Melissa was downright hot. When her parents moved out of the townhouse next to mine and Melissa and her two college room-mates moved in, I was one happy man. Every time I saw her, she was either on her way back from the gym dressed in some workout clothes or on her way back from class in a pair of jeans and a T shirt. I think anything she wore would look sexy on her. She had that kind of body.
Talking to her, on the other hand, was a completely different story. She was probably 20 or 21 years old and I'm 32, but when we talk, we're not just on different levels, it's like we're from completely different planets. Whenever she (or one of her friends) starts talking, I just can't help myself, but I almost immediately tune her out and start checking her out. I knew one day that habit was bound to get me in trouble.
On one afternoon, I was coming home from work and ran into Melissa in the driveway. She smiled and after exchanging greetings, she started going on and on about something to do with a massage therapy class or something and something to do with practical exercises and such. With her standing there in a tight pair of low-rise jeans and a little belly shirt, I really couldn't concentrate on what she was saying and lost the whole context of the message. I usually don't get that caught up in staring at a girl, but she really didn't have shit to say and as I checked her out, I could see the waistband of her thong sticking right up and out the side of her jeans. The thong matched her shirt and was sticking out a good inch above the waistband, like it was meant to be on display.
She kept rambling on and on about some new class she was in and was just grinning from ear to ear and she even started twisting her hair with the fingers of one hand. I got the impression she really liked talking about this new class, whatever it was. I'm sure she said what it was, but I wasn't listening. I kept just answering "uh-huh" to whatever she said, but I had no clue what she was talking about until she reached out and grabbed me on the arm and said, "Oh, cool, so are you free this afternoon?"
"This afternoon?" I asked. "Free?" What was she talking about?
"Yeah," she said, giggling a little. "It's only going to take about and hour and I promise it won't hurt."
"It won't?" I asked. What the hell was she talking about?
"No, silly," she said, obviously thinking I was joking around with her. "I'm a student, but I promise, I'll be gentle."
"Okay," I said. "What time?" I think I'd agreed to doing some homework or something with her. She'd asked me for help with math homework in the past and I'd helped her do a thesis paper on economics, so it wouldn't be out of the question for her to ask me for some help with something, but I also vaguely remembered her saying something about some massage therapy class, but how could she need help with that? I don't know shit about anatomy.
"How about in half an hour?" She asked.
"Sure," I said. "You're sure it won't take long? I have to get some work done this afternoon." Whatever she had planned, I needed to plan a way out. As much as I liked staring at her, the prospect was one of diminishing returns. The longer I stared at her, the more chance I had of getting in trouble, especially if it involved listening.
"Okay," She said. "I'll go get everything ready. "I'll see you in half an hour.
She scurried off into her house and I went to mine. What had I agreed to do? As far as I knew, I'd just volunteered to help her with her homework. I went inside, cranked my computer on, and started working where I'd left off when I'd left the office. Before I knew it, 30 minutes had passed and I remembered I'd agreed to help Melissa out with her homework. I got up from my desk and went next door.
When I got to her house and rang the doorbell, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Fortunately, she answered right away. When she invited me in, I realized I hadn't been inside the house since her parents had moved out and that was over a year ago.
I followed Melissa through the house to the den in the back. The layout was obviously designed to be a college girl pad and was only marginally better decorated than a bachelor pad would be. Lots of fluffy pillows on the couches and love seat, frilly pictures, candles and all things feminine decorated the room. However, unlike most college houses, this one had a massage table in the center of the room.
"Are you ready to get started?" She asked.
"Uh..." I stammered.
"How about I give you a minute to strip down?" she asked, placing a white towel on the massage table. "You can cover yourself with this."
"You mean?" I started to ask.
"I'll go in the other room. Undress and lay on your stomach on the table. Put the towel over you and call me when you're ready," she said, still smiling.
I couldn't remember agreeing to this. What had I gotten into?
"Uh, okay," I said. "You're sure it's okay?"
"Yeah," she said as she walked away. "I'm doing it for school. You're my homework."
I stood in the middle of her den and slowly started peeling clothes off, first my shirt, then shoes and socks, then pants. I was going to take my briefs off, but figured I should leave them on, just in case. I didn't want to freak her out and I didn't feel very comfortable being naked in front of her, even if I was covered by a towel.
I folded my clothes neatly, then climbed onto the massage table, got on my stomach, and pulled the towel over on top of my ass. This was really weird to me. I never would have imagined I'd be doing this kind of thing with the girl next door.
"Okay, I'm ready," I said.
Melissa came back in the room and stood beside the table. In the amount of time it took me to get undressed, she'd changed into a pair of loose shorts and a loose-fitting top with spaghetti straps. The shorts were also low-rise and her thong was sticking out the side again, obviously intentionally this time. I couldn't be certain, but I thought she had also removed her bra. The way I was facing, I couldn't get a good look, at least not without drawing attention to myself.
Melissa started applying some kind of lotion to the backs of my legs and feet and started massaging one leg.
"I thought you were talking about some kind of homework," I said. Her hands felt warm and gentle on my body.
"This is homework," she said, then as she started to explain, my mind started to wander as she said something about how she had an option of massage therapy or kinesiology and how she knew there would be this kind of homework, but she didn't want to ask any of the guys at school because they might get the wrong idea about what she was asking them to do and she didn't need that kind of headache.
"Why not get one of your room-mates to volunteer?" I asked.
"Are you complaining about getting a free massage?" she asked.
"No," I answered. "I'm just curious as to why you'd pick me instead of one of them."
"Well," she said, "I guess I'd rather massage a man than a woman, if you know what I mean."