Mom looked up at Mini and said, “Mini, Honey. That’s nasty. No more. OK?” Mini just nodded and launched herself from the sink. She left the faucet going. Max was disgusted with Mini’s antics and he took the towel with him to his room to dry off. His foul mood was back.
Max could hear the squeals of Mom and Mini in the shower. There were no sounds of moaning or anything sexual. They sounded like they were just having fun together. The green-eyed monster of jealousy poked its head up again.
He finished dressing and headed for the kitchen. He opened the bathroom door on the way by and angrily yelled, “Mini. Get your ass in gear. We’ll be late.” The only noise in the shower now was the water cascading down. Max slammed the door.
Max heard his mother say, “Well, he’s in a pissy mood this morning.”
Mini added, “Yeah. What bug crawled up his ass?”
Mini didn’t get what bug it was, but Mom knew right away what was going on with Max. She knew she had to have a talk with both of her kids and soon.
Max sat down at the table with a bowl of cereal in front of him and dropped his forehead into his hands. There were no more sounds coming from the bathroom. He knew his outburst was stupid. He felt like he was just fucking up everything, everywhere and with everyone.
Mom appeared dressed in her robe. She was a mess and was running her hands through her hair to improve her appearance as much as possible without time in front of the mirror. She poured a cup of coffee and sat down beside Max at the table. He was still sitting there with his head in his hands. His cereal bowl sat in front of him untouched.
Mom put her hand on Max’s shoulder and looked up into his lowered face. He saw her with his peripheral vision but wouldn’t look at her. She rubbed her hand along his shoulder. She didn’t say anything to him.
After many moments of silence between them, Max said, “I’m sorry Mom. I don’t know what I’m doing. Everything seems to be flying apart. I’m a disaster.”
Mom lifted Max’s chin and made him look at her. He had tears in his eyes. She said, “Max. Your life has changed considerably over the past few days. We talked about it on the first day. You said you were ready. I knew then that you probably didn’t understand the full measure of what you thought you were ready for. Mini and I are going through the same thing. Your reaction in the bathroom was because you’re jealous that Mini and I slept together last night and we were grab-assing in the shower and you felt left out.”
Max flashed a look at her and slowly nodded his head. She continued, “Max. You’ve had sex with me without Mini. You’ve had sex with Mini without me. I love you both the same and I enjoy sex with the both of you. If you wanted to join us last night all you had to do was join us. No invitation is necessary for any of us. There will be times when one or more of us might not be interested and that’s fine too.”
She leaned in and tenderly kissed Max on the lips. He kissed her back and then smiled. “Thanks Mom. I guess I needed that.” He leaned toward her and kissed her again. Mini came out of her room and fumbled around in the cupboards to pour a bowl of cereal.