It was shaping up to be a nasty day, weather wise, when the furniture van pulled in next door. It was promptly followed by a nice little sedan pulling a rental trailer that seemed to be stuffed to the gills with junk, but were probably priceless possessions.
Two men climbed out of the cabin of the furniture truck and hauled open the doors, while this cute little button of a girl hopped out of the sedan.
It was pretty obvious who was in charge. The young woman was all over the place, and I could hear her voice carrying through the air as she directed the movers to place her furniture where it was wanted. There wasn't going to be any dumping of things generally and then shifted into position later if she had any say in it, and she had plenty to say.
Finally the van was empty, the men got their book signed off and the van was away. The button hopped back into her car and backed the trailer very neatly up the drive. I saluted her on that one. I can't back up a trailer. Don't know why, but they just revolt when they see me at the wheel.
The new owner, I assume that's who she was, hopped out of the car and looked at the trailer, hands on her hips. She seemed to sag slightly, definitely not looking forward to what she now had to do. What was worse, the rain was definitely threatening. Then she squared her shoulders and started undoing the trailer ropes.
I thought the time had come to be a good neighbour. I strolled over to the house next door, looking the young woman over with interest.
I made her to be about twenty, quite pretty, petite but with breasts that were surprisingly generous for such a small frame. She was dressed appropriately for the move, sneakers, yoga pants and a tight shirt. No loose flapping material to snag or trip her as she bustled back and forth. And I must say that her outfit showed off her figure in a most appealing way.
"I'm Leon, from next door," I told her, jerking my thumb in the direction of my place. "Why don't you wait at the door and I'll bring the things over to you. Then you can put them where you want them while I get the next items."
"I'm Annette," she replied. "Thank you, but I can manage."
"I didn't say you couldn't," I pointed out. "Now I don't want to be standing here arguing the point while the rains come down. Just do as I say and it'll all be over before you know it."
Reaching past her I picked up a couple of items from the trailer and started towards the house, Annette running alongside me protesting. When we reached the door I pressed the things into her arms, leaving her no choice but to take them.
She vanished inside to put them down and I returned to the trailer to grab some more stuff. By my third trip she's stopped protesting and was meeting me at the door to take the things and stow them away. Working together like that it didn't take long to clear out the trailer, and I was soon lifting the last item from the back of the trailer.
That last item was a large screen plasma TV, and just how she'd lifted it into the trailer and how she'd expected to be able to lift it out were a mystery to me. It was bloody heavy, and I didn't even try to pass it to her to put away. I just stepped past her, asking, "Where?"
She led me into her front room and indicated the TV cabinet in front of the main window. I placed the TV on top it.
"Wrong position for the TV cabinet," I told her. "It looks nice against the window, but the glare coming in during the summer will totally ruin your TV viewing. You might want to consider moving it to the other wall."
"It will be fine where it is," I was smartly told, "and I didn't really need your help, you know."
At that point there was a crack of thunder and the rain came. Not a gentle pitter-patter of falling raindrops but a nice little storm, complete with hail. I was probably going to get soaked just running back home.
I have to admit I smirked when the storm hit like that, and Annette gave me a frosty glare. She knew damn well that if I hadn't been helping she'd be standing out in that, only half unloaded.
"I suppose I should thank you," she said, reluctantly, looking at the rain coming down.
"No need to," I told her, "but seeing you insist."
I just grabbed her and kissed her, and she sure tasted sweet. The little vixen tried to bite me and was pounding on me with clenched fists.
When I took my mouth away she started on me.