This is the first of 6 separate stories that was taken from a much larger piece. They take place on the same day, at the same time, during the same snow storm. Since each is a story all its own, it doesn't matter which one you read first. WK
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Dean Lake stared out the window and sighed heavily. He had only moved here with his father and stepmother 3 weeks before, and already he hated snow. At first, he had understood why his father wanted to move from California to where Lydia lived.
They had met on line, of all places, in a chat room geared for widows and widowers. To hear his father tell it, it was almost "love at first type", something that he and Lydia would always laugh about. Dean also had to admit that he liked the woman, not only because she was hot, but because she actually listened to him. She also didn't expect to take the places of his real mother, rest her soul. That fact alone made her worth getting to know.
"How's it look out there?" his father asked as he walked into the room.
"Pretty much what I'd imagine Hell would look like if it ever froze over," Dean quipped without turning from the window.
"Spoken like a true Californian," his father chuckled. "You know, I hear there's money to be made for wielding a shovel around here. Why don't you put you new found snow slinging skills to good use?" He then pointed out the window. You can start right here, you know, to get you warmed up and get your pocket primed."
"Sure, although how you can say warmed up when you're talking about 25 degree weather I have no idea." He then sighed as he cracked his knuckles. "This better be worth the $150.00," he mumbled.
"Whoa...what $150?" his father asked, almost spitting out his coffee.
"Dad," Dean smiled as he slung his arm over his father's shoulder. "Let me put things into perspective for you. We're from California where the only snow you see is up in the mountains, and you only see that if you actually drive to go see it. I'm 18 years old, displaced from all my friends, brought to a coast where I don't know anybody, and am now being pimped out to break my back shoveling crystallized water into ever growing heaps. Trust me, $150 is cheap compensation."
"Twenty, and not a penny more," his father replied dryly, although the smirk on his face told a different story.
"A hundred and I'll even pretend to enjoy it."
"Ten," his father replied, the smirk growing larger.
"Ok, ok, $20!" Dean replied quickly. He then shook his head. "I almost wish I wasn't 18. I know there has to be a connection to child slavery in here someplace."
"Clean the car off first," his father said as he shook his head. I have to leave for work in a half hour."
"The radio says that, if you don't have to go out, you shouldn't bother, so why you're bothering is beyond me," he muttered.
"The radio station doesn't pay our bills," his father retorted, still smiling as he shook his head.
Thankfully, the snow was light and powdery so it made shoveling a lot easier. Once the car was cleaned off, it only took him a half hour to finish the rest of the driveway and sidewalk, even though the snow was already re-covering what he had already cleared.
He was just about to go in to get his money, when he heard one of the most dreaded sounds in winter; the sound of a snow plow. As the great lumbering truck rolled noisily past, he turned to the house. "You just made it $40!" he yelled to his father, who stood chuckling in the window.
He had just finished tossing the last shovel full when his father came out to warm up the car. "You did a great job, Deano," he said with a smile, "even though it already looks like you didn't do anything. As he spoke, he extended his hand, and when Dean looked down and saw the three twenty dollar bills, he smiled as well. "Go in and rest a bit. Lydia made you some bacon and eggs."
"What were you doing out there all this time?" Lydia asked as she scrapped the scrambled eggs onto a plate.
"Shoveling," he sniffed, rubbing his hands together. He was trying hard not to look at her, at least not so she would notice. She was wearing quite possibly the tightest, softest looking sweat pants he had ever seen, and an old, faded concert T-shirt.
When she turned to him, she giggled slightly. "What are you looking at?" she asked, his eyes trained directly on her large, braless tits.
"I'm trying to make out what concert that T-shirt was from," he replied, which was partially true. It was as he was reading the faded letters that he realized her nipples looked hard enough to dial a phone with.
She nodded as if accepting his answer, although she thought she knew better. "Why were you shoveling? I have a perfectly good snow blower in the garage. Didn't your father tell you?"
Dean stopped in mid chew and furrowed his brow. "As a matter of fact, that nugget of information seemed to have slipped his mind," he grumbled. The only thing that kept him from getting up in a huff and going to his room was the camel toe Lydia was sporting. As far as he could tell, she also didn't believe in underwear.
"REO Speedwagon," she said as she washed the skillet.
He was so busy staring at her jiggling ass cheeks, he almost didn't hear her. "Pardon me?" he asked. "What's that?"
Lydia shook her head, suddenly feeling a little older. "REO Speedwagon was a rock group when I was your age," she told him.
"That couldn't have been too long ago," he replied absently. He didn't realize it, but he had just made her day a whole lot brighter.
"Why, Dean!" she grinned. "That's possibly the sweetest thing that anyone has ever said to me! Thank you!"
"You're welcome, I guess," he mumbled around a mouth full of food. She was so happy, without realizing it, she treated him to a very nice view as she bent over to pick up a wash rag she had dropped. Not only could her see directly up her T-shirt, he also could see her plump, well defined pussy pressing against the tight fabric.
"Would you mind if I used the snow blower to make some money?" he asked as he washed his own dish.
"Not at all, sweetie," she grinned at him. "You might have a little trouble starting it, though. My late husband, rest his soul, was usually the one who used it, and it's been sitting for three years. I always paid somebody to shovel for me, so I never had to use it."
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"Thank you Mr. Demopolis," he smiled twenty minutes later. He had invoked the name of his old high school shop teacher because if it wasn't for him, he never would have got the blower started. He also mentally patted himself on the back for paying attention in class.
Six houses and $180 later, he was making his way back home when a female voice called out to him. "Excuse me," he heard. It took him a moment to locate the owner of the voice. "Do you think you could do my driveway and walk for me? I broke my leg otherwise I'd do it myself."
"Sure thing," he smiled tiredly. All he really wanted to do was go home, take a hot shower and then plop himself in front of the TV and play his new video game. However, he never would have been able to forgive himself, knowing he turned down a lady in distress.
Just as he finished his final pass on the driveway, the snow blower sputtered, coughed and died. Picking up the large gas can he had carried with him, he gave it a shake and shook his head with a sigh. "Looks like I have to push you home," he grumbled. Giving his work a final look over to make sure he didn't miss anything, he smiled to himself and began pushing the blower towards home.
"Wait!" the woman called. He turned to see her poking her head out an upstairs window. "Don't you want to get paid?"
"I only take money from those too lazy to come out and do it themselves," he smiled up at her. "You obviously can't do it yourself, so it's no problem. Hope you feel better." With a final smile and wave, he started to leave.
"Don't leave! Please?" The desperation in her voice was clear, so with a sigh, he pushed the blower off to the side of the driveway. "The front door's open. Just come in." The relief he heard in her voice made him smile. If it meant that much to her to have a little company, than he could forego his video games for a little while.
The inside of the house was warm and smelled like cookies. As he took off his boots, he winced as the frozen, snow encrusted cuffs of his jeans lay against the bare skin of his ankles. "Hi!" she gushed from the top of the stairs. "I'm Jenna."
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Dean," he smiled and waved. She was younger and much cuter than he originally believed. Standing about five and a half feet tall, she had curly black hair pulled back into a short ponytail. Her face was covered with freckles and she wore large glasses that Dean thought made her look like an owl, and the T-shirt and cut off sweat pants she was wearing showed him that she wasn't afraid to eat.
"Are you new around here?"
Dean nodded. "Do you know Lydia, down the street?"
Jenna smiled and nodded. "Yeah! She's a nice woman. Her and my mom talk all the time. My mom's a nurse, too. Are you her nephew or something?"
Dean shook his head, trying not to show the discomfort of having the melting snow from his jean cuffs soaking through his socks. "My dad married her. She's my step-mom."
"Wow, how cool is that?" She then pointed at him. "C'mon up, don't be shy.'
"I'm all drippy," he replied, looking down at the small puddle he was now standing in.