Scorpio - Private Party

I looked at my cousin as though he’d grown two heads, but then as the idea sort of settled I found myself grinning at him. I distinctly remember thinking hell it is MY fantasy after all before responding.

"Why not," I grinned, "after all it’s not as though we are going to get anywhere."

"You never know," Ray laughed "but just follow my lead and we’ll see where things go. I bet your mother won’t object too much by the time we get round to the stuff part of the night."

"Okay, you’re on." I laughed just as my mother walked back into the room.

"What are you two plotting?" she laughed as she came over to join us by the bar.

"Nothing much," Ray grinned as she sipped at her coffee "just trying to cheer Dave up a bit."

"Dave?" my mother frowned "What’s wrong hon?"

"He’s just feeling a bit left out," Ray jumped in before I could even open my mouth to answer, "you know what he’s like with fast dancing and things broke up before he could get a slow dance."

"Dave?" Mum said to me.

"Yeah, well," I said taking my hint from Ray, "I’ve been bored most of the day and, well, like Ray said, just when I thought I’d get to enjoy myself everyone went home."

"You mean Zelda left." My mother laughed.

"Anyway," Ray jumped on in, "I was just trying to cheer him up a little."

"Well you seemed to have done that," my mother smiled, "but how did you do it? One of your little schemes I’ll bet."

"Sort of," Ray laughed, "I just sort of suggested we might persuade you to party on for a while so he can at least get a couple of dances."

My mother raised an eyebrow at both of us, but the smile grew broader on her face as she thought about what my cousin had said.

"And you liked the idea Dave?" my mother asked looking at straight me.

"Uh, yes." I answered.

"I’ll think about it." She chuckled as she went to sip at her coffee again.

Over her shoulder I saw Ray grin and do a thumbs up sign which I thought was a little premature, but it seemed he knew my mother better than I did in this area.

"Okay," mum laughed as soon as she finished her coffee, "I’ll go along with the idea, we’ll have our own private little party. And since we are partying, how about someone pouring this old bird a drink."

"You are certainly not old." Ray laughed as he grabbed a bottle of vodka and a glass from the bar.

"Flattery will get you everywhere." My mother laughed as Ray poured a generous amount of booze into the glass and handed it to her. "Thanks. Now, how about some music to dance to?"

Ray was moving even before she’d got the words out and my mother laughed as she took a swallow from her glass. A moment later fast music filled the room and I frowned at Ray’s choice of music, but when I looked across at him he gave me a wink that seemed to say trust me, I have a plan . Ray rejoined us and took a long pull at his beer before asking my mother to dance with him, mum grinned, nodded and finished her drink in one gulp then headed for the centre of the room. Before he joined her Ray leant over to me.

"Keep her glass topped up," he said in low voice, "we’ll do a few fast dances then I’ll change the tempo."

I nodded as he moved over to join my mother and as they started to bounce about I re-filled her glass then finished my beer. After a while the track came to an end and they both came back to where I was standing, I held out the full glass to my mother and she took it with a smile. Another track started and Ray took my mother’s hand and tugged her towards the centre of the room, laughing she gulped down her drink and went with him while I filled her glass yet again then watched them dancing. After this happening a few more time I began to wonder if Ray’s plans really did include me, but then I saw him lean towards my mother and say something, she looked my way then nodded a reply to him. As my mother came over, took the full glass I held out to her and gulped down half it’s contents I saw Ray moving to the hi-fi.

Soft, slow music filled the room and I smiled at the thought that I was finally going to get to join in this party, only it seemed I was going to have to wait a little longer because Ray came over, took a sip at his beer then led my mother back to the centre of the room leaving me holding her empty glass. Re-filling the glass I watched Ray and my mother shuffling around to the music, their bodies close but not quite touching, though as I watched the tiny gap between them seemed to vanish. By the time the track was about half over my mother had her head leant on Ray’s shoulder and you couldn’t have got a got a sheet of paper between them. At one point Ray grinned at me over my mother’s shoulder and I gave him a half smile in return while wondering when I was going to get in on the act. When the track finally came to an end the pair of them came over to join me, my mother took her glass and almost emptied it in one go.

"I need the loo." She said draining her glass "Back in a mo boys."

With that she was gone, I watched her leave then looked at my cousin.

"So when do I get to join in?" I asked with a little more force than I’d intended.

"Hey, cool it Dave." Ray said softly. "You get the dance after this one, after that we’ll take turns."

"How come I don’t get the next dance?" I asked feeling only slightly mollified.

"Because I’m trying to set it up so you get to dance with her the same way I am cous'," he answered "of course if you want to do the proper distance thing then fine, take the next dance."

"Uh, no, I guess I’ll wait." I grinned as I refilled my mother’s glass "But there’s no way she’s going to lean against me the way she’s been doing with you."

"Trust me," Ray laughed, "she’ll lean ."

At that point my mother returned, she took the glass from me, drained it almost in one go and laughed as Ray dragged her back to the centre of the room. As the pair of them moved together it dawned on me that my mother was more than a little tiddly , grinning I filled the glass again and wondered how long it would be before she became falling down drunk. While they danced I saw Ray turn his head to my mother’s ear, his lips moved and I wondered what line he was spinning to my mother. Her head came up off his shoulder, she looked at his face then, after glancing my way, said something to which Ray nodded, she glanced my way again said something to which Ray grinned and gave a reply. My mother laughed and her head went back to rest on Ray’s shoulder, Ray looked my way, grinned and winked, grinning back I wondered just what had been said between them.

The track they were dancing to finally came to an end and the pair of them came over to join me, my mother took her drink, drained it then gave the glass to Ray as another track came to an end.

"Your turn." My mother laughed as she took hold of my hand and headed for the centre of the room.

As the music started playing my mother came close to me, put her arms around my neck and we sort of began drifting to the music with my hands on her hips. There was space between us to start with, but I was content to have my mother in my arms. Looking into her eyes I saw a mischievous gleam in their depths, she smiled at me and naturally I smiled back.

"Ray seems to think you’d enjoy yourself more if I danced with you the same way I’ve been dancing with him." She said softly. "Think you could bear to have your old mum pressed up to you like that?"

"Ray’s right." I grinned back without hesitation, then added, "Anyway, you aren’t old."

She laughed then moved closer against me, her body pressing to mine in a way that sent tingles all over me.

"Of course," she almost whispered as she leant her head on my shoulder, "you’ll need to hold me the same way as Ray does for this to be comfortable."