The Long Absence: Ted’s Story

"Alice!" He smiled, looking over his shoulder at the object of his desire.

"Hey. Sorry. You ok?" Alice asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. Are you ok?"

"Embarrassed but fine," she admitted. "I just wanted to apologize about last night. I had way too much to drink."

"It's ok, it happens to the best of us," Ted looked over his shoulder once more, Nikki was staring at him through her huge, dark sunglasses.

"Did you want to go down there?" Alice asked.

"Oh, uh, not at the moment. I was going to get some ice," Ted lied.

"Alright, well I'll see you later," Alice nodded. Ted watched her walk away, feeling pity over her embarrassment.

Ted glanced over his shoulder at his neighbor over by the pool one last time. She was still staring directly at him. Ted thought he saw her hand slide down her tummy and into her bikini bottoms. He turned to watch her, "Is she really doing that?" he wondered.

She was. Staring directly at Ted, she casually played with herself, no one else noticing. Ted turned to make his way down the stairs, but stopped when he saw Fat Rob sit next to her, handing her drink. Gritting his teeth, he marched back to his room, closing the door gently, before pounding his fist into a pillow. He thought about texting his friend letting him know how horrible this cruise has turned out to be.

"Maybe it's not supposed to happen. Maybe this is a sign I should give Alice a chance," Ted thought, running his fingers through his short hair. "Holly never even told me her name."

Ted, lying back on his bed, not wanting to go outside and see the hot bus brunette with another guy, stared at the ceiling for several minutes, contemplating his situation. He decided to go find Alice, comfort her, assure her everything was fine and thus, forget about his neighbor.

Several minutes later he heard something. It sounded like paper sliding across the hard floor of his room. He sat up, looking to the door, and sure enough, there was another piece of folded paper.

Ted quickly moved toward it, picking it up to read:

"Hi. I'm your neighbor. I feel silly doing this, but I'm on a singles cruise, I'm here to have fun. So, pushing fear aside, I really want to meet you. I'm going shopping in town during today's dock time. I'd like to meet you for dinner tonight. If you are interested, meet me at the pool outside our deck at 8pm. I look forward to getting to know you,

Have a great day, -N"

Ted burst into laughter. "No way!"

"Forget Alice!" He thought. "This has been a rollercoaster. I want to meet her, I want to talk to her, and I want to fuck her all night. It's going to happen."

He couldn't concentrate on anything the rest of the day. He opted to try out the small fitness center on board the ship. Exercising helped clear his mind.

When he was done, he headed back to his room and showered. Ted felt great. He felt like the hottest woman on the ship would be his tonight. He, again, told himself it's going to happen. He imagined making her cum better than Rodney. He imagined getting her contact information and continuing their relationship after the cruise. The sex goddess would be all his!

His naivety, overconfidence and knack for making assumptions would be his downfall.

It was 8pm, Ted stood by the pool, wearing a nice dress shirt and khakis. He was looking to the gradually darkening sky, breathing slowly, calming his nerves. This was it.

He heard high heel shoes approaching from behind. "Play it cool," he thought.

The sound got closer and closer, it was her, he felt it. "Yes," he told himself, not turning around, his hands shaking. Then she spoke, his heart stopped.

Nikki, the hot bus brunette neighbor, cleared her throat. She was at arm's length from Ted, "Hi, sorry I'm a couple minutes late."

"Her voice," Ted's eyes shot open, still not turning around to face her.

"Hello? " She lightly touched his back. "Hi."

Ted wanted this to be a nightmare. He hoped he was asleep in his room on this horrible, insane cruise ship. He slowly turned around to face the woman whose voice he knew.

Their eyes locked, their mouths dropped open, they stared at each other's face, finally getting a good look at each other. Ted gulped, his breathing and heart rate through the roof.

The woman's eyes darted from side-to-side, their faces draining of blood, neither unable to speak due to shock and monumental embarrassment.

Ted cleared his throat, his blue eyes meeting her light-brown ones once again, managing to whisper, "mom?"

Nikki lowered her eyes, nodding, glancing back to her son, "Ted."

Chapter 7 -- Awkward

He felt like vomiting. Ted sat on the edge of a lounge chair. Nikki, his mother, doing the same across from him. He glanced at her every few seconds, still unable to believe his horrible luck. He fantasized about her, he jacked off to her, and he saw her have sex in the boiler room, wishing and hoping it was him bouncing her up and down on his cock.

"Ted," his mom whispered. He held up his hand to quiet her. He didn't want to talk. He wanted to run.

Rubbing his temples, he thought about things. It's been three years since he's seen his mother. At his college graduation, she was 50 pounds overweight, had shorter, blonde dyed hair, glasses, and absolutely zero sexy attributes. The words "sexy" and "mom" were as opposite as hot and cold in his mind.

Yet here she was on this same singles cruise. His mother was thin, in great shape, her hair was long and brown, her natural color, she was wearing sexy, revealing bikinis, she looked incredibly hot. She looked like she was in her mid 30s -- ten years younger. And she was apparently sexually active. Ted pictured her arching her back in the low lit boiler room. The phrase "sex goddess" popped into his mind.

Ted stood, "I'm leaving."

"No wait! Ted!" Nikki stood, chasing after him.

"Just leave me alone," He shook her off, disgusted with the both of them, marching off to his room.

"Ted, get back here! Now!" His mother ordered him. Ted stopped, rolled his eyes, and turned around to face her.

"Just stop. Come here, let's talk," Nikki told him, motioning him to join her.

"I got nothing to say to you, mom. This is a nightmare," Ted said, sitting on a chair.

"You think I'm enjoying this? Here I am, enjoying my single life, having a great time on this cruise, and I see the most attractive man I've ever seen and it's my son?" Nikki snapped at him.

In the three years since Ted's college graduation, he lost 70 pounds, gained a nicely tanned skin tone, cut his nappy, unkempt hair, and grew a very nice beard. He, too, ditched his glasses in favor of contacts -- just like Nikki had.

They sat in silence for several minute, avoiding eye contact. "I feel like an idiot," Nikki broke the silence.

"No, mom, I'm the idiot," Ted said.

"I should've recognized your gait. I was too busy staring at," Nikki paused. "Your butt, I suppose."

"Ugh, mom," Ted winced.

"Well I saw you checking me out too," his mother reminded him.

"Yeah, I was. Are we done now?" Ted stood.

"No, sit. Just sit awhile. I have no idea what to say or do. I've never been in this situation," his mother said.

"Me neither. I guess saying sorry would be the first thing I'd do," Ted said. "So. I'm sorry about all of this. Alright?"

His mother reached to pat his knee, Ted flinching and moving it before she could, "Ted, please. I'm sorry too. Forgive me?"

Ted shook his head, calming himself, "Yeah. It's ok. Let's just forget it. It happened, it was a mistake, we didn't recognize each other. We're idiots. Let's just move on."

Nikki chuckled a bit, "I agree." They glanced at one another, offering weak smiles.

"Well do you still want to have dinner with me?" his mother smiled. "I haven't seen my jerk of a son since he left the country, I'd love to spend time with him," she joked.

"Heh, yeah. Well, I guess," Ted replied, his mother's orgasmic exhibition replaying in his ears. "Just give me a minute?"

"Sure sweetie," His mother said, standing, running her fingers over his shoulder. "I'll be in my room, freshening up. Knock on my door when you're ready."

Ted nodded, watching her walk away, his eyes on her ass. "No," he thought, turning around. He stood, looking over the pool area, thinking back to when he first saw her on the bus, then in her bikini by the pool. She was gorgeous. She was perfect. He wanted her so badly then. But now, Ted shook his head once again, feeling like an idiot.

Nikki slammed her room door shut, her heart was racing. "Holy shit," she said. "it's just him, it's just Ted. Same eyes, same nose, same," she paused, taking a deep breath, "same lips."

"Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous," Nikki said, pulling her flowery sundress up, looking to her pussy. She wasn't wearing underwear. She plopped on the bed, bring her fingers to her engorged clit.

"No," she stopped herself. "No, it's wrong. It's Ted." She stood, straightening out her dress, collecting her composure, pushing the taboo and erotic thoughts aside. "It's Ted."

A few minutes later, Ted knocked on her door. His mother opened it, giving him a polite smile, "Ready?" Ted nodded.

Nikki locked her door and took his arm. Ted, again flinched, "Hey," Nikki said, "relax ok? It's just me, just forget about everything, let's catch up. I missed my son."

"Ok," Ted nodded, letting his mother take his arm, escorted her to dinner, telling himself not to think about the mystery hot bus brunette -- his mother.

They made their way to the restaurant on board the ship, Nikki still not wearing underwear.

Chapter 8 -- Dinner

"So that's when they decided to send me back to the states," Ted was explaining his job situation over dinner. "After this little cruise I bought myself, I was going to surprise you and let you know I was in America again."

"That's sweet of you, Ted," Nikki smiled, placing her hand on her son's. He looked at it, not flinching, slowly accepting her as his mother once again. The awkwardness was still between them but slowly going away.

"Gosh," Nikki said, looking sweetly at his face.

"What?"

"You really do look amazing, Ted. I love the beard. Plus, I'm very proud of your weight loss," his mother complimented him.

Ted paused, studying her slimmed face, lack of double-chin, and beautiful long locks of hair. Pushing thoughts her moaning, mouth open, arching her back, riding a cock, out of his mind. "So do you. I mean the weight loss and all. You look like you're in great shape. Sorry."

"No, don't be, you're just giving a woman a compliment. Holly told me my neighbor," Nikki paused.

"What? What'd she tell you?"

"Nothing. It's too naughty," Nikki chuckled.

"Ah, I see," Ted smiled, assuming Holly told his mother he thought she was hot.

"Let's get out of here," Nikki said.

Mother and son walked along the deck, arm in arm, the breeze blowing through her sundress. They passed a couple having sex in a hot tub, Nikki giving her son a grin, "Looks like they're having fun."

Ted chuckled, pushing thoughts of him and Nikki in the hot tub out of his mind, "Yeah. This is a crazy ship."

"Mmmm, indeed it is," Nikki answered, causing Ted to raise an eyebrow. He remembered that Nikki, his mother, knew firsthand how wild it was on the ship. He knew through dieting and exercise how she lost the weight. One thing he didn't understand was how she turned into a slutty sexpot. He had so many questions.

Ted walked her to her door, accepting that his neighbor wasn't going to be putting out for him, like he originally thought before finding out who she really was.

They hugged at her door, her arms high above her, around his neck. The cool breeze caused her skirt to fly upward, exposing some of her bare ass.

"Mmm, Ted. I missed you," Nikki said. Ted closed his eyes holding her little body against him. For a moment he pretended she wasn't his mother. It felt so good to hold her.

"You're so small!" Ted said, his hands on her waist.

"So are you!" his mother replied, running her hands over his arms. They stared into each other's eyes a few seconds before Ted's awkwardness kicked in.

"Alright, well, I'll see you tomorrow I guess," Ted said.

"Yes. Good night Ted," Nikki rose on her tip toes, giving Ted a slow kiss on the lips.

He smiled, watching her enter her room, "Wow," he whispered, entering his own.

"Ok, get it together. It's my mom," Ted thought, sitting on the bed. The sexiest, hottest woman on the ship was his mother. When that thought entered his brain, he found himself getting hard. "No, no, stop!" he scolded his penis.

He took off his shirt and pants and put on some pajama pants. Ted climbed into bed; hoping sleep would find him quickly.

Just as he was about to doze off, he heard a soft moan coming from his mother's room next door. It sounded different than her show with Rodney. Ted got out of bed, placing his ear against the wall, he heard another moan. His mother was masturbating.

"Yes," Ted whispered. "Rub that clit, finger your sweet pussy. You need sex don't you?" he asked, listening to his hot neighbor moan, ignoring the fact she was his mother.

Ted fished his cock out, stroking his erection while he listened to her pleasure herself. Just before he was going cum, Nikki went quiet. He heard her door open and close. "Crap!" he rushed away from the wall to look out the tiny peephole on the door. "Are you going to boiler room, you naughty woman?"

Nikki wasn't. Instead Ted saw her stand in front of his door, adjusting her hair. She knocked three times. Ted counted to ten, pretending his was in his bed, and opened the door. "Mom. Hey. What's up?"

Nikki was smiling at him, wearing the same dress from dinner. "Hi sweetie, I figured we could hang out some more tonight. I really missed you. Now that I know you're next door, I'd like to spend as much time with you as possible. It's that alright? Are you tired?"

"Oh, uh, a little, but please come in," Ted smiled, stepping out of the way for his mother to enter, smelling her perfume when she walked by.

"I was just lying down a bit. Want to join me?" he asked his sexy neighbor.

"Of course!" Nikki said crawling into Ted's bed. Ted joined her, extended his arm, and pulled her in close against his body.

Nikki ran her hand up and down Ted's bare chest. "You didn't change into pajamas?" Ted asked.

"Well, actually, mommy didn't bring any pajamas. Or underwear. Or clothes other than what I wore when I arrived," Nikki said, biting her bottom lip. "I brought one dress, and I bought this dress today."

Ted cleared his throat, "I see. Well. Ok then."

Nikki giggled, "I see you blushing."

"I have so many questions, mom," Ted replied.

Nikki kissed his cheek, resting her head on his shoulder, "I know. I just want to relax here with you right now. We have plenty of time to talk later."

After another sensual goodnight kiss, Ted found himself holding his mother against him, drifting off to sleep, feeling great with her in his arms.

He woke an hour later. He used the bathroom. Before turning out the light something caught his eye. He saw his mother, laying on her tummy, her skirt riding up her thigh. Part of her ass was exposed. Ted stared at it, visualizing it sliding up and down a cock, at first Rodney's, then his own. He quietly moved closer to it. He slowly pulled her skirt up further, revealing the entire thing in all its glory.

After admiring it for a moment, Ted bent down, forgetting she was his mother, and breathed in her scent. He wanted to take her ass, to kiss it, to lick it, to make it his. "I still want this," he whispered, his face inches from her toned, sexy ass.

Ted sighed, standing straight, shaking his head, remembering who this woman was. After turning the bathroom light off, he climbed back in bed, rolling on his side, facing away from Nikki, putting his perverse thoughts aside.

Nikki licked her lips and grinned mischievously. She woke up when Ted got up to use the bathroom.

Chapter 9 -- Explanations

That same ass was a couple feet in front of his face the next day in a hot tub. Nikki was wearing her thong bikini and she stood in the middle of the tub, her back to Ted, talking to another woman who had asked for directions for the fitness center.

"No problem, take care," Nikki waved goodbye to the woman and backed into Ted. She stumbled and fell into his lap.

"Mom," Ted grunted when she landed on his crotch.

"Oops, sorry," Nikki said. She remained on his lap, turning to the side, putting her arm around him. "So did you sleep well?"

"Yeah I did actually. Better than some of the previous nights here," Ted shot her a look then rolled his eyes.

"Oh that," Nikki looked away embarrassed.

"I think you have some explaining to do. Then again, I don't even want to know," Ted said.

"No, no, I think you deserve to know. Come on, the things you've heard and, well, seen of me. You deserve to know."

"I guess," Ted shrugged.

"Miss Nikki! Good morning," Fat Rob said, walking by the hot tub, wearing a Hawaiian-styled shirt.

"Fat Rob, hi!" Nikki stood, giving Fat Rob a huge hug. They chatted for a moment.

"Uh huh, yeah I'm having a great time," Nikki told him. Ted rolled his eyes again, turning to his right, seeing his mother's ass right in his face again.

Ted lowered his head, "This is a nightmare," he thought before his eyes found her supple cheeks again.

"Aww, that's sweet of you," Nikki replied to something Fat Rob said, Ted wasn't sure.

"Are you and him hanging out today?" Fat Rob asked.

"Yes, this is, uh this is Ted," Nikki introduced him without mentioning Ted was her son. "We go way back. So it was a nice coincidence to run into him here."

"Ah I see," Fat Rob gave a sly grin. "Well you two enjoy your time together, maybe reconnect in bed. I know I'd like to have another go at you."

"Stop it!" Nikki swatted playfully at his arm. Fat Rob nodded to Ted and left.

"Wow. Really? Him too?" Ted asked when his mother sat on his lap again.

Nikki nodded, biting her lower lip, "Your mother has been busy on this ship."

"Why don't you go hang out with him?" Ted asked. "I mean, if you want to have fun and all."

"Because," Nikki gave him a peck on the mouth, "I'm here with you. And you are the only man I want to spend time with."

"Gee thanks," Ted said, leaning back to look at the white puffy clouds. The thought of spending the rest of his cruise with her, know what he knew about her, knowing what he couldn't have, feeling like a fool, wasn't the most fun idea.

"Actually, you're the ONLY man I've wanted to spend time with," Nikki admitted.

"What do you mean?"

"Remember? I thought, and think, you're the best looking guy here. I got the courage to meet up with you last night, to get to know each other and well, who knows after that. Then I found out who you were," his mother explained.

"Yeah but you never even got a good look at my face mom," Ted asked, looking into Nikki's eyes.

She shrugged, "Call it genetic attraction. I don't know." She grabbed his face, holding it still, "What I do know is that you and I are going to have a great time for the rest of this cruise. You are still the only guy I want to hang out with."

She gave him another peck on the lips, "So glad to have run into you. Even if the circumstances were a little odd."

"A little odd? Mom, seriously?"

"Yeah, odd."

"Like I said, you've got some explaining to do," Ted said.

"Yep and I will. First we need alcohol. I'll be right back," Nikki hopped off his leg, jogged over to the pool bar, Ted watching her ass jiggle a little with each impact. All drinks and meals were included in the price of the cruise, so Nikki loaded up with and made her way back to her son.

Sitting on his lap, they downed their cranberry vodka drinks Nikki got for them. She got refills and continued sipping until it was gone.