*Author's note* It has been many years since I've written. All characters are over the age of 18. Hormone therapy is a controversial subject. One study showed that it helps relieve women of hot flashes and mood swings but another study had a link to breast cancer. Several studies since have disproved the breast cancer link and now doctors are prescribing hormone therapy again but in lower doses.
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Mom was all over the place, frantic and frenetic. She was an emotional mess and it made me a mess, too. My first year in college and when I come home for Christmas break, she was moody and depressed one moment and talking nonstop the next. Something was wrong and she wasn't willing to talk about it.
We flew through Christmas and I mean flew ... because we just avoided each other. I couldn't figure out why she was mad at me and frankly, I gave up trying and just moved on and hung out with my hometown friends more and more.
Christmas break was 5 weeks long and we were into the 3rd week when my bedroom door opened following a rapid knock.
"Are you going to sleep all day?" she asked.
I groaned and covered my head with a pillow.
"Time to get up! I made breakfast!" As she exited my room I heard her call out, "We've got things to talk about."
Breakfast looked good as I sleepily rounded the corner into the breakfast nook. The clock on the oven read 10:30. I guess I should have been getting up. Mom looked good in a plum jogging suit and white sneakers. She smiled. Well, that was different and better.
She ruffled my hair and sat across from me as I began to eat scrambled eggs, hash browns, and sausage links. "Honey, you've been avoiding me and I've been avoiding you. We need to talk about this. Avoiding each other is a big problem."
I just looked at her and wondered where this was going.I mean, I just didn't feel up to the task of debating our "relationship" with my mother. She always wins because I don't want to make her mad at me. I always give in. She's always right and I'm always wrong.
"I've been wrong, Jimmy," she said softly.
Whoa! That sent shock waves through the ethos! Mom is never wrong. If she was, she would never admit it.
"How so?" I asked stuffing some more eggs down my throat.
"Well," she looked down to her lap and then to her fingers and picked at a hangnail, "I've been kinda up and down. I've been tough to live with lately." She stood and paced the kitchen for a moment. "I think I've driven your father to the point where I think he may have volunteered for that 3 month China assignment. It's just been terrible."
She paused so I filled the void, "What's been terrible?" I asked.
She rubbed my shoulders and it felt good. "I'm getting older, you know."
"C'mon Mom, you look great!"
"No, I mean ... oh I don't know what I mean. I guess the body ages and I'm just trying to tell you something here. I've been having some problems with early menopause. I'm only 42 and I'm going through some hormonal issues and those hormones affect your mood and behavior. Do you know what I mean?"
"Sure, they taught us hormones in sex ed class only the focus was on teenage hormones making us do things that we might not normally do. Yeah, I know what you mean. So, while my hormones continue to rage out of control, yours are doing what?"
"Well," she paused thoughtfully, "I saw a specialist 2 weeks ago and I'm on a new regimen that includes different foods as well as some hormone supplements. He said that some of my glands aren't secreting the right volumes of hormones and it makes me ... uh unbalanced."
Her thumbs worked up my neck as she talked and my head was forced forward as I finished my sausage. She giggled and ruffled my hair.
"Anyway, I need you to stop avoiding me. I'll try to behave and if I'm acting differently, just let me know and I'll adjust the medication slightly."
"What do you mean?"
She sat again in the seat across from me. "Well, with my low hormone levels, I've been somewhat depressed and frankly anti-social. The doctor has given me ways to observe my behavior and adjust the medication from one day to another. For example, I feel pretty good today and I'm on 2 pills every morning. I'm to try 3 pills tomorrow and see how tomorrow goes. Now if I get up to 4 pills and I'm a little too ... giddy, I guess ... then I'll come back down to 2 pills. So, I've been feeling pretty good today but I'll try an extra pill tomorrow and see how it goes. If you can tell me if things are better or worse, it would be helpful."
I nodded and thanked her for the breakfast and headed for the shower.
I'm a normal guy and I know that my own hormone levels have gone up and down throughout my teen years. I felt for my mom as I can only imagine what that is like for a woman. As I got in the bathroom, I quickly transitioned to my favorite thoughts of Jenny Jarvis who was my first and only sexual partner. Soon, I was stripped down and beating off in the shower like I always have since I found out that I had a dick down there to beat off with! No, it is not some 12 inch monster but I did measure it (several times!) and on good days I'm a but more than 7 inches and uncut. I love how the skin rides up and back as I pull on it and soon I had shot a few good ropes against the back of the shower ... and yes, I cleaned them up, too.
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Mom was pretty nice for the next few days. She mentioned that she was now on 4 pills a day and felt very good. She said she felt active, like she had a really good cup of coffee but without the jitters or anxiety. That sounded good to me so I didn't think anything of it.
The next day, she woke me up very playfully by tickling me. It was 7:30am!! I groaned but kind of enjoyed the affection. She put her head on my chest and hugged me. Suddenly, she sprang up! "Let's spend the day together!! It will be awesome! You! Me! The day together!"
And then she was gone yelling something about packing a day pack for a hike in the woods.
Slowly I got up, got into the bathroom and brushed my teeth. She pounded on the door. "Hurry up and get in the shower so I can pee!"
I didn't think, I just stripped and got in the shower. I suppose I could have gotten out of the bathroom but I just didn't think and washed my hair while she sat on the other side of the thin curtain peeing.
Without warning, the curtain was ripped back and she was laughing as she ran out of the bathroom leaving the door open yelling, "Don't worry! I didn't look!"
The temps were in the 30's and we hiked through the light snow. Mom looked pretty hot in her spandex tights, pink turtleneck, and white down vest. I let her lead and groaned when I realized I was following a very shapely ass up the side of a mountain. She had chosen a trail that we rarely hiked. It had a lot of elevation and some of it required climbing. The trail is not so bad that you'd need ropes but the granite stone can be tough to navigate. We were the only ones on the trail due to the temperatures and the strenuous nature of the climb. We stopped several times for drinks and I found myself drinking in her light blue eyes and the crinkle around her eyes when she smiled.
As we approached the granite rock which signified the top of the ridge, she struggled with pulling herself up onto the rock. I got behind her and gripped her ankle and foot to place it up higher on the rock. She smiled down at me, "Do it, Jimmy. Go ahead and do it."
I laughed and put my hands on her ass and just shoved her higher to get on the rock. It was a firm ass and felt good and was surprised that my cock was extending down my pantleg.
"Did that excite you?" she asked noticing my bulge.
"You always excite me," I said without thinking.
"Good to hear. Nice package by the way."
"Thanks, you've got a nice rack, too."
She turned serious for a moment, "Do I? I thought they were kinda sagging lately."
I laughed, "Mom, we're just busting on each other, here. Don't be so serious."
She turned away and I thought that maybe I'd hurt her feelings.
We looked out over the tremendous vista in front of us. Mountains to the south and snow capped peaks to the west.
"It's beautiful," she offered quietly.
I wrapped my arm around her from behind and pulled her close and she held my hands to her chest."You're beautiful. You're my mom and you're able to climb mountains like a billy goat."
"Did you just call me a billy goat?"
I laughed, "I think I just called you my version of sexy."
"Thank you, Jim. You're very kind and generous."
"No Mom, I'm just being truthful. You're a beautiful woman and now that your getting your moods straightened out, you're even more beautiful. You smile more. You laugh more. You're so easy to be around ... and incredibly hot."
"You think the hormones are working?"
"Yes, I do. I mean, you are the same wonderful person you've always been but sometimes, stupid people like me say something that can be taken either positively or negatively. Well, before you got your hormones straightened out, you would take everything negative. Now, well, you seem to be more balanced. Like a minute ago. I said something stupid and I regretted it as soon as I said it."
"Like when you said that I was a billy goat?" she purred and pouted pretending to be mad.
"Yeah, like that. There were times a few weeks ago when you would have snapped my head off. Instead, you let it roll off."
She turned within my arms, "I'm a little chilly."
"Did you want to get moving again little billy goat?"
She giggled, "No, just hold me tight until the chill passes."
She felt good in my arms. The exertion of our exercise kept our heart rates up and warmed us for a while but when you stop, you get cold. She pulled away and her nipples hardened and I was floored. Mom caught me staring and then looked down. Her daypack straps pushed her tits together and her nipples were poking out thick and hard. She covered herself slowly with her vest.
"I guess you liked what you saw," and those eyes crinkled as she took in my bulge.
We sat by a bolder to shield us from the light breeze. The sun kept us warm and we drank water and ate some fruit. After a while of silence, she pulled out a banana and said, "Jimmy, I've got to know ... are you bigger than this or smaller?" and then she snorted a laugh and quickly climbed off the rock giggling and laughing down the trail.
It took several minutes for me to catch her and we ran down hill to the car. We got our dry clothes from the trunk and she began talking about the stream that we had crossed. I watched Mom take of two layers of clothes and stand there in her sports bra and tight spandex pants. Again, her nipples extended as she chatted aimlessly. Those breasts were much too big for her bra and she saw me notice though I tried to hide it.
"It's a nice side affect of the hormones. At least, I think it is. I'm up to 5 pills now."