Rachel hurried down the stairs; ten minutes late, as usual. She raced into the kitchen to grab a banana when her mother's voice stopped her cold.
"Rachel, do you have anything you want to tell me?" She stood in the corner of the kitchen with her arms crossed over her chest. She was in her tennis outfit. A light blue sleeveless top and a short pleated white skirt. She was tall, unlike Rachel, and her brunette hair, tied back in a long ponytail, laid over her shoulder. The country club look fit her, and no one would believe she was 43. Her mom was beautiful, athletic, and intolerant of Rachel's shit.
"What do you mean, mommy?" Rachel heard a chuckle from the kitchen table. Her brother Jonathan had a large plate of breakfast and he grinned on one side of his mouth.
"If she says, 'mommy' we know she was up to something," he said before shoving half a piece of toast in his mouth.
"Shut up, Jonathon. Go back to college. You don't live here," Rachel said, her cheeks reddening.
"This isn't about Jonathon, so try again," her mom said. "Anything you want to tell me about the weekend?"
Sure, I drank dad's alcohol, made out with a girl in a dressing room. Emily shaved my pussy just before she made me cum for the first time. Oh, and we practiced blowjobs with your obscenely large dildo you keep by the bed.
If she was lucky, she'd only have to confess to one of those things and not the others. "I hung out with Emily and went shopping."
Jonathon laughed. "I'm telling you that Emily is a bad influence. I can't believe she hasn't run off with the circus yet."
"Shut up, Jonathon!" they said in unison.
Ms. Cartwright cocked her eyebrows and waited, but Rachel remained silent so nothing could be used against her in court. Her mother finally spoke, breaking the tension. "Shopping? I would say 384 dollars at a lingerie store is quite a bit of shopping. Do you mind explaining that?"
Thank you, Jesus. She wasn't in trouble. It was just money stuff.
Rachel crossed her arms and pouted her best pout. "I needed new things and there is nothing wrong with that since I've worn the same two bras for the last year, and they were too small."
"TMI," her brother said while slurping on his coffee.
"Then leave the fucking room, perv," Rachel yelled.
Everyone stopped. Rachel didn't cuss like that; at least, not in front of her family. Her mother uncrossed her arms and looked at her, mouth agape. "Rachel Melissa Cartwright. I never want to hear that word come out of your mouth again. Just who do you think you are?"
Even Jonathan kept his mouth shut as Rachel lowered her head. "Sorry mom. I won't do it again." She didn't need to look up to know her mom was standing near her. Her perfume filled her nose, and she could sense her mother's closeness. Rachel raised her head enough to glimpse her tennis shoes. "Your shoes are cute, mom."
Her mother huffed. "Thank you and stop changing the subject. You know I don't mind you shopping, but you need permission for a purchase that big, young lady."
Rachel raised her head and looked at her mom. "But it wasn't real money. I used the credit card," Rachel protested.
Jonathon laughed again. "Wow, just wow."
Beth Cartwright rubbed her temples and looked down at her daughter. "Rachel. Credit cards are real money, and you spent a lot of real money. Please be more careful. Now, did you get what you needed? I didn't realize your bras were too small."
"What the fuck? Are you serious? That's all that happens to her? You would have grounded me for a year." Jonathan ducked out of the way as a ladle flew by his head and hit the wall behind him.
Beth turned her attention to him. "Language! Who do you think you are? Both of you need to learn some manners. You're lucky your dad didn't hear you talk to me like that, young man. Unfuckingbelievable." She walked back to the other side of the kitchen to get her coffee.
Rachel glanced at Jonathan as he was getting back in his chair. They both laughed, but kept it quick so their mom wouldn't hear. Rachel inched towards the door. "I'm late for work. May I go now, please?"
"Yes, and remember how much responsibility Lawerence and Laci are trusting you with. Don't go over there and play around."
"I don't play around. I work hard. Ask Mr. Morgan."
"Aren't you late?"
"Shut up, Jonathan!" They both said again.
Rachel ran out of the house before her mom could lecture her more. She discovered nothing about this weekend; the shopping thing was silly. She heard her dad say that the credit card had cash back on it. That must mean that whatever Rachel spent came back in cash to her dad, or something like that. It didn't matter. What mattered was her plan for the evening. For the last two days, she'd snuck into her mom's room to practice with the dildo. She was getting better. Although she couldn't fit it all in her mouth, she got more of it each time. She texted Bo:
Rachel: Hey you; remember me. Your girlfriend you haven't talked to in three days.
She didn't figure he was up yet, but her plan was for a date tonight if he texted back. And he would. Rachel knew their relationship was over, but she wasn't upset about it. She just didn't want to deal with the fallout when he finally broke up with her. Their families were close friends, but he wouldn't keep a hometown girlfriend, not with him playing baseball. That would be his life. She heard her dad and Mr. Morgan say he could play in the pros. That left little room for her, and she knew it.
As she unlocked the gate, her phone beeped.
Bo: Of course I remember you. I've been busy. What's up?
Busy? Whatever.
He did text back fast, though.