I Feel Lucky by cmsix

Chapter 22

While Kathy blushed, she gave me a shot on the arm with her little fist. I winked at her and got out my cell phone, calling Mom.

"Hello."

"Mom, I found a cute little brunette at the dealership, and she's hungry. When will lunch be ready?" I asked.

"What would she like?" Mom asked.

"What would you like for lunch, Kathy?" I asked.

"Is that your mother? Are we going to eat at your house?" she asked, and looked panicky.

"Yes and yes, she wants to know what you'd like for lunch," I said.

"I don't know, I don't care, and I don't want to be a bother to your mother; I'll eat anything she cooks," she said, fully panicked now.

"Mom, you'd better talk to her, and see if you can convince her that you aren't the wicked witch. She's about to panic on me," I said, as I felt the little fist on my arm again.

"Give her the phone and quit teasing her," Mom told me, and her tone let me know that I might be going too far.

I handed Kathy the phone, but she acted like she didn't want to take it. She finally did and put it to her ear.

"Hello," she said to Mom.

"Yes Mam, a little bit," she said.

I hated this, since I couldn't hear Mom's side of the conversation.

"Oh, ok. Yes, I love hamburgers. Yes, French fries too. Ok, thanks for having me. I don't know, I don't know where you live," she said, and then handed me the phone.

"She wants to talk to you again, you big meanie," Kathy told me.

"Jimmy, don't tease that girl another time before you get her here. I'm glad you called though; most of the others are out in the pool, dressed to your specifications. How long will it be before you get here?"

"It'll be about twenty minutes, I want to go up on the freeway for a little," I said.

"That's good, but don't scare her with your driving either. We'll leave that for Shelly and Shelia," Mom said, and then hung up.

"I'm sorry Kathy, I didn't mean to upset you," I said.

"Oh, it's alright, I should be used to teasing by now, but you've always seemed so shy before, it was just a surprise," she said, smiling again.

"Maybe I'm coming out of my shell," I said.

"Maybe, you're sure growing. You look taller and bigger than the last time I saw you and it's only been a little over a week. We've been wondering what happened to you," she said.

"I didn't think you'd ever even noticed me, I was surprised to see you in the dealership, and really surprised when you spoke to me," I said.

"Jimmy, you're the only boy in our school with a car, and every girl there knows exactly who you are," she said.

"Oh."

"You've changed a lot too, I can't believe the way you acted around Dad and Mr. Fitzsimmons, and I was so happy that you got that salesman in trouble. He gives me the creeps, he's always staring at me when I'm down there," she said.

"I'll bet he doesn't do it anymore," I said.

"He won't be there when we get back, you can count on that. It was common knowledge that he was on thin ice anyway, and when you told them how he'd treated you, and then went out and bought the most expensive five cars on the lot; he's history, and I could just kiss you for that," she said, and then blushed a little.

I started to make a smart crack about letting me stop first, but I remembered Mom's warning and kept my mouth shut for once. I just turned my head toward her and smiled her way for a second.

I'd made another good move and I knew it a few seconds later, when her hand reached over to hold mine. I could hardly believe that having her hold my hand gave me such a hardon, but it did.

I decided that I probably should warn her about what was going to happen when we got there. I knew that Mom, Shelly and Shelia and all the rest of them would mob her. She probably didn't even realize how cute she was, but Mom and the rest would see it at once and they'd want to just eat her up.

"Kathy, you'd better get ready for a big welcome, when we get there," I said.

"What do you mean?" she asked, warily.

"You know Shelly and Shelia don't you, my sisters?"

"I've seen them before, but I don't really know them. I've heard that they're really nice though," she said.

"Mom is just like them and Gail, Kathleen and Judith will be there too, and they'll be just as bad," I said.

"Who are Gail, Kathleen and Judith; and what does 'just as bad' mean?" she asked.

"Gail and Kathleen work for Dad and Judith has been my tutor for a while, and they all live at the house. Just as bad, means they're going to think you're a living doll, like Mom, Shelly and Shelia will. They'll mob you, when you first get there, but it will ease off after a few minutes. Just try to stay calm through the first three or four hundred questions," I said.

"Oh, you're just trying to get me going again," she said.

"I'm telling you, once they see how cute you are, they'll be all over you," I said.

"Cut that out Jimmy, I'm not that cute, you're just trying to make me blush again," she said, blushing.

"It's working too, but I'm telling the truth. Yell for me if you need help," I said, and then laughed a little.

We pulled up in the drive and found a spot to park among the Hummers and the pickup and campers. I went around and got the door for Kathy and she showed me her panties again, even though I'm pretty sure that she didn't realize it.

"Jimmy, why are all these Hummers here?" she asked.

"Everybody has one, except Shelly and Shelia," I said.

"Oh."

It was so hard for me to keep from asking her if she wanted one, but I had been warned by Mom, and so I didn't. We walked to the house and went inside, and there wasn't a hope for poor Kathy.

They were all in the kitchen and Mom saw her first, squealed out her name and nearly ran toward us. The others were right on Mom's heels, and I was shouldered aside as they circled around her. I got one look at her panic widened eyes, as I was thrust out of the way, and I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing.

I knew that I wasn't going to be needed for a while, so I went to the counter and sat down, after getting a cup of coffee. I thought about going into Dad's study for a drink and a cigar, but I had to drive some more today and I didn't.

I remembered that I'd left my Vette without asking to have the tires changed, so I called the dealership and asked for Bill.

"Hello, this is Bill."

"This is Jimmy, I left my Vette out front there and I think that it needs new tires, but I forgot to ask you to see about it. Can you take care of it for me?" I asked.

"I'm sure we can, do you want the same type that came on it?" he asked.

"Unless you know of better ones, I want the best for it," I said.

"Ok, I'll take a look and call you back. How's Kathy doing?" he asked.

"She's surrounded by my Mom, my sisters and three other girls that live here right now. You know, I don't think Kathy has any idea how cute she is. My mother nearly wet her pants when she saw her," I said.

"That's probably my fault, I tease her so much, that she doesn't believe me when I give her a real compliment," he said.

"Well, when the hen party slows down, Mom will fix some lunch. Do you know how long it will be before the other two XLRs are ready?" I asked.

"You forgot to tell us which two, so we'll have them all ready in about an hour and a half," he said.

"That's great, see you then," I said, and we rang off.

They had settled down a little now and were all in the kitchen. Kathy was seated at the counter and the rest were cooking and still asking her questions at a machinegun rate. I went over to sit with her.

"We'll need some extra drivers in an hour or two," I said, when I sat down.

"What for?" Shelly asked.

"To bring back new cars, of course. I got Tolishanea and Kamakeata each a Cadillac for graduation, and I liked them so much, that I got Mom, Shelia and you one too," I told her.

"You know that Shelly and I don't like to drive much," Shelia said.

"I think you'll like these, and it will save the tires on my Vette. You can burn your own tires off now," I said.

"Oh, are they those sporty Cadillacs?" Shelly asked.

"Yes, XLRs," I said.

"That's cool then, I've seen them and they are nice, thanks, Jimmy," Shelia said.

"Yeh, thanks," Shelly echoed.

"Is that what you got Tolishanea and Kamakeata too, Cadillacs?" Mom asked.

"Yes."

She just laughed, but she didn't dare tell anyone else what was so funny. I managed to keep from laughing.

Lunch was ready then and we dug in. I was glad to see that Kathy wasn't too shy to eat and she even started joking around a little after a while. When she told them about the salesman, Gail joined in.

"It wasn't that same one from the other lot was it, Jimmy?" she asked.

"No, this was a different asshole," I said.

"I know exactly what you're talking about though, Kathy, there was one at the other lot that kept staring at me, until Jimmy had Fitzsimmons run him off," Gail said.

"Daddy said that a lot of the salesmen they get are slimy like that," Kathy said.

"Suede shoe operators," I said.

"That's it, that's exactly what Daddy calls them. They wear those suede loafers that have the little leather tassels, he makes fun of them all the time," she said.

"I'm sure that they aren't all like that," Mom said.

"No, some of them are nice, but some are slimy. Those don't seem to last very long though, thank goodness," Kathy said.

"That reminds me, Jimmy. Mr. Fitzsimmons called me just after you did. He said that there was a truck almost exactly like I want in Dallas. It'll save six weeks if I take that one, but he said that there was something different about the exhaust and that it had a diesel engine. Will that matter?" Mom asked.

"The diesel engine will probably be fine, maybe even better. What did he say about the exhaust?" I asked.

"It was a special order, like the one you bought, but something about it having stacks, what does that mean?" she asked.

"I don't know, I'll go by and ask him when we go to pick up the other cars," I said.

"I'd rather go ahead and get it now, if there's nothing wrong with the stacks, or whatever," she said.

"You know, the diesel engine is going to make more noise than the other one though," I said.

"Will it be noisy inside?" she asked.

"I don't think so, but it will be louder outside," I said.

"I won't care about that, I won't be riding outside," Mom said.

It made perfect sense to me too.

Everyone was finished eating by then and Kathy tried to help clean off the counter. They wouldn't let her, of course, telling me to show her around the place. I took her out to the pool and hot tub.

"Wow, what a pool, I wish I had my suit," she said.

"Well, skinny dipping is allowed here," I said, winking at her.

"Yeh, you wish," she said.

"I can dream can't I?" I asked.

"Maybe, but I don't see me over here skinny dipping, any time soon."

"A nice bikini isn't too bad, if you wear a thong bottom," I said.

"Maybe you can talk me into that, someday," she said, and blushed again.

I didn't understand it, but I got another boner at the thought. I didn't know how the thought of her in a bikini could turn me on so, when all the others swam bare assed with me, it did though.

We went back in the house then and I showed her my room and the twin's room. She was surprised at how big their bed was, but I didn't elaborate on the purpose, of course.

She was really amazed, when I showed her the washroom/lounge, and I had to explain about Tolishanea and Kamakeata, and their graduation. She was surprised about this too, and I told her that they had been with us for years.

It was about time to go get the cars now, so we went back to gather some drivers. Shelly and Shelia were going to drive their own cars and Gail and Judith would drive the other two. Kathleen decided that she'd go too, since she didn't want to stay home by herself. Mom said that she'd take us in her truck, so that she could go to see Fitzsimmons with me.

Kathy and I took Mom's XLR back.

"That's the biggest pickup I've ever seen," Kathy said, after we were moving.

"I bought it for me, but Mom drove it home and claimed it for hers to use, until the one she ordered came in, she just loves it," I said.

"It's funny to see her in the big thing though, Gail had to help her get in," Kathy said, and laughed.

"I'm glad you said that. It reminds me that I need to get them to put some kind of step on it for her," I said.

"They have chrome ones for that, I've even seen them on smaller trucks," she said.

We were the last ones there and the rest were waiting for us. I drove the car right to the shop entrance so they could get started on it. I saw my Vette inside, up on a rack and all the wheels were off it.

Bill was walking out and waving at a mechanic on the way. I got the door for Kathy and when she was out, the mechanic took the car into the shop.

"Your car came with the best Goodyear Eagles on it, Jimmy, so we're putting the same thing back on. The fronts didn't have much wear at all but the rears were close to gone, I guess you've been spinning them a little," he said.

"My sisters did most of the spinning, they'll be your problem now, since two of the XLRs were for them," I said.

"I just hope they don't hurt themselves," he said.

"My sentiments exactly."

"Mr. Fitzsimmons called and they got their shipment from the winch manufacturer, do you want to do the Hummers this weekend?" he asked.

"That would be great, but I don't want to make you work over the weekend, if you don't want to," I said.

"Hey, I don't mind a bit, but you'll have to make it up to Kathy," he said.

"Daddy!" she squeaked.

"I'd better get back to work, see you later," he said, and went back into the shop.

Kathy and I were without a ride so we went over to Mom's truck and got in. The others had already left, headed for the house. Mom headed out to see Fitzsimmons and she talked mostly to Kathy on the way with both of them taking a few shots at me.

Fitzsimmons was outside, waiting for us, when we got there. After the hellos and all that crap he explained that the red truck, in Dallas, had the Duramax 6600 Turbo Diesel V8 and that the original customer had specified chrome exhaust stacks, like on a semi-tractor.

Installing these had involved cutting two holes for them to come up through the pickup bed's floor, right behind the cab. He explained that it could all be undone, but he wanted to check with us to see if the repaired bed would be acceptable.

"Well, won't it work the way it is?" Mom asked.

"Oh yes, it works, it just looks a lot different," he said.

"They look a lot different anyway, Mr. Fitzsimmons. I don't see that it will bother me and if it does, can't I just bring it back and have it re-done then?" she asked.

"Certainly," he said.

"When can I expect to pick it up then?" she asked.

"That's something else I need to ask you, we can have a driver bring it tonight, or we can send a truck and trailer to pick it up; that will take about three days, but it will keep the extra miles off your truck," he said.

"Have the driver bring it tonight then and I'll be down for it tomorrow."

"Isn't there some kind of step you can put on it so that Mom can get in by herself," I asked.

"Yes, we'll do it as soon as the truck gets here," he said.

"We'll need one for this truck too," I said.

"Can you leave it tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"We'll do it after you pick up the other one then," he said.

I was glad that this was over and I made up my mind to try to keep away from car lots for a while. I helped Mom into the truck and then helped Kathy in on the other side, then climbed in myself. I was happy to be leaving.

"Are you ready to go home now, Kathy?" I asked.

"It's really been fun but I think I should. Some of us have to go to school tomorrow you know," she said.

"No you don't, does she Mom? She can just start with us, when we get our teacher, can't she?" I asked.

"Certainly she can, if she wants to," Mom said.

"I don't think my parents would go for that," Kathy said.

"Well, if you decide you want to, just call me, I'll talk to them about it," Mom told her.

I had at least remembered to get her a phone, while I was at the house, so I handed it to her then.

"What's this, Jimmy?" she asked.

"It's a cell phone, so I can keep in close touch with you," I said.

"You can't give me a cell phone," she said.

"Yes he can, he already has. He won't be at school anymore and it will keep him from tying up your parent's phone. Don't worry about the cost dear, it's all on his father's bill at the office," Mom said.

Poor Kathy looked shell shocked again, but she took the phone's box. When we got to her house, I got out and helped her down, and then walked her to the door.

"Thanks for everything, Jimmy, but I don't know what I'm going to tell my parents about this cell phone," she said.

"Tell them that my Mom wanted to be able to get in touch with you," I said.

"They won't believe that for a minute," she said.

"Have them call her, she'll back you up, don't worry," I said.

"I'll try it," she said.

"Can you come out Saturday, to swim?" I asked.

"If you want me to," she said, turning a little shy again.

"Of course I want you to, you said you'd wear a bikini."

"Oh, you just want to ogle my body, huh?"

"That too, but I like being around you too, you're fun," I said.

"You've changed a lot in a short time, Jimmy, but I think I like it. I'm going right in to call Kim and tell her about you, she won't believe it," she said.

"Have fun, I'll call you before Saturday to make sure."

"Ok, bye."

I got back in the truck and Mom headed for home.

"You can sure pick the girls, Jimmy. She's the cutest little thing I've seen in a long time. She's pretty young though, you know that you'll have to keep a lot of things from her don't you?" Mom asked.

"I know, but she is a cutie isn't she?"

"She is that."

It looked like a car lot when we got home; Mom went on in the house, but it took me twenty minutes to get things straightened out. We were going to have to get a bigger driveway made somehow. I managed to park the new Caddies so that they weren't visible without some prowling around.

By the time I got in the house, another pool party was underway, so I shucked my clothes and hit the water. We played chase again and I had a constant handle for them to hold onto, when I caught one. This was one of the most fun games I'd ever played.

Mom got out and went into the house about four PM, to use the phone. She'd said she was going to call the lady about the teaching job. We stayed and played for about another hour and then got out to go inside and get in the shower.

By the time we were dressed and back downstairs, Dad was home. He didn't look tired this time and he was all for grilling some steaks. Since he was so good at it, I was all for it too. I was curious about the teacher, so I sat at the counter to quiz Mom, while she was doing the beans and potatoes and the girls were making a big salad.

"Did you talk to the teacher, Mom?"

"Yes, and she was hesitant at first, but she agreed to come out to see me tomorrow. She must have warmed up to the idea too, because she is going to take a day off to do it. When she told me that her sister might be interested, if she wasn't, I asked her to bring her along also. I'm going to hire both of them, if I can," Mom said.

"We're going to have two teachers?" I asked.

"If I can get them we are. Her sister teaches in high school now, and they're both certified for all levels," she told me.

"What does that mean?"

"It means that they are certified to teach any grade level," she said.

"Do they know you want them to move out here?" I asked.

"No, I haven't mentioned that part yet. I thought it would be better to let them see the house first, so that they'd know it was easily big enough," she said.

"It just seems like it would be a lot of hassle for them, changing jobs and moving all at the same time. I hope that they'll do it though. She sounds like an interesting person," I said.

"Interesting huh, I'll bet they'll both be interesting. Her sister's name is Jenny and I've seen her once. There is no way to decide which one is prettier.

"If I offer them the job, I'm pretty sure that they'll take it. We'll be easy to get along with on the time it takes them to move and get adjusted to a new home, and I haven't mentioned the salary to her yet.

"We'll be paying them more than three times what they're making now, and the benefits are going to be a lot better than the state's," Mom said.

"What kind of benefits?"

"Insurance and things like that. All medical, prescriptions and dental will be paid completely at any doctor they want to use, and it will include her son; plus their budget for teaching materials will be practically unlimited. If they want it for your education, we'll get it," she said.

"I never thought about things like that."

"Why would you? It will be nice for them though and it'll also be an advantage for her son, he can just study here too. If I want them, I don't think I'll have any trouble getting them."

"I just hope they aren't real slave drivers," I said, grinning.

"And I'm going to make sure they will be," Mom said, poking out her tongue at me.

"Will her son be coming out tomorrow too?"

"No, he'll be in school. You'll have to make sure that you're here though, and I want you to give me a good kissing, where they can see. Don't get too frisky with your hands, but go ahead and kiss me like you mean it, at least once," she said.

"I can handle that assignment," I said.

"I know you can."

Tolishanea and Kamakeata had called earlier and said that they wouldn't be back until late tomorrow. I hated that the gift giving was going to be put off, but we'd get to it.

Dad had the steaks ready, but he brought them inside tonight and we ate at the counter. It was great, as always, and afterwards we watched TV until bedtime. Mom wouldn't be joining us tonight, but the rest of my girls made sure I wasn't lonely, very sure. I tried to imagine Kathy as one of them, but it just wouldn't compute for some reason.

When I woke Friday morning, it was from Mom shaking my shoulder. I had hopes of another early morning shower with her, but I could see that she was already dressed, and that it wasn't her normal attire. She was dressed for success, no doubt in anticipation of the meeting with the two teachers. She reminded me of me, in my miniature lawyer disguise.

When she saw I was conscious she started on the others. There wasn't much moaning and groaning this morning, since we'd gone to bed at a decent hour, and even after our evening workout, we'd gone to sleep fairly early.

"I let you sleep as long as I could, but you have to get up, shower and dress in real clothes, as in, clothes that others can see and still think we're semi-normal," Mom told us.

"The things we have to do to impress our new teacher," Shelly said.

"You have to do them so you can 'get' a teacher, it's that or back to public school," Mom said.

"We'll be good momma, we promise," Shelia said.

"And we'll help," Judith said.

We were all awake now, and even though it was a squeeze, we all managed to get into Shelly and Shelia's shower at the same time. I'll have to admit that I didn't stop squeezing, even after we were inside. I tried my best to be helpful though, washing everything I could reach.

After we were out and dry, they ran me off.

"Go to your room, Jimmy. We have things to do now and it only takes you a few minutes to get dressed. Go down and hit on your Mom or something," Kathleen told me.

There was a good idea and I went to my room and dressed. I didn't put on a lawyer suit, but I did put on a pair of nice slacks and a good shirt, one that Gail had picked for me during our first shopping trip. I almost put on a tie, but gave that up at the last minute.

Mom was in the kitchen when I got there and she put breakfast and coffee in front of me when I sat down.

"I'm not going to start on your instructions yet. I'm waiting so I can tell everyone at once. Jack suggested that I let Gail and Kathleen go to the office, but I don't think that's the best way to do things. They won't be going down there anymore, unless you are, and I don't want to send them away. I want Holly and Jenny to get as good an idea of things here as we can afford to give them," Mom said.

I knew that Mom knew better about things like this and I didn't even comment. I just packed away the eggs, bacon and toast.

When the girls came down, breakfast got under way for real. I'd finished already, so I helped Mom serve them. When they were all eating, Mom motioned me back into my seat and told us how the cow would eat the cabbage.

"I don't want you to be tiptoeing around, but I do want things kept to a dull roar. When they get here, I'll introduce all of you to them. Shelly, Shelia and Jimmy, you three will have to stay close, in case they want to interview you. Gail, Judith and Kathleen, you can do whatever you want, but if you go swimming or get in the hot tub, I think you should wear suits, this time anyway.

"Don't try to wear modest ones though, tiny tops and thongs will be fine. If I remember correctly, we'll all want to encourage them to go as skimpy as possible, when they're in the pool," Mom said, grinning.

"Oh, are they pretty?" Shelly asked.

"They're both gorgeous, you'll see," Mom said.

"Are we getting two teachers, Mom, I thought it was only going to be one?" Shelia asked.

"I'm going to do my best to hire both of them, everything I found out about them told me that they were both excellent, and they're both beautiful. Our Jimmy seems to like having pretty women around here," Mom said.

"Why didn't I ever have teachers like that in public school?" I asked.

"What are you talking about, Jimmy? Barbara Cushionberry was your PE teacher and women don't get any hotter than she is," Shelia said.

"Oh yeh, I'd forgotten about her," I said.

"I don't see how," Shelly said.

"Hey, Mom, don't we need a PE teacher too?" I asked, hoping.

"That's enough of that for now, if you want me to hire the Cushionberry woman for Physical Education, I'll see about that next week. You probably do need someone, since your trainer moved away. I want everyone to remember to act like normal people, with no advanced groping, while they're here. Jimmy is going to hold himself to a kiss or two on me, while in their sight," Mom said.