Ethan woke up the next morning with a raging erection. Erections in the morning were not uncommon, but this one seemed to have an extra level to it. Dreams and events yesterday seemed like the likely culprit.
Even though Ethan had inherited his father's good looks, standing about 6' 2" and having the physical fitness that came with being a college level athlete, Ethan's sexual experiences were fairly limited. He could flirt with the best of them, and it was likely that if he had wanted to get laid, he could have, but the truth was that Ethan was still a virgin.
The closest Ethan had gotten to having sex was with his previous girlfriend, who turned out to be completely psychotic in the aftermath of their breakup. They had started to explore the physical aspect of their relationship with consistency and increasing intensity. As was typical, they had engaged in heavy make out sessions many, many times. These sessions progressed over a year-long period in the expected way.
Ethan's mother had walked in on them once when Ethan had mistakenly thought that they were home alone. She played it off like it was no big deal and had actually told Ethan that she thought that as long as he refrained from intercourse, everything else was fair game. Ethan was totally taken aback by this, and even once mustered up the courage (after a particularly heavy make out session with his then girlfriend) to ask his mom why she thought he shouldn't have sex.
"Oh honey. I know you probably have already done it..." She began.
"Actually, I haven't mom," Ethan interrupted.
"Oh, well... good," his mom appeared contemplative.
When she didn't continue, Ethan prodded, "But it's getting really hard to avoid it. I mean... well... you know?"
"I know Ethan, just let me think a minute," His mom was always very contemplative, it seemed to be her nature. Although she was mostly a homemaker, it wasn't for lack of ability. She was very intelligent, and had graduated from the University of Viriginia, 3rd in her class, and did it in record time, allowing her to subsequently finish law school in time for Elliot to finish his Engineering and Finance double major. She had met Elliot at the University of Viriginia and they had a windstorm courtship, marrying right after Elliot's graduation.
Ethan's mom had worked for a top DC law firm for 2 years before she gave birth to him, and she would occasionally do contract work on the side over the years.
"The reason I'd like you to wait to have sex is that mistakes can happen. You can use all the protection you'd like. Condoms being the one in your control of course. But mistakes can happen," with this she took a deep breath, "Two things," she held up her fingers, "First, I'm going to tell you something that I'm not proud of. Second, I'm going to encourage you to find ways to enjoy your sexuality beyond intercourse."
Ethan was stunned. This was not at all what he had expected when he asked the question. His heart was beating fast, and he thought about ditching the conversation entirely, but his mother's earnest stare kept him in place.
"Ethan, when I was in high-school, I graduated first in my class. I was the valedictorian. But I almost lost that opportunity. My junior year, I got pregnant. Now, you live in a different time than I did at your age. I couldn't just go get an abortion with no issue, problem, or disclosure. So, I did it in secret.
I had a girlfriend whose grandparents lived in New Hampshire, and most of the abortion restrictions had just been lifted in that state. It made a lot of news, so I was hopeful that I could get what I needed there. After some tricky planning and excuses, I was allowed to go with her to New Hampshire. The laws had changed, but people hadn't, so while I got an abortion, it was... messy.
I don't really want to go into a lot of details but let's just say that I was lucky to be able to have you after what I experienced back then," with that his mom reached over and tussled Ethan's hair affectionately.
"Wow, I'm really sorry you had to go through that mom."
"Thanks," was all she said with a weak smile. "So, now on to the second thing."
"Ethan, there's no reason for you to have sex to enjoy sexuality. I'm not sure what you've done so far, but there's a world of sexual experiences that can lead to immense pleasure without risk of pregnancy. I know it might be awkward to hear this from your mother, but please just try to listen."
"You can enjoy orgasms with stimulation of all different types, rubbing against her body, she can grasp you with her hand, she can take you in her mouth..."
"Mom, I know all that..." Ethan interrupted, it was genuinely too much for him to listen to his mom talk like this, about him, about his arousal, orgasm, how could she say this without imagining it as he was? And listening to her talk about it wasn't causing him to imagine it with his girlfriend, but it was causing him to imagine it with his mom!
"Ethan, let me continue please."
Ethan's head was swimming. Part of him wanted her to continue, the other part of him could hardly stand it at all, but he made no further objections.
"Ethan, I won't pretend that you don't have sexual urgers that border on needs. I'm not naive. I'm sure you wake up horny, and even if you take care of things, you're horny again before lunchtime."
Ethan was in a trance listening to his mom. She had never spoken to him like this before.
"I don't want you to resist your urges," she continued, "that will likely lead to mistakes. I just want you to embrace your sexuality with one guardrail," his mother's tone intensified. "Do not put your penis into a girl's vagina. Until of course you're prepared to have children."
Ethan couldn't take it anymore, and his body finally coped the only way he could handle. Ethan burst into laughter.
His mom also burst into laughter with him, and she walked over and embraced him in a loving hug. They laughed together for a full minute.
"Promise me."
"I promise mom."
Ethan had lived up to that promise. Since he broke up with his girlfriend, he had handled his sexual urges himself, and placed an obsessive focus on Tennis. Needless to say, yesterday's events had been the most sexual he had been with another person since. Ergo, raging erection
Ethan reached over and grabbed his phone, he had several text messages, and some of the senders caused his heart to pound in his chest again. He opened up a text from Mia first.
7:15am "Hey, I almost forgot about the beach party this Saturday. Jennifer reminded me. I've been working so much lately. Are you going?" Mia asked.
Ethan fired back, "Yes definitely." He then found a funny gif of a guy doing a silly dance on the beach and sent it over before flipping over to messages from Jennifer. Ethan's heart started racing.
12:55am "Hey, I just wanted to apologize again for freaking out."
1:12am "Diane wont stop giving me shit, she says I'm too uptight."
