It had been quite a while since Daniel had seen his mother and he was a bit apprehensive about the meeting. He had been away at college and had not seen her for about 2 years. He was driving through his home state on his way to spend the summer with a friend and would be passing only a few hundred miles from his home. He and his mother had spoken a few weeks back and decided to meet each other half way at a motel for a few nights to catch up.
As he pulled off the interstate, he saw the sign for the small town where they were to meet. It was only 75 miles further. Daniel pushed a CD into the stereo and continued on. About another hour and a half later, he pulled off the small highway onto a little two lane road leading to the town that was another 5 miles in as indicated by the sign. He had heard of the small town growing up, but had never ventured there. About 10 minutes later, he drove through what appeared to be a small little community. There were a few stores, a gas station, a small bar and a town grocery. Daniel continued on for another half mile remembering that his mother said the motel was just outside of town.
A few moments later and the small motel appeared on the right side of the road. There were no other buildings present beside the run down structure. He veered off the road into the dirt of the parking lot. He slowed his pace and pulled to a stop in front of the office. He exited the truck, entered the office and tapped once on the small bell atop the desk. An older gentleman appeared from the back. Daniel guessed he was somewhere around his mother's age of 50, but he still looked like he kept in shape.
"May I help you?' he asked politely.
"Uh, yea. I'm supposed to be meeting my mother here, but I don't know if she has arrived yet and gotten a room." Daniel said.
"What is the last name?" he asked.
"Hunter" Daniel replied.
"Ah yes, your mother has arrived. She is in room 17, which is around back. She has only been here about 15 minutes."
"Ok, thank you" Daniel replied with a smile and started to turn toward the door.
"Quite a looker" he replied back.
Daniel stopped for a moment and turned back toward the man. "Excuse me?" Daniel said with a bit of uncertainty.
"Your mother" the man replied, "She is quite a nice looking woman."
Daniel wasn't quite sure how to respond, but he thanked the man once again and made a quick exit out the door. He climbed into the truck and headed for the end of the building. Making a right turn, he saw that the lot didn't extend all the way to the back. Then he also noticed his mother's car parked to one side of the lot under the side of a tall maple tree. He pulled beside her and cut the engine. He grabbed a large duffel bag from the rear seat and headed toward the motel.
He walked down the cement walk until coming to the room with a crooked number "1" and a painted on "7". He guessed this was it.
He knocked a few times and stood back. He heard footsteps inside and the saw the forest green door open before him. There stood his mother greeting him with a smile.
"Daniel" she exclaimed holding out her arms.
"Hi mom" he answered and walked toward her embrace. After a nice hug he stepped back and placed the duffel bag on one of the chairs just inside the room. His mother walked back over toward the bed and sat down. Daniel turned and went to close the door.
"Just leave it open honey" Daniel's mom instructed. "There isn't much of a breeze, but it circulates some air. I only had it closed because I was changing."
Daniel had noticed the white robe his mother was wearing, but was uncertain of why she was wearing it.
"Changing for what?" Daniel asked.
"Changing to go swimming" she said as she stood up and discarded the robe on the bed reveling a black one-piece bathing suit. "What do you think?"
"Nice mom" Daniel said matter of factly.
"Well I'm sure it's not like the college cuties that your used to looking at, but it's not that bad is it" she asked placing her hands on her hips.
"No mom, I didn't mean it wasn't nice. I just didn't really know what to say," said Daniel.
"Well I bet the guy at the front desk would like to see me in it" she said with a smile.
"Why do you say that?" Daniel said a little shocked at her statement.
"Well, I just kinda got the idea that when I checked in he was flirting with me a bit. True, I haven't really had anyone flirt with me in quite a while since your father, but I think I still know what flirting entails."
Daniel remembered the remark the desk clerk had made and was quite sure that his mother was right. He was probably flirting. It had been about 7 years since Daniel's father had left them to go be with some airline stewardess and knew that his mother was deeply hurt by his. He also knew that it did a great deal of harm to her self-esteem. He was a little shocked to see her so brazen in her comments, but also glad to see that she was once again trying to feel good about herself.
"Yes mom" Daniel expressed, "I'm sure any guy would feel lucky to see you in that".
"Aww, you're so sweet" she exclaimed.
Daniel took a moment to actually look at his mother and honestly didn't think she looked bad at all. It was a bit difficult to think of her as a woman and not his mother, but Daniel did have a fantasy about being with a woman that was quite a bit older than he. If she wasn't his mother, he thought that she might actually be someone who Daniel would have been attracted to. Except for one thing, he thought to himself….she really needs to shave. It wasn't totally obvious, but if you looked closely down below, you could see her pubic hair sticking out from either side of her bathing suit.
"Well?" she asked.
"I'm sorry?" Daniel said breaking from his trance.
"Well go get your suit on and we'll go for a dip," she said.
"Oh, sure mom" Daniel said reaching for his bag and heading to the bathroom. After he suited up, he came out and they both grabbed a few towels and headed out the door.
Daniel could only wonder what the pool was like after seeing how run down the rest of the place was. But, when they got to the other end of the building, a small, but clean pool awaited them. They walked through a small gate and took two lounge chairs beside the pool. The manager evidently had an apartment on site and it stretched through to the backside near where the pool was. The same man that had checked both Daniel and his mother into the motel walked out a door just a few feet away from the pool area.
"Get you folks anything" he hollered out.
Turning toward him, his mother smiled and waved, "No John, I think we're ok."
Daniel didn't know that his mother had flirted long enough to get his name.
"See," she said turning back toward Daniel, "I think he likes me".
After disappearing back inside, Daniel and his mother had a nice afternoon. They talked about his schooling and campus life. He told her that he broke up with his girlfriend that his mother had met the last time they had seen each other. He expressed that he had had a bit of a dry spell lately and hadn't really been seeing anyone in at least 6 months.
"You must be masturbating like it's going out of style," said Daniel's mother.
Daniel stared straightforward looking out into the clear blue water of the pool. He couldn't really believe what he had just heard. Was his own mother actually making a comment about masturbation?
Daniel felt a light smack against his left arm where his mother was seated. "Lighten up" she said with a smile. "I bet you'd fall off your chair if momma told you she even had her own toy".
Daniel still looked straight at the water. He had just heard his mother make a comment about her son's masturbation and the fact that she owned a vibrator.
"Daniel" said his mother, "Look at me".
Daniel turned slowly to see a playful smile on his mother's face.
"Honey, I didn't mean to embarrass you, but come on. In this day and age I thought that you would be able to view me as more of a friend than just your mother. We never seemed to be able to talk about things like this and, well, sometimes I felt like I needed a friend when you dad left. I would like to have the type of relationship with you where I know I could talk to you about things if I needed someone. I would also hope you would feel the same toward me."
Daniel had never heard his mother talk like this before, but what she was saying was very true. Daniel didn't have that type of relationship with anyone and it would be pretty wonderful if he could have it with the one person that he knew would accept him no matter what.
"It's ok mom," Daniel said. "You just took me by surprise. It would be nice to be able to talk to you like that, it's just a bit awkward."
"I understand totally," she said sporting a loving, but playful smile once again. "Now, tell me the truth Daniel, how many times a day do you play with that thing?"
Daniel got up from his chair and walked toward the pool. He stopped for a moment and looked back. "Only 5 or 6, but I'll make sure I lock the bathroom door to let ya know when I'm pounding away."
Daniel and his mother both laughed before Daniel dove into the cool water of the pool. Getting back to the room, Daniel was still drying off. His mother had chosen not to get in because she thought the water a bit too cold for her tastes. Daniel grabbed a few clothes from his bag and heading into the bathroom. "I wanna get out of this wet stuff first," he said over his shoulder to his mom.
"Go right ahead sweetie" she replied. On his way, Daniel fumbled with his clothes dropping a few on the floor. He scooped them back up and headed into the bathroom. His swim trunks still stuck to him like glue as he peeled them off and hung them on the towel rack just outside the shower stall. He stood naked in front of the small vanity inside the bathroom looking at himself. Daniel enjoyed being naked. He thought it a bit naughty. He remembered that as a young child he always used to take off his clothes and run around the house naked. His mother always had fits trying to keep him clothed.
Daniel moved over to the toilet having to empty a full bladder of the Cokes that he and his mother had poolside. He closed his eyes as his bladder relaxed and the stream of urine started.