Another quick note to all my readers, and specifically, just a few of them. I won't state names, people can see by reading the comments, and identify these specific people for themselves. I see comments about my stories going into the realm of science fiction, or fantasy. Show of hands, please. How many people think this is a real story? If you do, then I have some oceanfront property in Arizona, from my front porch, you can see, the sea.
I'll give you a few cookie crumbles though. The shower scene with stepmom was a personal experience of my own, embellished and written for your enjoyment. The car scene with AJ and Melody as well. The car was a 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix, Banana yellow. Several real and personal experiences help me make my stories as real as possible. All the stupid mundane stuff adds realism. I'll add a moment when a character goes to take a shit in my next chapter.
If you don't like it, move on, or don't. Really. I write in my spare time, without any monetary compensation. I don't care, other than to share, and because I appreciate all the comments, positive and negative. For those hoping or demanding that I make a point, get to it, end it, and get it over with, I must ask, is this how you approach life? You sound like a male Karen, demanding the punch line without having the patience, or attention span, to listen to the joke.
My plans for this series, and my other series. Continue writing. Life is a never-ending story. Evolution is repetition of known practices with a certain measure of beneficial mistakes and mishaps.
Another tidbit for the masses. Melody and Jaxson and AJ are based on REAL people. Abbey and Candice are very loosely related to real people. I won't say who because I don't want to ruin it when people then look at that person, and their personal life and try to assume that they've done what my characters have done. I can assure you, that I have no idea.
And for those speaking to what a normal 20-something man, like themselves, would have done in any situation, that's good. That's good for you. I was out of my house living on my own at 15. I was in the military by 17. I get it. And I also know young adults nowadays don't move out until they're in their mid-twenties, if at all. Rent is so fucking high, well...let me not bore you with real life. Here's a bit more Sci-Fi and Fantasy for you.
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"What in God's name are these!?" She asked, turning around and holding up a pair of soiled panties in front of her. AJ's face went white.
"Your panties?" AJ answered, unsure.
"Mine? Fuck no these aren't mine," Melody said, holding them up and then inspecting them closer, looking for branding, sizing, and any other identifying marks. "These are Candy's!"
"Okay," AJ said.
"Okay? Okay! What the fuck do you mean, Okay?"
"Okay," AJ said again. "I don't know. Why are you asking me?"
"What were you doing with them?"
"What? Nothing! I wasn't doing anything with them!"
"Then how did they get in here?" Melody asked him accusingly.
"I don't know," AJ said defensively. "They've been in here all week."
"What?" Melody folded her arms under her chest again.
"I saw them in here last week. They're not mine, I stepped on them, and when I picked them up and realized what they were, I put them on the shelf."
"Why wouldn't you put them in the dirty laundry?" Melody asked.
"Because they're not mine," AJ said again.
"Are you that lazy? You find dirty underwear on the floor and you can't be bothered to put them in the dirty laundry hamper?"
"No," AJ replied.
"Or is it because you got them out of the dirty laundry hamper?"
"No," AJ replied again. "I told you what happened."
Melody looked him down and up, and down again, and then raised her eyes from his pelvic region, back to his face. "I told you to stop thinking with that cock. I swear to god AJ. If you can't keep it under control-"
"I...I'm not thinking with my cock!" AJ hissed. "I didn't take them out of the laundry hamper."
"I know, because I emptied her laundry hamper. So you got them out of her suitcases."
"What suitcases?" AJ said quickly, lying to cover the fact that he had been in Candice's room, in her closet, and he'd actually been in her suitcases as well.
"You know what suitcases!" Melody said, turning and stalking to Candice's room. AJ followed her and she flicked the light on and went straight to the closet. She ripped the door open, bent over, and then came right back up. "The locks are open!" She turned on him then. "Lie to me again!"
"I...I didn't..." He stood there, mouth open, not knowing what the fuck to say. Was he going to get blamed for this too? He looked at the panties in Melody's hand. His brain tried to calculate the pros and cons between admitting to something he hadn't done and keeping a stalwart denial, for the sake of truth. How bad could it get? AJ let his shoulders slump as if he were finally ready to admit everything.
"What did you do?" Melody demanded he tell her.
"I...I came in here, and I found the panties in the suitcase."
"Why?" Melody demanded.
"I...I was..." Curious? Horny? Snooping around with Abbey? He decided on the first, the least likely in his own head, to get him in more trouble. "I was just looking around. I didn't know where she went."