Rosemary Pearson was on her way to the Art Class she had joined just two days before on Saturday afternoon. It was held on a Monday night because, the lady told her, we want to put the buzz back into Mondays. Rosemary, at 43, and with a husband who had become almost completely uninterested in her would have settled for putting the buzz back into any part of her life quite apart from Mondays.
Robert had been only too glad for her to go when she told him; in fact he encouraged her telling her how great it was that she would have an interest outside the house.
She nearly hit him the patronizing bastard but she gritted her teeth and kept her thoughts to herself. He was distant, she decided afterwards. She was always better at thinking things through when the heat of the moment had gone. She always had been really. Distant she thought, going back to her train of thought on Robert.
He had to be seeing someone but now it wasn't as hurtful as in the past when she had brooded, and she often did, on the subject of Robert straying. She had felt something electrifying about the lady from the Art Class. That sense of a certain something when eyes meet.
It was the sight of her daughter bending over on that Monday morning that rekindled the slightly lust full thoughts Rosemary had been harboring. All that had happened was that the skirt had ridden up exposing a large expanse of beautifully shaped smooth thigh. The curve of her bottom as just an inch or so further on and Rosemary had felt a very northerly urge to slip her hands under the hem and up over Kirsten's thong covered butt. Her clit throbbed as she had her incestuous thoughts and her nipples hardened too.
It was a week day morning though and amid all the usual rushing around Rosemary pushed it out of her mind as she focused on lunches, car keys, ironed shirts, stacking the dishwasher, putting on make up, doing her hair and all the other things women do in the morning through the week. But it came back though. In the quiet times that empty feeling in the pit of her stomach and the dryness in her mouth came back and the image of those thighs together with her guilty thought of wanting to see higher up her daughter's skirt did too.
Not only did they all come back they came back stronger each time and by afternoon tea as she sat out with the other exiles to have a cherished cigarette with her coffee her nipples had hardened. She decided she would take that as a signal, ignoring all the guilt butterflies flapping madly in her tummy, to take the fantasy further. Eyes closed she imagined her hand slipping up Kirsten's smooth tanned thigh to the crease at the bottom of her buttock then sliding up over the rounded cheek and across to her butt crack.
"Oh God Mom! Oh God I've been longing for you to touch me like this," Kristen whispers fervently over her shoulder and they kiss.
"What ever are you thinking about Rose?" she hears, " you're a million miles away with a very naughty smile on your face there."
Pauline had spoken and the two other women were looking at her with that head on the angle look.
"Sex," Rosemary replied adding a little eye roll and a sigh to finish.
The three smiled and a lively discussion began running along the lines of "I seem to remember sex at some stage in my life..."
They were all the bloody same as me Rosemary thought as the chat carried on; all of us are getting nothing.
'I don't want to give up," Rosemary blurted out in on of those times of absolute silence.
She felt incredibly foolish but managed to look resolute for a few seconds before becoming immensely absorbed in her coffee mug. Rather than think her foolish her declaration had made the others turn inward with the stoic acceptance of their lot changing to a festering resentment.
Feeling emboldened she told them that she was going to a Ladies only art class that night. She had felt some serious flickers of interest from this and rather more when she told them that as it was a voluntary exercise with everyone sharing the costs and they couldn't afford professional models they all took turns.
'Well you do have a nice figure of course," Denise had commented and the other two nodded as if it was well beyond doubt.
"I am a little nervous," she had replied glowing none the less from the comments on her body.
'Nonsense," Pauline told her sharply," it'll be the making of you. It's well past time that you did something for yourself for a change. Anyway you're not going to be modelling tonight- are you?"
"Um, no. No Marion, she's sort of the organizer she said her daughter will be modelling but only in the second half. We're going to be sketching her dog first."
Pauline wanted to know more about the dog but the other two were having none of that talking dreamily of this girl taking her robe off in front of all these ladies and wondering if, when they were her age they would have done that.Both of them agreed they would have loved to but wouldn't have had the nerve.
It was an enjoyable afternoon tea and they felt much closer to each other after it. Through the last hour and a half of the day each took the chance to have a quick word with her. It was heartening; she wasn't a nasty pervert instead she was doing what they all wanted to do but were too chicken to carry through. She felt validated and just a little pleased with herself.
She drove home feeling horny and went straight to the bathroom to start to fill the tub before heading to her bedroom to undress and get everything organized.
"What are you doing?" Kirsten demanded to know once she had heard the water running.
"I'm going out so I'm having a nice bath beforehand," she told her pleasantly knowing it would drive her insane.
"Out? Where? Why? Who with? Is Dad going?"
"No Hon; Dad isn't going and can you get yourself something to eat? There's loads of frozen stuff to thaw-"
She saw the face.
"Oh for fuck's sake Kirsten; grow up!"
That went well.
"Look, would you like to come?"
'Where are you going?"
"Not telling. You got all bitchy so you say if you want to come and if you don't want to then try to be nice company when he gets home- at some stage."
"OK, fine, I'll go."
"No. Not like that. Thank you for the invitation mother darling I would be so grateful if you would let me accompany you on this outing."
"Yeah yeah, all that now; what is it?"
"Not saying; if you want to come along you can have a bath after me and use a new razor."
"This is weird."
""Maybe but I've been looking forward to it all day. You don't have to come, isn't Bones on tonight?"
"I'm coming, OK? Even if you're a sadist and won't tell me where."
"Really? You really want to come?"
"Um yes?"
"It's an art class... a Women only one."
"What? All full of lesbians?"
"I hope so."
"Mother!"
"What? I'm sick of running around after your father and the other men I meet aren't exactly exciting and anyway I saw a girl today who got me really hot."
"Where? Who? Do I know her?"
"Here, you and yes."
"Me? I got you hot? Me? Mother this is not good."
"Why? I've been turning it over in my head all day and I think it's very good in fact I think it's terrific. I'm glad you've caught me like this too Kristen, don't you think I've got a nice body as well?"
"Well yes, of course, you've always had a great body-"
'You never told me that!"
"Well you're my Mom for gosh sakes. You don't go rushing around telling your Mom she's got a great body."
"I wouldn't have minded babe. Seriously, I've had a real rough time with your father-I'm sure he's seeing someone; he's always late home and I don't know where the money goes I really don't- so hearing my hot daughter thinks I've got a great body would've helped. It really would."
"Well he's a jerk and you do. Sorry mom I never thought..."
"Oh hey; I'm laying a guilt trip on you and I shouldn't, it isn't fair. I saw you bending over today babe and I fantasized about what I wanted to do sliding my hand up your thigh at the back and stuff."
"Really? Oh that is so cool."
"What happened to weird?"
"Oh, that was before."
"Want to keep me company while I'm in the bath? Why don't you undress so you can hop in when I've finished?"
"It's quite a big bath really."
Kirsten undressed on the way to the bathroom leaving a trail of clothes in her wake. For once her mother didn't tell her off. She climbed in to join her mom facing her as her mom inched down to wards the middle. Rosemary lifted up to sit on her daughter's lap then she wrapped her legs round her and both hugged.