I stood there in my bathrobe. I felt awkward and silly; this was daughter's third attempt at getting me to have a massage.
"Hop up on the table Mary."
I grinned timidly at my 24 year old son in law.
"God mum just do as he says," Sarah said with a grin at my nervousness.
James my son in law turned his back as Sarah came over to me. She helped me off with my dressing gown. I climbed up onto the massage table that James had brought with him.
"Mum James is good at this it's his job," she said, not looking up from her mobile phone.
I lay on my stomach as Sarah put the towel over my middle. So there I was, a 48 year old with a slight nagging back problem. I knew my son in law would be professional about this. I just felt a little uncomfortable being half naked in front of him. He started on my arms as I watched my daughter with her mobile phone. She spent a lot of time sending text messages to her friends. James had moved to my back, low down. His hands skilfully moved over my skin. He stopped and I felt his fingers on my bra catch.
"God James, no," I shrieked a little.
I watched Sarah get out of the chair.
"God mother he can't do you any good if you are wearing a bra."
I felt her fingers whip the bra clips open, I was still protesting as she pulled the strap off my right arm. I pushed myself up slightly giving in. Sarah smiled at me.
"You are going to be on your front, besides James has seen a lot worse tits than yours."
Sometimes I cringed at my daughter's openness. If I had ever mentioned the things she does in front of my mother when I was young, I think my legs would have stung for awhile. God, kids were just so open these days. OK Sarah was 23, and she had the confidence I never had, but the way she asked me about sex just had me blushing sometimes. My husband had died 3 years ago, and Sarah was trying to get me back into dating. I was horrified and told her I didn't want anyone. All I got from her was 'what about sex?'
I felt James push his fingers through my skin. I just couldn't seem to relax.
"Sarah, get the ocean tape out of my bag and put it on."
A few minutes later the sound of waves rolling on the beach filled my living room, it sort of helped.
"I'm going over to Mandy's."
I watched as Sarah kissed her husband, and I suddenly realised I would be alone, half naked, with my son in law!
"Sarah you ought to stay, James will be finished soon."
"No he won't. I've told him to give you the works, so just relax and enjoy it mum," she said with a wink and a smile.
She grabbed their car keys and before I knew it the front door slammed shut.
"Y, you can stop James, you don't have to carry on," I mumbled.
"Oh I do, do you know what Sarah will do to me if I don't?" he replied with a chuckle.
"Well just for 5 minutes then," I said, in a sort of uncomfortable compromise.
His hands moved over my back, in a sort of outward motion from the base of my spine. He was firm yet gentle and he seemed to keep the same speed or rhythm. I listened to the tape he had brought, and with his hands gliding over my body I felt quite relaxed now. That was until I felt him flick the towel up my thighs a little.
"Relax, I'm just going to do your legs," he said.
"James, it's not necessary," I protested weakly.
"Oh it is babe."
I stiffened a little.
"Hell sorry, you look just like Sarah, it's quite uncanny but you really could be her sister."
I decided to laugh it off.
"Oh I don't think my body is as good as hers."
"Yeah sure it is, you might be her mum but you look after yourself, don't you?"
I thanked him for the compliment and smiled to myself. OK he was being kind to me like he always was. He always told me I looked nice when we met. He used to say that I looked more like Sarah's sister. Not that she had a sister, but I think you know what I'm trying to say. He was always whispering in my ear in a joking manner, that he married Sarah when he saw what a hot mum she had. I wasn't used to talk like that and it shocked me at first, but it was all said in fun. Still I just hoped the towel was covering my white panties. It felt like it was, but James was working up my thighs a little further.
"How does that feel?"
"Great James, but, not so high up huh?"
"You're the boss darling," he said with a chuckle.
Before I could react to the darling bit. He did something with his fingers that had me relaxing again. They worked on my thigh muscles a little more firmly. Still he was always calling me things like that since my husband died. It was friendly and warm the way he said it, and I had gotten used to it over the years.
"You know I think your legs are a little better than Sarah's, don't tell her I said so though will you, we don't want her getting jealous do we?"
Again he said it sort of jokingly, but I didn't really think it was appropriate. Before I could say anything, he was stood in front of me and stretching down pulling his hands up the sides of my torso. I opened my eyes for the first time in quite awhile. His hands were doing a good job, but they seemed to get close to the outside of my breasts! OK they were just slightly grazing them by the smallest margin, and maybe he didn't notice, but I did. I was now looking directly at his groin. I closed my eyes again; I didn't want to embarrass myself by staring at him. Even though I shut my eyes I was aware of the slight bulge his cock made in his trousers. I told myself to stop being so stupid.
"Sarah told me you went out with Mr Kenny."
"Oh, that was just because he didn't have anyone to go with him to his works do."
"So, did he hit on my mother in law?"
"No," I replied with a chuckle, "it wasn't like that."
"That's good, because you can do better than him. You know my mate Simon fancies you?"
"God James, don't be silly."
Again I chuckled but not as much.
"Anyway, I told him he would have to wait and let me go first."
It was now I realised his fingers had slipped a little more onto my breasts as he moved up the sides of my body.
"James I, I...."
"Oh don't worry he won't try anything, not unless you want him to, he was quite serious you know."
"James that's ridiculous," I protested.