Jake’s Vacation

Marie and her husband David were going through some hard times. It seems that everything that had once defined their relationship was gone. They simply weren’t attracted to each other in the way that they were back when they were first married. Although they had both been faithful to one another during their 18 years of marriage, they were also both ready to move on. Sometimes these things happened.

The divorce process was going smoothly, but both Marie and David thought it was best that their son was not around while the final issues were resolved. It was decided that Jacob would spend the summer with Marie’s sister, Jessie. Although Jessie lived a couple hours away from them, she was a frequent visitor to the family, and therefore a close aunt to Jacob. She gladly accepted Jacob into her apartment while his parents went through their ordeal.

Although Marie offered to drive Jacob to his Aunt’s, he opted to take his own car. At least this way, he would have the freedom of a vehicle to get out every once in a while and explore his new home city for the summer. He arrived at his Aunt’s late Wednesday night. Jacob was happy to escape the awkward final moments of his parents’ marriage, but he was sad that this all was happening. Sure, he had noticed in the last few years that his parents simply weren’t happy. And he had seen it coming. But it sucked that he was becoming yet another kid of divorced parents.

Jessie opened the door to her apartment several seconds after Jacob had knocked. Her eyes lit up when she saw it was Jacob, then her mouth turned to a sweet, understanding smile. “Hey, sweetie,” she said sympathetically, acknowledging the ordeal his family was going through. She opened her arms and brought Jacob into a hug, which he gladly accepted. Jacob noticed that his aunt was wearing somewhat less modest clothes than he had typically seen her wear. She was wearing a tight, low cut tank top and short khaki shorts. When she visited his family at their house, she didn’t show so much skin. Not that he was complaining. This was the first time that he really realized that his aunt was a pretty good looking woman. Of course, he had noticed her pretty face before. But her wardrobe choice was now showing off her rockin’ body, too. Jacob cherished the brief moment his chest was pressed against her breasts as they engaged in the hug.

“Hey Aunt Jessie. Thanks for letting me stay here for a couple weeks.”

“You know you can stay here as long as you like,” she replied, holding his shoulders at arm length and looking him up and down, admiring him. “And it will be nice to have a man around the house for a little while, too.”

Jacob smiled, knowing what his aunt probably meant by that, but wishing she meant something else. Jake was seventeen years old. About to enter his senior year of high school, he had envisioned this summer being very different than it was turning out to be. But it wasn’t all bad, he decided as he dropped his bag on the floor of his aunt’s apartment. He really enjoyed being around his aunt. She was cool, and didn’t act like an authority figure like his other aunts did. After all, she wasn’t all that much older than him. Jessie had been born a good deal later than his mom. At 34, she was young enough to have some of the same interests as him. Maybe the extended stay with her would be fun.

That first night, the two of them talked briefly before turning into bed. Jessie showed Jake to the room that he would be staying in for the next few weeks. It was down the hall from her room, separated by the bathroom and her study.