"It's going to be weird this weekend," Mom stated out of the blue as she unstacked the dishwasher.
I looked up from my phone long enough to see her glance in my direction, obviously waiting for me to ask to what she referred?
"The work picnic...Fourth of July," she waited for me to respond and I offered a perplexed shake of my head. "It's my first flying solo, so to speak," she explained and I all of a sudden felt terrible for being so inconsiderate.
Coming up to the anniversary of Dad's passing, it was understandable Mom would be feeling his absence considerably.
"You don't have to go you know," I offered.
"Oh, no I must," she assured. "It's tradition. Well..." she paused. "...it's expected."
"I'm sure your boss wouldn't mind if you missed one," I posited. "Under the circumstances."
I saw the cogs in her head turning but I knew, company woman that she was, she wouldn't be missing a year. I also knew what was coming.
"Remember how much fun we used to have? When you used to come," she added.
"Yeah, when I was like, eight or something," I countered and she was quiet, focusing on stacking the dinner plates. Her silence was working and the guilt built inside me. "Okay. Do you want me to come along?"
"What?" She feigned surprise. "No, I wasn't...I mean you don't have to...I wouldn't expect...would you?" She enthusiastically ventured and seeing the childlike excitement in her face, I couldn't help but feel sympathetic.
"Yeah alright, I'll keep you company," I agreed and she looked genuinely emotional. "Hard to turn down a free feed," I added to provide levity to the atmosphere.
Surprisingly, she skipped across the kitchen and wrapping her arms around my neck from behind, kissed me on the cheek. The waft of her perfume; a tickle from her hair upon my neck; the warmth of her embrace and lightest of kisses. I'm not ashamed to say it was pleasant, and strangely as she withdrew, I had the compulsion to draw her back. To prolong the embrace.
Her hands slid back around my neck but before she broke the connection completely they briefly massaged my shoulders. The action fleeting, it was still long enough for me to enjoy the feeling.
"Aww, you can keep that up," I sighed and she playfully slapped my arm as she headed back to her chore.
"You wish Mister," she laughed. "I'm already late for work," she added and I absently allowed my eyes to drift down her body. Her regular office attire, mid- thigh length grey skirt over opaque black pantyhose. Yet to don heels, her appearance quite comical with sheepskin slippers upon her feet. I made out the black of her bra through her blouse and funnily enough the sight was almost stimulating. If on ANY other woman but my mother, I was quick to add.
*
"Batter up," I laughed as Mom took possession of the bat. Acting as catcher in the casual game of softball that had eventuated at the work picnic, I squatted back into my crouched position behind the home plate as Mom took a couple of practice swings.
The first throw by the roughly twelve-year-old girl pitching, sailed right under Mom's bat and into my mitt, Mom laughing at her lack of timing.
"Strike one," I chuckled, throwing the ball back to the young girl.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Mom smiled down at me before turning back to the pitcher. Without lecherous intent, I scanned my eyes up her legs, her tight blue denim jeans hugging her hips hermetically. High waisted, her ass filled out the rear and with her shirt tucked into the waistband, it really accentuated her curves. At only 52, she'd have no problem attracting another partner if she chose to pursue it (perish the thought) but as I said, I wasn't ogling...at the time.
The next pitch would've been a ball if she'd left it but as Mom was want to do, she swung wildly, turning a full circle accompanied by her laughter.
"Keep your eye on the ball," I offered my helpful advice as I rose to throw the softball back, and as my action caused me to step forward slightly, Mom chose that moment to practice a swing.
It looked worse than it felt.
The bat hit me right in the groin and to all watching it must have looked painful. Painful, and of course, extremely humorous. Playing up the theatrics for the kids present I went down clutching my balls howling my discomfort. Mom dropped the bat and raised a hand to her mouth, her eyes wide in horror at what she'd done.
"Oh God Seth," she dropped to her haunches, a hand reaching out to touch my shoulder, the other upon my thigh "I'm so sorry!"
Laughing, I removed the mitt from between my legs and noticed Mom's eyes zero in on the area.
"It's alright, really," I assured her as I made to stand, thankful the bat had indeed hit my penis and not my balls. Fully aware of the difference in pain.
"You're sure? Jesus, I feel terrible."
"Yeah, I'm fine," I stood before her as she scowled at a girl filming the event on her phone.
"This'll go viral," the girl laughed and with Mom doing her best to get in the way, I used the opportunity to 'rearrange things downstairs,' so to speak, placing my cock in a more comfortable position.
It was just then her eyes strayed back onto me and once more she looked concerned.
"You're positive? We don't need to go to emergency or anything?"
Again, I laughed. "No, seriously, it's all good," I reassured and dropped to hand her the abandoned bat. "Come on, let's get back to it."
With some trepidation, Mom faced another pitch and to my surprise managed to connect, making her way to first base. When the next batter scored a hit, I was able to watch Mom run to second, self-consciously holding her breasts as they bobbed. Had I noticed before then how large my mother's boobs were? The thought took me by surprise and when she ran for home two pitches later and I allowed her to touch the plate, they were in fact what I was attempting to NOT focus upon.
The day turning out better than I'd expected, we had our fill of BBQ and come late afternoon made to head home. In the car, the couple beers she'd imbibed loosening her tongue, Mom admitted that for the first time in a long time, my father hadn't been foremost on her mind.
"To be honest Honey, I had a better time with you today that I ever had with him," she raised a hand to her mouth in shock at what she'd declared, quickly following up. "Is that wrong?"
I made no judgement, but whilst driving I glanced in her direction, the tightness of her jeans, the curve of her breast and the smoothness of her cheek as it caught the sun. And admitted I too had had an enjoyable day.
It would only get better.
*
A light meal at dinnertime, neither of us hungry after the feast we'd partaken. When early evening she entered the living room in her nightie and casually asked what I was watching, I caught myself and refrained from saying, 'her.' Some mindless game show played on the television but it was my mother where my interests lay.
She'd probably done it before in my presence, opening a small container of skin cream and applying it to her feet and legs as she one-by-one rested them on the coffee table. But I had certainly never paid such close attention. With her eyes on the screen, I was able to watch her process. Her fingers well lathered up, sliding between her tiny toes, massaging the soles of her feet and up onto her calves and eventually thighs. A leg raised onto the couch, her nightie sliding down to her hip. The briefest glimpse of what looked like white satin panties. I adjusted my penis to a more comfortable position as it twitched into life.
She applied more cream to her fingers and worked on her elbows and arms, finally wringing her hands together before screwing tight the lid. The show over, I risked a brief rub of my cock and just as it'd been earlier in the day, it was at that exact moment she chose to look in my direction.
"Oh God, I forgot all about you," she proclaimed and I felt myself blush.
"W...what?" I stammered, subtly removing my hand from my dick.
"Your...well your testicles. Do they still hurt Darling?" She asked.
"Oh. No, it's fine, ah they're fine," I fumbled.
"You're sure? You wouldn't keep anything from me? You can tell me, I'm your mother."
"No, it's all good," I admitted but her eyes remained on my groin. I looked down myself and wasn't unimpressed. My brown cords tight, I bulged out the fly handsomely I noted, penis, even balls quite defined.