Summer Surprise Pt. 02

Matt squeezed her a little tighter. "I love you, Dianne."

"I love you too, Matt. I wasn't lying last night because I wanted to have sex. Robert will always have a tiny piece of my heart, but you have all the rest. I love everything about you. I love your family. I love your friends. Beth said she'd be willing to be my roommate when she graduates next year and Chloe goes off to pursue her dreams. She'll probably change her mind a half dozen times before then, but I'd be pleased to have her."

"Won't you be my roommate by then? We're practically living together now?"

"You'll be graduating too, and have to find a job. I still need to finish school. Unless you get a job in La Crosse, we may not be able to be roommates. I'm still a freshman. Even taking a heavier load of classes and going to summer school, it's probably two years before I finish."

"I just thought we'd be married when I graduated."

"I like the way you're thinking, but think again. I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to lose myself in you either. I need to focus on gaining real job skills to support myself, because I don't want to be without them in case something happens to you.

"I suppose you're right."

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As the months went by, the love and affection Matt and Dianne shared deepened and grew. They spent almost every evening together, and would even use Dianne's car to go on day trips and an occasional weekend jaunt. Sometimes Chloe and Monica went with them, more often they were alone together. About once a month, either they would go down to Madison or Matt's family would come up to visit. It was about the only time they didn't sleep together. On one of those trips Georgina cornered Dianne to thank her.

"I don't know what you said to Beth, but she's really buckled down at school and is a lot more serious about things," Georgina said. "I used to worry about her more than a little, but I don't anymore. She's pulled up her grades this year to straight A's. She's home most nights and lets me know where she's going when she's out."

Dianne told Elaine that Matt knew the real reason why Dianne was so good at fellating him. "I said it was a parting gift from you so he wouldn't have to suffer through second rate cock sucking."

"You didn't!"

"I certainly did. It's the gift that keeps on giving."

Elaine burst out laughing, then hugged Dianne and cried.

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Monica and Chloe also grew close. Monica gave up her apartment and moved in with Chloe and Dianne. Chloe even brought Monica home to meet her parents, the first time she'd ever brought a girlfriend home.

"I'm going to marry her," Chloe said, her arm around Monica. "I've never loved anyone as much as I love Monica. She makes my life complete."

They welcomed Monica into their home, finally accepting the reality of Chloe's sexual orientation.

"I was always sorry I couldn't have more children. She's our only child. We wished for our genes to get passed along. Chloe is such an exceptional person, we always hoped we'd have a grandchild," Chloe's mother said. "A grandchild with her genetic material, even if our name ends with her."

"We understand that wish and have actually talked a lot about having children." Monica said. "The good news is Chloe will probably keep her name. Most actresses do. However, the career Chloe wants to have might make it kind of hard for her to have children. So we were thinking of implanting one of her eggs in my uterus and having my brother provide the sperm. That way we'd get a little bit of both our families genetic material. Besides, I would be honored to carry Chloe's baby."

"You would do that for us?"

"Of course. My parents have the same issues. We'd like to make both of you happy because we know parents have expectations for their children. We believe this is completely doable."

"Now that gay marriage is legalized," Chloe said, "we can tie the knot the same as anyone else in the country. This is the first time I've felt totally in love. The only thing we're waiting for is for me to graduate."

Just before fall classes started, Chloe performed another two-week solo play. It was a series of vignettes depicting a waitress at a diner. As expected, the play included a scene depicting Georgina with Laverne, with the names changed as promised. To prepare for her role, Chloe took copious notes while researching a lot of diners and spent a lot of time interviewing Georgina about being a 'hash slinger'. Georgina shared all her diner lingo with her and helped her master the mannerisms of a harried waitress. All of her hard work paid off because the play was a smash hit, and ended up doing as well as the first one.

Georgina loved the show.

"It was so funny I teared up from laughing so hard. I wanted to tell you I've taken it upon myself to go on a couple of dates with this woman, Ethel. Consider it your influence on me, accepting I can be whoever I want to be. I even took her with me when I went to get my divorce papers signed. It was an absolute hoot. We smooched on each other quite a bit while we were there and it drove Christopher nuts."

"Does this mean you're going to go all out lesbo?" Chloe asked.

"I don't know for sure. I'm beginning to think I'm bi. I mean I like men, but I'm enjoying this thing with Ethel very much. Maybe I'll date some men too. I suppose there's no point in deciding what I want before I explore my options. I feel a certain freedom to know that things have improved for gays in this country and lesbians don't get treated as badly as they used to."

"Things may be better," Monica said, "but they're not ideal. There have been over 600 deaths of LGBTQ people in the last 20 years for no other reason than their sexual orientation. A 2014 FBI study, found that 21% of hate crimes committed in 2013 were based on perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, the largest grouping after race/ethnicity and religion. Remember the Pulse nightclub shooting a couple of years ago in Orlando? It was a gay club. Forty-nine people were killed. The shooter claimed to be doing it for ISIS, in retaliation for a bombing in Syria, but that doesn't explain why he decided to attack a gay club and not some honky-tonk western bar or Disney World."

"How do you know so much about this?" Elaine asked.

"Monica can give you statistics until your ears bleed. I keep telling her statistics are dull and don't really mean much to most people, unless you make them personal, but she loves reciting them because they help her do her job promoting LGBTQ rights at La Crosse and other colleges in Wisconsin.

"Her personal cause is the reason she wanted to come to my show. The title wasn't clear enough. 'My Gay Bashing Experiences in College' didn't tell her if I was being bashed or bashing others. Concerned I might be a gay basher, she approached me after my Friday show and asked if she could attend the Saturday show to make sure I wasn't bashing anyone for their sexual orientation.

"Hey don't knock my statistics, they facilitated me meeting you, so they're not a complete waste."

Chloe said, "You got that right, toots," and planted a nice, long, tongue twisting kiss on Monica.

******

In the beginning of the new school year, Dianne increased her course load to try and graduate faster and Matt started his final year of football for the Eagles. Both of them were very busy, but they still spent as much time together as they could and enjoyed curling up together naked at night. Dianne attended all the home games and even one away game that wasn't too far to drive. After the games, she would lavish him with attention, providing him with a hot bubble bath followed my a full body massage which usually concluded with passionate sex.

Matt and Dianne both attended his families Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. Thanksgiving was a one day affair but they spent the night on Christmas Eve, which is when they met Ethel for the first time.

"Mrs. Sanders," Dianne said, "I don't know how you feel about unmarried folks sleeping together under your roof. We'll be happy to go by any rules of the house, but Matt and I are together almost every night."

"I assumed so. You can sleep together if you want. I'm not going to impose any rules on you here that contradict what you usually do. Besides, Ethel is spending the night tonight for the first time. I guess if I can have unmarried sex under my roof, you can too. Until recently, I wasn't sure how Beth would respond to me having sex with another woman, so I limited my contact with her to her house. Beth finally set me straight when she told me her older sister had been a prostitute, her brother had dated a gay woman, and her father was a child molester, so if I thought she would be bothered by my girlfriend spending the night I was barking up the wrong tree."

"How is sex with Ethel?" Matt asked.

"I can't believe my son is asking me that question."

"It's not as if I don't see two lesbians making out all the time at Dianne's," Matt said. "So how does it compare to your first experience?"

"Well, Laverne was a slut who fucked everyone without prejudice. Ethel is a specialist. She doesn't do men, so she knows things about a woman's body I didn't even know. Honestly, it's some of the best sex of my life. If you hear me scream tonight, don't be overly surprised."

"Way to go, Mom!" Beth said, hearing the last part of that statement when she walked into the room with Ethel. "Ethel, if I don't hear her scream tonight, I'll be disappointed."

Georgina blushed. Ethel made it worse.

"I'll try not to disappoint you, Beth, because I think your mother is pretty special and it's important you try to remain on good terms with your partner's children."

Ethel pulled Georgina under the mistletoe and gave her a sizzling kiss. Georgina resisted momentarily, then melted into it.

Her children started clapping.

"You're lucky, Georgina. A lot of families don't take a relationship such as ours as well as yours does."

"Unlucky in love, lucky in children," Georgina said breathlessly.

"Let's see if we can reverse your fortunes where love is concerned," Ethel said.

Her children were all gratified to hear Georgina scream twice that night. Once shortly after she went to bed and again the next morning before they opened presents. Everyone relentlessly teased Georgina, causing her to blush for much of the morning, but the smile on her face couldn't be wiped off.

"Ethel, I'm sorry we didn't get you a present, but we weren't aware of how close you and Mom had become," Matt said, as they passed out presents. "Back in August, Mom mentioned that you'd gone on a couple of dates but she was also talking about possibly dating men again. Then she didn't mention dating anyone special at Thanksgiving so we figured she was still playing the field."

"The greatest gift I can receive is your acceptance. Georgina was still a little nervous about me being in her life. We're smoothing out the rough spots."

Matt and Dianne each gave her a big hug as a gift.

"It helps we have a very good friend who's gay," Matt said. "It's not totally foreign to us."

"Yes, Georgina and Elaine have told me all about Chloe. She sounds like a very interesting person."

Her next show starts right after New Year's. You should join the family when they come to see it. It will be a long evening, so plan on spending the night. She's doing a spin on some famous soliloquies from Shakespeare. Essentially it's Shakespeare for gays, where Romeo and Juliet become Rhonda and Juliet, with the added bonus of updated modern-day English."

"That sounds delightful," Ethel said. "Would you have an objection to my coming with you, Georgina?"

"You have to promise not to make me scream again if we sleep over."

"Don't say that. It was so much fun," Ethel teased. "Would we need to get a motel?"

"You two could stay in Dianne's room," Matt said. "Then Dianne and I could stay in my room, and we could put Elaine and Beth on air mattresses in my living room."

"Nonsense. No one has to sleep on air mattresses," Ethel said. "We'll get a motel."

"It's kind of pricey," Dianne said.

"Hasn't your mother told you? I'm wealthy."

"How wealthy?" Matt asked.

"Wealthy enough I need never worry about working a day in my life. Have you heard of William Thornhill?"

"Everyone's heard of William Thornhill," Dianne said.

"He's my younger brother. I don't have as much money as he does, but I do okay. He vastly increased his holdings after he received his inheritance and he graciously allows me to invest in his companies so that my own funds continue to grow."

"I've never known anyone rich and famous before," Dianne said.

"I may be rich, but I'm not famous," Ethel said. "I'm related to someone famous. It's not the same."

"Doesn't he live in New York?"

"Yes. We both grew up in Wisconsin but our family relocated to New York when we were teenagers. He stayed but I moved back after graduating from college. I found New York to be way too edgy for me. I decided that I much prefer surrounding myself with Midwestern friendliness, even if remaining a New Yorker might have made it easier to come out. However, dating Georgina has given me the backbone to finally admit my sexuality to everyone."

******

Before Dianne and Matt left, Dianne told Matt to give Elaine a massage.

"What kind of massage?" Matt asked.

"A good one."

"You really don't care we used to love each other, do you?"

"Not in the slightest. Besides, I trust you."

Matt and Elaine went upstairs so they could have a little privacy. Dianne stayed downstairs and helped clean up after dinner.

"Where's Matt and Elaine?" Georgina asked.

"Elaine is getting a massage as an added Christmas gift," Dianne said, "before Matt packs our stuff and we have to leave. You should try one sometime, Ethel. Matt gives the best massages."

"Perhaps I shall sometime. Thank you."

Matt came down a short time later and kissed Dianne. "Are you ready to go?"

"Just a couple more dishes left to put away. You can help," handing him a dish towel. "You can dry."

Matt dried while Dianne put everything away with Beth's help. Fifteen minutes later, Elaine stumbled downstairs still rubbery from her massage. She went up to Dianne and hugged her.

"Matt's got the best girlfriend in the world," she said. "Thank you for letting him do that."

"Hey," Ethel said. "I made Georgina scream twice last night," making Georgina blush again.

"Okay, second best. Although it's hard to draw enough breath to scream during Matt's massages. You just want to melt and go to sleep."

"Sounds like my first and last boyfriend," Ethel said. "After sex, all he wanted to do is go to sleep."

"That's not Matt's problem," Dianne said. "He usually wants to go again. We have a lot of sex. The first time we had sex together, after the Casablanca movie night, Matt made me orgasm twenty times. Granted it was the first time I'd had sex in over two years, so it's probably not totally due to his love making skills, but it was great."

"As Beth would say, TMI," Georgina said. "I don't want to know about the sex lives of my kids."

"We got to know about yours, Mom," Elaine said. "Turnabout is fair play."

"No more screaming, Ethel. I'll never live this down," Georgina said.

"But you can live it up," Matt said. "It's nice to know you can still have a great sex life in your fifties."

Georgina blushed again.

******

Ethel did come to the play with Matt's family and relished every moment of it. Afterwards, they went out for dinner and Ethel paid for everyone. During dinner, she got into some serious discussions with Chloe and Monica about coming out.

"Let's face it, you've gone this long without getting married so it's likely that your friends have either guessed your sexual orientation or dismissed you as asexual," Chloe said. "My guess is that your closest friends probably already suspect you're a lesbian and those who don't will probably be shocked as hell. Expect about half of your friends to dump you once they know. Good riddance, I say.

"A quarter of them won't out and out dump you, despite feeling uncomfortable being around someone different, they'll remain pleasant and nice when you see them but you'll see them less often and you'll find yourself doing less with them. The men will realize why their flirting never went anywhere with you and the women will wonder if you're going to make passes at them now you're out. It will stay like that with some of them, but others will get closer again once they realize that you're no different than you used to be, they just know more about you.

"The final bunch, will be comprised of those who simply don't care and will continue to treat you as they always have; though, some of them may wonder why you never tried to have sex with them."

"The ones who don't give a shit are your truest friends. The ones who come back are the second best and are worth making an effort to keep around. The rest can fuck themselves. Sorry, Georgina," Monica said.

"Yeah. I've given up trying to civilize you barbarians," Georgina said. "If I were smart, I'd make a swear jar and not protest when you swear, just make money off it."

"Here's ten," Chloe said. "Let me know when I've used that up."

"Don't you need that for school or whatever?"

"My little plays are doing quite well, so I'm building up a little nest egg for when I have to fly the coop. My folks really came around and are helping me out by paying for my wedding, just as if I were marrying a guy."

"That's wonderful, Chloe."

"It really is," Monica said. "I feel like a member of the family already."

When they said goodbye, Chloe said to Ethel. "Don't make Georgina scream tonight at the motel, she would die of embarrassment."

"You heard about that, did you?" Ethel asked.

"Oh, yes," Chloe said. "Matt told us all about it. Dianne even screamed so we could see what it was like. I've never made Monica scream like that. What's your secret?"

"I tie her down, blindfold her, and tease her unmercifully."

"Mother!" Beth said. "Now I have to decide which of those two revelations are most shocking: that you're bisexual or you're into bondage. It's too much, my head is going to explode."

Georgina blushed so red she could have passed for a tomato.

"Well, I know what we're doing tonight," Chloe said. "Who gets tied down first?"

"Both have their advantages," Georgina said, still red, but laughing. "Making someone scream is as much fun as screaming yourself."

"Flip a coin then," Monica said. "Forty-five minutes of whatever the one tying wants, then switch."

"Done," Chloe said. "Looks like an old dog can teach a young pup tricks."

Georgina blushed again.

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