It had been nice to see Mindy again.

Jim hadn't seen much of her since she graduated high school and gone off to college. She'd gotten more attractive since he'd last seen her. She'd never been unattractive, but there was something about her now that made it so that he couldn't stop thinking of her, which was a pretty impressive accomplishment under the circumstances. After all, there were certainly other worthwhile things to be thinking about at the moment.

His day had started off plainly enough, and he still was trying to piece together how he'd ended up in his current predicament. He'd gone to work and done some rounds. When he'd come home, he'd noticed Mindy standing out in the yard of her parents' house, his neighbors. By the way she was dressed, she was clearly becoming a little more comfortable with her body, and he'd had to make a small effort not to stare. She'd said goodbye to her parents and he'd lingered outside to chat with her for a bit before giving her a hug goodbye. She'd always been affectionate, yet her return hug had surprised him, pressing close to him as though unaware that he no longer saw his neighbor's daughter when he looked at her. He must have been hard when he hugged her; he was hard now just remembering it... …show more content…
She was leaving...what happened next? She'd gotten into her car and started it. No, tried to start it. The car hadn't worked. He'd offered to take her home and she'd kindly rejected the offer. What a night that could have been...alone with her in her apartment, changing out of her clothes...FOCUS! Instead, he'd ended up agreeing to take her a few miles away to an auto parts place. What