Bait and Switch Ch. 16

By the time Lela was done explaining the entire situation to my sister, I was exhausted, and could barely keep my eyes open, though Summer seemed to get oddly excited by the whole ordeal.

For some reason the two females seemed to get along just fine, despite being from different species, much less planets.

I don’t remember getting back to my mom’s house, much less falling asleep.

The front door slamming woke me up. I figured it was just mom finally getting home from up north, and I tried to roll over, but I ran into something.

Or rather, someone.

My eyes flashed open at the same time Summer’s did, and we realized the predicament we were in. We were both still naked, and she was in my bed. Panic stricken, we both jumped out of bed. Well, I tried to, but my legs got caught up in the blankets, and I hit the floor with a thud.

My lovely, sweet, beautiful, and sexy sister, tittered at me, and I glared back as I got to my feet. We could hear mom coming down the hallway, and I knew there was no time for her to get out. I pointed to the closet, Summer nodded and jumped in, just in time for my door to creak open.

“Mom!” I protested, standing there naked, and trying to cover myself up.

“Oh, it’s not like I haven’t seen it—” she cut herself short, as she sniffed a couple times. Her sharp eyes looked deep into me for a few loud heartbeats. She looked around my room, and then back at me, before continuing to talk, her tone dropping to a serious one. “I brought breakfast home. You look like you’re feeling better, so get dressed, and, um, tell your sister, too.” She turned and closed the door behind her.

I knew Summer and I had been busted, even before we walked out of my room. Summer went straight to hers to get dressed, and I found mom setting out a fast-food breakfast on the table.

‘How much trouble do you think we’re in?’ Summer’s words flashed in front of my eyes.

‘I don’t know,’ I told her.

“Mom, I—” her sharp look, locked my tongue up tight.

“We will wait for your sister, and then we can talk,” she told me, and from her tone, I knew there was no arguing with her. I wondered how much trouble we were in.

I sat at the table, my heart beating loudly in my throat, and my hands going sweaty while we waited for my sister.

When Summer joined us, Mom was the first to speak, her tone flat and emotionless.

“I knew your dad was cheating on me for years. It hurt, but I had no choice, because if I left him, I knew I would lose everything.” Her eyes went back and forth between us as she spoke, as if to make sure we were listening. Part of me felt shame for hurting her, but another part of me said that we weren’t an official thing, so it wasn’t really cheating. She was my mom, and we could never really be together. “I can’t tell you that what you’re doing is wrong, or even gross, because of what we’ve already done, Nick.”

I wished she hadn’t said that. Summer’s eyes grew large as she figured out what mom meant. She hit my arm, and looked at me in shock. “No way! You and mom?” she demanded, and the same words flashed in front of my vision. She was using both in her shock. Despite the extra muscle on my arms, the blow still stung, as did her next words, delivered mentally, ‘After everything you’ve confessed, you still kept this from me?’

“I see you didn’t know,” mom said, unperturbed. “Yes, dear, after our date, we…well, your brother was quite the gentleman, and treated me better than anyone has in years. I should have stopped it, but couldn’t help myself. I didn’t know that he would try to get you in bed, too. I’m sorry for the part I played in that, dear; especially with your preference in women.”

“But, mom,” my sister shot back, “we started the night we found dad cheating on you, so it isn’t your fault! I seduced him that afternoon.”

Oh boy! I thought. Now everything is coming out. Next thing they’d start talking about Lela and the demons…

Mom looked back and forth between us, and I nodded that it was true. I could see that she was trying to digest this, and she must have come to some sort of conclusion.

“Well, I feel a little better about that. I dunno, less guilty I guess.” She drilled me with her eyes again. “Nick, I wanted to talk to you about that night, but haven’t had the chance. I guess since all of our secrets are out, now is as good a time as any, though most of what I’d thought is obsolete now.”

‘We, too, will talk when this is done,’ Summer promised me through the nanites, and I felt my heart sink.

“Son, I understand that you have certain…needs, and you certainly helped me out with mine the other night. I have decided that I really don’t regret what happened, but we probably shouldn’t do it again. What the two of you decide to do is up to you, but I hope you understand that you can never get married or anything.” Mom was talking so matter-of-factly, that when she mentioned marriage, Summer and I both spluttered, and I ended up choking on my breakfast.

“Marriage?!?” Summer demanded. “Mom, I love Nick, but I have no intention of MARRYING him!” I nodded that I was in agreement.

‘I hope you don’t mind,’ Summer’s words flashed. ‘I really like having sex with you, but marriage would be impractical.’

‘I agree,’ I told her back, glad that we could have this sub-conversation. ‘I don’t plan on getting married for years to come.’

‘What about Gina?’ came her response.

‘Uhm,’ I thought back, thinking about Shanna, but Mom spoke before I could formulate a response.

“Well that’s something at least,” Mom said, unaware that her two children were talking mind-to-mind.

“Mom,” I started to talk, “I am truly sorry I hurt you, like dad did. I didn’t think about how it would affect you.” I knew how much of a heal that made me sound.

“I know, Nick, and I certainly didn’t expect you to be with only me. I knew what you had done with Gina and Nancy, and didn’t expect you to stop that either.” I cringed as mom mentioned Nancy and Gina. Summer hadn’t known about that either.

‘I guess you’re not so new to incest, after all.’ If words could be fire, those would have burned.

‘I told you I was perverted,’ I thought back at her defensively.

“I guess I really don’t know what I expected,” mom went on, still oblivious to the other conversation.