”“All right — I’ll help with the gutters.”I watched Karen and Mae, engaged in an animated conversation, head out to the garage.“Over here,...Lenny,” I heard my father call. “I’ll hold the ladder for you.”I climbed up onto the roof and began scooping wet leaves out of the gutter. My dad climbed up so his shoulders were level with the eaves. “So, Lenny,” he said, “how serious are you about this new girlfriend of yours?”“Pretty serious. In fact, I’m planning on popping the question. I just need to. ” “Fuck yes!” I screamed, “Definitely, that is a perfect forfeit baby.” “He will fuck me in our bed,” Sara whispered, “I will be naked with him in our bed for the whole night.” “Perfect baby,” I replied. It was settled and she couldn’t wait to tell Pat that Joe would be coming over tomorrow. We spent the evening chatting and drinking wine and then at nine thirty Sara and Pat went to bed. She kissed me goodnight and whispered, “Be naked when you bring my coffee to me tomorrow and no. It was another of those moments I wished my father had not been overseas with his regiment; but here in command, as the man of the house; who would soon put this female in her place.Mother returned from the kitchen, saying hesitantly, “There now ... perhaps the Matron will explain to you both what she has called for.”Matron gave a cold smile and spoke in a cultured voice, “Thank you Mrs Anderson; now Sherry and James, you are both entering a phase of your development known a puberty; did you. Whereas once she'd had to stand on her tiptoes to reach his chest at 5'2", she towered over him now at 6'4", fully being able to envelop him in biceps that were the size of his head when they hugged one another. Indeed, there was no contest in strength between the two of them now; whenever there was an issue that involved manual labor, she was the one to take care of it. Legs that had once been long and shapely were now stockier and rippled with muscle that had come from years upon years from.