Author's Note:
This story is about Henry Gawain, who knows he fucked up, okay? He probably should've just called the police instead of agreeing to do WHATEVER that old lady wanted him to, but that's not what happened.
This older woman/younger man story is meant to be tongue-in-cheek (though whose cheek has the tongue in it is really up to you) and not taken too seriously. In addition to some absurdity, you can expect literary references, oral sex, and hopefully a laugh or two.
**
Look, I know I should've looked in the rearview mirror, okay?
I know.
I mean, I know now.
I should've looked in the rearview mirror, or twisted to look out the back window, or hell, I guess I could've washed my car so the goddamn backup camera wasn't covered in dirt.
There's a lot of things I should've done. There were a lot of things I could've done. The fact of the matter, my friend, is that I did not do those fucking things, and I ran over the crazy old lady who lived down the street.
Well, okay, I didn't really run her over. My foot was barely on the gas. The car was rolling backward like it does down the driveway and before I hit the usual bump at the bottom where the curb dips down, I heard a thunk.
That's what it sounded like. Just...
thunk
. Dull and quick, and at first, I was like "what the fuck was that" because I
knew
I wasn't far enough down the driveway to hit the dip in the sidewalk, and besides, it didn't usually sound like that. Luckily, I had those quick reflexes from all those years dodging dudes who tried to grab me and my best friend Kevvy and beat the shit out of us, so I slammed on the brakes without even thinking.
Anyway, so
that
was when I looked out the side mirror, and I see these... sorry, I shouldn't laugh, but it was kinda funny in a way... see these legs just pokin' out from behind the car with these big old orthopedic shoes on them, kinda flailing in the air. And I'm just like, oh
shit
, 'cause that's a fuckin' person! So I put the car in parkโ'cause I was thinking a bit more straight by then, right, and I didn't want the car to roll backwardโand I jumped out and ran over to her.
Now, I knocked her down, I fully admit that. I hit her with my car. Poor old thing was lying on the ground on her back, grey hair splayed across the sidewalk, groaning. And I felt extra bad 'cause she was wearing this like, old lady skirt. I dunno how you describe it. Those real long ones that are made of cotton or something. And the reason I could see her legs was that her skirt flew up and was all bunched around her waist.
That was the first weird thing, 'cause I recognized her as the lady who lived down the street, and she's been living in that house since God knows when. I'd seen her a couple of times out walking or whatever. Didn't seem like a very social person, kept to herself, whatever, but I knew she had to be old. Like, not old-old, but like, older. Like older than my mom, but my mom's not that old, she's only 50. So like, maybe old enough to be my grandma? I wasn't really sure. Either way, you think, a lady that age, skirt bunched up around her waist, she'd have on some granny panties or whatever.
Not this lady, though. She had on these tiny little red lace panties and like, you could tell she kept things, uh...
well-groomed
, you know? 'Cause those little panties, they were
tight
, and there was no way there could be any kind of hair or anything under there. You'd see it instantly. So that kinda shocked me a bit, not gonna lie, but I only looked for a second before helping her.
"Shit!" I said. "You okay?"
"Do I look okay?" she groaned.
"Ah, shit. Fuck." I knelt down next to her. "Can you stand up?"
"Watch your mouth, young man," she said.
"Sorry, ma'am."
"
Ma'am
!" she scoffed. "You're losing points there, dear. I'm not old enough to be a
ma'am
."
"Uh, sure," I said. "Okay, miss... Ms...? Mrs?"
"Fiona," she said hoarsely. "Fiona Ragnelle."
"Mrs. Ragnelle, I'm soโ
"Ugh. Just Fiona, please."
"My bad," I said. "Fiona, I'm Henry Gawain, and I'm real sorry, okay? Do you think you can stand up?"
She moved a little, shifting side to side like she was testing to see if something was broken.
"I think so," she said. "I thinkโ"
And see, everything would've been fine, except she started patting down her sides and discovered her entire skirt was around her waist. I shit you not, her face turned as red as those little lace panties she was wearing.
"Oh my
God
!" she hissed. "Were you looking at my panties?"
"N-no!" I said. "I mean, yeah, because... well, I mean, not on purpose."
She struggled to sit up, but when I tried to help her, she batted my arm away.