Mrs. Clarke 01
So, my name is Andrew and my back story is nothing special other than I'm always willing to help out. And that's what I did recently when my friend, Tim, who was visiting with his father for the weekend, texted me and said he received a notification that a few of his expected packages had arrived and he asked me to swing by his mom's place, Mrs. Clarke, and pick them up to protect against porch pirates.
Boom, I was Johnny/Andrew on the spot and I did that, done, check the box, give me a gold star, pat me on the back and everybody lived happily ever after. As long as "ever after" is defined as about later that Saturday at 8pm when I texted Tim back and confirmed that I safely held his 3 boxes, to which he replied that he only expected 2 packages, which kind of made me the porch pirate.
And my anime girlfriend is a space pirate (Tessa), but that's another story.
Well, once I actually looked at the 3 packages, I quickly learned of my mistake because one box was clearly a cowboy, well, a cowgirl deerskin vest with those frilly fringes on it and it was an honest and legit mistake because of some reason.
And Tessa is hot.
Anyways, I quickly figured out that the fancy vest was for Mrs. Clarke and her adventures down at the Line Dance Club, which wouldn't be known as the Limp Dick Club if my girlfriend was the Bouncer.
So, Mrs. Clarke, right? Not the most attentive gamer mom around, but she always made us gamers the best deep dish individual pizzas, so that was worth it. She's also a dance judge at the old folk's club, so, boom, I went into hero mode and delivered the unopened vest package to Mrs. Clarke down at the club.
"Excuse me, do you have the right club? You look like someone who might spend a Saturday night at Kandi's Korner Club rather than at the Line Dance Club, so?"
I'm not really a nightclub kind of person. Plus, I'm 2 months short of 21, so.
"Oh, I'm a regular at Kandi's Korner Club sure enough and my girlfriend gets her own special tall table because she's that hot, but for the next 10 minutes, I'm in hero mode and saving the day by personally delivering a fancy vest to Mrs. Clarke because being the hero is what I do, so?"
"[Sniff, sniff] do you really have a girlfriend because you're not perfume scented from being embraced by a girlfriend as she hugged you goodbye for your hero mission, hmm? Anyways, hi there, I'm Belinda, I'm 44 and all of my stuff still works and you can figure that out for yourself when your mission is..."
[A peanut shell crunching trot across the floor to save the day]
"Oops, oops, that's enough, Belinda! Um, bye, Belinda, um, Andrew? Um, what are you doing here, Andrew? I mean, you're almost of age to get into Kandi's Korner nightclub and sometimes they turn a blind eye, so, um, your turn, Andrew."
[Whips out the white plastic soft package, which like most other white plastic soft packages is marred and dirty because packages are substitutes for a frisbee]
"Mrs. Clarke, I swear it, I grabbed this package by mistake when I snagged a couple of Tim's packages earlier today to protect against any porch pirates and only because I know that your Saturday's are chuck full of errands, so, ta da, I'm saving the day by personally delivering your package to you, so, your turn, Mrs. Clarke."
[A quick and unexpected hug "thanks" which also transferred a perfume scent onto Andrew]
"Eek! I was hoping that this vest would arrive in time for tonight's special event, so, eek, thank you so very much, Andrew [re-hugs]! Oops, again [sniff, sniff] I've scented you (giggles). Anyways, this is just perfect, Andrew, since I am a dance competition judge and all, so?"
"And, and, and, you're sexy, Mrs. Clarke! Where did those come from, huh?"
[Points because Andrew is not all that experienced with women, but doesn't touch]
"(Giggles) well, I am a woman and women have boobs and boobs make cleavage and some cowgirl shirts highlight cleavage and it's a whole Sex Ed story from there, Andrew. And this vest, ahem, will cover up, tee he, a tad."
"Or, or, or, draw in more eye ball attention! And I'll just shut it now, Mrs. Clarke, so?"
"[Pats chest] good choice, Andrew, good choice. Anyways, stick around since you're already inside of the old folk's club. But we need to make a neutral territory tie first, so?"
"Um, yeah, I know all about a neutral territory tie, Mrs. Clarke and that's actually in my hero mission statement motto, so, yeah, we're at a tie, so?"
"Oh, usually there a couple of secret things revealed first, Andrew, but maybe I'm running behind with my "modern woman" night classes, so, I'll start by offering that I officially know nothing about how my kid receives packages from "Love You Long Time, LLC" out of Asia and you agree to..."
[An interrupting sliding crunchy entry over the peanut shells. Or a body slam entrance]
"Woo-hoo, oops [bump], hi there [sniff, sniff], damn it, Carla! You perfume scented this young gun already? Also, hi, I'm Millie and all I care about is that your young gun six-shooter is about 20 because..."
"(Giggles) now, Millie, this is Andrew, my son's friend and he brought me my new dance judging frilly vest and with my excitement, I quick hug jumped him, so?"
"Hmm, well, I'll be around then, especially when Carla is busy judging the dances because..."
"Ahem, bye for now, Millie!"
[Um, um, that was some crunching walk away over the peanut shells! Millie got hips! And a roll of duct tape, yikes!]
"Um, Mrs. Clarke, was that a roll of duct tape in her hand? Is she the building maintenance person?"
"(Giggles) well, in trade for a tie of silence about her duct tape, tee he, versus my silence about your current girlfriend, Tessa, um, tee he, Millie has an old out to pasture cowboy on the hook here at the Line Dance Club, but Chester is so far out in the pasture that, tee he, Millie has to tape wrap, wrap, wrap, wrap him up to get her sex!"
Momentarily, I only passed out momentarily, folks. But I didn't fall down.
"OMFG, Mrs. Clarke, um, tee he, does that work?"
"Oh, gawd no, but they have fun, tee he! Anyways, tee he, young gun stud with the six-shooter in your pocket over Millie's swinging hips [an accidental verification], I need to get ready and get my booty at the judges table, so, stick around because tee he, our 'after party' is fireworks out back in the rear parking lot, so?"
"I mean, yeah, I can cancel my other plans and watch a couple of dance battles, Mrs. Clarke."
"LOL, well, Andrew, I'm not sure that "dance battles" applies to our age group or to line dancing in general, LOL, but, yeah, stick around. And since we're in neutral territory and all, Andrew, I mean, you could escort me to the hallway of the restrooms, where I'll put on my new and fringe frilly vest, so?"
"Oh, I can do that, Mrs. Clarke, especially since we're in neutral territory and even more especially since I know all about being in neutral territory, especially even more, more about being in a darker hallway with a woman, so, um, what else do I know then, Mrs. Clarke, huh?"
"Oh, LOL, it sounds like you know it all, Andrew. But, unfortunately, Andrew, what you don't know is that if I had known that I was going to receive a surprise wardrobe delivery, I mean, that's right, young gun, I would have planned for that by, well, you know what would have happened anyways, because you know, you know it all, right, Andrew, tee he?"
"Oh, I mean, Mrs. Clarke, I've been scented and claimed, so, um, I'm playing that card, so?"
"Well, that's a perfect card to play from the bottom of the deck then, Andrew because if I had known, I would have planned a change of cowgirl shirts to match my frilly vest by having my claimed man stand guard in the powder room, where I would have slowly removed my previous cowgirl shirt, checked myself out in the mirror, make a few pushing up adjustments to the girls, fiddle with my bra, slowly put on a different cowgirl shirt, that matched my frilly judging vest, check my lip gloss in the mirror, carefully slide on my new vest, recheck my look in the mirror one more time and lip smack my dealing from the bottom of deck man a couple of times and..."
Fine, that time I hit the floor when I passed out.
"Up you go [ugh, ugh, lift], young gun!"
"I mean, I mean, Mrs. Clarke, are you my secret cowgirl girlfriend now?"