This story is a continuation of I'm Dating Our Mailgirl. The 1st 9 chapters of that story should be read first for context. All characters are 18 or older and are completely fictitious as is Seahawk Industries. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental and unintentional.
MORNING BANTER TO BRING THE WEEK TO A CLOSE
9 and I awoke around 8:00. We were both dying to wander around just to get an assessment of where everyone was, and where they had been all night. By everyone, of course, I mean Mama and Jill. We felt like a couple of teenagers trying to figure who was and who had been making out with whom at the school dance. But as mischievous as we both felt in that activity, I think we both respected Mama's and Jill's privacy. We would learn soon enough, if they wanted us to learn.
We showered. had a morning gush call, and licked each other's face clean. We didn't think we would be interrupted by Mama and Jill since they probably had better things to do than come bother us. I put on a pair of loose fitting gym shorts. I was emboldened to come downstairs topless, I'm not sure why, but it just felt like a natural thing to do in view of all the activities of last night and the entire week. Mama had only seen my exposed breast a couple of times when 9 and I were in bed. 9 came downstairs with me naked.
Mama, Jill and Bubba were sitting at the breakfast table drinking coffee. There was no food nor was anything being prepared. Mama addressed us in a mock tone of admonition, "Well, it's about time you two sleepy heads got up. We've been sitting her starving to death while we waited for you so we could go get some breakfast." Mama and Bubba were dressed casually ready for breakfast, or technically brunch. Jill had on her clothes from last night.
I set the mood for a conversation of fun banter and mock ignorance by noting, "Why, Jill, I hope you didn't have to sleep in those clothes all night." Bubba snicked and nearly spit out his coffee through his nose.
Mama grabbed Jill's hand and Jill replied. "Why, no. Margaret graciously lent me one of her nightgowns, which I wore to bed in the guest bedroom." She said it in such a way that it was being put out there as the party line everyone was going to stick to even though everyone knew it wasn't the truth. Bubba snickered again.
9 and I decided to play along, "Well, we're both so glad."
Mama announced, "Gillian, . . . ."
I interrupted, "Oh, were're being formal now. So it's Gillian."
"Yes, and you show some manners young lady and don't interrupt your mother." 9 led the snickering this time. "Gillian has to be at the airport at 2:30. That's perfect timing for you and 9's departure. We're going to have brunch at the Peach & The Porkchop. You ladies can go ahead and pack your bags. . ." Bubba got in on the fun, "all 4 suitcases." We'll drop by Gillian's apartment and she'll pack her bags and then we're off."
9 decided to get in on the fun. "My, that's an awful lot of planning. How many trips between your bedroom and the guest bedroom did that take to work out all the details?" My turn to snicker. Jill, or Gillian as she had been rechristened, was smiling the widest grin during this whole series of banter. She early on grabbed Mama's hand.
I tried some mock ignorance. "Well, doesn't she need to shower?"
Mama answered, "She already did this morning."
"Why, Gillian, I want to commend you. You were as quiet as a church mouse since I never heard the water running in the guest bathroom right next to my bedroom."
Her turn to get in on the banter. "One of the first things a stewardess learns is how to shower quietly in a strange bathroom. We never know what unexpected bathroom we may encounter."
"It's a good thing Mama always keeps a new toothbrush in the guest bathroom." Mama and Jill looked at each other and burst out laughing.
Jill said, "So I didn't have to use your toothbrush, after all."
Mama leaned over and kissed her. "Well, you've had enough of my saliva in your mouth in the past 12 hours, I'm sure it was no imposition."
9 was emboldened by the banter and the bonding she had done all week with the whole family to interject, "Is the saliva the only foreign secretion she's had introduced into her mouth?"
Mama smiled broadly, "Now don't you be impertinent Miss 9. You may be a guest in my house, but you're not too big for me to take you across my knee and give you a good ole Georgia fanny tanning."
"Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry."
"Now you apologize to Ms. Gillian."
The big smiles and laughter all around, including on Jill's face, told us all this was still a part of the kidding and love we were all sharing for one another. 9 took it and ran with a non-apology apology. "I'm sorry Ms. Jill about that crude remark I made about you having some of Margaret's pussy juice in your mouth." Jill leaned over and kissed her to indicate the apology was accepted.
Mama said, "Well, I'm not sure about how much of an apology that was, but we'll take it." Mama and 9 exchanged kisses to end the subject.
9 and I went upstairs and packed our bags and got dressed. We brought the suitcase and my carry on bag downstairs. Mama went into the kitchen and came back and said, "Monica and 9, I've got a little going away present for both of you, so you can remember your visit." She brought out two cans of pineapple slices and gave one to each of us. There was another round of boisterous laughter.
"Thank you, Margaret. I'm sure we'll each put these to very good use."
SUNDAY BRUNCH
The brunch was menu style rather than a buffet. Jill had Cajun style eggs benedict, Bubba had a breakfast sandwich, Mama had Belgian waffles and I had the biscuits and sawmill gravy with chicken tenders. Then 9 shocked us all by announcing, "I'll have the Shrimp and grits."
Mama started the laughter, "What! Monica, I didn't approve of your choice of a lover, but now you can keep her!" She indicated her approval by kissing 9. "We're going to make a Southerner out of you yet!"
There was so much good feeling all around the table. Maybe I should have backed off but I kept coming back to some very oblique references to what may or may not have happened last night. Finally, Mama indicated she had had enough. "Alright, let's put an end to all this idle speculation and gossip right now." She took Jill's hand. "Gillian, a proper Southern lady never kisses and tells, but do I have your permission to quiet all the dramabelles?" Jill nodded her assent. "My Mama, your granny Deborah, always used to tell me, Maggie, the truth is never as dramatic as what the gossipers are going to imagine."
"Gillian and I slept together last night. I had given her one of my nightgowns and I was wearing the sexiest one I have, which means it was suitable for a woman in her late 40's rather than her 60's like all my other ones. I told Gillian I wanted to feel the comforting touch of a loving and caring human being. She held me tight, we caressed and we kissed. As she ran her hands over my wrinkled old body, she said she could be more attentive to my needs if we removed our nightgowns. We did. She was very, very caring of my feelings. She knew I was nervous about, you know, sleeping with a woman. She kept asking my permission as we explored each new part of our bodies. Finally, she asked me if, you know, we wanted to dine at the Y, to eat the oysters. I told her I wasn't ready for seafood so early in the morning." The hand holding lovers smiled at each other and looked longingly into each other's eyes. "She said if I wanted, she could be the pitcher and I could be the catcher."
I had to burst out laughing at this. This clumsy narration was just so very touching and tender. "Jill, if nothing else you've greatly expanded Mama's vocabulary."
Mama resumed her narration, "Something just didn't feel fight. We had drunk a lot, it was our first date. It wasn't that she was a woman, or that I'm 13 years older than her. I really think it was just because it was our 1st date. I want to make sure there will be a second date, and a third date." She looked into Jill's eyes, "I'm sorry, but I'm not just old, I'm old fashioned. Monica, do you remember what I told you before you went out on your 1st date?"
I answered, "I certainly do. It was very good advice then and I guess what you are saying is it's still good advice now. You told me, 'Monica, don't be pressured into having sex with someone. You have plenty of time to make sure it is with the right person. It was six years more before I had my first sex, and even then I didn't get it right."
Jill broke the somber air of this whole maudlin discussion by crying out, "Good grief, I hope we don't have to wait 6 years." There was laughter all around the table.
Mama looked into her eyes, "Don't worry, we won't have to." They kissed one another passionately.
The meal continued, the laughter picked up again. 9 announced she actually liked the shrimp and grits. Bubba grabbed some of my sausage and sawmill gravy off my plate and fed 9 a fork-full.