Cindy stopped Mark and Brandon as they crossed paths in the corridor between the kitchen and living room in the packed, standing-room-only frat house. She jostled her way between bodies and wedged herself against the wall, pulling both of the brothers aside to have a word.
"Damn, guys," she said while protecting a half-full cup of beer against her chest from the traffic flowing lazily between them. "You really know how to throw a party."
This spacious colonial was the largest house on campus but was packed to capacity. These guys always threw the best parties, but in the four years Cindy had been living on campus, she had never been to one of their signature blowouts. The music was blaring, co-eds were dancing in the spacious living room, and the kegs in the back room were constantly under assault. This was a spectacle, and she was impressed by the enormity of it.
"So, where's your mom?" ask Brandon, harkening back to the conversation he had with her earlier in the week, when he learned her mother was coming to town for a visit.
"I texted her the address." she replied. She had to pick up a friend who lives nearby. "Is that ok?"
"Cool," replied Mark. "The more the merrier. Look around you... You think all these peeps go to school here?"
"We're very community-oriented," said Brandon while smirking and high-fiving his bro.
Cindy took a long look around her, only now realizing that not everyone who packed the house was a student. She recognized the guy who ran the local convenience store among the mass of bodies in the living room, and noticed a mailman standing in the kitchen, still dressed in his government issued uniform, talking to three perky young co-eds.
"Any chance we get to make friends is cool with us."
"Awesome," she replied. They're looking forward to it. "Mom hasn't gotten out in a while, so she's excited."
"Well, we're very friendly," added Mark.
"You are!" she said while nudging an elbow playfully in Mark's side. "I'll find you when she arrives and introduce you."
Cindy then made her way down the hall and into the kitchen, stopping to chat with the mailman before refilling her beer.
Mark and Brandon worked their way through the crowd in the living room then went upstairs to join a few of the other brothers around the pool table in one of the converted master bedrooms for some shop talk, while Cindy continued making new friends in the kitchen.
"We got a MILF comin' tonight, boys!"
Brandon had since whipped out his phone and showed his compadres some social media photos of Cindy's mom.
"Damn, am I seeing that right?" asked the shortest of the brothers, nick-named Spanky, while standing in conference near the pool table.
Brandon flipped through a few photos and stopped on one that showed both mother and daughter standing next to each other. Cindy was not a short girl, by far, but her mother towered over her.
"Yeah," replied Brandon. "I asked. She's 6'4"."
"No fuckin' way," said one of the others staring at the phone with a stunned but amazed look on his face.
"Yup. This is gonna be good."
The frat boys spent time gawking at the photos and making comments while the party continued to amp up. As the time passed, more and more people showed up, crowding the house even further, forcing the overflow onto the second floor and outside onto the quaint wrap-around porch. The music had since increased in volume and no longer could anyone hear themselves think. But when Cindy's mom walked into the house, forayed into the living room, and scanned the throng of party-goers to seek out her daughter, the brothers upstairs knew she had arrived.
"Holy shit, check out the amazon MILF!" someone shouted from the hall, loud enough for all the brothers in the billiards room to hear.
They quickly scampered out of the room, nudging bodies aside as they jostled their way down the hall and stopped at the top of the staircase, where they had the perfect view of the living room below.
"Fuck," said Mark in disbelief. "She is tall. And yeah, she's definitely a MILF."
"But what the fuck is up with the midget?" asked Spanky.