Dennis got home at about eight. His mother was reading in the living room. She smiled as he entered.
"Did you have fun?" she asked.
"Yeah, we did. Is Debi home?"
"In her room, I think."
Dennis walked to Debi's room and knocked.
"Come in."
"Hi. How was your day?" he asked.
She grinned. "Great! Mom and I went shopping."
"What did you buy?"
"Nothing, but we tried on a lot of stuff."
"That doesn't strike me as a good time, let alone great."
"You just don't understand the concept of shopping."
"Apparently not."
"And how was your date?"
"We had a lot of fun."
"Lina told me about Marissa, Trudy and Mandy today."
"Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how it turns out," he replied.
"My brother has a rep now as a ladies man."
"Just what I always wanted." He sat down on her bed. "Debi, do people really think I'm gay?"
"I've heard a few of the bitches make comments but I don't think most people do. The girls do kinda see you as...I don't know. Nice, but unapproachable, I guess. You work pretty hard to be invisible."
"What?"
"Like Clark Kent. He does the same thing. At school you blend in. After school you're Superman."
Dennis laughed. "You're so full of shit."
"Think about it. You live two distinctly different lives." In her best announcers voice she continued, "By day he's mild mannered senior at Central High but by night he's Superfucker with a cock the size of an Anaconda!" Debi was laughing hard.
"You need to get a hobby or something."
"I have a hobby. I'm a snake charmer. Oh, I found my prom dress. I can pick it up Tuesday. You still aren't going?"
"Nope, that's not my thing."
"When I was talking to Lina today she wanted me to ask you to keep your phone handy on Prom night in case we need you."
"Why would you need me?"
"No clue but can you do that?"
"Yeah, that's no problem. I was planning on being home all evening."
"Thanks, I'll let her know tomorrow."
"I need to hit the books for a while. Finals start this week. See you tomorrow, snake charmer."
"Goodnight, Superfucker."
Dennis went to his room for the night.
**********
Lina had spent much of her day hitting the books for finals week and had gone to bed early. Her parents were watching TV but paying little attention to the program.
"Richard, have you given any thought to what we talked about with the girls?"
"I have. I think you're right. We are family and as long as you and I agree not to neglect each other I'm good with it."
"I was hoping you'd see it that way. It just makes sense."
She went back to watching TV. Several minutes later Richard spoke.
"Have you thought about the Dennis thing?"
"I've given it a little thought," she replied.
"And?"
"If we do this there are logistical issues. First, where? Our house and his house wouldn't be private. This is a small town so a hotel or motel would be out of the question."
"What about the cabin?"
"On weekends the lake is packed."
"But you'd be at the cabin not on the lake. Mondays through Wednesday no one's at the lake. It would be private."
"Are you thinking overnight?"
"My original thought was a motel. Check in at three and out at eleven. So yes, overnight. Another possibility is an out of town hotel."
"It would have to be a nice one. I won't stay in a bedbug infested flop house," she replied. "Either place I think a weekday sounds best. Maybe you and the girls could do something. The cabin would be perfect for that."
"Yes, it would. We could reserve a nice suite for you and Dennis in Indianapolis. How about those FantaSuites?"
"That's way over the top, Richard. I'm thinking downtown hotel suite maybe."
"I think that would be an excellent choice. You'd even have room service."
"Next question is when? Lina's going to be overloaded for the next two weeks and I expect Dennis will be too. So it would have to be after graduation."
"Then let's look at the first week after graduation," Richard said.
"That Monday is Memorial Day so on Monday and Tuesday Indy will still be nuts. Wednesday or Thursday would probably work and we can spend Memorial Day weekend with the girls at the cabin."
"I like that plan. We'll obviously need to coordinate with his schedule. Would you like me to talk to him?"
Hilda's mind was shouting yes but she didn't want to appear too anxious. "Let me think on it another day or so."
**********
After walking into the school on Monday, Dennis got quite a surprise. Everywhere he went he was met with smiles and greetings from the girls. Even the guys seemed to confirm his existence. Several times on his way to his first class he picked up on glances toward his crotch. Lina sat next to him in his first period. She seemed to have also reached celebrity status.
"This is kinda cool, huh?" she asked.
"We'll see how it goes," he replied.
As he walked through the cafeteria he was offered seats at multiple tables, even the one the cheerleaders always used. He sat with Debi and Lina as he usually did. Even that table filled with girls. Lina got two prom invitations during that lunch period alone. Dennis overheard several comments from girls at the table who mentioned either wishing to upgrade their prom dates or not having one yet. He left the cafeteria about twenty minutes early and went to the library. His afternoon went the same way. He and Debi laughed about it on the way home.
Lina went over to Debi's to study together after dinner, leaving her parents at home alone.
"Richard, are you absolutely sure you're okay with this Dennis thing?"
"Hilda, I am. He'll love it and so will you. I think we owe it to him."
"Go ahead see if he's interested then."
"You won't regret this, baby."
"Richard, that phrase is right up there with 'Hold my beer'."
So far things had worked out perfectly planning the visit with Dennis. Hilda had been married long enough to know that the best way to get a man to do something is to let him think it was all his idea. She really did want to do this and it really was to give Dennis a special gift as a way of thanking him. But she also knew that it was because she wanted it.
Richard called Dennis that evening and made arrangements to meet with him at six tomorrow evening.
What had started out as a study evening wound up more of an anatomy class. When Julia came home just before nine Lina and Debi were eating each other on the living room floor.
"Studying hard for finals, I see," she joked.
"Clit 401, Mom," Debi assured her.
"Is your brother home?"
"In his room."
"Thanks. Sorry for the interruption."
"No problem," Debi replied.
Julia went to his room and knocked.
"Come on in, Mom."
She stepped in his room. "What are you reading?"