A mix of both fiction and non-fiction.

It was the middle of May, and I had just finished the last of my online finals for my college classes this semester. I sat back in my chair and heaved a big sigh of relief as I hit submit on the webpage. That was it, I was halfway done my college career. It wasn’t completely relief though.

Instead of sitting in a large lecture hall, I found myself back at home, sitting in the chair and working at the desk I would do my high school work in. The pandemic had sent everyone home from their dorms, and that included me. I missed my friends, especially my one friend with benefits.

I had been craving to fuck her since we all got sent home and into lockdown, but she refused to meet, citing health concerns for her parents. Fair enough, I volunteered at a fire department and occasionally spent time on the ambulance, but I still felt like I was safe enough. Perhaps she was right, but regardless I was still horny. Nothing can get that out of a 19-year-old like myself.

“Ellis!” the shout coming from downstairs. It was my mom calling me, for god knows what. I turn my head and shout back, “Yes!?” “Come down here for a minute!” she responds. Good timing, I guess. I scoot out of my chair and make my way downstairs to meet my mom. I meet her in the kitchen.

“What’s up?” I ask her.

“Are you done your classes yet?” she inquires.

“Sure am, just finished my last final. Ready for the long summer of nothing.”

“Not so fast, Mark asked if you were back” she began “and wanted to know if you were interested in helping his garden.” Mark was our next-door neighbor. He had a beautiful garden that covered the entire yard from house to street. It was complete with ponds of koi fish, bamboo, and lots of decorative features. He usually paid a crew to maintain it.

“He said he’ll pay 15 an hour for your help.” Mom added.

I thought about it for a quick moment. Considering I had no work this summer and my planned engineering internship had been indefinitely cancelled, I jumped on the offer and told my mom yes. She then gave me Mark’s phone number and told me to text him to see when I can get started. I sent him an introductory text and he got back to me in minutes.

Thank you for texting Ellis, it’s good to hear from you. If you are seriously interested, I would need you every weekday for about six hours a day. I know it’s a lot, but without the crew, I need all the help I can get. I would like you to start as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow. Please let me know if this is okay for you.

I text him right back confirming it is and throw my phone down. Well, I had work for the summer. Not the kind I intended, but what can you do. At the very least it was money in my pocket, and I’d get to bask in the sun, maybe start working on my tan. I went to bed that night not knowing what to expect.

I woke up the next morning and was making breakfast when I got the text from the neighbor Mark to come over. I told him I’d be there in a few minutes and wolfed down my breakfast as quick as I could. Walking over with a slice of toast in my hand and some more in my mouth, I knocked on his door and was greeted by someone who looked vaguely familiar.

“Ellis?” the woman in question asked.

“Uhhh, yeah that’s me…” I awkwardly replied.

The woman in question shrieked and gave me a big hug, which caught me off guard, but I timidly reciprocated. “You’ve grown so much since I last saw you!”

I couldn’t pinpoint who this woman was. I studied her face intently, she was a small woman, maybe only 5 feet tall, and had long brown hair with brown eyes to match. She had a frankly gorgeous face and a sizeable rack for someone her size, probably pushing C cups if I had to guess. I peered down at her hips and saw the makings of a cute little ass as well. And then it hit me all at once, I should have figured, who else would be living here?

“Cecilia!” I finally respond back “It’s good to see you again”

Cecilia was Mark’s wife. She was a nice woman who used to babysit me when I was in elementary school, before my parents would get home. I hadn’t talk to her since, only occasional waves if we caught each other leaving at the same time. But none of that mattered, all I could think about was how amazing and fucking spectacular she was looking.

After I was done my gawking, I look into her face and see a coy smile on it. Oh shit, she certainly saw me looking her up and down. I let out a small blush. She broke the moment by asking if I was here to garden for Mark.

“Yeah, he has me working for six hours a day, five days a week.”

She let out a great smile when she heard that and happily beamed “Well that’s good, I’ll get to see you around a lot!” she continued on “I’ll be out here helping too occasionally, it’s good to stay active at my age now, ya know?”

“Yeah” I meekly agreed, too entranced still at her. I then let this question slip out, but immediately regretted it “How old are you anyway?”

She istanbul escort giggled as my eyes went wide and my face turned bright red. “Ms. Cecilia I’m so sor-” She cut me off “It’s fine Ellis, don’t worry! And you can call me Cecilia now, you’re 18 now right?”

“I’m 19 actually.” I replied

“Wow, they really do grow up so fast. And I’m 53 for what it’s worth.”

“Get out of here!”

She giggled again. God she had a cute giggle. “I promise it’s true!”

“Well, the years have been more then kind on you!” I tried to slickly reply. What was I saying…

“That they have…” she trailed off. A voice came from inside. “Cecilia!” It was the voice of Mark. “Is Ellis here?” he shouted.

“He is!” she shouted back

“Tell him to meet me out back, we’ll start there!” He replied

“Okay, he’ll be there in a minute!” she said. She then turned back to look at me. “Looks like it’s time for you to get to work” she began “I can’t wait to see more of you around here, it’s been getting awfully lonely with everything going on.”

“I’m more than happy to be here Cecilia” I followed what I said with a warm smile.

“So will I Ellis, in more ways than you can imagine.” She said with a mischievous tone. My heart thumped in my chest. Wait, what the fuck does she mean by that. Fuck, no way. I stared blankly at her and she giggled then told me to go out back. I gave her a quick goodbye and went around the house. I looked behind me as I left and saw her smiling and staring at me as I walked away. I snapped my head back around, took a deep breath, and made my way towards Mark to start my productive summer.

“So this tall grass here is wild onion,” Mark gestured towards the abnormally high looking grass “Take your trowel, scoop it out, and throw the bastards in here-” He tossed a bucket my way. It was almost end of the day and it was also the end of my second week working at Mark’s. The wild onions had just started to come in, and he wanted to eliminate all of them before they sprouted too large.

I must admit though, he didn’t have my full attention. Part of my gaze was being directed towards a figure working on the other side of the garden. She was wearing tights and had a pink tank top on with a large sunhat. She looked amazing. Of course, it was none other than my employer’s wife, Cecilia.

She had been on my mind constantly since seeing her on that first day. Over the last two weeks while learning the ins and outs of the garden, I had seen her periodically working on a section of the garden that was quite different from the rest.

That part of the garden was secluded, blocked by some small evergreen trees, having only one way in. Inside the grove was a small bench with plenty of colorful plants, flowers, and decorations. I couldn’t tell you what half the plants were, but they looked nice. Just like the woman working in it.

When I asked Mark about the grove, he told me it was Cecilia’s private part of the garden. She doesn’t care for the rest of the garden allegedly, but she intently monitors her one section. Apparently, she was never on board with the idea of a full garden in their yard, but Mark let her have this little section as reconciliation.

After returning my attention to the bucket in front of me, Mark handed me a trowel and told me to get to weeding. My next few hours consisted of me hunched over, scouring the grassy parts of the yards looking for onions to eradicate. By the time I was finished, the bucket was full of onions. I looked around for Mark but couldn’t find him.

Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted Cecilia moving into her grove. I figured I should ask her what to do with the weeds and made my way towards her. At least that’s what I told myself. I also found the idea of getting to talk to Cecilia without David around, mildly thrilling. Regardless, I was about to enter the grove.

“Cecilia?” I called out as I entered in. She turned around, still wearing the same clothes from earlier. Her tits looked even bigger in the tank top and I struggled to keep my eyes level. “Yes?” she softly responded.

“What should I do with these onions?” I asked. She looked at the bucket in my hand and replied, “Let me see that,” she pointed at the bucket. I made my way further into the grove and gave her the bucket, she looked inside.

“My oh my! You really went to town! Good job!” She excitedly thanked me. A smile escaped my lips and I thanked her for the kind words. “They go in the compost by the way”

Having my question answered and finding myself awkwardly standing there, I decided I should just leave and get back to work. Fuck, I made that awkward I thought to myself. I turn to walk away but her voice calls out my name. “Ellis,” she says. I turn back around.

“Would you like a proper tour of the garden?” her request being very enticing.

“I would love to Cecilia, but I should probably get back to work…” I trailed off.

“Nonsense, Mark went to the nursery to get istanbul escort bayan some plants” she started “He won’t be back for an hour or two. Let me show you around, tell you what you’ve been staring at the past two weeks.”

My heart was racing. Fuck yeah. Show me around all you please. “Okay” I beamed a little too excitedly. She gave a small smile and told me to follow her. Like a lost duckling, I filed in right behind her.

“We have had these fish ever since we moved in, and they’ll probably still be kicking when we sell the house.” Cecilia was talking about the koi fish in the rock pond. She had been showing me around the garden for about an hour now, telling me about all the plants they had and telling me how they came across them.

As she showed me around, I found the garden to be even more extensive than I previously imagined. There were more hidden ponds, small enclosures, and exotic plants that I didn’t even know could grow here. It was magical in a sense. Perhaps the magic was due to the fact that I got plenty of time with just me and Cecilia. I caught myself staring at her plenty of times. Luckily, she hadn’t caught me.

“And that’s really about it” she finished “We have a lot here, and it takes a lot to keep it up, so when we say the help is appreciated, it really is.”

“Well, no sweat off my back” I said sarcastically. She let off a healthy laugh. “Oh there’s been plenty of sweat on your back, Ellis.” She shot back.

“What can I say, been working hard here”

“I’ve noticed, and because of that, I’d like to make you a little offer.”

“Oh?” I was intrigued.

“You’ve seen me work in my little grove, correct?” I nodded my head “Well, maybe it’s time that someone else help me take care of it.”

“I could do that for you, but why do you need my help, it looks like something you could handle yourself?”

“Well, I’d like to see if you could give me a new perspective on the place, see if you can help me switch things up. Like maybe put in a new plant or perhaps even some new decorations.”

“Count me in then, let’s trick out your grove!” I shouted loudly. She giggled again and grabbed my wrist. “Let’s do it now than before Mark gets back, I don’t want him thinking I got help.”

Caught off guard by her grabbing my wrist I quickly shake my head yes and follow her lead. She held my wrist the entire time, taking multiple times to look back. Holy fuck she is fucking cute. I need to get my hands on her. Fuck.

We get back to the grove and we go in. She peers around and asks what I think. I told her what I thought “I like the trees around, and the bench is nice, but I think some of the decorations could be updated and a few of the plants culled back.” I was honest, I didn’t want to bullshit her.

She looked around again, slowly nodded her head and then looked back at me “You’re right. We should change some of the decorations.” She started “But let’s start with trimming and culling the plants first, we can do that now.” I nodded my head in agreement, and we soon both got to work.

There weren’t too many plants to work on, but once we finished, it was noticeably different. The area looked neater, less natural, but in a good way — sort of more organized and ordered. The decorations still needed to be changed though, they were tacky and wildly outdated. I asked Cecilia what she was going to do about the decorations and she said she doesn’t know.

“We should look for some together!” She announced out. I turned to face her and without hesitation replied “Yes, I’d love that!” She looked at me curiously and then smiled. Awesome, she looked like she was on board. She agreed we should do it some time. Shortly after we left the grove we could hear Mark pull his car in.

I checked my watch and noticed it was time for me to go. “Time for me to head out, it’s 3:00” I told Cecilia. She looked at me disappointedly and said okay. Mark came around back just as I finished telling her.

“Ellis, you’re still here? Ah you must want to be paid!” he realized “Cecilia, can you grab the envelope in the kitchen and give it to him?” He requested. She replied in the affirmative and told me to meet her at the front door. I waited at the front door for a few minutes, which was longer than I expected before the door opened.

“Here’s your pay, I counted it and it should all be here” she said as she gave me the envelope. “I put a little something extra in there too.” Figuring it would be more money, I graciously thanked her and then made my way home. I opened the envelope on the way back and my chest pounded intensely when I found what was inside.

Not only were my earnings in there, but there a small slip of paper. I grabbed it and scribbled on it was a phone number and a message. Call me when you get the chance, let’s go looking for decorations together. P.S. Don’t tell Mark. I clutched the note to my chest and looked around. No one was nearby, but I don’t know why I did that.

I raced back escort istanbul home into my bedroom and immediately took out my phone to call Cecilia. After a few rings the line picked up.

“Hello?” It was her soft voice.

“It’s Ellis, you told me to call when I got the chance, and well…here I am”

She giggled, god what was it with that laugh. It was entrancing, it was alluring, it was sexy.

“I’m glad you called, I was hoping I didn’t scare you away”

“Awww, you could never do that to me, promise”

“Well thank you. Anyway, are you busy tomorrow?” Tomorrow was a Saturday.

“Nope, I’ll be sitting around all day.”

“Awesome, I know this place on the other side of town that has amazing pieces for my grove. Care to join me in getting them?”

“Why yes I would, that sounds delightful”

“Sounds like a date then” she then giggled. I was shocked and didn’t know what to say. How was could someone like this be so attractive. Fuck.

“I can take us in my car, I’ll just tell Mark where I’m going, but not who I’m going with. He might get jealous of the strapping young man I’m with” Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. What do I say?

“You’re too kind…” I began. Fuck, say something you idiot. Don’t pause. Say anything.

“But I think everyone in public will be jealous of the gorgeous woman I’ll be with.” Hey, not half bad.

“Ellis!” she said startled. She then let out a small giggle. “You’re too kind to me!”

“Hard not to be with someone as striking as yourself.” I said coolly.

“Oh you devil…” she trailed off “Well then, I’ll see you tomorrow at say…10?”

“That works for me!”

“Alright, see you then. Take care Ellis”

“You too Cecilia”

I clicked my phone off. What was I getting myself into?

The car sped down the avenue past rows of business and tall cedar trees. I stared out the window and enjoyed the late spring day. “How many times have you been to this place?” I asked Cecilia.

“Oh just a couple of times, nothing too crazy.”

I nodded my head absent mindedly. The scenery outside, combined with the stunning woman I was sitting next to had overwhelmed by brain. I had found myself vegging out for most of the car ride. I was also thinking about how to make my next move on Cecilia. I had some ideas, but nothing concrete. I would have to see how today panned out.

Incoming call from Mark — mobile. The car speaker alarmed.

“Answer” replied Cecilia

“Cecilia? Hi, I’m gonna have to leave the house in an hour, and I probably won’t be back until Monday.”

“How come?” Cecilia asked, only expressing a light concern

“Work called me out for a specialty task. I told them I couldn’t do it, but they offered a bonus that was too enticing.” He replied.

“Okay, well enjoy your weekend Mark. I’ll see you Monday”

“Thanks Cecilia, talk soon.” He hung up.

“Looks like I’ll have the house to myself this weekend, who knows what I can get up to…” she looked at me and gave a sliver of a smile. I’m finding a way to get myself inside that house this weekend. We soon pulled into the garden store.

Inside the store was actually more boring than I thought, Cecilia excitedly looked at all the decorations but I wasn’t too into it. No matter, she was into it enough for the both of us. After finding a few pieces and asking for my approval, we left the store with the decorations in hand. She actually managed to pick some nice pieces that had a nice charm to them. They would go well in the grove.

We drive back in silence, both of us just enjoying the nice day outside and hearing the light breeze from the open windows. The car soon pulls into her driveway and we hop out and load the decorations onto the dolly. I cart them back to the grove and when all are there, we get to work.

“Out with the old and in with the new!” She excitedly exclaimed. I looked around. It was even better than before in here and the place looked amazing. I was sort of proud of what she had done, this place looked amazing. I looked at her gazing around and I was entranced, fuck it, now was my time to make my advance. However, before I could get my words in, she caught me off guard.

“Ellis” she said. I looked at her eyes and replied. “Yes?”

“What do you think of the saying, out with the old and in with the new?” she began. She inched closer towards me. I thought for a moment. I know what she wants to hear, I’ll give it to her.

“See, sometimes you gotta make change, when the old isn’t working. Strive for something newer, better.”

“I completely agree Ellis.” She was close to me now. I nervously held my breath for what she was about to do next. She moved even closer and wrapped her arms around my neck and looked up at me.

“Ellis, the old isn’t working.” She began “When Mark said he’d be gone this weekend. Well, all I could think about was having you here.” I gulped nervously. Fuck, just go for it. What are you waiting for? No let her finish.

“Now that the new is here, I think I know what to do…” She looked down and then gazed up at me. “I’m going to make you mine.” And with that, all my anticipation was released in one single swoop. She pulled my head down to hers and our lips collided together. We began to passionately make out with each other.