Author's note: You guys didn't think I'd really leave you hanging like that did you?
The next morning Elena woke up at her usual time, but since she had the day off, she stood up, stretched and looked at herself in the full length mirror.
"Okay," she said to herself, "You can do this. You need to do this. Just take it slow."
Jason woke up and listened, he didn't hear the usual moving around that marked his mother getting ready for work. Instead he heard a soft knocking at his door.
"Jason, honey, can I come in?"
"Uh, just a second mom." Jason said quickly locating a pair of shorts on the floor, he slipped them on and got back in bed, "Okay."
Elena had put her bathrobe on, but that was all. She walked over to the bed and sat on the edge. "Jason, we need to talk about what happened Monday."
"I'm sorry about that mom," he said, "I didn't know you were out there, and when I saw you... you know... the way you were, it... I guess shocked me would be the best way to put it. I always knew you had a nice body, I just never thought I'd see it." His eyes flicked to the robe, where he could just barely see the curve of one of her breasts.
If Elena noticed she didn't show it. Instead she blushed a bit and smiled, "I was a bit shocked myself, I wasn't expecting you to be up so early. I assumed you'd be sleeping in, but I guess you woke up early out of habit. But I need to apologize too. I should have knocked before poking my head in."
"Yeah, that was rather embarrassing." Jason said.
"There's no need to be embarrassed, but when you were doing... that..." she let her eyes fall to his groin before looking back at his face. "Was that because of me?"
Jason looked at the floor with a slightly guilty and embarrassed look on his face. Elena reached over and tilted his head up so he was looking at her.
"I'm not going to be upset if it was. Remember what I told you when you were younger? You can tell me anything. I'm your mother, I'm not going to be mad as long as you're honest with me". When Jason was old enough to understand, Elena sat him down and told him that no matter what, he could come to her with anything, but she always wanted him to be honest with her, and she in turn, would be honest with him. "Now, was that because of what you saw?"
Jason couldn't look his mother in the eye, instead he turned his eyes back to the floor and quietly said, "Yes."
"It's okay honey, I told you, I'm not mad at you." Elena said.
"It's just that I couldn't stop thinking about it." Jason said, "I tried, but the more I tried to not think about it, the more I thought about it. Does that make sense?"
Elena nodded but didn't say anything.
"Is... is it wrong for me to think that way about you? I mean you're my mother. I shouldn't be thinking about you like that, should I?" he asked.
For a long moment Elena didn't say anything, trying to organize her thoughts.
"What you said about not trying to think about it does make sense. Especially if it's something like... well what we saw." she said. "And some people might say it's wrong for you to think about me like that, but, since we're being honest here, that happened with me too."
Jason's eyes went wide as he looked back at his mother.
"I tried pushing it out of my mind, but it kept coming back no matter how much I tried not to think about it," she said, "And I felt kind of guilty about it myself. So I understand where you're coming from."
"Since we're being honest," Jason said, pausing, "I've been, you know..."
"Masturbating? You can say it Jason, it's not like I never heard the word before."
He took a deep breath, "I've been masturbating thinking about you every day since."
Now it was Elena's turn to take a deep breath.
"So have I."
Jason's eyes went even wider. Elena nodded.
"Yeah, you heard me, I've been masturbating thinking about what I saw too." she said, "Just like you I couldn't help myself. It's been four years since I've been intimate with anyone, and the sight of you... well it sparked something in me."
"Can I tell you something else?" he asked.
"Of course."
"Promise you won't laugh?"
"I promise."
"You're the first woman I've seen naked that wasn't in a magazine or video." he finally said.
Elena looked a little amazed and was unsure of what to say, is he saying what she thought he was saying?
"You've never seen a naked woman in person before? Jason, honey, are you telling me... you're still a virgin?"
He looked back at the floor, "Yes."