Chapter 24

I put my presents away in my dresser, grabbed a clean pair of shorts, jumped in the shower and cleaned up. I was spending a lot more time in there over the last few days. I had 4 pairs of shorts that needed to be washed. I threw them on my bed.

I went up to Les' room and knocked on the door. "Who is it."

"It's me, Les. Open up."

"Come on in."

I opened the door and stuck my head in the room. Both of them were in their cheerleader uniforms, laying on the bed. "I'm going to wash some shorts. I just stopped by to see if you had anything you wanted washed."

"No thanks. We're going to do a big load together after dinner."

"OK. By the way. How many girls on the squad did you tell about us?"

They looked at each other like they'd been caught. Which, of course, they had.

"All of them," Les said guiltily.

"But they made us..."

"Sam. You know damn well you could have kept your mouth shut if you wanted to. You two wait here. I'll be back in a few minutes."

I got my shorts, went down to the garage and put them in the washer. On the way in, I stopped off in the kitchen. Mom was at the sink washing dishes. I came up behind her, wrapped one arm around her waist and pulled her hair away from her neck with the other hand. I gently breathed on, then kissed her neck about 3" below her right ear. She sucked in a breath as her arm got goosebumps all over it. "Hey, that's no fair. My hands are all wet and I can't get you back."