I could not believe my eyes when the black pickup truck drove up to the farmhouse and their granddaughter hopped out. I was standing by the barn, hitching up the hay wagon to the farm truck, and had to stop when I saw her run up to the porch to greet her grandparents. They told me she was coming to help with the haying for the weekend, but I had no idea she would be so hot looking.
She had dusty blonde hair, tied in a ponytail that fell below her shoulders. Her cowboy boots came just below her knees and revealed well toned thighs, but it was her tight cut-off jeans and equally tight red T-shirt that made me gasp. I wasn't certain how old she was, but I guessed in her late twenties, or early thirties.
I had just turned forty-three and wanted to get away from my dead-end jobs as a carpenter, but also a marriage that went south, leaving me bitter and brokeβfortunately, no kids. I had been working my way west in my beat up pick-up truck and stayed on Route Sixty-six because of the old song, Get Your Kicks on Route Sixty-Six. I stopped at towns and found odd jobs along the way. Sometimes I slept in my truck, sometimes in a cheap motel and treated myself to a hot shower.
I had answered an ad for a temporary farmhand on a little cattle ranch called the G&L Ranch outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. I had just been hired that morning to help with the haying.
Standing there, I watched her hug her grandparents and chat for a minute, and then she and her grandfather came over to me by the barn. I could see she wasn't wearing a bra because her grapefruit sized tits jiggled, and the small peaks of her nipples practically poked through the tight red shirt.
"This is our granddaughter, Carla...told you she'd be working with you."
"I'm Josh, glad to meet you, Carla." I shook her hand, smiled, looked into her blue eyes and tried not to look at her nipples.
She smiled back and had the cutest dimples, but then quickly looked away and seemed tense. I could tell she was shy and uncomfortable around people she didn't know, but sensed by the way she was dressed, that underneath her quiet, shy manner was a sensual, passionate woman, who dressed provocatively and liked men to look at her.
"The hay is all cut and dry but my baler is busted, so you two will have to bale her up and bring it back to the barn." He looked up at the sky. "It's supposed to rain later today, so you'll have to work fast to get her in."
"Well, the hay wagon is all hitched up so we're ready to go." I glanced back at it, then at Carla.
"Good," her grandfather said. "I'll be in the North pasture fixing the fences, so I'll see you all at lunch."
"Hop in the truck, Carla. Let's get started," I said, walking towards it.
"Just a minute," she said and ran to her truck and came back wearing a straw cowboy hat that somehow made her look even sexier. I was in the truck, waiting and put on my red faded baseball cap over my long, shaggy brown hair.
"Okay, I'm ready," she said when she climbed in, but didn't look at me.
We took off and Carla was quiet as we drove up the bumpy road to the field. I glanced over at her and could feel she was tense by the stiff way she sat with her hands folded on her lap.
We didn't speak, but a few times she turned to me and our eyes met, but then she'd quickly look away again. I think she liked being in the truck with me, but her shyness made her tense and apprehensive. I wanted to get her to relax.
"Nice folks, your grandparents. I'm glad I got this job," I said, trying to break the ice.
"Yeah, I love them and I like coming out here to visit and help." She glanced at me, then turned to look straight ahead.
I kept looking at her bare legs and her breasts straining the tight t-shirt and thought how I would love to move my hand on the inside of her smooth, tan thighs. I was turned on, but had no idea how I could get past her shyness.
"So, Carla, do you have a man in your life?" I asked, looking over at her.
"No, I don't."
Again, she glanced at me, then back out the window and was nervously biting her lower lip.
"I'm surprised. I'd think a sexy woman like you would have guys chasing after you."
She blushed when I said that.
"You're blushing." I chuckled.
"I'm not used to men saying I'm sexy."
"Well, I think you are...very sexy."
"Thank you." She glanced at me, her face still pink, then quickly turned away.
I could tell she liked my saying that, but she just looked straight ahead with her hands folded tighly on her lap. I knew she was mulling over my words. I was hoping by letting her know I liked how she looked and making little sexual comments I would penetrate her shyness and arouse her. I guess you could say I was slowly trying to seduce her and, like I said, I had a feeling about her and hoped I was right.
When we reached the spot where the hay was cut, I stopped the truck, and we both hopped out and looked out at the field. I was admiring the open space and the way the hay glowed in the hot morning sunlight, then, after a minute, went to the back of the truck and got the big ball of twine we would use to tie the bales. I threw her a pair of work gloves and put mine on.
"Let's work together," I said. "We'll make up the piles of hay, and then you'll hold them in place while I tie and cut the twine with my penknife."
Carla nodded and we got to work. We worked smoothly and quickly, and I could tell she was used to this kind of work by how tightly she was able to gather the hay while I tied. We kept glancing at each other, and I tried to get a conversation going, but she answered in short sentences. Still, I could feel there was something in the way our eyes met that made me know she liked being with me and was relaxing.
I told her where I was from, that I was drifting from place to place along Route Sixty-six because of my fascination with the historic highway. I asked if she knew the song about getting your kicks on Route Sixty-six, then chuckled, "So far I haven't had any kicks, but was hopeful." I looked into her eyes and smiled, suggestively, then quickly added, how I happen to be in the area and saw the ad.
"So you like adventure," she said, after a silence and looked at me and had a slight, playful smile on her lips that surprised me.
"Yep, there's nothing like a little adventure to put some spice in your life."
"Maybe that's what I need...a little adventure." She closed her eyes and looked away.