Chapter One
It is the first day of summer vacation between our junior year and senior year of High School. Tim and Dave are over at my house hoping to catch a glimpse of my hot mom and her three friends. We are sitting around and I am watching them play the X-box. While we play, we talk trash mainly about the jobs we got for summer. Tim and I had already turned 18 and Dave will be 18 by the end of the month.
My mom walks into the living room. Dave looked up.
"Hey Mrs. May how are you today?" he asked.
"I’m doing fine and you?"
"I’m doing great now that I have gotten to see you." Dave raised his eyebrows playfully.
My mom knows that Dave has a crush on her. She just smiles at Dave, then turns to me.
"Hey Mike, Jane, Sue and Kay will be by later. You don’t mind, do you?"
Before I could answer Tim jumps in, "We don’t mind at all."
"Guess that answers your question mom. Do you want us to move to the basement?" I ask, as she smiles at us.
"No you can stay where you are," she says, walking by and leaving us in the living room.
Dave and Tim are my best friends; we’ve have been friends as far back as I can remember. If you see one of us, the other two aren’t too far away. Dave is a lot taller than Tim and me, at around six feet four inches, with me being six foot even and Tim at five feet and ten inches. All three of us played on the football team.
We’re not muscle-beach muscular but we are very fit. I have heard girls from school talk about how attractive we are. We normally don’t have much trouble getting young ladies to date us, especially with Dave having picked up a reputation with the ladies of having a large package. However lately we seem to be going through a drought with the women.
About an hour later there is a knock on the door. Dave jumps up and answers it.
"Well hello Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Powers, and Mrs. Peterson." Before they can say anything Dave yells out, "Mrs. May your friends are here!" With a glance back to the ladies, he invites them inside.
As they enter the house, mom joins us in the living room. "Hey girls," she calls out and escorts them over to the dining room table. Our dining room and living room are really the same room, with the dining room sitting just off from the kitchen.
As they sit, Mrs. Powers asked, "What are you three guys up to this summer?"
"I start a job with Big D’s security next week," I said.
Tim answered, "I’m working down at Joe’s party store."
"I got a job with Green’s Landscaping and I started about a month ago," Dave answered.
"Oh, I thought you had to be 18 to work there Dave," Mrs. Powers said.
"Yes, you do. They hired me because I turn 18 in two weeks. The boss man said he needs young strong men and he could train me. When I turn 18 then I will be able to go out on jobs with one of his crews. I tried to talk Tim and Mike to work there, but they both already had jobs lined up."
"Are you going to have a big party for your 18th birthday?" Mrs. Hill asks.
"I’d sure would like to, but my mom said no and I don’t have a place to have one," Dave said.
Mrs. Hill turns to my mom, "Kathy, Dave is turning 18 in two weeks. You have a good size basement why don’t you let him have it here."
"I don’t think so. Jack will be out of town," Mom replies.
"Well he needs to have a party. I know the four of us can be here to make sure it doesn’t get out of control." Mrs. Powers adds.
"I still don’t think so." Mom says looking at Dave. He is giving her a real sad face hoping she would change her mind. Then she adds, "I’ll have to think about it."
As we play on the x-box I am listening in on my mom and her friends. They are very competitive and I hear them getting on mom about throwing Dave a party, but she stood her ground and kept saying no.
A few days later as I came through the door mom says, "Mike, about that party for Dave. I talked it over with your dad and he said it will be ok, but only ten people max and no more. Plus my friends will be here to help me chaperone since your dad will be out of town."
"No problem because we decided we would go down to the Back Door Saloon that night around 10 PM."
"I’m glad you’re going to do something for Dave. I know you can get into the saloon at 18 but you can’t drink any alcohol." Mom just had to remind me.
"I know, but we were going to try to pick up some girls our age and dance."
"Well that sounds like a plan," she says pleasantly.
"Can we can meet up here around five before we go? We can shoot some pool before hand."
"Sure, but remember no more than ten people."
"Yes mom."
I go upstairs and send Dave and Tim a text about what mom told me.
Later that day I walk into the kitchen where my mom is, "Hey mom I need to let you know that Dave has invited a few guys from where he works."
"As long as there are no more than ten total here at the house I’m ok with it."
"Well yeah there will only be ten of us but some of the guys are in their 20’s." I hold my breath, hoping she’d be OK with it.
"In that case I need to meet them to make sure they understand no alcohol."
"Dave already told them."
"I’m sure he did, but I would feel better if I met them beforehand."
I was feeling a little humiliated that she didn’t trust Dave or me. I tell her, "Ok, but I think you should trust us, besides you and your friends will be here to check."
"Alright you win but we will be checking." She said.
Today is Dave’s 18th birthday and mom had me cleaning up the basement. I tried to tell her we would only be here for a few hours and it didn’t need a big clean up. But she insisted that it had to be cleaned. Around four, mom’s friends show up. They all come down to the basement to ensure that I had done a good job on cleaning.
They finally give their approval and we all go back upstairs. Around four thirty the doorbell rings.
Its Tim. "Hey, Hello ladies and you too Mike. Oh, I spoke to Dave he said they will be here shortly."
"Cool," is all I say and Tim and I head down to the basement. Before I get to the bottom of the stairs the doorbell rings again. I turn and run back up the stairs to answer the door. It is Dave and his friends from work.
"Come on in guys," I say.
Dave is the first to walk in followed by a small group of six guys. They all seem to be in their early to mid 20’s. They must all have the same wardrobe because they all wore a pair of tight fitting jeans and a tight T-shirt. Their muscles seem to want to rip right thru their T’s. All six look like they haven’t shaved for a few days. With all that said they are handsome in a ruff way.
Dave speaks first. "This is Mike and here are the ladies that I’ve been telling you about. Please stand up ladies and let me introduce everyone."
"Ok!" My mom said as the ladies stand.
Pointing at my mom Dave starts to introduce the women. "This is Kathy May, Mike’s mom. I hope you didn’t mind me using your first name."
"No, that’s ok." Mom says.
"Good standing next to Kathy is Kay Peterson, next to Kay is Sue Powers and finally Jane Hill." Dave is grinning from ear to ear, now looking at the guys who have all filed into the room. Dave continues, "Ladies this here is my foreman Jake, next to him is Bob, Rich, Sam, Josh, and the guy with the camera is Sean."
Jake jumps in. "It’s great to finally meet you. Dave talks about you ladies all the time. Trust me it’s all good. Kathy, I hope you don’t mind me calling you by your first name?"
"No that’s fine Jake." Mom answers.
Smiling Jake continues. "Good, good, I know you said no alcohol but I did bring a gift for you fine ladies. It’s a bottle of wine for each of you. Plus one for you to enjoy tonight. Don’t worry there is no alcohol for us guys tonight. I hope you’re not upset about this and will accept my gift."