This is a short – very short – story I wrote for an MT job that paid $3, though I ended up not submitting it because they wanted an article and not a story. I just couldn’t come up with 500 words pertaining to lingerie and related gifts, though, in article format. It had to be fun and flirty, not X-rated or vulgar. Nonetheless, Tom thinks it’s one of the best things I’ve written because of the way I didn’t go overboard with fleshing out the characters. I let him learn about them through their actions and not by telling the reader about what they were thinking or planning on doing. It kind of got me thinking about writing a series of scenes and putting them together, rather than writing stories like I normally do. It’s just an idea, though, so we’ll see.

The woman bends over to check the roast she’s cooking in the oven, then stands up and smoothes her miniskirt. Walking gingerly on her stiletto heels, she gazes into the mirror in the adjoining room to check her hair and makeup.

Perfect, she thinks to herself.

Next, she checks the clock on the nearby mantel. Her boyfriend will be home any minute now.

She returns to the kitchen and pours two glasses of sparkling wine.

A moment later she hears a vehicle pull into the garage and in walks her boyfriend. The look of satisfaction on his face is well worth the effort it took her to get all decked out in her sexy camisole and skirt.

Next, she notices that her guy is hiding something behind his back and looks behind him curiously. He then surprises her with a dozen beautiful red roses.

She squeals with delight, takes the roses, sniffs at them, places them down on the counter, then throws her arms around her man. They hug and kiss passionately as the guy’s hand slips just under the hem of her short, skimpy skirt.

The woman places the lovely roses in a vase she fills with water and makes them the centerpiece of the dining table. Then she slowly and deliberately removes her boyfriend’s jacket and flings it carelessly aside, drawing him towards her in a swift embrace. They kiss for a few more minutes and then the timer on the oven starts beeping.

Guiding her guy towards the dining table, she sits him down and then pulls the roast out of the oven, all the while her man eyes her with a hunger that has nothing to do with his desire for food. He stares intently at the woman’s backside, anticipating the present that awaits him underneath the fancy packaging.

They take their time enjoying their meal, staring at one another with the knowledge that they will have each other for dessert, always saving the best for last. The woman teases and flirts with her man by sliding her foot under the table and up alongside the man’s leg. This turns up the heat even more.

Before they can begin with dessert, however, the woman is surprised when her boyfriend reaches into his pants pocket and pulls out what appears to be a folded little red bikini and hands it to the woman.

The woman accepts the gift and unfolds the garment. Something falls from it and hits the floor with a bit of a metallic clank. Curiously, she looks down and sees something shiny nestled just at the base of the refrigerator. She walks over to it and bends over, providing her lover with a sensational view, then swoops down to pick up the object.

It is an engagement ring. Its beauty takes the woman’s breath away as she is proposed to by the tall, dark and handsome man that has now risen from his own seat at the table. Tears of joy well up in the woman’s eyes as her lover takes the ring from her and places it on the proper finger.

The woman’s hot, sexy camisole and short little skirt didn’t remain on for much longer.