I almost came in my pants. After that day when ever she'd come out teasing me wearing skimpy shorts or tight sweats I'd always tackle her and depants ...er then not let her have her pants back. One time I was watching TV with her and she was wearing tiny booty shorts. She had a blanket over her lower half so I said I was cold and got behind her sort of spooning her under the blanket. She started grinding her butt into my crotch and I got a huge boner almost immediately. I know she could feel it. ”“That’s right. Go for it.”“I trust God will keep me safe in his arms no matter how bad things may get.”“Wow! What wonderful words! I couldn’t have said it better myself!”“Thanks,” tears streaming down Jeff’s face, “I’ve been praying. And I kept getting pictures in my head of God holding me the way you hold me. I feel safe in your arms. Now I know I’m safe in his.”“Now you’ve got me crying too. Thank you little man.”“Man! Yeah! Guess what. Maria wants to go out with me!”“Congratulations again,. Maybe I’d pushed the wrong buttons or something, but I was pretty sure I hadn’t. Or maybe she was just immune to whatever electrical signals I was sending her way through the remote.Then I had a disturbing thought: Maybe it hadn’t actually done anything to Sherry or Dad either. Maybe Sherry’s returned appetite and Dad’s generosity was just coincidental and had nothing to do with the remote. Shit! The more I thought about it, the more that made sense. I’d been kidding myself all along! The damn. ”Lynette was beaming at my mother’s praises and when my mother turned to snag the gauze and medical tape, Lynette tilted her head up towards me and we shared our first real kiss of the morning.We quickly parted lips when we heard, “Ahem,” followed by a surprising, “you two look like you should go share a room ... Oh, yes, you did just share a room, if I remember correctly.”Lynette and I both had shocked facial expressions as we listened to my mother’s sexually inspired statement. Before either.