A tale of family bonding. All persons mentioned in this missive were aged eighteen years or more at the time of the events depicted.
It all started as a bit of a dare one early summer Sunday afternoon.
My mother, Sally Ward, is drop dead gorgeous. It took a long time before I actually realised it though. All of my buddies were well ahead of me in that respect and kept on telling me. I just put it down to teenage boys playing with their adolescent fantasies, a bit like the ones I played out in bed at night after watching some of my favourite downloaded movies. I began to notice more when my best mates seemed to be coming round to our house much more frequently and that we had become the preferred after school hangout. There were three regulars, Mike, Johnny and Ahmet. We were all in the same class, just finishing our final year before college. I was not at that time planning on leaving the area, I'd been offered a techie job involving database design and management that could mainly be done from home.
I started to pay more attention when I noticed that all three, and particularly Mike, were almost drooling every time my mum came into whatever room we were in. Their eyes followed her as she moved around, and the conversation dropped to almost nothing until she left. There was a noticeable sigh as she left and knowing glances were exchanged. Mike's barely audible comment of "I sure as hell would love to see that with no bra" raised a flag in my adolescent mind.
Sally was in her early forties and a single mum; our father having disappeared several years before to shack up with his male secretary. She had the occasional lover, but nothing lasted more than a few weeks with long gaps between.
Slim, almost willowy, with strong Scandinavian features Sally sported a head of thick long ash blonde hair that was just beginning to get flecks of grey highlights. A centre parting kept the bangs away from her face, showing her high cheeks and piercing deep blue eyes to their finest. Full wide lips covered a set of almost perfect white teeth. Her nose was pert and not overly large. She was fully proportioned with petite well-rounded breasts and beautifully proportioned buttocks. There was, however, not a trace of surplus fat despite her childbearing. She did work out and swam though not excessively. Her legs were long and slim from her thighs down to her elegant ankles. Her skin tone was a healthy pale, though she did tan well.
She regularly turned heads whenever she went out, something of which she was well aware but rarely responded to apart from the occasional flirtatious smile. Her clothes were obviously chosen to display her finest attributes but were suitably subtle and discrete as befitted an established member of the local church congregation. Several husbands found themselves being carefully shepherded by their wives when Sally made her appearances. The Pastor, Father Roberts paid particular attention despite his wife's stern looks and toe tapping. He was a good man overall, and it was a shame when he was discovered, trouser less, slaving over one of the younger married ladies spread face down across the altar table.
My younger sister Alice and I were born just under a year apart but because the way our birth dates fell for terms, we were in the same year group at school, something that she was constantly moaning about.
Alice was slightly more endomorphic than her mother. Medium height with breasts well-formed for her age though not excessively large. Her body shape was pretty classical with a slim waist and broad hips. Her legs were sturdy but not too large. Her pixielike face was surrounded by dark brown hair which she obviously inherited from her father. Not unattractive but not a stunning beauty either.
The 'Maison Ward' was a well-appointed detached property with average size garden deep in the English shires, an area often associated with aging persons of a reactionary disposition. In this case a fairly accurate description. High hedges surrounded our gardens providing a high degree of privacy. The most important feature, from my point of view, was the large hot tub. My father had installed the largest he could find shortly before he buggered off. We used it regularly as a family, with the movable glass cover making it usable in all weathers. I soon learned what the differences were between the male and female though it was mainly idle curiosity. Came in very handy when I brought my first girlfriend round for an evening. Sally and Alice were out at some church function, so Julie and I had space for some exploratory manoeuvres in the dark.
Massage
Part of the household ritual was for one or other of the kids to give their mother a neck massage in the evening. Not an onerous task by any means and I personally rather looked forward to it, more so now that I was older. She would sit on one of the high-backed bar stools with me standing behind. Usually, I started by stroking her long hair and gently pulled it back over her shoulders. This gave me full access to her neck and shoulders. My fingers began to massage her muscles along the top of her shoulders and then around the base of her neck. The skin was soft and firm. I became aware, really for the first time, that she was murmuring ever so softly as I worked at the flesh. I encountered her bra strap as I normally did, but this time Mike's comment sprang into my mind. I leaned further forward and gazed down to see the gentle lines of her breasts disappearing beneath the cover of her blouse. I felt a warmth in my crotch and noticed that my jeans were becoming much tighter. My fingers slid under the strap, something I had not done before, and continued kneading the warm pliant flesh. The sensation in my fingertips was subtly different now. She made a slightly louder sigh. I leaned closer.
"I hope you don't mind the guys coming round so much." I whispered quietly into her ear.
"Oh, don't be silly, of course I don't mind your friends. They're no trouble and it's nice to have all those hunky young men around the place."
"Hmm, all those hunky young men seem to rather like seeing you as well."
"Oh, don't be silly. Why would they like to see an old woman like me for heaven's sake?"
She giggled slightly and I noticed that she leaned further back towards me. I leaned slightly closer to her left ear.
"Well first you are not that old, second they all think you are rather tasty." I half whispered. She flinched ever so slightly as my warm breath caressed her ear lobes.
"What all of them? Well, that's just teenage males for you."
"Probably, though I reckon that you'll be in their thoughts for most of the evening."
Another giggle, this time a little louder and with just a hint of sensuousness.
"Yet more of the teenage male."