The view across the street was usually unexciting. Sure, the house across the way was nice, maybe the finest house on the street, but it was still just a house.<br/><br/>Sometimes, though, the view was spectacular, thanks to some tricky blinds.<br/><br/>The house belonged to the Carstons. They were nice enough people, but nice doesn't improve a view. What makes for a really good view is Amanda Carston. Amanda likes to use the shower off of her parent's bedroom, and the parent's bedroom features a wide, wall-to-wall window. This window is covered by vertical blinds which are a little tricky: when not closed all the way, they are completely see through. Sometimes the planets come into alignment, just right: parents go away for the evening, Amanda takes a shower, blinds are askew, Amanda doesn't notice = spectacular view.<br/><br/>Tonight was such a night. The house looked dark, until the wide window lightened up like a beacon in the gloom. Amanda, in all her 19-year-old blonde glory, appeared, like an actor on a stage. Looks like she had been working out, maybe to a video downstairs: she was in a t-shirt and black tights. This was no matter, however, because she also had a towel in her hand, which meant a shower was coming up, and the clothes would be coming off.