Slipping in the front door Sue straightened her sundress carefully. It was a flower print but short. Far too short for the regulations at the uppity finishing school her parents had sent her to upon her graduation from High School. It accented her legs nicely and with suitable heels made her look to be all legs and allowed her to look much taller than her usual 5 feet 2 inches.
So after being sent to the Head Master's office, she had been suitably 'reprimanded' and sent home for the remainder of the day, just like a naughty child. There were strict instructions on precisely how long her future skirts were to be, and also instructions on what to do with the eye-liner she had worn, which was also against school regulations. There was no need for worry though, as the throbbing of her reddened rear end would stand to be a pretty keen reminder of the Headmaster's expectations.
Moving stealthily to the stairs, she started to sneak up them, hoping that nobody was home. Her parents had gone away for a month, and despite her protests that 19 was plenty old enough to stay alone, they had called her father's best friend to come stay with her. It wasn't that they didn't trust her; it was that they had read one too many news articles about pretty, young girls going missing and turning up dead, if they were ever found at all.
Joe was nice enough though, and Sue didn't really mind all that much. Having met her father upon his entry into the workplace when she was still a child, he was barely into his early 30's, and really quite good looking. Pushing 6 feet, with a nice broad chest and big hands, his curly brown hair and twinkling blue eyes made him quite pleasant to look at indeed. Sue had been crushing on him for years, though she had told nobody of this fact.
Any time her parents went away, he was always the one that came to stay with her. They trusted Joe with everything, including their only child. Early on she had learned not to mess with him, as he would deal out justice swiftly, if the need arose. And while he was a good man and mostly kind to her, she knew that he would be quite unimpressed if he discovered her here, 4 hours early, dressed like this, on a Friday afternoon. Joe knew how unfailingly strict her parents were, and would honour them in being just as strict.
On the third step, she heard a soft creaking noise and froze. Biting her lip, she looked up nervously. Sure enough, there was Joe, standing at the top of the stairs, watching her with a raised eyebrow and his arms folded across his chest. "Good morning, Sue. You seem to be early today." With a poker expression, he stepped aside so she could climb the rest of the stairs. Watching the girl, as she blushed crimson, Joe was careful to maintain a stern expression. Sue had blossomed into quite the young woman, and had done so in all the right places.
And that dress! Where on earth had she managed to find something so very short, and so very tight!? Joe's eyes raked her from head to toe, resting momentarily on her breasts as she started to climb the stairs again. The cut on the neckline was modest enough, just showing enough cleavage to tease. But it hugged her breasts like a second skin, then flaring out nicely and falling in pleats to where it stopped, only barely long enough to cover her firm little behind.
Sue was a pretty average build for her size, not skinny by any stretch of the imagination, but definitely not fat either. It was that she had a perfectly full figure, with just enough meat on her bones to make her perfect to Joe's eyes. Her breasts were firm and round, a C cup, and while her bras bordered on necessary, she took care to make sure they were pretty, even though no boy had even seen one. Her life had been very sheltered and regulated quite closely by her parents. Nor had she bothered to rebel in her younger years, simply not caring enough to hurt her parents that way.
Keeping her head down, Sue came to a stop beside Joe when she reached the top step. Leaning back against the wall, he looked down at her, an intimidating hulk of man. "And to what do I owe the pleasure of your so very early company today?" His voice was low and he reached one finger forward to tilt her head back to look into her eyes. Seeing the streaked eyeliner around her eyes from tears, his eyes narrowed. "Sue, what's going on? Is that... make-up??"
Sue looked up at him involuntarily, her lower lip quivering slightly as he inspected her face. "Yes."
"Why is it all streaked like that? It looks like you were crying, but why were you wearing make-up at all? Your mother only wears it on special occasions, and if she's ever let you wear it, except for pictures, then I'm a monkey's uncle!"
Sue shrugged and tried to push past him to go to her room. "I just wanted to try something different today. Apparently it's not acceptable for young ladies though, so here I am."
Joe stopped her by grabbing her arm. "What do you mean; it is not acceptable for young ladies?" Peering down at her suspiciously, "You were sent home from school, weren't you?" When Sue tried to pull away, he grabbed her other arm and pulled her firmly back in front of him. "Just for wearing make-up!?"
Sue heaved a great sigh, wriggling in his grip, trying to pull herself free. "If it had been just the make-up, the headmaster would have made me wash it off and let me stay. He says that my dress is too short to wear in public! That a nice girl wouldn't even own such a dress! But that's why I wore tights with it! They reach my knees, and allow me to remain respectable, even with a short dress!"