Chapter 8

Friday Morning

Lee laid on his back as Amanda was slowly undoing the buttons on his top. She placed her hand inside his pajama top and started to stroke his chest. Lee groaned from her touches. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Lee shook his head. "What the hell!?" He looked around and realized he was dreaming, and the annoying sound he heard was the alarm clock. He reached over and slapped the annoyance off and glanced down at his chest. Amanda's hand was placed inside his pajama shirt, and the top two buttons were undone. Maybe not so much a dream! He nudged her to wake her. "Amanda, wake up, honey. We need to wake up."

Amanda raised her sleepy head and smiled at Lee. "Good morning."

"Good morning to you, too." He leaned down to kiss her softly. "I guess I wasn't the one who needed to be told to behave."

Amanda stared at him, confused. He motioned with his eyes to her hand inside his top. She noticed her hand but didn't move it. "I was behaving. If I weren't behaving, I would've been doing this." She began to stroke his nipple bringing it to a tight peak. His body started to react to her touches. The next thing they felt was a bounce on their bed. "Good morning, Mom, Lee."

Both were quickly brought back to the present. Lee promptly rolled to his side to hide his growing erection, while Amanda quickly moved to greet her boys and help hide Lee with her body. "Good morning, fellas. How did you two sleep?"

"Okay, but Philip kept hogging the blankets."

"I did not," Philip hollered.

"Fellas, please. Let's not start so early in the morning. Philip, why don't you take your shower first, but don't take long and save Jamie some hot water. Lee and I can wait to get ready after your coach gets here. How about room service for breakfast?"

The boys jumped off the bed, yelling, "I want bacon and eggs. Oh, and toast."

"Okay, I'll order the works. Lee, would you like anything?"

"Just coffee for right now. Thanks."

Amanda crawled out of bed and turned back to Lee. "Are you going to get out of bed?"

Lee focused his attention over at Jamie and then answered, "No, not right now. I think I'll just, um, um, relax for a little bit longer."

Amanda nodded and grinned in understanding. "Okay, take your time. I'll go call in our breakfast order."

Thirty minutes later, the boys were ready while Lee and Amanda were both still in their PJs and robes. They'd just finished with their breakfast when there was a knock on the door. Lee got up and said, "That's probably Coach Harris. Guys, grab your stuff, and I'll get the door." Lee opened the door to Coach Harris, who stood there with a stunned look on his face.

He double-checked his clipboard and the number on the door. "I'm sorry, I must have the wrong room." He started to walk away, but Lee stopped him.

"Wait, Coach. You have the correct room. Philip and Jamie are just grabbing their things."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was expecting Amanda to be here."

"She's here. She's just helping the boys."

When Amanda and the boys reached the door, she gave each of them a hug. "Good luck today, fellas. We'll see you in a bit."

"Okay, bye, Mom. Bye, Lee," the boys responded as they walked out into the hallway with their coach.

Coach Harris commented, "I didn't know your uncle was going to be here this weekend."

Philip eyed Jamie with a confused look. "He's not our uncle. That's Lee. He's Mom's boyfriend. You've met him before. He and Jamie beat Bobby and his dad at foosball."

"Oh, that was him. I still thought he was your uncle. I didn't realize your mother was seeing anyone. Where has he been all season?"

"He was away for work. He just got back last week."

As the three of them continued their trek to meet up with the other boys, Coach Harris held the saddest look on his face.

Back in the hotel room, Lee wrapped his arms around Amanda from behind. "Care to join me in the shower, so you can finish what you started this morning?" He leaned down to nibble on her neck.

"Sorry, Lee. Not this morning."

"No? Because I seem to remember you enjoyed the last shower we shared." He moved to her ear.

"Oh! I did enjoy it. Very much, actually. But if you remember, we almost missed our plane as well. We don't have time."

"What do you mean we don't have time. We've got an hour and a half before the game starts."

"Lee, we can't show up right when it starts. We only have about forty-five minutes before we have to leave. And you know if we shower together, we will not make it on time."

Lee shrugged with disappointment. "Okay, you're right. We don't have time."

"I know I'm right."

Lee placed a soft kiss on her cheek. "You can take your shower first. I'm going to be needing a cold shower anyway."

Amanda and Lee strolled to the field, hand in hand. As they approached the stands, Lee remarked, "Hey, why don't you go get us some seats. I want to tell the boys good luck."

"Okay, but don't be long. And don't distract them!"

Lee nodded as he headed towards the boys. Amanda proceeded over to the stands to find a seat. As soon as she started up the steps, she heard her name.

"Amanda. Come up here and sit with us," Barbra Anne yelled.

Amanda saw where they were and thought to herself, Great, not really where I would've chosen to sit. She plastered on a fake smile and responded, "Hello, Barbra Anne. Janice. How are you two this morning?"

"Fine," they replied. As Amanda settled into a seat in front of the two, she could hear them talking about someone.

"Janice, look over there. Who is Jack talking to? I would love to get to know him."

"Barbra Anne, you're a married woman."

"I know Janice, but my mother always told me, you can window shop all you want. You just can't buy. There's nothing wrong with looking. Man, does he know how to fill out a pair of jeans or what?"

"Oh, my. He's even nicer from the front. I wonder how he knows Jack. I haven't seen him before at any of our games. I definitely would've remembered him. Look! They're headed this way."

Amanda turned to see who they were talking about and saw two handsome men walking towards them. One with dimples that never stopped and the most beautiful eyes. She just smiled but didn't say a word as he sat down beside her. "Amanda, these are some good seats." Amanda could hear the women behind her whispering to each other but couldn't make out what they were saying.

Then she heard Barbra Anne say, "Amanda, you must introduce us."

Amanda and Lee spun around. "Oh, I'm sorry. Where are my manners? Barbra Anne, Janice, this is Lee. Lee, this is Barbra Anne and Janice. Their sons are Charlie and Jason." Lee politely nodded towards them and quickly turned back around to watch the boys warm up.

Lee held his hand up to shade the sun from his eyes. He swung his head to face Amanda and stated, "Amanda, I forgot my hat at the hotel. It's going to get…" Lee's voice trailed off as he watched Amanda reach into her bag and pull out his hat. She handed it to him with a smile. Lee took it and winked at her. "What would I do without you? You're a lifesaver. Thank you!" He placed his hand along her jawbone, leaned in, and kissed her soundly on the lips.

"You're welcome." They both turned their attention back to the field, ignoring the two women who sat behind them, in total shock at what just happened.

Amanda hugged the boys after their game. "Fellas, that was a great game! Congratulations!"

"Thanks, Mom," the boys acknowledged in unison.

Lee clapped his hands on each boy's shoulder and wondered, "So, since you won your first game, what time is your next game?"

Jamie smiled up at Lee and replied, "Coach said it's at two o'clock. If we win that one, we are done for the day. If we lose, we have to play again right away."

Lee glanced down at his watch, "Well, we should probably get something to eat. How about we go to the concession stand and then find a nice shady tree. Maybe get out of this sun for a while."

"Lee, they need something better than the concession stand food. I brought oranges."

"Oh, Mom. I want a hot dog. Why can't we just get something over there?" Philip pointed over to the concession stand, while Jamie nodded his head in agreement.

Amanda dramatically rolled her eyes at her sons before giving in. "Oh, alright. But you have to have an orange for dessert."

Both boys cheered while Lee laughed. "Amanda, why don't you go find a spot for us, and I'll go with the boys. What would you like?"

"Just a hot dog and iced tea, please, and thank you." Lee and the boys took off to get their lunch while Amanda scanned around for a nice place with shade.