[All the characters in this story are 18 and above.]
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I sighed, as I closed the door and started my car. It wasn't enough that I had a disaster of a date this evening, which was my first date since the divorce, now I have to go pick up my son from this party he went to.
My son Billy, he's soon gonna graduate high school. His whole school life, he had been bullied and had no friends, but about a couple months ago, he became friends with these few older kids; who's apparently been saving him from bullies. So, when he said he's gonna go to his first party with them, I just couldn't say no. I sent him to his party, got ready and went on the date, which lasted for about like an hour or so, and as soon as I got home, his friends called me to tell me that he got drunk and blacked out. So, now I have to go pick him up.
I didn't know there would be drinking in the party, but I'm still glad that he's finally making friends! So, I couldn't really be "mad" about all these, as I hummed to a tune on the radio, and drove through a pretty empty road.
I was a 37-year-old woman, who got knocked up at 19 by her high school boyfriend, and got married soon after and been with him ever since. That was, till last year, when I found out that he was cheating on me with his secretary and got divorced. It had been a rough year, with trying to handle my job and Billy and my own sadness. So, I had high hopes when I agreed to go on this date with my friend's brother, also a bit scared as I had never been with anyone other than my ex-husband. I bought this black dress that shows a lot of my cleavage and ends just under my butt, just for this date. But it was a disaster.
I'm not gonna lie, I was a bit intoxicated, as that's all I had at the date. I know I shouldn't have driven in this state, but my son needed me. So, I somehow managed to pull my minivan into the driveway, when I finally got to see his new friends.
I pulled down my window, and one of the boys walked to my car. "Is he okay?" I asked, before he could say anything.
He looked back at him and then back at me, "he's fine, just drank a bit too much. It was probably his first time, I'm sorry Miss Robertson, I know I should have kept an eye on him."
"Oh, don't worry, it's fine, happens at parties. Could you boys help me get him into the car?"
"Yah sure! Absolutely," he said, before running back to him.
I opened the sliding door, but before I could get out, they had already laid him down the second-row seat. I smiled at them and thanked them before closing the door.
I could see the boy that walked up to the car before, hesitating a bit, while the other one left. "could you umm... give me a lift? If that's okay with you, I live near to your house."
I thought, he could also help me later getting him into the house, so I said, "yah sure, hop in!" and started to drive as soon as he closed the door.
"I'm James," he said, as I was driving.
"Nice to finally meet you James, I've heard a lot about you from Billy. Thanks a lot for taking care of him, he never really had many friends, and I heard the bullying was getting worse after the divorce."
"Oh, don't worry about it, Miss Robertson, it's my pleasure. he's a great friend to be around."
I could sense him stealing looks at me as I drove.
"I had a date tonight, that's why," I said, trying to explain.
"Oh! That makes sense. How did it go? I'm glad to hear it by the way, he told me how sad you had been lately since the divorce," he replied.
I felt a bit weird; I didn't know Billy was telling his friends about the divorce. But I guess he's allowed to talk about how he feels with his friends. "Disaster really, haha. But I guess it's hard to have a decent date when you're old like me," I said, in a sad tone.
There was an awkward silence. I didn't want to make it this way, but it just came out. I guess the fact that my husband had been cheating on me was a huge hit on my confidence. I guess I was blaming myself that he wouldn't go after a different girl if I could give him what he wanted.
"I think you're sexy," he said, suddenly, catching me off guard.
"Sorry, what?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't want to be inappropriate, but I don't think it should be hard for you to get a decent date, you are sexy as fuck," he said, and I could sense him staring at me.
"Umm... thank you, you are kind."
"No, I meant it," he said, and I could feel his hand on my thigh. I couldn't risk taking my hands off the steering wheel to push his hand away, as I was already feeling a bit dizzy. "I think you're sexy af, Jane."
I shivered as he said my name. I slowed down a bit and looked at him. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"You know what I'm doing," he whispered, as he moved closer and gently kissed my cheek.