Chapter 2: Making Plans

This morning during breakfast my father told my mom that he was going to head over to watch some baseball game with his brother. This wasn’t unusual as he and his brothers had remained close over the years and they often hung out with each other. “Watching the game” was a euphemism for drinking beer, reminiscing about the “good old days”, and general guy talk; all of which was somehow rationalized by having a sporting event playing on the television.

I don’t think it really mattered what type of game it was or who was playing, they just enjoyed being together. Typically this male bonding ritual was something I avoided like the plague but this morning I surprised him by asking if I could tag along.

“Are you sure Kelly?” he asked me with a curious look on his face, “You’ll be the only one there besides us. Jim told me that everyone was going to be out doing things today. Rick has a game and the girls will be at some party for one of Kate’s friends.”

“What about Shari?” my mom inquired.

“Oh she’ll be there,” my dad answered, “I just didn’t think Kelly would be interested in going without the kids being there, especially Tammy.” My dad winked at me and my mother slapped him on the side of the head saying, “Now you know what I said about her last week!” Then she turned to me with this piercing look in her eyes and suddenly her eyebrows lifted as if a light bulb had just flipped on in her head.”

“Now wait just a minute young lady, what do you have going on inside your twisted little mind this morning?” she said in a tone that indicated she already knew the answer to her question.

As for my dad, he wasn’t an overpaid corporate lawyer for nothing; he immediately caught on to my mother’s train of thought but his reaction was substantially different. He sucked in a big breath and then sighed saying, “Oh Kelly, you’re not thinking about trying to seduce my brother are you? Mind telling us just what made you suddenly dream this one up?”

I couldn’t help but smile and roll my eyes. God, am I really THAT transparent these days? I couldn’t believe how fast my parents deduced my true intentions but then if I am honest with myself, why shouldn’t they? At this point though I still wasn’t sure where they were heading so I figured I may as well go for it and find out.

“Well, you guys must have noticed how Uncle Jim is always looking at my ass and down my tops whenever he can?”

My dad tried to suppress a smirk and my mom just grimaced. Yep, they had noticed!

“Then last week in the pool, don’t you remember his reaction when Tammy and me “accidentally” pulled each other’s tops off?”

My dad definitely remembered THAT moment, he was staring at Tammy and my uncle was drilling holes in my chest with his eyes.

“AND, did you know he felt up my crotch while we were playing in the pool and I was riding his shoulders?”

My dad smiled broadly at that last one and shook his head. “Well Kelly, I have a suspicion that most guys would look at your ass if you give them a chance. Even though they may THINK about fucking you, it doesn’t mean they would. Just because Jim let himself get carried away once in the pool doesn’t mean that he meant anything serious by it. I know for a fact that Jim has never cheated on Shari, even though their sex life has been crap for years - and don’t you DARE mention that to anyone by the way! It could be very awkward for all of us if you tried anything and he didn’t go along with it.”