This is the fifth chapter of this story. If you haven't read the first four, I recommend you go to my profile to easily find the link to them. As a side note, the trip that Pam and her son Zack are on in Chapter 4 is the trip you will read about here.
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"Jean, I have a question for you."
Swallowing her food, Jean responds, "What's that Zack?"
"I know that we all agreed that you are in control of everything, and I'm fine with that. However, this whole thing has really changed my mom. She is convinced that it wouldn't take much effort to convert not only her sister, but also my cousin to join us. She talked it over with me, and I agreed to at least bring it up with you. She wants to know if we can try when the two of us go to meet them this weekend."
"Thank you for asking first, but I'm not sure I want to allow you that option. How does this benefit me any?" Jean took another bite of her salad. "Wait, I thought you didn't talk with your family."
"As far as I was aware, the relationship between them and my mom was strained. I guess my mom finally contacted her sister about a year ago and they have been repairing the relationship. And in regards to benefits, it would provide us with some more fun during family visits, which might become a little more frequent if it works. Mom thinks that she has a failsafe way to do this." I took another drink of my soda. "Oh, and I was asked to give you this." I handed a picture across the table to Jean.
The picture was of my Aunt Janine's family. This picture was the first time I have seen anything more than old family photos of my relatives, and was I stunned. I'm not sure how it happened, but my mom's side of the family is unusually well blessed with beauty. If you weren't looking at her face, Janine could pass easily for my mom in almost every aspect. Her face is a little less rounded than moms, though she is seven years older. She has blond hair down to her neck, and her breasts look about the same size as mom's do. Her daughter Tesha is also in the photo, and also has a body that makes men drool. At 19, she is smaller then her mom and has blond hair down to her lower back, and breasts that seem unnatural, but my mom claims are real. Her face is also beautifully rounded, and could melt lead with her smile. The photo also included my uncle Dan and my other cousin Tyler, who is 12.
Jean has been looking at the photo for a little bit now. After several minutes, she finally speaks up. "Your mom is sure this will work?"
"She claims it will. I'm not sure how though."
"Then I will allow it, on one condition. I am going to get some equipment for you and I want you to set up some cameras and record the whole thing." Jean handed back the photo and grabbed her fork for another bite.
"I promise. If this works, you won't regret it."
Two days later, mom and I were greeted by her sister's family as we entered the terminal. I was immediately taken back by how much the photo did not portray. Janine and Tesha were more beautiful than I expected. Mom and Janine exchanged a long and tearful hug as I greeted the rest of the family. I then received the same treatment from Janine. I found that she was slightly taller than mom, reaching my own height of 5'11. Uncle Dan was about the same, while I had to bend down slightly to hug Tesha. We immediately talked about the trip as we collected our bags and headed to the van. By the time we got to their house, I had heard so many variations of "I'm so glad we finally got together," that I was ready to flip.
While they claimed that we unfortunately only had one spare bedroom, I mentioned that I don't mind sleeping on the floor so that I'm not taking up the family room couch. I knew I wouldn't be on the floor but it gave mom and I an excuse to be alone. They left us to unpack before mom and I briefly went over the plans. It would happen tomorrow, and mom would work things up till that night. She said that she was aware that things were getting a little shaky between Janine and Dan, and that she was going to use that as an angle.
The next morning, Dan drove Tyler out to his campout. He was in the Boy Scouts, and had spent the night home instead of leaving the night before so he could meet his family. The next afternoon, Tesha and I drove around town catching up on our missed childhood experiences while mom and Janine went out to eat. I found out that Tesha worked at a local Target in the fashion department. She was getting ready to enter a nearby community college, possibly to pursue some field of medicine. She was not seeing anyone at the moment, but had recently ended a relationship because he wanted to move on from high school. We even ran into some of her friends while at a coffee shop. One of them even began flirting with me. I seemed to hit it off with Tesha better than expected, and we agreed to try and keep in touch. I found out that I was her only cousin, whereas I have two from my dad's side.
We got home a little bit before dinner. Dan grilled out and we ate dinner on the deck. Just after dinner, mom pulled me aside to say that she thought it might actually work. She found out that Dan had been acting a bit weird, pulling late hours, unwilling to have sex, and seemingly uninterested in Janine. That seems odd considering Janine's beauty, but it is making Janine a bit worried that he is cheating on her. Not only was this weekend his weekend to manage the night crew, Tyler was now at his campout. I began to see just how much planning mom had done.
As we talked, I set up a camera behind a plant in the guest room we were in. After this, I set up a camera in Tesha's room behind her row of stuffed bears on her desk hutch. I set up a final camera in the master bedroom that Janine and Dan sleep in. I figured I would try to work Tesha as well. I then set up a computer with a couple of 200 GB external hard drives. Getting everything up and running, I set it up so when I pressed a button, every camera would turn on and record onto the extra hard drives. I finished in enough time to head downstairs to join everyone and say goodbye to Dan before he left. Tesha headed up to her room to work on a project she was working on. Within about half an hour, mom was busy talking to Janine downstairs. Everything was set to record at a push of a button. Getting tired of the conversation, I went upstairs to turn on the system before heading to Tesha's room. I knocked on her door.
"Who is it?" she responded.