Caught Perving

I’m upstairs in the sanctity of my own bedroom having myself a little jerk-off session when the door slams open and in storm my mom’s two friends, Amy Claire and Danielle Cheng. “What’re you doing?!” I yell at them, scrambling to grab the blanket to cover myself, tripping over the leg of table as I … Continue reading Caught Perving

Julian

“Julian,” I announce as my son’s friend sits down beside me. Not so close that he’s touching, but not so far away that he couldn’t. “Don’t start.” “Don’t start what?” he feigns innocence, “I’m just being friendly, Charlotte. I just want to say ‘hi’ and ask how your day was.” I sigh, give him a wary glance. He’s tall and broad young man, athletic in build ever since he gave up spending all his free time painting miniatures and started dedicating it towards water polo. “So then ask,” I say, “But be quick about it. I’m going to bed in a minute.” “You need someone to tuck you in, Charlotte?”

Taking care of the babysitter

Rounding the corner past our kitchen, I pause at the threshold into the next room. Helene’s leaning over the couch that’s facing our TV, bag in her hand, packing away her stuff. In yoga pants and a t-shirt that are practical if a touch snug, I brace for the guilt I get from checking her out, but I do it anyway. She’s slender, tight, toned, and I drink it in while I can. Goddam do I need to get laid. When her eye catches mine, I grin and say, “The kids weren’t any trouble, were they?”