Amanda was absolutely mortified. She woke-up groggy and hung-over, and she slowly tried to piece together what had happened in the middle of the night before. Surely she didn't do what she thought she did. This was her son, for pete's sake. How could she even face him?
She struggled out of bed, and started getting ready for the day. Moving slowly from the night before, she got ready knowing her husband and son were already downstairs even though that was normally not the case. She was normally the first downstairs and the first ready in the mornings.
Amanda dressed in the plainest and most conservative outfit she had, given last night and her complete embarrassment. Then she slowly made her way downstairs to the kitchen.
"Well, there she is," teased her husband when she came into the kitchen. "The party girl's arrived."
"Very funny," she replied sarcastically.
She made her way across the kitchen, hearing her heels clink against the floor and sensing her son's eyes follow her movements.
Billy in fact was watching her as she went to the counter to fix herself some coffee to take with her to work. Only, this morning Billy was looking at Amanda in a whole new light, looking at her as a woman with a personality and side to her he never knew of before. To him, she was a different woman than yesterday or any other time.
"How are you doing?" her husband asked.
"I'm struggling a little this morning," she answered, looking to him.
"Well, I'm sure she'll be better by the time you guys head out to dinner tonight," Billy chimed in, briefly catching a glance from his mother.
"Actually, Arnie and the guys from the regional office are in town, honey," Bill tried to gently tell his wife, "and they're expecting me to entertain them."
Amanda cut a startled look at Bill.
"No," she said, not hiding her disappointment, "c'mon, it's Friday, Bill."
"I know, I know. But everyone's working tomorrow, so they're staying over. I have to go with them, you know?"
"Whatever." Amanda said, and she turned back to pour more coffee to take with her.
Bill came up from behind and kissed her cheek good-bye.
"Please understand, honey. I'll try not to be late." Bill started gathering his things for work.
"Mom, want to work-out after work?" Billy asked.
"Yeah, why don't you get a work-out tonight?" Bill said in agreement.
"I'll work-out, but it won't be like last night," she said and turned to Billy, hoping he understood that she meant for him not to get any ideas.
Billy seemed to her to get it as they all headed out for the day. She would have to have a serious talk with him, she knew, and she hoped that he wouldn't make things any more difficult than she already felt they were.
Amanda thought about this on her way to work. She and Billy had always been very close, and she felt as if she could trust him, and that he would try to understand that she'd been in the wrong mood, at the wrong time, and with too much alcohol.
She thought about how he was mature for his young age, and how being a virile young man, he himself was probably restless with his needs. She stopped herself. What was she thinking? Virile young man. Wondering if he got restless. Was she losing her mind thinking that way about her son? Yes, she had to be, she concluded. Then, feeling herself flush, she shifted in her seat and realized that moist and warm sensation happening between her legs.
She was just hungover, she told herself. Confused because of her mistake of last night. She pulled into the parking space at her work and tried to will her mind off any more thoughts of Billy or last night. The last thing she did before getting out of the car was lean her head back and try to compose herself. She sighed and let her hand go to her crotch under the dress. She stroked herself and let herself think of him.
It was late in the afternoon on Friday, when he called her.
"You want me to swing by home and pick you up to go work-out?" he asked.
"Yeah, that's fine," she said and paused. "Listen, I made a horrible mistake last night and I am sorry it happened. We can talk more later, but I wanted to say that."
This time Billy paused before answering.
"Okay. ...Is 6 o'clock good?" He said.
"Sure."
At 6 o'clock, Billy pulled into the driveway, and Amanda came out to the car. They both said quiet hellos to each other as Billy drove away from the house.
"I must have lost my mind for a while last night, Billy," she started, and looked to him as he drove.
"Listen, it's alright. We both drank alot," he replied.
"No, it's not alright, and that's my point," she continued, now feeling a little more comfortable talking to him. "I feel like we're close and we can talk about this. And I feel like we can trust each other. But I want you to know that it was a mistake, and nothing like that will ever happen again."
"Well yes, we are close, and I like us being able to talk. But I don't want you to feel bad. Just don't worry about it."
"Billy, don't just say, 'don't worry about it.' I mean, I came into your room... ." She stopped herself. "Billy, I'm your mother, after all."
They were pulling into the parking lot at this point, and Billy looked to her and smiled trying to reassure her. He pulled the car to a stop and tried to calm her about it.
"I understand. It's between us. I just don't want you worrying about it."
"Well, I definitely don't want you worrying about it either. And, I appreciate you understanding." She smiled at him and tussled his hair with her hand as they got out of the car.
That night they both got a good work-out, with each of them working-up a sweat with some cardio first. Amanda was sweatty in her t-shirt, shorts and sport bra underneath, when she was finishing up her work-out with some weights.
She was doing some curls, as Billy came up and smiled, picking up some weights himself. He was sweating even more than Amanda and his shirt wanted to stick to his chest. Amanda admired her son's lean physique and she watched him as he did some presses from a sitting position. She liked how his arms showed such definition as he pressed up and back down each time.
He looked at her as he finished a set and he got a big grin, as she realized she was staring. She quickly looked away and smiled embarrassingly. She went ahead with her next set of curls. As she finished her set, she thought she glimpsed Billy stealing a look at her. She instinctively crossed her arms over her chest as she realized what he may've noticed. Her arms crossed over her chest were hiding what had to be hardened nipples visible through the wet t-shirt and light sports bra.
Billy started working his last set and his arms stretched upward trying to complete the set. A young blonde walked slowly past Billy and Amanda wondered if the young girl wasn't deliberately trying to get Billy's attention. Amanda smirked at this. Then, much to Amanda's surprise, Billy's eyes didn't follow the young blonde's close movements away from him in the other direction. Billy's eyes focused on Amanda as he slowly pushed up on the weight.
Without thinking twice about it, Amanda unfolded her arms and let them drop by her sides. She watched Billy's eyes drop to her chest where her nipples were pointed against the t-shirt and plainly evident. Billy looked briefly to her face again before putting the weights down, and she turned to put her weights back in the rack.
"Get a good work-out?" she asked as they headed to the showers.
"Oh, yeah," he said convincingly, as she had to look away to keep him from seeing her grin.
They showered and left together as they had the night before. Billy drove them to a nearby bar where they shared some food and drank a couple of beers a piece. They had managed to talk about her work and his school, so that things seemed to get somewhat back to normal for them. Just the same, she knew she felt a certain closeness to him that was unlike before, and she sensed him feeling the same. Even more, Billy seemed to act much more interested in what she had to say, and would look at her longer and more often than before.
Amanda liked the apparent infatuation she sensed from him, and she reminded herself she would treat it very gently and carefully. She couldn't let him get any idea that there could be anything like last night happening again.
After something to eat and with another beer in front of them, Billy leaned closer toward her, looking into her eyes.
"So, I still can't believe you really have a wild side," he said playfully.
"Well, I'm not so sure that I do," she answered, telling herself she needed to steer clear of this topic.
Billy raised his eyebrows.
"You're not?"
With this, they both laughed.
"Don't you forget where I got that idea from, okay?" She teased back at him. And he immediately nodded.
"Ouch. Good point."
Her cell phone started ringing, and before she could get it opened, the call went into voicemail.
"Darn it," she said, as she drank from the mug and then punched the keys to retrieve the message.
Billy watched her face and saw an expression of concern change into one of anger at what she was hearing. After a moment, she closed the phone and set it on the table. She raised her glass and brought it purposefully to her lips. Billy watched in amazement as she slowly drank the rest of her beer in one long drink.