While Her Daughter Was Away
A Ladies In Love Romance in Three Parts
By Magda McKune
Part Two
CHAPTER 5
Sharon entered the kitchen in her white terry robe to find her daughter sitting at the table reading the morning paper in a loose blue cotton robe over a gray tee shirt. Sharon forced a smile and said, "Good morning, Kimmy," feeling more than a tad awkward at having to face her child after the events of last night. "I heard you got in rather late."
"Yeah. I met your new roommate."
Sharon moved to fill a cup of coffee from the pot. "I was meaning to tell you about Amy but I never got around to it."
"No sweat. Though it did make for an awkward first meeting for both of us."
"I imagine so."
"It was a bit of a shock to say the least, to find a naked lady in my bed."
"I suppose I should have told you sooner that I rented your room out."
"Yeah, well, finding my room occupied wasn't the only shock of the night."
"Oh, that." Sharon sat at the table across from her daughter. "Amy told you about us?"
"Being lovers? Yes. It kind of made sense when she said she sometimes sleeps naked in your bed."
Sharon winced sheepishly and sipped her coffee. "Yes, well, sleep isn't the only thing we do in my bed."
"I figured as much."
"Does that shock you?"
"Maybe just a little. I mean, thinking about my mother having sex? I don't even want to go there. And with another woman, no less. That's a lot to wrap my mind around all at once."
"I'm sorry, honey. I know I should have told you sooner, but there wasn't any easy way to break it to you."
"It's okay, mom. Amy seems like a very nice girl and very sexy, too. If you're going to fool around with a lady partner, she may as well be young and pretty."
Sharon nodded soberly and sipped her coffee. "Amy most certainly is that. I'm not ashamed that we give each other pleasure. Your father has been gone a very long time and I can't help being lonely and needy sometimes."
Kim reached her hand across the table to hold her mother's hand. "You don't have anything to explain to me or feel there is anything to apologized for. Amy seems like a very nice girl."
"She is. Amy is wonderful. She is a very dear friend and I like her very much." Sharon lowered her eyes to the mug in her hands. "I can't help it, Kim, for the first time in my life I feel like I can let my guard down and truly enjoy being with someone. It's exhilarating and kind of scary at the same time. Amy fills a void in my life that I didn't even know was there."
"I can tell she likes you too, mom."
"You can tell that?"
"Yes, mother. It was blatantly obvious by the way Amy smiled when she left me to go sleep in your bed. I could tell you two were more than mere friends."
Sharon awkwardly cleared her throat and glanced sheepishly at her coffee mug. "Actually, we're a bit more than friends. I love her, Kimmy. I really, truly love her with all my heart."
"Whoa! Love, as in... in love with her?"
The woman looked evenly at her daughter. "Yes, dear. I can't help it. I'm deeply and madly in love with Amy and want to spend the rest on my life with her. Is that so terrible?"
Kim smiled sweetly at her parent. "No, mother. It's not terrible at all. Amy makes you happier than I've seen you in years. And I'm sure she feels the same way about you."
"As a matter of fact, she does." Sharon looked at the mug again. "You don't think it's creepy and disgusting -- two women in love?"
"Of course not. You deserve some joy in your life and I'm glad you found a young pretty girl who can give it to you."
Sharon looked up. "You really mean that?"
Kim offered a warm smile and squeezed her mother's hand. "I'm glad for you, mom. I truly am. I know it must have been hard for you watching out for me all by yourself ever since I was in junior high. You never went on dates or met any men since Daddy left. I never realized how lonely it must have been for you until now."
Sharon smiled at her daughter. "Amy moved into your room a few weeks after you left. One night the two of us were sitting together on the couch talking and suddenly we found ourselves making love. I never dreamed I would ever do such a thing! But I have to admit, it was wonderful. Amy genuinely cares about me and tries to make me happy. I only want to do the same for her. I hope you understand that about us."
"It's okay, mom. Six years is long enough to wait before moving on with your life. I think it's great that you're getting some sex now that I'm out from under your roof and you can be a wild woman for a change."
Sharon gave the girl a humorous grin. "I can't believe I'm having this conversation with my own daughter. I mean, you and I haven't talked like this in... gosh, forever... and here we are discussing my sex life with my young lady lover."
Kim laughed and sipped her mug of coffee. "Believe me, mom, this whole situation is just as weird to me as it is to you."
Amy wandered dreamily into the kitchen wearing a red silk knee-length robe. She yawned sleepily and scratched her scalp as she padded barefoot to the coffee pot. "Morning all," she muttered. Amy filled a cup of hot coffee. "Am I interrupting anything?"
"We were just talking about you," Kim stated casually. "I was telling my mom that I think it's great that you two get along so well."
Amy moved to the older woman and gave her a smooch on the top of her head. "Yes, we get along very well." She draped her arm across her partner's back. Sharon put her hand on the young girl's rear. "So, how long will you be staying with us?" Amy asked.
"Only for the weekend. There are some books and papers I want to dig up from my stuff in the attic for a report I'm working on for a class. I thought it would be easier for me to find it than to ask mom to hunt it down for me."
"That's fine. I can sleep with Sharon while you're here. I'm sure she won't mind."
Sharon smiled up at her lover and patted her butt. "I don't mind at all."
"Um, about that," Kim hedged reservedly. "You two don't have to hide the fact that you have a thing going on around me. It doesn't bother me in the least. In fact, I think it's great. You seem like a very nice woman, Amy, and my mom told me she loves you a lot."
Amy grinned down at her companion. "You told her that?"
Sharon smiled broadly. "Guilty, your honor."
The girl bent down and gave her lover a smooch on the lips. "I love you lots and lots, too, sexy lady." She glanced at the girl across the table. "Sorry. Does our display of affection bother you?"
"Not at all. I think it's cute."
Amy gave her friend another peck on the lips. "I need to take a quick shower before I head out to work. I have an early meeting to go to."
"Will you be home for dinner?"
"Yes." She smiled at Kim. "I'd like to chat with your daughter and have her tell me all the juicy secrets about you."
Sharon patted the blonde on the butt. "There are no secrets about me you don't already know."