One Saturday morning in August, Paul Shea went to his friend Joey's house to shoot baskets, just like he had done nearly everyday that summer since they graduated from high school. This Saturday was different, and it ended up to be a day that the 18 year old would never forget.
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The sound of the basketball being bounced off of the concrete driveway of the Miller house usually brought Paul's friend Joey out within a minute or two, which was why Paul never even bothered to knock and announce his arrival any more.
The strapping lad in the grey t-shirt and baggy shorts made a sound that was supposed to resemble a crowd cheering when first shot swished through the net on the hoop attached to the garage. After retrieving the ball Paul looked toward the house, expecting to see his buddy flying out the back door to join him any second.
The screen door opened, but when Paul turned around, instead of seeing his skinny friend, Paul saw Joey's mother smiling at him. She was wearing a bathrobe, so Paul thought at first that he must be early and woke Mrs. Miller up.
"Hi Mrs. Miller!" Paul called out, cupping his hand over his eyes to shield them from the morning sun. "Hope I didn't wake you up."
"Me?" Mrs. Miller replied with a smile, clutching the robe with her free hand as she leaned out the door. "No. Just lazing around the house."
"Joey still sleeping?" Paul asked, putting the basketball on his hip and walking toward the house.
"No, honey. Joey's with his father," Mrs. Miller responded. "It's his weekend with him."
"Oh! Right!' Paul answered with a grimace. "I forgot it's Saturday."
The summer days all seemed the same, Mrs. Miller noted, since school was out, but she reminded Paul that they would be hitting the books when college started in a few weeks.
"Don't remind me," Paul said with a smile as he headed down the driveway. "Tell Joey I'll call him tomorrow after noon when he gets back."
"You don't have to go, Paul," Mrs. Miller said. "You know you can shoot here anytime you want."
"Besides," Mrs. Miller added. "It isn't like Joey is much competition or anything. Joey tries hard, but against you it seems like a boy against a man. I've seen the way you kinda let the score stay close when you two play."
"Uh - not really," Paul shrugged, not realizing that letting Joey think he had a chance to beat him was that obvious, even to somebody like Mrs. Miller, but letting Joey stay competitive with him made the games more fun for both of them.
"Whatever you say," Mrs. Miller said with a wink. "Anyway, continue playing if you want. If you want, you can come inside and keep an old lady company instead. Going to be a long lonely weekend with me here all by myself. You look like you could use a drink anyway. How about a Coke?"
"Uh - okay," Paul said, setting the ball on a lawn chair and walking up the steps into the Miller's house.
Paul sometimes felt like he lived at Joey's house because he spent so much time there, but Mrs. Miller always made him feel welcome, and she was always so nice to him that Paul felt bad when she mentioned being alone.
Paul didn't care much for Joey's father, who had always seemed gruff and rather cold the few times that they had crossed paths, but since they had been divorced for years Paul saw little of Mr. Miller.
To hear Joey tell it, his father had left his mother for a younger woman, a skinny blonde that Joey didn't seem to care much for, and that amazed Paul because Joey's mother was a pretty woman.
Mrs. Miller was a little chubby, but she had a pretty face and looked a bit like that actress who played Wonder Woman on TV, albeit in a more chubby way. A lot prettier than his own mother, Paul had to admit, but then again Paul didn't look at his own mother like he did other women.
Mrs. Miller handed Paul a can of soda and leaned back against the sink, watching him take a long swallow and then smiling as he stifled a burp. Her heart skipped a bit when she saw Paul's eyes dart to her breasts, as they often did, and the older woman tried to thrust them out as subtly as she could.
"Boy Paul, you're really losing a lot of weight, aren't you?" she remarked as she looked at her son's friend.
"About 50 pounds," Paul said proudly, patting his stomach. "Still have to lose about 10 more."
"You're really looking good," Mrs. Miller replied. "Wish I could lose some myself."
"You look great as you are," Paul said, blushing when he saw Mrs. Miller reaction to his compliment.
"I wish," Mrs. Miller said. "Maybe I should go out there and play basketball with you. Would you let me stay close to you like you do Joey?"
"I guess," Paul said nervously before polishing off his soda.
"You don't have to leave just yet, do you Paul?"
"I don't want to hold you up from doing stuff," Mrs. Miller," Paul said.
"Like I said, I haven't got anything on my agenda, Paul," Mrs. Miller said. "One thing though is that now that you're a grown man, you can stop calling me Mrs. Miller. Call me Virginia, or better yet call me Ginny."
Paul shrugged his shoulders like he always did when he was nervous, but when Mrs. Miller added that if he wanted, he could just call her by her first name when Joey wasn't around, Paul nodded.
"Okay - uh - Ginny," Paul said with a grin.
"See? That wasn't so hard, was it Paul?" Ginny said as she got Paul another soda.
As Mrs. Miller handed him the soda, Paul's eyes happened to go downward a bit as Mrs. Miller's robe opened up. She was wearing a faded pink nightgown underneath it, and as Paul forced himself to look away, he tried to adjust his shorts without his friend's mother seeing him.
Damn, Mrs. Miller has big boobs, Paul thought to himself as he fought to stifle the swelling that was occurring down below. It wasn't like it was a secret or anything, but Mrs. Miller always wore a bra and very ordinary clothing that didn't really show her assets off. Like that, swinging free underneath the satiny material, they looked huge.