As far as Miranda was concerned Brian, her boyfriend, correction her ex-boyfriend with a capital EX, was scum. A choice bit of scum found floating on the ponds of lowlifes who made up the dregs of society. If she never saw him again it would be too soon. She was a little despondent and needed a break.
A bright idea occurred. There was a long weekend coming up and her Uncle Charles had a beach cabin that he often went to on long weekends. If he was going this weekend maybe she could go with him. She rang her uncle.
"Uncle Charles," she pleaded, "if you're going to the beach this weekend can I please go with you. I have to get away for a while."
"Well, that's easy to answer. No and yes," Charles said.
"What?" asked a disappointed Miranda.
"No, I'm not going to the beach. Yes, you can go and use the beach house. Just swing past my place this evening and grab the key. You're eighteen and quite a responsible young lady. I very much doubt that you're going to throw a wild party and smash up the place, so no worries. Feel free to spend the weekend."
Much relieved a delighted Miranda picked up the keys and Friday evening found her driving to the coast and a brief holiday away from home and rotten ex-boyfriends who didn't have the decency to expire noisily when you wanted them to. Arriving at the cottage Miranda promptly changed into a bikini and went down to the beach where she spent a pleasant hour being ogled at and flirted with by attentive men. Just the sort of fillip her ego required.
An early night and a good night's sleep and Miranda woke feeling refreshed and raring to go. Feeling hungry she trotted down to the kitchen without bothering to get dressed. So what if she was naked? She was the only one in the house. She turned on the kettle, having some cereal while waiting for the kettle to boil.
As luck would have it she'd finished her coffee, had just placed the dishes in the sink, and was turning to go and get dressed when there was an interruption. There was the bang as the back door open and a man came surging into the room.
"Yo, Charlie," he yelled as he barged in. "Thought you couldn't make it this weekend."
He spotted Miranda and stopped still looking at her. He was seeing an attractive young woman. A slender brunette with very nice breasts, long curvy legs, shapely hips, and no clothes. Not that he objected to the no clothes part. Or any of the other parts, come to think of it.
What Miranda saw was a burly man in his thirties. Rugged looking, tanned, and smiling. Clothed, she had to admit. Not very clothed but a pair of shorts was a lot more clothing than she was currently wearing.
"Wow," said the stranger. "You are really something special, did you know that? Are you Charlie's current popsy? Don't stand like that. Be a good girl and stand up properly. I'm sure that sort of position is bad for you back. No need to panic about old Barney. He's seen it all before."
On seeing the stranger, and knowing her current unclad status, Miranda had crouched down and was trying to cover everything with her hands.
"Not mine, he hasn't," hissed Miranda. "Go away. Charles is my uncle, as in my father's brother. Just go away."
"Got to admit old Barney still hasn't seen what you've got, because I'm not him. He lives a few doors down. I'm Neil. What's your name? Oh, and stop being silly. I have a photographic memory and I most certainly took a mental photo of you when I first saw you. So stand up. Oh, wait, Charlie's niece. You must be Miranda. How are you?"
"What? Ah, yes, I'm Miranda. Why did you say you were old Barney if you're not?"
"I didn't say that. I just said old Barney's seen it all and you jumped to conclusions. Listen, I'm getting a crick in my back just looking at you all contorted like that. Have a little pride in your lovely figure and stand up properly."
"Go away."
"Not until you stand up properly," came the adamant reply.
Miranda reluctantly stood up holding her hands together in front of her. They might not have been covering anything but at least it felt as though they were.
"Woah," said Neil with what Miranda considered to be unseemly enthusiasm. "You really are magnificent. What the hell is Charlie doing letting you run around loose like that?"
"He's got no say in the manner. He's not even here this weekend."
"You're by yourself," Neil said flatly, sounding annoyed.
"So what? What's wrong with that?"
"You're standing buff naked in front of a man you don't know and you're saying, hey, I'm all alone in this great big house. And you see nothing wrong with this?"
Miranda blushed. Put that way she was being stupid. She should have said Uncle Charles was still asleep.
"Will you please just go away?"
"Soon. I want to try an experiment first. Come over here."
"The hell I will."
"Are you deaf? I said come here."
"And I said no." Miranda was getting angry and defiant.
"OK. Then that establishes one thing," Neil said smiling.
"Excuse me?" Miranda found she was angry and defiant and puzzled.
"You're not a sub."
"A sub?" Miranda was confused.
"A submissive. In other words a female sexual partner who prefers to take the submissive role. They might be ball-busters when they're dressed but once the clothes come off the man rules. That's not you."
"You mean a sub would have just walked up to you when you ordered them to and let you have sex? That is so not me. No-one would do that."
"You'd be surprised. How would you feel if I tossed you on your bed and tied you to it?"
"Good luck with that. I'd scratch your face off. And other things as well."
"So you're not into bondage. Um, spankings?"
"God no. Are you sick?"
Neil spread his hands and shrugged.
"Just checking possibilities," he said, smiling. "Um, how do you feel about rape, rough or gentle?"
"What? No? Rape is rape. How would you expect me to feel? Who on earth would want to be raped?"
"Not me and apparently not you, but some women get off on it. They like the feeling of complete helplessness, being forced to do a man's bidding. I've always considered it a weird fetish, myself.
I'm running out of scenarios here. I don't suppose that you're going to succumb to my manly charms because I'm an irresistible good looking guy with charisma to spare?"