Amelia sat perfectly still because of the pain emanating from different bits of her body and feared that any movement on her part would only exacerbate her injuries and cause even more damage. Outside her car, the rain continued to hammer down, and even though the engine was now silent, the headlights still illuminated part of the grass verge and the large clump of trees that surrounded her vehicle, steam seeping out from under the bonnet.
The last few moments were a blur; she had been on her way home, the rain so heavy that she was struggling to see out through the windscreen and had not realised until the bend was upon her; stamping on the brake as she twisted the steering wheel. But the car kept travelling straight ahead, veering slightly as it slid, Amelia closing her eyes as the trees came towards her and the wheel was wrenched from her hands.
She remembered spinning and bumping, the loud crunching noises as she hit several obstacles and then the airbag exploding as she was thrown about inside the cabin before the vehicle came to a sudden and abrupt halt, the engine still roaring away because her foot was jammed against the accelerator. She could not move and had cried out in fear, wondering if the car would go up in flames and she would be burnt alive. But at last, she had calmed herself, enough to realise that she needed to turn off the ignition.
The rumble of thunder exploded overhead, followed by a flash of bright light which lit up the sky and then seconds later, another clap of thunder. Amelia could see the rear lights of another vehicle flash brightly and then moments later someone began speaking to her, but she couldn't understand what they were saying, instead, noticing the sound of sirens in the distance and aware that they seemed to be getting nearer before the road, tree's and the inside of her vehicle were illuminated by blue flashing lights.
Within minutes it seemed as though hundreds of people surrounded her vehicle, just before she passed out. When she awoke, she was in the hospital, her head was thumping, her left leg throbbed, and both her wrists sent sharp pains through her system when she attempted to use them to move.
The day after when she was more able to rationalise what had happened, she learnt that she had a concussion, whiplash, a broken leg, several fractured ribs and had broken one wrist and fractured the other. They had kept her in the hospital for several weeks while they patched her up and kept her under observation, slowly starting down the road to recovery before they eventually let her go home in a wheelchair.
'Hi, mum, ready to go?' Her son Adam waited patiently for the nurse to return with her paperwork and medication.
'I've got my car as near as I can, but I'll have to leave you by the main doors for a moment whilst I bring it around.'
Amelia was extremely glad to be going home, she had never liked hospitals and would feel much better once she was beneath her own roof. Adam wheeled her out, put his arms around her and helped her into his car before putting the chair in the boot. The journey home was only twenty minutes, and he was soon turning into their driveway as Amelia asked where her vehicle was.
'It was a complete write-off, mum,' he told her, 'in fact, you were incredibly lucky the car went into the trees sideways instead of head-on, otherwise, it could have been vastly different,' Amelia noted the anguish in her son's face and voice.
He helped her into the wheelchair and after struggling with the front doorstep, managed to get her indoors.
'I've cleared the dining room and brought the single bed down from the third bedroom. I've also added a small table, it will save you trying to get up and down the stairs and for the moment, you can use the downstairs toilet.'
Amelia beamed proudly at her son, he was only twenty and yet he seemed to have thought of everything to make her life easier.
'Brew, mum?' She nodded her head, later wishing she had said 'No.'
Getting her settled on the couch, he put a blanket over her lower half, brought her a cup of tea and switched on the television.
'I just have to nip out for ten minutes, I'll be back soon,' he said, making sure she was comfortable before he left.
She'd had her cup of tea and tried to get interested in several programs, but her eyes felt heavy and so Amelia closed them for a few minutes. When she came to, she could hear Adam pottering around in the kitchen and was desperate for the loo, calling out to her son to give her a hand in getting there.
That, unfortunately, was the start of a dilemma which only seemed to get worse as the day progressed. With his arm around her waist, he supported her as between them she managed to hobble to the toilet, Adam ushering her inside and closing the door.
Amelia tried to lift her skirt but instantly found that with a cast on one arm and strapping on the other, she did not have the grip or flexibility in either hand to accomplish something which previously, she would have done without thinking about it, and if she could not lift her skirt, how was she going to lower her panties?
'What do I do?' she thought in desperation, fearful that she may wet herself unless she managed to pee soon and realising, she had no other option.
'Adam?' He was still standing outside, her face going red as she made her request, 'Can you pull my skirt up and then pull my knickers down.' He tried to make fun of it as the door opened.
'What would the neighbours think if they heard you asking that?' It was said with a mischievous grin playing across his face.
Like a true gentleman, he closed his eyes and fumbled around as he lifted her skirt, getting her to clamp it under her arms before pulling her knickers to her ankles and helping her sit down. She felt self-conscious knowing that only a flimsy wooden door separated them, and that stood just outside he would be able to hear her urinate, but that was nothing to what she had to endure seconds later when she had another request.
She was close to tears as he took some tissue and slid his hand between her legs and then wiped along her slit. It was like she had suddenly been hit with a thousand volts, her body giving a jolt as his hand and tissue met her quim.
'I'm so sorry Adam,' she said tearfully, 'this must be awful for you.'
He told her not to worry, that he did not mind, which was perfectly true. It was not something he could do with his eyes closed and so he'd had to look, deciding that his mother had quite a cute fanny.
Done, he tossed the tissue into the bowl, helped her to her feet and pulled her knickers up and skirt down before helping Amelia back to the couch. As far as she was concerned, from that point onwards, she felt even more shame.
Of course, there were the frequent trips to urinate, each one punctuated by that sudden jolt to her system as he wiped her fanny and then to her ultimate humiliation, she needed the other and Adam had to wipe her bottom.
By the end of the day, there was truly little of his mother's lower half that he hadn't seen and while she was still immensely embarrassed, Adam found himself enjoying it, having to admit, that as lower halves went, his mother was pretty damn good.
Becoming uncomfortable on the couch, Amelia welcomed her bedtime, until once again, she realised that there were a lot of things she couldn't do and getting undressed was one of them. She felt humiliated again as he unfastened her blouse and pulled it from her skirt before easing it down her arms. She felt awful as she saw him glance at her bra and the white flesh of her breasts as he moved around behind her, unfastened it, and then laid it to one side, her bosom now exposed and for some reason, her nipples deciding to become erect.
Next, he unzipped her skirt and slid it over her hips along with her panties, leaving her completely naked as he fetched the nightshirt he had purchased for her. Normally she slept without clothes, but Adam had said it would be more convenient for her if she needed the toilet during the night and that he was going to sleep on the couch.
She was his mother and he had never in his life thought of her as anything but that, but try as he might, at that moment, he could not refrain from glancing at her body as he got the nightshirt on. He admired her smallish but perfectly formed breasts, her tapering waist and slightly rounded belly, the neatly manicured bush, slim hips, and excellent legs, embarrassed, when as he turned away, he realised that he had the beginnings of an erection. Once he was done, Amelia opened her eyes, immediately feeling more comfortable now that she was clothed, but as he helped her onto the bed, she inadvertently caught sight of the simmering bulge forcing out the front of his jeans.
The same routine continued over the next few days and at least while still being embarrassed, she was becoming accustomed to Adam seeing her naked. Amelia was feeling grubby and desperately wanted a shower, she pondered how to accomplish it without getting her plaster casts wet and posing the question to her son.
'Let me think for a minute,' he said, disappearing into the kitchen. He returned several minutes later with a plastic chair from the garden and a roll of "cling-film" food covering.