"Wow, you DO have things figured out, don't you?" I gasped. "But unless Joey knows Jim's at the beach, or has been watching your driveway for him to leave, I don't think you'll see him this morning, if you're what's really on his mind."
Ironically enough, at that moment, the doorbell rang. We both looked down the hallway to the front, glass door and discerned a single person there, wearing a muscle shirt and shorts.
"That's HIM!" Kristin whispered, frantically ushering me and my laptop toward the basement door.
I went willingly enough, still shaking my head in disbelief, closing the basement door behind me. And she hadn't enabled video on IM yet!
I heard muffled voices as I settled myself on the sofa downstairs, trying to find the spot with the best wifi reception and hoping, hoping, hoping Kristin remembered to enable the video on IM.
Footsteps overhead, making their way back to the kitchen. Had it even been Joey at all? Maybe it was somebody else and hearing Jim wasn't home, had just left again.
The IM video alert burst into life - would I like to view video on Kristin's conversation? Well, duh - of course I would. My camera was off (taped-over, as well!), so I knew nobody could see me.
The window enlarged and I could see the kitchen island, oven and sink. No people, but I heard Kristin's voice asking someone if they wanted anything to drink. Joey came into view (well, I assumed it was Joey, since I'd never met him). Sure enough, a young man dressed in a muscle shirt and knee-length basketball shorts. Mop of light brown hair, largely unkempt. Couldn't really make out any facial features with the distance and webcam resolution.
Kristin was explaining John was still upstairs, asleep and even if she woke him right now, he'd still insist on taking a shower before coming down, so the least he'd be would be maybe twenty minutes. Joey thought for a moment then suggested she go upstairs and wake him. I heard the sound of footsteps down the hall, then running footsteps up the stairs. I assume she knocked on John's door and passed on the message, for she was very soon back down in the kitchen again.
And she had been right - this would seem to have been Joey's plan all along! As she bent over the dishwasher to transfer a mug from the sink into it, Joey stood a few feet behind her and casually commented "That's a great-looking butt you have, Mrs Davis. It's nice to watch you bending over."
As Kristin straightened up, her face was red. Had this already gone too far, I wondered. But apparently not. "Why, thank you, Joey. I do my best to keep in shape. I guess I'm not bad for an old lady, eh?"