A Mother's Solution
Carla picked at her avocado salad casually, noting the generally depressed mood of her son.
"Is everything okay, Josh?"
Josh sighed. His habit of sighing deeply was something she noticed was happening more and more recently.
"Yeah. Well, no..." He raised his sad blue eyes to look at her. "Mom, I know you really like Amy but...would you be mad if I broke up with her?" He looked at her with a mixture of curiosity and nervousness.
"Broke up with her? Why, are things not working out, honey? She's a lovely girl." Carla sighed but gave her son a supportive look.
"She is, and I do really like her..." Josh's cheeks blushed a little as he poked at his food with a fork. "She and I just...well...." His cheeks turned redder as he built up the courage to say what was on his mind. "She wants to wait til we're married...to..you know..."
"Have sex?" Carla said plainly, knowing exactly what was making her son feel so low.
Josh nodded. "Y-yeah...that. I really like her but I don't think I can wait that long."
"Oh, honey, I understand, I really do." Carla reached across the table and put her hand on his. "I've always had the impression that you two aren't really that...intimate...with each other. I mean, not yet anyway. Oh, honey, you poor thing!" She give his hand a gentle squeeze.
Josh enjoyed her warm, motherly touch. He forced a smile. "Thanks, Mom. We...I mean, we've done some stuff. It's just, I want more. I don't think I can wait till after college to marry her so we can...have sex." He blushed a little deeper, looking around to make sure no other patrons had heard him.
Carla smiled supportively with her eyes. "Well, have you told her how you feel? I'm sure if she knew how much you wanted to, she'd change her mind."
"I've tried to and she'll usually give me a ha-...use her hand..." He was blushing bright red now. "But that's as far as she'll go until we're married. I mean, if she'd at least suck my...I mean....do oral I might be able to wait." Josh was clearly getting frustrated as he vented to his mother.
"Oh, I see. Wow, she's a very...old-fashioned girl." Carla paused, thinking about what her son had said.
Josh nodded. "Yeah...way more than I thought, too."
"Have you ever cheated on her?"
"C'mon, Mom...you know I'd never do anything with another girl."
"But you must have thought about it, right?" Carla smiled, a knowing twinkle in her eye.
Josh nodded. "Yeah...That's why I'm thinking of breaking up with her. I'm 18...I don't want to wait till I'm, like, 22 or 23 to get my first...' Josh suddenly lowered his voice to a whisper. "...blow job."
Carla laughed lightly, then stifled it so as not to offend her son. "Oh, I completely understand, sweetheart. Wait--she hasn't even given you oral sex yet?" It was hard to hide the expression of utter surprise on her face.
Josh shook his head. "If she would at least do that I might be able to wait but...hands just don't cut it." He blushed again, never in his life thinking he'd be having a conversation like this with his own mother.
"Well, you can do that for yourself..." Carla joked.
"Exactly." He couldn't help but laugh a little at her comment.
Carla studied him coolly for a moment. "So, if you could have sex with someone and Amy would never find out, would you?"
Josh thought over her words carefully.
"No...I don't think I could cheat with another girl."
"Even if she could never, ever, ever find out?" Carla said, raising her eyebrows in surprise.
"I don't know...I'd feel bad if she cheated on me. Plus if I do that with any girls around here it'll get back to her somehow."
"True, but..." Carla looked at her son levelly, and smiled. "...what if it was not with a girl around here? What if you could have sex with a woman who'd make sure it never got back to anyone, especially Amy?"
Josh sighed, clearly mulling it over. "I don't know, Mom. I guess if there was no possible way for her to find out I might. I don't want to break up with her but.....god, I can't do four more years of just handjobs..."
"Well, there is a way," Carla sighed, taking a slow sip of her white wine. "A way that you could get your frustrations out of your system and then decide if she's the one for you or not." She nonchalantly speared a piece of lettuce with her fork and popped it into her mouth, her body language utterly laid-back and casual.
"And you know this magical girl who won't ever let it out that I'm cheating?" Josh gave his mother a doubtful look. "Did you find a magic lamp over the weekend?" He smirked and playfully rolled his eyes. "Can you make her look like Scarlett Johanson, too?" Josh chuckled to himself.
Carla laughed at her son's joke.
"No...I can't make her look like Scarlett Johanson, I'm afraid. But there is a hotel room waiting for you upstairs." She was totally reserved and somewhat enigmatic, wondering how soon her son would catch on. But she secretly enjoyed his naivety. It was endearing.
Josh cocked his head a little as he looked at her. Never would he have guessed she would be offering herself like that!
"C'mon, don't play, Mom." Seeing the serious look in Carla's eyes though made him curious. He suddenly wondered if she had a friend that was willing to go through with it. Carla could see the confusion on her son's face, even though he was normally a quick thinker.
"I'm not playing, sweetheart." She gave him a naughty smile and took another sip of wine. "Well, let's put it this way. It's not one of my friends, and it's certainly not a hooker, and it's not Scarlett Johansson...Wow, do I have to spell it out for you?"
It took Josh a few moments to process all the different options. He could come to only one conclusion.
"Wait...no..." He gave his mother a questioning look, finally coming to the conclusion that, yes, she was offering herself up for this 'service'. "Seriously?"
"Why not?" Carla said, and continued to eat her salad as if she had just suggested the most normal thing in the world. "It would solve all of your problems. And Amy would never find out, that's for sure..."
"Yeah but...y-you?" Josh's eyes widened as he looked at his mother, feeling his heart starting to race. "Is that...I mean...is that something you'd even want to do?" His eyes dropped down to his mother's breasts for a split second, noticing they were so much fuller than Amy's.
"Well, it's something that I'd be willing to do. I do hate seeing you so down all the time..." Carla hummed to herself quietly as she continued eating, very casually. "Of course, I'd totally understand if you didn't want to. I mean, I'm no Scarlett..."
Josh nodded, still not quite believing his mother was offering this.
"No..I know...you're beautiful, Mom. The 'Scarlett' thing was a joke..." Josh went quiet, clearly thinking the proposal over. His mother had appealed to the logical manner in which he thought with the way she laid it out to him. There was a long silence between them as he processed the information.
Finally, he said: "You'd really do that for me, Mom?"
Carla put down her fork and reached across the table again for her son's hand. "Yes, honey, of course I would. I'd do anything for you, Josh, you know that." She squeezed his hand again gently. "But do me a favor. If we're going to discuss this, maybe don't call me 'Mom' for the time being. Call me Carla, okay? At least until we've decided." She smiled warmly at him, then continued with her dinner. "These waiters have ears..." she laughed.
"Y-yeah...okay, Mo-...erm...Carla." His cheeks were bright red and he gave his mother a shy smile. Josh started eating his food again, his mind racing, part of him still not believing it was all real. His eyes stole glances at his mother, looking at her a little differently now.
"So, what do you think?" Carla said, finally finishing her meal and laying her knife and fork together on her plate. She sipped her wine.
Josh, his cheeks red, was already nodding before he spoke. "I..um....y-yeah, I think I would like to. At least try it once I mean...if that's still okay?" He looked at Carla nervously, his eyes betraying profound love and more than a little lust.
"Good. It's settled then." Carla smiled affectionately at her son, noticing the difference in the way he was looking at her now. Then, with a quick glance around the restaurant, she leaned in and whispered, her elbows on the table: "Oh, and I give a pretty mean blowjob by all accounts."
Josh blushed bright red and grinned. His eyes were already on his mother's lips, wondering how they would feel on him. He took a moment to recover from the shock of hearing his mother say the word 'blowjob' and smiled.