About a week after my housesitting job, Mrs Mansfield texted me to let me know that I'd left a disc in their DVD player.
Admittedly, it was nothing naughty, merely a documentary film I had been watching during my stay and I immediately realised that this is probably something I should have thought of in the first place -- leaving something behind intentionally so as to have to return to pick it up!
As it happened, this inadvertent "mistake" served me perfectly as I was able to organise a collection time with Mrs Mansfield for later in the week as I made my way to work one afternoon.
Mrs Mansfield greeted me at the door when I arrived and invited me in. The first thing I noticed was that she was home alone.
She had the DVD disc set aside in a clip-lock sandwich bag for me and then also offered me a drink for my troubles.
I willingly accepted and sat down briefly with her before having to head to work.
Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Mrs Mansfield wanted to know more about my stay and what I had got up to whilst they were away.
"Well, I hope you managed to enjoy the stay here!" she said, apparently quite knowingly.
"Yes I did!" I admitted, just a little sheepishly.
"So I do realise that a young man such as yourself is naturally curious and might be wanting to do some exploring if left alone, so I was happy for you to stay and look after the house whilst we were away!" Mrs Mansfield offered candidly.
"Well thank you so much for thinking of me. It was fun!" I replied honestly.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it! But I am quite curious - I have tried to imagine what a young man like you might have got up to left alone in a house like you were?" she asked, just as honestly, "I'm not embarrassed at all. Just curious. I'd love to know! And please don't worry about me telling your mother -- anything you tell me is just between us. I promise!"
I had to pause for a moment and think briefly what I should tell her.
"Everything" might be too much -- but I also wanted to follow her pretty obvious lead and tell her all about some of the naughtiness that I indeed had participated in during her absence.
Then all of a sudden, the thought flashed into my mind and corresponded with a noticeable stir inside my trousers -- "Just be HONEST!!"
So I was.
"Well, I'm not sure how to go about this...." I started.
"From the beginning perhaps?" Mrs Mansfield prompted.
"Yes....well..." I stuttered.
"Go on..." she said with a knowing and subtle grin.
"I have to admit Mrs Mansfield that some of my first thoughts were about YOU!" I surely had summoned the courage to admit this.
"What kind of thoughts?" she asked.
"You know...thoughts..." I continued.
"Oh....those kind of thoughts?" she prompted again.
I nodded.
"And....my first experiences from those thoughts were also about YOU!!" I was even impressing myself by now.
"Oooooh WOW!" she said, equally impressed. "That's very courageous for you to admit, you know that?"
"Why thank you!" I said, quite chuffed with this response.
"And how old were you when you had these thoughts and experiences?" she asked.
"About 18!" I replied.
"Ooooh WOW!" Mrs Mansfield said again, "That's actually quite exciting to me! I'm actually VERY flattered, to be honest. I feel as though I should almost reward you!"
I paused, not knowing really what to say although I could feel the bulge inside my pants suddenly growing.
"That....would be very nice, I guess?" was my best effort at that moment.
"So..... tell me," Mrs Mansfield went on, "Tell me a little of what mischief you got up to when I was away and a bit more about some of those thoughts you were having."
Taking a deep breath and deciding to wholeheartedly pursue my approach of honesty, I continued.
"So.....ummmmmmmmmm....I guess I did explore some of your underwear Mrs Mansfield -- I hope you're not angry with me or anything?" I just wanted to double-check.
"OF course not," she said, "I had all but guessed that's what you would have been doing. Honestly, I don't mind as I knew you would be curious. And I promise I would NEVER tell you mother anything!"
"That's good to know!" I said with relief.
"So please tell me, out of my own curiosity," she prompted, with a thoughtful pause, as if she required this piece of knowledge to satisfy her suspicions about me and to know exactly how far I had gone. "Clean or dirty?"
I paused myself as I knew full well that this was the "confession" she was after.
"Clean to start with." I admitted.
"Yes....AND???" she really wanted this answer.
"And dirty on the last visit" I had done it!!
"I knew it!!!" she said, almost with glee. "In case you were wondering, I had left a few pairs in the washer for you, pretty well knowing you would be exploring!"
"Well...I did...for sure!!" I was now relaxing by the minute now that I had revealed my very naughty secret.
"And....what did you think?" she was really prying for more now. "I'm so curious to know!"
As much as I wanted to tell her, I also needed to make sure there was some level of consideration in my answer.
"I thought they were AMAZING Mrs Mansfield!" Honesty all the way.