Mirror in Law

Intro

Marian had never made a secret of her disapproval of Sarah, her daughter's choice in husband. Sarah was her only child and she only wanted what was best for her, Jason just wasn't it. He was an artist, a musician she had met in college. Always writing songs, trying to get a breakthrough as he wrote, composed, played or just listened to music for inspiration. She was convinced he had no chance of succeeding and was just throwing his own and Sarah's future away chasing a dream.

At first when she had introduced Jason who she had met at college Marian hadn't been too worried. It was just a phase. Sarah was still young and college was a time of experimentation. Sure she would see reason that this dreamer with his long brown hair and bright green eyes wasn't the guy for her.

Once they got engaged right after they both graduated however worry did start to set in, would Sarah see reason before it was too late? The answer had turned out to be no as she and Jason got married a year later. With that Marian had set her hope on Jason changing and becoming the husband Sarah deserved, but now four years later they were both 26 and Jason hadn't matured a bit, he was still that dreamy musician from college who thought he would make it big.

Jason for his part had never liked Marian either, in his eyes she was just his bitch of a mother in law who always looked down on him urging him to give up his dream and take his duties as a husband seriously. Leaving the two of them together unsupervised for longer than a minute always ended in trouble. Jason wanted to get along with his mother in law, for the sake of his wife and the sake of peace. The respect had to be mutual for that to work though.

At every family get together and every time Sarah's parents visited or they visited them, Sarah had to be the moderator between her mother and husband. She constantly urged them to get along to the point where it was nearly all she said anymore. There was only one point they both agreed upon and that was that unless the other radically changed their ways they would never get along.

It frustrated Sarah beyond believe to the point where she just tried keep the two of them apart as much as possible. Since she obviously chose her husband's company above her mother's it translated in her visiting her parents way less and always finding an excuse why it wasn't possible for them to just pop by when they wanted to visit.

If anything it only soured her mother's view on Jason even more. Not only was he ruining the future of her daughter, he was also taking her away from her. It was something she just couldn't let happen and so she came up with a plan that would change everything. With a cheeky smirk she got to work, refining and readying her plan to strike.

Chapter 1

Sarah had only just left the day before on her annual week long reunion trip with her college friends when Marian decided to make her move. Jason as usual was down in the basement working on his music. He loved spending time with his wife, but whenever she was away he went full out for his music. He was so wrapped up in a writing session that he almost fell off his chair when the doorbell rang snapping him right out of his concentration. Who could that be? All his friends knew not to disturb him when he had the house to himself. A little annoyed Jason headed up the stairs and to the door.

Big was his shock when he found Marian at the other side of the door wearing one of her regular monochrome designer jacket and skirt sets like she always did. No matter where Marian seemed to go she was always dressed and made up to the nines. She might be 53 right now, but objectively speaking she still looked great for her age and that meant a lot coming from Jason who hated her guts.

She was most definitely at the curvy side of the spectrum, but she wore her curves really well having a voluptuous hourglass figure going with her big bosom, bottom and her nipped in waist. The fact that she was a very pampered woman helped as well of course. Her greying hair was always painted an ashen blonde colour and permed in a stylish bob. Weekly touch ups and an established routine kept her hair looking perfect at all times, she went to the salon frequent enough for roots to never show. She was actually kind of imposing as well being just as tall as he was. She was slightly taller than the average woman and he slightly smaller than the average man.

Jason wanted nothing more than to her that her daughter wasn't home and that he didn't want to be bothered before slamming the door in her face, but Marian quickly spoke up. "Hello darling, before you go off please hear me out first. I have a proposition to make, a truce if you will."

He had always hated her tendency to call him and pretty much everyone else darling. That and her whole old fashioned vocabulary for that matter. With a deep sigh he decided to give her the benefit of the doubt for now and hear her out as she had requested.

Seeing how he stepped down Marian decided to grab her chance to explain herself. She was kind of annoyed about how he didn't even make the effort to greet her, but she wasn't going to show it bothered her now. She had more important things to take care off.

"Thank you darling, I've got the feeling like I'm losing my daughter lately and obviously I don't want that. I realise now that if I don't want to lose her I'll need to accept her with you. We'll probably never be the best of friends, but for my daughter's sake I hope we can normalise our relationship at least a little. Like she always put it we'll need to get along. Last night while I was listening to some old music from back in my days I was reminiscing about how they really don't make music like they used to anymore. It got me thinking that maybe you could help me out on that front. I made this little playlist with songs I like and I was wondering if maybe you could have a listen and compose something new that I would like that would be simply divine. I'll even pay you a commission fee or whatever your business is." Marian said handing him a non descript self burned CD.

It caught Jason completely off guard, he would have expected her to tell Sarah to see her more often, but instead she actually seemed to make the effort to show interest in what he was doing and to actually try and get to know him. While he was none too excited about her request he did want to reciprocate the effort even if just for Sarah's sake. It would be a lot nicer if they could actually get along.

"Alright Marian, I'll give it a listen and give it a try, now if that's all I still have work to do." Jason said shortly, not wanting to carry this conversation on any longer than it had to be.

"Oh you're such a dear darling. Thank you so much and yes that will be all. I'll be back tomorrow to check on your progress, I can't wait to see and hear the results. Take care now darling." Marian said with a big smile as she turned on her heels and walked back to her car.

Jason wanted to argue that things like this needed time and couldn't just be done in a day, but before he could speak up she was gone. With a deep sigh he just headed to the living room put the CD in the CD player, who the hell used CD's anymore these days? They were so old fashioned, but then again Marian probably didn't know how to use a thumb drive. Since she would come back tomorrow he'd better have some results ready to show or he wouldn't hear the end of it. Marian had never believed in him so maybe this was his chance to prove her wrong. First things first though, it was time to have a listen to that CD so he'd have an idea what kind of song Marian wanted him to compose. Pressing play he sat back on the couch and relaxed.

He was quickly growing very relaxed, way to relaxed as he listened to the slow old songs on Marian's CD. Unbeknownst to him it had a hypnotic overlay lulling him in a deep deep trance before offering up suggestions to get deeply rooted within his psyche. "Marian, your mother in law is the most wonderful person you know, she's smart, beautiful and overall amazing. You desperately want to get along with her and things would be so much easier if you had some common interests. The more interest you have in common with Marian the better you would get along and you want to get along with her perfectly. Marian is your idol, you desire to be with her as much as possible, you desire to be like her as much as possible." It played on repeat until the CD had ran out of space for more, finally allowing Jason to snap out of his trance.

His head felt a little fussy, but overall he felt great, after all Marian would be coming over tomorrow. She was such an amazing woman, it was a pity that they had never gotten along too well. They really didn't have nearly enough in common to get along and much to his shame he had to admit that he didn't know her well enough to even begin to research her interests. All he really knew she liked was the music on the CD she had given him and since he wanted something to find some common ground to get along with her better he decided to give it another listen.

By the time bedtime arrived he had done nothing but listen to that CD, he had listened to it at least half a dozen times, and the subliminal overlay had taken a very firm hold on him having gone from a simple thought to a suggestion and eventually a solid truth. Marian was his idol, he desired nothing more than to be with her and be just like her. Luckily she would be coming over tomorrow he thought as he fell asleep.

Chapter 2

It was 7 AM when Jason was rudely awoken by the ringing of the doorbell. Who could that be to disturb him at this ungodly hour? Who ever it was they'd better have a very good reason to come here this early. He thought as he threw on his bathrobe and got down to grab the door. Big was his surprise when was Marian once again. Why would she come over this early? She couldn't reasonable expect him to have anything ready right?

Nevertheless early or not he couldn't help but feel exhilarated to see her, getting light butterflies in his stomach like a teen girl during a meet and greet with the latest big pop star. She looked spectacular in her fine woven plum woollen jacket trimmed with a broad white band around the collar, bottom and the button flap, the matching solid plum skirt that reached until two inches above her sheer black stocking clad knees. A pair of low heeled plum leather pumps, a tight pearl necklace and a big pair of gold and ruby chandelier earrings finished the look.

"Good morning darling, I hope I didn't interrupt your rest. I thought I'd stop by before I need to head off to the salon for my weekly appointment. Looking as good as I do at my age takes a lot of work you know darling? Oh my, I see someone is happy to see me." Marian chuckled looking down at the tent in his bathrobe and back up at her son in law's face.

It was a stupid excuse to come here this early, but to be honest she didn't care. Maybe it was stupid to jump him so early, instead of waiting, but quite frankly, she couldn't wait any longer, she was just to curious to see whether or not her CD had had some effect and more importantly to what extend. If Jason was ready then she was more than ready to take the next steps. If his erection was anything to go on, she could only think that it must have worked in a sense. She didn't expect her commands to turn out like this, but she guessed it was one way to interpret desire.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry darling, I don't know what came over me just now. Please forgive me darling, I really don't want to offend you. Please come on in though darling." Jason gasped his excuses over the erection Marian had pointed out, it was so embarrassing, he wouldn't want to offend his idol in any way. His erection bothered him to no end where he didn't even seem to have noticed the change in the way he spoke. His desire to be like Marian was so big that he automatically tried to adopt everything he knew about her including her way of speaking.

At first Marian's jaw dropped hearing not only how much friendlier and inviting he was towards her, but above all how he seamlessly adopted the words she so often used, words she knew he loathed. If this wasn't proof that her CD had worked wonders then she didn't know what was. She hadn't been expecting such huge results right away, but she certainly didn't mind either. He was more than ready for the continuation of her plan it seemed as her shocked look turned into a devilish grin.

"Why thank you darling, you're such a dear, and as far as our little friend here is concerned I don't mind one bit. If anything I feel flattered darling to still have that effect at my age." Marian spoke, quickly recuperating as she walked passed Jason, giving him a good whiff of her strong heady out dated floral perfume.

"How couldn't you darling? I mean look at you, you look simply divine. It's such a relief to hear you don't mind darling, like you can't even begin to imagine how relieved I feel darling. Now where are my manners, it's so early, you must be in dire need of some coffee darling I know I am. How do you like your coffee darling?" Jason asked leading the way straight into the kitchen where he switched on the coffee machine.

"I would like some green tea with a teaspoon of honey, a mist of milk and a squeeze of lemon if you don't mind darling, it's my favourite." Marian said as she sat down at the table crossing her legs. This really was amazing, it seemed like her son in law was truly hers for the taking.

"Oh of course darling, how silly of me not to propose tea. I should have known better. That does actually sound divine darling, I'll think I'll join you for tea instead." Jason said as he turned the coffee machine back off and put a kettle on the stove. While he waited for the water to warm he cut a lemon in half and put it on a saucer, then placed two tea cups with saucer and an accompanying spoon on the table, a small can of milk, the honey jar and put a bag of green tea in each cup. He had never liked tea, but now he couldn't wait to try it.

By the time he had found and set everything out on the table the water was ready to be poured which he swiftly did as Marian just smiled. "Thank you darling, if you're anything like me, I just know you will love it, the taste of a well prepared tea is simply divine." Marian spoke as she soaked her bag for a little bit, then took it out only to add in a spoon of honey, stir until everything dissolved, only to then add a little milk which she stirred some more to finally finish with a squeeze of the lemon half above her cup, which got stirred yet again before she took a sip and gave an approving satisfied moan.

Not really knowing how to handle tea Jason just covered Marian's little ritual and had a sip himself. He didn't really like it, way too sweet and sour for his taste, you could barely even taste the tea anymore and it was a lot more work than pressing a button on the coffee machine, it didn't have the same kick to it either, yet he made a desperate attempt to like it. Having something extra in common with his mother in law could never hurt. He sure hoped they could have tea together more often.

"Mmm, you're right darling, this is simply divine. I think you might have just shown me a new favourite as well. " Jason gushed, it was a lie, but he would drink it and learn to appreciate it until it was in fact his favourite. It would be nice to have the same favourite beverage as his mother in law. He was so obsessed by the idea of being like her that he didn't even question it.

"Oh really darling? How divine, none of my friends like their tea quite like I do, so I guess that makes us tea drinking buddies. We should really have tea more often together, it's a delicate pleasure that's best shared in company don't you agree darling?" Marian spoke.

"Yes darling, that's a marvellous idea I would love to have tea with you more often." Jason said as they both sipped their tea while talking back and forth. It was mainly Marian doing the talking and Jason whole heartedly as he tried throughout their conversation to get his voice closer to hers in pitch and tone. It was a little tricky, but he was improving.

One of her actions he did manage to master by the time he finished his cup was the delicate way in which Marian drank her tea. Lifting the saucer up to her chest with one hand only to grab onto the cup with the thumb an index finger of her free hand and take a small sip with a raised pinkie.

Marian couldn't help but grow more and more amazed with the extend in which he was copying her, he drank the same way she did, used the same vocabulary, his voice was slowly getting there and he was even mimicking her talking gestures. One look at his pose told her that he even sat the same way as her, back straight, with one leg crossed over the other. If it hadn't been because of her CD and so hilarious, it would have been scary how much he acted like her. It made her all the more convinced however that the rest of her plan would pass by like a breeze.

"Thank you for the tea darling, it was divine, but I should really start to get going now. My salon appointment awaits. Tell you what though darling, why don't you come along to the salon with me? I'm sure Jane can take care of the both of us and that mop of yours is in real need of some cleaning up don't you agree darling. Trust me Jane is a magician when it comes to hair, she's the one who ensures mine always looks perfect." Marian said as she carefully primmed her hair.

"That sounds like a marvellous idea darling. At least if you don't think it would be a problem that I don't have an appointment. You're most definitely right, my hair is in desperate need for a clean up and yours looks simply divine. There's only one problem though darling. I've only ever been to barbers and wouldn't for the life of me know what to wear." Jason gushed.

"Don't worry darling, I'm sure they can make an exception to take someone extra without an appointment this once. If you're happy with their service and would want a follow up visit making an appointment is highly advisable though, when you do think of me though darling, I go there every week and getting our hair done together could be such fun, I'm sure of it. Trust me, if you are used to a barber shop you're going to love the exquisite pampering they give you at the salon, you'll never look back again. As for your clothes why don't you show me your closet darling? I'm sure we can find you something suitable to wear." Marian said with a slight smirk, this was just too easy, hell he was almost proactively advancing her plan.

She had thought that even if the subliminal messaged had worked it would need some convincing on her part to get him to come along to her salon, yet that didn't seem to be the case at all, the thought that he worried what to wear to a salon instead of going there in the first place was just precious. Her salon was a rather old fashioned and all female one soft pink being a main theme in the walls and furniture. The only men she had ever seen there were husbands picking up their wives. She doubted that they had ever gotten a male client in all the 32 years it had been running. Jason would be so out of place, but then again Jane was fully filled in on the situation and she had loved it. If everything kept going as well as it already had then Jason would fit right in by the time he left.

Up in Jason's room Marian selected the baggiest most stretchy pair of sweat pants and t-shirt she could find paired with simple socks and sneakers. It was probably one of the worst outfits he owned and it was kind of strange considering how she was dressed up to the nines, but Jason eagerly accepted her choice, after all what did he know? Marian's concerns weren't his appearance, at least not yet. They were convenience and this looked like the only outfit that would probably fit the curves he'd have by the time he left the salon if everything went according to plan.