Chapter 2: Melissa Confides in Me

In this case I met Richard and Melissa at church. An older couple with two kids in the youth group that I was working with, Richard was 42 and Melissa was 40. Melissa was 32 when she had her first kid so even though they’re older than my parents I still baby-sat their kids! The two of them keep in shape though and most people are surprised to hear their real age, figuring them to be at least five to ten years younger. Actually, my mom suspects that Melissa has had a little modern technology when it comes to keeping her figure but I don’t see anything wrong with that.

One night after youth group I was helping Melissa put things away in one of the classrooms. We were alone and most of the people were out in the main gathering area. Melissa started to say something to me and then seemed to change her mind and went back to work. This repeated several time until the last time we both burst into laughing over it.

“Melissa, is there something you want to ask me or whatever?” I finally managed to ask after we calmed down.

Melissa took a big breath and motioned for me to take a seat. We both sat in those ridiculously small chairs they put in the preschool classrooms. Melissa took my hand and I looked at her with a quizzical look.

“Ummmmm ... I hope you don’t mind me discussing this with you Kelly,” she started out, “Just let me know if this make you uncomfortable and I’ll drop it wihout another word,”

“Sure Melissa, but you know you can always say anything to me,” I replied.

“Yeah, but this isn’t something you may be comfortable with,” she countered. I took her by the hand and just smiled. Melissa took yet another deep breath and started over yet again.

“OK then ... I was in the big kitchen earlier tonight and there was a bunch of the young boys talking. They didn’t know I was in there and just as I was about to shoo them out I overheard what they were talking about.” She paused again, as if reconsidering whether she should be telling me this but then she huffed and continued sayin, “Oh my God, They were talking about YOU Kelly, and I hate to say this but not very nicely either.”

I looked at her intently as if I had no idea what she was talking about, I had a good idea what boys she was talking about but they were only fourteen to fifteen years old. Sure they all looked at me whenever they thought I didn’t see them and more than a few times I had seen them with a small bulge in their pants while I was teaching them but to be honest, I didn’t mind it a bit! Actually I thought it was kind of cute they were turned on by me and I could only imagine the masturbation sessions which probably took place when they went home later. Although I had a bit of a reputation with the boys at this church during my high school years (one of which I was a quite proud of by the way!), this was the first time I’d heard stories of my reputation had continued down to this generation of boy!

Melissa looked upset though, probably thinking I would be hurt by what she was going to say. “My goodness Kelly,” she said with her hand over her mouth, “They said when you went to school here you were having sex with almost every boy in your class! Well, they DID talk mostly about oral sex but still, sex is sex!”

Melissa paused to gauge my reaction. I just sat there smiling, listening so she continued on saying, “Then they talked about the clothes you wear around town and I couldn’t believe the nasty things they said wanted to do to you. Finally I couldn’t listen anymore so I made some noises and it scared them away.”

Melissa looked at me in the eyes, “Is any of that true Kelly? I have to admit that I’ve always thought you dressed a bit ... well let’s just say ... inappropriately at times but I can’t believe a good girl like you could be the slut they were making you out to be. My goodness, all of the parents here just adore you and you do such a great job with the kids. Richard and I have trusted you to baby-sit our kids for years now!”

With that she stood up with her arms crossed. She just shook her head in disbelief and then looked at me solemnly saying, “Well, no matter what you did back then, I assume that now that you’re going to such a nice Christian college that it’s all behind you now. I mean, it IS, right?”

I couldn’t help but smile mischievously at her and she knew instantly what I meant by it. Her face turned red as she blushed and looked away from me. “Oh my god Kelly,” she said, “Your parents are such wonderful people, I can’t believe they condone this kind of behavior!”

“Well...” I said, “I don’t hide anything from my parents.”

I expected Melissa to faint at any moment but instead she just went silent for over a minute. I wasn’t sure where this was all leading so I just sat there quietly waiting for her to continue. When she finally broke her silence she turned to me with a look that took me totally by surprise. She was smiling at me! Well, if that surprised me it was nothing compared to how I felt when she made her next remark.

“Well, I have to admit I was sort of hoping you would say that,” she said softly. Her smile became a bit naughtier as she saw the surprise in my face. She licked her lips and said, “I had o hear you say that before asking you anything ... Kelly, I was wondering if you would ever be interested in being with an older couple?”