This was going to suck, Jake just knew it. Maybe he could get out of it after a couple months, or just one term. Everyone would be living in the dorms, but him. "Fuck," he thought. "I'm stuck living with my mom's sister and her family in my freshman of college." There'd be curfews and no loud music, ever. "How was I going to get laid?" He had to give into his parents though. They were paying for him to go away to college. He could've stayed home and gone to the local, his student loan would've covered that, but that school didn't have the courses he'd need. Podunk U he called it. This uni had what he needed for an engineering degree. He'd have to put up with his stupid cousin though, Ellen. Ellen was a year older than him, 19, and therefore always thought she could boss him around. "That wouldn't be happening this time," he thought.
The previous night he'd unpacked only his clothes. Today he'd get the rest of his stuff settled. They gave him the bonus room above the garage, a part of it anyway. At least it had a door and was sort of away from the rest of the house. They'd put a shelf unit up for him. Ellen had been in already and left tacks and tape and stuff for him to put up his posters and pictures. That was uncharacteristically nice of her. They all were nice, but damn, he wanted to be out on his own.
His mother's sister, Angela, was actually kind of cool and Jake always thought she liked him very much. His Mom and she were the closest siblings in their family. His family spent a lot of time with them camping and vacations while he was growing up. His younger brother, David, and he teased hell out of Ellen, well tried anyway. Ellen always did her best to control them since she was the eldest of the cousins. David was only 17 now. "Man, she was going to hold it over me she'd been in college for a whole year before me," Jake thought ruefully. Today was Sunday, tomorrow school would start. He'd spend the rest of the day organizing for it. If only he could avoid Ellen, he'd be happier. "Shit, this WAS going to suck."
The first week had passed since Jake had started school. Tomorrow was Saturday. It'd been hectic and exhausting, but also exciting. No more high school crap. He was making friends, one of them, Ian, was having a party at one of the dorms tomorrow night. Jake had asked Aunt Angela if he could go and she stunned him by saying yes, but how would he get home? "Don't worry, there's a designated driver. Thanks for letting me go. Mom would never have let me and would make me pay for even asking."
"Ah, no problem Jake. You know you're my favorite nephew. Shhhh," she laughed. "I want you to have fun, but I promised to take care of you too."
Tonight she and Uncle Harold were out for a movie. He was alone, but Ellen would be home shortly. What a surprise she had been since he'd moved in. She wasn't telling him what to do anymore and she'd been helpful without holding it over his head she was older. What changed? He hadn't figured it out yet.
As if right on cue, Ellen came in the door. "Jake. Are you here?"
He was in the family room which was attached to the kitchen, "Back here." He was in the middle of a movie.
She came in saying, "there you are. Have you had dinner?"
"Yeah, I had leftovers."
"Oh. I haven't eaten, mind if I fix something?
"Of course not. I'm watching a movie."
"Oh, which one?"
"Wedding Crashers. It's on right now."
"Oh, I like that. Mind if I watch it with you?"
"Not at all."
Ellen quickly fixed a salad and sat down in the big chair near him. It was only twenty minutes into the movie, she hadn't missed much of it. They sat there, watching together and soon they were laughing their asses off. After a little while, Ellen asked if he could pause it since it was on TIVO. She needed to put her dish away and had to use the bathroom. "Sure, no problem, take all the time you need."
Ellen cleaned up and ran off upstairs. When she came back down, she stopped in the kitchen, "would you like something to drink?"
"Yeah I could go for a Pepsi if there's a cold one."
"No, I was thinking of something else. Do you like vodka?" She had a mischievous look on her face.
"I don't think that would be smart. I'd like a drink, but you know." He didn't want to do something to blow it here. It would be a source of never ending crap from his mom if he screwed it up here getting caught drinking.
"Aw come on Jake. I promise we won't get in trouble. I've done it before. I just put a little water in the bottle, so the level is the same. Trust me on this."
Jake thought about it for a second. It sounded really good. He thought she knew what she was doing, so he'd go along. "As long as you cover our tracks, ok. How do we drink it? Straight?"
"No, it's better in orange juice. Have you ever had a screwdriver? Made of vodka and OJ. It's great."
"Nope, never had it, but it sounds good."
Ellen made up a couple screwdrivers in tall glasses. Seemed awful big he thought, but she knew what she was doing. She made a show of adding about the same amount of water as the vodka she'd used. "See, there. They won't be able to tell at all. I've done it before, but can't do it too often with the same bottle. Ok. Let's start the movie again. Thanks!" She handed him the cocktail. Jake sipped it. He could taste the alcohol.
"Mmmm. Not bad. You've had these before?"
"Yeah, just a couple times. I've tried some of their other mixed drinks, but this is the easiest to sneak." Ellen took a big sip and hit play on the remote.
They restarted the movie. Jake tried not to gulp his drink, but it was good. He could feel the alcohol as it warmed his body all the way to his feet. It relaxed him in a way he hadn't quite felt since moving here and soon he had a good buzz. Ellen seemed to have one too he thought. She was laughing and talking back to the movie and though, when she came back with the drinks, she had sat down on the opposite end of the couch he was on, she was now reclined at an angle with her feet up on the coffee table very near his.
Then it got to one of the sexy parts in the movie. The guy was being masturbated under the table. Jake felt suddenly uncomfortable. He was sitting with his cousin. He kind of had a twinge in his shorts. Ellen shifted and he thought she was must be feeling the same. He chuckled inwardly. There were a couple more of those scenes and each time, they both shifted and coughed nervously until it was over even if they were buzzed, and now Jake was feeling a buzz in more than one head. The closeness of Ellen, even if she was his cousin, she was female, made him think of pussy.
When the movie was over, Jake clicked off the TV, he was going to go to his room to beat off. "No wait Jake, there's bound to be more movies on, come on. Stay up with me. You can tell me all about your first week at school."
He didn't think she cared but what the heck, why not hang out some more? He could spank later. "First, let me fix one more small drink a piece, ok?" Ellen grabbed their glasses.
"Are you sure we can get away with one more?" He was concerned. He didn't want to blow it.
"Yeah, I haven't hit this bottle before tonight. It's cool." He thought she knew what she was doing and he did want a little more, so what the hell. She finished mixing them, added the water and came back with fresh, but smaller glasses. Ellen grabbed the remote and scanned for a movie quickly finding another comedy.
"Here's to you Jake! Not a little pain in the ass any more!" She raised her glass.