He heard his Auntie Pam call, that she was just nipping out and would be back shortly, or at least he presumed it was Pam, she and his mother were twins and all his life he had been unable to tell them apart, much to their amusement as they had continually confused him over the years.
As a child, he would think he was out with his mother, only to find later that it was Pam, or he would confide something to his aunt and then find out he had actually told his mother. They were identical in every sense, even on occasions wearing the same clothes so that people couldn't tell them apart. Since her marriage broke up last month Pam had been staying with them and in that time his life had become purgatory. His mother alone was fine but put them both together and they were soon up to their antics, meaning he was never sure whom he was speaking to.
He wondered if that was why both of their marriages had failed, his aunt had told him tales of how they would often swap boyfriends without the poor chap realising. Having both sampled his wares, he would be awarded points and if he didn't make the grade he would be gone. Did they do that with their husbands he sometimes wondered, the men reaching a stage were they were never sure that the woman they were speaking to or in bed with was the one that they had married.
At eighteen he had just left high school and was waiting to see if his university application had been accepted as he looked forward to his summer break. Although he would be seeing his mates later he was aware that in the next few months they would all be going their separate ways and that his life going forward would start to change.
His reverie was broken as his mother entered his bedroom, 'What are you doing, hiding away on such a glorious day, you should be out.'
He looked at her quizzically for a moment until she laughed, 'It's me, honestly.'
Over the last few weeks, he had become reticent to just divulge what was on his mind, lest he found he was not telling the right person. His mother sat on the edge of his bed next to him, Carole could always tell when something was troubling her son and she was betting it had something to do with his girlfriend Helen.
'Woman trouble?' She asked, catching the imperceptible nod of his head.
He and Helen had argued the night before; he was hopefully going to the university near their home while she had chosen one at what felt like the other side of the country. He had told her he did not mind, they could still keep in touch and anyway, they would be together at the end of each term.
He had been saddened to learn that she had other idea's, she was finding complications where none existed and it sounded to him that what she wanted was her freedom to screw around if she felt like it, the problems arising when he used those very words and she had stormed off, telling him to 'Go to fuck' and that it was over.
Carole commiserated with him, telling her son that other girls would come along and in six months he would have forgotten about Helen. What she was thinking was that the girl was a spoilt bitch who needed a good slapping and she wanted to retaliate on Simons behalf but knew better than to interfere.
Standing, she ruffled his hair, he'd had previous girlfriends but she knew this one had been different, even now she could still remember her first love and the bitterness afterwards.
Simon was out, leaving Carole and Pam to chat over a glass of wine.
'Simon seemed a bit subdued today,' Pam commented.
Carole explaining what had happened.
'Perhaps we could find him a woman for the summer?' Pam wondered out loud, what she wasn't about to tell her sister was that she was happy to give it a go herself.
Simon was a good-looking young man and while he was half her age, that didn't mean that she would be averse to jumping into bed with him.
'How are we going to find him a young woman?' Carole asked, 'It's not like we know lots of them,' she laughed, suddenly noticing the mischievous look on her sister's face.
Although they were identical, the easiest way to tell them apart was the ideas that they each came out with. While she was sensible and a pragmatist, Pam was out there, she would always come up with the most outlandish impractical ideas and was game for literally anything.
'What about one of our friends, we know several that are separated or divorced, just like me,' Pam said, having added the last bit without her sister realising.
'I'm sure Simon doesn't need a middle-aged woman,' Carole said, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
Pam gave her sister her best simplistic look, 'My god Carole, he's eighteen years old, his hormones are in overdrive and I'll bet he has already fantasised about an older woman. 'At that age, they'll shag anything that will open their legs,' she finished with a laugh.
What she said was probably true, it was just that Carole was not enamoured at the idea of her son going out with an older woman.
'Look, Sis,' Pam continued, 'As you said, it's only for the summer, once he's at university he'll forget about them.'
Carole admitted the idea had some merits, but whom would they chose.
'What about Megan?' Pam asked with a smirk, watching the look on her sisters face change to one of shock.
'What, Megan the maneater, Christ, she'd gobble him up and spit him out.' Carole replied, both women laughing heartily, Megan was in her early thirties and very attractive, but she went through men for fun, hence her nickname.
'How about we have a barbeque one weekend, we can ask several of the girls if they would be interested in Simon and then get the gang around and he can choose which one he wants,' Pam suggested, excited as Carole nodded her head.
As it was, quite a few of their friends expressed an interest which surprised Carole, probably because she had never thought of Simon in any other way than as her son. The party was arranged for the following weekend with Carole pulling her son to one side, 'We are having some of the girls over this weekend, be a sweety and give me a hand?'
Simon readily agreed, going out with his friends meant that he kept seeing Helen which left him feeling slightly bitter all night, so he was happy to help his mother out, and anyway it wasn't all bad, nearly all of her friends were MILF's.
Saturday afternoon thankfully turned out to be a nice day, the weather warm without being too hot as his mother's friends arrived. He wondered if they would bring other blokes with them but as it turned out he was the only male there.
Whilst he knew all of them, at first he just helped out by fetching and carrying until his Aunt Pam pulled him to one side, 'Have a drink and join in, let your hair down a bit.'
He smiled at her but felt a little bit out of his depth until she moved closer and whispered in his ear, 'Do you realise Simon, that over half the women here want to get you into bed?'
Pam was waiting for a look of surprise to appear on his face, unfortunately, it was her expression that suddenly changed as he asked, 'Does that include you, Pam?'
'What, err, what gives you that idea?' she asked, stumbling over her words.
In response, her nephew turned to face her and gave her the warmest smile ever, which made her heart flutter as he looked her up and down before staring intently into her eyes, 'Just asking, if you don't ask, you don't get.'
For the first time in a while, Pam was at a loss for words, did she say something, did she make a play for him or just downright deny it. Remembering what he had just said, she turned to move, 'Maybe,' she said with a sly smile as she went and mingled, trying to control her breathing and conscious that her heart was pounding in her chest.