“Well, your mom is a lot prettier!" I called out, busting his chops.

"Stop schmoozing, Romeo, and get your ass up here.’

“Go on," Melanie nodded towards the house, “Mark's been excited about that new game all week. You and I will talk later."

“Sure. I picked up my bag and with a grin asked, “When do I get my present

“Whenever you come looking for it." She replied.

“What do you...?" I trailed off when she simply turned away and dropping back to her knees bent over and picking up the small hoe resumed digging in the flower bed.

I took one last look at her ass and turning around headed for the back door wondering what she had for me.

“Fuck!" Mark yelled, "Watch out for that..."

“Goddamn it I exclaimed while watching our guys get blown up in their jeep, “How the hell did he still have anything left in that tank?" “Maybe he found ammo." He sighed, disgustedly putting his controller down and taking a swig of Mountain Dew, “That's the third time these pricks beat us."

“No, kidding, what the hell are they, professional mercenaries?" I removed my headset not caring if the clowns we were playing heard me or not.

“Nah, he said they just have no lives." Mark laughed listening to them talk on his headset, “They want to know if we want to play together with them in a four on four.

“Yeah sure I said, “But I need to take a leak and give my eyes a couple of minutes off.

“Sure, just give us a few." Mark said, then leaning back in the old car seat he had gotten at the scrap yard and used as a gaming chair started playing a solo game.

“Man, don*t you ever get tired of that?" I stood and cracked my back.

“What else have I got going on right now? Debbie ditched me two weeks ago." I laughed.

"Yeah well this is more responsive," he replied causing me to laugh harder, “It's easier to turn on and best of all I can shut it off when I'm done.

“Because you play with that more than you played with her

"Get it to suck your cock and your golden." I told him,

“I'm sure there will be some Japanese blow job app coming soon." He grinned, then seeing me heading for the door said, “Hey, put a damn shirt on, my mom might still be up."

“It's after eleven; she never stays up late," I told him, “Besides, who cares? I'm a kid to her she doesn't care,"

"It's called respect, dingbat." He frowned, "You're still in your damn boxers, dude at least put pants on

"Oh, shit" I laughed, "I'm so used to living in a dorm with all guys I wasn't thinking."

I slipped a pair of shorts on and grabbed a t-shirt donning it as I headed for the door, “Better, now? I know you said your mom hasn't seen a man in awhile so I guess I shouldn't tease her with all this.”

“Even if she looked at you she still wouldn't have seen a man." He smirked, “Now go piss and get back here, these guys are pretty good so maybe we can win some games with them."

I muttered as I closed his door behind me.

“Yeah, winning would be nice

I made my way down the hall which was lit by one of those small lights that plug into a wall socket and entered the bathroom. Turning on the light I used the bathroom, remembering to put the seat down when I was done so I wouldn't get yelled at like I did at home. I washed my hands and splashed some cold water on my face to try to wake up, it was only eleven thirty, but we'd been playing X-box for six straight hours.

I looked closely at my blue eyes, noticing they were getting red from staring at the screen too long. Ducking my head I let the cool water soak into my short blond hair, then toweled off. Feeling a little more awake, I took a deep breath and prepared myself for at least another couple of hours of mindless video game mayhem,

I'd noticed a light on under Melanie's door, but still tried to move as quietly as possible. Not that Mark's yelling hadn't been loud enough to keep her up, but I was trying to be respectful. I had just about reached the door when it opened and Melanie came out, not seeing me she turned to head for the bathroom and almost walked into me.

"Sorry!" I said, taking a step back, "I...