As Andrew waited on the sofa, he remembered something his father had told him. Andrew was going on his first real date and was leaving to pick up the girl. His dad had said, "She may keep you waiting. Women are like that. Just remember son: a good woman is worth waiting for."
Well, his father was right. She'd kept him waiting almost twenty minutes before, breathless, she appeared. And, Andrew remembered, she hadn't been worth the wait.
Now, he was waiting on his mother and she was worth it. Yeh, buddy, was she!
At the Boom-Boom Room, Marilyn had paid for her new clothes with the gift card Kris Kringle had left her. They had lunch at a small dark pizzeria. While he munched on pizza and his mom ate her salad, she played footsies with him. Then they drove home.
Andrew was ready for more sex. His mother forestalled him, however. She had some errands to run, she told him. She had to pick up Jake, too. He could clean up the mess from Christmas morning. She'd pick up something for supper. Chinese or sandwiches from a shop.
And she was gone.
How, he wondered, could she appear so calm? How could she be thinking about food, for God's sake? Not two hours ago, she had been demanding more of his cock. Now, all that fucking might never have happened. Andrew was ready to climb the walls, he was so randy.
Three hours later, his little brother burst into the house, full of the news from his snowball fights. His mother appeared behind her younger son, carrying several bags.
"Supper in ten minutes, boys!" she called.
While they ate, Andrew tolerantly listened to Jake. He was still bubbling over with enthusiasm about the day's adventures. The eighteen year old tried not to fidget. He also tried not to stare at his mother. At the lips that felt so good around her cock. At the line of her throat that dropped down the neckline of her sweater to her round and firm breasts. When their eyes met, hers held no secret messages for him. When his foot found hers, she pulled away.
It was as if she were two different women. No, three. She was his mom. She was his lover. And in the boutique, she had been his slut. Were all women this complicated, he wondered? His experience with girls his own age said they weren't. Girls either sucked cock or didn't. They either put out or didn't. There was no middle ground.
Supper done, she told Jake to clean the table. The empty food containers could be rinsed out and go into the trash. The silver ware and plates needed to be rinsed, also, and placed in the dishwasher. The table, wiped down.
"And, honey," Marilyn said, addressing her older son, "there are some packages in the SUV. Could you bring them in please? You can put them on my bed upstairs. Thanks."
He found more shopping bags than from just the boutique. That piqued his curiosity. He wondered what was in the other bags. They didn't have store names. They were stapled shut, so there was no way he could peek inside. They felt like more clothes, though. His interest in the contents waned; he wasn't interested right now in clothes. He wanted what was inside those garments.
He headed back downstairs.
Jake and his mom were watching Wheel of Fortune. Jake got the answer almost all the time. He was good with words.
"What are you boys going to do when I start back to work?"
Marilyn's holiday was over. She was due back at the office on the morrow. Andrew and Jake didn't go back to school until after New Year's. Another full week.
"Just lay around the house, I guess. Unless you've got something you need done."
Marilyn smiled. A few days ago, Andrew would have never made that offer.
"The Tale-Tell Heart!" shouted Jake. "That's too easy."
Andrew looked at the screen. The only letters shown in the puzzle were the Ts. The contestant bought an E and damned if the scamp wasn't right.
"I don't think there's much to be done around here. Maybe make sure there's no ice left in the bird bath and clean it out. Put fresh feed in the feeder."
"You got it, mom."
"I called May Quinlan. She said she can swing by and pick me up in the morning. That would leave you the SUV. Maybe you'd like to take your brother out for his first bike ride."
"What do you say, bro?"
Jake looked away from the TV. "Huh?"
"Mom said she can get a ride to work. Wanna take a trip out to the park and try out the bike?"
Jake jumped up He whooped. "Can we? Really? Aw, man that'd be great! D'you mean it?"
"If Andrew's willing."
Andrew nodded. "We can do it. Early, though, before the place get's too crowded."
"Oh, yeah. Hey can I call Toodie to let him know?"
"Sure," Marilyn said, pleased with his enthusiasm.
Jake headed for his room, shouting back over his shoulder as he took the stair two at a time, "He'll be so-o-o jealous."
"Don't you want to solve this puzzle?" Marilyn called, but he was already out of sight.
She turned to Andrew. "If you get an early start, he'll have to be in bad early, too."
Andrew's eyes lit up. "Yeah. That's right."
Later, expectantly, he had taken a long shower to make sure he was clean. Really clean. Heck, he'd never been cleaner. When he got out of the shower, he found on his bed a package with a note from his mother.
"Here's a belated Xmas present."
He tore open the package. Inside were maroon satin pajamas. There was a matching robe and house slippers. Andrew dressed. He'd never worn satin before and was amazed how it felt against his skin. Slick. They glided barely touching him as he pulled on the pajamas. He felt the slight drag over the hairs on his legs and feet. He belted the robe around his lean body.
Andrew had never really considered that clothes can make the man. Oh, he knew that he looked good on the few occasions when he wore a suit and once for a wedding he'd had to rent a tuxedo. At the time, looking at himself in a mirror, he'd felt like James Bond. In the satin pajamas, if he had a pipe, he'd be Hugh Hefner.
*
So now, Andrew waited. He tried not to stare at the staircase down which his mother would appear. He wanted to concentrate on the low fire that glowed red in the fireplace place. Despite that effort, his eyes were often drawn to the top of the stairs only to find no one there. He looked at the clock. Andrew wanted to groan in frustration. His cock wanted to explode in anticipation. Patience, his mind screamed.
When he looked back at the stairs, his mother was there. He got to his feet, wondering how long she'd been watching him.
Marilyn smiled at her son and took a couple of slow steps down towards him. She paused before resuming her descent. When she reached the floor, she stopped again. She rested her hand on the newel, her head cocked slightly to one side as she regarded him.
Andrew realized he was staring at her mother. That realization didn't stop him from doing it, however. He'd never seen her so beautiful. Her hair was carefully brushed to a luster. Her make up, though lightly applied, accented her shining eyes and her full, welcoming lips.
The gown he had picked out for her touched her body only lightly, caressing her womanly shape from her large breasts to her flared hips before cascading to the floor. She wore a sheer white wrap over her negligee. His mind called it a peignoir, but the teen had no idea if that was correct or not.
Marilyn didn't move. Andrew got the idea she was waiting for him. He moved quickly to stand in front of her. Her smile turned into a grin. It had been years since she had seen that look on a man's face. Marilyn rather enjoyed it.
Andrew took his mother in his arms. He pulled gently and she flowed forward. Her soft curves met his lean hardness. As they kissed, his hand touched her hair.
"I love you, mom."
She simply nodded. His feelings were obvious, from the way his face was swept with emotion, from the way his voice trembled, from the way his hand shook, and yes, even from the hardness of his cock.
"All my love," she whispered, "as a mother and as a woman is yours."