This is part 3 of my second story on Literotica, Our Steven, Our Stephanie. I want to thank all those readers for their words of support and encouragement to continue this effort. I hope you enjoy this chapter and future installments.
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The next night after dinner, Steven hesitantly approached his Mother, trying to collect his thoughts and words to make his apology to her sound as sincere as possible. As he did so, he kept wondering,
Why am I so willingly going through with this? How did I let Diane talk me into agreeing to the idea of accepting her hand-me-downs, when yesterday I had so adamantly told Mother no? I mean, the clothes I own are good enough for me, as far as I'm concerned.
Why this sudden push to build up my wardrobe, and why with Diane's things? I mean, wearing my sister's clothes, well, that's just wrong, isn't it?
However, just as he was about to talk himself out of doing what he was about to do, Diane barged into the kitchen and interrupted his thoughts with a question.
"Steven," She started. "The girls and I are having a bit of trouble with a school project we've been working on for our Psych Class. It's almost done, but we need some outside help that we can't get from out of our books, so we were wondering if you could give us a hand with it later tonight, say, around 8:00?"
Being somewhat caught off-guard, having been concentrating so thoroughly on his thoughts concerning his talk with his Mother, Steven barely registered his sister's words. He did understand she needed his help with something and figured that if she was asking him, then she must have felt that it was in his power to be able to assist her.
Thus it was more out of reflex action that he agreed to her request than actually realizing what he was agreeing to.
"Thanks a lot, dearie," she answered sincerely, kissing him on the cheek, and then leaving him there to finish with his Mother.
Before Diane had so surprisingly interrupted him, Steven had just made the firm decision to refuse to wear her hand-me-downs. Yet he wasn't ready to confront his Mother on this issue just yet.
He needed to get his argument just right before he talked to her because he knew she had some valid points about the money and wear on his clothes and all, but he felt she just had to see how wrong it was.
So, having finally changed his mind about confronting his Mother about the hand-me-downs, Steven found that he had, from somewhere, actually gathered up the nerve to defy his sister's directive.
He was about to turn and extricate himself from the delicate situation into which he had nearly placed himself when, as he was attempting to leave, his Mother turned from the kitchen sink and called to him.
"Steven," Vanessa Williams started. "Was there something you wanted to talk about?"
"Uh, um, Mom, uh, that is, I mean Mumsie..." Steven started, and suddenly he knew all the former defiance he'd felt toward her and her desires had just disappeared, gone he knew not where.
His Mother had been washing the dinner dishes and had noticed her son standing nervously by her for some time, seemingly searching for words to use to speak to her about something.
She had noticed he was about to walk away when he was interrupted by Diane's request for his help later tonight Before he got that chance again, Vanessa felt she had to take the bull by the horns by taking the initiative.
"What, dear?" She asked. "Did you say something?"
"Um, yeah, Mumsie," Steven got out. "Uh, About yesterday, Mumsie..."
"Yesterday, dear?" Vanessa asked.
"Yes, Mumsie," he said, then seemed to collapse. "Oh Mumsie, it's just so hard to say!"
At that the young boy hugged his mother for the comfort and strength he needed so badly to continue, and lay his head upon her breast looking into her eyes for love and understanding.
"There, there, my little dumpling," Vanessa cooed, running her fingers softly through her son's rag mop of blond hair. "Why doesn't my widdle Stevie-weevie come and sit on Mumsie's lap and tell me all about it, all right? It must be really important to have you this upset."
She knew very well what he wanted to talk about, but he had made her angry yelling at her like he did, even though she had really agreed with most of what he said and was a bit proud of him for standing up for himself like that, sort of his last vestige of manhood showing itself before it was shot down.
She just didn't approve of the tone he used when he said it, and felt that now she could get some scrumptious payback.
She was also curious where this "Mumsie" stuff was coming from, although she did have an idea, and at the same time, found it somewhat appealing, in a cutesy, sissyish way. And coming from her son like that, it seemed almost, well, right. Yes, right and natural.
Now she only had to see just how far she could take this unexpected, juicy aberration.
"Thank you, Mumsie," Steven said, after releasing her and then sitting gently on her lap.
"That's my good widdle Stevie-weevie," Vanessa started. "Now, let's get you nice and comfy to start with."