I sat on the soft, plush couch, eating a bowl of cereal and watching TV.
The doorbell rang.
That must be Jen. My parents had left for a week, and as always, had hired her to check in on me. At this point I'm legally an adult, but I guess they just don't trust me. They do kind of have a point, I suppose. Jen had been my babysitter when I was a kid, despite being barely 2 years older than me. Now my parents just hired her to make sure I didn't do anything stupid when they left town, and the title was more of a formality.
I didn't feel like getting the door, so I just let her find the spare key. She always got it eventually.
Sure enough, a minute or two later, Jen walked in, an annoyed look on her face. Today, she was wearing a pair of skin-tight jeans, flip flops, and a patterned grey t-shirt. Her blonde hair was done up in a bun.
Jen was in college now, a member of the club soccer team. She commuted every day, since the university was so nearby. Likely related, she was very thin, but with a core of tough, wiry muscle. Her legs in particular were all muscle, well toned and crushingly strong. I couldn't see them through her pants right now, but I'd known her most of my life. She was my neighbor, after all. I was well into my teens now, so I hadn't failed to notice her small, round and tight butt, nor her average-sized, perky chest.
I, by contrast, mostly sat around all day. I was thin, but mostly by virtue of eating very little.
Jen heaved a sigh, and sat down on another couch, perpendicular to mine. I prided myself on my ability to annoy her. She was probably the most easy-going person I knew, which made it a challenge.
"So, how was your day?" Jen asked with a smile.
"Eh". I barely even bothered to give her a one-word answer.
It wasn't Jen's fault, really, I was just resentful that my parents felt I needed her. Seeing that I wasn't interested in interacting with her, she went into the kitchen, presumably to get herself a snack.
As soon as she turned the corner, she let out an indignant squawk, and turned around to look at me.
"They've been gone 5 minutes, and already you've destroyed the kitchen?!"
"Oops," I replied, smirking.
I knew my parents would blame her if it wasn't cleaned up. She'd always report my behavior back to them, but they never took her word for it.
I don't know why Jen kept the job, to be honest. I guess it was just easy money.
"How did you manage to make such a big mess with one bowl of cereal? Get over here and clean up after yourself. "
"No."
She strode back into the living room, looming over me "I'm not taking no for an answer."