Author's Note: Unlike the stories in my "Ben & Gabrielle" series, this is an attempt to write a short but sweet, cheesy, 70s porn-style scene, with little set up or plot beyond the sex. I hope you enjoy it.
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The girl in 317 had been calling about her air conditioner for three days. She was attractive, and normally Bobby would have rushed up there to fix it - or, at least attempt to fix it - but nearly a week of 70- and 80- degree temperatures - in March - had him scurrying.
Usually, his position as building superintendent was fairly quiet. In exchange for 50 percent off the rent on his basement apartment, he'd handle a few calls a week for leaky pipes, broken windows, clogged toilets, and the like, in addition to re-painting apartments between tenants. For the things he couldn't fix, he simply needed to call the building owner and have a professional sent over. All-in-all, it was a good deal.
This week, however, had been the week from hell. Everyone in the building had turned on their AC like it was suddenly mid-August, and he'd been resetting blown fuses and replacing batteries like they were going out of style. In addition, the elevator died - again - one of the washing machines in the laundry room crapped out, and he had two apartments to paint.
Just after 8:00pm, he reached the door to his apartment for the first time since 7:30 that morning. He walked into his apartment. The light on his answering machine blinked at him menacingly. Pressing play, he walked into the kitchen. It was 317 - Rachel, her name - again. As he listened, he reached into the refrigerator to grab a two-liter bottle of Coca-Cola. He didn't bother with a glass, simply twisting off the cap and taking several long pulls straight from the bottle.
"Yeah, yeah," he told the voice on the machine. "I'm coming."
He returned the Coke to the cool air inside the 'fridge, picked up his tool box, and trudged up three flights of stairs.
"God damned elevator," he muttered to himself, knowing it would be another two days before the service guy could even look at it.
The apartment was at the end of the hall - of course. He made his way to 317 and knocked on the door.
She'd been dozing in the evening heat - sleeping on the couch while wearing nothing but a pink bra and a matching pair of boyshorts. A small fan moved the air across her petite body. Her eyes came open. Not sure if she'd heard something, she sat up, and extended a hand to adjust the fan.
Although the sun had dropped out of sight, humidity hung heavy in the air. Rachel was sure the sultry weather wouldn't have bothered her quite as much if she hadn't found herself in the same condition - hot and wet - all day. She'd already masturbated twice during the day - once with her vibrator and once with her fingers - and taken two cold showers. The former hadn't sated her. The latter had cooled her off only to find her beginning to sweat again within minutes of leaving the shower.
Well, maybe the third time is the charm, she thought, as she trailed her fingers across her stomach.
Bobby knocked again, louder. Rachel jumped slightly at the sound. Discontentedly, she considered her hand for a moment.
"Can I get a rain check?" she asked.
Laughing at herself, she stood up, and walked to the door.
"Who is it," she asked, without opening it.
"It's Bobby...the super," he answered. "I'm here to look at your AC."
She looked down at her underwear.
"Ummm, hold on a minute, I'll be right with you," she said, and scurried toward her bedroom.
"Sure, why not," Bobby said, under his breath. "It's not like I have anything better to do."
Rachel grabbed a short, red silk, Oriental robe off a chair in her room. Pulling it on quickly, she turned back toward the front door. Her eye caught sight of her vibrator standing upright on her nightstand - she hadn't put it away after her session with it. For a moment, she considered throwing it in the drawer, but decided she didn't need to bother.
"He won't be coming in here," she said, to herself.
As she walked through the living room, she prepared to give the super a piece of her mind.
"Three days of waiting," she said.
Unlocking the door, she pulled it open, and stopped short. She'd never been face to face with him, only seen him in the courtyard from time to time. Bobby towered over her, standing more than a foot taller than her 5'2", and his heavy build dwarfed her petite body. He was obviously significantly older than her 25 years; his goatee was streaked with gray hairs, though the short hair on his head was still dark brown. There was something about him...
Bobby looked down at her; into her brown eyes. Her red-highlighted, brown, shoulder-length hair was pulled back into a small ponytail. The robe she wore only came down to mid-thigh level. He noticed a fine sheen of sweat on her face.
"Hey," he said.
"Uh, hi," she returned.
"I'm sorry it took so long to get up here, I..." he began to say, but she cut him off.
"That's OK," she said. "I'm surviving...sort of."
He stepped inside and she closed the door, then turned to lead him to the living room. As she walked in front of him, he snuck a glance at her ass and legs. Arriving at the AC unit, he knelt, then rotated the selector dial to "Cool." Nothing happened.
"Yeah, I tried that," Rachel said, barely masking the exasperation in her voice.
Bobby let out a small laugh.
"It's not that I don't believe you," he said, "I'm just finding out what it's doing and not doing."
After twisting the dial back to "Off," he pulled off the front cover as she sat down on the couch. The inside of the AC was filled with dust.
"Well, we found part of the problem," he said with a cough. "All this dust makes the unit work harder, and it probably blew a fuse."
Turning to his toolbox, he pulled out a handy-vac. He vacuumed the unit quickly, including the equally dusty filter, then pulled out his flashlight examine the inside.
"Yeah, there it is..." he said, looking back at her.
Rachel was sitting Indian style on the couch. Her hands were in her lap. As he whirled toward her, he thought he saw her fingers moving between her legs.
Must be the heat baking my brain, he thought.
"...the internal fuse popped," he continued, turning his head back to the unit.
Reaching inside, he reset the fuse.
"That should do it," he said, as he replaced the cover.
Again, Bobby spun the selector. Again, nothing happened.
"Or not," he sighed.
He faced her once more. This time, he would have sworn he saw her rubbing herself.
"Ummm, it, ahhh, might be tripped in the box," he said.