By Dawn Ramble
I get more than one unexpected gift before Christmas
Chapter 1
Friday, December 15th
It's nine days before Christmas. Jim has as usual slipped out of our bed just before six am. He tries not to wake me but mostly he does. Unless I'm already awake I play possum and just lie there. I hear him shower, get dressed in the spare bedroom and head downstairs. Now he'll be grabbing his smoothie from the fridge to drink on his way to work and then I hear the front door closing and the garage door opening...and then it's quiet and I just lie with my daydreams.
Jim is a radiologist at St Joe's, our busy downtown Hospital. It's shift work and mostly he works the morning shift or failing that the graveyard shift from 11pm to 7am; we like to have our evenings together. I'm a freelance journalist and author so my hours are flexible.
The last few days there's been a bit of activity in the condo opposite. Tough time of year to move but I gather an elderly couple have had to move to a care home. It's only a four-story building, the max for our residential neighborhood, but I'm always curious and like to watch what's going on. My thoughts are interrupted as my alarm reminds me it's eight o'clock, time to get up. It's a little chilly on my naked body as I open the blinds and look out. I head into the ensuite, which is warmer and open the blinds there too. I like to look out and I don't mind if someone looks in. Let's face it I am both a voyeur and an exhibitionist so I kind of hope they do.
Leaving the shower, I hear the front doorbell. I throw my towel round me and run downstairs. I'm expecting a parcel, a present for Jim and I don't know if I will have to sign for it. The delivery companies are rushed pre-Christmas, and I don't want to get a message that they tried to deliver, and I have to go pick up at their terminal. I open the front door to see a young man, maybe three or four years younger than me, say early to mid-twenties, about to leave the porch. He turns and gives me the most glorious warm smile. He points at a large package on the ground.
"This was misdelivered to me earlier and I thought I should bring it over. I just moved in across the road and it was with three other things that I had delivered."
He bends and picks it up to hand it to me. As I start to reach out to take it, I feel my towel slip and try to pin it with my elbow.
"Well, there now!" he's just got an excellent view of my boobs as I reach to take it from him. I know he's noticed them, and I feel a flush of excitement. The package is heavier than I expected although I should have known, I ordered it. My knees bend slightly and as I adjust my balance, the towel drops.
"Full-frontal," I think, although I guess the package is providing a modesty shield. Ironically, this is the moment he reaches out to take it back from me, saying, "Sorry, I should have warned you it's heavy...Let me bring it in."
I take a step back and stand in the doorway letting his eyes rove over me. I get that same thrill I get when Jim and I risk exposure having sex in a public place. Only here there is no risk, I'm not engaged in sex, and I am definitely exposed. He smiles again shifting the package to remind me he's still holding it.
"Sorry," I say as I step back into the house, my towel still on the ground, and wave him by me. But I'm not sorry I'm loving it. I'm feeling the little ripples of excitement right down there. Once he's past, I bend and pick up the towel but just sling it over my shoulder. I'm feeling... playful...flirty...horny even, I don't know, but my skin prickles as this young Adonis puts the package down and turns to face me.
The blush that creeps up his face as he looks at me is enchanting. He's desperately trying to keep his eyes from devouring every inch of my nakedness and failing. My hormones go into overdrive.
"Thank you so much. I'm about to make a latte, would you like one?"
"Er, well," he hesitates.
"Come on, you've seen it all, there isn't any more. Relax! Welcome to the neighborhood."
"If, you're sure. I'm Chris Bolt," he hesitates and gives up trying to pretend he not watching me, "Nice tattoo!"
I laugh. He has relaxed. The tattoo to which he refers is a small one right beside my thankfully well-trimmed landing strip, just above my freshly shaved pussy. He hasn't missed much and there's a bulge in his pants that's hard to miss.
"I'm Chris too, Christine Nut. My husband's Jim Taylor but I kept my own name for professional reasons. Come on through to the kitchen," I continue, leading the way through our open concept living space.
"Wow, that's some coffee machine!" he says looking at the counter.
"Yes, we both love our coffee. It's an Italian gem. We picked it up at a bankruptcy sale for a steal, only $1,800. A new one would run you $10,000 easy. It does take rather a lot of counter space, but it works brilliantly."
"You must really love your coffee."
"We do."
As we are talking, I'm facing the machine grinding the beans and filling the cups as the water heats. I feel his eyes taking in every inch of my back.
"Let's face it. I won the gene pool lottery. I'm HOT!! And I keep in shape. I love my body."
"Is a latte okay?" I say over my shoulder.
"Er, yes, wonderful."
I prepare the milk and half turn giving him my body in profile as the cups fill.
"Take a stool," I say, moving around the counter and laying my towel on the other one. I put his big latte cup in front of him and then place mine. I deliberately cock my leg with the knee out as I straddle the stool. I might say despite my love of exhibitionism I have never ever, ever, done anything this openly intimate and provocative before but I'm riding a wave and am rewarded with noticing he now has not just a bulge but an uncomfortable hard in his pants.
His feet touch the floor, and he rises slightly and adjusts himself. I sense he is...shall I say, 'well endowed'?
"I hope I'm not making you uncomfortable. I often walk around the house naked, just not normally with company." True.