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I stood in the doorway to Will's bedroom looking at the color. I was surprised he picked that particular paint and color but it looked absolutely great. Beautifully modern with perfect white trim and a little darker baseboard tint. Will's our son. He paints his bedroom every three years without fail. His bedroom and bathroom and tv space looks like something out of a house fashion magazine. I was jealous but he's offered many times to do mine.
I helped some this afternoon and so did his dad, whom we lovingly call Hump for Humphrey. Just around the house. Otherwise we used his whole name. It's Saturday. Will's been quiet most of the day but he did work fairly hard to get done. We got cleaned up and a few minutes later the pizza came. We were eating in the kitchen at the island because a lot of his stuff was stacked around in the den.
About half way through eating Will said, "I would like to make a suggestion. No, a request. Maybe both. I don't know what it is. I'm not all that sure about this so you need to take it with a grain of salt. It's probably a mistake." Hump and I kept eating and waited for him to continue. A minute maybe and he did. He said, "Look, I don't know about this. It's just something I came up with."
Hump said, "It's ok Will. You say it and we'll work with it." We have a good family going and we've never had any real problems so it probably wasn't anything serious. Hump caught my eye and he was smiling, chewing. Me too.
"Alright, " Will said. "Bear with me and let me get through this." Hump and I both gave him a slight nod. Will said. "Ok. For this I want both of you to think of me as your daughter. It'll make more sense if you can do that. There aren't all that many young people in this area. Not many girls. I'm 19 years old. I would like to be more active."
He stopped talking and got another slice. We kept quiet but looked supportive. He said, "I was wondering if you would consider including me in your other family activities. I know it'll be strange at first but I think it'll work ok. I'll try not to be all that, uh, visible. Sorry, I couldn't think of another word. I'm thinking all of us working together on this but I guess mostly mom."
Hump said, "What other family activities?"
I suddenly got this shot of adrenaline and my face flushed a little. I thought I knew what he was saying. I said, "Ok if we talk about it? See what we think?"
Hump looked at me and back to Will and said, "What other family activities?"
I kicked Hump under the table, lightly, and said, "Hump, we can talk about it later. Will, the paint should be dry enough in the morning to move some stuff back as long as we don't knock anything against anything. We have to be very careful about that and don't hang any pictures yet. They'll stick to the paint and pull it off the wall as soon as you touch them."
"I know mom," Will said. "I've done this before, remember." He was smiling. He had someone that understood, if it was what I was thinking. It took an enormous effort to act normal.
Sunday afternoon Hump said, "What other family activities?"
I knew he would bring it up eventually. I didn't have an easy answer ready. I said, "Hump. Listen to me and don't interrupt. Your daughter needs sex. She wants to join us when we do. I think it would be wonderful watching you and her and I think you would have a very good time. She's probably a virgin so take it easy."
Hump said, "We don't have a daughter. What are you talking about?"
"Will asked to us to think of him as our daughter," I said. "I'm doing that. You should too."
"Claire, Will wants me to have sex with him as if he was our daughter?"
"No," I said. "Try again."
"No need," he said. "I know what you're suggesting. I thought of that too. Do you think that was it?"
"It sure sounded like it to me," I said. "What activities do we do that he isn't involved in except sex. He's saying he needs sex. Would you be ok with Will and me? Would you want to watch? He said all of us together."
"Claire. My head is starting to hurt. I'm getting some aspirin." He went off to the den among Wills stuff.
Hump was a football player in high school and in his first year in college. He's 5ft11 and weighs 170. I'm 5ft8 and 125. The first time I got in his pants I had a nice surprise. He was packed. He still gives me thrills in bed. When I'm on top it's like riding a log down a rapid. He's a hand full.
I don't know if Hump could sit quietly by and watch his son with me, have me. We've never even hinted at another guy or girl thing. Will didn't have to extrapolate exactly why he was asking but it was pretty easy to surmise. If I had to take on Hump with his Thor and Will and whatever his is called I'd probably be happy in the middle of a hurricane.