Greg finally found his right new home. It was at the right size, right price, and a quiet neighbourhood, the place where he can quietly concentrate his home business. At 28, he was an ambitious young man. The next door neighbour was a couple most probably in their fifties. The man called Tom was a cold man who would pull a long face when coming across people. What sort of woman would fall in love with this kind of man, Greg thought.
Helen, his wife, on the other hand, was a polite person who always smiled whenever they meet outside their house. Boy, what radiant smile she had, even for her age. Being a mother of 2 grown up and married children, she still kept a decent shape on her body. It almost seemed like she was blessed with a good body because she seldom exercised, only ate healthily. At 52, she had a smooth, unwrinkled face, although a few strains of grey hair were showing. She had a full chest that Greg never failed to take notice of, and a relatively firm butt that Greg loved watching it sway.
"Mrs Hopkins!" Greg shouted and waved from his garden as he spotted her outside her front gate. She had just got back from the stall full of groceries.
"Hey young man! What's up?" Helen shouted back.
"Nothing much! Just trimming around in the garden. You need help with those?" Greg pointed at the groceries Helen was hugging close to her chest.
"Yeah, I could do with a helping hand. The bag is slipping..."
Greg reached out before she lost grab of it. He could see perspiration all over her forehead and neck. Even though her tank top was soaked with her sweat, she still smelt good.
"Come on in, pls." Helen urged politely.
It was the first time he visited their home. It was a neat place and looked spanking clean. No surprise though, Greg thought. Helen was always at home, and he was sure she did her housework religiously everyday.
"Mind if I look around?" Greg asked, to which Helen answered yes while she kept her groceries.
Greg walked upstairs went into one room. This must be the study room, Greg thought. There was a computer table and a few cabinets, and one of them was unusually messy.
"That's my husband's. He wouldn't let me touch his stuff." Helen sneaked up from behind which stunned Greg a little.
"But the computer table's so clean." Greg said as he observed.
Helen laughed and explained that her husband never got on the computer, while she used the internet almost everyday.
"You got a messenger account or something?" Greg asked as he walked out of the room and went to the next.
This was the master bedroom. It was neat and clean like the living room, though the bed looked a tad too old for the room. Greg stared at it for awhile.
"Yeah, look up sweetpeas55 on yahoo." Helen replied. "I know this bed looks a little old but I insisted Tom to bring it with us when we moved over here 8 years ago. Sentimental values." Helen explained.
Indeed, Helen loved this bed a lot. This was the bed she and the man she loved shared for the last 30 odd years. This was the bed that her then young children used to sleep over every night. This was the bed that they were conceived on 30 years ago. Helen smiled as she thought about the past.
Greg smiled back and went to the next room. Nothing special, just a guest room with a spare bed, table and TV. He then walked down the stairs where Helen followed behind.
"So it's s-w-e-e-t-p-e-a-s-5-5?" Greg asked to confirm.
"That's right. Would you like to stay over for dinner?" Helen asked in an ever polite manner.
"Oh no, I have stuff to do back home." Greg replied, slightly attracted by her smile. The smile is kind of addictive, Greg thought.
That night at home, Greg added her onto his messenger to find her already online.
Greg: Hey you!
Sweetpeas: Hey stalker! What's up.
Greg: How do you know I'm stalking you?
Sweetpeas: Been there before. Ha.