Always Been You

The sheer drapes fluttered at her open window, and a rooster crowed in the distance. The warm morning sliding into her bedroom matched the emotions she had been experiencing since the last time she saw Jensen.

She sighed. Another day. But something was different, just like it had been since that day. Proof of that fluttered through her body, which felt restless and unfulfilled.

She closed her eyes and saw Jensen Packard, once more felt his body against hers, his lips against hers. Kissing her, holding her and touching her so intimately.

Her heart raced beneath her cotton nightgown. She stretched sensuously between the cool sheets, remembering the cotton covered hardness of his broad chest.

“Mom, are you getting up?”

Tim’s call cut into her memory, shattering it.

Katherine sighed and got out of bed.

—————-

Katherine had to go drop some things at her store. She also had to cook and do some laundry. So much stuff to do she couldn’t spend the day resting like she had planned. She sighed as she parked her car. Tim was probably still helping her dad with his lawn. She told herself.

She walked into the house and found Tim on the couch, munching on a sandwich. His freckles were festooned with blades of grass.

“Hi mom,” he said.

“Hello,” Katherine replied. “Did you mow grandma’s grass or roll in it?”. She asked, smiling.

“Oliver and I had a grass fight,” Tim replied.

“I thought you were gonna be helping Grandpa?” Katherine asked.

“Yeah I did,” Tim replied.

“Oh.. Well you should go shower. And you shouldn’t be here alone just because you know where I keep the key” Katherine said. “And you really shouldn’t be sitting on the couch right now, Tim, with that sandwich and with grass all over you”.

“Sorry mom”. Tim said as he stood up. He finished his sandwich, then he started walking out the door.

“Where are you going, young man?”. Katherine asked.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

“I can’t take a shower now, mom.” he said. “I’m going over to grandpa’s, he and Jensen agreed to come help us with our lawn”

“I’m sorry, what?” Katherine asked, dumping the bag she was carrying on the table.

“Yeah he came over to grandpa’s with Uncle Jon, then he decided to help us”

“Oh really?. Why did he do that?”

“I asked him to,” Tim replied.

“You did what?”

“I don’t know, mom. You know, Jensen is so cool” Tim said.

“He is?” Katherine asked.

“Yeah,” Tim replied. “Really cool”.

Katherine tried to apply the slang adjective to the man. He was incredibly good looking, he was rich, had a cool car, he worked hard and he had no problem getting along so well with Tim. All those things would matter to Tim. She began to remove the items from the bag.

“I guess you could call him cool” she deliberately kept her voice non committal.

Tim continued. “When I first met him, I thought he was kinda mean”

“Mean?”

“Yeah”. Tim said. Then he remembered that if he told his mom about giving Jensen the finger he could get grounded. So he added. “He didn’t smile a lot at first”

“Alright” Katherine said. “Go on”.

“And you remember that day when he gave me a ride to your store, well after I took my bike, I took it to the stairs and was trying to ride it down the stairs”

“What?” Katherine yelled.

“I’m sorry, mom. Please don’t get mad. I won’t try to do it again, I promise”

“You could have hurt yourself badly” Katherine said.

“I know mom. I’m sorry, I’m sorry” Tim said. “Well I didn’t know Jensen was still around, so he saw me and he yelled at me”

“I’m glad he did”. Katherine said. “You shouldn’t have tried to do that. It is dangerous”.

“That’s what Jensen said too. He told me that people who flirt with getting hurt like that have shit for brains.”

“Timothy!” Katherine yelled, giving her son a strict look.

“He said it, mom, not me. I’m just telling you”. Tim said.

“Oh really,” Katherine replied. “What other expressions have you picked up from him?”

Tim grinned. “I think he says stuff like that when he is angry. I think he likes me, mom. And he said I could meet Rufus sometime”

“Rufus?” Katherine repeated.

“His dog,” Tim said. “You didn’t know he had one? Anyway, he told me to get the hell down from those stairs -that’s what he said mom.” he said when Katherine gave him a strict look.

“Then he took my arm and kinda shook me and asked me didn’t I have a lick of sense and didn’t I know I could break my neck or something….. I told him I wasn’t a kid but he said ‘You aren’t grown either and while you are around here, you will do what I say’. He was kinda scary, you know, cos he talked all quiet, you know?”.

“Yes I know, ” Katherine said. She had seen Jensen lose his temper before. Many times when they were kids. He had gotten into fights, one time for her. And she knew how strong he was”.

“He didn’t hurt you, did he?” she asked Tim.

“Hell no-I mean, heck no.” Tim replied. “But he apologized for grabbing me. He said when he saw what I was trying to do he was scared shitless.”

Katherine frowned at the words he was using and Tim grinned at her guilelessly. It was fun to be saying words he was ordinarily forbidden to use.

“I have to go now, mom”. Tim said.

“Look,” Katherine began. “There is no need for Jensen to help with our lawn, you and I can….”

It was of no use talking because Tim was already out the door and she really had no strength to go after him.

It was obviously a joke. Katherine thought as she walked into the kitchen.

Tim had told her but for some reason she was still surprised when her dad’s car pulled into her driveway and he stepped out with Jensen and Tim.

Katherine watched them. She watched as Jensen brought a mower from the trunk of the car. Only a pelt of black hair tapering into his trousers covered his sweat sheened chest. A pair of her dad’s sneakers covered his feet. A grin was pasted on his face.

She saw her father moving to the front door. Soon she heard him come in.

“Kathy” he called as he entered.

“Hi dad” she greeted.

“Just grabbing your mower,” he said.

“Dad,” Katherine began. “Really, you and Jensen don’t have to. You guys already helped us move in. I’m sure Tim and I can handle this one.”