Taking the Edge Off – Part 2

‘You fell for me,’ Karen finished. ‘Those urges, though, are probably not sensible, considering what we put each other through last time. I think if we did have sex again, we might not necessarily fall out but there would be a long way to fall one way or another.’

‘I don’t know, wouldn’t it be different?’

‘Like how?’

‘Like we know how we feel and we wouldn’t want to make the same mistakes. Or like you said last night, sometimes you just have to wear them out.’

‘I can’t believe we’re rationalising this,’ Karen cried out laughing, then demurely, ‘we are rationalising this, right?’

‘We’re hormonal people, mom…’

‘And now you’re stealing my lines.’

‘You’ve been a good teacher.’

What should she do? She didn’t feel backed into a corner but all of a sudden here was another side to their relationship, a closeness she hadn’t experienced before, and God forbid, she loved it. Michael the boy seemed to have grown into a man. She wanted him to be her man.

‘Humour me,’ she said in all seriousness. ‘We are mother and son, talking about having sex here…’