Vanessa could've never imagined finding herself in that position. There she was in her daughter's doorway, watching her fingers pistoning inside her bare pussy. Vanessa could only stare, shocked.
Kelsie's body writhed on the bed, her relatively small breasts rippling with each movement. Her hips were grinding against her hand, desperate for more friction. And her legs were spread as far as they could go, giving Vanessa a clear view of the moisture slickening her daughter's hand and pussy.
Then Kelsie's eyes opened and widened as she saw her. Vanessa jumped out of her immovability and almost sprinted down the hall to her own room before Kelsie could even open her mouth.
That has got to be the strangest thing a mother had ever seen her daughter do. How was Vanessa ever supposed to interact with her after that? She wouldn't be able to forget the sight whenever she looked at her. Vanessa would just have to do her best to limit their speaking. She'd just ignore it as best she could.
Determined in her course, Vanessa went back down the hall--completely ignoring the reclosed door of her daughter--and started setting the table. Within a few minutes, she heard Kelsie's door open and hesitant steps came down the hall. Kelsie's steps stopped on the threshold of the dining room and there were some awkward moments of silence as Vanessa went to bring the food to the table.
"Mom?" Kelsie's voice was tentative.
Vanessa prepared herself as she sat down and smiled briefly at her waiting daughter. "Come eat, dear. Dinner is ready."
She could hear Kelsie's confusion and embarrassment in her hesitation. Hear it, because she wouldn't look at Kelsie any longer than she had to.
She filled her plate and started eating as Kelsie finally sat down across from her. As Vanessa continued to ignore her with a pleasant smile on her face, Kelsie eventually started in on her food too. They sat in continued silence for the whole meal.
Kelsie seemed to finally break when Vanessa started clearing up from dinner when they were both done.
"Mom," her firm voice was tinged with annoyance and confusion, "are we not going to talk about it, then?"
Vanessa sighed to steady herself. "Talk about what, honey?"
Kelsie let out a frustrated scoff. "What you just saw!"
"Kelsie, I don't know what you're talking about."
"Really?" Kelsie was almost yelling. "So, it wasn't you that I saw watching me masturbate in my room?"
Vanessa choked at the bare language her daughter used and looked at her briefly in admonishment. "There's no need for you to speak like that to me, young lady." Then, at Kelsie's clearly expectant expression, "There's nothing wrong with what I saw, dear. It is perfectly natural to experiment with your body. Just lock your door next time. A mother shouldn't see such things."
A moment of silence as Vanessa tried to convince herself of the same thing and went back to the dishes.
"That's it?"
"What else is there?"
"Then, why won't you look at me?"
Vanessa should've known that her daughter would catch on to that. They were usually much more friendly than this. Hugs and kisses and laughter and long conversations were what Kelsie expected from her.
Vanessa sighed again, but kept staring at the dishes. "I just need a few days to process it, honey. It's an embarrassing thing to see of your own daughter, you know."
Kelsie was quiet as she thought about it. "Just a few days?" Vanessa nodded and smiled in her general direction. "Okay. Well, thanks for dinner."
"You're welcome, honey."
*
The next weeks were quiet and awkward. Kelsie's mom kept her distance constantly, only speaking or looking at her when it was absolutely necessary. School and work helped break it up a bit, but Kelsie didn't have many classes during the summer and only worked weekends, and her mom worked from home.
Kelsie couldn't decide if it'd make things better or worse if her brother was here visiting from college or not. It'd be nice to have someone to talk to, but he'd probably notice the strange atmosphere between her and mom and ask about it. At least it was a nonissue with her father, since he'd run off before she'd been born.
Kelsie was getting more and more tense the longer her mother went on ignoring her. It was supposed to only be a few days, not a few weeks. She'd tried to force conversation the third day by knocking over a lamp while she was watching TV. But her mother only sighed and cleaned it up without a word.
She'd burn dinner, key the car, steal money, and leave a mess in the house. Whatever Kelsie did, her mother would ignore her and clean it up. Last week, she even tried pushing her mother roughly as she'd walked by. But there'd only be that sigh as she walked on.
Kelsie was so desperate for her mom to pay attention to her again she started to walk around the house naked. Her mom's eyes would widen and she'd blush, looking scandalized, but she still ignored it. Then, Kelsie tried masturbating in her room again with the door wide open, just waiting for her mom to come by and demand her stop this nonsense.
Her mother only paused in shock the first time before closing the door and walking away. But she barely paused in shock the last few times, just closing the door as she passed by.