My Uncle Benny Pt. 3

Hi. My Name is Kaylee. Some of you may already know me, for those who don’t, here’s a brief introduction.


I am your fairly typical college student. I spend most of my time studying, but I also enjoy hanging out with friends, going to the mall, (I’m a fiend for shopping!) reading and watching movies. I really like to run, and I am on my schools track and field team. I also love being with my boyfriend! He is the greatest! Yeah he’s a bit older than me, but there is no one I get along with better. Just like other couples we have our disagreements and fights, but usually we are happy just being together. We have been together for almost Five years now, and I couldn’t think of it being any better!


One little detail I forgot… He is also my uncle. Hey, every relationship has it’s hurdles right?


This next part happened a little while after my last story. We had officially been a couple for about two months.

I hope you enjoy it.



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I was waiting outside the library when my Mom pulled up and waved. I looked over at my friends. “There’s my ride, see you all tomorrow.”

I threw my bag in the backseat and jumped into the front. “Hey Mom! What’s up?” Like most girls my age, I thought my Mom was kind of a dork, but at the same time, I thought she was pretty awesome! She became a single mother just after she turned seventeen, and in my opinion, she did a great job!

“How was school Honey?” She asked me as we pulled away. “I saw some boys in that group you were with.” Her voice was full of curiosity. “Any of them… special?”

“God no! Yuck!” I made fake gagging noises. “Two of them are going out with my friends, and the other two just sort of hang out with us.”

My mother looked over at me with her knowing smile. “You know, one of these days you aren’t going to think boys are so gross.”

I had to bite my tongue so that I didn’t burst out laughing! If she only knew! “Oh, I don’t think they are gross. I just haven’t found any boys at school that are worth the trouble.”

“That’s fine too.” She replied. “You deserve the best, so just wait till the right one comes along. You have plenty of time to find the right guy!”

She continued on as we drove along. “Listen, when we get home I want you to get right on your homework. We have a guest coming over for dinner.”

I rolled my eyes and laughed. “Since when is Uncle Benny considered a guest?”

She looked over at me and I saw the flash of a guilty smile. “Not your Uncle Benjamin, someone else…” I could see that she was about to burst with some unexpected news.

“Oh my God Mom! Do you have a date?” I blurted out happily.

My mom looked confused. “Me? What would ever give you that idea? No, I asked one of the waitresses from work to come for dinner tonight.”

Now it was my turn to be confused. In all my life, I can’t remember us never having dinner together at least once a week. Uncle Benny would come to our house, or we would go to his. It was usually just the three of us. “Oh, okay. I thought it was family night. But if you want to have a friend over that’s cool.”

“Well, you never know. Maybe one day she could be family.” Now the confusion was making my head hurt. What was she talking about?

“I have been talking to this woman at work for a few weeks now. She is new in town, single, really good looking, and she has a wonderful personality…”

OH MY GOD! Was my mother coming out to me? I come from a pretty traditional family, but I think of myself as open minded. Considering my own relationship, I didn’t feel I could judge any that she might want. I told myself I would be happy for her no matter what she said.
I couldn’t have been more wrong!

“She doesn’t know many people yet, so I invited her over tonight.” Then the bomb dropped. “Her and Benjamin would be perfect together!”

It really felt like my heart stopped. The half smile that had been on my face dropped, and my mouth hung wide. Breathing became something that was awkward and unnatural. “No Mom!” It was supposed to come out as a scream, but ended up as barely a whisper.

“Yes! Trust me on this! They would be PERFECT together!” She said again.

I could feel my pulse in my temples. I knew I had to think before I spoke, but my brain seemed to be stuck in the mud. Was my mother really trying to set my boyfriend up with another woman? Didn’t I have enough troubles without my Mom unwittingly working against me?

“You know how Uncle Benny is.” I finally stammered out. “I don’t think he will be happy about you going behind his back.”

My mother was obliviously cheerful. “Nonsense! I think I know what kind of woman my brother would like!” I almost choked trying not to laugh and gasp at the same time. “Besides, he is such a catch, and it’s been forever since he was with a woman!”

I had this insane urge to say out loud, “No Mom, it has actually only been four days since he had me on the living room couch!”, and had to once again bite down on my tongue. “I don’t think this is a good idea Mom.”

We were just turning down our street, my Mom seemed so happy and proud of herself and all I wanted was to cry. “We’ll see who’s right later tonight.”



I ran up to my room as fast as I could. I pulled my phone out of my backpack and threw myself on the bed. I hit Uncle Benny’s number in a panic, and when he answered, I was nearly in tears. “You can’t come over tonight!” I was almost screaming into the phone. “Just, don’t come over!”

His deep voice soothed me instantly. “Sweetheart, calm down.” There was concern in his voice, but also a commanding steadiness, like he would take care of anything. “Take a deep breath and tell me what’s wrong! Do I need to come over there?”

Just hearing him take control made me feel better. I did as he said and took a breath. “Mom has some chick from work coming over tonight. She wants to set you two up!” I knew he would be concerned, that he would work out a plan. Boy was I wrong!

His laughter boomed out of the earpiece of my phone. It was several seconds till he could stop laughing and talk to me. “That’s the problem??? I thought the house might be on fire!” He chuckled a little bit more. “The way you sounded, I was afraid that your mother had found out about us, and the end of the world was here!”

I was not amused. “Stop it! What are we going to do?”

He wouldn’t stop laughing. “Well I’m not sure! How good looking is this woman?”

Now my dismay turned into anger. “That’s not funny! You can’t come over tonight!”

The tone of his voice told me that despite my protests, he still found it extremely funny. “Stop being so dramatic Sweetheart. Unless she is way hotter than you, I’m not in the market for a new girlfriend.

I resisted the urge to throw my phone across the room. “FINE!!!” I was nearly yelling. “I hope you like her then!”

“Sweetheart, I was just…” But it was too late, I hung up, seething with anger. Still holding onto the phone it started to vibrate and ring in my hand. Without even looking I swiped the reject slide. If he wanted to find a better girlfriend, then let him! Twice more it went off, each time I ignored it. The text tone went off, and I erased it without reading. I normally looked forward to these dinners, well tonight was not going to be a good one! I yanked out my school books and tried to lose myself in my homework.


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A couple hours later Uncle Benny arrived first. He tried to catch my eye, but I just walked past him, not giving him the usual hug. Not only did he come, but he was wearing my favorite shirt! The blue chambray one that makes his arms look AMAZING. Well if he wanted to impress this woman, he picked the right way to do it, but see if I talked to him the rest of the night!


When the doorbell rang, I just wanted to run away. Mom asked me to get it, so I reluctantly opened the door. There in front of me was the competition. She was tall, kind of plain looking, with shoulder length brown hair, and she had an ugly wart right above her lip. But what really stood out was her chest. Boobs! Great big ones! Of all the things, why did she have to have those? I couldn’t compete with boobs!

“Hi I’m Jessica! You must be Kaylee!” Jessica, really? What a stupid name!

I took her offered hand and shook limply. “Come in.” I replied with no enthusiasm.

Mom and Uncle Benny walked out of the kitchen as we entered the living room.