It was my eighteenth birthday and a Saturday and I had plans. We didn't have a party, mainly because I didn't want one, but I did get a lot of nice loot in the way of birthday presents, including some useful financial gifts. Quite frankly, in anticipation of those gifts, I'd bought a few items I wouldn't normally buy.
Right now I was ready to head out and do a little more shopping after which I'd be dropping in to see my boyfriend. He was taking me out to dinner and a show. He was the reason for my buying a couple of items and I was now getting ready. I had a new dress that suited me perfectly. It wasn't flashy but it sure managed to show off my curves, in a tasteful way, of course.
It was what was under the dress that was special. I had a matched panty and bra set in a deep red that looked perfect on me. The real specialty was the matched suspender belt. I'd bought the sheerest stockings I could find just to have a reason to wear that suspender belt. If by some chance my boyfriend talked me out of my dress, now that I'm legal, what he saw was going to blow his mind.
All dressed and ready to go I headed out the door. And promptly bumped into Charles from the unit next door. I quite like Charlie. He's a nice guy, even if a little old for me. He's in his thirties but not bad looking and he seems quite fit and muscular. If he was ten years younger I could quite go for him.
"Ah, Caroline," he said. "If I'm not mistaken it's happy birthday time."
"It is," I admitted smiling at him.
"It just so happens that I seem to have acquired a stray gift for which I'm trying to find an owner. Now if this was your eighteenth then the gift would probably be ideal for you."
"You know perfectly well how old I am," I said with a giggle.
"True. And I'm a pretty fair estimate of size. Why don't you step into my parlour and have a look at what I've bought you."
"Step into my parlour said the spider to the fly," I murmured, but I went with him anyway. Like I said, he's a nice guy.
He took me into his front room and on the coffee table was a present and a bottle of champagne and a couple of glasses. He picked up the present and tossed it to me and I managed to catch it. He stood watching me unwrap it, a strange smile on his face.
Oh my god, was my face red. He'd bought me a nightie and negligee set which were accompanied by a pair of the sheerest panties I'd ever seen. The colour was a blue that I will swear matched my eye colour. The trouble was that everything was all so sheer. I could wear nightie, panties, and negligee, and whoever saw me would still see everything I had. To top it off, it was precisely my size.
"Don't worry," Charlie said. "I won't expect you to model it for me. Ah, you may not want to model it for your parents, either."
I wouldn't be modelling that outfit for anyone in the world. Never in a million years would I wear something like that. Then again, maybe in the privacy of my bedroom, or on my wedding night. Oh my god, I couldn't believe he'd bought me such an outfit.
"Your secretary," I said. "You had your secretary go and buy something."
He was shaking his head and laughing. "No, sweet Caroline. I, Charles Montgomery, braved a women's lingerie shop and purchased it myself. I have never been known to flinch in the face of danger, although I'll admit to second thoughts once I was in the shop."
"As you can see, I have a nice bottle of champagne. I thought we could toast your birthday with what is probably your first alcoholic drink. At least, it will be your first legal alcoholic drink."
I blushed again at that. I will admit that, while not accustomed to the taste of alcohol, I have had a drink or two in the past.
"I also have a slight confession to make," said Charlie. "I had intended to get you slightly tipsy and then initiate you into the joys of love making. I've changed my mind about that."
I blinked, not sure how that made me feel. Slightly fluttery and pleased that he wanted to make love to me (Yes. I know exactly what he meant.), slightly annoyed that he had intended to get me drunk and take advantage of me, slightly relieved that he'd changed his mind, and slightly chagrined that he'd changed his mind. I know. Mutual exclusive emotions some of them but what can I say? It was a strange situation.
Not knowing what to say about that declaration I didn't say anything, although I could tell I was blushing again.
"It would be totally unfair of me to make love to you while you were tipsy," Charles continued, "so I thought I'd take you first and then let you have your champagne."
That took a moment to sink in and then I gave a small jump as what he said sank in.
"Ah, thank you, Charlie, but no thank you," I said quickly.
"I don't think you quite understand, Caroline," he said, still smiling. "I wasn't offering. I was telling you."
Before I could react to that he was holding my arm, taking my present off me and placing it on the coffee table.
"I'll scream," I threatened.
"Do so, by all means," he said affably. "Remember how I had to soundproof my unit a couple of years back because of a young lady insisting on playing extremely loud music?"
Well, poop. There was an example of inconsideration returning and biting you on the bum.
Did I mention Charlie was rather muscular? I hadn't known just how muscular. He held both my wrists in one of his hands quite effortlessly while he looked over my dress. After that he proceeded to unhook and unzip and calmly remove my dress, my struggles being ignored. I hate to say it but I had the impression that my struggles weren't even noticed.