I had just turned thirty when this little incident occurred. I live in a block of units and act as caretaker for them. The units are all in good condition and not much is required in taking care of them. Most things I can deal with myself and if I can't then I have a set of preferred tradesmen to summon.
Not having a lot to do around the units I have considerable time to work on my second job, a much more preferred way of passing my time. I am a programmer, and a damned good one. I write apps and games, mostly free-lance but occasionally a specific app upon request. I make good money from those, the games paying the best, and I have a decent investment portfolio. Basically, my time is generally my own.
The tenants in the units are all what you would call middle-class and are generally a decent lot. (Bar old Mr Jackson, who is a grumpy old bastard.) There are a number of kids in the complex ranging from toddlers to a couple of teenagers. They all know me and I get on well with them.
Marcia was one of the teenagers, about eighteen I thought. One morning I received a call from her, asking if I could drop past in my handyman guise. Not having anything urgent to do I wandered up to see what she wanted.
When I reached her unit I knocked and she yelled, "Door's open. Come in." I went in and found that Marcia had apparently just got up, so recently that she wasn't dressed yet, wearing what appeared to be a dressing-gown which was tied by a sash. Now I'm a healthy heterosexual male and I can appreciate a fine figure of the opposite sex. Marcia certainly had one.
That dressing-gown was made of some sort of silky material that clung to her body, showing it in loving detail. I wasn't going to swear that there was anything under that dressing-gown, although I was careful not to notice that.
She gave me a happy smile, pleased to see me. (I say happy smile because I couldn't believe that she was giving me a lascivious one.)
"James," she said with a happy lilt in her voice. "You're a lifesaver. Can you open this for me? I've been trying and I just can't do it and I'm dying for some coffee."
"You may find it easier if you use some material to grasp the lid," I told her, and she laughed.
"Ha! I tried that. Look."
To my surprise she grabbed the hem of her dressing-gown and used that to grip the top and tried to unscrew the top, to no effect. This little effort demonstrated a couple of things. Extremely silky material isn't going to help you get a grip on anything and lifting the hem of a dressing-gown to use it to hold something negates the primary purpose of a dressing-gown, namely to cover your body. I was now surer than ever that she had nothing on under that gown.
Showing amazing fortitude I did not notice the amount of skin revealed.
I grabbed the jar from her and hastily unscrewed the top.
"Thanks," she said. "I really need this. Want to stay for a cup?"
"Why not?" I said, sitting down at the table, looking her over as I did so.
"Umm, how old are you now, Marcia?" I asked her, genuinely interested.
"Turned eighteen a couple of days ago," she said. "Why?"
"Just curious. There's something I think I need to tell you but I wasn't going to mention it if you were underage."
She gave me a slightly startled look. I couldn't decide if it was genuine or not. I gave a mental shrug and opted for genuine.
"Your buttons are coming undone," I said calmly, "demonstrating that you're not wearing a bra."
Glancing down she could see a lot of cleavage where her robe had gaped open. From where I was sitting I could see that same cleavage and one pink nipple peeping past the edge of her gown.
"Oops," she said with a giggle, adjusting the robe. "Careless of me. What must you think of me?"
"I'm thinking that you might just have done that deliberately," I said. "Not sure why, and don't really care. Are you going to do it again? It was very interesting scenery."
"What? No, I didn't. Why would I do that?"
"I already said that I don't know or care. What I am interested in is a repeat performance."
"Well, really. Do you expect me to just open my gown and flash you?"
If she was trying to sound indignant it didn't come off that way. Excited, yes. Indignant, no.
"I don't expect anything. I would like you to take that dressing-gown right off, though, so that I can properly appreciate your figure."