As always, all characters, places, etc are imagined and no characters are minors. Any resemblance to any real person is purely coincidental.
This chapter does contain some sex, but most of it is near the end. Hopefully you will follow the rest of the cast to see how their situations fill out through the whole chapter.
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Wardenville.
Chapter 30 - Saturdays can be such fun.
Carey woke up and glanced at the little alarm clock on her bedside table.
"08.23", it showed.
She rolled over slowly, reaching for Jed's body and sliding on top of him. She held a finger in front of her lips to remind him to stay quiet as they were in her bed, and her parents were just on the other side of the wall. Carey thought her Mom had heard her when she masturbated the other day, and did not want to have an embarrassing breakfast if her parents heard her and Jed having sex. They cuddled and kissed, enjoying waking together again. 'Saturdays can be such fun, but they don't come around quickly enough', she thought.
Kalisha woke at her home, but found nobody to cuddle? Oh yes, Merry was in the hospital, or maybe home by now. She would love to see her, but had no transport. Maybe she could get Jason to take her, if Tonya agreed. She rose anyway and searched out something she could eat. Having been away for a week on her course - with the interlude to see Merry in the hospital - she had not been able to get any groceries in, and would have to go to the store today. At least it was only about a quarter mile to walk, and the day was dry and the sun was out, even if not very warm. She was not short of time, and she felt good. The course had finished on a high note, and she was confident she had done well enough.
Jason, Tonya and Lucia were going out for breakfast to a waffle house that did good pancakes with plenty of toppings. They were all in a good mood; well, it was Saturday again!
They had parked up at the restaurant and gone inside, finding it rather more full than they had expected at 09.00 on a weekend morning, but maybe it was families getting set for the weekend.
They managed to find an empty table and Jason went to make the order, having found out that Tonya wanted blueberries, and Lucia wanted strawberries. He decided he would have some honey and sour cream. It was not often he ate 'out' and chose something he would not have at home.
Returning to the table, and sliding in next to Tonya, he said he needed to talk to both of them about something that happened while they were away. He told them that he had met John Warden, which surprised both, and that he had been offered a part time job until he finished his course, and then full time work afterwards at the PLC.
Lucia congratulated him and said it would be good to get a job there, as it was a top-notch company to work for. Tonya seemed a bit subdued, so Jason asked for her thoughts.
"What is the work?" she started, "Where will you work and when? How will things change for us, because I have just got into a routine with you and do not want to start changing things about again.
Jason looked at her and took her right hand in both of his. "Tonya, It really matters to me how you see this working out. The job is here, in Wardenville, and is Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10 am to 5 pm, doing stuff in departments which fit my course, so I can see which one is best for me."
"So you will not work weekends?" Tonya questioned him.
"No. No weekends, and no nights. I want your thoughts before I make any decisions, so have a think and see if you consider if there would be any problems. I can, and will, still take you to college, but am not sure how it would work coming home, as you normally finish well before 5pm, I think?"
Tonya nodded, whilst looking thoughtful. "What do you think, Mom," she asked. "Do you see anything which may cause us a problem, or for Jason not to be able to keep up with his chores." She watched him carefully, looking for any suggestion that he thought his chores would be taken off him.
"I think it will be fine!" Lucia announced, "Do not worry, Darling. I think we can make it work OK. I guess I can bring you home on Tuesdays and Thursdays?" Tonya nodded.
"Oh, and I get paid too." Jason added, having just remembered he had not said so before.
"21k to start, which I think is good; about $20 an hour, just less."
Their food had arrived, and they started to eat. Everyone seemed happy, and Tonya was back to her normal self - if there was such a thing, but she WAS happy. They each said they had enjoyed the pancakes and may well come back here again some time. Tonya said they needed to get home, to finish the unpacking.
Then.......Her mobile rang! She looked at the screen and saw it was Kalisha calling.
"Hi, girl. How was the course?......... oh yeah, ok, good!....Yes, he is here, but talk to me.....Oh, right, yes, I think that is fine. I will come too. What time?..... Sounds fine. We'll see you then, we will come over to get you, because we moved house and do not live so close now! Yeah,.... 3pm...... see ya!
"Jason, we need to get a move on. We need to sort out boxes at home, and will go to get Kalisha at 3pm to take here to see Merry; she is back at home. I have never met her parents so it will be good to meet them too."
"I best text Merry to get her to put us on the list to get into the estate," Jason said, causing Tonya to ask what he meant.
"The house has gate security - I had to go collect some clothes for her to come home from the hospital, (omitting the fact they were virtually all very small, expensive items of lingerie), and they will not just let us drive in. Merry will have to arrange it.
"Fine! Let's go!"
"If you kids are going out, I may do so too," Lucia advised. "It is a while since I did some shopping and we could do with some bits for the new house."
"Ok, Mom," Tonya said, "sounds like a plan!"
They left the restaurant and drove home, Jason stopping off at his home to get a change of clothes.
He found Carey and Jed sat on the front porch, just relaxed, cuddling, on the swing seat. "You two look happy!" he said. "Oh, we are!" they replied, in unison causing them all to laugh. "Tonya is in the car if you need to see her, quickly, before we go to her house."
Carey got out of the seat and went to the car to chat with Tonya. She owed so much to her, and wanted to just make sure she was ok, and to commiserate with her Mom about losing her husband; even if they had not been together for a while.
Jason grabbed a change of clothes including a couple of shirts. He would not be dressed slovenly when he went to see Merry. He guessed Julie-Anne would be there and he knew Tonya and Kalisha would be dressed nicely, just in case.
Kalisha would definitely want to look good for Merry!
"OK, ready to go," Jason said, returning to the car with a small bag of clothes, plus his aftershave and his overnight kit.