After we finished dinner, my dad left to go down and work for the rest of the night, and Carol and I were left together again. In truth I think she'd become lonely, having to clean up and then put her son to bed by herself. Dad didn't get back up to the house until midnight or later.
Carol had a glow in her face, as she always does, and a sweet smile as we talked and she cleared the table. She was wearing those tight black jeans that outline the shape of her thighs and butt so nicely, and, as usual, I couldn't help but look when she had her back turned from the table. Carol is light on her feet, and she sort of prances around athletically, in the kitchen. It's a treat to be able to glimpse her graceful body every night, not having to look away because of the presence of my dad.
It was in this setting, night after night, that we became closer to each other. Her affection increased as I became her partner in the evening.
Carol was always aware of her sexuality; it was obvious to me in the way she looked at me with bashful, submissive eyes, and tonight not only did I feel an almost magnetic affection toward her - a strong urge for physical contact - she seemed permissive of that emotion which she seemed to sense in her stepson.
I smiled at her and patted her on the back as she stood at the sink. Just a friendly gesture. But I wasn't afraid of my obviously sexual overture, and she just turned, blushed and smiled back, her long brown hair gently rolling down the precious arch of her back.
I went upstairs to take a bath and soon heard her footsteps. I lay in the tub with a hot, almost sick feeling, I guess I was overwhelmed with a new, emerging sense of feeling about this woman - my stepmother.
Of course, as I would soon learn, I was on her mind too. She knocked on the bathroom door to ask me if Charlie could come in and brush his teeth.
Part II - The Bath
She and I both were comfortable enough with this situation - me naked in the tub with her in the same room - we'd done it before numerous times. I could feel my face becoming hot at the idea of her contemplating my naked body; my sex, which I somehow knew instinctively she could not but have a natural interest in.