In Saturday's morning paper there was a picture of my running the ball on the front of the sports section. Aunt Laura had already cut it out and was posting it up on the wall. She said "Good morning Zane, take a look at this. Looks like you are doing as well as you thought you would honey."
"Thanks Laura," I said. I then asked her what we were going to do during the day. She told me that we had to do some clean up because she had a couple friends who were visiting this week. She had a long list of chores for me including mowing the lawn, tidying up the pool, cleaning the bathroom, and fixing the spot in the roof where the tree had hit it.
I got to work on the mowing the lawn, while she worked on the bathroom. It was tough work, and it was still hot in Texas. I ended up getting pretty sweaty out there. A little while later Aunt Laura came out wearing a loose white tank top and a pair of short jean shorts. She said she was going to do some gardening.
I went back to work mowing the lawn. Aunt Laura was on her knees in a flowerbed pulling weeds. I couldn't help but make circles around her. When I was behind her I had a great view at her shorts riding up her ass, and in front I had an even better view down her top of her firm chest. She then yelled out to me "I hope you don't wear out the circle of grass. And could you come over hear and help me with something."
I was a little bit embarrassed, but not as bad as I would have been a month ago. I knew Aunt Laura was just kidding me. I asked her what she needed help with and she asked, "Could you tie my hair back so it is out of my face. My hands are dirty and I don't want to get mud in my hair." I gently grabbed her considerable amount of blonde hair and tied it up in a ponytail.
"There you go."
"Thanks" She said. "Phew! You're sure sweaty, aint you? Feel free to take your shirt off if it will help you cool down."
I said that I was pretty hot, and decided to take my shirt off. I went back to mowing the lawn. When I finished I put the mower back in the garage and went in the house. Aunt Laura had some ice cold kool-aid. She handed me a cup and kissed me on the cheek. She said "thank you Zane. When you are ready I was hoping you could go up on the roof and see if you can repair it."
I said, "I sure will. Just let me catch my breath." Even little pecks on the cheek took my breath away.
The roof that was damaged was about 12 feet high, so I needed a ladder. I took some tools up there and got to work. It really wasn't that hard to fix, I had done some carpentry a couple years ago. I had the roof all fixed and was surveying the rest to see if there was anything that needed repairing.
I walked around to the other side and realized that I could see into Laura's bedroom and see her moving around. Thinking that it would be funny to surprise her, I snuck to underneath the window. I was going to have to get on my tiptoes to see in the second floor window. I peered over the ledge and looked in.
Laura walked into the bathroom before I could scare her. I ducked back down. I heard the water running in the house and realized she was showering. Disappointed I moved to get back down the ladder. But, before I left I took one last glance in the window. Laura had just gone into the bathroom to turn the water on and was now back in her room changing.
I decided I was going to watch a little before scaring her. She took her white top over her head and shook her chest while doing so. She just wearing her flesh colored bra and shorts. I thought that if I were to scare her now she would be mad at me for spying. I did do anything but watch. If I couldn't feel the Texas sun on my back I would have thought I was dreaming. She slid the shorts down her leg and kicked them into the corner. She reached behind her back to unhook her bra, as she did this my foot slipped a little.
Aunt Laura heard me and turned her head around to see what the noise was. I ducked down, but still hadn't regained my footing and started to slip. I ended up crashing down the roof and rolling off it. I dropped 12 feet to the ground and landed on my arm. I yelled out in pain.
Long story short; Laura came outside, saw what had happened, and took me to the hospital. It turns out that I had broken my left wrist. I had to get a brace for it. I went home late that night. Aunt Laura was very sympathetic. All I could think of though was if I were going to be able to play football. The doctor said it would be all right, but I would have to wear the brace and be careful.
It was tough having to wear the brace, but at least I did not have to do a lot of chores at home during the week. Aunt Laura was really getting the house in great shape for her two guests. They were friends from when Rose and Laura went to college, and were going to arrive Thursday.
At school a couple teachers said it was all right if I didn't do the homework this week since I was injured. But I knew that the real reason was that I was the quarterback. But I wasn't complaining.
Thursday afternoon Rose came over. Aunt Laura and her were going to go together to get some stuff for the guests. Rose looked great wearing a green blouse. I was infatuated with her red hair. They were about to leave when Rose asked "Isn't Zane coming?" I hadn't been planning on going, but I decided that I would tag along.
We piled into Aunt Laura's SUV. On the drive over we talked about many things. Eventually we got to football. Rose asked if I though I was going to be able to play with the broken wrist. I said "For sure. One limp wrist wont stop me."
"Oh pretty confidant are we?" Rose teased.
"I will guarantee that we win tomorrow. Anyone want to bet me?"