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Reminder: This series switched from Mature (the main theme of the story) to Incest/Taboo when Emily's mom became a regular fixture in Sam/Augie's bed. If/when he goes back to just fucking Emily and Maggie (along with the rest of the MILFs on the bucket list), I'll switch it back to Mature.
Note: I'm slightly changing the way I report the mom/family info for each new conquest.
(Bucket-List Progress: Week 15 - 33/104 = 31.7%)
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~~~ Week 15 - Thursday ~~~
Emily and I ran to the nursery and grabbed the flowers and stuff for the refresh on the decorations around the city's welcome signs. We stopped back by the office to pick up Alissa.
"Should I get a car?" she asked, as we drove to the first location on our itinerary.
"No," Emily and I said at the same time - and then looked at each other and snickered.
"We can swing by Maggie's first, tomorrow, if you want - before we run to the nursery. That way you won't be missing out on anything. It's not that far. Put your money in the bank and save, save, save."
"I'm getting paid?!" Alissa asked, grinning.
Emily laughed and hugged her.
"Yes, beautiful," she told her. "Maggie will get your paperwork processed. It'll be a couple weeks until your first check. You let us or Mags know if you need anything, and we'll get it. No worries."
Alissa looked at her, stunned, and said, "You know you guys are just unbelievable, don't you?"
"Unbelievably sexy?" I asked, with a smirk.
"You wish, grape ape," Emily said, reaching past Alissa to punch my shoulder.
Alissa just laughed at us.
We pulled up to the first sign and everybody climbed out. Emily pulled out the photo - with the annotations that she had added. I looked over their shoulder as the two short-breads studied the picture.
"Are you looking down my top?" Emily asked.
"No, I saw you naked last night," I said. "I was looking down Alissa's."
"That's sexual harassment, asshole," Emily snarled.
"I'm pretty sure that kissing your coworkers isn't allowed either - but you two let me get away with it," I said, laughing.
"Not anymore," Emily snarked, "you're cut off."
"We'll see," I said, laughing harder. "Are we working today or not?"
"Go grab the plants, meathead," Emily ordered, "while Alissa and I figure this out."
Alissa trailed behind me and began picking up items from the bed of the truck as well.
"If anything we say or do gets to you, just tell us and we'll try to behave - no promises on how many warnings I might need, though," I told her.
She grinned and said, "You two make me feel so comfortable with your banter. It feels like we've known each other forever and I love it. Don't stop on my account."
"My mouth runs ahead of my brain sometimes," I warned her.
"No worries," she said.
I pursed my lips. She snickered and gave me a quick kiss. She laughed as she finished grabbing the stuff we needed.
"You got that all figured out, big-brain?" I called to Emily, "Cuz us meatheads got all of your shit."
Emily started pointing to where everything went. We set each of the items roughly where they should go and stepped back to look it over. Emily snapped a picture while Alissa and I headed back to the truck to grab the tools.
Tearing out the old shit took a half-hour. Putting the new stuff in place took almost two hours. With four locations to manage, we looked to be good on our time-estimate - as long as we didn't get hung up in traffic.
That, of course, was what happened. We sat - with the windows down - breathing toxic exhaust - because the air conditioner was struggling to keep up since we weren't moving.
"I'm tempted to pull over in front of that coffee shop and just chill for a bit," I told the girls.
"Reynolds would drive by," Emily warned.
"You're right," I said.
"He that bad?" Alissa asked.
"No," I said. "He's not - he's just very driven. His customer service model matches how I do things - so we've always gotten along well - but he works like a madman - and expects everybody else to do the same."
"You guys work hard," Alissa said.
Emily laughed, and told her, "These last few days have been pretty easy. Wait until we spend the day carrying sod, mulch, or dirt."
"Yeah," I agreed. "Every time mom sees us, she says we're even bulkier than before."
"Hey," Emily said, "not to pry - but - does your mom know you're okay?"
Alissa sighed and said, "I stopped talking to her a few months before I started ... working. I think - once I get settled - I might try calling her."
"We're going to Sam's mom's on Sunday," Emily told her.
"Don't tell me that I have to go to services again," I moaned.
"Okay, I won't tell you," Emily said, laughing.
Alissa smothered a giggle - looking back and forth between us. I looked at Emily and gave her a nasty growl.
"My mom and dad are in the middle of a divorce," Emily said. "She lives with Sam's mom. You're welcome to come with us."
"Maybe," Alissa said.
"Okay, no pressure," Emily said, giving her another quick hug.
"How come it's not harassment when YOU hug people?" I asked Emily.
"Cuz people WANT me to hug them," she said, sticking out her tongue.
"I know something you can do with that tongue, missy," I growled.
"THAT'S sexual harassment!" she barked.
Alissa was laughing so hard that she was holding her sides.
I gave her "the look" and said, "That's not funny."
That just made her laugh harder.
Finally, traffic began moving again and we eventually made it to our second stop - an hour later than we'd expected.
"Work through lunch and grab drive-thru on the way to Number 3?" I asked.
"Works for me," Emily said, looking at Alissa.
"I'm just manual labor," she objected, holding up her hands.
"Come on, Manuel," I said. "Let's grab our stuff. Maybe Lieutenant Dan will help us this time."
Alissa snickered.
Emily squeezed between us and hip-checked me.
"Sexual abuse!" I yelled.
"Not if you liked it," she said, smirking.
"Well, shit," I growled.
Alissa snickered again.
We grabbed our things and headed to the welcome sign.