March 11, 2005
"I wish you wouldn't go." The words came from a cell phone speaker.
"I'm babysitting," Ashley Saunders said into the phone, avoiding the real reason for her boyfriend's concern.
"It's what you plan to do afterward..."
"We've talked about this, Corey. I need to make more money if I'm gonna get out of here when school's over."
"Or you could stay with your parents for the summer and go to college with me."
"Don't forget that one of us didn't get into Stanford, or anyplace closer to the Bay Area than SacState. And I doubt I'll go there either if I'm paying for my own food, rent, and classes."
"There are community colleges in the Bay Area," Corey said, his patient tone annoying her for some reason she could not quite articulate.
"Yeah, you keep telling me that, and I keep telling you that it's only a three-hour drive from here to Palo Alto, and that's with traffic. We'll be able to see each other."
"But you wouldn't have to... you know."
"Be a whore?"
"Please, don't."
"Don't call myself one or be one? Because I think it's too late for the second."
"I don't want to fight."
"Then don't tell me what to do."
"I'm not, Ashy. I'm asking you not to do it."
"And I'm asking you not to push meβon any of it."
"I'm just worried."
"I know. But don't be. This won't change me. Or us. Okay?"
"Yeah."
"Hey, you still taking me to my date tomorrow?"
"I guess."
"Great. I've got something to show you that I think you'll like."
"Okay. See you then," her boyfriend said with almost no inflection.
"Yep, see you then, baby. Love you."
"Love you too, Ashy." At least there was some life in his voice with those words.
The eighteen-year-old brunette ended the call and sighed. Corey would come around. At least she hoped he would. But for now, she could not worry about it. She had to get ready for her evening without it being obvious she was prepared for anything more than babysitting.
Ashley pulled her new, hot pink bra out of her backpack, which she had used to sneak it into the house. The undergarment cost more than any other single item of clothing that she owned. The push-up structure of the bra and padding at the bottom of the cups created the illusion that she was at least a cup larger than her actual size. It also maximized her cleavage, something she felt that Ken Davidson, her babysitting client, would appreciate. And once he did, she would move forward her plan of making him a different kind of client.
Since January, Ashely had been helping her male classmates of suitable age in a very special way. They paid her $100, and she took their virginity. Her first client, Corey, became a kind of business partnerβhe drove her to her 'dates' and received sex in exchangeβand then her boyfriend. He did not like the idea of her expanding to older clients, but she wanted to make more money. So far, she had earned over $1700 from her new occupation, but she knew that would not be enough both to buy a car and to move out of her parents' house by graduation, if not sooner. It did not help that the new bra had set her back over $100. But she was confident that Mr. Davidson would provide the perfect opportunity to grow her business.
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"Mr. Davidson, can we stop and get a drink," Ashley asked, composing her full lips into a slight pout.
"Um, yeah, I guess," the older man said, his eyes meeting hers before they dropped to her chest for a slightly longer than fleeting moment.
Ashley suppressed a smile. The thirty-something Ken Davidson must have noticed the illusion of extra heft that her new bra gave her bust. He always tried to sneak a few peaks if he drove her home after she babysat for him and Mrs. Davidson, but nothing like tonight.
The brunette, her soft hair curled somewhat more than usual, unhooked her seat belt as they parked at a convenience store. A touch on her leg brought unexpected butterflies to her stomach, and she met Davidson's gaze.
"I'll get it, Ashley. My treat."
"Thanks, Mr. Davidson! Can I have a Diet Coke, please?" she patted the hand resting on her denim-clad thigh.
"No problem," he said, exiting the SUV. Ashley watched him as he walked away. The man was tall, maybe a bit gangly, but he seemed in decent shape. She could do worse for her first older client.
Ashley unbuttoned the top two buttons of her dark gray, fitted blouse and examined herself in the visor mirror. She undid the third button, winked at her image, and flicked up the visor. Davidson should see not only a good amount of the impressive cleavage created by the bra, but the hot pink material of the bra itself.
The eighteen-year-old drummed her fingers on the dashboard, looked out the window, and wondered what might be keeping Davidson. Several seconds later, she checked her appearance again in the visor mirror, this time intending to focus on her makeup. But she rechecked the look of her open blouse as well. The black lace bra she normally wore on dates with clients was more comfortable as well as sexier looking, in her opinion, but she could not deny the benefits of this one.
"Sorry that took so long," Ken Davidson said as he entered the SUV. "Here's your diet..."
The man's words trailed off and he openly, unabashedly stared at her chest. Ashley took the offered bottle of soda, making sure to brush his fingers as she did so.
"Um, we should get going," the man finally said, starting the big SUV.
"Okay. And thanks again for the soda." The brunette opened the bottle and sucked the top of it between her lips, hollowing her cheeks briefly before she drank. From beside her, the older man's sharp intake of breath told her he had noticed.
"Is it okay if I take the back way?".
"Sure." He almost always did anyway, and before she had wondered whether the reason was to spend more time with her or less with his wife. Tonight, she did not wonder.
The Davidsons had lived down the street from her family, and she started babysitting their kids a few years back. Now they lived across town, and while she still babysat for them regularly, the drive time was much longer. It was even longer still if one took the backroads, but such a route offered many secluded places to stop. That had been a factor in choosing Ken Davidson.
"I know you could pick someone closer, so I really appreciate you guys asking me to babysit," Ashley said after a few minutes of silence, during which Davidson's increasingly less furtive glances at her exposed cleavage assured her of his interest. "I'm trying to save up for a car. I have almost $500 saved from babysitting over the years, but that's not enough. So, I started a new business with some of my classmates."
"Oh? What kind of business, Ashley?" Davidson's voice seemed strained, as if he had to force it to some measure of normality. The young woman did not bother to suppress a smile. She touched his thigh and ran her fingers toward his groin.