Part 3 of my finding Jan series. As with my previous chapters, this is entirely fictitious. All characters are over 18.
I heard her keys jiggle in the lock and butterflies filled my stomach. I realized that for all my waiting, all my nervous anticipation, I hadn't actually contemplated what I was going to say or do.
Should I run to the door for a passionate embrace? Do I sit on the couch nonchalantly watching the game? Do I put my Mee Ho shorts back on?
I became dizzy, my thoughts enveloped in a thick fog. I had to make a choice. I could feel the sweat bead up on my brow. I had the urge to go to the bathroom.
Decision time buddy, decision time. Who's it going to be greeting Jan? Mr. Cool, Mr. Shy Schoolboy, Mr. Stud?
The door opened and closed and I heard her footsteps on the tile floor in the mudroom. They were getting louder and louder and she got closer and closer. In a near panic, I stood in the kitchen, paralyzed, anxious, empty and yet somehow still exploding with emotion and confusion.
Suddenly she appeared before me and I locked eyes with her.
"Jan... hi...uhhh, uhhhh."
Be cool, brother, be cool.
"Uhhh"
"Uhhh"
"Have you seen my brown gold toe sock?"
What? What the fuck was that? "Have you seen my brown gold toe sock?" Did I seriously just ask that?
That's the best I could come up with?
Mr. "Great at Thinking on his Feet" came up with, "Have you seen my brown gold toe sock?" I wanted to punch myself in the face.
As I said it, I gave her an awkward half-cocked smile.
Jan had had a sweet smile on her face which was now slowly vanishing as the neurons in her brain fired off processing what I had said. Her lips pursed themselves, her eyes squinted, her eyebrows raised and she slowly looked up to the heavens. Her tongue touched her top lip and receded back into her mouth, as her head gently shift from left to right, to left again.
"Ummm, no" she asked quizzically, letting the tone in her voice rising to extend the "o" in "no", making her confusion quite clear.
"I'm sorry, I haven't."
"Ohhh, OK. No biggie. I'm sure they will turn up," I said.
As I looked at her in my horror, she realized what happened and looked at me soft eyes and radiant warmth.
I looked down at the floor, as my mind reset itself. Whatever that first moment should have been, it wasn't, but the look on her face told me it was OK. Jan always understood.
Totally ignoring what had just happened, she asked me how my day was, as if it should have been a day like any other. You know, a normal day, where you get a blowjob from your mother-in-law and play with her breasts.
My eyes slowly wandered up from the floor, heading toward her face. I took her all in. Her Birkenstock sandals, revealed her neatly painted toe nails. She was wearing shorts and as I thought about it, I knew those shorts well. They were my favorite pair on her and I hadn't actually even realized I had a favorite pair. They were snug, not tight, but snug. Snug enough that you could make out her tiny waist. Snug enough that you could see the crack in her butt cheeks. They were sexy as hell.
But, the pièce de résistance, as usual, were her breasts. The shirt she had on was nothing special, but it hugged her curves and you could see just how massive they were. The way they curved out to the sides of her body, the way they heaved when she spoke. They were magical. She was wearing a bra, much to my dismay, but it was a shear, light bra, not heavy and padded. This bra could do little to control their movement and had zero ability to create a sense of modesty, if that was the goal of some bras. I suppose the only function of a bra like that was to satisfy the societal demand of having to put one on in the first place.
Finally, I reached her eyes and gave her a big smile. A smile that tried to ask "are we cool?", "did we have fun?", "can we do it again?", "I'll do it if you do it, but you need to give me a sign".
Instead, she returned my smile with one of her own, but it answered none of my questions.
It appeared no sign was forthcoming.
Jan began to tell me about her day. Shopping at different malls, a light lunch with a friend, blah, blah. She was torturing me.
I finally tried to get slightly aggressive and in an assertive voice called her name to get her attention, "Jan!".
She stopped what she was saying and understood exactly what was happening.
Jan smiled at me again and said "Not now Brett. Let's get the car unpacked and figure out what we're going to do for dinner".
What could I do? There was no point in pressing the issue. Jan had other plans and I didn't see the point in asserting myself any further right then.
The car was loaded with stuff. Looked like food and she'd bought herself some clothing. I loved when she did my food shopping. My beloved wife, Lara, was definitely "a shopper" and there was no doubt where it came from.
With the bags unloaded and the fridge and cabinets full, the question became what to eat. Should we begin to raid the full fridge or order in? Cooking didn't seem all that appealing, however, so La Malestar Estomacal it was.
With dinner ordered, I walked into the den, where Jan was sitting on the couch. I couldn't take it anymore.
Deciding to take matters into my own hands, I sat down right next to Jan, leaving no doubt in her mind where I intended to take things. The time for patience had passed.
Facing her on the couch, I extended my right hand toward the side of her head and gently ran my hand through her hair, until I was holding her head.
I looked at her with love in my eyes, "Jan, about last night."
She immediately interrupted me and said "last night was very special, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea." She continued explaining that she knew I was hurting and lonely and that perhaps the alcohol had liberated her more than it should have, but that she didn't think a sexual relationship with her son-in-law was a good idea.
I pushed back. I explained that the night had been very special to me and that I appreciated her warmth and tenderness. I told her I didn't know if it was a good idea or not, but that it had happened and meant something to me.
My passions were almost overwhelming me. Deep down, I think I loved her. All the years we had known each other, all the conversations, all the time spent together. The grief, the morning, the lives so deeply intertwined. I really thought I was in love, but I was also confused. Was it love, was it just two-lives brought close together through tragedy. I really didn't know. I was a mess.
Jan told me she understood, but her decision was final. There would be nothing like last night again.
I feigned resignation because I wasn't really prepared to give up yet.
As I told her I understood, the doorbell rang. Mexican food was here. Running to the wine cellar, I grabbed the bottle of 1961 Chateau Lafite I had opened a little while earlier to let it breathe. Nothing goes with storefront Mexican food like Lafite.
I decided to forget about everything else and enjoy the meal, just as I would have on any other night. We laughed, talked about the news, and even managed to tell a few good stories about Lara and her dad.
After cleaning up from dinner and opening another bottle of wine, we moved to the den. Jan turned on the tv and I sat down next to her again. I didn't even want to pretend for one second that I was going to restrain myself. Reaching up with both hands, on either side of her face, I pulled her in close for a kiss. I held her as our lips locked, running my hands down her back and pulling our bodies together. She resisted for only a second and then wrapped her arms around me.
As our tongues danced, I could feel the heft of her breasts on my body. It only served to turned me on more.
She let a groan, let me go and pushed away from me.
With anger in her voice she said "No! This isn't right. It's wrong! We can't do this and I won't do this! I don't care how much I. . . ." With her voice trailing off, she got up and walked toward the guest suite.
She was no doubt stern, but my instinct was that she wasn't nearly as angry with me as she was with herself. That she had let herself down. That her attempt at charting what she thought was the morally and ethically correct course was harder to follow than she had hoped. There was passion in that kiss. She knew it and so did I.
With my cock reduced to a chubb, I made my way to her room. She had left the door open and was sitting on the settee, staring blankly into space.
I slowly walked into the room and she wondered aloud, "what's happening to me? we can't do this."
I sat down beside her and told her "we can do whatever we want to do". In that moment, I knew I had her. An appeal to her freewill was enough for her to consign ethics and morals to the dustheap.
I embraced her again and our lips met. Holding her close, our tongues once again danced the dance with each other.