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Disclaimer
This story is both a work of both true events and fantasy. Bea is really a friend of mine and her son Steve is real too, as was his escapades of looking down my tops or up my skirts and going through my lingerie. Everything after that is purely fantasy, a "what if" as you will, if I at that point of time decided to confront Steve and what I thought I would do with him.
Everyone is over the age of 18.
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My name is Marg. I have lived next door to my best friend for the better part of 30 years. Her name is Bea. To this day, Bea and I still get together several times a week for tea and yes, the occasional cocktail... though I doubt she would want anything to do with me if she knew what happened last year between me and the youngest of her eight kids, Steve.
At the time, Steve was in his last year of high school and still living at home. I don't know, maybe it's because he's the youngest of so many brothers and sisters, but Steve has always been the shy type. I wouldn't go so far as to say he was a mama's boy, but it seemed like he spent more time hanging out with his mother and me than he ever did with friends his own age.
I wondered for the longest time why that was, especially since he always seemed so uncomfortable at my house. Steve was always going upstairs to "use the restroom" or "stretch his legs", leaving me and Bea in the lower part of the house. I was naturally curious what he was doing up there, but remembering what my own teenage years had been like, I respected his privacy and didn't press him on the issue.
The pieces of the puzzle started to come together late one March night, as I was reorganizing my dresser and closet to make room for some "discrete" online purchases that had arrived that afternoon. Home for the evening, I was wearing a plain t-shirt and an old pair of grey sweatpants.
As I was looking over various thongs, bras and other undergarments, deciding if there were any I wanted to get rid of, I noticed that some of them were not where they belonged... especially my black lace, braless corset. It was attached to a pair of sheer black stockings. I never, ever leave the stockings attached after using my corset! The stockings hold up a hell of a lot better if you take care of them properly!
"Who on earth could have gone through my unmentionables drawer?" I wondered to myself as I detached the stockings from the corset and put them both back in their proper place. I am divorced, my daughter long moved out of the nest, and I hadn't invited any men into my bedroom for weeks. Bea and my other girl friends were all far too proper to go sneaking around in my naughty drawer. In the end, there was only one possible suspect... Steve.
So that's why he was always leaving his mom and me downstairs!
I detached my stockings from the corset, all the while my mind racing about Steve's behavior. Should I have suspected him before now? Then it hit me. When his mom and I would hang out in the kitchen, Steve would always hop onto the kitchen counter instead of sitting in a chair at the kitchen table. He must've been doing that to look down my top. Had he enjoyed the view of my 36D's? My face grew flush as next I remembered how Steve almost always sat on the living room floor when the three of us were watching television. The little perv must've been looking up my dress every time... and he would have gotten quite a show since I almost always wear skirts, and rarely wear panties!
How to get back at the little bugger for having the nerve to peep on me and finger through my stuff right under my nose? Just then, my telephone rang.
"Ohhh!" I screamed, startled and my heart skipping a beat at the sudden noise disrupting the stillness of my empty house.
Except for the rare wrong number, there is only one person who would call me after midnight... knowing I'm a night owl at heart. I walked the short distance from my dresser to the side table next to my queen-size bed, and picked up the receiver between the third and fourth rings.
"What's up Bea?" I asked, fully confident who would be on the other end of the line.
"Nothing new going on here M, just calling to make sure you and Steve are still on for your 'date' tomorrow night," Bea said, the inflection of her voice on the word "date" dripping with the sarcasm of knowing full well that Steve's intention was a platonic one.
What Bea couldn't have known was that my mind interpreted her use of the word in a more romantic, sexual context. I've never been afraid to go all the way with a man on a first date. Date my best friend's boy? Bea would never approve! Yet, Steve's transgression had been sexual in nature. Why not give him a punishment fitting his crime? Besides, he would be 19 by the time I was ready to give him what he deserved... A plan began to form in my mind's eye.
"Um, yeah, about Steve's birthday dinner," I said on the fly, "I had lunch at the bistro the other day and it wasn't at all up to their usual standards..."
My body was trembling as I continued to hold the receiver to my ear. I couldn't believe it. I had just lied to my best friend! For the first time in the history of our long friendship! Yes, I had eaten alone earlier in the week at our favorite restaurant, which we both just call "the bistro", but the food had been as exceptional as ever.
"Seriously?" Bea asked. "I can't believe it!"
My stomach was twisting itself in knots... terrified that Bea had seen right through me!
"So where are you going to take him instead?" she finished.