Introduction.
I'm no good at creating characters out of thin air, which is why my stories (apart from "The Red Bikini") are as near autobiographical as I dare allowing for changes to names and actual places. Even that story came to me when I saw a fat old lady in a scarlet swimsuit one day! This short story is total fiction, although the main character inspiration came to me after reading a magazine article many years ago. The characters are all fictitious.
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"Coming for a drink after work?"
"No thanks," replied Jonathon, "it's the second Friday in the month, my day to see Grandma after work."
"Oh, yea, I forgot," responded Jon's office colleague, "calling in twice a month, even though you have to travel some way, you sure look after the old dear."
"There's only one of her," answered Jon, with a smile, collecting his coat and the small sports bag he only carried on a Friday, walking out the door, and down to the car park.
"Good thing Jon's got his old granny to visit on a Friday," remarked Sandra, cattily to her close friends, as they left the office, "he's a bit, well, effeminate, isn't he? And those hands are so tiny, if his cock's as small he'd be lucky to find a girl to go out with."
The girls all laughed, even Jon's male workmates couldn't help but smile at the thought. Jon's immediate supervisor, Gary, overheard all this, and the thought struck him to follow at a discreet distance to see if he could get a glimpse of this special person in Jon's life. As he got into his car, he saw Jon driving carefully out of the car park, and then and there decided to tail his colleague. The two cars made their way through the rush hour traffic, Gary staying far enough behind to keep tabs on Jon without losing him.
The city gave way to the leafy suburbs and out into the beginnings of the countryside. A small housing development came into view, and Gary followed Jon into a small street, nearly catching up as slowed outside a substantial cottage, and then parked in the driveway. Gary stopped and watched Jon get out, carrying his bag, go up to the brightly painted door, and pull on the old fashioned doorbell cord hanging outside. The door opened, and Granny stood there with a welcoming smile.
To be honest, Gary felt a tad disappointed. He could see nothing special about Grandma. About 80 years old, (older than Gary would have expected), wavy, snow white hair, rounded, if somewhat wrinkled face, and about 5 foot 3 in her pink, button front blouse and cream, knee length, pleated skirt. Not overly fat or thin, just what you would describe as rounded and homely. Had Gary been closer he would have observed that the noticeable twin bulges in Granny's blouse were low down enough to be just above the waistband. Annoyed with himself for wasting so much time and fuel, Gary drove home.
Had Gary been the proverbial fly on the wall, he rest of the evening would have surprised him. Jonathon dropped his sports bag in the hall at the bottom of the winding stairs and followed Granny into he living room. They sat at the chintz covered table, and Gran poured out tea from a Royal Albert "Old Country Roses" teapot into two matching cups. The remainder of the extensive teaset twinkled from a display cabinet. Other cabinets housed the opulent Royal Crown Derby next to the garish Clarice Cliff "jazz" service. A lifetimes collection. They drank their tea quietly. Then Gran said,
"Have you got everything in your bag, Jon?"
"Of course, Grandma. And here is your allowance."
"Thank you, my dear, you are such a generous grandson."
They both chuckled at that. Jon reached into his inside pocket and brought out an envelope. Granny opened a drawer in the sideboard, and put the envelope away. away. As she turned back to the table, Jon stood up, moved towards his granny, and began to unbutton the2nd, 3rd and 4th button of her blouse. Instead of pushing him away with shocked expression, Gran just smiled in a matter of fact way and sat back in her chair.