I want to thank people for helpful comments about my other story ideas and a few people for emails that gave me some good inspirations. I haven't written a new story in a while but I hope this is the start of a few more.
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Tommy had plans for a quiet week in the summer but his Mom had other ideas. She was a big volunteer at church. When the preacher and wife told her they were taking a car load of furniture and boxes to their daughter away in a new apartment, Tommy' mom volunteered him. It wasn't a very long trip but a few hours up, stay overnight and come back. Two days he couldn't relax because his mom had to say "don't be silly, Karen, I'll send Tommy with you so you have a strong young man to help unload and do whatever you need."
His Mom was helping supervise the packing too. He might be 18 but she was still good at telling him what to do. He wasn't really too mad. After all it was only two days and he didn't have anything to do yet this summer. So here he was packing. Too many things for too small a car. It was a small crossover hatchback but they were running out of room. A tall bookcase and a long table were way too long for the hatch. Tommy's mom was an expert though.
"OK so we put the one side of the back seat down completely and lay the passenger side of the front all the way back. See, now the car is long enough. And a box here under here, these things here, another box on top and look everything fits." Tommy's mom was triumphant.
Karen, the preacher's wife had one question. "where do we sit?"
But Tommy's mom could answer that too. "A driver drives and then two of you in the one half of the back. We just move the bookcase this way a few inches."
But closing the door made them move the bookcase the other way and they were out of room. So Tommy offered to stay home. His Mom would have none of that. "Don't be silly young man. You turn this way and Karen, I mean Mrs. Pearson, sits across your lap. It'll be fine. She's light as a feather and there will be lots more room on the way home. You're not getting out of doing a good deed." So it was settled.
Just before they left, Tommy's mom came out with a cooler of drinks and food to make the trip more enjoyable. She told the preacher she packed all his favorites and gave it Tommy to find a spot. He replaced three pillows right behind where he would sit with the cooler. He might as well have the food close by! And put the pillows between the two front seats. "see, they'll protect the bookcase," he said.
With that they were off. As they started, he said "Sorry I make it so crowded Mrs. Pearson."
She climbed on top of him and said "It's fine dear. We are grateful for your help. Rev. Pearson doesn't talk much when he drives so I'm happy for the company and we really appreciate your help. Oh, and call me Karen. You're an adult now so I'm Karen to you."
He felt better already. As much as he pretended to hate the trip and doing it, He always liked the preacher and his wife. They were nice. Rev. Pearson was quiet and aloof but nice. And Mrs. Pearson had always been friendly. She was probably 45 or 50 and in good shape for her age but not really big enough for Tommy to picture her moving furniture. She was short and petite with longer hair. Probably cute when she was younger. Actually still attractive for an older woman. Tommy thought she was better looking than her daughter actually. But not dressed to move stuff. She looked like you'd think a preacher's wife would look kind of. A longer flowery skirt, not really formal but not really work clothes and plain blouse. But that was okay. Moving stuff was his job. He also liked how she treated him like a grown up. His mom didn't realize he was growing up but Mrs. Pearson did. He would call her Karen. It felt right and important to be an adult.
Even as they started she was arranging things. "Here, you turn a little to the side like that and I'll turn the other way and sit across your thighs. That will be more comfortable for both of us and we can face each other. There."
Tommy was actually comfortable and didn't mind having her sit there. In fact he liked it a little. She was friendly and feminine and smelled like roses or some other flowery perfume. She was way older than him but she was still a woman and that made it cooler.
She leaned forward to talk to her husband and sort of wiggled across Tommy. He was wearing shorts so it was her skirt on his bare legs. He'd have to avoid thinking too much about that or it might be embarrassing.
She turned back and said "OK, everybody gets a drink to start. Let's see if I can do this without hurting any of us." She turned and half climbed over the back seat to get at the cooler. Tommy leaned back to make room. Her leg was pushing off the floor and between his legs but it wasn't causing any problems. The real problem was the view.
Mrs. Pearson twisted and her neck was about even with Tommy's head. That meant he had a perfect view down the top of her blouse. It wasn't like she was wearing slutty underwear but her bra was still pretty and feminine. It was white and some kind of silk and even though it covered a lot it was pretty with some lace and decoration on it. He couldn't help getting little bit hard. Probably not enough to notice but it made him nervous.
When she turned back and then leaned way forward to hand her husband his bottle of water, Tommy adjusted himself but now that image was in his head. When she sat back down, she was closer and Tommy was glad he had shifted his partial-erection so it was on the other side.