The Babysitter
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:08 pm
Hello,
This is my first post here and working on getting myself into the swing of writing fictional stories. I've taken a short film as inspiration for my story and I started off by taking the short and writing it out, then it'll continue with more ideas for the main characters. Hope you enjoy!
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Jimmy was on the phone with his friend in the Abbott’s kitchen while Sara watched the microwave waiting for their popcorn to finish. The 16 year old had agreed to babysit Sara for a friend of his mother’s, after some insisting. Sara’s mother didn’t want her watching much TV, so the pair had decided on playing some board games after making popcorn. This wasn’t how Jimmy would typically spend his Friday night. More often than not he would be with his friends, seeing a movie, playing videos or just hanging out in general. In truth, he was kind of glad he had an excuse to not hang out tonight, as his friends had found out about a party planned to attend. Jimmy had planned to go as well until he had stupidly bragged how he would bring his girlfriend Wendy, so they could all meet the older woman he had been fooling around with the past couple of months.
One problem, there is no Wendy. He had created the lie in a stupid moment of envy when his best friends were talking about how they had gone out with some girls from their school and the bases they made it to, and the ones they anticipated making it to. The lies came out of his mouth before he even realized, and once the lie had started he couldn’t find a way to back out without looking like an idiot. There was no way he could just admit he made it up, he’d rather face a firing squad.
Sara leaned against the counter in front of the microwave watching the popcorn bag jump and shift as the kernels within popped. She was wearing her swim goggles, for no reason other than she had just been telling Jimmy all about her swim practice and teammates. She told him how the boys on the team were all immature and she didn’t like any of them but she could tell Jimmy wasn’t really listening. Sara may have only been 12 but she thought she was more clever and smarter than most of her age and was annoyed that Jimmy wouldn’t recognize that.
The brunette girl looked at Jimmy as he turned his back to her with the phone held to his ear, she could overhear him talking to his friend even though he kept his voice down. “Really? You did it? Really? Wow,” his voice drifted off slightly at this last comment. Sara was curious what they were talking about and pretended to be paying attention to the microwave while focusing her attention on the teenage boy.
“In a bubble bath?” Jimmy let his voice rise a little with that question, momentarily forgetting he was trying to have a secret conversation with his charge only a few feet away. “Me? What do you think man, of course I did. Many times. Wendy’s got a whole jacuzzi at home.”
Jimmy was starting to pass by Sara as his friend questioned him about his mysterious girlfriend, “you’ll meet her man, just not tonight.” Jimmy felt the heat rising in his face as his friend doubted he was really dating anyone and walked over to lean on the kitchen counter, “fuck off I’m not making it up, I do have a girlfriend. You think I don’t want to go to the party tonight? I have to stay here and babysit this idiot girl.” Jimmy was fiddling with the breadbasket lid while trying to find a way to deflect his friend’s suspicion without realizing Sara was watching him behind his back.
“Hey, but listen to this,” Jimmy suddenly added with a spark of inspiration as he paced to the otherside of the kitchen, Sara now more openly followed his moments as her dirty blond haired babysitter didn’t even seem aware of her presence. “Wendy said that after the girl goes to sleep she wants to come over and….” he paused and looked back slightly, Sara had turned her head back to the microwave as if she hadn’t heard a word, “well, do it on the kitchen floor. Yeah, told you dude, she’s an animal.” Now Jimmy was grinning as he could hear his friend’s envy over the phone line.
“Yeah. Sure. Great. Later, “ Jimmy ended the call with plans for each of the boys to share their exploits the next day.
Walking back over to Sara and the microwave, Jimmy asked, “is it ready?”
“Fifty-four seconds,” was Sara’s reply as she turned to him and boosted herself up to sit on the countertop. “Who’s Wendy?” Sara asked. Giving away she had overheard at least some of the conversation with a sly smile on her face.
“None of your business,” said Jimmy with a straight look on his face to the younger girl.
Sara changed the topic of the conversation instantly, “did you know I’m the fastest swimmer on the swimming team? And Coach Harris said that next year he might send me to the Olympics.” She wasn’t sure why she made the boast, even she knew there was no chance the fastest 12-year-old swimmer would go to the Olympics. She just wanted to try and get Jimmy’s attention.
“That’s nice,” was the non-committal answer.
Sara looked more directly at the boy and asked, “Jimmy, what’s a blowjob.”
“What?” Jimmy asked more in surprise than anything else, shocked to hear the question come out of her mouth.
“I’m old enough to know,” Sara argued, the unspoken rebuttal to her question. She was right to insist because Jimmy was quick to reply with, “no you’re not.”
“Yes I am,” she insisted again, her tone taking on an indignant look and her voice matched. She knew she was smart, why couldn’t he see that she was clearly mature enough to know?
The blond boy felt unsure how to avoid both arguing with her about being old enough to know the answer and about answering the question itself. Sputtering his best response, “well, then, ask your mother or…. Ask your mother,” he said nodding definitively.
Jimmy looked at Sara sideways while trying to turn his attention back to the microwave as it counted down the final few seconds but the girl seemed unsatisfied with this ‘final’ answer. That’s when Sara realized something, “you don’t know do you?”
Jimmy was even more confused at this accusation. He went from trying to deflect having to explain a blowjob to the girl he’s babysitting, and now being accused of not even knowing what it is. Sure, maybe he’s never had one, but he definitely knew what they were. Mostly. He could also feel heat rising up his neck and into his face like when his friend called him out for lying about having a girlfriend. He hated how easily flustered he got, “of course I do, I’m just not telling you.” Even to his own ears his argument sounded weak.
“You don’t know,” Sara said in a teasing voice.
“I do too,” he argued back in a raised voice.
“I admit that I don’t know. I mean I maybe a little ignorant, but at least I’m not a liar,” Sara’s retort was aimed to make Jimmy more defensive and prove he knew about the sex act.
And it seemed to be working. “I’m not lying either,” the teen boy insisted.
“Then prove it,” Sara threw back at him, an easy challenge to show he was as mature as he put on.
“Fine.” Jimmy gave in without even thinking about the fact moments before he had argued there was no chance he could tell her about blowjobs. He paused for a moment to try and collect his thoughts, how could he describe a blowjob to a 12 year old? “A blowjob is when… it’s when a girl. A woman,” Jimmy could feel his face starting to turn red, “umm, like in a bed, or actually anywhere, or in a bubble bath. And sometimes the guy wants, she wants to,” he started waving his hands in the air vaguely, this was a disaster he knew but had no idea how to salvage it. He finally stopped and sighed, his hands falling as he realized he had no idea how to describe something he didn’t fully know about.
The shrill beep of the microwave was his saving grace in that moment. Jimmy quickly moved to open the microwave and pulled out the hot bag of popcorn, he didn’t care that his fingertips were burning as long as he didn’t have to keep trying to answer her question. He opened the contents into the bowl they had prepared to the side and tossed the empty bag back on the counter. Turning his back to Sara to avoid looking at the reaction to his terrible failure of an explanation he started walking out of the kitchen to find a board game he can distract her with and never return to the question of blowjobs ever again.
Just as he thought the subject was dropped he heard Sara behind him, “uh huh, you don’t know shit.”
This is my first post here and working on getting myself into the swing of writing fictional stories. I've taken a short film as inspiration for my story and I started off by taking the short and writing it out, then it'll continue with more ideas for the main characters. Hope you enjoy!
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Jimmy was on the phone with his friend in the Abbott’s kitchen while Sara watched the microwave waiting for their popcorn to finish. The 16 year old had agreed to babysit Sara for a friend of his mother’s, after some insisting. Sara’s mother didn’t want her watching much TV, so the pair had decided on playing some board games after making popcorn. This wasn’t how Jimmy would typically spend his Friday night. More often than not he would be with his friends, seeing a movie, playing videos or just hanging out in general. In truth, he was kind of glad he had an excuse to not hang out tonight, as his friends had found out about a party planned to attend. Jimmy had planned to go as well until he had stupidly bragged how he would bring his girlfriend Wendy, so they could all meet the older woman he had been fooling around with the past couple of months.
One problem, there is no Wendy. He had created the lie in a stupid moment of envy when his best friends were talking about how they had gone out with some girls from their school and the bases they made it to, and the ones they anticipated making it to. The lies came out of his mouth before he even realized, and once the lie had started he couldn’t find a way to back out without looking like an idiot. There was no way he could just admit he made it up, he’d rather face a firing squad.
Sara leaned against the counter in front of the microwave watching the popcorn bag jump and shift as the kernels within popped. She was wearing her swim goggles, for no reason other than she had just been telling Jimmy all about her swim practice and teammates. She told him how the boys on the team were all immature and she didn’t like any of them but she could tell Jimmy wasn’t really listening. Sara may have only been 12 but she thought she was more clever and smarter than most of her age and was annoyed that Jimmy wouldn’t recognize that.
The brunette girl looked at Jimmy as he turned his back to her with the phone held to his ear, she could overhear him talking to his friend even though he kept his voice down. “Really? You did it? Really? Wow,” his voice drifted off slightly at this last comment. Sara was curious what they were talking about and pretended to be paying attention to the microwave while focusing her attention on the teenage boy.
“In a bubble bath?” Jimmy let his voice rise a little with that question, momentarily forgetting he was trying to have a secret conversation with his charge only a few feet away. “Me? What do you think man, of course I did. Many times. Wendy’s got a whole jacuzzi at home.”
Jimmy was starting to pass by Sara as his friend questioned him about his mysterious girlfriend, “you’ll meet her man, just not tonight.” Jimmy felt the heat rising in his face as his friend doubted he was really dating anyone and walked over to lean on the kitchen counter, “fuck off I’m not making it up, I do have a girlfriend. You think I don’t want to go to the party tonight? I have to stay here and babysit this idiot girl.” Jimmy was fiddling with the breadbasket lid while trying to find a way to deflect his friend’s suspicion without realizing Sara was watching him behind his back.
“Hey, but listen to this,” Jimmy suddenly added with a spark of inspiration as he paced to the otherside of the kitchen, Sara now more openly followed his moments as her dirty blond haired babysitter didn’t even seem aware of her presence. “Wendy said that after the girl goes to sleep she wants to come over and….” he paused and looked back slightly, Sara had turned her head back to the microwave as if she hadn’t heard a word, “well, do it on the kitchen floor. Yeah, told you dude, she’s an animal.” Now Jimmy was grinning as he could hear his friend’s envy over the phone line.
“Yeah. Sure. Great. Later, “ Jimmy ended the call with plans for each of the boys to share their exploits the next day.
Walking back over to Sara and the microwave, Jimmy asked, “is it ready?”
“Fifty-four seconds,” was Sara’s reply as she turned to him and boosted herself up to sit on the countertop. “Who’s Wendy?” Sara asked. Giving away she had overheard at least some of the conversation with a sly smile on her face.
“None of your business,” said Jimmy with a straight look on his face to the younger girl.
Sara changed the topic of the conversation instantly, “did you know I’m the fastest swimmer on the swimming team? And Coach Harris said that next year he might send me to the Olympics.” She wasn’t sure why she made the boast, even she knew there was no chance the fastest 12-year-old swimmer would go to the Olympics. She just wanted to try and get Jimmy’s attention.
“That’s nice,” was the non-committal answer.
Sara looked more directly at the boy and asked, “Jimmy, what’s a blowjob.”
“What?” Jimmy asked more in surprise than anything else, shocked to hear the question come out of her mouth.
“I’m old enough to know,” Sara argued, the unspoken rebuttal to her question. She was right to insist because Jimmy was quick to reply with, “no you’re not.”
“Yes I am,” she insisted again, her tone taking on an indignant look and her voice matched. She knew she was smart, why couldn’t he see that she was clearly mature enough to know?
The blond boy felt unsure how to avoid both arguing with her about being old enough to know the answer and about answering the question itself. Sputtering his best response, “well, then, ask your mother or…. Ask your mother,” he said nodding definitively.
Jimmy looked at Sara sideways while trying to turn his attention back to the microwave as it counted down the final few seconds but the girl seemed unsatisfied with this ‘final’ answer. That’s when Sara realized something, “you don’t know do you?”
Jimmy was even more confused at this accusation. He went from trying to deflect having to explain a blowjob to the girl he’s babysitting, and now being accused of not even knowing what it is. Sure, maybe he’s never had one, but he definitely knew what they were. Mostly. He could also feel heat rising up his neck and into his face like when his friend called him out for lying about having a girlfriend. He hated how easily flustered he got, “of course I do, I’m just not telling you.” Even to his own ears his argument sounded weak.
“You don’t know,” Sara said in a teasing voice.
“I do too,” he argued back in a raised voice.
“I admit that I don’t know. I mean I maybe a little ignorant, but at least I’m not a liar,” Sara’s retort was aimed to make Jimmy more defensive and prove he knew about the sex act.
And it seemed to be working. “I’m not lying either,” the teen boy insisted.
“Then prove it,” Sara threw back at him, an easy challenge to show he was as mature as he put on.
“Fine.” Jimmy gave in without even thinking about the fact moments before he had argued there was no chance he could tell her about blowjobs. He paused for a moment to try and collect his thoughts, how could he describe a blowjob to a 12 year old? “A blowjob is when… it’s when a girl. A woman,” Jimmy could feel his face starting to turn red, “umm, like in a bed, or actually anywhere, or in a bubble bath. And sometimes the guy wants, she wants to,” he started waving his hands in the air vaguely, this was a disaster he knew but had no idea how to salvage it. He finally stopped and sighed, his hands falling as he realized he had no idea how to describe something he didn’t fully know about.
The shrill beep of the microwave was his saving grace in that moment. Jimmy quickly moved to open the microwave and pulled out the hot bag of popcorn, he didn’t care that his fingertips were burning as long as he didn’t have to keep trying to answer her question. He opened the contents into the bowl they had prepared to the side and tossed the empty bag back on the counter. Turning his back to Sara to avoid looking at the reaction to his terrible failure of an explanation he started walking out of the kitchen to find a board game he can distract her with and never return to the question of blowjobs ever again.
Just as he thought the subject was dropped he heard Sara behind him, “uh huh, you don’t know shit.”