On her way to another babysitting job; she stopped at the store to make a few last minute purchases. She knew it would be several hours before the parents were home, so she made sure she had enough snacks and cigarettes to last. Soon she was on her way back to the car and to the house of her charge.
Quietly she knocked on the door, and the Lady of the House answered.
"Hi, Mrs. Brown, how are you tonight?" She asked with a friendly smile.
"Oh, I'm fine. Come on in."
Mrs. Brown opened the door and she walked in, careful to wipe her feet on the doormat.
"Could I talk to you for a minute?" Mrs. Brown asked.
"Sure..." she replied, unsure.
Mrs. Brown led her into the parlor and offered her a seat on the sectional. It seems Mrs. Brown was thinking she may be able to provide a little more service than just "watching" her son this evening.
"He's painfully shy, and we aren't quite sure what to do about it. We'd like him to meet a nice girl, go out with his friends - but all he does is sit in his room all night. I know he likes his computer, but there has got to be something else to help him come out of his shell."
"Well, what can I do?"
"We were hoping that maybe you could... teach him. You know, how to talk to girls, how to be comfortable around them. He has such a difficult time getting beyond his nervousness. Maybe you could help?"
"I can try," she answered, "I'm not sure what I could teach him..."
"Whatever you can do will help." Mrs. Brown said, "He doesn't know much and I'd love to see him gain some confidence."
"I'll do what I can." she answered matter-of-factly.
"Thank you. And of course, there's extra pay in it for you."
She smiled.
After Mr. and Mrs. Brown left for the evening, she waited a few minutes before venturing upstairs. The poor boy must be so painfully shy he didn't want to come downstairs, or he doesn't even know his parents have left. She looked around the house a bit, admiring a few paintings on the wall and looking at pictures of the young boy beautifully framed on the table. Finally she walked toward the stairs.
She walked up the steps slowly, looking at the pictures on the wall of the stairway as she climbed. Figuring the door with the posters and stickers on it was his, she knocked softly.
"Hello? Are you there?"
"What do you want?" the answer came back, with a nervous crack.
She pushed the door open slightly.
"Your parents went out... I wanted to let you know I was here..."
All she could see was the young boy's back - strong, sturdy shoulders and brownish-black hair. In front of him, she could see the glow of the computer screen. It looked like he was in a chat room. Music was playing also - beating, thumping hard-driving sounds that resembled someone trying to let out his deepest, darkest anger.
"Man..." he mumbled, "Doesn't she know I don't need a babysitter? I'm eighteen years old!"
"It's okay," she replied, "Don't think of me as a babysitter. I'm just a friend, come over to hang out."
"You're too old to be my friend, you don't even go to my school."
"Don't even think of that... look, I'm nineteen years old, we could be friends."
He looked at her for the first time, and she could see he couldn't get his eyes off her breasts - full and tightly constrained by her bra. The tight white tank top she wore didn't hide much either. She was glad she had worn it with the cut-off denim shorts she had made last summer when the jeans they came from were too long. They showed off her legs very nicely. He smiled.
"Okay... so, what's new?" He asked nervously.
"What are you doing on your computer?" she asked, inching herself a little closer to him.
"Oh, well, I was.. um.. just talking to some friends."
"About what?" she smiled.
"Um... girls."
"What do you say about girls?" Slowly she allowed her fingers to graze his arm as she reached to the monitor to turn it towards her.
"You know, just stuff. Every boy talks like he knows all about women."
"Do you?"
"No..."
"Why not?"
"Because I don't. I don't know anything about women. Girls don't like me very much."
"I couldn't imagine why..." she whispered into his ear, "You're so cute... I'd go out with you."
"No you wouldn't, you just want to make me feel better."