enough company but
there was definitely an undercurrent of desire in his joking. She wanted to
keep him a little off balance, so made a point of ignoring the cruder attempts
at humour, although she couldn’t help smirking to herself . ‘Just a question
of when not if…when do I want to let him get his dirty big hands on me…? ’
As he thanked her for the juice and headed off for his run, she suddenly
decided it was going to be sooner rather than later. ‘ A lot sooner…! ’
As she ran the glasses and jug under the
kitchen tap, she quickly put together a plan of action. ‘ First stop…the
cellar…Be just my luck if there weren’t any down there today though….’ Newly rinsed and dried glass in one hand, old phone bill in other, she tiptoed
down the stairs. Fortune smiled on her efforts and she soon had an eight legged
monster safely trapped between glass and envelope. She wasn’t particularly
scared of spiders but still didn’t fancy picking up one quite so big.
Walking carefully with her prize she went up
the two flights of stairs to her dressing room. She left the glass on a
windowsill and started up the shower. Stripping out of her sweaty work clothes
was pleasant anyway but doubly so with her body in excited anticipation of what
was to come. In the shower, she soaped herself thoroughly and washed and
conditioned her hair. Not wanting to be late, she finished quickly and turned off
the shower. Roughly towelling herself dry, she put on the skimpiest of her
dressing gowns. The silky red effort barely covered halfway down her thighs,
showing off her long legs to their best advantage.
Last chore was to do the towel-turban on her
hair and she was ready. She went over and picked up the glass, gently lobbing
the spider into the furthest corner of he huge walk-in shower. It shuffled
around in the damp for a while, then settled for lurking in a sullen hunched up
sort of way.
‘ Just in time… ’ Out of the open window
she could see Rob jogging the last few hundred yards up the street. When he was
level with the house she called out loudly.
“Hey. Geek. Help!”
He stopped in his tracks and looked up.
“Ah. The orange lady. You got a problem up there?”
“I got wildlife issues. How are you with
spiders?”
“Well. I managed to sit through Arachnaphobia.
Is that any good to you?”
“Best chance I got I suppose. Any chance you
could come up and save me from this critter?”
“Is that for the usual reward? I could go a
couple glasses of something cold right now as it happens.”
“Not sure yet. I might just have something a
bit better than that if you’re quick.”
Rob started moving across her garden towards
her. “I’ll be right there then. If not sooner.”
“The front door’s open. Just come straight up.”
She felt her heart beat just a little faster as
she heard him come into the house. He was keen enough to take the stairs two at
a time ‘ and fit enough after his run…see how tired he’ll be in an hour
though… ’and came bounding into the room. He immediately took in her
relative state of undress, the thin dressing gown clinging to her damp skin not
leaving much to his imagination. There was a cool breeze blowing into the room
now, leaving her nipples stiff and jutting out under the cloth like the world’s
horniest pair of thimbles. Feeling his fascinated stare on her body gave her a
sudden jolt. ‘ Being honest now, it’s not just the cold air that’s making
them do that is it…? ’
“Aren’t you supposed to be rescuing me or
something?”
He moved his stare very reluctantly away from
chest level up to eye level.
“Yeah. Oh sorry. Nice look you got going
there.” He shook his head as if to clear it. “Erm, anyway. Spiders. Where’s
this monster then.”
She pointed into the shower. “He’s in there.
Right at the back. Be careful, he might bite!”
He walked over and looked in.
Krystal Shannan, Camryn Rhys