Chapter 19

I was alone and naked on the patio. I frowned. I scratched my hair and went to walk to my room.

Shit!

I spun back from the glass doors into the kitchen. Mom and Dawn’s parents were saying goodbye at the front door. Where were the girls? Where were Vonnie and Ray? I didn’t have answers.

Shit.

The October wind was really cold. I shivered and rubbed my arms and shook my knees. I couldn’t stamp my feet, because I wanted to be quiet. I tiptoed over to the hot tub. I couldn’t find any clothes. The towels were gone.

Shit...

“Sweetheart?” Mom stuck her head out of the door. She saw me naked and chuckled. “Let me guess? Emi?”

“Mom!” I said, covering myself.

“I’ll put a towel and a pair of your shorts on the kitchen table,” she said. “Come find me before you go to bed.”

She laughed to herself and set off humming. I heard Jesse start up his truck on the other side of the house. I almost jumped back in the hot tub. It was nearly fully drained. I frowned. Mom knocked on the glass door. I did my best to not jump out of my skin. She disappeared with a thumbs up.

I toweled off in the kitchen and slipped into the boxers and pajama pants she had left me. I even slipped into a pair of comfy slippers. I never wore them but my toes were hyperbolically turning blue from the weather. I stomped around the kitchen.

“Honey?” Mom said. “Pour the kettle into the teapot! I’ll be right out!”

The kettle immediately steamed. I walked over, filled her bluebird teapot, and took a pair of chicken shaped mugs over to the table.

Mom came out wearing a tightly tied robe with her hair tied up in a ponytail. She had washed off any makeup and smiled brightly. I sat waiting.

“Hey hun,” she said, grabbing a small carton of cream from the fridge. “How was your night?”

“Did you have to?” I asked. I didn’t like Jesse right now.

“Do you want Dawn to live with you?” Mom asked. “I like the idea, without every day being a fight. Vonnie said she was gonna talk to you about birth control.”

“Dawn and I will use condoms until I’m married,” I said before I could think. I frowned and scrunched my face. Mom hugged me, kissed my wet hair, and walked around the kitchen table to sit down.

“A bit blunter than I like,” she said. “I’m not unhappy though.”

“Are you OK?” I asked. “He didn’t blackmail you or anything?”

“Dorothy’s one of my best customers,” Mom said. “I washed her hair so many times I could pimp her out in a koala bear costume. She thought there were only two ways to get Jesse on board. This way Dawn doesn’t end up calling the cops.”

“Oh my god!” I said. “Mom ... Why did Ryan do this to us?”

“He likes beautiful women to like him,” Mom said. “Now, I don’t think Dorothy’s up to his standard or anything. But I wouldn’t be able to afford this house if my only clients were his stable.”

“I don’t want him using you,” I said. “I don’t want him using Vonnie or Ray or Dawn or Emi or Anna. If he touched Iggy...”

“Oh,” Mom laughed. “He was always so careful to avoid the girls too young. I think Vonnie and I were the only teenagers he ever used the chemical on.” She frowned. “No, that’s not true. There was that entire college cheerleader squad thing. Then he went on his Thailand walkabout. I have no idea what he did over there. Or in South America.”

“Mom!” I scowled.

“When we discussed giving you the love potion for your eighteenth birthday, he decided to go hands off all girls you had your eye on,” Mom said. “You’d take your pick and take them with you off to college. Then, when you have your own hunting ground, things could get back to normal.”

“What if I want to take you,” I said. “Keep you away from him.”

“That’s so sweet,” Mom said, she decided the tea had steeped enough. She poured mine, black, and then added cream to hers. I took the cup and warmed up my fingers more than I chose to drink anything. “But you can’t do that. A boy’s gotta cut himself off his mama’s apron strings. See the world, become the man he’s gonna be. I’d just hold you back. I built up something really special here. You go off and see the world, and I’ll keep this home ready for you to come back whenever you need to.”

“Mom...” I didn’t know what to say. I looked up. “Ray’s my sister.”

“And Anna’s little brothers are your brothers,” Mom added.

That didn’t help. I gave her a look that quieted her up. I tried to think. I frowned. I looked her in the eyes.

“Katelyn Elizabeth Greentree.” I enunciated. She froze and stared at me blankly. I shook from my shoulders to my heels. “Fuck.”

“No,” she shook her head. “Not with Lucas. I was promised.”

I stared at her. I had to be careful what I said. What if Uncle Ryan hadn’t put that block in? Or, what if Mom hadn’t thought to ask Ryan to put it in? Shit.

“Do you love Ryan?”

“Yes,” she asked. “I’ve been instructed to love Ryan since before we made you.”

Instructed to. I had to put down the teacup because I had splashed some on myself. I wiped myself off, sucked the tea off my fingers, and put my fists down on the table.

“Would you love him if he hadn’t instructed you to?”

“Yes,” she said. “He gave me you.”

“Would anything be different?” I asked.

“A lot. I’d be jealous, hurt, and angry with him all of the time,” Mom said. “I wouldn’t let him in this house, until he apologized.”

“Has he ever apologized to you?”

“Yes, he once backed his car into the light up snowman I had put on the lawn,” she said.

I didn’t know what questions to ask. “Could I instruct you to stop loving him?”

“Yes,” she nodded. I almost rushed the words out. I had a second thought.

“What would you do if I did?”

“I’d be hurt, trying to be a good mom and a good friend. The sex would be very weird,” she answered.

“What do you want?” I asked.

“I want to see you become an amazing man,” she smiled. “I want grandkids from Iggy and from Anna. I want you to have whoever you want. I want cookies to go with the tea. I want--”

“Shh...” I stopped her. I had something I could do. I walked and opened the corner cupboard and pulled out a box of chocolate covered cookies. I brought it back to the table. “I love you, Mom.”

“I love you, Lucas,” she said. Her eyes cleared up. She blinked and smiled. “Oh, you found my weakness!”

“Are you OK?” I asked.

“OK! I’ve got cookies! I’m awesome,” she said, pulling one out, breaking it in half, and dunking it in her tea.

“I meant about using your full name thing,” I said.

She frowned. “Huh.” She strummed her left hand nails on the table top. “I don’t like it when you do that. I hate it when I don’t know it’s happened.” She tilted her head at me. “You didn’t make me sleep with Jesse and Dorothy to get Dawn over, did you?”

“No!” I shouted.

“Shh! Honey, it’s OK,” she said. “I figured that was me, but it’s so much work to double check my thoughts. Oh! You did it so I’d order you a proper bed for you and your girlfriends!”

“No, I--”

“That’s a great idea! I would’ve totally forgotten to do that! I’ll get on it right now! Hopefully they can have it delivered by tomorrow night,” she said, and hopped off her stool. “Have some more tea. It won’t keep you up, it’s sleepytime.”

She ran off smiling. I sat at the table. I grabbed a cookie.

After the last few days, sleeping alone was a relief and just the worst. I had missed being able to roll over or flip my pillow as needed. I would’ve rather had someone to cuddle. I slept like the dead though. I woke up with an erection and no one to give it to. I walked across the hall to the bathroom.

“Put on some clothes, young man,” Mom said, from the kitchen. I turned around, grabbed a pair of boxers, turned around, and stripped off again before the shower. When I got out to the kitchen, I heard Mom driving off to work. There was a plate of toast and eggs with a note on the table.

“Bed arrives tomorrow. Love you!” I refolded the note and inhaled breakfast. I went out and caught the bus, walking down the aisle to sit down next to Iggy.

“Hi,” I said, smiling as she grabbed me. We were making out like hell. The other kids on the bus were giggling or talking or not paying attention.

“Cool it!” The bus driver said in the mirror. “Luke! Isabel!”

We stopped, looked at each other, blushing and giddy as hell. She wrapped her arms around me and I hugged her back.

“Dawn’s moving in tonight?” she asked. “I helped her pack. I think you’re gonna need a new closet.”

“There’s the closet in Mom’s office,” I said. “Besides, how much clothes can she have? She’s not like Anna. Or you.”

“Anna’s got way more clothes than me!” Iggy said.

“She’s got more clothes than anybody,” I agreed.

“I’m so jealous. Mom straight up said ‘No!’ when I asked,” Iggy said, reverting to the topic of Dawn moving in with me.

“Maybe Mom can sleep with your parents too?” I asked, unhappily.

“If it worked,” Iggy shrugged. “I still wouldn’t ask her. Are you OK?”

“I’m the best I’ve ever been,” I said, kissing her again. “How do you feel?”

“Ready for round two,” she kissed me. I smirked and she was smiling and we were probably intolerable to everyone nearby as we grabbed and cuddled and fondled and kissed the rest of the way to school.

Emi was waiting for us with Anna. I frowned, surprised to see Anna before us.

“Got caught skipping school yesterday,” Emi explained. “No car until November.”

“Shitty,” I said. “You OK?”

“I’m good,” Anna nodded. “Worth it.”

“Well it will be!” Iggy said. “Once you guys get your turns too!”

“Yeah, and I think Dawn’s got dibs tonight,” Emi laughed. “What’s your plan, sex god?”

“We got forty minutes until class starts.” Iggy answered, and grabbed my hips and rushed me forward into Emi’s arms. I didn’t even have time to consider a plan.

“Seriously?” I asked over my shoulder at Iggy.

“I call lunch!” Anna said.

I smiled at Anna and turned to Emi. I frowned. She punched me. “What?”

“Maybe smile at me like you smile at Anna,” Emi huffed, angrily.

“Sorry,” I said. I gave her the biggest smile I could. I then crossed my eyes in a grand Iggy ahegao. Emi laughed madly. She pushed me and my bookbag bounced. I felt the squish at the small of my back.

“What’s with that look?” she frowned.

“I was just reminded that I had the lunch you made for me yesterday. I hope it’s not gone gross.”

“It should be fine,” Emi said. “It was just a couple of sandwiches, two cookies, and a water bottle.”

“Good,” I said.

“Well?” Iggy asked.

“Well what?” I turned around and looked at Iggy. She was eagerly bouncing from foot to foot.

“Well!” she said, grumpily. As if that explained everything.

“What’s going on Ig?” Emi said, leaning around me.

“Go sex god her!” Iggy even managed to say sex. Though she was talking so quietly no one else in the hallway had a chance of hearing her.

“Where Iggy?” Anna asked.

“I dunno! That’s what Emi’s for!” she said. “Surely you know somewhere you could go.”

“Unless you wanna skip again?” Emi shrugged.

“No, Kate was really unhappy with you skipping yesterday. If she hadn’t found you in bed with Iggy, she’d have chewed you out,” Anna said. I looked at her. I sized her up again. Babies with Anna too? I wonder why Mom said Anna and not Emi.

“Whatcha thinkin’ about?” Emi asked me, smiling.

“Makin’ babies,” I said, smirking to myself.

“Do you have condoms?” Emi said, losing her joy.

“Yeah,” Anna answered. “If he’s got your lunch from yesterday. Plus, he still should have the sleeve that Dawn had put in his bookbag as well.”

“Alright then,” Emi poked me. “No skipping, no babies. I got an idea.”

She grabbed my hand. I let her pull me. Iggy grabbed my other hand and I got stretched out. I yanked Iggy to keep up. She rushed me, kissed me, and slapped my butt. “Go on!”

I walked with Emi across the school. She led me to the west building and down to the metalworking and woodshop rooms on the bottom floor. There were a few younger nerd boys talking about something. They must’ve claimed this corner for their clique. They stopped and ogled Emi as she marched me to the end of the hall and into the girls’ washroom.

“Wow,” I said.

“Yeah, I mean, there are like two girls in all of the shop classes and you saw who hangs out in these hallways,” she said. “Best I can do if we can’t get off campus.”

“Yeah,” I laughed. “This is OK? It’s not like, I dunno, strange and everything.”

“It’s all strange,” she said. “Hey, I was thinking of Pete.”

“Why?” I asked, frowning.

“Pete asked me out,” she said. “I had gotten excited. Mom would’ve liked him, so I was gonna blow him off ... But then I was gonna try one of the guys you didn’t hate. But ... you’re all sex god now. How do I turn him down?”

She talked lightly as she pulled off her sweater and folded it on the bathroom counter. She was unzipping her skirt and wiggling it down her hips.

“Would you want to go out with someone while you were having sex with me behind his back?” I asked.

“Oh!” she said. She stepped out of her skirt and looked at me. She was very curvy and eyecatching in her cute sky blue bra and panties. “Yeah, that’d probably fuck him up!” she laughed and grabbed my face to kiss me. “You’re such a good guy, Lucas. You’re gonna be so tired with all of the fucking you’re gonna get for...”

She frowned.

“For what?”

“I dunno,” she frowned. “I wanted to say the school year, but maybe even longer?”

“I was thinking maybe our whole entire lives,” I said.

She took a huge breath and her shoulders shook. “Oh my god.”

“Are you OK?”

“I never did something a whole year before,” she said. “A lifetime seems overwhelming.”

“I can maybe help out,” I said. I had a light bulb moment. “There’s something I can do.”

“What do you mean?”

“Trust me?” I said.

“Most of the time,” she said. “When it’s about big things, yeah. Or it’s clear you’ve just finished whacking off.”

“This is a big thing,” I said, frowning, not asking for more details. I took a deep breath. “Emilia Valentina Jensen-Sanchez!”

She slumped and smiled. I felt hurt just to know that Emi was primed by Mom. Dammit! Mom, I hope!

“Has anyone done this to you before? Put you in a trance?”

“Just Kate and Dad,” Emi said. Emi hadn’t seen her father in three years. I frowned.

“What did they do to you?” I said.

“Kate doesn’t want me getting you sick. I use condoms and get tested to make sure I never bring something to Lucas,” she said. “Dad told me not to miss him.”

“Oh, god,” I said. I always thought Emi’s dad had been a creep and...

“He also told me to follow in Mom’s skank footsteps because showing her a mirror of herself would help me make her life a living hell.”

“Jesus! Are you OK?”

“I’m awesome! I’m in love with Lucas and he’s not gonna let me hurt Pete like I hurt all of those other boys hurting Mom!”

I looked at her stunned.

“Emi, you can treat your mom with love now. You’re mine and I’m gonna love you back. For as long as we can. After high school, through college, until we’re old and ugly.”

“Oh, I feel so much better!” Emi said.

“Um, wake up?” I said.

She punched me. In the jaw. I staggered back.

“What?”

“Don’t call me Emilia! You’re not my Grandma!”

I was frowning and shaking.

“Oh my god, sorry,” Emi said, wrapping me in a hug. “I shouldn’t have hit you. You OK, nutbag?”

I pushed her back and held her at arm’s length. “I’m not gonna fuck you and abandon you like your dad.”

“Gross!” she punched me, this time in the chest and muttered sorry as her knuckles struck. “I know you’d never abandon me, but don’t bring fucking and my dad into this. He may have been weird and the courts wouldn’t let him have custody, but that kind of thing? No.”

“I’m ... Shit,” I said. I didn’t remember when I was lights out either. I sighed. “I don’t know how to sex god a harem.”

“I’m gonna help you with that and--OK! I got an idea!” she said. “You talk to Theo tonight. Get a second boy’s opinion. And if it’s gonna take more, you can hot tub me until I’m another Iggy and Dawn girlfriend girlfriend OK?”

“And Anna and Ray,” I said.

“Oh!” she smiled. “That’s cool.” She frowned. “So, we got less than thirty minutes left.”

Emi squealed when I lifted her up and marched her shoulders into the wall of a bathroom stall. She bit my lower lip when I kissed her. I loved that all of my girls had different bodies from each other. Dawn was short and hippy. Anna was tall and leggy. Iggy was skinny, Emi was chubby. She grabbed tightly around the back of my neck and took handfuls of her ass. She broke our kiss and pushed my head back with her forehead.

“You forgot to take your pants off,” she said.

“Hold on tight, I don’t wanna drop you.” I pushed my chest forward, pinning her to the metal divider as I kicked off my shoes and unbuckled my pants. She had a death grip bearhug on my head and a scissor lock on my midsection. I stepped out of and kicked away my jeans putting my socks down on the bathroom floor.

Sneakers have better grip than socks. Emi shrieked as I tried to ease back and catch her. I slipped and if she hadn’t kicked out and braced herself between the walls of the toilet stall, her weight would’ve dragged us both down. I set my feet, grabbed her butt and squeezed hard. We looked in each other’s eyes and started laughing.

“So, um...” I said, trying to heave her a little higher. I needed her pussy above my dick if I was gonna get laid.

“Maybe we should do a little bit more foreplay first,” Emi said, wrenching her legs tight.

“We’ve got less than half an hour,” I said.

“If you can manage your way through first period, I’m down.” She kissed my lips. I kissed her hard. She ended up with her tiptoes on the floor. I molded her ass, she held her pussy and my cock.

Emi was a fun kisser. Iggy and I just pushed and licked without really figuring out what we were doing. Anna kept things simple and sweet. Dawn expected me to do all of the work. If I kissed or licked anything with Emi, she’d tease me with her lips and tongue and lead me across her mouth or teeth or lips. Tease and runaway. I chased her all over our mouths.

She rolled her knuckles, but I could tell she was rubbing herself more than she was preparing me. I finally broke our kiss. “Maybe I should help with that?”

“Yeah?” she smirked.

“Jump...” I whispered in her ear. I held her ass tight and she climbed me again. She let go of our fun bits and held my neck for dear life. I marched her over to the sinks and dropped her ass next to her folded clothes. I slid my hands out from under her ass and onto her thighs. I pushed her knees apart.

“I’m not gonna squirt all over you like Iggy,” she said.

“I wanna be inside you when you cum,” I told her.

“Oh my god! Yes! That’s the best!” she said. She squealed happily as I squatted down. She grabbed the edge of the bathroom counter and pushed her ass to the edge. I brought my tongue and nose down to her pussy.

“You don’t need me to clear your pipes first?” she asked.

“I’ve been learning,” I said.

“You’re not overexcited anymore,” she said, pouting. “I liked having that power over you.”

“I love having this power over you.” I smiled and kissed her thighs on either side of her pussy.

“It’s right here.” She pointed with both of her index fingers.

I followed directions. She grabbed the edge of the counter and slapped a handprint on the mirror. I ran my fingers up and down her lippy pussy. I kissed and nudged her clit with my mouth and slid my fingers across her opening.