well. Don’t feel guilty, and I told her that as well, I’m as okay with it as I can be and fact is, I won’t be able to make her happy in that way too much longer.”
“She doesn’t love you for that.” I pointed out.
“And she’ll still love me just as much, she’ll just be getting….” He shrugged, “That from you.” He gave me a poor attempt at a smile, “You’ll suffer nobly I’m sure.”
“But…”
“No more talking Jason, Cynthia and I are going out on the cruise and will enjoy the day, she’ll come to you tonight,” his eyes hardened, “You won’t send her away, understood?”
I locked eyes with him and saw there was no way to change his mind, putting my head down, I whispered, “Yes sir.”
“You’re a good son and a hell of a man Jason,” dad said clapping me on the shoulder.
Yeah, I thought as I looked out at the moon over the ocean, all good sons let their mothers seduce them while their father’s dying. I had spent a good part of the day seriously considering running away. Hopping a ride from someone to downtown then taking the bus back to Providence. At one point I’d even caught myself walking down to where Tammy was staying, maybe do lunch with her, get her number and ask her for a ride. In the end I’d stayed, Dad would be upset and Mom would feel I didn’t want her.
I shook my head at the thought that I may really have to go through with this. I jumped at a knock and looked longingly at the window, imagining jumping out and running across the beach, running away from this insanity. Instead, I turned away and walked over to the door. I was wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Normally I slept in just my underwear, but wasn’t going to tonight. As I opened the door, I found myself dreading what Mom would be wearing, probably some kind of killer lingerie.
To my relief, Mom was wearing a white tank top with her long blonde hair in a pony tail. She wasn’t wearing any make up, and when she entered the room, my relief grew when I saw she was wearing a pair of baggy plaid shorts. When she turned to face me, I had to admit that she looked damn cute like this. Cute was something I could deal with, I’d been expecting her to show up dressed to tease.
“Hi honey,” she said softly as she gave me a peck on the cheek. “I’m sleepy, you ready to call it a night?”
I looked at her waiting for the other shoe to drop, was it really going to be this simple?
“You just want to go to bed?” I asked.
“Sure,” she gave me a shy little smile, “Unless you have a better idea.”
“No!” I said quickly, then feeling bad, tried again, “I mean, um…I’m tired too and….”
“It’s okay Jason,” she said, “I told you, we’ll go slow, I’m just here to be your bed buddy tonight, that okay?”
“Uh, sure.” I said as she walked over to the bed.
“But, I will tell you I like to cuddle,” she gave me the big blue eyes along with another adorably shy smile, “You don’t mind if I snuggle up to you do you?”
I nodded as I made my way over to the other side of the bed. Even though she’d said we weren’t going to do anything and she wasn’t pushing, I still felt that warm sensation retuning. Then it hit me, I’d always been more attracted to next door cute over hot and that was the look mom was sporting. At the moment she could be Jen or any cute little coed. I lifted the sheet and started to slide under it when Mom pointed and said, “You really sleep in clothes?”
“Well, uh….”
“I thought you slept in just your underwear.”
‘Usually,” I told her, “But….”
“Then take your clothes off.” She told me, “I told you, I’m not looking for that, but I want you to be comfortable.”
Here we go, I thought. I considered arguing, but things seemed okay at the moment so I would play along. Besides, like she had said last night I had bathing suits that showed more. I slipped my shirt off, then unzipping my shorts began to pull them down. I