My mom and I were always close, more like sisters than mother and daughter. I think it's partly because she was a single mom, but we've always had a special kind of connection. When she got her current job, we moved out into a house beyond what is usually called the suburbs, and she was able to work from home a lot of the time. I go to the local community college and live with her. It's a comfortable life, and we share a lot. She asks me about the guys I see, and we always share everything. She's dated a little, but she hasn't had a long-term man in her life since the divorce, and that was years ago when I was only six. My name is Lissie, and hers is Rachel.
Summer in the midwest is often like paradise, and this summer it was especially so. We decided we were going to go for a walk most mornings, down the quiet country road we live on, for exercise. There's almost never a vehicle. You can hear the birds and cicadas, and sometimes we see a doe with a fawn. Once we glimpsed a coyote. That was really cool. Its eyes were far away, like it belonged to another world than ours.
On this particular day, we had our morning coffee, vitamin supplements, like we usually do, and then got ready for our walk. We usually wore just tank tops, short shorts, and sandals. Mom is in her late forties, but we're often mistaken for sisters. She's got darker blonde hair than mine, and her tan is deeper. We both tan naked in the back yard sometimes, because nobody comes around there, and neither of us have tan lines. Her breasts are a little fuller than mine, which we joke about sometimes. I'm kind of like a slighter version of her. It was a sunny morning, with no breeze.
We walked south along the side of the road, chatting a little, but mostly just enjoying the time together outside. In the distance, you could hear a plane.
Such a beautiful day.
Isn't it?
We could see a hawk making great spirals over the valley, high above us.
The road swerved to the left gently, and on the right was a paved driveway that curved among some trees and disappeared.
There must be a house back up there somewhere.
You can't see it from here, though.
We both looked, a little curious, and I glimpsed something between the trees.
Can you see that?
What?
I think it's someone.
I walked a little up the drive and craned my head.
He might not be wearing anything.
Where?
My mom came up to where I stood.
Wow. He's not. Can you see?
I sure do. Stand a little this way.
We could see him on the sunny hillside beside the house, standing, facing the morning sun. Maybe basking in the sun? He looked like he lifted weights, so his arms and chest were thick, and he had light brown-blond close-cropped hair. But the most prominent part was standing upright, and it looked big, very wide.
A widebody. In every way, I see.
Mom! I was whispering.
What? I can't comment on it? She smiled at me.
Let's go closer.
Won't he hear us?
Let's slip our sandals off.
Isn't that trespassing?
I'm sure it is. She laughed lightly. So what?
We gingerly walked up the driveway, the pavement cool on the soles of our feet, pausing about fifty feet from him, a couple of trees obscuring our view.
Your cellphone. She was whispering.
What about it?
Video.
I had a new Galaxy, and the lenses were pretty amazing, she was right. I pulled it out of my back pocket and turned on the video.
Let's go.
What, right up to him?
Sure. Come on. She took my arm, and pulled me forward.
We walked past the trees, and padded across the lawn until we were standing only about ten feet from him. He opened his eyes, and they widened.
We were all so startled we didn't know what to say.
Close up, he was bigger in every way than I had thought.
Who are you?
We were just out for a morning walk, glimpsed you through the trees, and came up to have a closer look. We hope you don't mind.
I guess it's ok.
It's more than ok.
My mom's eyes, like mine, were looking down at his erection. He had a thick, pink head that I was pretty sure I couldn't get my thumb and forefingers completely around. He was mostly shaved down there, with just a thin coating of hair that shone golden in the sun. It was then I realized that my mom had desires too. I had always thought of her as my mom, but when I saw her looking at him there, and I could see her nipples standing out in her tank top, for the first time I saw a different side of her. And I could feel myself getting wet. I was a little worried that my wetness would show on my shorts.
Glad you like what you see. Shouldn't I get something on?
Not for us.
She motioned me with her hand. The video. I held the phone flat and walked around him, back to her side. His shoulders were wide, and his butt was nice.
I'm Jack.
I'm Rachel, and this is my daughter, Lissie. We live not too far from here. What are you doing out here naked?
I sometimes come outside and stand naked in the sun in the morning. It's a kind of yoga. I call it absorbing the sun.
With an erection?
Sometimes it happens in the morning. Or if there are two women in front of me.
He smiled. Even, white teeth.
My mom sometimes teaches yoga.
That's true. When we can't go for a walk, we do some yoga in the morning together. Would it be ok if we came here to do some tomorrow? Or would your wife object?
He laughed.
I'm not married. You could come back, sure.
Will you be wearing the same thing?
You mean nothing?
Exactly.
Mom! I just blurted that out from surprise.
Sure.
Same time tomorrow?
This time works for me. What will you be wearing?
Same as today. At least at the beginning.
If you come back tomorrow for yoga, we all have to be naked.
My mom glanced at me with a smile in her eyes.
All right with you, honey?
I paused. We had seen each other before, of course. But never like this.
Okay.