
Suddenly, I hear the front door creak open. Then footsteps. My brain freezes: "Wait, is that Mom? She's supposed to be at work!" But we're too far gone, and right as I hit the peak, I catch a glimpse through the crack in my door (yeah, I forgot to close it all the way—idiot move). She's walking past, grocery bags in hand, and our eyes lock for a split second. Hers widen like saucers. Pure panic, face burning hotter stomach dropping to my knees.
Post-coitus silence hits, broken only by the pantry door squeaking—that rusty hinge sound I know like my own heartbeat. She's unloading stuff, pretending nothing happened. Then, footsteps back down the hall. She pauses outside my door and says in this sing-song voice, "I'm not here! I'm not here! La la la!!!" while literally backing out the front door and leaving again. I could hear her keys jangling as she fled.
Boyfriend laughed his ass off, but I was mortified, curled up fetal, whispering "oh god no".
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