Chapter 1

I was 18 years old and in less than a month I would start my senior year in high school. I was going to be on my own most of the time from now on. My mother had died after a long battle with cancer in July. Dad moved us to his home town where we had family. My father met Nikki Harrison when we were moving in and being neighborly she helped us move in; they talked about all the folks they knew in common. I met David Nikki’s son and we hit it off immediately, talking about the newest video games and movie releases.

Nikki offered to keep an eye on me and my dad said that I wouldn’t need it. In the short time before school started Nikki’s son became like a brother to me, and we quickly grew to be best friends. He was a just over a year younger than me, an only child to a single parent, some-what like me, now. David’s father had left his mother before David had been born and David never met him.

My father got home for a week end once before school started and he took David and me fishing. David was happy to have adult male companionship outside of school. I was happy he stocked up on food in our house before going back out on the road. He also had “The Talk” with me, and basically he told me I was 18 and on my own, that if I decided to have girls over he wouldn’t get upset with me, and he went into very specific real details of “personal protection.”

He told me that if I was going to have sex to be safe, no babies, no diseases. He said other than that that I should always make sure the girl is my age or older, no jail bait as he called it, and said “there’s a reason it’s called JAIL BAIT Son.” I told him that I was confused and teased him by asking if the same rules applied if I wanted to have sex with boys. His reaction was priceless, he started to get upset and then realized I was fucking with him, but thinking quickly he threw well if you swing that way.

We laughed and I told him that I got it. Then I got serious on him and said that I understood that as a man he would have needs too, and that he should take care of them. I told him that my mom, his deceased wife wouldn’t want him to be celibate. He said that he’d do his best but that he wasn’t looking or even ready yet. I told him I knew that, but while we were having the talk I figured I should let him know upfront. We both agreed to be brutally honest with each other, no lies, no protecting each other with white lies and no leaving any details out or not saying something to keep from telling the truth. We hugged as we had done many times since my mother died; it felt like we were closer than we’d ever been before.

Once my father went back out on the road, I was alone for the first time in my life. I established a routine; I got up, showered, dressed and on school days went to the Harrison’s for breakfast. One school morning, two months into the school schedule, I was up earlier than usual as my father had called from a truck stop to let me know he was out west and caught in a snow storm. As a result he wouldn’t be home for a few more days than expected. This was not all that unusual being an over the road truck driver.

I went over to the Harrison’s and shoveled their driveway and side walk. I looked at the time on my cell phone and it was about the time I usually went over for breakfast before school so I went up to their door and it was unlocked which was their way of letting me know it was ok to come in. I went in and sat down at the kitchen table. Nikki came down to the kitchen in her bathrobe which was strange.

Most days Nikki was in the kitchen making breakfast by the time I came over, but this morning she was just coming downstairs. I figured the earlier waking time because of school must have been throwing her off. I watched as she went about getting the coffee maker set up and started making breakfast. David was still upstairs in the shower and the radio was playing some hair band music that Nikki was swaying to as she moved about the kitchen.

I had been going to their house in the morning for breakfast before school, while waiting for the bus to come, since school started two weeks ago. I watched Nikki as she set about cooking eggs and bacon, and I noticed the robe she had on, a near to floor length house coat type robe, was loosely tied at the waist. As she worked I would get quick glimpses of the front of her naked body under the robe.

Nikki Harrison was 35 yrs. old, had blond hair down her back almost to her butt. Her body was average in proportion, and she was what most would consider attractive. I usually got to see her after she was dressed and ready for the day, wearing light make up, her hair tied up in some fashion, and frankly she had never caught my eye as a sexual being with needs. To me she was a friend and my new best friend’s mother. This morning though I was seeing her more as a real person and one who was sexually attractive to me especially without being all made up.

I made no attempt to capitalize on her clothing oversight but I did think of her throughout the day often comparing her to females in school. On the way home from school on the bus I asked David about his mom and if she’d had any boyfriends. He told me that she rarely went out on a date and never had brought any one home or stayed over, his tone made me think he wasn’t happy about her being so alone.

I did the math and David and I were 20 months apart, and I thought about how it would be for him if I were to date his mom. I thought about it the rest of the day and decided that I was making something out of nothing. Over the next few weeks I noticed Nikki seemed to relax more and more when I was around and a couple times I thought she might have been flirting with me. I chalked it up to her sense of humor and decided I would not try to pursue her unless I was positive she was initiating it. I liked Nikki and David both as individuals and didn’t want to lose this relationship, or hurt either of them.

One Friday morning in early December I was over at their house as usual, and Nikki once again had a robe on but this robe was made of silk material and sexier than the one she wore occasionally in the morning. Nikki bent over to take biscuits out of the oven and I saw her bare ass as she reached in the oven for the tray of biscuits. The weather was particularly bad that morning and we waiting around the table listening to the radio for a school closing message but then we saw the first of the buses roll through the main road of our cul-de-sac.

As David walked to the door, Nikki gave him a hug and a kiss as he walked out, but as I passed by her, she hugged me too. This was different; I had never had any physical contact with her before. As she hugged me she looked up into my eyes and said goodbye. I thought for a brief milli-second that she was going to kiss me too. She pulled back quickly and turned as if she had realized this wasn’t her son she was hugging. I went on to school and once again talked myself out of thinking it was anything sexual on her part, even though I kept thinking about her breasts pushing into my coat and chest as she hugged me.

I was glad my brain had resisted putting my arms around her and hugging her in return as I would most likely have ended up with a hand full of her butt. School was let out early because of the blizzard that was effectively locking the city down. The bus dropped us off, and I started to head to my house which was on the other side of where the Harrisons’ house was, and as I passed by Nikki stepped out and waved me over. I went over with David and while he went inside Nikki told me that my dad had called and he was stuck again. Nikki said I could stay with them for the weekend if I wanted to. I looked to David for input and he was excited to have me over so I agreed. Nikki seemed just as happy as David, and I found that slightly odd.

I went home and called my father and told him the plan. He said it was probably a good idea because of the blizzard. So I gathered a few things and I went back to the Harrison’s house with back pack of personal stuff and some video games they didn’t have. As I went inside I noticed the smell of beef roast and complimented Nikki on the dinner smelling so good. We ate dinner at a table in the dining room, which seemed very formal to me. I noticed Nikki was dressed in a knee length skirt with stripped leggings on under it and a warm looking Irish knit sweater, having a homey yet very attractive look or maybe it was just her bubbly attitude that was so attractive.

Nikki sat across from me at the table and as David finished his meal, he picked up his plate and left the room leaving us to finish our meal. We talked about some of the movies that were just coming out and I enjoyed the maturity at which she was treating me. After we were done eating we joined David playing video games. As it approached 8 pm Nikki told David it was bed time, and he went off to his room with no problem. I thought that was odd because it was Friday night, meaning no school in the morning and there was a blizzard dumping snow everywhere so no one would be going anywhere tomorrow.

Nikki asked if I went to bed at a certain time and I said not really. She and I played a few more games and then she said she was going to take a shower. I kept playing until she came back in the living room wearing that thin red satin robe from that morning. I watched at her as she sat down next to me on the couch and she caught me looking at her and said “what?” I said “nothing,” but she kept on me, and finely I said “you have very nice legs.” She said thanks and ran her hand down her leg from her knee telling me she just got done shaving.

I tried to change the subject because all that was going through my mind was just how high she shaved but I managed to ask her if she’d like to watch a movie. She said sure, but in her room where it was more comfortable. I watched as she went up the stairs to the master bedroom, and once again I could see her bare ass.