“Yes, I know, you’re right. I’m sorry for what I said; I don’t know why I said it. Please forget it. I was just not thinking clearly, and I understand if you’re upset. Please don’t be too mad at me. I apologize. I was a bit caught off guard that you noticed me, I think.”
“Kate, I’m not mad, just shocked. I didn’t expect to see you like that through the gate, and I never expected that you would offer to let me see you naked either. You’re my neighbor buddy’s wife for god’s sake.”
“I’m so sorry, I guess I just lost my mind or something, knowing you saw me. And I would never say anything to her, she’s been my friend for so long, I’ve got no excuse for this, please just don’t think bad of me, ok.”
After we both apologized to each other over and over, trying not to make a scene, we both just stood silent for a few moments. It was awkward, but I was kind of surprised that he didn’t just walk away right then.
I kind of felt that he wasn’t as upset as he was making out by protesting so adamantly. It gave me this weird, naughty sense that he wanted to see more of me, so I just smiled at him kindly.
“You can go, it’s ok…,” I said as I unlatched the gate. The sound of the latch made him look at me, as if he wanted to tell me not to unlock the gate, but I felt there was a part of him that wanted me to unlock that gate at the same time.
I stepped down and slowly let the gate creep open on its own when I moved the crate. When it did, I saw Tom’s hand reach around the wood and push it open enough for him to lean in and look around at me.
His eyes on me made me quiver with excitement. No other man has seen me nude in so many years; I didn’t know what to expect, but I felt so nervously excited.
Slowly, Tom pushed open the gate, probably expecting me to stop him at some point. When he could, he stepped about halfway in. Half the gate blocked my view of the part of his body I wanted to see most. I felt totally exposed at this point, even though I knew I was hidden from the rest of the neighborhood behind the fence between our two houses.
The longer he stared at me, the more he moved into my yard. I don’t think he even realized he was coming in until he was, and softly closing the gate behind him. The latch locked with a click, and our eyes locked to each other.
“I just turned sixty… Besides my husband, you’re the only man to see my old body like this.”
“Yeah? Well, from what I see, he’s a very lucky guy. It doesn’t matter how old you are, Kate, you’re beautiful.”
Tom stood in front of me, and I watched his eyes as he scanned my body. I didn’t move much because I didn’t know if I should or not, but I was standing there feeling put on display, and I kinda liked it.
But just as a boy would, he looked around nervously as if he might get caught by his mother doing something he wasn’t supposed to, peeking back over the fence like a spy.
As he made sure the coast was clear, I looked down at the lump in his PJs. I saw that he was turned on by what he saw because it was far more rigid than before. His banana looked as if it had grown much bigger in the few moments since he shut the gate. I was impressed by his apparent approval of me.