HEADING FOR WINTER... December (Part 77c)

Andre didn’t make it in to work the next day but everybody else did. I remember blushing when Rena walked in. She acted just like it was any other day. I was confused in that she was the one who’d come on to me and yet I was the one who was embarrassed. I pretty much avoided her all morning. At lunch I figured I’d say “hi” when she returned but she didn’t. I didn’t dwell on it and probably because there was some “hangover” effect from the night before. The others left a bit early. Even though it was Winter and the traffic circle wasn’t as bad as in Summer I decided to wait a bit before heading home. There were still all the County Center employees trying to get around it at the same time.

The “back” door, as we called it, had no window and was located near to where we stored the supplies. I was just tidying up when I saw it open and Rena walk in with a pile of clothes in her arms. I remember taking a big, deep breath. She had this “look” in her eyes and a smirky smile. She didn’t say a word and just walked into the storage room. I pretty much knew what she was doing and I really resisted following her. After about a minute I heard her call me. I just knew that it wasn’t a good idea to answer... but I did. Almost at the same time she appeared in the doorway. She still had on her half slip and I could see her panties through it. I thought she was going to start getting her uniform on like in the past but she then bent over and pulled down the slip and, like a spotlight was on her, turned slowly and walked back into the storeage room. I guess the best way to describe my feeling was “intoxicating”. Panties could do that to me. My bulge was actually hurting me. I finally moved and went to the doorway. I know she said something but I didn’t hear it. I stood there as she, ever so slowly, started putting her uniform on. I’ll bet it took five minutes. I don’t remember saying a word. If someone had accused me of drooling, I probably was. When she started towards me I stepped back and let her pass. At the door she stopped once again and this time I heard her... “Merry Christmas”.

It was still ten days to Christmas and time for Elle and I to decide what we’d spend on the kids. We’d spent money we hadn’t planned on spending for the new room. I had to admit that it was looking good and had solved the problem of where to store the girls larger toys (doll carriage, tricycle and the like) as well as giving them room to play. Having taken the toys out of Ann’s room made a BIG difference and took away the excuse of keeping her in a crib. We were pretty much back to the “want/need” list and the “need" for a real bed was there. For toys, Elle’s mother came up with a great idea in that Elle's dollhouse was still stored in her attic. With the new room there was plenty of space for it. We ended up spending time looking at both the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs. One of the things that caught my eye in the Ward catalog was a fantastic price on a swing set for the yard. Being out of season for them they had a really good deal. However, I only had a credit card at Sears and would need cash. So, we agreed to give up giving each other much of anything to be able to do it. However, I didn't mention my "windfall". That was for the race car.

Millie, our neighbor loved the new room. The problem with that was her husband, Alvin, was anti anything Millie wanted. He was one of those control freaks, wanting to come up with all the ideas and make all the decisions. Like just about everybody in the trailer park they had a metal shed to store things. Soon after my room was up, but not yet finished, I heard a lot of noise from out behind their trailer. Concerned because it was something different, I went out to check. Millie had gone out to retrieve something and when she found it the stuff that had been piled on top of it came tumbling out of the shed. She was standing in a pile of boxes and what looked to me like just plain junk and crying. I helped pick it up and put it back. I went back inside and within minutes I could hear all kinds of yelling coming from next door. It didn’t last for long as I heard their car pull away.

The following night there was a knock on the door. It was Alvin. It was the first time he’d come over. We’d done some things together but he was definitely a ”loner“ and this was a surprise. The long and short of his visit was he wanted to see the room. By the time he left he hadn’t committed to anything, at least to me, but it was clear that he did have some interest. The next morning Millie was there to get the kids and the smile on her face was ear to ear. Alvin was going to get an awning and room. However, to save money he was going to do it himself. I just knew that was going to turn out to be a problem.

With Andre backing out as my weekend partner for putting awnings and rooms up I was able to convince both Lance and Eric (the Air Force guys) to help me out. The reason I needed both was because of their crazy schedules. In any case it meant I was still able to do that work. I sort of wished that I was getting cash like they would be getting but knew I was slowly paying off the debt for the room. My working with them brought Elle back in contact with Judy, Lance’s wife. She’d lost all the weight from the baby and had changed her hair to look more in tune with the times. In short, she was now very attractive. It was just a year earlier that I'd picked her up at the airport as a scared kid. Their baby was undeniably cute and got Elle thinking about having another one. I wasn’t so sure, though.

A group of the younger inhabitants of the park put together an impromptu Christmas party. It included the kids as well as the parents and went over very well. It was the Saturday before Christmas and afforded me an opportunities for panty peeks,. There were a few there that I didn’t know but there was definitely one female I wanted to. Dress was informal but this one woman had on a beige outfit that showed all her ”lines“... including her panties. The problem was that probably 90% of the guys at the party felt the same as I did. Elle caught me staring at her backside and gave me a ”whack”. When the party was breaking up we discovered that it had started to snow. The women were all excited about the possibility for a white Christmas. I just had a feeling that it was going to make a mess.

To be continued...