I was sitting on the couch waiting for the doorbell to ring. My mom said she'd be coming over to help me do some taxes. My husband Rick hated doing taxes. My mom was an accountant, so she knew all the ins and outs of doing taxes and other boring stuff like that. I worked at the local bank as a teller. I knew some things about accounting, but not a lot. So every year I called her and every year she came over and did the work with me. This was also the time we took to catch up on our lives.
Mom and I got along well. I was the only daughter. I had a bigger brother, and that was about it. He was married, and had two children. I didn't want any. He had a boy and a girl. I don't know how he dealt with it. They were both five years old this year. He had twins. I flinched every time I thought about it. Twins! I wouldn't be able to handle that.
"Hey, Ellen." Said my husband of four years as he came walking into the house. "Dad called me on the phone, asked if I wanted to go fishing. You don't mind, do you?" he asked.
"Your dad, or my dad?" I asked as I got up to make food for him.
"Your dad. My father wouldn't be caught dead in the water catching fish. He hates fish." Rick explained.
"I don't mind. When do you guys leave?" I asked.
"Tomorrow at sun rise. He's coming by to get me. He's bringing your mom over."
"Wait, so mom isn't coming today?" I asked a little disappointed.
"No. She said she'd call you." He said as I started getting things out to cook some eggs and potatoes.
My life had fallen apart ever since I got married. Don't get me wrong, Rick is the best. It's just that, our lives became a routine that never had any surprises. Saturday was the day we made love. We both woke up,, ate breakfast, I showered while he got ready for work, and then we'd both go to work in our separate cars. I'd get home first, and watch a little TV. Then, he'd get home, and I'd make dinner. We'd eat, he'd cuddle me and tease the shit out of me until I was wet and horny, and he'd go to bed unless it was Saturday. I explained that to him. How we fell into a routine. He doesn't believe me. We never went out to dinner, and we never went anywhere to lunch. Church was out of the question, since we didn't believe in any religion. My dad and my husband were really good in-laws, though. Sometimes my mom and I would tease them and tell them they should've been married. They always got together for things. The games, the fishing trips, the car shows. They really liked each other. My father-in-law was a plane kind of guy, and so was his wife. So they weren't really over much. It was just Rick and my dad. All the time.
When we finished dinner, I told Rick that I needed a bath. There was no way I was going to let him rile me up tonight and not make love to me. He didn't seem to mind, and let me wander off to take my bath.
When I was done, I called my mom, and she told me that she got held up at work today, and that's why she needed to cancel on me. She was very sweet about it, and asked me if I was mad. I told her I was fine with it, but that she better come tomorrow.
"Honey, don't worry." She said smiling. "I'll be there. Your father can't shut up about the fishing trip. He won't let me forget. I have everything ready, and I'll be there in the morning. Don't mind if we sleep for a while, though. Brad is dropping me off very early at your place. Him and Rick are leaving even before the sun fully rises." She complained.
"I'll let you sleep. Don't worry." I assured. "I'm glad work went well otherwise." I explained.
We chatted for another ten minutes, and then we both hung up. I hope she didn't forget. Tomorrow was Saturday. I wonder if Rick would be back in time? I didn't mind if he stayed out all night.
I woke up the next day to his alarm going off. He was bright eyed, and had a cheerful smile on his face. I really wanted to just go back to sleep.
"Come on darling, get up." He said as he shook me. "I want some of those delicious eggs you know how to make so well."
"Rick, make yourself a pop tart." I moaned as I got up.
"Thank you, darling." He said as he kissed me.
"Fine." I muttered as I stumbled into the kitchen. "It's three in the morning!" I shouted as I looked at the clock.
"I know. I leave in an hour." He explained from the bathroom.
"Fucking shit." I cussed under my breath. "How long are you going to be gone?" I asked.
"Until the day after Easter day." He explained. "I hope you don't mind. I'll give you what you like when I come back." He said as he ground his pelvis into my butt. He growled.
"Get off, Rick. It's too early for this." I moaned.
"You're not mad, are you?" he asked.
"No. This'll get you out of my hair so I can prepare my taxes." I muttered.
He finished eating, then the doorbell rang. I went to open the door. It was my very sleepy mother, and my dad. We all greeted each other, and the men got ready to go.
"Where do you want to sleep?" I asked. "You can come to bed and sleep with me, or you can sleep on the couch, and I'll bring you someβ"
She took out her sleeping bag from her suit case, and she fixed it up on the big couch. She smiled at me as the guys started carrying things from the house to the truck. Half an hour later, they were gone. I told my mom good night, and I went back up to my room.
The next time I awoke, it was eleven o'clock. I heard cluttering out in the kitchen, and I smelled food. When I poked my head out, my mom was making some food for breakfast.
"Hey, kiddo." She said as she started putting food onto plates.
"Hey." I said as I put on my robe and tied the knot.
"You look rested. Ready to do those taxes?" she asked.
"Yes." I said as I started to poor myself a mug of hot chocolate. "Thanks mom. With Rick, I always have to make breakfast." I muttered.
"How are things with you two?" she asked.
"They're all right, I guess." I muttered as I sipped my drink.
"You don't sound too happy." She said as she put a plate of food in front of me.
"Oh, mom. I just don't think he's the right guy for me." I whined. "We hardly have sex, and when we do, he expects me to give him oral, and I never get any because it's gross. Or he cums, and it's too soon, and I never got to cum." I moaned. "Mom, my hand does a better job of making me cum than his dick does." I groaned. Then, I told her about how routine my life was with him.
"I know what you're talking about." She said as we ate. "Your father and I are in the same boat. Once I had to give him Viagra so I could have him for more than five minutes." She explained. "He never caught on. He just thought it was because he loved me a lot." She said smirking.
"But mom, you're in your fifties. You've gone through..., the change." I whispered.
"Just because I'm not fertile any more, Ellen, it doesn't mean I don't get horny, or want sex." She explained. "I am in my fifties, but I still want it, honey. Very badly." She added defiantly. "I thought you'd be a little more open minded about these things."
"I am." I said as I looked at her. "It's just, you're a grandma." I said surprised.
"I am a grandma with needs. You're twenty-five and Rick is thirty." She explained. "But there are people your age who have almost no sex drive. It doesn't matter if they go through Menopause." She said as I blushed.
"What?" she asked as she ate. "You can talk about it, you know. It's not contagious."
"Oh, right." I said as I tried not to blush.
The rest of the day we spent doing our taxes. We ate lunch at about two in the afternoon. We had sandwiches, and a glass of wine. I hated it, because wine was supposed to be intimate. Rick didn't like that, though. During lunch, we spent time just bashing the men In our lives who called themselves our husbands.
Then we went shopping. We went to get some new clothes for ourselves, and came back proud of each other. We didn't get a whole lot, like we usually do. We just got one shirt each, and she got one very sexy bra that was so not her. I told her so, and I told her that she was old and needed to calm down.
We had dinner. It was chicken with a mustard cream sauce and some broccoli. We had another couple glasses of wine. It turned out to be a very good meal.
"Want to watch some movies?" I asked.
"Sure." She said smiling. "We could sit down in front of the TV and see what's on."
I started to make popcorn, and drenched it in butter. I forgot what I had been watching last, until my mom came into the kitchen.
"Ellen," she asked. "Are you a lesbian, honey?"
"No. What makes you think...," I gasped. The last thing in the VCR had been a pornographic movie. It had been a movie of an orgy between chicks.
"Mom, I can explain." I said as I blushed.
"What?" she asked.
"I..., I ..., I'm not sure." I whispered as I started to tremble. "I want to get a divorce from Rick, because I'm not having a very good sex life. I don't know if I'm straight, or gay, or both." I muttered.
"Why didn't you just talk to me?" she asked.
"I didn't know if you could relate." I muttered.
"You have some preconceived notions about people my age, honey." She said softly as she wrapped her arms around my waste. I could feel her hard nipples poking into me. I hated my life at that moment. I bet that movie got her all worked up. I wished my father was here.
"Let's watch TV. Did you make the popcorn?" she asked.
"Yes." I said as she let go of me.
The rest of the evening was spent drinking wine, and watching sitcoms. Every once in a while, my mom and I would reach in to the popcorn at the same time and our hands would touch. Every once in a while I would feel her thigh up against mine. Every once in a while, a tiny drop of moisture would dribble on to my clothing from between my legs. I really don't know what got into me. The idea that my mom had gotten to see some of the porn that I was watching made my body hot and trembly. I really don't know why.
"You sleeping out here tonight?" I asked. "I think it's too cold for that sleeping bag of yours." I said smiling.
"I don't know where I'll sleep." She explained. "But I'm sure we'll figure out that situation later."