By jasperspen©
All persons engaged in sexual activity in this story, are over 18 years of age.
This story took place in the 1970s in the United Kingdom when the 'World Wide Web' or Internet as it is known today, was barely an infant and not available to private individuals. As for mobile phones, they were only at an experimental stage. This meant that knowledge of sex was gleaned mostly by chats with 'experienced' friends or looking at adult magazines aka Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler and so on.
Boys and girls were nowhere near as mature or knowledgeable about sex at age 18 compared to many of today's 14 or 15 year olds, thanks mainly to the multitude of internet 'information' that can now be accessed by anyone that can type 'sex' into a search engine.
All of this is to set the scene for you, to make you aware that in the 1970s, unlike the present, many boys and girls at age 18 were considerably naïve when it came to real sexual encounters.
Obviously, if you have read the previous chapters you will be more in tune with the characters.
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Mom had been pleased to see that Sue had made a good job of cutting my hair, and had not said anything that led us to think she might have had any suspicions about what else we had done in the hairdressing salon. In fact, she had been very complimentary about how well we were now getting along, with few arguments or disagreements.
Our routine of clearing up after dinner each evening, washing the dishes and utensils while our parents went into the sitting room to watch the TV News, had become a regular pattern, so we were able to chat and sometimes mess with each other a bit, without arousing any suspicion. We had had some sexy banter and not too risky feeling of each other while doing that, but we hadn't had any opportunities to do anything more.
My half-term break from college was approaching next week, and I was looking forward to being able to spend some time in my shed during the day, when no one was around. I had slowly increased my library of 'Men's' magazines and was looking forward to studying them in detail without interruption.
Unfortunately, that wasn't how it was going to be.
"You can, but we can't afford for someone to come in and do it," I heard Mom saying to Sue one day, as I came down to breakfast.
"What's that then?" I asked, not having heard any of the previous conversation.
"Your sister wants to decorate her room," Mom replied, "she says it's too old fashioned and she wants to change it all."
"Ohh ok," I said, more interested in filling my cereal bowl.
"Dad could help me," Sue said.
"No, he works too hard already," Mom said, "neither of us are as young as we used to be."
"Oh well," Sue sighed, "guess I'll have to leave it as it is."
There was a pause while we continued eating our breakfast.
"But..." Mom suddenly said, as though a light bulb had gone off in her head, "Ben is going to be on holiday soon, he could help you if we buy the materials."
"What," I spluttered, seeing where this was going, "I know nothing about decorating."
"Well it's a good time to learn then isn't it?" Mom said, triumphantly, "what do you think Mike?" she asked our dad, who had his head stuck in a newspaper as usual.
"Yes, good idea," he replied absently, not looking up from his reading.
"See, your dad is in agreement Ben," she added, a self-satisfied smile on her face.
"Aww Mom, I have plans for my week off."
"I'm sure you can give your sister a bit of your time Ben, it's not too much to ask."
I knew I was onto a looser, so I resigned myself to having to give up a couple of days to help Sue.
I was just about to carry on eating my breakfast, when Sue got up, passing behind Mom and Dad, she gave me one of her 'raised eyebrow' looks and said, "I want to paint the walls rather than have wallpaper, so we are going to have to strip everything off."
I groaned at the thought of all that work, but then I caught the cheeky grin that followed and wondered if she meant something else or was just playing me up.
"I am going to take a few days holiday next week," Sue said, "is Monday ok to start?" she asked me.
"Yea, I guess so," I mumbled through my mouthful of cereal.
"Good. You can take Sue in the car on Sunday and buy the paint and things you need from the big DIY store in the new shopping complex. The shops there are all open on Sundays," Mom generously offered.
Oh great, not only days during the week, but I had to lose Sunday too, and I hate shopping. As Sue hadn't passed her driving test yet, I knew I would have to drive her, so once again I accepted luck wasn't with me today and got on finishing my breakfast, so I could get to college.
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The week finally came to an end, and on Saturday I spent most of the day with my mate helping him with repairs to his old motorbike. I swear he spends more time repairing it than riding it, but it's interesting and we can chat about life and the world in general as we work, so I do enjoy it, even if it does take a while to get the grease from my hands afterwards.
When I went down to breakfast on Sunday, Sue was busy writing a list of things we needed to buy. I looked over her shoulder and it looked like she had been doing some measurements and calculations so that she would know how much paint and stuff we might need.
"That looks organised," I said, "maybe it won't take too long if you know what you want."
"Yeah, I thought that. Dad helped me to measure up last night and has given me the money to cover it, so I think we should be ok. I'm quite excited about it. I've already had breakfast, so I'm going to get ready. Give me a call in my room as soon as you are ready to go," she instructed, as she rose and left me to eat mine.
I called her about a half hour later and she came downstairs looking as if she was going out on a date rather than to a DIY store. She had put on a light-green miniskirt, that ended mid-thigh, a tight-fitting white top and sandals. Her legs were bare, which they usually were unless it was much colder, and she had obviously put on a little make-up and looked very sexy indeed.
"I didn't realise we had to dress up," I said, a bit sarcastically, as I was wearing my regular shorts and tee-shirt.
"Some of us like to look nice when we go out," she countered, but with a knowing sort of smile that I didn't understand.
"Shall I escort madam to the car," I said, hamming up the chauffeur role.
"Yes please driver," she retorted, taking up the act.
To keep the act going, when we got outside, I opened the passenger door for her to get in, and got a reward of seeing her long slim legs, and a flash of white panties, as her skirt caught on the seat when she slid onto it. Hmm I thought, that was an unexpected treat.
We left at about 11am and I drove straight to the DIY store where, after a bit of indecision over colour, Sue eventually bought the paint and a few other items that we would need. We loaded it from the shopping trolly into the boot of the car and I started to reverse out from the parking space.
"Ben, while we are here, I would like to get a couple of things from one of the other shops, can you drive over to the other car park please?" Sue asked.
"What else do you need?"
"You can see when we get there," she said, grinning.
"I don't want to be too long though, I would like some of Sunday to myself," I answered, a bit grumpily.
"It won't take long, please Ben," she gave me a 'lost puppy dog' look.
"Yea, ok," I sighed, "let's get it over with."
It was surprisingly busy for a Sunday, but I found a space not too far from the other shops and we walked over and entered the shopping arcade where there were lots of clothing, jewellery, shoe and other shops.
"Where are we going?" I asked, trailing along behind her, but watching her tight bottom wiggle from side to side as she walked.
"Just down here," she said, over her shoulder.
She turned into a shop that had display windows full of young lady's clothes.
"Oh no," I said, "I'm not going in there with you, look it's full of girls looking and trying on things, it's too embarrassing."
"Come on," she grabbed my arm pulling me with her, "see, there are guys in here with their girlfriends, just stay with me and they'll think you're my boyfriend," she giggled.
It had made me blush, seeing the girls holding up items against themselves to see how they might look, and even in one area of the shop doing the same with underwear. I was totally out of my comfort zone and wasn't sure where to look.
Sue was right though, there were lots of people in there and the loud pop music in the background simply added to the crowded feeling. The people included a handful of bored looking men being asked 'what do you think of this' or 'think this'll suit me'. As Sue started looking through the skirts and tops on the racks, I noticed two harassed shop assistants who were alternately trying to help customers and serve on the cash desk. It was clear that they had only put on a skeleton crew as it was a Sunday, and that they could have done with at least another couple of staff.
I was trying to blend in and look more nonchalant than I felt, when there was a tug on my arm.
"I'm going to try these on," she said, several garments lying over her arm, "come on."
"Come on where?"
"To the fitting booths of course," she said.
"No," I whispered urgently, looking at the two assistants running around, "I can't go in there, they'll think I'm weird or something."
"They are too busy to notice," she said, pulling me with her.