Suzy, my sister is a single mother with two small children. Her husband, Joe, had been a fireman, but came to an untimely end when a bushfire turned in its tracks and swept over the road that Joe and his mates thought was clear. Their truck caught fire and poor old Joe couldn't get out in time.
Fortunately, Joe was a firm believer in life insurance, leaving Suzy and the two kids comfortably off. The payout from the Fire Brigade didn't hurt, either. When both kids are at school Suzy intends to find a part-time job, something to keep her busy.
Every so often Suzy like to take a night off, and you can hardly blame her. Small children are very nice but they're not much for stimulating conversation. I will admit that they stimulate your imagination with their incessant why. Why don't clouds fall down? Why are clouds white? Why do those clouds look dirty? Why does that cloud look like a dog? And that's just on the subject of clouds. (The answers I gave were, they're made of feathers, they've been washed, those ones haven't been washed yet, and that is a dog-cloud. Suzy was not impressed with my answers.)
Back to the subject of Suzy and her nights out. Sometimes she gets me to sit for her on the promise I will think before I answer any questions. The rest of the time she would get Janine. Janine is one of the local girls. About nineteen and working as a receptionist. Quite a nice girl.
I have met Janine a number of times as Suzy will sometimes use me as transport to and from the affairs she attends. If she has a date, no worries, her date can provide transport, but if she's attending a charity event then I get raked in, for two reasons. I provide transport and I help swell the numbers at the event. Lucky me.
The event I was escorting her to tonight was a charity event. A dance to help raise money for the psychiatric care of anti-social cats. A worthy cause, I'm sure, but I wasn't going to contribute. Apart from the cost of the tickets for me and Suzy, although I'm still not sure how I got stuck paying for them seeing as Suzy bought them.
I arrived early so that I would have time to say hullo to the kids and answer more questions. I was shocked at the scepticism they showed to some of the answers I gave. Children lose their faith so young. I blame Suzy myself. Apparently she told them that I've been known to stretch the truth. Her, they believe.
Janine arrived while I was entertaining the children. I could hear her bemoaning the cost of vets to Suzy. Our local council charges an exorbitant licence fee for cats that haven't been spayed so Janine wanted to get her new kitten spayed. The trouble was that the vet also wanted an exorbitant fee for spaying it. The only advantage of vet over council was that the vet was a one-off charge while the council rip-off was a yearly thing.
Janine was just having a little trouble getting the money for the vet who worked on a pay before snip basis. Understandable. It's a little hard to un-snip a cat if the owner doesn't pay. She was wanting to know if Suzy had any other jobs that Janine might be able to do to earn a few extra dollars, but she was striking out.
I escorted Suzy to the dance and had a reasonable time. Suzy certainly enjoyed herself but made the mistake of having a third glass of champagne. One glass, no problems. Two glasses and she's as sober as a judge. For some reason the third glass is the killer, sending her to tipsy and loquacious. She was certainly feeling no pain when I drove her home.
Once I got her home I packed her straight off to bed, telling her I'd settle up with Janine. Suzy found this quite agreeable and faded away. She wouldn't surface until the next morning, unless a child screamed in the night. If that occurred she'd be instantly awake and running to see who screamed, ready to kill or cuddle; whatever the occasion warranted.
Returning to settle up with Janine I was surprised to see her droop slightly as I entered the room, a look of resigned disappointment crossing her faced. It was only a brief flash and then she was smiling and standing straight again, but I couldn't help feeling the smile was somewhat forced.
"Problem?" I asked, feeling some sympathy for her, then my memory of her earlier conversation with Suzy kicked in. She needed extra money to pay for her coming vet bill. No money, no vet, no snip for the cat. With councils you're on a time limit. Snip before the cat is x months old or pay the higher price.
"Oh, yes, Suzy mentioned that you had a potential vet problem."
It also dawned on me that Janine had been about to try to get a loan from Suzy. She might have even succeeded, Suzy being a soft touch.
"Ah, were you perchance hoping to get Suzy to advance you money against future baby-sitting services?" I asked, trying to phrase it delicately.
Janine blushed slightly, and gave a quick nod, looking at me hopefully. I shook my head.
"I don't think that's on," I told her. "All too often when you advance people money against projected labour they tend to forget about the future labour, finding better thing to do with their time than working off a debt."
Janine was instantly depressed again.
"How much do you need, anyway?" I asked. I mean, spaying a cat doesn't cost all that much. Or it shouldn't anyway. My eyebrows rose when she told me.
"Geez, you've got to be kidding me," I exclaimed. "I bet you're going to Hoskins over in Milford Street."
She nodded and I continued.
"You're mad. He charges for gold-plated service and I can assure you that the cat doesn't care if the service is gold-plated or on an old plastic dish. Why don't you go to another vet?"
"I don't have time. It has to be done this week or the council will slug me with extra licence fees. I've got no choice."
I rubbed my chin, trying to look thoughtful and considerate. She was quite an attractive young woman. I found her rather appealing.
"Possibly I could help you," I began, speaking slowly, "if you were willing. . . No. Forget it. It wouldn't really be fair to ask you."
She rose to the bait like a trout to a fly, swallowing it whole. She must be a bit more upset about the vet fees than I realised.
"What? What can you do to help? Why wouldn't it be fair to me? I wouldn't mind you asking whatever it is. I can always say no."
"And you probably will," I said with a smile. "I was going to suggest that for my help you'll need to take your clothes off."
She blushed like crazy, shaking her head.
"Oh, I couldn't," she said in a die-away voice. "I just couldn't."
"That's what I thought," I said briskly. "Forget I mentioned it."
"Wait a minute," she said quickly. "How would you be able to help? The fee is quite high."
"Only if you insist on using Hoskins. I know a vet who would do the snip gratis if I ask him to, as a favour for me. I could probably arrange for it to be done tomorrow."
She started chewing on her lip.
"Um, and all I have to do is get undressed?"
I looked at her and gave a slight shake of my head.
"Not quite," I admitted. "Things would progress from there."
She gathered my meaning that time. The blush and die-away voice were both back.
"Oh, I really couldn't do that," she said. "No way, no how. Definitely not. You couldn't expect me to."
"I quite understand," I admitted. "That's why I said it wouldn't be fair to you. Especially as you're probably still a virgin. I can see that this wouldn't be the way you'd like to experiment."
"I didn't say I was a virgin," she said, sounding a little narked. "It's just that I don't think this would be quite right."
"Yes, yes, I know. Don't worry. I already said not to bother about it."
She was back to chewing on her lip, considering.
"Um, maybe if I just took off my clothes and let you see me naked?" she suggested hopefully.
"That would be very nice but there would be a little drawback. If you're naked I wouldn't be able to stop myself from touching you. And you know where that will lead."
"I can always say no if you try to go too far."
I wasn't sure if she was trying to talk me into limitations or herself into removing the limitation.
"You could," I said agreeably, "but, ah, I can't guarantee that I'd accept you saying no. I'm sure I'd try to but if I was really excited and you're lying there naked. . . Well, I'm sure you can see how things might go."
"You'd force me?" she asked indignantly.
"I'm not sure that I'd put it that way," I said carefully. "I'd probably call it manfully overcoming squeamish protests while bringing you to a proper state of mind."
"That still sounds suspiciously like rape to me," she said with a giggle. "Do you have a history of manfully overcoming squeamish protests to bring a girl to a proper state of mind?"
"Ah, no," I admitted, "but if your body is as lovely as I suspect then I'm quite willing for this to be the first time."
The fact that she'd started giggling was a big plus. It showed she wasn't rejecting the idea out of hand. Also, I'd been pretty blunt about the whole thing. If she got naked then she also got fucked.
"I'll tell you what," I said softly. "Why don't you start getting undressed while you make up your mind? You can always stop before you lose your panties."
Then it was back to her muttering, "Oh, I really couldn't," but she was also fiddling with the buttons on her blouse. I don't know if that first button came undone accidentally or deliberately, but it was enough to make her move on to the second button.
Her little protests that she couldn't became little protests that she shouldn't. Couldn't or shouldn't didn't make much difference as her blouse came off and then her slacks, leaving her in bra and panties. All the time she was peeling off she was casting little glances at me as if to ask, "Is he watching?" The answer was a definite yes.
With just bra and panties on she sort of froze, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, I did.
"Bra first," I said, speaking softly and pleasantly, trying to project a warm tone into my voice.
She looked at me nervously, bit her lip, and reached around behind her back to unclasp her bra. A shrug of her shoulders and the straps slid loose, the bra held in place by her hands. I calmly reached out and hooked hold of the straps, drawing the bra down her arms and off. She parted with it most reluctantly, but she did part with it.
I looked at the way she held her arms crossed over her breasts, trying to keep them covered, and shook my head.
"You can't really hold your hands there for very long," I pointed out.
"Yes, I can," she retorted.