Hydraulic Pressure
by Rajah Dodger (c) 2012
His girlfriend of the night leaves Nate with blue balls. It's not like that's an unusual result from his dates and anyway Mama's got the treatment for it - and a frame for him to stand in so he doesn't make a mess everywhere. Mama taught him well, play with yourself and you go blind, but girls who don't wait for marriage are probably diseased so what's a guy to do? He keeps hoping though because standing naked in the wood frame waiting for Mama is really embarrassing.
Nate knows he's not bad-looking but he just doesn't have luck with the girls. There was that one time, Shelly or Sarah, it was so long ago he's not sure of her name, he thought she was the one and brought her home with him to meet Mama. The two women went off to talk in the kitchen and his memory is kind of fuzzy about the rest of the evening, but she quit returning his calls right after that.
Tonight he's tired, half-drunk and very frustrated, and he really doesn't want to have to stand in the frame for Mama. He resets the house alarm and goes to the kitchen to pour some orange juice, hoping he can get himself calmed down and not have the bad dreams because Mama gets really angry when she sees messes in his sheets or shorts.
"Nathan? Is that you?" Mama's voice comes from the second floor, sharp and querulous, and it's not like anyone else would be coming in this late and know the alarm code. "Do I need to come downstairs?" Nate swallows the orange juice quickly and wipes his mouth with his hand. "No Mama, I'm just getting ready to go to bed." If only the girl hadn't been dancing so close with him, rubbing her skirt against his slacks. No. He's not going to think about that. "I'll see you in the morning, Mama." He turns out the lights and heads to his own bedroom.