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Shirley Partridge lay back in her tub full of bubbles as she savored an all too rare moment of peace and quiet. Being a single mother of five children was difficult enough, but adding to the stress was their hectic travel schedule as they toured around the country in their painted school bus playing concert after concert. They were finally home for a break. Tracy, Christopher, and Danny were staying with their grandparents for a couple of weeks. Laurie was off visiting a friend at the beach leaving only Keith at home. And Keith was out on a date giving Shirley a chance to finally relax. She refilled her glass with wine from a half empty bottle. She normally didn't drink, trying to be a model parent, but felt it would help her unwind.
She closed her eyes as she thought about the events of the past year, their first as a musical singing group. Tracy was now 6 and Christopher 8 and they had grown out of their initial shyness and were now pros on the stage. Danny was still wheeling and dealing at 11 while Laurie was becoming a beautiful young woman. Keith was the one who had matured the most while on the road. Now 17, he had become a man and was wildly popular with girls and women alike. She pictured his face, the way he moved and the sound of his voice. He had certain mannerisms that acutely reminded her of her dead husband. No wonder he was so attractive to the opposite sex. She reminisced about her husband and the steamy relationship they had β it was no accident that they had 5 children. She idly wondered how many women Keith had slept with. Unbidden images of Keith thrusting into a woman unexpectedly flooded her mind. Shirley Partridge snapped open her eyes.
"Too much wine," she told herself.
She stood and stepped out of the bathtub. Picking up a towel, she dried herself off in front of the mirror. She checked out her body. Her breasts were full, still well supported despite having five children. She still had a flat stomach and her hips rounded out her feminine figure. Not bad for thirty-eight she thought to herself. Too bad there's been no man to appreciate what I have.
She heard the front door close. She picked up her bath robe and put it on, tying it loosely around her waist.
"Who's there?" she called out.
"It's just me, Mom," Keith answered.
Shirley walked into the brightly lit family room where Keith sat slumped on the sofa, looking blankly out the window into the night. He was wearing khaki bellbottoms and a print shirt with the top buttons undone. He had grown into a handsome and hot young man. No wonder the girls went crazy over him.
"Didn't you have a date with Susan?" she asked.
"Yes."
"What are you doing home so early? I didn't expect you back for several more hours."
"She wanted to go home early," Keith replied dejectedly.
Shirley sat down next to her son on the sofa. She could tell something was bothering him.
"Do you want to talk about it?" she gently asked.
Keith looked up at his mother. When she sat down, her robe had inadvertently, partially fallen open, allowing him to see most of her breast. He knew he shouldn't look, but he couldn't help himself and felt a twitch in his groin. He then saw the look of concern on his mother's face and suddenly realized how beautiful she was. How had he not noticed that before? Something clicked inside him and he decided to confide in his mother.
"I guess I wasn't able to give her what she wanted."
Shirley's mind whirled. Was the girl unhappy with Keith's sexual performance? Did he ejaculate too quickly? Did she not have an orgasm?
"What do you mean?"
"Well, mom, you've always taught me to be a gentleman. After I picked Susan up, she kept bumping into me and standing right against me. I tried to keep a respectable distance but she kept doing it. Then she leaned over and tried to kiss me. I β I didn't know what to do so I pulled away. Then she got mad and wanted me to take her home."
"She made you feel uncomfortable and you didn't know how to take it."
Keith just nodded.
A sudden thought occurred to Shirley as she looked at her son.
"Have you ever been with a woman?"
Keith looked down at his feet and shook his head.
"I'm supposed to be some kind of teen idol singing about love and I don't know the first thing about it. And I'm afraid a date will discover this and my reputation will be ruined."
"You mean you've been on all those dates and..."
"Nothing. We never did anything except hold hands. I'm not sure what to do after that, so things never went any further."
Shirley leaned forward and took her son's hands in hers.
"I'm so sorry. But I'm glad you felt you could confide in me."
As she leaned forward, her robe fell open even further giving Keith an eyeful of her full breasts.
"Maybe I could help you," she offered.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, we could do some role playing, that is if you don't mind using your dried up old Mom to practice with."
Keith looked down at her breasts under her open robe and back up to her face.
"Dried up? Mom, you're one of the hottest women I've ever seen."
She blushed at his compliment. She had seen Keith admiring her breasts but the wine made her feel so relaxed that she didn't see the harm in it. And she liked the attention. It had been so long since a man had seen them.